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| 20080198138 | Identification of devices on touch-sensitive surface - The identification of a data storage device detected on a touch-sensitive display surface of a display device is described. In one embodiment, the presence and location of the data storage device is detected on the display surface and the data storage device is detected on a wireless communications channel. It is then confirmed that the data storage device detected on the wireless communications channel is the data storage device detected on the surface of the display device by communicating with the data storage device over a second communications channel. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198139 | Haptic Feedback System with Stored Effects - A haptic feedback system that includes a controller, a memory coupled to the controller, an actuator drive circuit coupled to the controller, and an actuator coupled to the actuator drive circuit. The memory stores at least one haptic effect that is executed by the controller in order to create a haptic effect. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198140 | Image display apparatus with image entry function - An image display apparatus with image entry function of high accuracy enabling high-speed direct screen input without decreasing a pixel aperture ratio. Data lines of thin-film transistors which do not receive light and storage lines are connected to respective selector switches. The selector switches are turned on and off by a switching signal supplied through a switching line from a control circuit. The conveyance of a drive signal and a video signal supplied from a gate line driving circuit and a data line driving circuit and the conveyance of a light signal to an X address detection circuit and a Y address detection circuit are switched by turning on and off the selector switches. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198141 | Touch event-driven display control system and method for touchscreen mobile phone - A touch event-driven display control system and method for a touchscreen mobile phone is provided to control the information display by onscreen touch manipulation. An information display method for a touchscreen-enabled device according to the present invention includes detecting a touch on an information region of a touchscreen, determining a type of the touch and processing display of information item according to the type of touch. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080198142 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An image processing apparatus provided with a display unit for displaying an operation picture, showing control indicia (e.g., icons) corresponding to multiple image processing functions, is operated to display the operation picture on an external display device. The operator selects one of the indicia shown on the external display device by operating an input device, such as touch screen of the apparatus or a remote control, to indicate the position of the desired one of the indicia. The operator can thereby quickly and reliably select an image processing function to be executed, without any need to view an operation picture on the display unit when making the selection. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080204418 | Adaptable User Interface and Mechanism for a Portable Electronic Device - A multimodal electronic device ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204419 | STIMULI-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN WITH CONSOLIDATED CONTROL FUNCTIONS - According to an example embodiment, an apparatus includes a stimuli-sensitive display screen and a first Cursor Control Device (CCD). The first CCD is within a second area ( | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204420 | LOW RELIEF TACTILE INTERFACE WITH VISUAL OVERLAY - Described is a method and a system for providing user interaction with various devices that incorporates adaptable visual and haptic stimuli. Both the visual and tactile elements of this user interface are aligned with each other and are animated in such a way as to convey more information to the user of such a system than is possible with traditional user interfaces. An implementation of the inventive user interface device includes a flexible and/or stretchable two-dimensional (2D) display membrane covering a set of moving parts, forming a hybrid two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) user interface. The flexible display membrane provides detailed imagery, while the moving parts provide a low relief tactile information to the user. Both the detailed imagery and the low relief tactile information are coordinated together as to the timing, to enable a coordinated user interface experience for the user. Optionally, various sound affects may also be provided, in a time-synchronized manner with respect to the imagery and the tactile information. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204421 | Touch input method and portable terminal apparatus - A touch input method applied to a portable terminal apparatus includes the following steps. First, a touch command is received. Then, a pressing area is derived by conducting a range computation according to the touch command. After that, a cursor is produced according to the touch command. Finally, the cursor is optionally disposed inside a predetermined range around the pressing area according to a present location of the pressing area. A portable terminal apparatus applying the touch input method is also disclosed. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204422 | Touch Sensor and Signal Generation Method Thereof - A touch sensor and a signal generation method thereof are provided. The touch sensor includes: an input signal generation unit generating an input signal; a reference signal generation unit delaying the input signal by a predetermined time to generate a first signal; a plurality of touch sensing signal generation units having a touch pad and delaying the input signal differently according to whether or not the touch pad is touched to generate a second signal; a plurality of variable delay units varying a delay time in response to a control signal and delaying the second signal in response to the varied delay time to generate a varied second signal; a plurality of touch signal generation units generating a touch signal according to a difference in delay time between the first signal and the second signal; and a control unit receiving and analyzing the plurality of touch signals, generating touch outputs when the touch pad is in a touched state, and supplying the control signals to the variable delay units when the touch pad is in a standby state. Accordingly, the delay value may be automatically adjusted even when the delay value, which has been initially set, is varied due to an external environment, so that the touch pad may be prevented from being mis-operated. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204423 | EXECUTING FUNCTIONS THROUGH TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A method of executing a function through a touch input device. The method includes displaying a plurality of soft keys on a screen of the touch input device, and executing a function when one of the soft keys is touched and slid on the screen of the touch input device and an input instruction is entered to execute the assigned function. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204424 | Screen display method for mobile terminal - A content display method for a mobile terminal is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes at least two hierarchical structures each having at least two contents at a level. The content display method includes: displaying, in response to selection of a content, a window associated with the selected content; displaying, in response to input of a multi-window display request, windows associated with contents at the same level as the selected content together on a single screen; and rearranging, in response to input of a window movement request, the content windows by window movement to display the rearranged content windows together on a single screen. As a result, same-level contents or application windows in execution can be displayed together on a single screen according to a user request. Hence, the user can readily transition between contents or applications with enhanced user convenience. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204425 | Force/tactile display, method for controlling force/tactile display, and computer program - A force/tactile display that presents force/tactile sensation that occurs in response to physical interaction with each of a plurality of objects present in a virtual environment includes an action point defined on the mechanical structure, the action point presenting the force/tactile sensation, an applied force control means for controlling the force exerted on the action point, and an action point control means for controlling the position of the action point. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080204426 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080211778 | Screen Rotation Gestures on a Portable Multifunction Device - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display includes displaying information on the touch screen display in a portrait orientation. The method also includes detecting simultaneous rotation of two thumbs in a first sense of rotation on the touch screen display, and in response to detecting the simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in the first sense of rotation, displaying the information in a landscape orientation. In some embodiments, the method further includes detecting simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in a second sense of rotation that is opposite the first sense of rotation, and in response to detecting the simultaneous rotation of the two thumbs in the second sense of rotation, displaying the information in a portrait orientation. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211779 | Control systems employing novel physical controls and touch screens - Disclosed are methods and apparatus, which enable the reconfigurable control of vehicles, homes, computers and other applications. Physical controls and virtual displayed controls on single and multipoint touch screens are used, separately or in combination to enable higher visibility and understanding of control information and easier operation of controls, particularly useful in stressful situations. Some embodiments use optical sensors and rear projection of displayed embodiments, and are advantageous where curved screens are desired such as in a car. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211780 | Component for use as a portable computing device and pointing device in a modular computing system - A core component is disclosed which includes a processing module and a touch screen. The core component may operate by itself in a first mode to perform functions similar to that of a conventional personal digital assistant (PDA). In particular, the touch screen may both provide visual output and receive input from a user's finger when the core component operates in the first mode. When the core component is connected to another component including a display screen, the core component may operate in a second mode in which input received through the touch screen is provided to the other component. For example, the movement of a user's finger may control the position of a cursor displayed on a screen of the other component so that the core component exhibits the behavior of a trackpad when operating in the second mode. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211781 | Photoelectric transducer capable of detecting a finger resting on it, and display panel having the same - A photoelectric transducer according to this invention includes a photoelectric-transducer element array which has a first and a second regions in which a first and a second photoelectric transducer elements having a photoelectric transducer part are arranged, respectively, and a light-emitting member which is arranged below the photoelectric-transducer element array. Above the photoelectric-transducer element array, a mount layer is arranged, on which an object is to rest to reflect the light emitted from the light-emitting member to the first and the second photoelectric transducer elements. A first and a second light-shielding layers are provided between the light-emitting members and the photoelectric transducer part of the first and the second photoelectric transducer elements, respectively. The second light-shielding layer has a larger area than the first light-shielding layer. The light emitted from the light-emitting member therefore passes through the first region in a larger amount than through the second region. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211782 | TOUCH SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Systems and methods provide for simulating an effective touch on a touch screen sensor. A touch screen sensor includes a first surface, an opposing second surface, and one or more electrodes disposed on or proximate to the second surface. Signals are applied to the first and second surfaces in a manner which results in a simulated touch to a particular location of the touch screen sensor. In another approach, a plurality of voltage drive signals are applied at various touch surface regions of the touch screen sensor. A current flow resulting from application of the voltage drive signals is detected as the simulated touch. Touch simulation can be initiated locally or remotely as part of automated monitoring, testing, calibration, and/or servicing procedures. Results of a touch simulation procedure can be acquired and used locally or remotely to assess the operational fitness of the touch screen sensor over time. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211783 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211784 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080211785 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080218485 | SENSOR ARRAY - Embodiments of a sensor array are disclosed. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218486 | Contextual Touch Panel - In one embodiment, a touch panel for an electronic device includes: an electronic display; a frame bordering the display, the frame including a plurality of icons each representing a device control and wherein any icon representing a control that is available for a device function appearing on the display is highlighted and any icon representing a control that is not available for a device function appearing on the display is not highlighted; and a touch sensitive material for selectively activating device controls appearing on the display and for selectively activating highlighted icons. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218487 | Capacitive-type touch pad having special arrangement of capacitance sensor - A touch pad has a controller circuitry for generating an X-Y coordinate signal; a touch screen connecting with the controller circuitry, which has a transparent substrate and a transparent conductive film provided at the transparent substrate. The transparent conductive film having a plurality of capacitance sensors distributed along an X-coordinate direction and a Y-coordinate direction. The plurality of capacitance sensors are patterned for averaging the resistance capacitance distribution. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218488 | ACTIVE DRIVING TYPE VISUAL-TACTILE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an active driving type visual and tactile display device, in which a flat panel display device for visually displaying an image and a haptic part for generating a tactile sense using an electrostatic force are integrated to generate textures according to an electrostatic force based on an image signal. As a result, visual and tactile senses may be simultaneously recognized. Since the display device enables a user to simultaneously see an image through a visual sense and perceive various textures through a tactile sense, the performance of a device is significantly improved. Therefore, various textures according to an image signal can be precisely realized by the generation of an electrostatic force per unit cell. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218489 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A method of driving a display device having a plurality of pixels, a plurality of sensing units, and a plurality of sense data lines to which the plurality of sensing units are connected, includes: reading sense signals from the sense data lines; determining whether or not the display has been touched and the number of touches, generating X-axis and Y-axis position data based on the sense signals, and determining, when the quantity of touches is plural, whether a plurality of touches are sequentially generated, and the touch position of each. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218490 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TERMINAL - A terminal and a method of controlling the terminal are provided. The method of controlling a terminal receives a touch input while performing real-time communication, and transmits the input data to another party's terminal. Therefore, while performing real-time communication with another party, an operation of user may be transmitted to another party's terminal. Further, after the operation of the user is transmitted to another party's terminal, operation of another party may be fed back from another party's terminal. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218491 | Input Interface and Input Method - An input interface for an electronic apparatus includes a touchpad, a touch sensor, a touch command generator, a push sensor and a push command generator. The touchpad has a plurality of keys arranged thereon. The touch sensor senses whether an object touches one of the keys. The touch command generator generates a touch command to the electronic apparatus when the object slides across adjacent two of the keys. The push sensor senses whether one of the keys is pushed. The push command generator generates a push command to the electronic apparatus when one of the keys is pushed. Furthermore, an input method for the electronic apparatus is also disclosed hereinafter. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218492 | Touch panel - A touch panel which is not deteriorated in the linearity of electric potential gradient despite having a protruding portion. In the touch panel, the local protruding region of at least one of a pair of electrode plates is electrically insulated from the transparent conductive film. The at least one electrode plate is formed so that the local protruding region electrically insulated from the transparent conductive film includes a protruding board portion locally protruding outward from a region of each insulating board located between a pair of electrodes. The local protruding region of the at least one electrode plate includes a second conductive film provided on one surface of the protruding board portion; the second conductive film is insulated from the transparent conductive film. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080218493 | Display With Motion Sensor - The present disclosure provides for a display device for interfacing with a control and/or automation system. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for an improved display device for interfacing with a control and/or automation system, wherein the electronic display device includes a motion sensor or the like. In exemplary embodiments, the motion sensor is configured to detect at least one of motion or proximity of a human being without being contacted by the human being, the non-contact motion sensor also being configured to activate and/or adjust the illumination/light level of the display/screen from a first illumination/light level to a second illumination/light level when the non-contact motion sensor detects at least one of motion or proximity of a human being. | 09-11-2008 |
| 20080225007 | 3D Pointing Method, 3D Display Control Method, 3D Pointing Device, 3D Display Control Device, 3D Pointing Program, and 3D Display Control Program - A three-dimensional pointing method is disclosed. In the three-dimensional pointing method of the present invention, a desired point in a three-dimensional space represented on a display apparatus is pointed at based on two-dimensional coordinates of a position that is pointed at by a pen tip of an input pen on a predetermined detection plane, and, based on pen pressure that is pressure applied to the pen tip of the input pen, time for continuing to point or operation of an operation means provided in the input pen. In addition, in the three-dimensional pointing method of the present invention, a depth direction coordinate of a three-dimensional pointer to be displayed in the three-dimensional space is changed according to the pen pressure of the input pen, the time for continuing to point or the operation of the operation means provided in the input pen, and the three-dimensional pointer is displayed. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225008 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DRIVING AND RECEIVING DATA FROM MULTIPLE TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - In one embodiment, multiple touch screen devices are driven from a graphics signal. A general-purpose computer provides a graphics signal of a particular display resolution. A display segmentor is configured to divide each graphics frame of the graphics signal into a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group associated with a particular touch screen device of the plurality of touch screen devices. The display segmentor is further configured to generate an individual graphics signal from each pixel group, each individual graphics signal having a display resolution that is lower than the particular display resolution. One or more interfaces transmit each individual graphics signal to a different touch screen device of the plurality of touch screen devices. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225009 | Touch-initiated power-saving clock system and method for touch screen controller - A touch screen controller circuit ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225010 | Wait mode pen-touch detection and method for touch screen controller - A touch screen controller ( | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225011 | Position detecting apparatus, position inputting apparatus, and computer including the same - A position detecting apparatus includes a display apparatus having a screen for displaying images by changing states of a plurality of display elements arrayed in the screen along a predetermined direction which is parallel to a side boundary of the screen, and at least one detecting conductor disposed on the display apparatus to detect a position indicated on the display apparatus. The at least one detecting conductor is a loop coil having short sides and long sides, the long sides of the loop coil being arranged so as to cross the predetermined direction of the display elements. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225012 | Touch frame interface - A plurality of switches are disposed about the periphery of a display. The switches input information from a user to a controlled electronic device. By pressing down on any point of the periphery of the display, two switches disposed at the corners adjacent to the pressed side are operated. A cursor, responsively coupled to the switches, moves towards the frame side that is pressed. Alternatively, displayed text can be made to move away from the side that is pressed. Further, by pressing down simultaneously on two points disposed on opposite sides of the display, a display item that is associated with the present cursor position is selected. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225013 | Content Playback Device With Touch Screen - The invention concerns a content playback device comprising a touch-sensitive surface superposed with an integrated display the first display can be disabled and wherein the touch-sensitive surface and control means cooperate to provide user control functions of content playback independently of whether the display is enabled or disabled. The invention also concerns methods for controlling playback content, and in particular a method according to which both touch screen position dependent function selection and one position independent function selection are used in conjunction with the same playback device. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225014 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MODE THEREOF AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal, an electronic device, a computer program product, and a method of controlling including receiving a control signal for controlling a predetermined area; and controlling a size and an operating mode of a screen by the control signal. Therefore, various operation modes can be easily selected, and a plurality of touch signals can be recognized and processed. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080225015 | INPUT DEVICE - A first planar input unit includes a transparent first substrate and a transparent second substrate that are stacked on each other. On an electrode formation surface of the first substrate, transparent Y-driving electrodes and transparent shielding layers are formed. On an electrode formation surface of the second substrate, X-driving electrodes and first detection electrodes are formed. At the rear of the first substrate, a display unit, such as a liquid crystal panel, is provided. Since the shielding layers are located between the display unit and the first detection electrodes, a change in the potential of the first detection electrodes is prevented from being adversely affected by noise emitted from the display unit. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080231603 | Touch Screens - A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen ( | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231604 | METHOD FOR EXTENDING THE LIFE OF TOUCH SCREENS - In an embodiment, a signature area and virtual keypad, among other display elements, are displayed in more than one location on a touch screen display. As a result, wear and tear may be strategically distributed evenly across the touch screen, instead of isolated to fixed locations, thus increasing the touch screen's useful lifetime. Display degradation is detected in a novel embodiment from physical parameters that are conventionally used for the touch screen's touch sensitivity. By detecting the display degradation according to display location, display elements can be strategically located to enhance the life of the touch screen. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231605 | Compound touch panel - A compound touch panel comprises a capacitive touch panel unit; a resistive touch panel unit and a signal processing unit; the capacitive touch panel unit is overlapped with the resistive touch panel unit; sensing signals from the capacitive touch panel unit and resistive touch panel unit being transferred to the signal processing unit; the signal processing unit having at least one signal determining loop for determining the sensing signals being from the capacitive touch panel unit or the resistive touch panel unit so as to select a predetermined signal processing mode. Or the signal processing unit having a manual operated signal switch for selecting a signal processing mode based on whether sensing signals are from the capacitive touch panel unit or resistive touch panel unit. When the capacitive touch panel unit is selected from receiving signals, the conductive films of the resistive touch panel unit are jumped for grounding. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231606 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a sensing electrode generating a sensing signal in response to an external stimulus, a sensing line connected to the sensing electrode, a sensing driver connected to the sensing line, receiving the sensing signal from the sensing line and storing the sensing signal as a specific register value, and outputting a position pulse according to the specific register value, and a signal controller determining a position of the external stimulus based on the position pulse and a predetermined clock signal. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231607 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A liquid crystal device includes a liquid crystal panel, a touch panel, a position signal generating device, and a display control device. The liquid crystal panel is formed so that a liquid crystal is sealed in a gap between an element substrate and an opposite substrate, which are opposed to each other, and a transmittance ratio of the liquid crystal is controlled on the basis of a voltage applied between a first electrode and a second electrode. The touch panel is arranged on a side of the opposite substrate and provided with a plurality of detection electrodes. The position signal generating device specifies one or plurality of the plurality of detection electrodes in conformity with a predetermined rule and generates a position signal that indicates a position of a pointing body on the basis of an electric potential of the specified detection electrode or on the basis of electric potentials of the specified detection electrodes. The display control device displays an image of a fixed luminance level on a display area of the liquid crystal panel, which overlaps the detection electrode or detection electrodes specified by the position signal generating device. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231608 | Operating input device for reducing input error - An operating input device is provided in which input errors can be prevented. A finger area image is extracted from an image captured by a camera. A fingertip area is extracted from a difference image generated between the finger area image and a shifted image. A fingertip position is detected from the fingertip area based on a center of mass. A semitransparent fingertip image is superimposed on the menu image. Manual operation buttons coinciding with fingertip positions are displayed in an emphasized manner. An actual position of a finger press is shifted to coincide with a manual operation button position and the manual operation button is considered to be pressed. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231609 | MANIPULATING ASSOCIATION OF DATA WITH A PHYSICAL OBJECT - Data elements stored in a computing system and associated with a physical object are reassociated with the same or another physical object. An identifying characteristic presented by the physical object, such as a reflective pattern applied to the object, is detected when the object is positioned adjacent to the interactive display surface. Images or other files associated with the identifying characteristic are accessed and displayed on the interactive display surface. A gesture by a user adjacent to the interactive display surface is detected to reassociate a selected representation. For example, the user can change where the selected element fits in a sequence of data elements, or reassociate the selected element with a second object placed on the interactive display surface. In a networked environment, the reassociated element can be stored on a server and subsequently accessed from a different interactive surface via the network using the second physical object. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080231610 | GESTURES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multipoint sensing device such as a multipoint touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multipoint sensing device, and identifying at least one multipoint gesture based on the data from the multipoint sensing device. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080238878 | POINTING DEVICE USING FINGERPRINT - The pointing device mainly contains a fingerprint sensor capable of capturing continuous images of the fingerprint of a user's finger when the finger is moved across a sensing area of the fingerprint sensor. From these continuous images, the pointing device is able to calculate the direction and speed of the movement of the finger. These pieces of information are then passed to a host computer system, which in turn adjusts the position of a cursor shown on a display device. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238879 | Touch sensor control devices - The invention provides mechanical devices to enhance the input process for touch screen devices. Fader tracks with or without fader caps, rotary and fixed knobs, and joysticks may be removably adhered to a touch screen and used to emulate their respective functions, using software interpretation of the touch detections provoked by the devices to carry out the emulations. The devices are inexpensive and simple, and the touch screen and associated software provide the function and feel of electromechanical controllers that are far more expensive and difficult to connect and maintain. The devices may be provided as components on a crack-and-peel sheet. For fixed knobs, the software application accepts initial inputs and determines the location on the touch screen, and also interprets the geometry of the input strokes as commands for selected controller emulations, such as joystick, fader, knob, or mouse. The invention also provides a touch sensor controller having a longitudinal web that incorporates touch sensor electrodes and conductors and emulates a fader controller. The invention further provides a flexible track controller mounted at the periphery of a touch screen and extendable thereover to emulate a fader controller. The flexible track may be motor driven. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238880 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE CORRECTION CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE CORRECTION PROGRAM - An image display device has a touchpad and an image display area that is composed of a plurality of sub-areas obtained by dividing the image display area into a two-dimensional array. A sensor surface of the touchpad is positionally correlated to the image display area. In response to a touch on the touchpad, the image display device specifies one or more of the sub-areas and adjusts the brightness of the specified sub-areas. In addition, the image display device specifies a different portion of the display image in response to a different user operation, such as a user operation of touching the touchpad with his finger and moving the finger across the touchpad, two successive user operations, or a user operation made at a specific tracing speed. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238881 | Shield for a digitizer sensor - A digitizer comprises a sensor configured for detecting an object implemented for user input, the sensor including at least one transparent layer, circuitry connected to the sensor configured for processing signals detected on at least a portion of the sensor and a conductive shield configured for providing shielding over an area of the sensor that is not intended for user input. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080246735 | Tactile feedback for capacitive sensors - A tactile feedback apparatus for a capacitive sensing device is comprised of a dielectric insulator having a surface. A finger receiving recess is defined in the surface. The finger receiving recess is configured for receiving a deflected portion of a finger. The finger receiving recess is comprised of a finger deflecting feature and a tactile feedback feature. The finger deflecting feature is coupled to the surface and structured such that a variety of finger sizes pressed into the finger receiving recess would deflect into a predictable and repeatable shape for affecting the capacitive sensing device in a substantially uniform manner. The tactile feedback element is coupled to the surface and disposed such that the tactile feedback element contacts the deflected portion of the finger to provide tactile feedback to the finger only when the finger is sufficiently deflected into the finger receiving recess to actuate the capacitive sensing device. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246736 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING BETWEEN DIGITAL DEVICES - An apparatus and method for interfacing between digital devices. The apparatus for interfacing between two or more digital devices through wired and/or wireless communication includes: a display unit that outputs information regarding communicable digital devices and receives information for specifying digital devices that it is desired to interface with each other or content that it is desired to communicate based on the information regarding the output digital devices; and a control unit that controls wired and/or wireless communication between the desired digital devices. Accordingly, the user can easily use contents or services that are not stored in a digital device. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246737 | Method and Devices of Transmitting Tactile Information Description - Method of transmitting tactile information to a tactile display with a touch plate containing pads, the touch plate being controlled by a server, in which,
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| 20080246738 | System and Method for Projecting Control Graphics - Systems and methods for projecting graphics onto a surface are provided. According to exemplary embodiments, systems and methods for projecting control graphics onto a surface that includes control functionality are provided. The surface may take the form of a control panel, touch panel or the like. The control panel is typically operatively connected to various components and/or systems, and is typically adapted to control various operations and/or functionalities. The control graphics are generally projected onto the surface, e.g., the control panel or touch panel, in response to a stimulus, e.g., user interaction. In exemplary embodiments, the stimulus/user interaction may take the form of voice command, user proximity (e.g., to a sensor), or the like. Graphic projection onto the surface may vary in intensity (e.g., over a range of dim to bright), and may be undetectable (e.g., non-existent) in the absence of the requisite stimulus. In further exemplary embodiments, information (e.g., programming reminders) or images (e.g., decorative images) may be projected onto the surface in place of control graphics, e.g., in the absence of the requisite stimulus. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246739 | Touch Sensitive Display Device, Apparatus and Method for Driving the Same - A touch sensitive display device has a driving apparatus. The driving apparatus includes at least one of a plurality of stages, and each stage includes an input section, a middle processing unit, an output voltage generator, and an output path selection unit. The input section outputs a first voltage in response to an output signal from a previous stage or a scanning start signal. The middle processing unit outputs a second voltage in response to one of the plurality of clock signals or an output signal from a next stage. The output voltage generator charges the first voltage and generates the output signal in response to the first voltage from the input section and the second voltage from the middle processing unit. The output path selecting unit selects an output path for the output signal from the output voltage generator. Accordingly, the structure of the display device can be simplified. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246740 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH OPTICAL INPUT FUNCTION, IMAGE MANIPULATION METHOD, AND IMAGE MANIPULATION PROGRAM - Provided are a display device with an optical input function, an image manipulation method, and an image manipulation program. Shape information on an object adjacent to a display unit is detected. A function indicated by an icon which corresponds to contact coordinates of the object is assigned to the shape information. This makes it possible for a user to assign dedicated functions respectively to, for example, a thumb and a little finger. Hence, a user-friendly user interface can be provided. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246741 | INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE - An input device includes an input panel, a cover member that is provided with a housing portion, in which the input panel is housed, and a film member that is disposed over a main surface of the input panel provided in the housing portion and a main surface of the cover member. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246742 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXECUTING COMMANDS THEREIN AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING COMMANDS IN THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for executing commands in an electronic device having a touch sensing element. A stylus or finger is used to touch the touch sensing element and move through several sensing areas on the touch sensing element. A responsive signal is generated by the touch sensing element according to the touched sensing areas. A processor then executes a corresponding command in accordance with the responsive signal. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246743 | Transport Control Module for Remote Use - A method of controlling a light emitting display includes receiving an input signal with a transport control module that includes a touch screen, displaying a command overlay that includes an input command on the touch screen, selecting the input command from the command overly, processing the input signal based upon the selected input command, thereby producing an output signal, and outputting the output signal to the light emitting display. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080246744 | Touch-screen display device - A touch-screen display device includes a touch panel and a display panel. The touch panel includes a signal terminal portion transmitting a coordinate signal corresponding to a touch position. The display panel is disposed under the touch panel, and includes a display area and a peripheral area that surrounds the display area. An image is displayed in the display area. A first terminal portion is disposed in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the signal terminal portion. Thus, the first terminal portion is formed on the display panel, and thus the coordinate signal may be directly transmitted to a main flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) through the first terminal portion, so that the coordinate signal may be stably transmitted. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080252606 | Display Device - A matrix display device ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252607 | Image Display That Moves Physical Objects and Causes Tactile Sensation - An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252608 | TOUCH SENSOR WITH ELECTRODE ARRAY - A touch sensor is provided that includes an array of discrete electrodes disposed over a touch sensitive area, the electrodes being elongated in a first direction and having a variable width measured in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. A touch location can be determined by simultaneously applying an electrical signal to a plurality of positions on the touch sensor, the touch location along the first direction being determined by comparing a capacitive coupling between the touch implement and the plurality of positions in the touch sensor, and the touch location along the second direction being determined by comparing a resistive coupling between the touch implement and the plurality of positions in the touch sensor. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252609 | Image display and touch input integration module - An image display and touch input integration module includes a keyboard microcontroller connected to an image memory, a touch module, and a display module, and selectively operable in a touch mode or a display mode. The image memory has at least one image data stored thereon. The touch module defines a touch area therein. The display module is integrated with the touch module and defines a display area therein for displaying image data read by the keyboard microcontroller from the image memory. When the keyboard microcontroller operates in the touch mode, the touch module functions as an input device of a computer apparatus; and when the keyboard microcontroller operates in the display mode, image data read by it from the image memory is displayed in the display area of the display module. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252610 | Variably positionable touchpad interface - An electronic device comprises a touchpad module having at least one touchpad pick button rotatably coupled to a housing of the electronic device to enable movement of the at least one touchpad pick button between a non-extended position and an extended position relative to the housing. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252611 | OBJECT SEARCH METHOD AND TERMINAL HAVING OBJECT SEARCH FUNCTION - An object search method, computer program product, and a terminal having an object search function are disclosed. The object search method includes: displaying a list of a plurality of objects including a first object and a second object in a first screen area, and displaying a touch input window for touch input in a second screen area; touching a first position on the touch input window with a pointer and then dragging the pointer to a second position on the touch input window; and moving an object indicator from the first object to the second object on the list as the pointer is dragged from the first position to the second position. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently search for an object. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080252612 | Touch panel display device with signal transmission channel - An exemplary touch panel display device ( | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259039 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Selecting a Soft Keyboard - A portable electronic device may display one of a plurality of soft keyboards in a first display area and input characters in a second display area. The user may select a key on the soft keyboard, causing a plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of soft keyboards to be displayed. The user may then select one of the objects, and the soft keyboard corresponding to the selected object is displayed and made operational. The soft keyboards corresponding to the objects not selected are not made operational. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259040 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Positioning an Insertion Marker in a Touch Screen Display - An insertion marker that is displayed on a touch screen may be moved by a user via an insertion marker placement aid. The insertion marker placement aid is displayed on the touch screen after a contact with the touch screen is detected. The insertion marker placement aid provides visual feedback to the user, indicating that the insertion marker is subject to repositioning by the user. When the contact is moved across the touch screen, the insertion marker and the insertion marker placement aid is moved in accordance with the movement of the contact. When the contact is broken (i.e., no longer detected), the insertion marker placement aid is removed from display and the insertion marker comes to rest. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259041 | Method, system, and graphical user interface for activating hyperlinks - Methods, systems, and graphical user interfaces for activating hyperlinks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable electronic device: displays content on a touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; detects a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determines a point within the area of contact; determines a link in the plurality of links that satisfies two or more predetermined criteria with respect to the point, including a closest proximity criterion and a maximum proximity criterion; and activates the determined link. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259042 | USING TOUCHES TO TRANSFER INFORMATION BETWEEN DEVICES - A device may comprise a display and a processor. The processor may obtain a first set of one or more touches on a remote surface of a remote device based on a signal received on a communication link between the device and the remote device. receive information associated with the first set of one or more touches through the signal. detect a gesture on the display, and determine whether the information is to be used to obtain content based on the gesture. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259043 | Device Capable of Being Operated Within a Network, Network System, Method of Operating a Device Within a Network, Program Element, and Computer-Readable Medium - A device (A) is described, which is capable of being operated within a network comprising a touch interface ( | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259044 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a coordinate input device including: a plurality of detection electrodes which are arranged in a planar shape in a detection area of a substrate; a plurality of routed wires connected to the plurality of detection electrodes; a coating film which coats the plurality of detection electrodes; a detection unit which detects a capacitance variation between the plurality of detection electrodes via the coating film; and a calculation unit which calculates a capacitance forming position from the detected result of the detection unit, wherein the plurality of detection electrodes are formed in the detection area in a first direction and are arranged in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction so as to configure a plurality of detection electrode pairs, each of which is composed of a pair of adjacent detection electrodes, a ratio of the width of one-side detection electrode of the pair of detection electrodes to the width of the other-side detection electrode of the pair of detection electrodes configuring each of the detection electrode pairs is changed according to the first direction, and the plurality of routed wires are connected to one ends of the first direction of the detection electrodes and are formed on the same layer as the plurality of detection electrodes. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259045 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH SCREEN, COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF EXECUTING FUNCTIONS THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile communication device equipped with a touch screen, and a communication device and a method of executing functions thereof are disclosed. A method of controlling a mobile communication device includes displaying a plurality of execution keys on a touch screen in a standby mode and executing an operation assigned to a specific one of the plurality of execution keys by touching and dragging the specific execution key. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259046 | Pressure sensitive touch pad with virtual programmable buttons for launching utility applications - A pressure sensitive Display Pad having embedded dual functionality such as operating as a mouse for pointer navigation and an array of Virtual Programmable Applications Buttons for selection on the computing device and displaying applications such as a calculator, currency converter, daily event calendar, etc. The device is an improvement to existing resistive and capacitive touch pads that eliminates the need for additional dedicated mechanical buttons for launching utility applications. An exemplary embodiment is disclosed in the context of a laptop computer wherein the Display Pad performs the pointing and selection functions of existing laptop touchpads, and additionally provides for fixed or programmable pressure sensitive application functions using virtual buttons on the touchpad which can launch utility applications associated with those buttons, either on the computer screen or on the Display Pad display or both. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259047 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SYMBOLS ON A TERMINAL INPUT AREA - A terminal has an input area that supports touch input, and a controller for responding to the touch input area. The controller also displays selected symbols in the touch input area responsive to an operational mode of the terminal. When the terminal is in a call mode, a command or data associated with one of the symbols displayed for the call mode may be entered by touching the symbol, touching and dragging the symbol from its original location, or touching and dragging the symbol to a central area. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259048 | Operation Device and Image Formation Device - An operation device includes: a touch panel on which at least one operation button is displayed; a press position detection unit detecting a press position when a user presses the touch panel; a button operation detection unit determining whether an operation is applied to the operation button based on the press position; a button operation appropriateness determination unit determining whether a button operation by the user is appropriate; and a button operation facilitating unit facilitating subsequent button operations by the user when it is determined by the button operation appropriateness determination unit that the button operation by the user is inappropriate. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080259049 | Information processing apparatus - An information processing apparatus provides improved expressive capability during presentations. Image, sound, memo information and other related input data that are recorded in an electronic camera are set to be reproduced in a predetermined order. When reproducing information that is set, images are displayed on a liquid crystal display that is part of an electronic camera and, in addition, similar images can be displayed on a separate monitor connected to the electronic camera. If it is desired to provide supplementary information during a presentation with the electronic camera, such supplementary information may be overlaid on any arbitrary section of the image being displayed using a pen type pointing device, for example. Furthermore, the supplementary overlaid information may be erased independently from other recorded information as needed because the supplementary information is stored in a different area of memory from the image and memo information. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080266265 | TOUCH PAD CONTROL PANEL LOCATED IN THE CENTER CONSOLE OF A VEHICLE - The present disclosure provides a moveable touch pad that opens out of a center console armrest and is operable to control a navigation unit or other vehicle functions. Advantageously, locating a control touch pad unit in the center console armrest provides an ergonomically desirable solution for the vehicle's driver. The touch pad can be stored in the vehicle's center console armrest, and the touch pad is configured to move fore and aft for comfortable driver access. Additionally, the control touch pad unit can be utilized to control other vehicle functions, such as audio, climate settings, odometer settings, lighting, mobile phones, and the like. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266266 | Touchscreen for detecting multiple touches - A touchscreen system comprises a touch area. At least one transmitter is positioned proximate to outer edges of the touch area for transmitting first beams in a first direction. At least one beam splitter is positioned proximate to the outer edges of the touch area for splitting the first beams into at least second and third beams that travel through the touch area in at least second and third directions, respectively. The at least one beam splitter comprises a plurality of deflecting elements. Receivers are positioned proximate to the outer edges of the touch area for receiving the at least second and third beams. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266267 | Pen for touch pad of a laptop - A pen for the touch pad of a laptop includes a conductive penholder, wherein a conductive pen head is installed on one end of the conductive penholder, and a smooth layer is located on the surface of the conductive pen head. The conductive pen can deliver the static electricity from a human's body through the conductive pen to the touch pad of a laptop computer. It replaces the original operation in which a user uses their finger to touch the touch pad of the laptop. It is convenient for the user and the user can operate it for a long time. The problems caused by the user's sweat re avoided. The opposite end of the conductive penholder can be installed with a PDA pen, a ball-point pen, a laser, or a pencil. The function of the present invention is therefore versatile. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266268 | TOUCHPAD COVER APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a base, a touchpad and a touchpad cover apparatus for covering an operating surface of the touchpad. The touchpad is fastened to a bottom plate of the base. An opening is defined in the shell for revealing the operating surface of the touchpad. The touchpad cover apparatus includes a rail guide extending from a bottom surface of the shell and a touchpad cover. A pair of parallel guiding channels is defined in the rail guide. The touchpad cover is slidably inserted between the pair of parallel guiding channels, being slidable between a first position such that the operating surface of the touchpad is revealed through the opening of the shell, and a second position such that an operating surface of the touchpad is covered by the touchpad cover. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266269 | PORTABLE TOUCH-TYPE KEYBOARD - Disclosed herein is a portable touch-type keyboard in which touch type electrodes are included in a printed circuit board (PCB) and keys each having a pad shape are formed on a flat plate in correspondence with the touch type electrodes so as to transmit/receive a signal to/from an external device via wired/wireless communication such that key data indicating a character or a function can be input. The portable keyboard includes a pad key touch panel including a plurality of pad type touch electrodes contained in predetermined containing spaces of a printed circuit board (PCB) and pad keys formed on an upper plane in correspondence with the touch electrodes, and a signal operation module which processes signals received from the plurality of pad keys, generates a key signal, and transmits the key input signal to an external device via wired/wireless communication. Accordingly, it is possible to provide a keyboard which is used for typewriting, has a small total size due to the decrease of the size of keypads, and includes a plurality of keys arranged therein. It is possible to provide a portable keyboard which is capable of transmitting key input data to an external device via wired/wireless communication and being folded or wound when a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) is employed. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080266270 | Electrostatic Pad Apparatus and Information Processing Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an electrostatic pad apparatus comprising: a pad portion that includes a touch detecting area having a ringed shape, the touch detecting area being partitioned into a plurality of areas including a first area and a second area, the areas being arranged along a circumferential direction of the touch detecting area; and a controller that outputs a first command when a touch operation is input to the first area and outputs a second command when a touch operation is input to the second area. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080273013 | Infrared Touch Screen Gated By Touch Force - A touch-sensitive display device includes a display. A transparent plate is provided in front of the display. A tactile sensor senses a touch event. One or more infrared sensors are positioned in front of the transparent plate. The one or more infrared sensors identify a location of the touch event when the tactile sensor detects a touch event. | 11-06-2008 |
| 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 |
| 20080273015 | Dual function touch screen module for portable device and opeating method therefor - A dual function operating touch screen module which applies to portable devices and operating method therefor are provided. The dual function operating touch screen module includes a touch screen, a sensor, an instruction executing unit, and a cursor transforming unit. The operating method includes the steps of displaying an image according to a touch signal input from a touch screen; receiving the touch signal to calculate a touch location signal; performing a corresponding operating instruction based on the touch location signal; and triggering and transforming the touch location signal to a cursor track signal which corresponds to the operating instruction, and display the cursor track signal on an output image signal after the output image signal is selectively activated actively or passively. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273016 | INTEGRATED TOUCH-SCREEN CONTROL PANEL FOR A WASHING APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Various embodiments of the present invention provide a touch-screen user interface system for a dishwasher. In one aspect, the system includes an illuminated display operably engaged with a door of the dishwasher having a plurality of touch-responsive surfaces associated therewith, and a cover operably engaged with the illuminated display so as to enclose the illuminated display in a substantially fluid-tight arrangement and such that each of the plurality of touch-responsive surfaces are visible and accessible to a user of the dishwasher via the cover. Various embodiments of the present invention also provide a method of manufacturing an integrally-formed lens member and console member for such a touch-screen user interface system. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273017 | TOUCHPAD USING A COMBINATION OF TOUCHDOWN AND RADIAL MOVEMENTS TO PROVIDE CONTROL SIGNALS - A physical or virtual circular touchpad that may have an active touch-sensitive surface in a center area of the touchpad, wherein touchdown in the center area is detected by the touchpad having an active touch-sensitive surface, and then radial movement from the center area towards a perimeter of the circular touchpad and in a specific direction will cause a change in the value of a control parameter. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080273018 | Method for scrolling and edge motion on a touchpad - A method of using capacitance-sensitive touchpad, wherein the touchpad includes a plurality of zones on a surface thereof, wherein detection of a finger within one of the plurality of zones determines a direction and a speed of scrolling within a window in a graphical user interface, and wherein detection of a finger within one of the plurality of zones determines a direction and a speed of movement of a cursor performing edge motion in the graphical user interface, thus making edge motion and scrolling dependent only upon a detected location of a finger within the plurality of zones, and not dependent upon detecting movement of the finger. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080278450 | Method and Device for Preventing Staining of a Display Device - A method and apparatus for preventing staining of a display screen by a user's fingers, by encouraging a user not to touch the surface of a display screen while using a graphic user interface associated with the display screen includes determining a first threshold distance from the display screen within which a user's finger may be detected, determining a second threshold distance from the display screen within which a user's fingers may be detected, the second threshold distance being shorter than the first threshold distance, first detecting when a user's finger is within the first threshold distance, indicating to the user, upon a detection in the first detecting step, that the user's finger has entered a zone proximate to the screen where interaction with a graphical user interface (GUI) is enabled, the GUI enabling manipulating various display functions by movements of the user's finger, second detecting when a user's finger is within the second threshold distance, and indicating to the user, upon a detection in the second detecting step, that the user's finger has entered a forbidden zone. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278451 | TOUCH-PANEL-INTEGRATED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A touch-panel-integrated liquid crystal display (“LCD”) which prevents malfunction of a sensor by decoupling coupling noise, and a method of driving the touch-panel-integrated LCD. The touch-panel-integrated LCD includes a plurality of first lines which extend in a first direction, a plurality of second lines which extend in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a plurality of thin film transistors which are respectively disposed at interconnections between the first lines and the second lines, a first comparator which includes first and second nodes, a first sensor line which is connected to the first node, extends in the same direction as the first lines, and transmits a touch signal corresponding to the first direction, and a first decoupler which is connected between the second node and one of the first lines and decouples coupling noise present in the touch signal corresponding to the first direction. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278452 | VIDEO APPARATUS OPERATING ACCORDING TO GRIP OF USER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A video apparatus that is operated according to whether it is being gripped by a user, and an operation control method of the video apparatus. The video apparatus may detect whether it is being gripped by a user, and may be appropriately operated according to a result of detection. Therefore, user convenience can be improved, and entertainment can be enhanced. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278453 | Production testing of a capacitive touch sensing device - In one embodiment, a method for production testing of a capacitive touch sensing device is disclosed. In this embodiment, the present technology for production testing of a capacitive touch sensing device samples a first value corresponding to a first channel of a capacitive touch sensing device when the capacitive touch sensing device is in production. The present embodiment also samples a second value corresponding to the first channel of the capacitive touch sensing device when the capacitive touch sensing device has a self-test capacitive circuit applying a signal thereto. The present embodiment compares the first value and the second value to determine a production testing result for the first channel of the capacitive touch sensing device, wherein the sampling of the second value and the comparing the first value and the second value occur during production of the capacitive touch sensing device. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278454 | METHOD FOR SETTING TOUCH SENSITIVITY IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for setting touch sensitivity in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes activating a touch screen function of a touch pad when a display unit is activated in a standby mode of the portable terminal, displaying a menu screen for conducting a current mode on the display unit, switching the menu screen to a touch sensitivity mode and displaying touch sensitivity levels when the touch sensitivity mode is selected as the current mode, setting sensitivity of the touch pad according to one of the touch sensitivity levels selected by the user and storing the set sensitivity of the touch pad. Advantageously, the user can conveniently use the touch pad, the sensitivity of which is set as desired by the user. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278455 | User-Defined Enablement Protocol - A user interface method is disclosed. For a particular interface, such as a touch input device, the method involves defining an enablement protocol for a function and recording and retaining the enablement protocol of said function, such that a user enables the function by substantially reproducing the enablement protocol in the absence of spatial or temporal indication of at least a portion of the enablement protocol. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278456 | Touch sensitive display having different adhesives and method for fabricating same - An exemplary touch sensitive display ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080278457 | ACRYLIC RESIN, RESIN BOARDS, TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE BOARDS FOR TOUCH PANELS, TOUCH PANELS, AND PROCESSES FOR PRODUCTION OF THEM - A method of producing an acrylic resin plate, comprising a step of adding 0.001 to 1 part by weight of a polymerization initiator having 10 hours half life temperature of 80° C. or more and 0.015 to 0.2 parts by weight of cyclohexadiene or terpenoid-based compound into 100 parts by weight of a mixture composed of an alkyl methacrylate having a C1-4 alkyl group and a poly-functional (meth)acrylate to give a polymerizable mixture, and a step of polymerizing said polymerizable mixture; an acrylic resin comprising 3 to 30 wt % of an alkyl methacrylate unit having a C8-20 alkyl group, 2 to 35 wt % of a mono-ethylenically unsaturated monomer unit containing an alkyl methacrylate unit having a C1-4 alkyl group and 35 to 95 wt % of a poly-functional (meth)acrylate unit; an acrylic resin plate made of the resin and production process the same, and a transparent electrode plate for touch panel and a touch panel having them. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080284738 | PROXIMITY SENSOR AND METHOD FOR INDICATING A DISPLAY ORIENTATION CHANGE - A proximity sensor device and method is provided that facilitates orientation changes in displays. The proximity sensor device and method provide a user with the ability to indicate an orientation change in a display using the sensing region of a proximity sensor device as a user interface. In one specific embodiment, proximity sensor device is implemented to indicate an orientation change in a first way responsive to detected object motion along the sensing region in a first direction, and is further implemented to indicate an orientation change in a second way responsive to detected object motion along the sensing region in a second direction. Thus, a user can cause orientation changes of different ways through the use of object motions in different directions along the sensing region. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284739 | Human Interface Device - An input device may detect an input on an input device. The input may be compared to stored inputs to determine if the input is related to one of the stored inputs where the stored inputs can be user defined. If the input is related to one of the stored inputs, an action may be executed related to the stored input. If the input is not related to one of the stored inputs or is not recognized, the steps of the method may be repeated. The actions associated with different gestures may be defined by the user. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284740 | Wireless multi-user touch control device - A wireless multi-user touch control device including at least one input unit having a touch control input pad and a radio transmission element. A user can touch the touch control input pad to write characters or draft drawings thereon. The input unit serves to convert the characters and drawings into digital signals which are transmitted by the radio transmission element by way of radio frequency. The wireless multi-user touch control device further includes a receiving unit having a receiver, a mainframe and a display. The receiver responsively receives the radio signals transmitted from the input unit and input the radio signals to a processing unit of the mainframe for processing the signals. Thereafter, the display shows the characters or drawings identical to those written on the touch control input pad of the input unit by the user. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284741 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE NAVIGATIONAL MECHANISMS, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Electronic devices with preselected operational characteristics and associated methods are disclosed. The electronic devices can include a sensing component that senses a touch from an input mechanism and an input circuitry that measures at least one parameter of the touch from the sensing component. The electronic devices can also include a processor that performs an analysis of the measured at least one parameter of the detected touch and causes the user interface to navigate on the display based on the performed analysis. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284742 | Method and apparatus for implementing multiple push buttons in a user input device - Method and apparatus for implementing multiple push buttons in a user device are disclosed. The method includes detecting a location of a user input using one or more touch sensors, detecting a force of the user input using a switch, and generating a signal for representing one of the push buttons being pressed according to with the location and force of the user input. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284743 | Electronic devices with preselected operational characteristics, and associated methods - Electronic devices with preselected operational characteristics and associated methods are disclosed. The electronic devices can include a touch sensing component that senses a touch from an input mechanism and an input circuitry that measures at least one parameter of the touch from the touch sensing component. The electronic devices can also include a processor that performs an analysis of the measured at least one parameter of the detected touch and implements preselected operational characteristics of the electronic device based on the performed analysis. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284744 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A method and apparatus which efficiently inputs characters through a touch screen in a mobile communication terminal is provided. The method, for inputting characters through a touch screen in a mobile communication terminal, includes displaying a virtual keyboard including a plurality of keyboard keys on the touch screen in response to a character input request, inputting an input signal through the touch screen; and inputting a corresponding character, if the input signal is a click signal. If the input signal is a drag signal, the virtual keyboard is moved. Therefore, the character input method and apparatus display a virtual keyboard that is greater than the touch screen and thus reduce the user character input errors. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284745 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device that has a sensing function with no-hindrance touching is provided. The electronic device includes a casing, a touch display and a processor. The casing has an opening, and the touch display is disposed inside the opening for receiving an operation of an input tool. The touch display has a sensing surface which allows the input tool to slide smoothly over the sensing surface and the casing. The processor is electrically coupled to the touch display, and the user interface displayed by the touch display is determined by the processor. As a result, the convenience of operating the electronic device is increased. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284746 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a casing, a touch display and a processor is provided. The casing has an opening, and the touch display is disposed inside the casing for receiving the operation of an input tool. The opening exposes a portion of the touch display. The touch display has a sensing surface. The processor is coupled to the touch display, and the user interface displayed by the touch display is determined by the processor. As a result, the convenience of operating the electronic device is increased. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284747 | TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch control display device (100) includes a base plate (120), a touch screen panel (100) arranged on the base plate, a plurality of touch-controlled light-emitting modules (130) arranged on the base plate, and a plurality of trigger electrodes (140) arranged on the touch screen. Each touch-controlled light-emitting module includes a light-emitting diode (131) and a silicon controlled rectifier (132) electrically connected to the corresponding light-emitting diode in series. The silicon controlled rectifier is configured for turning on or off the corresponding light-emitting diode based on a control signal. The trigger electrodes spatially correspond to the respective touch-controlled light-emitting modules. Each trigger electrode is electrically connected to one corresponding silicon controlled rectifier and configured for receiving the control signal and transmitting the control signal to the corresponding silicon controlled rectifier. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284748 | METHOD FOR BROWSING A USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND THE SOFTWARE THEREOF - A method for browsing a user interface for an electronic device and the software thereof are provided. A processor in the electronic device receives an input signal through a touch sensor. Then the processing unit determines the type of the input tool which generates the input signal. Finally, a user interface browsing function is enabled or disabled automatically according to the tool type. As a result, the convenience of operating the electronic device is increased. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284749 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND THE SOFTWARE THEREOF - A method for operating a user interface for an electronic device and the software thereof are provided. A processor in the electronic device receives an input signal through a touch sensor. Then the processing unit determines the type of the input tool which triggers the input signal. Finally, various specific functions are enabled or disabled automatically according to the tool type. As a result, the efficiency and convenience of operating the electronic device are increased. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284750 | METHOD FOR MULTIPLE SELECTIONS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND THE SOFTWARE THEREOF - A method for multiple selections for the user interface of an electronic device and the software thereof are provided. A processor in the electronic device receives an input signal through a touch sensor. Then the processor determines the type of the input tool which triggers the input signal. Finally, a multiple selection function is automatically enabled or disabled according to the type of the input tool. As a result, the efficiency and the convenience of operating the electronic device are increased. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284751 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING THE TYPE OF AN INPUT TOOL FOR A HANDHELD DEVICE - A method for identifying the type of input tools for a handheld device is provided. A processor in the handheld device receives an input signal through a touch sensing means. Then the processor determines the type of the input tool which generates the input signal. As a result, the efficiency of follow-up application is improved, and furthermore the convenience of operating the handheld device is increased. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080284752 | Delay judgment systems and methods - Delay judgment systems and methods are provided. The system comprises an input device and a processing module. The processing module receives and buffers a plurality of inputs via the input device within a specific time period, where each input comprises an input property. After the specific time period, the processing module performs a determination according to the input properties of the respective inputs. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080291173 | Information processing apparatus and storage medium for storing information processing program - An input coordinate point is obtained from a pointing device, and either one of first and second controls is selected in accordance with an operation performed by a user. When the first control is selected, a movement vector is calculated based on the input coordinate point and a predetermined coordinate point, and a display area of a virtual space, which is displayed on a display device, is moved. Alternatively, when the first control is selected, the movement vector is calculated based on the input coordinate point and predetermined coordinate point, and an object is moved within the virtual space. When the second control is selected, the object is moved to a position in the virtual space, the position corresponding to the input coordinate point. Then, the display device is caused to display the virtual space within the display area. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291174 | Selective enabling of multi-input controls - A control system is disclosed that is configurable (e.g., by a programmer) so as to enable input from multiple sources to capture to multiple controls. Also or alternatively, the system is configurable so as to enable input from multiple sources to capture to a single control. The system also provides a consistent and extendable scheme for filtering out conflicting events for individual controls. In one embodiment, this means that the system is configurable (e.g., based on the programmer's asserted preferences) so as to enable a selective determination as to whether additional inputs can be captured for a given control. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080291175 | Portable Computer - Embodiments relate to a portable computer comprising first and second substantially planar portions; the first portion comprising a first output display device of a first size; the second portion comprising a keyboard having a plurality of actuable keys and a touch sensitive display selectively operable as at least one of a further output display device and an input device. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080297482 | RECOGNIZING SELECTION REGIONS FROM MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS INPUTS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs. Input selection regions are calculated from simultaneous contacts on a multi-touch input display surface. Computer system users can use natural and/or more intuitive hand gestures to select items on an input/display surface. Selection regions can be dynamically adjusted to in response to detected changes in contact at different locations on a surface. For example, selection region changes can be updated in essentially real-time as fingers are added and moved on the multi-touch input display surface. The calculation of selection regions can vary based on an application and/or operating system context. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297483 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOUCHSCREEN BASED USER INTERFACE INTERACTION - A method and apparatus for a touchscreen based user interface (UI) interaction that controls a volume through circular UI graphics and switches between different application images by dragging an indicator on a touchscreen of a terminal device. The method includes: displaying an application image on a touchscreen; sensing whether the touchscreen is touched on the displayed application image; if the touchscreen is touched, displaying a volume image to control an audio volume at a touch position; and changing a size of the volume image whenever the touchscreen is touched and controlling the audio volume to corresponding to the size of the volume region. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297484 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GESTURE INFORMATION BASED ON TOUCHSCREEN AND INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE HAVING THE APPARATUS - A method and apparatus for enabling user interface (UI) interaction between an information terminal device and a user based on a touchscreen, and an information terminal device incorporating the apparatus. The method includes displaying an operation image on the touchscreen in accordance with an operation mode; sensing whether the touchscreen is touched on the displayed operation image; and displaying guide information having a predetermined form corresponding to the operation mode in order to enable a user interface (UI) interaction, if the touch of the touchscreen is sensed. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297485 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING A MENU IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A device and a method for executing a menu in a mobile terminal are provided. The device for executing a menu in a mobile terminal includes a display unit for displaying, when a request for displaying a menu list is input, the menu list, including at least one menu, in a first direction and an item list, including at least one item, for executing the menu in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a touch panel for detecting a touch action on the display unit, a position detection unit for detecting, when the touch action is detected, a touch position on the display unit and a menu execution unit for determining a menu of the menu list in the first direction and an item of the item list in the second direction by analyzing the touch position and for executing the determined menu using the determined item. The device and method provide increased convenience to a user of a touch screen. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297486 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH COORDINATE THEREIN - A communication terminal having a touch panel and a method for determining a touch coordinate therein are provided. The method includes setting one of a plurality of temporary coordinates of a touch position as a touch coordinate when a touch occurs on the touch panel, extracting a temporary coordinate at a position closest to the set touch coordinate from a plurality of temporary coordinates in a touch region on a drag path when a drag occurs from the touch position and updating the set touch coordinate using the extracted temporary coordinate. Accordingly, an unintentional change of the screen can be prevented on the touch panel of the communication terminal by preventing the communication terminal from too sensitively reacting to a minimal touch occurring on the touch pad. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297487 | DISPLAY INTEGRATED PHOTODIODE MATRIX - The use of one or more proximity sensors alone or in combination with one or more touch sensors in a multi-touch panel to detect the presence of a finger, body part or other object and control or trigger one or more functions in accordance with an “image” of touch provided by the sensor outputs is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more infrared (IR) proximity sensors can be driven with a specific stimulation frequency and emit IR light from one or more areas, which can in some embodiments correspond to “pixel” locations. The reflected IR signal, if any, can be demodulated using synchronous demodulation. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080297488 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DIRECTIONS FOR DRIVING - A system and method of providing information (such as directions) to a driver of a vehicle while driving the vehicle without requiring that the driver remove his eyes from looking out the windshield at the road ahead. A positioning device is associated with the vehicle and determines the present location of the vehicle which is compared to a desired location (e.g., the location of a desired turn at an intersection) necessary to reach a preset destination which has been stored. When the vehicle is in a predetermined location (e.g., 500 feet or 10 second before the intersection), an advisory message to the driver is projected onto the windshield using a heads-up display projector so that the driver can prepare for and make the necessary movement (e.g., turning the correct way at the desired intersection). An optional auditory signal can provide a message indicating the necessary action, either in general or specifically (through a speech synthesizer), with optionally different sound indicators, depending on the urgency of the action. A wireless receiver used with the present invention can display other information such as road conditions, traffic and weather information, as well as advertising and e-mail. The present invention contemplates that images of intersections (live pictures, photos or sketches) may be displayed to indicate the proper turn and provide landmark information to assist in determining the appropriate turn. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080303794 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA DATA IN A PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A media integration device associated with a touch system including a touch screen, comprises a media control module operative to receive media information from a plurality of devices and generate media data associated with each of the plurality of devices. The media control module selects one device from the plurality of devices for displaying media data associated with the one device on the touch screen. A program module is operatively coupled to the media control device and adapted to generate a graphical user interface including a first display on the touch screen for operationally controlling the selected one device from the touch screen. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303795 | HAPTIC DISPLAY FOR A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld wireless communication device features a haptic, touch-sensitive display screen. The handheld wireless communication device is constructed such that it has a hand cradleable body and a display screen disposed on the body. The display screen is configured to display images of buttons, icons and/or other graphical user interface items. Additionally, a touch-sensing assembly with components disposed on or adjacent to the display screen is provided in the handheld device. Furthermore, a haptic assembly is disposed on an upper surface of the display screen. The haptic assembly provides tactile stimulation to the user when the user touches the display screen at a location corresponding to the image of a button, icon, or other graphical user interface item. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303796 | SHAPE-CHANGING DISPLAY FOR A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method is disclosed that provides for a shape changing upper surface of an adaptive display screen on a wireless handheld communication device. The system and method include visually displaying visibly different key arrangement to an operator of the device in dependence upon the mode of operation of the incorporating device. The shape changing upper surface is presented to the operator for selective digital press-engagement. The shape changing upper surface also changes shape in dependence upon the presented key arrangement. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303797 | STIMULI SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN WITH MULTIPLE DETECT MODES - According to an example embodiment a display screen includes a first sensor array that is operable to detect a first external stimulus that meets a first detection criteria, and a second sensor array that is operable to detect a second external stimulus that meets a second detection criteria, the second detection criteria quantitatively different from the first detection criteria. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303798 | Display Device with Touch Panel - Suggested is a display device with a touch panel which adopts a novel detection structure. The display device with the touch panel includes: a touch panel including a pair of substrates provided with electrodes on opposing surfaces thereof, and a spacer for retaining a gap between the pair of substrates; and a display panel located on a back surface of the touch panel, in which one of the pair of substrates is provided with a metal wiring formed on a resin. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303799 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Computer Program - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including an operation input unit including an operation surface having virtual buttons variably set thereto, a position detection unit detecting whether a user touches or almost touches the operation surface of the operation input unit, and a position at which the user touches or almost touches the operation surface thereof, and a pressure detection unit detecting pressure applied by the user touching the operation surface thereof. The processing apparatus further includes a virtual button control unit interpreting, when the position detection unit has detected the position at which the user touches or almost touches the operation surface thereof, a virtual button corresponding to the detected position as a selected virtual button, and correcting, when the pressure detected is equal to or greater than a first threshold value, a layout of the virtual buttons such that a size of the selected virtual button is enlarged according to intensity of the detected pressure. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303800 | Touch-based input device providing a reconfigurable user interface - A touch-based input device is disclosed providing a reconfigurable user interface. Said touch-based input device comprises an input receiving element having a touch sensitive contacting surface as part of a first configured user interface adapted to receive an applied force, a sensing element operable to detect and to determine at least a location of said applied force, and at least one static component removably disposed at a first location about said input receiving element, and adapted to at least partially define said first configured user interface. Said static component is movable to a second location about said input receiving element to reconfigure said user interface and to at least partially define a second configured user interface. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080303801 | Display apparatus and display method - A display apparatus includes a display section, a touch panel on the display surface of the section to allow the user to specify a desired position on the displayed image being displayed on the section by pressing a pointer against it, a display control section causes a plurality of indicators to be displayed on the section for allowing the user to select one of them via the panel and a notifier section notifies the user of the indicator selected from them. The notifier section notifying the user of the selection of a indicator when the indicator of them being displayed on the section is selected by pressing the pointer against the panel, and the control section is adapted to finalize the selection by the user of a indicator when the pointer selecting the indicator is moved away from the panel after selecting it by being pressed against the panel. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20080309621 | PROXIMITY BASED STYLUS AND DISPLAY SCREEN, AND DEVICE INCORPORATING SAME - An electronic device includes a display for displaying icons selectable with use of a stylus, a stylus location determination function that determines a location of the stylus in relation to the display without necessitating that the stylus make physical contact with the display, and a highlight function, operatively coupled to the stylus location determination function, that highlights the icon associated with the location of the stylus prior to the stylus making physical contact with the display. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309622 | Periodic sensor autocalibration and emulation by varying stimulus level - The automatic calibration of a sensor panel is disclosed by varying the amplitude of an input stimulus Vstim to simulate a full-touch condition and calibrating each pixel of the sensor panel in accordance with the difference between the simulated full-touch condition and a baseline full-touch condition. To accomplish this, a baseline full scale output FS_targ_cal can be measured at during pre-delivery calibration for each pixel using a test fixture capable of applying a no-touch to full-touch condition given a nominal Vstim. A full-touch condition can then be emulated for each pixel by lowering Vstim until the current full scale output FS_targ_current equals FS_targ_cal, and determining the Vstim value Vstim_cal at that point. During field calibration, Vstim_cal can be applied to each pixel to simulate a full-touch condition, and FS_targ_current can be obtained and compared against FS_targ_cal. Each analog channel can then be tuned so that in subsequent full-touch conditions, FS_targ_current will approximately equal FS_targ_cal. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309623 | Touch screens with transparent conductive material resistors - Systems and methods for touch screens with integrated transparent conductive material resistors are provided. Metal traces on the surface of a touch screen may be subject to radio-frequency interference (RFI) that can adversely affect the performance of the touch screen. Transparent conductive material resistors inserted within the metal trace paths can be used to form low-pass filters which can reduce the affect of the RFI. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309624 | Mode sensitive processing of touch data - Embodiments of the present invention provide for a hardware or software utility layer operating at a multi-touch enabled device that can perform application aware processing of touch data. More specifically, various applications executing at the device can send to the utility layer definitions of the types of touch data they require from the multi-touch enabled display. The utility layer can then process incoming touch data in relation to these definitions and send back to the applications result data in a format requested by the applications. Thus, the computational load associated with processing of touch data can be decreased. Also, in certain cases, applications can obtain more accurate data than available in prior systems. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309625 | Multiple simultaneous frequency detection - The use of multiple stimulation frequencies and phases to generate an image of touch on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a column in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers. Each mixer in the sense channel can utilize a circuit capable generating a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency. At each of multiple steps, various phases of selected frequencies can be used to simultaneously stimulate the rows of the touch sensor panel, and the multiple mixers in each sense channel can be configured to demodulate the signal received from the column connected to each sense channel using the selected frequencies. After all steps have been completed, the demodulated signals from the multiple mixers can be used in calculations to determine an image of touch for the touch sensor panel at each frequency. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309626 | Speed/positional mode translations - Gestures for converting from a position control mode to a motion continuation mode are disclosed. A position control mode can be invoked when the user simultaneously places two or more fingers upon a sensor panel. The fingers can then be moved around to effect position control. A motion continuation mode can be invoked when one or more fingers are lifted off (but at least one finger remains in contact with the sensor panel). If the motion continuation mode is invoked, a virtual control ring can be generated, and scrolling of the viewable area or dragging of the cursor or object can continue in a particular direction specified by a velocity vector pointed in the direction of finger movement at the time the motion continuation mode is invoked, and having a magnitude proportional to the velocity of the finger at the time the motion continuation mode was invoked. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309627 | Integrated in-plane switching - This relates to adding multi-touch functionality to a display without the need of a separate multi-touch panel or layer overlaying the display. Instead, embodiments of the invention can advantageously utilize existing display circuitry to provide multi-touch functionality while adding relatively little circuitry that is specific to the multi-touch functionality. Thus, by sharing circuitry for the display and the multi-touch functionalities, embodiments of the invention can be implemented at a lower cost than the alternative of superimposing additional multi-touch related layers onto an existing display panel. Furthermore, since the display and multi-touch functionality can be implemented on the same circuit, they can be synchronized so that noise resulting from the display functionality does not detrimentally affect the multi-touch functionality and vice versa. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309628 | Detection of low noise frequencies for multiple frequency sensor panel stimulation - The identification of low noise stimulation frequencies for detecting and localizing touch events on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a separate sense line in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers, each mixer using a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency, phase and delay. With no stimulation signal applied to any drive lines in the touch sensor panel, pairs of mixers can demodulate the sum of the output of all sense channels using the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals of a particular frequency. The demodulated outputs of each mixer pair can be used to calculate the magnitude of the noise at that particular frequency, wherein the lower the magnitude, the lower the noise at that frequency. Several low noise frequencies can be selected for use in a subsequent touch sensor panel scan function. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309629 | Bottom up watershed dataflow method and region-specific segmentation based on historic data - The application of a watershed algorithm to pixels and their touch values obtained from a scan of a touch sensor panel to determine patches corresponding to images of touch is disclosed. Prior to applying the watershed algorithm, background pixels having little or no touch values can be eliminated. A primary merge algorithm can then merge adjacent patches together when the saddle point between them is shallow as compared to the peak represented by the patches. However, if two candidate patches for merging have a total number of pixels below a certain threshold, these two patches may not be merged under the assumption that the patches might have been caused by different fingertips. Conversely, if two candidate patches for merging have a total number of pixels above a certain threshold, these two patches can be merged under the assumption that the patches were caused by a single thumb or palm. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309630 | Techniques for reducing jitter for taps - Distinguishing sloppy taps from sliding motions is disclosed using an algorithm that can take into account both a time instability factor Tinst and a touch instability factor Zinst. A limited amount of motion per frame can be subtracted off immediately following the detection of a touch event. Small lateral motions indicative of a sloppy tap can be suppressed, while fast finger motions indicative of a quick, long cursor movement can immediately pass through the filter without being suppressed by a significant amount. A motion pass-through suppression factor can be applied subtractively to motion in particular direction as a function of Zinst and Tinst, wherein Zinst can represent a suppression value given as a finger speed for a particular percentage change in touch instability per frame, and Tinst can represent a suppression value given as finger speed for a particular tpress. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309631 | Integrated multi-touch surface having varying sensor granularity - This relates to an event sensing device that includes an event sensing panel and is able to dynamically change the granularity of the panel according to present needs. Thus, the granularity of the panel can differ at different times of operation. Furthermore, the granularity of specific areas of the panel can also be dynamically changed, so that different areas feature different granularities at a given time. This also relates to panels that feature different inherent granularities in different portions thereof. These panels can be designed, for example, by placing more stimulus and/or data lines in different portions of the panel, thus ensuring different densities of pixels in the different portions. Optionally, these embodiments can also include the dynamic granularity changing features noted above. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309632 | Pinch-throw and translation gestures - The detection of finger pinch, rotate, and tap gestures along with a translation and optionally liftoff motion to initiate certain actions is disclosed. To detect both the gesture and the translation, a certain amount of gesture scaling speed can be detected along with a certain amount of translation speed and distance traveled. For a finger pinch gesture, the scaling speed can be computed as the dot product of the velocity vectors of two or more fingers coming together. For a finger rotation gesture, the scaling speed can be computed as a cross product of the velocity vectors of the rotating fingers. The translation speed of a gesture can be computed as the average of the velocity vectors of any fingers involved in the gesture. The amount of gesture scaling speed and translation speed needed to trigger the recognition of a combined gesture with translation can be a predetermined ratio. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309633 | Touch-sensitive display - A substantially transparent mutual-capacitance touch sensor panel is disclosed having sensors fabricated on a single side of a substrate for detecting multi-touch events. Substantially transparent row and column traces can be formed on the same side of the substrate, separated by a thin dielectric material, using diamond, rectangular, or hexagonal rows and columns. Dummy shapes of the same material as the row and column traces can be formed alongside the rows and columns to provide optical uniformity. The metal traces in the border areas used to route the rows to the short edge of the substrate can also be formed on the same side of the substrate as the rows and columns. The metal traces can allow both the rows and columns to be routed to the same short edge of the substrate so that a small flex circuit can be bonded to only one side of the substrate. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309634 | Multi-touch skins spanning three dimensions - One or more multi-touch skins can placed along three dimensions of an object. The one or more multi-touch skins enable multi-touch inputs during the operation of the object. The multi-touch inputs can be tracked to monitor the operation of the object and provide feedback to the operator of the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can further enable gestures for configuring and operating the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can also be used to implement any number of GUI interface objects and actions. A multi-touch skin that measures the force of a touch in one or more directions is also provided. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309635 | CAPACITIVE INPUT DEVICE - A capacitive input device includes a translucent substrate; first translucent electrode lines, extending in a first direction; second translucent electrode lines, extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; interlayer insulating layers; and relay electrodes. The first translucent electrode lines intersect with the second translucent electrode lines at intersecting portions. Portions of one of each first translucent electrode line and each second translucent electrode line are connected to each other with the intersecting portions. Portions of the other are separated from each other with the intersecting portions. The translucent interlayer insulating layers overlie the first or second translucent electrode line portions connected to each other with the intersecting portions. The translucent relay electrodes overlie the interlayer insulating layers to electrically connect the first or second translucent electrode line portions, separated from each other with the intersecting portions, to each other. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309636 | Pen Tracking and Low Latency Display Updates on Electronic Paper Displays - A system and a method are disclosed for fast pen tracking a low latency display updates on an electronic paper display. Pen input information is received on an electronic paper display that updates at a predetermined display update rate. A line drawing module of the electronic paper display driver determines at least one pixel to activate based on the received pen input information. The at least one pixel is updated independent of the display update rate of the electronic paper display. Active pixel state information is maintained separately for each pixel in real time until the pixel update is complete and the pixel is deactivated. In some embodiments, a future pixel to activate is determined based on the received pen input information. The future pixel is deactivated if pen input information is not received on the activated pixel for a predetermined amount of time. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309637 | INPUT DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME, AND USER INTERFACE THEREOF - An input device includes a scroll unit installed on a case and configured to select a menu, a manipulation unit configured to operate a menu selected by the scroll unit and having a translucent region, and a menu display unit mounted on a rear surface of the manipulation unit and configured to display the menu selected by the scroll unit through the translucent region. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309638 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MODULE UNIT FOR INPUT DEVICE - An input device comprises a wiring board having stationary contacts and a module unit placed on the wiring board. The module unit has a structure formed integrally with actuating key portions, movable contacts, cushioning members and protruding portions. The movable contacts are disposed under the actuating key portions, and actuated by a push-on operation of the actuating key portions. The cushioning members are disposed in a space between a lower surface of the actuating key portions and an upper surface of a movable contact retainer bearing the movable contacts to make the space shrinkable when subjected to the push-on operation whereas it maintains an uniform height when not subjected to the push-on operation. The protruding portions depress top center portions of the movable contacts. The input device includes switch elements, each comprising the movable contact and the stationary contact, and the switch element is actuated by the push-on operation on the actuating key portion. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309639 | INPUT METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention discloses an input method for a touch screen comprising a first step of acquiring the coordinates of all current touch points on the touch screen, the method further comprises steps of: (a) comparing and determining whether the distance between any two of the uncompared touch points on the touch screen is greater than or equal to a preset distance, executing the right-key operation of a mouse at the current position of the pointer of the mouse and terminating the current processing flow if it is positive, otherwise proceeding to step (b) if it is negative; (b) determining whether comparison has been made to the distances of all the touch points on the touch screen, and calculating the average of the coordinates of all the current touch points if they have been compared, otherwise returning to step (a). The method of the present invention can implement the right-key function on the touch screen in a convenient, rapid and accurate manner. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309640 | PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device including a main body having a display unit for displaying information provided with on one surface thereof; and a touch input board pivotally coupled to one side of the main body to be unfolded at a predetermined angle with respect to the display unit, wherein first and second touch screens and are respectively provided on both surfaces of the touch input board, thereby being selectively activated according to a pivot angle of the touch input board. In addition, the first touch screen is provided to face the display unit, and a key display panel is provided between the first touch screen and the second touch screen to display a plurality of keys and information when the first touch screen is activated. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309641 | INTERACTIVITY IN A LARGE FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - An apparatus is provided that comprises a hand held device comprising a first transmitter and a second transmitter; a flat panel display having a surface and a plurality of receivers placed near or proximate to the surface for receiving signals transmitted from the hand held device; and one or more processors coupled to the receivers such that when the hand held device is placed in close proximity to or on the surface of the flat panel display, a working area within the surface is defined, the working area interacting with the hand held device for determining a location of the hand held device in relation to the surface. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309642 | TOUCH PANEL, FILM THEREFOR, AND PROTECTION SHEET THEREFOR THAT CAN EXTEND THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a membrane adapted to receive a pressing and/or rubbing operation from an external pen. A transparent conductive film is disposed with respect to the membrane. The membrane includes a structure that suppresses generation of friction heat due to the pressing and/or rubbing operation. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309643 | Image-selecting device and storage medium storing image-selecting program - An image data identifying unit identifies at least two pieces of image data for images displayed in display regions detected by a detecting unit. The at least two pieces of image data includes a first image data firstly identified by the image data identifying unit. An image data selecting unit selects or deselects the at least two pieces of image data identified by the image data identifying unit. A selection data storing unit stores selection data for each of the plurality of pieces of image data read by a reading unit. The selection data indicates whether each of the plurality of pieces of image data is in a selected state or a deselected state by the image data selecting unit. A determining unit determines whether the first image data is in the selected state or the deselected state based on the selection data. The image data selecting unit sets the at least two image data to the selected state when the determining unit determines that the first image data is in the deselected state, and sets the at least two image data to the deselected state when the determining unit determines that the first image data is in the selected state. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080309644 | Image-selecting device and image-selecting method - An image-selecting device includes a storing unit, a displaying unit, a detecting unit, a reading unit, an identification data storing unit, a display controlling unit, an image data identifying unit, and an image data selecting unit. The displaying unit displays a plurality of images based on a plurality of pieces of image data and has a plurality of display regions for the plurality of images. The detecting unit detects each of the plurality of display regions receiving direct input by an indicator. The reading unit reads the plurality of pieces of image data from the storing unit. The identification data storing unit stores identification data for identifying the plurality of pieces of image data read by the reading unit and assigns a prescribed order to the identification data for the plurality of pieces of image data. The display controlling unit controls the displaying unit to display the plurality of images according to the prescribed order. The image data identifying unit identifies each of the plurality of pieces of image data for the image displayed in the display region detected by the detecting unit. When the image data identifying unit identifies two pieces of image data among the plurality of pieces of image data, the image data selecting unit, selects or deselects image data from one image data of the two pieces of image data to the other image data of the two pieces of image data according to the prescribed order of the identification data. | 12-18-2008 |
| 20080316181 | MOVING BUTTONS - A device is provided with a housing that has a substantial portion covered by a touch sensitive surface. The touch sensitive service is capable of detecting multiple simultaneous points of touch. The handheld device determines to which finger or fingertip of the user the points of touch correspond and the handheld device associates an input or control function with of the fingers of the user. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316182 | Touch Sensor and Method for Operating a Touch Sensor - Touch detection within display devices with a first conductive layer with first and second electrodes, a second conductive layer with third electrodes, a spacer spatially spacing the first conductive layer from the second conductive layer, the first electrodes being arranged for capacitive touch detection, and the second and third electrodes being arranged for resistive touch detection. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316183 | SWIPE GESTURES FOR TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARDS - Systems, methods, and devices for interpreting manual swipe gestures as input in connection with touch-sensitive user interfaces that include virtual keyboards are disclosed herein. These allow for a user entering text using the virtual keyboard to perform certain functions using swipes across the key area rather than tapping particular keys. For example, leftward, rightward, upward, and downward swipes can be assigned to inserting a space, backspacing, shifting (as for typing capital letters), and inserting a carriage return and/or new line. Various other mappings are also described. The described techniques can be used in conjunction with a variety of devices, including handheld devices that include touch-screen interfaces, such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, mobile telephones, and combinations thereof. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316184 | Method and system for calibrating an acoustic touchscreen - A method for calibrating an Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) touchscreen comprises touching an APR touchscreen at N comparison touch points. N audio profiles are acquired, and each of the N audio profiles are associated with one of the N comparison touch points. A predetermined calibration file is selected based on the N audio profiles. The predetermined calibration file comprises audio profiles associated with coordinate locations on the touchscreen. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316185 | Wireless multiuser meeting/interactive class device with memory card connectors - A wireless multiuser meeting/interactive class device with memory card connectors. The device includes a host control end unit having a memory card connector wherein a memory card can be inserted. The host control end unit can pick up the data of the memory card to show the data on a display connected with the computer. The device further includes several sub-control end units each including a touch control handwriting pad section, a wireless transceiver unit and a memory card connector. The signals generated by the touch control handwriting pad section or the data picked up from the memory card inserted in the memory card connector are transmitted by the wireless transceiver unit. The wireless transceiver unit of the host control end unit serves to receive the signals or data to show the signals or data on the display connected with the computer. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316186 | Digital notepad - A digital notepad that is compact, lightweight, very portable, and readily useable for taking and storing digital handwritten notes. The digital notepad is a stand-alone device that instantly and digitally captures everything the user handwrites onto the screen with stylus, and stores it in real time. The device generally comprises a touch screen encased within a housing, and a pen-type stylus for writing on the screen. The device converts the handwritten notes into digital signals and stores the signals in the RAM. The user may retrieve stored notes with the scroll buttons, and delete retrieved notes by depressing the delete button with the stylus. The notepad is especially useful for jotting down notes, daily tasks, grocery lists, phone numbers, e-mail and home addresses, sketches, etc. while in the car; in class; and at a meeting, party, or professional event. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080316187 | Touch panel device and method for manufacturing touch panel devices - Each of transducers of a touch panel device includes a piezoelectric thin film, a plate electrode disposed at one surface of the piezoelectric thin film and a comb-like electrode disposed at the other surface of the piezoelectric thin film. The comb-like electrode has a plurality of comb-like electrode fingers and a linear bus electrode to which one end of each of the plural comb-like electrode fingers is connected. A plurality of wiring electrodes is provided at the outer side of any of the transducers in parallel with the bus electrode of the transducer and is connected to the bus electrode and the plate electrode of any of the transducers. Each of the wiring electrodes includes an electrode base portion formed by printing silver paste containing fine particles on the substrate and an electrode main body formed by printing silver paste containing large particles and fine particles in a mixed manner on the electrode base portion. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20090002323 | Transparent Conductive Laminate and Transparent Touch Panel Comprising the Same - A transparent conductive laminate consisting of a transparent polymer substrate, an uneven cured resin layer formed on at least one side of the substrate and a transparent conductive layer formed on the cured resin layer directly or through another layer. The cured resin layer contains fine particles A having an average primary particle diameter of 0.5 to 5 μm and super fine particles C having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm or less made of a metal oxide and/or a metal fluoride. The above transparent conductive laminate does not cause the deterioration of visibility by sparkling even when a transparent touch panel is mounted on a high-definition display and can prevent “Newton rings” which occurs between two transparent electrode substrates constituting the transparent touch panel. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002324 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing a Scrolling Mechanism for Touch Screen Devices - An apparatus for providing a scrolling mechanism for touch screen devices may include a detector, a scroll cursor generator and a scrolling device. The detector may be configured to receive an indication of a detection of a touch event at a touch screen display generating a content view of at least a portion of a content page. The scroll cursor generator may be in communication with the detector and may be configured to generate a scroll cursor at a touch position corresponding to movement of an object associated with the touch event. The scrolling device may be in communication with the scroll cursor generator and may be configured to provide scrolling over the content page in response to the scroll cursor contacting a predefined portion of the content view. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002325 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - At an electronic device, at least one force applied to the entire electronic device by a human user is sensed. A force category for the at least one force is determined and a feedback action is provided to the human user at an output interface. The feedback action is associated with the determined force category and the output interface is integral with the electronic device. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002326 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR FACILITATING DATA ENTRY VIA A TOUCHSCREEN - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for facilitating data entry into an electronic device via a touchscreen. As a user places his or her finger on the touchscreen, a cursor may be displayed at a location relative to other items displayed on the touchscreen that is proximate the physical location where the user touched the touchscreen. Because the cursor is likely now obscured by the user's finger, the items displayed on the touchscreen, including the cursor, may then be shifted or scrolled so that the cursor is offset from the physical location where the user touched the touchscreen. At the same time, the items displayed on the touchscreen may be magnified in order to further facilitate data entry. At this point, the user may shift or tilt his or her finger in order to achieve the desired cursor placement. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002327 | CREATING VIRTUAL REPLICAS OF PHYSICAL OBJECTS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for creating virtual replicas of physical objects. A computer system detects that a portion of a physical object has come into the physical vicinity of a portion of a multi-touch input display surface. The computer system accesses object identifying data corresponding to the object. The computer system uses the object identifying data to access image data for the object from a repository of stored image data. The computer system uses the at least the accessed image data to generate a virtual replica of the object. The computer system presents the virtual replica of the object at a location on the multi-touch input display surface where the portion of the object was detected. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002328 | Method and apparatus for multi-touch tactile touch panel actuator mechanisms - A method and apparatus of actuator mechanisms for a multi-touch tactile touch panel are disclosed. The tactile touch panel includes an electrical insulated layer and a tactile layer. The top surface of the electrical insulated layer is capable of receiving an input from a user. The tactile layer includes a grid or an array of haptic cells. The top surface of the haptic layer is situated adjacent to the bottom surface of the electrical insulated layer, while the bottom surface of the haptic layer is situated adjacent to a display. Each haptic cell further includes at least one piezoelectric material, Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (“MEMS”) element, thermal fluid pocket, MEMS pump, resonant device, variable porosity membrane, laminar flow modulation, or the like. Each haptic cell is configured to provide a haptic effect independent of other haptic cells in the tactile layer. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002329 | Dual touchscreen - A touchscreen system for locating an opaque object in a target region, detects interruption of light beams, using two or more independent touchscreens (TS | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002330 | Method and system for carrying out non-contact testing of touch panel - Disclosed are a system and a method for carrying out non-contact testing of a touch panel. An air nozzle is arranged above the touch panel with a predetermined distance set between an air jet orifice of the air nozzle and a surface of the touch pane. Air is supplied to the air nozzle to cause the air jet orifice to generate an air jet toward the touch panel. Under the control of a test device, the air nozzle is driven to move along a predetermined testing route on the surface of the touch panel and the touch panel generates touch signals corresponding to the movement of the air nozzle along the route. The test device receives the touch signals and determines if the touch panel satisfies the linearity test. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002331 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel having a liquid crystal between two flexible substrates, a light guide sheet of a lighting device capable of emitting lights of a plurality of colors to illuminate the liquid crystal display panel, and a switch sheet which senses a press thereon are stacked in this order so that the switch sheet can be locally pressed from the front surface side of the liquid crystal display panel. A circuit is further provided which causes the lighting device to repeat an illumination period in which only a light of a predetermined color of the lights of the plurality of colors is used, for each of the colors in order, and drives the liquid crystal display panel on an FSC basis in synchronization with the illumination period for each of the colors. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002332 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUT IN TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - A method and an apparatus for detecting input to a terminal having a touch screen. The method includes the steps of: displaying an active cell activating any one of a plurality of objects displayed on a screen; sensing a touch on a display screen; checking a position touched and a shift direction and a shift distance touched on a basis of the position touched by the user's finger; shifting a position of the active cell according to the shift direction and the shift distance touched; and performing an action of a corresponding object of an area of the active cell if a double tapping signal input on the display screen is sensed. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002333 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE REGISTRATION - Systems and methods for facilitating registration of a device, such as a portable device, are described. A user may be provided with a reference pattern, which may then be entered onto a corresponding grid on the device. The user entered grid pattern is then stored as data, encoded, and transmitted to a registration server where it is compared to the reference pattern. If the user entered grid pattern sufficiently matches the reference pattern, the device may then be registered with the registration server and any associated server systems, where it may then be used to provide user personalized content or other functionality. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002334 | ELECTRONIC CALCULATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE CALCULATOR - An electronic calculator is very useful for learning manipulation procedure to perform a predetermined process by designating a position on a display screen of the calculator. Manipulation is executed on a touch screen | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090002335 | Electronic device with image based browsers - Methods and systems that improve the way media is played, sorted, modified, stored and cataloged on a portable media player are disclosed. One aspect relates to an image based browser that allows a user to navigate through and select images that are related to media items. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090009480 | KEYPAD WITH TACTILE TOUCH GLASS - A mobile communication device may include logic configured to sense a position of input relative to a plurality of keys, wherein the plurality of keys are printed on a surface; detect a displacement of the surface; and determine an input key based on a sensed position of input when displacement of the surface is detected. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009481 | Haptic sense rendering apparatus and haptic sense rendering method - A haptic sense rendering apparatus is disclosed that includes a haptic sense rendering unit, a magnet, a coil that magnetically interacts with the magnet and drives the haptic sense rendering unit, and a drive circuit that generates a drive signal for driving the haptic sense rendering unit to emphasize at least one of a drive starting operation and a drive terminating operation and supplies the generated drive signal to the coil. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009482 | TOUCH SENSOR PAD USER INPUT DEVICE - A touch sensor pad may be utilized with an electronic device to perform different types of user input functions, such as typing, drawing, moving a cursor, etc. Regions of the touch sensor pad may correspond to keys of a keyboard. A user establishes a home position at a desired location of the touch sensor pad. When a user subsequently touches the touch sensor pad, the touch sensor pad determines a relative position of the touch in reference to the home position, and determines the value of the user input or keystroke based on the relative position. The value of the user input or the keystroke may then be processed by the controller. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009483 | SINGLE-CHIP TOUCH CONTROLLER WITH INTEGRATED DRIVE SYSTEM - A touch controller for controlling a touch sensor panel is provided. The touch controller includes a plurality of sense channels that receive sensor signals from the touch sensor panel, a drive system that generates a plurality of stimulation signals based on a supply voltage on the order of digital logic level supply voltages, the stimulation signals for simultaneously stimulating multiple drive lines of the touch sensor panel, and a channel controller that controls the sense channels and the drive system. The plurality of sense channels, the drive system, and the channel controller are formed on a single chip. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090009484 | Touch-detection display device having a detection and control unit and method to drive same - An exemplary touch-detection display device includes a display unit configured to display images, a touch-detection unit configured to detect external contact thereon, and a control and detection unit configured to detect functional conditions of the display unit and switch the touch-detection unit according to the functional conditions of the display unit. A related method of driving the touch-detection display device is also provided. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090015562 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A touch-panel-integrated liquid crystal display device (display system) includes a liquid crystal display device, and a touch panel input device, provided on a liquid crystal panel of the liquid crystal display device, which has upper and lower electrodes (conductive thin plates) for detecting a position via which information is inputted from the outside. The display system includes a liquid crystal display device driving section for driving the liquid crystal display device and a noise canceling signal generator (signal application section) for applying, to the touch panel input device, a noise canceling signal having an amplitude and a phase that are equal to an amplitude and a phase of a driving signal applied from the liquid crystal display device driving section to the liquid crystal panel. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015563 | STYLIZED INTERACTIVE ICON FOR PORTABLE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Disclosed is a portable mobile communications device having an integrated interactive touch sensitive graphical icon protective cover over an LCD display. The protective cover is integrated into the housing of the portable mobile communications device and forms a graphical image or icon that only partially obscures the LCD display allowing visual access to the unobscured portion of the LCD display. A touch sensitive layer is integrated into the protective cover and coupled with a processor that is further coupled with the LCD display. A program executable by the processor interprets touch and position data sensed by the touch sensitive layer and provides feedback or responses based thereon via the LCD display depending on a current mode of operation of the portable mobile communications device. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015564 | Touch Force Detecting Apparatus For Infrared Touch Screen - An apparatus for detecting touch force of an infrared touch screen comprises a plate glass, a sensor, an infrared transmit and receive array, a signal processing circuit, and a micro-controller for controlling the touch screen. Said sensor is a mechanical force sensor, and its signal output port is connected with a input port of the signal processing circuit. An output port of the signal processing circuit is connected with an I/O interface of the micro-controller for control the touch screen. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090015565 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - Disclosed is a portable terminal including a window for inputting information by a touching manner, a terminal body having a display module which is mounted therein and a window mounting portion for mounting the window at a front surface of the display module, and a coupling unit having one end inserted into the window and another end coupled to the window mounting portion so as to couple the window to the terminal body. The window and the terminal body are structurally coupled to each other, thereby providing stronger coupling force between the window and the terminal body. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20090021486 | Dashboard Surfaces - Information can be displayed on a variety of dashboard surfaces. In some implementations, the technology for displaying information on a dashboard surface can be different, depending on the environment and/or intended use of the dashboard surface. In some implementations, the visualization may be different as well. In some implementations, each type of dashboard surface provides its own metadata or information, which can be used to configure or reconfigure the dashboard surface for interaction with one or more users. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021487 | Electronic apparatus equipped with touch panel capable of identifying fingerprint - The invention discloses a touch panel capable of identifying fingerprints. The touch panel includes a touch layer and a fingerprint sensing layer. The touch layer is used for sensing a specific location touched by a finger. The fingerprint sensing layer is disposed under the touch layer and includes a storage unit, multiple receiving modules, multiple transmitting modules, and a control module. The storage unit stores a first fingerprint data corresponding to the finger. Each receiving module respectively corresponds to one of the transmission modules. According to the specific location, one of the transmission modules transmits a signal, and the signal is then reflected by the finger to the corresponding receiving module. The control module converts the signal received by the receiving module into a second fingerprint data and then determines whether the second fingerprint data conforms to the first fingerprint data. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021488 | DISPLAYS AND INFORMATION INPUT DEVICES - An integrated display and input device including a first pixel array operative to provide a visually sensible output, a second pixel array operative to sense at least a position of an object with respect to the first pixel array and circuitry receiving an output from the second pixel array and providing a non-imagewise input to utilization circuitry. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021489 | IDENTIFYING CONTACTS ON A TOUCH SURFACE - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021490 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system for displaying a layout of controls in a simulator including at least one of an information display, a switch such as a toggle or push-button switch, and a monitoring device such as an indicator, or a gauge, for a vehicle, the display system including a touch sensitive screen which is generally transparent over a significant portion of its area, and a plurality of projectors which project onto a back of the screen, images of the vehicle controls, the projectors each being operatively connected to a computer controller which responds to the front of the screen being touched where a depicted control is displayed, to change the display in a manner to mimic the result of a corresponding actual vehicle control being operated. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090021491 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE - In an operation input device enabling multi-screen display, screen display functions are not prevented with each other, and smooth operation input becomes possible, respectively. The operation input device includes a multi-screen display device such as a liquid crystal display device enabling two-screen display on a right-left or up-down side. In addition, a touch panel is provided in a display area of the multi-screen display device. Moreover, a proximity sensor unit is provided around the touch panel. The proximity sensor unit may be formed by plural proximity sensors. The proximity sensor detects fingers of a user approaching the touch panel for operation input, a touch pen and an approach direction of other operation input object. The control unit limits operation input from a direction different from the detected direction. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090027349 | Interactive Display Device - Computing devices are disclosed which include a digitizer and a display, wherein the digitizer and the display are mounted on opposite surfaces of the device. For example, a computing device such as portable hand held device includes a display mounted on a front surface of the device and a digitizer is mounted on a rear surface of the device, wherein the digitizer receives a pointing action to be displayed on the display and wherein locations on a digitizer surface are mapped to locations on the display surface so that a user may easily indicate locations or objects on a screen without obscuring the user's view of the screen. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027350 | Touch Panel - A touch panel includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a light sensing component, a pressure sensing component, and a switch. The light sensing component generates a first sensing signal when sensing light. The pressure sensing component generates a second sensing signal when sensing pressure. The switch transmits the first and the second sensing signals when receiving a gate driving signal. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027351 | FINGER ID BASED ACTIONS IN INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACE - A system and method for using biometric images is disclosed. In an embodiment, a plurality of biometric images belonging to an individual are scanned and associated with one or more functions. The user can cause different biometric images to be scanned so that different functions within the user interface can be actuated. Thus, a biometric sensor can be used to provide additional functionality as compared to system where a single biometric image is used to provide access. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027352 | MICROELECTRONIC PRESSURE SENSOR - A microelectronic pressure sensor comprises a MOSFET transistor adapted with a mobile gate and a cavity between the mobile gate and a substrate. The sensor includes a gate actuator configured to move mobile gate in response to a pressure being exercised. A fingerprint recognition system includes a matrix of such sensors. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027353 | PRESSURE SENSOR ARRAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSING - An input apparatus and method for tactile sensing are disclosed. The input apparatus includes a sensor array for outputting input data in an array format according to a touch input, and a controller for obtaining first input data for a first input from the sensor array if the first input above a predetermined pressure is imposed on the sensor array, for obtaining second input data for a second input from the sensor array if the second input above a predetermined pressure is imposed on the sensor array, for generating third input data indicating an input characteristic by comparing the first input data and the second input data, and for operating according to a program based on the third input data. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027354 | Automatic switching for a dual mode digitizer - An apparatus for detecting a plurality of user interactions, comprising: at least one detector for sensing the user interactions, a respective controller, associated with each of the detectors, for finding positions of the user interactions, and a switcher, associated with the controllers, for handling the user interactions, according to a defined policy. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090027355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING INTERFACE FUNCTIONALITY TO CODEC FUNCTIONALITY IN A PORTABLE AUDIO DEVICE - A portable digital audio device is capable of playing a number of different data file types, such as music data files, speech data files, video data files, and the like. Different CODECs are generally used for different data types. The system determines the data file type and selects the appropriate CODEC based on the reported data file type. In addition, the reported data file type is used to select the appropriate media interface manager and appropriate user interface. The user interface, or “skin” is selected for compatibility with the media interface manager and selected CODEC. The appropriate controls are enabled and displayed for user operation. As new CODECs are added to the system, appropriate media interface managers and skins are also added to provide the necessary user interface compatibility. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090033630 | HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR CONTENT NAVIGATION BY A USER - This invention relates to a hand-held device ( | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033631 | Rewritable Electronic Drawing Surface Using Bistable Media - An apparatus having an electronic drawing surface includes a common electrode overlying a least part of the outer surface of a housing, or other object, and a bistable media layer overlying the common electrode. The bistable media layer has at least two stable states and is operable to assume a first stable state in the region of a drawing tool when an electrical voltage difference is generated between the drawing tool and the common electrode. The voltage difference produces an electrical field across a region of the bistable media layer when the drawing tool is in close proximity to the bistable layer. Optionally, an outer surface of a plurality of transparent electrodes overlies the bistable media layer. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033632 | INTEGRATED TOUCH PAD AND PEN-BASED TABLET INPUT SYSTEM - Integrated touch pad and pen-based tablet input devices and systems are described herein. At least some illustrative embodiments include an input device that includes a touch pad that detects when a surface of the touch pad is contacted by a finger of a user (the surface of the touch pad defining a first x-y plane), and a pen-based tablet comprising a sensing array, wherein the sensing array detects when a stylus associated with the sensing array is proximate to the sensing array (the sensing array defining a second x-y plane that is beneath the first x-y plane). The touch pad is mounted above and proximate to the sensing array, such that the sensing array detects when the stylus is proximate to the surface of the touch pad. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033633 | USER INTERFACE FOR A CONTEXT-AWARE LEISURE-ACTIVITY RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that provides a user interface for a context-aware recommendation system which can be operated with one hand. The user interface includes a touch-screen display and a list of recommendations presented on the touch-screen display. The user interface further includes a plurality of graphic elements presented on the touch-screen display which allow a user to configure preferences associated with the activities. A layout of the leisure activities and the graphic elements allows the user to hold the touch-screen display and perform operations on the leisure activities and/or the graphic elements with one hand. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090033634 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND TOUCH PANEL THEREOF - A handheld electronic apparatus comprises a touch panel, a front cover and a display panel. The front cover has a support portion with a first opening. The touch panel is placed on the support portion and covers the first opening. The touch panel comprises a touch panel body and a flexible printed circuit (FPC). The touch panel body has a first substrate having a notch configured to accommodate one end of the flexible printed circuit connected to the touch panel body. When the touch panel is assembled with the front cover, the flexible printed circuit will not be too-sharply bent due to the notch design. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090040185 | ANTENNA MODULE FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE THAT INCORPORATES AN ELECTROMAGNETIC DIGITIZING TABLET FUNCTION - An antenna module includes a dielectric substrate, x-axis and y-axis antennas, a plurality of contact units, and an interconnecting unit. The dielectric substrate has opposite first and second surfaces. Each of the x-axis and y-axis antennas is formed an a respective one of the first and second surfaces of the dielectric substrate. Each of the contact units is formed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate. The interconnecting unit interconnects the contact units. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040186 | Method and System for Displaying Multiple Synchronized Images - A primary image is displayed a touch sensitive surface while touches at a first location and a second location on the touch sensitive surface are sensed. A baseline between the first location and the second location is determined. The baseline has a length and orientation. A secondary image comparable to the primary image is displayed. The secondary image has a size and a point of view corresponding respectively to the length and orientation of the baseline. Multiple users can also interact with the primary image simultaneously. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040187 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RAPIDLY POSITIONING CURSOR - A portable device has a first and a second area. The portable device includes a flat display module disposed at the first area and having a display area with a plurality of first coordinate positions, a touch pad module disposed at the second area and having a touch pad with a plurality of second coordinate positions corresponding to the first coordinate positions respectively, and a coordinate transformation module. The flat display module displays a cursor at the first coordinate position of the display area according to a cursor position signal. The touch pad module senses the second coordinate position that an object presses at the touch pad and then generates a touch position signal. The coordinate transformation module transforms the touch position signal to the cursor position signal. According to the cursor position signal, the cursor is displayed at the first coordinate position corresponding to the second coordinate position. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040188 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF PERFORMING FUNCTION THEREOF - A terminal having a touch screen and a method of performing functions in accordance with the touch screen. The method of performing a function of a terminal having a touch screen includes: detecting movement of a focus for performing the function; and performing, if a detected touch is generated on the touch screen, a function corresponding to a position to which the focus is moved. A touch for performing a function can be generated in a greater area of a terminal having a touch screen, so that generation of erroneous operations due to a small size of the touch screen can be avoided. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040189 | DISPLAY DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH TOUCH PANEL, METHOD OF CORRECTING ERRORS OF THE SAME, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display device associated with a touch panel, a method of correcting errors of the same, and a display system in which the display device includes a pixel unit having pixels for displaying an image, a touch-sensing unit having touch-sensing elements for outputting a touch-sensing signal when the touch-sensing elements are touched and a correcting unit correcting the touch-sensing signal outputted from a first touch-sensing element that has been detected to have failed, a storing unit for storing the coordinate corresponding to the first touch-sensing element, a signal-processing unit for determining whether the first touch-sensing element has been touched by detecting whether a second touch-sensing element corresponding to the coordinate adjacent the coordinate of the first touch-sensing element has been touched. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090040190 | INFORMATION EQUIPMENT - In an information equipment including: a display device having display memory properties, which displays information by a passive drive or an active drive, in which scan electrodes are sequentially addressed; and a position detector for detecting a position of an input means; wherein a display information is updated in accordance with an input of the position detector, a plurality of scan electrodes are selected simultaneously, when the display information is to be changed. Hereby, even in the case of using a display device, which displays information by a passive drive or an active drive, in which scan electrodes are sequentially addressed, the information equipment, in which display speed is not slow, can be provided. | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090046068 | TACTILE TOUCHSCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a housing; a touch-screen display constrained by the housing, the touch-screen display including a touch-sensitive input surface overlying a display device; a single mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the touchscreen display and a base of the housing; and operational components including a processor within the housing and connected to the touchscreen display. The touchscreen display pivots relative to the housing about a pivot axis in response to application of sufficient force to an off-center location on the touchscreen. This pivoting results in the actuation of the single mechanical switch and the pivot axis depending on the location of application of the force | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046069 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A portable electronic device that has a housing, a moveable touchscreen display constrained by the housing, the touchscreen display including a touch-sensitive input surface overlying a display device, a single mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the touchscreen display and a base of the housing, and operational components including a processor within the housing and connected to the touchscreen display and the single mechanical switch. The touchscreen display moves relative to the base in response to application of sufficient force to the touchscreen display resulting in actuation of the single mechanical switch. A method of controlling the portable electronic device includes providing a graphical user interface for user interaction, receiving input from the touchscreen display and the single mechanical switch, and providing output to the display device responsive to receipt of a combination of the input from the touchscreen display and the single mechanical switch. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046070 | TACTILE TOUCHSCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A moveable touchscreen display unit includes a base; a display device connected to the base by flexible sidewalls that extend between the base and the display device; a touch-sensitive input surface overlying the display device; and a mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the display device and the base. The display device moves relative to the base in response to application of sufficient force on the display device. This movement results in the actuation of the mechanical switch, which generates an electrical signal and a tactile feedback. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046071 | TACTILE TOUCHSCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a housing with a front frame; a moveable touch-screen display framed by the front frame of the housing, the moveable touch-screen display including a touch-sensitive input surface overlying a display device, the front frame including corners curved outwardly away from the surface of the touchscreen display; a mechanical switch disposed between a back surface of the touchscreen display and a base of the housing; and operational components including a processor within the housing and connected to the touchscreen display. The touchscreen display moves or pivots relative to the housing about a pivot axis in response to application of sufficient force on the touchscreen. This movement or pivoting results in the actuation of the single mechanical switch and the pivot axis depending on the location of application of the force | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046072 | Electrically Non-interfering Printing for Electronic Devices Having Capacitive Touch Sensors - A capacitive sensor ( | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046073 | Touchscreen using both carbon nanoparticles and metal nanoparticles - A cover sheet assembly is provided for a touchscreen system. The cover sheet assembly includes an insulating layer having a surface configured to be disposed over an electrically conductive area of a substrate of the touchscreen system, and an electrically conductive material disposed on at least a portion of the surface of the insulating layer. The electrically conductive material includes a plurality of carbon nanoparticles and a plurality of metal nanoparticles. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046074 | TELESCREEN OPERATING METHOD - The present invention relates to a communications system for distributing information to and from local and regional distribution centers as well as individual dial-up servers. The communications system contains an interactive, configurable interface. The first aspect of the invention employs a method and device for communicating information between computers, where a first computer unit, comprising a touch sensitive screen for displaying images, a processing unit and a communications port, connects to a telephone line. The second computer unit pushes data and images to be displayed on the first computer unit's touch sensitive screen with identifying codes associated with a definition of active areas. When an active area is selected, the first computer unit returns the code associated with the active area. In this way pushed data and interactive communications between the points are achieved. The first computer is a specially designed device that facilitates the multifaceted communication between the two computers and presents a highly functional interface using a number of input and output devices. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046075 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY THEREOF - A mobile communication terminal is provided. The mobile communication terminal includes a communication module for transmitting and receiving data in order to perform audiovisual communication with at least one other party's terminal; a camera module for photographing an image; a touch screen for displaying a first image received from the at least one other party's terminal and a second image acquired from the camera module; and a controller for changing, when the first image or the second image displayed on the touch screen is touched, a display manner of the first image and the second image. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090046076 | COUNTER-TACTILE KEYPAD - A touch-based user interface for an electronic device, including a housing including electronic circuitry, a plurality of buttons mounted within a first area on a first side of the housing, and a screen mounted on a second area of a second side of the housing, the second side being opposite to the first side, and the second area being opposite to at least a portion of the first area, wherein the electronic circuitry is operative (i) to display on the screen at least one user interface control element that corresponds respectively to at least one button, each such user interface control element having a command associated therewith, and (ii) to perform the command associated with a designated user interface control element when its corresponding button is pressed. A method and a computer-readable storage medium is also described and claimed. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090051659 | Computer Input Device | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051660 | PROXIMITY SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD WITH ACTIVATION CONFIRMATION - A touch sensor device and method is provided that facilitates improved device usability. Specifically, the touch screen device and method provide user interface functionality while reducing the possibility of inadvertent activation of certain functions. The touch screen device comprises a proximity sensor adapted to detect object presence in a sensing region, a display screen overlapping the sensing region, and a processor. The touch screen device is adapted to provide user interface functionality by facilitating the display of user interface elements and the selection and activation of corresponding functions. For certain functions, the touch screen device and method uses the presence of a second object to confirm selection of a function before that function will be performed. So configured, the touch device screen is able to reduce the likelihood of inadvertent activation for certain functions on the device. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051661 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing Automatic Positioning of Text on Touch Display Devices - An apparatus for providing automatic positioning of text on touch display devices may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive an indication of a detection of touch event associated with an object, determine text corresponding to a location of the touch event, and provide for a display of the text at a different location within the object. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051662 | Touch-Sensitive Screen With Haptic Acknowledgement - A touch sensitive screen comprising a display device and a light-permeable, wherein a touch-sensitive arrangement arranged upstream of an image side of the display device at a distance therefrom. The arrangement can be displaced in relation to the display device such that a haptic acknowledgment is generated. The touch-sensitive arrangement forms part of the housing containing the display device, and the housing can be displaced in relation to the display device, by way of the touch-sensitive arrangement. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051663 | Recovering image system - The invention relates to a recovering image system comprising a data inputting device, a driver and a panel. The data inputting device outputs digital data signals. The driver device receives the digital data signals, converts the digital data signals to analog data signals, outputs the analog data signals or reset data signals according to timing control signals. The panel receives the analog data signals or the reset data signals and displays normal images, reset images or both according to the analog data signals and the reset data signals. To recover only the disturbed area, feedback of the touch panel to the driver is required. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051664 | METHOD OF SETTING AUDIO SIGNAL AND AUDIO APPARATUS TO USE THE SAME - A method of setting an audio signal, and an audio apparatus using the same. The audio apparatus includes a display to display a plurality of audio signal information, an input to receive a touch trace formed on the display as a command, a controller to change the audio signal information based on the touch trace, and a signal processor to process an audio signal according to the changed audio signal information, wherein if an area displaying one of the plurality of audio signal information displayed on the display is touched, the controller highlights the touched audio signal information. A plurality of information are changed using one touch trace to improve a user's convenience. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051665 | METHOD OF PROVIDING MENU USING TOUCHSCREEN AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method of providing a menu, and a multimedia device incorporating the same. In the multimedia device, the touchscreen is controlled to be activated and a menu that is selectable through a user touch is displayed on the touchscreen, when a user manipulation is input through a manipulating unit while the touchscreen is in an inactivated state. As a result, efficient arrangement of menus in the touchscreen is achieved. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051666 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal comprising: a first body having a keypad containing a plurality of keys arranged thereon and a display disposed in one direction for displaying information inputted via the keypad; and a second body slidably connected to the first body in a direction perpendicular to the one direction and having a touch screen configured to be exposed to the outside when the portable terminal is converted from a closed state into an open state, wherein the touch screen is activated in the open state to display visual information related to information to be displayed on the display, whereby a portable terminal having a convenient user interface environment and also a new design can be provided. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051667 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INPUT FEEDBACK IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An input feedback method and apparatus in a portable terminal having a touch input device are provided, in which a user's finger contact on a screen having a plurality of objects displayed is sensed, a value sensed from the finger contact is compared with at least one threshold, and a vibration is generated in a different manner according to a comparison result. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051668 | Touch Panel Structure - The present invention discloses a touch panel structure comprising: a transparent substrate to carry the components described later; a first conductive layer formed on one side of the transparent substrate and having a plurality of first sensing bands each of which is disposed with at least a first sensing zone and is disposed with a conductive wire on its end to connect with a first electrode layer; an insulated dielectric layer formed on the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer coated on the insulated dielectric layer and having a plurality of second sensing bands each of which is disposed with at least a second sensing zone and is disposed with a conductive wire on its end to connect with a second electrode layer. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090051669 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING FUNCTION KEY - An apparatus and a method for inputting a function key. The apparatus and method provide convenience with which a user can use function keys of a QWERTY-type keyboard, such as direction keys and cursor movement keys, in a small-sized terminal. Also, the apparatus and method enable easy input of various function keys, and can thus increase the efficiency of inputting the function keys. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090058817 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYER FOR PREVENTING THE GENERATION OF MOISTURE - A liquid crystal displayer for preventing the generation of moisture includes a front cover, a touch panel, a nameplate, a partitioning plate and a liquid crystal displayer module. With the partitioning plate dividing a region between the touch panel and the liquid crystal displayer module into a first space and a second space, the first space is smaller, whereas the second space is larger. After the liquid crystal displayer module is supplied with electricity, the hot air staying in the first space is less. Further, the heat-obstructing effect of the partitioning plate causes the hot air not to condense in the second space, and thus it is not easy to generate a temperature difference from the external environment, thereby preventing the generation of mist. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058818 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH POSITION ON SENSING AREA OF CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Described is a device and a method for determining a touch position on a sensing area of a capacitive touch panel. In the device and method, an alternating current (AC) scan signal having a frequency and a current value is supplied to each of four corners of the capacitive touch panel. Next, the frequencies of the AC scan signals are each rapidly switched among a group of specific frequencies. The current values of the AC scan signals detected. In response, a group of selected frequencies is selected according to a noise filtering procedure from the group of specific frequencies based on the current values. Final current values are obtained by calculating the current values of the AC scan signals of the group of selected frequencies. Finally, the touch position on the capacitive touch panel is determined based on the final current values. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058819 | SOFT-USER INTERFACE FEATURE PROVIDED IN COMBINATION WITH PRESSABLE DISPLAY SURFACE - A mobile computing device having a display assembly that is configured to otherwise capable of distinguishing contact by a magnitude of force or inward movement of the display surface as a whole. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058820 | FLICK-BASED IN SITU SEARCH FROM INK, TEXT, OR AN EMPTY SELECTION REGION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates in situ searching of data. An interface can receive a flick gesture from an input device. An in situ search component can employ an in situ search triggered by the flick gesture, wherein the in situ search is executed on at least one of a portion of data selected on the input device. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058821 | EDITING INTERFACE - A portable electronic device displays icons (e.g., graphical objects) in one or more regions of a user interface of a touch-sensitive display, and detects user input specifying an exchange of positions of icons in the user interface. In some aspects, the respective positions of two icons in a user interface can be selected to exchange positions in the one or more regions of the user interface, and one or both icons can change their visual appearance to indicate their selection status. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058822 | Video Chapter Access and License Renewal - The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for content chapter access and license renewal. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058823 | Virtual Keyboards in Multi-Language Environment - The disclosed implementations include displays of accented or related characters for characters selected by a user through a virtual keyboard operating in a multi-language environment. In one aspect, when a user clicks and holds down a key, a popup displays accented characters for the character associated with the key. In another aspect, the order of accented characters can be based a frequency of occurrence of the accented character in the current language being typed by the user. In another aspect, when a character is at edge of a display, the popup is visually displayed in a different location and the ordering of the accents in the display are set with the more frequently occurring accents being more quickly accessible. In another aspect, auto correction is used to correct accented equivalents for compounds. In another aspect, a different visual keyboard layout is provided for different languages. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058824 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING A NEAR-INFRARED TOUCH INPUT DISPLAY - A portable communication device is equipped with a touch input display that includes a source of non-visible light integrated within touch input display and a plurality of photodetectors integrated within the touch input display, wherein the photodetectors are configured to detect non-visible light. The portable communication device is configured to detect touch of the display without additional touch-sensitive layers disposed over the display, as well as to detect touch in dark environments and/or with dark images or backgrounds on the display. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058825 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE TOUCH PANEL - In a touch panel and a display apparatus having the touch panel, the touch panel includes a plurality of sensor lines, a plurality of sensor switches, a line selecting unit and a sensor resistor section. The sensor switches are electrically connected to the sensor lines, respectively, and apply sensing signals to the sensor lines, respectively, when a touch event occurs. The line selecting unit is electrically connected to end portions of the sensor lines and sequentially outputs the sensing signals transferred through the sensor lines. The sensor resistor section includes a first end electrically connected to the sensor lines, respectively, and a second end opposite to the first end. The second end receives a driving direct current (DC) voltage. Therefore, the touch panel may have an improved ability to detect touch events. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058826 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel has a first substrate and a second substrate. The thickness in the non-sensor regions of the first substrate is greater than the thickness in the sensor regions of the first substrate. The second substrate includes first photo spacers and second photo spacers having substantially the same heights. The first photo spacers are structurally connected to the non-sensor regions of the first region of the first substrate, and the second photo spacers are positioned corresponding to the sensor regions of the first substrate that maintain a first gap with the first substrate. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058827 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, the information processing device includes a display provided with a touch sensor on a display surface thereof, a virtual display section capable of virtually displaying an area larger than a maximum display area of the display, a mode switch section configured to switch the display from a first mode in which the maximum display area of the display is presented to a second mode in which an area of a screen of the virtual display section, and a display area panning section configured to, when the display is switched to the second mode and when the touch sensor detects that one of predetermined areas of the display is touched, pan the display area so that a not-shown area of the virtual display section that corresponds to the touched area is presented on the display. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058828 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - An electronic device and a method of operating the same are provided. The electronic device includes a touch-sensing module sensing a change in a touch, a processing module determining a display screen layer associated with a touch location, and a screen display module displaying a part of the display screen layer. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058829 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOUCHSCREEN - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for providing various feedbacks for a proximity based systems or a 3D touchscreen. According to the embodiments, a field (or a recognition region) above a 3D touchscreen may be divided into a predetermined number of levels of sub fields and a configuration of a feedback provider or a feedback changed according to the change of the level in which an object such as a finger may be changed. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090058830 | Portable multifunction device, method, and graphical user interface for interpreting a finger gesture - A portable device with a touch screen display detects a finger-in-contact event at a first position on the touch screen display and identifies a user interface object associated with the first position. The portable device determines whether the identified user interface object is moveable across the touch screen display. For an identified object that is determined to be moveable across the touch screen display, the portable device detects a sequence of one or more first finger-dragging, a first finger-out-of-contact, one or more second finger-dragging, and a first finger-out-of-range events and performs a first operation associated with the identified moveable user interface object at least in part in accordance with the first and second finger-dragging events. For an identified not moveable object, the portable device detects a second finger-out-of-contact event and performs a second operation, different from the first operation in response to a second finger-out-of-contact event. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090066657 | CONTACT SEARCH TOUCH SCREEN - A system includes an active touch surface, the active touch surface being configured to receive a selection action from a pointer, an x-y coordinate system, the x-y coordinate system being configured to output position data relating to the position of the pointer on the active touch surface, and a processing device. The processing device in communication with the x-y coordinate system and the active touch surface, the processing device being configured to determine the position of the pointer using the position data, and the processing device being configured to determine if the active touch surface has received the selection action from the pointer | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066658 | Glove attachment for touch sensitive data entry - An attachment to a glove enables electronic data entry on a touchscreen by a person wearing the glove. The attachment is a plate comprising a main body ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066659 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND SEPARATE DISPLAY SCREEN - A computer system includes a main processor, a display device, and a touch screen. The main processor is configured to execute instructions and to carry out operations associated with the computer system. The display device is electronically coupled to the main processor, for displaying a graphical user interface. The touch screen is electronically coupled to the main processor. The touch screen includes at least two modes among a touch-screen keyboard mode, a multi-touch screen mode, and a multi-touch screen plus keyboard mode. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066660 | Interface with and communication between mobile electronic devices - An input device and mobile electronic devices having improved user interface capabilities are described. In one embodiment, An input device includes a display device, a capacitive touch sensor overlying the display device, and a pressure-sensing layer underlying the display device. The display device may be, for example, a cholesteric liquid crystal display that directly captures and displays writing in response to applied pressure. Such an input device may be used to greatly facilitate input of text and graphical information to mobile electronic devices. In another embodiment, a mobile electronic device includes a first housing portion and a second housing portion connected together in a hinged manner, a display housed by the first housing portion, and a pressure-sensing layer housed by the second housing portion for performing writing capture in response to a stylus. In another embodiment, a method of sending a message includes establishing a communication session, capturing stylus input, and as part of the communications session, sending a representation of the captured stylus input. The representation may be a textual representation or a graphical representation. The graphical representation may be sent in real time and displayed as a succession of images, each successive image updating a prior image, and the communications session may include voice communications. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066661 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT DEVICE THEREOF - A handheld electronic apparatus comprises a touch keypad, a circuit board, a base and a support mechanism. The touch keypad is configured to receive a user's touch operation and comprises a plurality of icons. The circuit board is placed below the touch keypad and has a dome switch providing tactile feedback to the user when the user presses the touch keypad. The base is placed between the touch keypad and the circuit board and has a first opening through which the touch keypad can trigger the dome switch. The support mechanism is placed between the touch keypad and the base to support the touch keypad. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066662 | Method and system for distinguishing multiple touch points - The invention provides a system for distinguishing multiple touch points. The system comprises a panel, a first image capturing unit, a second image capturing unit, at least one third image capturing unit, and a processing unit. N touch points are indicated on the panel. A first image and a second image related to the N touch points are captured by the first image capturing unit and the second image capturing unit. At least one third image related to the N touch points is captured by the at least one third image capturing unit. N sets of coordinates corresponding to the N touch points are calculated by the processing unit according to the first image and the second image. And, a set of real coordinates corresponding to the N touch points is determined from the N sets of coordinates according to the at least one third image. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066663 | Apparatus and method for controlling operation of mobile terminal - A method of controlling the operation of a mobile terminal is provided. By dynamically selecting or setting a specific function of a mobile terminal according to a change in pressure or contact areas sensed by a plurality of touch sensors which cover the mobile terminal, a user can easily select or set a specific function of the mobile terminal according to his or her intention, and easily recognize information displayed on a screen of the mobile terminal. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066664 | TOUCH SCREEN AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen includes an information source, a display, a sensor module, an adjuster, and a processor. The information source is for providing display data, such as images or other documents, to be displayed. The display is for outputting the display data, and is overlaid with the sensor module. The sensor module is for sensing a touch action on a position thereon corresponding to the display data, and generating corresponding touch data. The adjuster is for generating adjusting commands. The processor is for adjusting the size of the display data according to the touch data and the adjusting commands. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066665 | Device and Method for Driving a Touch Pad - Provided are a device for driving a touch pad, including: an input unit that receives an electrical signal be touching from channels of the touch pad; and a control logic unit that scans the channels. The control logic unit includes a channel selection section which divides the touch pad into a plurality of regions and selects the channels which are to be scanned, wherein the ration of the number of total channels to the number of channels to be scanned is different according to each of the plurality of divided regions. In accordance with the present invention, the scanning speed of the touch pad is improved and, thereby, the response speed of other elements which are operated depending on whether the touch pad is touched or not is enhanced. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066666 | Information Display Device and Program Storing Medium - A CPU determines whether or not the display position of a link character string is finger-touched when a touch sensor on a screen constituting a display unit is finger-touched, and when the link character string is touched, a user is informed that a jump to a link destination is possible through screen vibration or the like. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066667 | Touch Screen Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Multimode Wireless Communication - The problem of simpler user operation of a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) wireless communication system is solved by a system and method having touch screen operation, which does not require the use of push buttons. A processed location finder signal received from two or more Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite transmitters and from two or more land based transmitters, received in different radio frequency bands is further processed into cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase time division multiple access (TDMA) baseband signal. A signal is processed into a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and an orthogonal frequency division multiplexed (OFDM) signal and into a cross-correlated in-phase and quadrature-phase CDMA signal, wherein the TDMA and CDMA signal is used in a cellular system and the OFDM signal in a wireless system and the cellular system and the wireless system are distinct systems. The modulator comprises a non-quadrature modulator and a distinct quadrature modulator. Multiple transmitters include a first transmit amplifier operated in a first radio frequency (RF) band in a linearly amplified (LINA) mode and a second transmit amplifier operated in a second radio frequency (RF) band with second amplifier operated in a non-linearly amplified (NLA) mode. The system includes a receiver and demodulator for receiving and demodulating a transmitted signal, wherein the receiver includes an antenna array of four or more antennas for receiving a transmitted signal. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090066668 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR ENTERING COMMAND IN THE TERMINAL - A terminal including a touch-screen display configured to be touched by a user, and a controller configured to determine a portion of the touch-screen display that is rubbed or swiped by the user and to generate a delete signal to delete text data associated with the portion of the touch-screen display that is rubbed or swiped by the user. In addition, the text data includes a message service text data, and the controller is further configured to to provide a selectable deletion option to be selected by the user to indicate whether the text data rubbed or swiped on the touch-screen display is deleted. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090073129 | PORTABLE INTERACTIVE MEDIA PRESENTATION SYSTEM - A system for providing a portable touch system comprises a bezel having a first and a second end, and a housing that is adapted to receive the first and second end of the bezel such that a display area is bounded by the housing and the bezel. At least one camera system is coupled to the housing and is operable to capture within at least a portion of the display area images of an object located within a field of view of the at least one camera system. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073130 | DEVICE HAVING COVER WITH INTEGRALLY FORMED SENSOR - A touch sensing device is disclosed. According to an example of the disclosure, the touch sensing device may include a cover having a touchable surface and a touch sensor integrally formed on a surface of the cover opposite the touchable surface. The touch sensing device may use the cover as a mount and a medium to connect to a processor, in addition to the cover's established functions to protect the sensing device's circuitry and to provide an aesthetic surface. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073131 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING MULTIPLE TOUCH INPUTS ON A RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND A MULTIPLE TOUCH CONTROLLER - The present invention provides a method for determining multiple touch inputs on a resistive touch screen, the method comprises determining a touching sequence between a first object and a second object when the first object and the second object touch the resistive touch screen respectively; calculating coordinate of a first point and coordinate of a midpoint according to voltage drop in the resistive touch screen meanwhile the first object keeps touching the resistive touch screen; and calculating coordinate of a second point according to coordinate of the first point and coordinate of the midpoint. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073132 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI AND MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING THE SAME - A graphical user interface (GUI) and a multimedia device using the same. The method for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) includes displaying first GUI items selectable by a user on a screen, removing from the screen at least one of the first GUI items displayed on the screen by zooming in or zooming out, and additionally displaying on the screen at least one second GUI item that was not displayed on the screen by zooming in or zooming out. Accordingly, a GUI to provide more convenient manipulation and better visual effect on a small screen can be provided. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073133 | El emittting touch switch - An EL emitting touch switch includes first electrodes, a single second electrode facing the first electrodes, and EL layers each sandwiched between a corresponding one of the first electrodes and the second electrode. A light emission driver applies a driving voltage between the first and second electrodes to cause the EL layers to emit light. A timing signal generator generates a timing signal to control the light emission driver such that the application of the driving voltage is stopped at predetermined intervals. Touch decision units are provided for each first electrode. Each touch decision unit includes a feedback circuit for supplying current to the corresponding first electrode such that the potentials of the first and second electrodes become equal to each other, and detects contact of a human body with the corresponding first electrode based on operation of the feedback circuit while the application of the driving voltage is stopped. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073134 | Dual-mode touch screen of a portable apparatus - A dual-mode touch panel for use on a screen of a mobile device, includes a substrate; a first touch panel, attached to a first side of the substrate; and a second touch panel, attached to a second side of the substrate. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073135 | PROJECTING CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSING DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a projecting capacitive touch sensing device, display panel, and image display system. The projecting capacitive touch sensing comprises an array of a plurality of sensing units, each sensing unit including: a first electrode made of a sensing material, at least one second electrode made of a sensing material and being disposed around the peripheral of the first electrode, at least one first sensing axis electrically connected to the first electrode, and at least one second sensing axis electrically connected to the second electrodes. The first electrode is quadrangle, while the second electrodes are triangular-shaped. The first electrode and the plurality of second electrodes are arranged to form a rectangular, and a non-sensing area is defined between the first electrode and the second electrodes. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073136 | INPUTTING COMMANDS USING RELATIVE COORDINATE-BASED TOUCH INPUT - Methods, techniques, and systems for enhanced processing of touch input are provided. Example embodiments provide a technique for selecting and inputting a command that corresponds to a sequence of relative coordinate values generated by detecting changes in directional movement of a touch position. The user initiates a touch, and as the user moves, the commands corresponding to the sequence of relative coordinate values are displayed. Once the user terminates the touch, the last displayed command is effectively selected and processed as input. Accordingly, a user can input a desired command, character, symbol, etc. using a single gesture, without having to touch the input device to select commands located in fixed positions. Thus, the process of searching for, selecting, and inputting a desired command can be accomplished using just one gesture. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073137 | MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD - A method for inputting characters to a mobile communication apparatus is disclosed. The method includes enabling input of strokes representing a first character in a first area of a touch sensitive display; determining the first character from the strokes; determining one or more candidates of characters for word association with the first character; presenting the one or more candidates on the display; and enabling selection among the one or more candidates. A mobile communication apparatus includes means for inputting characters is also disclosed. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073138 | Display panel and display apparatus having the same - A display panel having a touch screen, the display panel includes an array substrate having a plurality of pixels and an opposite substrate having a plurality of touch electrodes. The array substrate includes the pixels receiving a data signal through thin film transistors and sensors electrically and physically making contact with the touch electrodes in response to an external pressure. Each sensor generates a common voltage input through the touch electrode in response to a scan signal controlling the thin film transistor as a sensing signal. Based on the generated sensing signal, a location coordinate to which the external pressure is applied is calculated, so that the number of wires for the display panel may decrease. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090073139 | TOUCH PANEL WITH MAGNETIC DISPLAY UNIT - A touch panel includes a plurality of display units arrayed in a matrix. Each of the display units includes a container containing magnetic materials, a transparent film installed on the surface of the container, a first isolating component installed on a base and a portion of the sidewalls of the container for isolating neighboring container and carrying the magnetic materials, a second isolating component for separating the container into two chambers and carrying the magnetic materials, wherein there is an opening between the two chambers to make the magnetic materials flow between the two chambers, and at least an electromagnetic apparatus installed under the plurality of display units to act as a base and used for generating a magnetic field to make the magnetic materials separate from the surface of the second isolating component. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090079699 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSOCIATING OBJECTS | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079700 | ONE-TOUCH ROTATION OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN VIRTUAL WORKSPACE - A method of rotating a virtual object within a virtual workspace. The method includes recognizing a selection perimeter of the virtual object and detecting a one-touch user input having a starting location within the selection perimeter of the virtual object. The method further includes tracking movement of the one-touch user input within the virtual workspace, and rotating the virtual object within the virtual workspace responsive to tracked movement of the one-touch user input relative to the virtual object. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079701 | Device and Method for Displaying Data and Receiving User Input - Described are a device and a method for displaying data and receiving user input. The device includes a display arrangement displaying an image; a sensing arrangement generating orientation data corresponding to detected changes in an orientation of the device; and a control arrangement adjusting one of an orientation and a location of the image in response to the orientation data | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079702 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Providing an Adaptive Keypad on Touch Display Devices - An apparatus for providing an adaptive keypad on touch display devices may include a processing element. The processing element may be configured to receive an indication of a detection of a touch event invoking an operation related to a text character entry, determine candidate text characters based on the operation, and provide for a display of an adaptive keypad having a size that is variable based on the candidate text characters. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079703 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING USER WITH SENSATION EFFECT ON TOUCH SCREEN - Provided is a device and system for providing a user with a sensation effect on touch screen. The device includes a sensation effect creating unit for creating sensation effect based on motion information of the input device; a communication unit for communicating with the display device; a control unit for creating sensation effect through the sensation effect creating unit when the motion information of the input device and sensation effect data according to an input mode are transmitted from the display device through the communication unit. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079704 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS USING A DUAL TOUCH PANEL OF A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for inputting operation instructions using a dual touch panel of a mobile communication device are provided. When the user's finger touches the second touch panel of the mobile communication device, the second touch panel detects whether there is a slide path. If no slide path is detected in a predetermined time, a no slide signal will be output. A stop signal as a confirmation key will be output after the touch on the second touch panel ends. If there is a slide path, then it is determined whether the slide path is a one-dimension or two-dimension slide path. If a one-dimension slide path is detected in a predetermined time, a slide direction signal will be output. A stop signal as a direction key will be output after the touch on the second touch panel ends. If a two-dimension slide path is detected, the slide path in each direction is recorded. Each direction is aggregated after the touch on the second touch panel ends and instruction(s) corresponding to the aggregated slide path are executed. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079705 | Portable User Control Device and Method for Vehicle Information Systems - A personal user control device suitable for use in cooperation with information systems, such as vehicle information systems, and methods for manufacturing and using same. The personal user control device provides a user-friendly interface system for interacting with the information system. Unlike conventional control devices, the user interface system includes no dedicated buttons and provides a customizable environment for interacting with the information system. When in communication with the information system, the personal user control device can automatically detect system status information, such as available system functionality, available viewing content, and/or a current system operation mode, of the information system and provides a user interface system that instinctively adapts for use with the information system in light of the detected system status information. The personal user control device thereby provides a versatile and intuitive manner for interacting with the information system. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090079706 | Display Device - In a display device having a touch panel, it is possible to prevent the generation of a screen defect caused by the intrusion of air bubbles into a UV curing resin formed between a touch panel and a display panel. The touch panel is constituted of an upper transparent-electrode-attached film and a lower transparent-electrode-attached film, and an air hole is formed in the lower transparent-electrode-attached film. Due to such constitution, in adhering the touch panel and the display panel to each other in a vacuum using a UV curing resin, air in the touch panel is also discharged and hence, there is no possibility that the touch panel swells. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent warping of the lower transparent-electrode-attached film and hence, in curing the UV curing resin for adhering the touch panel and the display panel to each other, it is possible to prevent the entanglement of air into the UV curing resin. Accordingly, a touch-panel attached display device free from a screen defect attributed to air bubbles can be manufactured. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090085876 | ENVIRONMENT SYNCHRONIZED IMAGE MANIPULATION - A system for interfacing with a user. The system includes a sensor, a controller, and a display. The sensor is configured to sense environmental conditions about the display and communicate the environmental conditions with the controller. The controller is configured to generate graphics and provide the graphics to the display. The graphics include one or more environmental display elements that correspond to the environmental condition sensed by the sensor. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085877 | MULTI-TOUCH INTERFACES FOR USER AUTHENTICATION, PARTITIONING, AND EXTERNAL DEVICE CONTROL - Multi-touch interfaces allow user interaction with multiple points of contact to control external devices such as game consoles, authenticate users, partition the interface for multiple users, and so forth. The multi-touch interface may provide graphical representations that are manipulated by users through multiple points of contact to participate in games running on an external game console. Additionally, user authentication may occur through multiple points of contact with the multi-touch interface where each user has a unique contact pattern that includes points of contact, location of points of contact, rhythm of points of contact, and so forth. The graphical representations may be customized based on the authentication of a user, and the multi-touch surface may be partitioned based on the number of users present. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085878 | Multi-Touch Device Having Dynamic Haptic Effects - A system for generating haptic effects senses at least two generally simultaneous touches on a touchscreen and, in response, generates a dynamic haptic effect. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085879 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING RIGID INPUT SURFACE WITH PIEZOELECTRIC HAPTICS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - An electronic device and corresponding method provide haptic feedback to a user. The electronic device includes a rigid input surface, a piezoelectric element directly attached to the rigid input surface, sensors disposed adjacent to the rigid input surface for sensing when the user selects various portions of the rigid input surface, the sensors providing electrical signals indicative of the selected portions, and a controller that receives the electrical signals from the sensors, and in response thereto causes drive signals to be provided to the piezoelectric element causing deformation of the piezoelectric element and bending of the rigid input surface, wherein the bending of the rigid input surface provides haptic feedback to the user in response to the user selecting of the rigid input surface. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085880 | Software Flow Control of Rotary Quad Human Machine Interface - A rotary quad control interface that allows a vehicle driver to control several vehicle systems without focusing on the interface itself. The interface includes four touch pads disposed in four quadrants of the interface, an outer rotary dial positioned substantially at the center of the four touch pads and an inner rotary dial disposed within the outer rotary dial and being concentric thereto, where the inner rotary dial also operates as a push button. A display screen displays the operation of the interface, and includes a first display portion, a second display portion, a third display portion and a fourth display portion that are provided as quadrants on the display screen and are representative of the touch pads on the interface. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085881 | DETECTING FINGER ORIENTATION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - The determination of an orientation of a finger touching a touch-sensitive device is disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing device comprises a display screen configured to display an image to a user, and an intensity-sensitive touch-sensing input mechanism configured to detect one or more objects touching the display screen. The device also comprises a controller configured to determine an orientation of a finger touching the screen from a direction between a center of a first set of touch data and a center of a second set of touch data, and to adjust an image on the display screen in response to a determined orientation of the finger. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085882 | Directional Haptic Effects For A Handheld Device - A handheld device includes at least two sections that are substantially mechanically isolated. Each section includes an actuator that generates haptic effects. The haptic effects generated by an actuator in one section are substantially isolated to that section so that, for example, directional haptic effects can be generated on the handheld device. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085883 | Antiseptic touch panel and a method thereof - The present invention discloses an antiseptic touch panel comprising: a panel substrate, which is to be touch-operated by users; and an antiseptic layer coated on the panel substrate and having an antiseptic material with Formula (I): | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085884 | CONTROLLER AND MEDICAL TREATMENT APPARATUS - A controller according to the present invention has a control portion. The control portion reads out a panel image that is previously stored in a panel image memory, displays the panel image on a liquid crystal monitor of a touch panel, inputs panel coordinates information that is from the touch panel, converts the panel coordinates information into a corresponding key code based on a key code conversion table stored in a conversion table memory, and outputs the result to a key code output portion. It is therefore possible to simplify a communication driver of an apparatus main unit to reduce a load in communication processing. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085885 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch panel has a double-layered sensing pad structure or a single-layered sensing pad structure. In the double-layered sensing pad structure, the sensing pads in each layer have corresponding dummy sensing pads in the other layer for compensating the difference of transmittance. In the single-layered sensing pad structure, the sensing pads are coplanar so that the problem of color shift can be overcome and the visual effect of the touch panel can be improved. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085886 | Method and apparatus for performing view switching functions on handheld electronic device with touch screen - A method for performing a view switching function of a handheld device with a touch screen is provided. The handheld device has an LCD panel and a touch panel. The touch panel has a touch region larger than a display area of the LCD panel. The touch panel has a main touch region overlapping the LCD panel, and an assistant touch region surrounding but not overlapping the LCD panel. The method includes (a) when the touch panel detects a presence of an object, determining whether the main touch region or the assistant touch region is touched; (b) when it is determined that the main touch region is touched, and it is determined that the object slides to the assistant touch region, switching from a first view to a second view displayed on the LCD panel; and (c) when it is determined that the assistant touch region is touched, and it is determined that the object slides to the main touch region, switching from a third view to a fourth view displayed on the LCD panel. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090085887 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING PRESSED LOCATION OF TOUCH SCREEN - A method for determining pressed locations of a touch screen, suitable for an electronic device having the touch screen, is provided. In the present method, coordinates and pressure values of m samples where the touch screen is pressed are detected. Then, the pressure values of those samples are compared to find n samples with the highest pressure values. Finally, the coordinates of those n samples are averaged for determining the pressed location of the touch screen. Accordingly, the accuracy of determining the pressed location of the touch screen can be increased and the convenience for operating the electronic device is enhanced. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090091539 | Sending A Document For Display To A User Of A Surface Computer - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for sending a document for display to a user of a surface computer, the surface computer comprising a surface, surface computer capable receiving multi-touch input through the surface and rendering display output on the surface, that include: registering at least two users with the surface computer, the users including a sender and a receiver; allocating to each registered user a portion of the surface for interaction between the registered user and the surface computer; receiving, from the sender, a user selection specifying a document; receiving, from the sender, a sending instruction to send the selected document to the receiver for display; and rendering, in response to receiving the sending instruction, contents of the selected document on the receiver's allocated portion of the surface. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091540 | Method and apparatus for controlling timing of status change of electronics apparatus based on user's finger location and input speed - A method and apparatus adjusts a timing of state change of an electronics apparatus having an input device by measuring user's input speed for the input device and a distance of user's finger from the input device. The method includes the steps of measuring a current interval CI between recent two input operations in a series of input operations conducted through the input device, calculating an average interval AI of the series of input operations, calculating a reference interval RI determined from the equation: RI=K×AI, where K denotes a proportional coefficient, determining whether a current interval CI is equal to or less than the reference interval, and suspending an occurrence of the second system state change until a first system state has been responded in case when the current interval CI is equal to or less than the reference interval RI. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091541 | Method for controlling appearing and disappearing of screen keyboard tables - A method for controlling appearing and disappearing of screen keyboard tables includes at least the following steps: (1) triggering: present the keyboard tables on a screen when a touch panel is touched by a user's finger; (2) depressing the touch panel: user's finger depresses each character segment on the touch panel and a corresponding character is input; and (3) entering an ending character: enter an ending character, and the keyboard tables disappear from the screen. Thus the convenience of data entry for users is enhanced and the keyboard tables are concealed as desired to facilitate user review. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091542 | TOUCH-PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PORTABLE EQUIPMENT - A touch-panel display device in which a plurality of operation items are displayed in arrangement includes a tilt detector detecting an inclination of a portable equipment, and controls a display ratio of the plurality of operation items according to the direction of an inclination detected by the tilt detector and displays an operation item in large scale. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091543 | Handheld Electronic Devices Supporting Operation as a Musical Instrument with Touch Sensor Input and Methods and Computer Program Products for Operation of Same - A handheld electronic device, such as a mobile terminal, a personal digital assistant, an ultraportable computer and/or a media player, includes a touch sensor, such as a sensor used for fingerprint sensing. A control circuit of the device is configured to support user operation of the handheld electronic device as a musical instrument that uses the touch sensor as a control input of the musical instrument. For example, the control circuit may be configured to dynamically alter an audio signal produced by the musical instrument responsive to contact with the touch sensor, e.g., to control a tone and/or a volume of the audio signal. For example, the control circuit may be configured to cause the handheld electronic device to emulate a stringed instrument wherein contact with the touch sensor corresponds to contact with the strings of the emulated stringed instrument. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091544 | Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface for enabling a touch sensitive display - An apparatus including a touch sensitive display including a first portion and a second portion; and a processor configured to detect user inputs on the touch sensitive display and control the touch sensitive display, wherein; the processor is configured to control the touch sensitive display, to enable a first state, in which the first portion of the touch sensitive display is operable to enable access to a first set of functions and the second portion of the touch sensitive display is operable to enable access to a second set of functions, and to enable, in response to the detection of a first user input when the touch sensitive display is in the first state, a second state in which the second portion of the touch sensitive display is not operable to enable access to any one of the second set of functions and the first portion is operable to enable access to a set of functions. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091545 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A hand-held electronic device including a body, a touch-sensing display area, and a holding area is provided. The touch-sensing display area located at a surface of the body is divided into several sub-touch-sensing areas disposed at a part of a surrounding region of the touch-sensing display area. The sub-touch-sensing areas have at least one access-sensing region. The access-sensing region is used for sensing a touch-control action so as to render the hand-held electronic device to perform a function corresponding to the touch-control action. The holding area is disposed outside the sub-touch-sensing areas. When a user only intends to hold the hand-held electronic device, the user's hands can put on the holding area and the hand-held electronic device would not perform any corresponding function. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091546 | DISPLAY WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device with a built-in touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same are presented. The display includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode disposed on the first substrate and spaced apart from each other, and a conductive spacer disposed on the second substrate corresponding to each of the first and second sensing electrodes. The display device is less sensitive to misalignment between the first and second substrates during the manufacturing process compared to a conventional device, and therefore has a lower defect rate than the conventional device. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091547 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An information display device having a large display screen that facilitates input/edit to a position away from the operation position of a user is provided. This information display device is equipped with a touch sensor on a display screen to enable an operation for screen display through a touch operation on the screen, equally divides the screen horizontally and vertically, sets a sub-screen area that displays a divided image of an image displayed on the screen, and transforms a touch operation position in the sub-screen area into a position on the display screen to replace a touch operation in the sub-screen area with an operation of the screen display on the display screen for enabling a remote operation. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091548 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an insulating spacer, a bonding layer, and a water-absorbing layer. This structure allows suppressing dew formation, so that the touch panel which is excellent in visibility and capable of positive operation is obtainable. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091549 | TOUCH PANEL AND INPUT DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch panel includes multiple belt-like upper conductive layers and lower conductive layers formed in an orthogonal direction to the upper conductive layers. Those two kinds of layers are formed on a light transmissible substrate. A strong adhesion layer and a weak adhesion layer are layered together on a top face or an underside of the light transmissible substrate. The presence of the weak adhesion layer allows peeling off the touch panel from a cover of an apparatus fairly easier when the touch panel needs to be retrofitted to the cover. Since the weak adhesion layer is peeled off together with the strong adhesion layer, it will not be transferred or attached onto the cover. No time or labor is thus needed for removing the layer transferred or attached to the cover. The touch panel capable of being retrofitted with ease is thus obtainable. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091550 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRODUCING MUSIC IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and mobile terminal for reproducing contents is provided. A list of a plurality of contents is displayed and a touch input is detected to select at least one of the plurality of contents from list, with the selected at least one of the plurality of contents reproduced either entirely or partially according to a type of the detected touch input. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090096752 | Hand tool with touch display - A hand tool with a touch display comprises a rod body having a control section; one end of the rod body being formed with a handle and another end thereof can be installed with a tool head for driving a screw means; a strain gauge installed in the rod body for measuring twisting force; a control section having a touch panel for receiving touch signals to set control values in the control section; wherein settings about twisting force can be set through the touch panel. The touch panel has a hand writing input function. The hand tool body has a pen rod attached thereon for inputting data to the touch panel. The touch panel is equipped with a back light illuminator or light emitting diodes. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096753 | Apparatus and Method for Changing On-Screen Image Position, and Navigation System Using the Same - Provided are an apparatus and method for changing a position of an image on a screen of an image display device, such as a map provided by a navigation system or mobile phone and a broadcast program played back by a television receiver, allowing the image to be reduced, enlarged, rotated, etc. through touching the on-screen image, and to a navigation system using the apparatus and method. The apparatus includes a display, a touch sensor, and a controller. The display displays an image. The touch sensor senses touching of the image displayed on the display. The controller changes a position of the image displayed on the display in a touched direction sensed by the touch sensor. The touch sensor generates positional coordinates of a touched point of the image sensed by the touch sensor, and relays the generated positional coordinates to the controller. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096754 | TOUCH PANEL, ELECTRO OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided a touch panel including a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a first electrode film formed on the first substrate, a second electrode film formed on the second substrate, the second electrode film opposing the first electrode film. An openings is formed in each of the first electrode film and the second electrode film, and the opening formed in the first electrode film and the opening formed in the second electrode film are overlapped in plan view and each of the openings has a different opening area. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096755 | REPRODUCTION APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION METHOD AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a reproduction apparatus which includes a touch panel and vibrates the touch panel, including: a reproduction circuit configured to reproduce data in a unit of a frame in response to an operation of the touch panel by a user; and a driving circuit configured to vibrate the touch panel every time the data of each frame are reproduced. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096756 | Video Display and Touchscreen Assembly, System and Method - A touch screen assembly for use with a display, such as, for example, a flat panel display. The touch screen assembly includes a transparent panel, preferably in the form of a panel of tempered glass adhered to a touch screen panel. Consoles having touch screen assemblies are also disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096757 | MULTIPOINT TOUCHSCREEN - A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the location of the touches on the plane of the touch panel for each of the multiple touches is disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096758 | MULTIPOINT TOUCHSCREEN - A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the location of the touches on the plane of the touch panel for each of the multiple touches is disclosed. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090096759 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD - A touch panel includes an insulating substrate, a transparent touch electrode provided on the insulating substrate, and a frame portion connected to a periphery of the touch electrode. The touch panel detects a touched position on the touch electrode based on an electric signal through the frame portion. The frame portion is provided between the insulating substrate and the touch electrode. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090102800 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM, CONTROLLER THEREFOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN APPLIANCE - An interactive input system comprises a consumer electronic device and a controller for the consumer electronic device. The controller is operable in one of a touch input mode and a gesture input mode and controls the consumer electronic device in response to one of the detected user touch input and user gesture input depending on the operating mode of the controller. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102801 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DISPLAYING AND COLLECTING INFORMATION AT WINDOWS - An arrangement is disclosed for displaying and collecting information. A substantially transparent or translucent touchscreen is disposed at an exterior of a window comprised by a building. A display device is disposed at an interior side of the window and has a display visible from the exterior of the building through the touchscreen and window. A controller is provided in communication with the touchscreen and the display device. The controller has instructions for correlating a position activated on the touchscreen with a position of information displayed on the display. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102802 | TOUCH PANEL DETECTION CIRCUITRY AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A touch panel detection circuit includes current limiting circuitry that has a first portion coupled between a first supply voltage terminal and a first input node and a second portion coupled between a second input node and a second supply voltage terminal. Programmable precharge circuitry connects the first input node to the first supply voltage terminal via a conductive path that is in parallel with the first portion of the current limiting circuitry and precharges the first input node to a predetermined voltage. Comparison circuitry is coupled to the programmable precharge circuitry and to the first input node. The comparison circuitry detects a change in resistance between the first input node and the second input node and provides a signal in response thereto when the comparison circuitry is enabled by the programmable precharge circuitry. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102803 | SYSTEM LOCK - A system and method are described for locking a touch sensitive screen input component of a device. The system and method receives input from an input component, adds the received input to a input sequence, and checks the input sequence against a key sequence. If the input sequence matches the key sequence, the system and method toggle the locked state of device input components. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102804 | TOUCH-BASED APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A touch-based apparatus includes a display screen, a sensitive screen, and a micro processing unit. The sensitive screen and the display screen are coupled to the micro processing unit. The display screen is used for displaying images or icons. The sensitive screen is used for detecting positional coordinate of the touched portion. The micro processing unit is used for calculating an area of the touched portion according to the positional coordinate, and adjusting a display ratio of the images and icons based on the calculated areas. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102805 | Three-dimensional object simulation using audio, visual, and tactile feedback - A multi-sensory experience is provided to a user of a device that has a touch screen through an arrangement in which audio, visual, and tactile feedback is utilized to create a sensation that the user is interacting with a physically-embodied, three-dimensional (“3-D”) object. Motion having a particular magnitude, duration, or direction is imparted to the touch screen so that the user may locate objects displayed on the touch screen by feel. In an illustrative example, when combined with sound and visual effects such as animation, the tactile feedback creates a perception that a button on the touch screen moves when it is pressed by the user like a real, physically-embodied button. The button changes its appearance, an audible “click” is played by the device, and the touch screen provides a tactile feedback force against the user's finger. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102806 | SYSTEM HAVING USER INTERFACE USING OBJECT SELECTION AND GESTURES - A system includes a touchscreen display and an interface application. The interface application may control the touchscreen display to provide a container and a selectable user interface control. The user interface control may be selected through manipulation of the touchscreen display in an area of the container proximate the user interface control. The user interface application may identify a gesture function in response to manipulation of the touchscreen display in an area of the container when the manipulation has a motion magnitude in a plane of the touchscreen display exceeding a threshold value. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102807 | BOOK-SHAPED DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF EDITING VIDEO USING BOOK-SHAPED DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a book-shaped display apparatus including: a cover portion; sheet portions each formed by a flexible paper-like display device; a spine portion that binds the cover portion and the sheet portions, so that the book-shaped display apparatus has a book-like structure with the sheet portions constituting pages. The apparatus further includes: an external interface section that receives, from an external device, pieces of frame data that constitute a video; a storage section that stores the pieces of frame data; a sheet display control section that drives each sheet portion to present a display; and a control section that generates display image data for each sheet portion using the frame data stored in the storage section, supplies the generated display image data to the sheet display control section, and controls the sheet display control section to present a still image display on each sheet portion. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102808 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A method of fabricating a touch panel is provided. First, a first substrate having a first electrode layer is provided. Then, a sealant is formed on the first substrate, and the sealant surrounds a periphery of the first substrate to define a closed area. Next, a dielectric material is dripped in the closed area. Then, a second substrate having, a second electrode layer is provided. The first substrate and the second substrate are assembled and joined by the sealant, such that the dielectric material fills the closed area to form a dielectric layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. The touch panel has good quality, and the yield rate of the method of fabricating the touch panel is high. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102809 | Coordinate Detecting Device and Operation Method Using a Touch Panel - In a touch panel capable of detecting the coordinates of two pressed-down points individually at the same time, the coordinates detected while one point is pressed are stored and, if a second point is subsequently pressed, the stored coordinates of a first point are used to identify the coordinates closer to the stored coordinates as the first point and the coordinates of another detected point as the second point, thereby identifying an order in which the two points are pressed. Thereafter, what mouse operation has been executed at the coordinates of the first point is detected based on a positional relation between the coordinates of the first point and the coordinates of the second point, and a result of the detection is output to an application operable through a graphical user interface. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102810 | Touch panel - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer include a carbon nanotube film respectively. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102811 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING HYPERLINKED INFORMATION USING MOBILE PHONE - A method of displaying hyperlinked information using a mobile telephone device. The method includes the steps of: (i) positioning the device over a substrate; (ii) reading coded data from the substrate; (iii) generating interaction data using the read coded data; (iv) retrieving display data corresponding to a part of the substrate overlain by the device; (v) displaying display information on a touch-sensitive display screen; (vi) interacting with a displayed hyperlink via the touch-sensitive display screen; (vii) retrieving and displaying hyperlinked information. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090109180 | ARRANGEMENTS FOR IDENTIFYING USERS IN A MULTI-TOUCH SURFACE ENVIRONMENT - Arrangements to identify, in some form, multiple participants by an interactive surface system utilizing multi-touch technology are disclosed. The interactive surface system could identify authorize and allocate space on a surface for a participant based on identifying at least one attribute of the participant such as an object associated with the participant. The method can include searching for a first distinctive attribute of the entity and assigning an identifier to the attribute and storing the identifier for future use the operating the interactive surface based on the participant's identity and location. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109181 | TOUCH SCREEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch screen display includes a display device and a touch-sensitive overlay disposed on the display device. The touch sensitive overlay includes a substrate, first and second capacitive touch sensor circuit layers disposed on the substrate for determining a location of a touch to the touch screen display, and a thin-film deposited barrier layer for electrically isolating the first capacitive touch sensor circuit layer from the second capacitive touch sensor circuit layer. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109182 | TEXT SELECTION USING A TOUCH SENSITIVE SCREEN OF A HANDHELD MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system and method is disclosed that provides for character or text selection and editing. The text and character selection is made by user contact with a touch sensitive screen. In order to allow for refinement of the selection, a second expanded view is implemented as compared to the original display configuration of the screen. Furthermore, the selection is described in relation to two endpoints of the block of text. Additionally, a point is specified as the point desired for insertion of the selected text. The expanded view is implemented along with the original view as required when making character selection. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109183 | Remote Control of a Display - Input data is received via a touchpad of a remote control. In a relative mapping mode, the input data is used to select a menu on a display. In an absolute mapping mode, the input data is used to select an item from multiple items on the selected menu on the display. The input data is analyzed to determine whether to enable the relative mapping mode or the absolute mapping mode. The relative mapping mode or the absolute mapping mode is automatically enabled based on analysis of the input data. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109184 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. Specifically, zooming in/out or shifting a display screen is facilitated. The mobile terminal includes a touchscreen for displaying a webpage including a plurality of areas, a wireless communication unit for accessing the Internet, and a control unit for shifting the displayed webpage in response to touching a first point of the displayed webpage and dragging from the first point to a second point on the displayed webpage, when the displayed webpage is shifted in a direction of the dragging. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109185 | Electronic Document Reader - We describe a display device for displaying an electronic document page comprising a central rewritable portion, a non-rewritable border with external lateral physical dimensions defined by the display edges, wherein said border is coloured to substantially match a background colour of said central rewritable portion such that when a foreground part of said document page is displayed on said central rewritable portion the appearance of margins of said document page is provided by said background coloured border whereby in use said displayed electronic document page appears to extend up to said display edges, and wherein the surface of the display is substantially flat over the lateral physical dimensions from the central rewritable portion across the border to the display edges. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109186 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed by the present invention and is constituted by a substrate, an inducing element, and a counter electrode. The substrate comprises a pixel electrode and a first conductive line. A counter substrate faces the substrate. The inducing element is disposed on the substrate and comprises a passivation layer, which is electrically connected to the first conductive line and is disconnected to the pixel electrode. The counter electrode is disposed between the substrate and the counter substrate, which is corresponding to the inducing element with a variable gap less or equal than 1 μm between the passivation layer and the counter electrode. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109187 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LAUNCHER, ACTIVATION CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus with a display device and a contact input device arranged on the display device and receiving data corresponding to a contact position of a finger includes a detecting unit, a GUI determination unit, and a display control unit. The detecting unit detects a movement pattern of the finger touching the contact input device. The GUI determination unit determines a launcher GUI (Graphical User Interface) including one or more icons in accordance with the movement pattern detected by the detecting unit. The display control unit displays the launcher GUI determined by the GUI determination unit on the display device in accordance with the contact position of the finger on the contact input device. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109188 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device includes an input member having an input pad and a detecting section that detects a position where an indicator touches the input pad and a processing section that controls a display state on a display screen on the basis of an input signal obtained from the input member, and while an input tool for drawing at least one of character, symbol, and figure is being displayed on the display screen, the processing section displays a limited frame having a predetermined area on the display screen so as to overlap the input tool, and writes movement locus of the indicator touching the input pad within the limited frame and transfers the movement locus to the input tool such that at least one of the character, symbol, and figure is input to the input tool when the indicator touches the input pad. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090109189 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CANDIDATE PHONE NUMBER LIST AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile communication device capable of providing a candidate phone number list and a method of controlling an operation of the mobile communication device is provided. The method includes displaying a phone number input window and a display window on the touch screen, displaying a string of numbers input to the phone number input window in the display window and displaying a candidate phone number list on the touch screen if a touch input to the display window is detected when the input number string is displayed in the display window, the candidate phone number list including a plurality of phone numbers that contain the input number string. | 04-30-2009 |
| 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 |
| 20090115734 | PERCEIVABLE FEEDBACK - The present invention is directed to a portable device and a method for using such a device, which device includes a touch sensitive arrangement comprising: a touch-surface arranged to be operatively actuated and to operatively receive touches from a user of the device, an actuator arrangement arranged to operatively actuate at least a part of the touch-surface, a control arrangement arranged to operatively detect touches on the touch-surface and to operatively control the actuator to actuate the touch-surface so as to provide a perceivable feedback to the user as a response to a detected touch. The actuator arrangement may include an electroactive polymer arrangement arranged to be operatively actuated by the control arrangement so as to actuate the touch-surface for providing a perceivable feedback to the user as a response to a detected touch. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115735 | Sensor with pressure-induced varied capacitance - A sensor with pressure-induced varied capacitance is disclosed. Each sensor pixel circuit of the sensor includes a touch capacitor, a charge TFT for storing charge at the touch capacitor according to a previous scan line, and a readout TFT for reading out voltage across the touch capacitor according to a present scan line. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115736 | SYSTEM HAVING USER INTERFACE USING MOTION BASED OBJECT SELECTION AND MOUSE MOVEMENT - A system includes a touchscreen display and an interface application. The interface application controls the touchscreen display to provide a container and a user interface control. The user interface control may be selected through manipulation of the touchscreen display in an area of the container proximate the user interface control. The user interface application identifies a user manipulation as a mouse movement in response to manipulation of the touchscreen display in an area of the container when the manipulation has a motion magnitude exceeding a threshold value. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115737 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device of the invention includes a display panel | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115738 | Display with touch panel - A flat panel display having a display panel, a touch panel, a supporting structure and a frame is provided. The touch panel is assembled on the display panel. The supporting structure has a supporting unit and an elastic unit at least. The supporting unit is utilized for carrying the touch panel. The elastic unit has a fixed end and an extending end. The extending end is connected to the supporting unit. The elastic unit has a bending with a changeable bending angle varied with the impact force stressed to the supporting unit. The frame is assembled on the touch panel to restrict vertical movement of the touch panel. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115739 | METHOD OF PROVIDING USER INTERFACE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of providing a user interface for invoking a function related with a state indicator in a portable terminal where an altered state representation of the state indicator is displayed when a predetermined change occurs in the state representation of the state indicator is disclosed. According to the method, the related function is registered for the state indicator when a state change to be reflected in the representation of the state indicator occurs and the state representation of the state indicator is altered. In this state, upon receipt of a touch input for a state indicator display area on a screen, a state indicator window for displaying a state indicator after enlarging the state indicator is displayed on the screen. Upon receipt of a user input for designating the state indicator displayed on the state indicator window, the registered function is invoked. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115740 | INTERRUPT REDUCTION METHOD IN TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLLER - Integration of a FIFO memory, FIFO threshold and a timer, along with the other components of a touch screen system allows the number of interrupts to the touch screen controller to be reduced while allowing all point data to be acquired and preserved. In the first touch-detect event, an interrupt is issued to inform the host. The touch screen controller then automatically acquires data as long as touch is detected without host intervention. A FIFO threshold defines the minimum number of data points in FIFO memory before it issues an interrupt to inform the host that data is ready to be fetched. The timer is started once touch is detected. On every single data acquired, the timer is reset. In the event where touch is no longer detected, the timer keeps on counting until the time-up limit is reached. In this event, the touch screen controller will issue an interrupt informing the host the pen is lifted. The host then checks whether there is still data left in FIFO memory to be read. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090115741 | TOUCH SENSOR AND TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch sensor includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an inducing electrode and an inducing switch. The second substrate is disposed opposite the first substrate. The inducing electrode is disposed on the first substrate. The inducing switch disposed on the second substrate includes a first switch electrode, a second switch electrode and an active layer, which is disposed between and contacts with the first switch electrode and the second switch electrode. The active layer and the inducing electrode face each other and are separated by a distance. When the first substrate or the second substrate is pressed so that the distance between the inducing electrode and the active layer is changed, the driven inducing electrode induces a channel, corresponding to a change of the distance, on the active layer to electrically connect the first switch electrode to the second switch electrode. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090122017 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CAPACITIVE SENSOR WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY ISOLATION AREAS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A mobile electronic device and corresponding method have a user interface for receiving a touch input. The mobile electronic device includes a capacitive sensor having an electrode layer with non-etched away portions and etched away portions, and having isolation areas formed in the etched away portions, and a segmented optical shutter disposed on a side of the capacitive sensor, the optical shutter including a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a top absorbing polarizer and a bottom absorbing polarizer, and including a reflectance increasing element disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the bottom absorbing polarizer. A reflectance of the reflectance increasing element is selected to reduce a ratio of a reflectance through the non-etched away portions to a reflectance through the etched away portions to make an appearance of the user interface substantially uniform in an off state. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122018 | User Interface for Touchscreen Device - A free-flowing user interface for a touchscreen device of a mobile electronic device provides touch-sensitive application icons and a touch-sensitive hotspot having an optional activation radius surrounding the hotspot. A user can launch a selected application by touching the hotspot and then touching and dragging the application icon corresponding to the selected application onto the hotspot or at least partially into the activation radius surrounding the hotspot. Alternatively, an application can be launched by dragging the hotspot and its surrounding activation zone such that the hotspot or activation zone at least partially overlaps the application icon of the application to be launched. The free-flowing interface can be optionally enhanced by displacing icons onscreen, when dragged or when collisions occur between icons, based on at least one of a virtual inertia parameter, a virtual friction parameter and a virtual collision-elasticity parameter to create more realistic onscreen motion for the icons. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122019 | Display For Information Handling System - An information handling system includes a chassis. A first display is coupled to the chassis. A card slot is defined by the chassis. A window is defined by the chassis immediately adjacent the card slot, and a card including a second display may be positioned in the card slot such that the second display may be viewed through the window. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122020 | TOUCH PAD SYSTEM - Radiation guided by Total Internal Reflection inside a solid element from a point of engagement of a reflecting/emitting/scattering object and toward a detector reaches an area of the solid element on which the surface has areas preventing reflection of the radiation back into the element. This provides a spatial modulation of the radiation reaching the detector through one of the surfaces of the solid element. From this spatial modulation, the position of engagement may be determined. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122021 | Touch screen display with electric field shielding layer - Disclosed is a touch screen display with an electric field shielding layer arranged between a liquid crystal layer of an LCD device and a glass substrate, having a touch sensing layer arranged on a top surface thereof, so that the electric field shielding layer isolates signal interference between the touch sensing layer and the liquid crystal layer. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122022 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of displaying content and an electronic apparatus using the same, the method of displaying content of an electronic apparatus using an touchscreen including: dividing the touchscreen into a viewable area and an un-viewable area according to a touching of the touchscreen; and displaying the content on the viewable area. Accordingly, a user more conveniantly manipulates an electronic apparatus. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122023 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An original image is displayed on a display screen. Here, when a sub-screen input mode is set, a sub-screen that is obtained by reducing an entire screen displayed on the display screen is displayed on an image display portion. The user uses an electronic pen to select an optional input area within the sub-screen. An area corresponding to the selected input area is displayed on the entire screen. At this timer the reduced image of the entire screen is switched to an image of the input area on the sub-screen. Then, the user uses the electronic pen to perform an editing work on the sub-screen. The sub-screen is set within reach of the user, and editing on an area out of reach on the entire screen can be also performed on the sub-screen. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122024 | Display Device Provided With Optical Input Function - In a display device, an object approaching a display unit is detected by referring to an image picked up by the display unit. An alternating current drive circuit drives an alternating current signal to the display unit, so that a detection circuit detects an amplitude change or a phase shift. Alternatively, a liquid crystal panel is vibrated at a predetermined frequency, so that the strength of the frequency of the vibration sound is detected. This makes it possible to more accurately detect the timing when the object touches the display unit. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090122025 | Terminal with touch screen and method for inputting message therein - A terminal with a touch screen and a method for inputting a message therein are provided. The method includes: arranging at least two letters allocated to a key area of the touch screen in a message input mode and displaying the letters in the key area; determining whether a touch-flick is sensed in the key area of the touch screen; and displaying, if a touch-flick is sensed, a letter arranged in the key area in a direction of the touch-flick, in a message display area. Accordingly, a user can compose a message by inputting a desired letter without requiring multiple touches. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090128498 | MULTI-LAYERED DISPLAY OF A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A graphical user interface for a display uses 3-D sensing in order to manipulate various functions. In particular, instead of a menu being constantly on the display screen occupying space, when the finger of a user is at a certain distance from the screen, the menu then appears. By moving his/her finger in the X and/or Y direction, the user can make a selection from the displayed menu options. This method and GUI does not discriminate a certain part of the screen with less accessibility. Rather, the menu appears immediately in reaction to the user action, and the menu appears at the point of user input. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128499 | Fingertip Detection for Camera Based Multi-Touch Systems - Touch detection systems and methods are described. The system comprises a light guiding sheet, a light source, a reflective layer and a detector. When a fingertip or other suitable object is pressed against the light guiding sheet, light which is undergoing total internal reflection within the sheet is scattered. The scattered light is reflected by the reflective layer and detected by the detector. In an embodiment, the light is infra-red light. The touch detection system may, in some embodiments, be placed on a display and the touch events used to control the display. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128500 | USER INTERFACE, APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIEWING OF CONTENT ON A SCREEN - A user interface is disclosed, comprising a screen arranged to view content, wherein the screen is arranged to display a part of the content if there is not space for the entire content on the screen, and wherein the content is scrollable to enable the desired part of the content to be displayed; and a touch sensitive input area arranged to enable input of touch actions, wherein a first touch action is adapted to control scrolling of said content, wherein a speed relation determines a relation between a speed of scrolling and a speed of the touch action in a first direction on said touch sensitive input, and wherein the speed relation is determined by the position of the touch action on said touch sensitive area along a second direction perpendicular to said first direction. Further, an apparatus, a method, and a computer program for viewing of content on a screen are disclosed. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128501 | TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a base, a touch screen display, a pair of switches and operational components. The touch screen display is connected to the base, movable relative thereto and includes a display device and a touch-sensitive input surface overlying the display device. A pair of switches disposed between the base and the touch screen display and configured such that one of the switches is actuated in response to application of a force anywhere on the touch-sensitive input surface of the touch screen display and both of the switches are actuated in response to application of more than one force on the touch-sensitive input surface of the touch screen display. The operational components include a controller connected to the touch-sensitive input surface and a processor connected to the controller and the display. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128502 | IMAGE DISPLAY WITH CORDLESS PHONE - A method and device for image display with cordless phone | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128503 | Method and Apparatus for Providing A Fixed Relief Touch Screen With Locating Features Using Deformable Haptic Surfaces - A method and apparatus for an electronic interface device capable of providing a fixed relief touch screen with locating features using deformable haptic surfaces are disclosed. The device, in one embodiment, includes a haptic mechanism and a touch-sensitive surface. The haptic mechanism provides haptic feedback in response to an activating command. The touch-sensitive surface is capable of changing its surface texture from a first surface characteristic to a second surface characteristic in response to the haptic feedback. For example, the first surface characteristic may be coarse texture while the second surface characteristic may be smooth texture. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128504 | Touch screen peripheral device - A touch screen peripheral device having a touch-responsive screen. The inventive device provides for both input to and output from an electronics system. A project/input designator display means provides at least one project/input designator on the touch-responsive screen, wherein the display properties of each project/input designator are customizable. A project retention means provides for the linking and saving of at least one specified resource that activates upon user selection of an associated project/input designator. The project retention means further provides for the linking of at least two specified resources with an associated project/input designator, wherein two or more specified resources are initiated by selection of a single project/input designator. Yet still, an offloading means may offload on-screen items from a main display screen to the touch-responsive screen either automatically or in response to user input, an event trigger, an application interaction or a state change. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128505 | Link target accuracy in touch-screen mobile devices by layout adjustment - One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for improving link target accuracy for a mobile browser with a touch-screen display. The system receives a page with a plurality of selectable text objects and adjusts the page layout. The method further includes placing a number of targets within the web page. Each target is associated with one selectable text object, and the selectable text object can only be activated by the target. The targets are sufficiently separated from each other, thus allowing a user to hold the touch-screen display and select the selectable text object by tapping on the target with substantial accuracy. Another embodiment of the present invention allows a user to select a selectable text object by performing a gesture. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128506 | Electronic Device with Touch Sensitive Input - The present invention relates to an electronic device comprising a control unit, a display, a body portion, and a touch sensitive area outside the display. According to an aspect of the invention, the touch sensitive area is arranged such that there is a level difference between the surface of the body portion and the surface of the display. The control unit is arranged to detect an input to the touch sensitive area ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128507 | DISPLAY METHOD OF INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - The information display apparatus is equipped with: a display unit for displaying a plurality of choice items in the list form; a control unit for controlling an array of the choice items; and a track ball for instructing a coordinate signal. The choice items are displayed in a matrix array constructed of N rows M columns in which the choice items are sequentially arranged from an upper portion to a lower portion of said matrix array, and along right and left directions thereof; magnification is changed based upon a coordinate signal of the track ball along a Y-axis direction; a display screen is scrolled along right/left directions based upon a coordinate signal of the track ball along an X-axis direction; and the matrix array is changed based upon a number of rows to be displayed in correspondence with increased/decreased numbers of the rows. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128508 | MULTI TOUCH FLAT DISPLAY MODULE - A display module including a touch panel configured to be touched so as to input information, a liquid crystal display panel disposed below the touch panel and configured to display the information to be touched on the touch panel, a plurality of emitting light units configured to emit infrared light formed in at least two sides of the touch panel, a plurality of image sensors disposed below the liquid crystal panel and configured to detect infrared rays redirected through the liquid crystal panel towards the image sensors based on a touching of the touch panel, and a controller configured to determine a portion of the touch panel that is touched based on signals received from the plurality of image sensors. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128509 | EXTERNALLY RECONFIGURABLE INPUT SYSTEM - An externally reconfigurable input system for an electronic device is provided. The input system has the flexibility of receiving input via an input interface with the guidance of key-based substrate overlay positioned proximate a sensor array that is coupled to a printed wiring assembly. An input correlation component receives signals generated by the sensor array in response to displacement of one or more keys associated with the key-based substrate. The key-based substrate overlay is removable so as to be reconfigured. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090128510 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes an operation surface, a first detection means, a second detection means, an operation signal generating means, and a transmission means. The operation signal generating means generates an operation signal used to perform a first operation on a screen where a detection result of the first detection means has been reflected, if the duration of the detection, which is performed at the same contact position by the first detection means, is shorter than a predetermined time. The operation signal generating means generates an operation signal used to perform a second operation on the screen where a detection result of the second detection means has been reflected, as long as the detection is continued at the same contact position, if the duration of the detection, which is performed at the same contact position by the first detection means, reaches the predetermined time. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090135145 | TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a base and a touch screen display connected to the base and movable relative thereto. The touch screen display includes a display device and a touch-sensitive input surface overlying the display device. The electronic device includes a feedback mechanism including a switch moveable relative to the base for actuating in response to application of a force to the touch-sensitive input surface causing movement of the touch screen display. Operational components are connected to the touch screen display for operation of the electronic device. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135146 | Touch screen with resistive electrode - A touch screen includes a resistive layer made from conductive ink and overlying at least a portion of a substrate. The resistive layer has a sheet resistance of 1,000-5,000 Ω/ | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135147 | INPUT METHOD AND CONTENT DISPLAYING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - In an input method and an input system for an electronic device, an electronic device having input functionality and content displaying functionality, and a content displaying method and a displaying system for an electronic device, the electronic device is provided with a sensing screen, and the input method includes the following steps: displaying a plurality of virtual keys; receiving an input signal; displaying a corresponding enlarged virtual key on the sensing screen; and detecting whether there is an input of a confirm input signal, and outputting a virtual key code corresponding to the confirm input signal if affirmative. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135148 | PROXIMITY SENSING BY ACTIVELY DRIVING INTERESTED OBJECTS - A touchpad that includes the ability to send a signal along an electrode to a user, wherein the user is then visible to the touchpad without having to touch the surface of the touchpad, and wherein different signals can be transmitted simultaneously to different users so that the different users are simultaneously visible and distinguishable to the proximity sensitive touchpad. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135149 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH COORDINATE INPUT UNIT - A display apparatus includes a touch panel provided overlapped on a display screen, a touch pen allowing switching of degree of smoothness of a pen tip portion in a plurality of levels and a controller causing, when the tip end of the touch pen touches the touch panel, a prescribed object image to be displayed on a position corresponding to the touched position. The controller includes a display manner selecting unit for selecting a manner of displaying the object image in accordance with the degree of smoothness of the tip end portion of the touch pen, and a display controller for displaying the object in the display manner selected by the display manner selecting unit at the position corresponding to the touched position. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135150 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE SHEET MEMBER, INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch-sensitive sheet member contains a first raw material member having predetermined hardness and a second raw material member that presents sense of touch. The second raw material member is disposed in the first raw material member. The second raw material member has hardness different from the hardness of the first raw material member. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135151 | HIGH TRANSMITTANCE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes: a transparent substrate; and a transparent multi-layered structure disposed on the substrate and including transparent inner and outer anti-reflection layers and a transparent touch control layer that is sandwiched between the inner and outer anti-reflection layers and that is made from an electrically conductive material. The inner anti-reflection layer has an anti-reflection film. At least one of the outer anti-reflection layer and the anti-reflection film has an optical thickness sufficient for generating destructive interference among reflections from the substrate, the outer anti-reflection layer, the anti-reflection film, and the touch control layer. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135152 | Gesture detection on a touchpad - A gesture detection on a touchpad includes detecting whether any object touches on the touchpad, and if any object is detected on the touchpad, further detecting whether more object touches on the touchpad, by which it may determine a gesture function to start a default function, such as drag an object, scroll a scrollbar, open a file, or zoom in a picture. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135153 | Display system, display device, and program - A display system having an input device that communicates with a display device. The input device being able to: detect a track of points of contact between the input device and the display surface; write the track data to a memory; and send the track data to the display device. The display device being able to: detect positions on the display surface contacted by the input device and generate a line formed by the detected positions; toggle between a position detection mode to a position non-detection mode; instruct the input device to detect the track it is in the position non-detection mode; request the track data from the input device when it toggles to the position detection mode; synthesize the track data from the input device and the drawing data to generate image data; and display the generated image data. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135154 | Handheld device and operating method thereof - The invention provides a handheld device comprising an electronic paper, a control module and a touch module. When the handheld device is under a first input mode, the control module controls the electronic paper to show a first input image. Additionally, when the handheld device is under a second input mode, the control module controls the electronic paper to show a second input image. The touch module positioned beneath the electronic paper is used to sense a touch pressure acted on the electronic paper, so as to generate an input signal to manipulate the handheld device. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090135155 | Panel switch device - A panel switch device for use in a load control system, which includes the panel switch device serving to monitor a pressing operation of icons of loads having individual addresses allocated thereto and output to a signal line a transmission signal including operation information and address information obtained by the pressing operation of the icons of the loads, the control device serving to control each of the loads corresponding to the address information if the address information coincides with the address of each of the loads. The panel switch device includes a frame, a touch panel display unit for displaying setting items of the loads to be controlled and an output unit provided on a rear surface side of the display unit for outputting a setting content inputted through the display unit. The control device controls the loads based on the setting content outputted from the output unit. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090140986 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN DEVICES VIA DRAG AND DROP - A method, apparatus, system and computer program product are provided for transferring files stored on a source device to a target device by dragging and dropping the file from the source device touchscreen to the target device touchscreen. When the source device detects that the user has dragged the file to the edge, or other predefined location, of the source device touchscreen, the source device will automatically identify and establish a connection with the target device. Once the connection has been established, an image or icon associated with the file can be transferred to the target device, so that the user of the target device can indicate the location to which the file should be transferred by dragging the icon to that location. Once the target device user drops the icon at the predefined location, the file can be transferred to that location. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140987 | DUPLEX TOUCH PANEL - A duplex touch panel comprising: a capacitive touch panel unit; a resistive touch panel unit which is overlapped to the capacitive touch panel unit to be formed as a plate body; a signal processing unit received sensing signals from the capacitive touch panel unit and resistive touch panel unit; a surface layer; a first axis sensing layer being a transparent film; the first axis sensing layer having a plurality of first axis sensing traces; an insulation layer being a transparent insulated film layer; a second axis sensing layer being a transparent film; a base substrate being a flexible highly transparent insulated film; and a first signal output wire bank having a plurality of conductive paths; wherein the first axis sensing traces and second axis sensing traces being arranged along different vertical directions so as to form as a matrix. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140988 | Touch Panel with Integrated Function Keys - A mobile unit comprises a housing, a display, and a touch panel. The display is at least partially dispose within the housing. The touch panel is disposed at least partially over at least a portion of the display receiving touch inputs. The touch panel is configured to incorporate a plurality of function keys. The plurality of function keys are disposed substantially around a perimeter of the display. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140989 | User interface - The invention relates to a user interface for controlling an electronic device. The user interface includes a sensor element that has a sensor surface and is arranged to form a location indicator that indicates a location of a spot of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object. A force sensor is arranged to form a force indicator that indicates strength of a force directed to the sensor surface. A processor unit is arranged to control the electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator. A user of the electronic device is enabled to control the electronic device by using different levels of the force directed to the sensor surface. Therefore, the electronic device can be controlled with a smaller number of repetitive pressing and release actions. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140990 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a substrate, a conductive circuit layer, a resistive layer and a dielectric layer. The substrate has a touch area and a peripheral area surrounding the touch area. The conductive circuit layer is formed on the peripheral area of the substrate. The resistive layer covers the conductive circuit layer and the touch area of the substrate. The dielectric layer is formed on the resistive layer. The conductive circuit layer includes a plurality of signal terminals disposed on corner surfaces of the substrate as the corner electrodes of the conductive circuit layer. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140991 | INPUT DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - To provide the input device in the present invention, which allows comfortable operation with lightened mental and physical load, has at least one input key and includes: an association storage unit storing an array of plural information in association with the input key, the plural information each having an order; a selection unit selecting, from the array, predetermined information as input information; a touch detection unit detecting that an object touches a surface of the input key; and a movement relevant information detection unit detecting movement relevant information concerning a movement of a contact point between the surface of the input key and the object, the contact point being detected by the touch detection unit. The selection unit selects, from the array, information having a predetermined order stored in association with the input key on which the touch detection unit detects the touch by the object, based on the movement relevant information. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140992 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system including: providing a processor; enabling a touch screen, having a measurement grid, by the processor; pressing a hard key, a soft key, a function tab, a function soft key, the measurement grid, or a combination thereof for activating the touch screen; and displaying a user data on the measurement grid of the touch screen by the processor. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140993 | SENSATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a sensation system comprising: a system housing; a haptic switching unit mounted at the system housing and having a haptic actuator for performing a haptic function in response to an electrical signal being inputted; a system control section electrically connected with the haptic switching unit for generating a control signal therefrom to control the haptic switching unit; and a light-emitting section electrically connected with the system control section for emitting light corresponding to each operation of the haptic switching unit in response to the control signal generated from the system control section in cooperation with the haptic switching unit. In addition, the present invention provides a sensation system comprising: a mode unit for performing a preset mode function in response to an electrical signal being inputted; a system control section electrically connected with the mode unit for generating a control signal therefrom to control the mode unit; and a light-emitting section electrically connected with the system control for emitting light corresponding to each operation of the mode unit in response to the control signal generated from the system control section in cooperation with the mode unit. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140994 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes: a display plate having a plurality of display sections; an electrostatic touch panel provided at a lower face of the display plate; an operation body on which the display plate and the electrostatic touch panel are placed; a plurality of light-emitting elements for illuminating the plurality of display sections of the display plate from a lower side of the display plate through the electrostatic touch panel; and a control section that is electrically connected to the electrostatic touch panel and the plurality of light-emitting elements, and that controls light emission of the plurality of light-emitting elements in accordance with touch operation to the electrostatic touch panel. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140995 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - A character input method and apparatus in a portable terminal having a touch screen using a virtual keypad in which a plurality of characters is allocated to each of at least one key area is provided. The character input method includes displaying, in a character input mode, a virtual keypad having at least one key area to which a plurality of characters is allocated, displaying a plurality of divided areas in a region surrounding the touched key area, if a touch is generated in one of the key areas of the virtual keypad, determining whether a drag is generated from the touch, and if a drag is generated, displaying a character mapped to the divided area in a point where the drag is released. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140996 | PRESS DETECTION SENSOR, INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A press detection sensor contains a base member having predetermined length and width and also having a predetermined shape, a first conductor having predetermined length and being arranged on the base member, and a second conductor that is arranged on the base member with the second conductor being faced to the first conductor. The press detection sensor also contains a conductive contact body that is arranged between the first conductor and the second conductor. The conductive contact body connects the first and second conductors electrically in response to an external force. The press detection sensor further contains a covering member that includes the contact body on the inside thereof. The covering member covers a top of the base member which includes the first and second conductors. The covering member contains at least one of flexibility and elasticity. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140997 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FUCTION THEREIN - A terminal and a method for performing a function therein are provided. The method for performing a function in a terminal includes detecting touches in a first area and a second area of a touch screen in a specific mode, and performing a function corresponding to the first area with respect to an item corresponding to the second area. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140998 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS THROUGH THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method of inputting characters through the touch screen of the mobile terminal. When a user inputs characters though a touch screen of a mobile terminal, he or she can copy already written characters, character strings or images, or paste the copied characters, character stings or images, through a drag operation. Therefore, a user is allowed to copy or paste characters through a drag operation, when inputting the characters through a touch screen of a mobile terminal. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090140999 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS USED THEREIN - In an information-processing apparatus employing a coordinate input unit such as a touch panel, processing of explicitly reporting the state of an operation carried out by the user to the user is carried out in order to present a result of the operation to the user. In the information-processing apparatus employing the coordinate input unit and a display unit integrated with the coordinate input unit, in accordance with the type of an operation carried out by the user on the coordinate input unit, the apparatus issues a notice for verifying the state of the operation as well as a result of the operation and avoiding an incorrect operation to the user. To put it concretely, in the configuration of the information-processing apparatus, by outputting a display detectable by the visual sense, a sound or a vibration pattern in accordance with the number of times contact with the coordinate input unit has been made during an operation or in accordance with the state of sustaining such contact, it is possible to verify whether a tap operation or a drag operation has been carried out as intended by the user. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090146962 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD - A device including a display, a memory and a tap detector arranged to generate a detection signal upon detection of a tap command. The device is arranged to assume either an idle state, in which the display is inactive, or a second state, in which the display is active and displaying information stored in the memory. The device is arranged to transit from the idle state to the second state when a tap is detected i.e. upon generation of the detection signal. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146963 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING MULTIPLE TOUCH INPUTS ON A RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a method for determining multiple touch inputs on a resistive touch screen, the method comprises determining a touching sequence between a first object and a second object when the first object and the second object touch the resistive touch screen respectively; calculating coordinate of a first point and coordinate of a actual point according to voltage drop in the resistive touch screen meanwhile the first object keeps touching the resistive touch screen; and determining a control instruction according to movement of the actual point. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146964 | TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - In a touch sensing display device, a plurality of sensor scanning lines extend in a first direction and sequentially receive a first voltage, and a plurality of sensor data lines extend in a second, different, direction. A plurality of sensing elements are formed in regions defined by the sensor scanning lines and the sensor data lines, and each sensing element transmits the first voltage from a corresponding sensor scanning line to a corresponding sensor data line responsive to an external touch. A sensing signal processor converts voltages of the sensor data lines into sensing data, and, a touch determining unit processes the sensing data corresponding to the sensor scanning lines by at least one scanning line to determine positions of touch regions generated during at least one frame. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146965 | INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING AN INTEGRATED KEY DRIVE SYSTEM - A device and method of connecting an interactive communication system to a processing device. The device is a cable system that includes first and second ends. The first end of the cable system has a leg connector, while the second end of the connector system has first and second arm connectors. The method implements the cable system to load or run software onto the processing device, and includes connecting the leg connector to an interactive communication system; connecting the first arm connector having a memory device to the processing device, wherein the memory device includes predetermined software; loading/running the software on the processing device; disconnecting the first arm connector having the memory device from the processing device; and connecting a second arm connector to the processing device. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146966 | Device for scanning and detecting touch point of touch control panel and method thereof - A device for scanning and detecting a touch point of a touch control panel is disclosed, wherein a driving/scanning circuit carries out one-end-sequential-driving or both-end-sequential-driving for driving each elongate conductive strip of a first conductive layer of the touch control panel, and a scan sensing circuit carries out one-end-sequential-scanning, both-end-sequential-scanning or sequential both-end-simultaneous-scanning operation over each elongate conductive strips of a second conductive layer of the touch control panel. Based on the result of the scanning operation that the scan sensing circuit performs over the elongate conductive strips of the second conductive layer, at least one touch location can be detected on each elongate conductive strip of the second conductive layer with respect to each elongate conductive strip of the first conductive layer. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146967 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a display section; a light radiating section; a plurality of light converging lenses; and a plurality of light receiving devices, wherein the display section includes pixel areas each used for creating a pixel section, and sensor areas each used for creating one of the light receiving devices; the light radiating section outputs light and radiates the output light to the display section from a particular-side surface of the display section; each of the light converging lenses is created in one of the sensor areas each located in the display section and converges light generated by the light radiating section on a focal point inside the display section, passing on the converged light to the other-side surface of the display section; and each of the light receiving devices is created in one of the sensor areas to serve as a device for receiving light which arrives at the other-side surface of the display section as light reflected by a subject of detection. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146968 | INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image acquisition section | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090146969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING A DISPLAY SCREEN FOR LOCATING A DESIRED ITEM OF INFORMATION - A method and a system for navigating a display screen to search for a desired item of information stored in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a novel fly over user interface (FOUI) capable of receiving commands from a user to provide a zoom out view of the display screen. A user may commence a navigation session by touching the display screen in a non active area or by clicking on a specifically designated icon to activate the user interface. During the navigation session, the display screen is zoomed-out and a magnifying area may appear on the display screen. The user interface enables the user to scroll the zoomed-out display screen by dragging the magnifying area towards an edge of the display screen to find a desired item of information. The display screen may be a display screen of a digital device (e.g., portable computer, personal computer, a cellular telephone, a digital watch, etc). The user may terminate a navigation session by removing the pointer from the display screen. | 06-11-2009 |
| 20090153492 | SELECTION AND DISPLAY OF MEDIA ASSOCIATED WITH A GEOGRAPHIC AREA BASED ON GESTURE INPUT - An interactive media display system is provided to display media associated with a selected geographic area based on a gesture input of user. The interactive media display system may include a touch-sensitive display surface configured to display a geographic map and receive a gesture input generated by a user on the touch-sensitive display surface while the geographic map is displayed, the gesture input defining a selected geographic area on the geographic map. The system may further include a controller configured, in response to the gesture input, to filter the media data based on position data to determine a filtered media data collection including media that are associated with the selected geographic area, and to command the touch-sensitive display surface to display the media in the filtered media data collection. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153493 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USING MULTI-TOUCH TO TRANSFER DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INFORMATION - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for differentiating between and transmitting different levels of information associated with an object or file depending upon a number of tactile inputs detected. In particular, a user can define a number of levels (e.g., of privacy, of detail, etc.) associated with items of information making up objects or files stored on his or her device. The user can then indicate which level of information (i.e., which items of information of the object or file) he or she would like to transmit by using a different number of fingers (or other selection devices) to select the object or file. The electronic device may, in response, determine the number of fingers (or other selection devices) used and then transmit only the corresponding portions (e.g., items of information) of the selected object or file. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153494 | TOUCH DISPLAY FOR AN APPLIANCE - A display device for an appliance is shown. The display device comprises a touch screen interface and a multi-level menu having reconfigurable virtual buttons. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153495 | INPUT METHOD FOR USE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SCREEN - An input method for use in an electronic device having a touch-sensitive screen is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. An input signal is first received. Then, at least one control item corresponding to the specific program is displayed on the touch-sensitive screen in which the control item has a corresponding control area within the touch-sensitive screen. Next, it is determined whether a confirmation input signal inputted to the corresponding control area of the touch-sensitive screen is detected. A parameter of the control item is adjusted according to the confirmation input signal when the confirmation input signal has been detected. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153496 | WRITING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC PAPER SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A writing apparatus includes: a detecting unit; a reading unit; a writing unit; a display; a first controlling unit; a second controlling unit; and a third controlling unit. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153497 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND INPUT ELEMENT - A user interface device and an input element include at least one input button that protrudes to be deformed when being pressed and then elastically restored when not being pressed, a sensing unit to sense whether the at least one input button has been pressed, and a display panel disposed underneath the at least one input button and including an input sign display area overlapping with the at least one input button. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153498 | COMMUNICATION METHOD CONTROL SYSTEM - A communication method controlling system includes a control apparatus and a writing apparatus. The writing apparatus includes a function that employs plural communication methods. When a user selects content by manipulating an operation terminal, a control apparatus detects the content ID, and transmits corresponding content data and communication method information to the writing apparatus. Based on the received content data, the writing apparatus writes the contents data and displays a content image on electronic paper, and changes a communication method according to the received communication method information and uses an LED lamp, for example, to notify the user which communication method has been selected. When the user performs an operation according to the available communication method, information is transmitted from the writing apparatus to a port using the communication method. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153499 | TOUCH ACTION RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for recognizing a touch action that a person has performed upon an object, is provided with a sensor component for detecting a sensor value corresponding to the touch action through an inertial sensor attached to part of a body of the person; and a signal processing component for recognizing the touch action from the sensor value detected by the sensor component and transferring the recognized touch action to the object. Further, a method for recognizing a touch action that a person has performed upon an object, is provided with: detecting a sensor value corresponding to the touch action through an inertial sensor attached to part of a body of the person; and recognizing the touch action from the detected sensor value and transferring the recognized touch action to the object. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153500 | Dual pointing device and method based on 3-D motion and touch sensors - A dual pointing device and method based on 3-D motion and touch sensors are provided. The dual pointing device includes a sensor including a first sensor sensing a motion in a space and a second sensor sensing a touch input, a movement-mode-determining unit determining a movement mode type using signals of the first and second sensors, and a pointer-moving unit moving a pointer on a display screen using at least one of the signals of the first sensor and the second sensor according to the determined movement mode type. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153501 | Video System Having a Touch Screen - A video system such as a television signal receiver includes a touch screen that may be suitable for larger image screens. According to an exemplary embodiment, the video system includes a screen having first and second sides, wherein a depression of the screen on the first side produces an image detectable on the second side. At least one projector is disposed on the second side of the screen and projects a first video signal onto the screen. At least one camera is disposed on the second side of the screen and detects the image. A processor determines a location of the depression according to the detected image. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153502 | Touch panel and display device using the same - An exemplary touch panel includes a substrate, transparent conductive layers, a capacitive sensing circuit, and conductive wires. The transparent conductive layers are disposed on a surface of the substrate and spaced apart from each other. Each transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotube layer includes carbon nanotubes. The conductive wires respectively electrically connect the transparent conductive layers to the capacitive sensing circuit. A display device using the touch panel is also provided. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153503 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer, and carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube layer are arranged along a same direction. A display device adopting the touch panel includes the touch panel and a display element. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153504 | Touch panel, method for making the same, and display device adopting the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and at least two separate electrodes. The substrate includes a first surface. The transparent conductive layer is formed on the first surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer, and the carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes entangled with each other. The electrodes are separately disposed on a surface of the transparent conductive layer and electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer. Further, a method for making the touch panel and a display device adopting the same are also included. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153505 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer located on an upper surface of the second substrate. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes at least two stacked carbon nanotube layers. Each carbon nanotube layer comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes substantially aligned in a single direction. The carbon nanotubes in two adjacent carbon nanotube layers are substantially aligned along the same direction. A display device adopting the touch panel includes the touch panel and a display element. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153506 | Touch panel, method for making the same, and display device adopting the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer located on an upper surface of the second substrate. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube structure comprised of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube structure are arranged isotropically, arranged along a same direction or arranged along different directions. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153507 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The transparent conductive layer is formed on a surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes at least two carbon nanotube layers, and each carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged along a same direction. The carbon nanotubes of adjacent carbon nanotube layers are arranged along different directions. The electrodes are electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer. Further, a display device using the touch panel is also included. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153508 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate, two first-electrodes, and two second-electrodes. The two first-electrodes and the two second-electrodes are electrically connected to the second conductive layer. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer. Each carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. Further, the present invention also relates to a display device. The display device includes a displaying unit and a touch panel. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153509 | Touch panel and display device using the same - An exemplary touch panel includes a substrate, transparent conductive layers, a capacitive sensing circuit, and conductive wires. The transparent conductive layers are disposed on a surface of the substrate and spaced apart from each other. Each transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotube layer includes carbon nanotubes. The conductive wires respectively electrically connect the transparent conductive layers to the capacitive sensing circuit. A display device using the touch panel is also provided. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153510 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, and a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer both include a carbon nanotube layer. Each carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes. The first substrate and the second substrate are flexible. Further, the present invention also relates to a display device. The display device includes a displaying unit and a touch panel. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153511 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The transparent conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The at least two electrodes is separately disposed, and electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer. At least one of the electrodes includes a carbon nanotube layer. Further a display device using the above-described touch panel is also included. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153512 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer located on an upper surface of the second substrate. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes at least two stacked carbon nanotube layers, each carbon nanotube layer comprising a plurality of carbon nanotubes aligned in a single direction, and the carbon nanotubes in the two adjacent carbon nanotube layers arranged along different directions. A display device adopting the touch panel includes the touch panel and a display element. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153513 | Touch panel, method for making the same, and display device adopting the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and at least two separate electrodes. The transparent conductive layer is formed on a surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube structure comprised of carbon nanotubes, and the carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube structure are arranged isotropically, arranged along a same direction, or arranged along different directions. The electrodes are separately located and electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153514 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The transparent conductive layer is formed on a surface of the transparent substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes at least two carbon nanotube layers, and each carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged along a same direction. The carbon nanotubes in two adjacent carbon nanotube layers are arranged along the same direction. The electrodes are electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer. Further, a display device using the touch panel is also included. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153515 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The transparent conductive layer is formed on a surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer, and the carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged along a same direction. The electrodes are electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer. Further, a display device using the touch panel is also included. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153516 | Touch panel, method for making the same, and display device adopting the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer located on an upper surface of the second substrate. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube layer form a carbon nanotube floccule structure. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153517 | TOUCH PAD, NOTEBOOK COMPUTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIGHT EFFECT ON TOUCH PAD - This invention discloses a touch pad, comprising: a touch surface layer made of a photic material; an electrode layer placed under the touch surface layer, the electrode layer comprising photic electrodes arranged based on a pre-set first coordinate array; a light-emitting component layer placed under the electrode layer, the light-emitting component layer comprising light-emitting components forming a light-emitting dot matrix, a region of which light-emitting dot matrix can be controlled to emit light; and a control device electrically coupled to the electrode layer and the light-emitting component layer. There are also disclosed a notebook computer and a method of controlling a light effect on the touch pad. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a user with a light feedback corresponding to the touch location based on the user's touch in a timely manner. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153518 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING VALUE OF PARAMETER - A method for controlling a value of a parameter of an application executed on a device comprising a touch-sensitive input apparatus with a touch-sensitive area comprises the steps of defining a region map specifying within the touch-sensitive area a plurality of parameter control regions that have assigned a parameter change direction, receiving from the touch-sensitive input apparatus a touch start event specifying a touch starting position within the touch-sensitive area, monitoring the touch-sensitive input apparatus to receive a touch position change or a touch end event, upon detection of a touch position change setting a parameter change value according to the position change direction, upon detection of a touch end event before detection of a touch position change setting a parameter change value according to the parameter change direction specified for the parameter control region to which the touch starting position belongs and providing the parameter change value to the application. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090153519 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOMOGRAPHIC TOUCH IMAGING AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM USING SAME - A touch screen in the form of a panel is capable of conducting signals and a tomograph including signal flow ports is positioned adjacent the panel with the signal flow ports arrayed around the border of the panel at discrete locations. Signals are introduced into the panel to pass from each discrete border location to a plurality of other discrete border locations for being detected and tomographically processed to determine if any change occurred to signals due to the panel being touched during signal passage through the panel, and therefrom determine any local area on the panel where a change occurred. The tomograph computes and outputs a signal indicative of a panel touch and location, which can be shown on a display. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090160778 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR USING VARIABLE NUMBERS OF TACTILE INPUTS - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for using varying numbers of tactile inputs to manipulate different features of an electronic device. In particular, varying numbers of tactile inputs resulting from a user touching the electronic device touchscreen or touchpad may be used in order to adjust the speed of movement of an image displayed on the electronic device. Varying numbers of tactile inputs may likewise be used to adjust in various manners an adjustable feature represented by an icon displayed on the electronic device display screen. Finally, varying numbers of tactile inputs may further be used in order to unlock an electronic device in a secure, yet simple, manner. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160779 | Emulating A Keyboard On A Touch Screen Monitor Of A Computer System - Methods, apparatus, and products for emulating a keyboard on a touch screen monitor of a computer system are described that include displaying on the touch screen monitor through an on-screen display (‘OSD’) module of the touch screen monitor a merged image comprising a graphics display image from a video adapter of the computer system and a keyboard image; receiving, by a touch screen module, an input on the merged image displayed on the touch screen monitor; determining, by the touch screen module, whether the input is a keyboard keystroke; if the input is a keyboard keystroke: converting, by the touch screen module, the input to a keyboard keystroke in a native keyboard format; and sending, by the touch screen module, the converted keyboard keystroke in the native keyboard format to a keyboard input adapter of the computer system. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160780 | SELF-HEALING AND DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN - A method, system, and computer program product for determining a level of cleanliness of a multi-touch screen display, characterizing objects that make contact with the screen, and initiating a specific maintenance action on the screen, based on screen cleanliness and the object(s) characterization(s). A screen diagnostic and maintenance (SDM) utility initiates a number of procedures to determine the type of object(s) and a set of characteristics of object(s) that make contact with the touch screen. Based on the results of the procedures, the SDM utility characterizes/identifies the object(s). In addition, the SDM utility initiates maintenance screen check(s) based on information stored in maintenance configuration file(s). Based on the results of the maintenance check(s), configuration file(s) data and type and characterization of the object(s) that have made contact with the screen, the SDM utility determines the type of maintenance that is performed and the timing/schedule of the maintenance action(s). | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160781 | LATERAL PRESSURE SENSORS FOR TOUCH SCREENS - An interactive touch screen and method of manipulating an image on an interactive touch screen. The device includes a user interface screen, an interactive image in the user interface screen, at least one pressure sensor positioned adjacent a periphery of the user interface screen, and a pressure sensitive widget responsive to pressure in a direction of said at least one pressure sensor for manipulating the image in a direction of applied pressure. The method includes providing at least one pressure sensor adjacent a periphery of the interactive touch screen, providing a widget in the interactive touch screen without obscuring the image, applying directional pressure to the widget for activating at least one sensor and without sliding the widget in the interactive touch screen, and moving the image in a direction of applied pressure. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160782 | TRANSLUCENT TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES INCLUDING LOW RESISTIVE MESH - The disclosed translucent or semi-transparent touch screen device includes a mesh composed of a low resistive material and method for forming a touch screen and applying components to the touch screen according to a heat based process. The low resistivity of the mesh beneficially allows pattern traces a small width, and therefore allows more touch zones per specified area than previously available. The disclosed semi-transparent touch screen device may incorporated into a mobile communication device such as a clam shell form factor device with a flip is configured so that an adjacent main display screen is visible through the touch screen device. Input received by the touch screen device is responsive to indicia displayed on the display screen. Since the disclosed touch screen may include many touch zones, beneficially the functionality of the device in the closed position is improved over previous semi-transparent touch screens. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160783 | TRANSLUCENT TOUCH SCREENS INCLUDING INVISIBLE ELECRONITC COMPONENT CONNECTIONS - Disclosed is a touch screen of semi-transparent mesh that may be utilized by, for example, a mobile communication device. The mesh may be utilized for both a touch screen and an electrical circuit for an electronic component attached to it. That is, the mesh may be in part a touch screen, and in part an electrical circuit. The touch surface includes mesh composed of a conductive material configured to provide input signals from activation points of the touch surface to the control circuit of the device. The mesh of a conductive material also includes an electrical circuit configured to provide audio signals from the control circuit of the device to the speaker. Since the disclosed semi-transparent mesh acts an electrical circuit, artwork to hide electrical circuits from the electronic component to the controller is not necessary. A switchable ground eliminates interference between the touch screen and the electrical circuit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160784 | COMPUTER AND SWITCHING CIRCUIT - A RF module generates a high-frequency transmission signal. An inclination sensor detects an inclination of a computer to detect that an antenna is set in a state where the antenna may come close to a user's body. A mode sensor detects that a first housing unit is closed by facing other main plane of a first housing unit and one main plane of the second housing unit. A control circuit generates a switching signal when a detection signal is not less than a predetermined level, in a case where the mode sensor detects that the first housing unit is closed by facing other main plane of the first housing unit and one main plane of the second housing unit, and concurrently where the antenna is set in the state where the antenna may come close to a user's body. A switching circuit outputs, to the antenna, the high-frequency transmission signal after relatively attenuating the high-frequency transmission signal in comparison with the high-frequency transmission signal in the case where the switching signal is not inputted, in a case where the switching signal is inputted to the switching circuit from the control circuit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160785 | USER INTERFACE, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMPROVED TEXT INPUT - A user interface module for a device having a touch display arranged with virtual keys and at least one first area. The device is adapted to execute at least one application adapted to receive text input and the touch display is arranged to display content associated with the application. The touch display is also arranged to display a text input area upon activation of the application's receiving of text input. The text input area, at least partially, overlaps the at least one first area. The touch display is also arranged to display the content being displayed in the first area as shaded and arranged to display text input received through the text input area clearly. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160786 | TOUCH CONTROL ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A digital media apparatus includes display provided in a display housing. The apparatus include an electronic image display having an image display region. A mat material surrounds the display region, the mat material having a first side and a second side. A transparent cover material overlies the display region and the mat material, the cover material positioned on the first side of the mat material. A touch sensor array is in contact with the mat material on the second side of the mat material. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160787 | NEGATIVE PIXEL COMPENSATION - Compensation of pixels that generate erroneous readings (so-called “negative pixels”), produced when multiple touch events are generated by the same poorly grounded object on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. To minimize negative pixels, a thicker cover material and/or a lower dielectric constant can be used. Alternatively, narrower drive and sense lines can be employed. To compensate for negative pixels, a predicted negative pixel value can be computed as an indicator of pixels that are likely to be distorted. The negative pixel value for any particular pixel can be computing by summing up the touch output values for pixels in the drive line of that pixel, summing up the touch output values for pixels in the sense line of that pixel, and then multiplying these two sums. The predicted negative pixel value is added to the measured touch output value for the pixel to compensate for artificially negative readings. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160788 | Adaptive non-contact testing method for touch panel - An adaptive non-contact testing method is provided for testing a touch panel, wherein an air nozzle generates an air jet toward a selected position on a touch panel under testing to cause the touch panel to generate a touch signal. A testing system receives the touch signal generated by the touch panel and compares the received touch signal with a preset touch-signal reference level. When the received touch signal is smaller than the preset touch-signal reference level, the height distance between the air nozzle and the touch panel is reduced or the pressure of the air jet from the air nozzle is varied to realize adaptive testing of the touch panel. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160789 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE INDUCTIVE DETECTOR FOR USE IN USER INTERFACES - An apparatus for user interfaces is described to measure inductively the deformation of a body ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160790 | POSITION DETECTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A position detector is disclosed, which includes a sensor substrate having a sensor coil for receiving an electromagnetic wave output from a position indicator, and a magnetic path plate that has an area equal to or larger than an area in which the sensor coil is arranged on the sensor substrate. The magnetic path plate is formed by stacking an amorphous layer and a non-amorphous layer, which is formed of metal with relative magnetic permeability lower than that of the amorphous layer. Such magnetic path plate is arranged on a side of the sensor substrate opposite to a side facing the position indicator. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160791 | Non-contact touch screen - A non-contact actuable touch screen including a display screen adapted to display on a generally planar display surface thereof a plurality of mutually spaced target regions, any two adjacent ones of the mutually spaced target regions being mutually separated along the planar display surface by at least a lateral separation distance and an actuation assembly defining an actuation plane generally parallel to and spaced forward of the planar display surface of the display screen and being operative to sense presence of a user touch indicator at the actuation plane and to provide an output indication of two-dimensional spatial coordinates of the presence. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160792 | PORTABLE DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a portable device includes a casing, a display contained in the casing and having a first side in proximity to a position of the casing which is held by a user with a hand, a plurality of icons displayed on the display, a touch panel which is provided over the display and by which the icons are operated, and a sensor which is provided in the casing and senses the position held by the user. The icons are arranged in a first area defined by an arc of a circle about a first corner as a center located at a lower end of the first side, and chords extending between the arc and the first corner. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160793 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a pressure detecting unit for detecting a magnitude of a contacting pressure of a contacted object with respect to an input device operated when physically contacted by the contacted object; and a changing unit for changing a display region displayed on a display device of predetermined information to be displayed on the display device according to an output signal output from the input device at a speed corresponding to the magnitude of the contacting pressure detected by the pressure detecting unit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160794 | Method for Scroll Control on Window by a Touch Panel - A method for scroll control on a window by a touch panel includes detecting the number of objects touching on the touch panel, enabling a scrolling function when the number of the objects is a first predetermined number, and detecting whether at least one of the objects is touching on an edge of the touch panel after the scrolling function is enabled, if at least one of the objects is touching on the edge of the touch panel, automatically performing a corresponding one of a vertical scrolling and a horizontal scrolling toward a positional direction of the edge. The method is more conveniently operative to the user. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160795 | Touch panel and display device using the same - An exemplary touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer located on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer located on an upper surface of the second substrate. Each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotube string-shaped structures. A display device incorporates the touch panel and also includes a display element adjacent to the touch panel. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160796 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a capacitive sensing member. The first conductive layer includes a plurality of first conductive lines. The second conductive layer separated from the first conductive layer includes a plurality of second conductive lines. One of the plurality of conductive lines is located above the other plurality of conductive lines. The capacitive sensing member is connected to the first conductive lines. At least one of the first and second pluralities of conductive lines includes carbon nanotube wires. The carbon nanotube wires each include a plurality of carbon nanotubes. Further, a display device using the above-described touch panel is also included. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160797 | Touch panel and display device using the same - An exemplary touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate and a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate. Each of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a plurality of spaced carbon nanotube structures. A display device incorporates the touch panel and also includes a display element adjacent to the touch panel. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160798 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, a second conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. At least one of the first and second conductive layers includes a plurality of carbon nanotube wire-like structures. Two ends of each carbon nanotube wire-like structure are connected with two of the electrodes. A display device adopting the touch panel includes the touch panel and a display element. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160799 | Method for making touch panel - An exemplary method for making a touch panel includes the steps of: providing a flexible substrate; fabricating a carbon nanotube film; laying the carbon nanotube film to form a carbon nanotube layer stacked on the flexible substrate; heat-pressing the carbon nanotube layer of the flexible substrate; and separately forming at least two electrodes on a surface of the carbon nanotube layer, thereby forming the touch panel. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160800 | Touch pad, method of operating the same, and notebook computer with the same - The present invention relates to the field of touch pad. In particular, there is provided a touch pad comprising a storage unit, a sensing electrode array unit and a processing unit. A trace graph composed of coordinate values of positions on the sensing electrode array unit, touched by a user in the course of operating the touch pad is recorded; comparison is made between the trace graph and a graphical password to generate a comparison value. Since the touch pad is provided with the function of recognizing the graphical password, a computer can use it to input graphical password, text password, and various characters in various states such as BIOS state and a variety of OS states, which can enhance the security of devices such as computers and make the product more interesting and easy to use. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160801 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN POINTERS USED TO CONTACT TOUCH SURFACE - A touch system comprises a touch surface and at least one camera acquiring images of the touch surface. A pointer contact data generator generates pointer position data in response to pointer contact with the touch surface, the pointer position data representing where on the touch surface pointer contact is made. A processor communicates with the at least one camera and the pointer contact data generator. The processor analyzes acquired images to determine the type of pointer used to contact the touch surface, and processes the pointer position data in accordance with the determined type of pointer. In the preferred embodiment the processor distinguishes between pointer tip touch surface contacts, pointer backend touch surface contacts and finger touch surface contacts. A writing function is invoked in response to pointer tip touch surface contacts. An erase function is invoked in response to pointer backend touch surface contacts. Mouse events are generated in response to finger touch surface contacts. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160802 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, INPUT CONTROL METHOD AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - A communication apparatus includes a touch panel for inputting a command by touching a surface thereof having an oblong profile short in one direction relative to the other direction orthogonal thereto, the touch panel outputting a touch position detection data in response to a touch given to a spot on the surface thereof for locating the touch position but not outputting touch position detection data when some other spot is touched while the spot is being touched, a speaker arranged outside and near one of the edges of the touch panel running in the one direction and a microphone arranged outside and near the other edge of the touch panel running in the one direction. The touch panel provides a command input region inputting a command in at least a part of the surface thereof arranged along the other direction and close to the other edge in a talk mode. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160803 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND TOUCH OPERATION DETECTION METHOD - An information processing device includes: a display unit having a touch panel on its front surface; a movement amount calculation unit that calculates the movement amount of a touch operation based on a touch point at which the touch operation is performed with respect to the touch panel and a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel; an operation determination unit that determines whether the touch operation is a depression operation or a gesture operation depending on the calculated movement amount; and a command recognition unit that recognizes whether a received command is a command corresponding to the depression operation or the gesture operation. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160804 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, and an apparatus and a computer program using the method are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a moving motion on a touch sensitive module to generate a sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion; and controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal. The step of controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal comprises: controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function when a speed of the moving motion is determined less than a threshold speed according to the sensing signal; and controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a second predetermined function different from the first predetermined function when the moving motion is determined greater than the threshold speed according to the sensing signal. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160805 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display module configured to display an image including a pointer on a display screen, a detection module configured to detect a touched position on the display screen, a coordinate detection module configured to detect coordinate data of the touched position, a first pointer display module configured to display the pointer displayed on the display screen at the position detected by the detection module in an absolute coordinate input mode, an operation area display module configured to display an operation area on the display screen in a relative coordinate input mode, and a second pointer display module configured to display the pointer at a position corresponding to a displacement of a detected touched position after being moved on a surface of the display screen, if the detection module detects the touched position on the operation area. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160806 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, and an apparatus and a recording medium using the method are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a moving motion on a central sensitive module and a peripheral sensitive module surrounding the central sensing module to generate a central sensing signal and a peripheral sensing signal, respectively, corresponding to the moving motion; and controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a predetermined function when the moving motion is determined starting from the central sensing region according to the central sensing signal and the peripheral sensing signal. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160807 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, and an apparatus and a recording medium using the method are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a moving motion on a touch sensitive module; generating a sensing signal corresponding to the moving motion; and controlling an operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal. The step of controlling the operation of the electronic apparatus according to the sensing signal comprises: controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a first predetermined function when determining the moving motion is not terminated in a predetermined period of time according to the sensing signal; and controlling the electronic apparatus to execute a second predetermined function when determining the moving motion is terminated in the predetermined period of time according to the sensing signal. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160808 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus and an electronic apparatus using the method are provided. The method includes: when a first touch input and a second touch input on a touch sensitive module are detected, comparing a first parameter of the first touch input and a second parameter of the second touch input according to a first sensing signal generated from the first touch input and a second sensing signal generated from the second touch input to determine which one of the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal is employed to control an operation of the electronic apparatus. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160809 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method of controlling functions in the mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen including a touch panel to detect a drag and drop generated on a function execution screen and a display unit to display the function execution screen, a control unit to control the display unit to display of at least one control interaction guide to guide a control command to be executed on the function execution screen in response to a request to display the control interaction guide, to determine the control command corresponding to a drag generated on the function execution, and to execute a function corresponding to the determined control command on the function execution screen, and a memory unit to store the control command to be executed on the function execution screen and the control interaction guide to be displayed on the function execution screen. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160810 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device is provided and includes a first casing, a touch input unit, a switch, and a movable member. The touch input unit and the switch are disposed in the first casing, wherein the touch input unit is exposed to a first surface of the portable electronic device. The movable member is disposed on a second surface of the portable electronic device and is movable relative to the first casing, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface. The movable member is coupled with the touch input unit and the switch. Specifically, the movable member activates the switch when pressed. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160811 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a case, a display device provided in the case, a plurality of touch switches configured to output an operation signal in accordance with the change of capacitance and arranged inside the case, two or more touch switches being arranged in the vicinity of each two adjacent sides of the display device along each side, a keyboard controller configured to receive a key code, and a touch switch controller configured to receive the operation signal of the plurality of touch switches, the touch switch controller outputting, to the keyboard controller, the key code which corresponds to simultaneous input operations of a plurality of keys allocated to the operation of a particular touch switch when the operation signal is input from the particular touch switch. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160812 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT INTERFACE THEREOF - An electronic apparatus includes an input interface, a controller and a processor. The input interface includes a first touch sensing region, a second touch sensing region and a third sensing region. The first touch sensing region has a plurality of touch pads arranged in a radial array. The second touch sensing region and the third touch sensing region are respectively adjacent to two sides of the first touch sensing region, and each includes a plurality of touch pads arranged in a matrix array. The controller is coupled to each of the touch pads for detecting a user input on the user interface and generating a plurality of sensing signals according to the user input. The processor is electrically coupled to the controller, and executes a corresponding function according to the plurality of sensing signals. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160813 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE SHEET MEMBER, INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch-sensitive sheet member contains a body having predetermined hardness and a sheet shape and a sense-of-touch-representing unit that represents a sense of touch. The sense-of-touch-representing unit has a predetermined size and is arranged at positions of the body or at a predetermined position of the body. The touch-sensitive sheet member also contains a medium-supplying unit that supplies medium to the sense-of-touch-representing unit. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160814 | HOT FUNCTION SETTING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for setting a hot function for a user on an electronic device having a touch screen, hot function modules for providing hot functions, and a database storing recognizable traits, the recognizable traits being corresponding to the hot function modules. The function setting method includes the steps of: (i) recognizing traits input by the user through the touch screen; (ii) matching the input traits with at least one of the recognizable traits in the database; and (iii) activating at least one of the hot function modules to set at least one hot function, wherein the least one of the hot function modules corresponds to the least one of the recognizable traits. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160815 | DETECTION OF AN INCIDENT LIGHT DISTRIBUTION - A device for detecting an incident light distribution. The device has an array of light sensors, and a shadow casting element spaced above the light sensor array, with the shadow casting element between the incident light to be modelled and the sensor array. A processor interprets a cast shadow detected by the light sensor array thereby to derive information relating to the directional distribution of the incident light. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160816 | MULTI-TOUCH CONTACT MOTION EXTRACTION - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160817 | TRANSPARENT CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A transparent capacitive touch panel comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent cover lens and a transparent adhesive layer is provided, wherein a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer are disposed on the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate respectively. The transparent adhesive layer is used to bind the first transparent electrode layer and second transparent electrode layer in order to combine the transparent cover lens and the transparent substrate disposed in parallel. Thereby, the manufacturing process of the transparent capacitive touch panel is simplified, and the manufacturing cost of the same is lowered. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INJECTING INK INTO AN APPLICATION - A touch system includes a touch panel having a touch surface and a projector for projecting images onto the touch surface. A computer executing an applications program is coupled to the touch panel and the projector. The computer is responsive to contact output generated by the touch panel in response to proximity of a pointer to the touch surface and updates image data conveyed to the projector so that the images presented on the touch surface reflect the pointer activity. The computer executes a gesture responsive ink injection routine to detect when a selected gesture is made with the pointer on the touch surface. The gesture responsive ink injection routine performs recognition to convert ink drawn on the touch surface into a form suitable for the applications program when the selected gesture is recognized and enters the recognized text into the application. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090167698 | User interface for a portable oxygen concentrator - A user interface for a portable oxygen concentration system. The user interface includes a touch screen and a controller coupled to the touch screen. The controller is configured to detect when a first portion of the touch screen is contacted by a user, and thereafter operate the touch screen for displaying an icon on a second portion of the touch screen. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167699 | TOUCH SCREEN RFID TAG READER - The efficient incorporation of RFID circuitry within touch sensor panel circuitry is disclosed. The RFID antenna can be placed in the touch sensor panel, such that the touch sensor panel can now additionally function as an RFID transponder. No separate space-consuming RFID antenna is necessary. Loops (single or multiple) forming the loop antenna of the RFID circuit (for either reader or tag applications) can be formed from metal on the same layer as metal traces formed in the borders of a substrate. Forming loops from metal on the same layer as the metal traces are advantageous in that the loops can be formed during the same processing step as the metal traces, without requiring a separate metal layer. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167700 | INSERTION MARKER PLACEMENT ON TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. The method can include: displaying graphics on the touch screen display, detecting a finger contact on the touch screen display, and, in response to the detected finger contact, inserting an insertion marker in the graphics at a first location. The method can further include detecting a finger movement on the touch screen display and, irrespective of initial distance from finger to insertion marker on the touch screen display, moving the insertion marker in accordance with the detected finger movement from the first location to a second location in the graphics. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167701 | Audio and tactile feedback based on visual environment - Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing section, electronic circuitry, a touch screen, and a user sensory feedback system. The electronic circuitry is mounted within the housing section. The touch screen is on the housing section. The touch screen is configured to sense a touch at an area of the touch screen. The electronic circuitry is configured to analyze a feature displayed at the area of the touch screen. The user sensory feedback system is proximate the housing section. The user sensory feedback system is configured to perform an operation based, at least partially, upon the touch at the area of the touch screen and upon an image analysis of the feature at the area of the touch screen. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167702 | Pointing device detection - A method of controlling a user interface of an apparatus including sensing a first angular position of a pointing device relative to the user interface of the apparatus; and performing an operation based, at least partially, upon the sensed first angular position of the pointing device. An apparatus including a first section including a user interface comprising a touch sensor; and a sensor system for determining an angular position of a pointing device relative to a portion of the first section. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167703 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate, a touch spacer formed on a first substrate, a common electrode formed on the touch spacer, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a sensing electrode facing the touch spacer on the second substrate and an alignment layer on the sensing electrode or the touch spacer, wherein the alignment layer has a thickness equal to or less than 500 Å. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167704 | Multi-touch display screen with localized tactile feedback - Systems, methods, computer-readable media, and other means are described for utilizing touch-based input components that provide localized haptic feedback to a user. The touch-based input components can be used and/or integrated into any type of electronic device, including laptop computers, cellular telephones, and portable media devices. The touch-based input components can use, for example, a grid of piezoelectric actuators to provide vibrational feedback to a user, while the user scrolls around a click wheel, slides across a trackpad, or touches a multi-touch display screen. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167705 | METHOD FOR OPERATING SOFTWARE INPUT PANEL - A method for operating a software input panel (SIP) is provided for an electronic device having a screen. In the present method, a signal generated corresponding to an operation performed on the electronic device by a user is used for switching types and input modes of the SIP, or for modifying appearances of the SIP. Consequently, a user need not switch the functions of the SIP described above through a SIP menu. As a result, the convenience of operating the SIP can be increased, and the efficiency of using the SIP can also be improved. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167706 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A handheld electronic device and an operation method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a virtual keyboard and a touch screen. The virtual keyboard includes a plurality of key sections. The touch screen has an inputting area for showing one of the key sections. When the touch screen detects a sliding movement from a user in the inputting area, the inputting area shows another one of the key sections without showing the other ones of the key sections. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167707 | Touch control device - A touch control device includes a transparent substrate, a display element, and a touch panel. The display element is disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate and includes a displaying surface. The displaying surface is located away from the transparent substrate. The touch panel is located on opposite side of the display element from the transparent substrate. The touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate and a first conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the first substrate. The second electrode plate is separated from the first electrode plate and includes a second flexible substrate and a second conductive layer disposed on an upper surface of the second substrate. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer both include a carbon nanotube layer. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167708 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, two first electrodes, and two second electrodes. The substrate includes a first surface. The transparent conductive layer is on the first surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a first plurality of carbon nanotube strip-shaped film structures arranged in parallel along a first direction and a second plurality of carbon nanotube strip-shaped film structures arranged along a second direction. The two first electrodes is connected to the first plurality of carbon nanotube strip-shaped film structures. The two second electrodes is connected to the second plurality of carbon nanotube strip-shaped film structures. Further, a display device using the above-described touch panel is also included. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167709 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, a second conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. At least one of the first and second conductive layers includes a plurality of carbon nanotube structures. Two ends of each carbon nanotube structure are connected with two corresponding opposite electrodes, and each electrode among all the corresponding electrodes is connected with the end of at least one of the carbon nanotube structures. A display device adopting the touch panel includes the touch panel and a display element. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167710 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, and a number of electrodes. The substrate includes a first surface. The transparent conductive layer is formed on the first surface. The transparent conductive layer includes a number of carbon nanotube wires. Opposite ends of each carbon nanotube wire are electrically connected to electrodes. Furthermore, a display device using the touch panel is also provided. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167711 | Touch panel and display device using the same - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer and a plurality of electrodes. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The transparent conductive layer is formed on the first surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of separated carbon nanotube structures. The electrodes are electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer. Each electrode is connected with the end of at least one of the carbon nanotube structures such that each carbon nanotube structure is in contact with at least two opposite electrodes. Further, a display device using the above-described touch panel is also included. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167712 | Reflection resistant touch screens - A flexible, non-birefringent cover and a polarizer on the front of a resistive touch panel reduce touch screen image distortion and obscuration resulting from the reflection of ambient light. Reduced reflection of ambient light is also obtained by touch screens of alternative construction incorporating combinations anti-reflection panels and polarizers located behind the touch panel. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167713 | POSITION SENSING DISPLAY - A position sensing display integrates a touch sensor with an active matrix LCD panel. The panel includes both coarse and fine sensing means. The fine sensing means includes fine sense electrodes combined together in groups, the groups being interdigitated i.e. alternating across the display. In use, the fine sensing electrodes determine the position of a sensed object such as a stylus or finger accurately but non-uniquely, and the coarse sensing means determines which of the plurality of non-unique positions is correct. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167714 | METHOD OF OPERATING HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH INTERFACE APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method of operating a handheld electronic device and a touch interface apparatus and a storage medium using the same are provided. In this method, an operating interface displayed on a touch screen of the handheld electronic device is used to operate a function module of the handheld electronic device. First, the function module of the handheld electronic device is activated to display a user interface corresponding to the function module on the touch screen. Next, an operating function of the function module is activated, so as to display a corresponding operating interface on the touch screen. In the meantime, the user interface of the function module is reduced simultaneously and displayed on an area of the touch screen excluding the operating interface. Accordingly, a convenient operating interface is provided for the user to operate while the content of original displayed frame remains. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167715 | USER INTERFACE OF PORTABLE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An operating method for a user interface is provided. The method is suitable for performing an input operation on a virtual control panel of a portable device by an input apparatus. The method comprises steps of receiving an input signal through the virtual control panel. Then, a type of the input apparatus for generating the input signal on the virtual control panel is determined. Thereafter, according to the type of the input apparatus, a corresponding sensory feedback is generated on the portable device. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167716 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING TOUCH KEYBOARD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method for switching a touch keyboard and a handheld electronic device and a storage medium using the method are provided. The method is suitable for a handheld electronic device having a touch screen. In the method, a character input function is first activated to display a first type touch keyboard on a side of the touch screen. A touch signal produced within a display area of the first type touch keyboard is then received and it is determined whether the touch signal moves to another side of the touch screen. If the touch signal is determined to move to the another side of the touch screen, a second type touch keyboard is displayed on the another side of the touch screen. Accordingly, the users can switch the touch keyboard to another one conveniently so as to input characters. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090167717 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SCREEN LOCK METHOD THEREOF - A handheld electronic device and a screen lock method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, a detecting module detects at least one touched area on a touch screen. Next, when the at least one touched area reaches a threshold, the processing module disables the function of the touch screen. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090174670 | PLACEMENT FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAY TABLES - A display table ( | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174671 | Electric Tactile Sense Presenting Device and Electric Tactile Sense Presenting Method - An electro-tactile display comprises at least one current source, arrayed electrodes, and a switching circuit for connecting each electrode to the current source or to ground. The electro-tactile display is characterized by selecting one or a plurality of electrodes from the arrayed electrodes and connecting the selected electrodes to the current source to provide current source electrodes, alternately connecting neighboring electrodes in the vicinity of said current source electrodes to the current source and to ground, connecting a plurality of remaining electrodes other than the neighboring electrodes to ground to provide ground electrodes, and providing electrical stimulation from the current source electrodes wherein the current source electrodes are spaced apart from the ground electrodes via the neighboring electrodes. Tactile sensations are presented by switching over the current source electrodes at a predetermined time interval. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174672 | HAPTIC ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A HAPTIC ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY - A haptic actuator assembly and a method of manufacturing a haptic actuator assembly. The haptic actuator assembly includes a rail of predetermined length and a haptic actuator coupled to the rail, wherein the rail is coupled to another device to provide haptic feedback. The method of manufacturing a haptic actuator assembly includes the steps of providing a rail and coupling a haptic actuator to the rail. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174673 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RAISED TOUCH SCREENS - A touch sensitive display assembly includes a touch screen and a button array. The touch screen is configured to display one or more input keys. The button array includes one or more buttons corresponding to the one or more input keys. The button array is formed by a substrate attached to a button membrane thereby creating a set of button cavities corresponding to the input keys. The button cavities are configured to be inflated and deflated by a pump coupled to a fluid reservoir. The cavities can be inflated/deflated together, in subsets, and/or individually. In some embodiments, the button array is sandwiched between a touch sensing layer and a display of the touch screen. In other embodiments, the button array can be located either above or below the touch screen. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174674 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A TOUCH USER INTERFACE USING AN IMAGE SENSOR - Apparatus and methods are presented for a touch user interface using an image sensor. A method for processing image-based input commands for a user interface includes receiving image frames from a sensor, determining when the sensor enters a cover state, determining, from subsequent image frames, when the sensor enters a de-cover state, analyzing information based upon the subsequent image frames to interpret a user command, and issuing the user command to a user interface. An apparatus having an image-based user interface includes an image sensor, and a processor connected to a memory, where the processor is configured with logic to receive image frames from the image sensor, to determine when the image sensor enters a cover state, determine, from subsequent image frames, when the image sensor enters a de-cover state, to analyze information based upon the subsequent image frames to interpret a user command, and to issue the user command to a user interface. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174675 | LOCATING MULTIPLE OBJECTS ON A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PAD - A system and method for locating multiple objects on a capacitive touch pad is described. The method for determining locations of a plurality of objects contemporaneously interacting with a capacitive touch pad having a sensing region includes generating a first capacitive profile associated with a first object and a second object contemporaneously in the sensing region and determining locations of the first and second objects with respect to the sensing region utilizing the first capacitive profile. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174676 | MOTION COMPONENT DOMINANCE FACTORS FOR MOTION LOCKING OF TOUCH SENSOR DATA - An image jaggedness filter is disclosed that can be used to detect the presence of ungrounded objects such as water droplets or coins, and delay periodic baseline adjustments until these objects are no longer present. To do otherwise could produce inaccurate normalized baseline sensor output values. The application of a global baseline offset is also disclosed to quickly modify the sensor offset values to account for conditions such as rapid temperature changes. Background pixels not part of any touch regions can be used to detect changes to no-touch sensor output values and globally modify the sensor offset values accordingly. The use of motion dominance ratios and axis domination confidence values is also disclosed to improve the accuracy of locking onto dominant motion components as part of gesture recognition. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174677 | Variable Rate Media Playback Methods for Electronic Devices with Touch Interfaces - In some embodiments, an electronic device with a touch interface detects one or more user gestures that correspond to instructions to vary the playback speed of a media file that is being played on the device. In response, the device initiates a variable rate scan through the media file, forward or backward. The touch interface can be a touch screen or touch pad. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174678 | TOUCHPAD AND PICK BUTTON ASSEMBLY - A touchpad assembly for use in an electronic device is provided. The touchpad assembly may include a touchpad frame operative to be placed within an opening in an electronic device frame. The touchpad assembly may include a support plate for supporting a touchpad, and a bracket for receiving a pick button. The support plate and bracket may be manufactured into a same component to increase the rigidity of the touchpad assembly. The pick button may include a varying height to prevent the pick button from deflecting and to make the pick button travel for providing a selection instruction uniform. The pick button may be coupled to the frame using any suitable approach, including using springs connected the ends of the pick button to the frame. The frame may also include pads to muffle the sound of the pick button when it returns to its initial position after having been pressed. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174679 | Selective Rejection of Touch Contacts in an Edge Region of a Touch Surface - The selective rejection of touch contacts in an edge region of a touch sensor panel is disclosed. In addition, by providing certain exceptions to the rejection of edge contacts, the functionality of the touch sensor panel can be maximized. Contacts in edge bands around the perimeter of a touch sensor panel can be ignored. However, if a contact in the edge band moves beyond a threshold distance or speed, it can be recognized as part of a gesture. To accommodate different finger sizes, the size of the edge band can be modified based on the identification of the finger or thumb. Furthermore, if contacts in the center region of a touch sensor panel track the movement of contacts in the edge band, the contacts in the edge band can be recognized as part of a gesture. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174680 | Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Viewing and Managing Electronic Calendars - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display. The touch screen display includes a long axis, a short axis, a portrait view and a landscape view. The computer-implemented method includes executing a calendar application. In response to detecting the portable multifunction device in a first orientation that comprises a substantially vertical orientation of the long axis, a calendar is displayed for a first time period in the portrait view. In response to detecting the portable multifunction device in a second orientation that comprises the substantially vertical orientation of the short axis, a calendar is displayed for a second time period in the landscape view. The second time period is longer than and includes the first time period. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174681 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL THEREFOR - A display panel includes a first substrate, a touch spacer, a common electrode and a sensing electrode. The second substrate faces the first substrate, the touch spacer is disposed on a first substrate, the common electrode is disposed on the touch spacer, and the sensing electrode is disposed on a second substrate directly under the touch spacer. A surface, facing the first substrate, of the sensing electrode includes protrusions which protrude toward the first substrate. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174682 | Instrumentation Module For A Vehicle - An instrumentation assembly for installation in a vehicle dashboard is disclosed herein. The instrumentation assembly includes an electronic controller, an enclosure, a viewable gauge, a viewable display, and a proximity-sensing switch. The controller has a memory for storing information. The enclosure has a designated front section and a designated rear section, wherein the front section includes substantially transparent material so as to define a window. Both the gauge and the display are electrically connected to the controller and mounted within the enclosure so as to substantially face the window. The switch is electrically connected to the controller and operable to sense the proximal presence of a human finger. In this configuration, the display is operable to exhibit the memory's information for viewing, and the switch is activatable by a human finger to selectively control the exhibition of the information on the display. Furthermore, an instrumentation module is also disclosed herein. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174683 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE FOR TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH PANEL USING THE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE - An optical waveguide for a touch panel which eliminates the need for alignment between the optical waveguide and a lens and which achieves the appropriate emission and reception of light beams, to provide a touch panel using the optical waveguide, and to provide a manufacturing method of the optical waveguide for a touch panel. A total distance (L) which is the sum of a distance from the center of curvature of the first lens portion | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090174684 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a first image on a touch screen; and if a multi-touch input is detected from the first image and then a drag input for dragging the first image is detected, displaying the first image as being torn from one side of the touch screen and storing the first image. Therefore, it is possible to easily store an image displayed on the touch screen in response to a multi-touch input and thus to effectively use the image for various purposes. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090184930 | POSITION DETECTING DISPLAY PANEL - An array of sensors, which is coupled to an array of pixel elements in a position detecting display panel, includes sensors that are each registered with a corresponding pixel element of the array of pixel elements, and that each include a material exhibiting magneto-electric behavior in response to a magnetic field source. Some systems may include the position detecting display panel and at least one separate stylus, which includes the magnetic field source. A voltage source, that is operably coupled to each sensor and each pixel element, applies a voltage across one or more particular pixel elements, according to the magneto-electric behavior of the corresponding sensor(s), when the magnetic field source is brought into proximity the corresponding sensor(s). | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184931 | SIGNAL TRANSFER ASSEMBLY OF TOUCH PANEL - A signal transfer assembly of a touch panel has a conductive film arranged on a surface of a substrate; an edge of the conductive film being connected to a silver conductive circuit; signals triggered on the conductive film being transferred to the silver conductive circuit and then to the signal output ends at two sides of the silver conductive circuit; an edge of the conductive film having a plurality of resistors near the silver conductive circuit; an area between two slots being formed as a transfer channel so that the resistors and the transfer channels are alternatively arranged. The resistors are hollowed slots penetrating through the conductive film. Each resistor has an oblong shape and lengths of the resistors are longer at a middle portion and are shorter at two sides. Widths of the transfer channels are wider at a middle section and are narrower at two sides. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184932 | Portable Device Capable of Initiating Disengagement from Host System - A portable device configured for engaging to a host system can be operable to generate a signal when the portable device is touched by a user or when the portable device detects an impending touch by the user. Responsive to the signal, the host system automatically initiates one or more operations related to disengaging the portable device from the host system. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184933 | TOUCH INTERPRETIVE ARCHITECTURE AND TOUCH INTERPRETIVE METHOD BY USING MULTI-FINGERS GESTURE TO TRIGGER APPLICATION PROGRAM - This invention is related to a touch interpretive architecture of multi-fingers gesture to trigger an application program and a touch interpretive method thereof used in the same for interpreting a multi-fingers gesture applied to a touch pad and then acquiring some hot-key messages of at least an application program so as to trigger the application program according to the hot-key messages. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184934 | Method For Determining The Number Of Fingers On A Sensing Device - A method for determining the number of fingers on a sensing device, which has a plurality of scanlines, includes the steps of: identifying the scanlines that generate a detecting signal, which has a value greater than a threshold value; finding adjacent ones of the scanlines; forming at least one group from the adjacent ones of the scanlines thus found; and counting the number of the scanlines in the at least one group thus formed in order to determine the number of fingers on the sensing device. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184935 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY AREA OF TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A method of controlling a display area of a touch screen device includes detecting a touch on the display area of the touch screen device; determining whether the detected touch is being used to hold the touch screen device or to activate a function of the touch screen device; and selectively changing the display area of the touch screen device based on a result of the determination. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184936 | 3D touchpad - A 3D touchpad that is comprised of a first touchpad, a second touchpad, and a third touchpad that are positioned to be parallel to the xy, yz, and xz-plane, wherein moving the user's finger on said 3D touchpad provides six degrees-of-freedom to the computer system. Said computer input device can be incorporated onto the top of a computer mouse, a computer keyboard, a game controller, or the like. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184937 | Capacitance sensor, sense method, and manufacturing method - A touch screen may include pixel elements formed in a display substrate that are spaced from one another by an element spacing. A plurality of capacitance sense pads may be formed from a same conductive transparent layer in an array over the display substrate. Each sense pad may be separated from an adjacent sense pad by a pad spacing aligned within element spacing for a uniform light path for the pixel elements. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184938 | Touch Screen Switching Assembly - A finger operable switching assembly includes a housing and a screen overlay defining a plurality of spatially separate apertures through which a finger of an operator can touch the screen. The screen overlay requires the operator to insert the finger in a spatially separated location defined by the plurality of spatially separated apertures. The overlay is mounted to the housing. The touch screen is mounted within the housing and is slidably movable with respect to the housing in at least two opposite directions. A displacement switch assembly is responsive to the sliding movement of the screen. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184939 | GRAPHICAL OBJECT MANIPULATION WITH A TOUCH SENSITIVE SCREEN - A method for graphical object manipulation using a touch sensitive screen, the method comprises detecting a presence of two user interactions within a defined boundary of a graphical object displayed on the touch sensitive screen, determining position of each of the two user interactions with respect to the graphical object, detecting displacement of at least one of the two user interactions, and manipulating the graphical object based on the displacement to maintain the same position of each of the two user interactions with respect to the graphical object. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090184940 | POSITION SENSOR - A low-cost x-y digitizing system for use in consumer electronic devices, such as portable digital assistants, mobile telephones, web browsers and the like. The digitizer includes a resonant stylus, an excitation winding for energizing the resonant stylus and a set of sensor windings for sensing the signal generated by the stylus, from which the x-y position of the stylus is determined. A novel stylus design is described together with novel digitizer windings and novel excitation and processing circuitry. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090189865 | Flexible user input device system - A flexible user input system, comprising a computing system having a display device and a flexible user input device with a touch screen display member, the flexible user input device configured to concurrently display at least two user input interface representations. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189866 | Apparatus and method for enabling user input - An apparatus including: a display including an array of picture elements which are configurable to provide information to a user; a first sensor for sensing force applied to the display by the user, the first sensor comprising a substantially transparent conductive member extending over at least a portion of the array of picture elements and configured to be deformable by the user, the first sensor being configured to provide an output associated with the deformation of the conductive member. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189867 | Auto Scanning for Multiple Frequency Stimulation Multi-Touch Sensor Panels - The use of multiple stimulation frequencies and phases is disclosed to detect touch events on a touch sensor panel in a low-power state. Simultaneously during every frame, a number of rows of the touch sensor panel can be driven with a positive phase of one or more stimulation signals, and the same number of different rows can be driven with the anti-phase of those same stimulation signals. Because the same number of rows are stimulated with the in-phase and anti-phase components of the one or more stimulation signals, the resulting charges injected into a given column cancel each other out. However, a touch event will create an imbalance, and a non-zero charge will be detected. The detection of the touch event can then trigger the system to wake up, activate a panel processor, and perform a full panel scan, where the location of the touch event can be identified. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189868 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE (UI) TO DETECT MULTIPOINT STROKE AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for providing a user interface (UI) and a multimedia apparatus using the same in which, if a multipoint stroke in which at least two strokes are concurrently input is detected on the touch screen, the touch screen performs a function corresponding to the multipoint stroke. A user can touch the touch screen to perform functions of various types using such a multipoint stroke. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189869 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE, MEDIA STORED CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel input device | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189870 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - To provide a display input device including: a display controller for displaying a control frame on a display portion; a touch input detector for detecting a touch input to the touch panel portion; and a setup item displaying portion for superimposing setup items on the control frame in accordance with the position of the touch input while the touch input is being detected by the touch input detector. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189871 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF SENSING INPUT POINT USING MAGNETIC FLUID - A display device and method of sensing an input point using magnetic fluid the display device including: a touch panel part to receive a user input through a touch at an input point and to calculate a coordinate value of the input point; an electromagnet arrangement part comprising a plurality of electromagnets to generate a magnetic force on one or more electromagnets in a portion corresponding to the coordinate value; and a magnetic fluid part to obtain magnetism at the portion corresponding to the coordinate vale and to project in accordance with the generated magnetic force. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189872 | TOUCH PANEL - In a touch panel, a rear electrode provided at a rear end of an upper conductive layer is extended so as to surround the circumference of an upper substrate. Derivation sections for applying a voltage are formed at both ends of the rear electrode. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189873 | Projected Field Haptic Actuation - An electronic device includes a touch surface that can be physically engaged by a user. The touch surface is operably connected to an actuator arm which, in turn, is connected to an actuator array. Drive electronics sense a user's movement relative to the touch surface and, responsively, drive the actuator array effective to move the actuator arm and, in turn, provide haptic feedback to the user through the touch surface. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090189874 | IMAGE CAPTURE AND HAPTIC INPUT DEVICE - The invention concerns an image capture and haptic input device. The device comprises at least one image sensor and haptic input means. The invention is characterized in that the image sensor is surrounded by the haptic input means. The latter can comprise discrete touch sensors distributed in a circle around the image sensor or in a matrix at the center of which the image sensor is positioned. The device can also comprise rows of touch sensors positioned offset from each other so that the touch sensors are staggered. In that case, the device comprises several image sensors positioned in interstices between the touch sensors. Instead of discrete touch sensors, the device can comprise a deformable sensitive membrane in the center of which an image sensor is positioned. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090195511 | Touch sensitive display employing an SOI substrate and integrated sensing circuitry - Methods and apparatus for producing a touch sensitive LCD employing a semiconductor on glass (SiOG) structure provide for: a glass or glass-ceramic substrate; a single crystal semiconductor layer bonded to the glass or glass-ceramic substrate; display circuitry including a plurality of thin-film transistors disposed on the single crystal semiconductor layer and forming a matrix of display pixels; display control circuitry operable to drive the display circuitry to produce viewable images; and sensing circuitry operable to detect electrical characteristic changes in one or more of the single crystal semiconductor layer and the display circuitry, the electrical characteristic changes resulting from user touch events. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195512 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - A mobile communication device may include logic configured to receive input on a touch sensitive surface of a device and heat a substance to produce an expansion of the substance in response to the received input, where the expansion of the substance provides tactile feedback to a user indicating that the device has received the input. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195513 | INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA CONTROL MODULE - An interactive control module communicates with one or more portable electronic devices to control the portable electronic devices. The interactive control module includes a touch screen display that displays a virtual image of the portable electronic device. A user enters a command into the touch screen display by touching a virtual control feature corresponding to an actual control feature of the portable electronic device. The interactive control module then executes the command by either transmitting the command to the portable electronic device or by executing files downloaded from the portable electronic device. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195514 | CONTROLLER USER INTERFACE FOR A CATHETER LAB INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - A touchpad controller for a componentized intravascular ultrasound system is disclosed for acquisition and display of intravascular information in a catheter lab environment. The system includes a patient interface module (PIM) adapted to hold a catheter having an imaging probe located near a distal end, a control panel, a monitor for displaying images and patient data, and a processing unit. The touchpad controller facilitates use beneath a sterile drape and sensitivity to gloved touch. Furthermore, the touchpad controller is sized for handheld use during an imaging session. A rail mount facilitates easy attachment of the touchpad controller alongside a patient table. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090195515 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING UI CAPABLE OF DETECTING A PLURALITY OF FORMS OF TOUCH ON MENUS OR BACKGROUND AND MULTIMEDIA DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of providing a user interface (UI) and a multimedia device on a touch screen, the method including: detecting a first form of touch or a second form of touch on a menu or on a background of the touch screen; and performing a first operation if the first form of touch is detected and a second operation if the second form of touch is detected. Accordingly, the user can select a diverse range of options from menus with greater ease and convenience. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090201256 | PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING INPUTTING MEANS USING IMAGE SENSOR - The present invention is directed to a portable terminal having inputting means using an image sensor and its input method. The portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a transparent solid plate mounted in a keypad area; an image sensor having unit cells of lattice type outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the light irradiated through the transparent solid plate; and a key selection recognizer generating and outputting a key button selection signal corresponding to the location of a unit cell that outputted the least electrical signal value by making reference to the size of the value of the electrical signal inputted from the unit cells. The present invention enables compacting of portable terminals owing to eliminating the need to design key buttons to match the size of human fingers. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201257 | Display Device - An image processing portion compares a preregistered fingerprint with a fingerprint sensed by a fingerprint-sensor-equipped key, and determines whether the fingerprints match with each other or not. When the fingerprints match with each other, a finger direction determining portion determines a direction of a finger from a displacement of the fingerprint. A main controller changes a direction of displayed contents of a display portion according to the direction of the finger determined by the finger direction determining portion. Therefore, a user can change the direction of the displayed contents of the display means by a simple operation. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201258 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A portable electronics device comprises a data processor and a display. The display comprises a display device, and a transparent three-dimensional touch-sensitive screen disposed over the display device. The touch-sensitive screen comprises a raised region and a recessed region surrounding the raised region. The data processor renders on the display device a data input/output screen comprising a plurality of data input regions, the raised region overlaying the data input regions; and detects, as input from one of the data input regions, touch activity at a portion of the raised region coincident with the one data input region. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201259 | Cursor creation for touch screen - Quick cursor creation is obtained by providing touch detection information of at least one pixel cell to a source driver at the time when pixel information of the pixel cell is updated and updating pixel information of the pixel cell within a pixel output buffer depending on the touch detection information at the time when the pixel information is updated. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201260 | Apparatus and method for controlling mobile terminal - A mobile terminal control apparatus and method. The mobile terminal control apparatus includes a plurality of touch sensors formed on a rear of the mobile terminal, a touch recognition unit recognizing a touch of a finger sensed by the plurality of touch sensors and displaying a user interface on a front screen of the mobile terminal according to the recognized touch of the finger, and an execution unit recognizing a change in the touch of the finger, and executing the displayed user interface on the basis of the result of the recognition. The mobile terminal may control user interfaces of a mobile terminal without fingers overlapping a screen of the mobile terminal. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201261 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTENDED ADJUSTMENT BASED ON RELATIVE POSITIONING OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS CONTEMPORANEOUSLY IN A SENSING REGION - A touch sensor device and method is provided that facilitates improved device usability. Specifically, the device and method provide improved user interface functionality by facilitating extended parameter adjustment using proximity sensor devices. The device includes a processing system and a sensor adapted to detect objects in a sensing region. The device is adapted to provide user interface functionality by determining a measurement descriptive of a location of a first object relative to a location of a second object, and applying a first rate for adjusting a visual parameter such that the visual parameter adjusts even if the first object is stationary relative to the second object, where the first rate is based on the measurement. By so providing a first rate for adjusting a parameter, the device facilitates extended user input. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201262 | Linear Shape Processing Device, Linear Shape Processing Method, Information Recording Medium, and Program - In a line shape processing device ( | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201263 | Golf course management system for golf carts - The present invention relates to a golf course management system for golf carts. The system includes a touch screen display device and a processor communicatively connected with the touch screen display device. The processor includes a global positioning system is configured to determine a location of the golf cart on a golf hole; display an image of a golf hole; display a location of the golf cart on the golf hole; receive a first touch location on the touch screen display device and calculate the corresponding distance on the golf course between the golf cart and the first touch location; and receive a second touch location on the touch screen display device and calculate the corresponding distance on the golf course between the first touch location and the second touch location. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201264 | MOBILE PHONE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile phone is provided. The mobile phone comprises a touch panel, a camera, and a processor. The touch panel comprises a touch-sensitive display screen, implementing a plurality of virtual buttons. The camera comprises a camera lens having a view-finding area in relation to the touch panel. The processor, respectively coupled with the touch panel and the camera, switches on the camera in response to receipt of a trigger signal, determines whether a focus of the camera for a subject is shorter than a preset distance, and if so, locks the touch panel. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201265 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAME - A touch screen apparatus | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201266 | OPERATION INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND ULTRASONIC IMAGING APPARATUS - An operation information input apparatus includes a button image display device which displays a button array image with a plurality of button images arranged therein, a touch panel device which is overlaid on a display surface of the button image display device and detects proximity position information indicative of each position in the display surface when an operator approaches the display surface, and a push button identifying unit which identifies each button image that the operator has approached, based on the proximity position information and button position information of the button array image. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090201267 | Display device having touch panel - The present invention realizes the reduction of cost of a display device having a touch panel. The display device having a touch panel includes a display panel, and a touch panel which is arranged on the display panel in an overlapping manner in plane. The touch panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged to face each other with spacers sandwiched therebetween, and a first semiconductor chip which is mounted on the first substrate. The first substrate includes, on a surface side thereof which faces the second substrate, a plurality of first lines which is arranged parallel to each other in the first direction, a first chip mounting region on which the first semiconductor chip is mounted, and a plurality of first connection portions each of which is constituted of a portion of each line in the plurality of first lines, the first semiconductor chip includes a plurality of first bump electrodes which is arranged in one direction, the plurality of first connection portions are arranged in the arrangement direction of the plurality of first bump electrodes within the first-chip mounting region, and an arrangement pitch of the plurality of first bump electrodes is set larger than an arrangement pitch of the plurality of first connection portions. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090207138 | SELECTING A LAYOUT - A device may display content in an area on a surface of a touch screen, obtain a signal in response to a touch on the surface, determine a touch pattern associated with the touch, select a portrait layout or a landscape layout for displaying the content based on the touch pattern, and display the content in the area on the touch screen in the selected layout. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207139 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANIPULATING A REFERENCE DESIGNATOR LISTING - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for manipulating a reference designator listing displayed in association with an ordered content list. When the user touches the touchscreen proximate the location at which at least one reference designator is displayed, the electronic device may not only jump to the portion of the content list corresponding to the reference designator assumed to have been selected, but also zoom the reference designator listing so that the assumed selected reference designator, and one or more surrounding reference designators, are larger and can be more easily selected. In addition, by touching the touchscreen at a location at which the magnified reference designator listing is displayed and moving his or her finger, or other selection device, in some direction within the reference designator listing, the user may scroll the reference designator listing, so that a different set of magnified reference designators is displayed. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207140 | IDENTIFYING AND RESPONDING TO MULTIPLE TIME-OVERLAPPING TOUCHES ON A TOUCH PANEL - An electronic device includes a touch panel interface that receives information from a touch panel indicating sensed movement between two user touch positions on the touch panel, and identifies that at least two time-overlapping touches have occurred at different positions on the touch panel in response to at least a threshold speed of the movement. The touch panel interface identifies that at least two time-overlapping touches have occurred on the touch panel in response to a speed of movement from one touch coordinate position to another exceeding the threshold speed. The touch panel interface also identifies that a single touch has occurred with subsequent sliding while pressed against the touch panel from one touch coordinate position to another in response to the movement having less than the threshold speed. Because the touch panel controller can distinguish between a single touch and at least two time-overlapping touches, it can enable a user to use various combinations of such touches to trigger different operational modes of the electronic device. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207141 | TOUCH PAD FOR COMPUTER - A computer touch pad can be used for joystick-type navigation by allowing a user to touch her finger at a location on the pad that is distanced from a reference location of the pad, and the cursor is moved on screen the direction from the reference location to the touch down location at a speed that is proportional to the distance between the locations. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207142 | Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface for enabling user input - An apparatus including a display configured to present an object; a touch sensitive input device configured to enable a user to make touch inputs, including trace inputs; and a processor configured to perform a geometric transformation of the object on the display in response to a sequence of distinct touch inputs of the touch sensitive input device, the sequence including a first touch input and a second touch input wherein the first touch input in the sequence defines an invariant point in the object and the second touch input in the sequence defines the geometric transformation. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207143 | Text Entry Into Electronic Devices - A method of entering text into an electronic device | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207144 | Position Sensing System With Edge Positioning Enhancement - Position sensing systems and methods for enhancing user interaction with an edge of a display. Position sensing components generate signals for determining touch point locations. A distance between the touch point and a nearest edge of the display is calculated. If the distance is not less than a threshold value, a cursor is displayed on the display at a default cursor position closely tracking the touch point. If the distance is less than the threshold value a cursor offset position is calculated and the cursor is displayed at the cursor offset position. The cursor offset position is offset in at least one dimension relative to the default cursor position and may be calculated by applying a geometric transformation to coordinates of the default cursor position. Optionally, the cursor offset position may result in the cursor being “forced” over an item displayed at the edge of the display. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207145 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An HPF eliminates an image of an object which is not to be detected from a captured image, thereby obtaining an HPF image. A binarizing unit performs a binarizing process on the HPF image, thereby generating a binary image. A peak detector extracts, using the binary image as a mask, an image of a region corresponding to an opening of the mask from the captured image. From the image, a peak value and the position of a peak pixel are detected. A determining unit determines whether an object to be detected is in contact with the display surface or not on the basis of the relation between the difference and the threshold. Using the detection result and the determination result in the determining unit, a position deriving unit derives the position on the display surface, of the object to be detected which is in contact with the display surface. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207146 | INPUT/OUTPUT INTEGRATED DISPLAY APPARATUS - An input/output integrated display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a capture device for capturing an image of a user, an information register device for relating users' image information to pen settings information for each scheduled user and registers it, a user identification device for comparing image information of a user captured by the capture device with the users image information and identifying a user in real time, and a display device for displaying text and lines entered by the user in a display format based on the pen settings information of the user identified by the user identification device on a display screen in real time. With this configuration, a user can be automatically identified, and text and lines are displayed based on the pen settings information of the user. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207147 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD - A touch-sensitive interface device includes:—a touch-sensitive keypad including elements for generating a voltage as the effect of a mechanical deformation, and—a signal processing electronic interface adapted to detect pressing and/or releasing of a voltage generator elements and to go to standby after the pressing and/or the releasing of each voltage generator elements. The voltage generator elements preferably includes a piezoelectric element. In embodiments, the electronic interface includes at least one voltage comparator device, the generation of a parameterable threshold voltage to which the voltage comparator device compares the voltage at the terminals of a voltage generator element, and a card including a central processor unit and its power supply unit. The parameterable threshold voltage can be increased or decreased to detect positive and negative peaks of at least one voltage generator elements respectively caused by pressing or releasing at least one voltage generator elements. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207148 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INPUT OPERATION, AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING INPUT OPERATION - Disclosed herein is a portable electronic device including an operation surface for inputting an operating action of a user, detecting means for detecting the coordinates of a point of contact of a user's finger with said operation surface, a memory for storing information representing a deviation between the coordinates of a point on said operation surface where the user desires the user's finger to touch said operation surface and the detected coordinates of the point of contact, and correcting means for correcting said deviation based on the stored information. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090207149 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing system includes a first information processor to process data to be displayed in a first display unit and a second information processor to indicate the data displayed in the first display unit. The first information processor includes a first display control unit to control the data to be displayed; a first communication unit to receive operation information from the second information processor and transmit data information about a piece of data indicated by the second information processor; and a first detecting unit to detect a position on the first display unit indicated by the second information processor. The second information processor includes an accepting unit to accept an operation by a user; a second communication unit to transmit operation information to the first information processor and receive the data information from the first information processor; and a received data storage unit to store the data information. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090213081 | Portable Electronic Device Touchpad Input Controller - A touchpad input controller receives user input relating to a display. The input controller includes a facing surface that faces a user when the controller is held in the user's hand or hands during use, and one or more non-facing surfaces that each faces away from the user when the controller is held the user's hand or hands during use. At least one non-facing surface includes a touchpad input area that is positioned to be accessed by at least one user finger for receiving user input. The facing surface including a display on which the results of user input received at the touchpad input area is displayed. The touchpad input area includes a mapping to a virtual keyboard layout for receiving keyboard-equivalent input from the user at the touchpad input area. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213082 | TOUCH PANEL WITH IMPROVED ELECTRODE PATTERN - A touch panel with an improved electrode pattern comprises: an insulating substrate; a conduction layer formed on the surface of the insulating substrate; and an electrode pattern formed on the surface of the conduction layer and arranged along the edges of the touch panel. The electrode pattern further comprises rows of parallel conductive silver traces, and each conductive silver trace has a plurality of electrodes having an identical length and equidistantly spaced. The present invention redesigns the number of the electrodes in each conductive silver trace and the relative position of each two neighboring conductive silver traces. Besides, the number of the electrodes in each conductive silver trace is calculated with an equation. Further, the present invention installs an additional conductive silver trace in the electrode pattern to eliminate the uneven impedance and electric field distributions caused by the print errors occurring in printing the conductive silver traces. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213083 | SIMULATION OF MULTI-POINT GESTURES WITH A SINGLE POINTING DEVICE - This relates to allowing a computer system using a single pointing device to simulate multi-point gesture inputs. Simulating software can receive single pointing inputs (such as, for example, input from a mouse) and convert them to simulated multi-point gesture inputs such as finger pinches, reverse pinches, translations, rotation, and the like. The simulating software can also allow the user to use keyboard keys to give the user additional control when generating the multi-point gesture inputs. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213084 | INPUT AGGREGATION FOR A MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE - The aggregation of multiple inputs in a touch-sensitive input device is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises receiving multiple inputs related to a virtual object, aggregating the inputs into an aggregated output, and providing the aggregated output to an application that controls the virtual object. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213085 | Entering a Character into an Electronic Device - The present invention provides a method ( | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213086 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen device and an operating method thereof are provided. The touch screen device is operated by touching a touch screen and moving a touch while the touch is maintained on the screen. A detector detects a touch point and a moving trajectory, and a controller selects a user command based on the detected touch point and moving trajectory. Then, when the user releases the touch, the controller executes the user command. User commands are classified and stored in a storage device and then executed by the controller based on operation modes associated with the device. A variety of user commands may be executed even though not all the menus are not displayed on the screen at once. Further, a user may cancel an erroneously entered user command quickly and easily. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213087 | MAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The invention disclosed herein describes a man-machine interface device for controlling access to electronic devices. The man-machine interface device comprises an electronic display unit including a transparent finger touch sensor region that is seated above the display apparatus, which is responsible for determining the presence and absence of a finger and for generating fingerprint images when a finger is detected. The man-machine interface device also includes a controller unit that is coupled to the display apparatus, the finger touch sensor region, and at least one electronic device. The method of the invention describes a process for authenticating individuals and verifying their security privileges to access sensitive data, based on a finger-touch selection of an icon presented on the display apparatus of the man-machine interface device. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090213088 | EXPEDITED COMMUNICATION KEY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method of performing expedited communication functions on a mobile device includes monitoring the duration-of key press on a keyboard of the mobile device and determining if the monitored duration of the key press is greater than a threshold duration. If the monitored duration of the key press is determined to be less than a threshold duration, then a primary key function associated with the pressed key is activated. If the monitored duration of the key press is determined to be greater than a threshold duration, then an expedited communication function associated with the pressed key is activated. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090219252 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MOVING CONTROLS ON A TOUCHSCREEN - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for facilitating blind usage of an electronic device having a touchscreen. The electronic device may sense the location of a user's finger on the touchscreen and generate, at that location, an output associated with an object capable of being selected. Generating the output may include displaying an icon and/or generating a sensation associated with the object. Alternatively, generating an output may include generating a sensation or tactile feedback that guides the user to the location of an icon associated with the object. In addition, or alternatively, each of a plurality of objects may have a different sensation associated therewith. The electronic device may output the sensation of the various objects upon receipt of a tactile input at different locations on the touchscreen, so that the user can move his or her finger around the touchscreen until he can feel the desired object. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219253 | Interactive Surface Computer with Switchable Diffuser - An interactive surface computer with a switchable diffuser layer is described. The switchable layer has two states: a transparent state and a diffusing state. When it is in its diffusing state, a digital image is displayed and when the layer is in its transparent state, an image can be captured through the layer. In an embodiment, a projector is used to project the digital image onto the layer in its diffusing state and optical sensors are used for touch detection. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219254 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER WITH DUAL SCREENS - A notebook computer with dual screens includes a first display screen, a second display screen has a touch screen function, a motherboard includes a north bridge and a south bridge, a super input/output device, a touch screen control circuit is connected to the south bridge through the super input/output device, a channel selection circuit is connected to an output of the touch screen control circuit, first and second signal selection circuits are respectively connected to two outputs of the channel selection circuit via a switch, and a video card with dual ports. The first and second display screens are respectively connected to the first and second signal selection circuits. The two ports of the video card are connected to the first and second signal selection circuits. An input of the video card is connected to the motherboard. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219255 | TOUCHPAD COMBINED WITH A DISPLAY AND HAVING PROXIMITY AND TOUCH SENSING CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OR INTERFACES TO BE DISPLAYED - A touch-sensitive and far-field or proximity sensitive touchpad combined with a display, wherein the touchpad is formed as a touchstrip that is concealed inside the display, wherein a first function or interface such as a menu is enabled when an actuating device reaches a threshold distance from the touchpad, wherein a second function or interface is enabled when the actuating device makes contact with the touchpad, and wherein the first function may or may not continue after contact is made with the touchpad. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219256 | Systems and Methods for Resolving Multitouch Scenarios for Optical Touchscreens - An optical touch detection system may rely on triangulating points in a touch area based on the direction of shadows cast by an object interrupting light in the touch area. When two interruptions occur simultaneously, ghost points and true touch points triangulated from the shadows can be distinguished from one another without resort to additional light detectors. In some embodiments, a distance from a touch point to a single light detector can be determined or estimated based on a change in the length of a shadow detected by a light detector when multiple light sources are used. Based on the distance, the true touch points can be identified by comparing the distance as determined from shadow extension to a distance calculated from the triangulated location of the touch points. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219257 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR - A touch screen sensor includes a visible light transparent substrate and an electrically conductive micropattern disposed on or in the visible light transparent substrate. The micropattern includes a first region micropattern within a touch sensing area and a second region micropattern. The first region micropattern has a first sheet resistance value in a first direction, is visible light transparent, and has at least 90% open area. The second region micropattern has a second sheet resistance value in the first direction. The first sheet resistance value is different from the second sheet resistance value. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219258 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR WITH LOW VISIBILITY CONDUCTORS - A touch screen sensor with a conductive micropattern includes one or more features to obscure or reduce the visibility of the conductive micropattern. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219259 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal having a display, and a touch panel disposed on the display and configured to detect a touch input is provided. The touch panel includes a first transparent film having an upper surface and a lower surface, a first transparent electrode layer at the upper surface of the first transparent film, a second transparent film having an upper surface and a lower surface, a second transparent electrode layer at the lower surface of the second transparent film, the second transparent film being configured to overlap the first transparent film with a gap therebetween such that the first transparent electrode layer and the second transparent electrode layer face each other, and a deformable optical layer filling the gap between the first transparent film and the second transparent film. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090219260 | TOUCHPAD - A portable electronic apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has a body portion and input means in the form of a touchpad. The touchpad is movable between a first relative position where it operates in a first mode, and a second relative position where it operates in a second mode. The touchpad is capable of receiving input data from one or both of its operational surfaces, so providing greater flexibility. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090231285 | INTERPRETING AMBIGUOUS INPUTS ON A TOUCH-SCREEN - A method for interpreting ambiguous click events in relation to click targets on a touch-screen display disposed at respective click target locations includes detecting a touch at a touch location and determining whether the touch location corresponds to a click target location. The method also includes searching for nearby click target locations in a predetermined click region and, upon locating a first click target location within the predetermined click region, associating the touch with the first click target location to identify a click event. A computing device for facilitating accurate touch input targeting with respect to a touch-screen display includes a display component, a touch detection component, a targeting component that associates a touch with a click target, and an event detection component that associates the touch with one of a right click event, a left click event, or a drag event. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231286 | ACTIVE TOUCH PANEL VOLTAGE COMPENSATION CIRCUIT - An active touch panel voltage compensation circuit, which is to improve voltage distribution in the border of an electrode layer of a touch panel, comprises: a power supply unit provides an initial voltage to a plurality of voltage-applying points of the electrode layer. A differential amplifier unit sets a calibration level. The differential amplifier unit is coupled to a plurality of detection points to obtain a plurality of detected voltages, and compares the detected voltages with the calibration level to obtain a plurality of deviation values. A processing unit works out the compensation voltages for the voltage-applying points according to the deviation values, generates a plurality of gain-modulation signals according to the compensation voltages and sends the gain-modulation signals to the power supply unit. The power supply unit regulates the initial voltage to the plurality of compensation voltages so that the detected voltages can reach the calibration level. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231287 | NOVEL TACTILE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND SYSTEM TO REPRESENT AND MANIPULATE COMPUTER-GENERATED SURFACES - The present invention discloses a tactile input/output device for representing and manipulating computer-generated surfaces. Also disclosed are a novel system and method for implementing the forgoing aspects. In essence, there is provided an intuitive concept of manipulating and editing a computer-generated surface, by employing a combination of traditional input and output devices (keyboard, mouse, display, etc.) and a novel device that enables users to touch, edit and modify a physical representation of the surface. The tactile device includes an array of displaceable pins, which are driven by a control system having a plurality of micro-actuators operating in combination with a rack-and-pinion assembly. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231288 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMBINED INPUT METHOD THEREOF - A hand-held electronic device comprising a first touch panel module, a second touch panel module and a central processing unit is provided. The first touch panel module generates a first touch signal when touched, transforms the first touch signal into a first digital voltage and outputs the first digital voltage. The second touch panel module generates a second touch signal when touched, transforms the second touch signal into a second digital voltage and outputs the second digital voltage. The central processing unit coupled with the first touch panel module and the second touch panel module receives the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage, performs a function calculation based on the first digital voltage and the second digital voltage to perform a first function, a second function or a third function selectively. Moreover, a combined input method for the hand-held electronic device is also disclosed in specification. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231289 | PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - The invention relates to a portable personal computer that includes a first display, a second display, and an interconnection portion and a method for controlling the displays. The interconnection portion rotationally connects the first display to the second display. The portable personal computer generates corresponding sensor signals according to user-specific operation instructions, the first and second displays cooperatively display a joint image or separately display images according to the sensor signals and current display modes of the first and second displays. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231290 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display screen and a contact key on a front side and a touch panel on a back side. The electronic device further includes a system configured for controlling the electronic device via contact on the touch panel and contact of the contact key, and displaying corresponding actions via a cursor on the display screen. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231291 | OBJECT-SELECTING METHOD USING A TOUCHPAD OF AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An object-selecting method includes detecting presence of a touch spot on a touchpad of an electronic apparatus, determining a set of objects adjacent to a position associated with the touch spot detected in step A), and selecting one of the objects when it is determined that the position of the touch spot moves toward the selected object. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231292 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO RECEIVE TOUCH SENSOR - An electronic device includes a main body, a panel mounted on the main body, and a substrate disposed between the main body and the panel. The substrate is configured for carrying touch sensors, and is connected to the panel. The electronic device further includes elastic arms extended from the main body, bearing resilient against the substrate. The touch sensors are mounted in the electronic device reliably. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231293 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE AND PROCESSING EXECUTION METHOD - A touch panel input device and a processing execution method eliminates wasteful operations of a user and increases user convenience. If a state determination unit (multiple key press detection unit) detects that multiple operation keys displayed on a touch panel screen were multiply pressed, an operation control unit (first processing execution control unit) controls execution of processing corresponding to any one of the plural operation keys. A waiting unit sets a state, which causes processing to wait for a user to make a selection instruction to select and execute processing corresponding to the other operation key. If the selection instruction is accepted, the operation control unit (second processing execution control unit) controls execution of processing corresponding to the selection instruction so as to select and execute the processing corresponding to the other operation key, following the multiple key press. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231294 | Image display systems - Image display systems are provided, in which a touch sensing circuit includes at least one voltage storing unit to generate a corresponding voltage when a capacitance variation caused by a touch event occurs. The voltage storing unit includes a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to an alternating current (AC) common voltage from a common electrode and a second terminal coupled to a first node, a first switching element having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor and a second terminal coupled to the AC common voltage, and a second switching element having a first terminal coupled to the second terminal of the first capacitor. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231295 | SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING GESTURES - A system for classifying gestures executed by a user on a surface or in a graphical interface comprising a meta-classification module ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231296 | REMOTE CONTROL TRANSMITTER - In response to a touch operation performed on an electrostatic touch panel in a liner or curved manner, a controller causes a transmission part to transmit a remote control signal. This structure eliminates the need for pressing operation. Only a touch operation of the electrostatic touch panel for drawing a predetermined trajectory thereon allows remote control of an apparatus. Thus a remote control transmitter simply and securely operable and preventing erroneous operation is provided. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231297 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device has an LCD panel, a light source, and a digitizer disposed on the back surface of the LCD panel. The display device further contains a U-shaped first heat-dissipation plate made of a non-magnetic material. The first heat-dissipation plate is disposed on at least one end of the periphery of the LCD panel in a way that the opening of the U-shape faces toward the LCD panel. The light source is mounted on the first heat-dissipation plate, and an end section of the digitizer is covered with the opening of the plate. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231298 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH A TOUCH PANEL SENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to an image display system with a touch panel sensing device, which applied in an electronic device, the touch panel sensing device including a substrate, a black matrix, a first planarizing layer, a conductive metal, vertical and horizontal electrode layers, a second planarization (PLN) layer, and a color resist layer disposed from top to bottom, wherein the vertical and horizontal electrode layers disposed between the first planarizing layer and the second PLN layer; therefore, by placing two perpendicularly electrode layers with the first planarizing layer on the same side, effectively to avoid chromatic aberration and reduce the thickness of the touch panel. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090231299 | TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY SCREEN APPARATUS WITH A BUILT-IN ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION LAYER OF WIRE LATTICE - A touch control display screen with a built-in electromagnetic induction layer of wire lattice includes at least a display screen and a housing. An induction layer is provided behind the display screen and is connected to the induction collection control circuit by its output. A control circuit of display screen is provided in the housing. The induction layer is a wire lattice winded and interlaced separately by the wires along the X and Y axes. The wires are insulated with each other at the crossing points. The space within each lattice unit constitutes one induction cell. Because the electromagnetic induction layer is placed behind the display screen and a printed electromagnetic induction antenna array with flexible membrane is adopted as a recognition induction element, it is easy to manufacture and the cost is low. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090237361 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD BASED ACTIVATION AND DISMISSAL - A virtual keyboard apparatus and method for forming the virtual keyboard apparatus are provided. The virtual keyboard apparatus may include a touch-sensitive display surface configured to detect a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch by a hand of a user, and a controller configured to generate a virtual keyboard having a layout determined based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch. The method for generating a virtual keyboard may include detecting with a touch-sensitive display surface a touch signal including at least a finger touch and a palm touch formed by a hand of a user, and generating a virtual keyboard having a layout based at least in part on a distance between the detected palm touch and the detected finger touch. | 09-24-2009 |
| 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 |
| 20090237363 | PLURAL TEMPORALLY OVERLAPPING DRAG AND DROP OPERATIONS - Plural temporally overlapping drag and drop operations are performed by binding a first source to a first input and identifying a potential target of the first source. During a duration in which the first source remains bound to the first input, a second operation is initiated as a second source is bound to a second input and a potential target of the second source is identified. While both the first and second sources are bound to respective inputs, a request from the potential target of the first source is received to claim the first source and the first source is released to the potential target of the first source, completing the first operation. The second operation is completed as a request from the potential target of the second source is received to claim the second source and the second source is released to the potential target of the second source. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237364 | FEEDBACK-PROVIDING KEYPAD FOR TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES - Computer-readable media, computerized methods, and a touchscreen device manipulating user-input elements are provided. Generally, manipulation includes identifying a predefined configuration associated with a request received from a user and/or application, deriving configuration settings from the predefined configuration, and transmitting the configuration settings to an electromechanical device that adjusts a portion of user-input elements to an extended orientation and activates a portion of user-input elements. In embodiments, the extended user-input elements positioned in the extended orientation are activated, while the remainder are set to an idle condition. Typically, the extended user-input elements produce outwardly-extending protrusions expressed at a flexible touchpad incorporated in the touchscreen device. These outwardly-extending protrusions may replicate keys of a standard keyboard and correspond with the presently-running application implemented on the touchscreen device. User-initiated actuations of activated user-input elements provide a tactile feedback that substantially simulates a click generated by standard keyboard keys. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237365 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display panel and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first substrate, a touch spacer formed on a first substrate, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, a sensing electrode facing the touch spacer in the second substrate wherein the sensing electrode has a concave surface. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237366 | Multi-Touch Points Sensible Touch Panel and Method for controlling the same - A multi-contact points sensible touch panel has a substrate module, multiple infrared (IR) transmitter and multiple IR receivers to provide IR signal being transmitted along different directions. The first transmission direction is orthogonal to the second transmission direction. The third transmission direction intersects the first transmission direction with a first nonzero oblique angle, and also intersects the second transmission direction with a second nonzero oblique angle. When multiple contact points occur on the touch panel, coordinate of each contact points is correctly determined by sensing a position where the IR signals of different directions intersect together. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237367 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an electronic document reproduction apparatus supporting a preview function upon outputting an electronic book, and a reproducing method thereof. The electronic document reproduction apparatus includes: an input/output unit for outputting contents of an electronic document and receiving a user's instruction from a user; a storage unit for storing data of the electronic document; and a controller for searching for an output position of a corresponding electronic document according to the users instruction input through the input/output unit, and displaying the corresponding electronic document, wherein the controller receives a preview execution instruction through the input/output unit and provides a preview function for a corresponding position to the electronic document, and the controller receives a page selection instruction and sets a corresponding page as an output position. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237368 | USER INPUT APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE BY USING THE USER INPUT APPARATUS - Provided is a user input apparatus for controlling an image display device including: a first input unit receiving an instruction to perform a predetermined function of controlling the image display device when a discontinuous signal is received; a second input unit coupled to the first input unit and receiving an instruction to perform a predetermined function of controlling the image display device when a continuous signal is received; and a controller generating a control signal for performing a second function in conjunction with a first function in the image display device when the continuous signal is received from the second input unit within a predetermined period of time after an instruction to perform the first function of controlling the image display device is received from the first input unit. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237369 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display having a touch panel capability is provided. The display includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposing each other, a thin-film transistor for pixel driving formed on the first substrate, and a thin-film transistor for touch position detection including a source electrode and a drain electrode formed on the first substrate, and a gate electrode formed on the second substrate. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237370 | Touchpad or touchscreen and control element for a touchpad or touchscreen - A touchpad or touchscreen has a sensitive operating area for setting particular functions. To simplify operation, at least one mechanical control element is arranged above the sensitive operating area, said control element having a trigger which acts on the sensitive operating area to set functions when the control element is moved. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237371 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SCREEN DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal. Specifically to a mobile terminal including a display including a touchscreen, a sensing unit for sensing an object contacting the touchscreen and the object in near-proximity to the touchscreen, and a controller for controlling information appearing on the display according to the object contacting the touchscreen and movement of the object relative to the touchscreen. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090237372 | PORTABLE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF SENSING PROXIMITY TOUCH AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SCREEN IN THE SAME - A portable terminal for sensing a touch input, including a direct touch input and a proximity touch input, includes a touch screen configured to receive the touch input via a touching object and responsively displaying at least a first portion of a page and a controller configured to recognize the direct touch input when the touching object contacts the touch screen and recognize the proximity touch input when the touching object is located within a threshold distance relative to the touch screen for a period of time, the proximity touch input being effective as long as the touching object remains within the threshold distance, wherein in response to the proximity touch input, a size of the displayed page is changed from a first size to a second size, or a second portion of the page is displayed on the touch screen, the second portion being different from the first portion. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090244013 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a housing with a back and a frame. A support tray is spaced from the back and includes a tray base, and a lip connected to and spaced from the tray base. The support tray supports a display device and touch-sensitive overlay disposed on the display device. A plurality of pads on an exterior of the support tray include pads between the tray base and the back and pads between the lip and the frame. Operational components are housed in the housing and include a touch screen controller connected to the touch-sensitive overlay and a processor connected to the display device and the touch-screen controller. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244014 | SAR ADC WITH DYNAMIC INPUT SCALING AND OFFSET ADJUSTMENT - An apparatus for generating an image of touch on or about a touch-sensitive surface comprising a touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel can include a plurality of touch sensors configured for detecting one or more touch events occurring at distinct locations at about the same time. Each touch event can comprise a touching of an object against the touch-sensitive surface. A plurality of receive channels can be coupled to the touch panel for generating values representative of detected touch events. The receive channels can include a charge redistribution successive approximation register digital-to-analog converter (SAR ADC) configured to convert an analog waveform into a digital representation via a binary search and outputting the digital representation to an output register. The SAR ADC architecture can be such that it the dynamic input range can be scaled and offset adjusted. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244015 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF WIRELESS TRANSFER OF FILES - Device, system, and method of wireless transfer of files. For example, a method includes: identifying a selection of a representation of a digital object stored in a mobile device by detecting contact on a touch-sensitive surface of the mobile device at a contact position that corresponds to said representation; identifying a directional movement of said contact position on the touch-sensitive surface; and in response to said directional movement, wirelessly transferring data corresponding to the digital object to a nearby computing device. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244016 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHODS THEREOF - An information handling system includes two touch screens. In one embodiment, one of the touch screens is incorporated in a base of the information handling system and the other is incorporated in a lid of the information handling system. An application can display different informational views in each touch screen, allowing a user to interact with the data in each screen independently. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244017 | Haptic tracking remote control for driver information center system - A control interface system for a driver of a vehicle comprises a touchscreen, a control module, and a display. The touchscreen is located proximate to the driver of the vehicle and upon driver interaction therewith is operable to generate a sensor signal. The control module is adapted to receive the sensor signal from the touchscreen and is operable to initiate control of a vehicle function and to generate a haptic feedback signal in response thereto. The touchscreen is adapted to receive the haptic feedback signal from the control module and is operable to provide haptic feedback to the driver of the vehicle in response thereto. The display is embedded in an instrument panel of the vehicle and provides an indicia of the vehicle function controlled by the touchscreen and of driver interaction therewith. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244018 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF TOUCH POINT ON TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel module includes a surface panel, a band splitter, an optical unit and a control unit. Retro-reflectors are respectively positioned on three peripheral sides of the surface panel, and the band splitter is positioned on the retro-reflector positioned at one peripheral side of the surface panel, where the band splitter totally reflects a light beam within a first band while a light beam with a second band transmits through the band splitter. The optical unit is utilized for generating a first band beam within the first band and for receiving a reflected first band beam from one of the retro-reflectors to generate a first signal, and the control unit performs touch point detection according to the first signal. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244019 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and method of controlling the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a touchscreen and a control unit for receiving a first command according to a state of an object in near-proximity to the touchscreen, and receiving a second command according to a state of the object contacting the touchscreen. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244020 | BROWSING RESPONSIVE TO SPEED OF GESTURES ON CONTACT SENSITIVE DISPLAY - The present invention concerns an electronic device and a method and a computer program product for operating an electronic device by means of contact. The device includes a display ( | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244021 | ELECTRICAL CAPACITANCE INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH INPUT FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electrostatic capacitance input device having a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction in an input area, including a plurality of first lines extending in parallel to each other from the plurality of first electrodes to a plurality of first terminals, and a plurality of second lines extending in parallel to each other from the plurality of second electrode to a plurality of second terminals, the first lines and the second lines being formed outside the input area, and an auxiliary line extending outside at least one of the lines at both ends in terms of the direction of arrangement of one or both of the plurality of first lines and the plurality of second lines, the auxiliary line generating a parasitic capacitance with respect to the at least one of the lines. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244022 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING MOVING KEYPAD - The present invention provides a mobile terminal including a moving keypad. The mobile terminal includes: a main body; a touch screen disposed at a surface of the main body; a fixed keypad disposed adjacent to the touch screen at the surface of the main body; and a moving keypad to move on the fixed keypad and the touch screen. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244023 | PORTABLE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF SENSING PROXIMITY TOUCH AND METHOD OF PROVIDING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen for generating input signals in response to a proximity touch or a direct touch of an input medium and displaying a first menu and a controller for determining the proximity touch of the input medium on the touch screen for a predetermined period of time and displaying on the touch screen a second menu for providing a function associated with the first menu. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244024 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a display device with a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, the display device with the touch panel that has a display | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090244025 | DISPLAY DEVICE, COVER BODY OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE DISPLAY DEVICE - In manufacturing a display device which includes a display panel, a touch panel mounted on a surface side of the display panel, and a cover body having an open portion in which the touch panel is held, an edge peripheral portion of the touch panel is welded to a brim portion of the open portion of the cover body by melting the brim portion of the open portion of the cover body such that the brim portion has a large thickness compared to a portion around the brim portion thus forming a thick wall portion having a large thickness compared to the portion around the thick wall portion and a mounting portion on which the edge peripheral portion of the touch panel is mounted on the brim portion of the opening of the touch panel. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090251420 | SLIDE BASED TECHNIQUE FOR INPUTTING A SEQUENCE OF NUMBERS FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - A contact with a point of a touch input component of a computing device can be sensed. A continuous contact from the point to a different point on the touch input component can be detected that is caused by a first slide based motion of a contact instrument maintaining contact with the touch input component. A first input character associated with the slide based motion can be determining based at least in part upon a direction of the slide based motion. A second slide based motion of the contact instrument can be detected from the different point to another point, wherein the contact instrument remains in contact with the touch input component during the first slide based motion, during the second slide based motion, and between the first and second slide based motion. A second input character associated with the slide based motion can be determined based at least in part upon a direction of the second slide based motion. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251421 | Method and apparatus for tactile perception of digital images - The method and apparatus enables a user to “feel” remote objects depicted in a visual scene. Exemplary embodiments of the invention detect image texture in a digital scene and generate tactile feedback control signals as a function of the detected image texture. In one exemplary embodiment, edge detection techniques are used to detect discontinuities in the digital scene, such as sharp changes in image luminous intensity. Tactile feedback is produced responsive to the tactile feedback control signals by a tactile feedback device. The tactile feedback may be in the form of a vibration and the tactile feedback device may be a vibrator. The strength of intensity of the vibration may be varied depending on the discontinuities in the digital scene. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251422 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING INTERACTION OF A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD PROVIDED THROUGH A SMALL TOUCH SCREEN - A method and system for enhancing interaction of a virtual keyboard in a small touch screen. The virtual keyboard includes multiple virtual keys and can be divided into more than one block. Proximity sensors associated with the touch screen can sense the 3D position of a physical selector (e.g., user's finger or stylus) before it contacts the touch screen. When the physical selector is close enough to the touch screen, a block of the virtual keyboard or group of characters nearest the physical selector can be enlarged for selection by physical contact of the physical selector with the touch screen. The virtual keyboard can also be enlarged according to the position of the physical selector in a continual manner, wherein the extent of the enlargement is proportional to the proximity of the physical selector to the screen. Further, a character immediately under the physical selector can also be enlarged in order to determine intent with high reliability. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251423 | MOBILE TERMINAL USING PROXIMITY SENSOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal using a proximity sensor and a control method thereof. According to the control method of a mobile terminal, a moving image screen in which a moving image is played is displayed on a touch screen and the play speed of the moving image is controlled based on a proximity signal detected by the proximity sensor. Further, when a touch signal is input through the touch screen, a moving image screen is captured and a capture image is created. According to the present invention, various screen controls can be performed using the proximity sensor. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIA A TOUCH PANEL - A method for controlling an electronic device via a touch panel includes defining a relationship between a contact activity and a pointer action, setting activation of a pointer corresponding to a contact activity, synchronizing the contact activity and the pointer action, acquiring analog signals of the contact on the touch panel, converting the analog signals into the digital signals, and controlling the pointer action according to the digital signals. A related system and storage medium with instructions for performance of the method also provided. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251425 | Multi-touch system and driving method thereof - Provided are a multi-touch system and a driving method thereof. The method includes, extracting using a digital processor a touch frequency and at least one angle associated with at least one touch from image information captured by each of at least two cameras, selecting a touch mode on the basis of sum value of the touch frequencies extracted from the image information captured by the cameras, and performing a touch function corresponding to the selected touch mode using a user interface. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251426 | Organic light emitting display device composed of multiple display panels - An organic light emitting display device that is used as a flat panel display and usable in a portable terminal that employs two separate display-panels. The organic light emitting display device has a first display panel and a second display panel provided on the same surface thereof; a touch screen panel (TSP) formed integrally on the first and second display panels; and one controller controlling the first and second display panels. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251427 | Power reduction of a capacitive touch system - A capacitive touch system uses at least two integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each of the integrated circuits scanning only a portion of the touch panel. If any one of the integrated circuits has not detected any objects on its scanning zone for a long time, it will enter a suspend mode to lower the scanning frequency thereof for power saving. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251428 | Capacitive touch system and data transmission method in a capacitive touch system - A capacitive touch system uses at least two integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each scanning only a portion of traces of the touch panel, and a second integrated circuit to receive sensed data from the first integrated circuits. The sensed data contains parameters representing a sum of the sensed values of all traces in a direction that one of the first integrated circuits is in charge of scanning, a sum of products obtained by multiplying the sensed value of each trace in the direction that the one of the first integrated circuits scans by the order number of that trace, a number of fingers in the direction detected by the one of the first integrated circuits, and whether or not the sensed values of the first and last traces in the direction that the one of the first integrated circuits scans are zero. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251429 | Sensing method for a capacitive touch system - A capacitive touch system uses at least two touch integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each of the touch integrated circuits only for scanning a portion of the traces of the touch panel. Therefore, the capacitive touch system can maintain a good frame rate, even the touch panel is a large scale touch panel. Sensing methods are provided to determine a sensed value for a boundary trace which is the last one of the traces connected to a first touch integrated circuit and prior to the first one of the traces connected to a second touch integrated circuit. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251430 | Circuit complexity reduction of a capacitive touch system - A capacitive touch system uses at least two first integrated circuits to simultaneously scan a touch panel, each of the first integrated circuits only for scanning a portion of the touch panel. Therefore, the capacitive touch system can maintain a good frame rate, even the touch panel is a large scale touch panel. Each of the first integrated circuits transmits its sensed data to a second integrated circuit where a calculation with the received sensed data is executed. The second integrated circuit has at least a common pin connected to each of the first integrated circuits, and therefore the number of pins of the second integrated circuit is reduced. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251431 | Organic light emitting display device - An organic light emitting display device (OLED display) having a first display panel and a second display panel arranged on the same surface thereof. The OLED display includes first and second display panels arranged on a same surface, a touch screen panel arranged integrally on the first and second display panels, a touch screen panel controller adapted to drive the touch screen panel and a display controller adapted to control the first and second display panels, the display controller being further adapted to separate information displayed on the display panels into an image signal and a data signal corresponding to the image signal, the display controller being further adapted to supply the separated image signal and data signal to the first and second display panels, respectively. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251432 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method for an electronic apparatus having a touch screen is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. Contact with the touch screen is first detected. It is next determined whether the contact is initiated by a finger or a stylus. After determining that the contact is initiated by the finger, an input gesture from a motion of the finger is further determined based on a predetermined rule. Thereafter, the visual effects of the target screen currently operating are triggered accordingly in response to the determined input gesture. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251433 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONNECTED TO TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS THEREOF - A touch sensing device connected to a host processor of an electronic apparatus includes: a touch panel changing an electrical signal by a touch; and a touch sensing unit sensing the change in electrical signal and transmitting the electrical signal to the host processor. The touch sensing unit inputs an ENABLE signal for dropping a voltage or a DISABLE signal for intercepting the voltage to a voltage dropping unit on the basis of an operating status of the host processor or the change in electrical signal. The voltage dropping unit is disposed in the electronic apparatus and drops or intercepts the voltage to be applied to the host processor. According to this configuration, it is possible to reduce the power consumption of the host processor. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251434 | MULTI-TOUCH AND SINGLE TOUCH DETECTION - An input device comprises a touch sensitive sensor operative to sense finger touch, a detection unit controllable to apply a single touch detection method over at least one area of the touch sensitive sensor and a multi-touch detection method over at least one other area of same touch sensitive sensor, and a controller operative to set the areas of single touch and multi-touch detection. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251435 | CONTACT TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION MODULE FOR TOUCH SENSING - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090256807 | User interface - The invention relates to a user interface for controlling an electronic device. The user interface comprises a sensor element ( | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256808 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STROKE BASED GRAPHIC INPUT - A user interface includes a touch screen configured to receive stroke input(s). The user interface is arranged to display a graphical trace of the received stroke input on the touch screen and to determine whether a criterion is fulfilled and if so remove at least a portion of the graphical trace, wherein the criterion is based on the received stroke input. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256809 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH INTERFACE - A device may include a display to show a representation of a three-dimensional image; a first touch panel to provide a first user input based on the display; a second touch panel to provide a second user input based on the display; and processing logic to associate the first user input and the second user input so that the first user input and the second user input emulate physical manipulation of the three-dimensional image and to alter the representation of the three-dimensional image based on the emulated physical manipulation of the three-dimensional image. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256810 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A device may include a number of diodes and control logic. The control logic may be configured to forward bias a first one of the diodes for a first duration of time corresponding to a frame, forward bias a second one of the diodes for a first portion of the frame, and reverse bias the second diode for a second portion of the frame. The second diode functions as an input or touch detector during the second portion of the frame. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256811 | OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN - A device may include a position sensitive detector that is configured to generate a value corresponding to a location associated with a shadow or absence of light on an upper surface of the position sensitive detector. The device may also include logic configured to receive the value, determine that a contact occurred on the display based on the value and determine a location of the contact based on the value. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256812 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel having a light emitting device, a sensor which senses an electric current flowing in the light emitting device, and a controller which determines that an external stimulus occurs to the display panel if a change of a sensed current exceeds a preset current change rate, and performs a predetermined operation on the basis of a determination result. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256813 | VEHICLE MOVING-IMAGE INTERFACE - A vehicle moving-image interface for displaying and repositioning an image in a plurality of locations in response to a vehicle occupant command includes a display device mounted to the vehicle. The display device has first and second surface portions, with the first surface portion displaying the image. The interface further includes a sensor configured to generate a signal in response to an actuation object contacting the first surface portion and then sliding on the display device toward the second surface portion. The interface further includes a controller configured to receive the signal from the sensor to induce the second surface portion to display the image for repositioning the image on the display device | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256814 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND SCREEN CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a display for sensing at least one of a touch or an approach of a pointing means and a controller for controlling brightness of a sensed area according to the sensed touch or the approach of the pointing means. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090262083 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING USER INPUT THROUGH A DISPLAY WITH A FLEXIBLE BACKPLANE VIA TOUCH SENSORS - A computing device that is configured to receive input commands via a display is described. The computing device includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. The device also includes a display. The display includes a flexible backplane. The device further includes a touch sensor. The sensor is positioned underneath the flexible backplane. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262084 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM PROVIDING SYNCHRONOUS VIDEO INFORMATION - A display control system providing synchronous video information includes an information processing device and a display control module. The information processing device generates video information to be displayed on a primary display unit. The display control module includes an ancillary video unit linking to the information processing device through a signal linking means to receive the video information synchronously with the primary display unit and a control unit to output a control signal to the information processing device to process the video information. Thus users can synchronously display and maneuver the video information of the information processing device through the display control module. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262085 | SMART GLASS TOUCH DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - An improved touch display input device for incorporation into a portable electronic device is described. In exemplary embodiments, the touch display includes a smart glass layer that selectively blocks and transmits light from a light source to a transparent touch input surface. As a result of the selectivity of the smart glass, a particular set of characters and/or symbols may become visible to the user through the transparent touch surface. The user may select a visible character or symbol by touching the character or symbol on the touch display. The selective blocking and transmission of light by the smart glass may be altered to display different sets of input characters and/or symbols depending upon the operational state of the portable electronic device. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262086 | Touch-pad cursor control method - A touch-pad cursor control method is discussed. The touch-pad invention is placed in an electronic device and its control method is comprised of steps detecting if an object contacts the touch-pad; detecting the location of the object contacting the touch-pad; examining if an input for quick cursor movement exists, if YES, dragging the cursor on the device's display to the corresponding location of the object on the touch-pad in absolute coordinate positioning, if NOT, mapping the moving distance and direction of the object on the touch-pad to the position of the cursor on the device's display in relative coordinate positioning; detecting if an input button of the electronic device is pressed; and finally, executing a command based on an item pointed by said cursor on the display. By basing cursor movement on touch-pad input in both absolute and relative coordinate positioning methods, the invention determines cursor location, achieving a fast moving cursor effect | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262087 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGE THEREIN - In a terminal including a touchscreen, a controller senses a touch to a first point of an image displayed on the touchscreen, recognizes an image part corresponding to the first point and performs an image recognition correcting operation relevant to the recognized image part corresponding to the first point. A method of recognizing an image in the terminal includes displaying the image on a screen, sensing a touch to a first point of the displayed image, recognizing an image part corresponding to the first point upon sensing the touch to the first point and performing an image recognition correcting operation relevant to the recognized image part corresponding to the first point. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262088 | ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE USER INTERFACE FOR MOBILE DEVICE - Systems and techniques for the collection and display of athletic information. Athletic data relating to a single person or group of people is collected at a central location, and subsequently displayed at a desired remote location or on a mobile device so that the person or people can review and critique their performance. In addition, athletic data for multiple persons can be collected at a central location, and subsequently displayed to a user at a desired remote location or on a mobile device, so that the user can compare his or her athletic activities to others. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262089 | OPERATING METHOD, SYSTEM AND STROAGE DEVICE USING THE SAME - An operating method and system and a storage medium using the same are provided. The operating method is applied to a handheld electronic device with at least two judging modes. First, the handheld electronic device receives a touch input, and determines a judging mode out of the judging modes according to a parameter related to the touch input. Then, the touch input is compared with a reference signal to obtain a deviation value. When the deviation value is smaller than the deviation threshold corresponding to the determined judging mode, an operation corresponding to the touch input is executed. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262090 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes i) a base comprising an input region, ii) at least one sensor provided at the input region and configured to sense a contact with the input region or a contact movement to the input region and iii) a controller configured to extract data corresponding to each input operation from a memory and receive the extracted data, according to the position of a contact point or the movement direction of the contact point sensed by the sensor relative to a reference position indicating section provided at the input region. According to one embodiment, the input device allows all desired characters, to be input, to be arranged in a minimum input region so as to be suitable for miniaturization, as well as allows each of the arranged characters to be inputted through only one-input operation so as to enable rapid and correct input of a character. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262091 | Information Processing Apparatus and Vibration Control Method in Information Processing Apparatus - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display control unit that moves a display position of an object in accordance with movement of a contact position when the position in a screen where the object is displayed is contacted and moved and a vibration control unit that vibrates the contact position with a vibration amount in accordance with a parameter amount of data associated with the object when the display position of the object moves. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262092 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN SUITABLE FOR USE IN AN INTERACTIVE INFORMATION DISPLAY - A capacitive touch screen suitable for use in an interactive information display includes a first transparent glass substrate having first and second surfaces and a thickness of less than or equal to about 0.3 millimeters, and a second substrate having third and fourth surfaces and a transparent conductive thin film disposed at the third surface thereof. The second surface of the first transparent glass substrate is laminated to the third surface of the second substrate in order to form a capacitive touch screen having enhanced durability. The transparent conductive thin film of the second substrate opposes the second surface of the first transparent glass substrate when the second surface of the first transparent glass substrate is laminated to the third surface of the second substrate. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090267902 | Touch Panel - There is provided a touch panel which has a simple configuration and which can be accurately and reliably operated. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267903 | Multi-Touch Detection Panel with Disambiguation of Touch Coordinates - An multi-touch detection system ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267904 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT SURFACE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING USER-SELECTED INPUT - A method of determining input at a touch-sensitive input surface of a portable electronic device includes detecting a touch event at the touch-sensitive input surface, sampling touch attributes during the touch event, determining an actual touch location and determining at least one shift in touch location based on the touch attributes sampled during the touch event, and determining an input based on the actual touch location and the direction of shift of the touch location. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267905 | Cursor Input Device With Dual Input Modes - A cursor input device with dual input modes is provided, including a control computing module, a coordinate sensing module, a first analog multiplexing module, a first signal processing module, a second analog multiplexing module and a second signal processing module, where the coordinate sensing module further including a touch sensing loop unit and an electromagnetic sensing loop unit. The control computing module at least includes a microprocessor. The control computing module uses the first analog multiplexing unit and the first signal processing module to enable the electromagnetic sensing loop unit to perform signal scanning and processing, and uses the second analog multiplexing unit and the second signal processing module to enable the touch sensing loop unit to perform signal scanning and processing. In this manner, the user can use either touch input mode or electromagnetic pen input mode to control the cursor of the present invention to execute various the application software or operating system. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267906 | Touch sensitive apparatus - An apparatus includes a touch sensitive input panel operable to detect a location of a touch input and a pressure pad arranged to detect a force due to the touch input. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267907 | Information Processing Apparatus, Display Controlling Method and Program Thereof - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus, includes a display module which comprises a touch sensor on a display surface, a detecting module which detects a range surrounded by a position where a user's finger touches the display surface of the display module, and a position where the user's finger takes off from the display surface after moving on the display surface while touching, and an enlargement display module which enlarges an object in the range on the display module while keeping the object in an operable status if the range is detected by the detecting module. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267908 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE COMPRISING A GRAPHIC INTERFACE AND A CONTROL METHOD OF THE TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen device comprising a graphic interface and a control method of the touch screen are provided. The touch screen device comprises a monitor and a touch sensing pad. The touch sensing pad is used to sense a touching activity. The monitor is electrically connected to the touch sensing pad and is used to display a graphic interface. The graphic interface comprises a first menu and a plurality of second menus. The first menu is displayed on the monitor and comprises a plurality of first objects, wherein the first objects are displayed as two arcs on the two sides of the graphic interface. The second menus are respectively corresponding to one of the first objects. Each of the second menus is displayed in the middle of the two arcs of the first menu when the touching activity is performed on the corresponding first object. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267909 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND USER INTERFACE DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a user interface display method thereof are provided. The method organizes a plurality of computer programs and a web browser executable on the electronic device into a virtual book. Each page of the virtual book includes a user interface of one of the computer programs or a web page displayed by the web browser. The method also displays one of the pages as a destination page in response to an operating action of a user on the electronic device so that the user interface or the web page of the destination page is accessible to the user. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267910 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUTOMATICALLY HIDING KEYPAD METHOD AND DIGITAL DATA STORAGE MEDIA - A method for automatically hiding keypad, an electronic device, and a digital data storage medium are provided. The keypad automatically hiding method is applied to an electronic device having a touch screen. The method includes the following steps. Firstly, an input field and a keypad are shown on the touch screen. Next, an item of data is received from the keypad and inputted to the input field. Then, a search list is shown on the touch screen according to the data. Afterwards, the keypad is hidden when the input signal for checking the search list is generated. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267911 | Touch Screen - The present invention discloses a touch screen comprising a flexible print circuit board, an electrically conducting layer, and a flexible control board. The flexible print circuit board has a functional plane, and the functional plane comprises a plurality of electrically conducting areas. Each of the electrically conducting areas is capable of transmitting a corresponding signal when conducted. The electrically conducting layer is disposed on the functional plane of the flexible print circuit board. The flexible control board covers on the conducting layer and comprises a plurality of pressing areas, wherein each of the pressing areas corresponds to one of the conducting areas. By pressing any of the pressing areas, the corresponding electrically conducting area on the flexible print circuit board is conducted, so the conducted electrically conducting area transmits the corresponding signal. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267912 | DISPLAY AND OPERATION DEVICE, OPERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A display and operation device includes a display unit; a touch panel disposed on a display panel of the display unit; and a control unit for displaying a plurality of icons as an operation screen on the display panel of the display unit, the size of each of the plurality of icons being larger for the icons that are farther from a base point positioned in the vicinity of a periphery of the display panel on the device. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267913 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - A touch panel includes a first support, a second support, a first resistive layer formed on the first support, a second resistive layer formed on the second support, a first conductor pattern including a first electrode portion that extends in a first direction, and a first end portion and a second end portion opposite thereto, a second conductor pattern including a second electrode portion that extends in a second direction that intersects with the first direction, and a first end portion and a second end portion opposite thereto, a first structure layer that is formed on the first resistive layer adjacently to the first end portion of the first conductor pattern, and has a thickness that is gradually reduced in proportion to a distance from the first end portion, and a bonding layer including a first bonding surface and a second bonding surface. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267914 | MULTI-TOUCH TOUCH SCREEN WITH SINGLE-LAYER ITO BARS ARRANGED IN PARALLEL - A touch screen includes a plurality of single-layer ITO bars having a substantially rectangular shape and arranged in parallel to each other in order to detect touches on the touch screen. The location of a touch on the touch screen in the direction along an ITO bar is determined by applying a signal on one end of the ITO bar and measuring the change in the amplitude and the delay of the signal on the opposite end of the ITO bar. Such application and measurement of the signal can be repeated with the application of the signal occurring on the opposite end of the ITO bar and the measurement of the signal occurring on said one end of the ITO bar, in order to enhance the accuracy of the measurement. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090267915 | INPUT ARRANGEMENT FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An input arrangement for controlling an electronic device. The arrangement comprises a substrate have a position-coding pattern printed thereon. The position-coding pattern codes first and second sets of absolute positions on spatially separate areas of the substrate. The first and second sets of absolute positions are mutually exclusive and coded by first and second subsets of the position-coding pattern. A handheld image-recording device comprises an image sensor for recording images of the position-coding pattern a processor is configured for deriving an absolute position from the position-coding pattern in the recorded image and providing an instruction to the electronic device to perform a first function when the absolute position belongs to the first set and a second function when the absolute position belongs to the second set. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090273568 | INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - An information management and display system includes a content management server and at least one retailer, a client advertisements server and at least one content display device communicating with the content management server. The client advertisements server is adapted to store advertising information, the content management server is adapted to receive the advertising information from the client advertisements server and the at least one content display device is adapted to receive the advertising information from the content management server and display the advertising information. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273569 | MULTIPLE TOUCH INPUT SIMULATION USING SINGLE INPUT PERIPHERALS - A multiple touch input simulation for a virtual interactive display system using single input peripherals is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a method for simulating a multiple touch input for a virtual interactive display system that receives a first input from a first input device, receives a second input from a second input device, associates the first input with a first data object and the second input with a second a data object to simulate a multiple touch input, and provides the data object to a multiple touch client application. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273570 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR PATTERNS AND STACK-UPS - Capacitive multi-touch sensor panels in which both row and column traces may be formed on a single conducting surface are disclosed. These stack-ups may be made thinner and more flexible allowing them to be particularly well-suited for curved or other non-flat touch sensor panels, such as those that might be present on a mouse or other device designed to be grasped by a user's hand. Curved sensor panel arrays that may be formed from flat substrates are also disclosed. These sensor panel configurations may include channels around the periphery of the array. These channels allow the flat array to lie flat when applied to a curved surface, such as the inside of the curved surface. The pattern of the touch sensor elements may be adjusted across the array to avoid the channels. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273571 | Gesture Recognition - A state machine gesture recognition algorithm for interpreting streams of coordinates received from a touch sensor. The gesture recognition code can be written in a high level language such as C and then compiled and embedded in a microcontroller chip, or CPU chip as desired. The gesture recognition code can be loaded into the same chip that interprets the touch signals from the touch sensor and generates the time series data, e.g. a microcontroller, or other programmable logic device such as a field programmable gate array. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273572 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch sensor input device includes a first and second array of electrodes, the electrodes in the first array being orthogonal to the electrodes in the second array. A capacitor sensing arrangement senses an electrode capacitance signal which varies in the presence of a touch input. The capacitance signals for groups of electrodes in each array are combined in order to derive respective individual sense signals. This arrangement has electrodes with a finer resolution than the sensing resolution, and this gives improved ability to sense accurately the position of the touch input. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273573 | MUTUAL CAPACITANCE TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - A mutual capacitive touch sensing device is disclosed. The device can include nodes for sensing a touch at the device and for sensing a force applied to the device. Some nodes can perform both touch and force sensing; while other nodes can perform touch sensing. The device can include distinct individual drive lines for driving the nodes and separate distinct individual sense lines for transmitting touch or force signals from the nodes. The nodes can form groups, where the nodes in each group can be coupled to the same drive line and to different sense lines and where each node in a group can be coupled to a node in a different group by the same sense line. Each node can be set up with a different combination of drive and sense lines coupled thereto. An example device can be a click wheel. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273574 | PROGRAMMABLE TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMATICS - Disclosed are new methods and apparatus particularly suited for applications in a vehicle, to provide a wide range of information, and the safe input of data to a computer controlling the vehicle subsystems or “Telematic” communication using for example GM's “ONSTAR” or cellular based data sources. Preferred embodiments utilize new programmable forms of tactile touch screens and displays employing tactile physical selection or adjustment means which utilize direct optical data input. A revolutionary form of dashboard or instrument panel results which is stylistically attractive, lower in cost, customizable by the user, programmable in both the tactile and visual sense, and with the potential of enhancing interior safety and vehicle operation. Non-automotive applications of the invention are also disclosed, for example means for general computer input using touch screens and home automation systems. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273575 | PROGRAMMABLE TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMATICS - Disclosed are new methods and apparatus particularly suited for applications in a vehicle, to provide a wide range of information, and the safe input of data to a computer controlling the vehicle subsystems or “Telematic” communication using for example GM's “ONSTAR” or cellular based data sources. Preferred embodiments utilize new programmable forms of tactile touch screens and displays employing tactile physical selection or adjustment means which utilize direct optical data input. A revolutionary form of dashboard or instrument panel results which is stylistically attractive, lower in cost, customizable by the user, programmable in both the tactile and visual sense, and with the potential of enhancing interior safety and vehicle operation. Non-automotive applications of the invention are also disclosed, for example means for general computer input using touch screens and home automation systems. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090273576 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Devices, systems, and methods for directing a beam of light into a display such that the beam of light undergoes internal reflection within the display and capturing a reflected light beam are disclosed. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20090278805 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SWITCHABLE USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ACCESSIBLE TOUCH OPERATION - An electronic device with switchable user interface and an electronic device with accessible touch operation are provided. The electronic device with switchable user interface includes a display, a touch sensing means, a position detecting module and a processing module. The touch sensing means is used for sensing a touch of an input tool. The position detecting module is used for determining whether or not the touch is generated on a specific area of the touch sensing means. If the touch is generated on the specific area, the position detecting module determines whether the position of the touch is varied. The processing module coupled to the position detecting module is used for activating a user interface on the display if there is a position variation of the touch. Consequently, the convenience of operating the electronic device is improved. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278806 | EXTENDED TOUCH-SENSITIVE CONTROL AREA FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch-sensitive display screen is enhanced by a touch-sensitive control area that extends beyond the edges of the display screen. The touch-sensitive area outside the display screen, referred to as a “gesture area,” allows a user to activate commands using a gesture vocabulary. In one aspect, the present invention allows some commands to be activated by inputting a gesture within the gesture area. Other commands can be activated by directly manipulating on-screen objects. Yet other commands can be activated by beginning a gesture within the gesture area, and finishing it on the screen (or vice versa), and/or by performing input that involves contemporaneous contact with both the gesture area and the screen. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278807 | PASSWORD INPUT USING TOUCH DURATION CODE - On a device such as a music player that has no keypad with which to enter a password, the duration of each user touch on a touchscreen is noted, with different touch durations being correlated to respective code elements. A sequence of code elements may be correlated to a predetermined code word, and in turn a sequence of code words can establish a password to permit access to the content on the device. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278808 | Method for controlling pointing device, pointing device and computer-readable storage medium - An input mode is controlled in such a manner that a one-point input mode is set as an initial state, the one-point input mode is changed to a two-point input mode when both the first input point and the second input point are turned on and the two-point input mode is changed back to the one-point input mode when both the first input point and the second input point are turned off. A coordinate position of an indicated point is determined on the basis of an absolute position of the first input point in the one-point input mode and on the basis of a relative positional relationship between the first input point and the second input point in the two-point input mode. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278809 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A game apparatus includes two LCDs, and a game screen is displayed on one LCD, and a touch panel is set on the other LCD. A game screen for teaching an input timing and an input kind that are set in advance is displayed, and music for teaching the input timing is output. A player performs a touch-on operation, a touch-off operation, a flipping operation and a rubbing operation on the touch panel by viewing the game screen, and listening to the music. The input timing and input kind that are performed by the player and the input timing and the input kind that are set in advance are compared to thereby produce a situation corresponding to the comparison result. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278810 | TOUCH PANEL AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A touch panel and a portable electronic device thereof are provided. The present invention can accurately determine a position touched by a user on the touch panel by judging whether or not a potential voltage value between a reference capacitor and a sensing capacitor of a pixel having a sensing area being changed, or to determine whether a switch of a pixel having the sensing area being conducted. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278811 | Touch-Sensitive Screen and a Touch-Sensitive Device Using the Same - A touch-sensitive screen and a resistance touch-sensitive device using the same, wherein said screen comprises: an insulating substrate, a rectangular conducting layer formed on said insulating substrate, a conducting layer electrode array formed on the four edges of said conducting layer, a conductive coat formed on said conducting layer, and a conductive coat electrode wherein, at least 3 pairs of the conducting layer electrodes are deployed in said conducting layer electrode array; each pair of the conducting layer electrodes are deployed on the parallel edges of the conducting layer symmetrically; and the conducting layer electrode is set on each edge of the conducting layer. As the conducting layer electrodes are deployed symmetrically on the parallel edges of the conducting layer, the electric filed lines tends to be evenly distributed when the voltage is loaded onto the edges of the conducting layer; thus the linearity of the equipotential lines is enhanced. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278812 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM OF A DISPLAY - A method for controlling multiple degrees of freedom of a display using a single contiguous sensing region of a sensing device is disclosed. The single contiguous sensing region is separate from the display. The method comprises: detecting a gesture in the single contiguous sensing region; causing rotation about a first axis of the display if the gesture is determined to comprise multiple input objects concurrently traveling along a second direction; causing rotation about a second axis of the display if the gesture is determined to comprise multiple input objects concurrently traveling along a first direction; and causing rotation about a third axis of the display if the gesture is determined to be a type of gesture that comprises multiple input objects. The first direction may be nonparallel to the second direction. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278813 | Touch Panel - The present invention provides a touch panel used in a display device. The touch panel of the present invention is configured to display images and to receive as well as to process instructions inputted by user's touches. A display substrate partially overlaps with an image driving circuit substrate of the touch panel. A touch sensing circuit is disposed on the inner side of the display substrate. A touch sensing processor is disposed on the inner side of a touch sensing circuit and is also electrically coupled to the touch sensing circuit. Consequently, the thickness of the touch panel as well as the overall thickness of the display device is reduced. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090278814 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME - A touch panel and a touch display comprising the touch panel. The touch panel comprises: a top substrate comprising a communicating electrode formed thereon; a bottom substrate disposed on the top substrate, the bottom substrate being smaller than the top substrate so that a circumference of the top substrate overhangs a circumference of the bottom substrate; a plurality of dot spacers disposed between the bottom substrate and the top substrate; a conductive layer, extending from the communicating electrode on the top substrate to the circumference of the bottom substrate; and a flexible circuit board being electrically connected to one end of the conductive layer extending to the circumference of the bottom substrate. The touch display comprises the touch panel and a casing comprising a hollowed portion comprising a flange so that the touch panel is disposed in the hollowed portion. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090284474 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND NAVIGATION DEVICE - A display apparatus operable to flexibly perform display control to a plurality of images is provided, when the plurality of images are displayed on the display apparatus, and each image is selected either as a touch operation target or as a remote control target alternatively. The display apparatus comprises: a first display device | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284475 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, ELECTRODE SHEET FOR USE IN TOUCH PANEL, AND TOUCH PANEL - A transparent conductive film comprising a transparent film base material, a resin layer having a fine uneven geometrical structure, and a transparent conductive thin film laminated on the film base material through the resin layer, wherein the surface of the transparent conductive thin film has an average centerline roughness (Ra) of 0.11 to 0.18 μm, the maximum height (Ry) of 0.9 to 1.6 μm and the average distance between peaks (S) of 0.05 to 0.11 mm. The film can prevent the formation of a Newton's ring and shows satisfactory durability (particularly, pen input durability) and satisfactory display property without buzzing. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284476 | PUSHING A USER INTERFACE TO A REMOTE DEVICE - A graphical user interface (“GUI”) can be presented on a remote control accessory device that has user input and display devices. The GUI can be defined and managed by a portable media device that is controlled using the GUI. The portable media device can provide the accessory with a GUI image to be displayed. The accessory can send information to the portable media device indicative of a user operation of an input device in response to the displayed image. The portable media device can process this input to identify the action requested by the user and take the appropriate action, which can include updating the GUI image provided to the accessory. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284477 | DEVICE FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED ACCESS TO THE FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACES - A bezel positionable adjacent the outer periphery of a computer touch screen is provided. The bezel includes an elongated rim having a first side adjacent the computer screen and a surface. An identification marker positioned on the surface of the rim and identifying a predetermined area of the touch screen. A tactile indicium structure is on the surface at a location between the identification marker and the predetermined area of the touch screen. The tactile indicium structure includes an upper surface having tactile indicium thereon. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284478 | Multi-Contact and Single-Contact Input - This document describes tools capable of initiating a function based on one or more tactile contacts received through a contact detection device, such as a touch pad. In some embodiments, the tools identify tactile contacts in accordance with the tool's input mode. The tools may use the input mode to determine what gestures may be identified for the tactile contacts. In some embodiments, these tools switch input modes based on a number or characteristic of tactile contacts electronically represented in contact data. By so doing, the tools may more accurately determine appropriate gestures or provide a broader range of functions based on tactile contacts received through a contact detection device. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284479 | Multi-Touch Input Platform - This document describes tools having or interacting with a touch-sensitive device with one or more contact detectors that detect a tactile input from a user making contact with the contact detectors and an input/output module that persistently identifies contact data representing the detected tactile input. This identification is unique, thereby differentiating one or more tactile inputs from other current tactile inputs represented in the contact data. Using this unique identification, the input/output module can initiate an application to provide a function, such as data entry or a mapped function, associated with the detected tactile input. These data or mapped functions may, in many instances, provide a greater depth or breadth of functions by which users may interact with applications and computer systems. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284480 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR A MULTI-POINT TOUCH-SENSITIVE SENSOR USER INTERFACE USING DISTINCT DIGIT IDENTIFICATION - A computer program product for a multi-point touch-sensitive sensor user interface using distinct digit identification. The computer program product may include a relationship module, an assignment module, a receiving module, a determination module, and an initiation module. The relationship module may determine a relationship between at least two digits. The assignment module may assign a distinct digit identity to each digit of the at least two digits. The receiving module may receive a digit event comprising at least one digit interaction. The determination module may determine a digit identity for each digit involved in the digit event and a digit interaction associated with each digit of the digit event. Finally, the initiation module may initiate a digit event function associated with the determined digit identity and the digit interaction. Therefore, a user has greater control over a device through the interface with each digit having a distinct function and identity. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284481 | Devices and Methods for a Backlight to Illuminate Both a Main Display and Morphable Keys or Indicators - Disclosed are devices and methods for a display of an electronic device, the display including a backlight and a conductive layer, wherein the backlight illuminates both a main display and morphable keys or indicators. The conductive layer includes two separate portions. One portion of the conductive layer is part of a main display. The second portion, the non-main display region of the conductive layer includes at least one shutter configured to allow light from the backlight to pass therethrough and configured to block light from the backlight from passing therethrough. Accordingly, the shutter in part forms a morphable or smart key, or indicator that is illuminated by the backlight that illuminates the main display. In this way, separate LEDs to illuminate a morphable or smart key or indicator are not utilized. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284482 | TOUCH-BASED AUTHENTICATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE THROUGH USER GENERATED PATTERN CREATION - A method, system, and apparatus of a touch-based authentication of a mobile device through user generated pattern creation are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of a mobile device includes recognizing a tactile force on a touch screen without a visual aid as an unlocking gesture, storing the unlocking gesture to a memory of the mobile device, associating another tactile force on the touch screen with the unlocking gesture, and transforming the mobile device from an initial state to an unlocked state based on the association between the another tactile force and the unlocking gesture. The method may include transforming the mobile device to operate as a telephonic communication device in the unlocked state. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284483 | Display Device and Method Having Sensing Function - A display device and method having a sensing function is described. The device includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel and plural sense lines. The LCD panel includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines. Each of the data lines is connected electrically to a plurality of left pixels and a plurality of right pixels. The sense line is disposed between each two adjacent data lines, and each of the sense lines is configured to be parallel to the data lines and perpendicular to the gate lines. The sense lines are used to transmit touch signals. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284484 | Touch panel integrated flat display device - A touch panel integrated flat display device capable of improving reliability is disclosed. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284485 | Vibrating substrate for haptic interface - A haptic device is provided having a substrate with a touch surface and one or more actuators for vibrating the substrate in a multiplicity of higher resonant modes, each of which has a high enough frequency to be inaudible and high enough amplitude to create a friction reduction effect at a plurality of vibrating regions on the substrate touch surface. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284486 | HANDHELD DEVICE FOR A PATIENT - A handheld device ( | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284487 | TOUCH PANEL AND INPUT DEVICE USING SAME - A touch panel including a top substrate provided with an upper conductive layer formed on a lower surface thereof, a bottom substrate provided with a lower conductive layer formed on an upper surface thereof in a position confronting the upper conductive layer with a predetermined space, and a spacer of a frame-like shape formed at a periphery of at least one of the top substrate and the bottom substrate, and formed therebetween, wherein the touch panel further has a decorative sheet disposed on an upper surface of the top substrate so that a peripheral edge of the decorative sheet protrudes outward beyond the periphery of the top substrate. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284488 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDWRITTEN INPUTS - An electronic device includes a multi-touch sensitive display. The multi-touch sensitive display displays a graphical user interface having a handwritten region and a menu selection region. The handwritten region receives handwritten inputs. The menu selection region operatively simultaneously provides a menu for switching input types during the handwritten inputs being received. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090284489 | MULTIPLANAR VOLUMETRIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multiplanar volumetric three-dimensional display apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a variable lens and an object source. The variable lens is capable of switching its radius of curvature between a number of states, thereby varying its focal power. The object source provides light for the generation of three-dimensional images. Light from the object source is transmitted through the variable lens and focused at an image plane. As the focal power of the variable lens is varied, the location of the image plane is changed. The object source and variable lens are synchronized and refreshed at a sufficient rate such that an observer may perceive light focused at multiple image plane locations simultaneously, thereby creating the appearance of a three-dimensional image. A reflective pointer may be positioned at the image plane locations wherein light from the object source may be reflected by the pointer back through the variable lens and directed to a detector array. In this fashion, the position of the pointer may be calculated and an observer controlling the pointer may interact with the three-dimensional image. An imaging medium, such as a liquid vapor, may be disposed at the image plane locations in order enhance the visibility of the three-dimensional image. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090289900 | GAME WORLD MANIPULATION - A method of actuating a computer program that generates a dynamically changing graphic object on a touch screen using a human finger, comprises identifying the object or the portion of an object which is being touched by said finger and thereafter virtually “attaching” said object or portion thereof to said finger so that a movement of said finger causes a change of shape, size or location of said object or portion thereof. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289901 | Method of Capturing a Human Resources Event - Various embodiments of this invention disclose a computer-aided human resources employment system and method that electronically captures and shares, in real-time, human resources and unemployment events and the completed forms that relate to those events. Other embodiments of this invention disclose a computer-aided system for managing human resources and unemployment forms and data captured in those forms. Another embodiment of the invention relates to a system and method for managing unemployment claims. This invention also relates to a human resources employment computer-based product that manages human resources and unemployment forms and database information. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289902 | PROXIMITY SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD WITH SUBREGION BASED SWIPETHROUGH DATA ENTRY - A touch sensor device and method is provided that facilitates improved device usability. Specifically, the device and method provide improved user interface functionality by facilitating quick and easy data entry using proximity sensors with limited space. The electronic device includes a processing system and a sensor adapted to detect strokes in a sensing region. The device is adapted to provide user interface functionality by defining a plurality of subregions in the sensing region and producing an output responsive to the sensor detecting a stroke that meets a set of criteria. The produced output corresponds to a selected option, and the option is selected from a plurality of options based on a subregion identified by a portion of the stroke and a direction of the stroke. By so defining a plurality of subregions, and facilitating the selection of options based on subregion identified by a stroke and the direction of the stroke, the electronic device facilitates fast and flexible user input in a limited space. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289903 | CONTROL METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ICONS ON A TOUCHSCREEN - A control method for displaying icons of a touchscreen is shown. The touchscreen includes an icon control region and an icon display region comprising a plurality of icon display grids. The method includes sensing a touch on the icon control region and determining if a touch distance exceeds a predetermined distance. Each icon in the icon display region may be moved to the next icon display grid according to the move orientation of the finger of the user if the touch distance is less than the predetermined distance. Moving each icon in the icon display region moves two or more icon display grids according to the move orientation of the finger of the user if the distance is greater than the predetermined distance. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289904 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD OF EXECUTING FUNCTIONS THEREOF - An electronic device having a touch panel and a corresponding control method, the method including: receiving a first touch to a first position on the touch panel; receiving a second touch to a second position on the touch panel while the first touch is held to the first position; and executing a function corresponding to a relative position of the second position with respect to the first position. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289905 | Touch input recognition methods and apparatuses - Touch input recognition methods and apparatuses can increase the accuracy of the recognition of touch input from user and reduce processing load in recognizing the touch input. When at least one coordinate value corresponding to a touch trace is received at a given time interval, an inflection point based on the received at least one coordinate value is determined. When a predetermined coordinate value of the at least one coordinate value is a coordinate value of the inflection point, a symbol value is set based on an increment/decrement feature of at least one coordinate value provided before the predetermined coordinate value. Finally, an event corresponding to the set symbol value is retrieved. Thus, the event corresponding to a touch input from a user is retrieved and executed based on an increment/decrement feature of a coordinate value, thereby reducing a processing load and a false recognition rate. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289906 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH AN EXTERNAL TOUCH PANEL - A method and system for controlling an electronic device with an external touch panel are provided. The method includes retrieving applications executed on the electronic device by an interface, displaying user interfaces of the retrieved applications, detecting coordinates of a contacted point on the external touch panel, generating an analog signal in accordance with detection results, converting the analog signal from the touch panel into a digital signal, and outputting the digital signal to the electronic device to synchronize operations of the electronic device with the touch panel. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289907 | Method and Arrangement for the Operation of Electrical Devices - At least one additional menu layer can be selected in a menu layer and be displayed on a display unit by means of at least one control element. The additional menu layer selected via the control element is displayed in the display unit as a preview when an object approaches the control element that is equipped with a proximity sensor or when an object touches the control element that is fitted with a tactile sensor. The additional menu layer disappears again when the object, e.g. a person's finger, is removed, and the originally represented menu layer is automatically displayed again. This prevents the control elements from being repeatedly actuated, thus significantly increasing user friendliness and improving customer acceptance. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289908 | TOUCH DETECTING DEVICE CAPABLE OF SAVING ELECTRICITY - A touch detecting device capable of saving power for a touch panel includes a touch sensing unit, a micro control unit and a mode detecting unit. The touch sensing unit is coupled to the touch panel and used for being triggered by a first control signal to generate sensing data according to a touch state of the touch panel. The micro control unit is coupled to the touch sensing unit and used for being triggered by a second control signal to generate the first control signal. The mode detecting unit is coupled to the micro control unit and the touch panel, and used for generating the second control signal according to the touch state of the touch panel. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289909 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH CONTROL FUNCTION - A display device ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289910 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electro-optical device includes a plurality of pixel portions formed in a display region on a substrate, a first light-receiving element which is formed in the display region and shows light-receiving sensitivity with respect to an incident visible ray which enters a display surface, a second light-receiving element which is formed in the display region and shows light-receiving sensitivity with respect to an incident infrared ray which enters the display surface, and a detecting unit which detects a pointing unit which points the display surface on the basis of the light-receiving sensitivity with respect to the incident visible ray and the light-receiving sensitivity with respect to the incident infrared ray. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289911 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus that has a touch panel that is able to detect a plurality of touch input positions concurrently extracts a combination consisting of a predetermined number of touch input positions from a plurality of touch input positions that concurrently exist on the touch panel, and based on a positional relationship of the touch input positions constituting the combination that is extracted, determines whether or not the combination is an area designation operation of a single user. When it is determined that the combination is an area designation operation, the information processing apparatus specifies a designated area based on touch input positions of the combination, and acquires a selected object based on a relationship between the specified area and a display position of the object. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289912 | Touch-sensitive liquid crystal display device with built-in touch mechanism andmethod and method for driving same - A touch-sensitive liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate, a second substrate generally opposite to the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first scan line, a data line perpendicular to the first scan line, a sensing line parallel to the data line, and a first transistor formed at an inner side of the first substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer, and a common electrode formed at an inner side of the second substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer. A gate of the first transistor is electrically connected to the first gate line. A drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to sensing line. A source of the first transistor is electrically connectable to the common electrode depending on an external pressure applied on the second substrate. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289913 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCHSCREEN AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING DATA THEREOF - A terminal equipped with a touchscreen and data search method using the touchscreen is provided. The data search method displays a list of data items and a scroll button in first and second display regions defined on the touchscreen, respectively, checks, when a touch is detected on the scroll button, a part of the second region at which the scroll button is placed, presents a value of tag information matched with the part, and displays at least one data item identified by the value of the tag information in the first display region. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289914 | MOBILE TERMINAL USING PROXIMITY TOUCH AND WALLPAPER CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Discloses are a mobile terminal having a proximity touch and a method for controlling a display screen thereof. A difference of recognition rates caused by a minute difference of capacitances generated when a human body approaches a touch screen depending on users can be calibrated to be suitable for each user. Also, in the state of the recognition rate being calibrated, operations of objects, i.e., icons, avatars and menus, displayed on a wallpaper and displaying effects on the wallpaper can variously be controlled according to a user's proximity touch, thereby allowing users to control the display screen more conveniently and accurately. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289915 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH OPTICAL SENSORS - A display device with a touch screen includes: first sensing units, each first sensing unit comprising first optical sensors connected in series, each first sensing unit comprising a first terminal for receiving a first voltage, each first sensing unit extending in a first direction; second sensing units, each second sensing unit comprising second optical sensors connected in series, each second sensing unit comprising a first terminal for receiving a second voltage, each second sensing unit extending in a second direction transverse to the first direction; a reset unit for applying a reset voltage to a second terminal of each of the first and second sensing units; and a read-out unit for sensing a touch position based on voltage changes at the second terminals of the first and second sensing units. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090289916 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN LOCKED STATE AND UNLOCKED STATE - A method for switching an electronic device with a touch sensitive display between a locked state and an unlocked state. The method includes receiving multiple contacts with respect to multiple predefined areas of the touch-sensitive display; detecting a sequence pattern in response to receiving the multiple contacts; determining if the recognized sequence pattern matches a predefined sequence pattern; and switching the electronic device to the unlocked state in response to determining that the recognized sequence pattern matches the predefined sequence pattern, so as to allow the electronic device to be manipulated in the unlocked state. An electronic device using the method is provided. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090295738 | Method of controlling an object by user motion for electronic device - The present invention provides a method of controlling a virtual object or instruction for a computing device comprising: detecting a user activity by a detecting device; generating a control signal in responsive to the user activity detection; controlling an object displayed on a display in responsive to the control signal to execute the instruction. The user activity is detected by CMOS or CCD. The user activity includes facial motion, eye motion, or finger motion. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295739 | HAPTIC TACTILE PRECISION SELECTION - A feedback control system and a method for controlling a tactile feedback are disclosed, wherein the feedback control system provides users with full precise control of infinite tactile feedback settings. The tactile feedback control system includes a user interface adapted to generate and transmit an information signal including data and information representing a user-provided input, wherein the user interface also generates a tactile sensation to the user, a controller adapted to receive the information signal, analyze the information signal, and generate and transmit a control signal for controlling a tactile feedback in response to the information signal, and a haptic system adapted to receive the control signal and generate the tactile feedback. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295740 | INPUT/OUTPUT APPARATUS - An input/output apparatus includes a main body and a display. The main body includes a power supply, a driver and a controller connected to the power supply. The driver is used for sending drive signals. The display module is fixed to the main body and connected to the power supply. The display module is driven by the driver to display information. The display module includes a display and a sensor. The display is used for displaying information according to the drive signals. The display is E-paper type. The sensor is attached to the display, and is capable of sensing external operations and generating corresponding sensor signals. The controller is connected to the sensor and used for receiving the sensor signals and controlling the sensor. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295741 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY MODULE - An electro-optical apparatus includes a display module and a touch panel. The display module includes a body, at least a first positioning element, and at least a second positioning element. The body has a display surface and a bottom surface opposite to the display surface. The first positioning element and the second positioning element are connected to the body. The first positioning element is disposed on a first side of the body and the second positioning element is disposed on a second side of the body that is adjacent to the first side. The first positioning element and the second positioning element protrude from the display surface in a direction away from the bottom surface. The touch panel is disposed on the display surface of the body, and edges of the touch panel abut against the first positioning element and the second positioning element. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295742 | TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - The invention provides a touch screen apparatus. The touch screen apparatus, applied to a touch panel, includes an indicating device and a processing module. The indicating device comprises a signal generating module and a conductive touch end, wherein the touch end touches the touch panel, and the signal generating module, electrically connecting with the touch end, generates an electric signal transmitted through the touch end. The processing module electrically connects with the touch panel to detect the electric signal, and calculates a contact position between the touch end and the touch panel according to the electric signal. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295743 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is provided with a touch screen for displaying and inputting data, a detection unit for detecting the input path of the diagonal line upon input through the touch screen, a set unit for setting the user's operating hand based on the input path, and the display control unit for displaying the display mode determined based on the operating hand. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295744 | ILLUMINATION DEVICE AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS - An illumination device is provided which includes: an illumination light source that emits an illumination light; a first position-detecting light source that emits a first position detecting light; a second position-detecting light source that emits a second position detecting light; a first light guide plate which is provided with a first light incident surface that introduces the illumination light and the first position detecting light to an inside thereof and a first light emitting surface that is disposed to cross the first light incident surface while being disposed to be adjacent thereto and that emits therefrom the illumination light and the first position detecting light propagating through the inside; and a second light guide plate which is provided with a second light incident surface that is disposed to overlap with the first light guide plate in plan view and that introduces the second position detecting light to an inside thereof and a second light emitting surface that is disposed to cross the second light incident surface while being disposed to be adjacent thereto and that emits therefrom the second position detecting light propagating through the inside concurrently with the first position detecting light. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295745 | Input Method for Touch Panel and Related Touch Panel and Electronic Device - An input method for a touch panel includes displaying a plurality of selecting objects each corresponding to a control signal, enlarging the plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects when the plurality of neighboring selecting objects in the plurality of selecting objects are selected, receiving a direction indication signal corresponding to a direction toward to a first selecting object of the plurality of neighboring selecting objects from a first position, and outputting a control signal corresponding to the first selecting objects according to the direction indication signal. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295746 | EVENT REGISTRATION AND DISPATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-POINT CONTROLS - Dynamic registration of event handlers in a computer application or operating system recognizes multiple synchronous input streams by identifying each new stroke in a frame representing a single moment in time and mapping in a registration process each identified new stroke to a listening process that is associated with the user interface element to which the new input stream is to be applied. In the same frame, released strokes are unmapped and then each active listening process is called to carry out a respective control operation. When called, the strokes have the correct data for the given frame. The process is repeated for subsequent frames. By carrying out various processes in a sequence of frames, the concept of concurrency is preserved, which is particularly beneficial to multi-touch and multi-user systems. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295747 | Touch-sensitive liquid crystal display device with built-in touch mechanism - A touch-sensitive liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. A first sensing line, a second sensing line, a reference capacitor, and a variable capacitor connected with the reference capacitor in series are arranged on the first substrate. A node between the reference capacitor and the variable capacitor is couple to the first and second sensing lines. A capacitance of the variable capacitor is changeable when acted upon an external pressure. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295748 | Touch panel display device - A touch panel display device includes a touch panel and a frame enclosing the touch panel therein. The touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer disposed on inner surfaces of the first and second substrates respectively, an enhancive layer sandwiched between the frame and the peripheral area of the first substrate, and an insulating film sandwiched between the peripheral areas of the first and second substrates. The insulating film secures the first and second substrates together, and a void is formed between the insulating film and the second conducting layer, where the enhancive layer partially overlaps the void. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295749 | COMMODITY INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display or a display terminal includes a display panel. The display panel displays commodity information of commodities displayed in a store. A touch panel is stacked and arranged on a display surface of the display panel. An RFID reader reads administrator information stored in an authentication card. When a microcomputer determines that the administrator information is read, the microcomputer changes a mode of the display or the display terminal from a normal mode to a changing mode. In the normal mode, display content of the display panel is not changed even if the touch panel is touched and designated. In the changing mode, the display content of the display panel is switched according to the touch and designation on the touch panel. When the touch panel is touched and designated under the changing mode, the microcomputer switches display content of a display area corresponding to a touched and designated coordinate between normal display for displaying only the commodity information and special display for displaying sold-out information together with the commodity information. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295750 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - The present invention provides a mobile terminal having a touch panel, which is capable of improving the convenience and operability of character input. The mobile terminal having a touch panel includes an input control unit that detects a switching instruction for switching a screen of the touch panel, the switching instruction being issued by a user, and a screen display control unit that displays a text sheet displaying the character string input by the user on the touch panel, and when the switching instruction is detected by the input control unit, displays a character input sheet having a software keyboard for inputting a character string, on the text sheet in an overlapping manner on the touch panel, and makes the character string displayed on the text sheet visible. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090295751 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD - The invention provides a portable electronic device including a display unit and an operating module coupled to the display unit. The display unit is for displaying a frame including at least one first icon corresponding to a first file or a first program. The operating module includes a touch/display unit for displaying the first icon and for enabling a user to click through the first icon. When the user clicks through the first icon displayed on the touch/display unit, the portable electronic device executes the first file or the first program corresponding to the first icon. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090303188 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A VALUE USING A TOUCHSCREEN SLIDER - Methods and apparatus are provided for controlling a touchscreen in an electronic system and adjusting a value using a control element. A method is provided for controlling a touchscreen adapted to sense object presence in a sensing region. The method comprises displaying a control element having a reference point on the touchscreen, and adjusting the value of a system property in response to detecting an object overlapping at least part of the control element. The value of the system property is adjusted at a rate based on the distance between the object and the reference point. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303189 | High Resistivity Metal Fan Out - The formation of metal traces in the border areas of a touch sensor panel to provide improved reliability, better noise rejection, and lower manufacturing costs is disclosed. The metal traces can be coupled to rows on the touch sensor panel in an interleaved manner, so that any two successive rows can be coupled to metal traces in border areas on opposite sides of the touch sensor panel. In addition, by utilizing the full width available in the border areas in some embodiments, the metal traces can be formed from higher resistivity metal, which can reduce manufacturing costs and improve trace reliability. The wider traces can also provide better noise immunity from noise sources such as an LCD by providing a larger fixed-potential surface area and by more effectively coupling the drive lines to the fixed potential. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303190 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive display device includes a frame assembly, a display module and a touch panel. The frame assembly has a first frame, a second frame received in the first frame and a third frame covered on the first frame. The second frame has a plurality of side walls, two of the side walls adjacent to each other respectively extends upward to form at least one positioning element, a free end of the positioning element is beyond an upper surface of the third frame. The display module is arranged in the frame assembly. The touch panel is arranged on the frame assembly, two sides of the touch panel are restrained by the positioning element. Therefore, the touch panel is located on the frame assembly correctly and easily. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303191 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH PANEL WITH GLASS PANEL LAYER AND GLASS SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing a touch panel includes following steps. A substrate is used and an upper surface thereof is formed with a plurality of lower electrode units. A periphery of each lower electrode unit is formed with a gluing frame, and a periphery of the substrate is formed with a sealing frame. A panel layer is used and a lower surface thereof is formed with a plurality of upper electrode units. By the gluing frame and the sealing frame, the substrate and the panel layer are combined together as a combined plate. The combined plate is etched by solution of hydrofluoric acid. One or more than one function film is attached to a surface above each electrode unit. A cutter is used for cutting the panel layer from an upper side thereof and to form a trench, and the substrate is pressed along the trench of the substrate for separating the substrate into a plurality of independent touch panels along the predetermined cutting line. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303192 | TOUCH-DRIVEN DEVICES WITH SELECTIVELY ACTIVE REGIONS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method for controlling a touch-driven device including a display is provided. The method includes The method includes providing a display area and a virtual key area for displaying application options, detecting a contacted virtual key, and generating a notification signal in response to the contacted virtual key, retrieving corresponding information of the virtual key if the notification signal represents an adjustment of a dimension of the virtual key area, determining if the notification signal represents an adjustment of a dimension or activation of a power saving function for the display area or the virtual key area, calculating a key area parameter indicating the dimension of the virtual key area, and adjusting the dimension of the virtual key area corresponding to the key area parameter. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303193 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, a touch screen display device includes a touch screen display panel, a first integrated circuit (IC) chip, and a second IC chip. The touch screen display panel includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first sensing lines, a plurality of second sensing lines, and a plurality of touch sensors. The first IC chip includes a gate driver which transmits a plurality of gate signals to the gate lines, respectively, and a first read-out unit which receives respective output signals of the first sensing lines. The second IC chip includes a data driver which applies a plurality of image data voltages to the data lines, respectively, and a second read-out unit which receives respective output signals of the second sensing lines. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303194 | Touch Panel Control Device, Picture-Drawing Device, Display Function-Equipped Coordinate Input Device, and Touch Position Acquisition Device - In order to restrict a decrease in processing speed due to an increase in bit length of a digital signal, a mobile telephone ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303195 | DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH TOUCH PANEL - A display device provided with a touch panel for detecting a contact position on a touch surface of the panel at which a contact object is brought into contact with the touch surface, the touch panel including an in-panel-surface electrode with a plurality of openings formed in a display area. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303196 | MATRIX TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A matrix touch panel device includes input resistive films formed on a first substrate, and output resistive films formed on a second substrate placed face to face with the first substrate and intersecting with the input resistive films in a matrix with a gap therebetween, and by detecting whether any of the input resistive films and any of the output resistive films are in contact at a crossing of the input and output resistive films, detects that the first substrate is pressed against the second substrate at the crossing. The matrix touch panel device includes a voltage applying unit that applies voltage for detecting contact to each input resistive film, a voltage acquiring unit that acquires an output voltage value from each output resistive film, and a determining unit that, for each crossing, based on the acquired output voltage value, determines whether the output is attributed to a contact state. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303197 | TOUCH SENSITIVE VIDEO SIGNAL DISPLAY FOR A PROGRAMMABLE MULTIMEDIA CONTROLLER - The forgoing method, system, and apparatus relates to a touch sensitive display for use with a programmable multimedia controller. In the illustrative system, the user may select and designate a video input device to be implemented on a video output display device within the user's network of devices. The media input devices and output devices are selected by the user touching a touch sensitive button located on the display screen. To initiate an action the user touches, drags and drops a media input device button onto one or more video output display device buttons. Furthermore, when the user selects a media input device to be implemented on a video output display device, the user may also select a video signal source to apply to that media input device for a transaction. A live stream of what is playing on a given channel is provided on the screen. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303198 | CAPACITIVE SENSING WITH HIGH-FREQUENCY NOISE REDUCTION - A method and apparatus for sensing the presence of a body from a change in an amount of charge present on a capacitively charged key includes performing a measurement burst which generates a plurality of signal sample values from a plurality of measurement cycles. Each of the measurement cycle includes inducing charge onto the key during a drive part of the measurement cycle, measuring during a signal measurement part of the measurement cycle the charge induced on the key during the drive part of the measurement cycle, and generating a signal sample value to represent of the charge measured from the key during the signal measurement part of the measurement cycle. The method includes comparing the value of the plurality of the signal sample values of the measurement burst with a determined range of accepted values between a determined maximum and a determined minimum value, and processing any of the plurality of signal sample values, which are outside the determined accepted range to the effect that the presence of the body can be determined only from a change in the value of one or more of the plurality of signal samples which are within the determined accepted range. By removing the effects of signal sample values, which are outside the determined accepted range of values, then the effects of noise, such as rectangular noise, which might otherwise cause a body to be erroneously detected can be substantially reduced. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303199 | MOBILE TERMINAL USING PROXIMITY SENSOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a touch screen and a proximity sensor and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying an image on the touch screen; if a touch signal for the image is received, displaying an image-editing menu; choosing one of a plurality of image-editing functions from the image-editing menu; and selecting a ‘detailed settings’ mode for the chosen image-editing function in response to a proximity signal output by the proximity sensor and performing the chosen image-editing function on the image. Accordingly, it is possible to perform various image-editing control operations using the proximity sensor. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303200 | SENSOR-BASED DISPLAY OF VIRTUAL KEYBOARD IMAGE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY - A display device includes a touch screen having a display surface that displays images. The touch screen outputs a signal indicating a position on the display surface that has been touched. The display device also includes a first sensor that senses a position of an object relative to the display surface. The display device further includes a controller that generates a virtual keyboard image including a plurality of virtual keys for display on the display surface. The controller generates a left side portion and a right side portion of the virtual keyboard image, and chooses, as a display portion, one of the left side portion and the right side portion of the virtual keyboard image corresponding to the position of the object relative to the display surface as sensed by the first sensor. The controller controls the touch screen to display the display portion on the display surface. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090303201 | COOKING DEVICE - There is provided a cooking device that prevents operation based on a control command assigned to a touch key from being executed when a user is not intending to operate the touch key. The cooking device includes an electrode unit which includes a key electrode ( | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090309838 | USE OF SEPARATION ELEMENTS WITH REAR PROJECTION SCREEN - A rear projection display devices includes a diffusion layer having an interface surface configured to diffuse visible light, and a visible light projection subsystem configured to project a display image at the interface surface using the visible light to be diffused by the diffusion layer. The rear projection display devices may also include a light transmissive base configured to provide a support for the interface surface, and an infrared touch-sensing subsystem including an infrared light source configured to project infrared light at the base, and an infrared light detector configured to detect infrared light reflecting from the interface surface. Separation elements may be disposed between the diffusion layer and the base so as to maintain a separation between the diffusion layer and the base. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309839 | ERASER ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An eraser assembly for erasing a display surface of an electronic display system, where the display surface can implement a dot pattern. The eraser assembly can comprise a body assembly, which can be in communication with an eraser pad and a sensing device, such as a camera. The camera can be adapted to view the display surface when the eraser pad is in use. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309840 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTER INSTALLED AT TOUCH SCREEN FOR BI-DIRECTIONAL SIGNAL TRANSMISSION, AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION MODULE INSTALLED BETWEEN TOUCH SCREEN AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - In a wireless transmitter installed in a touch screen for bi-directional signal transmissions, the touch screen includes an image driving unit for receiving an image signal and converting the image signal into an image display signal and a signal control unit for generating a touch control instruction signal, and the wireless transmitter includes a signal receiving portion coupled to the image driving unit and a signal output portion coupled to the signal control unit, and the signal output portion and the signal receiving portion are coupled to a signal transmitter, such that the image signal and the touch control instruction signal perform bi-directional wireless signal transmissions by the signal transmitter and an external electronic device through the signal receiving portion and the signal output portion. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309841 | ERASER FOR USE WITH OPTICAL INTERACTIVE SURFACE - An eraser is usable in a display system having a display surface. The eraser includes one or more optical detection elements for determining the coordinates of the eraser relative to the display surface. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309842 | Touch Control Virtual Screen Apparatus - A touch control virtual screen apparatus is provided. The touch control virtual screen apparatus includes a screen, an optical structure, and a detection module. The screen is adapted for emitting light. The optical structure includes at least one optical lens, and is adapted for configuring an image of a virtual screen in a space corresponding to a screen image, in accordance with the optical imaging principle. The detection module is adapted for detecting whether a user touches the image of the virtual screen, and detecting a signal corresponding to a position of the virtual screen being touched, and converting the signal into the position and a related instruction corresponding to the position. In such a way, the user is allowed to operate digital content displayed on a virtual screen in a touch control manner, without directly touching the screen. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309843 | Touch panel using nano-wire - Provided is a touch panel using a zinc oxide (ZnO) nano wire. The touch panel may include a first transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode layer on the first transparent substrate, a light transmissive nano wire layer including a plurality of piezoelectric nano wires that may be arranged on the first transparent electrode layer so as to be perpendicular to the first transparent electrode layer, a second transparent electrode layer on the nano wire layer, and a second transparent substrate on the second transparent electrode layer. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309844 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING TOUCH SCREEN FUNCTION - A display device includes: a display panel including a first region having a plurality of display cells for displaying an image, and a second region at least partly surrounding the first region, the second region including a plurality of light generation cells for generating light, different from the image, to be detected for touch position sensing; and a pair of cameras located at or near a periphery of the display panel, aligned with respective crossing directions across the display panel, and oriented to detect the light generated by the light generation cells. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309845 | TOUCH WINDOW - A touch window including a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate, a first conductive film and a pad is provided. The second transparent substrate is disposed on one side of the first transparent substrate, and the area of the first transparent substrate is larger than that of the second transparent substrate. The first conductive film is disposed on the second transparent substrate and is located between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate. The pad is disposed on the same side of the first transparent substrate as the second transparent substrate being disposed. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309846 | SURFACE COMPUTING COLLABORATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS - A system for digital content collaboration and sharing has first and second collaboration devices each having a display device operable to display digital content items and operable to detect multi-touch hand gestures made on or adjacent a surface of the display device. The system is operable transfer digital content items over a data network between the collaboration devices in response to hand gestures of users on the display devices. Audio/visual content items can play synchronously on two collaboration devices. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309847 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-TOUCH INTERFACE CAPABILITY - An apparatus and method for providing multi-touch human to computing device interface capability on devices having single-touch interface devices. The apparatus and method use heuristics based analysis of successive touch point X,Y coordinate pairs provided by the single-touch interface device to identify a multi-touch occurrence. A further heuristics based function is employed to derive X,Y coordinates for a second touch point from two successive pairs of X,Y coordinates provided by single-touch interface device. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309848 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE - A user interface device, which allocates each of the functions for operating an instrument to fingertips in response to a hand movement and allowing an operator to intuitively comprehend the allocation of each of the functions to the fingertips, is provided. This includes: a GUI button allocation section that first allocates a GUI button, read out from a GUI button data storing section, to each fingertip in a hand shape acquired by a hand shape acquiring section when a contact position acquiring section detects a contact to an operation surface by the operator, and then, in accordance with a change of hand shape direction, reallocates the GUI button to each fingertip of the hand shape; a superimposed image creating section that creates a composite image of an image of a GUI button allocated by the GUI button allocation section and an image of the hand shape; and a displaying section that displays the composite image of the image of the GUI button and the image of the hand shape created by the superimposed image creating section. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090309849 | ENHANCED ON-OBJECT CONTEXT MENUS - Aspects of the present invention provide context menus useful in, e.g., a computing device receiving user input via a stylus. Icons representing actions performable on an object are displayed in a context menu for the object. Additional aspects of the invention include cascading menus that also minimize hand and/or wrist motion, as well as placement of menus based on user handedness and/or stylus orientation. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090315834 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANIPULATING A DEVICE USING DUAL SIDE INPUT DEVICES - An apparatus, method and computer program product are provided for using dual side input devices for controlling an electronic device and applications running thereon. According to one technique, a user take some action with respect to an adjustable feature associated with the electronic device (e.g., zoom and/or skew an image on a display screen) by simulating (or actually) bending or twisting the electronic device. According to another technique, the user may cause a region of an image displayed on the front of the device to be magnified by touching the back of the device at a location that corresponds to the region. According to yet another technique, the user may cause a graphical item displayed on the front of the electronic device to be rotated by essentially simulating the grabbing of the item with two or more fingers on either side of the electronic device and rolling the item. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315835 | TOUCH SCREEN DETECTION AND DIAGNOSTICS - A method includes driving a current through a touch screen that is based on contact of the touch screen, generating a proportional second current, and detecting contact of the touch screen from the second current. Another method includes providing a touch screen with parallel plates, disabling contact detection when a plate voltage is lower than a threshold voltage, and enabling contact detection when the plate voltage is at least equal to the threshold voltage. A device includes a first node and a second node coupled to a touch screen, a third node, a first current mirror coupled to the second node and the third node configured to generate a current at the third node that is proportional to a second current at the second node, and a detection circuit that provides a signal based on the first current that indicates contact of the touch screen. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315836 | Method and Apparatus for Executing a Feature Using a Tactile Cue - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an electronic device is configured to provide a tactile cue associated with a feature. The electronic device is also configured to identify one or more user actuations. After identifying one or more user actuations, the electronic device is configured to execute the feature. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315837 | Touch Screen Adapter for Monitor - A touchscreen adapter may fit between a display and a display mount and may resolve the presence and position of a touch to the surface of the display. In some embodiments, the touchscreen adapter may sense using a strain gage sensor mechanism. The touchscreen adapter may have a male mechanical interface to the display and a female mechanical interface to the display mount. In some embodiments, the two mounts may be the same size and format, enabling the touchscreen adapted to be inserted between a display and display mount for a given display. The touchscreen adapter may provide an electronic interface to a computer system to transmit a presence and position of a touch made to the display. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315838 | Touch Screen Calibration Sensor - A touchscreen may be calibrated using a second sensor that may be placed around the periphery of the touchscreen in a known position with respect to the touchscreen. The second sensor may be incorporated into a bezel and may have one or more sensor elements. The second sensor may be used to sense the position of a user's finger or stylus when the user touches an object on the touchscreen display, and the second sensor output may be used to update a calibration factor based on the position of the displayed object. The second sensor may be used to periodically recalibrate the touchscreen any time an object is selected in proximity to the second sensor. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315839 | PHYSICS SIMULATION-BASED INTERACTION FOR SURFACE COMPUTING - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing interactive surface technologies for data manipulation. A surface detection component can employ a multiple contact surfacing technology to detect a surface input, wherein the detected surface input enables a physical interaction with a portion of displayed data that represents a corporeal object. A physics engine can integrate a portion of Newtonian physics into the interaction with the portion of displayed data in order to model at least one quantity related associated with the corporeal object, the quantity is at least one of a force, a mass, a velocity, or a friction. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315840 | Liquid crystal display - A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a pixel array and touch sensors, a transparent conductive layer on one substrate of the liquid crystal display panel transmitting display light, a polarizing plate on the transparent conductive layer, a driving voltage supply circuit, and a signal transmitting unit electrically connecting the transparent conductive layer to the driving voltage supply circuit. A portion of the transparent conductive layer is connected to a ground level voltage source. The driving voltage supply circuit generates a driving voltage required to perform light sensing operations of the touch sensors during a touch period based on changes in an amount of surface charge of the transparent conductive layer depending on whether or not the polarizing plate is touched. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315841 | Touchpad Module which is Capable of Interpreting Multi-Object Gestures and Operating Method thereof - A touchpad module, capable of interpreting multi-object gestures and an operating method, includes a detecting element for detecting an object amount and gesture made from a conductive object placed on the touchpad surface and a processing element for interpreting and driving a corresponding simulation such as a mouse, a keyboard or a hot-key simulation and thus controlling a change of document, icon, picture or frame displayed on a display. Accordingly, the touchpad and the operating method thereof detect and interpret multi-object gestures so that it may simulate the input operation with the input devices such as a mouse and a keyboard and the selection of hot-key functions provided by various application programs. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315842 | Method and Related Interface for Controlling an Electronic Device with a Touch Panel - A method for controlling an electronic device with a touch panel includes displaying a background picture on the touch panel, displaying a plurality of selecting objects corresponding to a plurality of functions of the electronic device on the background picture, displaying a zooming scroll on a position of the touch panel, controlling a number of the plurality of selecting objects simultaneously displayed on the touch panel by zooming in or out via the zooming scroll, and controlling the electronic device to execute a function corresponding to a selecting object of the plurality of selecting objects when the selecting object is clicked. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315843 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION - Provided is a resistance film type input device including: a first light transmission substrate and a second light transmission substrate which face each other; a first light transmission planar electrode formed on the surface of the first light transmission substrate, which faces the second light transmission substrate, in an input region, and first band-shaped electrodes having a sheet resistance value lower than that of the first planar electrode and electrically connected along both ends which face each other in a first direction of the first planar electrode; and a second light transmission planar electrode formed on the surface of the second light transmission substrate, which faces the first light transmission substrate, in the input region, and second band-shaped electrodes having a sheet resistance value lower than that of the second planar electrode and electrically connected along both ends which face each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the second planar electrode, wherein a plurality of openings is formed in at least one of the first planar electrode and the second planar electrode, and wherein island patterns formed of the same light transmission conductive film as the planar electrodes are formed at the inside of the openings. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315844 | FILM FOR OPTICAL USE, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND TRANSPARENT TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a film for optical use wherein interference patterns are inconspicuous, while hard coat properties and image sharpness are maintained. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315845 | TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor has a support layer ( | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315846 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a first display unit configured to display first information for selecting a first key function, a second display unit configured to display second information for selecting a second key function, in which the second display unit is disposed to overlap with one surface of the first display unit, a touch input unit configured to receive a touch input for receiving an instruction for selecting the first or the second key function upon activation of the first or second key display unit, and a controller configured to control the second display unit to display the second information upon deactivation of the first display unit. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315847 | INPUT APPARATUS HAVING TOUCH PANEL OPERATION ACCEPTING METHOD, AND OPERATION ACCEPTING PROGRAM EMBODIED ON COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In order to facilitate an operation, an MFP includes a touch panel which has an operation-accepting surface and detects a position on the operating-accepting surface designated by a user, an operating object discriminating portion to discriminate types of operating objects based on the number of positions on the operation-accepting surface simultaneously detected by the touch panel, an operation system determining portion to determine one of a plurality of predetermined operation systems based on the discriminated type of the operating object, and an operation accepting portion to accept an operation in accordance with the determined one of the plurality of operation systems based on the position detected by the touch panel. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315848 | MOBILE TERMINAL CAPABLE OF SENSING PROXIMITY TOUCH - The present disclosure is related to a mobile terminal comprising: a touch screen configured to display a plurality of objects, and to generate a proximity signal or a direct touch signal by using an input medium; and a controller configured to display changed sizes of a plurality of selected objects located within a range from the input medium among the plurality of objects according to the proximity signal. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315849 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MULTILAYER BODY AND TOUCH PANEL MADE OF THE SAME - A transparent conductive multilayer body includes a cured resin layer, a first transparent conductive layer, and a second transparent conductive layer sequentially laminated on at least one surface of a polymer film. The first transparent conductive layer is a crystalline transparent conductive layer free of an organic component. The second transparent conductive layer contains alkoxysilane, and at least one kind of fine particles A formed of conductive fine particles of metal oxide or metal having an average primary particle diameter of 100 nm or less. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315850 | Multipoint Touch Surface Controller - A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315851 | Multipoint Touch Surface Controller - A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090315852 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Selecting a Soft Keyboard - A portable electronic device may display one of a plurality of soft keyboards in a first display area and input characters in a second display area. The user may select a key on the soft keyboard, causing a plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of soft keyboards to be displayed. The user may then select one of the objects, and the soft keyboard corresponding to the selected object is displayed and made operational. The soft keyboards corresponding to the objects not selected are not made operational. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20090322685 | Computer input device using touch switch - Input device of computer using touch switch. Electronic signal flows between touching conducting pads. The microcontroller in main portion detects the said electronic signal and recognizes which pads are touched to generate the input signal. The pad portion may further contain acceleration sensor and in this case the microcontroller recognizes the touching impact strength of pad by analyzing the output of acceleration sensor to generate input signal. The input signal of touching pad and the touching impact strength generated by microcontroller can be transmitted to outer system like PC by communication portion in main portion. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322686 | Control And Navigation For A Device Implementing a Touch Screen - Described is a method which includes the following steps: detecting an input into a touch screen; detecting the release of the input from the touch screen; calculating an elapsed time between the input and the release of the touch screen; and activating a function based on the elapsed time. Described is also a device. The device includes a memory storing a plurality of functions and a corresponding time interval for each function; a tactile input detecting an activation and a release; a timer determining an elapsed amount of time between the activation and the release of the tactile input; and a processor activating one of the plurality of functions based on the elapsed time and the corresponding time interval. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322687 | VIRTUAL TOUCHPAD - Embodiments described herein are directed to simultaneously presenting a virtual touchpad and a graphical user interface of an operating system on the same display. A user can interact with the OS using the virtual touchpad, and user touches are read by a touch-screen portion of the display assigned to the touchpad. Touch input software converts touch packets from user touches into data packets relevant to the screen and display resolution of either the display or a portion of the display presenting the OS. Gesture-recognition software applies rules to the converted packets to determine which actions the user meant by the touches. And an application controlling a mouse cursor manipulates the mouse cursor according to the mouse actions. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322688 | Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Inserting a Character from an Alternate Keyboard - A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises displaying a first soft keyboard. While displaying the first soft keyboard, a key for selecting a second soft keyboard different from the first soft keyboard is displayed. A first contact is detected on the key for selecting the second soft keyboard. In response to detecting the first contact, the second soft keyboard is displayed. Movement of the first contact is detected to a character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard. Lift off of the first contact is detected at the character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard to which the first contact moved. In response to detecting the lift off, a character is inserted that corresponds to the character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard to which the first contact moved and the display of the second soft keyboard is ceased. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322689 | TOUCH INPUT ACROSS TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICES - For one disclosed embodiment, touch input may be detected over a surface for a first touch-sensitive display device and over a surface for a second touch-sensitive display device. An operation may be performed across the first and second touch-sensitive display devices based at least in part on detected touch input having a path that traverses over the surface for the first touch-sensitive display device and over the surface for the second touch-sensitive display device. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322690 | Screen display - An apparatus including a housing; at least one display screen on a first side of the housing; and a controller. The controller is configured to display a first display on the at least one display screen and a second display on the at least one display screen at a same time such that the first display has a bottom side proximate a bottom end of the at least one display screen and the second display has a bottom side proximate a top end of the at least one display screen. The first display and the second display are generally flipped relative to each other. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322691 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING ORIENTATIONS OF USER INTERFACES BY DETECTING GRAVITY ACCELERATION VALUES - A method and system for adjusting orientations of user interfaces on a portable electronic device are provided. The method includes detecting coordinates of user contacted points of a touch panel of the portable electronic device, generating unlock signals of user inputs corresponding to the detected coordinates, detecting a value of gravity acceleration of the portable electronic device by a gravity sensor, and adjusting orientations of user interfaces of applications upon determining that the detected value of the gravity acceleration of the portable electronic device is less than about zero. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322692 | CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input apparatus to input a character using a touch and drag method, the character input apparatus including: an interface to display a character on a touched location, if a touch is detected on the interface; a control unit to control the interface to change the displayed character and a location of the displayed character according to a dragging trace, if the touched location is dragged; and an input unit to input the displayed character displayed when the touch is completed. Accordingly, characters may be conveniently input on a narrow screen. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322693 | DEVICE INCLUDING DISPLAY AND INPUT FUNCTIONS AND METHOD - To enable an input unit inputting information showing a contact position when in a first mode to be used as a pointing device inputting information showing a movement quantity of the contact position when in a second mode. Information is displayed on a display unit, a touch on a detection surface disposed in superposition on a display area of the display unit is detected, and a signal based on a contact status is inputted to a processing unit from an input unit, information given from the input unit is set as information showing a contact position when in a first mode and as information showing a movement quantity of the contact position when in a second mode, the signal is switched over. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322694 | MESSAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer-based message processing system and method inputs an original image by using a touch panel of a first communication device, retrieves the original image, and encodes the original image to obtain a plurality of data packets. The system and method further compresses the data packets to generate a message, and transmits the message to a second communication device, receives the message by the second communication device, decodes the message to obtain the original image, and displays the obtained original image on a display of the second communication device. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322695 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - Provided are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal in which various operations performed by the mobile terminal can be controlled based on a vibration-indicator image representing the intensity, pattern and frequency of vibration generated by the mobile terminal. Therefore, it is possible for a user to identify the vibration generated by the mobile terminal not only with his or her sense of touch but also with his or her sense of touch. In addition, it is possible to display a vibration-indicator image representing vibration generated upon the detection of an entity near and approaching the mobile terminal and change the vibration-indicator image according to the distance between the entity and the mobile terminal. Thus, it is possible to easily determine the state of the entity. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322696 | METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A DIGITIZER SENSOR - A digitizer assembly includes a transparent sensor patterned with conductive elements within at least one layer, a PCB or the like patterned with conductive elements positioned along at least one edge of the transparent sensor, wherein the conductive elements at least partially match the conductive elements on the transparent sensor, and a double sided adhesive positioned between the transparent sensor and the PCB operative to mount the PCB on to the transparent sensor. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322697 | TOUCH-SCREEN BASED INPUT SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - An input system includes a first detecting unit, a second detecting unit, a reading unit, and an inputting unit. The first detecting unit is configured for detecting a first user input of performing a continuous touch operation on a location of a multi-touch screen. The second detecting unit is configured for detecting a second user input of performing a slide operation on the multi-touch screen while the first user input is detected. The reading unit is configured for reading an attribute of content at the location of the first user input if the second user input is detected. The inputting unit is configured for inputting a command corresponding to the attribute to a display driver. The command is for signaling the display driver to access data corresponding to the command and to display the accessed data on the multi-touch screen as a corresponding menu. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20090322698 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - There is provided a high quality liquid crystal panel having a thickness with high accuracy, which is designed, without using a particulate spacer, within a free range in accordance with characteristics of a used liquid crystal and a driving method, and is also provided a method of fabricating the same. The shape of a spacer for keeping a substrate interval constant is made such that it is a columnar shape, a radius R of curvature is 2 μm or less, a height H is 0.5 μm to 10 μm, a diameter is 20 μm or less, and an angle α is 65° to 115°. By doing so, it is possible to prevent the lowering of an opening rate and the lowering of light leakage due to orientation disturbance. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100001960 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURAL INTERACTION WITH USER INTERFACE OBJECTS - Systems and methods produce imagery on a display in response inputs received from a directional input device, wherein the inputs correspond to directional instructions provided by a user. A first input corresponding to a first directional instruction in a first direction is received from the directional input device, and an object is identified based upon the first input. A second input corresponding to a second directional instruction from the user in a second direction different from the first direction is identified from the directional input device, and a function associated with the identified object is invoked in response to the second input. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001961 | Information Handling System Settings Adjustment - A settings adjustment system includes a settings adjustment engine. A key is coupled to the settings adjustment engine. The settings adjustment engine is operable to detect a user selection of the key. A touchpad is coupled to the settings adjustment engine. In response to detecting the user selection of the key, the settings adjustment engine is operable to detect a user gesture on the touchpad, determine a settings adjustment from that user gesture, and change a setting according to the settings adjustment. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001962 | MULTI-TOUCH TOUCHSCREEN INCORPORATING PEN TRACKING - The present invention relates to a multi-touch display system that supports both multi-touch human input as well as input from a digital pen. The display system has a display panel that is configured to allow human touches along a front surface to be detected and tracked. The display panel also includes a location pattern that preferably covers the viewable areas of the display panel. The location pattern is configured to allow any location within the location pattern to be detected by analyzing a portion of the display pattern that is associated with the particular location. The digital pen is used to “write” on the display panel, wherein such a writing function involves detecting the location where writing occurs and controlling display content that is displayed on the display panel to reflect what is being written. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001963 | MULTI-TOUCH TOUCHSCREEN INCORPORATING PEN TRACKING - The present invention relates to a multi-touch display system that supports both multi-touch human input as well as input from a digital pen. The display system has a display panel that is configured to allow human touches along a front surface to be detected and tracked. The display panel also includes a location pattern that preferably covers the viewable areas of the display panel. The location pattern is configured to allow any location within the location pattern to be detected by analyzing a portion of the display pattern that is associated with the particular location. The digital pen is used to “write” on the display panel, wherein such a writing function involves detecting the location where writing occurs and controlling display content that is displayed on the display panel to reflect what is being written. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001964 | Conductive structure and touch panel using the same - A conductive structure including several first lateral structures, pattern structures and second lateral structures is provided. Both the first lateral structures and the pattern structures are disposed separately and around the edges of a substrate. The pattern structures are located at the inner sides of the first lateral structures. Each pattern structure has a | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001965 | Electroluminescent Display Touch Panel - An electroluminescent display touch panel includes a base substrate and an encapsulating substrate. The base substrate includes a pixel switching device, a readout device, an electroluminescent device, and a sensing pad. The pixel switching device and the electroluminescent device are disposed in a display region. The readout device and the sensing pad are disposed in a non-display region. The encapsulating substrate includes a first spacer, a sensing spacer, and a conductive layer. The first spacer is disposed on the surface of the encapsulating substrate facing the base substrate, maintaining a cell gap between the base substrate and the encapsulating substrate. The sensing spacer is disposed on the surface of the encapsulating substrate facing the base substrate and corresponding to the sensing pad. The conductive layer is formed on the surface of the sensing spacer facing the sensing pad. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001966 | Two dimensional application of a one dimensional touch sensor in a capacitive touchpad - A capacitive touchpad includes a controller, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of sensor pads distributed over a one dimensional touch sensor. Each of the sensor pads is connected to the controller by a respective one of the scan lines to transmit a sensed value to the controller. The controller uses the sensed values and the positions of some of the sensor pads in an interpolation to determine the two dimensional coordinates of one or more touched positions. Based on the sensed values, the controller selects one or more of the sensor pads as one or more reference points for the interpolation. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001967 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes entering into a touch-lock mode to lock an entire display area on a touch screen, receiving an unlock signal corresponding to a selection of a touch-lock release button on the terminal, and unlocking an area of the touch screen that includes at least one displayed icon when the unlock signal is received such that a touching of the at least one icon displayed on the touch screen executes a corresponding function of the icon, and maintaining other areas of the touch screen in the touch-lock mode. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001968 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH-BASED KEY INPUT METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a touch-based key input method for the same are disclosed. The touch-based key input method includes steps of checking an input scheme supported by a selected application, reading a stored key information set when the supported input scheme is a keypad-based one, mapping key information to one or more areas of the touch screen using the read key information set, detecting a touch on one of the areas during execution of the selected application, determining a key mapped to the touched area, and performing an operation corresponding to the determined key. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001969 | Display Device with Touch Panel - In a display device with a touch panel which includes a display panel and a touch panel which is arranged to face the display panel in an opposed manner, the touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of first electrodes which is formed on a surface of the transparent substrate on a side facing the display panel, and a plurality of second electrodes which intersects with the plurality of first electrodes and is formed on the surface of the transparent substrate on the side facing the display panel, the display panel forms a planar third electrode which faces the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes on a surface thereof on a side facing the touch panel, and a distance between the plurality of first electrodes and the third electrode and a distance between the plurality of second electrodes and the third electrode are respectively set to 0.5 mm or less. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001970 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH SENSING FUNCTION - An active matrix display apparatus with touch sensing function having high aperture ratio includes a plurality of pixels, having respective pixels arrayed as a matrix, positioned at intersections of source lines of respective columns and gate lines of respective rows, each pixel having a thin film transistor and a liquid crystal element, which is positioned between a drain of thin film transistors and a common line; and a touch switch unit having touch sensing transistors and a mechanical switch, which is positioned between two adjacent pixels in an identical column. The gates of the touch sensing transistors are coupled to the gate lines of the two adjacent pixels wherein the touch sensing transistors coupled in series and the mechanical switch shared by the adjacent pixels, are coupled between the source line of the identical column and the common line. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001971 | Liquid crystal display screen - A liquid crystal display screen includes an upper component, a bottom component and a liquid crystal layer. The upper component includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first conductive layer. The first conductive layer includes a transparent carbon nanotube structure. The bottom component includes a thin film transistor panel. The thin film transistor panel includes a plurality of thin film transistors. Each of the plurality of thin film transistors includes a semiconducting layer, and the semiconducting layer includes a semiconducting carbon nanotube structure. The liquid crystal layer is located between the upper component and the lower component. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100001972 | Touch Panel - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate connected to the first electrode plated. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, and a first conductive layer disposed on the first substrate. The second electrode includes a second substrate, and a second conductive layer disposed on the second substrate. The first or the second conductive layer includes at least one carbon nanotube composite layer. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100007612 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TOUCHPAD ADJUSTMENTS - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for automated touchpad adjustments. A Touchpad Corrective Action (TCA) detection module detects a TCA within a specified input limit after a touchpad input. An adjustment module decreases a touchpad sensitivity in response to detecting the TCA. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007613 | Transitioning Between Modes of Input - Transitioning between a high-resolution input mode, such as a mouse-based interface, and a low-resolution input mode, such as a touch-based interface, is described. A change of orientation of a touch screen between a first orientation and a second orientation is detected. Transitioning between the two input modes and corresponding user interfaces (UIs) is based on the detected change of orientation. A change of orientation can be detected with one or more sensors, such as an accelerometer, position sensors, etc. Transitioning from one mode to another can include modifying an item displayed in the UI of the one mode into a corresponding item displayed in the UI of the other mode. The modifying can include enlarging/reducing, obscuring/unobscuring, moving, etc. For example, an item can be obscured by the visual effect of sliding it off of the screen. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007614 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A touch screen display device is provided. The touch screen display device includes a touch screen, a sensor, a control element and a sensitivity-setting element. The sensor is configured to detect if the touch screen display device is being inserted in a connection chamber. The control element is electrically connected with the sensor and is configured to generate a control signal according to an insertion status of the touch screen display device. The sensitivity-setting element is configured to set the touch screen to a first sensitivity or a second sensitivity according to the control signal. The touch screen with the first sensitivity is more sensitive than with the second sensitivity. A method for setting sensitivity of a touch screen is also provided. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007615 | REPAIRABLE TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF REPAIRING TOUCH CONTROL PANEL - A repairable touch control device includes a substrate, a sensor circuit, and at least a repairing wiring. The substrate includes a sensor region, and a peripheral region. The sensor circuit, which includes sensor wirings, is disposed in the sensor region. The repairing wiring is disposed in the peripheral region for repairing the sensor wirings. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007616 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device having an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel function. In one embodiment, the organic light emitting display device includes a substrate, a display unit on the substrate, an encapsulation substrate having a side facing the substrate, a touch unit facing the display unit and including a plurality of first sensors electrically coupled with each other and extending in parallel rows along a first direction, and a plurality of second sensors electrically coupled with each other and extending in parallel columns along a second direction crossing the first direction, and an insulation layer on at least a portion of the first sensors and second sensors. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007617 | INPUT METHOD USING A TOUCHSCREEN OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An input method using a touchscreen of an electronic device includes enabling the touchscreen to display thereon a writing track and to open a window that also shows the writing track when the touchscreen detects the writing track thereon, and enabling the touchscreen to close the window when the touchscreen does not detect another writing track thereon within a predetermined time period. An electronic device for performing the input method is also disclosed. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007618 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO USE A USER INTERFACE - A method to use a user interface includes when the user grips the apparatus in a standard shape, the controller identifies the griping fingers, perceives a commanded function based on the operations of the identified fingers, and executes the perceived function. Thus, a desired application or application function can be easily and quickly executed only by the operation of the fingers even when the handheld device is put in a bag or pocket, or when the user cannot check or handle the screen and buttons of the handheld device because the user is talking on the phone or in conference. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007619 | Touch panel, liquid crystal display screen using the same, and methods for making the touch panel and the liquid crystal display screen - A liquid crystal display screen includes an upper board, a lower board opposite to the upper board, and a liquid crystal layer located between the upper board and the lower board. The upper board includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes an amount of transparent electrodes. At least one of the transparent electrodes includes a transparent carbon nanotube structure. The lower board includes a thin film transistor panel. The thin film transistor panel includes an amount of thin film transistors. Each of the thin film transistors includes a semiconducting layer. The semiconducting layer includes a semiconducting carbon nanotube structure. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007620 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device equipped with touch screen display and control method thereof is provided. The electronic device includes a memory configured for storing menu information defining one or more menus, and a predetermined time duration, a touch screen display configured for detecting a touch of a user, a timer configured for tracking an elapsed time of the electronic device since the last update of the positions of the menu icons on the display, and an processor configured for executing a function corresponding to the content of a menu whose menu icon is touched, and further configured for updating the position information of the menus stored in the memory as well as shifting the display positions of menu icons of the menus on the touch screen display when the elapsed time has reached the predetermined time duration. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007621 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch screen panel having an improved reflectance difference between sensing patterns. The touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sensing patterns on the transparent substrate and connected along a first direction; a first insulating layer on the first sensing patterns; and a plurality of second sensing patterns on the first insulating layer and connected along a second direction. The second sensing patterns are alternately disposed with the first sensing patterns and not overlapped with the first sensing patterns. The touch screen panel further includes a plurality of dummy patterns in at least one of first dummy regions between the first sensing patterns and second dummy regions between the second sensing patterns. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007622 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL - An optical touch panel | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007623 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - In instances where a plurality of objects is aligned by an operation using a pointing device having only a single point for pointing, the procedure is a troublesome one. To solve this problem, an information processing apparatus according to the invention includes a display unit configured to display objects; a recognition unit configured to recognize that a plurality of positions on the display unit have been designated; and an alignment unit. In a state in which a first position contained in an area in which a plurality of objects are displayed has been recognized by the recognition unit and a second position on the display unit has been recognized by the recognition unit, the alignment unit aligns the plurality of objects on the display unit in accordance with path of movement when movement of the first position or second position has been detected. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007624 | Liquid Crystal Display Screen - A liquid crystal display screen includes an upper board, a lower board opposite to the upper board, and a liquid crystal layer located between the upper board and the lower board. The upper board includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of transparent electrodes. At least one of the transparent electrodes includes a carbon nanotube structure. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100007625 | Touch panel, liquid crystal display screen using the same, and methods for making the touch panel and the liquid crystal display screen - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate spaced from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, a plurality of first transparent electrodes, and a plurality of first signal wires. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, a plurality of second transparent electrodes, and a plurality of second signal wires. Both the second transparent electrode and the first transparent electrode include a transparent carbon nanotube structure, the carbon nanotube structure includes of a plurality of metallic carbon nanotubes. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100013777 | TRACKING INPUT IN A SCREEN-REFLECTIVE INTERFACE ENVIRONMENT - In an example embodiment, a method is adapted to tracking input with a device. The method includes an act of monitoring and acts of activating and displaying if a touch input is detected. The device has a first side and a second side, with the second side opposite the first side. The device has a display screen disposed on the first side, and a screen-reflective interface disposed on the second side. Respective positions on the screen-reflective interface correspond to respective locations of the display screen. The screen-reflective interface of the device is monitored. If a touch input is detected on the screen-reflective interface, the device performs acts of activating and displaying. Specifically, a tracking state is activated for the screen-reflective interface responsive to the detected touch input on the screen-reflective interface. The interface icon is displayed on the display screen to indicate that the tracking state has been activated. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013778 | Portable electronis device and the mode switching method thereof - The present invention relates to a portable electronic device which can be switched between a first mode and a second mode. The portable electronic device comprises a first sensor to detect a touch on the portable electronic device and generate a first signal based on such touch, a second sensor to detect a movement of the portable electronic device and generate a second signal based on such movement, and a processing unit which electrically connects the first sensor and the second sensor. When the portable electronic device is in the first mode, the processing unit switches the portable electronic device to the second mode based on the first and second signals. In addition, the present invention provides a mode switching method that enables the portable electronic device to determine whether to enter or exit from the sleep mode. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013779 | Systems for displaying images - A system for displaying images includes a touch sensing circuit. The touch sensing circuit comprises a voltage storage unit for detecting whether a touch event has occurred and generates a corresponding voltage. The voltage storage unit comprises first to third capacitors. The first capacitor has a first terminal coupled to a ground terminal and a second terminal coupled to a first node. The second capacitor has a first terminal coupled to the ground terminal and a second terminal coupled to a second node. When the voltage storage unit detects that a touch event has occurred, the second node is coupled to an AC voltage. The third capacitor is formed between the first and second nodes. When the touch event has occurred, a value of the third capacitor is changed, so that the corresponding voltage at the first node is changed. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013780 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: a main unit to be held; a display unit provided on the main unit such that an information display screen is positioned on a front face thereof, to display information on the information display screen; a touch position detection unit to detect a touch position on the information display screen, and generate touch position detection data represented in terms of coordinates based on two axes intersecting at the detected touch position; and a control unit to display predetermined information on the information display screen, in the event of detecting that the touch position on the information display screen is being continually displaced from within a predetermined region on the information display screen in a predetermined first diagonal direction as to two directions following the two axes, based on the touch position detection data generated by the touch position detection unit. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013781 | TOUCH KEY MODULE - A touch key module of an electronic device is provided. The touch key module includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) on which a capacitive touch sensor chip is located and a conductor, located on a surface of the PCB, for detecting contact of the capacitive touch sensor chip. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013782 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD APPLIED THERETO - A touch-sensitive mobile computing device includes a main body, a display screen and a touch-sensitive interface. The touch-sensitive interface is disposed on the main body and the display screen, and includes a first touch-sensitive zone and a second touch-sensitive zone. The first touch-sensitive zone is disposed on the main body and outside the display screen. The second touch-sensitive zone is directly disposed over the display screen. A controlling method of the touch-sensitive mobile computing device includes the following steps. Firstly, the operating frame of the operating system is shown on the display screen. Then, a touch-move motion of an object in a specified direction on the first touch-sensitive zone or between the first touch-sensitive zone and the second touch-sensitive zone is detected. Afterwards, the contents of the operating frame shown on the display screen are adjusted according to the touch-move motion. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013783 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTION OF VARIATIONS IN SPEED OF SIGNAL PROPAGATION THROUGH A TOUCH CONTACT SURFACE - Methods and algorithms for compensating for variances in the uniformity of a touch substrate in a touch sensitive device. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013784 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAMINATE, TOUCH PANEL, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM - The transparent conductive film of the present invention is a transparent conductive film, comprising a transparent film substrate, and a first transparent dielectric layer, a second transparent dielectric layer and a transparent conductive layer that are formed on one or both sides of the transparent film substrate in this order from the transparent film substrate side, wherein the transparent conductive layer is patterned, the relation n | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013785 | DISPLAY PANEL SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPRATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL SUBSTRATE - A display panel substrate according to the present invention includes at least an insulating substrate, first conductive wires formed on the insulating substrate, a piezoelectric material film formed on the first conductive wires, second conductive wires intersecting with the first conductive wires, and a protecting film for protecting the first conductive wires, the second conductive wires, and the piezoelectric material film. The insulating film is formed at least in an area in an effective display area on the insulating substrate. The piezoelectric film is formed at least at an intersection of a first conductive wire and a second conductive wire. This makes it possible to provide a display panel substrate that allows integration of a touch panel function into a display panel without causing an increase in size of the display panel. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013786 | PROTECTIVE PANEL WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION FOR ELECTRONIC APPARATUS DISPLAY WINDOW - A protective panel with a touch input function for an electronic apparatus display window is adapted to be fitted into a panel fitting section of a casing having an opening without a gap so as to be held therein such that the outside surface thereof forms the same plane, with a display disposed the panel below being protected in such a manner as to be visually recognized from the outside through a transparent window portion, wherein a fine concave/convex portion is partly formed on the surface of a hard coat layer. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100013787 | TOUCH PANEL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH PANEL - A highly durable touch panel is provided. A touch panel according to the present invention includes a deformable flexible panel, and a transparent electrode film containing In | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100020020 | System and Method for Typing Using Fingerprint Recognition System - A Method for typing utilizes biometric fingerprint recognition with one hand and its thumb and fingers representing the selection of choices from 1 to 5—with thumb selects 1, index finger selects 2, middle finger selects 3, ring finger selects 4 and pinky selects 5. A touchpad with built in fingerprint reader can be used to recognize which finger is pressing the touchpad. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020021 | TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A control system is disclosed herein. The control system includes a touch screen, and a computer operatively connected to the touch screen. The computer is configured to identify a first position at which the touch screen is contacted. The computer can identify the first position at any portion of the touch screen such that a user can blindly establish the first position. The computer is also configured to identify a second position at which the touch screen is contacted; estimate the magnitude and direction of the difference between the first position and the second position; and regulate a control parameter based on the magnitude and direction of the difference between the first position and the second position. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020022 | Visual Feedback System For Touch Input Devices - A visual feedback system includes a touch input screen. A proximity sensing device is coupled to the touch input screen and operable to determine a position of an input member relative to the touch input screen when the input member is proximate to the touch input screen but prior to the contact of the input member and the touch input screen. A visual feedback engine is coupled to the touch input screen and the proximity sensing device and is operable to receive the position of the input member from the proximity sensing device and provide a visual feedback for data displayed on the touch input screen that corresponds to the position of the input member relative to the touch input screen. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020023 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTION OF PHOTO ON DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - A method for controlling a motion of a photo on a digital photo frame is disclosed. The method includes establishing a coordinate system on a touch-sensitive screen, sliding over the touch-sensitive screen to make a track, acquiring a start point coordinate (a | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020024 | Display Apparatus and Data Read-Out Controller Thereof - A display apparatus and a data read-out controller thereof are provided. The display apparatus comprises a touch display module, a first data read-out controller, and a second data read-out controller. Each of the first and the second data read-out controllers comprises a first read-out switch, a second read-out switch, a first sampling unit, and a second sampling unit. According to the time division multiple output operated by the first sampling units, the first read-out switches, the second sampling units, and the second read-out switches of the first and the second data read-out controllers, the number of the output points and power loss can be reduced effectively. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020025 | CONTINUOUS RECOGNITION OF MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for processing multi-touch inputs. It provides a method for continuous recognition of multi-touch gestures performed by one or more users on at least one multi-touch input device. The invention in one aspect allows users to start interacting with one multi-gesture and subsequently perform any other multi-touch gestures, if they want it, without needing to lift all their fingers off the multi-touch input device between each multi-touch gesture. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020026 | Touch Interaction with a Curved Display - Touch interaction with a curved display (e.g., a sphere, a hemisphere, a cylinder, etc.) is enabled through various user interface (UI) features. In an example embodiment, a curved display is monitored to detect a touch input. If a touch input is detected based on the act of monitoring, then one or more locations of the touch input are determined. Responsive to the determined one or more locations of the touch input, at least one user UI feature is implemented. Example UI features include an orb-like invocation gesture feature, a rotation-based dragging feature, a send-to-dark-side interaction feature, and an object representation and manipulation by proxy representation feature. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020027 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING HOME APPLIANCE HAVING TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL HOME APPLIANCE USING THE SAME - A method of controlling a home appliance having a touch panel and a touch panel home appliance using the same, such as a remote controller for controlling a television receiver, facilitate user recognition and selection of a specific function key displayed on a touchscreen, to enable enhanced control of the function key by a user desiring to step through many values of a range of values quickly and accurately. The method includes steps of displaying a main menu on the touchscreen of the touch panel, the main menu including at least one function key for controlling the home appliance, the touchscreen enabling a function key of the main menu to be selected by a user; displaying, in response to a user selection of one of the at least one function key, a set of enlarged keys corresponding to the selected function key of the main menu, the display of the enlarged keys on the touchscreen wholly replacing the display of the main menu; and executing, in response to a touch event with respect to the touchscreen displaying the set of enlarged keys, a control function corresponding to the selected function key, the control function having a parameter value set according to properties of the touch event. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020028 | Control Module, In Particular For An Automotive Vehicle - The present invention relates to a control module that comprises at least one touch control surface ( | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020029 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME - A touch screen display device and a driving method of the same are provided. The touch screen display device includes a touch screen display panel including a plurality of first sensing lines that extend in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing lines that extend in a second direction and cross the first direction, and a plurality of touch sensing elements respectively arranged at areas where the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines cross each other; and a read-out unit that receives output signals of the respective first sensing lines and second sensing lines, reading at least one sensing position, and outputting one of the at least one read sensing positions as a touch position, wherein if the number of sensing positions of the current frame is equal to or greater than two, the read-out unit compares the at least two sensing positions of the current frame with a touch position of the previous frame, and outputs the sensing position that is closest to the touch position of the previous frame as a touch position of the current frame. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020030 | METHOD OF MANAGING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of managing content and an apparatus using the same are provided. A method of managing content includes sensing a touch on an area on which content is displayed; detecting a pressure intensity of a touched area; and generating supplementary information of the content using the detected pressure intensity. Therefore, supplementary information is set, or content is searched for according to a pressure intensity. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020031 | MOBILE DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR SETTING VIRTUAL KEYPAD THEREOF - A mobile device and a method for setting a virtual keypad on a touch screen of the mobile device are provided. The mobile device includes a memory for storing virtual keypads with different sizes, a touch screen for detecting a touch thereon and displaying a least one of the virtual keypads, and a control unit for determining a size of a touch detected region, for selecting the virtual keypad composed of keys including sizes corresponding to the determined size of the touch detected region, for controlling the touch screen to display the selected virtual keypad and for storing the displayed virtual keypad in the memory unit. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020032 | Display Device - A display device having an electrostatic capacity touch panel includes: X electrodes XP and Y electrodes YP which intersect each other via a first insulating layer; and a plurality of Z electrodes disposed in a floating state via a second insulating layer. For the second insulating layer, a material such as an elastic insulating material which changes in thickness by pressing of touch is used. The Z electrode is disposed so as to overlap both one of the X electrodes and one of the Y electrodes. A pad part of the X electrode has a largest area in the vicinity of a thin line part of the X electrode, and a smallest area in the vicinity of the thin line part of the adjacent X electrode. An area of the pad part is reduced as the pad part departs from the thin line part of the X electrode. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020033 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method and a system for a virtual keyboard utilizing a computer input device includes defining at least first, second and third bounded areas associated with the input device. A set of nine characters is assigned to each of the bounded areas. Contacts and movements associated with the input device within the bounded areas are detected. A one of eight of the nine characters assigned to a bounded area is selected upon detection of a continuous contact during a movement from a beginning position to an end position associated with the bounded area. The selecting is determined by a linear direction from the beginning position to the end position. A ninth character of the nine characters assigned to the bounded area is selected upon detection of a momentary contact associated with the bounded area. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020034 | MOBILE DEVICE HAVING BACKPANEL TOUCHPAD - The present invention relates to a mobile device having a backpanel touchpad, and more particularly, to a technique for enabling cursor movements and execution instructions on a frontpanel display screen to be inputted through a touchpad positioned at a backpanel of a mobile device. Accordingly, a touchpad is disposed on a back side of a mobile device, so that the mobile device can be controlled through a contact point at which a user's finger is naturally positioned when a user holds the mobile device with a user's hand. Further, a backpanel touchpad is operated, so that a display screen is not covered with the user's finger. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020035 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND EVENT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an event control method of a mobile terminal, in which when a touch input is detected, a shape and size of a lock screen is changed according to the detected touch input value (e.g., touch time, the number of touch times or touch area) and simultaneously a threshold value necessary for unlocking the lock screen | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020036 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying an image of a key on a touch-sensitive display and detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display at a first location. When the first location is located in a predetermined area related the key, tactile feedback is provided that simulates a characteristic of a physical key. The touch-sensitive display may be part of a portable electronic device. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020037 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention provides an information processing apparatus enables the operation such that the relation between the image displayed on the display unit and the operation of the user is close to the actual operation and an information processing method. The information processing apparatus includes a display control unit which displays an image at a display unit, a closeness value acquisition unit which acquires a closeness value regarding contact or closeness between an operation entity and a surface of the display unit, an area detection unit which performs a ternary process to the closeness value and detects a first area and a second area being different from the first area in accordance with the ternary-processed closeness value, and a centroid position calculation unit which calculates respective centroid positions of the first area and the second area. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020038 | FLEXIBLE-USE DISPLAY AND CONTROL ELEMENT PANEL FOR CONTROLLING CABIN FUNCTIONS - A display- and control element panel for controlling cabin functions in an aircraft, comprising a bi-stable display element and a control elements wherein the bi-stable display element and the control element are arranged so as to be essentially congruent, wherein the bi-stable display element is adapted to reproduce information at least in one sub-region, and wherein an event is triggerable by activating the control element. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020039 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE WITH DISPLAY FRONT - An electrically updatable device having a touch sensor and a flexible display is disclosed, wherein the display is between the touch sensor and a viewer. The display comprises a pressure-insensitive imaging layer of polymer-dispersed imaging material, wherein the thickness of the imaging layer is defined by the polymer. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100020040 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - Apparatus and method for both displaying graphical output and for sensing, e.g., multi-touch input are provided. A light-emitting diode (“LED”) matrix-array may be configured to both emit and sense light. The array may be driven in such a way so as to enable the array itself to act as the illumination source preferable for either reflective or scattering optical touch sensing. The need for additional opto-electronic components, or an external illumination source, is thus eliminated or at least reduced, and sensing accuracy is likely improved. Additionally, the method is practical for large dimensions. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100026633 | REUSABLE ELECTRONIC WRITING AND DISPLAYING DEVICE - Examples consistent with the invention include a reusable device for writing, displaying and deleting information with an electronic device on a support device having bistable liquid crystals. The reusable device includes a substrate onto which are successively applied and from the substrate: an electricity conducting coating; an optical coating that can absorb all or part of the surrounding light; a coating of a transparent substance in which a plurality of bistable liquid crystals are emulsioned; at least one electricity conducting element being electrically connected to the electricity conducting coating via an electrical voltage generator to form an electric circuit. The electricity conducting element may be in contact and be moved over the surface of the transparent coating in which a plurality of bistable liquid crystals are emulsioned, to produce a modification of the state of light transmission in said transparent coating at the contact, so as to generate the writing and displaying of information, or the deleting of the displayed information. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026634 | Writeable and Erasable Display Units - A display unit comprises a display medium which is writable, erasable and displayable of an image and a rotatable writehead with a number of loop conductors parallel with each other. The display medium is capable of maintaining a written image without power. In operating of writing on the display medium, the loop conductors apply an electric field to a particular area of the display medium, changing the optical state of the particular area of the display medium. In operating of writing on the display medium, there is no relative motion between the display medium and the writehead. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026635 | Electronic display with push buttons - One or more buttons are associated with an electronic display screen. The display screen is configured to display various information, such as button labels. The buttons are configured, such as by being at least partially transparent, so that the display is visible there through. Input to or activation of the buttons is determined passively, such as by a RF board located at an opposing side of the display screen from the button(s), the board configured to transmit and receive radio frequency signals, and an interface configured to provide a data connection to an electronic device. In this embodiment, the one or more buttons comprise one or more RF transponders. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026636 | Liquid crystal display device - A liquid crystal display device having a plurality of pixel cells for displaying an image and sensing light incident on the pixel cells, each of the pixel cells includes a pixel circuit that displays an image based on a data voltage supplied from a data line in accordance with a gate signal from a gate line; and a touch sensor that senses light incident on the pixel cell, storing a light sensing signal based on the sensed light, and supplying the stored light sensing signal to a read-out integrated circuit via a read-out line in accordance with a scan signal from a scan line. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026637 | TOUCH CONTROL ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A method of operating a touch control electronic device includes the steps of: (a) activating a program; (b) detecting a touch signal forming a curve, which includes a first sensing point and a second sensing point; and (c) calculating a distance variation between the first sensing point and the second sensing point with a reference point so as to change an attribute value of the program, wherein the reference point is set according to the curve. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026638 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a main body, a touch panel positioned on the main body, and a shielding member movably and rotatably connected to the main body. The main body defines a recessed portion. The touch panel is positioned in the recessed portion. The recessed portion defines two sliding grooves in opposite sidewalls of the recessed portion. The shielding member defines two latches on opposite side surfaces of the shielding member. The two latches are movably inserted into the two sliding grooves respectively. The shielding member covers the touch panel in a first state and exposes the touch panel in a second state. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026639 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel that has a plurality of pixels and a plurality of sensors, and a touch sensing circuit that compares a sensing voltage detected by at least one sensor with a reference voltage that corresponds to the at least one sensor to determine the at least one sensor is touched. A level of the reference voltage is calibrated by taking operation characteristics of the sensors into consideration. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026640 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING USER INTERFACE - An electronic apparatus and method of implementing a user interface according to a pressure intensity of a touch on the electronic apparatus, the method including detecting a position at which the touch is input, identifying the type of object displayed on the position, and detecting the pressure intensity. Accordingly, the user can manipulate electronic apparatuses with greater convenience. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026641 | Fixation and Ejection Mechanism of Touchpad Module and Method of Releasing Touchpad Module - A fixation and ejection mechanism of a touchpad module is described. The fixation and ejection mechanism of the touchpad module includes a module fixing pillar, a boss and a fastener. The module fixing pillar is disposed in proximity to a touchpad module of an electronic apparatus. The boss is preferably formed on a case of the electronic apparatus. The fastener fastens the boss to the modular fixing pillar. When the fastener is disengaged from the module fixing pillar, it can be utilized to push the touchpad module upward. A method of releasing touchpad module is also disclosed herein. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026642 | User interface apparatus and method using pattern recognition in handy terminal - A user interface apparatus and method using pattern recognition in a handy terminal with a touch screen. The apparatus and method includes receiving a specific pattern drawn on the touch screen by a user and a specific command written in a region defined by the specific pattern, and performing a function associated with a combination of the specific pattern and command when the received specific pattern and command are a valid pattern and command. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026643 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch screen means formed of a panel and a touch panel, the touch screen means receiving a tracing operation defined in such a way that a user touches a predetermined area of the touch screen means with a finger and then moves the finger from the predetermined area by a predetermined distance in a predetermined direction with the finger remaining touching the predetermined area, the positional relationship among a plurality of fingers at the time of the touch and the directions of the following fingers' movements defining N tracing operations (N is an integer greater than or equal to one), each of the N tracing operations related to a single function; and a setting means for setting a function related to a predetermined one of the N tracing operations when the predetermined tracing operation is performed. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026644 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE - An exemplary touch control device includes a main body, a touch panel configured for generating a signal based on a user's touch instruction, and a display unit configured for displaying an image in response to the signal. The touch panel is adjacent to the main body. Light of the displayed image is viewable by the user without the light passing through the touch panel. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026645 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel assembly is provided. The touch display panel assembly includes a display panel having a display surface on a side of the display panel for emitting light, a touch light detector at a periphery of the display panel for detecting the emitted light and having an iris that faces in a direction substantially normal to the display surface for passing the emitted light into the touch light detector, and a light guide above the iris for guiding the emitted light from the display surface to the iris and into the touch light detector. The touch display panel assembly has an improved viewing angle and can be made thinner as compared to conventional touch display panels due to the improved features of the touch light detector. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026646 | OVERLAY FILM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SAME - An overlay film for covering a touch screen of an electronic device is disclosed. The touch screen is configured for showing a number of icons thereon for receiving user inputs. The overlay film is a thin, transparent layer. The overlay film defines a plurality of through holes corresponding to the shapes and positions of the icons on the touch screen. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprising a touch screen which detects a touch input by a user detects the position and pressure of each of a plurality of pressed points corresponding to a plurality of touch inputs existing at the same time on a touch screen. Then, the front/rear overlap relationship of the plurality of objects displayed on the touch screen is changed based on the difference in pressure between the detected plurality of pressed points. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026648 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY UNIT - A touch panel capable of decreasing concavity and convexity generated on the surface and a display unit including the same are provided. The touch panel includes: a first spacer layer on both side faces of a first wiring layer provided on a first transparent substrate; and a second wiring layer on both side faces of a second wiring layer provided on a second transparent substrate. The touch panel also includes a flexible printed circuit board in a gap between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate and in a region including at least part of a region not provided with the adhesion layer in the region opposed to the first wiring layer, the second wiring layer, the first spacer layer, and the second spacer layer. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026649 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - In an information processing apparatus for controlling a multi-touch panel, a contacted area acquisition unit acquires a contacted area contacted in the multi-touch panel, and a side of hand determination unit determines whether or not the acquired contacted area has a predetermined shape. If it is determined that the contacted area has a predetermined shape, a selected range placing unit places a selected range based on a detected position in the contacted area, and displays the placed selected range in the multi-touch panel. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026650 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMPHASIZING OBJECTS - Method and system for emphasizing objects is disclosed. The method includes receiving input characters from a user of the electronic device and predicting one or more characters based on the input characters. Moreover, the method includes calculating a distance of each predicted character from a last input character. The method also includes calculating an emphasizing priority of each predicted character based on priority of each predicted character and the distance of each predicted character from the last input character. The method further includes emphasizing the predicted characters based on the emphasizing priority of the predicted characters. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026651 | Method and Apparatus for Navigating a Screen of an Electronic Device - Information is input to an electronic device by displaying a visual representation of an input option at each of a number of regions of a display screen, sensing an activation position on a first linear sensor located adjacent to a first edge of the display screen, selecting a region of the display screen in accordance with the activation position on the first linear sensor, and inputting the input option corresponding to the selected region of the display screen to the electronic device if the first linear sensor in deactivated. Optionally, a second linear sensor located adjacent to a second edge of the display screen, is used, together with the first linear sensor, to select between regions arranged in two dimensions. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026652 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER INTERFACE - A user interface pointing apparatus for an electronic device. The apparatus comprises: a primary mechanical knob operated by a user using movement operations; one or more touch sensitive surfaces operated by a user using movement operations, the mechanical knob being adjacent to the touch sensitive surfaces; and a processor for receiving the movement operations and the touching operations for receiving said movement operations and said touching operations performed on the mechanical knob and the touch sensitive surfaces, wherein both the movement operations and the touching operations interpreted by the processor as pointing commands to the same pointer. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100026653 | Multiple brand ice beverage dispenser - A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages includes a touch panel assembly, removable fittings in a carbonator, a carbonator probe, and a carbonator pump assembly removable from a front of the beverage dispenser. The touch panel assembly includes a light source for backlighting a user interface and providing the dispenser with a visual presence. Electrode traces in the touch panel assembly detect interruptions in electrode fields and are accepted as user inputs for dispensing a beverage. A controller conducts the lighting, dispensing, and reconfiguring operations for the flavor selection areas on the user interface. The touch panel assembly further includes provisions for increasing a user interface area to increase visibility of a particular flavor, as well as bonus flavors on a beverage dispenser. The removable fittings each include an orifice for entry of water to be carbonated into the carbonator. The carbonator probe is a single wire probe with timed refill. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100033435 | USER INPUT ON ROLLABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A rollable display device ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033436 | Touch-Controlled Liquid Crystal Display and Touch Panel thereof - A touch-controlled LCD includes a liquid crystal display panel and a touch panel. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The touch panel is disposed on a side of the second substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer. The touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes being parallel to each other, a plate shaped second electrodes facing the first electrodes, and a plurality of spacers disposed between the first electrodes and the second electrode. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033437 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A position detecting device includes: X-axis electrodes formed by a plurality of conductors that are arranged substantially parallel to each other; Y-axis electrodes formed by a plurality of conductors that are arranged substantially parallel to each other and that extend perpendicularly to the X-axis electrodes; a driving section for supplying an AC signal to the X-axis electrodes; a synchronous clock generating section for generating a synchronous clock at the time when the AC signal passes through zero-cross points; a first change-over switch for selectively supplying the AC signal outputted from the driving section to a predetermined electrode among the X-axis electrodes in response to the synchronous clock; a second change-over switch for selecting a predetermined electrode among the Y-axis electrodes in response to the synchronous clock; a synchronous detector for synchronous-detecting a signal outputted by the Y-axis electrodes through the second change-over switch based on the synchronous clock, and outputting the detected signal; and a position calculating section for calculating a position indicated by an indicator based on the signal outputted from the synchronous detector, the position corresponding to one or more intersections of the X-axis electrodes and Y-axis electrodes. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033438 | TOUCH-BASED REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD - A touch-based remote control apparatus includes a touch pad, a processor and a transmitter. The touch pad is connected with a plurality of touch sensitive units, each of the touch sensitive units corresponding to a touch sensitive point of the touch pad and generates a sensing signal when a touch sensitive point on the touch pad is touched. The processor executes a main control program to identify a touch sensitive point according to the sensing signal, displays a graphical operation interface on the touch pad if the touch sensitive point corresponds to a mode selection icon, and executes a device control program to generate a control command according to the sensing signal if the touch sensitive point corresponds to a device control icon. The transmitter transforms the control command to a control signal, and transmits the control signal to remotely control a target electronic device. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033439 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY FIELD TEXT ENTRY - The subject application is directed to a system and method for touch screen display field text entry. Keyboard indicia is generated on a touch screen interface after contact with a first touch-sensitive text entry field of at least one touch-sensitive text entry displayed on an associated display, the keyboard indicia including indicium corresponding to each of plurality of touch-sensitive character areas. Text entry is generated in the first text entry field corresponding to contact with each indicium and the first text entry field is highlighted on the display as an active text entry field after contact therewith. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033440 | SENSING SYSTEM - A sensing system is provided in the present application. The sensing system includes a plurality of input areas, by each of which an input is received and an input signal is generated; and a processing device electrically coupled with the each of the plurality of input areas and performing a validation criterion for determining a means processing the input signal. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033441 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING CONTINUAL TOUCH - A touch sensing apparatus and a method thereof that can recognize continual touch are disclosed. The touch sensing apparatus that is capable of recognizing continual touch, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can include: a first reference value, the first reference value being predetermined; and a second reference value, being configured to be between a first touch value and the first reference value, the first touch value satisfying the first reference value and outputting a touch recognition signal. The continual touch can be recognized by having the touch recognition signal output again in case the second reference value is satisfied. With the present invention, the key input can be still recognized even though the area or pressure of a finger is changed without removing the finger or the finger is momentarily removed and touched repeatedly. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033442 | PROTECTIVE PANEL HAVING TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION - A protective panel having touch panel function is used for protecting a front surface of a display device that is disposed so as to be visually recognized from outside, and the protective panel is fitted in a panel fitting part of a casing provided with an opening such that an outer surface of the protective panel forms a flat plane identical with that of the casing with no gap formed therebetween. The protective panel includes: an upper electrode sheet having a decorative layer and upper electrodes provided thereon; and a lower electrode sheet having lower electrodes provided on an upper surface thereof, and the upper electrode sheet and the lower electrode sheet are disposed such that the respective electrodes thereof face with each other. On a lower surface of the upper electrode sheet, at a non-electrode part not provided with the upper electrodes, there is provided a height difference adjustment part that has a thickness substantially equal to each of those of the upper electrodes, and the height difference adjustment part is provided such that short circuit is prevented with the upper electrodes as well as with the lower electrodes. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033443 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device having a highly reliable electrostatic capacitive type touch panel which allows finger touch inputting and possesses excellent detection sensitivity is provided. With respect to X electrodes and Y electrodes which are formed on an electrostatic capacitive type touch panel, either one of the X electrodes and the Y electrodes is divided corresponding to a ratio between the number of X electrodes and the number of Y electrodes, and a floating electrode is formed in gaps formed along with the reduction of area of the electrode thus adjusting the area of the electrode. Due to the contraction of the area of the individual electrode, a noise level can be lowered more compared to lowering of a signal level and hence, an S/N ratio can be increased thus enhancing the detection sensitivity. Further, a line is branched on a flexible printed circuit board, intersecting lines are formed on a back surface of the flexible printed circuit board, and the intersecting lines are arranged to orthogonally intersect with lines formed on a front surface of the flexible printed circuit board thus lowering line capacitance. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033444 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An information terminal device has a touch panel and a display unit which are integrally configured, and an operation button provided around the display unit, and the information terminal device includes: a touch number counting unit operable to count number of times of touching the operation button; a touch number storing unit operable to store the number of times counted by the touch number counting unit; and a control unit operable to control the information terminal device by switching an operation mode between a normal mode for working the information terminal device according to operations of the touch panel and the operation button and a cleaning mode for cleaning the touch panel, wherein in the cleaning mode, the control unit prohibits an application from being executed according to operations of the touch panel and the operation button, and terminates the cleaning mode when the number of times of touching the operation button counted by the touch number counting unit reaches a predetermined number. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033445 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL - An optical touch panel | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100033446 | Multiple brand ice beverage dispenser - A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages includes a touch panel assembly, removable fittings in a carbonator, a carbonator probe, and a carbonator pump assembly removable from a front of the beverage dispenser. The touch panel assembly includes a light source for backlighting a user interface and providing the dispenser with a visual presence. Electrode traces in the touch panel assembly detect interruptions in electrode fields and are accepted as user inputs for dispensing a beverage. A controller conducts the lighting, dispensing, and reconfiguring operations for the flavor selection areas on the user interface. The touch panel assembly further includes provisions for increasing a user interface area to increase visibility of a particular flavor, as well as bonus flavors on a beverage dispenser. The removable fittings each include an orifice for entry of water to be carbonated into the carbonator. The carbonator probe is a single wire probe with timed refill. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100039391 | JOGBOX FOR A COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINE - Coordinate measuring machines typically include a jogbox that allows an operator to control movements of a probe with a joystick and dedicated buttons. By facilitating advanced interaction between the jogbox and the dimensional metrology application, the jogbox may be used to control most or all of the functional aspects of the dimensional metrology application, including, in some instances, control of the coordinate measuring machine. The jogbox may include an adaptability of communications protocol such that it may interact with any one of a number of types or brands of coordinate measuring machines. A dynamic and flexible display and/or user input system may be employed to facilitate the use of a single jogbox with different systems. Further, the inherent flexibility of various jogbox embodiments disclosed herein may allow different categories of users to select and/or customize a jogbox interface. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039392 | CONDUCTIVE FINGERNAIL - A device and attachment connected to a user's fingernail that can be employed to interact with a conductive touch screen is provided. Specifically, the device is made from a conductive material and provides conductivity to the screen when in contact. The device is connected to or placed on the user's fingernail, or worn on top of the user's finger or glove. When the user touches the conductive touch screen via the device on the finger, a disturbance in capacitance is created and accordingly the presence and/or location of the finger on the screen can be detected. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039393 | TEXT ENTRY ON TOUCH SCREEN CELLPHONES BY DIFFERENT PRESSURE LEVELS - A system and methodology that can enter different text based on an amount of pressure exerted on a key of an electronic device is provided. The system employs one or more sensors located on the key to collect pressure data. A pressure detection component selects text associated with the currently applied pressure. A user can modify the selected text by adjusting the pressure applied to the key. Once the desired text is selected, the user releases pressure from the key and a text entry component enters the selected text. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039394 | HYBRID INERTIAL AND TOUCH SENSING INPUT DEVICE - A method and apparatus for tracking coarse and fine motions associated with an electronic input device is disclosed. The electronic input device can have both an inertial sensor and a touch sensor. The method includes receiving inputs from an inertial sensor and a touch sensor, and dynamically adjusting a velocity estimate of the electronic input device based on weighting or predetermined thresholds of the inputs to maximize a tracking range of the input device. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039395 | Touch Screen - The invention relates to a user interface module comprising at least a first information element and a sensor element that is adjusted to sense the location of a touching means when the touching means is in the vicinity of the first information element. The module also comprises a second information element and said sensor element is adjusted to sense the location of the touching means when the touching means is in the vicinity of the second information element. The invention also relates to a device comprising a user interface module and a method for sensing control pointing in a device. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039396 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND SENSING SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing apparatus for accelerating a sensing signal processing operation is provided. The touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of sets of horizontal sensing lines, a plurality of sets of vertical sensing lines, a plurality of processing circuits, and a plurality of sensing units. The plurality of sensing units output a plurality of sets of horizontal and vertical sensing signals via the plurality of sets of horizontal and vertical sensing lines respectively. Each processing circuit is coupled to corresponding sets of horizontal and vertical sensing lines. Furthermore, disclosed is a sensing signal processing method essentially including scanning the plurality of sets of horizontal sensing lines in synchronization for synchronously fetching the plurality of sets of horizontal sensing signals during a first interval, and scanning the plurality of sets of vertical sensing lines in synchronization for synchronously fetching the plurality of sets of vertical sensing signals during a second interval. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039397 | Display Panel and Touch-Sensitive Display Module - A display panel is adapted to being combined with a touch-sensitive device and being electrically connected to a circuit board. The display panel includes a first body and a first connector. The first body has a display area, a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is opposite to the second surface and the display area is located on the first surface. The first connector is electrically connected to the first body and the first body is adapted to being electrically connected to the circuit board via the first connector. The first body is adapted to being electrically connected to the touch-sensitive device such that the touch-sensitive device is adapted to being electrically connected to the circuit board via the first body and the first connector. Furthermore, a touch-sensitive display module including a display panel and a touch-sensitive device is also provided. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039398 | Cover lens with touch-sensing function and method for fabricating the same - A cover lens with touch-sensing function is provided, which is combined onto an external side of an electronic device and allows the touch-sensing and protection for the electronic device. The provided cover lens is constructed by a tempered substrate, a pattern layer and a touch-sensing layer, where the pattern layer is formed on a first surface of the tempered substrate so as to provide the cover lens with an appearance of periphery-like pattern. The touch-sensing layer is also formed on the first surface of the tempered substrate. The present invention also provides a touch display having such cover lens and the fabricating method thereof. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039399 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying a list of items on a touch screen of the mobile terminal, rearranging the displayed list of items such that at least one selected item is moved to a specified location in the list of items, and maintaining the at least one selected item to be at the specified location in the list of items while other unselected items in the list of items are scrolled. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039400 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION SCROLLING ON TOUCH-SCREEN - A method and apparatus to control information scrolling on a touch screen, the method including: displaying an information scroll controlling region on the touch screen; sensing a touch for a scroll pointer in the information scroll controlling region and performing a dragging operation from the touched location; in response to a dragged location of the touch being out of a moving region of the scroll pointer, changing the information scroll controlling region; and adjusting a location to display information in response to the change of the information scroll controlling region. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039401 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VIEWING DISPLAYABLE MEDIAS - A media viewing method is provided. The method includes: receiving touch signals; determining whether touch position that corresponds to the touch signals is at the first touch input area or the second touch input area; controlling a display unit to display a previous media or a next media if the touch position is at the first touch input area; and controlling the display unit to display a picture of a previous album or a next album if the touch posit is at the second touch input area. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039402 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that causes a display unit having a display screen to perform information display; a switching unit that performs switching between a touch input enable state, in which predetermined processing is performed in response to touch input, and a touch input disable state, in which the predetermined processing is not performed even when touch input is detected; and a detector that is disposed at a position different from a position of the touch position detector and that performs predetermined detection. The display unit can be switched between an inactive state and an active state. The switching unit includes a first controller that sets the touch input disable state when the display unit enters the inactive state, and a second controller that performs switching to the touch input enable state in accordance with the result of the predetermined detection. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100039403 | TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - A touch device includes a touch panel and a vibration device to provide tactile feedback to a user to locate a key on a display of the touch panel. A processor generates a drive signal to the vibration device when the position on the display touched by a finger or stylus corresponds to a location of a key on the display. The vibration device causes the display to vibrate in response to the drive signal to provide a tactile key location indication to the user while the key is touched. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100045608 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL NAVIGATION FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method performed by a device having a touch panel may include detecting a touch on the touch panel, determining a dimension of the touch, identifying the touch as a standard tap or a full tap based on the dimension of the touch, and generating a command signal based on the identifying of the touch as the standard tap or the full tap. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045609 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURING AN INTERACTIVE DEVICE BASED ON ORIENTATION OF A USER RELATIVE TO THE DEVICE - A method and apparatus are provided for use in association with a computer operated interactive device having a surface, wherein the interactive device is responsive to contact between its surface and persons or objects, and is adapted to selectively display images upon its surface. One embodiment, comprising a method, includes enabling the interactive device to access specified information pertaining to the user. Also, the device is selectively configured for interaction with a user, during a time related to performance of a specified activity. The method further includes using at least some of the specified user information to determine the orientation of the user with respect to a reference position of the surface, at a time related to performance of the specified activity. The method also includes performing a task, wherein performance of the task is related to the determined user orientation. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045610 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILMS - A transparent conductive film comprised of a carbon nanotube network and indium tin oxide composite and a method for manufacturing the transparent conductive film are provided. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045611 | TOUCH SCREEN MOBILE DEVICE AS GRAPHICS TABLET INPUT - A system and method for using a mobile device having a touch screen as a graphics tablet input device for a user computer is disclosed. A graphics tablet application executing at the mobile device displays a simulated graphics tablet surface and, optionally, programmable or nonprogrammable soft buttons. The graphics tablet application configures the mobile device to be recognized as a graphics tablet input device when connected to the user computer and sends an indication of user input to the user computer. A mobile device support pad stabilizes the mobile device while it is used as a graphics tablet input device. A recess in the support pad having length, width, and depth dimensions that are substantially similar to dimensions of the mobile device restricts movement of the mobile device and places the touch screen of the mobile device in substantially the same plane as a top surface of the support pad. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045612 | Integrated pressure sensitive lens assembly - A touch screen assembly for an electronic device such as a cell phone or PDA. The touch screen assembly generally comprises a floating lens suspended over the display and, optionally, the keypad to allow a degree of freedom. An underlying thin connecting layer such as a flex film is attached beneath the floating lens, and a plurality (for example, four) differentially-mounted pressure sensors are mounted beneath the floating lens and are electrically connected to the electronic device via the flex film. The pressure sensors are differentially positioned along an x- and y-axis for registering a pressure z from a touch to the lens at each of the four positions, to provide four data sets (x | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045613 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, at least one first sensing series and at least one second sensing series is provided. The first sensing series is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction. The first sensing series includes several first sensing pads and at least one first bridge line. The first bridge line connects two adjacent first sensing pads, and a material of the first bridge line differs from a material of the first sensing pads. The second sensing series is disposed on the substrate and extends along a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction. The second sensing series includes several second sensing pads and at least one second bridge line. The second bridge line connects two adjacent second sensing pads. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045614 | Extended Touchscreen Pattern - Extended touchscreen pattern. A conductive pattern implemented within a touchscreen (e.g., using indium tin oxide (ITO) such as may be deposited on a substrate composed of polyester or some other material) provides paths for signals traveling through the touchscreen. By monitoring these signal in accordance with some means (e.g., cross point detection, zone detection, etc.) an estimate may be made as to a location of user's interaction with the touchscreen (e.g., finger or stylus touching of the touchscreen). The conductive pattern includes a number of conductors aligned in various directions (e.g., row and column conductors) across the touchscreen, and they may be co-planar or separated by a dielectric material. A conductor aligned in one direction includes one or more extended areas that complementarily align with a conductor aligned in another direction. The extended areas of one conductor may be viewed as filling voids (e.g., holes, notches, etc.) of another conductor. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045615 | Meshed touchscreen pattern - Meshed touchscreen pattern. A conductive pattern implemented within a touchscreen (e.g., using indium tin oxide (ITO) such as may be deposited on a substrate composed of polyester or some other material) provides paths for signals traveling through the touchscreen. By monitoring these signal in accordance with some means (e.g., cross point detection, zone detection, etc.) an estimate may be made as to a location of user's interaction with the touchscreen (e.g., finger or stylus touching of the touchscreen). The conductive pattern includes a number of conductors aligned in various directions (e.g., row and column conductors) across the touchscreen, and they are separated by a dielectric layer (e.g., air, SiO | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045616 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF SHOWING PAGE FLIP EFFECT AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for showing page flip effect when use electronic device enjoy electronic document, the method provides a flip-page operation table, the flip-page operation table defines relationships between flip effect parameters and lengths of a first touch path or a second touch path. The method comprising: receiving touch signals, determining the touch path and lengths of the touch path according the touch signals; determining which page will be brought into view (hereinafter target page) according to the touch path; obtaining a flip effect parameter when the touch path increase to lengths defined in flip effect table; combining a combined page according to the current page, the next page and the flip effect parameter. Present invention also providing an electronic device capable of executing said steps. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045617 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR REFRIGERATOR - The present invention discloses a display apparatus ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045618 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH A BEND FORMING TOUCH PANEL - A touch-controlled electronic apparatus includes a housing whereon a transparent region and an opaque region are formed, and a touch panel. The touch panel includes a sensing region disposed on a side of the transparent region, and a non-sensing region disposed on a side of the opaque region and formed outside the sensing region in a bend forming manner. The touch-controlled electronic apparatus further includes an adhesive layer disposed between the housing and the touch panel for gluing the touch panel and the housing. An outer side of the adhesive layer is disposed between the housing and the non-sensing region of the touch panel in a bend forming manner. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045619 | Systems And Methods For Transmitting Haptic Messages - Systems and methods for transmitting haptic messages are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of: receiving at least one sensor signal from at least one sensor of a mobile device, the at least one sensor signal associated with a movement of the mobile device, determining a message to be displayed in a user interface based at least in part on the at least one sensor signal, and causing the message to be displayed. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045620 | INTEGRATION DESIGN FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANELS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - An integrated touch screen and display device includes a polarizer with a layer of transparent conductive material deposited thereon. A touch screen controller is coupled to electrodes of the transparent conductive layer to detect the location of touches by, for example, a finger or stylus. A method for producing an integrated touch screen and display device includes applying a transparent conductive coating to an outer surface of a polarizer of a display device, creating electrodes in the conductive coating, and coupling the electrodes to a touch screen controller. A double super twisted nematic display that includes a capacitive touch panel integrated into a compensation cell of the display is also provided herein. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045621 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the operation of the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a screen image including one or more objects on a first display unit, and if one of the objects is touched and then dragged, displaying the touched-and-dragged object on the second display unit. Therefore, it is possible to continuously display an object even in the event of a power cut by quickly moving the object from the first display unit to the second display unit. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045622 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DETECTING POSITION OF DIRECTING OBJECT - An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical element that includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an electro-optical material pinched by the first and second electrodes of which the optical characteristic is changed in accordance with supply of a predetermined electric potential, a position detecting unit that detects a position of an object, which is brought into contact with an image displaying surface that displays an image configured by the electro-optical element, on the image displaying surface, and a physical amount measuring unit that is included in the position detecting unit and measures a predetermined physical amount of the whole or a part of the image displaying surface for a case where the object is brought into contact with the image displaying surface. The position detecting unit detects the position of the object on the image displaying surface based on the measurement result of the physical amount measured by the physical amount measuring unit and based on the measurement result from which the measurement result measured by the physical amount measuring unit at an inversion time of the polarity of an electric potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode is excluded. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045623 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCHSCREEN - The present invention provides a device that will not force, if the situation permits, the user to abort his or her work entirely when the modes of operation are changed from cleaning into non-cleaning, or vice versa. An information display device includes: a display section; a touchscreen panel, which forms an integral part of the display section and which has an input area that is associated with the display area of the display section; an area locating section for determining, in response to a user's action on the input area, what partial area of the input area has been operated on as a result of the user's action, thereby generating a signal specifying that partial area; and a control section for instructing the display section to display a non-opaque pattern with some degree of transparency. In a cleaning mode for cleaning the input area, the display section displays the pattern on the display area, and the control section increases the degree of transparency of that pattern on the partial area in accordance with the signal specifying the partial area. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045624 | MANIPULATION INPUT APPARATUS - A manipulation input apparatus includes a panel member, strain gauges, and a controller. The panel member has a front surface functioning as a manipulation input surface to which an input is executed by touch manipulation. The strain gauges detect a load which is applied to the panel member. The controller calculates a position to which a load is applied based on load detection result by the strain gauges. A stick as a convex-shaped structural section is further arranged and integrated in the manipulation input surface of the panel member such that an upward load against the panel member is applied via the stick. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045625 | TOUCH PANEL AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES UTILIZING THE SAME - An embodiment of the invention provides a touch panel, which includes a substrate, a lower conductive layer overlaying the substrate, an insulating layer overlaying the lower conductive layer, and an upper conductive layer overlaying the insulating layer. The lower conductive layer includes a plurality of first conductive patterns including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of first dummy patterns, wherein the first dummy patterns are electrically insulated from the first conductive patterns. The upper conductive layer includes a plurality of second conductive patterns including a plurality of second electrodes respectively overlapping the first dummy patterns and a plurality of second dummy patterns, wherein the second dummy patterns are electrically insulated from the second conductive patterns and respectively overlapping the first electrodes. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045626 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHANGING THE POWER STATE OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system for changing the power state of a portable electronic device is disclosed. A portable electronic device may be powered up or powered down responsive to a user interaction with the portable electronic device. The user interaction may be an insertion of a stylus or other user interface object into a housing of the portable electronic device. Alternatively, the user interaction may be a removal of a stylus or other user interface object from the housing of the portable electronic device. The user interaction may be a rotation of a cover of the portable electronic device. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045627 | SHAPE DETECTING INPUT DEVICE - A system and method for recognizing a signet and for performing an action associated with the signet, wherein the signet is an inanimate object. In one embodiment, the method includes generating a touch signal with a signet, the touch signal representing a particular signet pattern, recognizing the particular signet pattern, and performing an action associated with the particular signet pattern. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045628 | INPUT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A proximity input detection system for an electronic device. In one embodiment, the present invention utilizes an inductive field sensor to detect a change in a magnetic field when an input device with a coil is within a threshold distance. In another embodiment, the present invention utilizes a capacitive sensor which can locate the position of an electrically conductive object which is within a threshold distance. The capacitive sensor can also be used, for example, as a switch to activate the device if a user picks it up. The present invention allows user inputs to be detected without actually touching the electronic device. The present invention can also be used to detect inputs through intervening non-metallic layers such as a protective cover or another display of the device without using additional input sensors. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100045629 | Systems For Resolving Touch Points for Optical Touchscreens - An optical touch detection system may rely on triangulating points in a touch area based on the direction of shadows cast by an object interrupting light in the touch area. When two interruptions occur simultaneously, ghost points and true touch points triangulated from the shadows can be distinguished from one another without resort to additional light detectors. In some embodiments, a distance from a touch point to a single light detector can be determined or estimated based on a change in the length of a shadow detected by a light detector when multiple light sources are used. Based on the distance, the true touch points can be identified by comparing the distance as determined from shadow extension to a distance calculated from the triangulated location of the touch points. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100053089 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCHSCREEN AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a touchscreen display includes determining a first orientation of the portable electronic device, rendering a first virtual keyboard and a first data display area on the touchscreen display based on the first orientation of the portable electronic device, automatically detecting a change from the first orientation to a second orientation of the portable electronic device, and automatically reconfiguring the touchscreen display by rendering a second virtual keyboard, a second data display area, and data previously displayed in the first data display area in the second data display area on the touchscreen display based on the second orientation of the portable electronic device. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053090 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING USER'S TOUCH ON A TOUCH PANEL - A method for detecting a user's touch on a touch panel includes: deriving a plurality of geometric differences of a first direction of the touch panel, wherein each of the geometric differences of the first direction represents a difference between respective coupling amounts at two locations of a plurality of locations of the first direction on the touch panel; and analyzing the geometric differences of the first direction to obtain at least one analysis result, wherein the analysis result comprises information representing whether the user touches the touch panel in one or more places. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053091 | METHOD AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTS ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A method of identifying objects on a touch-sensitive device comprises scanning a plurality of “m” traces of the touch-sensitive device, m being a positive integer, obtaining a count value of each of the “m” traces, wherein an x-th trace has a count value a | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053092 | Control Method for Touch Screen Device - A control method for a touch screen device is provided. The control method comprises the steps of: enabling an active mode of a touch panel; defining at least one active area on the touch panel; inputting a touch input into any one position on the touch panel; determining whether the touch input exists in the active area; and saving calculation of coordinate values of the position corresponding to the touch input and outputting a corresponding predetermined output signal in accordance with the touch input when the touch input exists in the active area. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053093 | Multi-point touch-sensitive system - A multi-touch detection system includes a touch-sensitive device, a microcontroller coupled to the touch sensitive device, and an electronic application coupled to the microcontroller. The touch-sensitive device includes multiple electrically isolated conductive regions and the conductive regions are configured to detect multiple contacts from a user simultaneously and generate respective output signals for the multiple user contacts. The microcontroller is configured to receive the output signals from the conductive regions and generate one or more control signals in response to the output signals. The electronic application includes a screen displaying multiple human-machine interactive objects and a signal processor. The signal processor is configured to receive the control signals from the microcontroller and alter the appearance of the human-machine interactive objects on the screen in accordance with the control signals. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053094 | Method of operating a multi-point touch-sensitive system - A computer-implemented method in connection with a multi-touch detection system is disclosed. The multi-touch detection system includes a touch-sensitive device, a microcontroller coupled to the touch sensitive device, and an electronic application coupled to the microcontroller. The touch-sensitive device has multiple electrically isolated conductive regions. In response to detecting multiple simultaneous contacts a user has with the conductive regions, the touch-sensitive device generates multiple output signals, one signal for each of the multiple simultaneous contacts, and transmits the output signals to the microcontroller. The microcontroller is configured to generate one or more control signals in response to the output signals and transmit the control signals to the electronic application. The electronic application includes a screen displaying multiple human-machine interactive objects. In response to the control signals, the electronic application alters the appearance of the human-machine interactive objects on the screen. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053095 | Method Capable of Preventing Mistakenly Triggering a Touch panel - To perform palm rejection, scan a plurality of areas on a touch panel to detect a plurality of triggered areas within the plurality of areas. Then detect which of the triggered areas are next to one another to determine a plurality of blocks. If the plurality of blocks contain a block with an overlarge area, then eliminate the block with the overlarge area, and generate a current coordinate according to a block with a smaller area which may be triggered by a finger or stylus. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053096 | TERMINAL, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided including a touchscreen and a controller. The controller is configured to display, on the touchscreen, a moving picture and a subset of a plurality of key frame pictures for the moving picture. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053097 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM - A method of matrix sensing using delay-based capacitance sensing, including using X-axis lines as active lines for capacitance measurements and using Y-axis lines as a disturbance to identify the location of a touch in a key matrix is disclosed. A sensing signal is applied to the X-axis lines, and a disturbance signal is applied to the Y-axis lines. If a location is touched, cross-capacitance is reduced, which is measured by sweeping data along the X-axis lines. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053098 | Information input device, information input method, information input/output device, and information input program - An information input device with a simple structure is provided, which allows information on an external proximity object to be conveniently inputted. The information input device includes: an input panel having a detection function of detecting an external proximity object; a position detection section acquiring position information and area information of the external proximity object based on a detection signal of the external proximity object obtained by the input panel; and an image generation section generating drawing data, which is to be used in a drawing process according to a behavior of the external proximity object, based on the position information and the area information so that the drawing process is performed in a manner according to an area value of the external proximity object represented by the area information. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053099 | METHOD FOR REDUCING LATENCY WHEN USING MULTI-TOUCH GESTURE ON TOUCHPAD - A method for executing single and multi-touch gestures that will be immediately recognized by the touchpad without having to wait for any portion of the gesture to be performed, thereby eliminating latency that can be caused by the touchpad or touchscreen having to wait for a portion of the gesture to be performed. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053100 | Navigation Display System - A navigation display system includes a navigation device, a projection module and a remote-controlled module. The navigation device has a screen. The projection module is pivotally connected with and rotatable relative to the navigation device to project an image displayed on the screen onto a projection screen. The remote-controlled module is disposed on a direction steering unit of a vehicle to control the navigation device. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053101 | OPTICAL FILM, LAMINATE AND TOUCH PANEL - An optical film that can make interference fringes inconspicuous with maintaining high surface hardness and transmission sharpness is provided. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053102 | MOTION SENSOR DATA PROCESSING AND INTERFACE AND METHOD THEREOF - A motion sensor comprises a touch screen, and a motion indictor proximate to the touch screen, the touch screen displaying: an adjusting bar indicating a threshold at which motion is detected, and a level bar indicating an amount of currently measured motion. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053103 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A touch screen display includes; a first substrate, a lower sensor electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed substantially opposite to the first substrate, a sensor spacer disposed on the second substrate and aligned with the lower sensor electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, an upper sensor electrode disposed on the sensor spacer and connected to the common electrode, and a cutout disposed at an edge of the upper sensor electrode, wherein when touch pressure is applied to the first or second substrate, a change in capacitance is generated due to a change in a distance between the lower sensor electrode and the upper sensor electrode at a touch position, such that the touch position is detected on the basis of the change in capacitance. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053104 | USER INTERFACE METHOD - The present invention relates to a user interface method of a terminal, more specifically to a user interface method of a terminal that can recognize the track of a touch stroke by a user and that can process the user command on the basis of this touch track. A user interface method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: searching a touch-track-to-key value table, stored in a terminal; checking the track of a touch stroke of the user if the touch track of the user starts at one of a set of outer vertices predetermined by the terminal, passes through a center point predetermined by the terminal surrounded by these outer vertices, and ends at one of these outer vertices; and processing a user command corresponding to the checked key value according to the touch track so generated. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053105 | SONG WRITING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING TOUCH SCREEN IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A song writing method and apparatus using a touch screen in a mobile terminal are disclosed. The song writing method includes: displaying, upon activation of a song writing mode, an onscreen musical keyboard of an octave on the touch screen; identifying, when a key of the onscreen musical keyboard is touched, a musical note mapped to the touched key through computation of coordinates of the touched key; creating musical interval data on the basis of the identified note and the current octave level; and converting the musical interval data into sound data recognizable by the mobile terminal and outputting the sound data. Hence, various types of songs can be conveniently composed through the song writing method employing the onscreen musical keyboard. The applicability of the mobile terminal can be extended through a function that can mix a written song with contents generated through various musical instruments. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053106 | SENSING CIRCUIT FOR TOUCH PANEL - A sensing circuit for a touch panel is disclosed. The sensing circuit includes a switching device, a passive device and a sensing device. The switching device receives an input signal and outputs the input signal according to a control signal. The passive device couples to the switching device. The sensing device couples to the switching device to form a node, receives the input signal to generate a reference voltage on the node, and changes the value of the reference voltage to generate a target voltage according to a touching pressure on a preset position on the touch panel from a user. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053107 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE, AND INFORMATION INPUT PROGRAM - An information input device is provided, which may perform highly-convenient processing in response to input of information with an external proximity object. The information input device includes: an input panel having a detection function of detecting an external proximity object, to be used in a state of being placed on a display panel; a position detection section detecting position and area value of the external proximity object based on a detection signal of the external proximity object obtained by the input panel; and an image generation section generating display data to be utilized to display an image including a display object, in such a manner that size of the display object displayed on the display panel at the detected position of the external proximity object is allowed to vary in accordance with the detected area value of the external proximity object. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053108 | PORTABLE DEVICES AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device including a first input/output unit including a monostable display element and configured to reproduce multimedia content, a second input/output unit a bistable display element and configured to reproduce an electronic document, a first controller configured to control the first input/output unit, a second controller configured to control the second input/output unit, a memory unit configured to store the multimedia content and the electronic document, and a control unit configured to selectively control the first controller to reproduce the multimedia content on the first input/output unit, and to control the second input/output unit to reproduce the electronic document on the second input/output unit. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053109 | Information Processing Apparatus and Information Processing Method - To provide an information processing apparatus and information processing method capable of correcting a contact or proximity position to be closer to a user-intended contact or proximity position with high accuracy. It includes a calculation unit | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100053110 | SIMULTANEOUS INPUT ACROSS MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS - One or more users may interact simultaneously with different applications on the same device through an input system such as a touch-sensitive display screen. Simultaneous user input may be detected by a multiple input system and subsequently transmitted to an application using a single transmission frame. An application corresponding to the user input is determined based on an input location of the user input and a location and size of a corresponding application. Simultaneous user inputs are rendered simultaneously by each corresponding application. Each application may further include a secondary event processing thread that runs in parallel to traditional operating system event threads. The secondary event processing thread bypasses sequential processing limits of an operating system event thread, providing substantially simultaneous processing of input. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100060588 | TEMPORALLY SEPARATE TOUCH INPUT - A method of processing touch input includes recognizing a first touch input, and then, after conclusion of the first touch input, recognizing a second touch input temporally separate from the first touch input. The temporally separate combination of the first touch input and the second touch input is then translated into a multi-touch control. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060589 | Advanced Receive Channel Architecture - This relates to an architecture of a receive channel circuit used during both a spectrum analysis phase and a touch panel detection phase. Various components of the receive channel can be used during both the spectrum analysis phase and the touch panel detection phase. For example, a plurality of digital signal mixers used in the receive channel circuit can be used to demodulate signals during both a spectrum analysis phase and a touch sensor panel detection phase. In addition, the number of digital mixers needed in the receive channel can be reduced by dividing groups of signals to be demodulated into multiple sets of signals and demodulating each set at different times. Furthermore, the size of a sine look-up table (LUT) used to generate sine waveforms can be reduced by taking advantage of the symmetry of the sine waveform. For example, a quarter of a sine waveform can be saved in the LUT and the remaining quadrants of the waveform can be derived based on the symmetry of the sine wave. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060590 | Channel Scan Architecture for Multiple Stimulus Multi-Touch Sensor Panels - A channel scan architecture for detecting touch events on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. The channel scan architecture can combine drive logic, sense channels and channel scan logic on a single monolithic chip. The channel scan logic can be configured to implement a sequence of scanning processes in a panel subsystem without intervention from a panel processor. The channel scan architecture can provide scan sequence control to enable the panel processor to control the sequence in which individual scans are implemented in the panel subsystem. Type of scans that can be implemented in the panel subsystem can include a spectral analysis scan, touch scan, phantom touch scan, ambient light level scan, proximity scan and temperature scan. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060591 | Multiple Stimulation Phase Determination - Determination of phases of multiple stimulation signals to be simultaneously applied to a touch sensor panel is disclosed. A matrix may be determined that is invertible and has a gain greater than one, where each row of the matrix may represent a single step among multiple steps needed to compute values for generating an image of touch, each column of the matrix may represent a drive line of the touch sensor panel to be stimulated, and each element of the matrix may represent the phase of the stimulation signal to be applied to a particular drive line in a particular step. For each step, stimulation signals having phases in accordance with the matrix elements may be simultaneously applied to the drive lines of the touch sensor panel. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060592 | Data Transmission and Reception Using Optical In-LCD Sensing - Data transmission and reception through optical in-LCD sensing panels is provided. The transmission/reception can be a communication in which data is transmitted by displaying, on display pixels of the panel, a communication image encoding the data, and data is received by capturing, with EM sensors embedded in the panel, a communication image encoding the data that is displayed in proximity to the panel. The transmission/reception can be a scan in which a motion of a handheld device is determined by scanning a surface with the EM sensors at different times and comparing the corresponding scan images to obtain the motion of the device. A control signal based on the motion of the handheld device can be transmitted to an external device, for example, to control a mouse cursor. In another example, scan images can be combined based on the motion to generate a combined scan image of a surface. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060593 | Phase compensation for multi-stimulus controller - Determining a compensated phase matrix for a multi-stimulus demodulation process is provided. A first drive line of a multi-stimulus sensing system is selected, and a stimulation signal is transmitted on the selected drive line. A channel gain resulting from the stimulation signal is measured from a received sense signal resulting from the stimulation signal. The measured channel gain is compared with a known channel gain to obtain an individual phase compensation for the selected drive line. A compensated phase matrix is formed of the individual phase compensation values for multiple drive lines. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060594 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A REPRODUCTION APPARATUS VIA A USER INTERFACE HAVING TOUCH ELEMENTS - A method for operating a reproduction apparatus via a user interface having a plurality of touch elements enables users to conveniently and efficiently locate desired portions of a file. According to an exemplary embodiment, the method includes detecting a first input to a first one of the touch elements ( | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060595 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SWITCHING IDENTITY MODULE THEREIN - A mobile terminal includes a plurality of identity modules, a touch screen configured to display a list including a plurality of service items, the list indicating an assigned identity module, of the plurality of identity modules, for each of the plurality of service items, and a controller configured to switch the assigned identity module of a first service item of the plurality of service items to a different one of the plurality of identity modules responsive to a first touch input that is associated with the first service item. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060596 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A display device with touch sensor input has a touch sensor structure on top of the display layer. The touch sensor structure includes a first and second array of electrodes, the electrodes in the first array being non-parallel to the electrodes in the second array. The first and second arrays of electrodes occupy different fractions of a touch sensor area. These asymmetric fill factors give improved sensitivity. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AND SELECTING ICONS ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen including a display unit configured to display a plurality of icons. The touch screen may include a detection unit configured to detect a touch in one of a plurality of touch detection regions of the display unit wherein the touch detection regions comprise an icon portion on which one icon of the plurality of icons is displayed, and an adjacent portion which is adjacent to the icon portion. The touch screen may further include a control unit electrically connected to the display unit and the detection unit, the control unit configured to control display operations of the display unit, and configured to identify based on a received signal from the detection unit which touch detection region is touched and which one icon is displayed in the touched detection region. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060598 | TOUCH SCREEN REGION SELECTING METHOD - A touch screen region selecting method implemented by a central processing unit (CPU), wherein the touch screen senses and recognizes tracks of two line-drawing touches simultaneously performed thereon. The method comprises: receiving the two line-drawing touches and displaying two lines via the CPU, identifying start points and terminal points of the two lines via the CPU, connecting the start point and the terminal point of each line to generate a first line and a second line respectively via the CPU, connecting the start points of the two lines to generate a third line, and connecting the terminal points of the two lines to generate a fourth line via the CPU, identifying a region framed by the first line, the second line, the third line, and the fourth line, obtaining displayed contents, and performing an operation for the displayed contents via the CPU. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060599 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO SEARCH FOR AND EXECUTE CONTENT USING A TOUCH SCREEN - A method and device to search for and execute content are provided. The method of searching for and executing content includes displaying at least one content icon, and identifying, if an approach to one of the at least one content icon is detected, a content icon of a position at which the approach is detected. The method further comprises determining a classification category of a content corresponding to the identified content icon, searching for at least one related content classified in the same classification category as the content corresponding to the identified content icon, displaying the identified content icon and at least one related content icon corresponding to the at least one related content using a preset display method, and executing, if one of the at least one content icon is touched, a content corresponding to the touched content icon. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060600 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides an array substrate, a liquid crystal display device comprising the same, and a method for forming the same. The array substrate comprises a gate line, a data line, a signal line and a pixel electrode formed thereon. The gate line intersects the data line to define a plurality of pixel regions in which the pixel electrodes are formed. Each of the pixel electrodes overlaps the signal line to form a first sensing capacitor and overlaps the gate line to form a second sensing capacitor. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060601 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having a touch panel and a front window which can enhance reliability thereof and facilitates repair thereof is provided. The touch panel and the front window are mounted on a liquid crystal display device using a thermoplastic adhesive material. Electronic parts are arranged on a lower side of a touch-panel-use flexible printed circuit board, and electronic parts are arranged on a lower side of a main flexible printed circuit board. The respective electronic parts are covered with the front window in a plan view. A light emitting diode is mounted on the main flexible printed circuit board, and faces a light guide plate in a resin mold. Due to such a constitution, an external shape of the liquid crystal display device can be made small as a whole, and relatively expensive light emitting diodes can be reproduced and reused by repair. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060602 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Each detection column wiring is constituted by a set of a first metal wiring having a zigzag pattern and a second metal wiring having a structure axisymmetric with the first metal wiring about a column direction as an axis, wherein the first metal wiring is constituted by first sloped portions which are obliquely sloped by an inclination angle of 45 degrees with respect to the column direction, and first parallel portions which are parallel with the column direction and are continuous with the first sloped portions, such that the first sloped portions and the first parallel portions are repeatedly placed in a zigzag shape along the column direction. Each detection row wiring also has the same structure. A sloped portion out of the first sloped portions of the first metal wiring is always orthogonally and spatially intersected, at its middle point, with a sloped portion out of the second sloped portions of the third metal wiring at its middle point. There is also the same orthogonal relationship among the other portions. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060603 | TOUCH PANEL, AND ELECTRO-OPTIC APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; an annular seal material that adheres peripheries of the first substrate and the second substrate to each other so as to set a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate; first seal portions that adhere corner portions of the first substrate and the second substrate through the seal material; and second seal portions that are in connection with the first seal portions and adhere side portions of the first substrate and the second substrate through the seal material. Each of the first seal portions has a thickness which is smaller than each of the second seal portions so that the substrate gap is set to be small. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060604 | System for impulse input of commands, control arguments and data - An advanced technique of user interaction with compact, portable, hand-held devices, larger electronic devices and other surfaces and objects is disclosed. The particular component arrays, configuration modes and analytic methodologies disclosed are optimized and directed toward logical interpretation of device motions resulting from vector impulses as user data inputs and commands. Apparatus, system and method embodiments are described and illustrated by examples. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060605 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE CONTROLS - The use of pressure-sensitive controls is disclosed in which controls respond differently to different pressure applied by a stylus on a digitizer. Users interacting with displayed controls may modify the speed, increment, or other property of the control by pressing harder or softer. Devices that allow for the input of location and pressure information may use embodiments of the invention, including computers with pressure sensitive mice or digitizer tablets, PDAs, or tablet computers. Controls that may use pressure to augment their behavior include scrollbars, spinner controls, resize handles, buttons, drop down menus and so forth. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060606 | HARD TAP - The use of variable-pressure taps in computer interfaces is disclosed in which tap inputs cause different functions to execute depending on the pressure applied by the tap. A hard tap is interpreted when a user makes rapid contact with the input surface, exceeding a threshold pressure within a threshold time, possibly without exceeding a threshold distance from the initial point of contact. Operating systems, applications, and other software may interpret a hard tap as a unique input, or as a double-click, right click, etc. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100060607 | USER INTERFACE MOUSE WITH TOUCHPAD RESPONSIVE TO GESTURES AND MULTI-TOUCH - A computer interface device has a housing configured with a first sensor for detecting a position change of the computer interface device on a surface, a touch pad configured with the housing for generating touchpad signals, and a wireless link to transmit the first pair of parameters and the touchpad signals to a computing device. In an application, the first sensor provides a first pair of parameters to indicate the position of the housing on the surface and control cursor displayed on a screen of the computing device. The touch pad may be configured to detect gestures and provides signals responsive to the gestures over a wireless link for controlling a displayed object or attribute on the screen of the computing device. The touch pad may also be configured to detect a plurality of contacting fingers and to provide signals over a wireless link used to control a displayed object or attribute on the screen of the computing device. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100066682 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH PANEL - An electronic device with a touch panel has an insulating housing, a display module mounted on the insulating housing, a touch panel and a shell. The touch panel fixed on the display module has a fixing plate and a touch portion fixed on the fixing plate. The fixing plate is positioned to the display module by means of an engagement of a protruding portion and a cavity between the fixing plate and the display module. The shell engaged with the insulating housing defines a receiving opening for exposing the touch portion. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066683 | Method for Transferring Thin Film to Substrate - A method for transferring single layer thin film from a temporary substrate to a target substrate is disclosed. A base layer may be fabricated onto a fabrication sheet. A single layer thin film of conductive material may be patterned onto the base layer. A temporary transfer substrate may be adhered to the single layer thin film. The fabrication sheet may be removed and the base layer-patterned single layer thin film-temporary transfer substrate block transferred to a target substrate, where the base layer may contact the target substrate. Upon completion of the transfer, the temporary transfer substrate may be removed. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066684 | Multimodal portable communication interface for accessing video content - A portable communication device has a touch screen display that receives tactile input and a microphone that receives audio input. The portable communication device initiates a query for media based at least in part on tactile input and audio input. The touch screen display is a multi-touch screen. The portable communication device sends an initiated query and receives a text response indicative of a speech to text conversion of the query. The portable communication device then displays video in response to tactile input and audio input. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066685 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT READING DEVICE - An electronic document reading device includes an electronic page having at least one display surface; a page support, said page being attached to said page support such that said page is physically turnable; a memory to store at least part of a document to be read; a page driver coupled to said memory, to drive said page display surface to display a first stored portion of said document; a sensing system to sense turning of said page; and an update control system coupled to said sensing system to control update of said display surface with a second stored portion of said document responsive to sensing of said page turning; and wherein said update control system is configured to control said updating such that said updating is at least partially hidden from a viewpoint of a user of the device. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066686 | MULTIPOINT TOUCH SENSOR WITH ACTIVE MATRIX - The present invention relates to a multipoint touch sensor with active matrix comprising: —a matrix layer exhibiting N×M independent cells, each of the cells P | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066687 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN AUDIO VISUAL SYSTEM - A user interface device for controlling an audio visual system. In one embodiment, a device for interfacing with an audio/visual system includes a sensor mat including a surface and operable to be disposed on a substantially flat floor. The sensor mat is further operable for generating electrical signals responsive to physical interactions of a user with the surface. The interface device also includes an electronic control unit including circuitry for coupling to the mat, the electronic control unit for detecting the physical interactions of the mat and the electronic control unit operable to be placed on the substantially flat floor. The interface device further includes an elongated shaft having a first end and a second end and physically coupled to the electronic control unit via the first end and extending laterally therefrom. The second end of the elongated shaft is operable to be displaced in various directions by interactions with both hands of the user. The electronic control unit is operable to detect the various directions wherein further the electronic control unit is operable to transmit signals representing the various directions and the physical interactions to a receiver unit. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066688 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a web page screen on a touch screen of the mobile terminal; choosing a portion of the web page in response to a touch input to the touch screen; and if a movement of the mobile terminal is detected, selectively refreshing the chosen web page portion and displaying the refreshed web page portion. Therefore, it is possible to selectively refresh a portion of a web page chosen by a user. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066689 | Devices related to projection input surfaces - The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods that are related to a projection input surface. For example, in some implementations, a device includes one or more projection input surfaces configured to receive projection input from one or more projectors; and one or more projection input capture modules configured to capture the projection input from the one or more projection input surfaces. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066690 | DIGITIZING TABLET DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Digitizing tablet methods and systems are provided. Various embodiments of the digitizing tablet include a pointer, an input surface and a display. In some embodiments, both an inner and outer portion of the input surface can be associated with indicia, each of the indicia being operable to trigger a function or mode of operation, or both. In some embodiments, the inner surface can also be mapped to an image projectable on a display device. A plurality of template sheets can be attached to the input surface, interchangeably or simultaneously, for identifying the location of indicia and live areas on which a user can annotate. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066691 | INPUT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDED WITH IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - A handwriting input apparatus and a computer readable recording medium recorded with an image processing program are provided, which both enable easy edit and high-quality display of edited content. A defining module defines a locus of a character and/or graphic contained in a group. When a gesture indicative of an edit command is inputted by a handwriting input module, then an edit management module interprets the inputted command and executes it. At this time, the execution of the command accompanies movement of the character and graphic in the group, and this movement follows the defined locus. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066692 | CONTACT DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a contact detecting device including: a contact responding section configured to produce an electric change in response to an object to be detected coming into contact with or proximity to a detecting surface; and a contact driving scanning section configured to scan application of driving voltage to the contact responding section in one direction within the detecting surface, and control output of the electric change in time series, wherein the contact driving scanning section performs a plurality of scans of different regions of the contact responding section in parallel with each other, and outputs a plurality of the electric changes in parallel with each other. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066693 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device according to the present invention includes: a stylus pen including a conductive stylus pen electrode portion at a tip portion thereof; a plurality of capacitance detecting interconnections formed on a substrate in row and column directions; an oscillator circuit which outputs an oscillation signal for performing charging/discharging to each of the plurality of capacitance detecting interconnections, the oscillation signal having a cycle which changes in accordance with an amount of electric charges in the charging/discharging; and a counter circuit and a computing circuit/control circuit which compute, based on a change of the cycle being in accordance with a capacitance formed between the electrode portion of the stylus pen and the capacitance detecting interconnections, positional coordinates of the stylus pen brought in proximity to the capacitance detecting interconnections in a non-contact manner, wherein the stylus pen outputs to the electrode portion of the stylus pen an input pen signal which is in synchronization with the oscillation signal, has a phase different from a phase of the oscillation signal, and has a larger voltage amplitude compared with the oscillation signal. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066694 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FINGER TOUCH LAYERS IN A USER AGENT - A method and apparatus for selecting an item on a display screen with a touch interface by touching the display screen with a finger or stylus-type device. The touch point on the screen is detected, and a touch radius is established with respect to the touch point. When selectable items are detected to be displayed at least partially within the touch radius of the touch point, they are partially activated by altering the manner in which they are displayed. Upon detection of another touch point selecting a partially activated item, that item is fully activated and the other partially activated items are deactivated. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066695 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Computer Program - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a display unit for displaying thereon a plurality of input regions operated by an operating body, a detection unit for detecting an approach distance between the operating body and a surface of the display unit, and a region control unit for, when the operating body approaches one of the input regions within a predetermined distance, enlarging the input region which the operating body approaches, and moving at least one of the input regions such that the adjacent input regions do not overlap each other. The input region is enlarged and an overlap between the input regions is avoided so that a user can easily select a desired input region, thereby preventing erroneous selection of other input region. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066696 | PROXIMITY SENSOR BASED INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A proximity sensor based input system and a method for operating the system are disclosed. The input system receives sensed information from a proximity sensing part including a plurality of proximity sensors and distinguishes functions of direction keys and rotation keys based on the sensed information, thereby controlling a currently activated application program or contents. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066697 | PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A pressure measurement device and a pressure measurement method are provided, the pressure to be measured being exerted by an object onto a contact area of the pressure measurement device. The pressure measurement device comprises an image acquisition module having the contact area, image data of an elastically structured subsurface of the object being recorded. The pressure is determined and output according to the color and/or brightness values of selectively recorded image data. In particular, the invention relates to methods and devices for coordinate acquisition, navigation input, authentication of a user and for command and text input, embodied on a basis of the pressure measurement device according to the invention. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066698 | METHOD AND APPRESS FOR CONTROLLING MULTITASKING OPERATIONS OF MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCHSCREEN - A method and apparatus is provided for controlling the multitasking operations of a mobile terminal having at least one touchscreen based on the input signals corresponding to touch events detected on the touchscreen. A method for controlling multitasking operations of a mobile terminal having at least one touchscreen according to the present invention executes an application in response to a user request while at least one other applications is running, displays an execution window of an application selected from the currently running applications in an auxiliary screen in response to a touch event detected on the touchscreen, and displays the execution screens of the applications running concurrently, except for the application whose execution window is displayed in the auxiliary screen, in a main screen, accumulatively. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100066699 | Image Displaying Device - An image displaying device has an image acquiring unit, an image data storage, a display unit, an input unit, a display position setting unit and an index image displaying unit. The image acquiring unit acquires image data. The image data storage stores the image data. The display unit displays index images corresponding to the image data. The input unit allows a user to designate a position on the display unit and generate input position information representing the designated position. The display position setting unit sets a display position of each of the index images in accordance with the position information generated by the input unit, when the image data is acquired by the image acquiring unit. The index image displaying unit displays the index images at the respective display positions set by the display position setting unit. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100073301 | Correction of Parasitic Capacitance Effect in Touch Sensor Panels - Embodiments of the invention relate to correction of erroneous touch data on a touch sensor panel. Erroneous touch data may occur when a user is touching locations on the touch sensor panel but fails to be in good contact with another part of the device including the touch sensor panel. These erroneous readings may be statistically compensated for. A capacitance value that combines various external capacitances that may cause erroneous results can be calculated. Then, if necessary, received touch data can be modified to take into account the external capacitance. Accordingly, improved accuracy is provided for determining touch event(s) on a touch sensor panel. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073302 | TWO-THUMB QWERTY KEYBOARD - A method performed by a device having a touch panel includes detecting a location of a primary touch on the device and detecting on the touch panel a set of near-touch coordinates associated with the primary touch. The method also includes identifying the approach orientation of the primary touch as one of a left-side touch or a right-side touch based on the location of the primary touch and the near-touch coordinates. The method further includes generating a command signal based on the location of the primary touch and the approach orientation of the primary touch and performing an action based on the command signal. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073303 | METHOD OF OPERATING A USER INTERFACE - A user interface operating method is provided. The method is suitable for an electronic device having a touch screen. First, a touch sensitive area is activated to detect a first touch. Then, a second touch on the touch screen is detected when the first touch is detected to be laid on the touch sensitive area. Finally, a function of the user interface is enabled according to the second touch. Accordingly, overall operations supported by the touch screen can be increased and the convenience for operating the user interface can be improved | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073304 | Multiple Actuation Handheld Device - A device includes a housing, a processor that is coupled to the housing, the processor is configured to process a software program stored in a memory. A touch screen is coupled to the housing and configured to display graphical objects, wherein a sensor signal associated with a user's interaction with the touch screen is provided to the processor. A first actuator is coupled to the touch screen and positioned within the housing. The first actuator is configured to output a first haptic effect to the touch screen upon receiving a first activating signal from the processor. A second actuator is coupled to the housing and configured to output a second haptic effect to the housing upon receiving a second activating signal from the processor. The first activating signal is associated with a foreground event and the second activating signal is associated with a background event occurring in the software program. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073305 | Techniques for Adjusting a Size of Graphical Information Displayed on a Touchscreen - A technique for adjusting graphical information displayed on a touchscreen of a device includes detecting a first input to the touchscreen. Which one of multiple instruments was utilized to provide the first input is then determined. The graphical information displayed on the touchscreen is then sized based on which one of the multiple instruments was utilized to provide the first input. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073306 | Dual-view touchscreen display system and method of operation - A dual-view display system ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073307 | Method for detecting touch points of touch control device - A method for detecting touch points of touch control device is disclosed. The touch control device comprises a first substrate having a first conductive layer and a second substrate having a second conductive layer. The first and second conductive layers are respectively connected to a control circuit which is coupled to a microcontroller. The control circuit performs driving on the first conductive layer to generate a gradient potential, and performs scanning on the second conductive layer to determine a first-axis coordinates. Then the control circuit drives the second conductive layer to generate a gradient potential, and performs scanning on the first conductive layer to determine the second-axis coordinates. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073308 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A touch panel and an electronic device thereof are provided. The touch panel includes a film, a substrate and a plurality of dot spacers. The dot spacers are disposed on a surface of the substrate, and the surface faces the film. In addition, the height of the dot spacers in each unit size of the substrate progressively decreases from the vertical-axis direction of the center of the substrate to the horizontal axis direction thereof. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073309 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A touch panel and an electronic device thereof are provided. The touch panel includes a film, a substrate and a plurality of dot spacers. The dot spacers are disposed on a surface of the substrate, and the surface faces the film. In addition, the number of/the volume of the dot spacers in each unit size of the substrate progressively decreases from the vertical-axis direction of the center of the substrate to the horizontal axis direction thereof. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073310 | LIGHT TRANSMISSION TOUCH PANEL - A light transmission touch panel comprises a transparent substrate, a transparent conductive layer, an insulating layer, a plurality of first metal lines, and a plurality of second metal lines. The transparent conductive layer is overlaid on a surface of the transparent substrate and comprises a plurality of first cells, a plurality of second cells and a plurality of connecting lines, wherein the plurality of first cells and the plurality of second cells are arranged in a staggered manner and the plurality of connecting lines respectively connect the adjacent second cells. The insulating layer further comprises a plurality of insulating areas, each of which is overlaid on one of the first cells. The plurality of second metal lines are respectively disposed on the connecting lines. The plurality of first metal lines are respectively disposed on the plurality of insulating areas, and respectively connect the adjacent first cells. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073311 | INPUT HABIT DETERMINATION AND INTERFACE PROVISION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Input habit determination and interface provision systems and methods are provided. First, a movement on a touch-sensitive surface is detected by a touch-sensitive sensor. An input habit is determined according to the movement. Then, a first interface or a second interface is selected for provision from an interface group according to the input habit. The first interface and the second interface have the same operational selections, but have different layout designs. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073312 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a display apparatus and a control method thereof. The display apparatus includes: an image processing part which processes an image; a display part which displays the image processed by the image processing part; an input part which recognizes a number of a multi-motion received from a user; and a controller which controls the image processing part to display the image according to the number of the multi-motion. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073313 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION - An input device which includes a light-transmissive touch panel, a phase difference plate disposed on the opposite side to an input operation surface of the touch panel, a ¼ wavelength plate disposed on the side of the input operation surface of the touch panel, and a polarizing plate on the touch panel side, which is disposed on the ¼ wavelength plate toward the input operation surface of the touch panel, wherein a ratio R | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073314 | PORTABLE COMPUTER AND TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - The invention discloses a portable computer comprising a host, a touch input device disposed in the host, and a displayer pivoted on the host. The touch input device comprises a touch module, a switch and a controller. The controller is coupled to the touch module and the switch. The touch module is for performing a first touch function or a second touch function and for displaying a first touch pattern or a second touch pattern correspondingly. The switch drives the controller to control the touch module to perform the first touch function or the second touch function and control the touch module to display the first touch pattern or the second touch pattern correspondingly. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073315 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DATA DISPLAY METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of displaying data for the same are disclosed. The data display method includes displaying one or more tags, checking whether a motion of the mobile terminal is detected, identifying the terminal motion if terminal motion is detected, and displaying rearranged tags when the identified terminal motion is related to tag rearrangement. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100073316 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH PANEL - The present invention relates to a touch panel (X) including: a first base ( | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100079382 | TOUCH-SCREEN MONITORING - A method comprises monitoring a touch-screen for touches. The method also comprises, if a single touch is detected and no further touch is detected within a predetermined time after detecting the single touch, then, as a result, providing confirmation of the single touch to software, where a graphical user interface (GUI) of the software is shown on the touch-screen. The method further comprises, if a single touch is detected and a second touch is detected within the predetermined time, then, as a result, providing confirmation of two touches to the software. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079383 | DISTRIBUTING TOUCH DATA - A system comprises processing logic and storage comprising a system service application (SS), an administration application (AA), a first user application configured to receive single touch data or both single and multiple touch data. The system also comprises a touch-screen display configured to receive touch data. Execution of the SS causes the processing logic to obtain touch data from the display and to provide the touch data to an instance of the AA that corresponds to a target user selected based on user context information. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079384 | CAPACITANCE TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen is described. The touch screen is configured to have an array of conductive, optically transmissive sensor elements coupled to sensor circuitry. The sensor elements are disposed over a display to have a single layer of conductive, optically transmissive material positioned over pixels of the display. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079385 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE CALIBRATION METHOD - A method of calibrating an interactive input system comprises receiving images of a calibration video presented on a touch panel of the interactive input system. A calibration image is created based on the received images, and features are located in the calibration image. A transformation between the touch panel and the received images is determined based on the located features and corresponding features in the calibration video. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079386 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE HAVING MULTIPLE TOUCH COMBINATORIAL INPUT - A Human-Machine Interface (HMI) system comprises a user interface, a processing system, and a machine interface. The user interface displays a multi-state enable option graphic selectable by a first touch from a user, that, when the first touch is maintained, enables a multi-state mode of a state option graphic having a plurality of modes comprising a single-state mode and the multi-state mode, displays the state option graphic selectable by a second touch from the user, and receives the second touch from the user selecting the state option graphic. If the state option graphic is in the multi-state mode when selected, the processing system processes the second touch to select a state option from a plurality of state options corresponding to a plurality of operation states of a machine. If the state option graphic is in the single-state mode when selected, the processing system processes the second touch to select the state option from a single state option corresponding to a single operation state of the machine. The machine interface transfers a control instruction to operate the machine in an operation state corresponding to the state option. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079387 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SENSOR AND SOLAR ASSEMBLY - Integrated touch sensor and solar panel stack-up configurations that may be used on portable devices, particularly handheld portable devices such as a media player or phone are disclosed. The solar cell stack-up configurations may include one or more touch sensor layers and one or more solar cell layers. By integrating both the touch sensors and the solar cell layers into the same stack-up, surface area on the portable device may be conserved. The solar panel may be mounted face down or otherwise obstructed by a touch sensor or other component. In this configuration, the device may include light channels that allow light into the device and direct the light around the component and to the solar panel. A parabolic reflector may be used to direct the light. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079388 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTING IMAGE PROCESSING ACCORDING TO INPUT COORDINATE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - A region in a displayed image is scraped away in accordance with a trail of touch with a touch pen or the like and an object showing “shavings” corresponding to the scraped-away region is generated. A display position of each of particles generated in accordance with a user's operation with the touch pen | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079389 | Touch position detection method for touch control device - Disclosed is a touch position detection method for a touch control device, which employs a preset scan detection mode to carry out driving and scan detection on first and second conductive layers through a control circuit. When touch on a touch panel is detected, the type of the touch is determined, which may include a single-point touch, a continuous trace, and a multiple-point touch, and first and second operation modes are selectively used to perform driving and scan detection on the first and second conductive layers of the touch panel to thereby detect coordinates of the touch points or the continuous trace. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079390 | IMAGE INPUT DETECTION APPARATUS AND STORING MEDIUM - An image input detection apparatus comprises: a voltage applier that applies a voltage of a predetermined waveform to a display medium; a first acquisition unit that acquires a vibration waveform generated in the display medium; a first memory that stores a vibration waveform determined based on the waveform of the voltage applied by the voltage applier; and a second memory that stores information representing that an image written on the display medium has been overwritten, when the difference between the waveform acquired by the first acquisition unit and the waveform stored in the first memory lies within a threshold value. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079391 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS USING TACTILE SENSOR - In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the touch panel apparatus can include a panel; a plurality of tactile sensors, disposed at each corner of a lower surface of the panel; and a position calculator, configured to calculate a two-dimensional coordinate corresponding to a contact position on the basis of a ratio of sensed values of a contact, outputted from the tactile sensors, if the contact is made on a surface of the panel. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079392 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MULTIPLE WINDOWS FRAMES, ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT USING THE METHOD - A method for generating multiple windows frames, an electronic device thereof, and a computer program product using the method are provided. In the present method, first, a touch trajectory generated by continuously touching a touch panel of the electronic device is detected, wherein the center of the touch panel is a display area, and a non-display area surrounds the display area. Then, whether the touch trajectory is started from one side of the non-display area and passed through the display area to be extended to another side of the non-display area is determined. If so, the display area is split according to the touch trajectory to display at least two windows frames. As a result, an intuitional and convenient method for generating multiple windows frames in the display area is provided, and the operation of the electronic device is made very convenient. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079393 | ALTERNATING, COMPLEMENTARY CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT PATTERN FOR MULTI-TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor includes conductive elements of substantially concave shape to enable detection of multiple simultaneous touches in at least two directions, with reduced noise sensitivity and enhanced accuracy. The shapes of the conductive elements may be similar, or may be alternating, complementary shapes that cover substantially all of the sensor area. The conductive elements physically interact with adjacent elements in such a way that the area covered by a touch changes monotonically from overlapping substantially all of one element to overlapping substantially all of an adjacent element as the touch area is moved from one element to the other element along a line between the centers of those adjacent elements. Such monotonic change of touch overlap area may occur simultaneously in two orthogonal directions. Connections from internally positioned conductive elements to a touch controller may be made to pass through other conductive elements. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079394 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY - An input device and a display allowing latency to be reduced without degradation in display performance are provided. An input device includes a panel including: a plurality of sensor devices two-dimensionally arranged in row and column directions, a drive circuit driving the plurality of sensor devices, and a processing circuit processing output signals from the plurality of sensor devices, in which the processing circuit, prior to taking in all of the output signals from the plurality of sensor devices, determines whether or not one or more ON signals, defined as output signals affected by an object which touches or comes close to a surface of the panel, are included in previously inputted output signals, and then outputs a determination result. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079395 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method of a mobile terminal is disclosed. The control method of a mobile terminal includes: acquiring a pressure signal through a pressure sensing module for sensing a change in pressure applied to at least one part of the body in at least two degrees; and generating an event for changing a display state of a display unit through a control signal to be matched to the pressure signal. Emotional quality can be improved by changing a display state of a display unit in response to a change in pressure applied to the body. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079396 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates arranged to face each other with a predetermined gap, and a liquid crystal layer sealed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes pixel electrodes and thin-film transistors connected with the pixel electrodes. The transistors are turned on based on a scanning signal from scanning lines to electrically connect the pixel electrodes to signal lines. The second substrate has an opposed electrode, which forms pixels in areas facing the pixel electrodes. The device also has a touch input contact point provided on either the pixel electrodes or the opposed electrode to correspond to a previously selected pixel. The contact point protrudes at a height smaller than the gap between the first and second substrates and is brought into conduction by flexural deformation caused by a pressing force of a touch onto the first or second substrates. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079397 | Detecting Method for Touch Panel - This invention provides a detecting method for a touch panel, comprising providing a sensing matrix having a plurality of sensing units, detecting sensing data generated from the sensing unit and defining the sensing unit as a touch point or a non-touch point based on the sensing data and group at least a portion of the touch points to form a touch point group. In the same touch point group, projection of a touch point overlaps a projection of at least one touch point of the touch point group in one of a row direction and a column direction while adjacent to a projection in the other direction of at least one touch point of the touch point group. Afterward, extreme positions of the touch point group in the row direction and the column direction is retrieved. Lastly, the detecting method includes determining a touch center position based on the extreme positions in the row direction and the column direction. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100079398 | Liquid crystal display panel with touch panel function - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel provides touch panel function. When the LCD panel is contacted, one or more internal piezoelectric elements respond to the pressure via one or more corresponding photo spacers and generate electrical signals. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100085312 | Method and Apparatus for Dual Input Text Entry - A method and apparatus is provided for entering alphanumeric characters into a computing device. A user selects a row in a character array containing a plurality of alphanumeric characters using a first input device and selects a character in the row using a second user input device. A processor outputs the selected character to a display or to memory. The selected row may, in some embodiments, be displayed to the user on a display screen. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085313 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF SECONDARY CHARACTER RENDERING AND ENTRY - A method of secondary character rendering and entry in a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes rendering a virtual keyboard of a plurality of virtual input keys in a graphical user interface on the touch screen display; detecting a touch event at one of the virtual input keys on the touch screen display; detecting a continuation of the touch event at the one of the virtual input keys; rendering a secondary virtual keyboard of one or more secondary virtual input key on the touch screen display in response to detecting the continuation of the touch event, the secondary virtual keyboard being associated with the virtual input key; detecting a distinct and separate secondary touch event at the secondary virtual input key on the touch screen display; and rendering a secondary character associated with the secondary virtual input key on the touch screen display in response to detecting the secondary touch event. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085314 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display moveable relative to a base thereof. The method includes rendering a graphical user interface including selectable text, detecting a touch event on the touch screen display, detecting actuation of a switch caused by movement of the touch screen display relative to the base during the touch event and determining a first location of touch at the time of actuation, detecting release of the switch and determining a second location of touch at the time of release of the switch, and selecting text from the first location of touch to the second location of touch. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085315 | Flat touch panel - A flat touch panel has a top and bottom substrate, a top and bottom transparent conductive film formed on the corresponding first and second substrates and a FPC mounted on a bottom face of the bottom substrate. At least one top conductive line is formed on the top transparent conductive film. Multiple bottom conductive line is formed on the bottom face of the second substrate. The top conductive line is electronically connected to the corresponding terminal of the FPC through the conductive material in the first through holes. The bottom transparent conductive film is electronically connected to the corresponding terminals of the FPC through the second through holes with the material and the bottom conductive lines. Since the bottom conductive lines and the FPC are directly formed on the bottom face of the bottom substrate, the flatness of the touch panel is good and the visible area is increased. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085316 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile terminal including a touchscreen display unit configured to display at least a first image and to receive touch inputs, a projector module configured to project the first image displayed on the touchscreen display unit as a second image on an external surface, and a controller configured to detect a touch input on the touchscreen display unit, and to control the projector module to alter the displayed second image based on the detected touch input. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085317 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DEPENDING ON A USER'S CONTACT PATTERN - A graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed on a display unit in an apparatus which may include a tactile sensor unit. When a contact by a user is detected at the tactile sensor unit, a control unit may receive a contact detection signal therefrom. Based on the contact detection signal, the control unit may determine a contact pattern and may then display the GUI corresponding to the contact pattern. The GUI may be displayed and modified depending on the location and pressure of contacts by a user's manipulating fingers. Therefore, a user can manipulate the apparatus without any inconvenience or accidental touches. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085318 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE DEVICE - A touch input device and method for a portable device that is capable of inputting various user commands with diversified touch events detected on a touch screen is provided. A touch input method for a mobile terminal having a touch screen may include displaying a plurality of representative images representing content objects on the touch screen, selecting at least one representative image in response to a first command designated for a first touch event on the touch screen, and executing a second command designated for a second touch event on the touch screen. The second touch event may be defined by a movement direction, speed, a lift position of a touch, and the representative images selected by the first command. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085319 | ORGANIC ELECTROCONDUCTIVE POLYMER COATING LIQUID, ORGANIC ELECTROCONDUCTIVE POLYMER FILM, ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR, AND RESISTIVE FILM TOUCH PANEL - The organic electroconductive polymer coating liquid of the present invention contains an electroconductive polymer and a dopant, which is a water-soluble polymer, dispersed in at least one of a monohydric alcohol, a ketone or water. The viscosity of this dispersion is 6.0 mPa·s or less, and the average value of a dispersed particle diameter of the electroconductive polymer and the dopant is 50 nm or less. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085320 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device including: a rectangular display panel; a first film-like printed circuit board including a first terminal portion, the first film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the rectangular display panel in a direction; a rectangular touch panel provided so as to be opposed to the rectangular display panel; and a second film-like printed circuit board including a second terminal portion, the second film-like printed circuit board extending from one side of the rectangular touch panel in the direction, the one side of the rectangular touch panel corresponding to a side parallel with and adjacent to the one side of the rectangular display panel, the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion being provided so that a connecting direction of the first terminal portion is different from a connecting direction of the second terminal portion. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085321 | SMALL TOUCH SENSITIVE INTERFACE ALLOWING SELECTION OF MULTIPLE FUNCTIONS - An interface or control device having one or more sensors and a barrier wherein the one or more sensors are arranged relative to the barrier to be able to detect touch or proximity of a finger on each of two opposite sides of the barrier, the barrier inhibits or provides a touch sensory indication of simultaneous touch or proximity of the finger to sensors or parts of the sensor on opposite sides of the barrier, and the size of the device is such that a finger could simultaneously touch or be near sensors or parts of a sensor on opposite sides of the device in normal use if the barrier were not present. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085322 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A capacitance detection device of a capacitance system includes: a capacitance sensor electrode for detecting a capacitance; a power source for supplying charges to be charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; an electric charge storage capacitor in which an amount of charges to be charged therein changes according to the electric charges charged in the capacitance sensor electrode; and a switch for changing a reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor. The reference potential of the electric charge storage capacitor is changed in a period of measuring the capacitance. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100085323 | Segmenting a Multi-Touch Input Region by User - Once a touch has been initiated on a touch input device (such as a multi-touch screen), the touch input device's coordinate space is geographically segmented such that additional touches in close proximity to the initial touch point are treated differently than subsequent touches not in close proximity to the initial touch point. Additional touches near the initial touch point may be associated with the same input stream as the initial touch, while additional touches that are not near the initial touch point may be associated with a second input stream. If the initial touch point moves, as in the case of dragging, the area to be treated as “in close proximity” may be relative to the current location of the touch (i.e., the zone of proximity may travel with the finger as the finger moves). This approach establishes a hardware-independent “first-come, first-serve” protocol. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20100090963 | SLATE COMPUTER WITH TACTILE HOME KEYS - Fingertip-sized discrete areas are provided on a slate computer and have different tactile characteristics than the remainder of the surface on which they are disposed. The discrete areas are arranged to mimic home keys of a keyboard and each discrete area corresponds to a respective home key. In this way, a user is given tactile feedback of when fingers are properly placed in the home position, with home key finger placement triggering the presentation of a full keyboard on screen. Other embodiments do not use tactilely distinct keys, with simultaneous placement of two or more fingers on the computer triggering display of the virtual keyboard. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090964 | AUGMENTED I/O FOR LIMITED FORM FACTOR USER-INTERFACES - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can enhance and/or simplify tactile-based I/O transactions in connection with a user-interface (UI) of limited form factor. In particular, the architecture can monitor a position of a selector object such as an operator's finger relative to a UI display as the selector object hovers or moves above the UI display. Based upon this position, an analogous coordinate in the UI display can be determined, and a portion of the UI display substantially centered at the coordinate can be modified. As one example, the UI display can be modified to increase the magnification scale (e.g., a virtual magnifying glass) of the portion of the display indicated by the selector object. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090965 | User Input Displays for Mobile Devices - A mobile device for detecting user input on a display is provided. The mobile device includes a hand-held display unit. The hand-held display unit includes a display having an electromagnetic radiation detector. The electromagnetic radiation detector is configured to detect an electromagnetic radiation profile responsive to a position of a user input object when the position of the user input object is spaced apart from the display. A controller is configured to identify a user input from the electromagnetic radiation profile. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090966 | Capacitive Sensor Gloves - A glove usable to activate a capacitive touch screen comprises a body configured to cover the palm and back of the hand and a plurality of finger sheaths configured to cover the fingers and thumb. An electrically conductive material is disposed preferably at the tip of at least one of the finger sheaths. The conductive material may be a thin sheet of conductive material, a disc of conductive material, or a fibrous conducting material woven into the fabric of the finger sheath. When the tip of the finger sheath is brought toward contact with a capacitive touch screen, the electrically conducting material effects the touch screen in a manner similar to the tip of a bear fingertip to cause the touch screen to recognize the gloved touch. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090967 | Touch sensing device and method for correcting output thereof - A touch sensing device for increasing the sensitivity of a touch sensor is disclosed. The touch sensing device comprises: a touch sensor array including a plurality of touch sensors; and a swing level correction unit for correcting each of touch data from the touch sensor array by a difference value with neighboring another touch data to generate correction values and correcting the swing levels of the touch data by adding an offset value to the correction values. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090968 | METHOD OF GENERATING KEY CODE IN COORDINATE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND VIDEO DEVICE CONTROLLER USING THE SAME - A controller ( | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090969 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INFRARED TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - An electronic device with infrared touch input function is provided. The electronic device includes a display unit including two pairs of oppositely disposed sides defining an information display area; an infrared input device including a circuit board having two pairs of oppositely disposed sides defining an open area corresponding in size and shape to the information display area, a linear array of light emitting devices positioned on one side or two adjacent sides of the circuit board, configured for emitting infrared light; a micro-processing unit configured for generating control signals to control a corresponding light emitting device to emit infrared light, and determining whether the light detecting device receives the infrared light; and a central processing unit configured for controlling the display unit displaying a plurality of menu options determining whether the menu option is touched; and performing functions corresponding to the menu option when the menu option is touched. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090970 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH TOUCH FUNCTION AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus with a touch function includes a screen and an input device. The input device includes a transparent plate and a signal detector. The transparent plate and the signal detector are disposed on the screen, and the signal detector is electrically coupled to the electronic apparatus through a connecting interface. The signal detector has a detecting range on the transparent plate and detects a location of a target object located within a detecting range by a non-touch detecting way to generate a first coordinate data, such that the electronic apparatus controls an operation thereof according to the first coordinate data. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090971 | OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS USING TOUCHSCREEN - An object management method and apparatus for a device having a touchscreen is provided for handling objects displayed on the screen with diverse multi-touch gestures. An object management method for a touchscreen-enabled device according to the present invention includes the sensing and identification of picking up at least one object displayed on the touchscreen in response to a first type multi-touch input and releasing the at least one object on the another portion of the touchscreen, or a different area or a different display on the touchscreen, in response to a second type multi-touch input. The invention includes release to the touchscreen of another device that is in wireless communication with the device having the picked up object. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090972 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - There is disclosed a liquid crystal display device in which a touch panel and a front window are attached to a front surface of a liquid crystal display panel with a touch-panel flexible wiring substrate mounted to the touch panel. The front window is attached to the touch panel by an adhesive sheet. The touch panel and the front window may be peeled off in the vicinity of the portion in which the touch-panel flexible wiring substrate is mounted to the touch panel, due to mechanical shock. In order to prevent the peeling-off of the touch panel and the front window, protrusions are formed in the adhesive sheet to increase the adhesive force between the touch panel and the front window in this portion. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090973 | Touch sensing technology - The present touch sensing technology enables detecting the position of touch between an object and a surface, and the direction of this object in three dimensions while touching the surface. Said object can be a user's finger, a pen, or the like, while said surface can be a touchpad, a touch screen, a computer mouse, a button of a computer keyboard, a 3D computer input device, or the like. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100090974 | Switch and portable terminal using the same - A system and method for providing an input to a portable terminal includes a switch for a portable terminal with a touch screen. The switch includes a suction plate attachable onto the main screen; and a button inserted into the suction plate, the button touching the touch screen when it is pushed. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100097322 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING TOUCH SCREEN OPERATION - An apparatus ( | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097323 | HYDROGEL-BASED TACTILE-FEEDBACK TOUCH SCREEN - A system and method for providing tactile feedback on a touch screen display unit is provided. The tactile feedback unit has a gel layer for deforming discrete surface areas of a touch-screen display; and a tactile feedback controller for controlling the deformation by the gel layer. The tactile feedback unit is overlaid onto a liquid crystal display, OLED display, or other types of touch screen displays. Areas of the gel layer are individually controllable by the tactile feedback controller, such that areas of the gel layer that overlay control elements of a graphical user interface displayed on the touch screen display are activated. Additionally, contact with the touch screen display by a user at an area defined as a control element causes the corresponding area of the gel layer to provide a tactile feedback, such as deformation, vibration, etc. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097324 | Parental Controls Based on Touchscreen Input - A method for controlling user access in an information handling system is provided. Touchscreen signals indicating multiple simultaneous touch points on a touchscreen by an information handling system user are received. The received touchscreen signals are analyzed, and an authorization determination regarding the particular user is made based at least on the analysis of the touchscreen signals. The particular user's access to one or more aspects of the information handling system is controlled based at least on the authorization determination regarding the particular user. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097325 | TOUCH SCREEN ASSEMBLIES AND SADDLE-TYPE VEHICLES HAVING ONE OR MORE TOUCH SCREEN ASSEMBLIES - A touch screen assembly is configured for attachment to a handlebar of a saddle-type vehicle. The touch screen assembly includes a display portion having a display screen and a touch sensor arrangement. The display screen is configured to display indicia relating to at least one electrical device present upon a saddle-type vehicle. At least one electrical device remote from the touch screen assembly is configured to be selectively controlled by an operator through use of the touch screen assembly. Saddle-type vehicles, such as motorcycles, may include a touch screen assembly. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097326 | KEYBOARD-VIDEO-MOUSE SWITCH SYSTEM WITH INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention describe an interactive display system and method for using the same. In one embodiment, an interactive display system includes a KVM switch system and a display panel. The KVM switch system has an input port and a plurality of output ports. The output port is configured to be coupled to computer servers. The display panel is coupled to the input port of the KVM switch system. The display panel includes a first zone for displaying video information, a second zone comprising a keyboard, and a third zone comprising a plurality of buttons. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097327 | Touch Screen Overlays And Methods For Manufacturing The Same - In one embodiment, a kit to enable non-visual use of a touch screen on an electronic device comprises an overlay comprising a surface, where the surface is substantially flat. A first portion of the surface comprises a smooth tactile characteristic, and a second portion of the surface comprises a first textured tactile characteristic, where the first portion is transparent and the second portion is translucent. The first textured tactile characteristic is proximate to an expected icon location at the surface of the overlay. The kit also comprises an instruction that comprises at least one of an indication of an installation of the overlay over the touch screen, or an identification of the electronic device. Other embodiments are described and claimed herein. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097328 | Touch Finding Method and Apparatus - A method of determining touches from a data set output from a touch screen comprising an array of sensing nodes. The method comprises analyzing the dataset and identifies a node with a maximum signal value among all unassigned nodes, and, if present, assigns that node to a touch. A logical test is applied to each node that is a neighbor to the assigned node to determine if that node should also be assigned to the touch and the logical test is repeatedly applied to the unassigned neighbors of each newly assigned node until there are no more newly assigned nodes, or no more unassigned nodes, thereby assigning a group of nodes to the touch defining its area. This process can be repeated until all of the nodes of a touch panel are assigned to a touch. The method is ideally suited to implementation on a microcontroller. Therefore, although the kind of processing power being considered is extremely modest in the context of a microprocessor or digital signal processor, it is not insignificant for a microcontroller, or other low specification item, which has memory as well as processing constraints. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097329 | Touch Position Finding Method and Apparatus - In a touch sensor comprising a plurality of sensing nodes, the touch location in each dimension is obtained from the node at which the sum of the signal values assigned to the touch on either side of said node are equal or approximately equal. Each of the sensing nodes is replaced by a plurality of notional sensing nodes distributed around its respective sensing node over a distance corresponding to an internode spacing. Signal values 2, 6, 11, 5 and 2 have been obtained for the distribution of signal across the touch sensor. These signals are notionally split in equal spacings in the range covered by each node, each notional signal being shown with vertical tally sticks. The touch coordinate is then determined by finding the position of the median tally stick. Since there are 26 notional signals, each with a signal value of 1, the position of the median signal is between the 13th and 14th notional signals, as indicated by the thick arrow. This is a numerically simple method for obtaining touch coordinates at higher resolution than the resolution of the nodes ideally suited for implementation on a microcontroller. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097330 | Methods and apparatus for improving optical performance for touch screens and related devices - One disclosed feature of the embodiments is a method and apparatus to provide a touch screen. First and second layers having inner surfaces coated with indium tin oxide (ITO) are formed. The coated surfaces have a first refractive index. A cavity is formed by the first and second layers and a sealant that seals perimeter of the first and second layers. A fluid is filled in the cavity. The fluid has a second refractive index. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097331 | ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE - A method of activating and displaying a user interface (UI) integrated in an electronic device includes detecting a right-handed or a left-handed grip of the electronic device and activating a right-handed or a left-handed UI responding to the right-handed or left-handed grip. The right handed UI mirrors the left-handed UI. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097332 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PARAMETER OF AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - Input devices and methods are provided for effecting adjustment, in which a sensing system is adapted to detect motion of a first object and a second object in a sensing region and a processing system coupled to the sensing system. The processing system is adapted to detect a change in position of the first object relative to the second object, the first and second objects being simultaneously present in the sensing region, and effect a change in a parameter in response to a motion of the first object in the sensing region. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097333 | DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - The invention relates to a distance measuring device with a control interface. According to the invention, the control interface has at least one contact-sensitive entry unit. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097334 | LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, AND TOUCH PANEL INCLUDING THE LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT - A light sensing circuit, a method of driving the same, and a touch panel including the light sensing circuit, the light sensing circuit including a photodiode generating current according to the brightness of light incident from the outside; a driving transistor having a first electrode to which a first power voltage is applied, a second electrode, and a gate electrode electrically connected to a cathode of the photodiode; a first reset transistor having a first electrode to which an initialization voltage is applied, a second electrode connected to the gate electrode of the driving transistor, and a gate electrode to which a previous scan signal is applied; and a shielding capacitor disposed between the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the cathode of the photodiode. Accordingly, the brightness of light incident on the photodiode can be accurately determined by initializing the cathode of the photodiode by using a constant voltage. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097335 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING INPUT IN COMPUTING EQUIPMENT WITH TOUCH SCREEN - An apparatus and method for determining a key input in computing equipment having a touch screen are provided. The method for determining the key input in the computing equipment includes, upon occurrence of a touch input on the touch screen, determining an input type of the touch input, expanding a key input recognition region of at least one key when the input type is a finger touch input, and detecting the key input according to the expanded key input recognition region. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097336 | TOUCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS UTILIZING CUSTOMIZED SENSORS AND GENERICIZED CONTROLLERS - Touch sensing circuit arrangements include a touch sensor and a controller board. The touch sensor includes one or more sensing elements to generate touch-related signals responsive to a touch input to the sensor, and a memory device storing computer-executable firmware instructions for determining touch positions based on the touch-related signals. The controller board includes query logic executable by the controller board to cause the controller board to query for the computer-executable firmware instructions stored on the memory device of the touch sensor, and a processor circuit to determine touch positions by executing the firmware instructions loaded onto the generic controller board in response to the query. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097337 | METHOD FOR OPERATING PAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for operating a page and an electronic device are provided. In the method, touch signal is received first via a touch screen. Then, if the time for which the touch signal keeps at a location of the touch screen reaches a preset time is determined. If the time for which the touch signal keeps at the location reaches the preset time, a moving track formed by the touch signal is captured, and a page displayed on the touch screen is operated according to the type of the moving track. In the method, whether the touch signal of the user is responded depends on the time of the touch signal. Consequently, the inconvenience caused by unintentional touch can be avoided, and the user can achieve the operation of the page by simple touch signal. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097338 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - A display apparatus is provided which includes a display control unit which displays predetermined information on a display screen, a position detecting unit which detects a touch position on the display screen touched by a touch substance, and a display splitting unit which, when the position detecting unit detects at least two touch positions, splits the display screen into at least two display areas according to movement of at least one of the at least two touch positions. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097339 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The image processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an image processing unit for performing the image processing function by changing its execution parameter for the image processing function, which is associated with a processing result display area for displaying an image processing result acquired from applying a predetermined image processing function to specified image data, based on at least one of a surface area size of an operator contacting the processing result display area or contact duration in which the operator contacts the processing result display area. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097340 | Liquid-crystal display panel and chopper-type comparator - A liquid-crystal display panel includes: gate lines each serving as a row-direction line which is one of the rows of a two-dimensional matrix; data signal lines each serving as a column-direction line which is one of the columns of the two-dimensional matrix; a plurality of liquid-crystal pixel sections which are laid out to form the two-dimensional matrix and each placed at the intersection of one of the gate lines and one of the data signal lines; chopper-type comparators each connected to one of the data signal lines and each used for converting the value of a sensor signal read out from one of the liquid-crystal pixel sections connected to the data signal lines into a binary value; and a shift register for converting outputs of the chopper-type comparators from parallel data into serial data and outputting the serial data. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100097341 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided with a signature window data generating unit that, by combining template window data stored in a template data storage unit with confirmation note item data and confirmation note content data acquired by a confirmation note data acquiring unit, generates signature window data indicating a signature window on which the confirmation note item data and the confirmation note content data are displayed in at least a portion of an input area, and a signature window display unit that causes a display apparatus to display the signature window indicated by the signature window data generated by the signature window data generating unit. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100103115 | DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display arrangement for portable electronic devices is disclosed. The arrangement comprises a display element comprising one or more layers arranged to provide electro-optical modulation of light or provision of patterned light for providing graphical content to a viewer, and a rigid protective layer; and a force sensitive layer arranged on, from a viewer, a distal side of the display element. An electronic apparatus comprising such an arrangement is also disclosed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103116 | Disappearing Button or Slider - An input device is disclosed. The input is a deflection based capacitive sensing input. Deflection of a metal fame of the input device causes a change in capacitance that is used to control a function of an electrical device. The input appears invisible because it is made of the same material as the housing it is contained in. Invisible backlit holes may make the input selectively visible or invisible to the user. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103117 | MULTI-TOUCH MANIPULATION OF APPLICATION OBJECTS - The manipulation system described herein provides a common platform and application-programming interface (API) for applications to communicate with various multi-touch hardware devices, and facilitates the interpretation of multi-touch input as one or more manipulations. Manipulations map more directly to user intentions than do individual touch inputs and add support for basic transformation of objects using multiple touch contacts. An application can use manipulations to support rotating, resizing, and translating multiple objects at the same time. The manipulation system outputs two-dimensional (2D) affine transforms that contain rotation, scale, and translation information. Thus, using the manipulation system the application author can focus more on building touch-capable applications and let the manipulation system handle the underlying transformations and communication with the multi-touch hardware. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103118 | MULTI-TOUCH OBJECT INERTIA SIMULATION - The inertia system provides a common platform and application-programming interface (API) for applications to extend the input received from various multi-touch hardware devices to simulate real-world behavior of application objects. To move naturally, application objects should exhibit physical characteristics such as elasticity and deceleration. When a user lifts all contacts from an object, the inertia system provides additional manipulation events to the application so that the application can handle the events as if the user was still moving the object with touch. The inertia system generates the events based on a simulation of the behavior of the objects. If the user moves an object into another object, the inertia system simulates the boundary characteristics of the objects. Thus, the inertia system provides more realistic movement for application objects manipulated using multi-touch hardware and the API provides a consistent feel to manipulations across applications. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103119 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a third substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the second and the third substrates, a pixel array disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the third substrate, an opposite electrode, color filter patterns, a first sensing electrode, and a second sensing electrode. The first, the second, and the third substrates are disposed in parallel. The color filter patterns and the opposite electrode that are disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate are respectively disposed on opposite sides of the second substrate. Some color filter patterns are piled to form touch points. The first sensing electrode on the first substrate faces the second substrate. The second sensing electrode covers the touch points and some color filter patterns. A height of the touch points is less than a gap between the first and the second substrates. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103120 | SIGNAL CONVERSION CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD THEREOF - A signal conversion control circuit comprises an analog-to-digital converter, a first sample-and-hold circuit, a second sample-and-hold circuit, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch. The analog-to-digital converter has an input end for receiving an output signal of a touch screen. The first sample-and-hold circuit is configured to provide the analog-to-digital converter with a high-level reference voltage. The second sample-and-hold circuit is configured to provide the analog-to-digital converter with a low-level reference voltage. The first switch connects a supplied voltage to the touch screen. The second switch connects the touch screen to a ground potential. The third switch connects the supplied voltage to the first sample-and-hold circuit through the first switch. The fourth switch connects the ground potential to the second sample-and-hold circuit through the second switch. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103121 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL INTEGRATED INTO LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch screen panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate, which face each other with respect to a liquid crystal interposed therebetween; and a touch sensor interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The touch sensor includes: a plurality of first touch signal lines disposed on the first substrate and extending in a first direction; a protective layer disposed on the first substrate, the protective layer including a dielectric material and substantially the plurality of first touch signal lines; a plurality of contact pads disposed on the protective layer; a plurality of second touch signal lines disposed on the second substrate and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a plurality of touch sensor spacers electrically connected to the plurality of second touch signal lines. A gap between the touch sensor spacers and the plurality of contact pads is defined, and the spacers are disposed to face the plurality of contact pads. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103122 | APPARATUS FOR DETECTING THE LOCATION COORDINATES OF A PRESSURE POINT WITHIN A SENSOR FIELD - An apparatus is described for detecting the location coordinates of a pressure point ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103123 | Bendable electronic device status information system and method - A system includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and one or more physical status sending modules configured to direct sending one or more bendable electronic device physical status related information portions to the bendable electronic device based upon the obtaining of the first information. In addition to the foregoing, other related system/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103124 | Column Organization of Content - Column organization of content is described. In an implementation, a mobile communications device configures a user interface to include a plurality of representations of content arranged according to a plurality of columns that permits navigation between first and second said columns upon detection of a gesture input via a touchscreen of the mobile communications device. The user interface is displayed on a display device of the mobile communications device. The first column is configured for vertical navigation through each of the plurality of representations and the second column includes a filtered subset of the plurality of representations such that at least one of the representations is included in the first column and not the second column. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103125 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OTHER DEVICES USING THE SAME - Provided is a method of controlling an electronic device by using a remote control device comprising a touch screen, the method including selecting one of a plurality of functions supported by the electronic device via the touch screen, sequentially displaying a plurality of user interfaces, usable for controlling the function selected with an input detected by the touch screen, one-by-one, and controlling the electronic device by using one of the plurality of user interfaces that are sequentially displayed. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103126 | PROTECTIVE PANEL WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION FOR ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT DISPLAY WINDOW - A protection panel with a touch input function for an electronic instrument display window, which is excellent in reliability in an FPC connection. The panel is constituted such that the outer side face can be fitted into a panel fitting part of a casing having an aperture and kept without a gap to form a leveled plane and is configured to protect a display device provided under it externally visibly through a transparent window. A pin-equipped FPC ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103127 | Virtual Keyboard Input System Using Pointing Apparatus In Digital Device - A virtual keyboard input system using a pointing device in a digital device. The virtual keyboard input system includes: a sensor unit sensing a contact and a two-dimensional contact position; a switch unit; and a control unit dividing a contact sensitive region of the sensor unit into multiple division regions according to XY coordinates, assigning virtual keys of a virtual keyboard to the division regions, and when the switch unit is turned on, controlling an input of information for a virtual key assigned to a division region which is contacted among the division regions. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103128 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a touch control method thereof are provided. The electronic device has a touch unit, a press unit and a processing module. The press unit is disposed under the touch unit, and is used for generating a pressing signal. The processing module is electrically connected with the touch unit and press unit. When the processing module receives the pressing signal, an area of the touch unit is transformed into a pressing area. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103129 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH MODULE - An electronic device includes a housing, a touch module and a switch module. The housing has an opening and a supporting plate, wherein one side of the supporting plate is connected to the housing. The touch module is disposed over the supporting plate and one side connected to the housing. The switch module is disposed under the supporting plate and corresponding to a side of the touch module, wherein the side of the touch module is bent to turn on the switch module when a force is applied to the side of the touch module. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103130 | Liquid Crystal Display with Touch Screen Function and Method for Detecting External Illuminance Using the Same - An Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) with a touch screen function includes an array substrate having a display region and a photosensitive region divided by data lines, scan lines, and common lines, wherein the photosensitive region includes a switching element having a first terminal connected to an (n−1) | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103131 | Interactive and 3-D multi-senor touch selection interface for an automated retail store, vending machine, digital sign, or retail display - Vending machines, automated retail stores, and retail displays with a computer controlled, activation system that senses either the gesture of a customer proximate product display tubes or a touch-screen selection on a computer screen. Item-based lighting produces variable visual effects in conjunction with actual or potential vends to provide an enhanced vending experience. Offered products are stored within display tubes that are arranged in orderly geometric arrays. RGB lighting through a plurality of LED banks associated with each display tube are controlled by the activation system Combinations of differently colored LED's are computer controlled on a per product basis to artistically illuminate available products and assist customers. Pre-programmed lighting sequences can switch LEDs off and on, vary their intensity, and alter resultant colors. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103132 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The information processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a display panel on which a plurality of objects of moving picture contents are displayed along a predetermined direction; an input position detecting unit that detects a position of an operator positioned on the display panel; a selected object detecting unit that detects an object selected by the operator; a block division unit that divides content data corresponding to the object detected by the selected object detecting unit into a plurality of blocks and generates an object corresponding to a block top image which is an image positioned at the top of each block; and a display controlling unit that arranges a plurality of block top images in a time order and hierarchically displaying them with the selected object as a reference. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103133 | INPUT DEVICE FOR FOLDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF - An input apparatus including an electronic pen and a terminal having a foldable display unit is provided. An electronic pen generates an ultrasonic signal and an infrared signal. A terminal detects the ultrasonic signal and the infrared signal and calculates coordinate information of the electronic pen based on the received ultrasonic signal and the infrared signal. The terminal determines coordinate information of the electronic pen with respect to the foldable display unit by measuring a folding angle of the foldable display unit. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103134 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING MULTI-TOUCH INPUT OF TOUCH-SCREEN - The present invention relates to a multi-touch input processing method and apparatus of a touch screen. The present invention preferably provides a method including: storing a first coordinate inputted by a multi-touch which becomes a second touch input in a state where a first touch input is maintained; cancelling the first touch input in a state where the second touch input is maintained; storing a second coordinate set by the cancel of the first touch input; storing a third coordinate set by a third touch input in a state where the second touch input is maintained; and checking a sameness of a first vector from the first coordinate to the second coordinate and a second vector from the second coordinate to the third coordinate, and determining a touch of the second coordinate as being effective in case the first vector and the second vector are not identical. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103135 | Mobile Apparatus - A mobile apparatus which includes a casing, an input mechanism, a force-sense generating mechanism provided in the casing and giving the user a force-sense of a translational force toward a first direction, and a controller which controls the force-sense generating mechanism based on the input operation information from the input mechanism and which gives the user translational forces toward one side and the other side of the first direction alternately to thereby present one of positive response information and negative response information with respect to the input operation information to the user through the force-sense. Accordingly, when presenting information from a device side to the user, the user can understand the information intuitively. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100103136 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image display device includes a display unit (DU) and an operation screen, a first operation unit on the DU generating an operation signal, a second operation unit on a rear of the DU generating an operation signal, a hold state (HS) detection unit detecting a HS of the image display device, an image display mode decision unit determining an image display mode for displaying the image on the DU according to the HS, an image processor determining a content of the image to be displayed according to the HS, and an operation control unit controlling the first and second operation units according to the HS. A user interface of the DU is changed to a user interface corresponding to the HS by changing, according to the HS, one or more of the image display mode/content of the image, and a method for controlling the first and second operation units. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100110016 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a base and a touch-sensitive display connected to the base and movable relative thereto. The touch-sensitive display includes a display device and a touch-sensitive input device for detecting touches on the display device. The electronic device also includes a switch actuator disposed between the touch-sensitive display and the base, switches disposed between the touch-sensitive display and the base and moveable relative to the switch actuator from a first position in which only one of the switches is located for actuation by the switch actuator, and a second position in which two of the switches are located for actuation by the switch actuator, and operational components including a processor connected to the display device and the touch-sensitive input device for controlling operation of the display device and the touch-sensitive input device. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110017 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a touch screen display includes rendering a graphical user interface including a character entry portion and a display portion, the character entry portion having a selection area and a character display area, the character display area having a plurality of characters arranged proximal the selection area on the touch screen display. The method also includes detecting a touch event at a first location at or proximal one of the characters at the character entry portion, determining the one of the characters, detecting a movement of the touch event to a second location, and selecting said character if the second location falls within the selection area. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110018 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A touch-sensitive input unit includes a base, a touch-sensitive input surface for detecting a touch event thereon, the touch-sensitive input surface connected to and moveable relative to the base, and an actuating arrangement including an elastically deformable substrate between the touch-sensitive input surface and the base, and a piezoelectric patch transducer fixed to the substrate for controlling a bending force on the substrate to control a force on the touch-sensitive input surface by modulating a charge at the patch transducer. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110019 | Virtual Periphery Display Buttons - An input device for use with an information handling system is disclosed. The input device may include a display device having a viewing area defined by a perimeter, a graphic user interface configured to display a virtual button within the viewing area adjacent the perimeter, a frame adjacent the perimeter of the viewing area, and a proximity sensing element associated with the frame and located outside the viewing area of the display device. The proximity sensing element may be configured to sense a user selecting the virtual button displayed by the graphic user interface. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110020 | VIRTUAL PRESS NUMBER PAD - The present invention provides methods for associating a gesture, in contact with a touch screen, with a character. More specifically, the present invention links a user's movement on a surface of a device to represent a character. A character includes any number, letter, or symbol. For example, an illustrative embodiment of the present invention, a user may swipe a surface on their device such as a cell phone. The present invention recognizes the swipe to represent the number “0,” a swipe in another direction to represent the number “1,” a tap in the middle region to represent the number “2,” etc. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110021 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SCREEN AND PROCESSING METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE DISPLAYING - A processing method for interactive displaying is provided and applied to an electronic device equipped with an interactive display screen. The display screen includes an up-down stacked digitizer board and a touch panel. The processing method for interactive displaying includes the following steps: determining whether the digitizer board senses existence of a digitizer pen; and when the digitizer board senses existence of the digitizer pen, performing a first designate operation on the touch panel. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110022 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate and a liquid crystal layer is provided. The first substrate includes sensing areas and a non-sensing area outside the sensing areas. Each sensing area is provided with a first electrode thereon. The second substrate includes main spacers, sensing protrusions, first sub-spacers and second sub-spacers. The main spacers are connected to the non-sensing area. The sensing protrusions are corresponding to the sensing area and respectively have a second electrode. A sensing gap exists between each second electrode and the corresponding first electrode. The first sub-spacers are corresponding to the non-sensing area and respectively keep a first sub-spacer gap from the first substrate. The second sub-spacers are corresponding to the non-sensing area and respectively keep a second sub-spacer gap from the first substrate. The sensing gap is greater than the first sub-spacer gap and less than the second sub-spacer gap. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110023 | TOUCH-SENSING SUBSTRATE, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH-SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A color filter substrate including a substrate, a plurality of patterned color filter layers, and a plurality of sensing serials is provided. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The substrate includes a plurality of display regions arranged in array and a separated region located between the display regions. The patterned color filter layers are arranged in array on the first surface and corresponding to the display regions. The sensing serials are arranged on the second surface and insulated from each other. Each sensing serial includes a plurality of sensing pads; a plurality of bridging lines, each connected with two adjacent sensing pads; a plurality of patterned conductive layers stacked and electrically connected with the sensing pads. The position of the patterned conductive layers is corresponding to the separated region. A touch-sensing liquid crystal display and a touch-sensing substrate are also provided. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110024 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE USING DMD AND DLP DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE METHOD - A method for providing a user interface, and a Digital Light Processing (DLP) display apparatus using the method. In the DLP display apparatus, a Digital Micro-mirror Device (DMD) reflects light projected on a screen by a light source, and an image sensor detects the light reflected from the DMD, so as to easily provide a user interface for the DLP display apparatus. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110025 | CONTROL OF COMPUTER WINDOW SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS USING HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD USER INTERFACE - A high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) controls a variety of computer windows systems and applications by detecting a user's finger movement in the left-right, forward-backward, roll, pitch, yaw, and downward pressure directions. One or more of the detected finger movements are then used to control specific computer applications including focusing a user's attention to one of several web pages, gesture recognition, magnification control, 3D-polyhedral menu selection, Internet browsers, navigation applications, games, media players, spreadsheets, and controlling the functions of mobile devices. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110026 | TACTILE SENSOR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD FOR A TACTILE SENSOR - The invention is a signal processing method for a tactile sensor, said tactile sensor having a tactile surface and elementary sensors ( | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110027 | INTERACTIVE DEVICES - An interactive assembly including at least one interactive surface element, at least a first region of the at least one interactive surface element having first user sensible functionality and at least a second region of the at least one interactive surface element having second functionality, different from the first user sensible functionality, input sensor functionality, including at least one input sensor located in propinquity to at least one of the at least one interactive surface element, operative to sense impingement of an electromagnetic radiation spot on at least one of the at least one first region and the at least one second region of the at least one interactive surface element and utilization functionality for employing outputs of the input sensor functionality in respect of impingement on either or both of the at least one first region and the at least one second region. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110028 | TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touchscreen display substrate includes; a plurality of pixel parts including a plurality of first pixel rows arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of pixel columns arranged in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein each of the plurality of pixel parts includes a pixel electrode, and a plurality of sensing parts which sense a touch state, the sensing parts being disposed in an area corresponding to the plurality of pixel parts, and being sequentially arranged in the first direction between adjacent pixel parts of first plurality of pixel columns. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110029 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE - A position detecting device includes: a display unit having a first electrode formed of a transparent conductive film, a plurality of second electrodes, and display material interposed between the first electrode and the second electrodes; a display driver configured to drive the display unit based on a video signal input to the display driver; and a position detecting section configured to detect a position of an indicator on the first electrode and to output the detected position. The display unit may comprise, for example, an “electronic paper,” such that the display state of the display unit can be maintained even after a drive power applied between the first electrode and the second electrodes is discontinued. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110030 | Apparatus and method for inputting characters in computing device with touchscreen - A computing device with a touchscreen capable of displaying characters in multiple languages includes and apparatus and method for inputting characters with a touchscreen. In the method, keys mapped to a plurality of characters are displayed on a touchscreen. If a press and a drag occur in a key region and a release occurs outside the key region, it is determined that one of the characters except a representative character of the key is input. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110031 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus has: a touch operating unit touch-operating by at least operators; a detecting unit for detecting a touch state of each of the operators in touch with the touch operating unit; a coordinate system determining unit for determining a coordinate system of the touch operating unit in accordance with an operating direction of the operators detected by the detecting unit; a relative position calculating unit for calculating a relative position of each of the two or more operators from a touch position of the operators detected by the detecting unit and the coordinate system of the touch operating unit determined by the coordinate system determining unit; and a command issuing unit for issuing a predetermined operation command based on the touch state of each of the operators detected by the detecting unit at the relative position of the operators calculated by the relative position calculating unit. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110032 | INTERFACE APPARATUS FOR GENERATING CONTROL COMMAND BY TOUCH AND MOTION, INTERFACE SYSTEM INCLUDING THE INTERFACE APPARATUS, AND INTERFACE METHOD USING THE SAME - An interface apparatus for generating a control command by touch and motion, interface system, and interface method using the same is provided. The interface apparatus includes a touch screen, motion sensor, and control unit for generating a control command. Accordingly, a user can manipulate a GUI more easily and conveniently. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110033 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel device includes a touch panel that includes a first substrate, a second substrate that is arranged so as to face the first substrate with a gap interposed therebetween, a extension outer edge portion that is arranged in the first substrate and is formed so as to be extends the outer side relative to an outer edge portion of the second substrate, and a position detecting structure that is arranged in an area in which the first substrate and the second substrate overlap each other and a frame body that includes an opening portion used for exposing the second substrate of the touch panel. An opening edge portion of the opening portion is overlapped with the extension outer edge portion, and the opening edge portion directly or indirectly supports the extension outer edge portion from the second substrate side. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100110034 | Touch Panel and Quick Scrolling Method Thereof - A touch panel and a quick scrolling method thereof are disclosed. The quick scrolling method includes the steps stated below. Firstly, a first location of an object at a fist moment of time is detected by a touch panel. Next, a second location of the object at a second moment of time is detected by the touch panel. Then, a moving speed of the object is calculated according to a time difference between the fist moment and the second moment of time and a distance between the first location and the second location. After that, the moving speed is compared to a threshold value, and if the moving speed is greater than the threshold value, then a scroll of a display window will be moved fast. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100117969 | MONITORING ASSEMBLY EMBEDDED TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER FOR INCREASING OPERATION SPACE - A personal computer monitoring assembly by embedding a touch-controlling retaining seat to a personal computer for increasing a touch-controlling operation space includes following components. A retaining seat needs a least one receiving slot of a casing panel of a personal computer in installation. Each of two sides of the retaining seat is extended with an extension portion. A front end of the retaining seat has an opening and a back side of thereof is installed with a locking unit. A circuit substrate is formed with locking holes and a front side of the circuit substrate is installed with a monitoring display panel. A wire bus is extended from the circuit substrate and is connected to a touch panel, and a circuit interface is arranged to be connected to a computer mother board. A touch panel has a plurality of micro switch touch sensitive points. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117970 | Methods of Operating Electronic Devices Using Touch Sensitive Interfaces with Contact and Proximity Detection and Related Devices and Computer Program Products - A method of operating an electronic device using a touch sensitive user interface may include detecting contact between a first finger and the touch sensitive user interface, and detecting non-contact proximity of a second finger to the touch sensitive user interface. Responsive to detecting contact between the first finger and the touch sensitive user interface and responsive to detecting non-contact proximity of the second finger to the touch sensitive user interface, one of a plurality of operations may be selected. Responsive to selecting one of the plurality of operations, the selected operation may be performed. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117971 | Data Input Method - A data input method is adapted to be implemented in an electronic device equipped with a touch panel. The data input method includes following sequential steps: defining a plurality of linear directions; determining an operation of moving along one of the linear directions on the touch panel as an input data; and when the direction of moving changes, determining a subsequent operation of moving along one of the linear directions on the touch panel as another input data. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117972 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INFRARED TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - An electronic device with infrared touch input function is provided. The electronic device includes a display unit defining an information display area; an infrared input device including a circuit board having two pairs of oppositely disposed sides defining an open area corresponding in size and shape to the information display area, at least one light emitting device; a linear array of light detecting devices faced to light emitting devices, connected together via first resistances respectively to form a node; an analog/digital (A/D) converter configured to convert a voltage across the node into digital values; a micro-processing unit for determining an infrared light path being obstructed; and the CPU configured for controlling the display unit displaying a plurality of menu options, determining the menu option being touched; and performing functions corresponding to the menu option. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117973 | FUNCTION SELECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Function selection system and method for use in an electronic device are provided. The system includes a display unit and a processing unit. The display unit has a display area, and displays a specific region within the display area. The processing unit selects one of a plurality of functions according to a position of the specific region in the display area. The specific region is removable, and used to display data generated by the selected function. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117974 | TRANSPARENT MULTI-TACTILE SENSOR - The disclosure relates to a transparent multi-tactile sensor including a transparent semi-conducting active layer provided between two transparent conducting layers arranged as an array of cells formed by the intersection of rows and columns, characterised in that it comprises a control circuit successively supplying each semi-conducting portion corresponding to a cell, said control circuit including a means for analyzing the variation in the electrical characteristics due to the deformation of one or more sensor areas, each area including one or more cells, the semi-conducting characteristic of said intermediate layer making said cells independent from the measuring circuit. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117975 | MOBILE TERMINAL USING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a body and a display module, which is flexible and is capable of receiving a touch input and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes setting the touch sensitivity of a display module to a first level; if the display module is bent or folded, setting the touch sensitivity of a bent or folded portion of the display module to a second level; and if the display module is unbent or unfolded and thus returns to its original shape, setting the touch sensitivity of the bent or folded portion of the display module back to the first level. Accordingly, it is possible to adaptively adjust the touch sensitivity of the display module according to whether and how the display module is bent or folded. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117976 | RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL - A resistive touch panel including a first-direction first electrode group and a first-direction second electrode group is provided. The first-direction first electrode group includes an electrode having N unit length. The first-direction second electrode group includes N electrodes each of which has one unit length. Two ends of multiple first-group strip-shaped layers are connected between the first-direction first electrode group and the first-direction second electrode group. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117977 | Fluorescent Display Tube And Fluorescent Display Device Having Touch Switch Portion - In a fluorescent display tube having an electrostatic capacitor type touch switch portion on a front plate, a shield electrode is provided between a filament cathode and the touch switch portion. Electrons emitted from the filament cathode are prevented from irradiating on the touch switch portion and the touch switch portion and a neighbor thereof are prevented from being charged up, thereby an operation of the electrostatic capacitor type touch switch becomes stable. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117978 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TOUCHING BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A touching behavior recognition apparatus includes a contact point acquiring unit configured to acquire pressure information items and position information items in a plurality of contact points, a clustering unit configured to perform clustering on the contact points on the basis of information regarding pressure deviations and position deviations of the contact points based on the information items acquired by the contact point acquiring unit to form contact point groups each including contact points associated with each other as a touching behavior, and a touching behavior identifying unit configured to identify a touching behavior for each contact point group. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117979 | BOUNDING BOX GESTURE RECOGNITION ON A TOUCH DETECTING INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - The invention provides a method and apparatus for identifying gestures performed by a user to control an interactive display. The gestures are identified based on a bounding box enclosing the points at which a user contacts a touch sensor corresponding with the display surface. The invention thus permits the use of inexpensive and highly reliable grid-based touch sensors that provide a bounding box to describe contact information. In identifying the gestures, the position, motion, shape, and deformation of the bounding box may all be considered. In particular, the center, width, height, aspect ratio, length of the diagonal, and orientation of the diagonal of the bounding box may be determined. A stretch factor, defined as the maximum of the ratio of the height of the bounding box to the width of the bounding box and the ratio of the width of the bounding box to the height of the bounding box, may also be computed. Finally, gestures may be identified based on the changes in time of these characteristics and quantities. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100117980 | TOUCH SENSIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display panel; a plurality of pixels disposed on the display panel; a plurality of sensor data lines disposed on the display panel and disposed between two adjacent pixels; and a plurality of sensing units disposed on the display panel and disposed between two adjacent pixels. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100123665 | Displays for Mobile Devices that Detect User Inputs Using Touch and Tracking of User Input Objects - A mobile device includes a touch-sensitive display screen including an array of electromagnetic radiation detectors. The array of electromagnetic radiation detectors is configured to generate an image of a user input object when the user input object is spaced apart from the display, and the touch-sensitive display is further configured to generate a touch signal in response to the display screen being touched by the user input object. The mobile device further includes a controller configured to identify use input gesture from a combination of the image of the user input object and the touch signal. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123666 | USER-MODIFIABLE CASING FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The invention relates to a casing for a portable communication device, comprising at least one layer of an electrical conducting material adapted to change its appearance. The layer is connected to an outer surface of the casing. A control unit is adapted to receive an input signal and as a result produce a control signal where the layer is adapted to receive the control signal and to change its appearance depending on the control signal, and thereby change the appearance of said casing. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123667 | Touch input device, portable device using the same and method of controlling the same - Provided are a touch input device capable of acquiring information on whether a pointing object touches a touch panel, information on a touch point of the pointing object touching the touch panel and information on the magnitude of touch force of the pointing object and a method of controlling the same. The touch input device includes a touch panel having a plurality of electrically separated upper electrode strips formed on one side thereof and touched by a pointing object, a first switch electrically connecting the plurality of upper electrode strips to form a single electrode or two electrodes, and an information generator generating at least one of information on a touch point of the pointing object and information on the magnitude of touch force of the pointing object and information on whether the pointing object approaches the touch panel on the basis of a signal received from the touch panel according to a switched state of the first switch. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123669 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA - A wireless communication terminal is provided. The wireless communication terminal includes a display that includes a touch screen configured to recognize touch inputs; a memory configured to store image data; and a controller configured to communicate with the memory, the display, and the touch screen. The controller is further configured to display at least a portion of the image having a first scale in the display, wherein the controller defines a reference line associated with the displayed portion of the image and recognizes a first touch input to define a manipulation region associated with the reference line where a portion of the image in the manipulation region is gradually removed or reinstated in response to a movement of the first touch input relative to the reference line, while maintaining the same first scale of the image that is displayed outside of the manipulation region. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123670 | Touch Screen Sensor - A two-dimensional touch sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes arranged in a mesh pattern on a substrate. Each electrode is formed by interconnected metal traces, the metal being intrinsically opaque, but the metal traces being sufficiently narrow to be practically invisible. The metal traces have a width less than or equal to 10 μm and occupy less than or equal to 5% of the area of each electrode. The electrodes can be deposited additively via a printing process, for example using copper as the metal. The narrow width of the tracks allows the film to be highly transparent, since the electric field used in capacitive touch screens can be made to propagate with very low metal densities. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123671 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a transparent base board, a mesh-shaped sensor portion formed on the base board and made of piezoelectric materials, a mesh-shaped black matrix formed on the sensor portion; and a pixel portion formed on portions of the base board exposed from the sensor portion and the black matrix for displaying images. When the base board is touched, the sensor portion transforms the pressure on the base board into piezoelectric signals for inputting operating instruction. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123672 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting unit on the substrate; a sealing substrate sealing the organic light emitting unit; and a touch panel on the sealing substrate, and configured for polarizing light, wherein the touch panel includes a first film on the sealing substrate and a second film spaced from the first film and on the first resistive layer. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123673 | TOUCH TYPE ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch type electrophoretic display device includes: a first substrate on which a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines cross to define a plurality of pixels; a plurality of sensing signal lines formed to be parallel to the data lines on the first substrate; a plurality of first touch driving voltage lines formed to be parallel to the gate lines; a driving thin film transistor (TFT) formed at each pixel so as to be connected to the gate lines and the data lines; a pixel electrode formed at each pixel so as to be connected to the driving TFT; a switching TFT formed at each pixel so as to be connected to the sensing signal lines and the gate lines; a lo photo TFT formed in each pixel so as to be connected to the first touch driving voltage lines and the switching TFT and serving to recognize an applied touch; a second substrate attached to the first substrate in a facing manner; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; an electrophoretic film formed between the first and second substrates; a lead-out driver for detecting a position of the photo TFT when a sensing signal is transferred via the switching TFT in a corresponding pixel and the sensing signal lines according to an operation of the photo TFT, and outputting touch data; a gate control signal generating unit for outputting a second gate control signal indicating a touch mode operation when touch data is not inputted from the lead-out driver, and outputting a first gate control signal indicating a driving mode operation for converting an image if it is determined that a touch has been applied upon receiving touch data from the lead-out driver; and a gate driver for driving the gate lines upon receiving the first or second gate control signal from the gate control signal generating unit, wherein a timing at which each gate line is turned on and off when the gate driver receives the first gate control signal and a timing at which each gate line is turned on and off when the second gate control signal is received are different. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123674 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including at least a first sensing string and at least a second sensing string is provided. The first sensing string arranged in a first direction includes first sensing pads electrically connecting with each other and at least a first connecting pattern. The first connecting patterns are located between two adjacent first sensing pads. The second sensing string does not contact the first sensing string and is arranged in a second direction which crosses with the first direction. The second sensing string includes second sensing pads and at least a second connecting pattern. The second sensing pads electrically connected with one another are located among the first sensing pads. The second connecting pattern is located between two adjacent second sensing pads. Resistivities of the first connecting pattern and the second connecting pattern are lower than those of the first sensing pad and the second sensing pad respectively. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100123675 | TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a transparent conductive layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer is disposed in a pattern so that the transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of discrete conductive pads, with the pads being conductively connected to at least one connecting region of the substrate via respective conductive traces. The pads are associated with respective buttons of a display device disposed at the substrate, such that the user may touch or approach the substrate and pads at selected areas in response to the displayed buttons as viewed by the user through the pads and substrate. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100127991 | PICTORIAL METHODS FOR APPLICATION SELECTION AND ACTIVATION - Methods and devices provide a quick and intuitive method to launch a specific application, dial a number or send a message by drawing a pictorial key, symbol or shape on a computing device touchscreen, touchpad or other touchsurface. A shape drawn on a touchsurface is compared to one or more code shapes stored in memory to determine if there is a match or correlation. If the entered shape correlates to a stored code shape, an application, file, function or keystroke sequence linked to the correlated code shape is implemented. The methods also enable communication involving sending a shape or parameters defining a shape from one computing device to another where the shape is compared to code shapes in memory of the receiving computing device. If the received shape correlates to a stored code shape, an application, file, function or keystroke sequence linked to the correlated code shape is implemented. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127992 | MULTI-TOUCH ACTIVE DISPLAY KEYBOARD - The present invention relates to flexible resistive touch screen components. In particular, to a flexible resistive touch screen component that incorporates flexible resistive touch screen technology beneath a flexible display. The present invention provides a touch sensitive display device comprising a display fabricated on a flexible substrate, the display having a viewing surface; and a plurality of touch sensitive elements under the display, each of the plurality of touch sensitive elements comprising a touch sensitive sensor, the sensors being operable by touching the viewing surface of the display, and each of the plurality of touch sensitive elements having an output for outputting a signal responsive to the viewing surface being touched, wherein each of the plurality of touch sensitive elements defines a region of the viewing surface in which the touch sensitive element produces an output in response to a touch, and wherein the plurality of touch sensitive elements are arranged such that two or more substantially simultaneous touches of different regions of the viewing surface produces output signals corresponding to the two or more touches of the viewing surface. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127993 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - A liquid crystal display apparatus with touch input function includes a display unit coupling to a first scanning line, a touch transistor, a touch-sensing device, and a touch-detecting circuit coupling to a sensing line. The touch transistor includes a gate coupling to a second scanning line, a first terminal, and a second terminal coupling to the sensing line. The touch-sensing device includes a first conductor coupling to the first terminal of the touch transistor, a second conductor coupling to the first scanning line, and a touch conductor configured to electrically connect the first conductor and the second conductor when a sensing region of the liquid crystal display apparatus is touched. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127994 | Layout Method for Operation Key Group in Portable Terminal Apparatus and Portable Terminal Apparatus for Carrying Out the Layout Method - A layout method for an operation key group in a portable terminal apparatus | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127995 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN INTENDED AND UNINTENDED USER INPUT ON A TOUCHPAD - A method and system for differentiating between intended user input and inadvertent or incidental contact with a touchpad is herein disclosed. When a user engages the touchpad, sensors on the touchpad are activated and generate touch sensor signals. Based on the pattern of engaged sensors, a hand pattern can be determined. From the hand pattern, a hand model may be retrieved. The hand model may indicate passive zones and active zones. Contact in the active zones may be considered intentional, while contact in the passive zones may be considered unintended or incidental. Moreover, a global shift may be calculated, and input from the active zones may be compensated for the global shift. The input from the active zones can then be used to control a graphical user interface. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127996 | In-vehicle device, remote control system, and remote control method - To provide an in-vehicle device including a layout-information acquiring unit, a relating unit, a combination display unit, a converting unit, and an output-signal transmitting unit. The layout-information acquiring unit acquires layout information of input keys of the portable terminal device. The relating unit relates each input key included in the layout information to a predetermined area on a touch panel display. The combination display unit causes a layout screen of each input key related to a predetermined area on the touch panel display to be displayed in the touch panel display. The converting unit converts an input to the touch panel display into an output signal corresponding to a pressing operation of the input key or a combination of the output signals, based on the layout information. The output-signal transmitting unit transmits the output signal obtained by conversion to the portable terminal device. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127997 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - A device and method for providing a user interface using information is provided. The device includes a display unit, a sensor and a controller. The display unit displays at least one graphic user interface (GUI). The sensor generate sa sensor signal according to a user's finger touch input. The controller receives the sensor signal from the sensor, identifies a touch area and an adjacent area based on the received sensor signal, generates touch finger shape-based information according to the identified touch area and the identified adjacent area, and controls the display unit to display the GUI according to the generated finger shape-based information. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127998 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RELEASING LOCK FUNCTION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and device for releasing a lock function of an input device of a mobile terminal are provided. The method of releasing a lock function of an input device of a mobile terminal includes detecting a user's input, determining whether the lock function of the input device is set, displaying, if it is determined that the lock function of the input device is set, display data representing that the input device is in a locked state and displaying function data of a function to be entered upon release of the lock function of the input device, and entering, immediately upon performance of a preset lock release operation, a specific function corresponding to the function data. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100127999 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING FINGERTIP HAPTICS OF VISUAL INFORMATION USING ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER FOR IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of providing fingertip haptics of visual information for an image display device is provided. The method includes outputting a detecting signal of a user's finger contacting a touch panel; moving an electro-active polymer to a first point of contact of the user's finger on the touch panel by applying a first driving voltage or current based on the detecting signal; generating a pattern signal of haptic information from visual information based on the detecting signal; and deforming the electro-active polymer by applying a second driving voltage or current based on the pattern signal | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100134421 | COMBINED TAP SEQUENCE AND CAMERA BASED USER INTERFACE - The invention includes a method, apparatus, and program storage device for providing a combined tap sequence and camera based user interface. The invention provides, among other features, an apparatus comprising: an accelerometer; a laser light generating module; wherein the laser light generating module provides a plane of laser light over a surface coupled to the accelerometer; at least one camera; at least one processor; and a memory; wherein the memory stores instructions, executable by the at least one processor, enabling the apparatus to ascertain an occurrence of an input event utilizing inputs from the accelerometer and a location of the input event utilizing inputs from the at least one camera. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134422 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL USING REGIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTRODES TO INCREASE NUMBER OF SENSE LOCATIONS - An input sensor for an electronic device which includes a touch sensor panel, multiple electrodes and a sensor circuit. The electrodes include multiple regional electrodes and multiple local electrodes. Each regional electrode covers a corresponding region of the touch sensor panel and each local electrode includes multiple pads including one pad located within each of the regional electrodes. The electrodes are distributed so that a touch anywhere across the touch sensor panel is detected by at least one regional electrode and at least one local electrode. A sensor circuit determines a value for each of the electrodes indicating relative change, and compares relative values of the electrodes to identify a location of a touch of the touch sensor panel. The regional electrodes are used to determine a region of a touch and the local electrodes are used to determine a more specific touch location within the determined region. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134423 | AUTOMATIC SOFT KEY ADAPTATION WITH LEFT-RIGHT HAND EDGE SENSING - Systems and methodologies for adapting input/output operation of an electronic device for left-handed and/or right-handed scenarios are provided herein. As described herein, sensors (e.g., capacitive, resistive, touch-sensitive, etc.) are applied to respective outer edges of a device to determine whether a device is in a user's left hand and/or right hand. Based on this determination, respective points along the sensors can be mapped to soft keys to automatically optimize input for left-handed and/or right-handed operation. As further described herein, points of contact with an input device such as a touch-screen can be corrected based on whether a user's left hand and/or right hand is holding an associated electronic device. For example, upon identifying contact between a touch-screen and a thumb of a hand being used to hold an associated device, the point of contact can be shifted to compensate for the angle of the thumb with respect to the touch-screen. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134424 | EDGE HAND AND FINGER PRESENCE AND MOTION SENSOR - Systems and methodologies for controlling an electronic device are provided herein. As described herein, sensors (e.g. capacitive, resistive, touch-sensitive, etc.) are applied to respective outer edges of a device to detect presence and/or motion of a user's fingers and/or hands, thereby leveraging the outer edges of the device as an input mechanism. For example, points along an edge sensor can be mapped to soft keys to enable inferred hand and finger locations to be utilized for device input. Further, characteristics of a user's hands and/or fingers can be discovered over time and/or learned based on an initial calibration procedure, and these characteristics can subsequently be utilized to adjust sensor operation for optimal accuracy and user comfort. In addition, selected device features can be secured by utilizing an identifying set of sensor contacts from a user as a passcode that requires duplication before the selected device features can be accessed. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134425 | MANIPULATION OF LIST ON A MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY - Embodiments related to the manipulation of lists via a multi-touch display are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a computing device having a touch-sensitive display, a processor, and memory. The memory comprises code executable by the processor to display a scrollable list of items on the touch-sensitive display, to detect a first touch gesture over the scrollable list of items on the touch-sensitive display, and, in response, to scroll the scrollable list of items on the touch-sensitive display. The memory further comprises code executable by the processor to detect a second, multi-touch gesture over the scrollable list of items on the touch-sensitive display, and in response to adjust a displayed range of the scrollable list of items. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134426 | TOUCH SENSIBLE ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a touch sensible organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate; an organic light emitting element connected to the thin film transistor and receiving a data voltage; a plurality of encapsulation thin films disposed on the organic light emitting element, and encapsulating the thin film transistor and the organic light emitting element; a planarization layer disposed on the encapsulation thin film; and a touch sensor disposed on the planarization layer. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134427 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH MULTI-TOUCH FUNCTION - A display panel with multi-touch function includes a display area and a non-display area. The display area includes a data line, a gate line, a first sensing line, a second sensing line, and a sensing unit. The sensing unit electrically connects the first and second sensing lines according to a touch signal or electrically isolates the first sensing line from the second sensing line. The non-display area includes a gate driver, a first switch and a second switch. The first switch provides a path for charging the second sensing line according to a scan signal, and the second switch provides a path for discharging the second sensing line according to a reset signal. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134428 | DATA INPUT DEVICE BY DETECTING FINGER'S MOVING AND THE INPUT PROCESS THEREOF - Disclosed herein are a data input device and an input conversion method using the data input device. The data input device includes a detection unit provided in a predetermined input region, the detection unit processing first directional input that generates a first directional input signal through detection of lateral pressing in a predetermined radial direction by a finger placed at a reference location in the input region, second directional input that generates a second directional input signal through detection of vertical pressing in a predetermined direction in a state in which the finger is placed at the reference location, third directional input that generates a third directional input signal through detection of tilt pressing in a state in which the finger is placed at the reference location, and fourth directional input that generates a fourth directional input signal through detection of a tilt input in a state in which the finger is placed at the reference location; and a control unit configured to determine input locations of a lateral pressing direction, vertical pressing direction, tilt pressing direction and tilting direction of the finger, extract relevant data from memory, and input the extracted data; wherein the data is input through combination of two or more of the first to fourth directional inputs. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134429 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen display apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel electrode and a lower sensor electrode, a second substrate facing the first substrate and including a common electrode and an upper sensor electrode facing the lower sensor electrode, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the substrates, a first alignment layer disposed on the pixel electrode and the common electrode, a second alignment layer disposed on the lower sensor electrode, and a third alignment layer disposed on the upper sensor electrode. The second or third alignment layers aligns the liquid crystal layer in a different direction from a direction the first alignment layer aligns the liquid crystal layer. When pressure is applied onto a point on the first or second substrate, a distance and a capacitance between the lower sensor electrode and the upper sensor electrode at the point are changed to detect a position of the point. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134430 | TOUCH RESPONSIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device comprises a housing, a plurality of touch sensors, and a processing unit. The housing comprises a plurality of touch areas and division portions, each of which is disposed between two adjacent touch areas of the plurality of touch areas. The plurality of touch sensors are disposed within the housing, each of which corresponds to one of the plurality of touch sensors. The processing unit is capable of identifying signals from the plurality of touch sensors and performing functions corresponding to the signals. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134431 | Illuminated Touch Sensitive Surface Module and Illuminated Device thereof - An illuminated touch sensitive surface module and an illuminated device are disclosed. The illuminated touch sensitive surface module includes a cosmetic layer, a sensor, a controller and an illuminated device. The cosmetic layer permits light beams to pass through and objects to touch or hover thereon. The controller connects to the sensor and drives an illuminated mode of the illuminated device according to the position information. The illuminated device has many regions and at least one light guild film in which the light beams enter from the side and emit out of a top of individual light guide film. Further, each light guide film has a bottom on which micro members are formed for changing path of the entering light beams and block members for defining the regions. In the illuminated mode, the touched or hovered regions of the illuminated device are illuminated while the other regions are dark. Thus, the illuminated touch sensitive surface module provides the regional illumination in response to a gesture operation. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134432 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PROVIDE USER INTERFACE - A method of operating a touch screen providing an enhanced user interface includes displaying a plurality of icons on a touch screen, determining whether or not confusion occurs, and enlarging an area in which confusion occurs. Accordingly, a user can select a desired icon with greater ease and greater precision. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134433 | Information-processing apparatus and imaging apparatus - An information-processing apparatus includes a display unit having a display screen, and processing means for detecting a touched position on the display screen and performing a processing operation corresponding to the touched position. The display screen has two or more regions arranged in a predetermined direction and being corresponding to respective different processing operations. The processing means includes limited-operation-processing means for limitedly performing, when a plurality of regions among the two or more regions are simultaneously touched with a first digit reached out in the predetermined direction, a processing operation corresponding to a first region nearest to the tip of the first digit. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134434 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ELECTRICITY SAVING METHOD THEREOF - An electricity saving method of a communication device is provided. The method is applied to a communication device having a functional unit group. The functional unit group is consisted of a communication module and several functional modules. The electricity saving method includes the following steps. A call is received or given by the communication module. Whether the time of not pressing several keys and a touch screen of the communication device reaches a threshold time is determined. If yes, an unattended mode is activated to disable the functional modules. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100134435 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel using an optical sensor has a simple construction and can accurately detect an input position. An illuminating lights emitted from illuminating means are turned into lights having a high directivity in an X-axis direction and in a Y-axis direction of the prism lens sheet and thereafter enter from side faces of a light guide panel as incident lights. The incident lights advance in the inside of the light guide panel toward opposite side faces while being subjected to a total reflection and are received by the optical sensor arrays. When an input pen or a fingertip touches a surface of the light guide panel, the lights are refracted or absorbed at a touched position and hence, a quantity of received lights at the optical sensor arrays is reduced. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100141589 | TOUCH INPUT INTERPRETATION - A method of operating a touch display includes interpreting a touch input on the touch display as a first kind of gesture if a source of the touch input is of a first type and a parameter of the touch input is below a first threshold. The touch input is interpreted as a second kind of gesture if the source is of the first type and the parameter of the touch input is above the first threshold. The touch input is interpreted as the first kind of gesture if the source is of a second type and the parameter of the touch input is below a second threshold, the second threshold being different than the first threshold. The touch input is interpreted as the second kind of gesture if the source is of the second type and the parameter of the touch input is above the second threshold. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141590 | Soft Keyboard Control - This document describes tools associated with soft keyboard control functions. In some implementations, the tools recognize a keyboard launch gesture on a touch sensitive screen and present a preview of a keyboard on the touch sensitive screen responsive to the launch gesture. The tools can also display the keyboard on the touch sensitive screen responsive to cessation of the launch gesture. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141591 | COMPOSITE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A composite touch panel includes a first insulating layer, a first conductive layer, a plurality of spacers, a second conductive layer and a second insulating layer in turn stacked on each other. The second conductive layer is applied with a predetermined first working voltage, and the voltages at four comers of the first conductive layer are measured. The composite touch panel is judged to work at a resistance mode when one of the measured voltages exceeds a first threshold, and a pressed position on the composite touch panel is determined. The composite touch panel is judged to work at a capacitance mode when all of the measured voltages are smaller than the first threshold. At the capacitance mode, whether a touch is present is judged, and the touch position is also determined when a touch is present. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141592 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH CHARACTER BASED MODE INITIATION - A digital camera includes a touch-screen for receiving individually or in any combination one ore more characters all of which are short-hand notation for corresponding camera modes or functions from a user; memory for storing one or more characters all of which individually or in any combination are short-hand notation for corresponding camera modes or functions; and a processor that receives the user input from the touch-screen and correlates the received input to one of the stored characters and directing the selected camera mode or function to initiate. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141593 | Stylus pen and flat panel display apparatus including the same - A stylus pen includes a body portion, and an end portion on the body portion, the end portion including a reflecting unit and adapted to contact a touch screen. The reflecting unit is adapted to reflect light toward a display apparatus including the stylus pen, so light receiving accuracy of a photosensor in the display apparatus is increased. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141594 | Method of inputting information using touch input device and system for performing the same - A touch input device is configured to apply an information input method and system for use with a portable terminal. In the information input method and system, when a touch against the touch input device is not released, voltage generated in a resistive overlay touch screen is changed by the touch input device and various functions are performed according to the voltage change. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141595 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including scan lines, data lines, pixel units electrically connecting the scan lines and the data lines, at least a sensing-signal line locating between the pixel units, and at least a touch-sensing device is provided. Each touch-sensing element includes a set of sensing pads and a signal transmission element. The set of the sensing pads includes a first pad and a second pad separated from each other. The first pad and the second pad are respectively electrically connected to the scan line and the sensing-signal line. The signal transmission element is located above the set of the sensing pads. When a position where the touch-sensing element is disposed is pressed, the signal transmission element directly contacts the first pad and the second pad. When the position where the touch-sensing element is disposed is unpressed, the first pad and the second pad are electrically insulated. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141596 | User Interface for a Portable Communicator for Use in a Process Control Environment - A portable communicator for use in a process control system. The portable communicator includes a touchscreen configured to receive input from a user. The touchscreen may include a user interface that separate the scrolling functionality from the selection functionality. In one embodiment, the user interface includes a first portion and a second portion that is separate from the first portion. The first portion of the user interface includes multiple input fields associated with a multiple parameters of a field device. The first portion enables a user to scroll through the multiple input fields (e.g., via a grab-and-drag mechanism), and the second portion enables the user to select a value for at least one of the multiple input fields in the first portion. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141597 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PREVENTING INPUT ERROR WHEN INFORMATION IS INPUTTED THROUGH TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed are a method, device and computer readable recording medium for preventing an input error when information is inputted through a touch screen. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method for preventing an input error when information is inputted through a touch screen, including the steps of sensing a start and a finish of a touch on the touch screen and acquiring input data corresponding to a point where the touch is finished when the finish of the touch is sensed, and performing a grammar check on the acquired input data and displaying the input data if the input data is determined to be grammatically correct. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141598 | DISPLAY, DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display includes: a display section having a plurality of pixels provided in a region where a first substrate and a second substrate are disposed opposite to each other; a switch provided in the region where the first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other, the switch having two electrodes closed by a pressure from outside; a detecting section comparing a signal from the switch with a reference signal to determine whether the switch is closed or not; and a precharge section applying a precharge potential to a wiring in continuity with one of the electrodes of the switch prior to the detection at the detecting section. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141599 | TOUCH PANEL AND CIRCUIT THEREOF - A sensing circuit for touch panel is disclosed. The sensing circuit includes a switching device, a passive device, a sensing device and a transforming unit. The switching device receives a first control signal and outputs the first control signal according to a second control signal. The passive device couples to the switching device. The sensing device couples to the switching device to form a node, receives the first control signal to generate a reference voltage on the node, and changes the value of the reference voltage to generate a target voltage according to a pressure exerting on a preset position of the surface of the touch panel by a user. The transforming unit receives the target voltage and generates an output current according to the target voltage. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141600 | TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen is provided, in which a first layer of a transparent electrode is spaced from a second layer of a transparent electrode and a refraction index matching layer is interposed between the first and second layers of the transparent electrodes. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141601 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A touch screen display apparatus is disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch screen display apparatus includes: i) a plurality of light emitting devices disposed on a substrate, ii) at least one first light sensor, iii) at least one second light sensor, wherein the at least one first light sensor is less shielded from the light emitting devices than the at least one second light sensor and iv) a light detection controller configured to: i) detect the intensity of ambient illumination, ii) selectively operate one of 1) the at least one first light sensor and 2) the at least one second light sensor based at least in part on the detected intensity and iii) detect a touch location based at least in part on light detection by the selected sensor. According to one embodiment, light may be efficiently sensed, irrespective of the external light, since an additional internal sensor (first sensor) detects the light when the amount of the external light is insufficient. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141602 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING HOME AUTOMATION EQUIPMENT OF A BUILDING | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100141603 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO REJECT ACCIDENTAL CONTACT ON A TOUCHPAD - In one exemplary embodiment, a portable computer having a display assembly coupled to a base assembly to alternate between a closed position and an open position. Palm rest areas are formed by a touchpad disposed on the surface of the base assembly. In an alternative embodiment, a touchpad disposed on the base assembly has a width that extends substantially into the palm rests areas of the base assembly. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100149108 | SINGLE LAYER TOUCH PANEL WITH SEGMENTED DRIVE AND SENSE ELECTRODES - A touch sensor panels having segmented electrodes for both the drive and sense lines. The touch sensor panel may include a number of columns of sense electrodes and a number of rows of drive electrodes. Each of the drive and sense electrodes are connected to one of the metal bus lines using a connecting trace. Pixels on the touch sensor panel are formed by the unique pairings of individual drive electrodes and their adjacent sense electrodes. Electrically, the mutual capacitance of one touch-sensing pixel can be distinguished from the mutual capacitance of another touch sensing pixel because the two mutual capacitances are formed with combinations of different drive electrodes and sense electrodes. In one embodiment, the drive electrodes and sense electrodes in adjacent columns are staggered horizontally with respect to each other by half a Y-pitch of the electrodes. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149109 | Multi-Touch Shape Drawing - Multi-touch shape drawing. The use of multi-touch gesture detection improves the user interface experience associated with generating and modifying shapes. By associating unique multi-touch gestures with the generation of corresponding shapes, the accuracy and ease of use with which shapes can be generated can be improved. By associating multi-touch gestures with the modification of shapes, the ease of use with which shapes can be modified can be improved. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149110 | Architecture and method for multi-aspect touchscreen scanning - Architecture and method for multi-aspect touchscreen scanning. This architectures employs a single type of circuitry capable to perform both signal generation and signal detection for performing both zone scanning and cross point within a touchscreen to identify a user's interaction with the touchscreen and to discriminate actual touch locations on the touchscreen (including multiple, concurrent user touch locations on the touchscreen). This signal generation/detection circuitry can be implemented multiple times within the architecture (e.g., one for providing/detecting signals of conductors aligned in a first direction across the touchscreen, and another for providing/detecting signals of conductors aligned in a second direction across the touchscreen). Moreover, a combination of both zone scanning and cross point within the touchscreen allows for a very accurate discrimination between false/phantom touch locations and actual/real touch locations made by a user interacting with the touchscreen. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149111 | Systems and Methods For Stabilizing a Haptic Touch Panel or Touch Surface - Systems and methods for stabilizing haptic touch panels or touch surfaces are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes a housing having a base; and a touch sensitive input device. The apparatus further includes a first support member coupled to the base via a first hinge and coupled to the touch sensitive input device via a second hinge; a second support member coupled to the base via a third hinge and coupled to the touch sensitive input device via a fourth hinge; wherein the first support member and the second support member are configured to facilitate movement of the touch sensitive input device in a first degree of freedom. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149112 | OSD CONTROL SYSTEM AND OSD CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY PANEL PROPERTIES ACCORDING TO SENSED TOUCH MOVEMENTS - An OSD control system is provided and includes a display device. The display device includes a panel for displaying image data, a touch pad disposed around the panel, a display controller and a touch sensor controller. The touch pad includes touchable keys for sensing touch movements thereon and transferring interrupt signals upon sensing the touch movements. The display controller receives key status signals and controls display properties of the panel according to the key status signals. The touch sensor controller receives the interrupt signals, recognizes types and corresponding positions of the touch movements in response to the interrupt signals, and generates the key status signals according to the type and the positions of the touch movements. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149113 | PROXIMITY SENSOR DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF SENSING OBJECT PROXIMITY - A proximity sensor device, a portable electronic apparatus and a method of sensing object proximity are disclosed. The proximity sensor device comprises a light source and a layer optically coupled to the light source. Light output by the light source is transmitted in the layer. The layer comprises an output coupler configured to couple at least a portion of the light transmitted in the layer out of the layer. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149114 | SIMULATING A MULTI-TOUCH SCREEN ON A SINGLE-TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed is a single-touch screen interface that supports two operational states. First is a traditional single-touch state. Second is a “simulated multi-touch state” which allows the user to interact with the single-touch screen in much the same way as he would interact with a multi-touch screen. The user, while in the single-touch state, selects the simulated multi-touch state by performing a special “triggering” action, such as clicking or double clicking on the display screen. The location of the triggering input defines a “reference point” for the simulated multi-touch state. While in the simulated multi-touch state, this reference point is remembered, and it is combined with further touch input to control a simulated multi-touch operation. When the simulated multi-touch operation is complete, the interface returns to the single-touch state. In some embodiments, the user can also leave the simulated multi-touch state without completing a simulated multi-touch operation. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149115 | FINGER GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR TOUCH SENSING SURFACE - Touch sensor methods, devices and systems are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention pertains to a method comprising monitoring a finger movement along a touch sensing surface based on position data of a finger touching the touch sensing surface, where the position data is obtained by locating a position of a force applied by the finger in a coordinate of the touch sensing surface. In addition, the method comprises generating direction data associated with the finger movement if the finger movement travels for more than a threshold distance. Furthermore, the method comprises determining a finger gesture which corresponds to the finger movement using a lookup table having multiple preconfigured finger gestures based on the direction data. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149116 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch device includes a patterned sensing electrode structure, an insulating layer and a patterned common electrode layer. The patterned sensing electrode structure is disposed on a surface of a substrate, defining a plurality of displaying regions and a light-shielding region. The patterned sensing electrode structure corresponds to the light-shielding region, and exposes the displaying regions. The insulating layer covers the patterned sensing electrode structure. The patterned common electrode layer is disposed on the insulating layer, and the patterned common electrode layer includes a plurality of electrode portions corresponding to the displaying regions and a plurality of connecting portions disposed between the adjacent electrode portions and electrically connected to the electrode portions. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149117 | COLOR FILTER TOUCH SENSING SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHODS OF THE SAME - A manufacturing method of a color filter touch sensing substrate is provided. Firstly, a first film is formed on a substrate. The first film includes a plurality of first and second touch sensors and a plurality of first bridge lines for electrically connecting the first touch sensors in the same column. Then, a second film is formed on the substrate. The second film includes a plurality of second bridge lines for electrically connecting the second touch sensors in the same row. Next, a light shielding pattern layer is formed between the first and the second films. The light shielding pattern layer is used to define a plurality of sub-pixel regions on the substrate. Afterward, a plurality of color filter pattern layers is formed in the sub-pixel regions. Furthermore, a color filter touch sensing substrate, a display panel and manufacturing methods thereof are also provided. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149118 | Media controller - This invention is to provide a media controller, comprising a touch panel, which is set up to combine with the screen, and each location on the touch panel is equipped with the “touch” feature, where the touch feature is the location at the screen designed to associate with control commands of a multimedia software such that a virtual command of the multimedia software at the screen can be directly controlled by a finger touching at the touch panel; a micro controller unit (MCU), connected with the touch panel and a physical control device, and the MCU receives a command from the touch panel or the physical control device for carrying out operations and for an output, where the control command of the output is transmitted to the PC through a transmitting wire; and the physical control device includes a number of control elements, which empowers the operator to directly control the software virtual control elements on the screen. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149119 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus is provided which includes a read unit for reading pattern information formed by conductive material and an execution unit for executing a predetermined processing based on the pattern information read by the read unit. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149120 | MAIN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUB IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a main image processing apparatus, a sub image processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The control method of the sub image processing apparatus includes receiving a user's touch input through the sub image processing apparatus; determining which contents correspond to a touched area where the touch input occurs; sensing change in location of the touch input; and transmitting a control command for the contents to the main image processing apparatus in response to the sensed change in the location of the touch input. With this, it is more convenient for a user to control the main image processing apparatus through the sub image processing apparatus supporting the touch input. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149121 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING APPLICATIONS PROCESSOR TO TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY FOR REDUCED DATA TRANSFER - System and method for substantially reducing an involvement of an applications processor in receiving data from a touchscreen display. In one aspect, the system includes a controller may be configured in an autonomous mode where it automatically measures the touchscreen display based configuration information received from the applications processor, determines notable events based on the measurement data, stores data and event identifiers related to the notable events in a memory, and sends a notification to the applications processor when event data is available In another aspect, the system includes a controller that filters user interactions events and transmits data related to only notable events to the applications processor. Because of the autonomous and event filtering operations of the touchscreen controller, there are substantially less communications between the controller and the applications processor. This improves the speed and efficiency of the applications processor. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149122 | Touch Panel with Multi-Touch Function and Method for Detecting Multi-Touch Thereof - A touch panel with a multi-touch function and a method for detecting a multi-touch thereof are provided. The touch panel includes transparent conductive substrate, a transparent conductive film, first conducting wires, second conducting wires and a main detecting module. The transparent conductive film is disposed on the transparent conductive substrate. The two first conducting wires and second conducting wires are disposed at four corresponding sides of the transparent conductive substrate, to provide a constant voltage. A dividing voltage corresponding to the constant voltage is generated while the transparent conductive film is touched to conduct the transparent conductive film and transparent conductive substrate. The main detecting module obtains a touch resistance value based on the constant voltage and the dividing voltage, compares the touch resistance value with a preset resistance value and determines that a multi-touch mode is executed when the touch resistance value is less than the preset resistance value. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149123 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS INCLUDING A TOUCHSCREEN COMPOSITION INPUT - A method of controlling a digital photographing apparatus includes providing a touchscreen input view on a touchscreen and inputting a touchscreen composition input drawn by a user on the touchscreen. The touchscreen composition input may represent a picture of a desired composition. When the touchscreen composition input is completely drawn, the touchscreen composition input may be displayed in a live view along with a live view input. The touchscreen composition input may be displayed in such a manner that the touchscreen composition input overlaps with the live view input in the live view. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100149124 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MOUSE ALGORITHM USING TACTILE SENSOR - A method for implementing a mouse algorithm using a plurality of pressure sensors is disclosed. The pressure sensors are used to freely move and rotate a mouse cursor in X, Y and Z directions, so that they can be applied as interface units for a slim device such as a mobile phone. The mouse algorithm processes a touch input. The pressure sensors are arranged in a ring shape and provide output values successively varying with magnitudes of forces applied thereto or pressures applied thereto. A moving direction of the mouse cursor is determined depending on a contact point detected through the output values and a moving distance and moving speed of the mouse cursor are determined in proportion to the magnitudes of the forces. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100156804 | MULTI-FINGER SUB-GESTURE REPORTING FOR A USER INTERFACE DEVICE - Touch sensor methods, devices and systems are disclosed. One embodiment of the present invention pertains to a method for reporting a sub-gesture on a touch sensing surface, e.g., laid over a display of a user interface device. The method comprises determining a number of fingers simultaneously placed on the touch sensing surface. The method also comprises periodically sampling respective position data of the fingers moving along the touch sensing surface and calculating event data based on the position data, wherein each of the event data includes a geometric shape associated with the number of fingers and a centroid of the geometric shape. The method further comprises forwarding the event data to a presentation layer of application of the user interface device, where the application is configured to identify a gesture based on a subset of the event data. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156805 | Touch Screen Device and Methods Thereof Configured for a Plurality of Resolutions - Disclosed is a touch screen and a method of touch screen having a first plurality of sensor segments coupled to first scan lines and a second plurality of sensor segments being subsections of one of the first plurality of sensor segments, the second plurality of sensor segments including second scan lines that are bundled by a multiplexer configured to aggregate output of the second plurality of sensor segments into a single transmission channel. The individual output of the multiplexed sensor segments subsections can be either combined into a single signal for processing during a normal scan, or their individual output can be processed individually for higher resolution. Using two scans, the first a normal scan, and the second a higher resolution scan, the disclosed touch screen and methods zoom in on the proximity of the touched area and scans with a higher resolution the proximity only where it is needed. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156806 | ZOOMING TECHNIQUES FOR TOUCH SCREENS - A device may include a touch-sensitive display, a memory to store a group of instructions, and a processor. The processor may execute the instructions in the memory to detect that a circular motion is being made on or near a surface of the touch-sensitive screen, detect a location on the touch-sensitive screen at which the circular motion is being made, and zoom in or zoom out on an item, being displayed on the touch-sensitive screen at the detected location, based on detecting that the circular motion is being made on or near the surface of the touch-sensitive screen. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156807 | ZOOMING KEYBOARD/KEYPAD - A device detects an input object that is one of in contact with or adjacent to a touch screen of the computing device, calculates a location on the touch screen that is associated with the detected input object, and enlarges a display element, associated with the location, to a first size larger than sizes associated with one or more other display elements displayed on the touch screen. The device also enlarges one or more other display elements, provided adjacent to the display element, to a second size smaller than the first size, and displays, on the touch screen, the display element enlarged to the first size and the one or more other display elements, provided adjacent to the display element, enlarged to the second size. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156808 | MORPHING TOUCH SCREEN LAYOUT - A device displays one or more display elements on a touch screen associated with the device, and detects interaction of a finger, associated with a user of the device, with the touch screen. The device also calculates one or more touch areas associated with the finger based on the detected interaction, and resizes, reshapes, and/or relocates the one or more display elements based on the calculated one or more touch areas. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AVIONIC TOUCHSCREEN OPERATION PROVIDING SENSIBLE FEEDBACK - A method is provided for avionic touchscreen operation. The method includes the steps of displaying one or more user input devices on a touchscreen panel, receiving user inputs on a face of the touchscreen panel, and generating input signals in response to the user inputs. The method further includes the steps of generating operational signals in response to comparing the input signals to predetermined user input signals, adjusting one or more avionic operation parameters in response to the operational signals, and providing user sensible outputs in response to the operational signals and in accordance with the user inputs. The step of providing user sensible output includes providing two or more user sensible outputs selected from the group of providing user sensible outputs including providing visual outputs, providing audible outputs and providing tactile outputs. Alternatively, the one or more user input devices displayed on the touchscreen panel includes one or more knobs. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156810 | DIAMOND PATTERN ON A SINGLE LAYER - A touch screen assembly and method of manufacturing thereof that includes a single layer of conductive material is provided. The conductive material is configured to include a horizontal pattern and a vertical pattern of electrodes, with one of the patterns having gaps between the electrodes, such that the electrodes in the horizontal pattern do not come into direct contact with electrodes in the vertical pattern. To provide a connection between the electrodes separated by gaps in the interrupted pattern, an insulating material is placed onto the gaps over the uninterrupted pattern, and a printable and electrically conductive connector is positioned over the insulating material and functions to couple at least two electrodes together. In one embodiment, the conductive connector includes carbon nanotubes. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156811 | NEW PATTERN DESIGN FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A capacitive touch sensor assembly that includes multiple regions is provided herein. Each of the multiple regions may include a top and a bottom array of patterned conductive material, such as indium tin oxide. The touch sensor assembly may further include a separate controller for each region, wherein the patterned conductive material in each region is coupled to the controller associated with that region. In one configuration, the top array of each region may not be aligned with the associated bottom region, such that multiple controllers may sense touches at a single point. Further, the patterned conductive material may include a plurality of rows and columns of diamond-shaped electrodes, wherein all of the electrodes have substantially the same surface area. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156812 | GESTURE-BASED DELIVERY FROM MOBILE DEVICE - A computing device displays an item on a display of the computing device and establishes a wireless connection with one or more other devices. The computing device receives an input gesture on a touch panel of the computing device, where the input gesture has a direction, and determines a geographic direction of the input gesture. The computing device also identifies one of the one or more other devices in the geographic direction and sends the item on the display to the one of the one or more devices in the geographic direction. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156813 | Touch-Sensitive Display Screen With Absolute And Relative Input Modes - A touch-sensitive display screen has at least two input modes for touch input. In an absolute input mode, positional information is interpreted in an absolute sense: an on-screen object or cursor can be moved, selected or activated by tapping or touching the screen at the location of the object itself or at a desired location for the object. In a relative input mode, touch input provided on the display screen is interpreted in a manner similar to a virtual joystick or a virtual touchpad. In the virtual joystick relative mode, input is interpreted relative to a reference point on the screen. In the virtual touchpad relative mode, input is interpreted according to a direction of motion of a contact point. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156814 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive input surface includes monitoring the touch-sensitive input surface of a touch event thereon, and modulating a force on the touch-sensitive input surface for causing a first movement of the touch-sensitive input surface relative to a base of the electronic device in response to detection of a touch event on the touch-sensitive input surface. The force is applied by at least one actuator in a single direction on the touch-sensitive input surface. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156815 | Method and Touch-Sensitive Apparatus for Searching Entries in a Stored List | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156816 | SELECTABLE OPTIONS FOR GRAPHIC OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH-SCREEN INTERFACE - Graphic objects may be displayed on the touch-screen display as part of a graphical interface presented to the user. Options relating to the graphic objects may be displayed near or around the object. The options may be displayed as one or more icons that are displayed on the graphical interface and are visually associated with the selected object. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156817 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A character input method applicable to a handheld electronic device is provided. The character input method includes the following steps. Firstly, a motion path of the handheld electronic device is sensed. Next, the motion path is transformed into a stroke path. Afterward, an input character corresponding to the stroke path is recognized. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156818 | MULTI TOUCH WITH MULTI HAPTICS - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multi-touch sensing device such as a multi-touch touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multi-touch sensing device, and identifying at least one multi-touch gesture based on the data from the multi-touch sensing device and providing an appropriate multi-haptic response. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A TOUCH POSITION, AND TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A method for detecting a touch position includes integrating a readout current detected at a sensing part to generate an integrated readout voltage, converting the integrated readout voltage into a digital converted readout voltage data and compensating a variation of the digital converted readout voltage data to determine whether the sensing part is touched. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156820 | Variable Size Sensing System and Method for Redefining Size of Sensing Area thereof - In a variable size sensing system and a method for redefining the size of a sensing area thereof, the sensing system includes four elements, a mark and two image sensing devices. The four elements are consecutively connected and thereby forming a frame. Two of the four elements have variable lengths so as to adjust the size of the frame. The inner edge of the frame defines a sensing area of a parallelogram shape. The sensing system has a first and a second working mode. The sensing area has a first size and a second size when the sensing system is in the first working mode and the second working mode respectively, wherein the first size is predetermined and smaller than the second size. The mark is used to mark a fixed length. When the sensing system is changed from the first working mode to the second working mode, the mark sensed by the image sensing devices can be utilized to redefine the size of the sensing area in the sensing system. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156821 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVING DIRECTION OF INPUTS - An electronic device includes an input apparatus and a processor. The input apparatus includes a plurality of infrared ray (IR) modules, and each of the plurality of IR modules generates a pulse signal when activated by a user input. The processor includes a plurality of interrupt pins, and each of the plurality of interrupt pins is connected to one of the plurality of IR modules to receive a corresponding pulse signal from the one of the plurality of IR modules and to generate a corresponding interrupt signal. The processor determines if the input is a sliding input and a moving direction of the sliding input according to the interrupt signals generated by the plurality of interrupt pins. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156822 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE INTERFACE DEVICE - A touch-sensitive interface device is disclosed. The touch-sensitive interface device according to an embodiment of the invention can include a touchscreen, an image display panel coupled to one face of the touchscreen, a driving unit that vibrates the touchscreen in a direction parallel to the face of the touchscreen such that the tactile feel at the surface of the touchscreen is changed, and a control unit that controls the operating frequency of the driving unit. The touch-sensitive interface device can vibrate the touchscreen in a direction parallel to a face of the touchscreen, providing the user with a sensation that the tactile feel changes at the portion that the user touches. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156823 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME TO PROVIDE TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method includes determining an adjustable response setting for an electronic device, detecting a touch event on a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, and imparting, by an actuator, a first force on the touch-sensitive display by increasing the first force over a ramp-up time period and reducing the first force over a depression time period, to simulate actuation of a switch based on the adjustable response setting. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156824 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL - A portable electronic device includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display movable with respect to the housing, and at least one piezoelectric actuator arranged to provide tactile feedback to the touch-sensitive display in response to an actuation signal by moving the touch-sensitive display. The at least one piezoelectric actuator may move the touch-sensitive display, resulting in vibration or a single movement of the touch-sensitive display. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156825 | Liquid crystal display - A multi-touch sensing method and apparatus are described. The multi-touch sensing method includes: storing, in a memory, coordinate values of a first dead zone and coordinate values of a second dead zone existing between first and second pair of image sensors, respectively; calculating coordinate values of touch points from images obtained by the first and second pairs of image sensors; comparing the coordinate values of the touch point and the coordinate values of the dead zones to identify the location of the dead zone to which the touch point belongs; selecting the coordinate values calculated in the third step if the coordinate values of the touch point belong to the first dead zone; and selecting the coordinate values calculated in the second step if the coordinate values of the touch point belong to the second dead zone. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156826 | TOUCH PANEL - In a touch panel, a rectangular resistive film is formed on a substrate and electrodes are provided along the four sides of the resistive film. Each electrode includes a plurality of gaps and a plurality of divided electrodes. The divided electrodes are linearly arranged along the corresponding side of the resistive film, and the electrode, in which the divided electrodes at both ends are connected to terminals, respectively, is formed by arranging the divided electrodes of the same shape and repeating this same shape. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156827 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a display panel which can detect a touch position derived from a user's touch and can prevent erroneous touch position data from being generated even when an erroneous connection to a position sensing line is present due a processing deviation or a cell gap deviation, and a manufacturing method of the same. The display panel includes a first substrate, a first sensor pad that is formed on the first substrate, a second sensor pad that is spaced apart from the first sensor pad, a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate, a first sensor spacer that is formed on the second substrate to overlap the first sensor pad and protrudes toward the first substrate, a second sensor spacer that is formed on the second substrate to overlap the second sensor pad and protrudes toward the first substrate, and a sensor electrode that is formed on the first sensor spacer and the second sensor spacer to overlap the first sensor pad and the second sensor pad, wherein the second sensor spacer protrudes toward the first substrate more than the first sensor spacer does. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156828 | TOUCH TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch type display device includes: a flat panel display module; a plurality of infrared light emitting units disposed on a portion or on the entirety of the edge of the flat panel display module; an infrared camera disposed on at least two corners of the flat panel display module; and a band pass filter allowing light of a certain wavelength band in light emitted from the infrared light emitting units to pass therethrough so as to be supplied to the infrared camera. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156829 | METHOD OF DRIVING ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for driving a touch panel-mounted electrophoretic display device includes: connecting a first control line or a second control line and a first electrode of the device with a switching circuit based on output from a memory circuit, and setting the electric potentials of the first and second control lines to first and second potentials, during an inputting period when positional information is input to the touch panel; and inputting an image signal including a touch panel signal for displaying the trajectory of the positional information input to the touch panel to the memory circuit of the selected pixel through the data lines and a pixel switching element by selecting the pixel connected to the corresponding scanning line by simultaneously supplying a scanning signal to the scanning lines while the potential of the second electrode is set to the first electric potential. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156830 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus is provided which include a display control unit that causes a touch panel to display a slider to specify one of specifiable values by an operating body as a specified value and a start edge value and an end edge value stored in a storage unit and if the touch panel acquires position information indicating position on the slider, decides a value corresponding to the position information as the specified value and also decides an interval to decide a new specifiable range in accordance with a contact state quantity acquired by the contact state quantity acquisition unit, specifies the new specifiable range based on the interval using the specified value as a reference. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156831 | Dual Pen Interactive Whiteboard System - An electromagnetic interactive whiteboard system includes a first electronic pen ( | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156832 | ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD AND LAPTOP - The present invention in several embodiments is an innovative touch screen keyboard designed to alleviate the strain that comes with using a computer everyday. This touch screen keyboard features a touch screen surface having touch screen keys which may be struck by an individual as if such individual were typing on a traditional computer keyboard. Such touch screen keyboard is split into sections which can be positioned by a user in specific relation to his or her hands for individual comfort. The touch screen keyboard is low to no impact to prevent damage to the nerves caused from repetitive typing. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156833 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR CHANGING DATA DISPLAYED ON THE TOUCH SCREEN - In a time data display mode, a time data is displayed in at least one display block partially assigned to a touch screen of an electronic device. After the touch gesture or the drag gesture is detected in one of the display block, the current time data in the display block can be replaced with a new time data according to the touch gesture or the drag gesture. The new time data may be a following time data or a previous time data which can be determined according to a location of the touch gesture, or a direction and a distance of the drag gesture. In addition, the extent of a change in the time data may be determined according to duration of the touch gesture or a speed of the drag gesture. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156834 | IMAGE SELECTION METHOD - Methods and systems for selecting one or more images from a plurality of captured images are disclosed. One method comprises the steps of: analysing the plurality of captured images to recognise faces in the captured images using a facial recognition process (step | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156835 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a detector and a controller. The detector detects a contacted area. The controller selects an activation mode to activate the information processor based on information related to the contacted area detected by the detector prior to activation of the information processor. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156836 | Head mount display - A HMD photographs at least a portion of a field of view of a user, and detects a hand of the user based on a result of analysis of an imaged image. The HMD performs a control of deciding and displaying a position of an operation part of a virtual operation panel based on a position of the detected hand of the user. A position associated with the hand visible to the user is set as a display position of the virtual operation panel which tracks the position of the hand of the user. The HMD determines whether or not the virtual operation panel is operated based on a contact position of a finger of the user detected by a touch panel, and performs a control corresponding to an operation position of the virtual operation panel when it is determined that the virtual operation panel is operated. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100156837 | VIRTUAL KEYPAD INPUT DEVICE - A compact input device for fast text input. Ten perimeter regions are defined in a decagon shaped ring on a touch pad, and nine more center regions arranged in a 3 by 3 matrix are defined at the center of the perimeter regions. In alphanumeric mode, each of the ten perimeter regions represents a numeral or a character of the same order, found on a corresponding key of the ten numeric keys, 0 to 9, found on a standard 12-key telephone keypad. All perimeter regions synchronously switch to another group of characters of the same order, in accordance with the direction of a swipe on any of the perimeter regions. A tap on a perimeter region selects the character represented by the region at the moment. In addition, it is capable of operating in a standard 12-key telephone keypad mode, pointing device mode, and symbol mode. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100164876 | DATA INPUT DEVICE - A data input device comprising a data input interface comprising user selectable zones arranged to define one or more fixed points, each of the fixed points being a point around which three or more of the zones are arranged. The device is arranged to associate a sequential selection of zones with an input code. The sequential selection comprises a clockwise and/or anticlockwise consecutive selection of the zones around at least one of the fixed points. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164877 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROVIDING A PERSONALIZABLE USER INTERFACE - An apparatus for providing a personalizable user interface may include a processor. The processor may be configured to receive a drawing input at a touch screen display, determine whether the drawing input corresponds to a stored graphic element that is associated with a function, and initiate the function in response to determining that the drawing input corresponds to the stored graphic element. A corresponding method and computer program product are also provided. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164878 | TOUCH-CLICK KEYPAD - A method includes detecting a short movement of a pointing device on a touch sensitive area of a display; presenting a menu of functions on the display and enabling at least one function on the menu for activation in response to detecting the short movement; and detecting a short press on the touch sensitive area to activate the enabled at least one function. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164879 | Portable electronic device and method of controlling same - A method of controlling a touch-sensitive display includes displaying a keyboard on the touch-sensitive display. A key of the keyboard is associated with at least two characters. Confirmation of selection is detected and a plurality of touch locations on the touch-sensitive display are detected. At least one of the plurality of touch locations is associated with the key. A direction is determined based on at least two of the plurality of touch locations and a first character of the at least two characters is selected based on the direction and confirmation of selection. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164880 | Method of converting touch pad into touch mode or number-key and/or hot-key input mode - The present invention is to provide a method for converting a touch pad into a touch mode or a number-key and/or hot-key input mode, which is applicable to a touch pad including a main control unit and at least one mode conversion key. The main control unit automatically turns on the touch pad and brings the touch pad into the touch mode. After the at least one mode conversion key is pressed, the main control unit converts the touch pad into the number-key and/or hot-key input mode. At this time, each position on the touch pad is defined by a set of absolute coordinates. The plural sets of absolute coordinates correspond respectively to a plurality of arrayed number and/or function blocks each having a unique key code value, thus allowing the touch pad to be used as a keyboard for inputting numbers and/or providing hot-key functions. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164881 | Touch Panel Structure - A touch panel structure is provided. The touch panel structure comprises a cover glass, a first transparent electrode and a light shielding element. The cover glass has a touch surface, a sensing surface corresponding to the touch surface, wherein the sensing surface is defined with a center area and a peripheral area surrounding the center area thereon. The first transparent electrode is formed on the cover glass, comes into contact with the sensing surface and is disposed in the center area correspondingly. The light shielding element is formed on the cover glass, comes into contact with the sensing surface and is disposed in the peripheral area correspondingly. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164882 | HAND-HELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The invention discloses a hand-held electronic device and an operating method thereof. The hand-held electronic device includes a casing, a display module, a virtual keypad module, a sensing module, and a control module. The display module is disposed in the casing. The virtual keypad module is used for generating a virtual keypad capable of being displayed by the display module, wherein the whole area of the virtual keypad is larger than the area of the display module for displaying the virtual keypad. The sensing module is used for sensing an operation performed by a user on the casing or the display module to generate a sensing result. The control module is used for receiving the sensing result from the sensing module and controlling the display module to display a part of the virtual keypad according to the sensing result. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164883 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel display device and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The touch panel display device and the driving method thereof sense illumination of external light using a photo-sensor formed on a touch panel, and control a PWM duty of a light source suited to each mode when the sensed illumination of external light corresponds to illumination in a gray zone to be a difference between the illumination of light created by the light source and that of external light, thereby improving touch recognition capability in a gray zone. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164884 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - An LCD and a touch display panel that can be integrated in the LCD are provided. The touch display panel comprises an active device matrix substrate that includes multiple sensing lines disposed on multiple data lines correspondingly and arranged parallel thereto, and multiple sensing devices formed on multiple scan lines. When an external pressure is exerted, a current is generated in the sensing lines, and the X and Y coordinates of the touch point is determined from a slight leakage current generated in the scan lines. The conventional external touch screen LCD device is substantially improved in response accuracy of the touch coordinates, material costs, and mechanical thickness. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164885 | DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - In a touch panel display device, adhesive means is formed by a plurality of strip-shaped members, which are provided between a display device and a touch panel so as to extend along the peripheries thereof, and so that at least a pair of adjoining ones of the members are arranged with a gap being interposed therebetween, where the gap has a bent portion. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164886 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to an embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first pointing device and a second pointing device, a first detection module configured to detect a first operation of the first pointing device, a second detection module configured to detect a second operation of the second pointing device, and a controller configured to execute a control procedure determined in accordance with a combination of the first operation and the second operation. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164887 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch pad, a detection module configured to detect a plurality of positions which are pointed on the touch pad, a determination module configured to determine whether a specific function is assigned to a combination of the plurality of positions, and a execution module configured to execute the specific function when the determination module determines that the specific function is assigned to the combination of the plurality of positions. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164888 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a device with a part or a whole of a housing thereof having flexibility. The device includes a display unit; a detection unit that detects a bent portion of the display device; and a display switching unit that switches display content of the display unit according to a position and a bent level of the bent portion of the display device detected by the detection unit. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164889 | MULTIPLE ELECTRODE TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - Two different sets of electrodes in a touch sensitive device are formed to produce an electric field gradient from one end of the electrodes to the other end when opposite ends of the electrodes are driven with different voltages. A signal measuring cycle is performed by alternately driving the ends of one set of electrodes, while using the other set of electrodes to receive signals. The roles of the sets of electrodes are then reversed, such that the set that that was driven is now used to receive signals from the other set of electrodes. Reference signals may be obtained by driving both sides of one set of electrodes, and then both sides of the other set of electrodes. The signals obtained are then used to determine the touch position on the touch sensitive device. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164890 | INPUT DEVICE FOR FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible input device having a bendability and an electrode that may be formed using a printing process is provided. The input device comprises a flexible and transparent substrate and a printed electrode on the substrate. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164891 | GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD AND TOUCH SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - A gesture recognition method includes detecting multiple pointers in close proximity to a touch surface to determine if the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture. When the multiple pointers are being used to perform a known gesture, executing a command associated with the gesture. A touch system incorporating the gesture recognition method is also provided. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164892 | INPUTTING APPARATUS - An inputting apparatus including: a detecting portion which detects a movement of an input object; a first judging section which judges that the movement of the detected input object is a first-directional movement in which the input object is moved in a first direction, and that the movement of the input object is a second-directional movement in which the input object is moved in the first direction after being moved in a second direction; a first performing section which performs a processing according to the movement in the first direction where the movement of the input object is the first-directional movement; and a second performing section which regards the movement in the first direction in the second-directional movement as the movement in the second direction and performs a processing according to the movement in the second direction, where the movement of the input object is the second-directional movement. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164893 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PARTICULAR OPERATION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING DIFFERENT TOUCH ZONES - An electronic device has a graphical user interface (GUI) such as a touch screen and a physical user interface (PUI) such as a touch pad. A first touch zone in the GUI is disposed adjacently and symmetrically to a second touch zone in the PUI. The touch zones may receive continuous contacts that occur thereon. The continuous contacts may be accepted as a single gestural input, which is used to control a particular operation of the electronic device. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164894 | METHOD FOR GENERATING A VIBRATION AND A PORTABLE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for generating a vibration and a portable terminal using the same. The method includes displaying a coordinate for generating a vibration pattern, displaying, on the coordinate, a line image according to an input of the portable terminal user, generating a vibration pattern corresponding to the displayed line image, and storing the generated vibration pattern. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164895 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING SCROLL FUNCTION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus is provided for performing a scroll function in a portable terminal, in which a touch screen displays a list divided into a plurality of sections, a memory stores a scroll function established for each of the plurality of sections, and a controller locates a focus on a particular item by performing a scroll function established for a particular section, when the section among the plurality of sections is touched and dragged. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164896 | Capacitive touch panel, manufacturing method therefor and liquid crystal display apparatus provided with the touch panel - A capacitive touch panel, which is capable of providing high quality display, without a problem of position detection, even in the case where a production process with lower cost and higher heat load is adopted, by application of a transparent conductive film with high heat resistance; a manufacturing method therefor, and a liquid crystal display apparatus. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164897 | VIRTUAL KEYPAD SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Accordingly, a virtual keypad system for inputting text is provided. A virtual keypad system includes a remote controller having at least one touchpad incorporated therein and divided into a plurality of touch zones. A display device is in data communication with the remote controller and is operable to display a user interface including a keypad, where each key of the keypad is mapped to a touch zone of the touchpad. A prediction module, in response to an operator pressing a given touch zone to select a particular character, performs one or more key prediction methods to predict one or more next plausible keys. A key mapping module remaps the touch zones of the touchpad to the keys of the keypad based on the one or more next plausible keys. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100164898 | Channel Scan Logic - A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100171708 | TOUCH-CONTROL STRUCTURE FOR A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-control structure for a flexible display device is provided. The touch-control structure comprises a flexible display panel, at least one menu display area, a touch film and at least one sensing element. The flexible display panel comprises a visible surface. The menu display area is located on at least one side of the visible surface. The touch film comprises a first flexible substrate and an operating contact surface. The visible surface and the operating contact surface are disposed on the two opposite ends of the touch structure respectively. The sensing element is disposed on at least one side of the first flexible substrate corresponding to the menu display area. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171709 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA ON TOUCH SCREEN - A portable electronic device having a touch screen, a memory and a controller is provided. The touch screen is configured to display a screen including an item to be operated on the touch screen. The memory is configured to store data of a relationship between the item and a reaction to be performed upon the item being operated on the displayed screen. The controller is configured to extract the item from the displayed screen. The controller is configured to provide the extracted item with an identifier and to show the extracted item overlaid with the identifier on the displayed screen. The controller is configured to show an identifier button corresponding to the identifier on the displayed screen. The controller is configured to perform the reaction with reference to the data stored in the memory upon the identifier button being operated on the displayed screen. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171710 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INFRARED TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - An electronic device with infrared touch input function is provided. The electronic device includes a display unit defining an signal display area; an infrared input device including a circuit board having two pairs of oppositely disposed sides defining an open area corresponding in size and shape to the signal display area, at least one light emitting device positioned on the circuit board, configured for emitting infrared light; at least one light detecting device positioned on the circuit board, configured for detecting infrared light emitted; a micro-processing unit configured for controlling the at least one light emitting device to emit infrared light, detecting infrared light paths obstructed via the light detecting devices, sending information of the obstructed infrared light paths to a central processing unit(CPU); and the CPU configured for performing functions according to the information of the obstructed infrared light paths. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171711 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a touch-sensitive display includes detecting a first touch on the touch-sensitive display, detecting a second touch on the touch-sensitive display while the first touch is maintained, selecting one of the first and second touches as a selected touch based on start or end times of the first and second touches, and determining which one of a plurality of features is associated with a location of the selected touch. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171712 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating a User Interface Object - In some embodiments, an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a user interface object. The device detects a first contact and a second contact concurrently on the touch-sensitive surface. The device determines which contact of the first contact and the second contact is a topmost contact, a bottommost contact, a leftmost contact, and a rightmost contact on the touch-sensitive surface. While continuing to detect the first contact and the second contact, the device detects movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive surface, and concurrently moves two edges of the user interface object that correspond to the first contact in accordance with the detected movement of the first contact, including horizontally moving one of the two edges and vertically moving the other of the two edges. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171713 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying information on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch at location associated with the information, rendering an indicator and a cursor at a position within the information, detecting a moving touch associated with the indicator, and moving the cursor along the information as the indicator is moved. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171714 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INPUTTING CHARACTERS AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and method for inputting characters in an electronic device partitions the touch panel of the electronic device into a display area and one or more input areas, and sets a corresponding input method for each input area. The system and method further receives input inputted by a user on an input area, and controls other input areas to be inactive when the input area is active. Furthermore, the system and method displays the input on the display area. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171715 | Tactile Surface - In one or more embodiments, a device includes a surface and an actuator mechanism operably associated with the surface. The actuator mechanism is configured to provide tactile feedback to a user responsive to an electrical signal. In at least some embodiments, the actuator mechanism comprises a pair of spaced-apart substrates each of which supports a conductive layer of material. A dielectric material and an adjacent air gap may be interposed between the substrates. Drive circuitry is operably connected to the spaced-apart substrates and is configured to drive the conductive layers of material with an electrical signal. This signal may be responsive to sensing a touch input on the surface or other appropriate event. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171716 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is provided which includes a display panel for displaying a plurality of objects, a plane area detection unit for detecting an operation tool positioned on the display panel and for detecting a plane area corresponding to the operation tool on the display panel, a direction detection unit for detecting a moving direction of the operation tool based on variation of position of the plane area according to time detected by the plane area detection unit, a contact determination unit for determining whether the operation tool is in contact with the display panel based on the plane area detected by the plane area detection unit, and an application control unit for controlling an application according to a contact determination result by the contact determination unit and the moving direction of the operation tool detected by the direction detection unit. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171717 | OPTICAL INTERACTIVE PANEL AND DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL INTERACTIVE PANEL - An optical interactive panel includes a cladding layer, a first waveguide array, a second waveguide array, a first set of image sensor, and a second set of image sensor. The cladding layer has a first index of refraction. The first waveguide array has first waveguide channels formed on the cladding layer, wherein the first waveguide channels have a second index of refraction less than the first index of refraction, and extending at a first direction. The second waveguide array has second waveguide channels, formed on the cladding layer and extending at a second direction. The first set of image sensor detects a first set of light signals from the first waveguide channels to determine a first-direction location. The second set of image sensor detects a second set of light signals from the second waveguide channels to determine a second-direction location. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171718 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A method for manufacturing a touch panel including a substrate, a first electrode, and a second electrode, the first and second electrodes being formed on one side of the substrate in a plural numbers and extending in directions intersecting with each other, the method includes forming the first electrode and electrode films on the substrate, forming an insulating film by a printing method on at least an intersection of the first electrode with the second electrode, and forming a bridge wiring line connecting the electrode films over the insulating film by the printing method. In the method, each of the electrode films has a shape obtained by cutting off the second electrode at the intersection. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171719 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - The user interface system of one embodiment of the invention includes a sheet that defines a surface on one side and at least partially defines a first cavity and a second cavity on an opposite side; a fluid network coupled to the first and second cavities; a displacement device coupled to the fluid network that displaces fluid within the fluid network and expands both the first and second cavities concurrently, thereby deforming a first and a second particular region of the surface; and a touch sensor coupled to the sheet and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the first and second particular regions of the surface. The user interface system of another embodiment of the invention includes a displacement device coupled to the fluid network that displaces fluid within the fluid network and selectively expands one of the first and second cavities. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171720 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - A user interface system of one embodiment includes a layer defining a surface; a substrate supporting the layer and at least partially defining a cavity; a displacement coupled to the cavity that expands the cavity, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface; and a touch sensor coupled to the substrate and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the particular region of the surface. The layer and the substrate are connected at an attachment point, and the location of the attachment point relative to the layer, substrate, and cavity at least partially defines the shape of the deformed particular region of the surface. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100171721 | User Interface for Stylus-Based User Input - Systems and methods for a user interface for stylus-based user input is described. In one aspect, a stylus-based user input is received. Responsive to receiving the input, a menu is displayed. The menu includes selectable items to allow a user, by selecting one of the selectable items, to direct the computer system to generate right-mouse button input or to interpret one or more subsequent stylus-based user inputs as hover cursor input, keyboard-like input, or handwriting input. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100177047 | DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS - A dynamically reconfigurable touch screen system includes a first display having a first touch screen, a second display having a second touch screen, the second display being operatively connected to the first display, at least one sensor operatively associated with one of the first and second displays. The at least one sensor detects a physical orientation of the one of the first and second touch screens. The dynamically reconfigurable touch screen system further includes a controller linked to the at least one sensor. The controller sets a display of the other of the first and second touch screens based on the physical orientation of the one of the first and second touch screens. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177048 | EASY-TO-USE SOFT KEYBOARD THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A STYLUS - The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that generates a soft keyboard projected onto a touch sensitive surface. The system includes components that form and associate groups of characters, symbols, numerals, letters, or punctuation to a small number of soft keys projected onto the touch sensitive surface, animates the groups of characters, symbols, numerals, letters, or punctuation assigned to the small number of soft keys, and obtains indication of a character, symbol, numeral, letter, or punctuation selected by a user when the user touches the surface while the groups of characters, symbols, numerals, letters, or punctuation are in animation. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177049 | VISUAL RESPONSE TO TOUCH INPUTS - The provision of visual responses to touch inputs is disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a computing device comprising a touch-sensitive display, a processor in operative communication with the touch-sensitive display, and memory comprising instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to detect a touch input made via the touch-sensitive display, display on the touch-sensitive display a first visual response to the touch input indicating that the touch input was detected by the computing device, and if the touch input is made in a touch-interactive area on the touch-sensitive display, then to display a second visual response to the touch input indicating that the touch was made in the touch-interactive area of the display. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177050 | Method and Apparatus for Generating Haptic Feedback from Plasma Actuation - A method and device for generating haptic feedback over a touch surface using plasma actuation are disclosed. A haptic device includes a touch surface, plasma, and a substrate. In one embodiment, the touch surface, which can be made of flexible and/or deformable materials, is capable of sensing one or more events. The substrate is situated adjacent to the touch surface with a separation gap, which physically separates the substrate from the touch surface. The substrate provides haptic feedback in response to the event(s). The plasma is capable of accumulating at one or more pockets located in the separation gap, and configured to facilitate the haptic feedback via energy transfer. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177051 | TOUCH DISPLAY RUBBER-BAND GESTURE - A rubber-band gesture begins with a source touching a touch display at a touch-down location of the touch display. The rubber-band gesture continues until the source stops touching the touch display at a lift-up location of the touch display. An action is displayed on the touch display in response to the rubber-band gesture. The action is displayed in a direction parallel to a vector pointing from the lift-up location to the touch-down location. The action is displayed with an action amplitude derived from a distance from the touch-down location to the lift-up location. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177052 | TOUCH SCREEN - The present application provides a touch screen including a panel module, an image sensor module, and a bezel surrounding the panel module. The image sensor module includes a circuit board and an image sensor unit electrically connected thereto, and both are disposed on the panel module. The image sensor unit has an image sensing surface substantially perpendicular to the circuit board for object detection on a display surface of the panel module. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177053 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF MULTIPLE DEGREES OF FREEDOM OF A DISPLAY - A method for controlling multiple degrees of freedom of a display using a single contiguous sensing region of a sensing device is disclosed. The single contiguous sensing region is separate from the display. The method comprises: detecting a gesture in the single contiguous sensing region; causing rotation about a first axis of the display if the gesture is determined to comprise multiple input objects concurrently traveling along a second direction; causing rotation about a second axis of the display if the gesture is determined to comprise multiple input objects concurrently traveling along a first direction; and causing rotation about a third axis of the display if the gesture is determined to be a type of gesture that comprises multiple input objects. The first direction may be nonparallel to the second direction. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177054 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE DISPLAY MEDIUM AND WRITING DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A pressure-sensitive display medium includes a pair of transparent substrates, sealing members and a display layer. The pair of transparent substrates are opposed to each other with a distance therebetween. The sealing members seal peripheral fringes of the pair of transparent substrates. The display layer in which a composition obtained by infiltrating a fluidic material in a porous member is filled in a closed space enclosed with the pair of transparent substrates and the sealing members. When partial pressure is applied from the outside to one face of the transparent substrates, the fluidic material in the display layer at a position to which the pressure is applied is expelled from the porous member. After the pressure is released, the fluidic material having been expelled returns and flows into the porous member. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177055 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a display device with a touch panel which gives a user excellent touch feeling. A display device with a touch panel includes: a touch panel which includes a first substrate, a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate in an opposed manner with a gap formed therebetween, a first electrode which is constituted of a plurality of metal lines formed on a surface of the first substrate which faces the second substrate, and a second electrode formed on a surface of the second substrate which faces the first substrate; a display panel which is mounted on the second substrate on a side opposite to the first substrate; and a resin film which is adhered to the first substrate on a side opposite to the second substrate. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100177056 | Keyboard with Multi-Symbol Icons - A plurality of icons are displayed on a touch-sensitive display. A respective icon in at least a subset of the plurality of icons corresponds to two or more symbols. A first symbol in the two or more symbols belongs to a first subset of symbols and a second symbol in the two or more symbols belongs to a second subset of symbols. The first symbol has a probability of occurrence that is greater than a first pre-determined value and the second symbol has a probability of occurrence that is less than the first pre-determined value. A contact by a user with the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to a selection of the respective icon is detected. The contact includes a respective gesture. A respective symbol in the two or more symbols for the respective icon to which the contact further corresponds is determined. | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100182245 | TACTILE-FEEDBACK TOUCH SCREEN - A system and method for providing tactile feedback on a touch screen display unit is provided. The tactile feedback unit has a gel layer for deforming discrete surface areas of a touch-screen display; and a tactile feedback controller for controlling the deformation by the gel layer. The tactile feedback unit is overlaid onto a liquid crystal display, OLED display, or other types of touch screen displays. Areas of the gel layer are individually controllable by the tactile feedback controller, such that areas of the gel layer that overlay control elements of a graphical user interface displayed on the touch screen display are activated. Additionally, contact with the touch screen display by a user at an area defined as a control element causes the corresponding area of the gel layer to provide a tactile feedback, such as deformation, vibration, etc. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182246 | TOUCH SENSITIVE COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD - Touch sensitive computing systems and methods are provided. The touch sensitive computing device may include a touch sensitive display configured to receive a touch input. A gesture recognition module may be coupled with the touch sensitive display, and may be configured to receive the touch input. The gesture recognition module may also be configured to determine, based on the touch input, and by selecting from a plurality of different predefined gestures, a recognized gesture that corresponds to the touch input. The touch sensitive computing device may also include a personal information management (PIM) module including a PIM database. The PIM module may be configured to apply a selected item shown on the touch sensitive display to a selected one of a plurality of different PIM schemas of the PIM database. The selected one of the PIM schemas may be selected based on the recognized gesture. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182247 | BI-MODAL MULTISCREEN INTERACTIVITY - A touch-sensitive electronic display device including one or more touch-sensitive display screens and interface software. The touch-sensitive display screen(s) and interface software are configured to be responsive to touch inputs and, in the case of a multi-screen workspace, the interface software is operable to allow inputs made in connection with a first screen to generate an inertial movement of a displayed object which results in the object moving to and coming to rest on another of the screens. The touch-sensitive screen and interface software may also be configured to receive hand touch inputs and pen touch inputs, with the interface software being operable to dynamically mask regions of the touch-sensitive display to discriminate between or selectively permit/reject different types of inputs. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182248 | TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A terminal for simply selecting one of menus in multitasking operation and displaying the selected menu as an entire image on a screen in consideration of user convenience, and its control method are disclosed. The terminal includes a display module; a user input unit configured to detect a touch input; and a controller configured to slide currently executed menus according to a pre-set method if the input touch continues by longer than a particular time, selecting one of executed screen image of the slid menu, and display it as an entirely magnified image. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182249 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel for an image display device or the like. The touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sensing patterns on the transparent substrate; an insulating layer on the first sensing patterns; a plurality of second sensing patterns on the insulating layer; and a plurality of metal patterns on the insulating layer and coupled to the first and second sensing patterns at edge portions of a region in which the first and second sensing patterns are formed. The metal patterns electrically couple the first and second sensing patterns to position detecting lines on the transparent substrate. The touch screen panel further includes first conductive patterns below the metal patterns positioned on edge portions of the insulating layer. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182250 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel provided in an image display device. The touch screen panel includes: a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sensing patterns on the transparent substrate and coupled to each other along a first direction; a first insulating film on the first sensing patterns; a plurality of second sensing patterns on the first insulating film and coupled to each other along a second direction, the first and second sensing patterns being alternately arranged not to overlap with each other; and a second insulating film on the second sensing patterns, wherein the first insulating film and the second insulating film are composed of materials having different optical refractive indexes. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182251 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO AN EXTERNAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a display apparatus including: a display unit; a power supply unit which supplies power to at least one external device; and a controller which displays on the display unit an at least one indicating image indicating an at least one power supply area of the display unit supplying power to the at least one external device, and controls the power supply unit to supply power to the at least one external device placed on the at least one power supply area in a wireless manner. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182252 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sensing patterns at a first side of the transparent substrate and coupled to each other along a first direction; a plurality of second sensing patterns at the first side of the transparent substrate and coupled to each other along a second direction, the second sensing patterns being alternately arranged with the first sensing patterns not to overlap with the first sensing patterns; and a phase difference compensating layer at the first side of the transparent substrate and adapted to compensate for a birefringence phase difference of a liquid crystal layer in a liquid crystal display panel at a second side of the transparent substrate. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182253 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch screen panel for an image display device and a method of fabricating the same. The touch screen panel includes first and second substrates facing each other, the first and second substrates being joined together by a sealant; a plurality of first sensing patterns coupled to one another along a first direction on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate; a plurality of second sensing patterns coupled to one another along a second direction on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate; a plurality of first dummy patterns between the first sensing patterns corresponding to the second sensing patterns; a plurality of second dummy patterns between the second sensing patterns corresponding to the first sensing patterns; and an insulating layer between the first and second substrates. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182254 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a substrate having high transmittance, sensing patterns on a first surface of the substrate, a film on the sensing patterns, and metal patterns and position detecting lines on the film and electrically coupled to the sensing patterns, wherein a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface is adapted to be contacted by a contact object. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182255 | Touch screen panel - The touch screen panel of the present invention includes first sensing patterns formed on a transparent substrate, a first insulating film formed on the first sensing patterns, second sensing patterns formed on the first insulating film, a plurality of metal patterns disposed on edge regions of the first and second sensing patterns, and a plurality of auxiliary metal patterns formed in the same layer as the metal patterns. Each of the first and second sensing patterns has sensing cells and coupling lines. Each of the coupling lines connects two of the sensing cells. Each of the metal patterns is coupled to the first sensing pattern or to the second sensing pattern, and each of the auxiliary metal patterns being formed on one of the first coupling lines or on one of the second coupling lines. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182256 | Touch screen panel - The touch screen panel according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of coupling patterns arranged on a transparent substrate in an island shape, an insulating film formed on the coupling patterns and having contact holes arranged corresponding to end portions of the coupling patterns, and first and second sensing patterns formed on the insulating film. The second sensing pattern includes second sensing cells, and each of the second sensing cells are formed in a region of the insulating film having a pair of adjacent contact holes to be electrically coupled to coupling patterns exposed through the contact holes. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182257 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, sensing patterns on a first surface of the transparent substrate, and an insulating layer on the sensing patterns. A second surface of the transparent substrate opposite the first surface is adapted to be contacted by a contact object. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182258 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch screen panel provided in an image display device. The touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of first sensing patterns on a first side of the transparent substrate and coupled to each other along a first direction, a first insulating film on the first sensing patterns, and a plurality of second sensing patterns on the first insulating film and coupled to each other along a second direction crossing the first direction. The second sensing patterns are alternately arranged with the first sensing patterns to not overlap with the first sensing patterns, wherein the thickness of the first sensing patterns is different from that of the second sensing patterns. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182259 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch screen panel provided in an image display device. The touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate; a plurality of first sensing patterns on the transparent substrate and coupled to each other along a first direction; a first insulating film on the first sensing patterns; and a plurality of second sensing patterns on the first insulating film and coupled to each other along a second direction crossing the first direction, the second sensing patterns being alternately arranged with the first sensing patterns to not overlap with the first sensing patterns. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182260 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING CALIBRATION PROGRAM, COORDINATE DETECTION APPARATUS AND CALIBRATION METHOD - The present invention is a calibration program executed by a computer of an information processing apparatus which is capable of utilizing designation detection means for detecting a position designation by a user. The calibration program causes the computer to function as designation image display means and calibration means. The designation image display means displays a predetermined designation image indicating a designation reference position which is a predetermined position on display means. The calibration means receives, while the designation image is displayed, a designation by the user using the designation detection means, sets a designated position at which continuous designation by the user has ended as a fixed position, and executes calibration processing in accordance with the fixed position and the designation reference position. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182261 | Controller driver, display device, and control method therefor - A controller driver according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a display memory that stores image data to be displayed on a display panel; a touch panel control circuit that detects a touch panel signal from the touch panel; a cursor memory that stores cursor image data; and a composition processing circuit that combines the cursor image data stored in the cursor memory with the image data stored in the display memory based on the touch panel signal, to generate composite image data. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182262 | Monitoring and control device - In a monitoring and control device for use in a remote monitoring and control system, a device housing has a socket located behind a display panel and an external storage medium including a rewritable memory is removably mounted in the socket. The device housing is attached in an attachment hole formed in a wall in a state that the external storage medium is mounted in the socket. A control unit performs a setting operation for a graphic image displayed on the display panel and for the load control in accordance with setting information stored in the external storage medium. The external storage medium is inserted in the socket through an insertion slot formed in a side portion of the device housing, at least a portion of the insertion slot being received in the attachment hole in a state that the device housing is attached to the wall. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182263 | TOUCHPAD ASSEMBLY WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An assembly for a terminal device, the assembly comprises a frame; a panel operable to receive a haptic user input; a member pivotally connected to the frame to define two or more pivot axes and supporting the panel at locations distinct from the pivot axes, the member being arranged in such a way that the length of a part of the member connecting points on the two pivot axes varies in response to the haptic user input, and such that the panel is displaced relative to the frame as said length varies, and a force sensor operable to detect a haptic input applied to the panel. It also includes a transducer, for instance a piezo actuator, operable to provide a tactile feedback to the user through the panel. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182264 | Mobile Device Equipped With Touch Screen - The present invention relates to the touch-screen mobile device provides a better user experience by enabling a true one-hand operation, as the user can hold the mobile device with one hand and operate the device with the thumb of the same hand. The present invention is comprising: a touch screen; an arc-shaped user interface, displayed on the touch screen, which takes one corner of the touch screen as its center; and a control part that detects user' touch actions such as tap, multiple-taps, swipe, drag, or hold & drag, and processes the user' feedback accordingly. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182265 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING FOLDABLE DISPLAY AND OPERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a foldable display and an operation method for the same are disclosed. The foldable display unit includes a plurality of display zones, wherein the application of program depends on the degree of folding angle of the display unit, and the display unit displays on its screen according to the folding angle. Further, variations of closing and opening motion of the foldable display unit triggers different modes of operation and displays | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182266 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF DETECTING PRESS OPERATION POSITION THEREON - In a touch panel, one of conductive layers on a bottom of an upper substrate and on a top of a lower substrate is formed of belt-shaped conductive layers. The other is a single conductive layer facing the belt-shaped conductive layers. The single conductive layer is provided with a pair of electrodes in positions corresponding to both ends in a direction where the belt-shaped conductive layers extend. When the upper substrate is pressed while a voltage is applied between the pair of electrodes, the top and lower conductive layers contact with each other. Then, a voltage value corresponding to the pressed position in the direction where the belt-shaped conductive layers extend is generated from any of the belt-shaped conductive layers. From the voltage value and the position of the belt-shaped conductive layer from which the voltage value is generated, a pressed position on the upper substrate can be detected. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182267 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL WITH A WINDOW - A touch screen panel is provided. The touch screen panel includes a plurality of sensing patterns formed in a display region of a transparent substrate, metal patterns arranged in a column or row in a region outside the display region and at one end of the sensing patterns, and auxiliary metal pattern arranged in a column or a row in a region outside the display region and at another end of the sensing patterns. The transparent substrate comprises a surface over which the sensing patterns are formed and disposed in a direction facing a display panel, and another surface on which a window is formed over said metal patterns and auxiliary metal patterns, said another surface disposed in a direction facing a contact object. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182268 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE FOR INTERACTING WITH PRINTED SUBSTRATE - A handheld display device for displaying and interacting with information corresponding to a printed substrate. The device comprises: a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information; an optical sensor for imaging an area of the printed substrate and for generating image data; a processor for determining interaction data using the image data, the interaction data identifying a substrate identity; and a touch-sensitive screen for displaying display information based on retrieved display data. The touch-sensitive screen enables user interaction with the display information. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100182269 | METHOD OF PLAYING VIDEO USING HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of playing video using a handheld display device having a touch-sensitive screen and a transceiver for sending and receiving digital information. The method comprises the steps of: imaging an area of a printed substrate and generating image data using an optical sensor, the printed substrate containing printed content associated with a video; determining interaction data using the image data, the interaction data identifying a substrate identity; retrieving video data associated with the printed content; and playing, on the touch-sensitive screen, the video based on the retrieved video data. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100188340 | Touch detection system and method for use by a display panel - Disclosed are touch detection systems and methods. In one embodiment, a display panel enabling touch detection comprises a touch pane configured to allow a light including a detection light, a back inner surface, and a display generation module located between the touch pane and the back inner surface. The display generation module is configured to produce a visual display at the touch pane. The display generation module is further configured to pass the detection light received from the touch pane. The display panel also comprises a detection light receiver situated at the back inner surface configured to detect the detection light received through the display generation module for enabling a detection of touches to the touch pane of the display panel. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188341 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH MODULE THEREOF - A touch module is provided to be applied to a display device. The touch panel includes a touch panel, a first retarder film, a second retarder film, and a polarizer. The touch panel has a display surface and an embedding surface opposite to each other. The first retarder film is disposed on the display surface, the second retarder film is disposed on the embedding surface, and the polarizer is disposed on the first retarder film. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188342 | Method and System for Positioning a Graphical User Interface - Exemplary embodiments provide a method and system for shifting a graphical user interface around a touch screen display so that the menus and icons can be utilized from a plurality of user access positions. A first locating touch from the user may be used to determine the user's access position and the graphical user interface may be located on the display based on this locating touch. Embodiments allow touch screen menus and icons to be automatically positioned around a user without having to move the entire display or forcing the user to reposition themselves. Exemplary embodiments provide large portrait-oriented displays for use in restaurants, and especially in drive through applications and may also contain an electrical connection to a second display located within the restaurant. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188343 | VEHICULAR CONTROL SYSTEM COMPRISING TOUCH PAD AND VEHICLES AND METHODS - A vehicular control system is provided and includes a steering control interface, a touch pad, and an actuator. The touch pad is coupled with the steering control interface and is configured to receive an input from an operator. The actuator is coupled with the steering control interface and is configured to facilitate selection by an operator from among a plurality of vehicular functions. Vehicles and methods are also provided. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188344 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a pointing device and a display section for displaying an image. A coordinate detection section detects coordinates pointed to by the pointing device. A first change amount calculation section calculates a change amount of the coordinates in a first direction, the coordinates obtained when inputting is continuously performed by the pointing device. A second change amount calculation section a change amount of the coordinates in a second direction, the coordinates obtained when inputting is continuously performed by the pointing device. A first operation section performs a first operation based on the change amount in the first direction, the change amount calculated by the first change amount calculation section. A second operation section performs, based on the change amount in the second direction, a second operation different from the first operation, the change amount calculated by the second change amount calculation section. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188345 | CONDUCTIVE MULTI-TOUCH TOUCH PANEL - A conductive multi-touch touch-sensitive panel includes two intersecting but electrically isolated arrays of linear conductors which can be brought into electrical contact by touching the panel. A display element may be positioned beneath the two arrays of linear conductors to provide a touchscreen panel. A touch to a cover plate or member causes one or more linear conductors in one array to contact one or more linear conductors in the other array. The location of a touch to the panel can be detected by individually or sequentially applying an electrical signal, such as a voltage or current, to each linear conductor in one array while sensing voltage or current on each of the linear conductors in the other array. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188346 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a display block configured to have a plurality of picture elements; a switch arranged inside the display block and configured to be closed by an external pressure; a detection block configured to detect whether the switch is closed based on a comparison between a signal supplied from the switch and a reference signal; a precharge block configured to give a precharge potential to a wire conducting with one of electrodes of the switch before detection is executed in the detection block; and a detection block potential supply block configured to give a predetermined potential to a wire conducting with the other electrode of the switch before detection is executed in the detection block. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188347 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An embodiment of the invention provides a liquid crystal display device, including a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer formed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first sensor electrode formed on the first substrate; a second sensor electrode formed on the second substrate, and disposed so as to be adapted to contact the plurality of first sensor electrodes close to one another by pressing from a side of either the first substrate or the second substrate; and a sensor drive circuit for applying a voltage to a first wiring electrically connected to one of the plurality of first sensor electrodes which the second sensor electrode is adapted to contact by the pressing, and detecting a change in potential of a second wiring electrically connected to another one of the plurality of first sensor electrodes. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188348 | INPUT TERMINAL APPARATUS - A layout function unit | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188349 | CONTROL PANELS FOR ONBOARD INSTRUMENTS - Control panel for onboard instruments of vehicles, comprising:
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| 20100188350 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A mobile communication terminal which can indicate information on a single display with a first housing and a second housing closed, and moreover, maintain continuousness of an image displayed over two display screens with the housings open. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188351 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PLAYING OF MULTIMEDIA ITEM - An apparatus for playing a multimedia item includes a display unit which outputs an operation unit that includes a wheel area and generates an input signal according to a touch event generated in the wheel area in selecting or generating the multimedia item. A storage unit stores functional setting information defining a function according to at least one multimedia item and the input signal generated in the operation unit. A controller generates a control signal for playing the multimedia item based on the input signal generated in the operation unit and the function setting information. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188352 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including first and second display panels capable of displaying a plurality of objects and being connected with each other via a connection unit serving as a non-display region in which the objects are not displayed, an input position detection unit for detecting a position of an operator, a direction detection unit for detecting a moving direction of the operator, a moved position calculation unit for calculating a moved position to which an object selected with the operator moves, and a display position correction unit for moving the selected object from the non-display region, on the basis of a display position of the selected object or a moving direction of the operator, in a case where at least a portion of the selected object having moved to the calculated moved position resides in the non-display region. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188353 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING DUAL TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CONTENT THEREIN - A terminal device having a dual touch screen capable of controlling a content is disclosed. The terminal device displays at least one content to a display unit. A processor coupled to the terminal is configured to checking content mapped to an area at which a touch event is detected and released from the dual touch screen including a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor and to control the content according to the touch event. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188354 | Display Device - To provide a display device including a touch sensor, in which input feeling can be obtained and deterioration of image quality is suppressed. The display device includes a touch sensor portion, a display panel, an elastic member, and a support. The touch sensor portion is provided over the display panel. The support is provided below the display panel. The elastic member is provided between the display panel and the support. The elastic member is provided in part of the periphery of a pixel region included in the display panel or in the entire periphery. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188355 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT POINTED BY A USER - An object is separately located from a touch panel in a touch panel coordinate system, and visible by a user via the touch panel. A touch position detector detects the user's touch position on the touch panel. The user's touch position is converted to a touch position in a world coordinate system using a position information of the touch position detector in the world coordinate system. A half-line connecting the touch position and a view position of the user is generated in the world coordinate system. It is decided whether the half-line crosses the object using a position information of the object in the world coordinate system. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188356 | CHANNEL SCAN LOGIC - A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188357 | Adaptive Keyboard - A plurality of icons are displayed on a touch-sensitive display. Two or more subsets of the plurality of icons are arranged in corresponding rows on the touch-sensitive display. A space greater than a pre-determined value is included between adjacent rows. A contact by a user with the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to a respective icon is detected. A symbol corresponding to the respective icon is displayed in the space between a respective row corresponding to the respective icon and a neighboring row while the contact is maintained. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100188358 | User Interface Including Word Recommendations - A plurality of icons on a touch-sensitive display are displayed. A respective icon in the plurality of icons corresponds to at least one symbol. One or more recommended words are displayed. The one or more recommended words are in accordance with a user history. The one or more recommended words are displayed prior to detecting any contacts by a user corresponding to symbol selection by the user in a current application session. A contact by the user with the touch-sensitive display is detected. The contact includes a gesture. A respective recommended word corresponding to the gesture is selected. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100194692 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A TOUCHSCREEN AND A METHOD OF USING A TOUCHSCREEN OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device having a touchscreen and a method of using a touchscreen of a handheld electronic device are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of controlling a handheld electronic device having a touchscreen display, comprising: determining a location of a touch input on a touch-sensitive input surface of the touchscreen display; determining one or more characteristics of a motion signal of a motion sensor of the handheld electronic device; and generating an input from one of at least two inputs associated with the location of the touch input in accordance with the characteristics of the motion signal. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194693 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM WITH ADAPTABLE USER INTERFACE ENVIRONMENT - An electronic apparatus comprising a user interface environment for operating the electronic apparatus wherein the user interface environment is arranged to present at least one graphical user interface item for user interaction is disclosed. The electronic apparatus further comprises an actuation position detector devised to detect user actuation; a stylus; a storage unit configured to store the stylus; a sensor unit configured to produce an output indicative of whether the stylus is stored in the storage unit and operatively coupled to the user interface environment, wherein the user interface environment is adapted based on the output from the sensor unit. Method and computer program for adapting a user interface environment are also disclosed. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194694 | Method and Apparatus for Continuous Stroke Input - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a processor configured to receive a continuous stroke input related to a virtual keypad, determine input information based at least in part on said continuous stroke input, wherein said input information comprises a first part that excludes a control input and a second part after said first part that comprises a first control input, determine an input operand based at least in part on said first part of said input information and said second part of said input information, and determine an input operation based at least in part on said first part of said input information and said second part of said input information is disclosed. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194695 | Dual Configuration for Display Data Lines - A display having data lines that can be configured between a display mode and a touch mode is disclosed. The display can have sense regions for sensing a touch or near touch on the display during the touch mode. These same regions can display graphics or data on the display during the display mode. During display mode, the data lines in the sense regions can be configured to couple to display circuitry in order to receive data signals from the circuitry for displaying. During touch mode, the data lines in the sense regions can be configured to couple to corresponding sense lines in the regions, which in turn can couple to touch circuitry, in order to transmit touch signals to the circuitry for sensing a touch or near touch. Alternatively, during touch mode, the data lines in the sense regions can be configured to couple to ground in order to transmit residual data signals to ground for discarding. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194696 | Touch Regions in Diamond Configuration - Touch regions in a diamond configuration in a touch sensitive device are disclosed. Touch regions can include drive regions of display pixels to receive stimulation signals and sense regions of display pixels to send touch signals based on a touch or near touch. The drive regions and sense regions can be disposed diagonally adjacent to each other to form a diamond configuration. In an example diamond configuration, diagonal drive regions can be separate and unconnected from each other, while diagonal sense regions can be electrically connected to each other via their sense lines. The diagonal sense region connections can be in a forward diagonal direction, a backward diagonal direction, or a combination thereof. In an alternate example diamond configuration, diagonal drive regions can be electrically connected to each other via their drive lines, while diagonal sense regions can be electrically connected to each other via their sense lines. The diagonal drive and sense region connections can be in a forward diagonal direction, a backward diagonal direction, or combinations thereof. An exemplary touch sensitive device having a diamond configuration can be a touch screen. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194697 | Integrated Touch Screen - Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. Circuit elements, such as touch signal lines, such as drive lines and sense lines, grounding regions, in the display pixel stackups can be grouped together to form touch sensing circuitry that senses a touch on or near the display. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194698 | SWITCHING CIRCUITRY FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A circuit for switching an LCD between display and touch modes is disclosed. The circuit can include one or more switches configured to switch one or more drive, sense, and data lines in LCD pixels according to the mode. During touch mode, the circuit switches can be configured to switch one or more drive lines to receive stimulation signals, one or more sense lines to transmit touch signals, and one or more data lines to transmit residual data signals. During display mode, the circuit switches can be configured to switch one or more drive lines and sense lines to receive common voltage signals and one or more data lines to receive data signals. The circuit can be formed around the border of the LCD chip or partially or fully on a separate chip. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194699 | Integrated Touch Screen - Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. Circuit elements, such as touch signal lines, such as drive lines and sense lines, grounding regions, in the display pixel stackups can be grouped together to form touch sensing circuitry that senses a touch on or near the display. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194700 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a character input device which allows all the characters which it is desired to input to be arranged in a minimum input region so as to be suitable for miniaturization, as well as allows each of the arranged characters to be input through only one-input operation so as to enable rapid and correct input of a character. The character input device includes a base having an input region; one or more sensing sections provided at the input region for sensing a contact with the input region or a contact movement to the input region; and a control unit for extracting data corresponding to each input operation from a memory unit (not shown) and inputting the extracted data, according to the position of a contact point or the movement direction of the contact point sensed by the sensing section relative to a reference input section provided at the input region. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194701 | METHOD OF RECOGNIZING A MULTI-TOUCH AREA ROTATION GESTURE - A system and method for detecting and tracking multiple objects on a touchpad or touchscreen, wherein the method provides a new data collection algorithm, wherein the method reduces a calculation burden on a processor performing detection and tracking algorithms, wherein multiple objects are treated as elements of a single object and not as separate objects, wherein the location of the objects are treated as corners of a quadrilateral outline of a single object when two objects are detected, and wherein the multiple objects are capable of being tracked so as to perform a multi-touch rotation gesture. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194702 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND SELECTION METHOD OF UER INTERFACE ICON FOR MULTI-TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a signal processing apparatus and a signal processing method of a man-machine interface. The signal processing method comprises steps of: receiving a first touch signal; recognizing an object corresponding to the first touch signal; determining whether a second touch signal is received while receiving the first touch signal; and selecting the object corresponding to the first touch signal when receiving the second touch signal. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194703 | MULTIMEDIA, MULTIUSER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A table system includes a touch screen integrated in a table top, a computer system in communication with the touch screen, the touch screen being configured to serve as a primary input to the computer and to display multiple active sections at different orientations corresponding to different seating locations on the table top simultaneously, and a secondary screen, located away from the touch screen, in communication with the computer system, the secondary screen being configured to continuously display media files stored on the computer system at a single orientation and to be viewed from the different seating locations simultaneous with use of the touch screen, the touch screen configured to display representations of media files to be displayed on the secondary screen and to serve as selection input for the media files. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194704 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TOUCH SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a display panel configured to display an image in a display area and have a substrate over which a protruding elastic member and an electrode provided on the elastic member are formed in the display area; wherein a plurality of steps are provided in the elastic member in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the substrate, and the electrode is so provided on the elastic member as to include part covering a surface of the plurality of steps. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194705 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING DUAL TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE THEREOF - Provided is a method of displaying a user interface of a portable terminal having a two-sided touch screen where a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor are formed to the front side and the backside of a display unit. The method includes displaying a user interface including at least one of a background screen and at least one or more contents in the display unit. The method also includes changing brightness of the user interface according to a detected state of the portable terminal based on a touch event. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194706 | INPUTTING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An inputting apparatus including: a detecting portion which detects an approach-touch area of a detecting area, the approach-touch area being an area detecting an approach or a touch of an input object; a first judging section which judges whether the approach-touch area has been moved in a direction other than a first direction in which the approach-touch area has initially started to be moved; a first-display-moving-amount determining section which determines, where the approach-touch area has been moved in the direction other than the first direction, a first display moving amount for moving an image to be displayed on a display portion, on the basis of a movement of the approach-touch area after the judgment of the first judging section; and a first-movement-display commanding section which provides a command for moving the image by the first display moving amount in a predetermined direction specified on the basis of the first direction. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194707 | Integrated Touch Screen - Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. Circuit elements, such as touch signal lines, such as drive lines and sense lines, grounding regions, in the display pixel stackups can be grouped together to form touch sensing circuitry that senses a touch on or near the display. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100194708 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel includes an input registration structure comprising a biasable medium layer. A generally inflexible cover is disposed on the input registration structure and defines a touch surface. A pointer biases the biasable medium layer at a position adjacent the pointer when the pointer is positioned proximate the touch surface. The input registration structure generates a position signal corresponding to the position of the pointer in relation to the touch surface. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100201631 | METHOD OF DETECTING AND TRACKING MULTIPLE OBJECTS ON A TOUCHPAD USING A DATA COLLECTION ALGORITHM THAT ONLY DETECTS AN OUTER EDGE OF THE OBJECTS AND THEN ASSUMES THAT THE OUTER EDGES DEFINE A SINGLE LARGE OBJECT - A system and method for detecting and tracking multiple objects on a touchpad or touchscreen, wherein the method provides a new data collection algorithm, wherein the method reduces a calculation burden on a processor performing detection and tracking algorithms, wherein multiple objects are treated as elements of a single object and not as separate objects, wherein the location of the objects are treated as end-points of a single object when two objects are detected, and treated as a perimeter or boundary when more than two objects are detected. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201632 | TOUCH PANEL WITH STACKING ASSEMBLY - A touch panel with a stacking assembly comprises: a glass substrate; an upper surface of the glass substrate being covered by a lower conductive film and a plurality of projective spacers arranged around the lower conductive film; a lower adhesive frame being arranged at an outer periphery of the upper surface of the glass substrate; a lower surface of the transparent film being formed with an upper conductive film and a plurality of metal conductive circuits connected to the upper conductive film; an outer periphery of the lower surface of the transparent film being installed with a lower adhesive frame; at an inner side of the lower adhesive frame being formed with adhesive textures; the upper adhesive frame being also formed with adhesive textures which are embedded into the recesses between the adhesive textures of the lower adhesive frame so that the transparent film is engaged with the glass substrate. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201633 | TOUCH SCREEN WITH IMPROVED OPTICAL PERFORMACE - An improved touch screen has enhanced optical performance and aesthetic quality. The sense electrodes and other traces on the touch screen are made less invisible to the user by substantially filling the space between the conductive traces or electrodes with isolated regions that match the light transmission characteristics of the electrodes. In capacitive and resistive touch screens, the space between ITO electrodes and other traces on the substrate is substantially filled with ITO to match the electrodes. The space between electrodes is preferably filled with isolated regions of ITO formed in a pattern. The isolated regions in the pattern may be shaped and the electrodes notched to create non-linear spaces to further reduce the visibility of the pattern. Further, the space between ITO traces can be filled with irregular-shaped ITO regions to further reduce the visibility of the space. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201634 | MANIPULATION OF GRAPHICAL ELEMENTS ON GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE VIA MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES - Embodiments related to the manipulation of objects on a multi-touch graphical user interface are disclosed. For example, in one disclosed embodiment, a method of operating a graphical user interface of a computing device comprises presenting a group of objects on the graphical user interface in a group representation, where the group of objects includes two or more objects. The method further comprises receiving a multi-touch gesture at the graphical user interface in which two or more temporally overlapping touches are moved relative to each other on the graphical user interface. The method further comprises changing an organization of the group of objects presented on the graphical user interface in response to a changing of a distance between the two or more temporally overlapping touches as they are moved relative to each other on the graphical user interface. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201635 | SENSOR, DISPLAY INCLUDING A SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR USING A SENSOR - A sensor includes an insulating support defining a front side; a membrane arranged on the front side of the support, the membrane including at least one layer including a pattern of electrically conductive material; at least one capacitance measuring unit configured for measuring a capacitance between at least a portion of the pattern of one of the at least one layer and its surrounding environment; and at least one resistance measuring unit configured for measuring a resistance between a pair of points of the pattern of one of the at least one layer. A display including the sensor and a method of using the sensor are also disclosed. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201636 | MULTI-MODE DIGITAL GRAPHICS AUTHORING - Various embodiments related to the presentation of a multi-mode digital graphics authoring program are disclosed herein. One embodiment provides a computing device comprising a multi-touch display, a processor and memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to detect an initial touch of a physical object on the display, to display a workspace border defining a bounded workspace, to display a contextual menu associated with the bounded workspace, and to receive a touch input requesting an application setting selected from the contextual menu to be applied within the workspace border. The instructions are further executable to detect a subsequent touch within the workspace border, and, in response, to apply the application setting to the subsequent touch detected within the workspace border, to detect a subsequent touch outside of the workspace border, and, in response, not to apply the application setting to the subsequent touch detected outside of the workspace border. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201637 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM - A touch screen display system combines the use of electromagnetic radiation emitters with shadow detection to determine the precise location or other touch related parameters of an object touching the display screen. In one embodiment the system comprises a display screen, a plurality of laser emitters disposed at a periphery of the display screen; a plurality of beam shapers to shape emissions from the emitters into fan beam patterns, and a plurality of detectors disposed at the periphery of the display screen to detect laser emissions of the laser emitters; and a processor to determine a location where an object touches the display screen, based on outputs of the detectors. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201638 | OPERATION METHOD OF TOUCH PAD WITH MULTIPLE FUNCTION MODES, INTEGRATION SYSTEM THEREOF, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT USING THE OPERATION METHOD - A touch pad operation method with multiple function modes, an integration system, and a computer program product are provided. A first signal is received and whether the first signal conforms to a trigger condition is determined. If the first signal conforms to the trigger condition and exists continuously, the touch pad is switched from a first function mode to a second function mode and maintained therein. The second function mode includes a plurality of functions of a second kind, and each of these functions is respectively corresponding to an area on the touch pad. When a second signal is received through the touch pad and the first signal still exists, one of the second kind of functions is executed according to a coordinate variation corresponding to the second signal. Thereby, the functionality of the touch pad is not limited by its original settings and the convenience of operation is increased. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201639 | Optical Touch Display Device and Method Thereof - The invention provides an optical touch display device. The optical touch display device comprises a display module, a first image capturing module, a second image capturing module and a processing module. The display module generates N touch points according to a touch gesture, the touch gesture has a specific moving model, and N is a positive integer. The first image capturing module retrieves a first image relating to N touch points. The second image capturing module retrieves a second image relating to N touch points. The processing module determines correspondingly a specific touch chord of N touch points according to the first image and the second image, and determines correspondingly a specific function of the touch gesture according to the specific touch chord and the specific moving mode. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201640 | Touch Panel and Touch Panel Type Display Apparatus - A touch panel X in accordance with the present invention includes a first base body | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201641 | CONTACT TYPE INPUT DEVICE, CONTACT TYPE INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A touch panel input device and a touch panel input method, which can easily enlarge a display screen without using a stylus pen, for a contact type input device | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201642 | TOUCH INPUT APPARATUS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - The portable electronic device of the present invention comprises a touch input apparatus including a touch panel installed on a surface of a display. The touch panel has a lead part projecting at the end of a detecting section. The detecting section includes a matrix area A where X value detection lines and Y value detection lines are arranged in matrix, and a lead area B where a plurality of lead lines extending from the matrix area A in the same direction as the X value detection lines to reach the lead part are arranged. A first touch input section is formed by the matrix area A of the touch panel, and a second touch input section is formed by the lead area B. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201643 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and an operating method of the mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal includes a transparent conductive layer configured to have a plurality of cells whose charge quantity varies in response to a touch signal, the cells being electrically isolated from one another; a plurality of pressure sensors configured to be laid over the transparent conductive layer, the pressure sensors calculating a pressure level of the touch signal and identifying a point of detection of the calculated pressure level; and a controller configured to determine whether there are two or more cells in the transparent conductive layer where a charge quantity variation is detected, wherein, if there are two or more cells in the transparent conductive layer where a charge quantity variation is detected, the controller identifies the positions of the corresponding cells and performs operations corresponding to the identified cell positions. Therefore, it is possible to effectively detect even a multi-touch input using the pressure sensors. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201644 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - When a finger is moved in a circle along a curved path after being moved along a linear path in a first function region of an input surface of an input pad, vertical scrolling is continuously performed. When the finger is moved in a circle along another curved path after being moved along another linear path in a second function region, horizontal scrolling is continuously performed. By inverting the circling direction by an operation of the finger, the scrolling direction is switched to the reverse direction. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201645 | DETERMINATION APPARATUS, DETERMINATION METHOD AND DATA STORAGE MEDIUM - In the determination apparatus, the creation unit creates an image showing a virtual space. The first display unit displays images contained in the first display region of the virtual space. The second display unit displays images contained in the second display region of the virtual space. The input acceptance unit receives instruction input designating a position in the created image. When the position indicated by the instruction input is not contained in any of the fringe regions set in the first display region and the fringe regions set in the second display region, the determination unit set, in the virtual space, an pointing region with a first size. When the position indicated by the instruction input is in any of the fringe regions set in the first display region and the fringe regions set in the second display region, the determination unit sets, in the virtual space, an pointing region with a second size larger than the first size. Inside of the pointing region becomes the target indicated by the user. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100201646 | E-INK TOUCHSCREEN VISUALIZER FOR HOME AV SYSTEM - An interface apparatus includes a main unit, an array of interface modules, driver circuitry, and a remote unit. The main unit outputs files to an output unit, is detachably couplable to interface modules and assigns content identifiers to interface modules. The array presents an image to the user and each interface module can be engaged by a user. The driver circuitry is adapted to drive the array to present an image to the user based upon the user's engagement with an interface module. The remote unit is coupled to the output unit and can be detachably coupled to the interface module. When coupled to the interface module, the remote unit can access the assigned identifier and transmit a request signal to the main unit based on the identifier. The request signal is adapted to cause the main unit to output a file identified by the identifier to the output unit. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100207889 | Active pixel sensor and method for making same - A touch panel includes a plurality of active pixel sensors arranged in an array to sense a touch event. Each sensor element includes a photo-sensing element coupled to a single amplifier. The sensor element is arranged to provide a sensing voltage indicative of a light level received by the photo-sensor in a sensing period. The sensing voltage is amplified by the amplifier into an output voltage in the sensing period. Following the sensing period, the output voltage and the sensing voltage are reset to a predetermined voltage level. Following the reset period, the photo-sensor as well as the amplifier is disabled for a period so that the sensing level is caused to drop below the predetermined voltage level. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207890 | SINGAL DETECTING APPARATUS - The invention relates to a signal detecting apparatus comprising at least one first transistor, a second transistor and at least one switch. At least one first transistor is used for generating at least one first adjusting current according to an input signal and a power provided by a voltage source. At least one switch coupled to the voltage source and at least one first transistor is used for controlling at least one first transistor to generate at least one first adjusting current according to at least one control signal. The second transistor coupled to at least one first transistor and a ground generates a second adjusting current according to the input signal. Wherein the signal detecting apparatus generates an output signal according to at least one first adjusting signal and the second adjusting signal. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207891 | STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT TO TOUCH PANEL - A structural improvement to a touch panel is provided. comprising a substrate, and a first induction layer and a second induction layer are disposed on different surfaces of the substrate. said induction layers have a plurality of induction lines respectively. Each of the induction lines have a plurality of first induction blocks and second induction blocks having a same area respectively. said induction blocks are connected by first connection sections and second connection sections respectively. The first induction lines and the second induction lines are arranged alternately. said connection sections have a same area, and are in an overlapped area. Thereby, a blank area of the induction layers are reduced, and an induction area inside the touch panel is increased, so as to lower an optical contrast. Moreover, the connection sections have a capacity effect generating a same capacitance value, which prevents error determination or inaccuracy in touch control. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207892 | Touch-Control Module - A touch-control module for recognizing gesture inputs by a position sensitive device to an electronic device is disclosed. The touch-control module includes an input connected to the position sensitive device for receiving at least one sensing signal generated by the position sensitive device when one or more objects touch a surface thereof; a touch state unit for detecting the sensing signal and determining a touch state of the object(s), such as approaching to or lifting off the position sensitive device; a position and multi-gesture processing unit for analyzing the sensing signal to determine a touch position of the object(s) on the position sensitive device, and tracking the touch state and touch position to determine a corresponding motion factor; and an output connected to the electronic device for outputting the touch state and touch position as well as information corresponding to a motion factor whenever the motion factor is determined. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207893 | Tablet and Coordinate Computation Circuit Thereof - The present invention discloses a space-bound-free tablet and its coordinate determining circuit for determining a coordinate of a stylus pen. The coordinate is computed by the coordinate determining circuit in which first voltage, a second voltage, and a third voltage is obtained, where the first voltage equals the maximum detection voltage, the second voltage and third voltage are obtained from two antennas, and both of the two antennas are at the same side of the antenna that induces the maximum detection voltage. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ON-SCREEN KEYS FROM BEING ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING THE SAME - A method and an apparatus for preventing on-screen keys from being accidentally touched and a recording medium using the same are provided. In the present method, when a mobile device enters a communication mode, a user interface of the communication mode, which comprises at least one on-screen key, is displayed on a touch screen of the mobile device. Meanwhile, a protective mask is displayed on the touch screen to cover the on-screen key, and a function corresponding to the on-screen key covered by the protective mask is disabled. Accordingly, users can avoid accidentally touching the on-screen keys to make the mobile device perform false actions when speaking on the phone. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207895 | TACTILE INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A tactile interface device and a method of controlling the same are disclosed. The tactile interface device can include a touchscreen, which has a slope formed in one surface, a driver, which vibrates the touchscreen in a horizontal direction such that the tactile feel at the surface of the touchscreen is changed, and a controller, which controls the operating frequency of the driver. The tactile interface device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can vibrate the touchscreen in a direction parallel to a surface of the touchscreen, providing the user with a sensation that the tactile feel changes at the portion that the user touches. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207896 | SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR PROCESSING A SIGNAL FROM AN ELECTRIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to a system for processing a signal from an electric device, e.g. a touch sensitive key. The system comprises a reference value for the signal, wherein said reference value is continuously updated, and an arithmetic unit for determining a difference value between the signal and the reference value, so that difference value corresponds with a change of the signal. The system comprises further a spectrum of the possible difference values, wherein said spectrum is subdivided into ranges corresponding with possible causations for the change of the signal in said system. Additionally, the system comprises a comparing unit for associating the difference value with the corresponding range of the spectrum and for identifying, if the difference value results from a disturbance or from a relevant change in the electric device. Further, the present invention relates to a corresponding method. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207897 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CONTAINING ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL PROGRAM - The electronic device may input erroneous data or its data input efficiency may be lowered. The electronic device includes: input means for inputting input information to the electronic device; insertion/extraction detection means for detecting an insertion/extraction state of a member detachable from the electronic device, into/from the electronic device; control means for generating display data according to the insertion/extraction state and judging the input information according to the data; and display means for performing display based on the display data. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207898 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR GENERATING THE EMBEDDED DRAWING DATA BASED ON FLASH IMAGE - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and the method for generating embedded drawing data based on flash imagery, which is capable of generating a multimedia message or a flash image that is various, active and interesting, by connecting the movement so as to move the object which is designated according to the arbitrary drawn trace, while drawings or writings that are drawn with pen on the touch screen can be seen again. It has an effect in that it is able to deliver amusement and information by communicating between mobile terminals, by transmitting to other mobile terminals through a wire net and a wireless net, by sending or using e-mail, and by uploading to the internet board. A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes an input unit that receives one or more among a shape change request signal or a location change request signal with respect to one of either an image, a redrawing object, or a stamp displayed on a display unit of the mobile terminal from a user; a controller that manufactures the scene in which one of either the image, the redrawing object, or the stamp changes according to one or more among the shape change request signal or the location change request signal with a flash image; and a memory unit that stores the flash image transformed by the controller. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207899 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a character input device. The character input device includes a detection unit, an input tool and a control unit. The detection unit detects one or more input forms of vertical pressing horizontal pressing tilting pressing, contact, and contact movement. The input tool enables directional input corresponding to each input form detectable by the detection unit to be performed. The control unit generates a plurality of direction indication locations corresponding to directional inputs performed by the input tool, and extracts data, assigned to a direction indication location corresponding to detected directional input, from a memory unit and inputting the extracted data when directional input of the input tool corresponding to any one of the direction indication locations is detected by the detection unit. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207900 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel display system and driving method thereof is provided. The touch panel display system includes a display device and a display circuit coupled to the display device for driving a display position of the display device. The system further includes a sensing device coupled to the display device for sensing an contact pressure, and a sensing circuit coupled to the sensing device for driving a sensing position of the sensing device. The system further includes a synchronous controller coupled to the display circuit and the sensing circuit for synchronously controlling the display circuit and the sensing circuit such that the display position and the sensing position are not overlapped and maintained beyond a predetermined distance. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207902 | IN-CELL TOUCH-SENSITIVE PANEL - An in-cell touch-sensitive panel includes TFT and CF substrates. The TFT substrate includes a net-shaped readout circuit and conductive pads arranged in array manner. The net-shaped readout circuit includes widthwise and lengthwise readout lines. The widthwise readout lines are electrically connected to the lengthwise readout lines. The conductive pads are electrically connected to the net-shaped readout circuit. Spacers are adapted to keep a first gap between the TFT and CF substrates. Protrudent portions are arranged to be corresponding to the conductive pads, and there is a second gap between the protrudent portion and the conductive pad. A transparent electrode covers the spacers and the protrudent portion. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207903 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING DETACHABLE SUB-DISPLAY UNIT - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a detachable sub-display unit. A mobile terminal having a detachable sub-display unit includes a first body unit having a first display unit to a front surface of the first body unit. The invention also includes a second body unit having a second display unit to a front surface of the second body unit, wherein a magnet is formed on at least a portion of one side surface of the first body unit and at least a portion of one side surface of the second body unit, and the second body unit can be detachably coupled to the at least one side surface of the first body unit by the magnet. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100207904 | TARGETING IN A STYLUS-BASED USER INTERFACE - Aspects of the invention provide virtual hover zones. When a user lowers a hovering stylus while remaining within a hover zone, cursor control is modified to be more easily controllable by the user. If the user pauses the stylus in mid-air before lowering the stylus, and if the stylus remains within the hover zone, then upon touchdown the cursor may be moved to the projection of the location where the stylus was paused. Any action that may be taken in response to the touch down may be sent to the projection location as well. Also provided are cursor control zones. A dampening zone may be used to provide dampened cursor movement feedback in response to movement input provided by a pointing device. Also, a dead zone may be used to prohibit cursor movement in response to movement input provided by the pointing device. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100214230 | ITO layer manufacturing process & application structure - A two-stage manufacturing process for preparation of an ITO layer includes having first a transparent substrate, e.g., a glass or plastic substrate going through treatment without preheating; the substrate is then sputtering processed in a sputtering chamber under process conditions without heating up to form a amorphous state ITO film on the surface of the transparent substrate; followed with a thermal treatment at a preset temperature to turn the ITO layer into a crystalline state without compromising strength of the glass or the plastic substrate while delivering a durable ITO layer and a structure of ITO layer provided with a specific sheet resistance and/or thickness. The ITO layer produced using the present invention particularly fits to be applied in a touch screen structure. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214231 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TWO-FINGER TOUCH COORDINATE RECOGNITION AND ROTATION GESTURE RECOGNITION - A resistive touchscreen system comprises a substrate, a coversheet and a controller. The coversheet comprises a first conductive coating and the substrate comprises a second conductive coating. The substrate and coversheet are positioned proximate each other such that the first conductive coating faces the second conductive coating, and the substrate and coversheet are electrically disconnected with respect to each other in the absence of a touch. The controller is configured to (a) identify a multiple touch state when the substrate and coversheet are electrically connected with respect to each other at at least two touch locations, (b) to detect, over time, a plurality of apparent touch coordinates, (c) identify two possible X coordinates and two possible Y coordinates associated with at least one of the apparent touch coordinates, and (d) identify coordinate locations of two touches based on the apparent touch coordinates and the two possible X and Y coordinates. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214232 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A TOUCH PANEL - A controller for detection of touches by a single finger or multiple fingers on a touch panel, the touch panel including a first group of electrodes arranged in a first direction and a second group of electrodes arranged in a second direction, thereby forming a plurality of crossover points. The controller includes: a plurality of signal drivers coupled to the first group of electrodes and configured to excite the first group of electrodes sequentially using a spread spectrum signal; a plurality of signal sensors coupled to the second group of electrodes and configured to detect peaks and troughs of capacitive coupled signals at the second group of electrodes, the detecting being performed simultaneously for the crossover points along a current one of the first group of electrodes that is being excited; and a signal processing device configured to detect the touches on the touch panel and to determine touch positions and touch movements, based on the detected peaks and troughs of the capacitive coupled signals. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214233 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING CLOSED LOOP ELECTRODE FOR EQUIPOTENTIAL BUILD-UP AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel for a 5-line touch screen or a capacitive touch screen, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. More particularly, a touch panel in which an equipotential forming electrode may be formed in a simple closed-loop pattern in order to reduce a screen dead zone and expand an active region by eliminating the linearity distortion of equipotential lines in around the equipotential forming electrode of the touch panel, and also may be applicable to a touch screen of a small device such as a mobile phone, and may reduce a process error rate and improve a productivity and electrical requirements such as terminal resistance and the like, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The equipotential forming electrode may be patterned using a much more conductive material than a material of a transparent conductive film. The equipotential forming electrode may form a closed loop in a linear pattern, a square-zigzagged pattern, a triangular saw pattern, or a wave pattern. The thickness, the width, and the electrical conductivity of the pattern may be adjusted so that resistance between signal connection terminals may be greater than some ohms. An auxiliary electrode may be further provided to improve the potential characteristic of the electrode formed in the closed loop. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214234 | Apparatus and method for touch screen user interface for handheld electronic devices part I - A user interface in handheld devices has a bounded touch screen control surface that is operable by a thumb tip and is oversized to the size of a thumb tip. The touch screen control surface is approximately sized to be around a ¾ inch square less or more and is partitioned into touch areas. The touch areas may include five overlapping areas of a top area, a bottom area, a left area, a right area and a center area for a simpler user interface control surface. There may be nine separate areas, including one center area and eight surrounding areas. When the thumb tip is placed on any one of these area and moved in a straight line or in a circular line by sliding action between different areas of these nine areas can provide a large number of navigation control functions. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214235 | Electronic Device and Method of Touch Screen Input Detection - There is provided a method ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214236 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, TOUCH INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A method and a device for processing touch information and a flat panel display using the method and the device are disclosed. The touch information processing arrangement includes: generating sensor output data from a touch sensor array; computing the sensor output data corresponding to each of adjacent frames to generate difference data; first binarizing the difference data based on a predetermined first threshold value; filtering the first binarized difference data; and second binarizing the filtered difference data based on a predetermined second threshold value. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214237 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - Information including a first part of a list is displayed on a touch-sensitive display ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214238 | MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY AND OPERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY AND OPERATING DEVICE HAVING IMPROVED SELECTION OPERATION - A multifunction display and operating device of a motor vehicle and comprise a display device ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214239 | METHOD AND TOUCH PANEL FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method and a touch panel for providing a tactile feedback are provided. In the present method, a touch operation acting on the touch panel of an electronic device is detected at first. Then, before outputting the tactile feedback, an output attribute of the tactile feedback is altered according to a behavior of the touch operation. Accordingly, the user may experience different tactile feedbacks while performing different touch operations on the same electronic device. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214240 | Medical overlay mirror - Medical overlay mirror methods and related systems. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214241 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A communication terminal device with which a desired function can be found easily and the function can be activated quickly is provided. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214242 | ISOTONIC / ELASTIC TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - The input device ( | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214243 | Systems and Methods For Interpreting Physical Interactions With A Graphical User Interface - Embodiments of systems and methods for interpreting physical interactions with a graphical user interface are disclosed. For example, one system for interpreting physical interactions with a graphical user interface is a device having a housing configured to be grasped by a user, a display disposed in the housing, the display configured to display a graphical user interface, and a sensor disposed in the housing, the sensor configured to detect a movement of the housing in a degree of freedom. The device also includes a processor disposed in the housing and in communication with the display and the sensor, the processor configured to receive a sensor signal from the sensor, the sensor signal comprising a parameter associated with the movement, to determine a command associated with the graphical user interface based on the parameter, to determine a function to be executed based on the command, and to execute the function. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214244 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes an infrared temperature sensor and can detect a user's finger arranged within a detection distance even though the user's finger does not contact the electronic device. Movement of the user's finger is also detected. A pointer positioned and moving according to the position and movement of the user's finger is displayed on a screen of the portable electronic device, and a predetermined function corresponding to the movement of the finger may be performed. A method for controlling the electronic device includes detecting that a user's finger is positioned within a detection distance of an infrared temperature sensor, and displaying a pointer corresponding to a position of the user's finger on a display screen. The method also may include moving the pointer or performing a function corresponding to the movement direction of the pointer. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214245 | INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An input apparatus includes a single light-transmissible substrate, an input unit including a coordinate input surface formed upon one surface of the light-transmissible substrate, and an illumination unit formed upon the other surface of the light-transmissible substrate. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214246 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device having a new touch interface to allow control of an operation of the electronic device is disclosed. In an input system of the electronic device, a touch screen and a touch pad include a first touch zone and a second touch zone, respectively, which are disposed adjacently and symmetrically to each other. The first touch zone receives continuous contact in association with the second touch zone, and creates first input information connected to second input information created by the second touch zone when the continuous contact, starting from the second touch zone, is inputted. Similarly, the second touch zone receives the continuous contact in association with the first touch zone, and creates the second input information connected to the first input information when the continuous contact, starting from the first touch zone, is inputted. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214247 | Capacitive Touch Panel - A capacitive touch panel includes a substrate having a pattern-forming surface, a color pixel layer formed on the substrate, and a patterned conductive layer formed on the pattern-forming surface of the substrate. The patterned conductive layer includes a plurality of first electrode units, a plurality of second electrode units, a plurality of spaced apart first conductive lines, and a plurality of spaced apart second conductive lines. The first electrode units are capacitively coupled to the second electrode units so as to form a plurality of two dimensionally arranged capacitive sensing units. Each of the first electrode units includes a plurality of first electrodes. Each of the first conductive lines is connected to and extends along the pattern-forming surface from at least one of the first electrodes of a respective one of the first electrode units into a bonding area of the pattern-forming surface. The second conductive lines extend respectively from the second electrode units into the bonding area, and do not cross the first conductive lines. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214248 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION - A display apparatus with a touch sensor function includes: a first substrate having a common electrode; a second substrate arranged to face the first substrate; a display section disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a touch sensor that detects a touch position on a touch surface disposed on the side of the first substrate or on the side of the second substrate, wherein the second substrate has a plurality of data lines arranged in a row direction, a plurality of gate lines arranged in a column direction substantially perpendicular to the data lines, a plurality of pixel electrodes each arranged in a pixel region surrounded by a pair of neighboring data lines and a pair of neighboring gate lines, and a plurality of thin film transistors each arranged in the plurality of pixel electrodes and electrically connected to the pixel electrode, the data line, and the gate line, and the touch sensor has a potential increase rate detection unit that detects a potential increase rate upon charging each of the pixel regions and detects a position of the pixel region whose potential increase rate detected by the potential increase rate detection unit falls outside a predetermined range as the touch position. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214249 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus includes an outer frame portion which forms an outer frame of a display portion where an object is displayed; a position detecting portion which detects a position of an operating body coming in touch with or close to the display portion or the outer frame portion; and a display controlling portion which displays on the display portion, auxiliary information about an object situated at a position of the operating body detected by the position detecting portion at a start of the shift when the operating body shifts to the outer frame portion while keeping touch with or close to the display portion. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100214250 | TOUCH SCREEN WITH USER INTERFACE ENHANCEMENT - The present invention is a graphical user interface in a computing device having a processor running an operating system and a display. The graphical user interface comprises a touch screen and a driver coupling the touch screen to the operating system. The driver can display a plurality of icons on the touch screen, or a plurality of screen images having at least one icon, with each of the icons associated with operations on the display and/or the touch screen. Other embodiments include the touch screen having unactivated and activated states, as well as the presence of an application programming interface that enables an application to display at least one image on the touch screen. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100220062 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method involving: detecting a type of actuator for actuating an icon displayed on a touch sensitive display; and automatically displaying an arrangement of icons on the touch sensitive display for actuation by the detected actuator, wherein the arrangement of icons is dependent upon the detected actuator type. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220063 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATABLE TRANSLATION OF POSITION - A calibratable system for translating a position input by a user to a first device to a position output of a second device includes a translation module and a calibration module. The translation module receives the position input by the user to the first device and that translates the position input to position output for the second device based on a plurality of parameters and a translation method. The calibration module selectively generates the plurality of parameters based on a calibration method that commands the user to move the position input to locations defined by the calibration method. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220064 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALIBRATION OF A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A touch screen display of an electronic device is calibrated. The method includes receiving input comprising selections of features registered at the touch screen display, filtering the input based on characteristics determined during the receiving to determine if the input is to be used for calibrating, for each input used for calibrating, determining a difference between registered touch location and a respective target for the selection and subtracting an offset from the difference, thereby providing remainders of differences for the selections, and calibrating by adjusting a prior calibration based on the remainders if the input is determined to be used for calibrating. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220065 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY INCLUDING A FORCE-SENSOR AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A touch screen display includes a display, a touch-sensitive overlay disposed on the display, and a controller operably coupled to the overlay. At least one force sensor is disposed between the display and the overlay and is arranged and constructed to determine a value of an applied force to the overlay. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220066 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A TOUCHSCREEN AND A METHOD OF USING A TOUCHSCREEN OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device having a touchscreen and a method of using a touchscreen of a handheld electronic device are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of input using a touchscreen display of a handheld electronic device, the method comprising: displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) on the touchscreen display, the graphical user interface comprising a plurality of selectable user interface elements, each having an area of the touchscreen display associated herewith and each generating a respective input signal in response to selection thereof; detecting a configuring touch input on the touchscreen display, said configuring touch input having a region of contact wherein upon said configuring touch input, said plurality of selectable user interface elements may subsequently be re-established in accordance with an aspect size of said region of contact. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220067 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A MENU SELECTION INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MENU SELECTION INTERFACE - A portable electronic device and a method for operating a menu selection interface of the portable electronic device are provided. The menu selection interface is displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device. The method generates a sensing signal when a menu item of the menu selection interface is touched, and analyzes the sensing signal to determine a touched menu item of the menu selection interface. The method further generates a first responsive signal according to the touched menu item, and displays menu icons of the touched menu item on the touch-sensitive display when the first responsive signal is received. In addition, the method generates a second responsive signal when one of the menu icons is selected, and executes a function action corresponding to the selected menu icon when the second responsive signal is received. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220068 | Method for Mitigating Pooling Mura on Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus and Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus - A method for mitigating pooling mura on LCD apparatus and a LCD apparatus are provided. The method is adapted for a LCD apparatus having a plurality of pixels. The LCD apparatus is for displaying frames according to a received original display data, and each of at least a part of the pixels comprises two pixel electrodes to drive a plurality of liquid crystal molecules between the two pixel electrodes. The method comprises changing a corresponding portion of the original display data so as to rotate at least a part of the liquid crystal molecules between the two pixel electrodes of the pressed pixel toward a natural angle; and maintaining another corresponding portion of the original display data. The natural angle is a finally-presented tilt angle of the liquid crystal molecules between the corresponding two pixel electrodes having substantially no potential difference therebetween. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220069 | Light sensing circuit, method of controlling the same, and touch panel comprising the light sensing circuit - A light sensing circuit, a method of controlling the same, and a touch panel including the light sensing circuit. In the method of controlling the light sensing circuit, including sensing light incident on a photodiode, generating current corresponding to the brightness of the sensed light, amplifying the current using a driving transistor, and outputting the amplified current, the ambient temperature is sensed, and a time period during which the light is sensed by the photodiode or the amplified current is output is controlled by the sensed ambient temperature. Thus, the sensitivity of the light sensing circuit may be constantly maintained without being influenced by the ambient temperature. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220070 | Apparatus with selectable functions - A user can wear a transmitter module on a finger. The transmitter module transmits an electric signal through a finger. An electronic device includes a touch panel as an input device and a conductive film. The conductive film is a part of a receiver module which receives the electric signal when the body part is approached to the conductive film. The control unit provides a performing module which selectively performs one function among the functions according to the detection result of the receiver module. A first function is performed when the user approaches a finger wearing the transmitter module. A second function is performed when the user approaches another finger not wearing the transmitter module. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220071 | Touch panel and display device including the same - Provided is a touch panel including a substrate ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220072 | MODULIZED TOUCH PANEL - A modulized touch panel is revealed. The modulized touch panel includes a first substrate layer and a second substrate layer while the second substrate layer is corresponding to the first substrate layer A touch panel is integrated with a control chip so as to reduce complexity and occupied area of the circuit that transmits signals between electronic devices and the touch panel while increasing scan lines of the touch panel. Thus circuit of electronics is simplified. Moreover, the first substrate layer or the second substrate layer of the touch panel is disposed with a metal layer for reducing impedance and improving signal stability. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100220073 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides an electronic device including a touch screen and a control system connected to the touch screen. The electronic device may display a digital image via a touch screen and sets at least an interaction region for the digital area. Each interaction region has corresponding interaction information recorded in a recognizing data. When a clicking even occurs on the touch screen, the control system determines whether the clicking position is in the interaction region. If the clicking position occurs in the interaction region, the control system retrieves the interaction data from the recognizing data and operates the electronic device according to the interaction information. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100225594 | Video frame recorder - The invention comprises a video framed electronic frame display screen with a touch screen LCD, a power supply, a microprocessor, a memory component, video and audio input and output jacks adaptable to DVD and VCR players, cameras and mp3 players, and speakers. The video frame can contain a camera. The video frame display screen can be controlled by operation of the touch screen display or by a remotely operated infrared controller. The video frame display screen can also be controlled by a mouse and keyboard connected to the video frame. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225595 | TOUCH DISCRIMINATION - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates distinguishing input among one or more users in a surface computing environment. A variety of information can be obtained and analyzed to infer an association between a particular input and a particular user. Touch point information can be acquired from a surface wherein the touch point information relates to a touch point. In addition, one or more environmental sensors can monitor the surface computing environment and provide environmental information. The touch point information and the environmental information can be analyzed to determine direction of inputs, location of users, and movement of users and so on. Individual analysis results can be correlated and/or aggregated to generate a inference of association between a touch point and user. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225596 | Elastomeric Wave Tactile Interface - A tactile interface includes a plurality of individually controllable drivers positioned about a perimeter of a tensioned elastomeric material. Each driver includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric material. A top surface of the first electrode is coupled to the tensioned elastomeric material. The piezoelectric material is disposed between a top surface of the second electrode and a bottom surface of the first electrode. Driver circuitry can apply control information to each of the plurality of individually controllable drivers to produce a wave pattern in the tensioned elastomeric material. Some example methods of providing a tactile image on a tactile interface include producing a time-varying potential difference across the top electrode and the bottom electrode of the drivers so that a standing wave pattern can be created in the elastomeric material. The tactile image can be formed by modulating a subset of the plurality of drivers. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225597 | TOUCHSCREEN MODULE - A touchscreen module comprises a display for presenting information to a user of the touchscreen module; a touch panel mounted in overlapping relationship with the display; a touch panel controller coupled to the touch panel for detecting a point on the touch panel touched by the user; and non-volatile memory associated with the display. The non-volatile memory includes a first memory portion for storing information relating to the display, and a second memory portion for storing calibration data relating to the touch panel, thereby enabling calibration data to be retrieved from the touchscreen module when the touchscreen module is installed in a terminal. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225598 | MULTI-TOUCH AND HANDWRITING-RECOGNITION RESISTIVE TOUCHSCREEN - The present invention discloses a multi-touch and handwriting-recognition resistive touchscreen, which comprises a touch layer, a spacer layer, a sensing layer and a controller. The touch layer and the sensing layer are separated by the spacer layer and respectively have a plurality of strip-like touch loops and a plurality of strip-like sensing loops. The touch layer is superimposed on the sensing layer with the touch loops oriented vertically to the sensing loops. The controller respectively connects to and supplies voltages to the two terminals of each touch loop and the two terminals of each sensing loop to enable a digital-mode driving and an analog-mode driving in different time intervals. The controller can integrate the multi-touch function and the handwriting-recognition function. Alternatively, a switch is used to switch the controller to operate in the digital mode enabling the multi-touch function or the analog mode enabling the handwriting-recognition function. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225599 | Text Input - An apparatus comprising a controller, wherein said controller is arranged to receive input referring to a key and identifying a touch point; display a first set of candidates comprising a plurality of candidates arranged around the touch point; receive input referring to a first candidate being comprised in said first set; receive a select command of said first candidate; and input said selected candidate as text. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225600 | Display Structure with Direct Piezoelectric Actuation - A user friendly display structure ( | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225601 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: touch operation sections provided to be spaced from each other by a specified distance and detect a position touched by an operating part; a drag detection section to detect a drag moved in a state where the operating part touches the touch operation sections; a vibration detection section to detect a vibration amount of the touch operation sections; a vibration acquisition section to acquire the vibration amount in a period after the drag detection section detects that an arbitrary touch operation section is dragged among the touch operation sections and before the drag detection section detects that another touch operation section adjacent to the arbitrary touch operation section is dragged; and a drag determination section to determine, based on the vibration amount, whether the drag on the arbitrary touch operation section is continuous with the drag on the another touch operation section. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225602 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - An input-mode determination unit determines an input mode to be a graphic mode in the case where the number of sets of coordinates included in a coordinate sequence stored in the coordinate-sequence storage unit is smaller than a predetermined number and points represented by the coordinates are within a predetermined distance range, and otherwise, determines the input mode to be a curve mode. A line-to-draw sequence generation unit generates a line-to-draw sequence according to the input mode which the input-mode determination unit has determined to be. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225603 | OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE AND OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL - An optical touch panel of the present invention is capable of protecting a core | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225604 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, THRESHOLD VALUE SETTING METHOD, AND THRESHOLD VALUE SETTING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a recognition section which recognizes the shape of an object being in contact with an operation screen of an operating section; a pressure detecting section which detects the pressure of the object on the operation screen; a threshold value setting section which sets a threshold value of the pressure, which is a value for determining a pressure operation on the operation screen, on the basis of the shape of the object recognized by the recognition section; and a determination section which determines whether or not a pressure operation has been performed on the operation screen on the basis of the pressure detected by the pressure detecting section and the threshold value set by the threshold value setting section. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225605 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A LCD panel comprises a first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate comprises a pixel, a sensor pad arranged adjacent to the pixel, a switch electrically coupled to the sensor pad, a pixel gate line electrically coupled to the pixel, a sensor gate line electrically coupled to the switch, and a readout line. The second substrate comprises a sensing device protruding form the second substrate, and a conducting layer covering on the sensing device and electrically coupled to a predetermined power. When assembling the second substrate with the first substrate, the sensing device is opposite to the sensor pad. When pressing the second substrate, the conducting layer covering on the sensing device contacts with the sensor pad. The sensor gate line controls on/off state of the switch to determine whether the sensor pad is electrically conducted with the readout line. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225606 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, a resistive film formed on the second substrate, spacer receivers formed of an insulating material on the resistive film, projecting spacers formed on the first substrate, and projecting contacts formed on the first substrate. The spacer receivers have a predetermined area and a predetermined thickness. The projecting spacers protrude at a predetermined height. The projecting contacts protrude equally in height to the projecting spacers. The tips of the projecting spacers are in contact with the spacer receivers. The tips of the projecting contacts are out of contact with the spacer receivers. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225607 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying an operation screen on a display module capable of identifying a fingerprint; if a multi-fingerprint-touch input including first and second fingerprint-touch inputs is received through the display module, selecting a locked operation menu from the operation screen; and if fingerprint information of the multi-fingerprint-touch input is authenticated, unlocking and then executing the selected operation menu. Therefore, it is possible to perform fingerprint authentication and the execution of an operation at the same time in response to a multi-fingerprint-touch input. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225608 | TOUCH DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display comprises a color filter substrate, an array substrate opposite to the color filter via a plurality of spacers and a voltage detection circuit. The color filter substrate comprises an upper substrate and a common electrode formed on the upper substrate, and the array substrate comprises a lower substrate and a gate line, a data line and a pixel electrode formed on the lower substrate. The plurality of spacers comprise a first spacer formed between the gate line and the common electrode and a second spacer formed between the data line and the common electrode, which are capable of electrically connecting the common electrode with the gate line and the data line respectively under an external pressure more than a threshold value. The voltage detection circuit is connected with the gate line and the data line so as to detect whether the voltage on the gate line and the voltage on the data line become equal to the voltage of the common electrode. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225609 | TOUCH PANEL, TFT-LCD ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display comprising a first substrate formed with a common electrode; a second substrate formed with a gate line and a data line, wherein a first thin film transistor and a pixel electrode is provided in a pixel region defined by the gate line and the data line and the pixel region and the common electrode form a liquid crystal capacitor; a touch element provided in the pixel region in the second substrate and used to sense a touch voltage reflecting the change of the liquid crystal capacitance at a touch point; and a touch processing device connected with the touch element and used to obtaining a position coordinates of the touch point according to the touch voltage. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100225610 | DEVICE THAT MANAGES POWER PROVIDED TO AN OBJECT SENSOR - A hand-held device with a sensor for providing a signal indicative of a position of the hand-held device relative to an object surface enables power to the sensor at a first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is stationary and adjacent relative to the object surface, enables power to the sensor at a second time interval shorter than the first time interval when the hand-held device is indicated to be in a position that is moving and adjacent relative to the object surface, and enables power to the sensor at a third time interval when the hand-held device is determined to be in a position that is removed relative to the object surface. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100231524 | Icon/text interface remote controller - An icon/text interface remote controller and particularly a remote controller incorporating with a display device which displays an icon/text menu interface to allow users to make selection mainly includes a touch panel, a button switch, a power supply, a power control circuit and a wireless emission circuit that incorporate with the display device. Users can see options of the icon/text menu on the display device to do remote control operation in a more user-friendly fashion. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231525 | Icon/text interface control method - An icon/text interface control method and particularly a control method incorporating with an icon/text menu interface displayed on a screen of a display device to facilitate user operation through selection. The method includes the procedures of: opening an option page, detecting contact of a user's finger on a touch panel and calculating coordinates of the finger center, mapping the position of the finger center to the screen, generating icon alteration of a corresponding option; executing a measure to prevent depressing deviation, and executing the selected option. Through a corresponding icon/text menu displayed on the screen options can be selected as desired to enable users to see and execute the selected options easily and quickly. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231526 | TRACK INFORMATION PROCESSOR, TRACK INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - In a trajectory information processing apparatus ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231527 | TACTILE USER INTERFACE - A virtual user interface including: a display screen; a masking means for concealing at least part of said screen and revealing at least one preselected display area; at least one user-actuated control; and control means responsive to said user-actuated control for displaying information on said display area operatively associated with said user-actuated control. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231528 | OLED DISPLAY AND SENSOR - The present disclosure relates to a display device with an OLED display including a plurality of nodes configured to emit light when drive circuitry provides a signal across the plurality of nodes at or above an illumination threshold. Measurement circuitry may be disposed proximate to the plurality of nodes and ma be configured to sense the light reflected off of an object positioned over the OLED display to provide measurement signals. The measurement signals can be evaluated to determine the location of the display proximate to the object that provides the reflected light. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231529 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING TEXT INFORMATION - An apparatus that may include a processor configured to receive a multiple touch input comprising a first touch input relating to a first text position within a first word and a second touch input relating to a second text position, determine a first text selection point positioned outside of a word based at least in part on the first text position, determine a second text selection point positioned outside of a word based at least in part on the second text position, and select text information between the first text selection point and the second text selection point is disclosed. A corresponding method, computer readable medium, and computer program product are also disclosed. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231530 | TOUCH PAD FOR MULTIPLE SENSING - A touch pad for multiple sensing configured to receive touch and pressed-pressure made from at least one finger, conductor or object, comprising an upper conductive layer and a lower conductive layer underneath the upper conductive layer. The upper conductive layer has a plurality of upper sensor members and a plurality of upper joint members. The lower conductive layer has a plurality of lower sensor members and a plurality of lower joint members. The distance-related capacitance on upper sensor members and lower sensor members are detected through the electrically coupled upper joint members and the electrically coupled lower joint members respectively. Besides, an overlapped portion of the upper sensor members and the lower sensor members are electrically conducted by the pressed-pressure. Meanwhile, at least one electrical signal is generated from voltage difference between the upper joint members or between the lower joint members, which the strength of electrical signal is related to the distance of pressed-pressure from the upper joint members or from the lower joint members. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231531 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a touch panel device. A touch panel device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a touch panel and a touch panel controller for controlling the touch panel, wherein the touch panel includes a lower electrode layer, a solid insulating layer disposed on the lower electrode layer, a fluent insulating layer disposed on the solid insulating layer, and an upper electrode layer disposed on the fluent insulating layer. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231532 | TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE SAME - A touch sensing system which senses a touch position on a screen, including a light source to emit light; a light deflection unit to deflect the light emitted from the light source, a light guide plate which is arranged opposite to the screen and guides the light deflected by the light deflection unit to different positions on the screen according to an incident position, a light detector to receive at least part of the light reflected in a touch position on the screen, and a controller to calculate the touch position on the screen based on a point of time when the light detector detects the light. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231533 | Multifunction Device with Integrated Search and Application Selection - In some embodiments, a multifunction device with a touch screen display and a plurality of applications concurrently displays a first plurality of application launch icons in a first area of the touch screen display, detects a first input by a user, and in response to detecting the first input by the user, displays a search input area on the touch screen display. In some embodiments, the device receives search input from the user, performs a search using the search input, and displays a plurality of search results from the search. In some embodiments, the device detects user selection of a first search result in the plurality of search results, and displays information corresponding to the first search result in the corresponding first application. In some embodiments, in response input from the user, the device returns to the search results and repeats this process for one or more applications. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231534 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Moving a Current Position in Content at a Variable Scrubbing Rate - A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a progress icon; while providing content with the electronic device: detecting a contact at a location that corresponds to the progress icon; detecting movement of the contact, wherein movement of the contact comprises a first component of movement on the touch-sensitive surface in a direction corresponding to movement on the display parallel to a first predefined direction and a second component of movement on the touch-sensitive surface in a direction corresponding to movement on the display perpendicular to the first predefined direction; and, while continuing to detect the contact on the touch-sensitive surface, moving the current position within the content at a scrubbing rate, wherein the scrubbing rate decreases as the second component of movement on the touch-sensitive surface increases. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231535 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Moving a Current Position in Content at a Variable Scrubbing Rate - A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a progress icon; detecting a contact at a location that corresponds to the progress icon; detecting contact movement that comprises a first component in a direction corresponding to movement on the display parallel to a first predefined direction and a second component in a direction corresponding to movement on the display perpendicular to the first predefined direction; and, while detecting movement of the contact: determining a current offset distance; and, in response to detecting a current first component of movement of the contact, moving the current position within the content at a scrubbing rate, wherein: the scrubbing rate decreases as the current offset distance increases, and the direction of movement of the current position within the content is in accordance with the direction of the current first component of movement. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231536 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Moving a Current Position in Content at a Variable Scrubbing Rate - A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes, while providing content with the electronic device: displaying a progress icon; detecting a contact with the touch-sensitive surface, movement of the contact, and a pause in movement; after determining positions of two detailed scrubbing boundaries, detecting movement of the contact, including detecting a scrubbing component of movement, wherein the scrubbing component corresponds to an uncompensated scrubbing distance; and, in response: when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position between the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between two endpoints of a predefined path, moving the progress icon by a distance less than the uncompensated scrubbing distance; and when the uncompensated scrubbing distance corresponds to a position outside the two detailed scrubbing boundaries and between the two endpoints, moving the progress icon by a distance equal to the uncompensated scrubbing distance. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231537 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Moving a Current Position in Content at a Variable Scrubbing Rate - A method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a progress icon that indicates a current position within a first piece of content; displaying a multi-purpose content navigation icon; while providing the first piece of content: detecting a first contact at a first location that corresponds to the multi-purpose content navigation icon; while continuing to detect the contact at the first location, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a predefined scrubbing rate; and, in response to detecting movement of the contact that includes a first component of movement in a direction that corresponds to movement on the display parallel to the first predefined direction, moving the current position within the first piece of content at a variable scrubbing rate that varies monotonically as the first component of movement increases. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231538 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ANTI-SHOCK FUNCTION - An electronic device with anti-shock function includes a shell, a sensor, and a controller received in the shell and electrically coupled to the sensor. The sensor includes at least one pressure sensor to generate a position signal and at least one touch sensor to generate a touch signal. The controller defines the electronic device to be in a freefall state and enters into a protection mode when the controller does not receive the position signal and the touch signal. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231539 | Systems and Methods for Interfaces Featuring Surface-Based Haptic Effects - Systems and methods for interfaces featuring surface-based haptic effects are described. One described system includes a sensor configured to detect a touch in a touch area when an object contacts a touch surface. The touch surface may correspond to the display area or may correspond to a non-display surface of a computing device or peripheral interfaced to a computing device. The system can further include an actuator in communication with the processor and coupled to the touch surface, the actuator configured to output a haptic effect and a processor configured to select a haptic effect to generate. The haptic effect can be selected based on a position of the touch and recognizing an input gesture provided by the touch and/or content displayed in a graphical user interface at a location mapped to a position in the touch area at or near the touch. The haptic effect may provide a texture, simulate an obstacle, and/or adjust the coefficient of friction of the surface. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231540 | Systems and Methods For A Texture Engine - Systems and methods for a texture engine are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes: a processor configured to receive a display signal including a plurality of pixels, determine a haptic effect comprising a texture, and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to an actuator in communication with the processor, the actuator configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231541 | Systems and Methods for Using Textures in Graphical User Interface Widgets - Systems and methods for using textures in graphical user interface widgets are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes: a system including: an actuator configured to receive a haptic signal and output a haptic effect based at least in part on the haptic signal, the haptic effect configured to simulate a texture; a touch-sensitive interface configured to detect a user interaction and output a interface signal; and a processor in communication with the actuator and the touch-sensitive interface, the processor configured to: receive the interface signal; receive a display signal including a plurality of pixels defining a display area; determine a first texture associated with a first group of pixels defining a first section of the display area; determine a second texture associated with a second group of pixels defining a second section of the display area; and transmit a haptic signal configured to cause the actuator to: output a first haptic effect configured to simulate the first texture if the user interaction is associated with the first section of the display area, and output a second haptic effect configured to simulate the second texture if the user interaction is associated with the second section of the display area. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231542 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel device includes: a touch panel substrate; a plurality of surface-shaped electrodes which are provided on one surface side of the touch panel substrate and are separated from each other; a first wiring line which makes a connection between the surface-shaped electrodes adjacent to each other in a first direction of the touch panel substrate; a second wiring line which makes a connection between the surface-shaped electrodes adjacent to each other in a second direction different from the first direction and which is formed integrally with the surface-shaped electrodes; and an insulating layer which insulates the first and second wiring lines from each other and is formed by a liquid-phase deposition method, wherein the first wiring line, the insulating layer, and the second wiring line are disposed on the one surface of the touch panel substrate so as to overlap each other in this order. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231543 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device with a touch sensor function includes: a first substrate; a second substrate which is disposed opposite the first substrate and has a touch surface at an opposite side of the first substrate; a display unit provided between the first and second substrates; display electrodes which are provided on both a surface of the first substrate facing the display unit and a surface of the second substrate facing the display unit and which control display of the display unit; and touch electrodes for detecting the touch position on the touch surface which are provided on both the surface of the first substrate facing the display unit and the surface of the second substrate facing the display unit and which come in contact with each other by a touch operation on the touch surface, the touch electrodes provided on at least one of both the surfaces being provided to protrude toward the display unit side, wherein each of the touch electrodes provided on the one surface has a contact surface, which is a curved surface with a convex shape, and is formed of an elastic material. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231544 | PIXEL STRUCTURE, TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A pixel structure disposed on a substrate including a scan line, a data line, an active element, a first electrode, and a second electrode is provided. The scan line and the data line are intersected to define a rectangular pixel area. The active element is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The first electrode has stripe patterns and connecting patterns located in the rectangular pixel area. Each connecting pattern is connected to the central parts or the parts near the central parts of two adjacent stripe patterns to demarcate or define two silts between the two adjacent stripe patterns. The extending direction of the slits is intersected to the rectangle length of the rectangular pixel area by an angle θ wherein 0°≦θ<45°. The second electrode is located between the first electrode and the substrate and part of the second electrode is exposed by the slits. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231545 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The invention provides a touch panel that exhibits high strength at the joints with external circuits, and that does not require high-temperature treatment for formation of the joints. The touch panel of the invention comprises a pair of electrode members, each having a construction with a transparent base and a transparent conductive layer laminated on the transparent base, situated separate and opposing each other with their transparent conductive layers facing, wherein the electrode member has a body section and lead sections formed by protrusions of the transparent base and transparent conductive layer from an edge of the body section, and a pair of extraction electrodes are formed on the side of the transparent conductive layer opposite the transparent base, the pair of extraction electrodes opposing each other in the body section and each extending to the lead sections. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231546 | SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD - A system is provided for controlling the scroll direction and speed of a User Interface list via a continuous back and forth motion along a single-axis input mechanism. A method, graphical user interface, computer program product and use is also provided. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100231547 | RECONFIGURABLE TACTILE CONTROL DISPLAY APPLICATIONS - This case concerns applications of my Reconfigurable Tactile Display (RTD) invention, particularly illustrating method and apparatus in which there is no rigid connection between a projector/electro-optical sensor unit, and a screen and control surface unit used to display data and receive user touch or control inputs. In many embodiments, elimination of this rigid connection constraint allows applications where heretofore it has been difficult to provide workable or useful human interface systems. One example is in the headrest of an automobile, while another is a hospital bed where the invention provides a lightweight and very easy to clean input and viewing device for the patient. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100238121 | TRANSDUCER - A transducer for a position sensor is described. The transducer comprises a single laminate sensor board carrying a plurality of windings formed by conductors on one or more layers of the sensor board, the windings being arrayed over a first area of the sensor board; and detection circuitry mounted on another layer of the sensor board over a second area of the circuit board and electrically coupled to said windings, said detection circuitry having a first mode of operation in which signals inductively coupled to or from said windings are detected and a second mode of operation in which signals capacitively coupled to or from said windings are detected. The windings and detection circuitry are arranged on the sensor board so that said first and second areas oppose each other. A position sensor incorporating the transducer is also described. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238122 | Integrated touch panel and method for making same - An integrated touch panel has a display pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array of rows and columns connected to a plurality of gate lines and data lines. Each gate line receives a gate line signal for controlling the pixels in a row, and each data lines provides display data to the pixels in a column. The touch panel is connected to a sensing module having a plurality of shift registers connected in series. The touch panel has a plurality of sensor units arranged in sensor rows and sensor columns. Each sensor row receives gate line signals from a gate line, and each sensor column is connected to a sensor signal line for providing a touch signal to a shift register in the sensing module such that the shift registers connected to two adjacent sensor signal lines are separated by a different shift register is the series. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238123 | Input Device Gesture To Generate Full Screen Change - A gesture based method for generating a screen presentation content change. The gesture based method for generating a screen presentation content change used a gesture (such as e.g., a full palm or multi-finger gesture) on a touchpad or a touch sensitive display screen that generates a screen presentation content change. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238124 | NON-LINGUISTIC INTERACTION WITH COMPUTER SYSTEMS VIA SURFACE STIMULATION - Tools and techniques for non-linguistic interaction with computer systems via surface stimulation are provided. These tools may receive indications of stimulation levels calculated for cells defined by a non-linguistic user interface. The cells may be associated with respective physical regions of a hardware substrate. The stimulation levels may be calculated based on non-linguistic actions directed by users to the hardware substrate. Visible characteristics of the non-linguistic user interface may be updated in response to the calculated stimulation levels. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238125 | Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product For Discontinuous Shapewriting - Various methods for discontinuous shapewriting are provided. One method may include receiving an indication of a first touch event via a touch screen implemented keyboard and receiving an indication of at least a second touch event via the keyboard. In this regard, the first touch event may be discontinuous from the second touch event. The method may also include generating, via a processor, a continuous shape based at least in part on the indication of the first touch event and the indication of the second touch event, and identifying a word based at least in part on the shape. Similar apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238126 | PRESSURE-SENSITIVE CONTEXT MENUS - Tools and techniques for pressure-sensitive context menus are provided. These tools receive indications of physical user activities directed to computing systems, and compute pressure parameters associated with the user activities. In turn, the tools may determine display characteristics of context menus that are presented in response to the user activity, based on the computed pressure parameters. The tools may also present the context menus on the computing systems. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238127 | SYSTEM COMPRISING A LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE AND A SIMULATION COMPUTER - The invention relates to a system ( | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238128 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device including a main frame, a display module, a first frame, a second frame, and a touch device is provided. The main frame has a vertical sidewall part and a horizontal extension part defining a display module holding space. The display module having a display panel and a backlight module is within the display module holding space. The first frame having a side-fixing portion contacting with the backlight module and having a panel disposing portion on which the display panel is disposed is within the display module holding space. The second frame having a bottom portion on a surface of the display panel, a top portion contacting the horizontal extension part of the metal frame, and a touch device disposing portion on which the touch device within the display module holding space is disposed is within the display module holding space. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238129 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE - Provided is an operation input device having a first substrate, a first conductive film provided on the first substrate, a second substrate that is provided opposing the side of the first conductive film on the first substrate and have flexibility to be deformed according to pressing strength applied to the film, a second conductive film that is provided on the second substrate at a side opposing the first substrate, and a spacer provided on the first conductive film at the side opposing the second conductive film. The resistance value between the first conductive film and the second conductive film varies according to a contact area between the films. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238130 | ELECTRONIC BOOK DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An electronic book device and a method for operating the electronic book device are disclosed, wherein the electronic book device includes a memory module, an electronic paper, a touch display and a first touch control module. The touch display is separate from the electronic paper and has a touch panel. The memory module can store an electronic book. The electronic paper can display a first frame according to the electronic book. The first touch control module can control the first frame when the touch panel is touched. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238131 | PORTABLE GAME MACHINE WITH TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY - A portable game machine with a display which also serves as a touch panel type input portion is comprised of means for detecting a contact between a finger of a player and a screen, means for computing a coordinate position of the finger on the screen, means for computing and determining the coordinate position where the object to be displayed on the display is displayed so as to separate a predetermined distance from the coordinate position of the finger and to create a gap between the object displayed on the display and a periphery of the finger contacted with the screen, and object display means for displaying the object at the computed and determined coordinate position on the display. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100238132 | TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY WITH HAPTIC EFFECTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURUING THEREOF - An assembly for providing haptic effects includes a panel adapted to be mated to another structure, a frame placed around and spaced apart from the panel, at least one flexible coupling to connect the panel to the frame, a display connected to the panel so as to be stationary with respect to the panel, and a touch screen assembly connected to the frame. The touch screen assembly is placed over the display. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100245254 | Planar Suspension Of A Haptic Touch Screen - A planar suspension of a haptic touch screen (or other haptic touch element) is disclosed wherein a haptic touch screen display within an electronic device has a generally planar top surface, a generally planar bottom surface, and edges extending between the top and bottom surfaces. A support structure at least partially surrounds the touch screen within the device and is outboard of and spaced from the edges of the touch screen. Compliant suspension elements are fixed to and extend between the edges of the touch screen and the support structure to suspend the touch screen movably from the outboard support structure. The suspension elements preferably are no thicker than the thickness of the touch screen. Relatively thin compliant backing elements are disposed between the bottom surface of the touch screen and an underlying support structure and a sealing element preferably is disposed between the periphery of the top surface and a surrounding bezel. The planar suspension allows for a substantially thinner overall dimension of the touch screen display and suspension assembly while isolating haptic effects to the screen and providing the feel of a rigidly mounted screen when the screen is pressed. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245255 | MULTIPLY TASKED TOUCHPAD REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control exploits a multiply tasked touchpad. The remote control includes a planar transparent substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface in opposed relation. A transparent organic light emitting diode (TOLED) is formed on the transparent substrate lower surface. A translucent touchpad overlays the TOLED affixed to the upper surface. A character projecting base-layer is affixed to the lower surface, such that when activated, the character projecting base projects a character through the transparent light emitting diode onto the translucent touchpad. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245256 | DUAL SCREEN PORTABLE TOUCH SENSITIVE COMPUTING SYSTEM - A touch sensitive computing system is provided, including a first touch sensitive display and a second touch sensitive display. The displays are operatively coupled with a processing subsystem, and with a memory subsystem which stores a plurality of content pages. User interface instructions are stored in the memory subsystem and are executable by the processing subsystem to provide user interactivity with the content pages through the first touch sensitive display and the second touch sensitive display. The interface instructions are further configured to control the displays so that they operate as discretely organized interface units for the content pages. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245257 | Directional Audio Viewport for the Sight Impaired in Virtual Worlds - Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for presenting a virtual world to sight-impaired users. In one embodiment, the user may indicate an area of focus within the virtual world. The user may then be provided with audio descriptions of objects or avatars included within the area of focus. The descriptions may be provided at varying levels of detail, enabling the user to “zoom in” on particular items of interest. Further, the user may select an audio description to navigate an avatar to the location of the corresponding object. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245258 | Filtering of Inadvertent Contact with Touch Pad Input Device - An approach is provided that filters out inadvertent contact with a touch pad input device. A filter area is defined within a surface of a touch pad input device that is accessible from an information handling system, such as a computer system. When a user of the information handling system contacts the surface of the touch pad, an input stream is received. The input stream includes an origination point where contact was initially made by the user. If the origination point is within the defined filter area, then the input stream is filtered out (not processed). On the other hand, if the origination point is outside of the defined filter area, then the input stream is processed by the information handling system. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245259 | SMALL SCREEN DISPLAY WITH A DATA FILTERING AND SORTING USER INTERFACE - A navigation approach having a data filtering and sorting for a user interface with a small screen display. The user interface may be used with a building control system. The sorting may be accomplished with a single button filter/sort key which when clicked opens up a floating window containing various sorting options. The single button takes little screen real estate but provides a user the flexibility to arrange data in such a way that results in high speed of access and productivity. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245260 | Virtual Input Tools - A virtual input device, e.g., a virtual representation of a physical input device, is disclosed. In one aspect, virtual coordinates of the virtual input device correlate to real coordinates on the physical input device. Dimensions of the physical input device are proportional to dimensions of the virtual input device, and interactive objects are presented in the virtual input device. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245261 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOUCH-BASED TEXT ENTRY - An electronic device includes a touch screen that displays a message log containing text of one or more messages that have been transmitted by the electronic device or received by the electronic device, and that displays an input field to show text for a new message undergoing composition. The electronic also includes a control circuit that is configured to receive touch input signals from the touch screen that are indicative of user touch selection of text from the message log, and without additional user input, enter the touch selected text into the input field. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245262 | MANAGING CONTACT GROUPS FROM SUBSET OF USER CONTACTS - Systems, methods, and computer-readable mediums for managing a subset of user contacts on a telecommunications device are provided. In one embodiment, a software application executed by a processor of a telecommunications device determines at least two contact groups from a subset of contacts accessible by a telecommunications device. The software application executed by the processor of the telecommunications device also generates a contact display including a representation of at least a portion of the first or second contact groups and a divider display object. The divider display object partitions the first contact group from the second contact group and is positioned adjacent to at least one contact from the first or second contact groups presented in the contact display. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245263 | DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME HAVING NEAR-TOUCH AND TRUE-TOUCH - A digital picture frame includes a near-touch user interface component that senses when an object is within a predetermined spatial region of the digital picture frame; a true-touch user interface component that senses physical contact with the digital picture frame; and a processor that receives input signals from the near-touch user interface component and the true-touch user interface component and executes device controls based on inputs from both user interface components. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245264 | Optical Detection Apparatus and Method - In the specification and drawing, an optical detection apparatus is described and shown with scanning devices, detectors, and a processing unit, wherein the scanning devices are positioned to scan a detection region with different light wavelengths. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245265 | WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless device includes: a casing having a first face; a display configured to be visible from the first face; a touch sensor formed by a transparent material and mounted in the casing with respect to the display as a part of the first face; a substrate mounted to a side opposite to the first face with respect to the display; and an antenna element including: a first portion built in the casing, connected to a feeding point included in the substrate, and located within a first range occupied by the touch sensor when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first face; and a second portion located within a second range other than the first range. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245266 | HANDWRITING PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND METHOD - A handwriting processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit configured to acquire coordinate information of handwriting input by an input unit and attribute information, the attribute information indicating a type of input of the handwriting; a determining unit configured to determined a kind of the handwriting using the attribute information; a handwriting processing unit configured to perform handwriting processing corresponding to the kind of the handwriting using the coordinate information; and a display control unit configured to control a display unit to display a result of the handwriting processing. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245267 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a first interface, a second interface that is separate from the first interface, and a controller. The first interface is configured to display first data and to receive a first input responsive to a first user touch relative to the first interface. The second interface is configured to receive a second input responsive to a second user touch relative to the second interface. The controller is configured to cause the first data to be displayed on the first interface responsive to the second user touch, while the first user touch relative to the first interface is maintained, and to cease the displaying of the first data responsive to a ceasing of the first user touch relative to the first interface. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245268 | USER-FRIENDLY PROCESS FOR INTERACTING WITH INFORMATIONAL CONTENT ON TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES - An electronic device includes: a touchscreen linked to an electrical circuit controlling a display, an informational display zone being reserved for the display of informational content, a command display zone being reserved to the display of at least one graphic representation of a command pad, and a tactile action on one of the command pads provoking the selection of one of the associated data processing functions. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245269 | Organic light emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same - An organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate; a display unit formed on the substrate and comprising an organic light emitting device; and a touch panel formed on the display unit, wherein the touch panel further includes a sealing substrate, a ground layer formed on a surface of the sealing substrate, a first pattern layer formed on a surface of the sealing substrate opposite to the surface of the sealing substrate on which the ground layer is formed, a first insulating layer formed on the first pattern layer, a second pattern layer formed on the first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer formed on the second pattern layer. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245270 | IMAGE INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE INPUT METHOD - An image input device is provided with: a display unit for displaying an image, the display unit including a transparent flat plate; an image sensing unit for sensing an image on a contact surface of a document placed on the flat plate, the contact surface being in contact with the display unit; a contact sensing unit for sensing a contact of the document with the flat plate; and a display control unit for controlling to display an image in an even and specific color when the contact of the document has been sensed by the contact sensing unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245271 | DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING ALIGNMENT MARK - A flat panel display apparatus is provided, including a substrate; a display unit formed on the substrate, the display unit including a plurality of display elements; a sealing unit formed on an edge of the display unit; an alignment mark unit formed between the display unit and the sealing unit; and an encapsulation substrate encapsulating the display unit and the alignment mark unit, the encapsulation substrate having an alignment mark recognition structure formed in a portion thereof that faces the alignment mark unit. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245272 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF STARTING APPLICATION - A mobile terminal apparatus includes: a display section; a touch panel section detecting a touch on a display area of the display section; a pattern detection section detecting a pattern input into a specific area of the touch panel section; a storage section storing a relationship between the pattern input into the touch panel section and an application to be started correspondingly to the pattern in an application table; and a control section determining an application corresponding to the pattern detected by the pattern detection section on the basis of the application table stored in the storage section and starting the determined application. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245273 | TOUCH SCREEN MODULE WITH PROTECTOR WINDOW - A touch screen module which includes an LCD panel working as a touch screen, a protector window disposed over the LCD panel, and an adhesive to affix the protector window to the LCD panel. The LCD panel may be a hybrid Touch Screen Pad (hTSP) type touch screen and have a first substrate comprising a first surface on which a plurality of switching elements are formed, a second substrate comprising a second surface that faces the first surface, and liquid crystal material disposed between the first surface and the second surface. The protector window may have a plurality of pressing patterns on a third surface facing the second substrate. In operation, pressure from a touch applied to the protector window engages the pressing patterns against the second substrate, transferring touch pressure to the second substrate as well. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245274 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes: an input/output unit that displays operation markers, used for performing an operation input, on a display surface and detects an object in proximity to or brought into contact with the display surface; a selection mode determining unit that determines, based on a detection state of the object on the display surface, either a multiple selection mode in which selection targets are set to be plural operation markers or a single selection mode in which the selection target is set to be one operation marker, as a selection mode; a selection unit that selects one or pluraloperation markers among the operation markers based on the selection mode and the detection state; and a display control unit that changes display forms of the operation markers selected among the operation markers into a display form indicating a selected state and displays the selected operation markers on the display surface. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245275 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A user interface apparatus includes two touch panels. A drag & drop operation over the two touch panels is described. Adjacent first and second touch panels display a display object, and a location of a designated point related to a display object is determined based on certain conditions. The display object is then displayed on one of the touch panels at the determined location. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245276 | WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE ABLE TO ACCEPT TEXT INPUT AND METHODS FOR INPUTTING TEXT ON A WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE - A wireless handheld device able to accept text input, including a display screen and a virtual keypad having a plurality of keys displayed on the display screen, wherein a first key of the virtual keypad is operable to display a first character associated with the first key in a text passage shown on the display screen in response to a first contact of a pointer with a first area on the display screen corresponding to the first key, the first contact including the pointer contacting and moving from the first area along a first direction while the pointer is in continual contact with the display screen, and wherein the first key of the virtual keypad is also operable to display a second character associated with the first key in the text passage shown on the display screen in response to a second contact of the pointer with the first area the display screen corresponding to the first key, the second contact including the pointer contacting and moving fro the first area along a second direction while the pointer is in continual contact with the display screen. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245277 | INPUT DEVICE OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - To enable performance of blind operation despite user's input operation for a touch panel. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245278 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes: a main body; an input device provided in the main body and configured to receive operation information generated by an input operation of a user, the operation information comprising information with respect to the number of fingers used in the input operation; an input module provided in the main body; and a processor configured to execute a function corresponding to the number of fingers based on the operation information. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245279 | DISPLAY AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AN AUTOMATED LUMINAIRE - A display and control system for automated luminaires for easier and quicker service and usage monitoring. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245280 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided. A frame is fixed and supported at the rear of a front panel forming the front portion of the display apparatus, and a separate bracket member is not mounted on the edges of the front panel. Thus, the front exterior of the display apparatus is neatly finished, and the display screen looks bigger than it actually is. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100245281 | CONTROLLING DEVICE WITH DUAL-MODE, TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A processing device of a universal controlling device is programmed to distinguish between a first input type provided to a touch-sensitive surface and a second input type provided to the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being provided the first input type which is indicative of an icon selection made upon the touch-sensitive surface the processing device causes a transmitter to transmit first data representative of the selected icon. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being provided the second input type which is indicative of a moving touch made across the touch-sensitive surface, the processing device causes the transmitter to transmit second data being representative of the moving touch made across the touch-sensitive surface. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100253635 | Touch control click structure - A touch control click structure includes at least an action board swayable up and down, a click switch and a touch panel. The action board has an axle mechanism at one end that is fastened to a chassis in an integrated manner, an extension zone in a middle portion and a click zone at another end that is swayable. The click switch aims to control input movements and is located below the action board. The touch panel is located above the click zone. The extension zone is formed at a desired length such that any position of the click zone can get a depressing pressure approximate to each other when depressed. Therefore the click zone can be swayed steadily up and down. The touch panel also provides position detecting function such that different output signals are generated when different positions are depressed | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253636 | Method for correcting typing errors according to character layout positions on a keyboard - A method for correcting typing errors according to character layout positions on a keyboard which consists of depressing responsive touch panels to do character entry to correct typing errors caused by mistakenly hitting a neighboring key of a targeted character due to a swerved typing position includes at least the steps of (1) corresponding a character; (2) calculating a swerved amount; (3) selecting a prepared character; (4) determining whether input is finished; (5) judging rules; (6) getting the prepared character; and (7) switching the character. Through this method input accuracy can be improved and input characters can be automatically amended as desired. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253637 | Drift Compensated Optical Touch Screen - An optical touch screen including a display surface, an optical illumination assembly arranged along at least part of a periphery of the display surface, at least one light detector arranged to detect light distribution produced by the optical illumination assembly and changes in the light distribution produced by the presence of an object in predetermined propinquity to the display surface, detection circuitry receiving at least one output from the at least one light detector and providing an output indication of a two-dimensional location of the object relative to the display surface, calibration functionality responsive to changes in light distribution other than changes produced by the presence of an object in predetermined propinquity to a region of the display surface for calibrating the detection circuitry, at least one auxiliary illumination source, and at least one partially transmissive, partially reflective optical element disposed along a light path to the at least one light detector, providing a light transmissive optical path for light to the at least one light detector and a light reflective optical path for light from the at least one auxiliary illumination source. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253638 | Integrated Touch Sensitive Display Gate Driver - A gate driver circuit for switching gate line voltage supplies between display and touch modes is disclosed. The circuit can include one or more switches configured to switch one or more gate lines of an integrated touch sensitive display between a display mode and a touch mode. During touch mode, the circuit can be configured to switch the gate lines to connect to a more stable voltage supply. The circuit can also be configured to reduce or eliminate interference from the display circuitry to the touch circuitry that could affect touch sensing. During display mode, the circuit can be configured to switch the gate lines to connect to a fluctuating voltage supply. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253639 | METHOD OF DETECTING A TOUCH EVENT FOR A TOUCH PANEL AND RELATED DEVICE - A method of detecting a touch event for a touch panel which comprises a plurality of intersecting traces. The method includes outputting a charge control signal to a trace of the plurality of traces, and keeping other traces except for the trace floating and determining whether the touch event happens according to a voltage signal on the trace. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253640 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A touch screen display device includes; a touch screen display panel including; first sensing lines which extend in a first direction, second sensing lines which extend in a second direction , and a plurality of touch sensors located at a plurality of sensing positions, each of which provides touch data or untouch data, a readout unit which reads the touch data or the untouch data and outputs the read data as sensing data corresponding to each of the sensing positions, and a sensing unit which groups the sensing positions into at least one pre-touch areas using the sensing data and which recognizes at least one touch positions using the pre-touch areas, wherein when first and third sensing positions from among first through third sensing positions provide the touch data while the second sensing position provides the untouch data, the sensing unit recognizes the untouch data as the touch data. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253641 | Touch sensitive display device - A touch sensor is disclosed comprising a display device having a substrate on which substrate at least one display electrode is disposed for the display of a shape on the display device. An interface is coupled to the at least one display electrode for receiving display data to the display device. Moreover is a measuring circuit coupled to the at least one display electrode. Switching means are provided for connecting the interface to the at least one display electrode when the switching means is in a first state of operation and connecting the measuring circuit to the at least one display electrode when the switching means is in a second state of operation. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253642 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - An image processing apparatus which is allowed to achieve a higher speed of a labeling process than ever before is provided. Sequential scanning is performed on pixels in a picked-up image represented by binarized data Din. Moreover, during the sequential scanning, while label information representing an identification number for each connected region in the picked-up image is, as occasion arises, allocated to a target pixel based on values of pixel data of the target pixel and neighboring pixels thereof, additional information (position information and area information) for each connected region corresponding to each label information is updated as occasion arises. Thereby the label information, the position information and the area information about the whole picked-up image are obtained by one sequential scanning process. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253643 | INTERACTIVE ELECTRONIC DIRECTORY SERVICE, PUBLIC INFORMATION AND GENERAL CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention might is a large-screen electronic building directory system that also integrates advertising and non-commercial content and is positioned and deployed in various public spaces, such as commercial building lobbies, indoor shopping malls, airports or other commercial and transportation hubs. The system combines facility directory, facility services information, concessionaires and advertising sponsor information in a user interface suitable for use in the target environment. A self contained, computer integrated plasma display has a 16:9 aspect ratio and is subdivided into a 14:9 media window portion and a 2:9 control portion. Interaction is through touchsensitive panel sections. Content establishment and updating is effected through a wide area network communication interface, which also supports bi-directional videophone communication between a system user and offsite service providers. The system is configured to be mounted on the exterior surface of a public space wall, and protrude no further than 4.0 inches from the wall in conformance with ADA building code requirements. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100253644 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a display panel, a plurality of pixels formed on the display panel, a plurality of sensing units formed on the display panel and generating sensor output signals in response to a touch exerted on the display panel, a sensing signal processor receiving and processing an analog sensor data signal originated from the sensor output signals to generate a digital sensor data signal, a first touch-determination unit detecting whether a touch exists based on the digital sensor data signal for a plurality of frames, and operating in a power saving mode, and a second touch-determination unit detecting whether and where a touch exists based on the digital sensor data signal for the plurality of frames, and operating in a normal mode. The display device includes hardwired logic units for detecting the touch, it detects the touch using the hardwired logic units in the power saving mode and converts the operation mode to the normal mode when the touch is detected, thus reducing power consumption. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100259485 | Touch keyboard input device enabling pattern switching - In a touch keyboard input device enabling pattern switching, there are included a plurality of superposed light guide plates; a reflective sheet located below the superposed light guide plates; and a touch panel located beneath the reflective sheet. Each of the light guide plate is provided with a plurality of reflecting points to thereby form a specific pattern thereon. By switching among the light sources separately provided for the light guide plates, only the pattern on a lightened light guide plate can be displayed. And, the key position at where a user inputs can be detected using the touch panel or a triangulating device. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259486 | System And Method For Secure Gesture Information Handling System Communication - A secured communication channel is established between two or more information handling systems by defining attributes for encrypting information with physical inputs made at touch devices of the information handling systems. Inputting the physical gesture at a touch device of each information handling system allows evaluation of one or more attributes at each information handling system so that the shared secret of the physical gesture form the basis for encrypted communications. The touch device includes touch screens or touch pads and the attributes include gesture speed, plural distinct gesture touch points, movement of touch points relative to each other, or other attributes that are determinable from physical gesture inputs at each information handling system. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259487 | INPUT DETECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAY PANELS WITH EMBEDDED PHOTO SENSORS - A method of for identifying multiple optical inputs to a display area with embedded photo sensors includes providing a display area with embedded photo sensors configured to display visual information; receiving a first and a second input optically transmitted to a first and a second location on the display area, respectively; processing the first and second inputs to identify at least one of (1) the location of the first and second inputs relative to the display area; and (2) a timing of the first and second inputs; and determining whether the first and second inputs originated from a single source or multiple sources based on at least their (1) wavelengths; (2) flash or pulse frequencies; (3) durations; (4) timings; (5) intensities; (6) modulation schemes; (7) projected input patterns; and (8) at least one estimated trace of the inputs; and providing first and second input information containing at least (1) their locations and (2) their timings. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259488 | AVOIDING OPTICAL EFFECTS OF TOUCH ON LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Embodiments are disclosed herein related to the avoidance of undesirable optical effects in a liquid crystal display used with a touch-sensitive display input device. For example, one embodiment provides a user interface comprising a body, a light source disposed within the body, and a liquid crystal display configured to create an image displayable on one or more display surfaces coupled to the body. The user interface device further includes a light delivery system positioned optically between the light source and the liquid crystal display to deliver light produced by the light source to the liquid crystal display. The light delivery system comprises a light exit surface spaced from the liquid crystal display to form a gap positioned between the light exit surface of the light delivery system and the liquid crystal display. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259489 | TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND POSITION INDICATOR THEREOF - A touch control display apparatus includes a touch control display and a position indicator. The housing of the display has a touch control displaying area and a receiving portion. The receiving portion has a first metal contact and a second metal contact. The first and the second metal contacts are electrically connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of an internal system power source of the display, respectively. The indicator is used for transmitting a position indicating signal to the display, such that the display could sense a position of the indicator located in the touch control displaying area accordingly. The housing of the indicator has a third metal contact and a fourth metal contact. The third and the fourth metal contacts are suitable for electrically connecting the first and the second metal contacts, respectively, such that the indicator could perform a charging operation. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259490 | Touch Control Electrophoretic Display Module, and Manufacturing Method and Touch Sensing Method for the same - In a touch control electrophoretic display module, and a manufacturing method and a touch sensing method for the same, the touch control electrophoretic display module includes a flexible electrophoretic display apparatus and a pressure sensing apparatus. The flexible electrophoretic display apparatus has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface has a display area used for displaying needed images. The pressure sensing apparatus is disposed on the second surface. Furthermore, the pressure sensing apparatus is used for sensing a pressure inputted in the display area through the body of the flexible electrophoretic display apparatus, so as to calculate the input coordinates of the pressure input. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICES - Systems and methods displaying information from a mobile device are described herein. One embodiment of this disclosure provides a method of controlling a mobile device without a native touch screen display. The mobile device is coupled to an external touch-screen device. The method comprises receiving input via a touch screen display. The method further comprises mapping the input to one or more keypad events. The method further comprises transmitting to at least one application the one or more keypad events. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259492 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY WITH INFRARED LIGHT SOURCE - An exemplary touch panel display includes a display panel, a backlight module, an infrared camera, and a processor. The display panel has a touch surface. The backlight module includes a light guide plate and a light source module. The light source module includes a first light source and a second light source. The first light source is a visible light source, and the second light source is an infrared light source. Light emitted from the light guide plate transmits through the display panel. The infrared camera is disposed above the touch surface. The infrared camera is to detect infrared images corresponding to infrared light that emits from the light emitting surface of the light guide plate. The infrared camera detects the infrared image correspondingly. The processor is to receive the infrared image from the infrared camera and calculate a coordinate location of the object relative to the touch surface accordingly. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259493 | Apparatus and method recognizing touch gesture - Disclosed are a touch gesture recognition apparatus and method that can be, or applied to, both a single-touch system and a multi-touch system. The touch gesture recognition method recognizes touch gestures using the diagonal-line length of a bounding box created based on touch location information and variations in the diagonal-line length. After a gesture is recognized, the recognized gesture is mapped to an input event of a user input device and feedback according to the input event is provided. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259494 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a first touch panel, a second touch panel, a touch sensor, and a controller. The first touch panel displays an object and detects a first touch operation of a user on the object. The second touch panel detects a second touch operation of the user. The touch sensor is provided between the first touch panel and the second touch panel and detects a third touch operation of the user. The controller moves the object displayed on the first touch panel in accordance with the first touch operation, and displays the object on the second touch panel when the third touch operation is detected within a first time period since the first touch operation has become undetected and the second touch operation is detected within a second time period since the third touch operation is detected. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259495 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a coordinate input member which has a predetermined area and detects a position touched with an indicator, and a detection member which detects that the coordinate input member has been pressed. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259496 | ORDER RECEIVING APPARATUS AND ORDER RECEIVING METHOD - An order receiving apparatus includes: a display control unit configured to display an order input screen on which a menu area and a details area are arranged, the menu area being an area in which operation images for receiving orders for menu items are displayed for each section of menu items and the details area being an area in which details of the menu item for which an order is received are displayed; a receiving unit configured to receive selection of a detail out of the details displayed in the details area; and a switching unit configured to switch the operation images displayed in the menu area to the operation images for receiving menu items of the section related to the menu item, whose selection of the detail is received. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259497 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODE AND BACKLIGHT MASK - A user interface includes a user interface substrate and an associated integrated sensing electrode and backlight mask in the form of an opaque material having an aperture or otherwise light-transmissive portion therein. The integrated sensing electrode and backlight mask is positioned between the user interface substrate and a light source, such that indicia in the form of the aperture is visible at a surface of the user interface substrate when the light source is illuminated. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259498 | USER INTERFACE FOR A TACTILE SENSING DEVICE - A user interface for a tactile sensing device has a cover that is placed on the tactile sensing device. The tactile sensing device communicates with a host device that runs software programs and the cover has an identifier that provides identification data of the cover that is automatically transmitted to the host device. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259499 | Method and device for recognizing a dual point user input on a touch based user input device - A dual point user input is recognized on a touch based user input device that is only capable of outputting a single input position signal by forming or detecting a first position signal, preferably storing the position signal, forming or detecting a subsequent second position signal and determining if the second position has its source in a simultaneous dual point user input. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100259500 | Visual Expander - A computer implemented method for a touchscreen display is disclosed. The method includes presenting graphical information on the touchscreen display. The method further includes detecting a touch over the touchscreen display. The method also includes expanding an area of the touch screen display proximate the location of the touch. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100265185 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Operations Based on Touch Inputs - An apparatus that may include a processor configured to receive a first touch input associated with a first contact region, perform a first operation based at least in part on the first touch input and size of the first contact region, receive a second touch input associated with a second contact region, and perform a second operation based at least in part on the second touch input and size of the second contact region is disclosed. A corresponding method, computer readable medium, and computer program product are also disclosed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265186 | Method and Apparatus for Performing Selection Based on a Touch Input - An apparatus, that may comprise a processor configured to receive a touch input associated with a first contact region, determine a first linear shape associated with the first contact region, receive a change in the touch input associated with a second contact region, determine a second linear shape associated with the second contact region, and perform selection based at least in part on the first linear shape, the touch input, the change in the touch input, and the second linear shape is disclosed. A corresponding method, computer readable medium, and computer program product are also disclosed. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265187 | SIGNAL ROUTING IN AN OLED STRUCTURE THAT INCLUDES A TOUCH ACTUATED SENSOR CONFIGURATION - Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, signal routing for a touch sensor configuration may occur via a transistor driver integrated with an OLED structure. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265188 | TOUCH ACTUATED SENSOR CONFIGURATION INTEGRATED WITH AN OLED STRUCTURE - Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a passive touch sensor configuration is integrated with an OLED structure. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265189 | INDUCTIVE TOUCH SCREEN WITH INTEGRATED ANTENNA FOR USE IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A touch screen can be used in a communication device having a transceiver that communicates radio frequency (RF) signals with at least one remote station. The touch screen includes a display layer for displaying information. An inductor grid includes a plurality of inductive elements. A switch matrix selects a selected inductive element in response to a selection signal. A driver generates the selection signal and drives the selected inductive element to detect a touch object in proximity to the selected inductive element and generates touch screen data in response thereto. A plurality of coupling elements couple together a group of the plurality of inductive elements to form an antenna and further couple the antenna to the transceiver to send and receive the RF signals. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265190 | INDUCTIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A touch screen includes a display layer for displaying information. An inductor grid includes a plurality of inductive elements arranged on a single layer. At least one switch matrix selects an inductive element in response to the selection signal. A driver generates the selection signal, drives the selected inductive element to detect a touch object in proximity to the selected inductive element and generates touch screen data in response thereto. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265191 | Methods and Devices for Consistency of the Haptic Response Across a Touch Sensitive Device - Disclosed are methods and touch sensitive devices including a haptic actuator drive frequency module stored by the memory and in communication with the controller, the haptic actuator drive frequency module being configured to receive touch input from one of a plurality of regions of the touch sensitive layer and to output one of a plurality of haptic actuator drive frequency signals based upon the region from which the haptic actuator drive frequency module received the touch input to provide for consistency of the haptic response across a touch sensitive device. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265192 | TOUCH ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch electrophoretic display apparatus includes an electrophoretic display panel and a touch panel. The electrophoretic display panel includes a substrate and a front plane laminate, wherein the front plane laminate is disposed on the substrate and the front plane laminate has an electrophoretic layer. The touch panel is disposed on the front plane laminate and is contacted the front plane laminate. The touch electrophoretic display apparatus has an advantage of high brightness. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265193 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A touch sensitive device is provided. The device includes a substrate; a plurality of first electrodes formed on the substrate and arranged along a first direction without overlapping one another; a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and covering the plurality of first electrodes; and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the first insulating layer and arranged along a second direction without overlapping one another, wherein the fist direction is vertical to the second direction. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265194 | HAND-HELD DEVICE INCLUDING A TOUCH SCREEN AND MENU DISPLAY METHOD - A hand-held device including a touch screen includes a detection module and a user interface control module. The touch screen displays content, and receives a slide input. After detecting the slide input, the detection module records slide area information of the slide input, and determines if the slide input corresponds to a menu display command. If the slide input corresponds to the menu display command, the user interface control module controls the touch screen to display icons of menu options related to the content in the slide area allowing a user to see the menus related to the content and ease of selection of the menus. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265195 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SHEET AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet and a display device which can facilitate production of a display device having a front plate and reduce the thickness of such a display device. The present invention is a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet that has a thickest portion with a largest thickness within a region corresponding to a display region of the image display unit, and has a thickness which continuously decreases from the thickest portion toward the end of the region. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265196 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT OF TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND APPARATUS THEREOF - Provided is a method of displaying one or more content of a terminal having a touch screen, which includes executing a mode for changing a display state of one or more content; associating a gesture inputted by user with the display state of the content; and displaying one or more content in response to the gesture. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265197 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY WITH FORCE SENSOR - A touch screen display includes a display, touch-sensitive overlay disposed on the display, a controller operably coupled to the capacitive touch-sensitive overlay, and a capacitive force sensor. The capacitive force sensor includes first and second electrodes separated by a dielectric. The first electrode is coupled the controller. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265198 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING TOUCHSCREEN PANEL - A touchscreen panel includes an upper substrate having a first transparent conductor layer provided on a first base layer, and a lower substrate having a second transparent conductor layer provided on a second base layer. The first and second transparent conductor layers oppose each other via a spacer and make contact when the first base layer is pressed. The first transparent conductor layer is segmented into a plurality of conductive regions that are electrically insulated from each other. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265199 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR DRIVING TOUCH DISPLAY - A driving circuit and method for a touch panel having a plurality of scan lines includes a detection module, an interruption module and a selective scan module. The detection module can periodically scan the scan lines, so as to detect whether the touch panel is controlled by touch. The interruption module can turn off the detection module when the touch panel is not controlled by touch. The selective scan module can select at least one set of scan lines from the plurality of scan lines to periodically and synchronously scan the set of selected scan lines when the detection module is turned off, where scanning of the selected scan lines detects whether the touch panel is touched. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265200 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-TOUCH INPUT IN MOBILE DEVICE - A method for processing a multi-touch input for a mobile device having a touch screen of a resistive overlay type which is normally incapable of recognizing a multi-touch input. A first data based on a first touch is displayed and a second touch is detected while the first touch is maintained. An intermediate data unexpectedly occurring between the first and second touches is treated as invalid data and removed when one of the first and second touches is released. Then a second data based on the second touch is displayed. This method makes it possible to properly recognize a multi-touch input through software-based technique, while reducing unexpected input errors caused by a multi-touch input and thus permitting a user's quick input action. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265201 | DATA INPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a data input device. The data input device includes a base. An input unit is provided to independently perform first directional input in which the input unit is laterally moved to any one of first direction indication locations, second directional input in which the input unit is tilted downwards and moved to a direction of any one of second direction indications, and third directional input in which any one of third direction indication locations is selected. First detection units detect lateral movement of the input unit. Second detection units detect tilting movement of the input unit. Third detection units detect the third directional input; A control unit extracts and inputs a first character, second character and third character assigned to each first direction indication location, each second direction indication location, and each third direction indication location, respectively. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100265202 | PASSIVE TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING USER INPUT - A passive touch system includes a passive touch surface and at least two cameras associated with the touch surface. The at least two cameras acquire images of the touch surface from different locations and have overlapping fields of view. A processor receives and processes images acquired by the at least two cameras to detect the existence of a pointer therein and to determine the location of the pointer relative to the touch surface. Actual pointer contact with the touch surface and pointer hover above the touch surface can be determined. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100271312 | Menu Configuration System and Method for Display on an Electronic Device | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271313 | Minimizing Pen Stroke Capture Latency - A method includes receiving first touch point data from a sensor, generating first data pixels corresponding with the received first touch point data, and updating first display pixels of a display device with the first data pixels using a first drive scheme. The display pixels of the display device may have multiple stable display states and the first data pixels may be generated by a first unit. The method may further include receiving second touch point data from the sensor, generating second data pixels corresponding with the received second touch point data, and updating second display pixels of the display device with the second data pixels using a second drive scheme. The first and second drive schemes may be different drive schemes. The second data pixels may be generated by the first unit. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271314 | CAPACITOR FOR USE IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A touch screen can be used in a communication device having a transceiver that communicates radio frequency (RF) signals with at least one remote station. The touch screen includes a display layer for displaying information. An inductor grid includes a plurality of inductive elements. A switch matrix selects a selected inductive element in response to a selection signal. A driver generates the selection signal and drives the selected inductive element to detect a touch object in proximity to the selected inductive element and generates touch screen data in response thereto. Microelectromechanical system (MEMS) capacitors couple together a group of the plurality of inductive elements to form an antenna and further couple the antenna to the transceiver to send and receive the RF signals. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271315 | ENCODING AND DECODING ADAPTIVE INPUT DEVICE INPUTS - Systems and methods for encoding and decoding adaptive device inputs are provided. The system may include a computing device coupled to an adaptive input device having a mechanical key set including a plurality of mechanically depressible keys, each key including a touch display. The computing device may comprise code stored in mass storage for implementing via a processor, a touch display application program interface configured to receive encoded input device data including one or more of mechanical key-down input data and touch input data, decode the encoded input device data to identify one or more of a key command corresponding to the mechanical key-down input data and a touch command corresponding to touch input data from one or more keys, and send one or more messages to an adaptive input device application based on the identified key command and/or touch commands. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271316 | Touch-Sensitive Display Panel - A touch-sensitive display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display layer and at least one touch-sensitive device is provided. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The display layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The touch-sensitive device is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and located beside the display layer. The displaying brightness of the touch-sensitive display panel is not adversely affected by the touch-sensitive device. In addition, the thickness of the touch-sensitive display panel is relative small. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271317 | METHOD OF POSITIONING COORDINATE - A method of positioning a coordinate suitable for a touch panel includes following steps. When a touch event occurs, the touch panel generates a corresponding detection coordinate periodically until the touch event ends. When the touch event occurs, the detection coordinate generated by the touch panel is sequentially stored. The touch event is ignored until the number of coordinates generated by the touch panel is greater than or equal to N, and N is a positive integer. When the number of coordinates generated by the touch panel is greater than or equal to N, a touch coordinate corresponding to the touch event is generated according to the last generated N detection coordinates. The above-mentioned step of generating the touch coordinate is repeated according to a cycle of generating the detection coordinate by the touch panel so as to renew the touch coordinate until the touch event ends. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271318 | DISPLAYING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A displaying system includes a touch screen for displaying images and/or icons thereon and providing a communicating interface; a detecting module for detecting operations on the touch screen; a setting module for setting a zoom area and/or a zoom mode in response to user inputs; a characteristic computing module for computing the location and the trace of a drawing on the touch screen and comparing the computing result with the predetermined information and thereby determining a matching zoom mode and a selection mode; a controlling module for controlling the touch screen to zooming in/out the selected object(s) corresponding to a matched zoom mode and zoom area selection mode; and a storage module for storing predetermined information corresponding to the zoom modes, the detecting result of the detecting module, the computing result of the computing module, and providing memory space for the displaying system. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271319 | TOUCH PANEL AND NOISE REDUCING METHOD THEREFOR - A method for reducing noise of a touch panel includes: generating a detection signal including at least one contact region; generating a combination noise region including at least a portion of the at least one contact region; and generating a final detection signal. The generating the final detection signal includes removing the combination noise region from the detection signal. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271320 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A SYSTEM - A control device ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271321 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An information input device includes an input panel including an illumination light source, a plurality of first light-receiving elements and one or more second light-receiving elements, the illumination light source emitting detection light for detecting an external proximity object, the plurality of first light-receiving elements receiving detection light emitted from the illumination light source and then reflected from the external proximity object, the second light-receiving elements for monitoring the intensity of the detection light; a correction section performing adaptive sensitivity correction on light-receiving signals obtained by the first light-receiving elements through use of an intensity monitor signal of detection light obtained by the second light-receiving element; and an image processing section obtaining object information about one or more of the position, shape and size of the external proximity object based on a picked-up image obtained from the light-receiving signals subjected to the sensitivity correction by the correction section. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271322 | POSITION DETECTING METHOD FOR TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, TOUCHSCREEN PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A position detecting method for a touchscreen panel includes the steps of (a) determining the presence or absence of contact with the touchscreen panel on a conductive film divided into multiple conductive regions; (b) measuring a time after the detection of the absence of the contact and determining whether the measured time is less than a predetermined time if step (a) determines the absence of the contact; and (c) determining the continuance of the contact if the measured time is less than the predetermined time. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271323 | Soft Digital Tablet - A soft digital tablet is disclosed. The soft digital tablet comprises a soft case, an antenna board and a control circuit board. The antenna board and the control circuit board induct and process electromagnetic signal from a digital pen, and transmit the processed electromagnetic signal to a host via a transmission line. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100271324 | Capacitive Touch Panel Label - A touch panel with both static elements is created by layering a glass cover over a label, which is then layered over a touch screen. The high quality label over the touch screen sets forth areas that could be used as buttons, switches, or potentiometers. The label could also have a die cut window that reveals a dynamic screen underneath, allowing for a touch screen with both static buttons that are always present and a dynamic interface that could react to user input. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100277417 | Resistive touch screen apparatus, a method and a computer program - An apparatus including: a first resistive screen extending in a first direction and a second direction; a second resistive screen extending in the first direction and the second direction and separated from the first resistive screen; a first reference resistor; a voltage source configured to apply a voltage across a series combination of the first reference resistor and the first resistive screen; and a voltage detector configured to measure a first voltage across the reference resistor. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277418 | Patterned resistive touch panel - A touch panel having a first panel and a second panel, wherein the first panel has a voltage providing area connected to a power source and the second panel has a patterned resistive element facing the voltage providing area so that when a touch event on the touch panel occurs, the first panel is caused to make contact with and provide a voltage to the second panel at one or more contact points on the resistive element. By measuring the voltage on one or both ends of the resistive element, it is possible to determine the two-dimensional coordinates of each contact point. The touch panel can have one or more resistive elements located at different touch areas for sensing one or more touch points in a touch event. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277419 | REFINING MANUAL INPUT INTERPRETATION ON TOUCH SURFACES - A computer system displays an object on a touch surface and detects multiple touch points on the touch surface in proximity to the displayed object. Next, the computer system detects one or more touch point movements originating from one or more of the plurality of touch points and determines a type of sector in which each of the touch point movements enters. In turn, when one of the touch point movements enters a rotate sector, the computer system performs a rotate command on the object. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277420 | Hand Held Electronic Device and Method of Performing a Dual Sided Gesture - A method and hand held electronic device are provided for performing a dual sided gesture on respective touch sensitive surfaces of a hand held electronic device. The method includes displaying an object on a display screen of the hand held electronic device, that is viewable from at least one side of the hand held electronic device. A virtual center of gravity associated with the displayed object is then defined. Simultaneous gestures are then received tracking the position and movement of an end of a pointer on each of a pair of respective surfaces of the hand held electronic device, each surface having a corresponding touch sensitive input. The location and movement of each gesture is then compared relative to the defined virtual center of gravity, and the displayed object is repositioned in response to the location and movement of each gesture relative to the defined virtual center of gravity. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277421 | Device with a Transparent Display Module and Method of Incorporating the Display Module into the Device - A portable electronic device including a transparent display module, and a method of incorporating a transparent display module into a portable electronic device, are provided. The portable electronic device includes a front side surface which is intended to be primarily used facing toward a principal user and a back side surface, which is intended to be primarily used facing away from the principal user. The portable electronic device includes a transparent display module including a primary light emitting transparent display having a first side surface and a second side surface, which emits a light toward each of the first side surface and the second side surface in disproportionate amounts, where an amount of light emitted toward the first side surface is less than an amount of light emitted toward the second side surface. The transparent display module is mounted in the portable electronic device, so that the first side surface of the transparent display module which emits the lesser amount of light is oriented toward the front side surface of the portable electronic device, and the second side surface of the transparent display module which emits the greater amount of light is oriented toward the back side surface of the portable electronic device. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277422 | TOUCHPAD DISPLAY - A computing system is provided, including a primary display and a touchpad having an operative surface that is distinct from a display surface of the primary display. The computing system further includes an interface subsystem having a touchpad input module and a touchpad output module. The touchpad input module is responsive to touch inputs applied to the operative surface to provide cursor control over data represented on the primary display. The touchpad output module may be driven to provide visual effects output based on cursor control inputs received on the touchpad and/or primary display output in which at least a portion of the touchpad provides an additional primary display of the computing system. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277423 | TOUCH SENSITIVE LCD PANEL - Described herein is a liquid crystal display apparatus that includes a liquid crystal display panel comprising. The liquid crystal display panel includes a receiver component that receives a sensed parameter of a column line in the liquid crystal display apparatus, wherein electrical voltage is transmitted along the column line and directed at a particular sub-pixel. An output component outputs an indication that a member is in physical contact with the display panel based at least in part upon the received sensed parameter of the column line. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277424 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING WORD INPUT - An electronic device and a method for predicting word input include generating a virtual keyboard comprising a plurality of virtual keys and receiving input letters and searching an English word database according to the input letters. The electronic device and the method further include retrieving the one or more possible words that begin with the input letters, confirming one or more virtual keys corresponding to the retrieved one or more possible words, and displaying the confirmed one or more virtual keys different from other virtual keys. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277425 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An embodiment of this document provides a display device comprising a panel, a touch screen panel, and a sense unit. The panel comprises subpixels placed in a display region defined in one face of a first substrate and a second substrate bonded with the first substrate. The touch screen panel is placed on the panel and configured to comprise electrode units. The sense unit is coupled to the electrode units and configured to sense a position through the electrode units. At least some of the electrode units are formed of a multi-layer with heterogeneous metals. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277426 | Multi-point touch screen and touch detection method - A multi-point touch screen suitable for a mobile apparatus is disclosed, which can output accurate touch images of a touch region by scanning, line by line, the touch region via an induction region positioned below the touch region. A method for detecting the occurrence of touch is characterized in that variations of rays are detected to determine the occurrence of touch, such variations are caused by the fact that media propagated by the rays response to variation of an electric field, and the variation of the electric field results from approaching of a conductor or an electrified body. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277427 | DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS - A display processing apparatus includes a display, a display control unit, and a detection unit configured to determine an inputted position of the display. The display processing apparatus includes a processing performing unit configured to determine a selected designator and to perform the processing indicated by the selected designator. The display processing apparatus further includes a judging unit configured to judge whether or not the inputted position determined by the detection unit is included in a direction selecting portion of the display. When the judging unit judges that the inputted position determined by the detection unit is included in the direction selecting range of the display, the display control unit changes a display direction of the designator in such a way that the designator orients the direction selecting portion which is judged to include the inputted position. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277428 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT ASSISTING DEVICE, COMPUTER OPERATING METHOD USING THE DEVICE, AND TACTILE SENSE INTERLOCKING PROGRAM - [PROBLEMS] To detect any of various movements of a finger by using the touch panel of an existing device and to give tactile sense to facilitate operation. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277429 | OPERATING A TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL SYSTEM ACCORDING TO A PLURALITY OF RULE SETS - An electronic device comprises a display screen configured for displaying images, a touch sensor configured to detect user input in a sensing region, a host processing system and a touch screen control system. The touch screen control system comprises control circuitry and a memory configured for holding rules. The control circuitry is configured for updating the display screen in response to image data from the host processing system and for operating according to a first set of rules held in the memory. The control circuitry is also configured, in response to receiving an indication from the host processing system, for switching from operating according to the first set of rules to operating according to a second set of rules. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100277430 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK TO NON-INPUT LOCATIONS - A handheld apparatus includes a top surface that includes a touch screen defining a plurality of keys, and a bottom surface on an opposite side of the first surface. The apparatus further includes a processor and an actuator coupled to the processor and located on the bottom surface. The processor is adapted to detect an object moving across the keys and in response generate an actuation signal to the actuator to generate a haptic feedback on the back surface. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100283738 | REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL-USING DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROL SIGNAL-USING METHOD, CAR NAVIGATION APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention utilizes a remote control signal for transmitting commands respectively from a remote controller and a touch panel. A signal generator generates a second remote control signal from a two-dimensional coordinate value signal (touch panel output). The second remote control signal does not overlap a first remote control signal (remote controller output). The remote control signal includes first one-byte data and second one-byte data. The first remote control signal exists on first portion that is defined as a group of points. These points exist on a diagonal of two-dimensional coordinate. The second remote control signal is transmitted via a cable. Processor performs remote control processing upon being the first remote control signal and performs a touch panel processing upon being the second remote control signal. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283739 | CONTACT GROUPING AND GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR SURFACE COMPUTING - Tools and techniques for contact grouping and gesture recognition for surface computing are provided. These tools receive, from a finger grouping subsystem, data representing velocity parameters associated with contact points, with the contact points representing physical actions taken by users in interacting with software applications presented on a surface computing system. These tools also identify gestures corresponding to the physical actions by analyzing the velocity parameters, and provide indications of the identified gestures to the software applications. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283740 | Method for Protecting Resistive Touch Panel and Computer-Readable Storage Medium and Electronic Device thereof - A method for protecting a resistive touch panel includes determining if a touch event has happened on the resistive touch panel; if it is determined that a touch event has happened, detecting an analog change of resistance between an upper substrate and a lower substrate of the resistive touch panel; converting the analog change of resistance to a digital pressure value; determining if the digital pressure value is greater than a predetermined threshold value; if the digital pressure value is greater than a predetermined threshold value, generating a warning window; and displaying the warning window through the resistive touch panel. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283741 | CONTEXTUALLY ADAPTIVE INPUT DEVICE - Embodiments relating to a contextually adaptive input device are presented. As one example embodiment, a computing system is provided, which includes an adaptive input device including an active display region for receiving touch input and a passive display region for presenting graphical content. The computing system further includes a computing device operatively coupled with the adaptive input device and including an adaptive device module. The adaptive device module is configured to receive a touch input via the active display region of the adaptive input device; present graphical content at the passive display region of the adaptive input device; and vary the graphical content presented at the passive display region responsive to a change of a context of the adaptive input device. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283742 | TOUCH INPUT TO MODULATE CHANGEABLE PARAMETER - A computing system includes a touch-input receptor and a touch-detection module. The touch-detection module is configured to track a touch input directed to the touch-input receptor. The computing system also includes a control module to change a parameter of the computing system indicated by an initial portion of the touch input tracked by the touch-detection module. The control module is configured to change the parameter by an amount indicated by a subsequent portion of the touch input tracked by the touch-detection module. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283743 | CHANGING OF LIST VIEWS ON MOBILE DEVICE - Various embodiments related to a hand-held mobile computing device are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a hand-held mobile computing device having a touch-sensitive display forming a surface of the hand-held mobile computing device configured to receive touch input. The hand-held mobile computing device further comprises a processor and memory comprising code executable by the processor to display a scrollable list of items in a first content viewing mode having a first set of content for each of the items in the scrollable list, to detect a dynamic multi-touch gesture over the scrollable list of items, and to change the scrollable list of items to a second content viewing mode responsive to detection of the dynamic multi-touch gesture, wherein the second content viewing mode comprises a second set of content for each item in the scrollable list of items. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283744 | Methods, Devices and Computer Program Products for Positioning Icons on a Touch Sensitive Screen - Methods, systems and computer program products for positioning a plurality of icons on a touch sensitive screen include receiving an input to the touch sensitive screen including a substantially continuous stroke between a first and a second position on the screen. The plurality of icons is positioned on the touch sensitive screen responsive to the substantially continuous stroke. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283745 | METHOD FOR LOCATING A TOUCH ON A SURFACE AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD - For locating a touch on a tactile surface belonging to an object ( | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283746 | TARGET ZONES FOR MENU ITEMS ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A portable electronic device is disclosed that includes a user interface with improved menu or list controls. Each of the items of the menu or list include a target zone that is spatially arranged in such a manner as to differentiate the menu items from one another and provide an easy target for contact by a user. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283747 | METHODS FOR USE WITH MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAYS FOR DETERMINING WHEN A TOUCH IS PROCESSED AS A MOUSE EVENT - A multi-touch driver handling user inputs or touches on a multi-touch input device. The method includes receiving touch data associated with a touch detected by the multi-touch input device. The multi-touch driver determines a target user interface (UI) component for the touch by processing the touch data and then determines whether the target handles touch events. If so, the driver sends the touch data to the target for handling as a touch event, thereby saving a touch-to-mouse conversion for later touches. The touch may be a first touch received in a particular input region of a GUI displayed on a touch surface. The driver receives touch data for a second touch input later than the first touch but while the first touch is still active. The driver determines a target UI component for the second touch and passes the second touch data to the second target as a mouse event. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283748 | MULTI-TOUCH METHOD FOR RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL - When operating a resistive touch panel, a first command is issued by touching the touch panel using a finger. When the finger remains in contact with the touch panel, a second command is issued by touching the touch panel using a stylus. Therefore, a corresponding gesture operation can be executed in multi-touch applications after identifying the first and second commands. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283749 | Interfacing Sensors to a Processing Device - A sensor having a rigid connector connectable to an interface device for interfacing with a processing device. The rigid connector is configured to convey information to the interface device, the information identifying a property of the sensor. An interface device connectable to the rigid connector of a sensor and configured to receive information conveyed by the connector, the information identifying a property of the sensor. A method of interfacing a sensor to a processing device. The information conveyed by the connector may identify the ability of the sensor to identify a position in one dimension or to identify a position in two dimensions, or the ability of the sensor to identify manually applied presses or manually applied gestures. The sensor may be a fabric position sensor or a flexible circuit sensor. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283750 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING INTERFACE - Disclosed is a method for providing an interface which is performed in a touch interface including: sensing a first touch input at a first position; sensing a second touch input at a second position which is a different position from the first position when the first touch input is continuously sensed; and displaying a selection area after sensing the first touch input and the second touch input. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283751 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information input device includes a plurality of sensors arranged for an operation surface at predetermined intervals, each sensor detecting contact of an operation object with the operation surface in a vicinity of the sensor and outputting a detection signal. An input sensing judgment unit determines whether an input of the operation object is sensed based on an integrated detection signal of the plurality of sensors. A sensor group selection unit selects a sensor group including sensors having sensed the operation object from among the plurality of sensors based on detection signals of the sensors. A sensor specifying unit specifies the sensors having sensed the operation object from the selected sensor group based on the detection signals of the sensors. A position detecting unit detects a position of the operation object on the operation surface based on the detection signals of the specified sensors. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283752 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCHED INPUT POSITION ON THE SAME - A capacitive touch panel of the present invention is characterized by including a plurality of detection period setting section | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283753 | INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device an embodiment of the present invention includes an input pad having an input face; a detection unit configured to detect an indicator touched on the input face; and a control unit configured to display content on a display device based on an input signal obtained from the detection unit. Herein, the control unit includes a processing unit configured to scroll the display content based on an input signal; and a determination unit configured to detect the movement speed of the indicator so as to be compared with a preset threshold value for determination. The processing unit has a first operation processing module and a second operation processing module for scrolling the display content. The display content is scrolled using one of the first operation processing module and the second operation processing module, based on a determination result from the determination unit. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100283754 | INPUT DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INPUT OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - It is made possible to cancel the effect of the already executed command without performing burdensome operation if an unobjective command is executed for input operation of the user. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100289750 | Touch Type Character Input Device - Disclosed herein is a touch type character input device for expediently inputting characters through a touch type user input device such as a touch screen or a touch pad. The touch type character input device has a touch region where a coordinate is designated or a character is selected using a finger or a tool so as to input the character or the coordinate to a main device. Also the touch type character input device comprises: a first manipulation region defined by a first closed curve within the touch region, a second manipulation region defined by a second closed curve so as to surround the first manipulation region within the touch region, the second manipulation region being the remaining area other than the first manipulation region among the area surrounded by the second closed curve and consisting of a plurality of character sectors each allocated with a corresponding representative character; an input processing section adapted to designate a current character, set an input language mode, or change the position of a cursor in response to a touch signal generated in the first and second manipulation regions; and a character display section adapted to display the current character designated by the input processing section thereon. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289751 | Operation method for a trackpad equipped with pushbutton function - An operation method for a trackpad equipped with pushbutton function aims to control operation of a screen in a cursor movement mode or a button input mode by detecting finger touch conditions on a trackpad. The method is adopted on a trackpad apparatus consisting of a touchpad movable up and down and a pushbutton located beneath the touchpad. The touchpad has at least one cursor zone and one button zone that are incorporated with the operation method to get conditions of the finger and the touchpad. The method includes at least the steps of: a. the finger touches the cursor zone and performs depressing or release depressing action to function as a cursor control command; b. the finger touches the cursor zone and slides into the button zone to do depressing or release depressing action to function as the cursor control command; c. the finger touches the button zone and slides into the cursor zone to do depressing or releasing depressing action to function as the cursor control command; d. the finger touches the cursor zone and slides into the button zone, and leaves the touchpad and then touches the previous spot of the button zone within a set time period to function as the cursor control command; and e. the finger directly touches the button zone and depresses without sliding to function as a button control command. Through the method of the invention users can control the cursor on the screen through the touchpad, and also enter the button control command through the touchpad. Thus user's labor of moving back and forth between the touchpad and a keyboard can be alleviated. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289752 | DISPLAYS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES THAT DETECT AND RESPOND TO THE SIZE AND/OR ANGULAR ORIENTATION OF USER INPUT OBJECTS - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display screen including an array of electromagnetic radiation detectors. The array of electromagnetic radiation detectors is configured to generate an image signal that represents an image of a user input object that is closely spaced to the display, and to generate a touch signal in response to the display screen being touched by the user input object. The electronic device further includes a controller circuit that is configured to display a plurality of keys forming a keyboard and to display characters on the keys. The controller identifies from the image signal a size and/or an angular orientation of the user input object relative to the display screen. The controller identifies a user's selection among characters indicated on the keyboard keys in response to the identified size and/or the angular orientation of the user input object and in response to the touch signal, and outputs character data corresponding to the identified user selected character. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289753 | ADJUSTING ORGANIZATION OF MEDIA CONTENT ON DISPLAY - Embodiments related to organizing media content in a computing system are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a method of organizing media content comprising displaying a boundary of an organizational container via a touch-sensitive display, displaying the set of two or more content items associated with the organizational container as a grouped stack within the boundary of the organizational container via the touch-sensitive display, and displaying an organizational mode selector via the touch-sensitive display, the organizational mode selector providing a plurality of selectable organizational modes. Next, the method comprises receiving a touch input directed toward the organizational mode selector, the touch input indicating a selected organizational mode from the plurality of selectable organizational modes, and reordering the set of two or more content items within the grouped stack arrangement from an initial order to an updated order defined by the selected organizational mode. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289754 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH SENSORS - In a touch sensor, as well as providing touch position data, additional data is provided on the shape of the touch. This is achieved by having sampling nodes on a finer mesh than the size of the actuating object, typically a finger, so each finger touch activates a group of adjacent nodes on the sensor. In this way, each touch has a shape formed by the activated nodes. The shape allows the touch sensor to report an angle with each touch and data indicating how elongate the touch is, preferably both together as a vector in which the direction of the vector gives the angle and the magnitude of the vector gives the ellipticity. For each frame of data collected from the sensor array, the sensor outputs an (x, y) coordinate of touch position and a further (x, y) coordinate of a shape vector. This allows many novel gestures to be provided, such as single finger “drag and zoom” and single finger “drag and rotate”. It also allows for correction of systematic human error in the placement of finger touches on virtual keys. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289755 | Touch-Sensing Liquid Crystal Display - Disclosed are systems, methods and techniques to integrate touch-sensing functionality with a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. In a particular implementation, light sensing detectors are disposed on a backlight panel to detect changes in light incident on the backlight panel in response to a physical touching on a surface of an LCD panel. A location of the physical touching may then be estimated based upon signals received from the light sensing detectors. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289756 | ACCELEROMETER-BASED CONTROL FOR RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS - Methods for controlling a radio broadcast receiver on a mobile device are disclosed. A user can switch the user interface for a radio broadcast receiver on a mobile device by rotating the mobile device from a first orientation to a second orientation. A user can control a radio broadcast receiver by creating some movement of a mobile device in a certain manner, such as shaking or tapping the mobile device. Movements of the mobile device are detected by an accelerometer in the mobile device and interpreted according to a set of predetermined and context-based rules. The context information can be provided by previous user inputs, other sensors in the mobile device, or the current state of the radio broadcast receiver or mobile device. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289757 | SCANNER WITH GESTURE-BASED TEXT SELECTION CAPABILITY - Embodiments of the invention disclose a scanner with a touch-sensitive screen that supports finger tapping gestures for selecting text. A single tap gesture causes a portion of a character string to be selected. A double tap gesture causes the entire character string to be selected. A tap and hold gesture causes the scanner to enter a cursor mode wherein the placement of a cursor relative to the characters in the character string can be adjusted. In text selection mode, a finger can be used to move the cursor from a cursor start position to a cursor end position to select text therebetween. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289758 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND POSITION DETECTING METHOD - An electrostatic capacity type position detecting device having increased scanning speed is provided. The device includes a signal supplying electrode including a plurality of electrodes arranged in parallel with each other in a first direction, and a receiving electrode also including a plurality of electrodes arranged in parallel with each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A one-shot pulse having a predetermined time width is applied sequentially to the plurality of electrodes of the signal supplying electrode at a frequency equal to an integral multiple of 200 kHz. In other words, the sequential application of the one-shot pulse occurs with a time difference that is shorter than (e.g., 1/N of) the predetermined time width. A current change caused at rising and falling edges of the one-shot pulse is detected through the receiving electrode, to thereby indicate a position on the position detecting device. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289759 | INPUT DEVICE WITH OPTIMIZED CAPACITIVE SENSING - An input device is disclosed that can improve input detection associated with sensor elements that exhibit a weaker response at the lower end of their dynamic range than their counterparts. This can be advantageous when implementing input reporting rules that rely on a sufficient response at the lower end of a sensor element's dynamic range. The input device can compensate for a weak sensor element at the low end of its dynamic range by increasing its sensitivity in certain situations, such as when an adjacent sensor provides a strong input signal, or after the weak sensor element provides a signal level exceeding a noise threshold for example. The sensitivity of the weak sensor element can be increased in a variety of ways, such as by reducing a noise threshold associated with the sensor element or boosting a signal level associated with the sensor element for example. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289760 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The electronic apparatus according to the present invention comprises a first display unit | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289761 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, INFORMATION INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides an information input device, in which information is inputted by easy operations, even if a display unit size is limited. An information input device of the present invention has: a display unit displaying a plurality of figures; a detecting unit arranged in front of the display unit or behind the display unit, and detecting whether a physical contact from an outside exists or not and a contacted position at which the physical contact exists; and a control unit deciding a figure displayed on the display unit and a position at which the figure is displayed, and inputting information based on a signal from the detecting unit, and when the detecting unit detects the physical contact exists, the control unit determines a first figure displayed at a nearest position to the contacted position in the plurality of figures based on the contacted position and decides a second figure displayed at a position surrounding the contacted position based on a kind of the first figure. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289762 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE LAMINATE AND TOUCH PANEL - This invention aims to provide a transparent conductive laminate excellent in sliding durability, edge-writing durability, finger writing durability and light resistance and suitable as a movable electrode substrate for a touch panel. Further, it aims to provide a touch panel using the above transparent conductive laminate. This invention is a transparent conductive laminate that is a laminate formed by laminating a polymer film, a cured resin layer-1 and a transparent conductive layer in this order, the cured resin layer-1 having concavoconvex shapes formed by phase separation of two components and containing no fine particles that impart concavoconvex shapes, and the cured resin layer-1 having an arithmetic average roughness (Ra), measured according to JIS B0601-1994, of 0.05 μm or more but less than 0.5 μm and a ten-point average roughness (Rz), measured according to JIS B0601-1982, of 0.5 μm or more but less than 2.0 μm, and a touch panel using the transparent conductive laminate. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289763 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes: a computing device body including a main housing, a computing device disposed in the main housing, a keyboard and a touch control display disposed on the main housing and connected electrically to the computing device; a display screen body including a display housing and a flat panel display disposed on the display housing and connected electrically to the computing device; and a two-dimensional hinge connecting pivotally the display housing to the main housing such that the display screen body is pivotable relative to the main housing. The computing device is configured to output image signals to the touch control display and the flat panel display, respectively, the image signals being generated based on user operation of at least one of the touch control display and the keyboard and being output simultaneously to the touch control display and the flat panel display. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289764 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device including a display unit which displays a first selection image which is selectable by touching a screen with an object and a display control unit which controls display of a second selection image corresponding to the first selection image displayed within a prescribed range based on a position in which the object touches in the screen. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289765 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - The display device with high detection accuracy includes: display pixel electrodes; a common electrode; a display function layer; a display control circuit performing image display control by applying a pixel voltage to each of the display pixel electrodes and applying a common drive voltage to the common electrode, the common drive voltage inverting in synchronization with a drive cycle of the image display control; a touch detection electrode cooperating with the common electrode to form a capacitor; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object, based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrode in response to the common drive voltage applied to the common electrode. The touch detection circuit performs the detection operation in a inversion period following an inversion timing of the common drive voltage, based on both first and second detection signals obtained before and after the inversion timing, respectively. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289766 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a locus input unit configured to input a locus based on a user's locus input operation, a display unit configured to display the locus input by the locus input unit on a screen, a locus recognition unit configured to recognize the locus input by the locus input unit, and a display changing unit configured to change, based on a size of the locus input by the locus input unit and the locus recognized by the locus recognition unit, the size of the locus. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289767 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A liquid crystal display including a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of sensors, and a position detection device is disclosed. The first substrate includes a plurality of pixel electrodes. The second substrate includes at least one opposite electrode and passed through by light. A liquid crystal component is enclosed between the first and the second substrates, and a voltage between the first and the second substrates is controlled to display an image. The sensors are disposed on peripheral portions of the first and the second substrates and output signals corresponding to relative positions of the first and the second substrates. The position detection device receives the signals output from the sensors to determine a touched position on the glass substrate. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100289768 | INPUT DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INPUT OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - The display area of an operation button, etc., to be operated and a sensitive area to operation are appropriately set in various situations and if the operation target cannot clearly be recognized, operability is improved. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100295793 | Two stroke touch panel data entry system - A system of data entry on a surface coated with touch sensitive material is provided. This surface is referred herein as touch panel ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295794 | Two Sided Slate Device - Embodiments of the present invention provide a dual-sided multi-touch computing device that offers the advantages of a keyboard in addition to the conveniences of a slate device. The dual-sided multi-touch computing device may be utilized in two orientations; one side is a multi-touch slate device, and the alternate side is a multi-touch display keyboard. The device is configured with an orientation-recognition device, so that it may be configured based on its orientation. The present invention may be utilized as a stand alone personal computer or as a peripheral device in conjunction with other devices. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295795 | Drop Target Gestures - Embodiments of drop target gestures are described. In various embodiments, a first input on a touch-screen is detected and determined as a selection of an object displayed on the touch-screen. A second input on the touch-screen is detected and determined as a selection of a target position to move the object, the second input being detected while the first input remains in contact with the touch-screen. The first input is then detected as no longer being in contact with the touch-screen, and a display of the object is initiated at the target position on the touch-screen giving the appearance that the object moves from a location of the first input to the second input. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295796 | DRAWING ON CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREENS - A device includes a memory to store multiple instructions, a touch-sensitive display, and a processor. The processor executes instructions in the memory to detect a touch on the touch-sensitive display, the touch having a path of movement. The processor further executes instructions in the memory to determine a dimension of the touch and to determine locations of the touch along the path of movement. The drawing tool is displayed, on the touch-sensitive display, at a fixed distance outside the dimension of the touch, the drawing tool having a path being associated with the path of movement of the touch. A fixed graphical image corresponding to the drawing tool path is generated. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295797 | CONTINUOUS AND DYNAMIC SCENE DECOMPOSITION FOR USER INTERFACE - A hand-held electronic device, method of operation and computer readable medium are disclosed. The device may include a case having one or more major surfaces. A visual display and a touch pad are disposed on at least one of the major surfaces. A processor is operably coupled to the visual display and touch screen. Instructions executable by the processor may be configured to: a) present an image on the visual display containing one or more active elements; b) divide the image into one or more regions that fill the display, wherein each region corresponds to a different active element; c) correlating an active element in the image on the visual display to a corresponding active portion of the touch interface; and d) activate one of the one or more active elements in response to a touch to a corresponding one of the active portions of the touch interface. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295798 | HAND-HELD DEVICE WITH ANCILLARY TOUCH ACTIVATED ZOOM - A hand-held electronic device, method of operation and computer readable medium are disclosed. The device may include a case having one or more major surfaces. A visual display and a touch pad are disposed on at least one of the major surfaces. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295799 | TOUCH SCREEN DISAMBIGUATION BASED ON PRIOR ANCILLARY TOUCH INPUT - A hand-held electronic device, method of operation and computer readable medium are disclosed. The device may include a case having one or more major surfaces. A visual display and a touch interface are disposed on at least one of the major surfaces. A processor is operably coupled to the visual display and touch screen. Instructions executable by the processor may be configured to a) present an image on the visual display containing one or more active elements; b) correlate one or more active portions of the touch interface to one or more corresponding active elements in the image on the visual display; c) highlight a most recently activated active element of the one or more active elements on the visual display in response to a user interaction with a corresponding one of the one or more active portions; and d) activate the most recently activated active element in response to a touch anywhere on the touch interface. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295800 | IN-CELL TOUCH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - An in-cell touch liquid crystal display module includes a first glass substrate, a metal film disposed on the first glass substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed on the metal film, a second glass substrate disposed on the liquid crystal layer, a conductive layer disposed on the second glass substrate for generating a sensing signal in response to a touch of the conductive layer, a flexible circuit board comprising a plurality of wires coupling the conductive layer, for transmitting the sensing signal, a conductive adhesive for adhering and fastening the flexible circuit board on the second glass substrate, and an insulating adhesive disposed on an periphery of the first glass substrate, for adhering the flexible circuit board on the first glass substrate. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295801 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A user interface for receiving touch user input to control an electronic apparatus, wherein the user interface is arranged to detect one or more touch input commands to control the activation and/or deactivation of one or more respective physical operations and/or modes of a particular physical operation of the electronic apparatus. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295802 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A plurality of touch screens for a mobile terminal. Various operations are performed according to touch inputs applied to the plurality of touch screens. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295803 | RENDERING ACROSS TERMINALS - A graphical user interface is generated at a mobile communication terminal having a first touch screen of a first size, the graphical user interface including one or more touch screen input options. The generated graphical user interface is transmitted from the mobile communication terminal and to a vehicle communication terminal having a second touch screen of a second size. An indication of touch screen input received at the second touch screen of the vehicle communication terminal is received at the mobile communication terminal and from the vehicle communication terminal. A function corresponding to the touch screen input received at the second touch screen of the vehicle communication terminal is executed at the mobile communication terminal. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295804 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TOUCH DETECTION APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes: a display face; a display function layer adapted to vary display on the display face in response to an inputted image signal; a plurality of driving electrodes disposed separately in one direction; a detection scanning control section configured to apply a detection driving voltage to some of the plural driving electrodes and carry out detection driving scanning while shifting an application object of the detection driving voltage in the one direction on the display face and then control the detection driving scanning such that jump shift of carrying out shift with a pitch of twice or more times a driving electrode pitch is included; and a plurality of sensor lines disposed separately in a direction different from the one direction and responding to touch or proximity of a detection object with or to the display face to exhibit an electric variation. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295805 | METHOD OF OPERATING A PORTABLE TERMINAL AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - Disclosed is a portable terminal operation method and a portable terminal supporting the same that enable rapid and convenient operation of a user function in relation to a particular item on a touch screen. The method includes: outputting an area in which one or more scrollable items are arranged; appointing a particular item when a first touch event occurs, determining if a second touch event occurs on the appointed item within a range in which item scrolling does not occur; and changing at least one of a part of a color, and a shape of an image, corresponding to the appointed particular item according to the occurrence of the second touch event. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295806 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A display control apparatus is provided including a detection unit for detecting contact of an operation tool with a display surface of the display unit, a contact determination unit for determining contact state of the operation tool with the display surface based on a detection result, a contact mark display processing unit for displaying on the display unit a contact mark indicating a form of a contact area of the operation tool when the operation tool is determined to be in contact with the display surface, and a screen display processing unit for causing an object, the contact mark, and the pointer displayed in a predetermined display area to be displayed near the contact area of the operation tool when a predetermined state to start a change of display of the display unit is detected in the state in which the operation tool is in contact with the display surface. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295807 | TOUCH SCREEN, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF - A touch screen and a manufacturing method thereof, and a color filter substrate and a manufacturing method thereof are provided in the invention. The touch screen comprises a substrate, a plurality of touch regions defined by a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines are provided on the substrate. In each touch region, the first signal line is connected with a first piezoelectric switch, the second signal line is connected with a second piezoelectric switch, when the touch region is touched by a force the first piezoelectric switch and the second piezoelectric switch are turned on and transfer voltage signals respectively via the first signal line and the second signal line to determine the coordinate of the touched touch region. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295808 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SAME - A mobile terminal including at least two display regions is provided. A moving image that is being reproduced on a first display region of the mobile terminal or a still image that is being displayed on the first display region can be enlarged and reproduced or displayed on a second display region. Accordingly, the user can easily check (or view) moving or still images included in a webpage screen displayed on the first display region. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING INPUT POSITIONS VIA ELECTRIC FIELD COMMUNICATION - A method and apparatus for tracking input positions via Electric Field Communication (EFC) are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of receiving electrodes for EFC and a receiver unit. The receiving electrodes detect strengths of input electric fields. The receiver unit compares the strengths of the input electric fields with each other and generates position information regarding the input electric fields. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295810 | SENSORING APPARATUS OF PROXIMITY AND CONTACT, AND DISPLAY DEVICES - A sensor apparatus for detecting contact or proximity of an object includes a calculation section for separating a plurality of points of the contact or the proximity that are generated simultaneously, and calculating individual sets of positional coordinates, and the calculation section includes an analysis section for determining, based on a spatial distribution of signal intensity obtained through detection, a condition for separating the spatial distribution of the signal intensity into a plurality of regions. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100295811 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel having high durability is provided. Either one or both of a display device and a flexible panel have island-shaped protective bodies formed on surfaces of electrode layers (upper electrode layer, lower electrode layer), and a transparent conductive film is exposed between the protective bodies. Since the protective bodies protrude highly from the surface of the transparent conductive film, when the flexible panel is pressed and the upper electrode and the lower electrode layer are brought into contact, a load to be applied to the transparent conductive film is reduced by the protective bodies, so that the transparent conductive film is not broken. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100302171 | INFORMATION OUTPUTTING DEVICE - Recognition of a player's touch on a surface of a medium is made possible, as well as recognition of the medium such as a card by a dot pattern printed on a back surface of the medium placed on a stage. Input instructions according to each feature of a game or information processing device are made possible just by preparing a card on which a region for a touch operation is printed, by making possible recognition of a player's touch on a surface of a medium, as well as recognition of the medium such as a card by a dot pattern printed on a back surface of the medium placed on a stage, calculating where on a card placed on the stage is touched, and causing to perform a process according to a feature of the card. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302172 | TOUCH PULL-IN GESTURE - Embodiments of a touch pull-in gesture are described. In various embodiments, a touch input is detected that starts at an edge of a touch-screen and progresses as an expanding contact region from the edge of the touch-screen toward approximately a center region of the touch-screen while the touch input remains in contact with the touch-screen. The expanding contact region is determined as a touch pull-in gesture to initiate a display of a user interface component. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302173 | MULTI-LAYER DISPLAY - A display system suitable for controlling operations of a multifunction device, such as a printer, and a method which makes use of the display system are disclosed. The display system includes a front panel configured for selectively displaying a local user interface and being touch sensitive for controlling an associated device based on touch selectable graphic objects displayed on the local user interface. A rear panel is configured for selectively displaying the local user interface, which is viewable through the front panel. A switching component is configured for switching the display of the local user interface between the front panel and the rear panel. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302174 | ATTACHABLE DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A digital picture frame includes a display on which images are displayed; a detachable and re-attachable apparatus that includes: (i) a mounting base; (ii) a transparent overlay mounted in the mounting base; wherein the overlay spans the display and includes a first side that receives pressure from a user for indicating a mode preference and a second side opposite the first side; (iii) a plurality of activation mechanisms each of which activates a mode preference and are adjacent the second side of the transparent overlay; wherein a particular activation mechanism is activated when user pressure is received within a predetermined spatial relationship to the particular activation mechanism; and (iv) an attachment mechanism that permits the apparatus to be attached and detached from the display. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302175 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TOUCHSCREEN - Embodiments of the invention include a system for entering end user information into an electronic device. The system includes a display unit with a touchscreen having a plurality of locations. The touchscreen is configured to detect the presence of an end user object proximal to one of the touchscreen locations and to detect when an end user object makes contact with one of the touchscreen locations. The system also includes a controller configured to generate an audible sound indicative of the touchscreen location to which an end user object is proximal in response to the display unit detecting the presence of the end user object proximal to the touchscreen location. The controller also is configured to generate contact location information indicative of the touchscreen location with which an end user object makes contact in response to the display unit detecting the contact of the end user object on the touchscreen location. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302176 | ZOOM-IN FUNCTIONALITY - A user interface includes a controller which is configured to display image data, receive input indicating a touch area corresponding to at least a portion of the image data, perform a zoom-in action on the at least portion of the image data and to display at least a portion of the zoomed-in portion in addition to the remainder of the image data in response thereto. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302177 | Method and apparatus for providing user interface based on contact position and intensity of contact force on touch screen - A method and apparatus are disclosed providing a user interface using a touch input unit comprising a touch screen configured to detect a contact position and a contact force. The method comprises a step of the touch input unit receiving a touch input signal generated by a touch of a user's pointing object, a step of executing a step of a position processing unit identifying a contact position, corresponding to the received touch input signal, and a step of an intensity processing unit analyzing an intensity pattern of contact force, corresponding to the received touch input signal, simultaneously or sequentially, a step of a control unit determining an event corresponding to the touch input signal based on the identified contact position and the analyzed intensity pattern of contact force, and a step of an output unit outputting the determined event to a display screen. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302178 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY - A touch panel display including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium and a touch device is provided. The first substrate has a display area and a peripheral area. The first substrate has a pixel array in the display area and at least one integrated driving circuit in the peripheral area. The integrated driving circuit is electrically connected to the pixel array. The second substrate is disposed above the first substrate to cover the integrated driving circuit and the pixel array. The display medium is disposed on the pixel array and located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The touch device is disposed on the second substrate, and has a sensor element and a wiring element connected to the sensor element. The sensor element is located above the pixel array and the wiring element is located above at least a portion of the integrated driving circuit. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302179 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A mobile terminal and method for displaying information in the mobile terminal may be provided that includes first and second touch screens, and a controller to display both an item list including a plurality of information items and first information related to a first information item selected from the item list on the first touch screen. The controller may display one of the item list and the first information on the second touch screen when the second touch screen is activated based on manipulation of the mobile terminal. The controller may display second information associated with a second information item on the touch screen on which the first information is already displayed as the second information item is selected from the item list in a state that the first information item is selected. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302180 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch apparatus including a touch panel and a touch sensing circuit is provided. The touch panel includes a first transparent substrate, a plurality of first conductive patterns, a second transparent substrate, a plurality of second conductive patterns and a plurality of spacers. The touch sensing circuit includes a first demultiplexer, a second demultiplexer, a first multiplexer, a second multiplexer, a third multiplexer, a fourth multiplexer, a fifth multiplexer, a sixth multiplexer and an analog/digital converter (ADC). The fifth multiplexer and the sixth multiplexer are used for modulating a signal receiving range of the ADC and thus the touch sensing circuit is easily judge a correctness of a sensing signal. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302181 | TACTILE SENSOR MODULE HAVING UWB WIRELESS COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND UWB COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE TACTILE SENSOR MODULE - Disclosed herein are a tactile sensor module including a sensing unit connected to an external electronic device through a UWB communication network and a UWB communication method using the tactile sensor module. The tactile sensor module includes the sensing unit which has a plurality of sensor cells and outputs an output signal corresponding tactile information on a force applied thereto by a user using a pointing object, and a UWB based module which wirelessly connects the sensing unit to the external electronic device to construct a UWB communication network, receives external data in the form of a UWB wireless communication signal from the external electronic device, converts the output signal into data that can be recognized by the external electronic device and transmits the converted data to the external electronic device as a UWB wireless communication signal. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302182 | TOUCH PANEL WITH REDUCED CHARGE TIME - A touch panel includes a sensing region, a storage unit, a precision rectifier circuit and a comparing circuit. There exists an equivalent capacitance at a predetermined location in the sensing region. At the predetermined location, the sensing region can provide a first signal before a touch action occurs and a second signal after the touch action occurs. The precision rectifier circuit can control the signal transmission path between the predetermined location and the storage unit. After being charged by the first and second signals, the storage unit can respectively provide corresponding third and fourth signals. The comparing circuit can thus determine whether the touch action occurs at the predetermined location according to the third and fourth signals. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302183 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR DETERMINING WHETHER TOUCH ELECTRODE IS TOUCHED BY HUMAN BODY, AND TOUCH SENSOR USING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A touch sensor IC includes a switch for connecting, to an external terminal with its voltage to be sensed, a selected one of a plurality of external terminals to which a plurality of touch electrodes is connected. Only one set of two capacitors and a resistor element may therefore be provided for a plurality of touch electrodes. Thus, the number of required components is smaller as compared with a conventional sensor requiring two capacitors and a resistor element for each touch electrode. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302184 | Touch-sensitive device - A user/machine interface comprising a panel having a surface, the panel being capable of supporting bending waves, a touch-sensitive input device associated with the surface, and means including a force transducer for providing force feedback to the input device. The force is in the form of pulses to the panel, the pulses being in the form of a modulated signal shaped as a damped sinusoid whereby a button click sensation is provided to the user's finger tip. The modulated signal may be produced by a narrow-band sine wave having a carrier frequency in the range 150 to 750 Hz and being of a duration of at least 10 ms. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302185 | Touch Sensing - A touch-screen device includes a radiation source, a pliable waveguide configured to receive radiation emitted by the radiation source and to cause some of the received radiation to undergo total internal reflection within the pliable waveguide, a frustrating layer disposed relative to the pliable waveguide so as to enable the frustrating layer to contact the pliable waveguide when the pliable waveguide is physically deformed, the frustrating layer being configured to cause frustration of the total internal reflection of the received radiation within the pliable waveguide at a contact point between the frustrating layer and the pliable waveguide when the pliable waveguide is physically deformed to contact the frustrating layer such that some of the received radiation undergoing total internal reflection within the pliable waveguide escapes from the pliable waveguide at the contact point, and an imaging sensor configured to detect some of the radiation that escapes from the optical waveguide. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302186 | INPUT ASSISTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An input assisting apparatus that is detachable from an electronic apparatus including a touch sensor panel including a plurality of first input areas assigned with input information includes: a main body having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface facing the touch sensor panel when the input assisting apparatus is attached to the electronic apparatus, the second surface being on an opposite side of the first surface; one or more elastically-deformable bulge portions that respectively correspond to one or more first input areas of the plurality of first input areas of the touch sensor panel and are provided to bulge from the second surface of the main body; and opening portions that are provided to the one or more bulge portions and expose at least a part of the one or more first input areas corresponding to the one or more bulge portions. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302187 | APPARATUS HAVING A WORKING SURFACE ACTING AS BOTH A HANDWRITING SURFACE AND AN INPUT SURFACE OR COMMAND MODULE - In one aspect, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a computer interface providing a writing surface. The computer interface includes a planer surface comprising an input unit, a display surface comprising a display unit, and a mode button configured to switch the planer surface between an active mode in which data may entered by the input unit and a deactivated mode in which the planer surface is a writing surface. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302188 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR VIEWING DESKTOP THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic device, a method for viewing a desktop thereof, and a computer-readable medium are provided. One of n continuous areas of the desktop and a navigation bar are displayed in a touch screen of the electronic device. The navigation bar includes an indicator and n indexes, wherein the n indexes are respectively corresponding to the n areas, and the indicator points to the index corresponding to the area currently displayed in the touch screen. When a sliding operation applied to the indicator is detected on the navigation bar, the desktop and the indicator are moved according to the sliding operation. When the sliding operation terminates, an index closest to the indicator is selected from the n indexes as a target index. Finally, the indicator is controlled to point to the target index, and a target area corresponding to the target index is displayed in the touch screen. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302189 | PEN STROKE TRACK UPDATING METHOD AND SYSTEM THEREOF FOR HANDHELD TOUCH DEVICE - A pen stroke track updating method and system thereof for handheld touch device are provided. In the method, the user firstly touches the touch module to form a pen stroke track using his finger, whereupon a control unit matches the pen stroke track with a plurality of track paths prestored in a storage module, determines whether or not the pen stroke track matches track removal rules, or determines whether or not the pen stroke track has been overlapped, and then a partial track, or the entire pen stroke track is removed according to the result of matching or analysis. Afterward, when the finger has left the touch module, the recorded pen stroke track is designated as a stopped track, which is used as a matching condition to obtain the required track path. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302190 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL TOUCHPAD REMOTE CONTROLLER - A multi-functional touchpad remote controller has multiple functional modes to select therefrom and has a touchpad to support touch input. Different patterns may be shown on the touchpad for different functional modes. For the current operation mode, the specific pattern shown on the touchpad allows simple and intuitive to use the multi-functional touchpad remote controller. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302191 | Touch Detection Apparatus - A touch detection apparatus is disclosed, which comprises: a frame which defines a planar touch detection region; at least one surface light-emitting body which is disposed on the frame; at least one light source which is placed at the end of the surface light-emitting body; at least one detector which is disposed on the frame and used to detect information of a touch object in the touch detection region; and a processing circuit which is connected to the detector and used to receive information detected by the at least one detector and calculate position information of the touch object based on the received information. In the touch detection apparatus of the present invention, the light source and the surface light-emitting body are disposed on the edges of the frame, thus a good light source can be provided to the touch detection apparatus, and the cost of the entire touch detection apparatus can be reduced due to the low cost of the surface light-emitting body. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302192 | KEYPAD APPARATUS, MOBILE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND KEYPAD CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed herein are a keypad device, a mobile device having the keypad device, and a method of controlling the keypad device. The keypad device includes a touch panel, a Transparent Organic Light-Emitting Diode (TOLED) panel placed under the touch panel, a control unit electrically connected to the touch panel and the TOLED panel, and configured to detect an electric signal related to a touch point of the touch panel and cause a pixel of the TOLED panel corresponding to the touch point to emit light, and a reflective sheet placed under the TOLED panel, patterned with keypad information, and configured to reflect keypad information corresponding to the light emitting pixel of the TOLED panel, thereby displaying this keypad information. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302193 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, MOBILE DEVICE HAVING THE SAME AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - Disclosed is a display device which obviates the need for a space to mount an additional sub display, so that a product is made slim and compact. The display device includes an LCD panel or e-paper for displaying main information, a TOLED panel formed on the LCD panel or e-paper and displaying sub information, a touch panel formed on the TOLED panel, and a controller electrically connected to the LCD panel or e-paper, the TOLED panel and the touch panel, in which the controller applies driving voltage to the LCD panel or e-paper so that main information is displayed through the LCD panel or e-paper when an electrical signal of the touch panel is sensed, and applies driving voltage to the TOLED panel so that sub information is displayed through the TOLED panel when the LCD panel or e-paper is off. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302194 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display device. A first display panel displays first information. A second display panel is selectively placed in a superimposed position, in which the second display panel is superimposed on the first display panel, and in a non-superimposed position, in which the second display panel is not superimposed on the first display panel, and displays second information. A first touch panel is disposed on the first display panel. One or more second touch panels are disposed on the second display panel or disposed on the both side surfaces of the second display panel in pairs. A control unit applies driving voltage to at least one of the first and second display panels based on a signal detected from at least one of the first and second touch panels depending on any one of the superimposed position and the non-superimposed position of the first and second display panels. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302195 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensing display device includes a display, a lens, and a touch-sensing element. The lens is positioned above the display, where a surface of the lens is divided into a periphery region and a central region, the central region is planar, and the periphery region is non-planar. The touch-sensing element is disposed between the lens and the display. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302196 | Touch Sensing - A touch-screen device includes an imaging waveguide, in which the imaging waveguide has a radiation receiving surface and an imaging surface different than the radiation receiving surface. The imaging waveguide is configured to receive, at the radiation receiving surface, radiation emitted by a contact receiving structure, and transmit the received radiation from a position on the radiation receiving surface to a position and/or angle of incidence on the imaging surface as a function of the position on the radiation receiving surface at which the transmitted radiation was received. An imaging sensor coupled to the imaging surface of the imaging optical waveguide is configured to detect radiation incident upon the imaging surface of the imaging optical waveguide. A processing device coupled to the imaging sensor is configured to determine contact points on the exposed contact surface of a contact receiving structure based on radiation detected by the imaging sensor. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302197 | ANALYZER ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT WITH ENERGIZATION AXIS/DETECTION AXIS ALTERNATION FOR PASSIVE-MATRIX MULTICONTRACT TACTILE SENSOR - An electronic analysis circuit of a multicontact passive-matrix tactile sensor including an electrical supply mechanism powering one of two axes of the matrix, and a mechanism detecting electrical characteristics along the other axis of the matrix, at intersections between the two axes. The supply axis and the detection axis are alternated. A multicontact passive-matrix tactile sensor includes an electrical supply mechanism powering one of the two axes of the matrix, a mechanism detecting electrical characteristics along the other axis of the matrix, at the intersections between the two axes, and such an electronic circuit. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100302198 | Power Efficient Capacitive Detection - Capacitive detection systems, modules, and methods. In one embodiment, a power saving mode is implemented when deemed appropriate, based on an analysis of previous detection or non-detection of the presence and/or position of an object near a capacitive sensing area. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100309138 | Position detection apparatus and method thereof - A position detection apparatus is provided, which includes a frame, a plurality of image capturing units, and a processing unit. The frame surrounds an area. The image capturing units are individually set within the frame, and each image capturing unit captures a positional image of the area. The processing unit is coupled with the image capturing units. If there is an object situated at a particular position within the area, the processing unit will determine the particular position of the object according to each of the positional image. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309139 | TOUCH TRACKING ON A TOUCH SENSITIVE INTERFACE - A method tracks a plurality of touch points across successive frames of a touch sensitive input device to determine a trajectory. Each touch point on a frame of a touch sensitive input device is correlated with another distinct touch point on a subsequent frame of the same touch sensitive input device. The correlation is based on examining in the subsequent frame an area surrounding each touch point on the previous frame. Touch points identified within this search area are prioritized based on a projected trajectory through the prior touch point based on historical data. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309140 | CONTROLLING TOUCH INPUT MODES - Embodiments related gesture-based inputs made via multi-touch display are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment comprises a computing device configured to detect a modal touch input on a multi-touch display, the modal touch input having a geometrically defined posture. In response, the computing device is configured to set a selected touch input mode based on the posture of the first modal touch input, the touch input mode representing a relational correspondence between a first set of functional touch inputs and a first set of functions. The computing device is further configured to detect a functional touch input on the multi-touch display, to determine the relational correspondence between the functional touch input and an associated function included in the set of functions based on the touch input mode, and to modify the multi-touch display based on the associated function. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309141 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HAPTIC EFFECTS USING ACTUATORS - A method and apparatus of actuator control mechanisms for haptic effects are disclosed. The apparatus can include an actuator and a controller for controlling a haptic cell. Depending on the type of haptic effect desired, as well as the damping characteristics of the system, the controller can generate a kick-in pulse followed by a main pulse to create an increased acceleration response, and/or a braking pulse to provide a damping effect for a short mechanical type of haptic effect. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING HAPTIC EFFECTS USING ACTUATORS - A method and apparatus of actuator control mechanisms for haptic effects are disclosed. The apparatus can include an actuator and a controller for controlling a haptic cell. Depending on the type of haptic effect desired, as well as the damping characteristics of the system, the controller can generate a kick-in pulse followed by a main pulse to create an increased acceleration response, and/or a breaking pulse to provide a damping effect for a short mechanical type of haptic effect. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309143 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WHOSE KEYBOARD AND DISPLAY ARE SWITCHABLE - A portable electronic apparatus whose keyboard and display are switchable is provided. The apparatus comprises a main part and a detachable part that can be assembled to the main part. The main part includes a first display, a keyboard interface, and a display interface. One face of the detachable part is a keyboard, and an opposite face of the detachable part is a second display. The detachable part includes a display plug and a keyboard plug. When the keyboard plug of the detachable part is plugged into the keyboard interface of the main part the keyboard is enable to use. When the display plug of the detachable part is plugged into the display interface of the main part, the second display is enabled to use. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309144 | OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE - An optical touch panel includes a frame, a first and a second image capture units, a first and second light sources, a first reflective element and a block element. The first and second image capture units are disposed on the frame and respectively disposed adjacent to the first and second light sources. The line between the first and second light sources defines a first connecting line. The reflective element disposed on a first side of the frame has a top point. The line between the top point and the second image capture unit defines a second connecting line. The block element blocks the first connecting line, but does not block the second connecting line. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309145 | 3-DIMENSION NON-BIAS ELECTRETS MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE - Disclosed is a 3-dimension non-bias electrets multi-touch device, comprising a first electrets thin film providing a first bias electric charge to form an electrostatic field, a first electrode, a second electrode and a controller. The first electrode is attached to the first electrets thin film and outputs a first signal when the electrostatic field is changed by a deformation of the first electrets thin film due to contact pressures of external forces. The second electrode outputs a second signal when the electrostatic field is changed. The first and second electrodes transmit the first and second signals to the controller. The controller is capable to detect and analyze positions where the contact pressures of the external forces are applied and normal vector shifts of the first electrets thin film at the positions. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309146 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel includes at least a warning sensor. When an external force applied onto the touch panel reaches a predetermined strength so as to contact a top warning electrode to a bottom warning electrode, the warning sensor will be turned on in order to warn the user to reduce the external force so as to prevent the touch panel from being damaged by the external force. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309147 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Accessibility Using a Touch-Sensitive Surface - An accessibility method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a plurality of user interface elements on the display; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation gesture by a finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with a current navigable unit type; in response to detecting a first user interface navigation setting gesture on the touch-sensitive surface: changing the current navigable unit type from the first navigable unit type to a second navigable unit type; and outputting accessibility information about the second navigable unit type; after changing the current navigable unit type, in response to detecting a second user interface navigation gesture by the finger on the touch-sensitive surface, navigating in the plurality of user interface elements in accordance with the current navigable unit type. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309148 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Accessibility Using a Touch-Sensitive Surface - An accessibility method is performed by an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: mapping at least a first portion of the display to the touch-sensitive surface; concurrently displaying a plurality of user interface containers on the display; detecting a user interface container selection event that selects a first user interface container in the plurality of user interface containers; and, in response to detecting the user interface container selection event: ceasing to map the first portion of the display to the touch-sensitive surface, and proportionally mapping the first user interface container to be substantially coextensive with the touch-sensitive surface. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309149 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Providing Maps, Directions, and Location-Based Information - In accordance with some embodiments, a portable electronic device with a touch screen display displays a map in an untracked mode of a mapping application. The device receives location information for the device, and detects a first activation of a mapping mode user interface element. In response, the device enters a tracked mode of the mapping application. While in the tracked mode of the mapping application, the device detects a second activation of the mapping mode user interface element and, in response, enters a heading mode of the mapping application. While in the heading mode of the mapping application, the device detects a finger scrolling gesture and, in response, the device enters the tracked mode when the finger scrolling gesture moves the map less than a predefined amount or the device enters the untracked mode when the finger scrolling gesture moves the map greater than the predefined amount. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309150 | Organic light emitting diode display - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. The OLED display includes a plurality of subpixels on one surface of a first substrate, a second substrate attached to the first substrate, a shield electrode on one surface of the second substrate that is not opposite to the subpixels, the shield electrode being connected to a low potential voltage source, a touch screen panel on the shield electrode, a first printed circuit board (PCB) attached to the one surface of the first substrate, the first PCB receiving a driving signal driving the subpixels from a driving device, and a second PCB attached to the one surface of the second substrate, the second PCB transmitting a sensing signal generated by the touch screen panel to an external device. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309151 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel and methods for manufacturing the same is provided. The method for manufacturing a touch panel includes providing a substrate and forming a photospacer layer on the substrate. Subsequently, a single lithography process is performed to the photospacer layer to define a main spacer and a sensor spacer. After forming a conductive layer on the main spacers and sensor spacers, a part of the conductive layer is removed to expose a top part and a part of a upper side of the main spacer. Accordingly, the conductive layer on the top part of the main spacer can be completely removed. In addition, the aperture ratio loss due to over-etching the conductive layer on the color filter can be prevented by the conductive layer remained on a lower side of the main spacer. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309152 | PROTECTION PANEL WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION FOR DISPLAY WINDOW OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There are included a protection panel main body configured by a transparent plate, a lower electrode sheet laminated onto an upper surface of the protection panel main body, an upper electrode sheet bonded to the lower electrode sheet at peripheral edges thereof with a gap being formed between electrodes, a decorative sheet laminated onto an upper surface of the upper electrode sheet, and an FPC that has an end inserted between the lower electrode sheet and the upper electrode sheet and is connected by thermal compression bonding to output ends of an upper circuit and a lower circuit. Further, the protection panel main body is provided with a thermal compression head inserting space at a portion corresponding to a portion bonded with the FPC by thermal compression so that a thermal compression heater is allowed to be brought closer to the lower electrode sheet. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309153 | AUDIO MIXING APPARATUS - Each of level meter block images | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309154 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE AND INTERACTIVE GAME SYSTEM - A two-dimensional input device, a control device and an interactive game system are provided. The control device is suitable for communicating with a game console which performing a game program. The control device includes a two-dimensional input device and a remote controller. The two-dimensional input device includes a touch panel which showing a pattern corresponding to the game program. The two-dimensional input device outputs a two-dimensional coordinate data when the pattern was touched. The remote control receives the two-dimensional coordinate data by a first communication method and outputs the two-dimensional coordinate data by a second communication method. Wherein, the game console receives the two-dimensional coordinate data and performs it with the game program. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309155 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE AND INTERACTIVE GAME SYSTEM - A two-dimensional input device, control device and interactive game system are provided. The control device is suitable for communicating with a game console which performs a game program. The control device includes a two-dimensional input device and a remote controller. The two-dimensional input device outputs a two-dimensional coordinate data when being touched. The remote controller receives the two-dimensional coordinate data by a first communication method and outputs the two-dimensional coordinate data by a second communication method. Wherein, the game console receives the two-dimensional coordinate data and performs it with the game program. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309156 | SENSING DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - A sensing device is provided to sense light and generates a sensing output signal indicating intensity of the light. The sensing device includes a photo element, a comparison circuit, and a logic circuit. The photo element senses the light and generates a current signal at a first node. The comparison circuit is coupled to the first node and receives the current signal. The comparison circuit includes a filter for filtering a high-frequency component on the current signal, and the comparison circuit generates a result signal according to the filtered current signal. The logic circuit receives the result signal and performs a logic operation to the result signal to generate the sensing output signal. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309157 | LIGHT SOURCE FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention discloses a light source for a touch screen. The light source is disposed on the frame of the touch screen, and comprises at least one light-emitting body and at least one light-transmission body, wherein the at least one light-transmission body has light scattering medium evenly distributed therein. This kind of light source is a new type of low cost light source for a touch screen, thus reducing production cost of the touch screen and expanding its application field. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309158 | INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT DETERMINING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INPUT PROGRAM - An input apparatus includes, a display unit that causes a plurality of display screens on which images are to be displayed to display the images, a input detecting unit that detects a first input on a first display screen, a second input on the first display screen, and a third input on a second display screen, a position acquiring unit that acquires a first position, a second position and a third position, a start-position estimating unit that estimates a start position of an associated operation on the second display screen, and a continuity determining unit that determines whether the third input is the associated operation based upon the third position and the start position. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100309159 | RESTROOM MIRROR - The invention relates to a restroom mirror with a housing comprising a mirror area ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100315345 | Tactile Touch Screen - A touchscreen including a touch sensitive layer wherein the user perceived surface roughness or friction coefficient is variable and dynamically controlled. The level of user perceived surface roughness or friction coefficient is related to the information that is displayed at the position at which an object touches the touch sensitive layer. The surface roughness is not locally changed but rather for a complete portion of the touchscreen or for the whole touchscreen simultaneously. Because the modulation of user experience surface roughness or friction coefficient is faster than the user interaction, the user will experience that the surface roughness of certain areas of the display is different from other areas, depending on the information that is being shown, although in fact the surface roughness or friction coefficient is uniform over the whole portion or the whole display at any given point of time. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315346 | Apparatus, method, computer program and user interface - An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface wherein the apparatus includes a touch sensitive display; and a controller; wherein the apparatus has a restricted mode of operation in which user access to at least some functions of the apparatus is prevented and the touch sensitive display is configured to detect a user input while the apparatus is in the restricted mode of operation wherein the user input comprises actuation of a plurality of points of the touch sensitive display; and the controller is configured, in response to the detection of the user input including actuation of a plurality of points of the touch sensitive display, to control the apparatus to present information without exiting the restricted mode of operation of the apparatus. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315347 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes a substrate, plural sensible conductive layers and plural first switch units. The substrate is provided with an upper surface, the sensible conductive layers are all configured on the upper surface and are arranged in columns and rows. The first switch units are configured on the substrate and are electrically connected with the sensible conductive layers. By the first switch units, same columns of the sensible conductive layers can conduct electrically with one another and same rows of the sensible conductive layers can conduct electrically with one another. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315348 | DATA ENTRY-ENHANCING TOUCH SCREEN SURFACE - Touch screen data entry accuracy can be improved utilizing a touch screen interface coupled with a computing device and a data entry-enhancing touch screen surface. The touch screen interface can include a sensory system that can be configured to detect input sensations predefined input areas displayed within a graphical user interface (GUI). The data entry-enhancing touch screen surface can include one or more focused entry depressions that can be configured to centrally direct an activation device into a user-desired input area. Each focused entry depression can be spatially aligned with a predefined input area of the GUI. The activation of additional predefined input areas of the GUI that are within close proximity to the user-desired input area can be reduced. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315349 | VEHICLE COMMANDER CONTROL SWITCH, SYSTEM AND METHOD - A vehicle commander control switch, system and method includes a touch pad having a touch surface for receiving touch input thereon. The touch surface has a first inner zone and a second outer zone disposed outwardly relative to the first inner zone. A touch pad signal generator detects the location of the touch input on the touch surface and generates signals corresponding thereto. The control unit is operatively connected to the touch signal generator. The control unit receives signals from the touch signal generator and controls display content on a display device. The control unit scrolls the display content on the display when the touch pad signal generator detects the touch input in the second zone and sends the signals to the control unit corresponding to the touch input in the second zone. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315350 | MOUSE PAD HAVING DISPLAY - Systems for displaying an image on a mouse pad are disclosed. A system for displaying an image on a mouse pad may include a processor and a mouse pad. The mouse pad may include a top surface and an electric writeable medium. The top surface is a surface configured to enhance the usability of a computer mouse that is disposed above the electric writeable medium. The electric writeable medium is in operable communication with the processor and is configured to display an image. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315351 | User Interface - The present invention relates to a user interface ( | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315352 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A computer readable storage medium storing an information processing program causes a computer to function as display control means, coordinate detecting means, and object selecting means. The display control means displays on a display device at least a portion of a virtual world in which a plurality of objects are provided. The coordinate detecting means detects input coordinates input by the pointing device. The object selecting means, when the input coordinates indicate any of the plurality of objects, selects the indicated object as a target to be operated, and when the input coordinates indicate none of the plurality of objects, selects at least one object satisfying a predetermined condition of the plurality of objects as a target to be operated. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315353 | Flexible Touch Display Apparatus - A flexible touch display apparatus includes a flexible substrate, a display unit, a flexible insulation layer and a touch sensor layer. The display unit is disposed on the flexible substrate, the flexible insulation layer is disposed on the display unit, and the touch sensor layer is formed on the flexible insulation layer. The flexible touch display apparatus is light in weight, thin in thickness, flexible and unbreakable. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315354 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF TOUCH INPUT TYPE - A touch input-type electronic device is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the touch input-type electronic device includes a touchscreen panel, a base coupled to the touchscreen panel, and an actuator, in which the other end of the actuator is coupled to the base such that vibration of one end of the actuator is transferred to the touchscreen panel. Thus, the touch input-type electronic device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention can provide a more profound sensory feel by vibrating to a position at which the user directly touches. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315355 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE OF TOUCH INPUT TYPE - A touch input-type electronic device is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, the touch input-type electronic device includes a touchscreen panel, an actuator, which vibrates the touchscreen panel, a guide unit, which supports both ends of the actuator, such that vibration of the actuator can be transferred to the touchscreen panel, and supports the touchscreen panel, and a case, which supports the guide unit. Thus, the touch input-type electronic device in accordance with the present embodiment can provide an appealing sensory feel corresponding to a position that is pressed directly by the user, by vibrating the pressed position. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315356 | CONTOURED THUMB TOUCH SENSOR APPARATUS - Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for implementing a contoured thumb touch sensor. An apparatus may comprise, for example, an input device configured on a side of an apparatus, the input device having a concave shape in a direction from a top of the apparatus to a bottom of the apparatus, the input device comprising a touch-sensitive surface operative to detect movement input. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315357 | ELECTRONIC PEN FOR DETECTING TOUCH LOCATION AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TOUCH LOCATION - An electronic pen for detecting a touch location on a display panel by detecting infrared rays generated by the display panel, the electronic pen including an infrared sensor that detects the infrared rays and generates a detection signal; an amplifying unit that amplifies the detection signal; a low pass filter that filters high-frequency elements from the amplified detection signal; and a location detecting unit that detects the location on the display panel touched by the electronic pen based on the filtered detection signal. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315358 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method including displaying, via a controller, at least one first function icon on a touchscreen of the mobile terminal, assigning, via the controller, a first input gesture to the displayed first function icon such that a first function corresponding to the first function icon is executed when the first input gesture is performed on the mobile terminal, and removing, via the controller, the first function icon from the touchscreen of the mobile terminal after the first gesture has been assigned to the first function icon. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315359 | TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a display unit for displaying an electronic book, a user interface for selecting a specific portion to be extracted from the electronic book, a controller for extracting the selected specific portion and copyright information related to the extracted specific portion, and a memory for storing the extracted specific portion and the copyright information. The controller applies the extracted specific portion to an application such that the specific portion is displayed within the application and the copyright information is displayed on the display unit when the specific portion is applied to the application. When the extracted specific portion is applied to the application, the copyright information is automatically included in the applied specific portion. The display unit of the mobile terminal includes an electronic paper display and a liquid crystal display (LCD) and the electronic book is displayed on the electronic paper display. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315360 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - An exemplary multi-touch input device includes a stress sensing plate, a first polarizer, a infrared light module, a second polarizer, an infrared camera module, and a processor. The stress sensing plate has a touching surface, an internal stress is generated when an object touches the tress sensing plate. The infrared light source module is configured for emitting infrared light to the first polarizer. The first polarizer is disposed between the stress sensing plate and the infrared light source. The infrared camera module is configured for capturing the image corresponding to the infrared light outputting from the stress sensing plate through the second polarizer. The processor is to receive the infrared image from the infrared camera module and obtain the position or a trace the stress sensing plate be touched accordingly. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315361 | TOUCH-POINT COORDINATE DETECTING METHOD - A method for detecting touch-point coordinates includes: scanning a plurality of signal points in sequence to generate a plurality of original data including a plurality of original touch point data; performing a grouping algorithm for the original touch point data to group the original touch point data into a plurality of group sets; and calculating a barycentric coordinate of each of the group sets and outputting the barycentric coordinate as a touch-point coordinate of each of the group sets. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315362 | TOUCH-SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A touch-sensing liquid crystal display (LCD) panel including an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween is provided. The active device array substrate includes a first substrate, a pixel array, a plurality of touch-sensing pads, and an electric field shielding layer. The pixel array is disposed on the first substrate and includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in an array, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of data lines. The touch-sensing pads are disposed on the first substrate. The electric field shielding layer is disposed on the pixel array and arranged between sub-pixels adjacent to each other, and the electric field shielding layer includes a pattern. The opposite substrate includes a common electrode and a plurality of touch-sensing protrusions disposed above the touch-sensing pads. Therefore, when the touch-sensing LCD panel is pressed, press mura is substantially eliminated. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315363 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SENSOR - There is offered a signal processing circuit for an electrostatic capacity type touch sensor which can improve the noise tolerance and adjust an offset in the output voltage. The signal processing circuit for the touch sensor is structured to include an alternating current power supply providing an excitation pad with an alternating voltage, an electric charge amplifier generating an output voltage Vout corresponding to a difference between a capacitance of a first capacitor formed between a first touch pad and the excitation pad and a capacitance of a second capacitor formed between a second touch pad and the excitation pad, and an offset adjustment circuit to adjust an offset in the output voltage Vout of the electric charge amplifier. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315364 | Portable Terminal - This portable terminal includes a control portion for transmitting a position of a touch panel portion directly or indirectly operated by one of the hands of the user to the other hand of the user by vibrating a portion, corresponding to the operated position of the touch panel portion, of a vibrating portion grasped by the other hand of the user when the user has directly or indirectly operated the touch panel portion with one of his/her hands. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315365 | Storage medium storing pointing device input adjustment program, input adjustment apparatus and input adjustment method - A computer as an input adjustment apparatus includes a memory. This memory stores an input adjustment program. The computer is connected with a touch pad. When a user touches the touch pad with his/her finger, the computer is provided with touch coordinate data on a touched portion and a value according to an area of the touched portion. Based on the coordinate data and the value according to the touch area, the computer calculates a scale factor of a range in which the user can actually perform an operation in such a manner as to conform to a whole operating range of the touch pad. Then, the computer multiplies by the scale factor a difference of coordinates indicated by the coordinate data (current touch coordinates) from a reference position, and input the resulting value as input data into an electronic device. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315366 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING TOUCH INPUT IN TOUCH SCREEN BASED DEVICE - A method for recognizing touch input in a touch screen based device is provided. The method for recognizing touch includes: checking a location of the touch input when a touch is inputted; checking a changed location of the touch when a location of the touch is changed; and recognizing that the touch is released in the location of the touch input when touch release occurs in the changed location. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315367 | Necktie with Electronic Display - Embodiments of the invention generally provide a wearable necktie to which is attached a video display | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315368 | Controller, System and Method for Identifying a Number of Interactions with a Computer Input Area - Disclosed is a method for identifying a number of interactions with a computer input area defined by at least first and second intersecting sets of detection paths. First, indications of which of the detection paths are affected by the interactions are received. Then, for each of the detection path sets, the set's indications of affected detection paths are parsed to identify up to N extents of adjacent, affected detection paths (N≧2). A controller having logic to implement the method, and a system incorporating a control system that implements the method, are also disclosed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315369 | Method and User Interface for Entering Characters - A direction of movement indicated by an input device is detected when a start of a character entering function has been detected. The entered character is shown on the character area on a display, towards which character area the direction of movement indicated by the input device is proceeding. The termination of the character entering function is detected, and the character towards whose character area the direction of movement was last detected to proceed as the character to be entered next is detected. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315370 | Piezoelectric User Interface - An apparatus includes a touchscreen keypad and one or more devices that generate a tactile response to a user of the apparatus when a key in the keypad is pressed. In order accomplish a simple construction requiring a minimum of space, the one or more devices that generate that tactile response may include at least one piezoelectric element configured to generate vibration which is forwarded to the user in response to a key of the touchscreen keypad being pressed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100315371 | Terminal Device With Display Function - A terminal device with a display function enables only an operation of a desired operation key valid, and easily perform the invalidation operation. In response to switching to a predetermined function mode by manipulating a jog dial, an image in the switched function mode is displayed in a display surface, based on an image signal from a display control section. A bar is located on a borderline between a contents area and an operation area in an initial state of displaying an image. When the jog dial is manipulated by the user to thereby move the bar from the borderline to a predetermined position within the operation area, a CPU determines that the position of the bar has been moved. Then, the CPU detects a new position of the bar, and makes an operation with respect to the operation key located between the bar and the borderline invalid. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100321303 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes displaying a representation of a user-selectable feature on the touch-sensitive display, detecting the touch on the touch-sensitive display at a first location associated with the feature, and temporarily increasing a target area of the representation after detecting the touch at the first location. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321304 | GRAPHICAL AUTHENTICATION FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A portable device includes a touch screen that includes a display screen and that generates touch screen data in response to a user's interaction with the touch screen. A processor executes a security application for authenticating the user to the portable device that provides first display data to the touch screen for displaying a security prompt on the display screen. Touch screen data is received from the touch screen in response to the user's interaction with the touch screen and is processed to determine when an authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. The user is authenticated to the portable device when the authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321305 | DRIVING AN OLED DISPLAY STRUCTURE INTEGRATED WITH A TOUCH SENSOR CONFIGURATION - Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided of driving an OLED display structure integrated with a touch sensor configuration. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321306 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A LIGHTING CONTROL CONSOLE DURING COLOR SELECTION - The invention relates to a method for operating a lighting control console ( | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321307 | DISPLAY TERMINAL WITH TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION AND CALIBRATION METHOD - In a state where an inappropriate calibration has been performed, adequacy of the calibration is checked with a touch to a display screen so as to resolve the inappropriate calibration state. The display terminal device includes a touch panel provided on the display screen, a touch panel driver which generates coordinate data of a touched point on the touch panel, and a control section which performs calibration of the display screen based on the coordinate data output by the touch panel driver. The control section reduces an error between the measured coordinate data of the touched point and logic coordinate data by confirming that a difference between multiple pieces of X coordinate data and a difference between multiple pieces of Y coordinate data, generated by repeated touches to the points other than the center of the touch panel, are within an allowable range. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321308 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a transparent substrate having a surface, a plurality of first touch sensor pads arrayed in a matrix on the surface, a plurality of second touch sensor pads arrayed in a matrix and staggered between the plurality of first touch sensor pads, a dielectric layer disposed upon the plurality of first touch sensor pads and the plurality of second touch sensor pads, a plurality of third touch sensor pads arrayed in a matrix on the dielectric layer, and a plurality of fourth touch sensor pads arrayed in a matrix on the dielectric layer and staggered between the plurality of third touch sensor pads. Each first touch sensor pad includes a first hollowed-out pattern, and each third touch sensor pad includes a second hollowed-out pattern and a solid portion formed around the second hollowed-out pattern, wherein a portion of the solid portion of each third touch sensor pad and a portion of the hollowed-out pattern of the first touch sensor pad overlap. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321309 | TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH MODULE - A touch screen including a display, at least two touch units and a control unit is provided. The display has a displaying surface. The touch units are disposed beside the displaying surface. Each of the touch units includes a light source and an image sensor. The light source is adapted to emit a light beam toward a sensible space in front of the displaying surface. The image sensor is adapted to capture the bright spot in the sensible space, and generate an image signal. The control unit is electrically connected to the light sources and the image sensors. The control unit is adapted to receive the image signals from the image sensors, and determine the position of the bright spot relative to the displaying surface according to the image signals. A touch module and a control method are also provided. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321310 | BRIGHTNESS CONTROLLABLE ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DEVICE WITH TACTILE SENSOR SENSING INTENSITY OF FORCE OR INTENSITY OF PRESSURE, FLAT PANEL DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME, MOBILE TERMINAL KEYPAD HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electroluminescence device capable of controlling the brightness thereof based on the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure. The electroluminescence device includes a substrate at least a part of which is transparent; a first electrode formed on the bottom face of the substrate; an emission layer formed underneath the first electrode; a second electrode formed underneath the emission layer; a tactile sensor formed underneath the second electrode and sensing the intensity of force or the intensity of pressure; and a controller connected to the tactile sensor and adjusting a variation in electric field between the first and second electrodes based on the output of the tactile sensor to control the brightness of light emitted from the emission layer. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321311 | SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A system for displaying images including a touch display panel is provided. The touch display panel includes a first substrate. An electrode array is disposed on the first substrate, and the electrode array includes a first touch area. A first common electrode layer is disposed on the electrode array. A first dielectric layer is disposed between the electrode array and the first common electrode layer. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321312 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING TOUCH SIGNAL IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method for processing a touch signal in a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal using the same are disclosed, wherein the method comprises: detecting a shaking of a mobile terminal by using a mobile terminal shaking detection sensor within a predetermined time from a touched time while a touch screen is being touched; and outputting an output signal based on the detected shaking. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321313 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a pointer detection apparatus, including: a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction; a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a first conductor selection circuit configured to selectively supply the signals of different frequencies to those first conductors, between which N ones of the first conductors are interposed, N being a predetermined integer equal to or greater than 0; a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the second conductors; and a signal detection circuit configured to obtain signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by the multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321314 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a pointer detection apparatus, including: a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction; a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a first conductor selection circuit configured to selectively supply the signals of different frequencies to those first conductors, between which N ones of the first conductors are interposed, N being a predetermined integer equal to or greater than 0; a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the second conductors; and a signal detection circuit configured to obtain signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by the multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321315 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - Disclosed herein is a pointer detection apparatus, including: a conductor pattern including a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction and a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction; a multi-frequency signal production circuit configured to produce a plurality of signals of different frequencies; a first conductor selection circuit configured to selectively supply the signals of different frequencies to those first conductors, between which N ones of the first conductors are interposed, N being a predetermined integer equal to or greater than 0; a second conductor selection circuit configured to selectively receive detection signals from the second conductors; and a signal detection circuit configured to obtain signals of individual frequencies, corresponding to the signals of different frequencies produced by the multi-frequency signal production circuit, which are representative of coupling states at cross points between the first conductors and the second conductors and are received from said second conductor selection circuit. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an operation display unit that displays a display screen and detects detection information that changes in accordance with a user operation performed on the display screen; an operation determination unit that determines, in accordance with the detection information, whether an operation has been performed on an operation target displayed on the display screen; a selection unit that selects an image to be displayed, in accordance with a determination result from the operation determination unit; an area-where-arrangement-is-not-to-be-performed setting unit that sets an area where arrangement is not to be performed, in accordance with the determination result from the operation determination unit and the detection information; and an arrangement processing unit that arranges the image to be displayed, in an area where arrangement can be performed, in accordance with the selected image to be displayed and the set area where arrangement is not to be performed. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321317 | METHODS FOR BROWSING IMAGE DATA AND SYSTEMS USING THE SAME - Methods for browsing image data and systems using the same are provided. First, all or a part of image data is browsed in a display unit. Each of the image data has attribute data. Then, one of the image data displayed in the display unit is determined, and the attribute data of the determined image data is obtained. The obtained attribute data is displayed in the display unit. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321318 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided in which a touch panel and a liquid crystal display panel are placed under a front window. A touch-panel flexible wiring substrate is connected to the touch panel, and a main flexible wiring substrate is connected to the liquid crystal display panel. The main flexible wiring substrate includes a touch-panel control IC and a touch-panel electronic component group to control the touch panel. The touch-panel flexible wiring substrate includes only lines. In this configuration, there is only one flexible wiring substrate, or the main flexible wiring substrate, on which the electronic components are mounted. As a result, the production cost of the liquid crystal display device as a whole can be reduced. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321319 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING AND UPDATING A VIEW OF A GRAPHICAL SCENE IN RESPONSE TO COMMANDS VIA A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - A man-machine interface using a touch-sensitive device as an interface to a computer device is presented, wherein simple gestures made by a user are interpreted by the computer device as commands to be performed in respect to at least a part of a virtual environment shown on the display. Each sequence of gestures begins with an initial touch on the touch-sensitive device and may involve a number of subsequent gestures. A command thus given is applied to the part of the virtual environment on the display. The action of the command continues until the gesture is ended by the user removing contact from the touch-sensitive device, thus ending the command. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321320 | TOUCH PANEL WITH DISCHARGING FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a touch panel with a discharging function, which comprises a scanning bus, a sensing bus, a control unit, and a discharging circuit. The scanning bus is used for scanning a touch frame. The sensing bus interleaves with the scanning bus, and senses at least a touched location on the touch frame. The control unit is coupled to the scanning bus and the sensing bus | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321321 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, adjusting a first threshold based on detected conditions during the touch, comparing a value related to the touch on the touch-sensitive display to the first threshold, and when the value related to touch meets the first threshold, turning off the display. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321322 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for setting a control command in response to a touch area and controlling an application in a portable terminal through a simple touch input is provided. The apparatus includes a control command determination unit and a control unit. The control command determination unit detects a control command of an application corresponding to an area touched by a user when a touch input is sensed while the application works. The control unit controls an operation of the working application by using the control command detected by the control command determination unit. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321323 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING MULTI-TOUCH INPUT ERROR IN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for correcting a touch input error of a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes an icon position selector for arranging only one icon in one cell in a touch screen panel divided into a plurality of cells. Accordingly, the occurrence of a touch input error is reduced. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100321324 | ULTRASONOGRAPH - Disclosed is a technology that prevents a part of a touch panel-equipped display displaying an ultrasonic tomographic image from getting dirty with a fingerprint or scratch when using a drag operation to change the content of the ultrasonic tomographic image displayed on the touch panel-equipped display. According to this technology, the display screen is divided into an ultrasonic image area A | 12-23-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 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. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110001706 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY MODULE - An electronic device may have a housing in which a touch screen display module is mounted. A cover glass may cover the touch screen display module. The touch screen display module may include display structures and touch sensor structures. A first cable may be connected to the display structures along an edge of the touch screen display module. A second cable may be connected to the touch sensor structures along another edge of the touch screen display module. The cables may be formed from flex circuits that are connected to the display module using heat-and-pressure-bondable conductive adhesive. A printed circuit board in electronic device may have connectors that receive the ends of the first and second flex circuits. The connectors may be located along a common edge of the printed circuit board to facilitate assembly of the touch screen display module within the housing of the electronic device. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001707 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A MOVEABLE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An electronic device includes a housing including a base, a touch-sensitive input assembly coupled to the housing and spaced from and moveable relative to the base to generate sound, an accelerometer housed within the housing, an actuating arrangement comprising a piezoelectric actuator between the base and the touch-sensitive input surface and arranged to receive a driving signal and move the touch-sensitive input surface relative to the base, and functional components in the housing comprising a memory and a processor operably coupled to the memory, the touch-sensitive input assembly, the actuating arrangement, and the accelerometer to execute a program stored in the memory to determine an orientation of the electronic device and adjust the driving signal to the actuating arrangement based on the orientation of the electronic device. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001708 | SENSITIVITY CONTROL AS A FUNCTION OF TOUCH SHAPE - A method and device receives signals from a plurality of nodes about a first touch of an array of touch screen sensor nodes. It is determined whether the received signals are representative of a finger touch or a stylus touch. A detect mode may be entered as a function of the type of touch determined. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001709 | METHODS FOR DISPLAYING AND MOVING DATA AND SYSTEMS USING THE SAME - Methods for displaying and moving data and systems using the same are provided. First, a first movement of an object on or near a touch-sensitive display unit is detected, and in response to the first movement, data displayed in the touch-sensitive display unit is moved in a first direction. In response to an edge of the data being reached while the data is moving in the first direction and the object is still detected on or near the touch-sensitive display unit, the movement of the data is stopped. Then, a second movement of the object on or near the touch-sensitive display unit is detected, and in response to the second movement, an area beyond the edge of the data is displayed in the touch-sensitive display unit. In response to detecting that the second movement of the object is no longer on or near the touch-sensitive display unit, the data is moved in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the data is no longer displayed in the touch-sensitive display unit. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001710 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE TOUCH PANELS - An exemplary portable electronic device with multiple touch panels includes a side touch unit and main touch unit, a detection unit, and processor. The main touch unit is electrically connected to the side touch unit, and the detection unit is electrically connected to the side touch unit and the main touch unit. The processor is electrically connected to the detection unit and generates a corresponding control signal to achieve different operations when the side touch unit and the main touch unit are operated. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001711 | LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT, TOUCH PANEL INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A light sensing circuit includes a photodiode including a cathode electrode and an anode electrode and for receiving light from the outside and generating a current corresponding to the received light, a driving transistor for amplifying the current generated in the photodiode, a capacitor for storing a first initiation voltage transmitted to the driving transistor, a first switching transistor for compensating for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor corresponding to a current scan signal, and a second switching transistor for transmitting the first initiation voltage corresponding to the current scan signal. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001712 | DISPLAY DEVICE - On a circumferential edge part of a display panel having a display surface, a front bezel having an aperture through which a cleaning member for removing dust adhering to the display surface can be freely inserted and removed is provided. Moreover, a touch panel is provided on the front bezel in such a manner that the touch panel is arranged to face the display surface of the display panel with a gap formed between the display surface and the touch panel. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001713 | INTERDIGITATED RANDOMIZED ELECTRODE PATTERN TO INCREASE THE AREA OF A TOUCHPAD HAVING A LIMITED NUMBER OF CONTROLLER IC DRIVE PINS - Increasing the effective size of a touchpad while using a single controller IC, wherein a pseudo random pattern is used such that when a certain order of electrical signals is applied to the electrodes, the local electrical fields cancel or are very large in a first region while the electrical fields in a second region create a desired electrical field pattern, wherein when a finger makes contact in the second region a certain electrical signal is expected, wherein when a finger makes contact in the first region the electrical signal is unexpected, and wherein the difference between the electrical signals from the first region and the second region can be distinguished and thus the region in which the finger made contact can be determined. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001714 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel electrode to apply a voltage to a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and an opposed electrode, a thin film transistor connected to the pixel electrode, a scanning line to supply a gate signal to the thin film transistor, a first coordinate detection line disposed parallel to the scanning line, a first coordinate detection electrode formed closer to the liquid crystal layer than the scanning line and the first coordinate detection line, and a first insulating film formed as a layer between the first coordinate detection line and the first coordinate detection electrode. The first insulating film is provided with a contact hole to electrically connect the first coordinate detection line and the first coordinate detection electrode. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001715 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a main body having a first display and first and second sliders coupled to the main body, each of which includes first and second user interfaces. The first user interface is at least partially covered by the main body when the first slider is in a first position and exposed to view when the first slider is in a second position, and the second user interface is at least partially covered by the main body when the second slider is in the first position and exposed to view when the first slider is in the second position. The first and second user interfaces may include additional displays. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001716 | KEY MODULE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention discloses a key module which includes a touch device, several navigation keys, and a control device. Therein the touch device includes a touchable surface for being touched by an object. When the object touches the touch device, the touch device generates a touch signal according the state of the touch of the object. The several navigation keys are set around the touch device. The control device is electrically connected to the touch device and the navigation keys respectively for receiving the touch signal from the touch device and determining the location the touch device is touched, the times of the object touching the touch device, or how long the touching device is touched. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001717 | Narrow Border for Capacitive Touch Panels - A touch screen sensor assembly and associated method for manufacturing the touch screen sensor assembly are provided. The touch screen assembly includes one or more transparent substrates that are arranged above a display. Each of the transparent substrates may include a conductive layer that is disposed adjacent to a surface of a corresponding one of the substrates. In addition, a set of conductive traces may be disposed on each of the transparent substrates and in conductive communication with the corresponding conductive layer. At least one of the sets of conductive traces may be deposited using electro deposition or vacuum deposition techniques so as to reduce a width of each trace, thereby reducing the size of a non-transparent border that surrounds the transparent substrates, maximizing the available portion of the transparent substrates for use in touch sensing. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001718 | DATA INPUT DEVICE - There is provided a data input device. The data input device comprises a plurality of sensing units having sensors, a plurality of direction indicating positions and direction inputs in an input radius spaced and arranged from a center position in a radial direction in a uniform range in one input unit, and a controller so that data are input by continuously performing at least two direction inputs. Therefore, the input unit of a portable electronic apparatus having a narrow input space sequentially performs a plurality of movement combinations in accordance with the movements corresponding to first to sixth direction inputs from a reference position in a radial direction to minimize an input space and to rapidly and correctly input desired characters by a series of input operations. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110001719 | Touch Panel - There is provided a touch panel in which the size of a connecting part between an electrode and an extraction pattern is reduced and the occurrence of Newton's rings is prevented. The touch panel comprises transparent conductive films formed on opposing surfaces of a pair of glass substrates to face each other, an extraction pattern | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110006996 | PRIVATE DATA ENTRY - A device and method for creating a private entry display on a touchscreen is provided, wherein the touchscreen includes a plurality of touch cells corresponding to spatial locations on the touchscreen. A graphical user interface is generated for display on the touchscreen for a predefined operation, the graphical user interface including a plurality of input zones. A characteristic of the graphical user interface as displayed on the touchscreen for the predefined operation is alter in order to change the touch cells associated with the graphical user interface. The altered user interface then is displayed on the touchscreen. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110006997 | LUMINOUS POWER CONTROL OF A LIGHT SOURCE OF A MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus, and system of luminous power control of a light source of a multimedia processing system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method is described. The method includes capturing a digital image of a face of a user. The method also includes applying, with a processor, an algorithm capable of detecting a digital facial feature of the face of the user based on one or more markers of the digital image. In addition, the method includes determining whether the digital image includes the digital facial feature according to the marker. The method further includes causing a light source to illuminate an electronic display at an active-mode luminous power level that includes a luminous power level different than a power-saving mode luminous power level of the light source when the digital image includes the digital facial feature. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110006998 | PATTERNING OF THIN FILM CONDUCTIVE AND PASSIVATION LAYERS - Simplified patterning of conductive layers and passivation layers of a thin film is disclosed. In some embodiments, the patterning can include depositing a conductive layer onto a thin film substrate, depositing a passivation layer onto the conductive layer, applying a removable mask including a desired pattern to the passivation layer, patterning the passivation layer to have the desired pattern, using the patterned passivation layer as a mask for the conductive layer, and patterning the conductive layer to have the desired pattern. In other embodiments, the patterning can include depositing a conductive layer onto a thin film substrate, depositing a passivation layer onto the conductive layer, depositing a protective layer onto the passivation layer, applying a removable mask including a desired pattern to the protective layer, patterning the protective layer to have the desired pattern, using the patterned protective layer as a mask for the passivation and conductive layers, and patterning the passivation and conductive layers to have the desired pattern. An exemplary device utilizing the thin film so patterned can include a touch sensor panel. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110006999 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING TOUCH SENSOR PANELS - A method for manufacturing a patterned thin film layer on an uneven substrate is provided. The substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface. The method includes creating a cavity on the inner surface of the substrate, the cavity creating a cavity surface on a different plane as compared to the inner surface and a step between the cavity surface and the inner surface; forming a thin film layer on the inner surface of the substrate covering at least a part of the cavity surface, the step and the inner surface; performing laser ablation on the thin film layer to create patterns, at least some of which are created on the cavity surface, the step and the inner surface. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007000 | CONTROL OF COMPUTER WINDOW SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS USING HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD USER INTERFACE - A high dimensional touchpad (HDTP) controls a variety of computer windows systems and applications by detecting a user's finger movement in the left-right, forward-backward, roll, pitch, yaw, and downward pressure directions. One or more of the detected finger movements are then used to control specific computer applications including focusing a user's attention to one of several web pages, gesture recognition, magnification control, 3D-polyhedral menu selection, Internet browsers, navigation applications, games, media players, spreadsheets, and controlling the functions of mobile devices. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007001 | Dual Mode Input Device - An embodiment of the present invention discloses an input device, which comprises an electromagnetic input unit for inputting by a stylus pen, a touch input unit for inputting by fingers or pen, a first micro controller for controlling the electromagnetic input unit, a second micro controller for controlling the touch input unit, and a major controller for controlling the first and second micro controller. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007002 | Touch sensitive display device - A touch sensitive display device is capable of forming a physical button, and includes: a touch sensitive display including a display face, for performing display based on display data on the display face; and a light-transmissive first film disposed on the display face of the touch sensitive display, and including a first part and a second part that is formed from a resilient material, the first part being disposed on the display face, the second part cooperating with the display face to define a first containing chamber, that is convertible between a contracted state and an expanded state, in which the second part protrudes relative to the first part such that the second part is more distinguishable from the first part by touch when compared to the contracted state, based on the display data. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007003 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device and a driving method of the same are discussed. A driving circuit of a liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel comprising pixel cells having only circuit pixels, respectively, aligned in a matrix type corresponding to full resolution, the liquid crystal panel disposed in a matrix type to have resolution that is lower than the full resolution in a predetermined ratio; a panel driving unit driving entire pixel cells provided in the liquid crystal panel to display images, the panel driving unit converting and outputting touch sensing signals transmitted from the pixel cells having the touch sensor circuits into digital signals; and a sensing system calculating touch coordinates from the converted touch sensing signals. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007004 | SOFTWARE KEYBOARD INPUT METHOD FOR REALIZING COMPOSITE KEY ON ELECTRONIC DEVICE SCREEN - A software keyboard input method for implementing compound keys on an electronic device screen is provided to assist a user in fast inputting a text with convenience and efficiency. Two letters are displayed on a key. The user performs a ambiguous input by directly clicking a key, and performs a precise input by moving a contact point via which a fast selection of a symbol and a fast switching of a uppercase letter are realized. With the software keyboard input method for implementing compound keys on an electronic device screen, information can be inputted on the electronic device screen easily and accurately. The method is of convenient usage and flexibility. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007005 | THIN TOUCH PANEL - A thin touch panel includes a transparent substrate with a black bordering around the inner surface of the transparent substrate. A plurality of metal connecting structures, metal guiding lines, transparent insulating structures and a transparent sensing layer are formed on the inner surface, so that the transparent substrate not only provides a touch surface, but also has the touch sensing ability, to decrease the manufacture material and increase the transmittance of the touch panel. Besides, the manufacture of the thin touch panel may not use any optical adhesive to decrease the manufacture cost and improve the yield. Further, the thin touch panel may satisfy the trend of thin design. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007006 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A DEVICE IN A VEHICLE WITH A VOICE CONTROLLER - In a method for operating a device in a vehicle, an operating step is selected and a function associated with the operating step is performed. The operation of selecting the operating step automatically activates a voice controller for input following the operating step. An apparatus for operating a device in a vehicle has a display apparatus for displaying operating steps, a first operating unit for haptic input for selecting an operating step, a voice control unit for voice input for selecting an operating step, and a control unit which is coupled to the display apparatus, the first operating unit and the voice control unit and can be used to generate control signals for performing a function associated with a selected operating step. The control unit is designed in such a manner that the operation of selecting an operating step automatically activates the voice control unit for input following the operating step. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007007 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD - An exemplary touch control method includes, first, obtaining a to-be-operated object according to a user's operation. A second step is detecting coordinates A(X | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007008 | Virtual touch screen system - A virtual touch screen system that helps interacting with a computer application on the computer display wherein said virtual touch screen system is comprised of a touchpad connected to the computer and detects the finger position on its surface to provide the computer system with an immediate input representing said finger position; a virtual touch screen which is a small window that appears on the computer display presenting a graphical user interface that enables interacting with said computer application; and a virtual spot which is a small circle that appears on said virtual touch screen representing the position of the finger on said touchpad wherein moving the finger on said touchpad manipulates said virtual spot to move on said virtual touch screen to interact with said graphical user interface. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007009 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - There is provided a portable terminal device that enables a user to operate all buttons to be operated by moving only one finger of one hand carrying the terminal when operating the terminal equipped with both a touch panel and a stationary operation section and that exhibits superior operability. The portable terminal device has enclosures | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007010 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A TOUCHED POSITION ON A TOUCH DEVICE - A method for detecting a touched position on a touch device including a first conductive layer and sensing electrodes disposed on one side of the first conductive layer and separated from each other is disclosed. The method includes providing a first voltage to the first conductive layer; receiving a touch signal in response to a touched position of the touch device to change the first voltage at an area of the first conductive layer; measuring the sensing electrodes detecting the variation of the first voltage to obtain voltage signals; obtaining a first sensing position according to the voltage signals and a position computing mode; obtaining a second sensing position according to the first sensing position and a correction mode. The area corresponds to the touched position, the second sensing position is equal to the touched position, and the correction mode has a first curve relation. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007011 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN WITH A MESH ELECTRODE - An improved touch screen provides enhanced electrical performance and optical quality. The electrodes on the touch screen are made of a mesh of conductors to reduce the overall electrode resistance thereby increasing the electrical performance without sacrificing optical quality. The mesh electrodes comprise a mesh pattern of conductive material with each conductor comprising the mesh having a very small width such that the conductors are essentially invisible to the user of the touch screen. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007012 | DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH-RESPONSIVE DISPLAY ASSEMBLY - A touch-responsive display assembly includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes: an anode, a cathode disposed over the anode, and an organic layered structure disposed between the anode and the cathode and including an organic electroluminescent layer that is emissive when a voltage is applied across the anode and the cathode. At least one of the anode and the cathode is made of a flexible film of a conductive nanomaterial that contains interconnected nanounits. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007013 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT FUNCTION-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - An input device includes: a first substrate; a flexible second substrate arranged to be opposite the first substrate; a first electrode for depression position detection provided on the surface of the first substrate opposite the second substrate or on the side of the first substrate opposite to the second substrate; a second electrode for depression position detection provided on the second substrate; an insulating liquid material filled between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a region dividing member dividing a region where the insulating liquid material is filled between the first substrate and the second substrate into small sections with a gap through which the insulating liquid material flows. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCROLLING IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for scrolling in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes displaying data, sensing if scrolling is generated in a screen, and moving the data displayed on the screen based on a scrolling extent preset by region and/or displaying detailed information of the data displayed on the screen, in accordance with a region in which the scrolling is generated. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007015 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD - An information input apparatus which displays a plurality of buttons on a display unit, detects an indicated position by a positional coordinate detection unit arranged on the display unit and inputs information corresponding to an indicated button includes: an incorrect input judgment unit for judging whether or not input information which is input when a to-be-selected button selected from the plurality of buttons is indicated is incorrect input; a pattern selection unit which makes a user select one button arrangement pattern from a plurality of button arrangement patterns including the to-be-selected button at a predetermined position when the incorrect input judgment unit judges that the input information is incorrect input. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007016 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING PARAMETER TOGGLE CAPABILITY FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A display apparatus for a control unit in an environmental control system; the display apparatus including: a display area presenting a plurality of first loci, a plurality of second loci and at least one third locus; each respective first locus of the plurality of first loci being responsive to pressure for effecting a respective response; each respective second locus of the plurality of second loci presenting information using a fixed segment data format; at least one third locus of the at least one third locus presenting information using a dot matrix data format, the display apparatus configured to allow a display of individual parameters to be toggled. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007017 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD HAVING SCHEDULE TOGGLE CAPABILITY FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A display apparatus for a control unit in an environmental control system; the display apparatus including: a display area presenting a plurality of first loci, a plurality of second loci and at least one third locus; each respective first locus of the plurality of first loci being responsive to pressure for effecting a respective response; each respective second locus of the plurality of second loci presenting information using a fixed segment data format; at least one third locus of the at least one third locus presenting information using a dot matrix data format; the display apparatus configured to allow a displaying of a schedule to be toggled with a single button. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110007018 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE WIRELESS DEVICE AND ON SCREEN DISPLAY FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A SYSTEM - A touch-sensitive wireless device, such as a wireless telephone or wireless multimedia player, in conjunction with an interactive on screen display, effectively remotely controls a programmable multimedia controller or other system. User gestures, button presses or other touches to or movements of the touch-sensitive wireless device are effectively converted to information that is wirelessly transmitted to the programmable multimedia controller. Once received by the programmable multimedia controller, such information is processed and effectively translated so as to control the operation of the controller. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110012838 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE INCLUDING A DISPLAY DEVICE - In an embodiment, an input device, such as computer mouse, includes an interface to communicate user interactions to a host system and a display assembly to display an image to a user. In some examples, the display device will include a collimated glass component. A method is disclosed that includes displaying an image at an input device, such as a mouse, and then displaying a second image in response to a user input through the input device. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012839 | STACKING ASSEMBLY OF A TOUCH PANEL - A stacking assembly of a touch panel includes a touch sensing unit arranged insulated between a top plate and a substrate. The top plate and the substrate are transparent optical isotropic plates, and light regulating layers are arranged above separately. The light regulating layer is formed by one or a combination of a polarized thin film, phase shift thin film, and optical isotropic film. A color frame is arranged to a peripheral of a bottom surface of one optical thin film of the light regulating layer. A functional film of a nebulizing film or hard coat layer is formed to an outer optical film of the light regulating layer. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012840 | GROUND DETECTION FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - Ground detection of a touch sensitive device is disclosed. The device can detect its grounded state so that poor grounding can be selectively compensated for in touch signals outputted by the device. The device can include one or more components to monitor certain conditions of the device. The device can analyze the monitored conditions to determine the grounding condition of the device. The device can apply a function to compensate its touch signal outputs if the device determines that it is poorly grounded. Conversely, the device can omit the function if the device determines that it is well grounded. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012841 | TRANSPARENT TOUCH PANEL CAPABLE OF BEING ARRANGED BEFORE DISPLAY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An assembly of a touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a color frame formed on edges of the substrate, and at least one touch sensing unit arranged insulated on the substrate. Signal wires formed on edges of the touch sensing unit are located below the color frame. The color frame is a thin film with a thickness below 5 μm. The assembly is thus simplified and thinner so that the cost is lowered and the product yield is raised. Also, an optical characteristic and a thickness of the product is improved and reduced. A surface of the touch sensing unit further has at least one transparent isolating layer or shielding layer, and at least one light regulating layer or functional film is arranged to a surface of the substrate. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012842 | TOUCH PANEL USING TEMPERED GLASS - A touch panel using tempered glass includes a first conductive unit and a second conductive unit. The first conductive unit includes a conductive film, a first indium-tin oxide (ITO) coating layer coated on a lower surface of the conductive film, and a first electrode printed on an edge of a lower surface of the first ITO coating layer. The second conductive unit includes a tempered glass substrate formed of tempered glass by an etching process, a second ITO coating layer coated on an upper surface of the tempered glass substrate, and a second electrode printed on an edge of an upper surface of the second ITO coating layer. The touch panel using tempered glass not only exhibits substantially improved strength and rigidity, but also has a variety of designs. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012843 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND RELATED CONTROL METHOD - A touch-controlled electronic apparatus includes a touch screen, and the touch screen includes a first area used as touch buttons and a second area used for displaying images. A method for controlling the touch-controlled electronic apparatus includes the steps of: detecting whether the touch screen receives a touch signal; when detecting that the touch screen receives the touch signal, determining whether a touched position of the touch signal is located on the first area to generate a determining result; and determining to trigger a first interrupt request or a second interrupt request according to the determining result. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012844 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH SENSING MECHANISM AND SENSE POSITIONING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display with sensing mechanism includes a data line, a sensing unit, a pixel unit, a first gate line, a second gate line, a source driver, a readout signal processing unit and a switch unit. The data line is used to deliver a data signal or a readout signal. The sensing unit is employed to generate the readout signal. The pixel unit functions to control pixel brightness according to the data signal. The first gate line delivers a first gate signal for controlling the sensing unit. The second gate line delivers a second gate signal for controlling the pixel unit. The source driver is utilized for providing the data signal. The readout signal processing unit performs a sensing position analysis on the readout signal received. The switch unit is put in use for connecting the data line with either the source driver or the readout signal processing unit. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012845 | TOUCH SENSOR STRUCTURES FOR DISPLAYS - An electronic device may have a touch screen display. The display may have a touch sensor structure that determines the location at which external objects touch the display. The touch sensor structure may have a clear substrate on which conductive capacitive touch sensor electrodes are formed. The electrodes may be formed from a transparent conductive material such as indium-tin oxide. The clear substrate may be formed from a flexible material such as a polymer. The polymer may be a clear polyimide. Copper traces or other conductive traces may be used to route sensor signals from the capacitive touch sensor electrodes to processing circuitry in the electronic device. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012846 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a body, a cover, a sliding apparatus, and a latch assembly. The body defines two sliding slots. The sliding apparatus is received in the two sliding slots and is slidable relative to the two sliding slots. The cover is foldable on the body and is rotatably coupled to the sliding apparatus. The latch assembly is fixed to the sliding apparatus. When the latch assembly latches the body, the sliding apparatus is unlatched from the electronic device, and the cover is slidable relative to the body and is unfolded while the cover slides away from the body. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012847 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING TERMINAL CONNECTION OF 4-TERMINAL OR 5-TERMINAL RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL - A device and method for detecting connections of a 4- or 5-terminal resistive touch panel are disclosed. The device includes five terminals and a detecting unit. When the five terminals are connected to the touch panel, the detecting unit provides a high potential and a low potential to first and last of the five terminals, respectively, thereby determining whether the touch panel is a 4- or 5-terminal resistive touch panel by determining if there is a closed circuit between the two terminals. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012848 | Methods and apparatus for operating a multi-object touch handheld device with touch sensitive display - A method of performing touch operation on a graphical object on a touch sensitive display of a multi-object touch handheld device is provided. The method comprises detecting the presence of at least two touch input objects; determining one of the touch input objects as pointing at a center of operation; determining a type of operation; and performing the type of operation on the graphical object at the center of operation. A handheld device with at least one processor and at least one type of memory is also provided. The handheld device further comprises touch sensitive display capable of showing at least one graphical object and sensing at least two touch input objects; means for determining the presence of the touch input objects touching the touch sensitive display; and means for determining a center of operation. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012849 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTROL - Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling an electronic device having a removable stylus for operating a touch screen of the electronic device, and at least one button for operating the electronic device, the method including: determining whether the stylus is removed from the electronic device, and deactivating the at least one button if the stylus is removed from the electronic device. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012850 | SELECTION OF A SELECTION ITEM ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A focused selection item is displayed on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device. An actuation of a physical key is detected. At least one function associated with the focused selection item is performed in response to the actuation. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012851 | User Interface Enhancement System - A user interface enhancement system that includes a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid contained within the fluid vessel that cooperates with the sheet to transmit an image through the sheet without substantial obstruction, a displacement device that influences the volume of fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, and an attachment component that couples the sheet to the device is disclosed. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012852 | PROTECTION-PLATE-ATTACHED ELECTRONIC MEMBER - A protection-plate-attached electronic member including: a first electronic member including a first transparent substrate; an adhesion layer which overlaps with the first transparent substrate; a protection plate fixed to the first electronic member in a state in which the adhesion layer intervenes between the protection plate and the first transparent substrate; and a peeling auxiliary section which intervenes between the adhesion layer and one of the protection plate and the first electronic member so as to lower bonding strength between the adhesion layer and the one of the protection plate and the first electronic member, wherein the adhesion layer includes an overlapping section which overlaps with the peeling auxiliary section; and a nonoverlapping section which does not overlap with the peeling auxiliary section and which directly contacts with the one of the protection plate and the first electronic member. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012853 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a sensing layer, which has a plurality of sensing lines extending along a first direction and arranged in a row along a second direction. Each of the sensing lines individually has a first end and a second end electrically connected to a detecting circuit respectively, and the detecting circuit computes a coordinate in the first direction of a touch position in accordance with voltage variation at the first and second ends of the sensing line. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012854 | Touch Sensing Method and Associated Apparatus - A touch screen includes an LCD panel; a display controller for processing a video signal to generate a panel control signal and a sensing control signal, with the panel control signal controlling the LCD panel so that the LCD panel displays images according to the panel control signal; a touch panel, for generating the sensing signal in response to a touch; and a sensing circuit, coupled to the touch panel and the display controller, for receiving the sensing signal and the sensing control signal to generate a position signal with reference to the sensing control signal. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012855 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PALM REJECTION - The present invention carries out palm rejection on a multi-touch panel. The panel is first touched by a palm before the detection of a finger or pen to define a rejection region and the touch location of the finger or pen is detected outside that rejection region. The present invention, when the rejection region and the touch location of the finger or pen have been detected, is able to continuously detecting a region touched by the palm using a detected range defined by the rejection region to determine whether the rejection region needs to be updated. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012856 | Methods for Operation of a Touch Input Device - The invention provides a method for operation of a touch input device comprising a touch input area. The method comprises the steps of (i) detecting a touch or near-touch of an object on or near said touch input area; (ii) determining a parameter indicative of the size and/or shape of said object; (iii) comparing said parameter with at least one predetermined value; and (iv) enabling an operational state of said touch input device in response to said comparison. The parameter may be compared with one or more threshold values which delimit the operational state of the input device. Such operational states include a sleep mode or active mode, the use of a full QWERTY or reduced keyboard, translation or rotation of graphical elements, etc. The method is particularly suitable for differentiating between a touch by a stylus or touch by a finger. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012857 | Mobile Terminal, Recording Medium, and Data Storing Method - When a touch start is designated within display coordinates of a selected character string, and a touch end is designated within display coordinates of an arbitrary character input key, a mobile terminal | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012858 | DUAL SCREEN DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system is provided with a first display device having a first screen and a second display device having a second screen. The display system also includes a hinging system connecting the first display device and the second display device. The hinging system is configured to permit the second display device to rotate independently of the first display device. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110018811 | GRADUAL PROXIMITY TOUCH SCREEN - In an example embodiment, there is disclosed herein an apparatus comprising a touch screen display, a sensing mechanism operable to sense an object in proximity of the touch screen display, and control logic coupled to the sensing mechanism and the touch screen display. The control logic is operable to calculate an anticipated touch point for the object on the touch screen. The control logic is responsive to calculating the anticipated touch point to increase a size of a portion of the touch screen display around the anticipated touch point. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018812 | Fast Typographical Error Correction for Touchscreen Keyboards - Techniques are provided for receiving an input from a touchscreen keyboard of a touchscreen display device having a display area, where the touchscreen keyboard is displayed in a first part of a display area and the input represents a selected key on the touchscreen keyboard. A character corresponding to the selected key is displayed in a text box that is displayed in a second part of the display area. A set of adjacent keys are determined that are adjacent to the selected key on the touchscreen keyboard, and the selected key and the set of adjacent keys are displayed in a third part of the display area. A correction touchscreen input is received from the third part of the display area for a key selected from among the set of adjacent keys, and a character displayed in the text box is replaced with a character corresponding to the correction touchscreen input. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018813 | ELECTRO-OSMOTIC TACTILE DISPLAY - The present disclosure generally relates to tactile display devices that include a reservoir for containing a driving fluid. A plurality of toxel portions may be sensitively drivable by the fluid for causing toxels to be displayed, and a pump member associated with the reservoir and toxel portions may pump the fluid from the reservoir to selected toxel portions to display a tactile image. The pump member may include an electro-osmotic pump configured to pump the fluid electro-osmotically in response to an applied voltage, and may be configured to selectively pump the fluid to generally activate the toxels independently from each other. The toxel layer may include the plurality of toxels as well as an elastomeric membrane that may have a pattern of the toxels, and may be configured such that the toxels may be expandable generally independently of each other in response to increased pressure of the fluid pumped into association therewith. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018814 | Virtual Device Buttons - Various implementations of virtual device button simulation are disclosed. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018815 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch screen panel comprises: a substrate; a first reflection-preventing film formed on the substrate; a first gate wiring formed on the first reflection-preventing film; and a sensing wiring formed above the first gate wiring to be insulated from the first gate wiring and to cross the first gate wiring. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018816 | MODULAR TOUCH CONTROL ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A modular touch control assembly is applicable to an electronic device for generating contact operating signals and a press operating signals. The modular touch control assembly includes a substrate, a touchpad, and at least one elastic member. The touchpad is disposed on the substrate, and is provided to be contacted to generate the contact operating signals. The touchpad is also provided to be pressed and tilted, and detectors such as switches or displacement detectors monitor the touchpad. As the touchpad is tilted, a corresponding press operating signal is generated by the detectors according to the direction that the touchpad is tilted. The elastic member is disposed between the touchpad and the substrate, to be pressed by the tilted touchpad, to generating an elastic force to reset the touchpad to the original position. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018817 | TOUCHPAD-ENABLED REMOTE CONTROLLER AND USER INTERACTION METHODS - The hand held case of the remote control unit includes at least one touchpad, and other sensors, such as acceleration sensors, case perimeter sensors, pressure sensors, RF signal sensors. These sensors provide a rich array of sensory inputs that are classified by a pattern recognizer to generate control commands for both the consumer electronic equipment and the remote control unit itself. A power management system to conserve unit battery power is also responsive to the pattern recognizer to allow intelligent power management control. The control system uses the display of the consumer electronic equipment to provide instructions to the user, and the behavior of the remote control system uses what is displayed on the display as context information for pattern recognition. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018818 | Map Display Device - A circular contour is drawn by hand so as to surround icons | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018819 | Touch Panel Interface System Used on Touch Panel, Touch device, and Method thereof - For solving the defect that a hardware clock of a serial peripheral interface bus has to cooperate with slower software-simulated clocks used by a microprocessor while applying serial peripheral interface buses on a large-scale touch panel, a programmable logic device is used as a bridge of communicating information between the micro processor and sensors. Therefore, the microprocessor no longer has to take execution time to simulate serial peripheral interface buses by software, and is able to program hardware clocks of each of the serial peripheral interface buses according to speed requirements of different sensors, so that sensing signals of a plurality of sensors may be integrated on a touch device having the large-scale touch panel, and a processing speed of the touch device in processing the sensing signals may be optimized as a result. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018820 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY - The invention relates to an electronic apparatus comprising a flexible display | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018821 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a first touch panel, a second touch panel, and a controller. The first touch panel displays a first object and detects a first touch operation of a user on the first object. The second touch panel displays a second object and detects a second touch operation of the user on the second object. The controller links and changes the displayed first object and the displayed second object when the second touch operation is detected within a predetermined time period since the first touch operation has been detected. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018822 | GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD AND TOUCH SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - A gesture recognition method for a touch system includes the steps of: capturing images looking across a plate surface with at least one image sensor; processing the images to determine a contact state variation of a single pointer on the plate surface; and recognizing whether a relative variation between the single pointer and the plate surface matches a predetermined gesture when the contact state variation is larger than a threshold. The present invention further provides a touch system. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018823 | Organic light emitting diode display device including tough panel - An OLED display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, a touch panel on a first surface of the display panel, a frame covering side surfaces of the display panel, and an adhesive tape connecting the touch panel both to the frame and the display panel. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018824 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are a display system and a method of controlling the same, the display system including: an input device which includes a movable light interceptor and selectively intercepts light; a display panel which is touched with the input device; an emitter which emits light; a receiver which receives light; and a display device including a controller which controls the emitter and the receiver to emit and receive light, respectively, and recognizes the input device if light emitted from the emitter is intercepted by the light interceptor. With this, a contact time and a recognition time of an object can be separated. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018825 | SENSING A TYPE OF ACTION USED TO OPERATE A TOUCH PANEL - Apparatus and methods relate to a touch panel and a sensor that senses a type of action used to operate the touch panel. The sensor can be a vibration sensor that senses a vibration caused by an object contacting the touch panel. The sensor can be separate from the touch panel. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018826 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE TYPE INPUT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH INPUT FUNCTION INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an electrostatic capacitance type input apparatus, including, a first substrate, a flexible second substrate disposed so as to face the first substrate, a first electrode for detection of a depressed position, the first electrode being provided either on a surface side, in the first substrate, facing the flexible second substrate or on a side opposite to the flexible second substrate with respect to the first substrate, a second electrode for detection of a depressed position, the second electrode being provided on the flexible second substrate, and an elastic member having an insulating property and provided between the first substrate and the flexible second substrate. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018827 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a position detecting section that detects a touch position of a pointing object on a display screen of a display section, a region detecting section that detects a region on the display screen which is hidden by the pointing object, and a control section that displays information associated with the touch position outside the region detected by the region detecting section, when the touch position is detected by the position detecting section. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018828 | TOUCH DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL UNIT FOR MULTI-TOUCH ENVIRONMENT - A touch device for multi-touch environment generates a sensing signal in response to an object touch thereon, generates an event signal according to the sensing signal and a control signal, generates a cursor signal according to coordinate information of each touch point contained in the sensing signal and the event signal, and transmits the cursor signal and the event signal to the multi-touch environment. The cursor signal is used to control a cursor application to show a cursor at a screen for each touch point and changes appearances of the cursors. The cursors clearly inform a user of locations where his/her fingers correspond on the screen. By conducting touch events in the multi-touch environment through the cursors instead of actual fingers, the user can operate the touch device other than a touch screen in a multi-touch manner as operating a multi-touch screen. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018829 | MUTUAL CAPACITANCE SENSING ARRAY - A method and apparatus for sensing a conductive object by a mutual capacitance sensing array is described according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mutual capacitance sensing array comprises one or more sensor elements. Each sensor element comprises an outer frame including a conductive material. A cavity is formed within the interior of the outer frame. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018830 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HUMAN INPUT TO A COMPUTER - The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer. The method includes the steps of placing a first target on a first portion of the user's body, using an electro-optical sensing means, sensing data related to the location of the first target and data related to the location of a second portion of the user's body, the first and second portions of the user's body being movable relative to each other, providing an output of the electro-optical sensing means to the input of the computer, determining the location of the first target and the location of the second portion of the user's body, and varying the output of the computer to the display based upon the determined locations for contemporaneous viewing by the user. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018831 | HUMAN INTERFACES FOR VEHICLES, HOMES, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - The disclosed invention concerns novel methods and apparatus for controlling computer systems using both touch screens and physical controls, and is useful in many applications such as vehicles, homes and the like. Physical controls and virtual displayed controls on single and multipoint touch screens are used, separately or in combination to enable higher visibility and understanding of control information and easier operation of controls, particularly useful in stressful situations. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018832 | HUMAN INTERFACES FOR VEHICLES, HOMES, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - The disclosed invention concerns novel methods and apparatus for controlling computer systems using both touch screens and physical controls, and is useful in many applications such as vehicles, homes and the like. Physical controls and virtual displayed controls on single and multipoint touch screens are used, separately or in combination to enable higher visibility and understanding of control information and easier operation of controls, particularly useful in stressful situations. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018833 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An information display method in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes displaying information on a display unit of the mobile terminal, generating a scrolling start signal, and scrolling the information with a positive acceleration based on the generated scrolling start signal. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018834 | Touch System and Recognition Method - A touch system including a touch panel and a readout circuit is disclosed. The touch panel is integrated with a plurality of photosensitive elements within pixel elements, and capable of displaying at least touch position by at least an optical inputting. The touch panel provides a signal data when the touch panel is touched. The readout circuit is configured to receive the signal data and includes a transformation unit and a processing unit. The transformation unit generates a signal value based on the signal data and a transformation parameter. The processing unit executes a specific action when the signal value is less than a preset value. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110018835 | INPUT DETECTION DEVICE, INPUT DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input detection device ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110025608 | TACTILE DISPLAY CONTROL - Examples of methods, systems and computer accessible mediums related to tactile imaging are generally described herein. Some examples may comprise using a receiver to receive information related to a tactile image. Examples may also comprise using a processing arrangement to determine a top hierarchical area of the display corresponding to the image information and/or determining a sub-hierarchical area of the display within the top hierarchical area corresponding to the image information. Some Examples may further comprise using a transmitter to transmit a signal to a tactile display based on the determined sub-hierarchical area for activating a toxel in the determined sub-hierarchical area of the tactile display. Activation of the toxel may comprise activating a plurality of toxels in a determined sub-hierarchical area in response to the transmitted signal. The hierarchical area may include a plurality of sub-hierarchical areas within the top hierarchical area. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025609 | Systems And Methods For Piezo-Based Haptic Feedback - Systems and methods for piezo-based haptic feedback are disclosed. For example, one described apparatus for piezo-based haptic feedback includes a polymer matrix, and a piezoelectric actuator at least partially embedded within the polymer matrix, the piezoelectric actuator configured to output a haptic effect. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025610 | ENCRYPTING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A hardware encryption device comprises: a touch panel controller; and a cryptographic engine in communication with the touch panel controller. The touch panel controller receives co-ordinates from the cryptographic engine corresponding to an area on a touch panel selected by a user. The cryptographic engine is operable to discriminate between a selection in a secure area on a screen and a selection in a non-secure area on a screen, and to action the selection differently depending on whether the selection is in a secure area or a non-secure area. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025611 | Multi-Touch Display And Input For Vision Testing And Training - The present invention provides systems and methods for receiving an input to a sensory test or training activity by way of a touch-screen device. The touch-screen device receives instructions by way of a wireless communication protocol from a sensory testing and training device. The instructions may be comprised of a command to display a graphical element on the touch-screen device. As a result, the touch-screen device displays the graphical element on a display surface of the touch-screen device. Further, an input may be received from a subject in the form of a physical contact between the subject and the display surface of the touch-screen device. The input may be in response to a sensory test or a sensory training activity. Additionally, the touch-screen device communicates the input to the sensory training device utilizing a wireless communication protocol. In an additional embodiment, the touch-screen device provides feedback to a user. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025612 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, SEALANT THEREOF, AND COMPOSITION FOR FORMING SEALANT - A touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a display medium and a sealant. The touch-sensing structure and the display medium are sealed between the first and second substrates by the sealant. The sealant is formed by performing a polymerization reaction on a composition. The composition includes a bis-phenol A type epoxy acrylic monomer (20 to 50 weight percent (wt %)), an acrylic monomer (2 to 8 wt %), a photo-initiator reagent (0.5 to 5 wt %) and a hardener reagent (1 to 5 wt %). The acrylic monomer has a chemical formula represented as the following: | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025613 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch apparatus and a touch sensing method thereof are provided. The touch apparatus includes a touch panel and a controller coupling to the touch panel. The controller includes a detection unit and a decision unit coupling to the detection unit. A touch coordinate which is resulted from the touch panel being touched is detected by the detection unit, and a decision result is obtained according as the touch coordinate is touched continuously during a specific time. A database for storing a decision data is built in the decision unit according to the decision result. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025614 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COORDINATE CALCULATION METHOD - A touch panel detects a point in one of a plurality of unit areas at which an input was made, the unit areas being arranged in a matrix in an instruction plane. A game apparatus repeatedly acquires detection coordinates for locating a unit area detected by a pointing device. Also, the game apparatus repeatedly calculates, in response to the acquisition of the detection coordinates, detailed coordinates by which a point can be represented with accuracy in more detail than by the detection coordinates. The detailed coordinates indicate a point in the direction of a unit area indicated by previously acquired detection coordinates, as viewed from a predetermined reference point within a unit area indicated by currently acquired detection coordinates. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025615 | Touchpad with a Double-Layer Printed Circuit Board Structure - The present invention provides a touchpad with a double-layer printed circuit board structure. The touchpad comprises an upper layer, a bottom layer, a first conductor; and a second conductor; wherein the upper layer is configured to act as a touch-sensitive zone, and comprises a plurality of first conductive units, a first conductive wire and a plurality of second conductive units; the bottom layer comprises a wire connecting zone and a component zone, wherein the wire connecting zone further includes a second conductive wire and a connecting line configured to be electrically coupled to the component zone; and the first conductor and the second conductor are configured to connect the upper layer to the bottom layer; wherein the first and the second conductive units are each serially-connected to form a first touch-sensitive line and a second touch-sensitive line, respectively. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025616 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a lid with a window defined in a base wall thereof, a touch panel attached to the base wall in alignment with the window, and a plurality of positioning members. The are slidably attached to the base wall around the window for adjustably bracketing the touch panel therebetween. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025617 | HYBRID TOUCH PANEL - A hybrid touch panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, and an insulation layer and a separating layer sandwiched between the first and second substrates. The first substrate has a first transparent electrode mounted thereon. A plurality of first electrodes are respectively mounted alongside edges of the first transparent electrode and are respectively connected with a plurality of first leading lines. The second substrate has a plurality of juxtaposed second transparent electrodes respectively corresponding to the first transparent electrode, a plurality of second electrodes respectively mounted on the second transparent electrodes and connected with a plurality of wires and second leading lines. Each second transparent electrode accompanying with the first transparent electrode forms an active areas. Accordingly, a multi-area touch panel can be constructed to enable a more smooth and flexible operation. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025618 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ANGULAR VARIATION OF A CONTROL PATH ON A TOUCH SURFACE AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL MODULE - The invention relates to a method for determining the elementary angle of a control path on a touch surface, characterised in that it comprises measuring two elementary movement values (|dX|, |dY|) along two perpendicular axes (X, Y) for a predetermined duration (dT), comparing said values (|dX|, |dY|) with unitary value ranges of elementary movements (Xu, Yu) of a reference data table and allocating a reference data representative of an angle to an elementary angle (dθ) of the control path. The invention also relates to a method for detecting an angular variation of a control path on a touch surface, characterised in that it comprises implementing the above method for determining the elementary angle of a control path on a touch surface and storing the elementary angle (dθ) allocated during an elementary step, repeating the elementary step, and assembling in series the allocated elementary angles (dθ) in order to determine an angular variation of the control path. The invention further relates to a control module including a touch surface ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025619 | ELECTRONIC ANALYSIS CIRCUIT WITH MODULATION OF SCANNING CHARACTERISTICS FOR PASSIVE-MATRIX MULTICONTACT TACTILE SENSOR - An electronic analysis circuit for a multicontact passive-matrix tactile sensor including an electrical supply mechanism powering one of two axes of the matrix, and a mechanism detecting electrical characteristics along the other axis of the matrix, at nodes between the two axes. At least one scanning characteristic is modulated locally or temporally. A multicontact passive-matrix tactile sensor can include such an electronic analysis circuit. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025620 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - The present invention relates to an optical touch-sensitive device and a method of determining a position and determining a position change of an object contacting an optical touch sensitive device. In particular, the present invention relates to an optical touch pad and a method of determining a position and determining a position change of an object contacting an optical touch pad. A touch-sensitive device, according to the present invention may comprise a light source, a touch-sensitive waveguide, a detector array, and a first light redirecting member, wherein at least a part of the light propagating towards a specific point of the detector array is prevented from being incident upon the specific point of the detector array when an object contacts a touch-sensitive surface of the touch-sensitive waveguide at a corresponding specific contact point. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025621 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device which is the liquid crystal display device ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025622 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - There is provided a touch panel including a coordinate input region composed of a double-layered structure which comprises: an input selective region | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025623 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The invention discloses an electronic device with a touch panel and the method for controlling the same. The method includes the steps of: determining that the electronic device is operated in a stylus mode or a general mode; determining that the touch point is an effective touch point when the electronic device is in a stylus mode and the touch point on the touch panel is determined to be the first-type touch point; determining that the touch point is an ineffective touch point when the electronic device is in a stylus mode and the touch point on the touch panel is determined to be a second-type touch point; and determining that the touch point on the touch panel is an effective touch point when the electronic device is in a general mode. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025624 | Image Display Device - A method for operating an image display device for resizing an image on a touch panel is disclosed. The method displays an image, and detects an image resizing instruction set for changing a size of the image on the touch panel. The method changes the size of the image on the touch panel based on the image resizing instruction set. In this manner, a user can change the size of the image on the touch panel without inadvertently terminating an image resizing process. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025625 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and a method for controlling a mobile electronic device are disclosed. The mobile electronic device comprises a first display and a second display. A data item displayed on the first display is displayed on the second display in response to a state determined by a state determination module. The method comprises determining a state based on a rotational direction and/or positional relation of the mobile electronic device. The method further comprises selecting a display for displaying data based on the state. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025626 | Information Device - A method for executing an application program is disclosed. One or more icons are displayed on a touch panel. If a user's fingerprint is authenticated on the touch panel, an application program is given access to designated personal information. The application program is then executed using the designated personal information, if the detected action is an information-designated start operation. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025627 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL UNIT, SCROLLING CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A touchscreen panel unit includes a scrolling determination part configured to determine whether to scroll a displayable region of information to be displayed on a screen based on the positional relationship between the position of a first contact with the screen and the position of a second contact with the screen; a scrolling setting part configured to set the scrolling direction and the scrolling distance of the displayable region based on the position of the first contact and a contact position path starting at the position of the second contact, in response to the scrolling determination part determining that the displayable region is to be scrolled; and a scrolling information output part configured to output information indicating the scrolling direction and the scrolling distance set by the scrolling setting part. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025628 | Method for Determining Touch Point Displacement and Associated Apparatus - A method for determining a displacement of a touch point is applied to a touch panel to reduce noise interfering with determination of the displacement. The method includes obtaining a displacement according to a movement of a touch point on the touch panel; checking whether the displacement is within a predetermined range; and determining that the movement is valid when the displacement is within the predetermined range. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025629 | Dynamic Mode Switching for Fast Touch Response - A method of operating a touch-sensing surface may include determining a presence of at least one conductive object at the touch-sensing surface by performing a search measurement of a first set of sensor elements of the touch-sensing surface, and in response to determining the presence of the at least one conductive object, determining a location of the at least one conductive object by performing a tracking measurement of a second set of sensor elements of the touch-sensing surface. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025630 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION AND CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS USING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD THEREOF - A character input method using a touch screen, in which one or more areas requiring user input is defined in the touch screen, pre-recognized information is defined for each of the defined areas, character information is received by a user in one or more user desired areas among the defined areas, the character information is recognized using a character recognizer, and the recognized character information is updated in the user desired areas. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025631 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a capacitive touch screen ( | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025632 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SELECTING MENU AND ITEM - A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes allowing, via a wireless communication unit on the mobile terminal, wireless communication with at least one other terminal; displaying, on a first side of a touch screen display of the mobile terminal, a sound icon indicating whether or not a sound is output by the mobile terminal; receiving, via a controller, a touching selection signal indicating a touching of the sound icon; displaying, on the touch screen display, a first indicator corresponding to the sound icon on a second side of the touch screen display and separated from the sound icon, said first indicator indicating a direction in which a touch and drag operation should occur to turn off the sound output by the mobile terminal; receiving, via the controller, a touch and drag selection signal indicating a dragging operation along a vector from the sound icon toward an intersection with the first indicator; and turning off, via the controller, the sound output by the mobile terminal after receiving the touch and drag signal indicating the dragging operation and before the first indicator is touched. The present invention also provides a corresponding mobile terminal. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025633 | CONTROLLING DEVICE WITH DUAL-MODE, TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A processing device of a universal controlling device is programmed to distinguish between a first input type provided to a touch-sensitive surface and a second input type provided to the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being provided the first input type which is indicative of a static touch made upon the touch-sensitive surface the processing device causes a transmitter to transmit first data representative of the static touch made upon the touch-sensitive surface. In response to the touch-sensitive surface being provided the second input type which is indicative of a moving touch made across the touch-sensitive surface, the processing device causes the transmitter to transmit second data being representative of the moving touch made across the touch-sensitive surface. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025634 | DETECTION OF LOW NOISE FREQUENCIES FOR MULTIPLE FREQUENCY SENSOR PANEL STIMULATION - The identification of low noise stimulation frequencies for detecting and localizing touch events on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a separate sense line in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers, each mixer using a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency, phase and delay. With no stimulation signal applied to any drive lines in the touch sensor panel, pairs of mixers can demodulate the sum of the output of all sense channels using the in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals of a particular frequency. The demodulated outputs of each mixer pair can be used to calculate the magnitude of the noise at that particular frequency, wherein the lower the magnitude, the lower the noise at that frequency. Several low noise frequencies can be selected for use in a subsequent touch sensor panel scan function. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025635 | TOUCH AND PROXIMITY SENSITIVE DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH AND PROXIMITY SENSING METHOD USING THE SAME - A touch and proximity sensitive display panel, a display device, and a touch and proximity sensing method using the same are disclosed. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, a pixel substrate having a pixel electrode arranged in an image output direction, a common substrate having a common electrode arranged at a position facing the pixels, and a panel controller that identifies touch and proximity positions of a touch object by sensing electrostatic capacitances of the pixel electrodes through the data lines in a touch-sensing mode. The display panel can sense the touch and proximity of the touch object without an additional touch screen. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025636 | CONTACT SENSING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED EDGE POSITION RECOGNITION CHARACTERISTICS - A touch sensing apparatus with improved edge touch position recognition characteristics is provided. The touch sensing apparatus includes a panel unit including a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in a line along a first axis, a sensor unit to collect sensor data indicating a change in electrical characteristics occurring in each of the plurality of sensor electrodes, the sensor unit being connected to the plurality of sensor electrodes, and a computing unit to determine a touch position on the panel unit, to which a touch of a user is applied, based on sensor data collected from at least one sensor electrode among the plurality of sensor electrodes, wherein, among the plurality of sensor electrodes, an edge sensor electrode is located on an edge in a first axis direction, and is formed narrower in width in the first axis direction than the sensor electrodes other than the edge sensor electrode. When this configuration is employed, an invalid input region formed on an edge of an input region may be removed or reduced and thus, touch position recognition characteristics of the touch sensing apparatus may be enhanced. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110025637 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed are a display device and an input device. The display device includes: gate and data lines arranged to cross each other and to define a pixel region; a pixel electrode disposed on the pixel region; a sensing element disposed on the pixel region; and a switching element configured to selectively connect the data line with any one of the pixel electrode and sensing element. Such a display device according to an embodiment allows both of a scan signal for the display of an image and an externally input signal to be transferred through the data line. Therefore, the display device according to an embodiment can display an image and input an external signal such as a touch or others, using a simplified configuration. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110032191 | VIDEO SYSTEM AND REMOTE CONTROL WITH TOUCH INTERFACE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL CONTENT DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is a method of operating a remote control system having a touch interface. The method comprises receiving a user input through the touch interface, generating a control communication corresponding to the user input and transferring the control communication from a communication transceiver to remotely control a display of content on a video display system, receiving into the communication transceiver supplemental content for display on the touch interface, and displaying the supplemental content on the touch interface while the video display system displays the content. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032192 | TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system is disclosed herein. The system includes an anesthesia machine, and a control system. The control system includes a touch screen, and a computer. The computer is configured to identify a first position at which the touch screen is contacted, identify a control parameter of the anesthesia machine based on the first position, and identify a second position at which the touch screen is contacted. The computer is further configured to identify a contact range comprising a generally continuous sequence of contact points including and extending in a direction away from the second position at which the touch screen is contacted. The computer is further configured to regulate the control parameter of the anesthesia machine based on the contact range. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032193 | PROJECTED CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE PANEL - A touch-sensitive panel is described herein that includes a first sensor layer and a second sensor layer and at least one shield electrode integrated into the first sensor layer and/or the second sensor layer. The at least one shield electrode is operable to cancel parasitic capacitance between at least one sense electrode in the first sensor layer and at least one sense electrode in the second sensor layer. The integrated shield electrode(s) in the first sensor layer and/or the second sensor layer can be used in place of an additional shield layer to combat parasitic capacitance in the touch-sensitive panel, thereby reducing the cost and materials necessary to manufacture the touch-sensitive panel. A touch-screen display that includes such a touch-sensitive panel and a method of operating such a touch-sensitive panel are also described. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032194 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TRACKS OF TOUCH INPUTS ON TOUCH-SENSITIVE PANEL AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for detecting tracks of touch inputs on touch-sensitive panel, which is applied for an electronic apparatus having a touch-sensitive panel, comprises: during a first period, detecting M touch positions of M touch inputs on the touch-sensitive panel; during a second period, detecting N touch positions of N touch inputs on the touch-sensitive panel, where M and N are positive integers and M is less than or equal to N; selecting a specific touch input from the M touch inputs, where the specific touch input corresponds to a specific touch position of the M touch positions; and determining a track of the specific touch input on the touch-sensitive panel according to N distances that are between the specific touch position and the N touch positions respectively. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032195 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a touch layer, a first Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) electrode layer, a second ITO layer, and a microcapsule layer. The first ITO electrode layer includes a plurality of first ITO electrode. The second ITO electrode layer includes a plurality of second ITO electrodes. Each of the first ITO electrodes and one corresponding second ITO electrode forms an electrode unit. The microcapsule layer includes a plurality of microcapsules. Each microcapsule is connected to the first ITO electrode and the corresponding second ITO electrode. Each microcapsule comprises a plurality of positively charged particles and negatively charged particles. When the touch panel is touched, the distribution of the positively and negatively charged particles in the microcapsule corresponding to the touch portion of the touch layer is placed in a polarization state. An electronic device using the touch panel is also provided. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032196 | Touch panel and display device using the same - The present disclosure provides a touch panel and a display device employing the same. The touch panel includes at least one transparent layer consisting of a carbon nanotube metal composite layer including a carbon nanotube layer and a metal layer coated on the carbon nanotube layer. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032197 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprises: a calculation unit configured to calculate differences between the display coordinates of the plurality of target touch marks and the coordinates converted by the conversion unit; a correction unit configured to calculate an average value with reference to the center of the display range from the differences calculated by the calculation unit, and to correct, using the average value, the coordinates converted by the conversion unit so that distances between the reference coordinates and the coordinates converted by the conversion unit become equal to each other; and an update unit configured to calculate new conversion coefficients required to correct displacements between the coordinates corrected by the correction unit and the display coordinates of the plurality of target touch marks, and to update the new conversion coefficients as conversion coefficients used in subsequent touch position detection of the touch panel. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032198 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a mobile display apparatus applied to the display apparatus including a display screen; a touch panel that detects an operation performed by a user in the display screen; state decision unit that decides one of a contact state, a proximity state and a distant state with the display screen based on the user's operation detected by the touch panel; a state change identification unit that identifies a state change in the user's operation according to the state decided by the state decision unit; and an operation command setting unit that sets an operation command depending on the state change identified by the state change identification unit when setting the operation command for controlling display of the display screen in response to the user's operation. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032199 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH SENSITIVITY IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for controlling touch sensitivity in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes controlling the touch sensitivity of a Touch Screen Panel (TSP) according to application or function in operation, and sensing a touch operation generated in the TSP at the controlled touch sensitivity. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032200 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING A CHARACTER IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN - A method and apparatus for inputting a character in a portable terminal including a touch screen. The touch screen is divided into a character display area for displaying a finally selected character, a character guide area for displaying a character array including multiple characters that are selectable by a user, and a character selection area for sensing a touch input of the user. A single character is selected from the characters displayed on the character guide area according to a drag of the touch input sensed through the character selection area, and displayed the character guide area. The displayed character is then finally selected and displayed on the character display area when the touch input is released. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032201 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus, allowing a plurality of input operations to be performed by a touch panel, increasing application performance, and decreasing power consumption, is realized. The display control apparatus performs a coordinate sampling processing at a short (fast) coordinate sampling cycle t1 until a predetermined time T elapses from the starting of touch, and performs the sampling in a coordinate sampling cycle t2 that is longer (slower) than t1 after the predetermined time T elapses. The display control apparatus can certainly distinguish an operation in a coordinate sampling cycle of a necessary minimum speed by setting a coordinate sampling cycle to be high-speed at immediately after starting, and changing a coordinate sampling cycle to be low-speed in the other period. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032202 | PORTABLE COMPUTER WITH TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY - A portable computer is comprised of means for computing and determining whether a main body of the portable computer was rotated in a horizontal plane by predetermined degrees, means for determining that a request of change of dominant hand was inputted when the main body has rotated by the predetermined degrees, means for switching a dominant hand setting when the request of change of the dominant hand was inputted, means for reversing a game image and displaying the reversed image after switching the dominant hand setting, and means for switching a display position of a user interface element and displaying the switched one and for switching program for controlling the user interface element. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032203 | HUMAN INTERFACES FOR VEHICLES, HOMES, AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - The disclosed invention concerns novel methods and apparatus for controlling computer systems using both touch screens and physical controls, and is useful in many applications such as vehicles, homes and the like. Physical controls and virtual displayed controls on single and multipoint touch screens are used, separately or in combination to enable higher visibility and understanding of control information and easier operation of controls, particularly useful in stressful situations. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032204 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HUMAN INPUT TO A COMPUTER - The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer. The method includes the steps of placing a first target on a first portion of the user's body, using an electro-optical sensing means, sensing data related to the location of the first target and data related to the location of a second portion of the user's body, the first and second portions of the user's body being movable relative to each other, providing an output of the electro-optical sensing means to the input of the computer, determining the location of the first target and the location of the second portion of the user's body, and varying the output of the computer to the display based upon the determined locations for contemporaneous viewing by the user. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032205 | Laminated Touch Screen - In a touch screen having a flexible outer membrane with a first conducting surface, a backing surface with a second conductive surface, and sensors to detect contact between the first conducting surface and the second conducting surface, the improvement comprising the flexible outer membrane, wherein the flexible outer layer consists of an ultra-thin glass layer, a polymer layer; and an optical adhesive between the ultra-thin glass layer and the polymer layer, the optical adhesive holding the ultra-thin glass layer to the polymer layer. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110032206 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device, on which both a touch sensor and a fingerprint sensor can be mounted is provided. Furthermore, presence of touch on the touch sensor or the fingerprint sensor efficiently monitored. The mobile electronic device includes the touch sensor that obtains touch information by detecting, in a first touch area, touching with a finger, and the fingerprint sensor that obtains fingerprint information by detecting, in a second touch area adjacent to the first touch area, the surface unevenness of the finger. The mobile electronic device further includes a control unit that generates first movement information relating to the finger by processing of the touch information in time series, generates second movement information relating to the finger by processing of the fingerprint information in time series, and associates the first movement information with the second movement information, thereby generating information relating to movement of the finger from the first touch area to the second touch area, or a control unit that sets a state where finger print detection can be started in the second touch area when detecting touching with the finger in the first touch area. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110037705 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE - A touch-sensitive user interface includes a sensor element providing a plurality of sensing areas, a measurement circuit coupled to the sensor element and operable to iteratively acquire measurement signal values indicative of the proximity of an object to the respective sensing areas, and a processor operable to receive the measurement signal values from the measurement circuit and to classify a sensing area as an activated sensing area for a current iteration according to predefined selection criteria, wherein the predefined selection criteria are such that activation of at least a first sensing area in a current iteration is suppressed if at least a second sensing area has previously been classified as an activated sensing area within a predefined period before the current iteration. Thus a sensing area may be prevented from being activated for a predefined period of time after another sensing area has been activated. Furthermore, activation of different sensing areas may be suppressed for different periods of time in response to other sensing areas having been previously activated. sensing area | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037706 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device that has a touch-sensitive input device, includes detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive input device, determining an input based on the touch and providing a response to the touch by modulating a force applied by an actuating arrangement on the touch-sensitive input device based on the input. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037707 | APPARATUS COMPRISING AN OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT SHEET AND RELATED METHODS - An apparatus includes an optically transparent sheet having an electrically conductive layer, an electrode element, and electro-vibration circuitry configured to provide a time-varying voltage signal across the electrically conductive layer and the electrode element so as to cause a user to experience electro-vibration in a first body part of the user when the first body part is moved across an exterior surface of the optically transparent sheet while a second body part of the user is in contact with the electrode element. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037708 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE HAVING HIGH TOUCH SENSITIVITY AND TOUCH POSITIONING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel device having high touch sensitivity includes sensing capacitors, switches, storage capacitors, a differential amplifier and a signal processing unit. During a sense period, the switches are periodically turned on alternately for periodically transferring the charges of the sensing capacitors to the storage capacitors. The differential amplifier is put in use for amplifying the voltage difference of two corresponding storage capacitors for generating a touch readout signal. The signal processing unit performs an OR operation on two touch readout signals generated during different sense periods based on different sensing capacitor combinations regarding same panel touch position for providing a touch position signal. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037709 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TOUCH-SURFACE CONTROL DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL DEVICE - The invention relates to a method of controlling a touch-surface control device characterized in that it comprises a step of shape recognition of a control trajectory on a touch surface from among at least two predefined shapes of trajectory, in which in the course of a predetermined duration (dT): the control trajectory is sampled in order to determine a sampled angle (dθ) of the control trajectory for each sampling period (Te), a parameter representative of the evolution of at least two sampled angles (dθ) is compared with a predetermined threshold, and a predefined trajectory shape is assigned to the control trajectory as a function of the result of the comparison. The invention also relates to a control device comprising a tough surface characterized in that it comprises a processing unit for implementing a control method as described above. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037710 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. According to at least one of embodiments of the present invention, while a first function is being executed in a mobile terminal, if a second function different from the first function is executed, a first function icon having execution progress status information of the first function at a timing point of stopping the execution of the first function can be generated. If the first function is re-executed by selecting the first function icon later, it is advantageous in that the first function can be executed in a manner of being continuous with an execution progress status at the execution stop timing point. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037711 | METHOD OF LAUNCHING A SELECTED APPLICATION IN A MULTI-MONITOR COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MULTI-MONITOR COMPUTER SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE SAME - A method of launching a selected application in a multi-monitor computer system ( | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037712 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is presented. The mobile terminal includes a display module, a short-range communication module configured to perform short-range communication, and a controller configured to search for at least one device available for short-range communication via the short-range communication module, acquire location information of the at least one searched other electronic device, and display the at least one searched electronic device reflecting the acquired location information on the display module. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037713 | Touch Display - A touch display including a display panel, multiple first stripe electrodes, a substrate, multiple second stripe electrodes, and multiple spacers is provided. The display panel has a first surface, and the first stripe electrodes are disposed on the first surface. The substrate has a second surface, and the first surface faces the second surface. The second stripe electrodes are disposed on the second surface. A longitudinal direction of the first stripe electrodes is perpendicular to that of the second stripe electrodes. The spacers are disposed between the first surface of the display panel and the second surface of the substrate. Orthogonal projections of the spacers are on the display panel at locations where the first stripe electrodes are not disposed. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037714 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method for controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes displaying, via a display, a plurality of items on a touch screen of the mobile terminal; receiving, via a controller on the mobile terminal, a first touching signal indicating a first item of the plurality of items has been touched and held for a predetermined amount of time; displaying, via the display, a first preview screen corresponding to the selected first item when the first item has been touched and held for the predetermined amount of time; receiving, via the controller, a second touching signal indicating a flicking operation has been performed on the touch screen while the first touching signal is still being received; and displaying, via the display, a second preview screen of a next-priority item among the plurality of item instead of the first preview screen based on the received first and second touching signals. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037715 | TOUCH PANEL CORRECTING APPARATUS AND THE METHOD THEREFOR - The invention relates to a touch panel correcting apparatus includes a control module, a processing module, a detecting module, a judging module and a correcting module. The control module is used for generating a controlling signal. The processing module is used for executing a pointing action under a first predetermined manner after receiving the controlling signal. The detecting module is used for detecting the touch panel according to the pointing action under a second predetermined manner and generating at least one detecting result. The judging module is used for executing a predetermined operation according to the at least one detecting result and a predetermined information and generating at least one correcting value. The correcting module is used for correcting the touch panel according to the at least one correcting value. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037716 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch screen display apparatus for easily sensing the touch of a user. The touch screen display apparatus includes: a substrate; a display unit formed on the substrate; and a touch panel disposed to face the display unit, where the touch panel comprises a sealing substrate, a first electrode formed on the sealing substrate, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and a light receiving unit comprising an organic material interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037717 | Backlight Module with Low Electromagnetic Interference and Display Device Using the Same - A backlight module and a display device using the same are provided. The display device includes a display panel, an electromagnetic touch panel, and the backlight module overlapping one another. The backlight module has a light guide plate and a light source module consisting of a flexible circuit board strip and a plurality of light sources disposed thereon. The flexible circuit board strip includes a light source section, a connection section, and a signal transmission section. The light source section and the signal transmission section extend along a light entrance edge and a side edge adjacent to the light entrance edge of the light guide plate, respectively. Two ends of the connection section are connected to the light source section and the signal transmission section, respectively. The connection section includes at least one first fold making the light source disposing plane of the light source section and the wiring disposing plane of the signal transmission section be no coplanar and also makes the wiring disposing plane be perpendicular to the plane of the side edge of the light guide plate. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037718 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR SELECTABLE INPUT WITH A TOUCH SCREEN - A selective input system and associated method is provided which tracks the motion of a pointing device over a region or area. The pointing device can be a touchpad, a mouse, a pen, or any device capable of providing two or three-dimensional location. The region or area is preferably augmented with a printed or actual keyboard/pad. Alternatively, a representation of the location of the pointing device over a virtual keyboard/pad can be dynamically shown on an associated display. The system identifies selections of items or characters by detecting parameters of motion of the pointing device, such as length of motion, a change in direction, a change in velocity, and or a lack of motion at locations that correspond to features on the keyboard/pad. The input system is preferably coupled to a text disambiguation system such as a T9® or Sloppytype™ system, to improve the accuracy and usability of the input system. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037719 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus is provided. A frame is fixed and supported at the rear of a front panel forming the front portion of the display apparatus, and a separate bracket member is not mounted on the edges of the front panel. Thus, the front exterior of the display apparatus is neatly finished, and the display screen looks bigger than it actually is. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110037720 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile phone is disclosed wherein an operation window is displayed on a display unit. Buttons for input of information for controlling processing related to an application executed in the mobile phone are displayed in the operation window. A touch panel is provided on the display unit. When a user drags his/her finger on the touch panel as indicated by an arrow, a display position of the operation window is shifted so as to be dragged by the user's finger. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110043453 | FINGER OCCLUSION AVOIDANCE ON TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICES - System and method for creating an information-free zone (“hole”) in the content displayed in the area of the display where the finger touches it. The content previously displayed in the hole is pushed to the sides around the hole and thereby remains visible. This avoids the occlusion of the content and allows the user to place the cursor on the display accurately. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043454 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK USING COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - Human-computer interface devices are described in the present disclosure. In one embodiment, among several embodiments, a human-computer interface includes a display device configured to visually display images to a user and a touch sensitive device configured to sense contact with the user. Furthermore, the human-computer interface includes a composite piezoelectric layer positioned between the display device and the touch sensitive device. The composite piezoelectric layer is configured to provide haptic feedback to the user. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043455 | FINGER OCCLUSION AVOIDANCE ON TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICES - System and method for creating an information-free zone (“hole”) in the content displayed in the area of the display where the finger touches it. The content previously displayed in the hole is pushed to the sides around the hole and thereby remains visible. This avoids the occlusion of the content and allows the user to place the cursor on the display accurately. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043456 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPRETING INPUT MOVEMENT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE INTERFACE AS A ONE- OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL INPUT - A computing device is capable of intelligently interpreting input movement. The computing device detects a movement of a finger or object over an input interface. The movement is interpreted as one-dimensional or two-dimensional. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043457 | Tactile User Interface for an Electronic Device - A tactile interface for an electronic device includes a compliant portion, a first input sensor embedded in the compliant portion and a second input sensor. The first and second sensors produce differential output signal in responsive to tactile input forces applied in at least a common dimension or about a common axis. A processor detects and interprets the differential output signals as a tactile input at the touch input device. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043458 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT ACTUAL-SIZE DISPLAY SCREEN FOR SCANNED ITEMS - An apparatus comprises a processor, a scanner operatively connected to the processor, and a touch screen graphic user interface operatively connected to the processor. The scanner is positioned to scan a predetermined scan area and the touch screen has a screen area that has dimensions corresponding to the scan area. The touch screen is positioned adjacent the scan area such that the scan area is aligned with the screen area. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043459 | DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH CONTROL FUNCTION - A display panel with partial touch film includes a display panel, a touch film, and a video source. The display panel is divided into a main display area and an secondary display area, the main display area is larger than the secondary display area. The transparent touch film is mounted on the secondary display area. The controller is electrically connected between the display panel and the touch film. The video source electrically connects with the display panel and the touch film. The video source generates different commands according to different type of operation performed on the touch film, and controls display contents of the main display area and the secondary display area according to the commands. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043460 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes an infrared (“IR”) sensor and an IR source that supplies IR light to the infrared sensor. The IR sensor includes an absorbing layer and a PN junction layer disposed on the absorbing layer. The absorbing layer includes a material that selectively absorbs light having a wavelength in an infrared range. The PN junction layer includes a P-type organic material layer and an N-type organic material layer. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043461 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for application management are provided. First, a first picture of an application is displayed on a lower display layer in a touch-sensitive display unit. At least one contact on the touch-sensitive display unit is detected. In response to the at least one contact, a second picture is displayed on an upper display layer in the touch-sensitive display unit, wherein the upper display layer is visually above the lower display layer. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043462 | TOUCHSCREEN APPARATUS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method for identifying multiple touch user interaction with a touchscreen device. The method includes receiving an indication that a touch has been detected on the touchscreen device, applying a first voltage across a first conductive layer of the touchscreen device and measuring first and second voltage signals at first and second electrical contacts of a second conductive layer of the touchscreen device, applying a second voltage across the second conductive layer of the touchscreen device and measuring third and fourth voltage signals at third and fourth electrical contacts of the first conductive layer of the touchscreen device, and interpreting the user interaction with the touchscreen device and identifying multiple touch gestures based at least partly on at least one of a difference between the first and second voltage signals, and a difference between the third and fourth voltage signals. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043463 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GUI INTERACTING ACCORDING TO RECOGNIZED USER APPROACH - An interface controlling method and an apparatus thereof are provided to control a user interface based on a proximity sensor and a touch pad. A number of items are displayed, an item approached by a user is identified by sensing an approach, information is provided regarding the identified item, contact by the user is sensed, and a function corresponding to the user contact is performed. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043464 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen display apparatus including a sensor unit to sense and to process light signals and a pixel unit to drive pixels according to the light signal processing performed by the sensor unit. The touch screen display apparatus includes a substrate; a plurality of pixel units disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the pixel units includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emission layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a plurality of sensor units disposed on the substrate, wherein each of the sensor units includes a sensor first electrode, a sensor second electrode, and an organic light receiving layer interposed between the sensor first electrode and the sensor second electrode. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043465 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING A INSULATION LAYER - A touch panel including a first insulation substrate, a first conductive film, a first insulation film, first conductive wires, a second insulation substrate, a second conductive film, and second conductive wires is provided. The first conductive film is disposed on the first insulation substrate and the first insulation layer covers a portion of a periphery of the first conductive film so that the first conductive film has an exposed region. The first conductive wires are disposed on the periphery of the first conductive film and each of the first conductive wires includes an electrode segment and an extending segment. The electrode segment is electrically connected with the first conductive film and the extending segment is electrically isolated from the first conductive film. The second conductive film is disposed on the second insulation substrate. The second conductive wires are disposed on the periphery of the second conductive film. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043466 | TOUCH SCREEN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An touch screen liquid crystal display device includes a panel driving circuit including a gate driving block, a data driving block, and a signal control block and a liquid crystal module that stores data in data pixels through a data pixel line, to which the data pixels are connected, in response to a data signal applied from the data driving block, and reads data through a read pixel line to which read pixels are connected. The read pixels are connected to the data pixels through a share line. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043467 | TIMING ADJUSTING METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a timing adjusting method for a touch screen liquid crystal display device. A liquid crystal module of the touch screen liquid crystal display device has a structure in which a data line connected to data pixels and a read line connected to read pixels are shared by a share line, and a display mode section for displaying data of the data pixels is performed separately from a read mode section for reading data of the read pixels. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043468 | MOTOR VEHICLE - A motor vehicle includes a steering wheel, a first touchpad integrated into the steering wheel adapted to input commands, a second touchpad integrated into the steering wheel and spatially separated from the first touchpad adapted to input commands, and a coordination module adapted to generate a command to operate a function of the motor vehicle as a function of a touch motion over the first touchpad and a simultaneously-occurring touch motion over the second touchpad. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043469 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING HOT KEY FUNCTION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for executing a hot key function of a mobile terminal provide that, if a motion of the mobile terminal is detected and a touch of a user is detected, a specific hot key function is executed, so that the user may input commands according to the touch of the user and the motion of the mobile terminal. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043470 | SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SENSOR ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A sensor device includes: one or more sensor elements each including first and second diode elements connected in series and a sensor driving section. The cathode of the second diode element is connected to the anode of the first diode element. The sensor driving section controls on-off state of the first diode element through changing a gate voltage under a fixed cathode voltage, and controls on-off state of the second diode element through changing a gate voltage under a fixed anode voltage. The sensor driving section drives the second diode element, maintaining a relationship of Vg | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043471 | TOUCH SENSOR METHODS AND APPARATUS - Touch sensor methods and apparatus are provided. A first photodiode includes an i-region of a first length. A second photodiode includes an i-region with a second length. A sensing component including a capacitive element is operably coupled to the first photodiode and the second photodiode. The first length of the i-region of the first photodiode is different than the second length of the i-region of the second photodiode. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043472 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an apparatus that can prevent invoking of unintended functions in gesture operation. The apparatus displays gesture functions executable by movement of touch position, and when movement of touch position satisfies a first condition, confirms executable gesture functions to display confirmed functions. When the movement of touch position satisfies a second condition after the confirmation, the apparatus cancels the confirmation. When the touch input is released in the confirmed state, the apparatus executes the confirmed functions, and when the touch input is released in the canceled state, control does not execute gesture functions. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043473 | TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object to suppress malfunction of a touch sensor, a touch panel, and a device using them by accurate determination whether inputting is performed or not. In addition, it is also an object to enhance the response speed of the determination. A touch panel including a plurality of pixels having photosensors and an image processing portion are included. The photosensor forms a contact image of a portion of an object which touches the touch panel. The image processing portion calculates the area of the contact portion from color data of the contact image and determines on the basis of the area whether inputting to the touch panel is performed or not. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043474 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Haptic Effects To A Touch Panel - A touch panel assembly includes a touch-sensitive panel oriented along a plane. An actuator includes a frame having a first portion and a second portion at least partially oriented parallel to the plane. The first portion and the second portion are coupled together with a biasing element. A first magnetic device is coupled to the first portion. A second magnetic device is coupled to the second portion and positioned adjacent to the first magnetic device. The first magnetic device configured to move the first portion in a first direction parallel to the plane when energized by a current to cause a haptic effect to be felt on the touch sensitive panel. The biasing element applies a biasing force which causes the first portion to move in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110043475 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IDENTIFYING A USER OF A HANDHELD DEVICE - A system and method for identifying a user of a handheld device is herein disclosed. The device implementing the method and system may attempt to identify a user based on signals that are incidental to a user's handling of the device. The signals are generated by a variety of sensors dispersed along the periphery or within the housing. The sensors range may include touch sensors, inertial sensors, acoustic sensors, pulse oximiters, and a touchpad. Based on the sensors and corresponding signals, identification information is generated. The identification information is used to identify the user of the handheld device. The handheld device may implement various statistical learning and data mining techniques to increase the robustness of the system. The device may also authenticate the user based on the user drawing a circle, or other shape. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110050585 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN - Displays with integrated touch sensing circuitry are provided. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that form part of the display circuitry of the display system that generates an image on the display, and also form part of the touch sensing circuitry of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels of an LCD that are configured to operate as display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as touch circuitry of the touch sensing system. For example, one or more circuit elements of the display pixel stackup can form a conductive portion of the touch sensing system, such as a charge collector, which can be operated with switches and conductive lines to sense touch. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050586 | FLEXIBLE MULTITOUCH ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY - A display device including a touch sensitive EL display having a flexible substrate; one or more power busses and one or more EL elements disposed over the flexible substrate; and a plurality of distributed chiplets arranged so that at least two chiplets are associated with each of a plurality of touch sensitive areas on the EL display and for sensing stress or strain associated with bending of the flexible substrate or the chiplet substrate to provide respective displacement signals corresponding to the touch sensitive areas; each chiplet connected to one or more of the power busses and one or more of the EL elements for modulating power from the power busses to the EL elements in response to a control signal; and a controller for providing control signals to the chiplets in response to an input image signal and for receiving displacement signals from the chiplets and producing touch signals. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050587 | IMAGING MULTI-MODALITY TOUCH PAD INTERFACE SYSTEMS, METHODS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE, AND APPARATUS - Certain examples provide systems, apparatus, articles of manufacture, and methods for medical device interface overlay. In an example, an article of manufacture includes an overlay for a clinical device touchscreen interface. The overlay includes a background surface formed to contact a touchscreen interface. The overlay also includes a plurality of touch areas formed in the background surface of the overlay device. Each of the plurality of touch areas is to provide a tactile boundary for a corresponding touchscreen interface function. The plurality of touch areas includes at least one of a plurality of openings and a plurality of recessed areas including a material thickness less than the material thickness of the background surface. The plurality of openings and the plurality of recessed areas allow user contact and interaction with the user interface underneath the overlay. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050588 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PRESSURE-BASED MANIPULATION OF CONTENT ON A TOUCH SCREEN - Methods and apparatus are provided for manipulating content displayed on a touch screen utilizing a transparent pressure-sensing touch panel. A method comprises displaying content on the touch screen and obtaining one or more pressure metrics for an input gesture on the transparent pressure-sensing touch panel. Each pressure metric corresponds to pressure (or force) applied to the transparent pressure-sensing touch panel by a respective impression of the input gesture. The method further comprises adjusting the displayed content on the touch screen in response to the input gesture, wherein the displayed content is adjusted based on to the one or more pressure metrics for the input gesture. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050589 | GESTURE-BASED INFORMATION AND COMMAND ENTRY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - A method of receiving input from a user includes providing a surface within reach of a hand of the user. A plurality of locations on the surface that are touched by the user are sensed. An alphanumeric character having a shape most similar to the plurality of touched locations on the surface is determined. The user is audibly or visually informed of the alphanumeric character and/or a word in which the alphanumeric character is included. Feedback is received from the user regarding whether the alphanumeric character and/or word is an alphanumeric character and/or word that the user intended to be determined in the determining step. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050590 | Touch Screen Cookbook - An electronic portable device which may used to enter, display, store, and/or retrieve culinary recipes with ease such as through touch screen capabilities and that may be implemented in a completely portable mode. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050591 | Touch-Screen User Interface - A user interface for a touch-screen display of a dedicated handheld electronic book reader device is described. The user interface detects human gestures manifest as pressure being applied by a finger or stylus to regions on the touch-screen display. In one implementation, the touch-screen user interface enables a user to turn one or more pages in response to applying a force or pressure to the touch-screen display. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface is configured to bookmark a page temporarily by applying a pressure to the display, then allowing a user to turn pages to a new page, but reverting back to a previously-displayed page when the pressure is removed. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface identifies and filters electronic books based on book size and/or a time available to read a book. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface converts text to speech in response to a user touching the touch-screen display. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050592 | Touch-Screen User Interface - A user interface for a touch-screen display of a dedicated handheld electronic book reader device is described. The user interface detects human gestures manifest as pressure being applied by a finger or stylus to regions on the touch-screen display. In one implementation, the touch-screen user interface enables a user to turn one or more pages in response to applying a force or pressure to the touch-screen display. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface is configured to bookmark a page temporarily by applying a pressure to the display, then allowing a user to turn pages to a new page, but reverting back to a previously-displayed page when the pressure is removed. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface identifies and filters electronic books based on book size and/or a time available to read a book. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface converts text to speech in response to a user touching the touch-screen display. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050593 | Touch-Screen User Interface - A user interface for a touch-screen display of a dedicated handheld electronic book reader device is described. The user interface detects human gestures manifest as pressure being applied by a finger or stylus to regions on the touch-screen display. In one implementation, the touch-screen user interface enables a user to turn one or more pages in response to applying a force or pressure to the touch-screen display. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface is configured to bookmark a page temporarily by applying a pressure to the display, then allowing a user to turn pages to a new page, but reverting back to a previously-displayed page when the pressure is removed. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface identifies and filters electronic books based on book size and/or a time available to read a book. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface converts text to speech in response to a user touching the touch-screen display. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050594 | Touch-Screen User Interface - A user interface for a touch-screen display of a dedicated handheld electronic book reader device is described. The user interface detects human gestures manifest as pressure being applied by a finger or stylus to regions on the touch-screen display. In one implementation, the touch-screen user interface enables a user to turn one or more pages in response to applying a force or pressure to the touch-screen display. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface is configured to bookmark a page temporarily by applying a pressure to the display, then allowing a user to turn pages to a new page, but reverting back to a previously-displayed page when the pressure is removed. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface identifies and filters electronic books based on book size and/or a time available to read a book. In another implementation, the touch-screen user interface converts text to speech in response to a user touching the touch-screen display. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050595 | Large Scale Multi-User, Multi-Touch System - A large scale multi-user, multi-touch system with a specialized zone-based user interface including methods for space management and spatial apportioning of audio cues. The system comprises a multi-touch display component fabricated in dimensions sufficient for at least a plurality of users and for displaying projected images and for receiving multi-touch input. The apparatus includes a plurality of image projectors, a plurality of cameras for sensing multi-touch input and the apparatus includes interface software for managing user space. The interface software implements techniques for managing multiple users using the same user interface component by allocating physical spaces within the multi-touch display component and coordinating movement of displayed objects between the physical spaces. Embodiments include a plurality of audio transducers and methods for performing audio spatialization using the plurality of audio transducers corresponding to the physical spaces, apportioning of volume levels to the audio transducers based on movement of a displayed object. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050596 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes a touch screen panel, an image display, an injection molded support member, a vibration unit and a support frame. The touch screen panel receives a touch signal from a user. The image display is mounted under the touch screen panel to display images. The image display comprises a plurality of layers. The injection molded support member is attached at one side thereof to the periphery of the lower surface of the image display. The vibration unit is mounted under the image display. The vibration unit generates vibrations depending on the touch signal. The support frame covers the injection molded support member and the vibration unit. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050597 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes a touch screen panel, an image display, an injection molded support member, a support frame, a vibration unit and a vibration transmission medium. The touch screen panel receives a touch signal from a user. The image display is provided under the touch screen panel to display images. The image display comprises a plurality of layers. An injection molded support member is attached at one side thereof to the periphery of the lower surface of the image display. The support frame covers the image display and the injection molded support member. The vibration unit is mounted under the support frame to generate vibrations. The vibration transmission medium is interposed between the image display and the support frame to transmit the vibrations from the support frame to the image display. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050598 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes an upper casing, a touch screen panel, a first elastic member, an image display, a vibration unit, a second elastic member and a support bracket. The touch screen panel receives a touch signal from a user. The first elastic member is provided under the touch screen panel. The image display is mounted under the touch screen panel to display images. The vibration unit is mounted under the image display to generate vibrations. The second elastic member is provided under the image display to prevent the vibration of the vibration unit from being transmitted downwards. The support bracket is provided under the second elastic member to support the second elastic member. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050599 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION AND TOUCH INPUT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device, includes a first touch panel, a second touch panel, a processing unit, a first touch controller and a second touch controller, the first and the second touch controller are used to determine touch information according to touch signals produced by the first touch panel and the second touch panel respectively. The processing unit determines the touch mode is a single-surface touch mode if only receives the touch information from the first touch controller, and determines gesture according to the touch information and executes the function associated with the gesture. The processing unit determines the touch mode is a double-surface touch mode if receives the touch information from both the first touch controller and the second touch controller, determines an combined gesture according to the touch information from the first and the second touch controller, and executes function associated with the combined gesture. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050600 | Light sensor circuit and driving method thereof and touch screen panel having the same - A light sensor circuit, includes a light receiving element coupled to a first power supply, a capacitor coupled between the light receiving element and a second power supply, a first transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a first electrode of the capacitor, and a second transistor including a gate electrode coupled to a selection signal line, wherein the first transistor is coupled between the selection signal line and a first electrode of the second transistor, and the second transistor is coupled between a second electrode of the first transistor and an output signal line. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050601 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF COMPOSING MESSAGE USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided that includes a touch screen and a controller. The controller operates in a first message composition mode for composing a message according to a first message format. The controller switches the first message composition mode to a second message composition mode for composing the message according to a second message format in response to a first predetermined touch input received via the touch screen. The first message format is different from the second message format. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050602 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a terminal user is facilitated to use a specific function of a mobile terminal in a locked state to prevent an incorrect touch input to a touchscreen provided to the mobile terminal. The present invention includes entering a terminal locked state, displaying a standby image on a touchscreen by image blurring, releasing the locked state if a prescribed touch gesture is performed on the touchscreen, and displaying the standby image by image deblurring. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050603 | Touch panel using a light sensing method, method for detecting a touch location, and recording medium storing program to execute the method - A touch panel comprises light sensing circuits configured to generate light sensing data, scan lines, a scan driving unit configured to sequentially apply scan pulses to the light sensing circuits via the scan lines, data lines, a data receiving unit configured to receive the light sensing data transmitted via the data lines in a first/second data receiving state, and generate touch data including first and second touch data, and a location calculation unit configured to determine a touch location using the touch data. In the first/second data receiving state, two neighboring data lines in each first/second combination are electrically coupled to each other, and light sensing data from the data lines in each first/second combination are combined so as to generate a first/second data. The first/second touch data includes the first/second data from each of the first/second combinations. The second combinations are different from the first combinations. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050604 | Organic light emitting display apparatus - An organic light emitting display apparatus including a substrate, a first touch sensing electrode layer on the substrate, a first protective layer on the substrate, the first protective layer covering the first touch sensing electrode layer, a ground layer on the first protective layer, the ground layer being electrically grounded, an insulating layer on the ground layer, and an organic light emitting device on the insulating layer. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050605 | Touch Sensing Module, Display Apparatus and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A touch sensing module includes a first sensing layer having a plurality of first sensing electrodes, and a second sensing layer having a plurality of second sensing electrodes. Each of the gaps between neighboring second sensing electrodes is much smaller than the width of the second sensing electrodes to improve signal quality. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050606 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a main body and a frame. The main body includes a front shell, a back shell engaging with the front shell, and a touch panel mounted on the back shell. The frame is mounted on the back shell. The touch panel is surrounded by the frame. The frame extends beyond the surface of the touch panel. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050607 | METHODS OF PROCESSING DATA IN TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHODS OF DISPLAYING IMAGE USING THE SAME - In a method of processing data to reduce noise in a touch screen display device, a plurality of input coordinates are generated in response to a touch operation on a touch panel. A plurality of final coordinates are generated by filtering the plurality of the input coordinates using a valid area that is flexibly set based on a direction and a speed of the touch operation. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050608 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display section capable of displaying information on its display surface, a touch panel capable of detecting a position in the display surface where an operation tool has contacted with as a contact position, a pressure value detection section detecting a pressure value which is a size of a pressure applied to the contact surface by a contact between the operation tool and the contact surface, a process control section specifying a first processing or a second processing as a processing subject to be executed in accordance with a change of the detected pressure value, a first processing section executing the first processing when the first processing is specified to be a processing subject to be executed, and a second processing section executing the second processing when the second processing is specified to be a processing subject to be executed. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050609 | METHOD FOR ENTERING A TWO-DIGIT VALUE AT AN OPERATING DEVICE - In a method for setting a two-digit value for a function parameter for a function device at an operating device, the operating device is appropriately designed for operating the function device. It has a sensor operating panel designed to detect and evaluate movements, independently of one another, of a finger in contact in two operating directions perpendicular to one another. Setting of the two-digit value at the operating device is achieved for the units-places by a movement of a finger on the sensor operating panel in a first operating direction. The tens-places are set independently of this by a movement of a finger on the sensor operating panel in a second operating direction. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050610 | DYNAMIC SWITCHING OF INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD DATA - There is disclosed a method for controlling a computer system, which computer system is adapted to receive touch data and non-touch data, the method comprising the steps of: receiving input data from an interactive display surface; and selectively delivering the input data from the interactive display surface to an interface of an operating system of the computer system as either touch data or non-touch data. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050611 | INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD FOR PRIVATE USE - There is disclosed a method of controlling a computer system, which computer system is adapted to receive inputs from an interactive display surface and one or more other input devices, the computer system being further adapted to display images on the interactive display surface and a further display surface, the interactive display surface and the further display surface forming a contiguous desktop display for the computer system, the method comprising:
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| 20110050612 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display panel including a touch panel and a front window, it is possible to reduce the reproduction cost of the touch panel, achieving a high yield in the reproduction of the touch panel. The touch panel and the front window are bonded together by a PET film and a UV curable resin. When air bubbles or other defects are found between the front window and the touch panel, the front window and the touch panel are detached by cutting the UV curable resin by a cutter blade, in order to reproduce the touch panel. The residue of the UV curable resin left on the PET film is removed by detaching the PET film from the touch panel. A tab in which the adhesive is not formed is provided in an end of the PET film, so that the PET film can be easily detached from the touch panel, starting from the tab. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050613 | METHOD OF USING ELECTRONIC BOOK DEVICE AS TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND DEVICE THEREOF - A method of using an electronic book device as touch input device and an electronic book device for employing this method are provided. The method is applicable for a connection between an electronic book device and an electronic device. Based on an obtained control command, the electronic book device can activate a touch input mode by providing a touch input device parameter for the electronic device to identify the electronic book device as a touch input device. When the touch input mode is activated, the electronic book device can obtain a coordinate data corresponding to a touched position on a touch module thereof, and transmit the coordinate data to the electronic device for e.g. analysis and displaying a track corresponding to a plurality of the touched positions. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050614 | OBJECT POSITIONING FOR AN X-Y PROJECTED CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Methods are proposed for object positioning for an X-Y projected capacitive touch panel. In an embodiment, capacitance sensing under inphase excitation of traces is applied to set a base value when the capacitive touch panel is not touched and to obtain capacitances at intersections when the capacitive touch panel is touched, and the base value is compared with the measured capacitances to identify touch points. In other embodiments, X-Y projected sensing and all-point sensing are combined to reduce the amount of calculation and achieve the same positioning effect as an all-point capacitive touch panel. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050615 | PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR DETERMINING TOUCH POINTS OF TOUCH EVENT ON TOUCH PANEL AND RELATED METHOD - A processing circuit for determining a touch point of a touch event on a touch control panel includes a plurality of sensing electrodes of the touch control panel, which generates a plurality of sensing signals in response to the touch event, respectively, and generates a plurality of sensing outputs according to differences of the plurality of sensing signals. The processing circuit includes a storage unit and a computation unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of known parameters, wherein the plurality of known parameters includes hardware parameters of at least one sensing electrode within the plurality of the sensing electrodes and signal parameters corresponding to at least one sensing output within the plurality of sensing outputs. The computation unit is coupled to the storage unit, and is for determining the touch point of the touch event according to the plurality of the sensing outputs and the plurality of known parameters. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110050616 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS USED IN INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information-processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention allows the user to select one of a plurality of input operation modes of the absolute coordinate input unit. One of the input operation modes is a specific mode allowing a display range to be moved to a desired position in a state where the highest resolution of a display unit integrated with the absolute coordinate input unit is lower than the resolution of an entire screen. The information-processing apparatus has a configuration in which, when an operation face of the absolute coordinate input unit is touched to carry out a drag operation in this specific mode, the distance of a movement made in the drag operation is detected, and the position of the display range is then changed by moving the display range by the detected distance. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110057883 | ELECTRONIC SCRATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING ELECTRONIC SCRATCH - The invention discloses an electronic scratch system and method. The electronic scratch system includes an electronic device and a storage device for storing a first accessible image. The electronic device includes a receiving unit, a storage unit, a display unit and a processing unit. The receiving unit is used for receiving the first accessible image from the storage device, and the storage unit is used for storing a second accessible image. The processing unit is used for combining the first accessible image with the second accessible image to produce a recognizable image and further displaying the recognizable image on the display unit. The electronic scratch system not only decreases attrition rate of materials but provides an interactive platform. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057884 | STROKE AND IMAGE AGGREGATION AND ANALYTICS - The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art with a system for stroke and image aggregation and analytics. The system is particularly advantageous because it provides a system for distributing page images such as worksheets, examinations or forms to multiple devices. The system allows independent paging and writing on the distributed materials; collection of the strokes added to the distributed pages images; and aggregating and displaying those strokes or summary information in a useful manner. For example, an instructor might receive the current work of the students for a particular examination question and view those strokes in a parallel manner or a combined manner. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A MENU ITEM - An apparatus, having a processor, and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receive indication of a first touch input, determine that the first touch input comprises a rotationally pivoting touch input, provide for display of a plurality of menu items based at least in part on the first touch input, receive indication of a second touch input associated with at least one of the menu items, and perform selection of at least one of the menu items based at least in part on the second touch input is disclosed. A corresponding method, computer readable medium and computer program product are also disclosed. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057886 | DYNAMIC SIZING OF IDENTIFIER ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An identifier is displayed on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device. When the touch-sensitive display detects a touch, a size of a contact area is determined. The identifier displayed on the touch-sensitive display is dynamically sized based on the size of the contact area. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057887 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of first sensing series, and a plurality of second sensing series is provided. The first sensing series and the second sensing series are disposed on the substrate. The first sensing series extend along a first direction and are electrically insulated from each other. Each of the first sensing series includes a plurality of first sensing pads and a plurality of first bridge portions connected between the first sensing pads. The second sensing series extend along a second direction and are electrically insulated from each other. Each of the second sensing series includes a plurality of second sensing pads and a plurality of second bridge portions connected between the second sensing pads. Each of the first bridge portions and one of the second bridge portions are intersected, and at least one of the second bridge portions has at least one electrostatic discharge tip. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057888 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device. In the touch screen device, a touch screen panel receives an external input signal. An image display is provided under the touch screen panel to convert an electric signal into an image signal. A rigid body which vibrates is provided under the image display. A first connector connects the image display to the rigid body. A vibration unit is mounted to the rigid body to generate vibrations. A weight is mounted to the rigid body to increase the mass of the rigid body. An elastic member is mounted to the rigid body to increase the vibrational displacement of the rigid body. A lower support is provided under the rigid body. A second connector connects the rigid body to the lower support. A third connector connects the touch screen panel to the lower support. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057889 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The present invention provides a portable terminal device that can enhance reproducibility of an operation output from a touch pad or an input device typified by the touch pad for detecting a press, thereby improving ease of intuitive operation or elaborate operation of the input device. The portable terminal device of the present invention has a display section | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057890 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND COUPLING-NOISE ELIMINATING METHOD - A display device includes; a touch panel device including; a touch panel and a touch controller connected to the touch panel, the touch controller including; a sampling unit which samples a sensing output signal input thereto from the touch panel to generate a sampled signal, and an analog/digital converter which converts the sampled signal to generate contact information, and a display panel device including; a display panel, a gate driver which applies a gate signal to the display panel, and a data driver which applies a data voltage to the display panel, wherein the sampling unit samples a portion of the sensing output signal which does not include a coupling noise. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057891 | WIRELESS POWER DISPLAY DEVICE - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a display device for conveying wireless power. A device may comprise a display surface for placement of one or more chargeable devices and for displaying data associated therewith. The device may further include at least one transmit antenna proximate the display surface for transmitting wireless power within an associated charging region. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057892 | Flat panel display integrated with touch screen panel - A flat panel display integrated with a touch screen panel comprises a lower substrate, an upper substrate having a display area and first and second non-display areas corresponding to a display area, first and second non-display areas of the lower substrate, respectively, sense patterns on the display area of the upper substrate, sense lines on the first non-display area of the upper substrate, metal patterns on areas between the sense lines and on an outer side of the sense lines, pixels on the display area of the lower substrate, a driving circuit configured to drive the pixels, and sealant disposed on the second non-display area of the lower substrate so as to bond the upper substrate to the lower substrate. The first and second non-display areas of the lower substrate are outside the display area. The driving circuit is on the first non-display area of the lower substrate. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057893 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel comprises a glass substrate having a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of sense patterns on the display area, a plurality of metal pads on a periphery of the display area and on the non-display area, a plurality of sense lines on the non-display area, and dummy patterns on an area between the plurality of sense lines on the non-display area. The non-display area is outside a periphery of the display area. Each of the plurality of the sense lines is coupled to one of the plurality of metal pads. The display area and non-display area of the glass substrate respectively correspond to a display area and non-display area of an image display device to which the touch screen panel is provided. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057894 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes: a casing including a side surface having an opening part and a bottom surface orthogonal to the side surface; a frame provided at the bottom surface; a disk drive main body capable of being attached to and detached from the frame through the opening part; a disk tray which is operable to hold a disk, is capable of being inserted into and drawn out of the disk drive main body through the opening part, and has a hatch operable to close the opening part when the disk tray is inserted in the disk drive main body; and a coupling part through which the frame and the disk drive main body are coupled to each other in the vicinity of the opening part. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057895 | Portable Communication Device Having an Extension Display - A portable communication device includes a control unit, a main display and an extension display coupled to the control unit. The display area of the extension is larger than the one of the main display for displaying at least a part of the web page information or image (video) information. A detector is formed and coupled to the control unit to detect the web or video information, a switch is responsive to the detector to switch between the main and the extension displays. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057896 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for controlling an input touch in a mobile terminal includes: upon generation of a touch input on a touch screen, displaying a pointer at coordinates recognized by the touch screen with respect to the generated touch input and displaying a pointer-controller comprising the pointer, determining whether the pointer-controller is moved, and moving and displaying the pointer according to the movement of the pointer-controller, upon generation of an input indicating completion of the pointer to a desired location, recognizing that the touch input has been generated at the desired location, and performing an operation corresponding to the recognized touch input. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057897 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY - A touch panel includes a cover glass, a first base plate and a second electrode layer. A first electrode layer is formed on a surface of the cover glass, and the first base plate is disposed on one side of the first electrode layer opposite the cover glass. The second electrode layer is formed on a surface of the first base plate opposite the first electrode layer. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110057898 | TOUCH-SENSING STRUCTURE FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING METHOD THEREOF - In a touch-sensing structure for a touch panel and a touch-sensing method thereof, the touch-sensing structure includes a plurality of first conducting wires paralleled to each other and a first conductor. A terminal of each first conducting wire is electrically coupled to the first conductor, so as to divide the conductor into a plurality of first line segments. The resistance of each first conducting wire is smaller than that of each first line segment. Wherein, when the displaying area of the touch panel receives an external force, a first conducting wire corresponding to the position designated by the external force is electrically coupled to a reference potential. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110063227 | PHASE-TAGGED CAPACITANCE SENSING CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a touch panel, a driving circuit, and a sensing circuit. The driving circuit generates a driving signal, and superposes phase information on the driving signal. The touch panel includes multiple crossing conductors, for providing a sensing signal in response to a contact of an object on one of the sensing conductors and to a driving signal applied on the sensing element. The sensing circuit includes a signal extractor and a tag detector. The signal extractor generates a demodulation signal based on the period of the driving signal, width of the phase information, and for demodulating the sensing signal by using the demodulation signal to determine a sensing value. The tag detector enables the signal extractor as soon as a magnitude of the sensing signal is over a predetermined threshold. The signal demodulates the sensing signal by using a demodulation signal whose period is the same as the driving signal to determine the sensing value. The present electronic device can determine a touch position by processing of analog signal using the demodulation signal without phase compensation. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063228 | CONTACT SENSITIVE DEVICE FOR DETECTING TEMPORALLY OVERLAPPING TRACES - Systems and methods for detecting temporally overlapping trace events on a touch sensitive device. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063229 | METHOD TO COMPENSATE FOR THE FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE OF SENSE SIGNAL PREPROCESSING - Compensating for the frequency dependence of sense signal preprocessing in preprocessing channel circuitry is provided. The frequency dependence of the preprocessing channels can be modified to change a frequency dependent channel into a frequency independent channel, to change a frequency independent channel into a frequency dependent channel, or to change the frequency dependency characteristics of a frequency dependent channel. Modification of frequency dependency may be accomplished, for example, by modifying certain parameters of a preprocessing channel's components, which can include components for amplifying, filtering, phase adjusting, demodulating, decrypting, for example. A pipelined process may be used to modify the frequency dependency of multiple channels. Compensating for frequency dependencies can have multiple advantages, such as reduction of memory requirements and DIE size. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063230 | Touch Pad Disc Jockey Controller - The present invention pertains to the field of control and manipulation of a digital audio signal by a user manipulable touch sensitive control surface. The present invention is specifically applicable to user manipulation of digital audio signals by disc jockeys (DJs). | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063231 | Method and Device for Data Input - A method and system of inputting data, including language and other forms of communication, into an electronic device is disclosed. The method and system are directed to reducing the number of keystrokes that a disabled person would need to make to use a computer or alternative communication device. The method and system according to the invention utilizes a virtual keyboard upon which a user makes an input pattern or “gesture”. The gesture is then transformed into a ranked list of language unit prefixes. Word prediction analysis then analyzes the list of language unit prefixes and develops a list of potential word or phrases that the user may select from. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063232 | PROJECTIVE-CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A fabrication method of a projective-capacitive touch panel is provided. The method includes steps of: providing a substrate; forming a metal trace layer on the substrate with a first exposing/developing process and a etching/stripping process sequentially; forming a first pattern layer on the metal trace layer with a second exposing/developing process, a first filming process and a first stripping process sequentially; forming a insulation layer on the first pattern layer; and forming a second pattern layer on the insulation layer with a third exposing/developing process, a second filming process and a second stripping process sequentially. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063233 | READOUT APPARATUS AND MULTI-CHANNEL READOUT APPARATUS FOR TOUCH PANEL - A readout apparatus and a multi-channel readout apparatus for a touch panel are provided to integrate different types of readout circuit. The readout apparatus set to a first mode reads the touch panel with a small amount of charges through an integrator. The readout apparatus set to a second mode reads a sensing current of a current type touch panel through a current to voltage converting unit and an inverting amplifier, so as to save a chip area. The multi-channel readout apparatus set to a third mode applies multiple channels to alternatively share an integrator to read the touch panel with a large amount of charges, so that an amount of feedback capacitors (integral capacitors) having a great area can be greatly reduced. Therefore, readout apparatus of the present invention can not only reduce a chip area, but can also be applied to various types of the touch panel. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063234 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF IMAGE BROWSING IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SCREEN - An image browsing management method detects a touch operation of a user's finger on a touch screen, and analyzes the touch operation to determine a touch type. Then, the method further calls a corresponding pointer program to process the touch operation according to the touch type, so as to adjust or update the image, for example, delete the image, display a next image, a previous image, a next calendar month image, or a previous calendar month image. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063235 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An exemplary portable electronic device includes a housing, a sensing unit, a signal converting unit, and a processor. The sensing unit, the signal converting unit, and the processor are electrically connected in series and mounted in the housing. The housing includes an operating section formed at one end of the housing as part of the housing. The sensing unit is mounted in the operating section, and configured for detecting the direction of elastic deformation and relative displacement of the operating section in different directions to generate a corresponding command signal. The signal converting unit is configured for transforming the command signal from the sensing unit. The processor receives the signal from the signal converting unit, and generates a control signal to achieve different operations corresponding to the direction of elastic deformation and the relative displacement of the operating section. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063236 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device that includes: a display portion that displays a plurality of function buttons that respectively correspond to a plurality of functions included in the information processing device; a position detection portion that detects a position where an operating body touches or approaches a display screen of the display portion; a button selection portion that selects, from among the plurality of function buttons, at least one function button that corresponds to an operation state of the information processing device; and a display control portion that causes the function button selected by the button selection portion to move on the display screen such that the function button approaches the position on the display screen detected by the position detection portion. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063237 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel disposed on a display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first sensing strings and second sensing strings, and a plurality of assistant lines. The first sensing strings and the second sensing strings include sensing pads, a plurality of first connecting lines and a plurality of second connecting lines. The first connecting lines are parallel to a first direction and electrically connected to portions of the sensing pads in series to construct the first sensing strings. The second connecting lines are parallel to a second direction and electrically connected to the other portions of the sensing pads in series to construct the second sensing strings. The first and the second sensing pads are coplanar. The first connecting lines are electrically insulated from the second connecting lines. The assistant lines are positioned within an area of the sensing pads. The assistant lines directly contact with the sensing pads. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063238 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANELS AND MANUFACTURE METHODS THEREOF - A touch display panel is provided and includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of data output lines, a plurality of thin film transistors, and a plurality of detection capacitors. The gate lines are disposed on the substrate. The data lines are disposed on the substrate. The data lines and the gate lines define a plurality of pixel regions on the substrate. The data output lines are disposed on the substrate, and each data output line is disposed next to one data line. The thin film transistors are respectively disposed in the pixel regions. Each thin film transistor is electrically connected to the corresponding gate line and the corresponding data line. The detection capacitors are respectively disposed in the pixel regions. Each detection capacitor is electrically connected to the corresponding gate line and the corresponding data line. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063239 | TOUCH SCREEN, COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen, a color filter substrate and a manufacture method thereof are provided in the embodiment of the invention. The touch screen comprises a substrate; a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines forming on the substrate and intersecting with each other to define a plurality of touch regions; a plurality of sensing electrodes, each of the sensing electrodes being connected between one first signal line and one second signal line. Charges are generated on at least one of the sensing electrodes when the sensing electrode is pressed, so that detecting signals for determining coordinates of a touch point are generated on the first signal line and the second signal line that correspond to the sensing electrode. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063240 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a plurality of belt-shaped upper electrodes extending from a plurality of upper conductive layers in the perpendicular direction thereto. The upper electrodes are formed of a copper foil, and thereby it is possible to form the upper electrodes which realize thinned line or narrowed line interval without spread or scratch, by using an etching process or the like. The overall miniaturization or increase in an operation region cannot only be implemented, but stable connection to electronic circuits of a device can be also performed, thereby obtaining the touch panel which can be reliably operated. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110063241 | DATA INPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a data input device with a predetermined sensing region in a terminal for an electronic device, including an input unit for sensing one or more contact and pressing actions for a reference position displaceable in the sensing region and a plurality of first indicating positions arranged in a radial direction from the reference position, and generating an input signal corresponding to the contact or pressing action, and a control unit for judging a finger contact or pressing point or a contact or pressing direction from the input signal, extracting data allocated to the input signal from a memory, and inputting the extracted data. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110069012 | MINIATURE CHARACTER INPUT MECHANISM - A device includes a touch screen with a maximum of nine distinct touch areas, displays an input interface on the touch screen, where the input interface includes a scrollable character wheel, receives selections of characters from the character wheel, and displays the selected characters on the user interface. The receiving of selections includes detecting a scrolling up or down of the character wheel to position a character in a particular location, and detecting a pressing action on the character in the particular location. The input interface provides a way for a user to enter a phone number and place a call using only nine distinct touch areas. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069013 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING BOTH LED AND TOUCH SENSE ELEMENTS VIA A SINGLE IC PACKAGE PIN - Devices and methods for minimizing a number of I/O pins needed to control LED and touch sense operations are described and disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a method comprises controlling at least one light emitting diode (LED) element via a single pin, and controlling at least one touch sense element via the single pin. In an embodiment, a touch-sensitive light emitting diode (LED) display device comprises at least one LED element, at least one touch sense element, and a controller integrated in an integrated circuit (IC) and coupled to the at least one LED element and the at least one touch sense element via a single pin. The controller is configured to communicate via the pin with the at least one LED element and the at least one touch sense element. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069014 | GLARE-RESISTANT TOUCH PANEL - A glare-resistant touch panel has a touch-sensing layer, a polarizing filter, a diffraction layer and an anti-reflection layer. The polarizing filter is mounted on the touch-sensing layer. The diffraction layer is mounted on the polarizing filter and splits lights into different polarized angles. The anti-reflection layer is mounted on the diffraction layer. With the diffraction layer, light polarized at a specific angle are split to be polarized at different angles and are allowed to partly pass through polarized sunglasses. Hence a sunglasses wearer can still see what the screen from the touch panel displays even if the sunglasses and the polarizing filter are oriented perpendicular to each other. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069015 | TOUCH DETECTION - An apparatus with a first and second touch screen, where the first touch screen has a plurality of first touch sensors formed as a first grid of rows and columns and the second touch screen has a plurality of second touch sensors formed as a second grid of rows and columns. A first processor detects touch areas by scanning through the first touch sensors in a predetermined order along the rows and columns. A second processor detects touch areas by scanning through the second touch sensors in a predetermined order along the rows and columns. A controller causes that the first and second processors scan the first and second grids synchronized such that when the first and second touch screens are arranged side by side, neighboring first and second touch sensors are scanned substantially simultaneously. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069016 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating User Interface Objects - A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display a plurality of user interface objects and at least one destination object. The computing device detects a first input by a user on a destination object displayed on the touch screen display. While continuing to detect the first input by the user on the destination object, the computing device detects a second input by the user on a first user interface object displayed on the touch screen display. In response to detecting the second input by the user on the first user interface object, the computing device performs an action on the first user interface object. The action is associated with the destination object. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069017 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating User Interface Objects - A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display a plurality of user interface objects and at least one destination object. The computing device detects a first input by a user on a destination object displayed on the touch screen display. While continuing to detect the first input by the user on the destination object, the computing device detects a second input by the user on a first user interface object displayed on the touch screen display. In response to detecting the second input by the user on the first user interface object, the computing device performs an action on the first user interface object. The action is associated with the destination object. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069018 | Double Touch Inputs - In the methods of the present invention a function is initiated with a first set of touches, then applied with a second set of touches. The methods are advantageous for touch input devices with limited or no ability to detect two or more simultaneous touch events, but are not limited to being used on such input devices. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069019 | METHOD FOR MANIPULATING A GRAPHIC WIDGET IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL ENVIRONMENT DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH PANEL OF AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM - A method for manipulating a graphic widget in a three-dimensional environment displayed on a touch panel of an interactive input system is provided. The method includes tracking the x-y positions of two touch points associated with the graphic widget; and modifying the z-position of the graphic widget in accordance with changes in the distance between the x-y positions of the touch points. An interactive input system and computer readable medium embodying the method is also provided. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069020 | TOUCH SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel embedded liquid crystal display device is disclosed. A touch panel embedded liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate having a plurality pixels defined in a matrix, a second substrate comprising first, second and third color filters to form a first, second and third color sub-pixels. A second substrate is opposed to the first substrate. A first photo-sensor is provided on the first substrate in a region corresponding to the first color sub-pixel and a second photo-sensor is provided on the first substrate in a region corresponding to the second or third color sub-pixel. A liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, with a first planarization plate and a second planarization plate formed on rear surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate, respectively, a wave guide formed on the second planarization plate, and a light emitting diode adjacent to the wave guide to emit and transmit a first color light to be sensed by one of the photo sensors. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069021 | REDUCING FALSE TOUCHPAD DATA BY IGNORING INPUT WHEN AREA GESTURE DOES NOT BEHAVE AS PREDICTED - The system will analyze the location where contact is being made by a user on the touchpad surface, wherein the contact must be an area gesture defined as a gesture in a specific area of the touchpad along with contact that is either a single contact that is larger than a typical finger or is made by multiple contacts, wherein data from the touchpad is ignored when the area of contact begins or is only made within a corner, side, top or other region or combination of regions, wherein if an area gesture has some contact with the region, the area gesture is considered suspect and may be ignored as accidental or unintended contact. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069022 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS - A position detection apparatus includes: a sensor substrate having a detection region in which position detecting electrodes are formed and a wiring line region in which wiring lines led out from the position detecting electrodes are disposed; a processing circuit connected to the wiring lines of the sensor substrate and configured to carry out a predetermined signal process based on a signal from the sensor substrate; and a housing having the sensor substrate placed thereon and having the processing circuit provided therein; the sensor substrate placed on the housing having a through-hole provided therein in the proximity of the detection region for allowing the wiring lines to be threaded therethrough. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069023 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING TOUCH USING RF SIGNAL - An apparatus and a method for recognizing a touch using a Radio Frequency (RF) signal are provided. The apparatus includes an RF signal generator and a data processor. When one point is pressed on a touch panel, the RF signal generator generates at least one RF signal corresponding to the one point. The data processor detects at least one of an amplitude and a phase of each frequency component from the at least one RF signal, and determines a touched position using the detected at least one of the amplitude and the phase information of the at least one frequency component. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069024 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT DEVICE OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - An input method and device of a portable terminal is disclosed. If the pressure value corresponding to a mechanical force applied to the external body of the portable terminal is equal to or less than a preset value, the portable terminal ascertains that the current state is a grip state. If the pressure value is greater than the preset value, the portable terminal ascertains that a current state is a squeeze state. The command generated according to the grip state and the squeeze state is applied to a currently enabled application program. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069025 | MIXING CONSOLE - Once a parameter is focused and defined as a target parameter on a main display, a utility area S- | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069026 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICALLY-STIMULATED SENSATION FEEDBACK - A touch panel module has a touch panel, a sensation feedback panel, a control unit and a stimulating signal generating circuit. The sensation feedback panel is mounted on the touch panel and has multiple stimulating circuits arranged in a matrix configuration or a non-overlap configuration. The stimulating signal generating circuit electrically connects to the stimulating circuits and the control unit. When the control unit receives a touch signal produced by the touch panel, it controls the stimulating signal generating circuit to output stimulating currents to the stimulating circuits. When a user touches the stimulating circuits, the stimulating current can flow through the user's finger to electrically stimulate nerve, thereby achieving the sensation feedback effect to notice the user that the touch panel has been pressed properly to activate desired function. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069027 | MOBILE TERMINAL - Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal which causes optical illusions at edge parts of a front housing so as to provide visual mystique. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069028 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING GESTURES ON A TOUCHPAD - A method for detecting gestures on a touchpad is presented. The method comprises receiving a first contact signal induced by a first contact with the touchpad, detecting a drop in the first contact signal induced by a first lift off the touchpad, recording a first time interval between receipt and drop in the first contact signal, comparing the first time interval to a first reference and a second reference, wherein the first reference is less than the second reference, and the first reference and second reference are predefined, and outputting one of a single-click signal, double-click signal or drag signal. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069029 | Method and apparatus for sensing multi-touch inputs - A method for sensing two or more touch inputs includes receiving sensing signals of the touch inputs from plural sensing electrodes, calculating a value dependent on a distance between the touch inputs based on the received sensing signals, and determining the existence of the two or more touch inputs if the calculated value is more than or equal to a threshold value. The plural sensor electrodes include a pair of sensing electrodes that correspond to same coordinates on a first axis, and the sensing signals are received from the pair of sending electrodes along the first axis. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069030 | Touch Panel and Display Apparatus - According to one embodiment, a touch panel includes: a first substrate, a second substrate, and at least one light diffusing particle. The first substrate includes a first principal surface, a second principal surface positioned at a side opposite to the first principal surface, and at least one recess on the second principal surface. The second substrate is arranged to face the first principal surface. At least a portion of the light diffusing particle is positioned corresponding to the recess. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069031 | RF PULSE SYNCHRONIZATION FOR DATA ACQUISITION OPERATIONS - Data acquisition from a touch-surface input unit may be disrupted during the generation of radio frequency (“RF”) pulses. To mitigate this problem, touch-surface data acquisition is temporarily halted during RF pulse generation. Data collected prior to temporarily halting is retained, with subsequently acquired data being added to prior collected data. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110069032 | WIRELESS MULTI-USER TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention relates to an improved wireless multiuser touch control system which comprises comprising an input end and a host control display end, wherein the input end comprises an input end and a host control display end. The input end has a plurality of touch control handwriting devices adopted for users to write characters and draft drawings on each of first touch screens thereof, respectively; and the host control display end has a computer mainframe and a host touch control display device. One user can write characters and draft drawings on a first touch screen of the touch control handwriting device by directly using the figures thereof, so that the characters and the drawings are simultaneously shown in the host touch control display device and the other touch control handwriting devices, so as to achieve an interactive multi-user discussion, meeting and teaching. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110074693 | Method of processing touch commands and voice commands in parallel in an electronic device supporting speech recognition - A method of processing touch commands and voice commands in parallel in an electronic device supporting speech recognition includes detecting a touch-down event on a touch-sensitive screen of the electronic device when touch input is sensed on the touch-sensitive screen, the touch-sensitive screen displaying one or more soft buttons, each soft button executing a corresponding command upon activation of the soft button. A microphone of the electronic device is activated to receive voice instructions in response to detecting the touch-down event. A touch-up event is detected when touch input is no longer sensed on the touch-sensitive screen, and it is determined whether a voice command was detected in a time period between the touch-down event and the touch-up event. The voice command is then executed if the voice command was detected. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074694 | Device and Method for Jitter Reduction on Touch-Sensitive Surfaces and Displays - Methods for reducing jitter on a device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display are disclosed. In one embodiment, an object on the display moves in accordance with detected movements of a user's finger on the touch-sensitive surface, though movement may be delayed until subsequent movement events are detected when detected movement is less than a predefined distance threshold. In response to a movement less than the predefined distance threshold, or detecting lift off of the user's finger, the object is not moved from the current location so as to prevent jitter from affecting the final position of the object. A log is kept of the touch inputs by the user's finger so as to move the object appropriately when object movement is delayed. These methods permit an object to be placed on the display with single pixel accuracy. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074695 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface Using Mid-Drag Gestures - A method for modifying user interface behavior on a device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display includes: displaying a user interface; detecting a first portion of a single finger gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the single finger gesture has a finger contact with a first size; performing a first responsive behavior within the user interface in accordance with the first portion of the first gesture; detecting an increase in size of the single finger contact on the touch-sensitive surface; in response to detecting the increase in size of the single finger contact, performing a second responsive behavior within the user interface; detecting a second portion of the single finger gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, performing a third responsive behavior within the user interface in accordance with the second portion of the single finger gesture, wherein the third responsive behavior is different from the first responsive behavior. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074696 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface Using Mid-Drag Gestures - A method for modifying user interface behavior on a device with a touch-sensitive surface and a display includes: displaying a user interface; while simultaneously detecting a first and a second point of contact on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the first and second points of contact define a perimeter of a circle: detecting a first portion of a first gesture made with at least one of the points of contact on the touch-sensitive surface; performing a first responsive behavior in accordance with the first gesture; detecting a second gesture which deviates from the perimeter of the circle; performing a second responsive behavior in response to the second gesture; detecting a second portion of the first gesture; and, performing a third responsive behavior in accordance with the second portion of the first gesture, wherein the third responsive behavior is different from the first responsive behavior. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074697 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulation of User Interface Objects with Activation Regions - A computing device with a display simultaneously displays a plurality of user-repositionable user interface objects with one or more activation regions. The device receives a first input from the user. Based at least in part on the first input, the device determines a first plurality of candidate actions for manipulating a user interface object. The device performs a first candidate action of the first plurality of candidate actions as determined in accordance with the first ordering. After performing the first candidate action, the device undoes the first candidate action, receives a third input that is a repetition of the first input, and determines a second plurality of candidate. The second plurality of candidate actions is ordered such that second candidate action in the second plurality of candidate actions has a higher position than the first candidate action in the second ordering. The device performs the second candidate action. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074698 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulation of User Interface Objects with Activation Regions - A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display a plurality of user interface objects displayed at a first magnification level in a display area. The device detects a first contact on a first handle activation region for a first handle of a user interface object. In response to continuing to detect the first contact at for a predefined amount of time, the device zooms the display area to a second magnification level. While the display area is at the second magnification level, the device: detects a movement of the first contact across the touch screen display; moves the first handle in accordance with the detected movement of the first contact; and detects liftoff of the first contact. In response to detecting liftoff of the first contact, the device zooms the display area to the first magnification level. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074699 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Scrolling a Multi-Section Document - A method for scrolling a multi-section document is disclosed, including displaying on a display an electronic document that includes a plurality of document sections separated by respective logical structure boundaries; detecting a gesture on a touch-sensitive surface, the gesture having an initial velocity that exceeds a predefined speed threshold such that the gesture will scroll the electronic document more than one document section; initiating scrolling of the electronic document on the display at the initial velocity in accordance with an initial scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function; while scrolling the electronic document, adjusting the scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function so that when the scrolling speed becomes zero, a first logical structure boundary in the electronic document is displayed at a predefined location on the display; and, scrolling the electronic document in accordance with the adjusted scrolling speed versus scrolling distance function. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074700 | UNIVERSAL INTERFACE DEVICE WITH HOUSING SENSOR ARRAY ADAPTED FOR DETECTION OF DISTRIBUTED TOUCH INPUT - A universal interface device comprises a housing having a curvilinear or other shape, and processing circuitry disposed within the housing. The housing incorporates a sensor array substantially surrounding the processing circuitry and configured to receive touch input from points distributed over an outer surface of the housing. The sensor array generates sensor signals responsive to the touch input and the sensor signals are converted by the processing circuitry into commands associated with a communication function supported by the communication device. In an illustrative embodiment, the housing has a spheroidal shape, and the sensor array is configured to receive touch input from points distributed over substantially the entire outer surface of the housing. The points distributed over the outer surface of the housing from which the sensor array receives touch input are undefined from a point of view of a user providing at least a portion of the touch input. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074701 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN TOUCH SYSTEM MANIPULATORS - A touch system user interface determines a signal profile associated with the use of a manipulator with a touch sensor component. The signal profile corresponding to a plurality of signal levels along a surface of the touch sensor component. The system calculates a geometrical attribute of that portion of the signal profile that exceeds a threshold signal value (e.g., the area or shape of the region) and determines a type of the manipulator (e.g., stylus, human finger, etc.) based on the calculated geometrical attribute. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074702 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display includes imparting, by an actuator, a force on the touch-sensitive display to provide tactile feedback, determining the force applied by the actuator on the touch-sensitive display, and adjusting a subsequent force imparted by the actuator based on the determined force. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074703 | MULTI-TOUCH SURFACE INTERACTION - A computing device including a multi-touch surface, and a method of operation thereof are described. The method comprises: detecting a customer's hand placed palm downwards on the multi-touch surface and detecting the customer's hand pivoting upwards from the detected palm downwards position so that an edge of the hand is placed on the multi-touch surface. The method also comprises displaying a private interaction window located adjacent to, and on the palm side of, the customer's hand; and communicating private data on the private interaction window. The private interaction window is dimensioned to be shielded by the customer's hand. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074704 | Predictive Sensitized Keypad - Devices and methods are disclosed which relate to improving the efficiency of text input by generating a dynamic virtual keyboard. Disclosed examples display a soft keyboard on a touchscreen of a text-entry device. The touchscreen works with the soft keyboard as a form of text input. Keyboard logic on the text-entry device is programmed to change the sensitivity of the footprint of keys surrounding a predicted key or keys, based upon the prior entry. The keyboard logic assigns a prediction value to each key based on a statistical probability that the key will be entered next. The touchscreen displays a dynamic virtual keyboard based on these prediction values. Enhancements include reducing the sensitivity of the footprint of keys relative to their prediction value. For instance, if a key is very unlikely to be the next intended key pressed, the footprint of the key will only respond to a key press of greater force than a key which is likely to be entered next. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074705 | Touch Screen Border Regions - Touch screens with more compact border regions can include an active area that includes touch sensing circuitry including drive lines, and a border region around the active area. The border region can include an area of sealant deposited on conductive lines, and transistor circuitry, such as gate drivers, between the active area and the sealant. The conductive lines can extend from the sealant to the active area without electrically connecting to the transistor circuitry. The conductive lines can have equal impedances and can connect the drive lines to a touch controller off of the touch screen. A set of drive signal characteristics for the drive lines can be obtained by determining a transfer function associated with each drive line, obtaining an inverse of each transfer function, and applying a set of individual sense signal characteristics to the inverse transfer functions to obtain the corresponding set of drive signal characteristics. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074706 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device. The touch screen device includes a casing, a touch panel module, vibration generation means, a vibration motor, and a drive unit. The casing defines an internal space. The touch panel module is provided in an upper portion of the casing, and receives external touch input from a user. The vibration generation means is mounted under the touch panel module, and generates vibrations. The vibration motor is mounted on an inner side of the casing, and makes the casing vibrate. The drive unit is installed inside the casing, and, when the touch panel module is touched, generates an operating frequency corresponding to the touch and then operates the vibration motor and the vibration generation means at the generated operating frequency. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074707 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INPUT APPARATUS - A display apparatus, wherein a display controller configured to perform a first display processing in which display informations from a starting point display number to a second target display number which is between the starting point display number and a first target display number corresponding to an approach-touch area are displayed on a display portion as to-be-displayed informations such that a difference between the display number of the to-be-displayed informations displayed at a start and an end of a unit time is a first value, and then perform a second display processing in which display informations from the second target display number to the first target display number are displayed as the to-be-displayed informations such that a difference between the display number of the to-be-displayed informations displayed at a start of an end of the unit time is a second value which is smaller than the first value. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074708 | INPUT DEVICE WITH DISPLAY PANEL - An input device includes a display, a touch panel and a cover member. The cover member fixes the display and the touch panel so that a display region of the display is exposed via a touch panel reaction region of the touch panel from an opening of the cover member and a surrounding region is defined in the touch panel reaction region between an inner periphery of the opening and an outer periphery of the display region. A controller of the input device is configured to: set a button display region in the display region; set a button reaction region in the touch panel reaction region to correspond to and overlap with the button display region; set a surrounding reaction region in the surrounding region to correspond to the button display region; acquire a coordinate of a pressed position where the touch panel reaction region is pressed; and select a process allocated to the button reaction region when the coordinate of the pressed position is located in the surrounding reaction region. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074709 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a main body including a housing, a display electrically connected to the main body, and a frame for connecting between the main body and the display. The display includes a display panel and a carrier for carrying the display panel. The portable electronic device is capable of being operated to switch between a closed state and an open state. When the portable electronic device is in the closed state, the display covers the main body with either one of the display panel or the carrier facing the housing of the main body, and the main body and the display are surrounded by the frame. When the portable electronic device is in the open state, the main body is straddled by the frame and is supported by the frame to define a first predetermined angle between the main body and the frame. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074710 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating User Interface Objects - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface. The method includes: displaying a first user interface for an application at a first magnification level. The first user interface includes a first plurality of user interface objects. The application has a range of magnification levels, including a predefined magnification level for requesting a second user interface with a multi-finger pinch gesture. The method also includes: detecting a first multi-finger pinch gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response: when the first magnification level is the predefined magnification level, displaying the second user interface simultaneously with the first user interface, wherein the second user interface includes a second plurality of user interface objects that are distinct from the first plurality of user interface objects in the first user interface; and when the first magnification level is greater than the predefined magnification level, zooming out the first user interface in accordance with the first multi-finger pinch gesture. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074711 | FLAT DISPLAY, TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH DETECTING METHOD - A touch device is disposed on a substrate having a plurality of scan lines. The touch device comprises a plurality of readout lines and a plurality of sensors. The readout lines and the scan lines are intersected with each other, and the sensors are electrically coupled to the corresponding scan lines and the corresponding readout lines respectively. A scan signal is introduced into the scan lines in sequence to control whether turning on the sensors, and the scan signal comprises at least one first turn-on pulse and a second turn-on pulse to simultaneously turn on at least two sensors which are electrically coupled to different scan lines. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074712 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer. The array substrate includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, a pixel electrode, a plurality of sensing lines and a touch sensing circuit. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074713 | REMOTE OPERATION DEVICE, REMOTE OPERATION SYSTEM, REMOTE OPERATION METHOD AND PROGRAM - A remote operation device is provided which includes a display panel for displaying an object, a housing formed along an outer edge of the display panel, a detection unit for detecting a selection operation on the object on the display panel, a remote operation unit for remotely operating an electronic device according to the detected selection operation, and a display control unit for displaying on the display panel the object near a characteristic area of the housing identifiable by touch. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074714 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - In an information display device, a touch panel is provided in front of a display part and detects a drag operation. A function execution unit executes a predetermined function according to the drag operation. A touched-point number determination unit determines the number of touched points in the drag operation detected by the touch panel. A function control unit changes a control parameter of the predetermined function to be executed by the function execution unit according to the number of touched points determined by the touched-point number determination unit. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074715 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and input control method thereof, are disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes: a display panel which displays an image; an image processing unit which processes the image to display in the display panel; a user input unit which receives a key selection from a user; and a control unit which generates a control signal to perform a first function based on an input key if a single key of a plurality of keys is input, and to perform a second function based on a mixture of an input key if at least two keys of the plurality of keys are input within a predetermined time. With this, depending on a position of keys and an input order, the number of keys necessary to perform various functions is reduced, providing a user with an intuitional user interface. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074716 | IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAYING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - Disclosed is an image displaying device including a first touch panel arranged on a display screen and generating first coordinate information representing a first coordinate pair denoting the location of a touch on the panel surface; a second touch panel arranged at the rear of the display screen and generating second coordinate information representing a second coordinate pair denoting the location of a touch on the panel surface; and a control unit detecting concurrent touches on the surfaces of the first and second touch panels and, if the concurrent touches are detected, detecting coordinate pairs overlapping between the first coordinate pairs and the second coordinate pairs to determine whether or not the overlapping coordinate pairs exist in a number not lower than specified. A method of and a program for displaying an image on such an image displaying device are also disclosed. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074717 | Display Device - A display device is disclosed. The display device comprises a first touch panel comprising a first display module, a second touch panel comprising a second display module, and a contact detection module located between the first touch panel and the second touch panel. A control module performs display control of the first touch panel and the second touch panel based on operations of the first touch panel, the second touch panel, and the contact detection module. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074718 | FRAME ITEM INSTRUCTION GENERATING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - A frame item instruction generating method for a touch panel is provided. Firstly, a touch motion of making a click or multiple consecutive clicks on the touch panel and then staying for a while serves as a starting point of entering a frame item mode. Then, a frame item generated by hop-clicking a screen is used to determine an output of a frame item instruction, so as to accurately output the frame item instruction and determine different frame items according to different numbers of the click or consecutive clicks of a user, thereby achieving a function of generating multiple frame items. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074719 | GESTURE DETECTING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - A gesture detecting method for a touch panel is provided. First, a command mode of the touch panel is established based on a hop touch with fingers sequentially touching the touch panel and staying for a while. Then, a gesture is determined according to an eventually detected touch result of a single-point or multipoint touch, i.e., a detected moving track of the touch points, so as to generate and transmit a gesture instruction. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074720 | INFORMATION INPUT DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information input display apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: an information display unit formed with a flexible material; an information input unit provided at a back of the information display unit and including keys onto which input of data is performed with a pressing-down process involving a deformation of the information display unit; and a control unit adapted to perform control processing of display information supplied to the information display unit, and key setting processing such that a key of the information input unit at a position corresponding to a data input portion contained in the display information is set as an information input key corresponding to the displayed data input portion. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074721 | Information processing apparatus and input control method - An information processing apparatus includes a fingerprint sensor that detects movement of a finger, and a transforming unit that transforms the movement of the finger detected by the fingerprint sensor into an input event corresponding to an operational instruction to an application that runs on the information processing apparatus. When an amount of movement of the finger detected by the fingerprint sensor is greater than a threshold for the amount of movement, the transforming unit inhibits transformation of the movement of the finger detected by the fingerprint sensor into the input event. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074722 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display device, the display device including a display panel unit, a sensing unit formed on the display panel unit, receiving a sensor control signal, and generating a sensor data signal based on a touch exerted on the display panel unit, an output unit generating a sensing signal based on the sensor data signal from the sensing unit, and a compensation unit adjusting the sensor control signal such that the sensing signal is bounded in a predetermined range. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074723 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING A POSITION-BASED ATTRIBUTE OF AN OBJECT USING DIGITAL CODES - Methods, systems and devices are described for detecting a position-based attribute of a finger, stylus or other object with a touchpad or other sensor having a touch-sensitive region that includes a plurality of electrodes. Modulation signals for one or more electrodes are produced as a function of any number of distinct digital codes. The modulation signals are applied to an associated at least one of the plurality of electrodes to obtain a resultant signal that is electrically affected by the position of the object. The resultant signal is demodulated using the plurality of distinct digital codes to discriminate electrical effects produced by the object. The position-based attribute of the object is then determined with respect to the plurality of electrodes from the electrical effects. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110074724 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HUMAN INPUT TO A COMPUTER - The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer. The method includes the steps of placing a first target on a first portion of the user's body, using an electro-optical sensing means, sensing data related to the location of the first target and data related to the location of a second portion of the user's body, the first and second portions of the user's body being movable relative to each other, providing an output of the electro-optical sensing means to the input of the computer, determining the location of the first target and the location of the second portion of the user's body, and varying the output of the computer to the display based upon the determined locations for contemporaneous viewing by the user. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110080347 | PIEZOELECTRIC ASSEMBLY - A piezoelectric assembly is provided, including an electrode assembly, a signal electrical connector, and a reference electrical connector. The electrode assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric material. The signal electrical connector is in electrical communication with the first electrode and configured to be connected to the current or voltage source so as to provide electrical communication with a current or voltage source. The reference electrical connector is in electrical communication with the second electrode and configured to be connected to the reference source so as to provide electrical communication with a reference source. One of the signal electrical connector and the reference electrical connector includes a metal shim for supporting the electrode assembly. A flexible printed circuit board is provided including a trace. An interconnecting structure effects electrical communication between the trace and the metal shim. The interconnecting structure is disposed within a passage provided between a first side surface and an opposite second side surface of the flexible printed circuit board, and extends through the first side surface to provide a coupling structure coupled to the metal shim at a coupling structure surface interface, and also extends through the second side surface to provide a retainer disposed in opposition to the first side surface to provide a retainer disposed in opposition to the first side surface. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080348 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH A PRIMARY DISPLAY AND A SELECTIVELY ILLUMINATED SECONDARY DISPLAY - Systems and methods for selectively illuminating a secondary display are provided. An electronic device can include a primary display (e.g., a liquid crystal display (LCD) screen) and a printed segmented electroluminescence (secondary) display. The primary display can be used to convey visual content to a user, and the secondary display can be used to guide a user providing inputs to the device. For example, the secondary display can be selectively illuminated to provide one or more indicators that represent where or how a user can provide inputs to the device. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080349 | METHOD OF WAKING UP AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a method of waking a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device configured to perform the same. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of conserving power on a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a device housing which comprises a touch-sensitive display, an accelerometer, and a force sensing transducer, the method comprising: causing the portable electronic device to enter a sleep mode in response to a trigger condition, wherein the touch-sensitive display is deactivated in the sleep mode and the force sensing transducer measures forces applied to the touch-sensitive display at a reduced rate relative to a rate of a full power mode when in the sleep mode; detecting an inertial event using the accelerometer; causing the force sensing transducer to measure forces applied to the touch-sensitive display at the rate of the full power mode in response to detection of an inertial event; detecting forces applied to the touch-sensitive display using the force sensing transducer at the rate of the full power mode; causing the touch-sensitive display to be reactivated in response to detection of a force which is greater than a predetermined wake force threshold; detecting touch events on the touch-sensitive display; and causing the portable electronic device to wake from the sleep mode in response to detection of a touch event within a first predetermined duration of the detection of the force which is greater than a predetermined wake force threshold. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080350 | METHOD OF SYNCHRONIZING DATA ACQUISITION AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE SAME - A method of synchronizing force data with touch data and a portable electronic device configured to perform the same are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of synchronizing data acquisition in a portable electronic device, the method comprising: detecting touch events on a touch-sensitive display and storing touch data for each touch event with a time stamp for the touch event; detecting force events on the touch-sensitive display and storing force data for each force event with a time stamp for the force event; matching touch data for a particular touch event with force data for a force event corresponding to the particular touch event; and outputting the matched touch data and force data for input processing operations. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080351 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TOUCH INPUT ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY WHEN A DISPLAY ELEMENT IS ACTIVE AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR THE SAME - A method of controlling touch input on a touch-sensitive display when a display element is active and a portable electronic device configured for the same are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method of controlling touch input on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, the method comprising: displaying a widget having at least one field on a user interface screen displayed on the touch-sensitive display; selecting the field in the widget in response to predetermined interaction with the touch-sensitive display; changing the value of the selected field in accordance with a predetermined touch gesture at any location on the touch-sensitive display; and re-displaying the widget on the user interface screen with the changed value of the selected field. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080352 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ENHANCED KEYPAD - This invention relates generally to software and devices, and more specifically, to systems and methods for providing an enhanced keypad. In one embodiment, the invention includes a method including operations of establishing a character set by assigning characters of the character set to character buttons configured to being reassigned different characters for a different character set; receiving one or more input selections; determining whether the one or more input selections is from a character button; and if the one or more input selections is from a character button, identifying a character assigned to the character button. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080353 | Electrode pattern for touch screen, driver for touch screen, and touch screen - Disclosed is a touch screen to accurately receive a user selection by applying differential signals to the electrode patterns of a touch screen, each having a different capacitance. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080354 | TOUCH PAD MODULE ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE - A touch pad module assembly structure includes a housing, a touch pad module and a metal bracket. The housing includes a generally rectangular opening. The touch pad module is assembled into the opening. The touch pad module includes a support member and a circuit board. An edge of the support member has a through hole and a pair of resilient members. An opposite edge of the support member has a connection member secured to a surrounding surface of the opening. The circuit board is disposed over the support member and includes a switch aligned with the through hole. The metal bracket is secured to a surrounding edge of the opening to be in to contact with the switch and expose the connection member. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080355 | Touch Screen Devices Employing Nanostructure Networks - Touch screen displays comprising at least one nanostructure-film, and fabrication methods thereof, are discussed. Nanostructure-films may comprise, for example, a network(s) of nanotubes, nanowires, nanoparticles and/or graphene flakes. Such films are preferably at least semi-transparent and relatively flexible, making them well-suited for use in a variety of touch screen applications. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080356 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING APPLICATION EXECUTION IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and application execution controlling method in a mobile terminal are provided. The present invention includes executing a first application and a second application, displaying an execution picture of the first application and an execution notification indicator of the second application, receiving a touch and drag action from the execution notification indicator of the second application to the execution picture of the first application, displaying information provided by the second application during the touch and drag action, and adding the information provided by the second application to information of the first application corresponding to an execution status of the first application. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080357 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH BUILT-IN TOUCH SCREEN - A liquid crystal display (LCD) with a built-in touch screen includes: a first substrate including a pixel area having a plurality of pixels and a sensor area having a plurality of photosensors; a second substrate positioned over the first substrate, and including a color filter, a light receiving portion, a transparent electrode layer, and a front polarizing plate; an LCD panel including a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; and a touch screen driver circuit to sense a capacitance variation provided through a first sensing line connected to the transparent electrode layer when an object is in contact with the LCD panel, and to output position information of the object, sensed by using optical information sensed through a second sensing line connected the plurality of photosensors when the capacitance variation is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080358 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH BUILT-IN TOUCH SCREEN - A liquid crystal display (LCD) with a built-in touch screen includes: a first substrate including a sensor area having a plurality of photosensors; a second substrate positioned over the first substrate, and including a color filter, a light receiving portion, and a transparent electrode layer and a front polarizing plate; an LCD panel including a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates; a touch screen driver circuit to measure a capacitance variation sensed through a first sensing line connected to the transparent electrode layer and to calculate a touch area using optical information sensed through a second sensing line connected to the photosensors when a contact object is in contact with the LCD panel, and to output position information of the contact object, sensed by determining whether a touch occurs and whether a multi-touch occurs using the capacitance variation and the touch area. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080359 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - An apparatus and method for providing a user interface for interacting to various touch events detected by multiple touch sensors formed on the different surfaces of a mobile terminal are provided. The method, for a mobile terminal having a first touch area and a second touch area, includes detecting a touch event that includes a first touch sensed on the first touch area and a second touch sensed on the second touch area, identifying a movement pattern of the touch event, and providing a user interface in accordance with the movement pattern. The apparatus and method for providing a user interface according to the present invention is advantageous to input various user commands intuitively using multi-touch gestures and improve utilization of the mobile terminal with enriched emotional expressions. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080360 | UNIVERSAL TOUCH INPUT DRIVER - A universal touch input driver includes a device driver interface through which touch data is obtained from a device driver. Also included is a computation module that processes the touch data and converts it into a standardized format. Also included is an application interface through which the standardized touch data is transferred to a touch input application. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080361 | TOUCH INPUT HARDWARE - A touch-based input system includes a screen and multiple projectors that project graphics onto the screen. A processor processes user interactions with the screen and generates touch data based upon the interactions. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080362 | ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DISPLAYS - The present invention offers an electronic information display which can be updated at a very low cost. This is accomplished by an electronic display device and a separate writer device. The writer device may comprise an electronic backplane, a mechanical fixture which can be easily be pressed against the electronic information display, and a wireless network and computational infrastructure which connect the writer device to a data base. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080363 | TOUCH-CONTROL SYSTEM AND TOUCH-SENSING METHOD THEREOF - An exemplary touch-control system and an exemplary touch-sensing method thereof are provided. The touch-control system comprises a touch-control panel, at least an image sensing apparatus and a processing circuit. The touch-control panel has a touch surface and adopts a touch-sensing structure. The touch-sensing structure comprises at least a plurality of conducting wires paralleled to each other. The image sensing apparatus is used for sensing an image of the touch surface. When two pointers touch the touch surface, the processing circuit acquires the information related to the positions of the pointers in the touch surface by the conducting wires and the processing circuit, so as to acquire the actual touch positions of the pointers according to the sensing results of the two sensing manners. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080364 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Positioning an Insertion Marker in a Touch Screen Display - An insertion marker that is displayed on a touch screen may be moved by a user via an insertion marker placement aid. The insertion marker placement aid is displayed on the touch screen after a contact with the touch screen is detected. The insertion marker placement aid provides visual feedback to the user, indicating that the insertion marker is subject to repositioning by the user. When the contact is moved across the touch screen, the insertion marker and the insertion marker placement aid is moved in accordance with the movement of the contact. When the contact is broken (i.e., no longer detected), the insertion marker placement aid is removed from display and the insertion marker comes to rest. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080365 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DISCRIMINATION - Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different input patterns to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. By way of example, large objects hovering a short distance from the touch-surface (e.g., a cheek, thigh or chest) may be identified and distinguished from physical contacts to the surface. In addition, rough contacts due to, for example, ears and earlobes, may be similarly identified and distinguished from contacts due to fingers, thumbs, palms and finger clasps. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110080366 | RESOLUTION AND SENSITIVITY BALANCE METRIC - In a method for determining a resolution metric, sampled touch input data is accessed for at least one of a plurality of capacitive sensor channels in capacitive touch sensors. A resolution metric is determined based on a ratio of a required resolution and a channel resolution of at least one of the plurality of capacitive sensor channels, where for a plurality of channels the resolution metric is set to a minimum of determined individual resolution metrics for each of the plurality of channels. The resolution metric is provided as an output. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110084910 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a plurality of touches on a touch-sensitive display, collecting applied force values, determined by at least one force sensor, for the plurality of touches, and changing a first threshold value based on the collected applied force values. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084911 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting first and second touches on the touch-sensitive display and determining a location of each of the first and second touches, determining, by a plurality of force sensors, reaction forces, for the first and second touches, and determining a respective applied force for each of the first and second touches based on the reaction forces and the locations of the first and second touches. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084912 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a touch on a first touch-sensitive display, applying force by an actuator on a touch-sensitive display to simulate depression of a switch, and storing a first indicator of depression simulation for the first touch. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084913 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying a set of buttons in a first layout on a touch-sensitive display when a first orientation of the portable electronic device is detected and in a second layout on the touch-sensitive display when a second orientation of the portable electronic device is detected. An alternate mode of operation of a portable electronic device is detected. While in the alternate mode, the set of buttons is displayed in a third layout, wherein the set of buttons is displayed in a set of respective locations with respect to the touch-sensitive display for the first orientation and the second orientation. At least some information is displayed based on a detected orientation of the portable electronic device. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084914 | TOUCH INTERFACE HAVING MICROPHONE TO DETERMINE TOUCH IMPACT STRENGTH - A computing device receives position coordinates of a touch input region upon a user touching the touch input region. The computing device also receives an audio signal from an audio sensor upon the user touching the touch input region. An impact strength of the user's touch is determined based on the audio signal. The computing device performs an action that is associated with the determined impact strength. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084915 | ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAMERA LENS - A system is disclosed to adjusting a shooting angle of a camera lens. The system generates an electric signal relative to a contacting track of a touching device on a touch screen or a touch on the touch screen. The electric signal is processed to obtain a displacement of the touching device on the touch screen or a coordinate of the touch on the touch screen. A control signal is generated according to the displacement of the touching device on the touch screen or the coordinate of the touch on the touch screen. The system adjusts the shooting angle of the camera lens according to the control signal. Therefore, the camera lens captures images in a required area. The images captured by the camera lens may be displayed on the touch screen. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084916 | Haptic feedback actuator, haptic device and electronic device - A haptic feedback actuator includes: a vibration plate provided on one surface of a haptic device and transferring vibration; and an actuator provided such that the vibration plate is interposed between the actuator and the haptic device and excited according to a change in the contact pressure of the haptic device to generate vibration. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084917 | Haptic feedback device and electronic device - A haptic feedback device includes: a haptic device receiving a contact pressure applied thereto; and an actuator provided to the haptic device and excited according to a change in the contact pressure of the haptic device to generate vibrations. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084918 | Touch Detection Method and Touch Detection Device and Touch Display Device - A touch detection method, for detecting touch events in a touch pad having a plurality of sense sequences arranged as a matrix, includes outputting a plurality of pulse signals to the plurality of sense sequences, detecting voltage differences between adjacent sense sequences of the plurality of sense sequences when receiving the plurality of pulse signals, to generate a plurality of detection results, and determining a status of an touch event according to the plurality of detection results. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084919 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING TEXT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for inputting a text and a display apparatus using the same are provided, the text input method including: transferring a message for requesting execution of a text input mode to an external device; receiving the text from the external device; and displaying the received text if it is determined that a situation in which a text is to be input occurs. Therefore, if a situation in which a text is to be input occurs, an external device automatically operates in a text input mode, and thus a user more conveniently inputs the text. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084920 | REDUCING LAYERS IN A TOUCHPAD BY MAXIMIZING DISTANCE BETWEEN A GROUND PLANE AND SENSOR ELECTRODES ELECTRODES - A system for reducing the number of layers of a touchpad between sensor electrodes that form a touch sensor, and the all other components of a touchpad, wherein the other components are comprised of a ground plane and sensor circuitry of a capacitance sensitive touchpad, and wherein the number of layers required for all the various components of the touchpad are reduced to thereby lower manufacturing costs of the touchpad. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084921 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DATA EXTRACTING METHOD IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and data extracting method therein are disclosed, by which specific data meeting a specific condition can be selected and extracted conveniently and quickly in the course of displaying a data list constructed with a plurality of data. The present invention includes receiving an input of a touch action for selecting specific data and a classification condition corresponding to the specific data using a displayed data list upon receiving the input of the touch action, selecting at least one data including the specific data as the data including the classification condition from a plurality of data, receiving an input of an extraction command signal for extracting the selected at least one data, and extracting the selected at least one data upon receiving the input of the extraction command signal. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084922 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes associating regions of a touch-sensitive display with information, detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display, determining an area associated with the touch, and associating probability values with at least some of the information based on an area associated with the touch and the regions associated with the information. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084923 | Device and Method for Parallel-scanning Differential Touch Detection - A method for parallel-scanning differential touch detection is disclosed herein. The method includes generating a plurality of first outputs by a differential unit according to a plurality of first inputs provided by a plurality of sensors of a touch panel in each scan of total i scans, herein, the kth first output in the jth scan of the total i scans is the (i*(k−1)+j)th output in the continuous first outputs, i≧2, j≧1, k≧1, and i, j, k are natural numbers. Wherein, the differential unit has a plurality of subtractors and the inputs of the subtractors are connected in series. By doing so, the noises between a touch panel and a display can be eliminated. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084924 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIGNAL DETECTION - A method and device for signal detection is disclosed. At least one detection period is predefined for detecting a signal of a signal source, a differential signal of a pair of signal sources, or a dual-differential signal of three signal sources during at least one clock cycle. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084925 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO DISPLAY ICONS REPRESENTING FUNCTIONS, AND ICON DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - An icon display method of an image forming apparatus is provided which includes receiving an input regarding whether to change a display of an icon representing a function supported by the image forming apparatus, receiving a selection of at least one icon to be changed in display, from among a plurality of icons displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI), receiving an input of modification attributes for the at least one selected icon, storing the received modification attributes, and displaying the at least one selected icon on the GUI, and moving the at least one selected icon in the GUI according to the stored modification attributes. Therefore, it is possible to promote user conveniences. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084926 | Method and device for converting sensing information - The method and device for converting sensing information are disclosed. Each first touch related sensing information of a first sensing information is detected. At least one of the first touch related sensing information is converted. Each converted first touch related sensing information is replaced by a corresponding second touch related sensing information, whereby the first sensing information is converted into a second sensing information. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084927 | Method and device for determining a touch or touches - A method and device for determining a single touch or multiple touches is disclosed. A touch related sensing information with a single zero-crossing is used for determining a pair of values, and the locations of a pair of centroids are calculated depending on the pair of values. The distance between the locations of the pair of centroids can be used to determine whether the number of touches is one or more. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084928 | Method and device for analyzing two-dimension sensing information - The method and device for analyzing two-dimension sensing information are disclosed. The two-dimension (2-D) sensing information is analyzed for determining touch related sensing information. The touch related sensing information may include touch related sensing information with inner lower values within outer high values and with inner higher values within outer low values. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084929 | Method and device for position detection - A method and device for position detection are disclosed. A self-capacitance detection can be performed by a sensing device. According to the result of the self-capacitance detection, a first mutual-capacitance detection can be performed for determining one or more first 1-D positions. According to the result of the first mutual-capacitance detection, a second mutual-capacitance detection can be performed for determining one or more second 1-D positions corresponding to each first 1-D position. One or more 2-D positions can be provided according to the one or more second 1-D positions corresponding to each first 1-D position. Besides, during the self-capacitance detection, the first mutual-capacitance detection, and the second mutual-capacitance detection, a touch related sensing information corresponding to a touch that covers a wide area can be neglected for palm rejection. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084930 | Method and device for dual-differential sensing - A method and device for dual-differential sensing is disclosed. The sensing information can be generated from signals provided by a sensing device with a plurality of sensors. Each value of the sensing information corresponds to signals of three sensors, respectively. The sensing device is flexible and configured on a display. The noise effect of the display on the signal of each sensor corresponds to the distance between the display and the sensor. Besides, the noise effect of the display on each value of the sensing information corresponds to the distances between the display and the three sensors, respectively. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110084931 | Method and device for position detection - The method and device for position detection are disclosed. Corresponding to a first touch related sensing information, a second touch related sensing information is acquired for determining at least one position. Each position is used separately for determining the position of a centroid according to the first touch related sensing information or the second touch related sensing information. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110090153 | Haptic feedback device and electronic device - A haptic feedback device includes: a haptic device receiving a contact pressure applied thereto; a vibration plate attached with the haptic device by means of an anaerobic adhesive and transferring vibration; and an actuator provided to the haptic device such that the vibration plate is interposed between the haptic device and the actuator, and excited according to a change in the contact pressure of the haptic device to generate vibration. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090154 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of sensing series and a floating conductive pattern is provided. The sensing series are disposed on the substrate, wherein the sensing series are electrically insulated from each other. The floating conductive pattern is disposed on the substrate and between the sensing series, wherein the floating conductive pattern includes one or more slits, and the one or more slits adjacent to one of the sensing pads is/are arranged in a path similar to a contour of the corresponding the sensing pads. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090155 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT COMBINING GESTURAL INPUT FROM MULTIPLE TOUCH SCREENS INTO ONE GESTURAL INPUT - A method for use by a touch screen device includes detecting a first touch screen gesture at a first display surface of an electronic device, detecting a second touch screen gesture at a second display surface of the electronic device, and discerning that the first touch screen gesture and the second touch screen gesture are representative of a single command affecting a display on the first and second display surfaces. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090156 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF DISPLAY APPARATUS ACCORDING TO QUANTITY OF INCIDENT EXTERNAL LIGHT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for controlling an operation of a display apparatus according to the quantity of incident external light and a display apparatus using the same are provided. The display apparatus controls an operating mode thereof according to the quantity of external light incident to a surface on a display. Therefore, unnecessary power consumption may be eliminated, and an unintended command may be prevented from being mistakenly input and performed. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090157 | Touch Display Apparatus and Manufacturing Method Thereof - The present invention includes a touch display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The touch display apparatus includes a display unit, a first transparent substrate, a first electrically conductive layer, a second electrically conductive layer and a second transparent substrate. The display unit is disposed at a base of the touch display apparatus. The first transparent substrate has a light guiding element and is disposed on the display unit. The first electrically conductive layer is disposed on the first transparent substrate. The second electrically conductive layer is disposed on the second transparent substrate and between the second transparent substrate and the first electrically conductive layer. The touch display apparatus may include spacers disposed on a downward surface of the second electrically conductive layer. Because there is the light guiding element, an additional light guiding element isn't needed, thereby not only simplifying the manufacturing process but also enhancing the display effect. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090158 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - An information input device includes: an input panel having an effective photo-detectable region in which a plurality of photodetectors are arranged for detecting an external proximity object, and having a shading region located in a margin of the effective photo-detectable region; a correction section performing outermost-region correction on an outermost photo-detection signal to increase intensity thereof, the outermost photo-detection signal being obtained from a photodetector located in an outermost-region of the effective photo-detectable region; and an image processor acquiring object information about one or more of a position, a shape and size of the external proximity object based on a resultant photo-detection signal obtained from the outermost-region correction. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090159 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE-TYPE INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE-ATTACHED ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS - An electrostatic capacitance-type input device in which input position detecting electrodes are disposed in an input area of a substrate, includes a lower layer-side conductive film, an interlayer insulating film, and an upper layer-side conductive film, which are stacked on the substrate in order from the substrate side. A first input position detecting electrode and a second input position detecting electrode that extends in a direction intersecting the first input position detecting electrode and includes a discontinued portion in an intersection portion of the first and second input position detecting electrodes are formed as the input position detecting electrodes by a first conductive film out of the lower and upper layer-side conductive films, and a relay electrode that overlaps with the first input position detecting electrode in the intersection portion so as to be electrically connected to the discontinued portion of the second input position detecting electrode and an input area shield electrode that overlaps with the first and second input position detecting electrodes are formed by a second conductive film out of the lower and upper layer-side conductive films. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090160 | CONTROL METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A display device including a display circuit, a touch panel, a detection circuit, and a sensing circuit is disclosed. The display circuit generates a plurality of driving signals. The touch panel displays an image according to the driving signals. The detection circuit detects the display circuit. When the display circuit stops generating the driving signals, the detection circuit asserts a control signal. The sensing circuit detects the touch panel to obtain whether an area of the touch panel is touched when the control signal is asserted. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090161 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROGRAM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An information input device includes an input panel including detection elements each obtaining a detection signal from an object, an image processing section performing predetermined image processing on the detection signal obtained by the input panel, thereby obtaining touch point information which is indicative of whether the object is in a touch state and proximity point information which is indicative of whether the object is in a proximity state. The information input device further includes a drive section driving each of the detection elements in the input panel in such a manner that the detection signal is obtained from each of the detection elements at predetermined drive intervals, and a control section determining the drive interval based on the touch point information and the proximity point information obtained by the image processing section. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090162 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, a second substrate, a second conductive layer, a containing unit and a plurality of charged particles. The first conductive layer has anisotropic impedance and is disposed on the first substrate. The second conductive layer is disposed on the second substrate. The containing unit is disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and includes a plurality of pixel spaces. The plurality of charged particles are filled in the pixel spaces. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090163 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING TOUCH FUNCTION IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for managing a touch function in a portable terminal are provided. The method includes determining if an input is received during a preset time, when the input is not received during the preset time, driving a proximity sensor and determining if an object exists around the portable terminal, and maintaining ON or turning OFF a touch recognition function of a touch sensor depending on whether the object exists around the portable terminal. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090164 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS IN A TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for easily selecting a character in a terminal including a touch screen, wherein a touch keypad is divided into a central layout including keys, and a sub layout including extended keys. According to an inclined angle and an inclined direction of a terminal, the sub layout opposite to the inclined direction based on the central layout is combined with the central layout, displaying a combined keypad including the central layout and the sub layout, on the display. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090165 | INTERFACE METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an interface method including detecting a contact on a display unit on which a first screen is output; determining whether a plurality of selectable objects exist within a first threshold distance from a point where the contact is detected; and outputting a second screen, in which at least one of the plurality of selectable objects are rearranged to provide distances between the plurality of selectable objects greater than or equal to a second threshold distance, on the display unit. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING DIFFERENT GRAPHICAL DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE USER INTERACTIVITY - An electronic device comprising an electronic paper display that displays a first set of data, and a second display that displays a portion of the first set of data displayed on the electronic paper display. Preferably, the second display is a Liquid Crystal Display and displays the portion of the first set of data in color, whereas the portion is displayed on the electronic paper display in monochrome. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090167 | Touch Sensitive Device - A touch sensitive device comprising a panel capable of supporting bending waves, a user-accessible touch sensitive screen on or forming part of a face of the panel, the touch sensitive screen having a plurality of different sensing areas, a plurality of vibration exciters coupled to the panel to apply bending waves to the panel to provide tactile feedback at the plurality of sensing areas in response to the user touching a sensing area, and signal processing means arranged to apply signals to the vibration exciters so as to steer bending waves applied to the panel by the plurality of vibration exciters whereby the amplitude of the applied bending waves is maximised at the sensing area touched by the user and reduced or minimised at each other sensing area. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090168 | Touch Screen Input Method and Device - A touch panel | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110090169 | TOUCH BUTTON FALSE ACTIVATION SUPPRESSION - A touch member ( | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110095988 | Integrated control mechanism for handheld electronic devices - An integrated control mechanism integrates a touch sense control mechanism on the top and an electrical switch control mechanism underneath the touch sense control mechanism. The integrated control mechanism is operated by a thumb-tip touch action on surface of the touch sense control mechanism to operate the touch sense control mechanism and by thumb-tip pressure on the same touch sense control mechanism to operate the electrical switch control mechanism underneath. Using an integrated control mechanism operated by a human thumb-tip enables the human hand to hold handheld devices in the palm and fingers and the human thumb-tip via the integrated control mechanism to be able to operate various functions and operational modes of the handheld device. The integrated control mechanism may be used in many types of handheld electronic devices. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095989 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND BEZEL THEREFOR - An interactive input system comprises at least one imaging device having a field of view looking into a region of interest, a bezel at least partially surrounding the region of interest and having a surface in the field of view of the at least one imaging device, a first radiation source emitting radiation into the region of interact that is generally matched to the characteristics of the bezel so that the radiation emitted by the first radiation source is reflected by the bezel surface generally towards the at least one imaging device and a second radiation source emitting radiation into the region of interest that is generally unmatched to the characteristics of the bezel so that the radiation emitted by the second radiation source is not reflected by the bezel surface. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095990 | INTERDIGITATED TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRODES - A device includes a plurality of adjacent electrodes for a touch sensitive device. The electrodes run generally in a first direction. Adjacent electrodes are interdigitated to provide one or more interpolation sections of the electrodes. Touch sensitive devices may utilize such interdigitated electrodes as drive electrodes, along with transverse sense electrodes formed over a display. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095991 | DRIVING ELECTRODES WITH DIFFERENT PHASE SIGNALS - A controller includes drive circuitry to drive one target drive electrode of a touch sensitive device with a series of predetermined phase pulses and to drive at least one other drive electrode of the touch sensitive device with a corresponding series of out-of-phase pulses. Sense circuitry receives signal transferred to sense electrodes from the drive electrodes of the touch sensitive device. The received signal is responsive to one or more touches on the touch sensitive device. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095992 | TOOLS WITH MULTIPLE CONTACT POINTS FOR USE ON TOUCH PANEL - A tool used for interacting with a touch screen system is described. The tool is an object having multiple contact points that can contact the touch screen at multiple contact points simultaneously. The touch screen system detects the positions of the multiple contact points and matches a geometric pattern formed by the multiple contact points with pre-stored geometric patterns to recognize a virtual device. The touch screen system then performs appropriate functions defined for the recognized virtual device. An MCP (multiple contact point) mouse, an MCP fingertip, and an MCP key tool are described along with their use. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095993 | ZOOM ADJUSTMENT PROCESS - Subject matter, for example, disclosed herein relates to an embodiment of a process, system, device, or article for adjusting zoom level of displayed electronic content. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095994 | Systems And Methods For Using Static Surface Features On A Touch-Screen For Tactile Feedback - Systems and methods for using static surface features on a touch-screen for tactile feedback are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes a processor configured to transmit a display signal, the display signal comprising a plurality of display elements; and a display configured to output a visual representation of the display signal, the display including: touch-sensitive input device; and one or more static surface features covering at least a portion of the display. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095995 | Infrared Touchscreen for Rear Projection Video Control Panels - A control panel system has a projection screen with an inside surface for being illuminated to produce a graphical display and with an outside surface accessible to a user. An illumination source projects radiation to illuminate the projection screen, wherein the radiation includes visible radiation and infrared radiation. An optical distribution system distributes the visible radiation according to an image for the graphical display and distributes the infrared radiation according to a predetermined pattern, wherein the projection screen transmits the infrared radiation out from the outside surface where it can be reflected back toward the optical distribution system by a manually-controlled object that is placed by the user in relation to the image. An infrared sensor receives the reflected infrared radiation from the optical distribution system and generates a detection signal identifying the location of the manually-controlled object in response to the predetermined pattern. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095996 | TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT - A touchscreen includes an array of first electrode pairs and an array of second electrode pairs distributed across an active area of the touchscreen. The first and second electrode pairs may be configured in various snaking patterns to vary the proportion of first and second electrode pair density in a first direction across the touchscreen. The position of a touch can be determined by the proportion of densities of elements in the area of the touch, such as by measuring capacitive coupling of the drive elements. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095997 | TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT - A touchscreen display assembly has an array of first electrodes distributed across an active area of the touchscreen display assembly such that the density of first electrodes increases in a first direction across the touchscreen. An array of second electrodes is distributed across an active area of the touchscreen display assembly such that the density of second electrodes decreases in the first direction across the touchscreen. The position in the first direction of an input on the touchscreen can be determined by the proportion of first and second electrodes density in the area of the input. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095998 | EXTERNAL INPUT DEVICE - An external input device is disclosed. The external input device comprises an upper case, a touch sensor module, a control module, a lighting module, a transfer module, a transparent substrate, and a lower case. The upper case comprises a visible region and a shielding region; the touch sensor module is provided under the upper case; control module is provided under the shielding region; the lighting module is provided on the control module; the transparent substrate is provided under the touch sensor; and the lower case is used for sitting the touch sensor module, the control module, the lighting module, the transfer module, and transparent substrate, and integrates with the upper case. The external input device can be used for performing pointing mode and key-in mode to replace the functions of mice, touch panel, and partial functions of keyboards, and the external input device is easy to switch between the modes for users. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110095999 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT READING DEVICES - We describe an architecture for a large-area, touch-sensitive electronic document reading device which is able to tolerate bending. In broad terms, a control circuit board is mounted behind a flexible display structure in the housing and at respective points of attachment of first and second laminar connectors to the control circuit board each laminar connector has a plurality of electrical connections running along a longitudinal direction of the laminar connector and disposed alongside one another in a transverse direction across the laminar connector. At the respective points of attachment of the first and second laminar connectors to the control circuit board the longitudinal directions of the laminar connectors are aligned such that, when said device is flexed, a relative displacement in said longitudinal direction between said control circuit board and of said display structure can be tolerated without damage to the control electronics, touch sensitive display screen or connections therebetween. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096000 | TOUCH STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A touch structure and a touch display apparatus comprising the same are provided. The touch display apparatus has a touch controller electrically connected to the touch structure. The touch structure comprises a display panel with a display surface and a sense assembly. The sense assembly is disposed on a surface opposite to the display surface and electrically connected to the touch controller to generate a touch signal while the display surface of the display panel is touched so that the touch controller may act according to the touch signal. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096001 | OPTICAL TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEMS - An optical touch control system. A monitor includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side sequentially connected to each other. A first light guide, a second light guide, and a third light guide are respectively disposed on the first, second, and third sides of the monitor. A first beam splitter is adjacent to the first and second light guides. A second beam splitter is adjacent to the second and third light guides. A first light source and a second light source are respectively adjacent to the first and second beam splitters. A first image sensor is disposed between the first and fourth sides of the monitor. A second image sensor is disposed between the third and fourth sides. The first and second image sensors receive light transmitted onto the monitor via the first, second, and third light guides, identifying touch control operations. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096002 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and method for controlling interference includes a signal receiving unit which receives a signal in an effective frequency band from an input device; a signal processing unit which processes a signal on the effective frequency band to output a user input signal; a display unit which displays an image based on the user input signal; and a diminishing signal generating unit which generates a diminishing signal having a waveform diminishing a noise outside the effective frequency band. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096003 | MULTITOUCH INPUT TO TOUCHPAD DERIVED FROM POSITIVE SLOPE DETECTION DATA - A method for using existing touchpad hardware to detect and track multiple objects such as fingers that are in contact with a touchpad, wherein the method extracts information from data that is already being collected, wherein analysis of the data is simplified by identifying objects by only looking for a positive slopes and negative slopes to identify multiple objects in data from the touchpad. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096004 | METHOD OF IMAGE TOUCH PANEL - The present invention relates to a method of image touch panel, which comprises the steps of first extracting a background image, comparing the background and a touch image for producing a positioning image, positioning a location of the touch image according to the positioning image for giving the location touched by a user, and hence executing the corresponding function. Thereby, the function of a touch panel can be achieved. By adopting the method of image touch panel according to the present invention, it is not necessary to purchase a physical touch panel to own the functions the touch panel has for executing the functions provided by an electronic product with ease. In addition, the present uses mid- to low-end cameras, and hence reducing the costs. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096005 | TOUCH SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch substrate includes a base substrate, a common electrode and a wire electrode. The base substrate has a plurality of common electrode areas. A common electrode is disposed in each of the common electrode areas. The common electrode has a plurality of first electrode lines extended in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in the first direction. The wire electrode is connected to an end of the common electrode to apply a voltage to the common electrode. The common electrode and the wire electrode are simultaneously formed through a same process using a printing substrate. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096006 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING A MENU IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes at least a display unit, a sensing unit, and a controller. The display unit includes a touch screen and displays at least two three-dimensional (3D) menu icons and each of the at least two 3D menu icons includes at least one menu. The display unit further displays a first menu on a first display surface of each of the at least two 3D menu icons, the first menu on each of the at least two 3D menu icons being different. The sensing unit detects an input for controlling at least one of the at least two 3D menu icons. The controller controls the display unit to display a second menu on a second display surface of each of the at least two 3D menu icons in response to the detected input. Each of the at least two 3D menu icons displayed on the display unit includes at least two display surfaces, each of the at least two display surfaces displaying a different menu. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096007 | OPERATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPERATION PROCESSING METHOD AND OPERATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An operation processing system capable of attaining operation inputting to a touch panel device fast with high security, in which upon receiving finger image data imaged by the touch panel device with position information of a finger area detected by a point detection part taken as an imaging range form the touch panel device, an authentication part in the operation processing system authenticates the received finger image data, and when the authentication conducted by the authentication part has succeeded, an operation processing part acquires an operation to the operation object located in position information detected by the point detection unit from a control table of operation authentication and outputs the operation. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096008 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An operation input device includes a base part including a placement surface on which an inductor is placed; a displacement member including a first surface facing the placement surface and a second surface configured to receive application of a force, and configured to cause the inductance of the inductor to vary with the approach of the first surface to the placement surface due to the application of the force on the second surface; a support member configured to support the displacement member in such a manner as to allow the displacement of the displacement member; a detection part configured to detect a variation in the inductance by feeding a first pulse signal to the inductor; and a control part configured to generate a magnetic field to displace the second surface by feeding a second pulse signal different in phase from the first pulse signal to the inductor. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096009 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - It is an objective to provide a display device capable of detecting a position and a motion of an object even when the object is not in contact with a display panel. The display device includes a display panel provided with photo sensors. When an object is approaching the display panel, the display device detects a shadow of the object, which is cast over the display panel in such a manner that ambient light is blocked by the object, using the photo sensors. A position or a motion of the shadow is detected, so that a position or a motion of the object is detected. The detection can be operated even when the object is not in contact with the display panel. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096010 | TOUCH PANEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL, AND TOUCH-PANEL-OPERATION SENSING METHOD - A touch panel includes an image creating part that creates a display image including operation buttons, a display part on which the display image is displayed, a touch sensor part in which logical switches are arranged, a storage unit in which to store information about relationships between the operation buttons and the logical switches, an operation detecting part that detects a touch on a displayed operation button, and an updating part that updates the information about the relationships between the touched operation buttons and the logical switches. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096011 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A touch position calculation unit | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096012 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING ELECTRO MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for dividing a frequency region of a touch screen panel into a plurality of regions and using them in order to reduce an Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) caused by a frequency of a touch screen panel that occurs in a mobile terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a frequency changing unit. The frequency changing unit divides a frequency region of a touch screen panel into two or more regions, and changes the frequency region of the touch screen panel. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096013 | TECHNIQUES FOR TACTILE FEEDBACK TECHNOLOGY - Described herein are one or more techniques related to active tactile feedback (“haptic”) technologies. The technologies include a movement-effecting mechanism designed to move a user-engagement surface, typically, in response to a user touching the surface. The described techniques include those designed to return the surface back to its original position (before the surface's movement), to seal the movement-effecting mechanism to protect it from ingress of contaminates, and/or to retain the surface in a manner that allows movement of the surface in directions away from the surface (which includes, for example, substantially normal to the surface) while restricting movement of the surface in at least one other direction (e.g., a direction parallel to the surface). This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110096014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device ( | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110102330 | Touch control click structure - A touch control click structure includes at least an action board swayable up and down, a click switch and a touch panel. The action board has an axle mechanism at one end that is fastened to a chassis in an integrated manner, an extension zone in a middle portion and a click zone at another end that is swayable. The click switch aims to control input movements and is located below the action board. The touch panel is located above the click zone. The extension zone is formed at a desired length such that any position of the click zone can get a depressing pressure approximate to each other when depressed. Therefore the click zone can be swayed steadily up and down. The touch panel also provides position detecting function such that different output signals are generated when different positions are depressed | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102331 | REDUNDANT TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRODES - A touchscreen display assembly has a substrate and a plurality of electrodes distributed across at least an active area of the substrate. At least one of the electrodes comprises a group of redundant electrode lines electrically coupled to an external electrical circuit connection and further coupled to one another remote from the external electrical circuit connection. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102332 | Method for Haptic Display of Data Features - A method is disclosed for transferring digital information from a first electronic device to a second electronic device. In one example, the first device is a computer having a touch screen and the second device is a personal memory device carried or worn by an individual. The method includes selecting information on the first electronic device to be transferred, which can be done by touching the touch screen and performing a predefined finger gesture on the screen. Next, communication is established between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, preferably through a wireless connection such as Bluetooth. The selected information from the first electronic device then begins to upload to the second electronic device. As the information is transferred, vibrotactile sensations are imparted to the body of an individual with the vibrotactile sensations being indicative of the upload of information. For instance, sensations might be sequentially imparted in a line along an individual's arm to convey the progress of information upload to the individual. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102333 | Detection of Gesture Orientation on Repositionable Touch Surface - Detection of an orientation of a gesture made on a repositionable touch surface is disclosed. In some embodiments, a method can include detecting an orientation of a gesture made a touch surface of a touch sensitive device and determining whether the touch surface has been repositioned based on the detected gesture orientation. In other embodiments, a method can include setting a window around touch locations captured in a touch image of a gesture made on a touch surface of a touch sensitive device, detecting an orientation of the gesture in the window, and determining whether the touch surface has been repositioned based on the detected gesture orientation. The pixel coordinates of the touch surface can be changed to correspond to the repositioning. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102334 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING ADJUSTED POSITION FOR TOUCH INPUT - An apparatus, comprising a processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least receiving indication of a touch input associated with a touch display, comprising position information associated with the touch input, determining a hand orientation associated with the touch input, and determining an adjusted position to associate with the touch input based at least in part on the determined hand orientation, and the position information associated with the touch input is disclosed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102335 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input device includes a display unit and a touch panel provided to the display unit. In at least one embodiment, the input device further includes: a finger image generation section which generates respective images of, among a plurality of fingers pressing on the touch panel, a first finger and a second finger adjacent to the first finger; and a display process section which displays on the display unit a plurality of input images corresponding to a distance between two images generated by the finger image generation section and respective sizes of the two images. This allows the input device including the touch panel to adjust, as a result of a single setting, the input images to be appropriate for sizes of fingers and a size of a hand of the user. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102336 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A user interface apparatus may include a display unit to display a screen according to an application, a touch sensor to generate a touch signal if a touch is sensed on the display unit, a pressure sensor to generate a push signal if a push is sensed on the display unit, and an interface unit to determine an input according to the touch signal and the push signal, and to perform an operation of the application corresponding to the determined input. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102337 | Method For Driving Touch Panel And Apparatus For The Same - An X-side resistive film and a Y-side resistive film of a touch panel face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween. Resistance values of the X-side and Y-side resistive films are measured with connections to the X-side and Y-side resistive films being alternately switched. X and Y coordinates of a contact position of the X-side resistive film and the Y-side resistive film are detected based on the measured resistance values. Amounts of current applied to the X-side and Y-side resistive films during on-periods of the X-side and Y-side connections are set to be different from each another in accordance with resistance values corresponding to the X-side and Y-side resistive films, respectively. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102338 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL THEREOF - A display device includes a display element and a touch panel including a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first conductive layer and two first electrodes electrically connected to the first conductive layer. The second electrode plate includes a second conductive layer and two second electrodes electrically connected to the second conductive layer. The display element includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns along a first direction and a second direction. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes arranged primarily along the same aligned direction. The aligned direction and the second direction define an angle ranging from above 0° to less than or equal to 90°. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102339 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch sensing method includes: scanning a plurality of first and second sensor lines, aligned in two different directions, of a touch sensor board; generating first and second indications based on the scan result, the first/second indication carrying information of at least one group of the first/second sensor lines that are adjacent to one another on the touch sensor board and that have detected a user's touch on the touch sensor board and of a number of the first/second sensor lines in the group; and generating a status signal that corresponds to a predetermined finger gesture at least based on a comparison result determined by comparing the number of the first sensor lines indicated by the first indication with the number of the second sensor lines indicated by the second indication. An electronic device that implements the touch sensing method is also disclosed. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102340 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Tactile Sensations - Products and processes for providing tactile sensations to input devices or electronic devices are provided. Input devices include mechanical input devices (such as, for example, mechanical switches) and non-mechanical input devices (such as, for example, touchpads). Tactile feedback is provided by using an actuator or other means in communication with the input device or electronic device. A controller may be employed to receive signals from the input devices and control the actuator. Tactile feedback to an input device or electronic device may be provided in response to one or more events or situations. Such an event or situation may be any one designated. Examples of such events and situations include the level of pressure placed on an input device; the availability or lack of availability of a function associated with an input device; and the function, menu, or mode of operation associated with an input device's activation. A variety of feedback types and combinations may be selected. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102341 | HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR A TOUCH PANEL - A holding structure for a touch pane has a display panel for forming a display screen, a touch panel for allowing an input operation, a piezoelectric device for applying vibration to the touch panel in accordance with the operation of the touch panel, a casing for accommodating the display panel and the touch panel and a protective sheet having a size larger than the touch panel. The casing has an opening through which the touch panel is exposed. The protective sheet is applied to an entire front surface of the touch panel. The protective sheet has a non-bonded portion at a peripheral edge. The non-bonded portion is not bonded partly to at least one of a peripheral edge of the touch panel and a peripheral edge of the opening of the casing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102342 | HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR A TOUCH PANEL - A holding structure for a touch panel has a display panel, a touch panel for allowing an input operation, a supporting frame for holding the display panel at an entire peripheral edge a piezoelectric device for applying vibration to the touch panel in accordance with the operation of the touch panel, a casing for holding the display panel and the touch panel via the supporting frame, and a flexible resin sheet integrally provided to the front surface side of the touch panel. The flexible substrate is formed to have a size entirely larger than a glass substrate on a rear surface side of the touch panel. The peripheral edge of the flexible substrate is held by a rear surface of a peripheral edge of the opening of the casing and a supporting member fixed to the casing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102343 | HOLDING STRUCTURE FOR A TOUCH PANEL - A holding structure for a touch panel has a display panel for configuring a display screen and a touch panel for allowing input operation. The structure has an elastic supporting frame for holding the display panel at an entire peripheral edge and supporting the touch panel in parallel with the display panel. The structure has piezoelectric devices for applying vibration to the touch panel in accordance with the operation of the touch panel. The structure has a casing for holding the display panel and the touch panel by way of the elastic supporting frame and the casing has an opening through which the touch panel is exposed. The elastic supporting frame holds the touch panel at an entire peripheral edge of the touch panel and includes a plurality of touch panel supporting portions for supporting the touch panel at a side edge of a rear surface of the touch panel. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102344 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TABLET PERSONAL COMPUTER - A portable electronic device including a main body and a wireless input unit is provided. The main body has a display surface and an accommodating portion opposite the display surface. The accommodating portion defines an accommodating space substantially parallel to the display surface. The wireless input unit is placed inside the accommodating space and capable of being extracted from the accommodating space. The wireless input unit is separate from the main body. The wireless input unit includes a touch panel, a pattern layer, and a control circuit. The touch panel has an operation surface and a back surface opposite the operation surface. The pattern layer is disposed on the back surface of the touch panel and has a plurality of control area patterns. The control circuit is disposed on the touch panel. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102345 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE (UI) THEREOF - A mobile device and a method for providing a User Interface (UI) thereof are provided. The mobile device activates a manipulation unit upon detecting pressure through a pressure detecting unit. Accordingly, the user is able to manipulate various types of UIs, using a combination of pressure and various manipulation units. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102346 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAYS - Methods and apparatus provide for a touch sensitive display, which may include: a display layer; a cover glass layer formed from ion exchanged glass; and an optional touch glass layer, where, either on a first side of the touch glass or on a first side of the cover glass, a grid of electrode traces is disposed, which is sensitive to distortions of a local electrostatic field caused by a touching event, and the grid may be positioned between the display layer and the cover glass layer. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102347 | DISPLAY FILTER HAVING TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - A display filter having a touch input function includes a base substrate, a conductive film coating layer formed on the base substrate, and a touch sheet. The touch sheet and the conductive film coating layer are arranged with an air gap therebetween, and are in contact with each other in response to a touch pressure. A first electrode is formed on a surface of the touch sheet that faces the conductive film coating layer. The first electrode includes a first electrode part to which a first input voltage is applied to generate potential distribution in the x direction, and a second electrode part to which a second input voltage is applied to generate potential distribution in the y direction. A second electrode is formed on the periphery of the conductive film coating layer, and allows electrical current to flow through when the touch sheet is in contact with the conductive film coating layer. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102348 | DUAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATOR AND HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE - A communication system, including a modular wireless communicator, including a modem for transmitting and receiving signals wirelessly, and a touch-sensitive display, and a mobile computer, including a housing with a cavity for inserting the modular wireless communicator therein such that the touch-sensitive display is exposed through the housing and accessible for user inputs, and a processor, mounted within the housing, for controlling the modem and for running an operating system that performs computer tasks in response to user inputs detected by the touch-sensitive display, when the modular wireless communicator is inserted in the housing. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102349 | Touch Sensitive Device - An apparatus including a touch sensitive screen having a face adapted to receive a user's hand-writing via a hand-held stylus. The screen includes means exciting the screen to vibrate so as to transmit the vibration to the stylus to simulate the sensation of a writing implement writing on paper as the stylus is moved over the face of the screen. The apparatus may include means for period modulating the electrical signal applied to the exciting means and means for amplitude modulating the electrical signal. The apparatus may include means for sensing the velocity of movement of the stylus over the screen face and means for modulating the vibration according to the sensed velocity. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102350 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS ACCORDING TO MECHANICAL TOUCHING ACTIONS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE ADAPTED TO THE SAME - A method for controlling operations according to mechanical touching actions and a portable electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The portable electronic device includes a sensing unit for detecting a mechanical touching action and a location, to which the mechanical touching action is applied, and a type of mechanical touching action, a motion recognizing unit for identifying a motion scenario according to the identified location and the type of mechanical touching action, and a function conducting unit for performing a corresponding function of the portable electronic device according to the identified motion scenario. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102351 | TOUCH INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING AND DISTINGUISHING FINGER CONTACT ON A TOUCH SENSING SURFACE - A touch input method includes receiving a touch input signal corresponding to a finger from a touch-sensing device, detecting a contact area between the touch-sensing area and the finger corresponding to the touch input signal received, and if a curvature threshold value below which the contact area is recognizable as a circle, recognizing the finger corresponding to the touch input signal received as a thumb. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102352 | GENERATING A MESSAGE TO BE TRANSMITTED - An apparatus for transmitting an emotion or action to a remote party is described, which is implemented as a photo-frame. Radio frequency identifier tags ( | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102353 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING A CONTACT POSITION ON THE SAME - A touch panel device and a method for detecting a contact position are provided. The touch panel device includes a touch panel including a first touch pattern, the first touch pattern having a plurality of first touch pads connected in series; and a touch sensor for applying a clock signal to one terminal of the first touch pattern, receiving a first delayed clock signal from the other terminal of the first touch pattern, and generating contact position data corresponding to a contact position of an object using a difference in delay time between the clock signal and the first delayed clock signal. Thus, since the plurality of touch pads are connected in series, the contact position of the entire touch panel can be sensed with only one touch sensor, and the touch pad has a greater area than the connection line for a distinguished difference in resistance between the touch pad and the connection line, such that the contact position can be accurately detected. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102354 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing terminal ( | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102355 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided upon operation of the input unit of a pressure type by an operator. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102356 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A PLURALITY OF HINGED CONFIGURATIONS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - There is provided an apparatus for providing a plurality of hinged configurations to first/second members of a portable electronic device, the apparatus comprising a hinge mechanism configured to provide for a closed configuration of the device in which the first member of the device overlays the second member, a partially open configuration in which the first/second members are slid with respect to one another compared to the closed configuration such that the members are laterally displaced with respect to one another along an axis of the hinge mechanism so as to expose a user interface, and an open configuration in which the first/second members are rotated relative to one another around the axis of the hinge mechanism compared to the closed configuration so as to expose an inner surface region of each member, and wherein the apparatus is configured to urge one or more of the first/second members so as to provide for removal of the lateral displacement when the device is urged from the partially open configuration toward the open configuration. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102357 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MOBILE TERMINAL CONTROLLING PROGRAM - A mobile terminal | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102358 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit and for controlling drive of the vibration unit such that the click sensation is provided to the object, after the input to the input unit is received, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard lower than the predetermined standard for receiving the input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the input unit of a pressure type, which enables a continuous input operation without a feeling of strangeness. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102359 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch electrode and a detection element are positioned in at least two of pixels. The touch electrode is formed in a first substrate, and is positioned so as to face a counter electrode. The touch electrode contacts the counter electrode and is electrically connected thereto when a second substrate is pressed and bent toward the first substrate. The detection element is connected to the touch electrode, and detects the electrical connection between the touch electrode and the counter electrode. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110102360 | TOUCH SCREEN FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A touch screen flat panel display (FPD) is provided, which includes a display screen, a display driving circuit, a touch system circuit, and the like. Related circuits in the touch screen FPD enable electrodes of the display screen to transmit display driving signals as well as touch signals, that is to say, the display driving and the touch detection multiplex the electrodes of the display screen, such that the FPD is not only used for normal display but also used for realizing touch detection. By applying the touch signal simultaneously to detecting lines and non-detecting lines, the flow of the touch signal between the detecting lines and between the detecting line and the non-detecting line is reduced, thus controlling the flow direction of the touch signal, and increasing the accuracy of determining touched electrodes. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110109560 | Audio/Visual Device Touch-Based User Interface - A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109561 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes rendering an interface area for inputting a first plurality of characters associated with a plurality of locations on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display, associating a second set of characters with the plurality of locations in response to detecting the gesture. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109562 | DECORATING FRAME OF TOUCH PANEL - A decorating frame is formed to a touch panel having a touch sensing unit arranged insulated between a flexible top plate and a substrate. The sensing signal is conducted to a signal processing circuit through conducting wires arranged to edges of the touch sensing unit. The top plate, substrate, and touch sensing unit are transparent thin films. An opaque color frame formed to a peripheral of an upper surface of the top plate covers the conducting wires of the touch sensing unit. The color frame is made of organic or inorganic material by means of printing, to coating, or metal evaporating. The color frame can be also formed to a thin film substrate, and the thin film substrate is attached to the upper surface of the top plate. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109563 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED TOUCH AREA - A method for adjusting at least a area of a touch screen is provided. The touch panel includes a first touch area and a second touch area, the first touch area is responsive to a stationary touch and corresponds to a first function, and the second touch area is responsive to a sliding touch and corresponds to a second function. The method includes: defining an overlapped touch area including at least part of the first touch area and at least part of the second touch area; receiving a touch input on the touch panel; when the touch input is started from the overlapped touch area, calculating a moving distance of the touch input and a touch time of the touch input; and when the touch time is within a threshold time, and the moving distance exceeds a threshold distance, setting the overlapped touch area to correspond to the second function. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109564 | TOUCH SCREEN INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a touch screen input device, which includes a window plate through which a signal is input, a conductive film applied on one surface of the window plate using a conductive polymer, a first adhesive layer applied on one surface of the conductive film, and an anti-noise film applied on one surface of the first adhesive layer using a conductive polymer and thus grounded, so that the conductive film is directly applied on the window plate, thus omitting bonding of an additional film coated with a conductive film to the window plate, thereby preventing the generation of foam and simplifying the manufacturing process. A method of manufacturing the touch screen input device is also provided. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109565 | CORDINATE LOCATING METHOD, COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE - A coordinate locating device capable of locating the coordinates of two or more objects is provided for a display apparatus. The coordinate locating device includes a first detector arranged together with a first light source at a first corner of the coordinate locating device, a second detector arranged together with a second light source at a second corner of the coordinate locating device, at least one reflector configured to reflect light from the first and second light sources, and a mirror arranged on a first edge of the coordinate locating device, configured to reflect mirrored images of two or more objects intruding the coordinate locating device, wherein the first and second detectors detect real images of the two or more objects, and at least one of the first and second detectors further detects the mirrored images of the two or more objects reflected by the mirror. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109566 | TOUCH PANEL WITH PDLC FILM AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A touch panel and a touch-sensitive display device capable of providing three-dimensional contact detection are provided. The touch panel includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an insulating layer between the first and second conductive layers. The insulating layer includes a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109567 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAYING DEVICE THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a displaying method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a first touch screen which displays a first object, a second touch screen which displays a second object, and a controller which controls display of a virtual keypad on the second touch screen when a touch input is applied to the first touch screen. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109568 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display apparatus is disclosed. Without additional touch device, either the reversed AM structure or a conventional PM structure is provided to combine with the human body's conductive properties and the noise-immune sensing circuit design, thereby to achieve the purpose of displaying images and performing multi-touch detection simultaneously. Thus, the hardware cost and the power consumption are reduced. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109569 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING LED BACKLIGHT MODULES AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for controlling light-emitting diode (LED) backlight modules applied in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first display and a second display. The second display includes at least two display areas. Each display area corresponds to one LED backlight module, and each display area displays option icons of an option type. The method includes: determining the file type of a file currently displayed on the first display and determining which of the option types the determined file type corresponds to; determining which of the at least two LED backlight modules the at least one determine option type corresponds to; and outputting control signals to turn on at least one of the determined LED backlight modules. A related electronic device is also provided. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109570 | ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD AND USER INTERFACE THEREFOR - A multi-user electronic message board includes a touch-sensor display screen and a processor. The processor is configured for organizing, storing and displaying data pertaining to time management of multiple household users, and for organizing, storing and displaying multiple lists of data related to the management of domestic life. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109571 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK APPARATUS - A haptic feedback screen device include a case, a screen assembled in the case and having a baffling section extending perpendicular from a surface thereof, a piezoelectric vibrator located in the case with two ends thereof fixed to the case being capable of vibrating parallel to the screen. The piezoelectric vibrator defines a projecting element opposed to the baffling section of the screen for being capable of abutting against the baffling section. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109572 | Touch-Based User Interface User Operation Accuracy Enhancement - A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates a touch sensor having multiple adjacently positioned control surfaces defined thereon by a processing device in which adjacent ones of the control surfaces share boundaries by which a user may move a tip of a digit from one of the control surfaces directly to an adjacent one of the control surfaces by moving that tip across a boundary shared between them, and in which the surface area of whichever one of the control surfaces a user's finger overlies at a given moment is expanded in size to increase the distance by which the user must move that tip to reposition that tip from overlying that one of the control surfaces to overlying an adjacent one, and is reduced in size to a size corresponding to an absolute mapping when a person does so move that tip. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109573 | Touch-based user interface user selection accuracy enhancement - A user interface for an audio/visual device takes measurements of a touch sensor that are indicative of the current position of a tip of a finger of a user against a touch-sensitive surface of the touch sensor on a recurring basis, maintains a predetermined quantity of those measurements in a storage accessible to a processing device implementing at least a portion of the user interface, and employs measurements taken of the touch sensor at a predetermined amount of time into the past in response to an indication of the user having exerted increased pressure against the touch-sensitive surface via the tip to determine the position of that tip at a time relatively shortly before the user began to exert the increase in pressure. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109574 | Touch-Based User Interface Touch Sensor Power - An apparatus having a touch sensor able to detect the touch of a tip of a digit of a user, having a conductive ring able to detect the approach of the tip towards the touch sensor, having a motion sensor to sense movement of a casing the apparatus, and having components of a controller to place the apparatus in one of a lower power mode after a predetermined period of inactivity has elapsed, a partial power mode in response to an indication of the approach of a tip of a digit, and a higher power state to detect touching of the touch sensor by a tip of a digit. Other forms of proximity detectors may be employed in place of the conductive ring, or the conductive ring may be replaced by one or more elongate conductors positioned about one or more sides of the periphery of a touch-sensitive surface of the touch sensor. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109575 | METHOD FOR CURSOR MOTION CONTROL BY A TOUCHPAD TO MOVE A CURSOR ON A DISPLAY SCREEN - A cursor control method using a touchpad triggers an automatic movement signal for a cursor when an object moves from a first defined region into a second defined region of a two-dimensional touch sensor, or when an object stays in the second defined region for a preset duration after it moves from the first defined region into the second defined region, and define the automatic movement signal with the direction identical to that of the object moving into the second defined region, so that the cursor will keep moving in its last moving direction. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109576 | METHOD OF ADAPTING DISPLAY PARAMETERS OF A DISPLAY DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN ON-BOARD DISPLAY DEVICE IN AN AIRCRAFT - A method for adapting display parameters of a display device ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109577 | Method and apparatus with proximity touch detection - An apparatus detecting a proximity touch efficiently identifies a gesture which a user uses in the user's daily life and performs an operation corresponding to the gesture. The apparatus detects a proximity touch of an object and generates a detection signal. The apparatus generates detection information including three-dimensional positional information about the object using the detection signal and generates tracking information by tracking the detection information. The apparatus identifies a gesture corresponding to the tracking information by retrieving the gesture from a storage unit and executes an operation corresponding to the gesture. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109578 | DISPLAY AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A display device ( | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109579 | Touch-Sensitive Display Panel - A touch-sensitive display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, an active pixel matrix, many driving circuits, many sensing electrodes and many color filter layers is provided. The active pixel matrix includes many pixels. The second substrate has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface faces the active pixel matrix. The driving circuits are corresponding to the edges of the pixels for forming many openings. Each driving circuit includes a first main line and a second main line. The first main line has a first end connected to the active pixel matrix and a second end connected to the first substrate. The second main line is connected to the second end of the first main line through the first substrate. The color filter layers are filled in the openings. The sensing electrodes and the driving circuits are used for detecting at least one touch point. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109580 | Wear-Resistant Touchpads - A touchpad for use with a computing device. The touchpad includes a touch-sensitive element, a cover layer that overlies the touch-sensitive element, and a durable protective coating that has been directly applied to an outer surface of the top layer. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109581 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF PERFORMING TOUCH-BASED IMAGE SCALING - A digital image processing device is provided that improves operability when performing a scaling up/scaling down operation. Based on a single trajectory when a touch position on a display screen of a display portion moves, a center point and ratio used to scale up or scale down the image are set. In this way, for example, it is possible to scale up and scale down the image by an easy touch operation of simply tracing the trajectory with a single finger (namely, by a single-touch operation). | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110109582 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a reflective type display device which can display handwritten image at a practical speed regardless of the handwriting input timing, without degrading the display characteristic of electrochemical display elements. The reflective type display device comprises: a first memory for storing a value X of the next display density to be displayed; a second memory for storing a value Y of the display density being displayed; and a driver for applying a write current to the respective electrochemical display element in accordance with a comparison result of the value X and Y. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110115716 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes detecting a continuous touch on a touch-sensitive display. A position of one or more boundaries is updated when the continuous touch crosses a first boundary of the one or more boundaries. Feedback is provided when the continuous touch crosses the first boundary. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115717 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE USING THRESHOLD VOLTAGE SIGNAL - A touch sensitive apparatus having a plurality of drive electrodes and a plurality of receive electrodes, the drive electrodes and receive electrodes capacitively coupled to each other. A touch measurement circuit configured to identify touch events on the touch sensitive device by comparing a first time period to a second time period. The first time period can be, for example, representative of a length of time a periodic receive signal carried by a receive electrode is above or below a threshold voltage level. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115718 | MULTI-CHANNEL TOUCH PANEL - The present invention relates to a multi-channel touch panel. In one embodiment, the multi-channel touch panel includes a plurality of driving electrodes spatial-separately arranged in the form of a matrix, a plurality of sensing electrodes associated with the plurality of driving electrodes such that each sensing electrode is surrounded by a corresponding driving electrode, N driving lines spatial-separately arranged along a row direction and M pairs of sensing lines spatial-separately arranged crossing over the N driving lines along a column direction, where each driving electrode in the row of the electrode matrix is electrically connected to each other by a corresponding driving line, and each odd sensing electrode in a column of the electrode matrix is electrically connected to each other by a first sensing line of the corresponding paired sensing lines, and each even sensing electrode in the column of the electrode matrix is electrically connected to each other by a second sensing line of the corresponding paired sensing lines. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115719 | HANDHELD INPUT DEVICE FOR FINGER TOUCH MOTION INPUTTING - A handheld input device includes a housing and first and second groups of touch movement sensors provided respectively at two opposite sides of the housing on a bottom surface thereof. The first and second groups of touch movement sensors are sized and shaped to be accessible by the fingers of the two hands of an operator holding the housing at the two opposite sides. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115720 | OPTICAL OVERLAY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - An optical overlay comprises an inner wall, an outer wall, an upper wall, and a lower wall. The inner wall may be formed to include a planar surface. The outer wall may be spaced apart from the inner wall and may be formed to include a convex surface. The combination of the planar surface of the inner wall and the convex surface of the outer wall may form a plano-convex lens. The upper wall may include a first plurality of ridges that are generally parallel to the inner wall. The lower wall may include a second plurality of ridges that are generally parallel to the inner wall. The combination of the first plurality of ridges and the second plurality of ridges may form an optical filter. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115721 | Translating User Interaction With A Touch Screen Into Input Commands - Systems and techniques for translating user interaction with a touch screen into input commands. In one aspect, a touch screen system includes a touch screen graphical display, a command interpreter configured to identify modifier interactions with the graphical display and, in response to identification of the modifier interaction, modify the interpretation of other interaction with the graphical display, one or more persistent data storage devices. The data storage devices store a first set of rules for interpreting user interaction with the graphical display and a second set of rules for interpreting user interaction with the graphical display. The first set of rules interpret motion across a map or a proper subset of a collection of information as a scrolling or panning command. The second set of rules interpret the motion as a glyph. The command interpreter is configured to modify the interpretation of the other interaction by switching between interpretation under the first set of rules and interpretation under the second set of rules. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115722 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ENTERING SYMBOLS IN A TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A portable communication device ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115723 | Flat-surface resistive touch panel - A flat-surface resistive touch panel includes a resistive touch module and a decoration film. The resistive touch module is installed in a frame, for detecting the input signals of the multiple touches. The decoration film is fixed on the resistive touch module with an optical adhesive and forms a flat surface with the frame. The resistive touch module utilizes the electric potential lines to replace the patterned electrodes so as to increase the durability of the resistive touch panel. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115724 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a plurality of sensors, a read-out circuit, and a control circuit. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels receiving a data signal having a polarity reversed with respect to a common voltage to display an image. The sensors sense light to output sensing signals. The sensors may be integrated into the display panel. The read-out circuit is charged with the sensing signals generating charged signals in response to a sampling signal generated during a period in which the common voltage has a predetermined reference voltage level. The control circuit calculates a position on the display panel from the charged signals received signals from the read-out circuit. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115725 | Touch Panel and Display Device Including the Same and Touch Position Detection Method of Touch Panel - A touch panel includes a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other, a plurality of first transparent resistance films formed on the first substrate and extending in a first direction, a plurality of second transparent resistance films formed on the second substrate and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, a plurality of first signal lines respectively connected to first terminals at first ends of the plurality of first transparent resistance films, a plurality of second signal lines respectively connected to second terminals at second ends of the plurality of first transparent resistance films, a plurality of third signal lines respectively connected to third terminals at first ends of the plurality of second transparent resistance films, and a fourth signal line commonly connected to fourth terminals at second ends of at least two second transparent resistance films among the plurality of the second transparent resistance films. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115726 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A touch sensing apparatus includes; at least one light source which sequentially generates a plurality of lights, a light sensor which faces the at least one light source and outputs a plurality of signals corresponding to a magnitude of the plurality of lights, a light guide plate interposed between the at least one light source and the light sensor to guide the plurality of lights from the at least one light source to the light sensor and a coordinate generator which calculates coordinates of a touch input which occurs on the light guide plate using the signal output from the light sensor corresponding to the touch input. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115727 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL THEREOF - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a continuous transparent insulating layer. The first electrode plate includes a first conductive layer. The second electrode plate includes a second conductive layer opposite to and spaced from the first conductive layer. The continuous transparent insulating layer is located between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer. At least one of first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube structure. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115728 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCREENS IN A DISPLAY SYSTEM - A screen displaying method and apparatus for displaying screens in a display system are provided. The method includes setting at least one Activation Information Region (AIR) and at least one Deactivation Information Region (DIR) to a screen of the display system, displaying items on at least one set AIR and at least one set DIR, detecting a touch gesture applied to the AIR or the DIR, executing a function corresponding to the touch gesture applied to the AIR, and altering and displaying an image of at least one item in the DIR according to the touch gesture applied to the DIR. Accordingly, items can be displayed on a screen with a high level of visibility for easy recognition. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115729 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING COUPLED NOISE INFLUENCE IN TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLLERS - A method and apparatus for reducing influence of noise for touch screen controllers employing noise listening synchronization, delay lines, filtering and sensing selected touch screen electrodes. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115730 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF MEASURING GEOMETRIC DATA THEREIN - A terminal including a touch screen and a method of measuring geometric data therein are provided. The method includes determining whether at least two touch events are detected in a geometric data measuring mode of measuring at least one of a length, an area, and a volume, calculating the geometric data from the detected touch events, and displaying the calculated geometric data. With the method, the terminal may calculate length, area, and volume from at least two touch events detected on the touch screen. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115731 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel and a touch panel disposed so as to overlap with the display panel. The display panel is connected to a first flexible wiring board on which a plurality of first wirings are arranged. The touch panel is connected to a second flexible wiring board on which a plurality of second wirings are arranged. The plurality of second wirings of the second flexible wiring board are connected to second connection terminals. The plurality of first wirings of the first flexible wiring board are connected to first connection terminals. The first connection terminals and the second connection terminals are electrically connected to each other. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115732 | MULTIMODE TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - The invention provides a touchscreen device including at least one multiplexed touchscreen, control electronics and acquisition and processing electronics, the touchscreen including a first rigid substrate having a plurality of conducting rows, a second flexible substrate having a plurality of conducting columns perpendicular to the rows. The control electronics has a generator of a high-frequency voltage for supplying a first multiplexer for addressing the plurality of conducting rows. The acquisition and processing electronics includes a second multiplexer for addressing the plurality of conducting columns and a synchronous demodulator which operates at the same frequency as the high-frequency voltage generator and delivers a plurality of output voltages on each column and calculation means making it possible to calculate the impedance existing between each output voltage and the input voltage. The acquisition and processing electronics also includes means for analysing the impedance making it possible to calculate its resistive part and its capacitive part. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115733 | TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE WITH IN-CELL TOUCH PANEL - A touch sensing display device includes a touch panel and a signal processing circuit. The touch panel includes a plurality of pixel units, and the pixel units constitute a plurality of touch display units each comprising a touch sensing element. The touch sensing element is electrically coupled to a corresponding scanning line and electrically coupled to the signal processing circuit via a touch sensing line. A common voltage signal with a first polarity and an inversed second polarity is provided to the pixel unit. When the scanning line electrically coupled to the touch sensing element is provided with a scanning signal and the common voltage signal with the first polarity, a touch sensing signal generated by the touch sensing element is outputted to the signal processing circuit to enable the signal process circuit to generate a touch position indication signal. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115734 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A touch panel device includes an operation panel, an image display unit, a control generator, a vibrator, and a controller. The operation panel receives an operation input upon contact of a surface of the operation panel by a manipulator. The image display unit, disposed facing the operation panel, displays an image. The control generator generates an image of a control displayable on the image display unit. The vibrator vibrates the operation panel when a control is operated by the manipulator contacting a position on the operation panel corresponding to a position of the image of the control displayed on the image display unit. The controller causes the vibrator to provide a tactile sensation using vibration, corresponding to a shape of the control at a contact position between the manipulator and the control on the operation panel as the manipulator moves on the operation panel to move the control in the image display unit. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115735 | Tablet Computers Having An Internal Antenna - A tablet computer including a display panel including a display screen that is surrounded by an outer housing that defines a top edge of the display panel, the display panel further including an internal antenna that is positioned within the housing adjacent the top edge, and a base to which the display panel is pivotally connected, the base comprising a metal-free zone adjacent its front edge, which is positioned adjacent the top edge of the display panel when the tablet computer is placed in a tablet mode orientation, wherein the metal-free zone facilitates operation of the antenna. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115736 | DEVICES AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING MANIPULATION OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS ON A MULTI-CONTACT TACTILE SCREEN - A device configured to acquire tactile information including a transparent tactile matrix sensor having rows and columns of conductive stripes; and a scanning control unit, wherein the scanning control unit is configured to sequentially read out tactile information from the rows and the columns of the conductive stripes of the transparent tactile matrix sensor. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115737 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An information processing device includes a plurality of display screens, a display control means that controls a display operation with respect to each of the display screens, a touch panel attached to the surface of at least one display screen, and an operation reception means that receives a depression input externally applied to the touch panel by a predetermined pressing means. When the operation reception means receives a slide operation sliding the pressing means on the touch panel, the display control means moves and displays display data of one display screen on another display screen. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110115738 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING PRESS DETECTION FUNCTION AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE SENSOR FOR THE TOUCH PANEL - An object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel having a press detection function, which makes it possible to suppress degradation of visibility of a display unit of a display device even when mounted on an electronic device, and also to improve a pressure measuring precision. For this purpose, the touch panel of the present invention includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed oppose to the first substrate, a pair of electrodes disposed on either one of opposed surfaces of the respective substrates or disposed separately on both of the surfaces, pressure sensitive ink members disposed with a gap from at least one of the pair of electrodes, each of the pressure sensitive ink members having an electrical characteristic varied by a pressing force applied thereto, and a gap retaining member for bonding the first and second substrates to each other and for retaining a gap between each of the pressure sensitive inks and at least one of the pair of electrodes, wherein the pair of electrodes are disposed in a frame shape along an edge portion of the first or second substrate, and the pressure sensitive ink members are scattered along the edge portion of the first or second substrate so that, when the first or second substrate is deformed upon an application of an external force, at least one of them is made in contact with both of the pair of electrodes so as to make the two electrodes conductive to each other. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110122070 | TOUCH INPUT FOR HOSTED APPLICATIONS - A multi-touch plug-in system is described herein that exposes multi-touch data for web application developers to consume in a platform independent way. The multi-touch plug-in system receives platform-specific touch data from an operating system or touch hardware, interprets the platform-specific touch data to convert the platform-specific touch data to generic touch data, and provides the generic touch data to a hosted application running within a plug-in sandbox. Often, sandboxed environments only allow identified, trusted plug-ins to execute. By managing multi-touch data within a trusted plug-in, the plug-in can ensure that hosted applications are properly restricted to well-defined behavior, while still allowing rich features such as multi-touch interaction. Thus, the multi-touch plug-in system brings rich multi-touch interaction to a web browsing environment. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122071 | ANGULARLY-SELECTIVE SENSOR-IN-PIXEL IMAGE DETECTION - A display system configured for multi-touch input is provided. The display system comprises a display surface, a local light source to illuminate the display surface with infrared light, and an image-producing display panel. The image-producing display panel comprises a plurality of image sensor pixels positioned within a sensor layer of the image-producing display panel. The image-producing display panel further comprises an angularly-selective layer positioned between the display surface and the sensor layer, wherein the angularly-selective layer is configured to transmit light having a first range of incidence angles with the surface normal of the angularly-selective layer to a first sensor pixel of sensor layer, and to reflect light having a second range of incidence angles from a second sensor pixel of the sensor layer, where the second range is greater than the first range of incidence angles with respect to a surface normal of the sensor layer. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122072 | TOUCH DEVICE - A touch device includes a base and a touch pad. The base has an accommodating region and at least one first conductor. The touch pad is received in the accommodating region and subjected to a force to generate a changeable position relative to the base. The touch pad has a touch surface consist of a plurality of capacitive sensors and at least one second conductor conducted with at least one of the capacitive sensors. The second conductor is electrically conducted with the first conductor as the change of relative position between the touch pad and the base. Capacitances measured from the capacitive sensors are substantially different between the touch surface touched with a conductive object and the second conductor conducted with the first conductor, which is conducted to a fixed voltage, current or a ground. Therefore, a control unit connected to the capacitive sensors can generate different control signals from the connecting state between the first conductor and the second conductor. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122073 | DRIVING DEVICE OF PASSIVE MATRIX BISTABLE DISPLAY AND REAL-TIME TOUCH INPUT DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A driving device of a passive matrix (PM) bistable display and a real-time touch input display method thereof are provided. The real-time touch input display method includes following steps. First, a touch event of a touch panel is detected to obtain a touch coordinate. When the touch event occurs, one of a plurality of scan lines of the PM bistable display is selected as a corresponding scan line according to the touch coordinate, and a corresponding pixel on the corresponding scan line is driven according to the touch coordinate. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122074 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM APPLIED TO A TRANSPORT AND RELATED CONTROL METHOD - An electronic system includes a portable device, a display device, an input device, and a control device, wherein the display device, the input device and the control device are disposed in a transport. The input device is used for receiving an input signal. The control device is used for communicating with the display device, the input device, and the portable device. When the portable device is coupled to the transport, the portable device switches to a specific operating mode from a normal operating mode; and when the portable device switches to the specific operating mode, the electronic system makes use of the input device to control the portable device or the electronic system makes use of the portable device to control the input device. Herein the transport may be a motor vehicle, and the control device may be an on board unit. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122075 | MULTI-TOUCH DETECTING APPRATUS AND METHOD FOR LCD DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multi-touch detecting apparatus includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) module which includes an LCD panel and a backlight unit (BLU), a plurality of infrared light sources which emits infrared light toward the LCD module, an infrared light detecting camera which is disposed proximate a rear surface of the LCD panel, and detects infrared light reflected from an object on the LCD panel, and a control unit which turns off the BLU when the infrared light detecting camera is turned on. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122076 | POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS FOR A TOUCH PANEL - The present invention provides a position detection apparatus for a touch panel. The apparatus includes at least one light source disposed on at least a first edge of the touch panel for illumination of a surface of the touch panel, a first detector disposed on one end of a second edge of the touch panel, and a second detector disposed on the other end of the second edge of the touch panel, wherein each of the first and second detectors comprises a plane mirror reflecting an image from the surface of the touch panel and an image sensor for acquisition of the image from the plane mirror, and a position where a pointer touches the touch panel is determined according to the images acquired by the image sensors of the first and second detectors. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122077 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA IN MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND MOBILE TERMINAL THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile terminal includes displaying, via a touch screen included on the mobile terminal, predetermined data, receiving, via a controller included on the mobile terminal, a first touch signal generated based on a first touch, generating, via the controller, a display change notifying signal to notify the generation of the first touch signal, displaying, via the touch screen, the display change notifying signal, changing an input mode of the touch screen to a first mode, according to the first touch signal, and modifying, via the controller, the displayed predetermined data based on a second touch signal generated by a second touch on the touch screen in the first mode. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122078 | Information Processing Device and Information Processing Method - An device and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an information processing device includes a detection unit configured to detect a speed of selection of information. The information processing device also includes a generation unit configured to generate a signal specifying a display format, based on the speed of information selection, and a display unit configured to display the selection of information according to the signal. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122079 | TOUCHSCREEN AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touchscreen includes a touch panel including a plurality of sensor electrodes, a drive circuit including a plurality of the first transistors respectively corresponding to the sensor electrodes. The drive circuit is configured for detecting voltage on the sensor electrodes. When the touchscreen is initializing, a first voltage is provided to pre-charge the sensor electrodes, and a second voltage is provided to further charge the sensor electrodes via each first transistor. In addition, the first voltage and a voltage difference formed between the first and the second voltage are both less than or about equal to the source-drain withstanding voltage of each first transistor. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122080 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device including the touch panel display formed of a combination of a touch panel and a display, and accepting single-point input and multi-point input to the touch panel includes an input point number detection unit detecting the number of input points to the touch panel, based on contact of an object with the touch panel, a storage device storing first association information associating point number information about the number of input points with attribute information about an attribute of a line to be used for drawing, an attribute setting unit setting an attribute of the line, based on the detected number of input points and the first association information, and a display control unit causing the display to display an image by means of the line having the set attribute and in accordance with input to the touch panel. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122081 | GESTURE-BASED REPETITION OF KEY ACTIVATIONS ON A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - Systems and methods for gesture repetition that is easy to repeat quickly. A user is able to quickly repeat any activation of a key, including any of the alternate, overloaded functions that are associated with the key. In addition, by appropriately defining the gesture, a large number of these repetitions can be quickly generated. These repeated activations can be generated much faster than a key can be repeatedly tapped with sufficient accuracy, and far faster than an alternative function can be repeatedly generated when each repetition would require again waiting past an initial time threshold. Furthermore, the number of repetitions can be easily and precisely controlled by the user. As the desired number of repetitions is approached, the user simply begins to repeat the gesture at a slower pace until precisely the desired number of repetitions is achieved. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122082 | USER INTERFACE PANEL - A user interface panel includes a touch sensor having one or more sensing electrodes and a user interface substrate disposed on a circuit carrier substrate. The user interface substrate includes a touch surface comprising a conductive material. A gap separates a portion of the conductive material overlying one of the sensing electrodes from surrounding portions of the conductive material. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122083 | INFORMATION TERMINAL - In information terminals, such as the cellular phone, the user interface for being adapted to enough in multi-functionalization is provided. The portable communication terminal with the touch panel on the surface of body, a display information generating section which generates the display information displayed on the touch panel, a manipulation position detector which detects the coordinate point specified on the touch panel, wherein the display information generating section divides the touch panel into a plurality of display ranges, and changes the ratio of a plurality of display ranges depending on the relative position detected by the manipulation position detector. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110122084 | DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD THEREOF - A display panel includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate. The array substrate includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines and a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode insulated from the pixel electrode. The opposite substrate includes a plurality of connecting members. At least one of the connecting members is electrically connected to at least one of the first signal lines and the second signal lines by an externally provided pressure. Thus, when an externally provided pressure is applied to the display panel in order to perform a touch screen function, an alignment of the liquid crystal molecules disposed on the array substrate may not be substantially changed, and a display quality may be improved. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110128234 | DISPLAYS AND INFORMATION INPUT DEVICES - An integrated display and input device including a pixel array operative to provide a visually sensible output, at least one sensor operative to sense at least a position of at least one object with respect to the pixel array when the at least one object has at least a predetermined degree of propinquity to the pixel array and circuitry receiving an output from the at least one sensor and providing a non-imagewise input representing the position of the at least one object relative to the pixel array to utilization circuitry. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128235 | BIG KEY TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - An apparatus ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128236 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device includes displaying a feature on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, detecting a touch at a first location on the touch-sensitive display, and modifying a first force on the touch-sensitive display when the location of the touch is associated with the feature. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128237 | Thinned-Portion Substrates - Thinned-portion substrates and processing of thinned-portion substrates is provided. A portion of a substrate, such as a mother glass used in touch screen manufacturing, can be thinned by forming a cavity in a surface of the substrate. Surface structures, such as touch sensing circuitry and/or display circuitry, can then be formed on the thinned portion of the substrate. For example, touch screen components can be formed as surface structures including touch sensing circuitry and display circuitry on one or more thinned substrate portions through processes including depositing, masking, etching, doping, etc. The thinned substrate portion, including the surface structures formed thereon, can then be detached from the surrounding thicker part of the substrate. In this way, for example, the surrounding thicker part of the substrate can provide structural integrity during various other manufacturing processes, while allowing surface structures to be formed directly on a thinner substrate. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128238 | ELECTRIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electric device and its control method are disclosed. The electric device includes: a display unit; a receiving unit configured to receive paper; a sensing unit configured to detect at least one of a state of the received paper and a state of user's handwriting input to the received paper; and a controller configured to display a result value calculated based on the detection of the sensing unit on the display unit. A state of paper or a state of handwriting input to the paper is detected and a corresponding result value is displayed on the display unit, thus improving emotional quality of the electric device. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128239 | ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER TRANSDUCERS FOR TACTILE FEEDBACK DEVICES - Electroactive polymer transducers for sensory feedback applications in user interface devices are disclosed. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128240 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A TOUCH DEVICE - A display device with a touch device comprises a substrate, a first bridge electrode positioned on the substrate, a plurality of insulating layer patterns covering both ends and a central portion of the first bridge electrode, a plurality of first electrodes separately positioned on the substrate comprising the insulating layer patterns, and connected to the first bridge electrode, a second bridge electrode positioned on the insulating layer patterns covering the central portion of the first bridge electrode, and crossing the first bridge electrode, and a plurality of second electrodes positioned to be separated from the first electrode on the substrate and integrally connected with the second bridge electrode. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128241 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a terminal can be used in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes displaying at least one object on a display unit of a touchscreen type provided to a front side of a housing of a bar type, if a first touch gesture is performed on the object, enabling the object to move from the main display unit via a first subdisplay unit provided to one lateral side of the housing to a second subdisplay unit of the touchscreen type provided to a backside of the housing, and if a second touch gesture is performed on the object displayed on the second subdisplay unit, enabling the object to move to the main display unit via the first subdisplay unit from the second subdisplay unit. Accordingly, when a touchscreen is attached to at least two sides of a mobile terminal, a terminal user is facilitated to use the mobile terminal in a manner of utilizing how to display the touchscreen provided to the at least two sides. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128242 | DIGITAL PICTURE FRAME HAVING COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES - A digital display device for displaying content associated with multiple sets of sources of content is described herein. The digital display device includes a display configured to provide at least a first display region and a second display region. The digital display device further includes a communication component configured to transmit and receive signals to and from a telecommunications network and a storage component configured to store a mapping of sources of content to the first and second display regions. The digital display device also includes a routing component that automatically routes content associated with the first and second sets of sources for display on at least one of the first and second display regions. The first and second display regions display the content substantially simultaneously. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128243 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a display device with a multitouch touchpanel, an identification module, an object display module and a determination module. The identification module is configured to identify an operator by means of a touch operation on the multitouch touchpanel. The object display module is configured to display an object used to indicate n regions capable of accepting the identification touch operation on a screen of the display device. The determination module is configured to accept the identification touch operation on at least one of n regions on the multitouch touchpanel corresponding to the n regions capable of accepting identification touch operation m times, and to determine whether operator identification is succeeded based on whether the m identification touch operations agree with a touch operations registered in advance. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128244 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE TOUCH PANEL - A mobile device with a touch screen and a method for operating the touch panel are provided. The mobile device includes a touch panel and a controller. The touch panel divides the area into first and second areas, where the size of the first area corresponds to that of a display unit. The controller performs user functions according to touch events that occur on the first and second areas. The mobile device can increase the usable space in the installation of the touch screen. The method can efficiently operate the touch panel of the touch screen. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128245 | PIEZOELECTRIC SPEAKER, SPEAKER APPARATUS, AND TACTILE FEEDBACK APPARATUS - A piezoelectric speaker that includes an electrode formed on opposing main surfaces of a piezoelectric sheet having a predetermined stretching axis and made of a chiral polymer. The electrode is divided into four electrode portions by a plurality of dividing lines extending in a radiation direction. The four electrode portions are distributed along the outer peripheral portion except for the central portion of a vibration region. Voltage is applied to the respective four electrode portions in such a manner that electric field vectors generated in the thickness direction of the piezoelectric sheet direct in opposite directions between the adjacent ones of four sheet portions of the piezoelectric sheet to which voltage is applied by the electrode portions. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128246 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - An electrostatic capacitive coupling type touch panel in which a period before wiring formed outside an input region is chipped or wire-broken due to deterioration of a mask pattern can be prolonged. The touch panel has an input region and plural wirings formed around the input region. The input region has plural X electrodes and plural Y electrodes crossing the X electrodes. The plural wirings are connected to corresponding electrodes of the plural X electrodes and Y electrodes. The plural wirings respectively have a conductive layer and a metal layer formed on the conductive layer. The conductive layer is formed to be wider than the metal layer. The plural wirings have a corner. Among the plural wirings, in the wiring provided in the farthest position from the input region, the corner of the metal layer is chamfered. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128247 | OPERATION CONSOLE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH THE CONSOLE, AND OPERATION METHOD - In an image forming apparatus including software buttons and hardware buttons, a log-in image is displayed, and when input of a log-in name by a user is completed, determination is made as to whether an operation device used at that time is hardware buttons. If the operation device is hardware buttons, the image forming apparatus erases a software keyboard from a display panel, and if the operation device is not the hardware buttons, turns off a hardware button lamp. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110128248 | INPUT DETECTION DEVICE, INPUT DETECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input detection device ( | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110134047 | MULTI-MODAL INTERACTION ON MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY - Embodiments are disclosed herein that relate to multi-modal interaction on a computing device comprising a multi-touch display. One disclosed embodiment comprises a method of multi-modal interaction including recognizing a hand posture of a user's first hand directed at the display and displaying a modal region based on the hand posture, wherein the modal region defines an area on the display. The method further includes receiving an input selecting a mode to be applied to the modal region, wherein the mode indicates functionalities to be associated with the modal region and defines a mapping of touch gestures to actions associated with the mode. The method further includes, while the modal region remains displayed, recognizing a touch gesture from a user's second hand directed at the display within the modal region and performing an action on the display based upon a mapping of the touch gesture. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134048 | System for Interpretation of Gesture on a Non-All-Points-Addressable Multi-Touch Input Device Having Integrated Buttons - A system for interpretation of gesture on a non-all-points-addressable multi-touch input device having integrated buttons. The system for interpretation of gesture on a non-all-points-addressable multi-touch input device having integrated buttons implements a time based method of disregard of a certain button input for a predefined period of time if a user has not actuated the button for a predefined period of time. In certain embodiments, the system detects that a user has had a finger resting on the left button area but has not actuated the left button. If a finger is actively detected performing cursor movement, then another finger is placed on top of the certain button area (i.e., a resting finger), the system can choose to ignore the resting finger with an assumption that the user intends to navigate with the cursor and rest the other finger based on the action and surface area of the second finger (i.e., the other finger). | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134049 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING MULTIPLE TOUCH INPUT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - A system for handling multi-touch input on a computing device enables the device to handle multi-touch input where each touch input is provided to a separate application executing on the device. In response to a first touch input, a first application generates and registers a first connection point with a link component. Similarly, a second application generates and registers a second connection point in response to a second touch input. The link component then provides the second connection point to the first application and notifies the first application that it should complete a communication connection with the second application. The two applications then exchange information to determine a coordinator application that will execute first in response to the input. The information exchange may include a handshake process in which each application may request or provide information and notify the other application that it will or will not execute an operation. After the coordinator is selected, the selected application executes an operation. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134050 | FABRICATION OF TOUCH SENSOR PANEL USING LASER ABLATION - Fabrication of a touch sensor panel using laser ablation is disclosed. The fabricated touch sensor panel can have its touch sensors formed on an under surface of its cover substrate. A fabrication method can include depositing a conductive layer onto a substrate, depositing a dielectric material onto the conductive layer, ablating the conductive layer to define different regions for the touch sensors, and depositing a conductive material on the dielectric material. Another fabrication method can include sputtering a conductive material onto a substrate at discrete locations on the substrate, printing a dielectric material on the conductive material at the discrete locations, depositing a conductive layer over the substrate, and selectively ablating the conductive layer at the discrete locations to define different regions for the touch sensors. The touch sensor panel can be incorporated into a mobile telephone, a digital media player, or a personal computer. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134051 | Liquid crystal display system integrated with touch detector - The present invention offers a liquid crystal display system integrated with touch detection circuit. The electrodes used in the display function can be also used as the touch sensors of the touch detection function. Time multiplexing technology is used in the present invention. No additional fabrication process is required in the present invention as compare with that of liquid crystal display panel without touch detection function. No additional fabrication process means there is no additional absorption and reflection of light. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134052 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH SUBSTRATE - A touch display panel including a flat display panel and a touch sensing device disposed on the flat display panel is provided. The touch sensing device includes a plurality of the center sensing series and at least a margin sensing series corresponding to the display area of the flat display panel. Each center sensing series is formed by a plurality of center sensing electrodes serially connected. The margin sensing series disposed along the margin of the display area is formed by a plurality of margin sensing electrodes serially connected. Each of the margin sensing electrodes includes an inner portion and a rectangular outer portion. An area of the inner portion is substantially half of an area of the center sensing electrode. A parallel hemline is formed by the rectangular outer portions serially connected. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134053 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, PIXEL STRUCTURE AND MULTI-SENSING STRUCTURE - A touch display panel which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, at least a multi-sensing structure, a display medium and at least a display controlling device is provided. The multi-sensing structure is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the multi-sensing structure includes a sensing upper electrode and a plurality of first sensing lower electrodes. The sensing upper electrode is disposed on the second substrate. The first sensing lower electrodes are disposed on the first substrate and electrically connected to each other in serious, wherein a plurality of first sensing gaps are designed between the first sensing lower electrodes and the sensing upper electrode, and the first sensing gaps have different distances. The display medium is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display controlling device is disposed on the first substrate for controlling the display medium. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134054 | INPUT DEVICE OF TOUCH PANEL TYPE FOR VEHICLE - The present invention features an input device for a touch panel type for a vehicle, wherein, by replacing the conventional switch of a tact type into a touch panel using an electric field sensor, it is able to change an analog input method according to an operation of the conventional switch of the tact type into a digital input method according to electric signals, and also, by a touch panel of a button-integrated type that senses a change of an electric field, it is able to improve utilization of the inner space in the vehicle, and for unifies the panel. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134055 | TOUCH PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a plurality of first sensors disposed on a substrate, the plurality of first sensors including a plurality of first electrodes spaced from one another in a first direction and a first connection pattern to connect two adjacent first electrodes, the plurality of first sensors arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction; a plurality of second sensors disposed on the substrate, the plurality of second sensors including a plurality of second electrodes spaced from one another in the second direction and a second connection pattern composed of a metal to connect two adjacent second electrodes, the plurality of second sensors arranged in the first direction; and at least one metal pattern connected to the first connection pattern, wherein the at least one metal pattern overlaps the first connection pattern. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134056 | Flat panel display integrated with touch screen panel - A FPD integrated with a touch screen panel includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate facing each other, the upper substrate including a display region and first and second non-display regions surrounding the display region, a plurality of sensing patterns on the display region of the upper substrate, a plurality of sensing lines on the first non-display region of the upper substrate, a sealing material on the second non-display region of the upper substrate, the sealing material connecting the upper and lower substrates, and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) bonding pad unit on the second non-display region of the upper substrate, the FPC bonding pad unit including a plurality of bonding pads coupled to the plurality of sensing lines, the bonding pads including a transparent conductive material in regions overlapping the sealing material. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134057 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display panel includes a first end portion and a second end portion facing each other. A face panel is arranged above the front side of the display panel including a first extending portion and a second extending portion extending to the outside from the first and second end portions of the display panel. An adhesive element is provided on the display panel along its end portions to adhere the display panel to the face panel. A frame is arranged so as to being spaced apart from the display panel having a first supporting portion and a second supporting portion to support the first and second extending portions of the face panel. The first and the second extending portions of the face panel are sandwiched between the bezel and the first and second supporting portions of the frame so that the display panel does not contact with the frame. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134058 | TOUCH PANEL INCORPORATING CARBON NANOTUBE FILM - A touch panel includes a first electrode plate having a first conductive layer and a second electrode plate including a second conductive layer opposite to the first conductive layer. At least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube film includes a number of thin regions and at least one normal region having a number of successively oriented carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by Van der Waals attractive force therebetween. The carbon nanotubes are substantially aligned along a same direction. The at least one normal region has a density of carbon nanotubes greater than that of the number of thin regions, and the number of thin regions form at least one row extending along the aligned direction of the carbon nanotubes of the at least one normal region. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134059 | PIEZOELECTRIC ASSEMBLY - A piezoelectric assembly is described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a piezoelectric assembly comprising: an electrode assembly; a signal electrical connector electrically connected to the electrode assembly; a reference electrical connector electrically connected to the electrode assembly; and a spacer positioned about a perimeter of the electrode assembly and disposed between the signal electrical connector and the reference electrical connector such that no electrical communication is provided between the signal electrical connector and the reference electrical connector through the spacer; wherein a humidity barrier space is defined between the signal electrical connector, the reference electrical connector and the spacer, and wherein the electrode assembly is disposed in the humidity barrier space. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134060 | Touch Screen Substrate and Method of Manufacturing a Touch Screen Substrate - A touch screen substrate includes an insulation ball formed on a substrate having a first diameter, a sensing electrode formed on the substrate, and a conductive ball formed on the sensing electrode having a second diameter shorter than the first diameter. A cell gap spacer for maintaining a cell gap of a touch screen panel and a spacer for electrically connecting a lower substrate with an upper substrate of the touch screen panel may be formed via a single spraying process. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134061 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING A MOBILE DEVICE ACCORDING TO THE RATE OF CHANGE OF THE TOUCH AREA - A method and system for operating a mobile device according to a rate of change of a touch area are provided. The system includes a touch screen for creating a touch event according to a touch and a controller. The controller detects the rate of change of the touch area, according to information of a location where the touch event occurred and the occurrence of the touch event. The controller performs a function linked to the touch event detected location, by varying a property of the function according to the rate of change of the touch area. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134062 | NETWORK SYSTEM, CONTENT PROVIDING METHOD, SERVER, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND CONTENT OBTAINING METHOD - A content providing method includes the steps of: a communication terminal transmitting a first request to a server; in response to the first request, the server transmitting, to the communication terminal, a first content and information for specifying a second content; the communication terminal displaying the first content on a first display; the communication terminal transmitting a second request to the server based on the information; in response to the second request, the server transmitting the second content to the communication terminal; and the communication terminal displaying the second content on a second display. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134063 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, AND INFORMATION INPUT PROGRAM - For input devices of mobile apparatuses placing more importance on the portability and mobile apparatuses placing more importance on display unit such as displays, it is possible to provide an input device and an input method which can easily be operated by a user even if an input unit in the apparatuses is small. The input device includes: an input unit formed by first vibration detection units which detect vibration transmitted via a body of a user holding the input device when a part of the user's body is brought into contact, and a second vibration detection unit; and an input information identification module which calculates a detection time difference between the moment when the vibration is directed by the first vibration detection units and the moment when the vibration is directed by the second vibration detection unit and outputs a code signal corresponding to the time difference. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134064 | ON A SUBSTRATE FORMED OR RESTING DISPLAY ARRANGEMENT - A touch screen including a display unit on which a plurality of icons are displayed, a touch detector operable to detect contact between a pointer and the display unit at a plurality of locations on the display unit, the plurality of locations forming a pattern that substantially surrounds more than one displayed icon, and a calculating unit to disambiguate an intended one of the plurality of icons, based on the pattern of locations that is detected by the touch detector, by determining which of the displayed icons are substantially completely surrounded, and by selecting an appropriate one of the substantially completely surrounded displayed icons. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134065 | Notebook Computer with Hidden Touch Sensitive Unit - A notebook computer includes a main portion, a display, and a touch sensitive unit. The main portion includes a housing has a first identifying portion formed on an external surface and a second identifying portion formed on an internal surface that corresponding to each other. The second identifying portion is identifiably served, and the touch sensitive unit is disposed in the second identifying portion. With such manner, the touch sensitive unit is thus unexposed, and assembling of the touch sensitive unit is facilitated. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134066 | Method, System, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Hyperlink Information - Methods, systems, and graphical user interfaces for displaying hyperlink information are disclosed. In one embodiment, a portable electronic device with a touch screen display: displays content on the touch screen display, wherein the content includes a plurality of links to additional content; detects a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determines a point within the area of contact; choosing a first link in the plurality of links based on proximity of the first link to the determined point; and displays information associated with the first link over the displayed content, wherein the information associated with the first link includes information other than anchor text of the first link. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134067 | METHOD FOR THE ACQUISITION AND ANALYSIS OF A MULTI-CONTACT TACTILE SENSOR USING A DICHOTOMOUS PRINCIPLE, AND ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND MULTI-CONTACT TACTILE SENSOR IMPLEMENTING ONE SUCH METHOD - A method for acquisition and analysis of a multi-contact tactile sensor including a matrix of capture points and an electronic analysis circuit for controlling the acquisition and analysis of the matrix. The method includes acquisition of a sensor detection zone to determine a state of each of contact points of the detection zone and analysis of detection zone to deliver information as a function of an activation state of the contact points. The acquisition and the analysis are repeated iteratively. The acquisition is performed on a detection zone containing the activated contact points determined during a preceding analysis. The detection zone is smaller than the detection zone acquired during the preceding acquisition. The iteration is performed until a pre-determined spatial resolution is obtained. An electronic acquisition and analysis circuit and a multi-contact tactile sensor can implement such a method. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110134068 | METHOD AND DEVICE OF STROKE BASED USER INPUT - A method of inputting a character to a computing unit. The method comprises capturing a stroke drawn by a user in relation to a reference zone, identifying a combination of a shape and a relative position of the stroke in relation to the reference zone, automatically selecting one of a plurality of characters from according the combination, and providing the selected character as an input to the computing unit from the user. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110141030 | Touch Control Apparatus and Touch Point Detection Method - A touch control apparatus, having a touch pad receiving contact from at least one object is provided. Four edges form a rectangle that encircles the touch pad. All the edges are surfaced with geometric textures. A first camera is deposited on a corner of the first edge and the fourth edge of the rectangle, having a field of view sufficient to collect a first image including the second edge and third edge of the rectangle. A second camera is deposited on a corner of the second edge and the fourth edge of the rectangle, having a field of view sufficient to collect a second image including the first edge and third edge of the rectangle. A calculation unit performs a characteristic extraction process on the geometric textures of the first and second images to determine whether an object has touched the touch pad, and if so, coordinates thereof are determined. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141031 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Management and Manipulation of User Interface Elements - Context-sensitive, automated use of a magnification loupe is disclosed to facilitate management and manipulation of user interface content and small user interface elements via gestures on a touch-sensitive surface. In one embodiment, a magnifying loupe is displayed based on the context associated with a finger-based gesture on a touch-sensitive surface. For example, a magnification loupe is displayed when one or more user interface elements corresponding to the location of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface is smaller than a predefined size threshold, but the loupe is not displayed when the user interface elements corresponding to the location of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface are larger than the predefined size threshold. In another embodiment, the magnification power of the loupe varies based on the size of the one or more user interface elements corresponding to the location of the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141032 | Electro-optic display and related driving method thereof - The present invention discloses an electro-phoretic display. The electro-phoretic display includes an electro-phoretic panel, a touch sensing module, for sensing a touch position, a column driver, a row driver, for selecting a row to be driven; and a controller, for determining an updating position according to the touch position; wherein, the column driver provides a data signal according to the updating position and the row driver provides a selecting signal according to the updating position such that a pixel corresponding to the updating position is updated. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141034 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel having a transparent region and a peripheral region surrounding the transparent region is provided. The touch panel includes a transparent cover, a touch device, a light-shielding layer, a layer of conductive lines, and a touch chip. The transparent cover has a touch surface and a device mounting surface opposite thereto. The touch device is disposed on the device mounting surface and at least located at the transparent region. The light-shielding layer is disposed on the transparent cover and located inside the peripheral region. The layer of conductive lines is disposed on the device mounting surface, located inside the peripheral region, and electrically connected to the touch device. The touch chip is disposed on the layer of conductive lines through a chip-on-glass process. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141035 | TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensing display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate parallel to the first substrate, a plurality of scanning lines and sensing lines being disposed on the second substrate, and the scanning lines being interlaced with the sensing lines; a plurality of touch switches disposed on the second substrate, each touch switch being connected between one scanning line and one sensing line in series; and a plurality of spacers disposed on the first substrate corresponding to the touch switches, respectively, each spacer having a conductive layer disposed on a bottom side facing to the corresponding touch switch, and having isolating surfaces on the other sides, wherein each touch switch has a turned-on state and a turned-off state, and the conductive layer of the spacer corresponding thereto causes said touch switch to be changed from the turned-off state to the turned-on state when a touch event is received. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141036 | SUBSTRATE FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL - A substrate for a touch panel has a conductive layer, a wire-arranged area and multiple wires. The wire-arranged area is arranged on the substrate surrounding the conductive layer and has a rough surface. The wires are formed on the rough surface of the wire-arranged area and each wire has a rough bottom corresponding to the rough surface of the wire-arranged area. The rough surface of the wire-arranged area securely engages the wires and increases thickness of each wire, which decreases a width of each wire and reduces resistance. A touch panel with the substrate of the present invention has improved quality. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141037 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel to provide a type touch screen panel that can prevent or reduce a damage of the touch screen panel caused by electrostatic electricity, includes a plurality of first electrode patterns which are separated from each other, and connected by at least one of a plurality of first connection patterns that includes a first portion exposed through at least two first contact holes and a second portion exposed through at least two second contact holes. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141038 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING SUBSTRATE - A touch-sensing display panel including a display panel and a touch-sensing unit is provided. The touch-sensing unit includes a plurality of first sensing series and a plurality of second sensing series. The first sensing series are electrically insulated from one another. Each first sensing series includes first touch pads and first bridge lines. Two neighboring first touch pads disposed on a same first sensing series are electrically connected with each other through one of the first bridge lines. The second sensing series are electrically insulated from one another. Each second sensing series includes second touch pads and second bridge lines. Two neighboring second touch pads disposed on a same second sensing series are electrically connected with each other through two second bridge lines which are at least 140 micrometers apart. A touch-sensing substrate is also provided. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141039 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, and a plurality of sensing pads. The plurality of sensing pads are disposed on the substrate, wherein two adjacent sensing pads are correspondingly disposed in parallel, and each of the sensing pads includes a central part and a plurality of protrusion parts. The central part has a plurality of sides, and the plurality of protrusion parts extend outwardly from each side of the central part. The plurality of protrusion parts disposed between each side of the two adjacent sensing pads are staggeredly arranged in sequence. A gap between any two adjacent sensing pads is identical to each other. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141040 | TOUCH PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a substrate comprising divided regions; first electrodes, each of the first electrodes comprising first rhombus patterns spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other in a predetermined first direction and first connection patterns configured to connect the first rhombus patterns second electrodes, each of the second electrodes comprising second rhombus patterns spaced apart a predetermined distance from each other in the second direction and second connection patterns configured to connect the second rhombus patterns; third electrodes formed in border areas between the divided regions and outer areas of the divided regions; a touch controller formed in each of the divided regions correspondingly; and pad electrodes connected with the touch controller. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141041 | TOUCH SCREENS - A touch screen control system comprising a touch screen having first and second conductive layers arranged to be brought together by touching of the screen. A detection system is arranged to detect a contact position at which the screen is touched by monitoring electrical signals from at least one of the layers. The system further comprises an antenna, and the detection system includes a proximity sensing signal generator arranged to generate a proximity sensing signal to be transmitted between the antenna and the first layer via a user of the system. The detection system is further arranged to receive the transmitted proximity sensing signal and determine therefrom the distance between a part of the user and the touch screen. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141042 | TOUCH PANEL-INTEGRATED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel comprising a first substrate and a second substrate, a seal pattern arranged in the edge provided between the first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes crossing each other and arranged in the seal pattern on an outer surface of the second substrate, a pad electrode for the touch panel partially overlapping the seal pattern on the outer surface of the second substrate, a pad electrode for the liquid crystal panel arranged at the outside of the seal pattern on the first substrate, a chip-on-film (COF) connected to the pad electrode for the liquid crystal panel, a printed circuit board for driving the liquid crystal panel, connected to the chip-on-film, a routing line to connect the pad electrode for the touch panel to the first electrodes and the second electrodes on the outer surface of the second substrate, and a flexible printed cable connected to pad electrodes for the touch panel, to receive driving signals of the first and second electrodes, the flexible printed cable connected to the printed circuit board. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141043 | METHOD AND SYTEM FOR DUPLICATING AN OBJECT USING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - The invention is directed to a computer-implemented method for duplicating an object using a touch-sensitive display. The method comprises: (i) displaying a selected first object on the touch-sensitive display; (ii) detecting a first user interaction and a second user interaction on the selected first object; (iii) detecting a movement of the first user interaction outside the selected first object; (iv) displaying a second object which tracks the movement of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display, the second object being a duplication of the first object; and (v) positioning the second object according to a last detected location of the first user interaction on the touch-sensitive display. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141044 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a first touch panel and a second touch panel, a display device, a detection module, a setting module, a processor, and a display module. The detection module is configured to detect a predetermined operation on the first touch panel. The setting module is configured to set a process mode corresponding to the predetermined operation when the predetermined operation is detected by the detection module. The processor is configured to execute a process corresponding to the process mode in accordance with an operation on the second touch panel. The display module is configured to display on the display device a result of the process by the processor. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141045 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE TOUCH PANELS AND OPERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having multiple touch panels and a touch panel operating method for the same are provided. A single touch controller is employed to control multiple touch panels. The mobile terminal includes a first touch panel disposed at one side and comprising at least one touch sensor, a second touch panel disposed at another side and comprising at least one touch sensor, and a touch controller having a plurality of ports, wherein at least one of the plurality of ports is connected to a touch sensor in the first touch panel and at least one of the plurality of ports other than the port connected to the first touch panel is connected to a touch sensor in the second touch panel, and wherein the touch controller conducts scanning on the first touch panel and second touch panel to recognize a touch. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141046 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH PANEL AND PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - Provided herein are a display apparatus with a touch panel to which a piezoelectric actuator may readily be mounted, and a piezoelectric actuator used in such a display apparatus with a touch panel. A support structure for supporting a piezoelectric actuator | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141047 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - [Object] To provide an input device that allows a user to perceive readily individual virtual buttons without having to watch the virtual buttons carefully, thereby resulting in improved operability for the user. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141048 | OPTICAL FINGERPRINT NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH LIGHT GUIDE FILM - Embodiments of a finger navigation device are described. In one embodiment, the finger navigation device includes a light guide film (LGF), a light source, a sensor, and a navigation engine. At least a portion of the LGF exhibits total internal reflection (TIR) and the light source is in optical communication with the LGF and configured to inject light into the LGF. The sensor is configured to detect light that exits from the LGF after being reflected from a finger that is proximate the LGF and the navigation engine is configured to generate lateral movement information, which is indicative of lateral movement of the finger relative to the sensor, in response to light that is reflected from the finger and detected by the sensor. Other embodiments of the finger navigation device are also described. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141049 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an L-shaped printed circuit board is connected to the periphery of a film sensor at a plurality of connection portions. Long holes are each formed in the periphery of a film sensor at the center of a portion of the film sensor located between a corresponding pair of adjacent connection portions. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141050 | GESTURE INPUT OPERATION DEVICE, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PORTABLE DEVICE - An operation is facilitated and an increase of processing load is suppressed by the input to the entire touch panel on a screen. A gesture operation input device for performing the input operation of information on a display screen via a pointing device is provided with a cell setting unit | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110141051 | TOUCH SENSING PANEL INCLUDING BIDIRECTIONAL ADJACENT ELECTRODES, AND TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a touch sensing panel and a touch sensing apparatus. The touch sensing panel according to the present invention includes a substrate, and a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged on the substrate and extended in one axial direction to generate a sensed signal in accordance with a contact, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensing electrodes is arranged such that the one sensing electrode is adjacent to another sensing electrode on both sides of the one axial direction. According to the present invention, provided is a touch sensing panel in which a plurality of sensing electrodes are arranged and extend in one axial direction to minimize a bezel area, and at least one of the plurality of sensing electrodes is arranged such that the one sensing electrode is adjacent to another sensing electrode at both sides of the one axial direction to accurately determine a plurality of touch inputs. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110148770 | MULTI-FEATURE INTERACTIVE TOUCH USER INTERFACE - Briefly, a feature rich touch subsystem is disclosed. The feature rich touch subsystem includes one or more novel user input capabilities that enhance the user experience. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148771 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a touch sensing layer, substrate, and a touch sensing unit between the touch sensing layer and the substrate. At least one surface of the substrate has protruded and concave stripes. The stripes are formed by etching, printing, sand blasting, or molding. The protruded and concave stripes are formed side by side and parallel. A drop height between a top of the protruded stripe and a bottom of the concave stripe is between 1 nm to 1 μm. Pitches between two adjacent concave stripes and two adjacent protruded stripes are between 1 μm to 0.1 mm, and a ratio of widths of the protruded stripe and the concave stripe is between 0.2 to 5. Interference of lights such as the Newton-Ring and highlights will be avoided by the protruded stripes and concave stripes of the substrate. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148772 | APPARATUS WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAYS - An apparatus including a first surface having at least one display, a second surface having at least one display, and a third surface having at least one display. The first, second and third surface form an outer surface of the apparatus, the outer surface being generally of a triangular shape. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148773 | USER INTERFACE WITH ANNULAR TOUCH SENSOR ARRAY - Provided is a user interface comprising a substrate having a through-hole, an annular touch sensor array located on the substrate and at least partially surrounding the through-hole, and a display device in alignment the through-hole. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148774 | Handling Tactile Inputs - Apparatus includes at least one processor configured, under the control of machine-readable code: to receive from a touch sensitive transducer signals indicative of a detected dynamic tactile input incident on the touch sensitive transducer; to determine based on the signals received from the touch sensitive transducer a direction of an initial movement of a detected dynamic tactile input; and to provide control signals for causing an indicator, the indicator being for indicating to a user a currently highlighted one of an array of images displayed on a display panel, to be moved in a direction corresponding to the direction of the initial movement from a first image of the array of images to a second image of the array of images, the second image directly neighboring the first image, said indicator being moveable from a currently highlighted image to images directly neighboring the currently highlighted image. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148775 | ANNULAR BAR GRAPH AND MULTI-SEGMENT DISPLAY - Provided is a display comprising a first plurality of light-emitting elements forming an annular bar graph, and a numerical display within the annular bar graph. The annular bar graph displays information graphically, and the numerical display simultaneously displays the same information numerically. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148776 | Overlay Handling - A method includes determining that an overlay is to be displayed at a predetermined area on a touch-sensitive display, the overlay being operable to be closed in response to a user providing a touch input at predetermined location within the predetermined area of the overlay; detecting the presence of a digit proximate to a surface of the touch-sensitive display; determining a digit location, the digit location being a location on the surface of the touch-sensitive display to which the digit is proximate; comparing the digit location with the predetermined location; and if the digit location corresponds to the predetermined location, modifying the operation of the overlay so as to prevent closure of the overlay in response to a touch input provided at the predetermined location. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148777 | METHOD FOR BONDING FPC ONTO BASEBOARD, BONDING ASSEMBLY, AND TOUCH SCREEN - A method for bonding a flexible printed circuit (FPC) onto a baseboard is provided. The baseboard includes a bonding region having a plurality of first electrodes, and a protective layer covering the bonding region. The FPC includes a plurality of second electrodes. The method includes aligning the FPC with the bonding region of the baseboard, positioning an ACF between the FPC and the baseboard, and pressing the FPC towards the baseboard such that an end of a conductive particle abuts against the second electrode of the FPC, and an opposite end of the conductive particle penetrates the protective layer and contacts the first electrodes. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148778 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - An electronic device comprises a touch panel including a protective layer, a first conductive layer adhered to a lower surface of the protective layer. A first voltage is applied to the first conductive layer. An elastic layer is located under the first conductive layer, comprises a plurality of through holes. A second conductive layer is located under the elastic layer, comprises a plurality of conductive tabs. A second voltage is applied to the conductive tabs and is less than the first voltage which is applied to the first conductive layer. A processing unit is electrically connected to the touch panel. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148779 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device is provided which, even in cases in which a plurality of GUI parts are arranged in a limited space, enables operation of a GUI part in which, unlike a physical button, it is hard to distinguish the boundary by touch, without operational error, using a finger with a very large contact area in comparison to a touch pen. A touch panel device includes a rectangular screen having a detection region which detects contact, and a control section for generating a control signal in response to the contact detected by the detection region. The detection region has a shape that is inclined with respect to a side edge of the rectangular screen. In cases in which a body-part used for the contact is a finger of a user; when the user uses the right hand, the detection region has a shape that is inclined to the left side with respect to the side edge of the rectangular screen; and when the user uses the left hand, the detection region has a shape that is inclined to the right side with respect to the side edge of the rectangular screen. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148780 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A method of fabricating touch panel includes the following steps. A base is provided. A first transparent conductive layer is formed on the base. A first screen printing process is performed to form a first patterned sacrificial layer on the first transparent conductive layer, and the first patterned sacrificial layer is used to pattern the first transparent conductive layer to form a patterned sensing pad layer. A second screen printing process is carried out to form a patterned insulating layer. A second transparent conductive layer is formed on the base. A third screen printing process is performed to form a second patterned sacrificial layer, and the second patterned sacrificial layer is used to pattern the second transparent conductive layer to form a patterned bridge line layer. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148781 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a light shielding pattern layer, a touch sensing layer and a display medium is provided. The light shielding pattern layer is disposed on the first substrate or the second substrate. Pixel units are defined by the light shielding pattern layer, each pixel unit has a pixel edge length, and each pixel unit is disposed corresponding to one of the pixel structures. The touch sensing layer is disposed on the second substrate and has a plurality of first touch series and a plurality of second touch series. Each first touch series and each touch series respectively have mesh touch pads serially connected to each other. Each mesh touch pad has a plurality of grid patterns, each grid pattern has a grid edge length, and the grid edge length is ⅛˜⅗ of the pixel edge length. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148782 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a body, a cover, and a connecting mechanism. The body defines a guiding slot. A sliding post protrudes from the cover. The sliding post is slidably received in the guiding slot, whereby the cover is slidable and rotatable relative to the body. The connecting mechanism is slidably and rotatably coupled to the cover, and is further rotatably coupled to the body. When the sliding post slides along the guiding post to a predetermined position, the connecting mechanism rotates relative to the body, and further rotates and slides relative to the cover to support the cover, such that the cover is at an angle with the body. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148783 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display module and a covering material. The covering material at least covers an edge of the display module and has at least a connection portion disposed adjacent to the edge. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148784 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a display module and a covering material. The display module includes a display surface. The covering material has a transparent portion for covering the display surface. The covering material further covers a lateral side of the display module so that the side of the covering material at the display surface is substantially seamless. A touch display apparatus is also disclosed. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148785 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND POINTER DETECTION METHOD - A pointer detection apparatus and a pointer detection method of the cross point electrostatic coupling type are disclosed, by which a pointer on a conductor pattern can be detected at a higher speed. The pointer detection apparatus includes a conductor pattern, a spread code supplying circuit, a reception conductor selection circuit, an amplification circuit, an analog to digital conversion circuit, and a correlation value calculation circuit. The spread code supplying circuit supplies a plurality of spread codes at the same time. The correlation value calculation circuit determines correlation values between signals output from the analog to digital conversion circuit and the correlation calculation codes respectively corresponding to the spread codes. A pointer is detected based on the determined correlation values. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148786 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANGING OPERATING MODES - An input device comprising a sensing element (and perhaps other sensing elements) and a processing system coupled to the sensing element is disclosed. The processing system is configured to operate in a first mode, to change from operating in the first mode to operating in a second mode in response to recognizing a characteristic object motion in the sensing, and to operate in the second mode. The first mode may be a pointing mode and the second mode may be an enhanced gesturing mode. The processing system recognizes a first type of sliding input in the sensing region as a pointing command while in the pointing mode, and recognizes the first type of sliding input in the sensing region as one of the plurality of gesture commands (associated with a plurality of different gesture actions) while in the enhanced gesturing mode. Methods and program products are also disclosed. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148787 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD THEREOF - An image forming apparatus and a character input method thereof. The character input method in an image forming apparatus including a display unit of a touch screen, includes displaying a soft keyboard on the display unit, the soft keyboard including character keys to receive character input and a display window to display input characters; selecting character keys corresponding to characters to be input; and displaying characters corresponding to the selected character keys in the display window and displaying the characters in pop-up windows adjacent to the selected character keys, wherein the image forming apparatus is operative to perform at least one of print, copy, scan, fax transmission, and email transmission functions. A user's convenience can be increased by providing a pop-up window which display inputted characters, so that a user can confirm the input characters, and typographical errors can be reduced. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148788 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE WITH COORDINATE CORRECTION MODULE - A touch screen device comprises a coordinate correction module, a controller and a notice module. The controller is initialized when the controller receives an initiation command from a sensor. The notice module sends a control command to the controller, the controller notices the sensor to acquire coordinates of sensing points of the touch device and a pressure sensor to acquire pressure of the sensing points. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148789 | MOBILE DEVICE HAVING PROJECTOR MODULE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A mobile device and a method for operating the same to allow a more efficient projecting of data and a more effective control of the projected data are provided. The mobile device includes a projector module, a sensor unit, and a control unit. The projector module outputs an image outwardly. The sensor unit having at least one sensor is activated when the projector module is activated. The sensor unit detects a state of the mobile device and then outputs a sensor signal. The control unit controls the image outputted through the projector module, depending on the sensor signal. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148790 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND DRIVING MEHTOD - A touch apparatus includes a touch panel, voltage storage elements, a voltage supply unit, and a processing unit. The touch panel has electrodes respectively coupled to the voltage storage elements. When the voltage supply unit does not provide the voltage to the voltage storage element, the voltage storage element achieves a voltage balance within an energy storage time and stores a voltage of the corresponding electrode. The energy storage times of a part of the voltage storage elements at least partially overlap. The energy storage times of two the voltage storage elements respectively coupled to two adjacent electrodes do not overlap with each other. The processing unit is coupled to the electrodes and the voltage storage elements and adopts voltages stored in the voltage storage elements when the voltage balance is achieved. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148791 | METHOD OF INTERFACING WITH MULTI-POINT DISPLAY DEVICE | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148792 | POINTING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH DISPLAY TILT-ADJUSTING FUNCTION AND ASSOCIATED ADJUSTING METHOD - A display tilt-adjusting method is used between a pointing device and a display device. Firstly, first moving information is acquired in response to a movement of the pointing device. Then, error information is acquired according to the first moving information. According to the error information, the first moving information is transformed into second moving information. Afterwards, a moving path corresponding to the movement of the pointing device is shown on the display device according to the second moving information. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148793 | User Interface System - A user interface system for receiving a user input that includes sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid within the fluid vessel, a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, and an electrical sensor coupled to the sheet that receives an input provided by a user that inwardly deforms the surface of the sheet and that includes a first conductor and a second conductor that are electrically coupled to each other with an electrical property that changes as the distance between the first and second conductors changes. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148794 | Haptic Interface for Palpation Simulation - A method for interfacing a user with a computer running an application program, the computer generating a graphical environment comprising a graphical object and a graphical representation of at least a portion of a living body, comprises providing an object in communication with the computer, controlling the graphical object in relation to manipulation of at least a portion of the object by the user, and outputting a haptic sensation to the user when the graphical object interacts with a region within the graphical representation to provide the user with haptic feedback related to a simulated palpation of the region. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148795 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, a vibration unit for vibrating the input unit, and a control unit for controlling drive of the vibration unit 14 such that a click sensation is provided to an object pressing the input unit when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a predetermined standard for receiving an input to the input unit. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided upon operation of the input unit of a pressure type by an operator. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148796 | Use of a Two Finger Input on Touch Screens - A system and method for detecting at least two-finger input on a touch screen of a display such as computer, etc. includes a display screen; a sensing grid arranged for sensing touch on said display screen; a plurality of electrodes connected electrically to the sensing grid. A controller receives an output from the sensing grid, and a module identifies at least two points on the grid indicating locations of the display screen that have been touched by a user and identifies a geographic portion of the display screen to be identified based on said at least two points. As the position of the fingers are relative to the position of the screen via change in a direction of a Z-coordinate, a variable zoom can be provided by the sensing grid commensurate with different distances that the multiple fingers are sensed from the display screen. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148797 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY HAVING A BODY ENABLING FURTHER FUNCTIONALITY - The invention relates to an electronic apparatus | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148798 | OBJECT LOCATION - An apparatus determines the position of a target part of a user's hand within a predetermined zone. It has a plurality of transducers for transmitting and/or receiving locating signals. The transducers are arranged such that, for any location of the target hand part within the predetermined zone there are at least two pairings of transmitting transducers and receiving transducers for which the total time-of-flight of said timing signals from the transmitter of the pairing to the receiver of the pairing via the target part of the user's hand is less than equivalent total times-of-flight to and from a set of points comprising all points in the predetermined zone which are beyond a minimum spacing from the target hand part but at least as far away from the nearest point of the apparatus as the location of the target hand part is. In some embodiments a selection is made between possible channels to determine which can be used for tracking without suffering from finger/hand confusion. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148799 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE - A method for operating an operator control system ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110148800 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch input device of a resistance film system having a structure in which a plastic supporting plate, made from a polycarbonate resin or an acrylic resin, is bonded to the entire lower surface of a lower electrode film, with an adhesive material being interposed therebetween, is provided with a water-vapor barrier film that is superior in moisture dimensional stability and bonded to the entire surface of the plastic supporting plate on the side opposite to the surface thereof bonded to the lower electrode film with an adhesive material being interposed therebetween. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110157023 | MULTI-TOUCH DETECTION METHOD - A multi-touch detection method is applicable for operating a touch panel with a single button-patterned transparent conductive layer. A system employing the touch panel receives simultaneous inputs of a first button and a second button. Two time series of inputs are obtained from sequential pressing of certain buttons respectively adjacent to the first button and the second button. The positional changes of the two time series of inputs are tracked, and compared with each other so as to recognize a gesture input. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157024 | SYSTEM-EXPANDABLE REMOTE CONTROL WITH TOUCH PANEL, AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING SYSTEMS - Provided is a remote control with touch panel and an operating system, and the remote control is a system-expandable device. In accordance with an embodiment, the remote control at least includes a data processing unit, a display unit for displaying the virtual control interface, and accompanied with a touch-panel screen provided for user's manipulation. The remote control further has a communication unit for expanding the remote-control program modules via a network, and a memory unit for storing the modules supporting various devices to be controlled. In addition to the stored modules inside the memory unit, the expanding method is further provided for supporting the various devices to be controlled by downloading the remote-control program modules regarding unsupported devices via network. The remote-control program module, more particularly, includes a virtualized remote-control interface, remote-control key definition, and a remote-control instruction set. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157025 | HAND POSTURE MODE CONSTRAINTS ON TOUCH INPUT - A method of controlling a virtual object within a virtual workspace includes recognizing a hand posture of an initial touch gesture directed to a touch-input receptor, and a mode constraint is set based on the hand posture. The mode constraint specifies a constrained parameter of a virtual object that is to be maintained responsive to a subsequent touch gesture. The method further includes recognizing a subsequent touch gesture directed to the touch-input receptor. An unconstrained parameter of the virtual object is modulated responsive to the subsequent touch gesture while the constrained parameter of the virtual object is maintained in accordance with the mode constraint. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157026 | COORDINATE LOCATING METHOD, COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE - A coordinate locating device for a display apparatus is provided, which can have lower manufacturing costs and can locate the coordinates of a single or multiple objects. The coordinate locating device includes a light source configured to emit light, wherein said light source comprises a light emitting device, at least one reflector configured to reflect the light from the light source, and a detector configured to detect the light reflected by the at least one reflector, wherein the light source and the detector are disposed at different positions on the same edge of the coordinate locating device. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157027 | Method and Apparatus for Performing an Operation on a User Interface Object - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising dividing at least a part of a user interface object into a grid comprising multiple cells, associating an operation with a cell in the grid and in response to detecting an action on the cell performing the associated operation on the user interface object. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157028 | TEXT ENTRY FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A device includes a memory to store multiple instructions, a touch-sensitive display, and a processor. The processor executes instructions in the memory to present, on the touch-sensitive display, an application display window; detect a touch on the application display window; display a handwriting input window based on the touch on the application display window, where the handwriting input window includes a magnified view of a portion of the application display window and where the handwriting input window is substantially centered at the location of the touch; detect a touch path input within the handwriting input window; display the touch path input within the handwriting input window; recognize that the touch path input has been removed from the handwriting input window; and present, on the touch-sensitive display, the application display window including the displayed touch path input, after the handwriting input window has been removed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157029 | TOUCH SENSOR AND TOUCHSCREEN USER INPUT COMBINATION - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A swiping action between a touch sensor and a touchscreen of a computing device is identified. The identification includes determining, while the computing device is in a state that provides a first graphical display, that the touch sensor has been physically contacted by a user. The identification includes determining that the physical contact with the touch sensor has ended. The identification includes determining, within a predetermined time period of the end of the physical contact, that a dragging motion across the touchscreen has originated at a peripheral edge of the touchscreen. In response to the identifying, a predetermined computerized routine is invoked that replaces the first graphical display with a second graphical display, wherein user interaction with the touch sensor or touchscreen individually do not invoke the predetermined computerized routine. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157030 | Methods and Systems for Data Serialization - A method for detecting one or more objects on a touch screen, wherein the touch screen has a plurality of transmitters and receivers, comprises the following steps: serializing data signals into a group data signal corresponding to the transmitters and the receivers of the touch screen; transmitting and deserializing the group data signal to the transmitters and the receivers; receiving receiver data indicative of the detection of one or more objects on the touch screen; serializing the receiver data into serialized common data signal; and outputting the common data signal, wherein the common data signal is indicative of the detected objects on the touch screen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157031 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRAWING LINES IN ELECTRONIC BOOK USING ELECTRONIC BOOK READER - An e-book reader includes a touch screen, a touch screen control module connected to the touch screen, and a drawing line module. The drawing line module includes a transparent window unit and a line trace recording unit. The line trace recording unit is connected to the touch screen control module for recording lines drawn on the touch screen. The transparent window unit includes a transparent window which is displayed on the touch screen. The lines are shown in the transparent window by the transparent window unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157032 | Writing Apparatus with Electronic Soft Pen Brush - A writing apparatus with electronic soft brush pen is disclosed herein. The writing apparatus includes an electronic soft pen brush, an all point addressable (APA) touch panel, a scanning circuit and a controlling circuit. The electronic soft pen brush is configured to generate a plurality of touch points on the touch panel simultaneously. The scanning circuit is configured to detect the touch positions of the touch points simultaneously. The controlling circuit is configured to determine the touch region, the touch area and size and generate an output signal in accordance with the touch region, the touch area and the touch positions. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157033 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING MOVABLE PARTS - An electronic apparatus includes a display panel ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157034 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SOLAR CHARGING FUNCTION - An exemplary portable electronic device with solar charging function includes a main body, a display module, and solar converting device. The display module and the solar converting device are installed in the main body. The main body includes a circuit board, and the display module and the solar converting device are electrically connected to the circuit board. The solar converting device is fixedly disposed at one side of the display module, and capable of absorbing solar energy and converting the solar energy into electrical energy to power the portable electronic device with solar charging function. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157035 | ACTUATOR MODULE - Disclosed herein is an actuator module that improves vibration of a touch screen pad. More specifically, the actuator module is configured to include a plate that is positioned at the lower part of a touch display module in which an image display unit is coupled to the lower part of a touch screen panel, a vibration generator that is positioned at the lower part of the plate and is mechanically deformed by compression or contraction when voltage is applied, and an adhesive layer that bonds the touch display module to the plate and the plate to the vibration generator and generates bending moment by the mechanical deformation of the vibration generator, thereby making it possible to transfer the vibration by the vibration generator directly to the touch screen panel and be designed in an ultra-thin type. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157036 | DUAL-DISPLAY ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A dual-display electronic device includes a housing, a first type of display panel mounted on the housing, and a second type of display unit received in the housing. The housing defines a receiving space therein and an opening communicating with the receiving space. The second type of display unit is slidably received in the receiving space and includes an second type of display panel. A first magnet is mounted on the second type of display unit, a second magnet and an electromagnet are mounted on the housing respectively. When the electromagnet is powered off, the second magnet attracts the first magnet to keep the second type of display panel hiding in the receiving space. When the electromagnet is powered on, the electromagnet attracts the first magnet to make the second type of display panel slide out of the receiving space. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157037 | TOUCHSCREEN OVERLAY - An overlay for electronic devices having a touchscreen display includes a plurality of raised regions which, when the overlay is assembled to the touchscreen display, are at predetermined positions relative to the plurality of virtual keys on the touchscreen display. Alternatively, the overlay may include a plurality of recesses which, when the overlay is in assembled position on the touchscreen display, are in registry with the plurality of virtual keys on the touchscreen display. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157038 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a substrate, an adhesive layer, and a transparent conductive layer fixed on the substrate by the adhesive layer. The conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer with a surface roughness Ra thereof less than or equal to about 0.1 μm. A fabrication method for a touch panel includes reducing the surface roughness Ra of the carbon nanotube layer to less than or equal to about 0.1 μm by applying pressure on the carbon nanotube layer via a press tool with a flat surface. A surface roughness Ra of the flat surface is less than or equal to about 0.1 μm. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157039 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first auxiliary line connected to the blocking pattern and below a gate line; a second auxiliary line in each touch block, and located at the same layer as, the first auxiliary line being made of the same material as the gate line; a first connection pattern contacting the first and second auxiliary lines; a common electrode in each touch block; x and y sensing lines on the common line and overlapping the gate and data lines, respectively; a pixel electrode in each pixel region, connected to a drain electrode through a drain contact hole, and including a plurality of openings; and a second connection pattern contacting the first connection pattern and the x sensing line through first and second contact holes, respectively. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157040 | TOUCHPANEL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE DEVICE - A touchpanel device includes an approach determining unit configured to determine whether an object has approached to a touchscreen; an area presuming unit, if it is determined that the object has approached to the touchscreen, configured to presume an area of contact on the touchscreen; and a display controller, based on a presumed area of contact, configured to control a size of a part of graphical user interface, the part being displayed on the touchscreen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157041 | RECOGNIZING MULTIPLE INPUT POINT GESTURES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing multiple input point gestures. A recognition module receives an ordered set of points indicating that contacts have been detected in a specified order at multiple different locations on a multi-touch input surface. The recognition module determines the position of subsequently detected locations (e.g., third detected location) relative to (e.g., to the left of right of) line segments connecting previously detected locations (e.g., connecting first and second detected locations). The gesture module also detects whether line segments connecting subsequently detected locations (e.g., connecting third and fourth detected locations) intersect line segments connecting previously detected locations (e.g., connecting first and second detected locations). The gesture module recognizes an input gesture based on the relative positions and whether or not line segments intersect. The gesture module then identifies a corresponding input operation (e.g., cut, paste, etc.) to be performed. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157042 | TOUCH SCREEN RESPONSE METHOD AND DEVICE - A device and method are provided for increasing touch screen response. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157043 | ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - An active device array substrate including an active device array and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes is provided. The active device array is disposed on a substrate. The touch sensing electrodes are disposed on the substrate, and the active device array and the touch sensing electrodes are insulated with each other so as to form a sensing capacitance between the active device array and the touch sensing electrodes. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157044 | OPTICAL TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING REFERENCE IN THE SAME - A method of establishing a reference in an optical touch input system and a corresponding display panel, includes emitting light by emitters located at respective first, second, and third corners of the display panel, and receiving direct light by a detector located at a fourth corner of the display panel, the detector at the fourth corner detecting respective first, second, and third impulse signals generated by the direct light of the emitters located at the respective first, second, and third corners, the respective first, second, and third impulse signals corresponding to pixel positions of the detectors located at the fourth corner and correlating the respective pixel positions of the respective first, second, and third impulse signals with respective predetermined first, second, and third reference angles of the display panel. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157045 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an operation body approaching a display screen, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the operation body detected by the detector approaches a first region of the display screen, a display controller configured to display display content included in the first region in a second region that is different from the first region when the operation body is determined by the determination unit to be approaching the first region, and an operation controller configured to regard an operation performed by the operation body in the first region as an operation for the display content displayed in the second region by the display controller. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157046 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a circle type display and a method for controlling the same is disclosed herein. A scroll bar is provided at an edge of the circle type display in response to a user input. The user may control the mobile terminal and the circle type display through touch inputs on the scroll bar. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of touching positions on a locus of touching operations, determines an operation direction of an operation by using a determination condition set based on the plurality of acquired touching positions, and performs an action predetermined in association with the determined operation direction. In addition, the information processing apparatus stores the determined operation direction on a memory and changes the determination condition based on the operation direction stored on the memory to determine an operation direction of a touching operation executed after the operation for which the operation direction has been determined and stored. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157048 | INPUT APPARATUS THAT ACCURATELY DETERMINES INPUT OPERATION, CONTROL METHOD FOR INPUT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input apparatus that accurately determines an input operation intended by a user without erroneously determining an operation including no move as an operation including move. Touch positions in a time period from touch-down to touch-up by an input operation performed on a touch panel by the user are recorded in chronological order. A statistical variance of the touch positions is calculated based on the obtained touch positions. Whether the input operation is an operation including no move or an operation including move is determined based on the calculated variance. When the calculated variance is smaller than a threshold value, it is determined that the input operation is the operation including no move, and when the calculated variance is not smaller than the threshold value, it is determined that the input operation is the operation including move. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157049 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VIBRATIONS IN WIRELESS TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for generating vibrations in a wireless terminal, in which vibrations of strengths corresponding to respective regions are generated by using a plurality of piezos. The apparatus includes a plurality of piezos, a touch screen portion including a plurality of regions, and a controller for, upon detection of a touch on a predetermined region among the plurality of regions of the touch screen portion, generating vibrations of strengths according to power frequencies and power polarities of the plurality of piezos with respect to the touched region. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157050 | ASSEMBLY HAVING DISPLAY PANEL AND OPTICAL SENSING FRAME AND DISPLAY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An assembly includes a display panel having four corners, an optical sensing frame having at least three optical modules mounted adjacent a surface of the display panel, where the optical modules are located at the corners of the display panel and optical reflectors extending substantially along an entire length of each of four sides of the display panel, an optical sensing frame controller driving the optical sensing frame, and a display panel controller on a single circuit board with the optical sensing frame controller. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157051 | MULTILAYER DISPLAY DEVICE - A multilayer display device has: a plurality of display screens which are arranged in layers; a touch panel which is arranged frontward of the display screens; and a setting portion which, according to an operation made with respect to the touch panel, sets one of the display screens as a operation screen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110157053 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL - A portable electronic device comprises a display on a first, front side of the device, a touch sensitive surface on a second, rear side of the device substantially opposite the first side having a similar shape and orientation to the display, and a touch input mapping means arranged to map a position of a detected touch on the touch sensitive surface to a position on the display and, a tapping detection means. The tapping detection means is arranged in operation to detect a tap as when there has been a loss and reacquisition of touch from a user on the touch sensitive surface. And the tapping detection means is arranged in operation to detect the position of the detected tap on the touch sensitive surface as being the position at which touch was lost. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157054 | COMPUTING APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING TOUCH INPUT - A computing apparatus for recognizing a touch input is disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, one or more objects and a space including the one or more objects displayed on a display device may be easily controlled by converting a touch of a first finger group and a touch of a second finger group into a predetermined command. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157055 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device comprising a display arranged on a first side, the display having a first touch sensitive surface. The device also comprises a second touch sensitive surface separate from the display and a processor responsive to a plurality of user control commands. The device further comprises a touch detector, responsive to a user touching at least one of the first and second touch sensitive surfaces, for detecting touch input regions each corresponding to a respective one of the user control commands and for initiating a response, by the processor, to a user control command corresponding to a detected touch input region. The touch input regions are assigned to corresponding user control commands so that at least one subset of the commands corresponds to touch input regions on the first surface and at least another subset of the commands corresponds to touch input regions on the second surface. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157056 | TACTILE TOUCH-SENSING INTERFACE SYSTEM - A user-configurable, tactile interface system that includes mechanical buttons with several mounting options, and several methods to interface with touch-sensing devices. A user can activate a touch on a touch sensing device by pressing a physical pad, which may be textured, or raised. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157057 | MOBILE DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile device comprising a first touch panel and a second touch panel for displaying images is disclosure. A decision module is operable to indicate a touch condition, if a touch position on a first touch panel is changed to a predefined direction toward a second touch panel, and if a touch is detected on both the first touch panel and the second touch panel. A display control module is operable to display at least some of an image displayed on the second touch panel on the first touch panel in response to the touch condition. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157058 | COATED LIGHT-TURNING FEATURE WITH AUXILIARY STRUCTURE - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a front illumination device with metalized light-turning features. In one aspect, an illumination device includes a light guide having light-turning features that include recesses formed on the light guide and that extend down into the light guide. The recesses may be coated with a material where the material also forms an auxiliary structure outside of the recesses on the light guide. The auxiliary structure may be conductive and may form, for example, an electrode. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157059 | Touch Display Panel and Touch Sensing Method Thereof - This disclosure relates to a touch display panel and more specifically to a borderless touch display panel. The touch display panel includes a Fresnel lens, a touch-sensing panel and a coordinate transforming module, wherein the flat display panel and the Fresnel lens are spaced apart by a distance. The flat display panel outputs an original image having an original coordinate system. The Fresnel lens is used to transform the original image into a display image to be viewed by the user, wherein the display image has a display coordinate system. The touch sensing panel will sense the user's touch and output a touch coordinate of a touch and the coordinate transforming module will transform the touch coordinate into an action coordinate based on a transformation parameter set. The transformation parameter set includes a magnification parameter and a shift parameter for compensating for the positional difference between the touch coordinate and the action coordinate due to the distance between the flat display panel and the Fresnel lens. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157060 | TOUCH-CONTROL SYSTEM, DUAL-INPUT TOUCH-CONTROL SYSTEM AND TOUCH-DETECTING METHOD - A touch-control system, dual-input touch-control system and a relevant touch-detecting method transmit a pre-generated identification signal through an indicating device to a touch screen and its control unit. Through the identification of the identification signal, those input signals not relevant to the identification signal will be filtered as noises, thereby prevents error touches of human finger or palm when using the indicating device. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157061 | Touch-Sensing Display Device and Touch-Sensing Module Thereof - A touch-sensing display device, specifically to a borderless touch-sensing display device, is disclosed. The touch-sensing display device includes a display module and a touch-sensing module. The touch-sensing module includes a first sensing sheet and a second sensing sheet, wherein a space exists between the first sensing sheet and the second sensing sheet. The first sensing sheet includes a lens layer, a plurality of first conductive portions, and a conductive film, wherein the conductive film is disposed on the lens layer while the first conductive portions are distributed on two opposite sides of the lens layer. The second sensing sheet includes a substrate, a plurality of second conductive portions, and a plurality of conductive strips, wherein the second conductive portions are selectively distributed on one of two sides of the substrate while the conductive strips are respectively connected to the second conductive portions and have different voltages. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157062 | Touch Input Data Handling - A system for enabling a tablet input object is described. A tablet input object can take various inputs from touch, a mouse, and a pen and sends their information to an application or operating system. Also, a pen message pathway may also be used to handle touch messages, thereby reusing an existing pen message pathway for messages created by something other than a pen. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157063 | INFORMATION PRECESSING DEVICE AND RELATED METHOD - A portable information processing system is provided which includes a display unit having an electronic display and a display unit interface, an electronic tablet mountable on the display unit, and a hand-holdable, hand-guidable electronic position indicator for transmitting the signals for receipt by the electronic tablet. The electronic tablet includes a transparent window positioned in overlaying arrangement on the electronic display when the electronic tablet is mounted on the display unit to permit viewing of the electronic display through the transparent window, an input processing system adapted to receive signals and process character information and coordinate information based on the signals, and an electronic tablet interface for communicating with the display unit interface of the display unit. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157064 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device that, even if noise has been generated due to a signal for image display being applied to a display unit, can acquire correct position information free of the influence of noise from a touch panel unit. The display device includes a display unit having a plurality of electrodes for image display, a display control unit ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110157065 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display surface of the present invention includes a display operation surface ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110163963 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes rendering characters on a display of the portable electronic device, detecting a touch and determining a touch location on a touch-sensitive input device, determining a plurality of the characters that are rendered near the touch location, the plurality of the characters rendered in a first area, and re-rendering the plurality of the characters in a second area, the second area being larger than the first area. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163964 | Dual type touch display device - A dual type touch display device includes a display unit that includes a display panel and a backlight plate. A finger-operation detector is mounted to the display panel of the display unit and a stylus-operation detector is mounted to the backlight plate of the display unit so as to allow the finger-operation detector and the stylus-operation detector to detect the sites of touches applied thereto fore realizing a dual type touch display device that operates with both multiple touch operation and single touch operation. Thus, a single electronic device may realize different types of touch operations of both finger input and stylus input. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163965 | TOUCH PANEL AND DETECTING METHOD FOR MULTIPLE-TOUCHING OF THE SAME, AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch panel including a substrate, a sensing array and a signal detecting layer is provided. The sensing array disposed over the substrate comprises a plurality of sensing pads arranged in array, wherein the sensing pads includes a plurality of first sensing pads arranged along a first direction and a plurality of second sensing pads arranged along a second direction, and the first direction intersects the second direction. The signal detecting layer is interlaid between the sensing array and the substrate, wherein the signal detecting layer includes a plurality of individual signal detecting units. Each of the signal detecting units is corresponding to more than one sensing pads for detecting a variation of electric field due to a touching event. By which, erroneous sensing of the touch panel can be prevented. Furthermore, a detecting method for multiple-touching applied to the touch panel and a touch display apparatus are provided. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163966 | Apparatus and Method Having Multiple Application Display Modes Including Mode with Display Resolution of Another Apparatus - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display. In a first mode of operation, an application is executed and a graphical user interface of the application is displayed at a first resolution that matches the display resolution of the application when executed on a handheld device distinct from the multifunction device. In a second mode of operation, the application is executed and the graphical user interface of the application is displayed at a second resolution that is larger than the first resolution. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163967 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Changing Pages in an Electronic Document - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display. The touch-sensitive display includes a touch area with a first touch area border region and a second touch area border region that is distinct from the first touch area border region. The device displays a current portion of an electronic document. The device detects a first contact at the first touch area border region and also detects movement of the first contact from the first touch area border region to the second touch area border region. The device displays a next portion of the electronic document in response to detecting movement of the first contact from the first touch area border region to the second touch area border region. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163968 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Tables Using Multi-Contact Gestures - An electronic device having a display and a touch-sensitive surface, displays a table having a plurality of rows, a plurality of columns, and a plurality of cells. The device detects a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface that includes movement of one or more of a first contact and a second contact. When the detected gesture is a pinch gesture at a location that corresponds to one or more respective columns in the table and has a component that is perpendicular to the one or more respective columns, the device decreases the width of the one or more respective columns. When the detected gesture is a de-pinch gesture at a location that corresponds to one or more respective columns in the table and has a component that is perpendicular to the one or more respective columns, the device increases the width of the one or more respective columns. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163969 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface with Content Display Modes and Display Rotation Heuristics - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display. The method includes: playing a first piece of content in a full-size mode on the display at a predefined aspect ratio; while playing the first piece of content on the display in the full-size mode, detecting a first gesture on the display; in response to detecting the first gesture: shrinking the playing of the first piece of content to a first region of the display while keeping the predefined aspect ratio and displaying information related to the first piece of content in a second region of the display. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163970 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Information Items in Folders - A method includes: displaying a group of selectable objects in a first region of a display, each selectable object corresponding to a respective information item; detecting selection of a plurality of selectable objects in the group of selectable objects; in response to detecting selection of the plurality of selectable objects, displaying a pile of two or more information items corresponding to the plurality of selectable objects at a first location in a second region of the display, each information item having a partially overlapping position with a neighboring information item in the pile; detecting a gesture on the pile on the display; in response to detecting the gesture on the pile, moving the pile away from the first location in the second region; detecting lift-off of the gesture from the pile; and in response to detecting the lift-off, moving the pile back to the first location in the second region. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163971 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating and Displaying Content in Context - An electronic device displays one or more thumbnails. The device detects a first multi-contact gesture that includes movement of a first contact and a second contact; and, in response to detecting the first multi-contact gesture, the device displays content associated with a respective thumbnail and enlarges the content associated with the respective thumbnail to a respective enlarged size in accordance with the first multi-contact gesture. The device detects termination of the first multi-contact gesture; and, in response to detecting termination of the first multi-contact gesture: when a resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is below a predefined threshold, the device ceases to display the content at the respective enlarged size; and, when the resizing metric based on the first multi-contact gesture is above the predefined threshold, the device displays the content on the display in a predefined arrangement. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163972 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Interacting with a Digital Photo Frame - A multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display displays an unlock image on the touch-sensitive display and concurrently displays a slide show initiation icon while the device is in a user-interface locked mode. The unlock image is a graphical user interface object with which the user interacts in order to transition the multifunction device to a user-interface unlocked mode. The device detects a first user input while the multifunction device is in the user-interface locked mode and presenting a slide show, and in response to detecting the first user input, displays the unlock image and the slide show initiation icon. When the device detects user activation of the slide show initiation icon, it presents the slide show on the touch-sensitive display and maintains the device in the user-interface locked mode. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163973 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Accessing Alternative Keys - A method at a multifunction device with a touch-sensitive display includes: displaying a text entry region and a soft keyboard with default keys; detecting a contact at a first location on the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to an activation region associated with a respective default key, and detecting an immediate subsequent movement of the contact on the touch-sensitive display; in response to detecting the immediate subsequent movement, displaying an array of keys including alternate keys for the respective default key; detecting liftoff of the contact at a second location on the touch-sensitive display; and, in response to detecting the liftoff: when the second location corresponds to an activation region associated with a respective alternate key, ceasing to display the array and inserting a character associated with the respective alternate key into the text entry region. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163974 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A multi-touch input processing method performed by a multi-touch input device and a multi-touch recognition apparatus, the method including: recognizing a touch input from at least one input device; connecting the at least one input device via a radio communication; receiving touch input data from the at least one input device; and executing an application based on the touch input and the touch input data. The apparatus includes a multi-touch processing unit for recognizing a touch input from at least one input device; a radio communicating unit for connecting the at least one input device with the multi-touch processing unit via a radio communication; a touch input data receiving unit for receiving touch input data from the at least one input device, and an application executing unit for executing an application based on the touch input and the touch input data. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163975 | TOUCH SCREEN STRUCTURE - A touch screen includes a touch panel, adhesive layers, a display screen, a printed circuit board assembly and a spacer fixed between the touch panel and the display screen by the adhesive layers. The spacer includes a baseplate and a sidewall substantially perpendicularly extending from the periphery of the baseplate. The printed circuit board assembly is fixed on the sidewall of the spacer. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163976 | Portable Electronic Device Having Mode Dependent User Input Controls - Improved approaches to provide user interaction with a portable electronic device operating to in a particular mode, such as an e-reader mode, are disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable electronic device is a multi-function portable electronic device that can be configured differently based on a particular mode being used. Based on the mode of operation or application being used, the user inputs to the device can be characterized differently. Advantageously, with mode-based configurations, the portable electronic device can operate to make use of user interface controls in an efficient manner. The mode-based configuration can save power, increase efficiency, and/or speed up operation of the device. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163977 | Mode Dependent Configuration of Portable Electronic Device - Improved ways to operate a portable electronic device in a mode-dependent manner are disclosed. In one embodiment, the portable electronic device is a multi-function portable electronic device that can be configured differently based on a particular mode being used. Advantageously, with mode-based configurations, the portable electronic device can operate efficiently and effectively in various different modes. The mode-based configurations can save power, increase efficiency, and/or speed up operation of the device. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163978 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel and an electronic device including the same are provided. The touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an electro-rheological fluid, a sensor, and a controller. The second substrate is spaced apart from the first substrate by a gap and includes a touch surface. The electro-rheological fluid is filled in a gap between the first substrate and the second substrate. The sensor senses an input on the touch surface and determines an input location at which the input occurs, and the controller varies a viscosity of the electro-rheological fluid in a location corresponding to a peripheral region of the input location. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163979 | TOUCH SENSOR AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch sensor and an organic light-emitting display including the sensor are disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch sensor includes i) a substrate, ii) a sensing unit formed on or over the substrate and containing hydrogen ions, iii) a touch sensor active layer formed on or above the sensing unit and iv) a touch sensor source electrode and a touch sensor drain electrode that are electrically connected to the touch sensor active layer. The touch sensor further includes a protective layer covering the touch sensor source electrode and the touch sensor drain electrode, and an opposite electrode formed on the protective layer, wherein at least part of the opposite electrode is formed substantially directly above the touch sensor active layer. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163980 | Organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same - A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display includes forming an organic layer on a support, forming a touch sensor on the organic layer, the touch sensor including a touch electrode pattern and a polarizing layer, separating the touch sensor from the support by removing the organic layer, and attaching the touch sensor to an organic light emitting diode display panel. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163981 | Manipulation direction judgment device, remote manipulation system, manipulation direction judgment method and program - There is provided a manipulation direction judgment device including a touch panel for detecting a movement start point and a movement end point of a pointer moving on a display panel, an angle area setting unit for setting a first angle area including at least two primary areas assigned different movement directions, respectively, and boundary areas forming boundaries between the primary areas, an angle area specifying unit for specifying an area in which an angle of a vector connecting the movement start point with the movement end point is located on the first angle area, and a manipulation direction judgment unit for judging the movement direction assigned to the primary area in which the angle of the vector is located, as a manipulation direction, using the first angle area only when the angle of the vector is located in the primary area. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163982 | SOLID STATE POSITIVE FORCE TOUCH SENSING - A touch sensor pad, including a touch sensor that senses the presence of a touching member placed proximate the touch sensor. A layer of protective material overlies the touch sensor. The layer of protective material has a first surface proximate the touch sensor and an opposing second surface distal from the touch sensor. The second surface includes a resting surface portion and a developed surface portion. The developed surface portion is recessed below the resting surface portion such that the developed surface portion is nearer to the touch sensor than the resting surface portion. The touch sensor has a sensitivity such that the presence of a touching member in contact with the resting surface portion does not result in an actuation of the touch sensor while the presence of a touching member pressed into the developed surface portion does result in the actuation of the touch sensor. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163983 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen device includes a surface board on which a touch surface is provided. A plurality of first electrodes, extending parallel to each other, are provided on a surface of the surface board opposite to the touch surface. A plurality of second electrodes, extending parallel to each other, are provided such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes are arranged in a grid pattern. First and second protectors respectively protect the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The first protector is provided on a portion of the surface of the surface board on which the first electrodes are provided such that a space is provided between the first electrodes. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163984 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a touch sensor for receiving an input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating the touch face, and a control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard for providing a tactile sensation, for controlling drive of the tactile sensation providing unit to vibrate the touch face at a frequency such that a click sensation is provided to an object (means) pressing the touch face. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the touch sensor. | 07-07-2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110163986 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CONTENT DISPLAYED ON TRANSPARENT DISPLAY PANEL - A mobile device for operating displayed content having a dual touch screen based on a transparent display panel is provided. The mobile device allows a method for operating displayed content in response to a touch event using at least one of front and back faces of the dual touch screen. The mobile device displays the content on the transparent display panel with a predefined brightness. When receiving a touch event through the transparent display panel, the mobile device modifies the brightness of parts or whole of the displayed content in response to the touch event. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163987 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Finger Placement on a Touch Pad and the Surrounding Areas - Systems and methods for facilitating touch pad finger placement including systems and methods for identifying the perimeters of a touch pad and various locations adjacent thereto to facilitate finger placement upon a touch pad and the surrounding areas. Systems include a border surrounding a perimeter of a touch pad and/or one or more pegs located in an area adjacent to the touch pad and/or border. Methods include affixing a border and/or one or more pegs to a touch pad and/or its surrounding area to alert a user when his or her finger(s) have strayed too far from a desired position or to assist a user in proper finger placement relative to the attached border and/or one or more pegs. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163988 | IMAGE OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, IMAGE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE OBJECT CONTROL PROGRAM - An inside/outside determining unit determines whether a touch position of a contact body is located outside or inside an inside/outside determining target region defined with respect to a display position of an image object as a target region for inside/outside determination of the touch position of the contact body. The signal generating unit generates a signal indicating the operation performed with respect to the image object when it is determined that the touch position of the contact body is located outside the inside/outside determining target region. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163989 | Apparatus and method for touch screen user interface for electronic devices part IC - A user interface in handheld devices has a touch screen for generating control signals for control of an electronic device, with a continuous touch movement detection on the touch area from a begin cell to an end cell via a middle cell, in the logic memory of the touch screen. The continuous touch movement detection in the logic memory creates substantially an arc touch movement from the begin cell to the end cell. The arc touch movement in the logic memory of the touch screen is used to generate a control command signal for the electronic device. The continuous touch movement creates substantially a ninety degree arc, or a semi-circle, or closed figure touch movement in the logic memory. The touch movement detections, clockwise or anticlockwise, convex or concave are used to generate different control signals for the device and thus provide a large number of navigation control functions. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110163990 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an information processing device capable of improving operability of the information processing device in which, if an input of a position in a reference region that is set on a screen is received, processing corresponding to the reference region is executed. First execution means ( | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110169745 | 5-Wire resistive touch screen pressure measurement circuit and method - A 5-wire touch screen system includes a touch screen ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169746 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - In an image projection apparatus capable of detecting user operations on a projected image, detecting a moving direction to/from the projected image of an object (for example, a hand) that a user uses to operate a GUI from, for example, an image taken of a region of a projection surface that includes the projected image. Then, depending on the detected direction, the display position or the display direction of the GUI is decided and images projected, thus improving usability. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169747 | Touch Detection Method - A touch detection method is adapted for a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises a first gate line, a sensor pad and a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line. The sensor pad is electrically coupled to the first gate line. The touch detection method comprises steps of: enabling the first gate line; and detecting whether the sensor pad is touched before enabling the second gate line. Therein, a partial overlapped time exists between a subsequent enable period for enabling the second gate line and an enable period for enabling the first gate line. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169748 | METHOD FOR HANDLING USER INPUT IN AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM, AND INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM EXECUTING THE METHOD - An interactive input system comprises a display surface and processing structure communicating with the display surface. The processing structure presents on the display surface at least one graphic object, the graphic object having properties and a respective solution state comprising a value of at least one property. The processing structure in response to gesture input manipulates the value of the at least one property, and provides an indication as to whether the graphic object is in its solution state in response to the application of a predetermined amount of pressure against the display surface in association with the graphic object. A method and computer readable medium are also provided. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169749 | VIRTUAL TOUCHPAD FOR A TOUCH DEVICE - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are disclosed to provide a virtual touchpad for a touch device. A placement module places a virtual touchpad at a dynamic location within a touch sensitive area of a touch device. A touch input module positions a pointer on a screen of the touch device in response to a touch input on the virtual touchpad. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169750 | MULTI-TOUCHPAD MULTI-TOUCH USER INTERFACE - A user interface assembly includes a first touch sensitive pad and a second touch sensitive pad spaced apart from each other that both sense a position of corresponding objects on each touch sensitive pad and synchronizes those positions into an output that relates the sensed positions to corresponding positions on a mapped device. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169751 | TOUCH SCREEN INPUT DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen input device, including: a first transparent electrode applied on one side of a transparent film using a conductive polymer composition including a conductive polymer and a solvent; a second transparent electrode applied on one side of a transparent substrate using the conductive polymer composition or indium-tin oxide (ITO); and a first adhesive layer disposed between one side of the transparent film and one side of the transparent substrate which face each other, so as to attach the one side of the first transparent electrode and the one side of the second transparent electrode to each other. The conductive polymer composition can be used to form transparent electrodes of the touch screen input device because it has a surface resistance of 10˜1000Ω/□. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169752 | INPUT DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - An input device includes a touch panel having a detection region and configured, when an operation is made within the detection region, to detect a position in which the operation is made. The detection region includes operation receiving regions located in respective different positions and associated with respective different procedures. The input device further includes an executer configured, when one of the operation receiving regions is operated, to execute one of the procedures with which the operated operation receiving regions is associated; and an operable region expander configured, when the operated operation receiving region is operated in a consecutive manner, to cause an additionally associated region to be additionally associated with the procedure with which the operated operation receiving region is associated. The additionally associated region constitutes at least a part of rest of the detection region, which is other than the operated operation receiving region. Also disclosed is a recording medium storing an input control program that is to be executed in the input device. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169753 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus inputs instructed coordinates to a display screen, and selects an object displayed at a coordinate position that corresponds to the input coordinates. When a drag operation for the object that was selected by the selection unit has been detected, a determination is made of whether or not the distance between the coordinate position of the selected object and input coordinates after the drag operation was detected exceeds a predetermined distance. If that distance does not exceed the predetermined distance, a moving amount of the object is made less than a moving amount of the drag operation, or the selected object is not moved. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169754 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, OPENING/CLOSING ANGLE DETECTING METHOD, AND OPENING/CLOSING ANGLE DETECTING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes two casings that are openably/closably coupled to each other, a detection unit that is provided on at least one of the two casings and is configured to detect one of contact and proximity of an operation input with respect to an operation surface, and a control unit configured to extract a variation component, which varies along with proximity of the two casings in opening/closing of the two casings, based on a detection result, which is detected by the detection unit, and detect an opening/closing angle of the two casings based on the variation component. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169755 | Integrated Vehicle Entertainment/Navigation System with Multi-Zone Control - Various embodiments of computer systems, methods, and computer programs are disclosed for implementing an integrated vehicle entertainment/navigation (IVEN) computer system. One embodiment is an integrated vehicle entertainment and navigation system comprising a central computer, a primary display device, a first secondary display device, a second secondary display device, and a multi-zone configuration module. The central computer is powered by a power source of a vehicle, and comprises a processor and a memory. The primary display device is located in a first zone in the vehicle and is in communication with the central computer. The first secondary display device is located in a second zone in the vehicle and the second secondary display device is located in a third zone in the vehicle. The first and second secondary display devices are in communication with the central computer via a multi-zone hub. The multi-zone configuration module is embodied in the memory of the central computer and executed by the processor. The multi-zone configuration module comprises logic configured to present a multi-zone control menu to the primary display device via a graphical user interface. The multi-zone configuration module further comprises logic configured to selectively control, via the multi-zone control menu presented to the primary display device, access by the first and second secondary display devices to media or applications stored in the memory of the central computer. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169756 | ELECTRONIC PEN SYSTEM - An electronic pen transmits pen information to a controller corresponding to detection of a touch condition, and thereafter turns ON a connecting switch that disconnects electrical connection between the tip portion and the grip portion of the pen that are provided in a state of being electrically disconnected from each other so as to cause a pen input acceptance state. The controller determines that position detection information is from the electronic pen when the position detection information is received from a position detecting device after the pen information is received from the electronic pen, while the controller determines that position detection information is from a finger when the position detection information is received from the position detecting device without receiving the pen information from the electronic pen. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169757 | PROACTIVE IMAGE REMINDING AND SELECTION METHOD - The invention is related to an image selection method comprising the following steps: a) automatically and randomly selecting ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169758 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a touch sensor for receiving an input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating the touch face, and a control unit, when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a standard for providing a tactile sensation, for controlling drive of the tactile sensation providing unit to vibrate the touch face at a frequency such that a click sensation is provided to an object (means) pressing the touch face. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided when an operator operates the touch sensor. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169759 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensing display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, a driver unit, and a flexible printed circuit board. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel, and the driver unit is disposed on the display panel to provide driving signals and drive the display panel and the touch panel. The flexible printed circuit board connects the display panel to a system main board. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169760 | DEVICE FOR CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS BY MANIPULATION OF GRAPHICAL OBJECTS ON A MULTICONTACT TOUCH SCREEN - A device for controlling an electronic apparatus by handling graphic objects. The device includes a visualisation screen, a transparent multi-contact touch sensor for acquiring multi-contact touch information generated by a plurality of pointing devices, and an electronic control circuit for generating control signals based on the touch information and for generating graphic objects on the visualisation screen. Each of the graphic objects is associated with at least one specific processing rule. Each piece of touch information is subjected to a specific processing determined by the location thereof relative to the position of the graphic objects. A first series of main graphic objects and a second series of subordinate graphic objects respectively have main and subordinate complementary functions associated respectively with at least one main specific processing rule and at least one subordinate specific processing rule. All the graphic objects are arranged such that the first series is handled by a first set of pointing devices and the second series is handled by a second set of pointing devices different from the first set, the handling of at least one of the subordinate graphic objects resulting in modifications of the properties of at least one of the main graphic objects. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169761 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169762 | RECOGNIZING SELECTION REGIONS FROM MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS INPUT - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing selection regions from multiple simultaneous inputs. Input selection regions are calculated from simultaneous contacts on a multi-touch input display surface. Computer system users can use natural and/or more intuitive hand gestures to select items on an input/display surface. Selection regions can be dynamically adjusted to in response to detected changes in contact at different locations on a surface. For example, selection region changes can be updated in essentially real-time as fingers are added and moved on the multi-touch input display surface. The calculation of selection regions can vary based on an application and/or operating system context. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169763 | BOTTOM-UP WATERSHED DATAFLOW METHOD AND REGION-SPECIFIC SEGMENTATION BASED ON HISTORIC DATA TO IDENTIFY PATCHES ON A TOUCH SENSOR PANEL - The application of a watershed algorithm to pixels and their touch values obtained from a scan of a touch sensor panel to determine patches corresponding to images of touch is disclosed. Prior to applying the watershed algorithm, background pixels having little or no touch values can be eliminated. A primary merge algorithm can then merge adjacent patches together when the saddle point between them is shallow as compared to the peak represented by the patches. However, if two candidate patches for merging have a total number of pixels below a certain threshold, these two patches may not be merged under the assumption that the patches might have been caused by different fingertips. Conversely, if two candidate patches for merging have a total number of pixels above a certain threshold, these two patches can be merged under the assumption that the patches were caused by a single thumb or palm. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169764 | MOBILE TERMINAL, PAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL AND PROGRAM - There are provided: a detection means for detecting user's touch; a moving speed calculating means for calculating a moving speed from a moving distance and a travel time of a detection position detected by the detection means; and a page turning means for indicating a plurality of pieces of data while sending the pieces of data one after another, wherein the page turning means indicates pieces of data while sending the pieces of data at a page turning speed decided in advance, determines a deceleration rate according to the moving speed calculated by the moving speed calculating means, and performs indication while decelerating the page turning speed gradually. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110169765 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a display unit for displaying an input object, an input unit for receiving a pressure input to the input object, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, and a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input if the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that a load standard for receiving the pressure input to the input object is different from a load standard for receiving a pressure input to another input object adjacent to the input object. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110175821 | Virtual Drafting Tools - Techniques for using virtual tools are disclosed. In one aspect, a user interface is presented. A first touch input including touch inputs at two or more locations is received, and a virtual tool corresponding to the relative positions of the two or more locations is identified. A second touch input interacting with the virtual tool is received, and a graphical object corresponding to the identified virtual tool and the second touch input is presented. In another aspect, an input activating a drafting mode of a device is received, and a drafting user interface is presented. A second touch input including touch inputs at two or more locations is received, and a third touch input is received. A graphical object corresponding to the third touch input and a virtual drafting tool corresponding to the second touch input is generated and presented. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175822 | USING A GESTURE TO TRANSFER AN OBJECT ACROSS MULTIPLE MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES - In an example embodiment, predefined gestures are used to provide an intuitive way to transfer objects between multi-touch devices. A first gesture, such as a pinching motion is used to select an object to transfer from a source device. A second gesture, such as a de-pinching gesture, is used to designate a destination for the object on a second device. Data associated with the initiator of the transfer, such as data representative of a fingerprint scan may be employed to match the source device with the destination device. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175823 | Negative Pixel Compensation - Negative pixel compensation in a touch sensor panel is disclosed. A method can compensate for a negative pixel effect in touch signal outputs due to poor grounding of an object touching the panel. To do so, the method can include determining at least one bound for a negative pixel compensation factor based on touch signal values, estimating the compensation factor within the determined bound based on the touch signal values that are negative, where the negative values indicate the presence of the negative pixel effect, and applying the estimated compensation factor to the touch signal outputs to compensate the touch signal values for the negative pixel effect. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175824 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PANEL MODULE INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY PANEL - A control apparatus for controlling a panel module including a touch panel and a display panel is provided. The control apparatus includes: a display driver, coupled to the display panel, for controlling display operations of the display panel according to a plurality of driving signals; and a touch controller, coupled to the touch panel and the display driver, for referring to a level transition of at least one driving signal of the driving signals to generate a touch control signal corresponding to a touch sensing output generated by the touch panel. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175825 | Touch Control System and Touch Control Method and Computer System of the Same - The present invention discloses a touch control system for a computer system with high compatibility. The touch control system includes an touch sensing device for detecting a touch event to generate a plurality of sensed signals conformed to a first format, and an embedded controller coupled to the touch sensing device for determining a user instruction according to the plurality of sensed signals and generating a plurality of control signals conformed to a second format to the computer system. An internal driving program in the computer system can only identify signals conformed to the second format. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175826 | Automatically Displaying and Hiding an On-screen Keyboard - A method and system for displaying an on-screen keyboard. An on-screen keyboard and a plurality of input fields are displayed on the touch-sensitive display. Each input field has an associated input interface and the on-screen keyboard is associated with a first input field. A subsequent contact with the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to a second input field is detected. The second input field is associated with a second input interface that is distinct from the on-screen keyboard and the second input interface is compatible with text input form the on-screen keyboard. The second input interface is concurrently displayed with the on-screen keyboard in response to the detected subsequent contact with the second input field. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175827 | Filtering Input Streams in a Multi-Touch System - Once a first touch has been initiated on a multi-touch input device, the device ignores any additional touches which are initiated on the device while the first touch is still occurring. For example, although hardware in the device may detect such additional touches, the hardware may opt not to provide input representing such additional touches to software (such as device drivers) executing on the device. Alternatively, the hardware may provide input representing such additional touches to software executing on the device, but such software may ignore such input, such as by not associating the input with any touch input streams maintained by the software. In summary, although the device has the inherent ability to process multiple simultaneous touches, the device may be configured to operate in a “first come, first served” mode, in which the device acts only on touches initiated while no other touch is still occurring. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175828 | EMBEDDED TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an embedded touch sensitive display, which includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), a touch sensing layer, a touch signal transfer circuit and a conductive media. The liquid crystal display comprises a top substrate, a bottom substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which is configured between the top substrate and the bottom substrate. The touch sensing layer is disposed below the top substrate of the LCD for generating touch signals after sensing an outside touch action, and the touch signal transfer circuit is disposed above the bottom substrate of the LCD. The conductive media is disposed between the touch sensing layer and the touch signal transfer circuit for transferring the touch signals between the touch sensing layer and the touch signal transfer circuit. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175829 | Information processing device, operation input method and operation input program - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175830 | Display control apparatus, display control method and display control program - A display control apparatus may include a proximity detector to detect proximity of an indicator to a display surface, and a touch detector to detect touch of the indicator against the display surface. A control unit may control display of an indicant on the display surface when the proximity detector detects that the indicator is in proximity to the display surface, and may determine whether the indicant is selected based on detection of the touch of the indicator against the display surface by the touch detector. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT OPERATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INPUT OPERATION DETERMINATION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit determining whether the touch of the instruction object is a predetermined input operation based on the detection result, which is obtained by the touch detection unit when the touch detection unit detects the touch of the instruction object, and at least one of the detection results, which are obtained by the proximity detection unit before and after the touch of the instruction object. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175832 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION PREDICTION METHOD, AND OPERATION PREDICTION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit detecting movement of the instruction object on or to the operation surface based on the detection result of the touch detection unit and the detection result of the proximity detection unit and starting a process corresponding to an input operation predicted from the detected movement of the instruction object. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175833 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - One object is to provide a new electronic device which is configured so that a user can read data regardless of a location, input data by directly touching a keyboard displayed on a screen or indirectly touching the keyboard with a stylus pen or the like, and use the input data. A first transistor electrically connected to a reflective electrode and a photo sensor are included over one substrate. A touch-input button displayed on a first screen region of the display portion is displayed as a still image, and a video signal is output so that a moving image is displayed on a second screen region of the display portion. A video signal processing portion supplying different signals between the case where a still image is displayed on the display portion and the case where a moving image is displayed on the display portion is included. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175834 | TOUCH PANEL AND INPUT RECOGNITION DEVICE USING THE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is provided including at least one first electrode pattern including a plurality of electrode lines arranged in a first direction; and at least one second electrode pattern including a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in a second direction to intersect the first electrode lines; wherein the first electrode lines are spaced apart at different intervals from one another in the first direction. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175835 | Method for Scanning Projective Capacitive Touch Panel, Storage Medium and Apparatus for Scanning Projective Capacitive Touch Panel - The present invention relates to a method for scanning a projective capacitive touch panel including: A. scanning each first-axis electrode arranged along a first-axis and each second-axis electrode arranged along a second-axis, then obtaining the first-axis electrode and the second-axis electrode whose self capacitance changes; B. detecting the mutual capacitance at each intersection between the first-axis electrode and the second-axis electrode whose self capacitance changes to determine whether the mutual capacitance changes, then the area where the mutual capacitance changes being taken as a touched area. The present invention also relates to a storage medium storing instructions of implementing above method and an apparatus that implements the above method. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175836 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175837 | BOTTOM-UP WATERSHED DATAFLOW METHOD AND REGION-SPECIFIC SEGMENTATION BASED ON HISTORIC DATA TO IDENTIFY PATCHES ON A TOUCH SENSOR PANEL - The application of a watershed algorithm to pixels and their touch values obtained from a scan of a touch sensor panel to determine patches corresponding to images of touch is disclosed. Prior to applying the watershed algorithm, background pixels having little or no touch values can be eliminated. A primary merge algorithm can then merge adjacent patches together when the saddle point between them is shallow as compared to the peak represented by the patches. However, if two candidate patches for merging have a total number of pixels below a certain threshold, these two patches may not be merged under the assumption that the patches might have been caused by different fingertips. Conversely, if two candidate patches for merging have a total number of pixels above a certain threshold, these two patches can be merged under the assumption that the patches were caused by a single thumb or palm. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175838 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HAPTIC COMPUTER INTERFACE - A method and system of an embodiment may include a system comprising a touch screen display panel, and a tactile panel with one or more raised surfaces wherein the touch screen display panel is positioned on top of the tactile panel and the tactile panel creates one or more raised surfaces on the touch screen display panel providing tactile information to a user of the touch screen display panel. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175839 | USER INTERFACE FOR A MULTI-POINT TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A user interface unit ( | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175840 | INTERACTIVE AMBIENCE CREATING SYSTEM - An interactive ambience creating system comprising a touch sensitive globe configured to generate a signal representing a geographical region based on touch by a user, an information processing unit configured to receive the generated signal and obtain information corresponding to the touched geographical region and a control unit configured to adapt at least one output device in accordance with the obtained information to create an ambience corresponding to the touched geographical region is disclosed. The disclosed system can be used in controlling the atmosphere preferably in a hotel context where language and/or mental models may differ between guests from different cultures. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175841 | TOUCH-INPUT-FUNCTION ADDED PROTECTIVE FILM FOR ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT DISPLAY WINDOW - In a touch-input-function added protective panel for an electronic instrument display window having an FPC that takes out an electrical signal by way of a through hole made in a lower electrode panel, an adhesive layer that bonds a lower electrode panel and an upper electrode sheet to each other, has a connection hole connected to the through hole, plural dot spacers are fixed and arranged in the connection hole and between the lower electrode panel upper surface at the peripheral edge of the through hole and the upper electrode sheet, so as to be separated from one another, and further an electroconductive adhesive is filled from the through hole into the connection hole, the gap interval of which is maintained by the dot spacers. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110175842 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD EMPLOYED IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are an electronic device wherein operability is improved by changing display contents as needed corresponding to a touch state with a display area, and a display method employed in the electronic device | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110181515 | Control system and method for controlling information processing devices - A control system and a method for controlling information process devices is disclosed using an additional input device with an application installed inside so that the plurality of information processing devices is controlled by a set of mouse and keyboard or the input device. The control system comprises: a mouse keyboard controller connects with a mouse, a keyboard, and an input device, wherein an application program is installed in the input device and drives the input device to communicate with the mouse keyboard controller and the plurality of information processing devices is controlled by the mouse keyboard controller. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181516 | TOUCH-SCREEN CONTROL PANEL FOR A DISHWASHER - A touch-screen interface for a dishwasher door comprises a user interface, a touch sensitive component and a holder. The user interface includes a graphics film defining a plurality of transparent portions. The user interface is configured to facilitate touch communication therethrough. The graphics film is secured to the user interface to prevent moisture therebetween. The touch sensitive component is configured to receive touch communication through the user interface. The touch sensitive component senses a position of a user's finger on the user interface. The holder is releasably connected to the user interface and is configured to releasable secure the touch sensitive component to the user interface. The holder is releasably coupled to a dishwasher door. The releasable connection between the components of the touch-screen interface allows for ease of disassembly and repair or replacement of the components. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181517 | Providing a Prompt for Entry of Information at a Later Time - A method and apparatus are provided to prompt a user of a portable electronic device in such a way to allow the user to enter information later. In response to receiving a user input that indicates a request to enter information at a later time, and upon occurrence of a trigger at the later time, the portable electronic device presents a prompt configured to facilitate entry of the information. In one embodiment the user input is specific to a type of trigger or to a type of prompt needed at the later time. Furthermore, the portable electronic device may prepare a contextual cue in response to receiving the user input, and present a portion of the contextual cue at the later time to facilitate remembrance of the information that the user wished to enter. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181518 | NETBOOK WITH A DISPLAY SCREEN ON TOP FACE FOR DELIVERING MEDIA ASSETS - A portable computing device is disclosed. The device may be based upon a netbook according to the preferred embodiment. The device comprises an additional display screen on the top face of the device. The device is used as a media player in a folded form and as a general purpose computing device in an unfolded form. The device operated as a media player is in a low power operation mode. The additional display screen is used as the display for the media player. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181519 | System and method of driving a touch screen - A system of driving a touch screen comprises a touch sensitive panel including a plurality of first sensor lines parallel to a first direction and a plurality of second sensor lines parallel to a second direction, a driving circuit coupled with the first sensor lines, a first sensing circuit, and a controller coupled with the first sensing circuit. The driving circuit is configured to sequentially apply a first scanning signal through each of the first sensor lines. The first sensing circuit can report a plurality of first response signals that are transmitted through the second sensor lines in response to each applied first scanning signal. The controller can identify one or more touch location based on the first response signals reported by the first sensing circuit, and track each identified touch location. In other embodiments, methods of driving a touch screen are also described. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181520 | VIDEO OUT INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided having a video out mode for providing output to an external display coupled to the electronic device. The electronic device may automatically detect connection of the external display and select a display mode from a list of display modes based on selection criteria. The video out mode may include a user interface for controlling a presentation displayed on the external display. The user interface may include controls, including touch-sensitive controls, for advancing the presentation, moving back in the presentation, navigating the presentation, exiting the video out mode, and displaying of a pointer on the external display. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181521 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING Z-ORDERING IN A USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods are disclosed for a z-order editing process that adjusts the z-ordering of selected objects displayed on a user interface. The z-ordering editing process may include identifying one or more selected objects and providing a z-ordering editing mode having an interactive graphical adjustment tool. The interactive graphical adjustment tool may receive user inputs indicating a desired direction for z-ordering adjustment. Changes in the z-ordering of the selected objects may be applied and dynamically previewed before ultimately being accepted by a user. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181522 | ONSCREEN KEYBOARD ASSISTANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM - An assistance method and system. The method includes retrieving by a computer processor of a computing system comprising a touch screen display, an enable command for enabling a keyboard configuration menu for a virtual touch screen keyboard presented by the touch screen of said computing system. The computer processor presents the keyboard configuration menu to the user. The computer processor receives a modify command for modifying specified configuration settings associated with each key of the virtual touch screen keyboard. The computer processor generates and saves modified configuration settings associated with said specified configuration settings. The computer processor disables the keyboard configuration menu. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181523 | HIGH INTEGRITY TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM - A high integrity touch screen system includes, but is not limited to, a display screen, a first sensor array to detect a touch on the display screen and to generate a first set of touch position coordinates, a first processor connected to the first sensor array and configured to receive the first set of touch position coordinates, a second sensor array to detect the touch on the display screen and to generate a second set of touch position coordinates and a second processor connected to the second sensor array and configured to receive the second set of touch position coordinates. The first processor and the second processor cooperate to compare the first set of touch position coordinates with the second set of touch position coordinates and to invalidate the touch when the first set of touch position coordinates and the second set of touch position coordinates do not substantially coincide. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181524 | Copy and Staple Gestures - Techniques involving gestures and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe gestures that are usable to provide inputs to a computing device. A variety of different gestures are contemplated, including bimodal gestures (e.g., using more than one type of input) and single modal gestures. Additionally, the gesture techniques may be configured to leverage these different input types to increase the amount of gestures that are made available to initiate operations of a computing device. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181525 | TOUCH DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL THEREOF - A touch device includes a touch panel, a sensing unit, and an operation unit is provided. The sensing unit is coupled to the touch panel, for scanning a scan area of the touch panel to output a touch signal. The operation unit is coupled to the sensing unit, for determining the scan area according to the touch signal. When the touch signal corresponds to a first close path, the operation unit defines a close area formed by the first close path as the first sub touch area. When the first sub touch area is undefined, the operation unit chooses a whole touch area of the touch panel as the scan area. When the first sub touch area is defined, the operation chooses the first sub touch area as the scan area. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181526 | Gesture Recognizers with Delegates for Controlling and Modifying Gesture Recognition - A software application includes a plurality of views and an application state. The method includes displaying one or more views, where a respective view includes a respective gesture recognizer having a corresponding delegate to the respective gesture recognizer. The method includes detecting one or more events and processing a respective event of the one or more events using the respective gesture recognizer. The processing of the respective event includes processing the respective event at the respective gesture recognizer in accordance with a respective gesture definition corresponding to the respective gesture recognizer, executing the corresponding delegate to determine one or more values, and conditionally sending information corresponding to the respective event to the software application in accordance with the one or more values determined by the delegate. The method includes executing the software application in accordance with information, received from the respective gesture recognizer. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181527 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Resizing Objects - A method for resizing a currently selected user interface object includes simultaneously displaying on a touch-sensitive display the currently selected user interface object having a center, and a plurality of resizing handles for the currently selected user interface object. The method also includes detecting a first contact on a first resizing handle in the plurality of resizing handles, and detecting movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive display. The method further includes, in response to detecting movement of the first contact, when a second contact is detected on the touch-sensitive display while detecting movement of the first contact, resizing the currently selected user interface object about the center of the currently selected user interface object. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181528 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Resizing Objects - A method for resizing a currently selected user interface object includes simultaneously displaying on a touch-sensitive display the currently selected user interface object having a center, and a plurality of resizing handles for the currently selected user interface object. The method also includes detecting a first contact on a first resizing handle in the plurality of resizing handles, and detecting movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive display. The method further includes, in response to detecting movement of the first contact, when a second contact is detected on the touch-sensitive display while detecting movement of the first contact, resizing the currently selected user interface object about the center of the currently selected user interface object. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181529 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Selecting and Moving Objects - A method performed at a computing device with a touch-sensitive display includes: displaying a plurality of user interface objects on the display, including a currently selected first user interface object; detecting a first contact on the first user interface object; detecting movement of the first contact across the display; moving the first user interface object in accordance with the movement of the first contact; while detecting movement of the first contact across the display: detecting a first finger gesture on a second user interface object; and, in response: selecting the second user interface object; moving the second user interface object in accordance with movement of the first contact subsequent to detecting the first finger gesture; and continuing to move the first user interface object in accordance with the movement of the first contact. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181530 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel and an electronic device having the same are provided. The touch panel includes a first substrate; a second substrate that is spaced apart from the first substrate by a gap, the second substrate including a touch surface; an array of driving electrode pairs that is arranged on the first substrate and the second substrate, and induces an electrical field locally between the first substrate and the second substrate when a driving voltage is applied thereto; and electro-rheological fluid that is filled in the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, a viscosity of the electro-rheological fluid changing depending on the electrical field induced by the driving electrode pairs. An operating force or a return force is adjusted by controlling an application or release of the driving voltage. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181531 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DEVICE - An electronic paper device is provided. The electronic paper device includes a touch panel, a conductive layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes, an electrophoretic ink layer, a common electrode layer, and a processing unit. The electrophoresis layer is electrically connected between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode layer. The conductive layer and the common electrode layer respectively have a different voltage. When the user touches the electronic paper device, causes the touch panel produce a touch signal and the conductive layer contacts a pixel electrode corresponding to the touch position. Then the processing unit determines the touch position according to the touch signal. The pixel electrode obtains the voltage of the conductive layer and an electric field is form between the pixel electrode and the common electrode layer. This causes the color to change at the position that is corresponding to the touched position. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181532 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DEVICE - An electronic paper device is provided. The electronic paper device includes a common electrode layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes, an electrophoretic ink layer, a conductive layer, a voltage detection unit, and a processing unit. Each pixel electrode corresponds to a coordinate of a coordinate system. The electrophoretic ink layer is electrically connected between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode layer. The conductive layer and the common electrode layer respectively have a different voltage. When the user touches the electronic paper device and causes the conductive layer contacts with a pixel electrode corresponding to the touch position, then the pixel electrode obtain the voltage of the conductive layer and an electric field is form between the pixel electrode and the common electrode layer. Thereby causing a color change of the position of the electronic paper device corresponding to the touch position. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181533 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DEVICE - An electronic paper device is provided. The electronic paper device includes a common electrode layer, a plurality of pixel electrodes, an electrophoretic ink layer, a conductive layer, a touch panel, and a processing unit. The electrophoretic ink layer is electrically connected between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the common electrode layer. The conductive layer and the common electrode layer respectively have a different voltage. When the user touches the electronic paper device and causes the conductive layer contacts a pixel electrode corresponding to the touch position, then the pixel electrode obtain the voltage of the conductive layer and an electric field is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode layer. This causes the color to change at the position that is corresponding to the touched position. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181534 | System for remotely controlling computerized systems - The present invention facilitates the remote utilization of computerized systems, such as for example a computer that is connected to a television. This is the case, for example, of computers that are connected to a television in the living room. In this case, the current remote control units have several problems for text entering, mainly that the user needs to change her sight from close to far to close again. The invention is based on two aspects. On the one hand, showing a keyboard on the screen, and on the other hand using a remote control that comprises a touch surface which allows to show on the screen the position of the user's fingers. In so doing, the user can utilize the remote control simple looking at the television, because at all times she Hill be able to see where the fingers are located and on what key they are positioned. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181535 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEVICE - Provided is a portable electronic device capable of improving user-friendliness of the portable electronic device having an operation detecting unit capable of detecting an operation. The portable electronic device according to the present invention includes an operation detecting unit that detects an operation; and a controlling unit that adjusts an operation detection area for the operation detecting unit according to a content of the operation detected by the operation detecting unit. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181536 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - Desired character information can be effectively obtained. The display apparatus (display terminal) includes a display part, a plurality of operation portions, to which different characters are assigned and which are provided adjacent to one another, an operation detection part which detects operation states of the plurality of operation portions, and a control part which displays character information about a character assigned to an operation portion, to which an operation is detected by the operation detection part, wherein if it is determined that a first operation portion among the plurality of operation portions is operated based on detection of an operation state by the operation detection part, the control part displays character information about a character assigned to the first operation portion on the display part, and further specifies a second operation portion associated with the first operation portion based on the operation state to the first operation portion, and displays character information about a character assigned to the second operation portion on the display part. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181537 | Portable Electronic Device - When image data is displayed on the display portion of a conventional mobile telephone, characters cannot be displayed thereon, and thus the image data and the characters cannot be simultaneously displayed. In a portable electronic device according to the present invention, a cover member having a first display device ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181538 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a display unit for displaying an input object, an input unit for receiving a pressure input to the input object, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, and a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that the load standard for receiving the pressure input to the input object displayed in an interrupting manner is higher than the load standard for receiving the pressure input to the input object which has been displayed. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181539 | INPUT APPARATUS - The input apparatus has an input unit for receiving a pressure input to an input object displayed on the display unit, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on the input unit, and a control unit for controlling to receive the pressure input if the pressure load satisfies a load standard. The control unit controls such that load standards for receiving pressure inputs to a plurality of adjacent input objects are differently set to a first load standard and a second load standard higher than the first load standard, and controls such that if a pressure load of a pressure input to an input object with the first load standard satisfies the second load standard, the pressure input is not received. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110181540 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A navigation system is provided. A medium insertion port is disposed on the front surface of a main unit and a portable recording medium is loaded into or unloaded from the main unit through the medium insertion port. A display unit is disposed on the front surface of the main unit and can move between a closed position where the medium insertion port is covered and an opened position where the medium insertion port is exposed. A limitation section limits the movement of the display unit to the opened position. A limitation removing section removes the limitation by the limitation section. An operation section receives an operation on the navigation system. The operation section can receive an operation other than an operation to be intrinsically received by the operation section. The limitation removing section removes the limitation by the limitation section when the operation section receives the operation other than the operation to be intrinsically received. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110187651 | TOUCH SCREEN HAVING ADAPTIVE INPUT PARAMETER - A method is provided for modifying input parameters of a touch panel in response to movement of the panel due to vibrations, turbulence, or a “G” force. The method includes sensing movement of a touch panel, the touch panel having a display region requiring a touch to indicate an input defined by the parameter, a threshold of the sensed movement being above which a user may be prevented from physically providing an accurate touch input due to the movement, and modifying the parameter based on the sensed movement being above the threshold. Feedback may be provided and modified in response to the parameter being satisfied by the touch. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187652 | Bump suppression - Apparatus and methods for reducing misinterpretation of gesture-based input to portable electronic devices are described. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187653 | TOUCH INPUT METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - A touch input method and a device thereof are disclosed. The touch input device includes a display module for displaying an image, a backlight module for emitting a light source, at least one light-sensing unit for sensing a reflected light of the light source reflected by at least one object on the display module and generating a light intensity signal correspondingly, and a processing module for receiving the light intensity signal and determining based on the light intensity signal at least one touch point on the display module touched by the object. The touch input method is applicable to the touch input device and includes the steps of using the processing module to receive the image, using the processing module to analyze the image and obtain an image analysis result, and regulating a light intensity of an invisible light emitted from the backlight module based on the image analysis result. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187654 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER INTERFACE ADJUSTMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system for user interface adjustment includes a touch-enabled display. The touch-enabled display can sense one or more finger contacts to determine a command to adjust the user interface. The command can adjust the size of detectable areas defined by the user interface. The command is executed upon the one or more finger contacts leave the touch-enabled display. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187655 | MULTI-DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A multi-display device includes: a transparent first touch panel; a second touch panel of which at least a part overlaps the first touch panel; and an operation controller which operates the first and second touch panels. The operation controller senses a touch input of the first and second touch panels to determine and execute a function according to a state of the sensed touch input and an overlapped state of the first and second touch panels. The operation controller may selectively activate first and second functions of first and second touch panels, respectively, according to a touch recognition result and select and execute a third function linked with the first and second functions. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187656 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD - An interface apparatus and method that may display an interface image by synthesizing a reference resonance frequency with the interface image, and may transmit a resonance occurrence frequency to the displayed interface image to generate a resonance between the reference resonance frequency and the resonance occurrence frequency to provide a user with sensory feedback. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187657 | Touch sensitive screen for scrolling through sets of data - A touch sensitive screen system is provided for strolling through a set of data displayed on the screen. A plurality of touch sensitive areas (A, B, C, D, E) are provided. Contact movement with a central area (A) commences scrolling of data displayed on the screen. Movement of the contact into one of a plurality of edge portions (B, C, D, E) causes scrolling of the data to continue. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187658 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187659 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus displays a images depending on a viewing angle. The display includes a panel unit including a plurality of unit pixels, each unit pixel including a plurality of sub-pixels having different polarization characteristics, and a control unit to control the sub-pixels, the sub-pixels respectively displaying at least one image polarized at different angles. The display apparatus may display different images simultaneously through a screen. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187660 | MOBILE TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME AND INFORMATION MEMORY MEDIUM - Provide is a portable image display device which allows a user to perform many different operation inputs with ease. The portable image display device includes: a display screen having a substantially rectangular shape; and a plurality of touch sensors provided along at least two sides defining a circumference of the display screen, for each detecting a position touched by a finger of a user. The portable image display device changes an image displayed on the display screen in accordance with a combination of the positions of a plurality of the fingers which are respectively detected by the plurality of touch sensors. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187661 | INPUT APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - An input apparatus including: a display device which displays an operational image; an image-designation detecting device which detects designation of the operational image; a processing executing section configured to, where the image-designation detecting device has detected that the operational image has been designated, execute a processing assigned to the designated operational image; a display updating section which updates display on the display device from a state in which the operational image has been displayed; and a disabling section configured to, where the image-designation detecting device has detected a designation of an operational image which has been displayed on the display device after the update of the display by the display updating section and which is different from an operational image having been displayed on the display device before the update, disable an execution of a processing assigned to the designated operational image. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187662 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH DUAL DISPLAY UNITS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DUAL DISPLAY UNITS - A mobile device with dual display units and a method for displaying screen images are provided. The two display units cooperate to serve as one combined display device and display one screen image thereon. Alternatively, the two display units can be independently operated and can display different screen images thereon, respectively. The method includes displaying screen images according to an execution of a particular mode on at least one of first and second display units, and displaying a screen image, searched for according to an execution of a search function, on at least one of the first and second display units, based on whether a dual mode is selected. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187663 | OBJECT SENSING APPARATUS, TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM, AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - An object sensing apparatus including an object sensing unit, a signal selecting unit, at least one signal sensing unit, and a control unit is provided. The object sensing unit outputs a plurality of sensing signals. The signal selecting unit selects at least one of the sensing signals as a signal under test and selects at least one of the unselected sensing signals as a reference signal. The signal sensing unit outputs a difference signal according to the signal under test and the reference signal. The control unit determines an object position relative to the object sensing unit according to the difference signal. Additionally, a touch sensing apparatus and a method thereof are also provided. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187664 | TABLE COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A table includes: a substantially horizontal table top to be supported at a level suitable for standing or at a level above seats adjacent the table top. The table top includes a substantially horizontally extending touch-sensitive display. The table also includes a computing device in communication with the display to receive touch signals. The computing device defines multiple user areas on the display are oriented to users located/seated at the table top. The table top receives multiple touches on the display essentially or substantially concurrently. The multiple touches provide distinct control signals to the computing device to control operation of the computing device. The table can store instructions for military deployment or military employment. The table can be used for health care environments. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187665 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DATA CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DATA CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187666 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL INCLUDING ELECTRODE-INTEGRATED WINDOW, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel including an electrode-integrated window, and a manufacturing method thereof. The disclosed touch-sensing panel includes a transparent window and a wiring unit. A sensing electrode is formed in a certain pattern on one surface of the transparent window, and the transparent window allows touching on the opposite surface to the plane where the sensing electrode is formed. The wiring unit is connected to the sensing electrode, and the sensing electrode is integrated with the transparent window. According to the invention, it is used the transparent window in which the sensing electrode is integrated with the one surface so that the manufacturing processes may be simplified and the yield may be increased. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187667 | INPUT UNIT, METHOD FOR CONTROLING FOR THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDED WITH INPUT UNIT - An input device comprises display means that displays information, an input panel that is arranged at a display surface side of the display means, and has an input surface and outputs a contact information by detecting a contact at the input surface, detection means that outputs a detection signal which shows that a pressing force is applied when the pressing force is applied on the input surface of the input panel, and control means that detects a contact position of the input panel based on the contact information which the input panel outputted, sets display information at a position corresponding to the contact position of the display means as a selecting status, and executes a process in relation to the display information based on the detection signal when the detection means outputs the detection signal under a state that the input panel continues detecting the contact. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187668 | OLED DEVICE AND AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT - An OLED device comprised of: an OLED means for generating light, two or more conductive elements adapted for conducting current, a first substrate for mounting the OLED means and the two or more conductive elements, wherein the substrate has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the OLED means is in contact with the first surface and the two or more conductive elements are mounted to the second surface. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110187669 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTING METHOD THEREOF - A protrusion for a touch sensor protruding toward the first substrate, an opposite electrode covering the protrusion for a touch sensor and the color filter layer, and a spacer defining the thickness of the liquid crystal layer are formed on a second substrate, and a touch electrode is formed on the first substrate and placed opposite the protrusion for a touch sensor through the opposite electrode therebetween. Furthermore, the spacer and the protrusion for a touch sensor are respectively formed in a single unit with the same material and with the same color as respective ones of the color layers of the color filter layer. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110193785 | Intuitive Grouping and Viewing of Grouped Objects Using Touch - A system for providing intuitive grouping and viewing of grouped objects using touch. The system enables a touch screen interaction with simple gestural inputs. The system allows simple grouping and ungrouping of objects in a touch screen environment. Specifically, a user can tap on an object and drag it on top of another object. The first object is associated with (e.g., sticks to) the second object, thereby forming a pile. The pile can continue to be used to “stick” to other single objects and/or formed piles. The pile can then be used to organize and/or send objects to another desired location. When a user selects objects and creates piles, the interface may elicit feedback to provide an affordance to the user's behavior. In various embodiments, the feedback may include visual, tactile and/or auditory feedback. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193786 | TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAYS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT INCLUDE SEPARATE CARBON NANOTUBE LAYERS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION AND FORCE, RESPECTIVELY - A touchscreen display for an electronic device comprises a dielectric layer that is substantially transparent and configured to display information therethrough, a first carbon nanotube (CNT) layer disposed on the dielectric layer and being operable to facilitate determination of a location of contact with the touchscreen display, and a second CNT layer disposed on the dielectric layer and being operable to facilitate determination of force associated with contact of the touchscreen display. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193787 | INPUT MECHANISM FOR PROVIDING DYNAMICALLY PROTRUDING SURFACES FOR USER INTERACTION - A computing device including a housing, an input region, and a protrusion mechanism. The input region is provided with at least an exterior surface of the housing. The protrusion mechanism is operatively positioned within the housing to dynamically form one or more protrusions that extend from a corresponding one or more designated areas on the exterior surface of the input region. One or more detectors are structured to detect an occurrence of a condition or criteria to trigger the protrusion mechanism in dynamically generating the one or more protrusions. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193788 | GRAPHICAL OBJECTS THAT RESPOND TO TOUCH OR MOTION INPUT - A first graphical object on a user interface of a device can be transformed to a second graphical object on the user interface. The second graphical object can be manipulated by a user on the user interface using touch input or by physically moving the device. When manipulated, the object can be animated to appear to have mass that responds to real-world, physical forces, such as gravity, friction or drag. The data represented by the second graphical object can be compressed or archived using a gesture applied to the second graphical object. Graphical objects can be visually sorted on the user interface based on their mass (size). The visual appearance of graphical objects on the user interface can be adjusted to indicate the age of data represented by the graphical objects. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193789 | AIR PRESSURE BALANCE STRUCTURE FOR TOUCH PANEL - An air pressure balance structure for touch panel has at least one long narrow ventilating tunnel formed vertically to a gluing frame of a resistive touch panel. The ventilating tunnel communicates an inner space of the touch panel with the outside of the touch panel so as to prevent a damage caused by difference of air pressure. By the long narrow ventilating tunnel and the adhesive material of the gluing frame, moisture and dust will be prevented from coming into the touch panel so that an inner cleanliness of the touch panel will be ensured. The ventilating tunnel also has a turning portion, the turning portion has large containing space so as to buffer the air flow and capture the moisture and dust. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193790 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE WITH ILLUMINATION FUNCTION - A touch panel module with illumination function, comprises a transparent touch panel; a light guiding plate being a transparent thin plate; one surface of the light guiding plate overlapping with the touch panel; another surface of the light guiding plate being formed with a light guiding structure; and peripheral walls of the light guiding plate being formed with light reflecting layers; one light reflecting layer being formed with a light projection hole; and at least one light source installed near the light projection hole. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193791 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSITIVE OVERLAY INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A touch-sensitive overlay includes a substrate, and a capacitive touch sensor arrangement comprising a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor disposed on the substrate in a region and arranged and constructed such that a coordinate of the touch is determined based on a relation of signals from at least the first and the second touch sensors, wherein the first touch sensor is electrically isolated from the second touch sensor. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193792 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED KEYS - A touch screen touch screen display includes a bottom conductor layer coupled to a top conductor layer. The bottom conductor layer extends beyond the top conductor layer adjacent the top conductor layer, exposing a region of the bottom conductor layer. One or more manually actuatable components (e.g., buttons) are coupled to the region of the bottom conductor layer. The bottom conductor layer may include a substrate (such as a polycarbonate layer) and a polymer layer (such as polyethylene terephthalate) formed on the substrate. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193793 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a plurality of first connection patterns formed on a substrate; an insulation layer having a plurality of contact holes that exposes portions of the plurality of first connection patterns; and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the insulating layer, wherein at least one of the plurality of first connection patterns connects at least one adjacent pair of the plurality of first electrodes through at least two of the plurality of contact holes that expose respective portions of the at least one of the plurality of first connection patterns, and at least one hollow is formed by portions of the at least one adjacent pair of the plurality of first electrodes being formed in the at least two of the plurality of contact holes. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193794 | Touch Display Panel - A touch display panel includes a display panel, a second substrate, at least a first spacer and at least a touch sensing unit. The display panel includes a first substrate and a plurality of display units. The first substrate includes a display surface and a non-display surface, and the display units are disposed on the display surface. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate and is disposed on a side of the non-display surface of the first substrate. The first spacer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate to maintain a distance therebetween. The touch sensing unit includes a sensing conductive pad and a conductive unit, wherein a gap is disposed between the sensing conductive pad and the conductive unit. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193795 | HAPTIC SEARCH FEATURE FOR TOUCH SCREENS - A search method includes steps of: receiving information required to render a first map of a geographical area on a touch screen display; delivering the map for presentation on a first visual area rendered on the touch screen display; receiving from a user of the touch screen display a selection of a target search area within the geographical area, wherein the user desires to restrict a search for items of interest to said target search area, wherein said selection of the target search area is produced by the user drawing a shape encompassing at least a portion of the target search area over the first map presented on the touch screen display. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193796 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel capable of preventing a driving failure due to static electricity. The touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate. First sensing cells are formed on the transparent substrate and are connected to one another along a first direction by first connection lines. Second sensing cells are formed on the transparent substrate and isolated from the first sensing cells, and are connected to one another along a second direction. Each of the first sensing cells is divided into first sub-sensing cells, and the first sub-sensing cells are connected to one another through first sub-connection lines in the interior of each of the first sensing cells. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193797 | SPELL-CHECK FOR A KEYBOARD SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC CORRECTION - User input is received, specifying a continuous traced path across a keyboard presented on a touch sensitive display. An input sequence is resolved, including traced keys and auxiliary keys proximate to the traced keys by prescribed criteria. For each of one or more candidate entries of a prescribed vocabulary, a set-edit-distance metric is computed between said input sequence and the candidate entry. Various rules specify when penalties are imposed, or not, in computing the set-edit-distance metric. Candidate entries are ranked and displayed according to the computed metric. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193798 | APPARATUS FOR TOUCH SENSING, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A touch sensing apparatus includes: a sense unit connected to a sense scan line and a sense line; a location detection unit that detects a location of a touch from a sense signal transmitted from the sense unit through the sense line; and a determination and trigger unit that determines whether a touch is sensed from the sense signal, generates a trigger signal that instructs whether or not to operate the location detection unit, and transmits the trigger signal to the location detection unit. The determination and trigger unit includes a logic operation circuit that generates a trigger signal for operation of the location detection unit when the sense signal implies that a touch is sensed while a sense driving signal is applied to at least one of a plurality of sense scan lines. The location detection unit is operated at a minimum to minimize power consumption. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193799 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display and Manufacturing Method Thereof - An organic light emitting diode display includes: an organic light emitting display panel including a first substrate including an organic light emitting element and a second substrate combined with the first substrate; a touch substrate combined with the organic light emitting display panel; a first electrode pattern having a plurality of pads, formed on the touch substrate, and connected by an access unit in a first direction; a second electrode pattern having a plurality of pads; a wire electrically connected to one of the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern; an insulation layer formed on the first and second electrode patterns and including a contact hole; and a connection electrode disposed in the contact hole and electrically connecting pads of the second electrode pattern in a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein the first electrode pattern, the second electrode pattern, and the wire are formed simultaneously on the same plane. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193800 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display apparatus includes a flat panel display (FPD), a touch screen panel provided on a front surface of the FPD, and a sealing material formed to surround external surfaces of the FPD and the touch screen panel. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193801 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen panel includes a substrate having an electrode forming part, and a routing wire forming part, where the routing wire forming part is located at an area outside the electrode forming part. A plurality of first electrode connection patterns is located in the electrode forming part. A plurality of first routing wires and a plurality of second routing wires are both located in the routing wire forming part, and the routing wires are disposed on the same layer with the first electrode connection patterns. An insulation layer is formed on the substrate and over the first electrode connection patterns. The insulation layer has at least two contact holes that expose contact portions of each the plurality of first electrode connection patterns. A plurality of first serial electrodes are arranged in parallel in a first direction and are connected with the plurality of first routing wires, respectively. Each first serial electrode includes a plurality of first electrode elements. A plurality of second serial electrodes are arranged in parallel in a second direction, and are configured to intersect the first serial electrodes. The second serial electrodes are connected with the plurality of second routing wires, respectively, and each second serial electrode includes a plurality of second electrode elements. Each of the plurality of first electrode connection patterns connects adjacent electrode elements of each first serial electrode through respective contact portions accessible through the at least two contact holes. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193802 | Display Module Having Haptic Function - A display module having a haptic function includes a touch screen panel for detecting touch manipulation, a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel for realizing image display on the touch screen panel, a backlight unit comprising at least one light source for providing illuminating light to the LCD panel, and a haptic actuator disposed adjacent to the light source for providing a haptic effect. The display module having a haptic function has improved space effectiveness, and is easily miniaturized and thinned. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193803 | INPUT DEVICE - Implementations of the present invention relate to an input device for a home appliance for operation with a finger, includes a) sensitive keys arranged below a surface in a two-dimensional array, wherein a key voltage based on the nearness of the finger is generatable by each sensitive key dependant on the distance from the key and the size of the finger, c) wherein in a detection unit all key voltages are comparable, d) wherein in the detection unit the position of the finger is detectable, e) wherein an acceleration of the finger movement is detected by comparing detected positions of the finger. Furthermore, implementations the present invention include a method for data input for a home appliance for operation with a finger, especially for an input device according to the invention. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193804 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING LIST IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for editing a list in a portable terminal including a touch screen are provided. The method includes displaying a list screen including a plurality of items, displaying a moving affordance area for inputting a touch event for moving a position of a selected item when at least one of the plurality of items is selected, and moving the position of the selected item in accordance with the touch event. A user may thereby easily edit an arrangement order of items included in a list. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193805 | SCREEN CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE TOUCH SCREENS - A screen control method and apparatus for a mobile terminal including multiple touch screens are provided. The screen control method includes displaying at least one application screen on the touch screens, detecting touch gestures made on the touch screens, identifying the detected touch gestures made on the touch screens, and changing at least one of application screens on the touch screens according to the identified touch gestures. Hence, multiple touch screens can be controlled and a display screen can be changed by simple touch gestures. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193806 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE DISPLAY UNITS AND DATA HANDLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal having multiple display units is disclosed. The mobile terminal includes, a display means having multiple display units, a storage unit for storing at least one application program that outputs data on at least one of the display units when activated, and a control unit for examining a presentation attribute of an application program selected according to an input signal or preset schedule information, and for controlling at least one of the display units to output data generated by the selected application program after activation according to the presentation attribute. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193807 | Touch Detection Method and Touch Detection Device and Touch Display Device - A touch detection method is utilized for detecting touch events in a flat panel display. The flat panel display includes a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines perpendicular to the plurality of source lines. The touch detection method includes sequentially detecting waveforms of the plurality of source lines when receiving a plurality of source driving signals, and when a gate line of the plurality of gate lines receives a gate driving signal, to generate a plurality of detection results, and determining a status of a touch event according to the plurality of detection results and position of the gate line relative to the plurality of gate lines. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193808 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY RESPONSIVE TO TOUCH INPUT, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus which can prevent calibration caused by a user's erroneous operation in normal use, and correct for a coordinate deviation beyond the scope of assumption. Transformation of touch input is performed to obtain detected coordinates using a transformation coefficient. When the detected coordinates are obtained inside a first range defined in advance, the detected coordinates are obtained as calibration coordinates. When the detected coordinates are obtained outside the first range, the relationship between the previous detected coordinates and the present detected coordinates is obtained, and whether or not the relationship satisfies a specific condition determined in advance is determined. When the number of times the specific condition is satisfied reaches a predetermined number of times, a plurality of detected coordinates obtained outside the first range are obtained as calibration coordinates. A calibration process is performed to update the transformation coefficient based on the calibration coordinates. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193809 | Systems and Methods for Providing Enhanced Touch Sensing - Provided are systems and methods for providing enhanced touch sensing. One system providing enhanced touch sensing includes a multi-mode touch screen and a processor configured to apply at least one test signal to a sense element of the multi-mode touch screen, detect at least one return signal from the sense element, and then determine a relative position of an object corresponding to the at least one return signal, the multi-mode touch screen being capable of sensing the first object using first and second detection modes. One multi-mode touch screen comprises a multi-mode multi-touch touch screen. One processor is configured to apply an adaptive test signal to a sense element of a touch screen. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193810 | TOUCH TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS, SCREEN DIVISION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF - A touch type display apparatus is provided that includes a memory for storing at least one application, a processor for dividing a screen based on a number of users and for controlling display of an application executed for each divided screen, and a touch screen unit controlled by the processor for displaying data based on the application executed for each divided screen. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193811 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION INPUT METHOD, AND SENSING DEVICE - An information processing apparatus includes an operation surface, a first sense unit for electrically detecting whether the operation surface is directly touched, a second sense unit for detecting whether the position pointing device approaches or contacts the operation surface based on an electromagnetic interaction, and an approach detector for detecting whether the position pointing device approaches a detection range from the operation surface based on an output from the second sense unit. The information processing apparatus further includes a display controller for disabling display processing based on a detection output from the first sense unit and for enabling display processing based on a detection output from the second sense unit if the approach detecting unit determines that the position pointing device is within of the detection range. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193812 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, DATA MANIPULATION PROCESSING METHOD AND DATA MANIPULATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Even when data with a hierarchical data structure is displayed, it can be identified which hierarchy's data a manipulation instruction by a touch operation performed on a touch panel directs to, and thereby a predetermined function can be executed. A portable terminal device comprising a touch panel on a display screen is provided with a press operation detection unit for detecting a press operation performed on a predetermined region of the display screen, a sweep operation detecting unit for detecting a sweep operation performed on another region of the display screen, and a terminal data processing unit for identifying the hierarchy of data to be manipulated on the basis of the presence or absence of the press operation detected by the press operation detecting unit and executing processing for the data of the identified hierarchy on the basis of the contents of the sweep operation detected by the sweep operation detecting unit. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193813 | Touchpad Input Device - An input device, notebook computer, keyed input device, and a method are provided. A touchpad housing is comprised of a touchpad depression area. The touchpad comprised of a movement input area and a button area is attached to the touchpad housing. The touchpad is configured to detect a presence of an input at a location on the touchpad. A switch is located below the button area of the touchpad. A haptic response component is also provided for generating a haptic response in response to application of a pressure from the input to the button area. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110193814 | OPTICAL SYSTEM AND DISPLAY - An optical system is provided, for example for use with a display device, for varying the shape of a surface in which an image displayed by the display device is perceived. The optical system comprises first and second spaced-apart partial reflectors, at least one of which is switchable between a first non-flat shape and a second different shape, which may be flat or non-flat. The reflectors, together with polarisation optics, provide a light path such that light from the display is at least partially transmitted by the first reflector, partially reflected by the second reflector, partially reflected by the first reflector and partially transmitted by the second reflector. Light which does not follow the light path is prevented from leaving the optical system. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110199312 | INPUT RECEPTION DEVICE, AREA CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A display control unit ( | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199313 | VISUALIZED INFORMATION CONVEYING SYSTEM - A handheld communication device having a logic to transfer information from a first application to a second application by using a user interface which displays a screen shot of the information gathered at the first application, and the interface also displays a list of icons indicative of other applications that is capable of receiving such information and using such information. The logic is configured to transfer the information to the second application by a drag-and-drop motion on the interface page. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199314 | GESTURES ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method of showing content on a touch-sensitive display. The method includes showing content on a touch-sensitive display and detecting contact with the touch-sensitive display. The method further includes manipulating the content on the touch-sensitive display based on gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199315 | TOUCH PANEL THAT HAS AN IMAGE LAYER AND DETECTS BENDING WAVES - A touch panel includes a substrate that has top and bottom surfaces. A reflective image layer has top and bottom surfaces and displays an image. The bottom surface of the reflective image layer is bonded to the top surface of the substrate to form a stack having top and bottom sides. At least one sensor detects signals associated with bending waves propagating through the stack. The signals are used to identify coordinate locations of at least one touch event on the top or bottom sides of the stack, or to identify coordinate locations of touch events on both of the top and bottom sides of the stack. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199316 | SENSOR STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including a first substrate and a second substrate is provided. A plurality of sensing units is disposed on the first substrate, and each sensing unit includes a main-sensing pattern and at least one sub-sensing pattern. The at least one sub-sensing pattern is electrically connected to the main-sensing pattern, and the size of the at least one sub-sensing pattern is smaller than the size of the main-sensing pattern. A plurality of sensing electrodes is disposed on the second substrate, and each of the sensing electrodes is disposed corresponding to one of the sensing units on the first substrate. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199317 | Touch Screen - Disclosed herein is a touch screen, including: a liquid crystal layer including a localized polymer layer formed on a surface thereof; and transparent electrodes disposed on both sides of the liquid crystal layer. The touch screen can be used as an integral touch screen without optical and physical losses because a localized polymer layer is formed on the surface of a liquid crystal layer, can improve durability and obtain high-speed response characteristics in liquid crystal behavior because a uniform polymer layer formed in a liquid crystal layer, and can improve durability without increasing thickness or additionally forming a protective film and does not deteriorate intrinsic display properties such as light and darkness ratio (LD ratio), response characteristics and the like, because a localized polymer layer is formed on the surface of a liquid crystal layer. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199318 | MULTI-LAYER USER INTERFACE WITH FLEXIBLE PARALLEL MOVEMENT - A user interface (UI) system calculates movements in a multi-layer graphical user interface. The UI system receives user input corresponding to gestures on a touchscreen. The UI system calculates a movement of a first layer in a first direction (e.g., a horizontal direction) at a first movement rate. For example, the first movement rate can be substantially equal to the movement rate of a gesture made by a user's finger or other object on the touchscreen. The UI system calculates movements of other layers substantially parallel to the movement of the first layer, at movement rates that differ from the first movement rate. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199319 | Reconfigurable Computer - A portable computer system is provided having a base unit and a detachable display unit having first and second connectors. The display unit can be oriented in landscape and portrait orientations, replaced by a different display unit, and/or operated in a standalone manner. A digital switch can control interconnection of the first and second connectors with a display panel. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199320 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel includes odd-numbered row transparent sensing cells formed of a transparent electrode on odd-numbered rows in a touch screen active area. Even-numbered row transparent sensing cells are formed of a transparent electrode on even-numbered rows in the same layer as the odd-numbered row transparent sensing cells. Odd-numbered row metal lines and even-numbered row main lines are formed of a metal in a position detecting line area positioned at a periphery of the touch screen active area, and which are respectively connected to the odd-numbered row transparent sensing cells and the even-numbered row transparent sensing cells. Bridges formed of a transparent electrode connect the even-numbered row main lines and the even-numbered row transparent sensing cells to each other with odd-numbered row main lines interposed therebetween, wherein the odd-numbered row main lines among the odd-numbered row metal lines are formed in parallel with the even-numbered row main lines. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199321 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SELF-MORPHABLE HAPTIC AND VISUAL INFORMATION AND METHOD THEREOF - A self-morphable haptic and visual information providing apparatus includes: a display unit configured to provide haptic information through a physical shape variation of a display screen; and a haptic element driving unit configured to generate a driving signal for providing the haptic information. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199322 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR DEVICES THAT PRESENT MEDIA CONTENT - Methods and devices are described pertaining to graphical user interfaces that enable users to manage and play their media content on a portable electronic device. For example, a method is described in which a first source icon associated with a first set of media selections is displayed and a second source icon associated with a second set of media selections is also displayed. In addition, a first function icon indicative of a first function is superimposed on the first source icon, and a second function icon indicative of a second function is superimposed on the second source icon. A selection input associated with either of the first source icon or the second source icon is received and the first function is executed when the selection input is associated with the first icon, and the second function is executed when the selection input is associated with the second icon. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199323 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A touch sensing system includes a touch interface and a control unit. The touch interface senses at least one area change generated on the touch interface by at least one object. The control unit defines a touch gesture corresponding to the at least one object according to the at least one area change, so as to perform a touch operation according to the touch gesture. On the other hand, a touch sensing method is also provided. For users, the touch sensing method in the invention employs a pseudo three-dimensional touch sensing technology, such that applications of the touch sensing technology become more diverse. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199324 | TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch panel including first electrode bands, second electrode bands, and a transparent dielectric material is provided. The first electrode bands are disposed on a first substrate and extended in a first direction, wherein each of the first electrodes has a plurality of first silts in the form of enclosed configuration. The second electrode bands are disposed on a second substrate, facing to the first electrode bands, and extended in a second direction interlacing the first direction. Each second electrode band is partially exposed by the first silts. The transparent dielectric material is disposed between the first electrode bands and the second electrode bands to provide a changeable gap. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199325 | Touch Screen Multi-Control Emulator - An input emulation apparatus for any touch screen device with an input device having a receptive component for a user's hand and/or finger inputs and a contact component for contacting the touch screen device, where the contact component is operatively linked to the input component so that the contact device contacts the touch screen device as it responds to the user's hand input. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199326 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE OPERATING AS IF IN THE EQUIVALENT MODE EVEN WHEN DETECTED REGION IS SMALLER THAN DISPLAY REGION OF DISPLAY DEVICE - In a touch panel device, a touch panel control circuit converts a detection signal from a touch panel by projective transformation into a coordinate signal on a display in such a manner that virtually enlarges at least a detection region of the touch panel over an entire display region of the display. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110199327 | TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE - A touch sensor device is provided. The touch sensor device includes a touch panel including a plurality of touch mark-keys indicating a position touched by a touch object, a plurality of first touch pads disposed at positions corresponding to the plurality of touch mark-keys of the touch panel and generating touch information of the touch object as a first electrical signal, a plurality of second touch pads disposed between the plurality of first touch pads and generating touch information of a conductive material on the touch object as a second electrical signal, and a touch sensing unit receiving the first electrical signal, outputting a plurality of sensing signals to allow an electronic device to perform predetermined operations corresponding to the touched touch mark-keys, and determining whether the touch of the touch object is a normal one using the first and second electrical signals. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110205162 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN A VEHICLE AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - In a method for displaying information in a motor vehicle, a plurality of objects are represented graphically with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle. A user-interface device generates graphics data which control the display such that the graphical objects are shown disposed on a virtual, perspectively displayed ring, and that in response to an input with the aid of an input device, an arithmetic logic unit of the user-interface device alters the graphics data such that the graphical objects on the virtual ring rotate like a carousel. A corresponding display device is provided. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205163 | Off-Screen Gestures to Create On-Screen Input - Bezel gestures for touch displays are described. In at least some embodiments, the bezel of a device is used to extend functionality that is accessible through the use of so-called bezel gestures. In at least some embodiments, off-screen motion can be used, by virtue of the bezel, to create screen input through a bezel gesture. Bezel gestures can include single-finger bezel gestures, multiple-finger/same-hand bezel gestures, and/or multiple-finger, different-hand bezel gestures. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205164 | METHOD OF CHANGING THE STATE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method changes the state of an electronic device to a second state from a first state, where the electronic device includes an input portion for interaction with an object. The method includes the steps of: monitoring at least one sensor having a detection range at least partially disposed near the input portion, determining whether the object is within the detection range of the sensor, determining movement characteristics of the object when the object is detected, determining if the movement characteristics of the object put the object on a path to contact the input device, and changing the state of the electronic device from the first state to the second state when the object is on a path to contact the input device. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205165 | TUNED MASS DAMPER FOR IMPROVING NVH CHARACTERISTICS OF A HAPTIC TOUCH PANEL - A haptic interface is disclosed. The haptic interface includes a base having a front surface. A haptic member is disposed adjacent the front surface of the base to receive an input from a user. An actuator is interposed between the base and the haptic member. A control system is provided that is in electrical communication with the haptic member and the actuator, wherein the control system receives the input from the haptic member effective to control an operation of the control system and provides an output to the actuator to produce a vibration of the haptic member having a frequency domain and a peak amplitude. A tuned mass damper is coupled to the haptic interface, wherein the tuned mass damper minimizes the peak amplitude of the vibration and minimizes a transfer of the vibration from the haptic member to a support structure. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205166 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a touch panel, which includes a transparent conductive film, electrodes printed at both ends of the transparent conductive film, and a substrate having a wiring connected to the electrodes and formed in a multilayer therein, and surrounding the transparent conductive film at the inner peripheral surface thereof, so that the use of the substrate having the wiring in multilayer form enables a plurality of wirings necessary for multi touch to be formed even under conditions of a thin bezel size, thus satisfying the trend which is reducing the size of electronic products. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205167 | Brain concussion screening method & apparatus - A method and apparatus for detecting a reduction in cerebral function of an athlete, indicating the incidence of a brain concussion, by displaying a moving icon on a screen, and asking the athlete to track the movements of the icon, by following it either with the eyes or by touching a touch screen. The icon can be displayed on a device fixedly positioned relative to the head of the athlete, or on an interactive touch screen display. The athlete's performance is tested in real time, soon after the possible incidence of a concussion. The performance of the athlete can be compared to that particular person's history of test results, or to a data base of test results of other test subjects. Control of the display, tracking of the athlete's gaze or touch, and analysis of the test results, can all be performed by a computer. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205168 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A fabricating method of a touch screen panel, a transparent electrode layer and an insulating layer which are sequentially formed on a same surface of a transparent substrate. The transparent electrode layer and the insulating layer are co-patterned using a halftone mask to form a plurality of first sensing patterns connected along a first direction, a plurality of second sensing patterns having separated patterns between the first sensing patterns, and the insulating layer positioned on the first and second sensing patterns to expose regions of the second sensing patterns. A conductive layer is formed on the transparent substrate on which the first and second sensing patterns and the insulating layer are formed. The conductive layer is patterned to form second connection patterns allowing the second sensing patterns to be connected along a second direction through the exposed regions of the second sensing patterns. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205169 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT APPARATUS AND ITS INTERFACE METHOD USING HYBRID RESOLUTION BASED TOUCH DATA - A method is disclosed for mapping finger movements on a touch pad to a display screen. The method includes receiving touch data from a touch pad. The touch data identifies the absolute coordinates of one or more finger touch points on the touch pad. The method also designates a portion of the display screen as a portion mapping area. The size of the portion mapping area is less than the size of the entire display screen area. The method then maps the coordinates of the one or more finger touch points of the touch data to the coordinates of the portion mapping area. The method includes use of a primary touch pad and a secondary touch pad to generate multi-touch finger gestures. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205170 | ELECTRONIC TOUCH - SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A control unit of an electronic touch display apparatus, comprising: a touch signal receiving module for receiving a touch signal; a recognition module, coupled to the touch signal receiving module, for recognizing an indicated page number from the control signal; and a data processing module, coupled to the recognition module, for accessing data corresponding to the page number from a database; wherein the data are displayed on a screen of the electronic touch display apparatus, and the indicated page number may be non-adjacent to a page number corresponding to the current displayed page. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205171 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY ON TOUCH PANEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A display control device that facilitates an operation on a touch panel, for the timeline display of a moving image. A synthesis section controls display on a touch panel. A touch state-detecting section detects any touched position on the touch panel, and determines whether two touched positions are detected on a single display object displayed on the touch panel. Determining that two touched positions are detected on the single display object, the touch state-detecting section determines whether the detected touched positions are moved while keeping their touched states. When the touched positions are determined to be moved while keeping their touched states, an overall controller extracts frame images of which the number depends on a distance between the two touched positions after the movement thereof, and controls the synthesis section to display the extracted frame images between the two moved touched positions. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205172 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device has a panel body that is provided with a plurality of first electrodes arranged parallel with respect to each other, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged parallel with respect to each other, such that the first electrodes and the second electrodes form a grid-shaped pattern. The apparatus also has a controller that detects a touch operation from a side of the panel body based on variations of signals of an endmost electrode, of the first electrodes or of the second electrodes, that is closest to an edge of the panel body and an electrode adjacent to the endmost electrode. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205173 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is an input device, including: a protective substrate having a manipulation surface which an object to be detected contacts; a detection body in which a detection electrode is formed on a detection substrate facing a surface of the protective substrate opposite to the manipulation surface of the protective substrate; and a vibrating body which is fixed to the protective substrate and which is vibrated when the object to be detected contacts the manipulation surface. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLECTING TOUCH EVENT OF TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for collecting a touch event of a terminal are provided. In the method, a touch panel is activated. An interrupt index is checked according to a given period of time, the interrupt index indicating at least one of a change in a coordinate or a change in a state of the touch event generated on the touch panel. Based on the interrupt index, it is determined whether to collect the touch event corresponding to the at least one of the change in the coordinate or the change in the state of the touch event. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205175 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING ROTATION GESTURE - The method and device for determining a rotation gesture are disclosed. By separating a touch trace into a plurality of segments, the orientation of each segment of the trace can be determined. According to these orientations, it can be determined whether the trace is a rotation gesture, and if so, the direction of the rotation gesture. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205176 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND POWER SAVING METHOD AND POWER SAVING PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A portable electronic device includes an information display which displays information; a touch panel which receives an operation instruction by being touched; a timer which measures time; a storage unit which stores a display stop time until power supply to the information display is stopped and a touch panel stop time until power supply to the touch panel is stopped; and a controller which stops the power supply to the information display when the timer measures elapsing of the display stop time after the touch panel shifted to the non-operated state, and stops the power supply to the touch panel when the timer measures elapsing of the touch panel stopping time after the touch panel shifted to the non-operated stated. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205177 | PORTABLE DEVICE, METHOD OF DETECTING OPERATION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DETECTING OPERATION - A mobile telephone includes a touch panel, an acceleration sensor which detects an acceleration, and an operation detection unit which detects a predetermined operation in accordance with the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor while an instruction made by the touch panel is being detected. For this, it is possible to detect an operation to press the touch panel while a user finger is in contact with the touch panel. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110205178 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TWO DISPLAY DEVICES, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device can operate in two operation modes of a “mouse mode” and a “tablet mode”. In the mouse mode, a program is executed in response to an input to a liquid crystal panel implemented by a display-integrated tablet. An operation screen of the program created as a result of execution of the program is displayed on a main screen. In the tablet mode, a program is executed in response to an input to the liquid crystal panel. An operation screen of the program generated as a result of execution of the program is displayed on the liquid crystal panel. In a sub application “book”, information on history of electronic books that have been selected so far for viewing on a book viewer is stored and a soft key indicative of each electronic book is displayed on the liquid crystal panel in the order in accordance with the history information. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110210922 | DUAL-SCREEN MOBILE DEVICE - A dual-screen mobile device has a first display screen and a second display screen. Only the second display screen is touch-sensitive. The first display screen may be used for displaying content while the second (touch-sensitive) display screen may be used for displaying functional controls (such as back and forward arrows, scroll bar, zoom control, etc.). Displaying the functional control on the second display screen instead of on the same screen as the application content improves the overall ergonomics of the mobile device. The application content appears less constrained and cluttered when the functional controls are displayed on a separate screen. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210923 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling an electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes detecting a touch at an area associated with a character displayed on the touch-sensitive display, adding the character to a character string, identifying, from stored data, objects that at least partially match the character string, determining a next character of ones of the objects identified to yield a set of next characters, increasing a size of an area associated with each character of the set of next characters, and reducing the size of the area associated with each character of the set of next characters with time absent detection of a further touch. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210924 | SNR ENHANCEMENT FOR DIFFERENTIAL INPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a position detector and a touch sensing device of using same with SNR enhancement. In one embodiment, the position detector has (P+1) inputs, each input for receiving an input signal associated with a position, P being a positive integer, and P operational amplifiers, each operational amplifier having a non-inverting input and an inverting input, where the inverting input of the j-th operational amplifier is electrically connected to the non-inverting input of the (j+1)-th operational amplifier, and the non-inverting input and the inverting input of the j-th operational amplifier are electrically connected to the j-th input port and the (j+1)-th input port, respectively, j=1, 2, 3, . . . , (P−1). | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210925 | HOSPITAL BED HAVING MULTIPLE TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAYS - Embodiments of an apparatus for controlling a plurality of modules coupled to a communications network of a bed are disclosed. The apparatus may comprise an interface module, a plurality of user interfaces, and a plurality of dedicated data links. The interface module may include a transceiver coupled to the communications network, a processor configured to output graphics data, and a plurality of transmitters configured to receive the graphics data and generate a plurality of synchronous graphics signals. Each of the plurality of user interfaces may include a graphical display. Each of the plurality of dedicated data links may be coupled to one of the plurality of transmitters and to one of the plurality of user interfaces. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210926 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND APPARATUS - A method includes detecting a query gesture and actuating, in response to the query gesture, an actuator to provide tactile feedback including information associated with the query gesture. The query gesture may be detected on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210927 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR, TOUCH PANEL, METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In one example embodiment, a display device includes a drive control section operatively coupled to a signal line and a display section. The signal line has a first voltage. In one example embodiment, the display section includes: (a) a touch detection element which outputs a touch voltage; and (b) an electrode which has a second voltage. In one example embodiment, the drive control section increases a potential difference between the first voltage and the second voltage before the touch detection element outputs the touch voltage. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210928 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including: a detection section configured to detect the position of an object touching a touch-sensitive part as a touched position; a recognition section configured to recognize the type of a finger touching the touch-sensitive part based on the touched position and on an image of the touch-sensitive part; a search section configured to search through a function table defining correspondences between the touched position of at least one finger and the type thereof on the one hand and a function assigned to the combination of the touched position and the type of the finger on the other hand, the search section searching the function table for the function corresponding to the touched position detected by the detection section and to the finger type detected by the recognition section; and an execution section configured to execute the function detected through the search by the search section. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210929 | TOUCH PANEL-ATTACHED DISPLAY DEVICE AND ANTISTATIC STRUCTURE - A touch panel-attached display device including: a display panel; a case having electric conductivity which is provided with an opening exposing a screen area of the display panel, the case which houses the display panel inside; and a touch panel fixed to the case on a front side of the case so as to face the opening of the case, wherein the case includes a projection formed in such a manner that a part of the case projects toward the front side from a front surface thereof, and the touch panel is fixed to the case in such a manner that a lateral surface of the touch panel and the projection face each other. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210930 | SENSING AND DRIVING APPARATUS, TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM, AND SENSING AND DRIVING METHOD - A sensing and driving apparatus suitable for a sensing interface is provided. The sensing and driving apparatus includes a driving module and a sensing unit. The driving module outputs a first reference signal and a second reference signal which have different polarities with each other, and respectively transmits the first reference signal and the second reference signal to a first driving line and a second driving line of the sensing interface so as to generate a first sensing signal during a first period. The sensing unit receives the first sensing signal and detects a change of the first signal so as to generate a sensing result. A sensing and driving method, a touch sensing system and a device using the same are also provided herein. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210931 | FINGER-WORN DEVICE AND INTERACTION METHODS AND COMMUNICATION METHODS - Disclosed herein are finger-worn devices in various embodiments, and related systems, interfaces and methods of use. In some embodiments, a finger-worn device may be connected and disconnected from other devices. In some embodiments, a finger-worn device may relay tactile information to a finger wearing said finger-worn device, and/or to a finger operating said finger-worn device. In some embodiments, a finger-worn device may be operated to generate sound, whereas in some embodiments, a finger-worn device may be operated to generate visual output. In some embodiments, interfaces are intended to react, or be controlled or influenced by a finger-worn device or plurality thereof. In some methods, a finger-worn device may be operated for registering input in systems which can sense and process sounds, whereas in other methods a finger-worn device may be operated for registering input in systems which can sense and process light. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210932 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT REPRODUCTION APPARATUS AND REPRODUCING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an electronic document reproduction apparatus and method. According to an embodiment, the method includes displaying at least a portion of a current page of a document on a first region of the display unit; receiving, via the input unit, a touch input on a second region of the display unit; displaying information regarding a preview page of the document in response to the touch input; receiving, via the input unit, a drag input associated with the touch input; changing, by the controller, the displayed information to new information regarding a new preview page based on a dragging distance of the drag input, the new information including a page number being changed based on the dragging distance of the drag input; and displaying, on the first region, the new preview page corresponding to the changed page number in response to a release input associated with the drag input. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210933 | Web-Clip Widgets on a Portable Multifunction Device - In a computer-implemented method for use at a portable multifunction device with a touch screen display, a web page or portion thereof is displayed on the touch screen display. An activation of a web-clip widget creation icon is detected. In response to detecting the activation, a web-clip widget is created from the web page or portion thereof. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110210934 | TOUCH PANEL, AND INPUT DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a touch panel and an input device. The touch panel includes a plurality of first touch pad groups disposed in a first direction and having a plurality of first touch pads disposed in the first direction and extending in a second direction. Here, the first touch pads disposed at the same position in the respective first touch pad groups are connected in common with a corresponding one of a plurality of first channels, a first input signal is applied to one of the first touch pads of each first touch pad group, and the first touch pads receiving the first input signal are connected with the first channels, respectively. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110216013 | Touch-sensitive input device, touch screen device, mobile device and method for operating a touch-sensitive input device - The invention relates to a touch-sensitive input device, a touch screen device, a mobile device and a method for operating a touch-sensitive input device to provide for a more realistic haptic feedback to a user in response to an input. The touch-sensitive input device comprises a first layer, a second layer facing said first layer, said first and second layers defining a cavity accommodating a substance capable of flowing, and an actuator device arranged to vary the pressure of said substance in said cavity so as to provide haptic feedback to a user touching a surface of said touch-sensitive input device. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216014 | MULTIMEDIA WIRELESS TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE - A multimedia wireless touch control device includes a G-sensor, a touch pad, a wireless transmit module, and also includes an electric power storage. The electric power storage supply the wireless touch control device with electric power when it is used separately, and in this instance, the wireless touch control device can send wireless signal to the device by a wireless transmitter. All of the above mentioned parts compose a portable touch control device which providing wireless transmission functions. The G-sensor can induct the gradient of the wireless touch control device for providing the wireless touch control device with operation functions like scroll bar and the resolution adjust. The functions of the present invention can replace the input functions of computer keyboard, the functions of computer mouse and multimedia wireless touch control device, it also can replace the functions of handwritten board, joystick and multimedia remote control device. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216015 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIRECTING OPERATION OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION VIA A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE DIVIDED INTO REGIONS ASSOCIATED WITH RESPECTIVE FUNCTIONS - An apparatus is provided that includes a processor configured to receive data representative of points on a touch-sensitive surface with which an object comes into contact. The touch-sensitive surface is divided into a plurality of regions each of a number of which is associated with a distinct set of one or more of the plurality of gestures. The gestures are associated with respective functions of a software application operable by the apparatus. The points on the touch-sensitive surface are located within one of the regions and correspond to one of the gestures. The processor is configured to determine the region and a gesture corresponding to the points as a function of the data representative of the points and the distinct set of gestures associated with the determined region. And the processor is configured to execute the function of the software application associated with the determined gesture. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216016 | Touch Sensor With Active Baseline Tracking - Methods and apparatuses for touch sensing are disclosed. In one example, both an inactive state baseline level and an active state baseline level are utilized. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216017 | Touch Panel Apparatus - The present invention discloses a touch panel apparatus with shared output pin configuration and method thereof. The method to reduce output pin is to group the electrode lines on the substrate into at least one unit, and each unit includes plural lines. At least one of the second axial electrode line of the electrode line group and at least one of the second axial electrode line of the another electrode line group couple to plural the second axial pins. Then, the vertical electrodes deliver the signals to the control IC through the pin coupled with the control IC. The control IC sends the output signals to the micro controller unit and the micro controller unit utilizes logical operators to estimate the coordinate position of touch point. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216018 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel is directly formed on an upper substrate of a flat panel display which provides a flat panel display integrated with the touch screen panel with an improved yield and reliability by improving ESD defect prevention due to the introduction of electrostatic by using a shield member covering sensing lines so that the sensing lines formed in a non-display region of the touch screen panel are not exposed to the outside. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216019 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE PANEL ASSEMBLY - The touch-sensitive panel assembly contains a back frame, a front piece, a disk module, and a panel module. The back frame contains a back piece and two lateral pieces, forming a U-like shape. The back piece has a cable opening and a connector opening. Along an inner surface adjacent to a front end of each lateral piece, two first fastening elements and a second fastening element, each with a bolt hole, are vertically arranged in this sequence. The front piece has a number of third fastening elements on a back surface, each corresponding to a first fasting element. The third fastening elements are threaded through the panel module and locked to the first fastening elements by a number of bolts. The disk module is positioned beneath the front piece and the panel module. The disk module has fourth fastening elements corresponding to the second fastening elements of the back frame. A number of bolts are driven to lock the fourth and second fastening elements together. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216020 | LARGE-SIZE TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen, including: a transparent film having a thickness of 188˜2000 μm; and a transparent electrode layer formed on one side or both sides of the transparent film, wherein one side or both sides of the transparent film is ultraviolet-treated, high-frequency-treated or primer-treated. The touch screen is advantageous in that a hard coating layer included in conventional touch screens was removed thereby improving its transmittance, and in that the number of total structural layers was decreased to strengthen its price competitiveness. Further, the touch screen is advantageous in that a hard coating layer was removed which reduces the manufacturing process, and in that the thickness of a base film was increased allowing touch screens having a size of 22 inches or more to be manufactured. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216021 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus including: a display device which displays operational images; a touch detection device which detects a presence of a touch of an input object on the displayed operational images; an operational-image specifying section which specifies each operational image the input object has touched on the basis of the presence of the touch on the operational images; an operational-image number judging section which judges whether two or more operational images have been specified or not; a selected-direction determining section which determines a direction selected by a direction selecting operation on a condition that two or more of the plurality of operational images have been specified; and an operational-image determining section which determines one of the two or more operational images specified by the operational-image specifying section as a selected operational image of the input apparatus on the basis of the direction determined by the selected-direction determining section. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216022 | DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS AND DISPLAY INPUT METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display input apparatus includes a recognition unit, a display unit, an input unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The recognition unit recognizes identification information of an operator. The display unit displays an image. The input unit inputs operation information upon reception of a touch on a surface of the display unit. The storage unit stores therein a correction amount of the input unit or the display unit in association with the identification information of the operator. The control unit reads out from the storage unit the correction amount associated with identification information of the operator recognized by the recognition unit, and corrects at least one of the parameters of at least either the input unit or the display unit, based on the read-out correction amount. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216023 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - One object of an embodiment is to provide a novel electronic device which is configured so that a user can read data regardless of a location, input data by directly touching a keyboard displayed on a screen or indirectly touching the keyboard with a stylus pen or the like, and use the input data. The electronic device includes a first transistor electrically connected to a reflective electrode and a photo sensor over a flexible substrate. A touch-input button is displayed as a still image on a first screen region of a display portion, and a video signal is output so that a moving image is displayed on a second screen region of the display portion. A video signal processing portion supplying different signals between the case where a still image is displayed on the display portion and the case where a moving image is displayed on the display portion is provided. After writing of a still image is performed, a display element control circuit is put in a non-operation state, whereby power consumption can be reduced. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216024 | TOUCH PAD MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A touch pad module and a method for controlling the same are provided. The touch pad module provides a touch surface defining a primary area and a secondary area thereon. The touch pad module equips an active mode and a standby mode. The touch pad module switches to the standby mode from the active mode when a certain condition is met, for example, when the secondary area is touched, a secondary detecting signal is not outputted by the touch pad module. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216025 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a touch screen display, a vibrator, an area display module, a touch position detector, and a vibration controller. The vibrator is configured to vibrate the touch screen display. The area display module is configured to display a first area on the touch screen display. The touch position detector is configured to detect a touch position on the touch screen display. The vibration controller is configured to control the vibrator in order to vibrate with a first pattern, if the touch position moves from an inside of the first area to an outside of the first area. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216026 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING AND EXECUTING PREFERRED FUNCTION IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for automatically registering and executing a preferred function in a mobile communication terminal. The method includes registering a function and a configuration value and use character string/numeral string value for the function, to a one-touch execution object. The method also includes, when a one-touch input for the one-touch execution object is sensed, executing the function registered to the one-touch execution object, by the configuration value and use character string/numeral string value registered to the one-touch execution object. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216027 | Haptic feedback device and electronic device - Disclosed are a haptic feedback device and an electronic device. The haptic feedback device includes: a haptic device to which contact pressure is applied; an actuator provided in the haptic device and excited according to a change in the contact pressure of the haptic device to generate vibrations; and a controller controlling the actuator to vibrate at a pre-set resonance frequency in a pre-set first operation mode and vibrate at a driving frequency different from the resonance frequency in a second operation mode set to be different from the first operation mode. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216028 | Methods For Allowing Applications To Filter Out Or Opt Into Tablet Input - Methods and systems for enabling a tablet input object is described. A tablet input object can take various inputs from touch, a mouse, and a pen and send their information to an application. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110216029 | SHEET WITH REFORMED LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a simple method for preventing oligomer deposition onto a film surface. Oligomer deposition onto the surface of a film substrate | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110221684 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - The present invention relates to a touch-sensitive input device for an electronic device, a mobile device and a method for operating a touch-sensitive input device that allow additional and more flexible input operations by a user, such as different input gestures. The touch-sensitive input device for an electronic device comprises a touch-sensitive sensor panel operable to sense a region of said touch-sensitive sensor panel that is touched by a user; and a controller adapted to determine a shape and position of the touched region on said touch-sensitive sensor panel at different times and adapted to trigger a function of the electronic device dependent on the change in shape and position of the touched region with time. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221685 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Performing Character Entry - A method of managing user interface content, including performing character entry without a keyboard, is disclosed. The method includes displaying a character entry area and a character selection indicia, wherein the character selection indicia is displayed at a first predefined location, and the character selection indicia includes locations corresponding to respective characters in a plurality of characters; detecting a point of contact over the character selection indicia; in response to detecting the contact over the character selection indicia, displaying at a second predefined location distinct from the first predefined location a temporary character that represents a character to be selected; while displaying the temporary character, detecting a character selection gesture; and, in response to detecting the character selection gesture, selecting a character corresponding to the temporary character for placement in the character entry area. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221686 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A portable device includes: a communication unit which communicates with an external device; a touch screen which includes a user interface (UI) menu and detects a touch input of a user; a controller which determines whether the user's touch inputs successively detected by the touch screen is a static touch or a dynamic touch according to whether a first position of a touch start and a second position of a touch termination are the same, performs an operation corresponding to the UI menu corresponding to the touch position if the successive touch inputs are the static touch wherein the first and second positions are the same, and controls the communication unit to send the external device a control signal corresponding to the dynamic touch if the successive touch inputs are the dynamic touch wherein the first and second positions are different. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221687 | ELECTRODE PATTERN STRUCTURE OF A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electrode pattern structure of a capacitive touch panel is provided. The electrode pattern structure of a capacitive touch panel of the present invention, in one embodiment, comprises a substrate, at least one first electrode disposed on said substrate, an insulator disposed on said at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode disposed on said insulator and overlapped with said at least one first electrode at least one intersection, and at least one protective block located on said at least one second electrode and positioned at said at least one intersection. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221688 | WATCH TYPE MOBILE TERMINAL - A watch type mobile terminal may be provided that includes a main body having an edge to define a window hole having a central area, a circuit board within the main body, a display on the circuit board, a band coupled to the main body, and a support member having a first portion provided at an outer perimeter of the window hole and a second portion that extends from the first portion toward the central area of the window hole to cover the edge of the window hole. The watch type mobile terminal may also include a window having a first surface facing an exterior of the main body and a second surface formed on an opposite side of the window, and at least a portion of the first surface of the window is covered by the second portion of the support member. A ring member may be provided between the first portion of the support member and the window. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221689 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE - In the operation input device | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221690 | INPUT DEVICE AND POINTING DEVICE - An input device has an operation member, that is configured to be brushed by a finger of a user, and a detection unit for detecting a component of a force acting in a predetermined input direction with respect to the operation member when the user brushes the operation member. The input direction is two directions orthogonal to each other. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221691 | HANDHELD DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN A HANDHELD MODE AND A NON-HANDHELD MODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A handheld device capable of automatically switching between a handheld mode and a non-handheld mode includes a sensing unit, a control unit, an operating unit, and a mode control unit. The sensing unit is used for generating a sensing result based on whether a user touch is received or not. The control unit sends out a charging-and-discharging signal to the sensing unit, and makes use of the charging-and-discharging signal to charge and discharge the sensing unit. The operating unit is coupled to the sensing unit for generating a mode control signal according to the sensing result. The mode control unit is coupled to the operating unit for controlling the handheld device to stay in a handheld mode or a non-handheld mode according to the mode control signal. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221692 | METHOD AND AN APPLIANCE FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING A DRONE, IN PARTICULAR A ROTARY WING DRONE - The appliance comprises a touch screen and wireless data transmission means for communicating with the drone. Drone piloting commands are activated by one or two fingers making contact with and/or moving over the locations of corresponding piloting symbols displayed on the screen. The method proceeds by: a) detecting finger contact at an arbitrary contact point in at least one predefined zone of the screen on which piloting symbols are not already displayed; b) displaying a piloting icon on the screen at said contact point, the piloting icon comprising a movable icon displayed at a position that tracks any movement of the finger contact point over the screen from an initial position to an offset position; c) detecting the movement of the movable icon; d) on detecting said movement, analyzing the direction and/or the amplitude of the movement relative to the initial position; and e) activating a piloting command as a function of the result of said analysis. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221693 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detecting unit detecting a pressing force applied by an operating body that presses a surface of a display unit displaying a plurality of input regions operated by the operating body, and a region control unit operable when it has been determined from a detection result of the detecting unit that the operating body has pressed one of the input regions with a pressing force that is equal to or above a predetermined value, to enlarge the input region being pressed by the operating body and to move at least one of the input regions so that adjacent input regions do not overlap one another. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221694 | TACTILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and method for communicating tactile information, substantially as shown in and/or described in connection with at least one of the figures, as set forth more completely in the claims. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221695 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing method includes providing a touch panel having a plurality of axial sensor chains disposed side by side, wherein each of the sensor chains outputs a signal. The touch sensing method generates a plurality of determination data based on the signals, wherein each of the determination data corresponds to one of the sensor chains or to a plurality of sensor pairs formed by two adjacent sensor chains. When two adjacent determination data are respectively greater than and smaller than a base value, the touch sensing method will determine a touch point based on locations of the sensor pairs or locations of the sensor chains corresponding to the determination data. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221696 | OPERATOR CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN OPERATOR CONTROL APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED APPROACH SENSING - The invention relates to an operator control apparatus and to a method for operating an operator control apparatus which comprises at least one operator control element for capturing user inputs and an approach recognition device which is designed to sense an approach by an actuating element, in particular a body part, of a user to the operator control element before the at least one operator control element is touched, wherein the approach recognition device comprises a reflection light barrier, which has at least one lamp ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110221697 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A light shielding film includes a protrusion for a touch sensor, which is formed to protrude further than a color filter layer toward the side of a first substrate, and a spacer portion, which is formed to protrude further than the protrusion for a touch sensor toward the side of a first substrate and defines the thickness of a liquid crystal layer. A counter electrode, which covers the protrusion for a touch sensor and the color filter layer, is formed on a second substrate. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110227835 | TRANSPARENT TOUGH PANEL ASSEMBLY - A transparent touch panel assembly includes stacking layers of a linearity polarizer film, a touch layer, a resistive touch sensing unit, a substrate, and a phase retardation film. The touch layer is a flexible transparent film having at least one surface thereof being processed by phase-coating. The substrate is a hard transparent glass. The resistive touch sensing unit is insulated arranged between the touch layer and the substrate. The touch panel assembly is arranged in front of a display. By half orthogonal angle between the axes of the linearity polarizer film and the phase retardation of the touch layer, reflections of the environment incident lights will be suppressed. By the phase retardation film arranged between the resistive touch sensing unit and a LCD display and an orthogonal angle between the axes of the phase retardation film and the phase retardation of the touch layer, a higher contrast will be achieved. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227836 | TRANSPARENT FORCE SENSOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A transparent force sensor for use in touch panel displays (touch screens) and method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The transparent force sensor is capable of detecting touch by measuring local pressure applied by a touch input to a display area of the touch screen. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227837 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TOUCH DISPLAYER - An electromagnetic touch displayer is provided. The electromagnetic touch displayer may work with an electromagnetic signal transmission apparatus. The electromagnetic touch displayer comprises a plurality of sense antennas. When the electromagnetic touch displayer enters into a sleep mode, a part of the sense antennas will keep in the work mode. If the user wants to wake the electromagnetic touch displayer up to make it into the work mode, he will make the electromagnetic signal transmission apparatus transmit an electromagnetic signal. Then, the electromagnetic touch displayer receives the electromagnetic signal via the sense antennas which are still working, and enters into the work mode according to the electromagnetic signal. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227838 | Touch Screen Panel and Fabrication Method Thereof - A flat panel display integrated with a touch screen panel. The connecting patterns, which connect adjacent first sensing cells and adjacent second sensing cells are formed on the same level of the lower surface of the upper substrate of the flat panel display of the same material as metal patterns formed around the edge of the touch screen panel, and by arranging the connecting patterns not to cross each other. The flat panel display panel can also be integrated with a touch screen having improved visibility by forming the touch screen panel on the upper substrate of the flat panel display such that connecting patterns are formed in the regions between the pixels. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227839 | Touch Screen Panel and Fabrication Method Thereof - A touch screen panel including: a transparent substrate that incorporate a display region and a non-display region; first sensing patterns that are arranged in a first direction and include first sensing cells and first connection parts; second sensing patterns that are arranged in a second direction and include second sensing cells and second connection parts; an insulating layer that is formed on each of the second connection parts in an island shape; the second sensing cells contact the ends of exposed second connection parts; a plurality of first sensing cells that are arranged on the display region in the first direction intersecting with the second direction; connection parts that connect the adjacent first sensing cells to each other; and metal patterns that are formed in the non-display region and are connected to each of the sensing cells disposed at the ends of the display region. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227840 | Touch screen panel and fabrication method thereof - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate divided into a display area and a non-display area, the non-display area being outside the display area, first sensing cells disposed in one row with a same X-coordinate in the display area, the first sensing cells having a double-layered structure including first and second sensing cell parts overlapping each other, a connection portion between adjacent first sensing cells, second sensing cells disposed in one column with a same Y-coordinate in the display area, the second sensing cells having a double-layered structure including third and fourth sensing cell parts overlapping each other, a connection pattern between adjacent second sensing cells, the connection pattern intersecting and overlapping the connection portion, and an island-shaped insulating layer between the connection portion and the connection pattern. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227841 | ACTIONABLE-OBJECT CONTROLLER AND DATA-ENTRY ATTACHMENT FOR TOUCHSCREEN-BASED ELECTRONICS - A touchscreen-controller and data-entry ensemble are attached conterminously or proximately to a touchscreen device. A touchscreen-controller attachment device has one or more input ends and one or more output ends. The input and output ends may be opposite ends of unitary elements and/or may be remote from one another and connected by wire or wirelessly. Each input end of a unitary conductive element is connected to a respective output end and the plurality of output ends, residing in an attachment base, are in a position of contact with or in close proximity to the soft buttons, keys or controller(s) of a touchscreen. The output ends thus activate the touchscreen when the input ends are manipulated. A base maintains the input and/or output ends in fixed position during use. Input and output elements can be spring-mounted. New controllers offer the user haptic ability. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227842 | TOUCH PANEL AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel structure and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed, in which the manufacturing method includes the steps of: providing a bonding layer; and forming a conductive pattern layer on the bonding layer; wherein the conductive pattern layer is composed of at least one first and at least one second major conductors with an insulation layer interposed between the first and the second major conductors. Comparing with the prior art for manufacturing touch panels, the disclosure is advantageous in material cost, production cost, and production yield; moreover, the panel lamination process can be simplified and the touch panel structure can be joined to a planar or curvy panel and facilitate the design of a thinner product. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227843 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE OF AUTOMOBILE - A control system for controlling a mobile device of an automobile includes a signal transiting device ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for inputting a character in a portable terminal are provided. A method for inputting a character in a portable terminal includes displaying a keypad on a screen, detecting a screen touch, determining whether the screen touch moves based on a start position and an end position of the screen touch, and displaying a character corresponding to a touch position or performing a character input function corresponding to a touch movement direction, according to whether the screen touch is determined to move. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227845 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT INCLUDES A TOUCH PAD AND A DISPLAY SCREEN, AND THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for controlling an electronic device includes the steps of: upon detecting a single-object touch on a touch pad when the electronic device operates in a cursor mode, where movement of a cursor in a visual display displayed on the display screen is enabled and controlled in response to and in correspondence with a single-object sliding touch motion on the touch pad, configuring the electronic device to determine whether a time interval that the single-object touch remains substantially stationary on the touch pad reaches a predefined threshold value; and when it is determined that the time interval reaches the predefined threshold value, configuring the electronic device to exit the cursor mode and enter a scrolling mode, where scrolling of the visual display is enabled and controlled in response to and in correspondence with a single-object sliding touch motion on the touch pad. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227846 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including a glass cover, a light transmitting conductive film, a flexible circuit board, a light blocking print layer, and a colored print layer. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227847 | ELECTROOPTIC DEVICE HAVING INPUT FUNCTION - Disclosed herein is an electrooptic device having an input function including: an electrooptic panel; a touch panel having an input position detecting electrode in an input area aligned to an image display area of the electrooptic panel; and a wiring board connected to any one of the electrooptic panel and the touch panel, the wiring board having a touch sensor located outside the input area of the touch panel as viewed from an input surface of the touch panel. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227848 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device with a touch panel according to the present invention has high reliability and is a display device with a touch panel having a display panel and a touch panel placed on the front surface of the display panel, wherein the display panel has a first substrate and a second substrate provided so as to be layered on the first substrate, the first substrate has a non-overlapping region that does not overlap the second substrate, and the touch panel is a liquid crystal display device with a touch panel secured on the second substrate, the touch panel has an overlapping region that overlaps the non-overlapping region of the first substrate, and a spacer is secured to the touch panel between the non-overlapping region of the first substrate and the overlapping region of the touch panel. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227849 | Grommet Suspension Component and System - A compliant grommet-based suspension system is disclosed for use in mounting an electronic touch screen or touch surface. The grommets may be designed to provide more or less movement in any direction, i.e., along the x-axis, the y-axis, and/or the z-axis, depending on the suspension application in which they are implemented. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227850 | TOUCH SENSING TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate includes an array substrate including a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including an inorganic material and conductive particles; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227851 | TOUCH SENSING TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch sensing type liquid crystal display device includes an array substrate includes a first substrate, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, and a touch sensing unit; a color filter substrate including a second substrate and facing the array substrate; an anti-static layer on an outer side of the second substrate and including an organic material and a carbon nano-tube; and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and an inner side of the second substrate. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227852 | Touch Screen Survey Method and Apparatus - The invention relates to methods and apparatus for performing touch-screen surveys. The surveys comprise a plurality of screen displays each including a survey question and one or more screen buttons by means of which the user signifies an answer to the survey question by touching the screen button. A method of quarantining responses to a touch screen survey comprises defining a set of criteria for identifying if a response is likely to be a serious response or a nuisance response. The method includes monitoring the screen touches to determine the number of survey questions answered and the time intervals between screen touches. The monitored screen touches are compared with the defined criteria to categorise the response as a likely nuisance response or a likely serious response. The response is quarantined if it is categorised as a likely nuisance response. A method of discriminating between valid and nuisance responses comprises: monitoring screen touches; determining a same place touch count depending on a zone at which the screen is touched and the number of consecutive touches in the zone; comparing the same place touch count to a threshold; and determining if the response is valid or a nuisance response based on the comparison. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227853 | Self-service digital table-top menu ordering device - The invention presented here is a Self-Service Digital Table-Top Menu Ordering Device is intended to be an easy to use comprehensive one-stop shop tool self-service table top tool. Existing menu service based devices are single-standing kiosks and or hand held ordering devices which do not cater for special needs. Such services do not cater for the vision limited; the deaf and or persons with hand or limited finger mobility. This invention claims a state of the art stand-alone wireless touch screen with accessories for special needs and with capable of hosting digital menus usable in dining places or related self-service for seated at-table clients. The device is capable of communicating with a primary computer system through a wireless Wi-Fi system and or wired network system. The embodiment herein is not limited to these needs or current technologies but carries the aspirations expressed to the best of its intentions. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227854 | Portable transmitter with push switch and touch sensor - A portable transmitter is provided which transmits an operating instruction in the form of a radio wave to a controlled device which continues to operate while receiving the operating instruction. The portable transmitter includes a push switch and a touch sensor. The portable transmitter works to supply the electric power to the touch sensor for a given period of time in response to depression of the push switch. When the touch sensor senses a user's touch thereon, and the push switch is depressed, the portable transmitter transmits the operating instruction to the controlled device and continues such transmission as long as the touch sensor senses the touch thereon regardless of the depression of the push switch. In other words, once the operating instruction has been outputted to the controlled device, the user is required only to touch the touch sensor in order to make the controlled device continue the operation. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227855 | Display apparatus and method for portable terminal - A display apparatus for a portable terminal includes an expandable flexible display unit, a sensing unit including of a plurality of magnets and a plurality of sensors sensing the magnets to sense an amount of display unit area accommodated in an accommodation unit of the display unit, and a controller setting pixel values according to sensed amount of the display unit area. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227856 | USER IDENTIFICATION BASED ON BODY-COUPLED COMMUNICATION - A secure identification system is proposed in which a user gets access through an identification device or badge or tag ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227857 | Video Chapter Access and License Renewal - The present disclosure includes, among other things, systems, methods and program products for content chapter access and license renewal. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110234502 | PHYSICALLY RECONFIGURABLE INPUT AND OUTPUT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and methods for altering the shape of a reconfigurable surface area are presented. The present systems and methods facilitate efficient and effective interaction with a device or system. In one embodiment, a surface reconfiguration system includes a flexible surface; an elevation unit that creates alterations in the contours of the surface; and an elevation control component that controls adjustments to the elevation unit. Thus, the surface of the device is reconfigurable based on system, application, mode, and/or user needs. Accordingly, the surface can be used to provide input and output functionality. The surface can include touch detection functionality for added input functionality. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234503 | Multi-Touch Marking Menus and Directional Chording Gestures - A method for interacting with a multi-touch surface to perform an operation. The method includes detecting that at least one finger is in contact with the multi-touch surface, identifying a chord defined by a combination of fingers associated with the at least one finger in contact with the multi-touch surface, and performing a first function associated with the operation based on the chord. The method may also include integrating the chords into directional movement gestures and using the gestures to control system functionality. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234504 | Multi-Axis Navigation - Multi-axis navigation techniques are described. In implementations, a user interface is output by a computing device, the user interface includes a first axis and a second axis that include parameters that are navigable via one or more gestures. One or more items are chosen by the computing device for concurrent display with the first and second axes that correspond to a first one of the parameters of the first axis and a second one of the parameters of the second axis. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234505 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234506 | FPCB CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Disclosed herein is an FPCB connection structure of a touch screen panel. The FPCB connection structure includes a touch screen panel and an FPCB. The touch screen panel has a connection part in which a plurality of connection holes is formed. The connection holes extend to ends of a plurality of electrode wires. The FPCB includes a substrate having a plurality of lead wires formed thereon, and a plurality of metal pins inserted into the plurality of connection holes to be connected to the ends of the electrode wires via conductive paste. A first through hole passes through the substrate and each of the lead wires, and a second through hole extends from the first through hole and is formed in each of the metal pins in a longitudinal direction thereof. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234507 | INTEGRATED TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides an integrated touch panel comprising a transparent substrate, one of an icon or artwork layer, a first layer of optical film, and a first sensing layer. The icon layer or artwork layer is coated on the periphery of one side face of the transparent substrate, and the inner periphery of the icon layer or artwork layer is not perpendicular to the adjacent line of the transparent substrate. The first layer of optical film is stacked on icon layer or artwork layer and the areas on the transparent substrate uncovered with icon layer. The first sensing layer is stacked on the first layer of optical film by sputtering. The interchangeability is included in the patent claim of the present invention. As icon layer or artwork layer is not perpendicular to the transparent substrate, the subsequent cladding of the structures may be completed by sputtering or other methods. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234508 | POINTER DETECTION APPARATUS AND DETECTION SENSOR - A pointer detection apparatus is provided, which is capable of detecting a pointed position and a pressure applied by a pointer on a detection sensor. The detection sensor includes a plurality of first conductors disposed in a first direction, a plurality of second conductors disposed in a second direction crossing with the first direction, and a pressure sensitive material disposed between the first and second conductors and having a variable resistance characteristic. When a pointer is positioned in the proximity of (but not in contact with) the detection sensor or when a pressure applied to the detection sensor by the pointer in contact with the detection sensor is equal to or lower than a threshold, detection signals corresponding to variation in electrostatic capacity between the first and second conductors are supplied. When the pressure applied to the detection sensor is higher than the threshold, detection signals corresponding to variation in resistance characteristic of the pressure sensitive material are supplied. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234509 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display apparatus having a capacitive touch panel function, and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The organic light emitting display apparatus includes a touch unit including a pixel region and a pad region, and an insulating layer formed only on a surface of the pixel region by using an open mask. The organic light emitting display apparatus is manufactured without performing a photolithography process on an insulating layer, thereby improving productivity of the manufacturing process. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234510 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of first sensing cells on the transparent substrate, the first sensing cells being connected to each other along a first direction, a plurality of second sensing cells between the first sensing cells and insulated from the first sensing cells, the second sensing cells being connected to each other along a second direction, a plurality of first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells along the first direction, a plurality of second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells along the second direction, the second connection patterns intersecting the first connection patterns, an insulating layer between the first and second connection patterns, the second connection patterns crossing over the insulating layer, and a plurality of conductive auxiliary patterns on the second connection patterns and electrically connected to the second connection patterns. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234511 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of first connection patterns on the transparent substrate, the plurality of first connection patterns being separated from one another, a plurality of first sensing cells electrically connected along a first direction to the first connection patterns, a plurality of second sensing cells disposed between the first sensing cells and insulated therefrom, the second sensing cells being connected along a second direction by second connection patterns intersecting the first connection patterns, an insulating layer between the first and second connection patterns, edges of the insulating layer being overlapped by the second connection patterns or the second sensing cells, and conductive auxiliary patterns at the edges of the insulating layer, the conductive auxiliary patterns being electrically connected to the second connection patterns and being positioned under the second connection patterns or the second sensing cells. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234512 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes: a flat panel display including an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and pixels arranged on a display region of the lower substrate in a stripe arrangement; first sensing cells arranged in a first direction on the upper substrate and second sensing cells arranged in a second direction on the upper substrate; first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent ones of the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction, wherein at least one of the first connection patterns and the second connection patterns is inclined so that it partially overlaps with the pixels. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234513 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH FUNCTION - An E-paper display device with touch sensing function includes a composite transparent electrodes layer including at least one layer of touch electrodes responding to a touch, a pixel electrode, and an electrophoretic medium contacting the composite transparent electrodes layer and arranged between the composite transparent electrodes layer and the pixel electrode. One of the at least one layer of touch electrodes forms a display layer with the pixel electrode and the electrophoretic medium. A driving circuit configured to detect the location of a user touch on the composite transparent electrodes layer and drive the electrophoretic medium layer for displaying content. With the use of the composite transparent electrodes layer, the light propagation efficiency can be effectively improved, and the manufacturing technology is simplified. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234514 | Interactive Media Display - An interactive media display system comprising at least one digital display panel, at least one touch screen display panel and at least one processor for operating and controlling the display panels. The system preferably includes a media dispensing system which enables the interactive media display to create and/or dispense media related products. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234515 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - In a terminal device | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234516 | HANDWRITING INPUT DEVICE, AND HANDWRITING INPUT METHOD - A handwriting input device accepts an input of a handwriting; and allows a display unit to display a handwriting with a predetermined length from a starting point to a present input point from among handwritings received by the reception unit at a present input point. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234517 | INPUT MEMBER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SAME - The present application provides an input member and an electrical device that includes the input member in which a slide operation can be performed, and in which a predetermined input value for each position touched by a user can be entered. The input member includes that one or a plurality of conductive elastic bodies; an operation plate that has an operation plane and that has the conductive elastic bodies on a rear surface side of the operation plane; a base plate including a group of electrodes, the electrodes being provided at positions opposite to the conductive elastic bodies without contacting each other; and a plurality of protruding parts protruding from the conductive elastic bodies toward the base plate are aligned in a predetermined direction. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234518 | OPERATION CONSOLE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE OPERATION CONSOLE - On a touch-panel display of an image forming apparatus, which is divided to five areas, that is, a system area, a function selection area, a preview area, an action panel area and a task trigger area, pieces of information are displayed. Even if an operational mode is switched, the same or similar information is always displayed in the area arranged at the same position. In addition, when an input of a numerical value is requested, a group of keys of the same arrangement is displayed at the same position on the touch-panel display, regardless of the operational mode. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234519 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is presented, which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate. The first substrate includes a first side having a first circuit. The second substrate includes a first side arranged on the first side of the first substrate and a second side having a second circuit. The third substrate is arranged on the second side of the second substrate. Therefore, by using the structure of the touch panel, the substrates of the touch panel can be integrated, so as to achieve the objective of decreasing the overall thickness of an electronic device. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234520 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch panel and a method for fabricating the touch panel are presented. The touch panel includes a panel and a conductive border. A touch circuit is formed on a first side of the panel. A conductive border is formed on a circumference of the first side along the touch circuit. A method for fabricating the touch panel is further presented. The touch circuit of the touch panel is integrated onto the panel, so as to reduce the number of substrates that need to be bonded, thereby avoiding problems caused by substrate bonding and effectively decreasing the overall thickness of the touch panel. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234521 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING MANUAL OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for providing a manual of a portable terminal is provided. The method includes requesting a manual of the portable terminal and outputting the manual in the form of a moving image at the request for the manual. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234522 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A touch sensing system including a touch interface and a control unit is provided. The touch interface senses at least one edge change of at least one region on the touch interface corresponding to at least one object. The control unit defines a touch gesture corresponding to the object according to the edge change so as to perform a touch operation corresponding to the touch gesture. Additionally, a touch sensing method is also provided. In the touch sensing method, whether the touch gesture is a moving gesture, a rotation gesture, a flip gesture, a zoom-in gesture, or a zoom-out gesture is determined according to any change of a touch region. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234523 | TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC TOUCH APPARATUS, AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch sensing system including a touch interface, at least one sensing unit, and a switching unit is provided. The sensing unit is coupled to the touch interface. The touch sensing system is switched to a first sensing mode or a second sensing mode by the switching unit according to a control signal. When the touch sensing system is in the first sensing mode, the sensing unit senses a first sensing signal and a second sensing signal of the touch interface. On the other hand, when the touch sensing system is in the second sensing mode, the sensing unit senses the first sensing signal according to a driving signal. An electronic touch apparatus and a touch sensing method are also provided. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234524 | Virtual Keyboard System with Automatic Correction - There is disclosed an enhanced text entry system which uses word-level analysis to automatically correct inaccuracies in user keystroke entries on reduced keyboards such as those implemented on a touch-sensitive panel or display screen, or on mechanical keyboard systems. A method and system are defined which determine one or more alternate textual interpretations of each sequence of inputs detected within a designated auto-correcting keyboard region. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110234525 | SINGLE PIECE TOP SURFACE DISPLAY LAYER AND INTEGRATED FRONT COVER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A single-piece top surface display and integrated front cover for an electronic device. In one embodiment, the cover comprises a thin, flexible, transparent layer coupled with a supporting structure. The flexible layer is supported above a display screen which Is coupled with pressure activated sensors located under the display screen. The cover is dust-free, waterproof, and has a flat outer surface that is free of any steps or indentations. Users input data by applying pressure on the cover which causes the display screen to deflect and activate the sensors. The pressure exerted on the sensors is triangulated to register the position of the user input. In another embodiment, the cover is transparent, rigid, and directly contacts the pressure activated sensors which are located in front of the display screen or in the housing behind it. When pressure is applied to the cover, the cover deflects and activates the sensors. In both embodiments, an accelerometer identifies valid input events. | 09-29-2011 |
| 20110242001 | Simplified Mechanical Design for an Acoustic Touch Screen - A simplified touch screen system that can sense when an object is held in continuous direct or indirect contact with a transparent substrate of the touch screen system as well as determine a location (e.g., X, Y coordinates) of the object in relation to the transparent substrate. The touch screen system employs capacitance technology to sense whether the object is held in contact with the transparent substrate and acoustic sensing technology to determine a position of the object that is contacting the transparent substrate. The touch screen system requires a reduced number of shielding and isolation layers to be deposited upon the transparent substrate, partially because the touch screen system utilizes a bezel associated with an underlying display to provide shielding against electromagnetic radiation emitted by the display. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242002 | HAND-HELD DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SCREEN AND A TOUCH STRIP - A computing device that includes a display configured to display a first video and a touch strip configured to receive user input. The computing device further includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to determine that the user input comprises a drag input defined by sliding at least one finger along the touch strip, and, in response to the drag input, cause a second video to be displayed on the display. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242003 | Reverse Touchpad for Portable Computers - A portable computer is described including a reverse-mounted touchpad and associated buttons where the touchpad is mounted on the reverse surface of the panel containing the portable computer's display and facing away from the user. One or more associated buttons are mounted on the surface of the display panel facing the user and function as the buttons normally associated with a touchpad, traditionally called the “mouse buttons”. The buttons are mounted in close proximity to the reverse-mounted touchpad such that the user can operate both the touchpad and the buttons simultaneously with a finger and the thumb of the same hand. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242004 | Touchpad with Reverse-Mounted Buttons - An assembly for attachment to a portable computer is described including a touchpad and associated buttons where the touchpad is mounted on one surface of the assembly and the associated “mouse” buttons are mounted on the reverse surface, the two surfaces facing in substantially opposite directions. The buttons are mounted in close proximity to the reverse-mounted touchpad such that the user can operate both the touchpad and the buttons simultaneously with the thumb and one or more fingers of the same hand. In one embodiment, the touchpad faces away from the user and is operated by a finger that is not the user's thumb. In another embodiment, the touchpad faces the user and is operated by the user's thumb. For all embodiments, the associated “mouse buttons” are mounted facing in the reverse direction relative to the touchpad. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242005 | INTERACTIVE INPUT DEVICE WITH PALM REJECT CAPABILITIES - An interactive input device comprises a panel formed of energy transmissive material and having an input surface, energy dispersing structure associated with the panel, the energy dispersing structure dispersing energy emitted by a pointer that enters the panel via the input surface and at least one imaging assembly, at least some of the dispersed energy being directed towards the at least one imaging assembly. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242006 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND PEN TOOL THEREFOR - A pen tool for use with a machine vision interactive input system comprises an elongate body and a tip arrangement at one end of the body, an end surface of the body at least partially about the tip arrangement carrying light reflective material that is visible to at least one imaging assembly of the interactive input system when the pen tool is angled. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242007 | E-Book with User-Manipulatable Graphical Objects - A method and apparatus of providing graphics in an e-book page includes displaying an e-book page of an e-book on a display, wherein the e-book page includes an embedded moving image object, receiving a multi-touch user input via a multi-touch touchscreen associated with the display, wherein the multi-touch user input corresponds to a user input command to animate the moving image object, and animating the moving image object in place in the e-book page in response to the multi-touch user input. The embedded moving object may be one of a plurality of embedded moving image objects included in the e-book page and the method and apparatus may receive a plurality of multi-touch user inputs via the multi-touch touchscreen associated with the display, with each multi-touch user input corresponding to a respective user input command to animate a respective moving image object. The method and apparatus may then animate each of the plurality of moving image objects in place in the e-book page in response to the plurality of multi-touch user inputs. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242008 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIATING A USER INTERFACE - An application for a device or television has a detector capable of determining the location of a viewer in a range of the device or television. In response to the viewer coming within a pre-determined distance of the device/television, a touch-screen user interface is presented for the viewer to interact using a touch-screen interface integrated into a display of the device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242009 | ENERGY EFFICIENT INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH ENERGY REGENERATIVE KEYBOARD - An electronic device including an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode. The interactive display includes an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode, a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad, one or more permanent magnets disposed within the physical keypad, and one or more charged electrical circuit elements oriented so that movement of the one or more permanent magnets relative to the one or more charged electrical circuit elements results in generation of electricity. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242010 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile communication terminal device includes a display unit, a sensing unit, a carrier disposed on the display unit and covering the sensing unit, a data processing unit connected with both the sensing unit and the display unit, and a handheld housing for accommodating the aforementioned units therein while exposing the carrier therefrom, wherein the carrier is adapted to carry and convey an external force to the sensing unit such that the data processing unit is enabled to receive and then calculate the magnitude of the external force sensed by the sensing unit and thereby provide an external force sensing function to the device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242011 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes a substrate and a plurality of touch-sensing strips. The substrate has a flat surface. The touch-sensing strips are all disposed side by side on the flat surface. Each touch-sensing strip includes a plurality of sensing electrodes electrically connected to one another in series. Each sensing electrode has a top surface, and the areas of the top surfaces in at least two sensing electrodes of each touch-sensing strip are not equal to each other. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242012 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DEVICE PACKAGE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - An organic electro-luminescent device package includes an organic electro-luminescent device array substrate, a transparent cover, and a fit. The organic electro-luminescent device array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of organic electro-luminescent devices arranged on the first substrate in an array. The transparent cover is disposed over the organic electro-luminescent device array substrate. The transparent cover includes a second substrate and a conductive layer disposed on the second substrate. The organic electro-luminescent devices are located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The frit is disposed between the organic electro-luminescent device array substrate and the transparent cover to surround the organic electro-luminescent devices. The fit is located between the first substrate and a portion of the conductive layer, and the portion of the conductive layer corresponding to the frit is transparent. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242013 | INPUT DEVICE, MOUSE, REMOTER, CONTROL CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD - An input device comprises a base, an upper shell, a sensor array and a processing module. The upper shell covers the base, and has a plurality of operation areas. The sensor array has a plurality of sensors under the upper shell at array, and each of the sensors is configured for detecting a corresponding one of the operation areas. When any one of the operation areas is touched, a sensor corresponding to a touched operation area is enabled to output a detection signal with a first status to the processing module. At the moment, the processing module generates a corresponding operation instruction. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242014 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel is provided. The display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a display control circuit and a force sensing circuit. The display control circuit is disposed on the first substrate between the first substrate and the second substrate for controlling the display panel to display an image through the second substrate. The force sensing circuit is disposed side by side with the display control circuit on the first substrate between the first substrate and second substrate, wherein the force sensing circuit comprises a plurality of force sensing elements for sensing at least one external force and correspondingly generate a plurality of force signals respectively to transform at least one touch signal corresponding to the at least one external force. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242015 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device, includes a touch panel, a number of slave touch detection circuits, and a master touch detection circuit. The touch panel is divided to a number of sub-panels and each sub-panel has a reference position. Each of the slave touch detection circuits is connected to one of the sub-panels and is configured for detecting user touch of one of the sub-panels, and producing a touch signal including the touch position of the one of the sub-panels in response to the users touch. The master touch detection circuit is connected to the number of slave touch detection circuits, and is configured for receiving the touch signals from the slave touch detection circuits and determining a touch position of the touch panel according to the touch signals and the reference position of the sub-panel connected to the slave touch detection circuit producing the touch signal. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242016 | TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen includes a touch unit, a driver integrated circuit (IC), and a processor unit. The touch unit includes a plurality of touch members, and each touch member is a single-touch screen. The driver IC is electrically connected to all the touch members. The processor unit is electrically connected to the driver IC and all the touch members. The processor unit controls all the touch members to cooperatively display a menu or other image using the driver IC. Each touch member independently generates an indicating electric signal when it is touched, the processor unit detects the touched parts of all touched touch members according to the indicating electric signals, thereby detecting options selected in the menu corresponding to the touched parts of all touched touch members and performing the detected options. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242017 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate and an anti-scatter film disposed opposite to each other, a plurality of first sensing cells, the plurality of first sensing cells being disposed at a side of the transparent substrate that faces the anti-scatter film, the first sensing cells being connected along a first direction, a plurality of second sensing cells, the plurality of second sensing cells being disposed at a side of the anti-scatter film that faces the transparent substrate, the second sensing cells being connected along a second direction that intersects with the first direction, and an adhesive layer positioned between the transparent substrate and the anti-scatter film for bonding therebetween. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242018 | Touch screen panel and fabricating method thereof - A method of fabricating a touch screen panel, a touch screen panel, and a display device, the method including performing a reinforcing process on whole surfaces of a glass substrate in preparation for forming a plurality of touch screen panels; cutting the reinforced glass substrate into unit cells; performing a healing process on an unreinforced cutting section of the glass substrate exposed after the cutting; and forming the touch screen panels in the unit cells. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242019 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of first sensing cells on the transparent substrate, the plurality of first sensing cells being connected in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing cells between the first sensing cells and insulated from the first sensing cells, the plurality of second sensing cells being connected in a second direction, a plurality of first connecting patterns connecting the first sensing cells in the first direction, a plurality of second connecting patterns intersecting the first connecting patterns and connecting the second sensing cells in the second direction, and insulating layers between the first and second connecting patterns, the insulating layers including edges with protrusions, the edges overlapping the second connecting patterns, and one or more protrusions at the edges protruding toward adjacent second sensing cells. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242020 | Touch screen panel and display device having the same - A touch screen panel includes first and second substrates disposed to face each other, conductive sensing cells in a touch active area on a first surface of the first substrate that faces the second substrate, a black matrix in a non-touch active area on a first surface of the second substrate that faces the first substrate, the non-touch active area being positioned outside the touch active area, an adhesive layer between the first and second substrates, the adhesive layer joining the first and second substrates together, and an insulating layer in the touch active area on the first substrate, the insulating layer covering the conductive sensing cells and overlapping a concave portion formed on the first surface of the second substrate by the black matrix. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242021 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A structure for forming a touch screen panel directly on an upper substrate of a flat panel display device, and more particularly a touch screen panel integrated flat panel display device in which an insulating layer formed on the touch screen panel is implemented by a spin on glass (SOG layer having stable thermal property suitable for high temperature plastic process of a sealing material for encapsulating the upper substrate and a lower substrate of the flat panel display device, and a method of fabricating the same. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242022 | Touch Determining Method and Determining Method of Touch Gesture on a Touch Panel - A determining method of touch gesture on a touch panel is provided to avoid misjudgment of determination of a multi-finger touch as a single-finger touch. The method includes determining whether a first valid touch is present on the touch panel; determining whether a second valid touch is present on the touch panel within a predetermined time period when the first valid touch is continuously present within the predetermined time period; generating a first hand gesture instruction when the second valid touch is not detected during the predetermined time period; and generating a second hand gesture instruction when the second valid touch is detected within the predetermined time period. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242023 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel is provided. The touch screen panel includes an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) sensor glass layer, a window glass layer mounted above the ITO sensor glass layer by means of an Optical Clear Adhesive (OCA), a conductive layer disposed between a surface of the window glass layer and a surface of the ITO sensor glass layer that includes an electrode pattern, and a touch screen control unit mounted on one of the window glass layer surface and the ITO sensor glass layer surface on which the conductive layer is mounted. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242024 | OPERATION CONSOLE ENABLING APPROPRIATE SELECTION OF OPERATIONAL MODE BY THE USER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE OPERATION CONSOLE - In order to enable appropriate selection of one operational mode from a plurality of operational modes by the user, on a home screen image allowing selection of an operational mode of an image forming apparatus, displayed are: an icon for selecting a copy mode related to image formation at the center; an icon for selecting a FAX mode with priority as a frequently selected mode related to image transmission; and icons allowing direct selection of other operational modes related to image transmission. On a condition setting screen image of a mode related to image transmission, a software button or buttons allowing transition to another mode related to image transmission are displayed. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242025 | Hand Gesture Recognition Method for Touch Panel and Associated Apparatus - A hand gesture recognition method according to the present disclosure is applied to a touch panel comprising a plurality of sensors, each of which generating a sensing value according to a touch operation. The method includes providing a first reference value and a second reference value; generating a count value by counting a quantity of the sensing values that are greater than a threshold; determining the touch operation as a first hand gesture when the count value is greater than the first reference value but smaller than the second reference value; and determining the touch operation as a second hand gesture when the count value is greater than the second reference value. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242026 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND SEARCH CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an acquisition module, an output module, an input module, and a search result display. The acquisition module is configured to acquire information indicative of an object designated on a first screen displayed by a program. The output module is configured to output to a search process module a search request relating to the information. The input module is configured to input a search result by the search process module in connection with the search request. The search result display is configured to display the search result on a second screen. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242027 | DISPLAY WITH IN-CELL TOUCH SENSOR - The present invention discloses a display with in-cell touch sensors comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a touch sensor disposed on the second substrate. A thin-film transistor (TFT) array is disposed on a surface of the first substrate, and a color pixel array is disposed on a surface of the second substrate. The TFT array faces and is aligned with the color pixel array. The touch sensor comprises a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of first leads, and a plurality of first pads. Each of the first leads is connected to one of the electrodes and one of the first pads. There are a plurality of second pads, a plurality of second leads, a plurality of connecting wires, and a plurality of terminal pads. Each of the second leads connects one of the second pads and one of the connecting wires. At least one of the connecting wires simultaneously and electrically connects several of the second leads. Each of the connecting wires electrically connects at least one of the terminal pads. Each of the first pads electrically connects one of the second pads. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242028 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING ELECTRODE PATTERN ON TOUCH PANEL - A touch sense panel includes a first set of individual sensing units for sensing a location along a first axis. The first set of individual sensing units includes a first plurality of strings of individual sensing units, each string including at least two of the individual sensing units of the first set. The at least two individual sensing units are electrically connected to each other and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the first axis. A first individual sensing unit of a first string of the first plurality of strings is electrically connected to a first individual sensing unit of a second string of the first plurality of strings, the second string adjacent to the first string, such that the first string and the second string form a single, first electrode. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242029 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a touch panel configured to detect a position of a user input. The apparatus may also include a force sensor physically separated from the touch panel and configured to detect a magnitude of a force. Additionally, the apparatus may include a controller configured to determine an operation based on the detected position and the detected magnitude. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242030 | METHOD OF OUTPUTTING INPUT POSITION OF TOUCH PANEL - A method of outputting an input position of a touch panel is provided which can output an input position intended by an operator even if two or more different input positions are detected. When an input operation on a position different from a first input position is detected in a scan cycle after output of the first input position, the input position where the new input operation is detected is output as a second input position. Even if input operations on two or more different positions are simultaneously detected, only one input position is output. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242031 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH FUNCTION AND 2D SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A display device with a touch function is provided. The display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The display panel has a plurality of image scan lines, and the image scan lines are respectively activated by a plurality of scan signals generated by a gate driver according to a time sequence. The touch panel has a plurality of touch scan lines and a plurality of touch sensing lines, wherein the touch scan lines and the touch sensing lines are disposed crossing each other for sensing a touched position. The gate driver also provides a plurality of touch scan signals to the touch scan lines according to a time sequence. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242032 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for touch input in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a pattern determining unit and an input determining unit. The pattern determining unit determines an input pattern of a user by analyzing a touch input generated at a point outside an input region set to input data. The input determining unit determines candidate input regions in a vicinity of coordinates of the touch input point, and estimates a desired input region of the user among the candidate input regions on a basis of an input pattern of the user. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242033 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INPUT PATTERN IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method determine a user input pattern in a portable terminal even in a situation of a wide luminance range. Sensing information is acquired through a sensing unit that includes a plurality of sensors of different luminance sensing ranges. A luminance situation of a current environment is determined based on the sensing information. A touch input is detected based on the sensing information. And the user input pattern is determined based on sensing information of at least one luminance sensor that corresponds to the luminance situation of the current environment. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242034 | TWO-WAY TOUCH-SCREEN BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the disclosure generally set forth a two-way touch screen based communication system. One example method may include receiving an order for a food item submitted by the first touch screen device via a first network, wherein the order is associated with a first identification for a merchant, a second identification for the customer, and a negotiable parameter reflective of a preference of the customer. The method may also include making available the order for a second touch screen device of the merchant to retrieve via a second network and to display and prior to completing processing of the order, transmitting a first response to the preference of the customer to the first touch screen device via the first network, wherein the first response is submitted by the second touch screen device. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242035 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR SWITCHING OPERATING MODES, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile phone handset includes a mode switching unit and a configuration detection sensor, so that the operating mode of the mobile phone handset can be switched. The mode switching unit has a switching program installed, and is a computer for executing a prescribed process in accordance with the switching program when a signal is input from the configuration detection sensor. The configuration detection sensor is a sensor for detecting the configuration of the mobile phone handset, and for example may use an angular sensor for detecting the relative angle about a rotation axis between a first casing and a second casing. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242036 | OPERATION ACCEPTING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An operation accepting device specifies a contact part of a hand of an operator contacted with a touch panel section on the basis of light intensity of ambient light passing through the touch panel section. The operation accepting device specify, on the basis of the specified contact part, at least one operation out of a circular palm sliding operation, a linear palm sliding operation, a circular fingertip sliding operation and a linear fingertip sliding operation. The operation accepting device accepts the specified operation on the basis of the contact part detected by the touch panel section. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242037 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SELECTED OBJECT DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN - A system and method is described for controlling a selected input object displayed on a screen using at least one object. The three-dimensional position of the input object relative to a plane is monitored. The position of the input object parallel to the plane defines coordinates for the position of the selected object on the screen, and the display of the selected object on the screen changes in accordance with the position of the input object in a direction perpendicular to the plane. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110242038 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ACCEPTING TOUCHING OPERATION INFORMATION - An input method for accepting input information by a touching operation performed on a touch target, includes: acquiring information about the touched region in which the touching operation is performed on the touch target; determining a display mode of an operation target indicator displayed with the touching operation according to the information about the touched region; outputting a display instruction for displaying the operation target indicator in the determined display mode; moving the displayed operation target indicator according to the movement of the touched region; and accepting the input information corresponding to a display position of the operation target indicator when the touching operation is finished. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110248927 | MULTI-MODE TOUCHSCREEN USER INTERFACE FOR A MULTI-STATE TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - A simple exemplary embodiment can leverage the ability of the touchscreen or touchpad device to distinguish between a fingernail and a palm-side fingertip press as binary distinctions. This can be done via long nails or alternatively, by rotating a hand to invert the finger. The binary distinction can be used to perform different functions. For example, a fingertip press could be the functional equivalent of a left-click on a mouse, and a fingernail press could be the equivalent of a right-click. Another example using a simply binary distinction could be that a fingertip press while typing will result in lower case, and fingernail press while typing will result in upper case. Another example, using a binary distinction, would interpret a light touch for right-clicks or upper case characters and a heavy touch for left-clicks or lower case characters. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248928 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GESTURAL OPERATION OF CONTEXT MENUS ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - There is described a portable electronic device and method for gestural operation of context menus. The portable electronic device comprises a touch-sensitive sensor, a display having the touch-sensitive sensor corresponding to at least a portion of the display, and a processor coupled to the touch-sensitive sensor. The display provides an activation image and a plurality of transient menu options arranged radially from the activation image in response to detecting a first activation at the touch-sensitive sensor. Each transient menu option corresponds to a distinct device action. The processor activates a device action corresponding to a particular transient menu option in response to detecting a second activation at the touch-sensitive sensor that corresponds to the particular transient menu option. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248929 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a touch at a touch location on a touch-sensitive display, identifying a delay associated with the touch location, and when a force value related to the touch meets a first threshold value, providing a first tactile feedback after waiting the delay. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248930 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME TO PROVIDE TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method includes detecting a touch at a touch location on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, identifying a first tactile feedback associated with the touch location, and providing the first tactile feedback in response to determining that a force value related to the touch meets a first threshold value. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248931 | TACTILE FEEDBACK FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display, an actuator configured to impart a force on the touch-sensitive display to provide tactile feedback, and a controller configured to detect a touch based on input from the touch-sensitive display and to initiate the tactile feedback by the actuator. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248932 | GHOST CANCELLATION METHOD FOR MULTI-TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A ghost cancellation method for the multi-touch sensitive device is disclosed. The multi-touch sensitive device includes a sensing array having multiple lines of a first axis and multiple lines of a second axis intersecting with each other. All the lines of the sensing array are scanned to determine which ones of the lines are touched, so as to determine touch point candidates. For each touch point candidate, a driving signal is applied to the line of the first axis, and the line of the second axis is detected to check if the touch point candidate is actually touched. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248933 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A handheld electronic communication device includes a body that has an input device, and a display assembly that includes a display. The display assembly is connected to the body and rotatable relative to the body, between a first position in which a first portion of the display is covered by the body and a second portion of the display extends from the body, and a second position in which the display is displaced generally linearly relative to the first position such that the first portion and the second portion of the display are exposed. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248934 | CONTACTLESS TOUCH PANEL - A contactless touch panel comprises a first transparent substrate, a plurality of planar (or miniaturized) microsensors dispersedly arranged on a surface of the first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate stacked on the first transparent substrate to cover the microsensors, and a detecting element electrically connected to the microsensors. Thus, when a touching object approaches (does not touch) the touch panel, the microsensors sense the touching object via an electric field or a magnetic field and generate sensing signals sent to the detecting element according to changes in the electric field or the magnetic field and their strength. The detecting element determines a position of the touching object above the touch panel to achieve the purpose of non-contact control. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248935 | Apparatus and method for sound reproduction - In an embodiment an apparatus includes a graphical display panel and a loudspeaker. The panel has a display layer for displaying images and defines a plurality of apertures penetrating through at least the display layer. The loudspeaker includes a diaphragm arranged substantially parallel to the display layer. Sound from the loudspeaker diaphragm is directed outside a host device through the apertures. The speaker may be an electret or a piezo-electric speaker for thinness. There may be apertures on an opposed side of the host device housing to achieve a dipole pattern which is directed and gives acoustic privacy to the user, or a rear acoustic cavity for a monopole pattern which more broadly disperses the sound. One illustrated embodiment is selectable between monopole and dipole. Size and total area of the holes determines acoustic resistance and so a method is described to determine those from physical parameters of the display panel. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248936 | TOUCH SCREEN-INTEGRATED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is a touch screen-integrated liquid crystal display, including: a backlight unit emitting light; a first polarizing plate disposed on the backlight unit; a liquid crystal panel disposed on the first polarizing plate and creating an image using the light emitted from the backlight unit; a touch screen disposed on the liquid crystal panel; a cholesteric liquid crystal plate disposed on the touch screen; a phase difference plate disposed on the cholesteric liquid crystal plate; and a second polarizing plate disposed on the phase difference plate. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248937 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile communication terminal | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248938 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel that that is less susceptible to malfunction by static electricity. The touch screen panel includes: a transparent substrate; sensing cells formed on the transparent substrate, comprising: first sensing cells connected in a first direction; and second sensing cells connected in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and connecting patterns formed on the transparent substrate, comprising: first connecting patterns connecting the first sensing cells in the first direction, and second connecting patterns connecting the second sensing cells in the second direction; wherein the sensing cells include prominences extending toward adjacent ones of the sensing cells. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248939 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING TOUCH - An apparatus and method for sensing a touch are provided. A touch type of a touch input may be determined based on a contact area of the touch input, and a function may be performed based on the touch type and a touch scheme of the touch input and it may be possible to provide a user with various interactions in a touch interface environment. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248940 | TOUCH DISPLAY STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A touch display apparatus comprises a touch display structure and a touch controller electrically connected thereto. The touch display structure comprises a display layer, an electric circuit layer, and a second electrode. The electric circuit layer, disposed under the display layer, comprises a substrate, a driving electrode, and a first electrode. The driving electrode and the first electrode are disposed on an upper surface and a lower surface of the substrate, respectively, and are electrically connected to the touch controller, respectively. The second electrode is disposed under the first electrode and electrically connects to the touch controller. The first electrode and the second electrode generate a touch control signal in response to a press of a user or an electromagnetic signal. The touch controller receives and processes the touch control signal, and then, the touch controller transmits the touch control signal to the driving electrode to drive the display layer. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248941 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING HAND ANNOTATIONS - A capture device for remote, virtual on screen data input by hand annotation comprises at least three functional layers including a bottom rigid layer, a middle pressure sensor layer and a top flexible layer. The bottom rigid layer has a surface that provides a mechanical support for writing. The middle pressure sensor layer is adapted to measuring a pressure array or map on the capture active area and to send data representing the measured pressure to a personal computer. The top flexible touch-sensitive passive LCD display layer includes an LCD surface by which whatever is written down on the LCD is impressed graphically due to its liquid crystal physical properties wherein applied pressure changes the crystal particles orientation and light properties, such that when a stylus presses against a writing surface thereof, it leaves a visible trace allowing the user to produce a drawing though no real ink has flown. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248942 | IMAGE PICK-UP APPARATUS, DETECTION-FRAME ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus including an interface that acquires image data, a touch panel display that displays the acquired image data and receives a touch input, and a controller that controls a range of a detection frame displayed on the touch panel based on the received touch input. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248943 | Touch Panel - A touch panel is provided. The touch panel having a pixel area and a sensing area includes a first substrate and an opposite second substrate. A press sensing spacer is disposed on the sensing area of the first substrate. A press sensing stage is disposed on the sensing area of the second substrate, corresponding to the press sensing spacer. An alignment layer is disposed over the second substrate, covering the press sensing stage and the pixel area of the second substrate. In an embodiment, the height of the press sensing stage is greater than the height from the surface of the second substrate at the pixel area to the bottom of the alignment layer by at least 0.05 μm. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248944 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel having a display area and an operation area is provided. The touch display panel includes a first substrate, a first transparent electrode layer, a dielectric layer, a second electrode layer, a display medium, an active array device, and a second substrate sequentially disposed. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed opposite to each other. The first transparent electrode layer includes a first display area pattern located in the display area and a first operation area pattern located in the operation area. The second transparent electrode layer includes a second display area pattern located in the display area and a second operation area pattern located in the operation area. The second display area pattern has a plurality of openings so as to expose a portion of the first display area pattern. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110248945 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110254776 | Method and Apparatus for Selective Suspension of Error Correction Routine During Text Input - An improved portable electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display and a text input routine that employs an error correction routine. The error correction routine evaluates inputs to determine whether they are ambiguous based upon the actual location of the input and with the use of a linguistic database. The error correction routine is suspended for a single input immediately following a deletion input, after which the error correction routine is automatically reactivated. In the example embodiment described herein, the error correction routine is suspended for a single input by ignoring the output of the error correction routine, after which the output of the error correction routine is not ignored for subsequent inputs. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254777 | INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHODS OF USING SAME - An interface device for measuring a force applied by a user is disclosed. In one aspect, the interface device has a deformable body positioned on a support housing. In another aspect, the deformable body contains a fluid medium. The interface device also has at least one pressure sensor in fluid communication with the fluid medium. In an additional aspect, the interface device has processing circuitry for receiving pressure signals from the pressure sensors and producing an output signal corresponding to the force applied by the user. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254778 | SLIM TYPE TOUCH DEVICE - A slim type touch device includes a touch panel, a display module, and a housing. The touch panel and the display module are installed in the housing. The touch panel includes a plurality of sensing pads formed on the bottom side of the touch panel. The bottom side of the touch panel is mounted on the display module with the optical clear adhesive. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254779 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a touch screen device and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch screen device includes: a touch screen; a display formed on one side of the touch screen; and an adhesive layer formed between the touch screen and the display, in which an adhesive portion is formed on the entire surface where the adhesive layer is in contact with the touch screen and on the edge portions of the surface where the adhesive layer is in contact with the display. Further, the touch screen device has improved transmittance by removing an air layer between the touch screen and the display and can be easily corrected when the touch screen is incorrectly bonded with the display. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254780 | DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus having a touch screen panel including: a housing of which first surface is open; a main circuit substrate that is built-in the housing; a display unit that is connected to the main circuit substrate and is disposed to face the opened first surface of the housing; and a touch screen panel that is connected to the main circuit substrate and is positioned on the upper portion of the display unit and includes an active region disposed on the first surface and inactive regions that are extended from the active region and are disposed at side surfaces of the housing or on a second surface opposite to the first surface. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254781 | STYLUS AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE UTILIZING SAME - An exemplary stylus for portable electronic device with an electrostatic capacitive touch panel includes a main body, a touch nib, and a connecting element. The touch nib is electrically connected to the main body. The touch nib includes a flat or planar contacting portion to slide along the electrostatic capacitive touch panel with less pressure than traditional pointed styluses. The connecting element is pivotably connected the touch nib to the main body. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254782 | Broadband Linear Vibrator and Mobile Terminal - A broadband linear vibrator that is small sized and yet capable of generating a greater vibrating force and outputting various broadband vibrations, and a mobile terminal capable of outputting various vibrations and sounds, wherein the broadband linear vibrator includes a case; a spring coupled to the case; an oscillator including a magnet for elastically supporting the spring and a stator formed inside the case for vibrating the oscillator, wherein a frequency band to a maximum use frequency that is detectable as a vibration or a sound source based on a resonant frequency is 1.2 times than a frequency band to a minimum use frequency, such that various feelings of vibrations and sounds can be advantageously provided by the broadband linear vibrator. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254783 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a plurality of driving lines, a plurality of sensing lines and a plurality of sensing units. The sensing lines are arranged intersecting with the driving lines. The sensing units are arranged in an array, and each of the sensing units is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the driving lines and a corresponding one of the sensing lines. The driving lines or the sensing lines only pass through a single side of the touch panel. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254784 | CONTROLLING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - A controlling method performed by an information processing apparatus including an input device and a CPU, includes: acquiring input data including input position information indicating an input position at which an input is made in the input device; determining whether or not the input position indicated by the input position information included in the input data corresponds to a predetermined enterable area; and switching, when the CPU is in a first operating state and it is determined that the input position corresponds to the enterable area, the CPU from the first operating state to a second operating state where the power consumption is greater than that in the first operating state. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254785 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING MULTIPLE-POINT ACTIONS BASED ON SINGLE-POINT DETECTION PANEL - A touch panel system comprising a single-point detection panel, responsive to a touch action, for outputting a signal; and a processor for processing the signal to determine a location on said single-point detection panel on which said touch action is manipulated; wherein the processor, based on an algorithm, within a predetermined time interval, detects the variation of said location to judge whether the touch action on the panel is a single-point touch or multiple-point touch. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254786 | MOVABLE TOUCH MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A movable touch module and an electronic device using the same are provided. The movable touch module is disposed at a main body and includes a suspending element, a touch unit, a four-direction sensing element, and at least two rotation sensing elements. The suspending element is disposed at the main body and is movable relative to the main body on a plane. The suspending element has a plurality of elastic portions against the main body. The touch unit is fastened to the suspending element. The four-direction sensing element and the rotation sensing elements are fastened to the main body. When the suspending element moves along a direction on the plane, the suspending element triggers the four-direction sensing element along the direction. When the suspending element rotates on the plane, the suspending element correspondingly triggers one of the rotation sensing elements. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254787 | MOVABLE TOUCH MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A movable touch module and an electronic device using the same are disclosed. The movable touch module is disposed at a main body and includes a movable element, a touch unit, a plurality of elastic units, a four-direction sensing element, and at least two rotation sensing elements. The movable element is disposed at the main body and is movable relative to the main body on a plane. The movable element has a first containing area. The touch unit is fastened to the movable element. The elastic units are disposed at the main body and are against the periphery of the movable element. The four-direction sensing element and the rotation sensing elements are fastened to the main body and are located in the first containing area of the movable element. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254788 | MOVABLE TOUCH MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A movable touch module and an electronic device using the same are provided. The movable touch module is disposed at a main body and includes a first movable element, a second movable element, a touch unit, at least four movement sensing elements, and at least two rotation sensing elements. The first movable element is disposed at the main body and is rotatable relative to the main body on a plane. The second movable element is disposed at the first movable element and is capable of moving relative to the first movable element along a first direction. The touch unit is disposed at the second movable element and is capable of moving relative to the second movable element along a second direction. The movement sensing elements and the rotation sensing elements are fastened to the main body. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254789 | User Interface System - A user interface system including a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a first level fluid vessel arranged at a first level within the sheet and a second level fluid vessel arranged at a second level within the sheet, wherein both the first and second level fluid vessels are arranged underneath the surface; a first volume of fluid contained within the first level fluid vessel; a second volume of fluid contained within the second level fluid vessel; and a displacement device coupled to the first and second level fluid vessels that selectively manipulates the first and second volumes of fluid, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface to a first and second stage, respectively or deforming a first particular region and a second particular region of the surface, respectively. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254790 | TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE SHEET FOR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY AND FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - The invention provides a transparent adhesive sheet for flat panel display, which shows superior level difference absorbability and does not develop bubbles in the adhesion surface to a plastic plate. The transparent adhesive sheet for flat panel display is made of a cured product of a composition comprising (A) a polyoxyalkylene based polymer having at least one alkenyl group in one molecule, (B) a compound having an average of not less than 2 and less than 5 hydrosilyl groups in one molecule, and (C) a hydrosilylation catalyst, wherein the transparent adhesive sheet has a shear storage elastic modulus (G′) of not more than 1.0×10 | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254791 | Gesture Detection Zones - A system and method for utilizing a gesture-based user interface. A system includes an operator input device and a processor. The operator input device detects gestures and multiple simultaneous touch points. An input area of the operator input device includes a plurality of gesture detection zones. The processor is coupled to the operator input device. The processor executes a gesture recognition software program that processes inputs from the input device. The gesture recognition program causes the processor to recognize a primary gesture and a simultaneous secondary gesture, and to perform a processing function based, at least in part, on the primary gesture and a gesture detection zone in which the secondary gesture is detected. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254792 | USER INTERFACE TO PROVIDE ENHANCED CONTROL OF AN APPLICATION PROGRAM - A method for imparting control to an application program (AP) running on a mobile device, said method comprising the acts of displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) of the AP on a touch panel of the mobile device; capturing a touch input on a portion of the GUI; the method further comprising, when identifying the touch input as a touch input of a predefined first type, the acts of imparting a first AP control associated to the portion of the GUI; monitoring an occurrence of a spatial movement of the mobile device; imparting a second AP control associated to the portion of the GUI in response to the capture of a spatial movement. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254793 | PANEL OPERATING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a panel operating apparatus. The panel operating apparatus changes a state of a display device electrically connected to a circuit board located below a panel. The panel operating apparatus includes a tact member mounted on the circuit board, and a resilient member electrically connected to a circuit pattern of the circuit board and separated from the panel and the circuit board. The resilient member is selectively brought into contact with the panel or the tact member depending on a degree of pressure applied to the panel, thereby allowing the apparatus to be operated in a tact manner when the apparatus cannot be operated in a touch manner due to individual features of operators or external conditions. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254794 | DISPLAY AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254795 | IMPLEMENTATION OF DRIVE OF TOUCH FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A touch screen and a flat panel display are provided, and more particularly a touch flat panel display is provided. The touch flat panel display includes a display screen and a driving circuit. A touch excitation source providing touch excitation energy is connected with a power end of a last-stage driving cell of the driving circuit, an output end of the last-stage driving cell is connected with an electrode line of the display screen, and the touch system circuit judges whether the electrode line of the display screen connected with the driving unit is touched by detecting a change of a touch signal flowing through the power end or the output end of the last-stage driving cell. The disclosed structural relation of circuits between the touch system circuit, the display driving circuit, and the display screen not only simplifies the connection between the touch system circuit, the display driving circuit, and electrodes of the display screen, but also can prevent the influence of a distributed capacitance within the display driving circuit on the touch signal. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254796 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOGNIZING TEMPORAL TAPPING PATTERNS INPUT TO A TOUCH PANEL INTERFACE - Briefly, a method and apparatus for recognizing temporal tapping patterns input to a touch panel interface is disclosed. The method may include receiving user input with a touch panel interface, recognizing a temporal tapping pattern in the user input, and performing an action associated with the temporal tapping pattern. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254797 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOGNIZING MULTI-SHAPE, MULTI-TOUCH GESTURES INCLUDING FINGER AND NON-FINGER TOUCHES INPUT TO A TOUCH PANEL INTERFACE - Briefly, a method and apparatus for recognizing multi-shape, multi-touch gestures including finger and non-finger touches input to a touch panel interface is disclosed. The method may include receiving user input with a touch panel interface, recognizing a multi-shape, multi-touch gesture including finger and non-finger touches in the user input, and performing an action associated with the multi-touch gesture including finger and non-finger touches. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254798 | TECHNIQUES FOR RECOGNIZING A SERIES OF TOUCHES WITH VARYING INTENSITY OR ANGLE OF DESCENDING ON A TOUCH PANEL INTERFACE - Briefly, a method and apparatus for recognizing a series of touches with varying intensity or angle of descending on a touch panel interface is disclosed. The method comprises receiving user input with a touch panel interface, recognizing a series of touches with varying intensity or angle of descending on the touch panel interface, and performing an action associated with the series of touches with varying intensity or angle of descending on the touch panel interface. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254799 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSORY STIMULATION - An apparatus for producing an electrosensory sensation to a body member ( | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254800 | Voicemail Manager for Portable Multifunction Device - A computer-implemented method for management of voicemail messages, performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display, includes: displaying a list of voicemail messages; detecting selection by a user of a respective voicemail message in the list; responding to the user selection of the respective voicemail message by initiating playback of the user-selected voicemail message; displaying a progress bar for the user-selected voicemail message, wherein the progress bar indicates the portion of the user-selected voicemail message that has been played; detecting movement of a finger of the user from a first position on the progress bar to a second position on the progress bar; and responding to the detection of the finger movement by restarting playback of the user-selected voicemail message at a position within the user-selected voicemail message corresponding substantially to the second position on the progress bar. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110254801 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONTACT-SENSITIVE FEATURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device is formed at least partially from a deflectable material that generates an electrical signal in response to contact. The first material is integrated with a display module to provide a shaped feature on the exterior surface of the display module. The shaped feature detects contact with an external object on one or more contact points, where contact with the contact points corresponds to a defined input for a processor of the electronic device. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110260983 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes determining first respective values representative of forces applied by a plurality of actuators to a touch-sensitive input device of an electronic device, controlling the actuators to cause the actuators to change the forces applied to the touch-sensitive input device, determining second respective values representative of the forces applied by the actuators to the touch-sensitive input device, and determining when there is a fault based on a change from the first respective values to the second respective values. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260984 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - An electronic device includes a base, a touch-sensitive input surface spaced from and moveable relative to the base, and an actuating arrangement between the base and the touch-sensitive input surface. The actuating arrangement is arranged to vary a force on the touch-sensitive input surface in response to detection of a touch event on the touch-sensitive input surface. The actuating arrangement includes an actuator including a piezoelectric disk coupled to a substrate that includes an elastically deformable truncated disk. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260985 | APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, method, computer program and apparatus wherein the apparatus comprises: a user input device; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: control a display to display a user interface item; and associate, in response to actuation of the user input device, a user interface item with a tactile indication so that the tactile indication is provided whenever the user interface item is displayed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260986 | RECOGNIZING MULTIPLE INPUT POINT GESTURES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing multiple input point gestures. A recognition module receives an ordered set of points indicating that contacts have been detected in a specified order at multiple different locations on a multi-touch input surface. The recognition module determines the position of subsequently detected locations (e.g., third detected location) relative to (e.g., to the left of right of) line segments connecting previously detected locations (e.g., connecting first and second detected locations). The gesture module also detects whether line segments connecting subsequently detected locations (e.g., connecting third and fourth detected locations) intersect line segments connecting previously detected locations (e.g., connecting first and second detected locations). The gesture module recognizes an input gesture based on the relative positions and whether or not line segments intersect. The gesture module then identifies a corresponding input operation (e.g., cut, paste, etc.) to be performed. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260987 | DUAL SCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A dual screen electronic device includes an E-paper display screen, an LCD screen, a command input unit, a touch input unit, and a processing unit. The E-paper display screen and the LCD screen are arranged on the same side of the electronic device. The command input unit corresponds to the E-paper display screen and produces a trigger signal to trigger the LCD screen. The touch input unit corresponds to the LCD screen and produces touch information in response to user operations. The processing unit receives the trigger signal and the touch information, and executes a function associated with the received trigger signal and touch information. If no touch information produced on the touch input unit over a predefined time, the processing unit drives the LCD screen to enter a rest mode; if a trigger signal is produced, the processing unit then wakes up the LCD screen. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260988 | Method and apparatus for increasing magnitude and frequency of forces applied to a bare finger on a haptic surface - A haptic device capable of providing a force on a finger or object in contact with a substrate surface includes a substrate having a touch surface, includes a substrate having a touch surface, at least one first actuator for subjecting the substrate to out-of-plane ultrasonic oscillations controlled to provide relatively low and high friction states of the touch surface and at least one second actuator for subjecting the substrate to lateral oscillations while the substrate is alternated between the low and high friction states in a manner to generate a force felt by a user's finger on the touch surface. A control device provides signals to the at least one first actuator to establish relatively low and high friction states of the touch surface. An electrical damping circuit between the control device and the at least one first actuator is implemented for reducing the transition time between the low and high friction states. Reduction of the transition time increases forces felt by a user's finger on the touch surface. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260989 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND WINDOW MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE DISPLAY DEVICE - According to an embodiment of the present invention, a display device includes a body, a display part disposed inside of the body, and configured to display information, a first window disposed on a front surface of the display part and maintaining a distance from the body and the display part, and a second window provided between the body and the first window. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260990 | SYSTEM INTEGRATION OF TACTILE FEEDBACK AND TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLLER FOR NEAR-ZERO LATENCY HAPTICS PLAYOUT - A haptic feedback system includes a user interface device, such as a touchscreen that includes a touch panel and one or more haptic drive elements coupled to the touch panel, a touch controller, and an actuator controller. The touch controller receives sensed data from the touch panel, and in response generates and sends a haptic signal to an actuator controller. Generation and transmission of the haptic signal bypasses any system host controller. A dedicated signal path couples the touch controller and the actuator controller, over which the haptic signal is transmitted. Alternatively, the haptic signal is transmitted from the touch controller to the actuator controller over a serial bus interface. In response to the received haptic signal, the actuator controller implements an appropriate drive signal in the form of a haptic waveform to the one or more haptic drive elements of the touchscreen. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260991 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a touch sensor for receiving an input, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor , a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating the touch face , and a control unit , when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a first standard for providing a tactile sensation, for controlling drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that a click sensation is provided to a pressing object (pressing means) pressing the touch face . The control unit , when the pressure load detected by the load detection unit satisfies a second standard lower than the first standard after the click sensation is provided in pressing, controls drive of the tactile sensation providing unit such that a release sensation corresponding to the click sensation is provided. Thereby, a realistic click sensation similar to that obtained when a push-button switch is operated is provided to an operator when the operator operates the touch sensor, allowing the operator to perform a continuous input operation without having a feeling of strangeness. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260992 | PANEL CONTROL DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A panel control device and an operation method thereof are provided. The panel control device includes a touch controller and a display controller. The display controller drives a touch display panel module to display an image. The touch controller senses a touch event of the touch display panel module. Wherein, the sensing operation of the touch controller is enabled/disabled in accordance with the driving operation of the display controller. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260993 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPACT RESISTANT TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY MODULE - A method and apparatus for an impact resistant touchscreen display module, such as for use in ruggedized mobile computing and display devices. The structure provided also allows for severability of the touchscreen and display screen portions, enhancing the practicability of replacing individual components for repair of a damaged touchscreen display module. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260994 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION AND PRESSURE OF A TOUCHLOAD APPLIED TO A TOUCHPAD - A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of rows of contact points and a plurality of columns of contact points. For each other row of contact points, every contact point in the row is connected to form a row sensor. For each other column of contact points, every contact point in the column that is not part of a row sensor is connected to form a column sensor. The contact points that are not part of a row sensor and not part of a column sensor are connected together to form at least one shape sensor. A computing device with a multi-touch touch interface having a plurality of contact points has at least one layer of piezoresistive material, an insulating structure disposed between the plurality of contact points and the piezoresistive material, and a gap between the plurality of contact points and piezoresistive material. A method of providing multi-layered password recognition for a computing device having a touch interface first provides a passcode associated with an alphanumeric symbol to the computing device. The alphanumeric symbol is associated with a passcode pressure level. A touch load is applied to the touch interface and a measured pressure level associated with the applied touch load is determined. Then it is determined whether the measured pressure level corresponds to the passcode pressure level associated with the alphanumeric symbol of the passcode. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260995 | Actuator module, haptic feedback device and electronic device - There is provided an actuator module, a haptic feedback device, and an electronic device having the same. The haptic feedback device includes a haptic device receiving a user contact applied thereto, and an actuator module generating vibrations according to the user contact applied to the haptic device. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260996 | HAND-HELD MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE HAND-HELD MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a hand-held mobile device and a method for operating a hand-held mobile device that provide more realistic haptic feedback to a user, e.g. in response to an operation or in accordance with a displayed event or symbol. The hand-held mobile device comprises a housing; a first vibrating section operable to generate a first vibration; a second vibrating section operable to generate a second vibration; and a controller adapted to control operation of said first vibrating section and said second vibrating section depending on a signal associated with a display device, wherein said first vibrating section and said second vibrating section are spaced-apart from each other at two different positions in said housing. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260997 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DRAG CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first touch-screen display, a second touch-screen display, a first movement control module and a second movement control module. The first movement control module selects an object on the first touch-screen display in accordance with a touch position on the first touch-screen display, and moves a position of the selected object in accordance with a movement of the touch position on the first touch-screen display. The second movement control module moves the position of the selected object from the first touch-screen display to the second touch-screen display in order to display the selected object on the second touch-screen display when the selected object is moved to an end part on the first touch-screen display. The end part on the first touch-screen display is opposed to a boundary between the first touch-screen display and the second touch-screen display. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260998 | PIECEWISE-LINEAR AND PIECEWISE-AFFINE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) OUTPUT DECOUPLING AND CORRECTIONS - Methods for piecewise-linear and piecewise-affine transformations parameter decoupling in High Dimensional Touchpad (HDTP) user touch interfaces including those with multitouch capabilities are described. A calculation chain provides a first-order calculation of up to six touch parameters (left-right, front-back, downward pressure, roll angle, pitch angle, yaw angle) responsive in real-time to user touch on a touch-responsive sensor array. A piecewise-affine transformation is applied to these first-order calculations to produce parameter decoupling. The piecewise-affine transformation can be structured to depend only on current numerical values from the first-order calculation. Alternatively, the piecewise-affine transformation can be structured to additionally depend on the positive or negative direction of change over time of at least one numerical value from the first-order calculation, thereby providing a correction for hysteresis effects. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110260999 | SENSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND PORTABLE DEVICE - The invention provides a sensing method for a portable device with a touch panel. The touch panel is sequentially divided into a valid input region, a transition region and a peripheral region from a center to a periphery of the touch panel. The sensing method comprises sensing a contact signal generated from a contact motion of an input device on the touch panel. When the initial position of the contact motion is determined to be within one of the valid input region and the transition region according to the contact signal or the initial position of the contact motion is determined to be within the peripheral region and the contact motion moves into the valid input region according to the contact signal, an operation corresponding to the contact motion is executed according to the contact signal. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110261000 | METHOD FOR ACCESSING ONE APPLICATION OR A SET OF APPLICATIONS FROM OR THROUGH A TOKEN, CORRESPONDING TOKEN AND SYSTEM - The invention relates to a method for accessing an application or a set of applications from or through a token. The token is coupled to a terminal that comprises at least one touch surface. According to the invention, the method comprises steps in which the terminal compares an input touch pattern with at least one predetermined input touch pattern relating to one application or a set of applications accessible from the token, and, according to a comparison result, the terminal sends or not to the token either a command for requesting a display of a set of at least one application accessible from the token or a command for triggering an execution of an application accessible from the token, the command being associated with a matching predetermined input touch pattern. The invention relates also to a corresponding token and a corresponding system comprising the token. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110267278 | ADAPTIVE SOFT KEYBOARD - A device may include a processor and a touch screen to display a soft keyboard. The processor may be configured to detect a touch within a touch-sensitive area within a first soft key of the soft keyboard, detect a keystroke corresponding to a second soft key of the soft keyboard, determine whether the second soft key is a backspace key, detect a keystroke corresponding to a third soft key of the soft keyboard when the processor determines that the second soft key is the backspace key, and adjust the touch-sensitive area when the processor determines that the first soft key neighbors the third soft key. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267279 | POWER EFFICIENT ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - The present disclosure relates to the use of a solid background layer in conjunction with a transparent display panel. In one such implementation, a layer that is switchable between opaque and transparent states is provided between the solid background layer and the transparent display panel. By switching the switchable layer between opaque and transparent states, visibility of the background layer through the transparent display panel may be controlled. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267280 | TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SCREEN OBJECTS - A touch screen and method are provided for adjusting the positioning of touch sensing objects in response to the position of the application of one or more touches. The touch screen, includes, but is not limited to a display face including an object, the display face configured to display a symbol associated with the object, and circuitry defining the object and configured to sense the position of at least one touch on at least a portion of the object. A touch screen controller is configured to adjust the object in response to the position of the at least one touch. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267281 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a body and a display assembly. The display assembly includes a housing, a display on one face of the housing, and a first input device located on an opposing face of the housing, adjacent at least one side of the display assembly. The display assembly is connected to the body and moveable relative to the body, between a first position in which the first input device is covered by the body and a second position in which the input device is exposed. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267282 | WIRELESS HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE APPARATUS, CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEM AND PORTABLE COMPUTER - A wireless human machine interface apparatus, a cloud computing system and a portable computer are provided. The wireless human machine interface apparatus is adapted to a host installing an operating system. The host is coupled to a first wireless transceiver. The wireless human machine interface apparatus includes a second wireless transceiver, a touch sensor, and a display panel. The second wireless transceiver is configured to communicate with the first wireless transceiver. The touch sensor serves as an input device of the operating system through the second wireless transceiver and the first wireless transceiver. The display panel serves as an output device of the operating system through the second wireless transceiver and the first wireless transceiver. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267283 | Kickback Voltage Equalization - Scanning gate lines in a gate driver system of a touch screen is provided. The gate driver system can include gate lines connected to display pixel transistors, a display driver that can generate first and second gate clock signals including first and second voltage transitions, respectively, and a gate drivers that can receive the first and second gate clock signals via gate clock lines and that can apply gate line signals, based on the gate clock signals, to the gate lines. A first voltage change generated in a common electrode line of the touch screen by the first voltage transition can be reduced by a second voltage change generated in the common electrode by the second voltage transition. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267284 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND RELATED ASSEMBLY METHOD - A touch-controlled electronic apparatus includes a loading plate, a touch panel, a flexible PCB, a sensor pad, and a control circuit. The loading plate has a display touch area, a wire area, and a hot bonding area. The touch panel is disposed on the display touch area of the loading plate. The flexible PCB has a touch button area and a control circuit area. The sensor pad is disposed on the touch button area of the flexible PCB and is used as touch buttons. The control circuit is disposed on the control circuit area of the flexible PCB. The flexible PCB is disposed and bonded to the loading plate, wherein the touch button area is disposed on at least one of the wire area and the hot bonding area. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267285 | ILLUMINANT HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICE - A light-emitting touch keyboard includes a reflecting sheet, a touch element, a plurality of scattering/reflecting points, and at least one light emitting element. The touch element includes at least one transparent material layer. A light ray emitted by the light emitting element penetrates the transparent material layer, and then is reflected outside the touch element by the reflecting sheet and the plurality of scattering/reflecting points. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267286 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel has a pattern layer which designates positions of sensing areas respectively activating specific functions after being pressed, and is mounted on a top surface or a bottom surface of a lower substrate. As the substrates and sensing units mounted on the substrates are all transparent, the pattern layer can be visible when seen from the top surface of the touch panel. When the position of the pattern layer is pressed by a finger, the sensitivity upon pressing the pattern layer can be enhanced, since the pattern layer does not get in the way between the finger and the sensing unit. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267287 | TOUCH SENSE USING TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY - A touch panel or screen has a serpentine transmission line fabricated on a substrate, e.g., printed circuit board, LCD, plasma or LED screen, etc., and has a constant impedance. A touch to the touch panel will cause a change of impedance of the transmission line at the location of the touch. Time domain reflectometry (TDR) is used for determining the location of the change of impedance of the transmission line by accurately measuring the return pulse time at the source of the initial pulse, and then converting the return pulse time to X-Y coordinates of the touch panel or screen. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267288 | Touch screen panel and method for manufacturing thereof - A method for manufacturing a touch screen panel includes reinforcing a glass substrate, the glass substrate to be formed with a plurality of touch screen panels in unit cells, reinforcing the glass substrate including forming a reinforcing layer on an upper and a lower side of the glass substrate by performing a reinforcement treatment on a whole surface of the glass substrate, cutting the reinforced glass substrate in each unit cell, removing a part of the reinforcing layer formed in the upper and the lower side of the glass substrate adjacent to a cut cross section, performing a chemical HF treatment on a cross section of the glass substrate corresponding to the cut cross section and exposing the glass substrate by partially removing the reinforcing layer, and forming a touch screen panel per region of the unit cells, respectively. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267289 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen panel having a simple structure, in which the touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate having a touch active region and a touch inactive region disposed in an edge portion of the touch active region; sensing patterns formed in the touch active region of the transparent substrate, and including: first sensing cells connected along a first direction by first connecting patterns, and second sensing cells connected along a second direction by second connecting patterns; an edge pattern layer formed in a side of the transparent substrate having the sensing patterns; and an insulating layer disposed between the first connecting patterns and the second connecting patterns, wherein the insulating layer is disposed where the first connecting patterns intersect the second connecting patterns, and wherein the insulating layer is made of a same material as a material of the edge pattern layer. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267290 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen panel having a simple structure, the touch screen panel including: a transparent substrate having a touch active region, and a touch inactive region disposed at an edge portion of the touch active region; sensing patterns formed in the touch active region of the transparent substrate, the sensing patterns including: first sensing cells connected in a first direction by first connecting patterns and second sensing cells connected in a second direction by second connecting patterns; a black matrix formed in the touch inactive region of the transparent substrate; a first insulating layer disposed between the first connecting patterns and the second connecting patterns at locations where the first connecting patterns intersect with the second connecting patterns, and a second insulating layer formed to cover the black matrix in the touch inactive region, in which the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are made of a same material in a same layer. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267291 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are discussed. The method according to an embodiment includes displaying a menu image including at least one selectable object on a display, displaying the menu image or the at least one object on a touch screen of a remote controller, and performing an operation corresponding to a touch pattern on the at least one object displayed on the touch screen. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267292 | METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY OPERATING MULTIPLE POINTERS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS - A method for simultaneously operating multiple pointers on an electromagnetic position detection apparatus is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First of all, at least one pointer is provided on the electromagnetic detecting apparatus. Next a scanning process is performed to determine whether a first pointer is recognized. Then if the first pointer is recognized, an electromagnetic power with frequency A is emitted and an electromagnetic signal of the first pointer is received. Next the coordinate of the first pointer is calculated. Next a scanning process is performed to determine whether a second pointer is recognized. Then if the second pointer is recognized, an electromagnetic power with frequency B is emitted and an electromagnetic signal of the second pointer is received. Finally, the coordinate of the second pointer is calculated and the above mentioned steps are repeated. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267293 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTIONS, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display apparatus with a substrate having a long side and a short side, a plurality of driving electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the long side of the substrate, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the short side of the substrate, a control unit electrically coupled to each of the plurality of driving electrodes and which sequentially drives the plurality of driving electrodes, and a detection unit electrically coupled to each of the touch detection electrodes. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267294 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK FOR USER - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for providing tactile feedback in response to a user input. Force sensing information associated with force to an input surface by an input object and detected by the force sensor is obtained and a tactile output actuator is controlled to produce tactile output imitating physical sensation associated with displacement of the input surface on the basis of the force sensing information. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267295 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION, DRIVE CIRCUIT, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display device includes: a plurality of drive electrodes; a plurality of detection electrodes intersecting the plurality of drive electrodes; and a scan driving unit performing a first scan drive and a second scan drive. The first scan drive allows a display drive signal for driving the display elements to be applied to each of the plurality of common drive electrodes, and the second scan drive allows a touch detection drive signal for detecting an external proximity object to be applied to each of the plurality of common drive electrodes. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267296 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, ELECTRONIC UNIT, AND TOUCH DETECTION CIRCUIT - A touch detection device includes: a plurality of drive electrodes; a plurality of detection electrodes intersecting the plurality of drive electrodes, and each outputting, in response to driving of each of the drive electrodes, a series of detection signals; a signal correction section determining a reference based on the detection signals, and subtracting the determined reference from each of the detection signals; and a detecting section detecting an external proximity object based on corrected detection signals provided from the signal correction section. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267297 | SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THE SAME - It is an object to provide a semiconductor display device having a touch panel, which can reduce power consumption. The semiconductor display device includes a panel which is provided with a pixel portion and a driver circuit which controls an input of the image signal to the pixel portion, and a touch panel provided in a position overlapping with the panel in the pixel portion. The pixel portion includes a display element configured to perform display in accordance with voltage of the image signal to be input, and a transistor configured to control retention of the voltage. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region. The driving frequency of the driver circuit, that is, the number of writing operations of the image signal for a certain period is changed in accordance with an operation signal from a touch panel. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267298 | FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND INTEGRATABLE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A fingerprint sensor which includes a conductive layer which is incorporatable within an electronic display is disclosed. The fingerprint sensor also includes a controller coupled to the conductive layer to capture a fingerprint image and can further be adapted to control the display. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110267299 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTROL PROGRAM AND CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal pertaining to the present invention comprises: a touchpad having a plurality of areas; an illumination unit that illuminates the touchpad in lit state, and does not illuminate the touchpad in unlit state; and a control unit that detects contact made to the areas of the touchpad, performs a first judgment when detecting contact made to at least one of the areas of the touchpad while the illumination unit is unlit, the first judgment being a judgment of whether the number of areas of the touchpad to which the contact during the unlit state has been made equals or exceeds a predetermined number within a first interval from the detection of the contact, and turns the illumination unit on when the result of the first judgment is negative and does not turn the illumination unit on when the result of the first judgment is positive. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110273375 | DEAD-FRONT USER INTERFACE - A capacitive touch switch is disclosed which includes a transparent insulating panel, a filtering layer having an opaque color, a transparent icon being defined in the filtering layer, a transparent substrate including a capacitive electrode, the transparent substrate being tinted to substantially match the opaque color of the filtering layer, and a light source configured to transmit light through the transparent substrate, the transparent icon, and the transparent insulating panel when energized. A user interface and a method of manufacturing a capacitive touch switch are also disclosed. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273376 | Stylus Devices Having Variable Electrical Characteristics for Capacitive Touchscreens - Disclosed are devices and methods of stylus devices that when in contact with a capacitive touchscreen and a grounding element, can vary the signal level detected on a capacitive touchscreen to create a more realistic writing experience. Disclosed are elements of a touchscreen stylus, which individually or in combination, can enable a touchscreen stylus to have at least one electrical characteristic that is variable. In this way the resistive link between the touchscreen and a grounding element can be varied to enable features such as a capability to vary the width of line being drawn, to vary a region of influence on the touchscreen and/or to vary a temperament of action. The elements of a disclosed stylus can include at least one mechanical feature to provide at least one electrical characteristic that is variable and/or at least one material in an arrangement to provide at least one electrical characteristic that is variable. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273377 | BACKLIGHT FOR A DISPLAY - Systems and devices are provided for using an organic light emitting diode (OLED) as a backlight for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. In one embodiment, an OLED backlight may include one or more OLED elements disposed between two substrates. The OLED backlight may be optically bonded to the back of an LCD, and may further be electrically connected with the LCD active matrix. In one embodiment, information transmitted to selected pixels of the LCD active matrix may also be used by elements of the OLED backlight which are electrically connected to the selected LCD pixels. For example, the OLED backlight may respond to grayscale information transmitted to selected LCD pixels by emitting a corresponding intensity of light. In some embodiments, the LCD device may include other functions, such as touch sensing capabilities, which may be integrated with the LCD and OLED backlight. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273378 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSING CAPABILITY AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - The present invention relates to electronic devices such as mobile devices, and methods of operating such devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the electronic device includes first and second temperature sensors positioned at different respective locations on the electronic device and at least one processing device. The first and second temperature sensors respectively output first and second signals indicative of the respective temperatures experienced at those respective sensors. The at least one processing device (i) receives the first and second signals respectively from the first and second temperature sensors respectively and generates based thereon an indication of a difference or a relationship between the first and second temperatures, and (ii) determines an operational context of the electronic device based at least in part upon the difference. In an additional embodiment, other sensor information from one or more other sensors is taken into account in determining the operational context. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273379 | DIRECTIONAL PAD ON TOUCHSCREEN - A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs is disclosed. The method includes receiving sliding motion by a user on a touchscreen of a computing device, identifying a direction for the sliding motion; associating the direction for the sliding motion with one of a plurality of directions for a directional pad, and providing information about the associated one of the plurality of directions to an application that is executing on the computing device. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273380 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a received gesture on a touch-sensitive display, comparing the received gesture to a predefined gesture, if an option to provide gesture feedback is enabled, providing gesture feedback comprising rendering a representation of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273381 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A handheld electronic communication device including a body including an input device facing a first direction, and a display device coupled to the body. The display device has a first display screen and a second display screen. The second display screen faces an opposite direction as the first display screen. The display device is rotatable between a first position in which the first display screen faces the first direction, and a second position in which the second display screen faces the first direction. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273382 | TOUCH SCREEN HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen having an antenna, including: a first substrate that includes a first electrode pattern formed in an active region and a first electrode wiring formed in an inactive region disposed outside the active region and connected to the first electrode pattern; a second substrate that includes a second electrode pattern opposite to the first electrode pattern and a second electrode wiring connected to the second electrode pattern; a spacer that is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate to space the first electrode pattern from the second electrode pattern; and an antenna pattern that is formed in the inactive region. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273383 | Curved touch screen panel and method of manufacturing the same - A touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same, the touch screen panel including a curved substrate; sensing patterns on at least one surface of the curved substrate; and an insulating layer covering the sensing patterns. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273384 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ANTENNA LOOP LAYOUT - An electromagnetic antenna loop layout for use with an electromagnetic input apparatus is disclosed. The electromagnetic antenna loop layout comprises a plurality of electromagnetic antenna loops in parallel in each other, wherein each electromagnetic antenna loop has a first terminal connecting to a switch, and at least two adjacent electromagnetic antenna loops has a second terminal connecting to a common end (COM). | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273385 | Sensing Structure and Method of Touch Spot of Resistive Touch Panel - A sensing structure and method for a touch spot of a resistive touch panel, includes a first conducting layer, with a frame of the first conducting layer defined as an X-axis, a plurality of parallel first resistance detecting lines designed towards Y-axis; and a second conducting layer coincident with the first conductive layer, and a plurality of second resistance detecting lines with certain slope angles on the second conducting layer. The plural second resistance detecting lines intersect plural first resistance detecting lines to form interlacing and fixed blocks. In response to a screen touch, the position of the Y-axis of the second resistance detecting line is used in a triangulation calculation. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273386 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch panel and a method for fabricating the same are presented. The method includes the following steps. A glass substrate is strengthened through a chemical method. The glass substrate includes alkali oxide. An indium tin oxide (ITO) layer is formed below the glass substrate. A sensing circuit, a driving circuit, and an interconnection circuit therebetween are formed in the ITO layer. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When a user makes a touch input, a touch detector receives touch inputs from two touch panels and measures the coordinates of the touch inputs. The touch detector discriminates a detection mode. When the mode is an individual detection mode, the touch detector converts the coordinates of the touch input in the coordinate system of each display panel to coordinates in the coordinate system of the corresponding display panel, and stores touch history data in a storage unit. When the mode is a combined detection mode, the touch detector converts the coordinates of the touch input in the coordinate system of one display panel to coordinates in the coordinate system of the display panel, and to coordinates in the coordinate system of the other display panel to integrate the coordinate systems into the coordinate system of a single display panel, and stores touch history data in the storage unit. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273388 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING GESTURE-BASED INPUT IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for receiving a user's gesture-based input and apparatus of a mobile device is provided. The method and apparatus halts an input function by a particular mode that is executed when a present event occurs on the mobile device, creates a new input area, allows for a user's gesture-based input, and controls the function of the mobile device according to the user's gesture. The method includes: sensing an event that occurs while the mobile device is operating in a particular mode; and creating a new input area for receiving a user's gesture-based input and providing it. When the event occurs, the input function with respect to data of the particular mode is halted. The new input area is provided as a fog screen having a fog effect. The functions of the mobile device are controlled according to a user's gestures that are performed on the fog screen. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273389 | COORDINATE INPUT DISPLAY APPARATUS - A coordinate input display apparatus is provided in which a reference output of a pressure detection sensor under a non-pressed state is adjusted so as to fall within a predetermined range, and pressed position detection accuracy is improved. The coordinate input display apparatus that includes a plurality of pressure detection sensors and detects a pressed position on a front surface of the apparatus on the basis of a pressure applied to the pressure detection sensors includes: a pressure detection panel in which the pressure detection sensor is disposed; a pressing force transmission unit that is in contact with the pressure detection sensor; and an adjusting screw that adjusts a pressure applied between the pressure detection panel and the pressing force transfer unit. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273390 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a semiconductor device in which a thin film transistor and a thin film diode are provided on one same substrate, and the characteristics respectively required for the thin film transistor and the thin film diode are achieved. Specifically disclosed is a semiconductor device that includes an insulating layer ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273391 | TOUCH LOCATION DETECTING PANEL HAVING A SIMPLE LAYER STRUCTURE - A touch location detecting panel and, more particularly, a touch location detecting panel having a plurality of sensing areas arranged two-dimensionally. The touch location detecting panel has on a surface at one side of a single film, a plurality of sensing areas arranged two-dimensionally. Each of the sensing areas includes a plurality of partitioned areas electrically isolated from each other, and the partitioned areas are respectively connected to separate channels of circuit for detecting a user's touch on each of the partitioned areas. Accordingly, durability and productivity of the touch location detecting panel can be improved by simplifying the panel structure. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110273392 | DEVICES AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING MANIPULATION OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS ON A MULTI-CONTACT TACTILE SCREEN - A device configured to acquire tactile information, including a transparent tactile matrix sensor; a display device; a measurement unit configured to simultaneously measure a first position of a first finger and a second position of a second finger that are placed on the transparent tactile matrix sensor; a graphical processing unit configured to generate a first and a second cursor that are associated with the first and second position, respectively; and a processor configured to execute an application that associates the first and second cursors with a graphical object that is displayed on the display device, to interact with the graphical object. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110279379 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ON-TOP WRITING - A handwriting recognition apparatus facilitates user entry of strokes one on top of another. The apparatus, which includes a processor and a display integrated with a touch sensitive screen, receives a series of strokes via the screen. Each stroke is defined by contact, trace, and lift occurrences. Each stroke appears on the display until occurrence of a prescribed event, and then disappears. The apparatus accumulates strokes into a buffer and interprets all accumulated strokes collectively against a character database and optionally a linguistic database, to identify multiple candidate strings that could be represented by the accumulated strokes. The apparatus displays candidate strings for user selection after all strokes have faded, or after receiving a user submitted delimiter, or after a given delay has elapsed following user entry of the latest stroke. Alternatively, candidate strings are displayed after each stroke without waiting for timeout or explicit delimiter. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279380 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method includes detecting, at a first time, a first touch associated with a first touch value that meets one of a first touch threshold and a second touch threshold, detecting, at a second time, a second touch associated with a second touch value that meets one of the first touch threshold and the second touch threshold, providing first tactile feedback at the first time, and providing second tactile feedback at the second time when the time period between the first time and the second time meets a time threshold. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279381 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, determining when a touch value associated with the touch meets a first touch threshold, determining a first period of time between detecting the touch and when the touch value meets the first touch threshold, and providing a first tactile feedback when the first period of time is meets a first time threshold. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279382 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device having a touch-sensitive display includes determining a first value representative of force applied by an actuator to a touch-sensitive input device of an electronic device, controlling the actuator to modulate the force on the touch-sensitive input device for providing tactile feedback, determining a second value representative of force applied by the actuator to the touch-sensitive input device, and adjusting control of the actuator to adjust a subsequent force applied by the actuator based on a difference between the first value and the second value. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279383 | Touch Screen Shield - A shield that is attachable to a touch sensitive screen is disclosed. The shield may be attached to the touch sensitive screen only at its outer peripheral portion. An air gap is enclosed between the shield and the touch sensitive screen to form a planar air bearing. The shield preferably does not touch the active area of the touch sensitive screen when the user is not touching the shield but only viewing the touch sensitive screen through the shield. This mitigates unwanted optical artifacts such as trapped air bubbles, Newton rings and chromatic interference while maintaining the sensitivity of the touch sensitive screen. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279384 | Automatic Derivation of Analogous Touch Gestures From A User-Defined Gesture - Embodiments enable a mobile device to execute an action analogous to a user-defined action in response to receipt of a gesture analogous to a user-defined gesture. In an embodiment, a method automatically interprets touch gestures on a mobile device. In the method, a user input is received that defines a first touch gesture to initiate a first action on an application of the mobile device. A second touch gesture is received on a touch screen of the mobile device. The second touch gesture is similar, but not identical, to the first touch gesture, and has a different orientation, size or position from the first touch gesture. In response to receipt of the second touch gesture, a second action is determined on the application of the mobile device according to a difference between the first and second touch gestures in orientation, size or position on the screen of the mobile device. Finally, the second action is initiated. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279385 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC READING APPARATUS WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - The present invention relates to a touch display apparatus, which is including a display unit and a touch unit installed under the display unit. The display unit includes a first substrate and a second substrate installed in parallel. The touch unit includes a third substrate installed under the second substrate in parallel, and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes separately installed on the lower surface of the second substrate and on the upper surface of the third substrate and facing each other. When a user touches the display unit of the electronic reading apparatus, the display unit will have a local deformation accordingly, the first electrode and the second electrode touch each other, and thus a touch signal is generated. Therefore, a touch function can be achieved. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279386 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH POINTS ON TOUCH PANEL AND SYSTEM THEREOF - The present invention discloses a method for determining touch points on a touch panel and a system thereof. The method includes the following steps: sampling, calculating a difference, comparing the difference, sampling a determinative area, and calculating a barycenter. The barycenter position from the said steps is a touch point position. The present invention can overcome the problem of the ghost point in traditional touch panels and also be applicable for touch panels of various types. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279387 | Transperent Conductive Substrate and Method of Manufacturing the same Touch Screen Using the Same - Disclosed herein are a transparent conductive substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch screen using the same. The transparent conductive substrate includes a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode that is formed and patterned on the transparent substrate, and a primer that is formed between the transparent substrate and the transparent electrode and is patterned to have a pattern corresponding to the transparent electrode. The transparent electrode is easily patterned by previously patterning the primer to correspond to the transparent electrode and residues do not remain on the transparent substrate. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279388 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes displaying an object list including one or more objects on a display module of the mobile terminal, detecting a first enlarge command from a first area of the display module where a particular object from the object list is displayed, the area indicating a targeted region within a predetermined distance from the particular object, wherein the first enlarge command corresponds to first positioning at least two touch points on the display module and then increasing a distance between the at least two touch points, and activating the particular object from the object list in response to the first enlarge command. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279389 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a first display controller that causes a screen to display a first image, a second display controller that causes the screen to display a second image, a trail obtaining unit that obtains a trail, a status obtaining unit that obtains a status of an operation member, a first update unit that updates the first image, an image obtaining unit that obtains a screen image, a first switching controller that performs, if a trail is obtained, control to switch the display on the screen to display of the second image, a second update unit that updates, if a trail is obtained, the second image to an image obtained by drawing a trail image, a second switching controller that performs control to switch the display on the screen to display of the first image, and a unit that causes a memory to store the second image. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279390 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel in which an occurrence of a scratch at intersections of coupling patterns respectively coupling first sensing cells and second sensing cells to each other in a first direction and in a second direction is prevented. The touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, sensing patterns formed on a surface of the transparent substrate. The sensing patterns include first sensing cells disposed along a first direction, second sensing cells disposed between the first sensing cells along a second direction intersecting the first direction, first coupling patterns coupling the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, second coupling patterns coupling the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction, and an insulating layer disposed between the first coupling patterns and the second coupling patterns at intersections of the first coupling patterns and the second coupling patterns. The insulating layer includes a concave part formed below the second coupling patterns in an area where the first coupling patterns and the second coupling patterns intersect and a protruding part positioned around the concave part so as to have a height higher than the concave part. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279391 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A vehicle-mounted device includes a storage device, an external input unit, a speaker, an image display unit, a touch panel, a control unit, a DVD/CD drive, a GPS, a vehicle speed sensor, and a gyroscope. The touch panel includes a finger rest area to reduce erroneous operation by a finger or hand of an operator due to vibration of the vehicle or other causes, and perform input intended by the operator even under a vehicle-mounted environment. The operator contacts the finger on the rest area thereby stabilizing his/her inputting hand while contacting the touch panel. As a result, erroneous input can be reduced, and input desired by the operator can be easily performed. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279392 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - To provide a control unit including a touch panel display capable of presenting preview display of multiple pages of document images on the display panel, the touch panel display includes: a binding position indicating controller; a binding process preview displaying controller that displays preview images of recording paper bound at the specified position; a paper binding position-linked scrolling display switching controller that, when the binding position in the printed paper is modified, switches the direction of scrolling preview display so as to be suited to the recording paper bound at the modified binding position. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY UNIT OF A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of controlling a display unit of a portable terminal includes receiving a signal corresponding to a user gesture from a touch sensor unit located in a peripheral area of the display unit; and activating or deactivating at least part of the display unit according to the signal received from the touch sensor unit. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279394 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL STRUCTURE OF MOBILE DEVICE - A Touch Screen Panel (TSP) structure of a mobile device is provided. The TSP structure includes a TSP and a Light Emitting Diode (LED). The TSP includes a transparent substrate and at least one indium tin oxide (ITO) film stacked on the transparent substrate. The transparent substrate includes an icon display source formed on a lower surface thereof. The ITO film has an electrode line formed on a lower surface or an upper surface thereof. The LED is located near a lateral side of the transparent substrate. In the TSP structure, the icon display source scatters the light of the LED and thereby allowing an icon to be displayed on a screen with reduced electric power. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279395 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device is disclosed. An input device comprises a display unit, an input unit, a load detection unit and a control unit. The display unit is configured to display an object of a folder with a hierarchical structure. The load detection unit is configured to detect a pressing load with respect to the input unit corresponding to the location of the object of the folder that is displayed on the display unit. The control unit opens and closes folders based on a change in the pressing load. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279396 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND INTERPRETING PATH OF DESIGNATED POSITION - A method of detecting and interpreting a path of designated positions is disclosed. The method concurrently detects a plurality of designated positions on a touch panel, again detects the plurality of designated positions subsequent to a travel of the designated positions, determines the distances between each of the current designated positions and the respective immediately preceding designated positions, treats an immediately preceding designated position, closest to the current designated position of interest, as the immediately preceding designated position of the current designated position of interest, and acquires the path of each designated position, thereby recognizing the'paths of the plurality of designated positions that move concurrently. A combination of the paths of the plurality of designated positions is interpreted to identify a designation input by a user, and an operation thus designated is executed. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110279397 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING THE OBJECT'S BEHAVIOR - A monitoring unit is presented for use in monitoring a behavior of at least a part of a physical object. The monitoring unit comprises: a data input module configured for receiving measured data indicative of a behavior of at least a part of the physical object in a certain coordinate system associated with a predetermined sensing surface; and a digital signal processor configured and operable to be responsive to said measured data for transforming the measured data into an approximate representation of said at least portion of the physical object into a virtual coordinate system such that the transformation maintains a positional relationship between virtual points and corresponding portions within said at least part of the physical object. This technique enables further formatting of said approximate representation into a predetermined data input format of a certain electronic device. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110285636 | TOUCH SCREEN WITH VIRTUAL JOYSTICK AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - Joystick display data is generated for display on a touch screen of an electronic device. The joystick display data creates a visual representation of a virtual joystick when displayed on the touch screen. Touch data from the touch screen is processed to determine when the touch data indicates user interaction with the virtual joystick. When the touch data indicates user interaction with the virtual joystick, the joystick display data is adjusted to reflect the user interaction with the virtual joystick, based on the touch data, and joystick data is generated based on the user interaction with the virtual joystick. The display of at least one other element on the touch screen can be adjusted based on the joystick data. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285637 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus for a user interface of an electronic device, the apparatus comprising a textured surface having a predetermined roughness, the textured surface configured to produce a first predefined vibration in the skin of a user of the apparatus on physical interaction with the skin of the user, wherein the roughness of the textured surface is configured such that the first predefined vibration produced by the physical interaction has a frequency and/or amplitude which is detectable by a specific mechanical receptor in the skin of the user. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285638 | Computing Device Notes - Computing device note techniques are described. In implementations, an input is recognized as selecting at least one object displayed in a user interface by a display device of a computing device. Responsive to the recognition, an indication is displayed on the display device that is selectable. Responsive to selection of the indication, a portion is displayed by the computing device that is configured to accept one or more inputs as a note to be associated with the at least one object. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285639 | Computing Device Writing Implement Techniques - Computing device writing implement techniques are described. In implementations, a user interface is output that includes representations of writing implements, one or more of the representations being associated with characteristics of the corresponding writing implement to be applied to lines detected as being drawn using touchscreen functionality of the computing device; and lines detected as being erased using touchscreen functionality of the computing device. Responsive to a selection of at least one of the representations, the corresponding characteristics are applied to at least one input received via the touchscreen functionality. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285640 | ELECTRIC FIELD SHIELDING FOR IN-CELL TOUCH TYPE THIN-FILM-TRANSISTOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - Displays such as liquid crystal displays may be used in electronic devices. During operation of a display, electrostatic charges on the surface of the display may give rise to electric fields. One or more electric field shielding layers may be provided in the display to prevent the electric fields from disrupting operation of the liquid crystals material in the display. The shielding layers may be formed at a location in the stack of layers that make up the display that is above the liquid crystal material of the display. Touch sensors and thin film transistors may be located below the shielding layer. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285641 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE - A touch-sensing display panel and a touch-sensing color filter substrate are provided. The touch-sensing display panel includes an array substrate, the touch-sensing color filter substrate, and a display medium. The touch-sensing color filter substrate is disposed above the array substrate. The display medium is arranged between the array substrate and the touch-sensing color filter substrate. The touch-sensing color filter substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of color filter films, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer. The substrate has an outer surface and an inner surface opposite to the outer surface. The color filter films are disposed on the inner surface. The first electrode layer is disposed between the substrate and the color filter films. The second electrode layer is disposed on the outer surface. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285642 | Touch Screen - Disclosed herein is a touch screen that includes: a first touch screen part that is positioned on an upper part of a display to detect external contact of an input device and compute absolute coordinate information of a contact point and includes two substrates having electrodes patterns that are spaced by a spacer and face each other; and a second touch screen part that is connected with the first touch screen part to measure the change in capacitance by the external contact of the input device and compute vector coordinate information of the input device. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285643 | OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical touch display device includes a display unit and at least one light sensing module. The display unit includes a first substrate and a display layer. The first substrate has a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The display layer is disposed on the display area of the first substrate. The light sensing module is disposed on an upper surface of the non-display area of the first substrate. A side surface of the light sensing module has a light sensing window, and at least a portion of the light sensing window is adapted to receive light above the display unit. The optical touch display device has a thin thickness. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285644 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - An electronic device includes a display unit and a touch panel. The display unit includes at least two display areas, wherein each of the display areas has a unique operation frequency. The touch panel is installed in front of the display unit and includes at least two touch areas corresponding to the display areas, each of the touch areas is scanned with a unique scan frequency corresponding to the unique operation frequency of the corresponding display area. Through partition design for the GUI, the electronic device can respectively scan the touch areas, which replace the existing scanning method to scan the whole touch panel, and it is more efficient. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285645 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal in which a touch input is automatically recognized as a touch by a user's grip on a display unit having a touch screen when a partial region of the display unit is touched by the user's grip, and a control method thereof are discussed. The control method of a mobile terminal includes generating, by the mobile terminal, a first signal corresponding to a first touch input on a display region of a display unit of the mobile terminal, calculating, by the mobile terminal, a first coordinate value corresponding to the generated first signal, determining, by the mobile terminal, whether or not the first coordinate value is located within a first preset region of the display region, and reconfiguring, by the mobile terminal, the display region of the display unit based on the calculated first coordinate value when the calculated first coordinate value is determined to be located within the first preset region. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285646 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PAD - An electronic device includes a transparent touch pad, a switch module, a CPU, a touch control module, and a display control module. The switch module is configured to enable or disable the touch pad in response to user operations, and generate an operation signal. The operation signal is an enabling signal or a disabling signal. The CPU generates a control signal and a display signal upon receiving the enabling signal or the disabling signal from the switch module. The touch control module enables or disables the touch pad corresponding to the control signal, and the display control module controls to divide a display area into a first display area and a second display area to display content or recombine the first display area and second display area together and display the non-operable interface. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285647 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first main unit having a surface thereof provided with a display panel, a second main unit having a surface thereof provided with another display panel, a hinge mechanism coupling the first and second main units, and two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to a center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second main units. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285648 | USE OF FINGERPRINT SCANNING SENSOR DATA TO DETECT FINGER ROLL AND PITCH ANGLES - A method for detecting roll angles of a finger in contact with a fingerprint scanning sensor is described. The method includes obtaining spatial measurement data of a measurable contact area from a touch surface of a fingerprint scanning sensor, using an algorithm to create at least two statistical quantities from this spatial measurement data, using the statistical quantities to generate at least one measurement of a finger roll angle with respect to a reference position, and providing the roll angle measurement for external uses. This method can also be used to detect pitch angles of a finger contacting a fingerprint scanning sensor. The roll and pitch angles are calculated in real time and used for controlling applications on electronic devices such as computers and mobile phones. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285649 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Information display devices, methods, and programs display an image on a display screen. The devices, methods, and programs determine the number of fingers pressing the display screen, detect a pressed coordinate position pressed by at least one of the fingers pressing the display screen, and detect a movement direction and a movement speed of the detected pressed coordinate position just before the at least one finger terminates the pressing of the display screen. The devices, methods, and programs set a scroll speed of the displayed image based on the detected movement direction, the detected movement speed, and the determined number of fingers, and scroll the displayed image based on the set scroll speed. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285650 | Apparatus for recording and reproducing plural types of information, method and recording medium for controlling same - Various processes effectively execute updating of related information that is correlated to user selected information. For example, when a selected screen is touched by a pen or the like while an image corresponding to the selected image data is displayed on the screen, existing line drawing data (for example, a first character string) that is correlated to the image data and stored is displayed on the screen. In this instance, if new line drawing data (for example, a second character string) is input using the pen or the like, the new line drawing data is added to the existing line drawing data, and is correlated to the image data being displayed and stored. Different sound data can be correlated to selected image data. Different memo data also can be correlated user selected sound data. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285651 | Multidirectional button, key, and keyboard - A multidirectional button for use in a user interface of a computing device ( | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285652 | BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit rotatably coupled to each other by a hinge mechanism. The first unit is provided with two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to the center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second units. The second unit includes a power button that is superposed on one of the two operation buttons when the first and second screens are superposed on each other. One of the two operation buttons is used to display a keyboard image which permits an input operation through a touch panel. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285653 | Information Processing Apparatus and Input Method - According to one embodiment, a key select module selects one of a plurality of virtual keys as an input key candidate when the one of the virtual keys is touched, and changes the input key candidate to another virtual key in accordance with a movement of a touch position on a touch-screen display. The output module outputs code data associated with the virtual key which is selected as the input key candidate, when a touch state of the touch-screen display is released in a state in which the input key candidate is selected. The vibration control module causes the vibrator to vibrate with a first vibration pattern when the one of the virtual keys is touched, and causes the vibrator to vibrate with a second vibration pattern when the touch state of the touch-screen display is released in a state in which the input key candidate is selected. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285654 | ADAPTIVE DIGITAL FILTERING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM - An adaptive digital filtering method and apparatus for touch data in a touch system is described. Adaptive digital filtering involves estimating a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for stored touch data, and reducing a digital filter order if the SNR is high and increasing the digital filter order if the SNR is small. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285655 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A non-adhering portion where an adhesion layer is removed is provided on a lower surface of a display sheet directly above a connection portion. Even if bulges or recesses occur at the connection portion on an upper substrate owing to fluctuations or differences in thickness when adhering and connecting a wiring board, no bulge or recess occurs on the display sheet. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a touch panel which is easy to see and operate. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285656 | Sliding Motion To Change Computer Keys - The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a computer-implemented touch screen user interface method that includes displaying a plurality of keys of a virtual keyboard on a touch screen computer interface, wherein the keys each include initial labels and a first key has multi-modal input capability that include a first mode in which the key is tapped and a second mode in which the key is slid across. The method further includes identifying an occurrence of sliding motion in a first direction by a user on the touch screen and over the first key. The method further includes determining modified key labels for at least some of the plurality of keys. The method further includes displaying the plurality of keys with the modified labels in response to identifying the occurrence of sliding motion on the touch screen and over the first key. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285657 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE - A display input device includes a control unit for correcting horizontal coordinates of an object to be detected on an xy coordinate plane extending on a touch panel | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285658 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided are a portable information processing device having a touch panel, and an information processing method and a program in the information processing device for enabling a user manipulation to be simpler and more intuitive than in a related art and large screen displayed content to be directly manipulated by the portable information processing device. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110285659 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device is disclosed. An input device comprises a display unit, an input unit, a load detection unit and a control unit. The display unit displays an object of a folder with a hierarchical structure. The input unit receives pressing inputs with respect to the display unit. The load detection unit detects a pressing load with respect to the input unit. The control unit opens and closes folders based on a change in the pressing load. | 11-24-2011 |
| 20110291943 | TOUCH INTERFACE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY CONTROL - An electronic device includes a first touch panel disposed on a first side of the device. The first touch panel receives a first touch input. The electronic device further includes a display disposed on the first side of the device, and a touch interface disposed on a second side of the device, where the second side is different than the first side. The touch interface receives a second touch input. A control unit receives an indication of the first touch input from the first touch panel and receives an indication of the second touch input from the touch interface. The control unit further determines alterations to a three dimensional view of the display in the x, y and/or z directions based on the first touch input, and rotates the three dimensional view on the display angularly in accordance with movement of the second touch input. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291944 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED TOUCH SCREEN RESPONSE - This document discloses examples of systems, methods, and articles of manufacture that may provide one or more advantages relating to determining which touch on a touch screen is intended and which touch or touches are inadvertent. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291945 | User Interface with Z-Axis Interaction - A user interface presents a plurality of items configured as a stack in a display of a device. The stack is scrollable in a direction oblique to a plane of the display for successively viewing the items in the stack. Some implementations provide for control of the user interface based on input from a finger position sensor or a slider. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291946 | TOUCHPAD INTERACTION - Techniques utilizing a rear-facing touch panel are described for implementing user interfaces in a handheld device. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291947 | Touch-Sensitive Display - An electronic device is described comprising a touch-sensitive display movable, relative to a base, between a first position and a second position. The electronic device includes a deflector that moves the touch-sensitive display at least laterally to the second position when the touch sensitive display is depressed. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291948 | Systems and Methods for Determining Intentional Touch Screen Contact - A device configured to distinguish between intentional and inadvertent input is provided. Input may be in the form of touch screen or on-screen keyboard input. Such input is examined such that a device may ignore unintentional and resting contact while reacting only to purposeful contact. The characteristics of unintentional and resting device contact are ascertained and differentiated from the contact characteristics of intentional device input. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291949 | PALMTOP ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - A palmtop electronic product includes a casing having opposite first and second sides. A screen is mounted to the first side of the casing. A first input unit is mounted to the second side of the casing. A control unit is mounted in the casing and electrically connected to the screen and the first input unit. The first input unit can be pressed or touched by a user, and the control unit generates an input signal when the first input unit is pressed or touched by the user. The input signal is processed by the control unit, and the processing result of the input signal being displayed on the screen. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291950 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a first touch at a first location and a second touch at a second location on a touch-sensitive display, determining a first force value and a second force value based on measured force values at force sensors, force sensor locations, and the first and second locations, determining a third force value based on the measured force values at force sensors, the force sensor locations, and the first and second locations, and pairing coordinate values of the first touch and the second touch based on the first force value, the second force value, and the third force value. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291951 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a first touch at a first location and a second touch at a second location on a touch-sensitive display, determining a first force value by a first sensor and a second force value by a second sensor, wherein the first force value and the second force value are determined at a time when the first touch and the second touch are both detected, and determining a first applied force value for the first touch and a second applied force value for the second touch based on the first force value and the second force value and based on the first location and the second location. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291952 | USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, method and computer program are provided. The method comprises: controlling a touch sensitive display, while a user digit is detected hovering a distance from the touch sensitive display, to display a transient indication of first content for pasting, wherein if the user subsequently moves the user digit away from the touch sensitive display such that the user digit is no longer detected, the transient indication of the first content for pasting is removed from display on the touch sensitive display. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291953 | ROBOT DEVICE AND PLATFORM FOR SOCIAL NETWORKING - A small microcontroller based robotic toy includes various rich features on its small footprint. User input sensing includes a smooth scrolling enabled resistive or capacitive touch sensing pad primarily for child-friendly menu navigation. Pressure activated squeeze areas of the robot surface facilitate exchange of special gifts and emoticons through a network. Additionally, the robotic toy allows a user to experience a multimodal engagement visually via a miniature OLED graphics display, audibly by an embedded audio system for producing sounds and through haptics using a vibrotactile effects generator. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291954 | PROVIDING NON-VISUAL FEEDBACK FOR NON-PHYSICAL CONTROLS - Techniques are described herein to assist users to operate non-physical controls in situations where the users are unable to visually locate the controls. According to one embodiment, the device containing the non-physical controls is designed to give non-visual feedback to the user based, at least on part, on the distance between (a) the current position of user input, and (b) the location of the non-physical control. At least one characteristic of the non-visual feedback changes as that distance changes. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291955 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing, at least two elastic latching members, an inner frame received in the housing, and at least two fixing members. The housing defines at least two locking portions, the inner frame defines at least two fixing portions, the at least two elastic latching members are fixed to the corresponding fixing portions by the fixing members, and each of the elastic latching members protrudes from the corresponding fixing portion and is latched with the corresponding locking portions. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291956 | HIERARCHICAL TOUCHPAD INTERACTION - Techniques utilizing a hierarchically-arranged touchpad in conjunction with different types of user interfaces are described. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291957 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD - A touch-type transparent keyboard is for use with an electronic device. The touch-type transparent keyboard includes a touch screen, a control module electrically connecting to the touch screen, a transparent plate and a writing pad. The transparent plate includes a number of key icons and a driver circuit electrically connecting the key icons to the control module. The writing pad and the touch screen are disposed on the transparent plate; the writing pad electrically connects to the control module. The control module triggers the driver circuit to illuminate, the key icons that are displayed through the touch screen. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291958 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD - A touch-type transparent keyboard is for use with an electronic device. The touch-type transparent keyboard includes a touch screen, a transparent plate, a keyboard layer. The transparent plate includes a lens. The keyboard layer is disposed between the touch screen and the transparent plate. The lens facilitates people with poor eyesight to be able to read the text. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291959 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD - A touch-type transparent keyboard is for use with an electronic device. The touch-type transparent keyboard includes a touch screen, a control module, and a transparent plate. The control module is electrically connected to the touch screen. The transparent plate includes a plurality of key icons, a driver circuit, and a metal film. The key icons are made of transparent electroluminescence material. The driver circuit is electrically connecting the key icons to the control module. When the keyboard is powered off, the metal film is used to reflect light as a mirror. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291960 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT KEYBOARD - A touch-type transparent keyboard is for use with an electronic device. The touch-type transparent keyboard includes a touch screen and a transparent plate. The transparent plate is attached under the touch screen. The transparent plate includes a plurality of key icons made of luminous material. The key icons can absorb energy of light it is exposed to from a display of the electronic device, ambient artificial light, and sunlight. Then the key icons will glow in the dark. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291961 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL - A touch-sensing display panel includes a panel and a touch-sensing layer. The panel has a display region and a non-display region. The touch-sensing layer overlaps the display region and the non-display region. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291962 | TOUCH-TYPE TRANSPARENT INPUT DEVICE - A touch-type transparent working in input mode or display mode includes a transparent display screen, a touch screen, a central processing unit, a touch screen controller, and a display screen controller. The touch screen is located on the transparent display screen and electronically connected to the transparent display screen. The display screen controller controls the transparent display screen to display user interfaces correspond to the operating modes under the control of the CPU. At least one function key for switching the operating modes is displayed on the transparent display screen. Touch actions are performed on a user interface. The touch screen controller sends touch signals according to touch locations or touch trajectories on the touch screen to the CPU. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291963 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL WITH EMBEDDED TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch display device includes a display panel, a conductive layer disposed on the display panel, a touch electrode disposed adjacent to the conductive layer and on the display panel, a routing line coupled to the touch electrode, and a polarizer disposed on the touch electrode and the conductive layer, where the conductive layer and the touch electrode are formed of the same material. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291964 | Apparatus and Method for Gesture Control of a Dual Panel Electronic Device - An electronic device includes a processor, a first touch screen and a second touch screen. The first touch screen displays an object. An object transition module executed by the processor includes executable instructions to map a gesture applied to the object to a set of object movement parameters and then move the object from the first touch screen to the second touch screen in accordance with the object movement parameters. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291965 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE ENABLING INTERACTIVE DISPLAY CONTROL - A power supply device enabling an interactive display control that can transfer the electricity data, the rotation speed data and the temperature data generated by the power supply to an interactive display module is disclosed. In addition, the interactive display module may implement prompt adjustment to output voltage and fan rotation speed in the power supply by minimal human operations. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291966 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - According to the present invention, a touch screen device includes a first electrode having a plurality of first conductor lines, inclined at a predetermined angle in clockwise and counterclockwise directions with respect to a first direction and provided at a predetermined interval to form a grid-shaped pattern; and a second electrode having a plurality of second conductor lines, inclined at the predetermined angle in clockwise and counterclockwise directions with respect to a second direction, the second direction perpendicular to the first direction and provided at the predetermined interval to form a grid-shaped pattern. The first electrode and the second electrode are superimposed to form a pattern of squares as basic shapes, and the predetermined angle is greater than 0 degrees and less than 90 degrees. By superimposing the first electrode and the second electrode, a pattern of two different squares as basic shapes is formed due to interaction of the first electrode and the second electrode. In this manner, it is possible to inhibit the occurrence of moiré. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291967 | OPERATION METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL OF PORTABLE TERMINAL AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - An operation method for a touch panel of a portable terminal and a portable terminal supporting the same are provided. The operation method for a touch panel of a portable terminal includes activating the touch panel, collecting touch-down events from the activated touch panel, acquiring a vertical synchronous signal for driving a display unit, and performing a polling of the touch panel in unit of predefined time-periods based on the vertical synchronous signal. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291968 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATE - The present invention provides a transparent electrically conductive substrate having excellent adhesive strength between a transparent electrically conducting film such as ITO and a metal electrode and between a plastic sheet or film substrate and the transparent electrically conducting film, wherein the transparent plastic film substrate, the transparent electrically conducting film, and the metal electrode are formed in this order. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291969 | Apparatus and Method for Right/Left Hand Orientation of a Dual Panel Electronic Device - An electronic device includes a processor, a first touch screen displaying a page for reading and a second touch screen displaying a pad for writing. An object transition module is executed by the processor. The object transition module includes executable instructions to detect a rotational input applied to the pad. The pad is rotated in accordance with the rotational input, while the original orientation of the page is maintained. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291970 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device including a touch display panel, a panel touch control unit, and an image adjustment unit is provided. The panel touch control unit is electronically connected to the touch display panel. The image adjustment unit is electronically connected to the touch display panel. In operation, the touch display panel has a content display region and a touch menu region with adjustable sizes. The panel touch control unit adjusts the size of the touch menu region according to a received touch signal. The touch display panel contacts an object to be pressed and generates a touch signal according to a contact area. The image adjustment unit adjusts the size of the content display region according to an adjustment signal generated by the panel touch control unit. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291971 | Highly Integrated Touch Screen Handheld Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a highly functional highly integrated handheld device. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291972 | Serial Presentation With Interactive Guide - A device for presenting serial adaptation of a body of text, such as a work of literature for example, and a corresponding interactive reader's guide may provide an accessible platform for readers to experience a serial adaptation of a body of text. A first page of a first plurality of pages may be displayed. The first plurality of pages may be ordered and serially linked. Each of the first plurality of pages may display a frame of the serial adaptation of the body of text. Each page in a second plurality of pages may correspond to a respective page in the first plurality of pages. Each respective page in the second plurality of pages may display respective first guide information related to the respective frame of the respective page in the first plurality of pages to which the respective page in the second plurality of pages is linked. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291973 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH PANEL AND OPERATING CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device includes a touch panel, a position detecting portion, an operating control portion and a detection sensitivity control portion. The position detecting portion detects a close coordinate when sensing that a pointing means comes close to a position on a close plane away from the touch panel by a first distance, and detects a contact coordinate when sensing that the pointing means comes close to a position on a contact plane lying closer to the touch panel than the position on the close plane. The operating control portion controls an operation of a controlled unit based on the close coordinate and the contact coordinate. The detection sensitivity control portion switches detection sensitivity of the position detecting portion from close detection sensitivity to contact detection sensitivity when the position detecting portion senses that the pointing means comes close to the position on the close plane. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING INPUT FUNCTION WHEN TOUCH INTERFACE OF A TOUCHSCREEN-BASED DEVICE MALFUNCTIONS - A method and apparatus for supporting an input function to a touchscreen-based device when the touch interface malfunctions are provided. The input function supporting method includes detecting an input operation via a function key, determining, when the input operation is performed via the function key, an input manner of the input operation via the function key, changing, when the input manner of the input operation via the function key corresponds to a preset manner, a current mode to an emergency input mode, and processing a function, according to another input operation of the same or another function key, in the emergency input mode. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291975 | Haptic Operating Device - A haptic operating device particularly for motor vehicles, having a touch panel having at least one touch-sensitive area. When the area is touched, a switching signal can be triggered and the touch panel can be activated by a motion drive to be able to move at a certain rhythm in the plane of the touch panel. The touch panel is connected to a fixed support by one or more flexible connecting elements. The support and the touch panel form two housing parts of a closed housing, in which at least the display device or the display plane thereof is arranged, and are connected to each other by a sealing device so as to be able to move relative to each other in the plane of the touch panel or in a plane parallel to the touch panel. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291976 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device includes an input screen page; an operation element generating unit configured to generate one or more operation elements to be displayed as one or more images on a display unit positioned underneath the input screen page; an oscillation generating unit configured to generate an oscillation for oscillating the input screen page; and a drive control unit configured to drive and control the oscillation generating unit with the use of a driving pattern for generating a standing wave having a waveform in accordance with positions of the one or more operation elements. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291977 | TOUCH PANEL INCORPORATING DISPLAY DEVICE - In a touch panel incorporating a display device, a first sensor line ( | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291978 | Touch Display Panel and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch display panel includes a PCB, a display panel, a touch panel, a first conductive adhesive and a second conductive adhesive. The touch panel, electrically connected to the PCB, includes a substrate and a plurality of signal traces. The substrate includes a plurality of first signal pads and a plurality of second signal pads. The first signal pads correspond to a first edge of the substrate, and the second signal pads correspond to a second edge of the substrate. Each of the signal traces, disposed on the substrate and used for transmitting a touch signal, is electrically connected to one of the first signal pads or one of the second signal pads. The first conductive adhesive electrically connects the first signal pads and the PCB. The second conductive adhesive electrically connects the second signal pads and the PCB. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291979 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch screen display, a first region setup module, a second region setup module, an operation detection module, a first data output module and a second data output module. The first region setup module sets a first region including plural input regions on the touch screen display. The second region setup module sets a second region overlapped with the first region. The operation detection module detects whether a touch operation is a first operation or a second operation. The first data output module outputs first data corresponding to a first potion of the first region where the touch operation is performed, when the first operation is detected. The second data output module outputs second data corresponding to a second position where the touch operation is performed, when the second operation is detected. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110298720 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A method of operating a human-machine interface system is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of objects on a display system, each of the plurality of objects displayed according to object parameters, and receiving touch information corresponding to a plurality of touches on the display system. The method also includes processing the touch information to identify which object of the plurality of objects was touched, and upon identifying the first object that was touched, processing the touch information to identify a first gesture represented by the plurality of touches. The method further includes upon identifying the first gesture, determining a first command based on the first gesture, generating first new parameters for the object based on the first command, and displaying at least the first object that was touched according to the first new parameters for the object. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298721 | Touchscreen Interfacing Input Accessory System and Method - A Touchscreen Interfacing Input Accessory System and Method is disclosed. The accessory device is attachable to the screen of a touchscreen monitor. The accessory device creates an input/output port that uses the touchscreen for I/O interface to the computing device. User input devices are attachable to an interface module that is attached to the touchscreen display by a suction cup or other mechanism. The input devices include user-operable mechanical knobs, controls, and virtually any other input device. The interface module aligns with input/output regions identified on the touchscreen so that the module can send data through the screen via simulated touches, and receive data from through the screen via visual data displayed by the monitor. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298722 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive input system includes an interactive surface, at least one proximity sensor positioned in proximity with the interactive surface; and processing structure communicating with the sensor and processing sensor output from the at least one proximity sensor for detecting a user in proximity with the interactive surface. A method of providing input into an interactive input system having an interactive surface includes communicating sensor output from at least one proximity sensor positioned in proximity with the interactive surface to processing structure of the interactive input system; and processing the sensor output for detecting a user located in proximity with the interactive surface. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298723 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Accessibility via a Touch-Sensitive Surface - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a plurality of user-selectable objects. A respective user-selectable object has a corresponding activation region on the touch-sensitive surface with an activation region size. The activation region size has a respective default size when a representative point for a finger contact is located outside the activation region. The activation region size has a respective expanded size when the representative point is located within the activation region. The device: detects movement of the finger contact across the touch-sensitive surface; in response, changes the size of the activation region for the respective user-selectable object between the respective default size and the respective expanded size in accordance with the movement of the finger contact; detects a user input when the representative point is located within the activation region for the respective user-selectable object; and, in response, performs a predefined operation. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298724 | Bridging Multi and/or Single Point Devices and Applications - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods determining a number of contact points applied to a touch-screen, executing, using one or more processors, an application function based on the number of contact points, determining that the number of contact points has decreased during execution of the application function, determining that the number of contact points is greater than zero, and continuing execution of the application function in response to determining that the number of contact points is greater than zero. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298725 | TOUCH PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - In a touch panel manufacturing method and a structure thereof, an icon layer is formed at the periphery of a transparent substrate surface, and a plurality of first conducting wires and a plurality of second conducting wires are installed on a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface of the icon layer respectively, and the first conducting wires are covered onto transparent substrate surface, and a plurality of insulating blocks are arranged with an interval from each other on the first conducting wires, and finally a plurality of first sensing blocks and a plurality of second sensing blocks are formed, and the plurality of first sensing blocks are covered onto the first conducting wires on both sides of the insulating blocks, and the plurality of second sensing blocks are connected to other two sides of the insulating blocks. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298726 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SMART PHONE - A display device for displaying multiple images includes a first container for adapting a first display unit, a second container for adapting a second display unit, and a computing module for adjusting a first resolution of a first image generated by the first display unit into a second resolution of a second image generated by the second display unit. The second image is larger than that of the first image. Also, each display unit further includes a touch panel thereon so that the user can control the first display unit by contacting one of the touch panels. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298727 | TOUCH-DISPLAY CROSSTALK - Clamping of a circuit element of a touch screen, such as a gate line of the display system of the touch screen, to a fixed voltage is provided. The circuit element can be clamped during a touch phase and unclamped during a display phase of the touch screen. A gate line system of a touch screen can include a first transistor with a source or drain connected to a first gate line, a second transistor with a source or drain connected to a second gate line, and a common conductive pathway connecting gates of the first and second transistors. A synchronization system can switch the first and second transistors to connect the first and second gate lines to a fixed voltage during a touch phase, and can switch the first and second transistors to disconnect the first and second gate lines from the fixed voltage during a display phase. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298728 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel 100 including: a transparent electrode 120 formed on one surface of a transparent substrate 110, a protective layer 130 formed at the side surface of the transparent electrode 120 so that its upper end 133 surrounds the edge of one surface of the transparent electrode 120 and its lower end 137 protrudes in the edge direction of the transparent substrate 110, and an electrode wiring 140 that is formed at the side surface of the protective layer 130 so as to surround the lower end 137 of the protective layer 130 protruding in the edge direction of the transparent substrate 110. The protective layer 130 is interposed between the transparent electrode 120 and the electrode wiring 140 to prevent the electromigration (EM). | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298729 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a transparent substrate | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298730 | Thin Sheet Glass Processing - Improved techniques are disclosed for fabrication of touch panels using thin sheet glass. Thin touch sensor panels each having a thickness of substantially less than approximately one-half millimeter can be produced. A thin mother glass sheet having a thickness of substantially less then approximately one half millimeter can be used. A thin film can be coupled to a surface of the thin mother glass sheet, and the thin film can be photolithographically patterned, while avoiding breakage of the thin mother glass sheet. The thin mother glass sheet can be singulated into the thin touch sensor panels. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298731 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH DISPLAY SUBSTRATE THEREOF - A touch display substrate of a touch display device includes a pixel array, a peripheral region, at least a driving chip, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of touch sensing read-out lines disposed in the peripheral region. Each of the touch sensing read-out lines includes a first section and a second section. The first section is electrically connected to the corresponding driving chip and the second section is electrically connected to the pixel array. The second section of at least one of the touch sensing read-out lines includes an initial point and a winding portion. The winding portion is disposed on at least one side of a vertical extending line of the initial point, the winding portion winds to and fro along a horizontal direction and along a vertical direction, and the winding portion is asymmetrical with respect to the vertical extending line of the initial point. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298732 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD METHOD - An information processing apparatus including a display device; pointed position detecting means for detecting a specified position by a touch operation of a pointing device on a screen of the display device; sensor means for detecting a position of the pointing device when the pointing device is not in contact with the screen of the display device; and control means for recognizing the touch operation detected by the pointed position detecting means and controlling the information processing apparatus in accordance with the recognized touch operation and the position of the pointing device detected by the sensor means. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298733 | TOUCH DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A touch system allows a user to issue touch commands using a cursor pen. The cursor pen is configured to output a characteristic signal which generates a disturbance signal at a contact location where a touch commanded occurs. During a frame period, data driving signals are outputted to the data lines, from which data sensing signals are simultaneously measured for detecting the disturbance signal. If a disturbance signal is detected in a specific data sensing signal, the horizontal coordinate of the contact location may be determined according to a specific data line from which the specific data sensing signal is measured, and the vertical coordinate of the contact location may be determined according to when the disturbance signal occurs in the specific data line. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298734 | THRESHOLD COMPENSATION METHOD ON TOUCH DEVICE - The disclosure provides a threshold compensation method applied to a touch device including a plurality of touch points. The threshold compensation method includes steps of: selecting at least one of the plurality of touch points as a selected object; obtaining a sensing data of each the touch point of the selected object in each of multiple initializing frequency periods; obtaining a sensing data difference value between the sensing data of each the touch point of the selected object in each adjacent two of the initializing frequency periods; obtaining a maximum sensing data difference value in the multiple sensing data difference values of the selected object in the multiple initializing frequency periods; and setting a default threshold of the selected object according to the maximum sensing data difference value. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298735 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes an electrode part, a switching circuit, a driving circuit, a detecting circuit, and a controller. The electrode part includes a plurality of electrode pieces. The switching circuit is formed of a plurality of switches connected to the electrode pieces respectively. The driving circuit and the detecting circuit are connected to the electrode part via the switching circuit. The controller is connected to the driving circuit, the switching circuit, and the detecting circuit. The controller controls the respective switches such that the electrode pieces are individually opened or connected to one of the driving circuit and the detecting circuit. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298736 | DOCKING STATION WITH REDUNDANT COMMUNICATION PATH - A docking station adapted to receive a touch-sensitive portable control device for communication with a programmable multimedia controller is provided. The docking station has a dedicated, wired redundant communication path coupling the docking station to the programmable multimedia controller for providing effective communication in the absence of wireless or unreliable wireless communications. The docking station is configured to receive signals from the portable control device and to bi-directionally transmit signals to and from said programmable multimedia controller. The portable control device has both wireless and wired compatibility, which includes a touch sensitive user interface configured with configuration information for allowing a user to make selections and enter settings regarding components interfaced with the programmable multimedia controller. The docking station converts the user entered signals into IP messages suitable for transfer over the dedicated, wired redundant communication path. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298737 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A panel main body comprises a plurality of transmitting electrodes provided in parallel to one another and a plurality of receiving electrodes provided in parallel to one another, and the transmitting electrodes and the receiving electrodes being disposed in a grid shape. A transmitter applies pulse signals to the transmitting electrodes, and a receiver receives output signals from the receiving electrodes in response to the pulse signals applied to the transmitting electrodes and outputs level signals at electrode intersections of the transmitting electrodes and the receiving electrodes. A controller detects a touch position based on the level signals output from the receiver. The controller also controls a number of pulses of a pulse signal that the transmitter applies to each transmitting electrode while the receiver receives an output signal from each receiving electrode. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298738 | Touch panel - A touch panel having high durability is provided. Either one or both of a display device and a flexible panel have island-shaped protective bodies formed on surfaces of electrode layers (upper electrode layer, lower electrode layer), and a transparent conductive film is exposed between the protective bodies. Since the protective bodies protrude highly from the surface of the transparent conductive film, when the flexible panel is pressed and the upper electrode and the lower electrode layer are brought into contact, a load to be applied to the transparent conductive film is reduced by the protective bodies, so that the transparent conductive film is not broken. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298739 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a decorative layer, a trace layer, a passivation layer and a sheltering layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a touch-sensitive region. The decorative layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a non-touch-sensitive region, and the trace layer is disposed on the decorative layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and at least covers the touch-sensing structure and the trace layer. The sheltering layer is disposed at least on the passivation layer and located in the non-touch-sensitive region. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298740 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal includes a touchpad that detects contact made thereto and output a value indicating a degree of the contact, and stores a first threshold and a second threshold less than the first threshold. The portable terminal calculates, based on the output value, an area contact value indicating a degree of the contact for each of contacted areas of the touchpad. The portable terminal judges whether the contacted areas include two areas that are not directly adjacent to each other and each have a calculated area contact value equal to or greater than the second threshold. When judging negatively, the portable terminal determines, as a target area to which processing to be performed is allocated, one of the contacted areas having an area contact value equal to or greater than the first threshold, and when judging affirmatively, the portable terminal does not to determine the target area. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298741 | Touch-Operating Input Device And Electronic Device Equipped With The Same - The touch-operating input device is configured so that when the control circuit turns on the main light source corresponding to each of the translucent operation buttons that can be operated, the control circuit, on condition that the translucent operation button corresponding to the main light source that is turned on is operated, turns off the sub-light source corresponding to the translucent operation button that is turned on simultaneously with the main light source. Ease of operation is increased by enabling the operator to distinguish operated translucent operation buttons from translucent operation buttons that have not been operated according to whether or not the main light sources are lit. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298742 | MULTI-POINT TOUCH SCREEN OPERATING TOOL - A method for determining a touch point during a special touch object contacting with a touch screen, and a touch screen operating tool, in particular a touch pen. The method includes: installing a sensor on the special touch object, comparing the data of the special touch object obtained by the sensor with the corresponding data of the contact point on the screen, determining the corresponding touch point of the special touch object. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110298743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel configured to provide a display and detect an operation on the display; and a display control part configured to cause a second operation pad to be displayed, in place of a first operation pad, in the touch panel when the touch panel that selectively displays the first operation pad having a first switching button or the second operation pad having a second switching button detects an operation on the first switching button, and cause the first operation pad to be displayed in place of the second operation pad when the touch panel detects an operation on the second switching button. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110304556 | ACTIVATE, FILL, AND LEVEL GESTURES - Techniques involving gestures and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, the techniques describe gestures that are usable to provide inputs to a computing device. A variety of different gestures are contemplated, including an activate gesture, a fill gesture, a level gesture, a jump gesture, a checkmark gesture, a strikethrough gesture, an erase gesture, a circle gesture, a prioritize gesture, and an application tray gesture. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304557 | Indirect User Interaction with Desktop using Touch-Sensitive Control Surface - Described herein are techniques that offer a class of user-interaction styles for indirect user interaction with a two-dimensional virtual space (“desktop”) using touch-sensitive control surface of a user-input device (such as a mobile phone). Some described techniques enable a user to point, pan and scale within a large virtual two-dimensional space with input from a touch surface of a handheld device, with the output of the user interaction being rendered on a visual display unit (other than the touch surface). | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304558 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method includes detecting a sheet corresponding to a plurality of characters on a touch-sensitive input device; detecting, by the touch-sensitive input device, a touch; determining a next character output; in response to determining that the touch is associated with a location on the sheet, which location is associated with the next character, providing tactile feedback to identify the next character. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304559 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CHANGING TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method includes detecting touches on a touch-sensitive display, determining force values for the touches, and changing tactile feedback based on the force values. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304560 | Control Selection Approximation - A method includes displaying a user interface of an application on a device's touch-sensitive display. The user interface includes a plurality of regions, including a respective region at a respective hierarchy level. The respective region has two or more child regions at a hierarchy level below the respective hierarchy level. The method includes detecting a first contact at a location that corresponds to the respective region and that does not correspond to any of the two or more child regions. When the application is configured to process the first contact, not in conjunction with the respective region, but in conjunction with at least one child region of the two or more child regions, the method includes identifying a respective child region in accordance with positions of the child regions relative to the location, and processing the first contact in conjunction with the identified respective child region using the application. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304561 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal includes a display and a controller partitioning the display into a first region displaying at least a portion of contents capable of being visually outputted on the display and a second region to receive a touch input. The controller is configured to display the portion of contents in an initial display state prior to the touch input being applied to the second region, to change the display state of the portion of contents in response to the touch input applied to the second region, and to return the display to the initial display state when the touch input is removed. The contents displayed in the first region can be handled by touching the second region. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304562 | FLEXIBLE DATA ENTRY DEVICE - A data entry device includes a flexible base, a receiving module, a rolling mechanism, and a stop mechanism. The receiving module includes a sleeve and a subsidiary cover detachably attached to the sleeve. The base is received in the sleeve. The rolling mechanism rotates the base. One end of the base is secured to the rolling mechanism, and the other end of the base is secured to the subsidiary cover. The stop mechanism is for controlling the movement of the rolling mechanism. A selected length of the base exposed out of the sleeve can be controlled by the stop mechanism. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304563 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH SENSOR STRUCTURE THEREOF - A touch sensor structure includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first stage, and a conductive spacer. The first substrate and the second substrate are disposed oppositely. The first stage is disposed on the first substrate, facing the second substrate. The first stage includes at least one supporting structure, a sensing structure, and a conductive sensing pad disposed on the sensing structure. The conductive spacer is disposed on the second substrate, facing the first substrate, where the conductive spacer is corresponding to the first stage. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304564 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH TOUCH PANEL - To block noise and achieve slimness and integration, a liquid crystal display device includes according to an embodiment a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer formed therebetween, a shielding electrode formed throughout the entire rear surface of the second substrate of the liquid crystal panel, a first polarizing plate formed on the shielding electrode, a third substrate formed above the first polarizing plate and including intersecting first and second electrodes, a touch FPC including a touch drive IC to control driving and sensing of the first and second electrodes, and a printed circuit board formed at one side of the liquid crystal panel and generating a main panel control signal to control driving of the liquid crystal panel, a touch control signal to control the touch drive IC, and a voltage signal. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304565 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SEPARABLE MODULE - An electronic device includes a display unit and a main unit; and the main unit includes a separable module and a base. The separable module is provided along two opposite shorter edges with a plurality of hooking elements, and has at least one carrier member located on one side of the separable module. The base includes a plurality of retaining slots corresponding to the hooking elements, and at least one magnetic element located on one side of the base facing toward the carrier member. To cover the separable module onto the base, first cause the carrier member to be magnetically attracted to the at least one magnetic element and align the hooking elements with the retaining slots, and then move the separable module for the hooking elements to engage with the retaining slots, so that the separable module is held to the base. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304566 | TOUCH PANEL AND MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch panel and mobile terminal including the same are disclosed. The present invention reduces a width of an inactive area of the touch panel, implements a large-scale touchscreen despite maintaining the same width of an inactive area, increments the number of touch channels despite maintaining the same width of an inactive area, and detects a touched position in a manner of subdividing the touched position despite maintaining the same width of an inactive area. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304567 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a contact detection unit capable of detecting a plurality of contact coordinates on an operation surface, and outputting a contact detection signal as a detection result, a load detection unit for detecting a load applied to the operation surface, and a coordinate estimation unit, wherein when a load detection result provided by the load detection unit satisfies a pressed coordinate retrieval condition, the coordinate estimation unit estimates a pressed coordinate from among the plurality of contact coordinates on the operation surface, on the basis of at least the contact detection signal. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304568 | Touch Screen and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A touch screen according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a transparent conductive material deposited on a top surface of a flexible plastic film; and a metal layer vacuum-deposited on the transparent conductive film. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the touch screen capable of providing the excellent flexibility and simplifying the manufacturing process, and the method of manufacturing the same can be provided. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304569 | Panel Member Having Oscillating Element - By changing the method of attaching an oscillating element to a panel member, it is made possible to render the construction simple, yet, to provide oscillation to the panel member with uniform and equal drive force. In a panel member | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304570 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device is provided that includes a receiving signal processor, an odd number line FIFO, an even number line FIFO, and a first selector. The receiving signal processor processes output signals from receiving electrodes and outputs detection data. The odd number line FIFO and the even number line FIFO respectively store the detection data output from the receiving signal processor on a line basis. The first selector alternately selects outputs of the odd number line FIFO and the even number line FIFO. While one of the odd number line FIFO and the even number line FIFO performs writing of the detection data, the other performs reading. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304571 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device associated with a touch panel, the device includes a liquid crystal panel having opposite first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the first and second substrates, a plurality of driving electrodes arranged on an outer surface of the second substrate in one direction spaced from one another, a first polarizing plate formed on the outer surface of the second substrate including the driving electrodes, a third substrate opposite to the first polarizing plate, and a plurality of sensing electrodes formed on a surface of the third substrate opposite to the first polarizing plate perpendicular to the driving electrodes spaced from one another. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304572 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive display device has an active display area and a non-active area and includes a touch-sensitive unit, a display unit and a liquid optical adhesive. The touch-sensitive unit has a touch-sensitive region substantially overlapping the active display area, and the display unit is disposed on one side of the touch-sensitive unit. The liquid optical adhesive is disposed between the touch-sensitive unit and the display unit to combine the touch-sensitive unit with the display unit, and an outer edge of the liquid optical adhesive is located in the non-active area of the touch-sensitive display device. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304573 | GESTURE RECOGNITION USING NEURAL NETWORKS - An apparatus, method, and a computer program is provided for gesture recognition using neural networks. An initial point is recorded when a user presses a finger on a screen. Subsequent points are recorded and an angle is calculated from point to point as the user periodically moves the finger. A set of the calculated angles are compared with an ideal angle in order to recognize the gesture. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304574 | HAND-HELD DEVICE WITH TOUCHSCREEN AND DIGITAL TACTILE PIXELS - A hand-held electronic device is disclosed. The device may comprise a case case having one or more major surfaces; a touch screen disposed on one of the major surfaces, the touch screen; a processor operably coupled to the touch screen; and one or more tactile pixels disposed proximate the touch screen. Each of the tactile pixels includes an actuatable portion coupled to an actuator and a sensor. The actuator and sensor are coupled to the processor. The actuator is configured to actuate in response to instructions from the processor and the sensor is configured to generate signals as inputs to one or more programs executed by the processor when pressure is applied to the actuatable portion. The actuatable portion is actuatable by the actuator between first and second positions. A tactile feel of the actuatable portion is different in the first and second positions. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110304575 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for inputting information through touch input device of an electronic device is provided. The method inputs information including at least one of symbols and characters through touching of a screen displayed on the touch input device, and executes a specific application capable of processing the input information. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110310024 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The present invention aims at providing a portable terminal device that can be held in one hand and that enables enhancement of operability when a touch panel or a touch pad is operated by the hand. The portable terminal device according to the present invention includes a display section | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310025 | TOUCH-SCREEN PANEL AND RELATED METHODS - This document discloses, systems, methods, and articles of manufacture, related to position sensors and uses of such sensors. Multiple panels can be arranged in close proximity to one another and one or more sense or drives lines associated with each respective panel can be associated with a control circuit of the other adjacent panel. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310026 | EASY WORD SELECTION AND SELECTION AHEAD OF FINGER - The described embodiments allow for the selection of content in a touch screen display. The method includes detecting a single tap on a word of text in a text editing field in a touch screen, and responsive to the single tap selecting the word of text in whole. In another embodiment additional content can be selected. Contact with selected content displayed in a touch screen can be detected. The contact with the touch screen can be detected moving in a direction along the selected content. Additional content is selected by selecting a word of text adjacent to the selected content being contacted. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310027 | Method, System, and Program Product for No-Look Digit Entry in a Multi-Touch Device - A method, device, and program product are provided for no-look entry of digits in a multi-touch device. A multi-touch screen of the multi-touch device senses an initializing combination of at least one touch. A no-look digit entry application assigns a binary value to each touched location. The multi-touch screen detects at least one combination of at least one touch of the touch screen. The no-look digit entry application determines the locations touched and enters digit inputs corresponding to the sum of the binary values assigned to the locations for each detected combination of touches. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310028 | Active Acoustic Touch Location for Electronic Devices - An electronic device has a display, a controller, and a pair of haptic transducers connected to the display. The controller configures the haptic transducers to momentarily vibrate the display. A pair of sensors disposed on the display detects variations caused by the user touch in the vibrations. Based on an analysis of these variations, the controller can determine the location of the user touch on the touch-sensitive display. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310029 | PORTABLE MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A portable input device is described. The portable input device can wirelessly send control signals to an external circuit. The control signals can derive from touch or gestures applied to a touch sensitive surface. The control signals can also include a mouse click equivalent control signal generated by mechanical manipulation of the portable input device. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310030 | Information Handling System Dual Mode Touch Enabled Secondary Display - A dual mode touchscreen display disposed in an information handling system chassis proximate a keyboard selectively presents images from information generated by a central processing unit or from information generated by a secondary processor associated with the touchscreen display. An operating system executing on the central processor unit presents information at the touchscreen through a serial link by treating the touchscreen as a secondary display to a primary display integrated in the chassis. Alternatively, an application executing on the secondary processor presents information at the touchscreen independent of the central processing unit or the operating system. As an example, the touchscreen display presents a number pad under the direction of the operating system to accept number pad inputs or, alternatively, presents a number pad under the direction of an application running on the secondary processor to accept number pad inputs that are forwarded to a keyboard controller. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310031 | STYLUS SETTINGS - Stylus settings techniques are described. In implementations, an input is recognized as selecting at least one object displayed in a user interface by a display device of a computing device. Responsive to the recognition, an indication is displayed on the display device that is selectable. Responsive to selection of the indication, a portion is displayed by the computing device that is configured to accept one or more inputs as a note to be associated with the at least one object. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310032 | PIXEL ARRAY AND DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A pixel array including a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines disposed crossing the scan lines to define a plurality of sub-pixel regions; at least a controlling structure, disposed in one of the sub-pixel regions and electrically connected to one of the scan lines and data lines; a plurality of sensing signal lines disposed parallel with the data lines and crossing the scan lines to define a plurality of regions having at least one first sub-region and second sub-region; at least one sensing-signal readout device disposed in the first sub-region and electrically connected with one of the scan lines and sensing signal lines; and at least one first sensing pad disposed in the second sub-region and electrically connected to the sensing-signal readout device in the second sub-region. The numbers of the sensing-signal readout devices electrically connected to the respective scan lines are the same. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310033 | SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A sensing display device including a display panel and a sensing element is provided. The display panel includes at least a plurality of pixel units, and the pixel units are arranged along a primary direction. The sensing element is disposed on the pixel units and includes at least a plurality of sensor units. Each of the sensor units includes a mesh-pattern electrode, and the mesh-pattern electrode includes a plurality of first traces having conductivity. At least one of the first traces is substantially extended along a first direction, wherein a first angle is formed between the first direction and the primary direction, and the first angle is an acute angle. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310034 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to an embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects an operation to first and second touch panels respectively provided above first and second display; a determining unit that determines, when the detecting unit detects a selection operation for selecting a region of a screen on the first display using the first touch panel, kind of an object in a selected region; a generating unit that generates an application list including application candidates to be started to open the object according to the kind; a display controller that displays, when the detecting unit detects a transmission operation for transmitting the selected region to the second display using the first touch panel, the application list on the second display; and an application controller that starts, when the detecting unit detects a selection operation for selecting any one of the applications, a selected application. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310035 | TOUCH SENSIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensible display device includes a display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels, a plurality of image data lines transferring image data signals to the plurality of pixels and each positioned between two neighboring pixels, a plurality of image scanning lines transferring image scanning signals to the plurality of pixels, a plurality of first sense data lines transferring first sense data signals and each positioned between two neighboring pixels without the image data line interposed therebetween, and a plurality of first sensing units connected with the plurality of first sense data lines and sensing a touch to the display panel. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310036 | TOUCH PANEL AND PIXEL ARAY THEREOF - A pixel array includes a plurality of pixels, data lines, readout lines and gate lines, wherein a data line and a readout line are alternatively disposed between every two adjacent pixels; two pixels adjacent to each data line are coupled to the same data line but coupled to different gate lines; and at least a part of the readout lines are coupled to one of the two pixels adjacent thereto. The present invention further provides a touch panel including the above pixel array. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310037 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR AND PATTERNED SUBSTRATE HAVING OVERLAID MICROPATTERNS WITH LOW VISIBILITY - Presently described are articles such as antennas, EMI shields, and touch screen sensors as well as patterned substrates having overlaid micropatterns with low visibility. Also described are methods of determining the visibility of a patterned substrate. In one embodiment, a patterned substrate is described comprising a visible light transparent substrate; and at least two overlaid electrically conductive mesh micropatterns, wherein each mesh has a repeating cell geometry and the combination of overlaid micropatterns has a spatial contrast threshold at a distance of 30000 units of greater than −35 decibels. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310038 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING TOUCH COORDINATES IN TOUCH SYSTEM - A method of operating a touch system comprises storing a lookup table for correcting a touch coordinate value of a touch panel, acquiring touch data generated in response to a touch conductor on the touch panel and calculating the touch coordinate value from the acquired touch data, measuring a size of the touch conductor, and correcting the touch coordinate value by accessing the lookup table using the touch coordinate value and the size of the touch conductor as input parameters. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310039 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER-ADAPTIVE DATA ARRANGEMENT/CLASSIFICATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for user-adaptive data arrangement/classification in a portable terminal. The method preferably includes: displaying all data elements stored in the portable terminal, and setting arrangement priorities of the displayed data elements by giving a tag to each displayed data element. Each displayed data element is captured and given the tag as an image; identifying the tag given to each displayed data element, and arranging and storing the captured images in unique priorities for each type of the tags; and grouping the stored images respectively given the tags according to the tag types. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310040 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINGER RESOLUTION IN TOUCH SCREENS - System and methods for determining multiple interactions with a digitizer sensor are provided. Entries in a matrix may be provided based on measured and reference values associated with junctions in a digitizer sensor. An entry associated with at least two extreme values related to respective at least to dimensions of the digitizer sensor may be located. A junction associated with the located entry may be designated as an interaction point. In some embodiments, one or more interactions may be determined using a topographical-like evaluation of interactions. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310041 | Testing a Touch-Input Program - Methods and systems are disclosed that allow automated testing of an application program that is configured to receive a touch input. A testing mechanism can be configured to identify the touch input that is designed to produce a specified result. The testing mechanism can generate one or more signals simulating the touch input. The testing mechanism can then check the state of the user interface of the application program being tested and determine whether the actual result conforms to the specified result. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310042 | INPUTTING SYMBOLS INTO AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH-SCREEN - A graphical user interface for inputting symbols into an electronic device, especially a portable consumer device like a terminal for use in a mobile communication network according to GSM, GPRS, UMTS and/or LTE standard, including a display for representing a plurality of selectable keys of a keyboard on the touch-screen, the keys associated with at least one subset of symbols of a symbol set, and mapping for selecting a symbol in response to a user input using a one of the keys associated with at least one subset of symbols of a symbol set. Further described is a method for inputting symbols into an electronic device having a touch-screen, and an electronic device including a graphical user interface for inputting symbols into the electronic device according to the described method. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310043 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK SYSTEM WITH STORED EFFECTS - A haptic feedback system that includes a controller, a memory coupled to the controller, an actuator drive circuit coupled to the controller, and an actuator coupled to the actuator drive circuit. The memory stores at least one haptic effect that is executed by the controller in order to create a haptic effect. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310044 | DATA-PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA-PROCESSING PROGRAM WITH BIO-AUTHORIZATION FUNCTION - A data processing device comprising: a storage unit storing therein a correspondence table in which biometric data pieces are associated one-to-one with different jobs, the biometric data pieces pertaining to respective fingers of a user; a display unit; a designation unit operable to, in accordance with a user operation, designate a target data piece from among data pieces being displayed on the display unit; a generation unit operable to generate a biometric data piece by reading a biometric information piece of a finger of the user; and an execution unit operable to execute one of the different jobs that is associated with one of the stored biometric data pieces that matches the generated biometric data piece by using the target data piece as data input by the user with respect to the one of the different jobs. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310045 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE - An input indication corresponding to operation intended by a user in a touch pad can be conducted, and operability can be improved. A tip coordinate Y of a touch region is calculated by a tip coordinate calculation unit | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310046 | Touch Event Model - A device with a touch-sensitive surface detects a touch on the touch-sensitive surface, determines that the touch is cancelled, and in accordance with a determination that the touch is cancelled, sends a touch cancel event to at least one of the one or more applications. Also disclosed is a device configured to determine that a respective touch has been cancelled by the device. If the respective touch has been cancelled, the device ignores the respective touch. If the respective touch has not been cancelled, the device processes the respective touch. In addition, a device configured to detect one or more touches and process at least a subset of the touches with at least one application is described. While processing at least a subset of the touches, the device receives a touch cancel event, and, in response to receiving the touch cancel event, ignores the touches. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310047 | Event Recognition - A device detects a sequence of sub-events as part of a touch event associated with a view, determines that the sequence does not correspond to one or more predefined sequences of sub-events for the view associated with the touch event, and, in accordance with a determination that the sequence does not correspond to the one or more predefined sequences, sends a touch cancel event to the view associated with the touch event. Also disclosed is a device configured to detect a sequence of sub-events as part of a touch event associated with a view, determine that the sequence does not correspond to one or more predefined sequences of sub-events for the view associated with the touch event, and, in accordance with a determination that the sequence does not correspond to the one or more predefined sequences, cancel the touch event. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310048 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed is a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a body having a wireless communication module, a display unit disposed on one surface of the body, displaying one or more icons thereon, and configured to have a touch input thereon, and a controller configured to compensate for a control command corresponding to a touch, based on at least one of a touch duration, a touch point and a change of the touch point, when the touch on the display unit is detected during a change of a position or a shape of the icon. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110310049 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - A user can be made to easily perform operation input without visually recognizing an operating face. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110316790 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROXIMITY BASED INPUT - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for transferring information items between communications devices. A source device detects a selection input by an input object. Direction of movement of the input object is detected after the selection input. A target device is identified on the basis of the direction of movement of the input object. The target device is connected for transferring an information item associated with the selection input. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316791 | TOUCH PAD CHARACTER ENTERING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A touch pad character entering system and method are disclosed. The system comprises a touch pad configured to detect contacts by an object thereon, a coordinate extraction module configured to extract coordinates of the contact locations detected by the touch pad, and a processing unit configured to obtain an initial contact coordinate and a subsequent movement by the object in contact with the touch pad from the extracted contact coordinates, select a predetermined group of characters based on the initial contact coordinate, and select a predetermined character from the predetermined group of characters based on the subsequent movement. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316792 | Driving Method, Driving Device and Touch Sensitive Display Device Using the Same - A driving method for driving a touch sensitive display device is disclosed. The touch sensitive display device includes a plurality of pixel units and a plurality of touch sensors both arranged in matrixes. The driving method includes generating a plurality of source driving signals according to an image signal to indicate color intensities of the plurality of pixel units, generating a plurality of scanning impulses according to a synchronization signal to indicate an updating sequence of the plurality of pixel units, and shrinking duty cycles of the plurality of scanning impulses to generate a plurality of sensor scanning impulses for triggering the plurality of touch sensors. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316793 | SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIRTUAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - A system and computer program for virtual musical instruments includes a touch-sensitive screen; a selection interface that presents a list of virtual instruments on the screen for the user to select a virtual instrument; and a performance interface that presents a plurality of virtual instrument input elements on the screen for the user to play the virtual instrument by touching the screen. The system utilizes the location and speed of the user's touches to produce the sound, which may be a note produced with a sound effects library. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316794 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM - A touch sensing system including a touch interface and a processing unit is provided. The touch interface has multiple independent touch blocks. The processing unit is coupled to the touch interface. The processing unit includes an interpolating unit. The interpolating unit interpolates multiple spacing points between two adjacent touch blocks along a first direction to generate multiple first coordinate values. The processing unit determines a central block according to a threshold value and sensing values corresponding to the touch blocks, selects at least one touch block adjacent to the central block as a peripheral block, and determines a touch position on the touch interface according to the number of the spacing points, the sensing value corresponding to the peripheral block, a position of the peripheral block, the sensing value corresponding to the central block, and a position of the central block. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316795 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING AND RECORDING INITIAL TOUCH POINTS ON TOUCH PANEL - While correcting and recording initial touch points on a touch panel, a plurality of sensors on the touch panel are classified into a plurality of first sensing groups assigned with serial numbers, and a plurality of sensors of each the first sensing group are equally divided into a plurality of second sensing groups assigned with serial numbers. After detecting initial touch points on the touch panel, a plurality of headers are generated for the plurality of first sensing groups, and a data structure is generated for each of the sensors having detected initial touch points according to whether first sensing groups corresponding to the headers have the sensors having the detected initial touch points or not. At last, the initial touch points are filtered off from a plurality of detected touch points on the touch panel, according to initial touch point information recorded in loaded data structures. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316796 | Information Search Apparatus and Information Search Method - According to one embodiment, an information search apparatus comprises a touch panel, an extraction module, a storage, an operation module, and a conversion unit. The extraction module is configured to extract keywords from screen information displayed on the touch panel. The storage is configured to store one of the keywords extracted by the extraction module as a search condition element when the one of the keywords is selected by a first touch operation performed on the touch panel. The operation module is configured to edit the search condition element stored in the storage according to a second touch operation performed on the touch panel in order to generate a desired search condition. The conversion unit is configured to convert the desired search condition generated by the operation module to a search formula according to an output destination of the desired search condition. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316797 | METHOD FOR APPLICATION LAUNCH AND SYSTEM FUNCTION - The system comprises the ability to detect certain gestures made by sliding a finger or stylus on a touch sensitive screen on a handheld device, even when a so called “screen lock” is active where the gesture is used to unlock the device and trigger the desired function associates with the gesture. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316798 | Tactile Display for Providing Touch Feedback - A tactile display has a contact surface that has multiple addressable pixels. Each pixel has a vibration element that is energizable to vibrate at a selected frequency and amplitude. The vibration of selected pixels of the tactile display provides tactile feedback to a user's finger touching the contact surface. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316799 | COMPOSITE SENSING APPARATUS, SENSING METHOD USING COMPOSITE SENSOR AND TOUCH PAD APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A composite sensing apparatus, a sensing method using a composite sensor, and a touch pad apparatus using the same are provided. The composite sensing apparatus includes a pad unit including a first sensing area which senses a fingerprint, and a second sensing area which senses a touch state, and a control unit which generates control signals according to results sensed by the first and the second sensing areas. As a result, the sensing apparatus can simultaneously have a fingerprint recognition sensor and a touch pad sensor. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316800 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH PREDICTIVE KEY AND RELATED METHODS - An electronic device may include a housing, a touch screen display carried by the housing, and a processor being carried by the housing and cooperating with the touch screen display. The processor may be for operating a virtual keyboard on the touch screen display for receiving textual input from a user. The virtual keyboard may include keys with at least one remappable key with a set position in the virtual keyboard. The processor may selectively assign a predicted key value to the at least one remappable key based upon prior textual input. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316801 | CONTENTS DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTENTS DISPLAY METHOD - A contents display device includes a display section, a touch detection section, and a control section. The control section includes: a bookmarking determination section for determining, if multiple contacts have been simultaneously detected by the touch detection section, at least one contact among the multiple contacts to be a bookmark; a bookmark-position configuration section for configuring a bookmark position, based on a contact determined by the bookmarking determination section to be a bookmark; and a return-to-bookmark-position determination section for determining, after a bookmark position has been configured by the bookmark-position configuration section, to return the content displayed on the display section to the bookmark position, based on a contact detected by the touch detection section. When the return-to-bookmark-position determination section determines to return to the bookmark position, the content displayed on the display section is returned to the bookmark position. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316802 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH BUILT-IN TOUCH PANEL - An OLED display device has a built-in touch panel and includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate arranged opposite to each other, a thin film transistor array formed on the lower substrate, an organic light emitting array formed on the thin film transistor array, a touch sensor array formed on the upper substrate opposite to the lower substrate for sensing external touch by a capacitive type, an upper touch pad formed on the upper substrate to be connected to the touch sensor array, a lower touch pad formed on the lower substrate opposite to the plurality of upper touch pads, a conductive spacer connected between the upper touch pad and the lower touch pad, and a signal transmission film electrically connected to a main pad formed on the lower substrate and the lower touch pad for supplying signals for controlling the thin film transistor array and the touch sensor array. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316803 | TOUCH PANEL - The present invention relates to a touch panel which can detect touch securely without being affected by drive of an underlying display panel and shield external static electricity, securely, the touch panel includes a substrate having an active region and a peripheral region surrounding the active region; a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes formed on the active region in a row direction and a column direction, respectively; a plurality of pad electrodes on one side of the peripheral region; routing lines for connecting ends of the first electrodes and the second electrodes to the pad electrodes, respectively; and a transparent conductive layer formed at the peripheral region to cover the routing lines. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316804 | TOUCH POSITION DETECTOR AND MOBILE CELL PHONE - A system and method for detecting a plurality of touch points on a touch panel is disclosed. A touch position detector comprises a touch panel, a detection module and an identification module. The touch panel comprises n+1 groups of mutually-parallel electrodes, and at least two of the n+1 groups are arranged at a predefined angle, where n is an integer. The detection module detects position information for each of the n+1 groups, and the position information corresponds to n touched positions on the touch panel. The identification module identifies the n touched positions based on the position information and the predefined angle. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316805 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is disclosed. A displacement detection module comprises a detection surface that is disposed in a housing and operable to detect a displacement of a substance that is brought into contact with the detection surface. A detection module is operable to detect an instantaneous value of the displacement, and detect an integrated value of the displacement. A signal generation module is operable to generate a control signal based on the instantaneous value and the integrated value, and a control module is operable to perform a predefined function in response to the control signal. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110316806 | METHOD OF INTERACTING WITH PRINTED CONTENT VIA HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of interacting with printed content using a handheld display device. The method includes the steps of: imaging an area of a printed substrate and generating image data using an image sensor; determining interaction data using the image data, retrieving display data using an identified page description, the display data corresponding to the printed content; displaying, on an opaque touch-sensitive display screen of the handheld display device, display information based on the display data; and interacting with the display information via the opaque touch-sensitive display screen. The opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120001854 | Analog resistive multi-touch display screen - A method is provided for supporting resistive multi-touch with a touch-sensitive display screen. The display screen includes a resistive network that varies depending on where the display screen is contacted. The display screen has a first plane resistance and a second plane resistance when the display screen is not contacted. The method includes detecting one or more objects contacting the display screen. The method also includes identifying coordinates of multiple contact points on the display screen based on a change in at least one of the plane resistances. The change is caused by one or more parallel resistances created in the display screen by the multiple contact points. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001855 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING INPUT OBJECTS - The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved sensor device usability. Specifically, the devices and methods provide the ability to determine more reliably that sensed object positions correspond to a single input object or multiple input objects. For example, the devices and methods may be used to determine if a first sensed object position and a second sensed object position correspond to a single input object. The determination of a single input object or multiple input objects may be used to facilitate the reliable activation of user interface actions, such as cursor control and the use of virtual button zones, and thus can improve sensor device usability. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001856 | RESPONDING TO TACTILE INPUTS - Apparatus comprises at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, where the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to at least, during a communication session with remote apparatus to cause to be displayed on a display a first image received from the remote apparatus as part of the communication session, and to be responsive to receipt of a signal indicative of an incidence of a touch input at a location on the display at which the image is displayed to cause to be transmitted to a remote terminal associated with the first image a signal for causing an alert to be output by the remote terminal. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001857 | Filter for Removing DC Signal and High Frequency Noise and Method Thereof for Touch Sensor - A filtering system, adapted to remove a direct current (DC) component and a high frequency noise component of a touch-sensed signal is provided. The filtering system includes: an analog to digital converter for transforming the touch-sensed signal into a discrete-time input signal; a direct current removing unit for removing direct current components of the discrete-time input signal to obtain a differentiated signal; a de-noise unit for removing noise components of the differentiated signal to obtain a de-noise signal; and a reconstructive unit for processing the de-noise signal to obtain an output signal. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001858 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an information processor includes a touch point sensor, a direction sensor, and a display controller. The touch point sensor detects a touch point of a finger that touches a touch panel of a display device. The direction sensor detects a direction that the finger points. The display controller provides a pop-up display on the display device at a position on at least one straight line perpendicular to a straight line passing on the touch point in parallel to the direction that the finger points. The position is separated from a cross point of the straight lines by a predetermined distance. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001859 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING NOISE - A touch screen device may include: a touch panel receiving a touch signal; a noise measurement unit measuring a noise value input to the touch panel; a determination unit determining whether or not the measured noise value exceeds a threshold; and a control unit controlling an operation mode to be maintained or switched according to a determination result of the determination unit. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001860 | DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MOVEMENTS OF A MOVABLE OBJECT - The present invention concerns a detection system and a corresponding method for detecting movements of a movable object that compensate for unintentional tilt movement of the movable object in a first direction and/or in a second direction when a linear movement in a third direction is detected. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120001861 | Unintentional Touch Rejection - A method for rejecting an unintentional palm touch is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a touch is detected by a touch-sensitive surface associated with a display. Characteristics of the touch may be used to generate a set of parameters related to the touch. In an embodiment, firmware is used to determine a reliability value for the touch. The reliability value and the location of the touch is provided to a software module. The software module uses the reliability value and an activity context to determine a confidence level of the touch. In an embodiment, the confidence level may include an evaluation of changes in the reliability value over time. If the confidence level for the touch is too low, it may be rejected. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120007808 | Interactive game pieces using touch screen devices for toy play - There is provided a system and method for facilitating an interaction using first and second peripheral devices and related structures. Each of the first and second peripheral devices have a plurality of touch points for touching a touch surface of a touch-sensitive system. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method comprises detecting a plurality of contemporaneous touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system. One of the first and second peripheral devices is identified based on the plurality of contemporaneous touches as compared to the plurality of touch points of one of the first and second peripheral devices. In some embodiments, orientation of the one of the first and second peripheral devices can be determined based on the plurality of contemporaneous touches as compared to the plurality of touch points of the one of the first and second peripheral devices. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007809 | Touch Screen Overlay for Visually Impaired Persons - A touch screen overlay includes a flexible, substantially planar portion having length and width dimensions corresponding to a touch screen of an electronics appliance, one or more features for aligning the substantially planar portion with the touch screen, and a pattern of raised features and/or openings, providing facility for a person to interact with individual features or openings by touch rather than be sight. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007810 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch-sensitive display apparatus includes a shell having two protruding platforms at two opposite ends thereof and a receiving cavity located between the two protruding platforms, a display module accommodated in the receiving cavity, a touch device placed on the display module. The touch device includes two opposite end plates placed on the respective protruding platforms, a touch panel and a top film. At least one end plate defines a hole for positioning the protrusion protruded from the corresponding protruding platform. At least one of two opposite ends of the touch panel extends beyond the display module and is located on an inner side of the corresponding protruding platform to be located at the same plane with the corresponding end plate and adjacent to the corresponding end plate to form a gap therebetween. The top film is attached on the conducting layer and end plates. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007811 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, MULTI-MODE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND MODE-SWITCHING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device, a multi-mode input/output device, and a mode-switching method of the multi-mode input/output device are provided. The multi-mode input/output device includes a touch pad, electronic paper, and a switching module. An opening of the electronic device exposes a first surface of the electronic paper. A second surface of the electronic paper contacts to a touch-sensing plane of the touch pad. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The switching module connects the touch pad and the electronic paper. When a mode-switching signal is received, the switching module switches the multi-mode input/output device between a first mode and a second mode. The multi-mode input/output device can switch between the two modes to perform different functions and have advantages of low power consumption and low costs. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007812 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel has a test point formed on one end of each of the wires formed inside the touch panel and connected to a circuit board. The test point is larger than a wire diameter of the wires and serves to be contacted by a probe of a test instrument. Even if the probe is similar to the wires in width, the wires are not cut and broken by the probe. Accordingly, after the wires of the touch panel are tested by a probe-type test instrument, the touch panel can still operate normally without having the fault arising from the broken wires inadvertently cut by a probe. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007813 | TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen, including: a base member; a plurality of electrode patterns formed on one surface of the base member, having a first directionality; electrode wirings connected to both ends of the electrode patterns; and a controller that is connected to the electrode wirings, measures the change in resistance of the electrode pattern to update reference voltage variation value, and measures charging/discharging characteristics generated from the electrode pattern when an outside touch is generated to calculate coordinate information on a touched point. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007814 | Touch Display Device and Electronic Device Using the Same - A touch display device includes a housing, a flexible monitor installed on the housing, and at least one keystroke device installed inside the housing and under the flexible monitor for generating at least one trigger signal. When the flexible monitor are pressed by external forces at positions corresponding to the at least one keystroke device, deformation of the flexible monitor occurs and further press the at least one keystroke device, to make the at least one keystroke device to generate the at least one trigger signal. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007815 | MULTIPURPOSE SENSING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT HAVING THE SAME - A multipurpose sensing apparatus and electronic equipment are provided. The sensing apparatus includes planar type compound eyes, each planar type compound eye including ommatidium arranged in a circular arc such that each ommatidium views a contact surface; three-dimensional (3D) compound eyes, each 3D compound eye including ommatidium arranged in an array such that each ommatidium views an area in front of the contact surface; and an image signal processor that is configured to determine a touch position on the contact surface based on image signals transmitted from the planar type compound eyes, and to recognize a motion of an object existing in front of the contact surface based on image signals transmitted from the 3D compound eyes. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007816 | Input Control Method and Electronic Device for a Software Keyboard - An input control method for an electronic device comprising a multi-touch screen, comprising: displaying a software keyboard on a multi-touch screen; receiving and recording first touch information corresponding to a first touch event on the software keyboard; receiving and recording second touch information corresponding to a second touch event on the software keyboard; calculating a first touch area corresponding to the first touch event according to the touch range information of the first touch information; calculating a second touch area corresponding to the second touch event according to the touch range information of the second touch information; determining whether the first touch event is a finger-touch event or a non-finger-touch event according to the touch area; skipping the first touch event if the first touch event is a non-finger-touch event, and not generating a key code input; calculating a distance between the first and second touch areas according to the first and second touch position information if the first touch event is a finger-touch event; skipping the first touch event and not generating the key code input if the distance between the first and second touch areas is shorter than or equal to a predetermined distance; and generating the key code input if the distance between the first and second touch areas is longer than the predetermined distance. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007817 | Physical pieces for interactive applications using touch screen devices - There are provided systems and methods for facilitating an interaction with a first peripheral device using a touch-sensitive system having a processor and a touch surface. An example method includes detecting, using the processor, the first peripheral device touching the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system, identifying, using the processor, the first peripheral device touching the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system, and determining, using the processor, that the first peripheral device has an accessory attached thereto. A method may include determining, using the processor, transformation of the first peripheral device. Another method may include determining, using the processor, a position of the first peripheral device with respect to digital elements displayed on the touch surface, and interacting with the first peripheral device based on the position of the first peripheral device with respect to the digital elements displayed on the touch surface. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007818 | OPERATIONAL AUTHORITY SWITCHING DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANELS AND PROGRAM - An operational authority switching device with touch panels includes a plurality of display panels; a plurality of touch panels provided so as to be paired with each of the plurality of display panels; a plurality of switching buttons provided so as to be paired with each of the plurality of touch panels; a storage portion storing an operational authority switching program for switching the operational authority on the plurality of touch panels; a control portion executing an operational authority switching program stored in the storage portion; a display processing portion generating images based on instructions of the control portion; and a division portion dividing the images generated in the display processing portion into a plurality of areas and outputting each image corresponding to the divided areas to each of the plurality of display panels. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007819 | Automatic Convergence Based on Touchscreen Input for Stereoscopic Imaging - A method is provided that includes receiving coordinates of a touch point on a touchscreen, wherein the touch point indicates a user-selected convergence point, and converging a stereoscopic image at the user-selected convergence point based on the touch point coordinates. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007820 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATION ACCORDING TO MOVEMENT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method operate a portable terminal according to touch and movement. When a touch is sensed, an angle of the portable terminal is determined. When the determined angle belongs to a grip zone, the portable terminal is transitioned to a wake up state. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007821 | SEQUENTIAL CLASSIFICATION RECOGNITION OF GESTURE PRIMITIVES AND WINDOW-BASED PARAMETER SMOOTHING FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) USER INTERFACES - A method for classification recognition of gestures and gesture primitives in a touch-based user interface. In an implementation the method comprises receiving tactile image data responsive to data generated from user touch of a user touch interface comprising a sensor array. The tactile image data is processed to create a plurality of numerical values responsive to data generated from the user touch interface. These numerical values are applied to a principle component analysis operation to produce a reduced-dimensionality data vector which is applied to a classifier having a plurality of classifier outputs interpretable as probabilities. The classifier outputs provide likelihoods that an execution gesture is from a collection of pre-defined gestures, and a decision test is used to produce a decision output indicating a gesture outcome useful in user interface applications. The arrangement can recognize single finger “6D” actions of roll, pitch, yaw, left-right, forward-back, and variations in applied pressure. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007822 | DETACHABLE BACK MOUNTED TOUCHPAD FOR A HANDHELD COMPUTERIZED DEVICE - The present invention relates to a detachable touchpad for a handheld computerized device. This detachable touchpad is configured to reversibly attach to the back of a handheld computerized device that lacks a rear mounted touchpad, and with appropriate software, allow the user to at least in part control the handheld computerized device from behind the device. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120007823 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND TOUCHPAD INPUT SYSTEM - A display control device ( | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120013539 | SYSTEMS WITH GESTURE-BASED EDITING OF TABLES - Computing equipment such as devices with touch screen displays and other touch sensitive equipment may be used to display tables of data to a user. The tables of data may contain rows and columns. Touch gestures such as tap and flick gestures may be detected using the touch screen or other touch sensor. In response to a detected tap such as a tap on a row or column header, the computing equipment may select and highlight a corresponding row or column in a displayed table. In response to a flick gesture in a particular direction, the computing equipment may move the selected row or column to a new position within the table. For example, if the user selects a particular column and supplies a right flick gestures, the selected column may be moved to the right edge of a body region in the table. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013540 | TABLE EDITING SYSTEMS WITH GESTURE-BASED INSERTION AND DELETION OF COLUMNS AND ROWS - Computing equipment may display tables of data that contain rows and columns. Touch gestures such as hold and flick gestures may be detected using a touch screen or other touch sensor. In response to a detected hold portion of a hold and flick gesture, a row or column in a table may be selected. In response to detection of a simultaneous flick portion, columns or rows may be inserted or deleted. A column may be inserted after a selected column using a hold and right downflick gesture. A hold and left downflick gesture may be used to insert a column before a selected column. Rows may be inserted before and after selected rows using hold and upper rightflick and hold and lower rightflick gestures. One or more columns or rows may be deleted using upflick or leftflick gestures. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013541 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying information on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting invocation of a controller, and displaying a controller in an area of the touch-sensitive display to control an indicator within the information. The controller may advantageously be displayed without covering the information. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013542 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A TOUCH - A method includes determining when a touch of a plurality of touches overlapping in time on a touch-sensitive display, is discontinued, utilizing first touch data prior to the determining to identify a location of the touch, and when the first touch data is not established to be accurate, obtaining second touch data prior to the first touch data to identify the location of the touch. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013543 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD - A method includes detecting a touch at a location on a touch-sensitive display, receiving an input by a navigation device, and performing a function associated with at least one of the touch and the input in response to elapsing of a time period between detecting the touch and receiving the input. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013544 | POSITION-SENSING PANEL AND METHOD - An exemplary touch position sensing panel includes an opaque electrode layer and a transparent electrode layer separated from the opaque electrode layer by a substrate. The electrodes are arranged such that nodes are formed in areas where the electrodes cross over each other. The transparent electrode layer shields the opaque layer from electric field noise from electric field sources underlying the position-sensing panel, such as a display, while at the same time providing transparency to light emitted from the underlying display. Techniques are also discussed for forming the transparent electrode layer and/or the opaque electrode layer. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013545 | ENHANCED CONDUCTORS - Disclosed examples of electrode structures and methods of manufacture thereof may provide one or more advantages relating to enhanced conductivity, for example, while providing optically clear conductors. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013546 | Capacitive Touch Sensor Having Code-Divided and Time-Divided Transmit Waveforms - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for digital signal processing (DSP) techniques for generally improving a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of capacitive touch sensors. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013547 | Mechanism for Touch Screen Emulation for a Virtual Machine - A mechanism for touch screen emulation for a virtual machine is disclosed. A method of the invention includes providing an emulation of a touch screen device to a virtual machine (VM) managed by a hypervisor for emulation of the touch screen device by the VM, receiving touch gesture information related to a touch gesture received in the session window of the VM that is managed by the hypervisor, sending an interrupt to the VM that informs the VM of detected touch screen activity in the session window of the VM on the touch screen device, wherein in response to the interrupt the VM receives the touch gesture information in order to utilize in determining screen coordinates of the touch gestures within the session window of the VM. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013548 | Human-Machine Interface System - A system and method are provided in which an operator/driver of a vehicle may control a number of components within the vehicle via a single human-machine interface. The system may include a computing device, a touch panel with a touch screen located in a center console area of the vehicle near a seat for the operator/driver, and a display device located at a position higher than the touch screen. The operator/driver may select a control presented on the touch screen by touching the control. A display of the touch screen and/or a display of the display device may change in response to the touching of the control. Displays of the touch screen may include current function mode controls in a first layer, logically-grouped current function menu shortcuts in a second layer and HVAC status and control indicators in a third layer. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013549 | TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen, including: a pair of base members that are spaced apart from each other by a spacer having an opening formed inside thereof and have resistive films formed on the opposite surfaces thereof; grooves that are each formed in outer regions of the resistive films formed on the pair of base members to intersect with each other and are extended from the upper surfaces of the resistive films to the base members in a thickness direction; and sensing electrodes that are formed in the outer regions of the resistive films to cover the grooves and are filled in the grooves. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013550 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE INTERACTIONS OF A USER WITH A GIVEN ZONE OF A TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A method for controlling interactions of a user with a given zone of a touch screen panel is disclosed, the method comprises detecting a signal indicative of a request to control interactions with a given zone of the touch screen panel; displaying on the touch screen panel a window covering the given zone of the touch screen panel and disabling possible interactions of the user with the given zone of the touch screen panel when said window is covering the given zone, wherein said user may selectively toggle between covering and uncovering said given zone using said window using a predetermined gesture. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013551 | METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH AN APPLICATION IN A COMPUTING DEVICE COMPRISING A TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A method for interacting with an application in a computing device comprising a touch screen panel, the method comprising displaying an icon on the touch screen panel, the icon being representative of the application and executing a given process upon detection of a finger motion, the finger motion starting above the icon and being in a direction facing the outside of the touch screen panel. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013552 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-BASED CONTROL METHOD FOR SCREEN BRIGHTNESS THEREOF - A touch-sensitive device and a related control method are provided to allow the control of a predefined function (e.g., screen brightness, volume, vibration) in response to a touch-based user gesture input on a state information display region such as an indicator region. In a method for controlling the screen brightness of the device, a screen is displayed separating the state information display region and a normal display region. When receiving the user gesture scrolled along the state information display region, a control unit of the device adjusts the predefined function in response to the received user gesture. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013553 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal may display a first one of a plurality of wallpapers on a touch screen, display an item on the screen, recognize a request to arrange the item, change the wallpaper displayed on the touch screen based on a determined motion of the mobile terminal, and display the item on a selected wallpaper. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013554 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The touch screen panel includes a substrate, an electrode forming part positioned on the substrate, and a routing wiring part positioned on the substrate outside the electrode forming part. The electrode forming part includes a plurality of first electrode serials arranged parallel to one another in a first direction and a plurality of second electrode serials arranged to cross the first electrode serials. The routing wiring part includes a plurality of first routing wires respectively connected to the first electrode serials and a plurality of second routing wires respectively connected to the second electrode serials. A plurality of first connection patterns are formed on the same level layer as the first and second routing wires to be separated from one another. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013555 | TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM - Provided is a touch screen system that includes a transmitter, a plurality of electronic pens, and a controller. The transmitter applies to transmitting electrodes a pen-synchronization pulse signal for synchronizing transmission and reception of a pen identification signal between the electronic pens and a receiver. The electronic pens transmit, to receiving electrodes, a pen identification signal in accordance with detection of the pen-synchronization pulse signal of the transmitting electrodes at the time of a touch operation. The controller determines the electronic pen that has performed a touch operation based on the pen identification signal that is received by the receiver via the receiving electrodes. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013556 | GESTURE DETECTING METHOD BASED ON PROXIMITY-SENSING - A gesture detecting method based on proximity sensing is provided when an object is approaching close to a proximity-sensing panel. The moving direction of the object is detected to generate multiple sensing values. The sensing values are able to define one or more moving tendencies corresponding to sensing axes on the proximity-sensing panel. The moving tendencies corresponding to all sensing axes are able to define one or more moving traces, and the moving traces are able to define one or more gesture. On the other hand, the quantity of the sensing value(s) and the moving tendency(s) are able to define the moving trace(s); then the gesture(s) is able to be further defined. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013557 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY, INTERFACE METHOD USING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - According to an embodiment of the present invention, an interface for controlling a display of a plurality of layers on a touch screen display includes displaying, on a touch screen display of the device, a main display layer and at least one sub display layer, detecting an object-down event at a first position within the main display layer, detecting an object-dragging event at a second position within the main display layer, and moving the main display layer along a movement direction from the first position to the second position, wherein at least one of the at least one sub display layer is displayed to be pulled to the movement direction in accordance with the movement of the main display layer. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013558 | TOUCH DEVICES AND DETECTION METHODS THEREOF - A detection method for detecting a touch point on a touch panel is provided. The detection method includes: (1) providing a touch panel which is capable of being divided into even unit regions; (2) defining a plurality of unit regions as a detection region by a control unit; (3) detecting the detection region to obtain a position of the touch point in the corresponding unit region by a driving unit; (4) when the detecting is failed to obtain the position, re-defining the number of unit regions consisting of the detection region by the control unit; and (5) when the position is detected, memorizing the position into a memory unit. The number of unit regions defined in the step (4) is equal to a half of the number of unit regions defined in the step (2). | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013559 | MULTIPLE VISUAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED NAVIGATION SYSTEM - In a vehicle-mounted navigation system, an operating unit that operates the driver's seat side image and an operating unit that operates the passenger's seat side image had to be provided separately, which increased the number of operation buttons and the size of the navigation system device. In a vehicle-mounted navigation system that displays images in multiple directions, an operating direction detector detects which direction an operation was performed from, and a controller controls the vehicle-mounted navigation system based on a detection result of the operating direction detector. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013560 | OPTICAL ELEMENT, AND LIGHTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THAT USE THE OPTICAL ELEMENT - A micro-louver ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013561 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A TOUCH OR TOUCHES - A method and device for determining a single touch or multiple touches is disclosed. A touch related sensing information with a single zero-crossing is used for determining a pair of values, and the locations of a pair of centroids are calculated depending on the pair of values. The distance between the locations of the pair of centroids can be used to determine whether the number of touches is one or more. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120013562 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An electronic device includes a first display unit which displays information about an active application, which is an application being executed; a touch sensor which is overlapped on the first display unit and which detects a touch thereto; and a control unit which, in a state where information about the active application is being displayed on the first display unit, performs processing on the active application when a touch to the touch sensor is determined as a first touch, and executes, as the active application, another application different from the application being executed when the touch to the touch sensor is determined as a second touch which has a wider region than the first touch. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120019448 | User Interface with Touch Pressure Level Sensing - An apparatus including a housing; electronics in the housing; and a user input configured to allow a user to input information into the apparatus. The user input includes a touch panel on the housing. The user input is connected to the electronics and is configured to distinguish between first and second different levels of touch pressure by a user. The user input is configured to display a keyboard keys graphic. The apparatus is configured such that the first level of touch pressure at a first location of the touch panel is determined to correspond to selecting one of the keys of the graphic by the user as first information. The second level of touch pressure at the first location is determined to correspond to second information which does not correspond to selecting one of the keys of the graphic by the user. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019449 | TOUCH SENSING ON THREE DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS - Examples of touch sensors are capable of determining the position of one or more touches and/or gestures on a three dimensional object. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019450 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the touch sensing device includes a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes, alternately arranged along a first direction and a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction to form a sensing matrix, such that each first touch electrode and a corresponding second touch electrode are entangled each other along with at least one of the first and second directions. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019451 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A touch panel includes a first electrically conductive substrate, a second electrically conductive substrate; and a plurality of insulators located between the first electrically conductive substrate and the second electrically conductive substrate. The second electrically conductive substrate includes a first carbon nanotube film facing the first electrically conductive substrate, and a second carbon nanotube film exposed outside the touch panel. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019452 | TOUCH INPUT TRANSITIONS - Selection of input of a touch sensing surface is provided. Contacts on or near a surface are tracked to obtain touch information of the contacts. A first gesture is detected corresponding to first touch information of a number of contacts performing an activity, and a first input corresponding to the first gesture is selected. A second gesture is detected corresponding to second touch information of a number of contacts performing an activity. A determination of whether to select a second input corresponding to the second gesture is made. The second input is selected if third information satisfies a predetermined criteria, and the first input is maintained if the third information does not satisfy the predetermined criteria. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019453 | MOTION CONTINUATION OF TOUCH INPUT - Motion continuation of an input is provided. A motion of an input can be tracked based on contacts on a touch sensing surface. The input motion can be continued when one or more of the contacts lifts off from the surface by determining the liftoff of the one or more of the contacts during the input, determining a speed at the liftoff, selecting, based on the speed at liftoff, one of a plurality of decay rates corresponding to a plurality of ranges of speed, and continuing the motion of the input based on the selected decay rate. After motion of the input is continued based on speed at liftoff, the system can determine that the continued motion reaches a next-lower range of speed, the decay rate can be reset based on the decay rate of the next-lower range, and motion can be continued based on the reset decay rate. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019454 | Driving Method, Driving Device and Touch Sensitive Display Device Using the Same - A driving method for driving a touch sensitive display device which includes a substrate, a plurality of pixel units, a touch panel and a plurality of touch sensors, and displays a frame of a video and detects at least one touch point per vertical scanning period is disclosed. The driving method includes generating a plurality of touch scanning impulses in a non-display period of the vertical period, detecting the at least one touch point according to the plurality of touch scanning impulses in the non-display period, generating a plurality of scanning impulses according to a synchronization signal in a display period of the vertical scanning period to indicate a frame updating sequence of the plurality of pixel units, and generating a plurality of source driving signals according to frame data in the display period to indicate color intensities of the plurality of pixel units. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019455 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch screen panel. The touch screen panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first detection patterns, a plurality of second detection patterns, and a plurality of connection prevention layers. Each of the first detection patterns includes a plurality of first detection cells arranged in a single column and a plurality of first connection lines configured to connect first detection cells which are adjacent to each other. Each of the second detection patterns includes a plurality of second detection cells arranged in a single row and a plurality of second connection lines configured to connect second detection cells which are adjacent to each other. Each of the connection prevention layers is located between each of the first connection lines and each of the second connections line at the intersection thereof, and is made of an electrical insulation material. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019456 | METHOD FOR EXECUTING PRIVATE MODE IN MOBILE TERMINAL AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a method for executing a private mode in a mobile terminal, including sensing a multi-touch applied over a display part, determining whether the multi-touch is identical with a touch code for entering to the private mode preset in a storage part, and turning off the display part or controlling a screen brightness when the multi-touch is identical with the touch code. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019457 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel that prevents sensing patterns from being viewable at a border of a touch active region. The touch screen panel includes: a transparent substrate; first sensing cells and second sensing cells alternately distributed in a touch active region on the transparent substrate; first connection patterns connecting the fist sensing cells in a first direction; second connection patterns connecting the second sensing patterns in a second direction crossing the first direction; and dummy patterns extending outside the touch active region and connected with the first sensing cells and the second sensing cells at a border of the touch active region. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019458 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device includes a circuit board, a power input port located on the circuit board, a main battery electronically connected to the power input port, and a stylus. A backup battery electronically connected to the power input port is located in the stylus. A power control unit is located on the circuit board. The power control unit detects the voltage value of the main battery, and compares the voltage value of the main battery with a predetermined voltage of the touch screen device. According to the comparative result, the power control unit switches between the main battery and the backup battery to provide power supply to the touch screen device. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019459 | INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control method includes: receiving a user's input through a touch area of the input device; and recognizing the user's touch input to the touch area through a recognition area of the input device corresponding to the touch area and changing and assigning a range of the recognition area corresponding to the touch area according to a predetermined standard. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019460 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus, in particular, of a type for enabling an input operation in a contactless manner, smoothly, as is intended by a user, comprises a distance detector means for detection a distance from that input apparatus to a user's hand, a distance change detector means for detecting change of distance upon basis of a result of detection by the distance detector unit, and an instruction output means for providing an instruction to an apparatus of an outside, upon basis of a result of detection by the distance change detector means, wherein the distance change detector means detects that the distance is changed, starting from a predetermined first distance, as a beginning of the change of distance, reaching to a second distance, and the instruction output means treats the result of detection by the distance change detector means as an operation made by the user, and thereby providing the instruction to the apparatus of an outside. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019461 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention provides a touch display device, which includes a display module and a touch panel. The display module includes a display panel and a control chip disposed on the display module to control the display module. The touch panel has a glass substrate and a driving chip disposed on the glass substrate to control at least one touching operation for the touch panel. The driving chip and the control chip are disposed in a misaligned manner. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019462 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - There are provided an image display apparatus having a display unit capable of sensing a touch made by a pointing device, and a method for operating the same. The method includes outputting a synchronous signal through the entire region of the display unit, transmitting a first scanning signal and a second scanning signal respectively scanning the display unit in a first direction and a second direction to the pointing device; and acquiring touch position information regarding a touch made by the pointing device by using touch time information regarding time points when the pointing device receives the first scanning signal and the second scanning signal after sensing the synchronous signal. Accordingly, an error in touch recognition caused by the delay of a synchronous signal can be minimized. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019463 | Input Device - An input device, especially for a vehicle, includes a first display for optical display of information, at least a second display arranged above the first display for optical display of information and a touchscreen arranged above the second display for entry of commands by touching an operating surface of the touchscreen. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019464 | Touch Screen Friction Reducing Finger Caps - Finger gloves are provided for one or more fingers of the user of an electronic device with a touch screen. The finger gloves include a contact area made of a low-friction material. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019465 | Directional Pad Touchscreen - A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs is disclosed. The method includes receiving sliding motion by a user on a touchscreen of a computing device, identifying a direction for the sliding motion; associating the direction for the sliding motion with one of a plurality of directions for a directional pad, and providing information about the associated one of the plurality of directions to an application that is executing on the computing device. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019466 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING KEY IN TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - Provided are an apparatus and a method for inputting a key in a terminal having a touch screen. The apparatus includes a display; a touch sensor positioned above the display to sense a touch; and a controller for overlapping a semitransparent keyboard on one of a background and executed application screens output on the display when a key input event occurs, checking whether the touch is for a key input, if the touch is for the key input, receiving a key in a position corresponding to the touch, and outputting the key to the display. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019467 | SINGLE-CHIP MULTI-STIMULUS SENSOR CONTROLLER - A multi-stimulus controller for a multi-touch sensor is formed on a single integrated circuit (single-chip). The multi-stimulus controller includes a transmit oscillator, a transmit signal section that generates a plurality of drive signals based on a frequency of the transmit oscillator, a plurality of transmit channels that transmit the drive signals simultaneously to drive the multi-touch sensor, a receive channel that receives a sense signal resulting from the driving of the multi-touch sensor, a receive oscillator, and a demodulation section that demodulates the received sense signal based on a frequency of the receive oscillator to obtain sensing results, the demodulation section including a demodulator and a vector operator. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019468 | SELECTIVE INPUT SIGNAL REJECTION AND MODIFICATION - Embodiments are related to user input devices that accept complex user input including a combination of touch and push (or pick) input. Embodiments of the invention provide for selective ignoring or rejection of input received from such devices in order to avoid interpreting unintentional user actions as commands. Furthermore, some input signals can be modified. The selective rejection or modification can be performed by the user interface device itself or by a computing device that includes or is attached to the user interface device. The selective rejection or modification may be performed by a module that processes input signals, performs the necessary rejections and modifications and sends revised input signals to higher level modules. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019469 | TOUCH INPUT TRANSITIONS - Selection of input of a touch sensing surface is provided. Contacts on or near a surface are tracked to obtain touch information of the contacts. A first gesture is detected corresponding to first touch information of a number of contacts performing an activity, and a first input corresponding to the first gesture is selected. A second gesture is detected corresponding to second touch information of a number of contacts performing an activity. A determination of whether to select a second input corresponding to the second gesture is made. The second input is selected if third information satisfies a predetermined criteria, and the first input is maintained if the third information does not satisfy the predetermined criteria. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019470 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A calling and display unit ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019471 | ENTERING INFORMATION INTO A COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A method for entering information into a communications device is disclosed. The method includes a user sliding a finger along a touch bar in either a horizontal or vertical direction to select a symbol. The method continues with the user selecting the symbol when the symbol enters the selection area, in which the appearance of the symbol is accentuated as the symbol enters the selection area. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120019472 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an information processing device capable of improving operability in an information processing device in which when a position in any of a plurality of determination areas for a plurality of selected image candidates is designated by a user, a selected image candidate corresponding to the determination area is designated as a selected image. A designated position obtaining unit ( | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120026097 | Reconfiguring Remote Control Behavior - Aspects of the disclosure relate to a remote control which may include one or more buttons configured to provide input to the remote control upon being activated, a transmitter for transmitting data, a receiver for receiving data, a processor and memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the two-way remote control to perform a method for configuring repeat transmission behavior of one or more of the buttons of the two-way remote control. Further, the receiver may be configured to receive data from a device configured to be controlled by the remote control and the data may include instructions for configuring the repeat transmission behavior of the one or more buttons of the two-way remote control. Additionally, the two-way remote control may configure the repeat transmission behavior of the one or more buttons of the two-way remote control based on the data received from the device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026098 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TABLETOP MODE - A portable electronic device for facilitating user input, the portable electronic device having a display screen on a front face thereof, a side edge substantially orthogonal to the front face, and a side input button located on the side edge having an associated input function. When a predetermined trigger condition is detected, a user input interface accessible on the front face of the device is enabled to provide the input function associated with the side input button. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026099 | Fabrication of Touch Sensor Panel Using Laser Ablation - Fabrication of a touch sensor panel using laser ablation is disclosed. The fabricated touch sensor panel can have its touch sensors formed from conductive layers disposed on a surface such as an undersurface of the panel's cover substrate. A fabrication method can include ablating a first conductive layer to define the first part of the touch sensors and then ablating a second conductive layer proximate to the first conductive layer to define the second part of the touch sensors. The touch sensor panel can be incorporated into a mobile telephone, a digital media player, or a personal computer. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026100 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Aligning and Distributing Objects - At a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, a plurality of objects are displayed on the display. The device detects a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface. While detecting the first contact, the device detects a first gesture that includes movement of a second contact and a third contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the first gesture, the device determines a contact axis based on a location of the second contact relative to a location of the third contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The device determines an object-alignment axis based on the contact axis, and repositions one or more of the objects so as to align at least a subset of the objects on the display along the object-alignment axis. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026101 | ELECTRIC PAPER ASSOCIATED WITH TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is an electronic paper associated with a touch panel. The electronic paper | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026102 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating an electronic apparatus having an active region and a peripheral region surrounding the active region is described. A first main device and a second main device are provided. An optical clear liquid adhesive (OCLA) is applied between the first main device and the second main device and within the active region. A photo-mask having a transparent region and an opaque region is provided above the second main device, and the transparent region corresponds to the peripheral region. An OCLA diffusion process is performed such that the OCLA diffuses from the active region to the peripheral region. During the OCLA diffusion process, a first irradiating process with the photo-mask is performed, such that the OCLA diffusing to the peripheral region is partially cured. After removing the photo-mask, a second irradiating process is performed, such that the OCLA is completely cured. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026103 | Vibration generator and electronic device including the same - Disclosed are a vibration generator, which can increase the vibration force of a vibration plate by additionally applying the mass of a mass body to the vibration plate, and an electronic device including the same. The vibration generator includes at least one piezoelectric element mounted inside the case and subjected to compression and expansion in response to input power, a vibration plate including a body elongated in a preset lengthwise direction and having the at least one piezoelectric element mounted thereon, and generating vibrations by the compression and expansion of the at least one piezoelectric element, and at least one mass part adding a preset magnitude of mass to the vibration plate. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026104 | TRACK COMPENSATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Track compensation methods and systems for touch-sensitive input devices are provided. First, a track corresponding to an input tool on a touch-sensitive device of an electronic device is detected. At least one motion attitude information corresponding to the touch-sensitive device is obtained. Then, the track is compensated for according to the at least one motion attitude information corresponding to the touch-sensitive device. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026105 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a storage unit storing a plurality of electronic files and relationships between display contacts and functions, and a processing unit. The touch screen produces contact signals in response to user's display contacts. The processing unit detects the user's display contacts according to the contact signals, determines a function corresponding to the user's display contact according to the relationships, and determines the function is a data transmitting function when the display contact is a pre-defined corresponding contact. The processing unit further determines an electronic file displayed on the touch screen and transmits the determined electronic file, when determining the function is the data transmitting function. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026106 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is an electronic paper display. The electronic paper display includes an electronic paper panel, a light guide structure, and a light source. The light guide structure is disposed over the electronic paper panel for reflecting and scattering light. The light source that is disposed on one lateral side of the light guide structure is operable to generate light, wherein the light generated by the light source, after being reflected and scattered by the light guide, illuminates the electronic paper panel. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026107 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a touch screen panel that can easily implement various colors along edges of the touch screen panel. A touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a transparent substrate; conductive sensing cells formed in a touch active region on one side of the transparent substrate; and a decoration film attached to the other side of the transparent substrate and having a decoration layer overlapping a touch inactive region outside the touch active region. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026108 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - According to one embodiment, an information display apparatus includes a display unit, a storage unit, a view point calculation unit, a region estimation unit, and an extraction unit. A scene surrounding the display unit is visible through the display unit. The storage unit is configured to store a location and a guide of each object existing in the scene. The view point calculation unit is configured to calculate a view point of a user observing the scene through the display unit. The region estimation unit is configured to estimate a region observed by the user in the scene, based on the view point. The extraction unit is configured to search an object existing in the region based on the location of the object, and to extract the guide of the object from the storage unit. The display unit displays the guide extracted. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026109 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile terminal device includes: a touch panel in which one of a plurality of segment areas is adjacent to the other segment areas different in at least three directions; a pattern storing unit that associates and stores any of functions of the mobile terminal device with a registered pattern formed of the plurality of adjacent segment areas of the segment areas of the touch panel; a pattern recognizing unit that recognizes the plurality of segment areas continuously touched by a user, as an input pattern; and a function activating unit that compares the input pattern recognized by the pattern recognizing unit with the registered pattern stored in the pattern storing unit, and activates the function corresponding to the registered pattern when the input pattern matches the registered pattern. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026110 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes a casing, a movement detection sensor that detects a movement of the casing, an input unit having an input operation surface, a pressing force detection sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the input unit through the input operation surface, and a control unit. The input unit is provided to the casing and capable of detecting an input operation position within the input operation surface. The control unit judges whether one of the pressing force detected and an amount of a change based on the change in the pressing force exceeds a first threshold value, performs a process of an input determination in a case where the one of the pressing force and the amount of the change in the pressing force exceeds the first threshold value, and changes the first threshold value in accordance with a degree of the movement of the casing detected. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026111 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus including, a detection unit configured to detect the position of an operating body relative to a display surface of a display unit displaying an object group made up of a plurality of objects each being related to a content, and a display change portion configured to change a focus position of the objects making up the object group based on a result of the detection performed by the detection unit, wherein if the result of the detection by the detection unit has detected the operating body moving linearly in a predetermined operating direction thereof substantially parallel to the display surface, then the display change portion changes the focus position of the objects spread out circularly to make up the object group, in a manner moving the focus position in the spread-out direction. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026112 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a stereographic image display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The stereographic image display apparatus includes an image display unit and a touch sensing unit which is positioned on the image display unit and is configured to interpose a lens array between a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer. The manufacturing method of the stereographic image display apparatus includes: allowing a transparent conductive material to be deposited on both surfaces of a lens array; forming first and second transparent electrode layers by etching the transparent conductive material deposited on the both surfaces of the lens array thereby generating a touch sensing unit; and adhering the touch sensing unit to an upper surface of an image display unit. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026113 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method is provided for controlling devices. The method includes detecting an operating member placed in proximity to a display device. The method further includes changing a display formation of a plurality of objects displayed on the display device based on the detected operating member, and displaying the objects on the display device according to the changed display formation. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026114 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON USER INPUT - An apparatus for providing feedback on a user input and a method of providing the same are provided. The apparatus includes: a user input receiver which receives a user input; a signal generator which generates a composite signal including at least one of a sound signal and a vibration signal; a thin film speaker which is attached under the user input receiver and generates a feedback signal on the user input according to the composite signal generated by the signal generator; and a controller which controls the signal generator to compose the sound signal and the vibration signal. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026115 | Character Input Device and Portable Device - A character input device according to the present invention includes a control portion. When users' finger or a touch panel operating portion slides on a touch panel with the users' finger or the touch panel operating portion being in contact with the touch panel, one of data items in a data entry image is selected in accordance with the slide movement. After the slide movement, when the users' finger or the touch panel operating portion is moved out of contact with the touch panel, the control portion determines the data entry of one of data items selected in accordance with the slide movement in another data entry image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026116 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a display device configured to display an image, a touch area detector configured to detect a touched area of the image displayed by the display unit, and a processor configured to change a tone of the touched area of the image. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026117 | Device And Method Of Controlling A Computer Using Centroids - A computer control system and a method of controlling a computer are disclosed. One such system includes an area-array sensor and a processor. The processor may have a navigation mode, and when set to this mode, the processor is configured to execute certain tasks. Those tasks may include acquiring a first information set and acquiring a second information set from the sensor. The first information set may represent reflected energy received by the sensor at the first time and the second information set may represent reflected energy received by the sensor at the second time. The first information set indicates a first contact area corresponding to that portion of an indicator object (such as a finger or stylus) which contacts the platen at the first time, and the second information set indicates a second contact area corresponding to that portion of the indicator object which contacts the platen at the second time. Centroids of the contact areas are used to determine a navigation control measurement that may be used to control a computer. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026118 | MAPPING TRACKPAD OPERATIONS TO TOUCHSCREEN EVENTS - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for mapping trackpad interactions and operations to touchscreen events without the use of a touchscreen user interface. In one example, a method includes receiving, via a trackpad device coupled to a computing device, touch-based input comprising one or more gestures, wherein the trackpad device is physically distinct from a display device coupled to the computing device. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, a trackpad operation based upon the touch-based input, and determining, by the computing device, a touchscreen event based upon a mapping of the trackpad operation to the touchscreen event, wherein the touchscreen event is determined without receiving any user input from a touchscreen device. The method further includes generating, by the computing device, the touchscreen event for processing by an application executing on the computing device, wherein the application is designed to process touchscreen events initiated by touchscreen devices. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING - A system includes a local patient monitor and a plurality of remote patient monitors. The local patient monitor may display a plurality of physiological parameters for a local patient. The local patient monitor may further display a remote monitoring interface with the local patient's physiological parameters. The remote monitoring interface may include a plurality of status icons respectively representing the plurality of remote patient monitors. In one embodiment, the local patient monitor receives alarm information from a first remote patient monitor indicating that one or more physiological parameters for a remote patient are outside of a determined range. The alarm information may include, for example, location information for the remote patient and an alarm condition indicated by the one or more physiological parameters. The local patient monitor may display the alarm information within the remote monitoring interface. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120026120 | FORCE SENSOR INTEGRATED CABLE MODULE AND AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention is directed to an integrated cable module for force sensors adaptable to a pressure-sensitive touch panel. The module includes an integrated cable and a cable frame. Specifically, the integrated cable has signal lines for transferring sense signals of the force sensors. The integrated cable has a number of branches, and an assembling part that assembles the branches. The cable frame has an opening window, and has a groove used for placing the integrated cable. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120032891 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface with Enhanced Touch Targeting - An electronic device has a touch-sensitive display and one or more touch-sensitive surfaces that are distinct from the touch-sensitive display. The device displays one or more user interface objects on the touch-sensitive display, and detects one or more user contacts on the one or more touch-sensitive surfaces. While detecting the one or more user contacts on the one or more touch-sensitive surfaces, the device also detects one or more finger contact areas at respective locations on the touch-sensitive display. For each finger contact area, the device determines a respective finger contact coordinate tuple based at least in part on: a respective location of a respective finger contact area, and the user contacts on the one or more touch-sensitive surfaces. The device manipulates at least one of the one or more user interface objects in accordance with the respective finger contact coordinate tuples. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032892 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ACTUATOR FOR PROVIDING TACTILE OUTPUT - An electronic device includes a base, a membrane coupled to and spaced from the base, an actuator disposed between the base and the membrane, and spaced from the membrane when the actuator is not actuated, and a controller configured to control actuation of the actuator to cause the actuator to contact the membrane. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL-TOUCH GESTURE CLASSIFICATION IN RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREENS - A system and method for classifying touches input into a four-wire resistive touch screen is presented. A voltage may be applied to electrodes in a layer making it the active layer. A first set of four voltages may be measured by a voltage sensing circuit from electrodes in the active layer of a touch screen and a passive layer of a touch screen. The voltage may be switched from electrodes of the first layer to the electrodes of the second layer. A voltage sensing circuit may measure a second set of four voltages nearly simultaneously from electrodes in the active layer and the passive layer of a touch screen. Each set of measured voltages from the passive layer and or the active may be processed. A rule set may be applied to the processing results. An indication of the type of touch that was applied to the touch screen may be provided and optionally including quantitative results. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032894 | INTELLIGENT MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a first input device; a second input device capable of operating in a first operating mode; and a system management module in communication with the first input device and the second input device. The system management module is configured for switching the second input device to a second operating mode in response to detecting, by the first input device, a presence of a user without receiving any operation-specific input from the user. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032895 | METHOD FOR DISAMBIGUATING MULTIPLE TOUCHES ON A PROJECTION-SCAN TOUCH SENSOR PANEL - A touch sensor panel is disclosed. The touch sensor panel includes a plurality of rows, at least one of the rows being a split row including a plurality of row subsections; and a plurality of columns, at least one of the columns being a split column including a plurality of column subsections. The touch sensor panel is configured with at least one split row and at least one split column located to increase a likelihood that a touch anywhere on the touch sensor panel overlaps with at least one split row and at least one split column. The rows and columns are individually charged electrodes capable of detecting a change in capacitance in a corresponding area of the touch sensor panel. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032896 | SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL AND CONFIGURABLE SCREEN THEREFOR - A touch screen unit comprises a touch sensitive layer, a display and a processor. The processor is arranged to receive a signal indicative of a parallax error between a user's view of the touch sensitive layer and the user selectable objects displayed on the display and to correct for this parallax error. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032897 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING CONTACT UTILIZED THEREBY - In a method of detecting input for a portable electronic device, when a virtual keyboard is displayed on a display of a touch panel, an accelerometer detects orientation of the portable electronic device to adjust a contact area of each key of the virtual keyboard. The adjusted display of each key provides a suitable contact area on the virtual keyboard according to the detected orientation of the portable electronic device. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032898 | PROJECTED CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A projected capacitive touch panel and fabrication method thereof is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) providing a substrate; (b) forming a conductive layer on the first plane of the substrate, wherein the conductive layer has a first pattern and a second pattern; and (c) forming a conductive bridge on the conductive layer to electrically connect the first pattern with the second pattern. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032899 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN - In a method for operating a motor vehicle having a display for displaying variable information, and a touch screen, situated above the display, for inputting commands by touching the touch screen, an operating element for operating a function of the motor vehicle is shown by the display, by touching the touch screen in the region of the operating element, and the function of the motor vehicle is executed based on a gesture of a hand executed in the vicinity of the touch screen, without touching the touch screen. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032900 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROCONDUCTIVE LAMINATE AND TRANSPARENT TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - Provided is a transparent electroconductive laminate which can prevent the occurrence of Newton rings between two transparent electrode substrates constituting a transparent touch panel. Also provided is a transparent touch panel which comprises the transparent electroconductive laminate. A transparent electroconductive laminate ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032901 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: an image processor; a display unit; a remote controller which includes a touch input unit to detect motion of a user; a remote control signal receiver which receives a remote control signal from the remote controller corresponding to the motion of a user; and a controller which displays the content information window as if the content information window enters from an outside of a display area to an inside of the display area in accordance with the motion that a user moves from an outside of an area of the touch input unit to an inside of the area, or stops displaying the content information window as if the content information window exits from the inside of the display area to the outside of the display area in accordance with the motion that a user moves from the inside of the area of the touch input unit to the outside of the touch input unit. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032902 | TABLET PERSONAL COMPUTER TRANSFORMER FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - The tablet computer transformer includes an external extension display. An extension interface is coupled to the extension display; an extension display is coupled to the control unit through the extension interface for displaying video or image from the portable communication device. It has to be noted that the portable communication device is a separated device from the external extension display when the portable communication device disconnects from the external extension display and is transformed into a tablet or pad computer when the portable communication device connects to the external extension display. The command, instruction and signal transfer are made through the extension interface. The displayed video or image is processed by the portable communication device and is displayed by the external extension display, thereby transforming the portable communication device to the tablet or pad computer after the cellular is integrated into the tablet computer transformer. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032903 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a display section, a contact detection section which is provided on a surface at an opposite side of the display section, and an operation control section which decides, when a predetermined operation input is performed based on a detection result obtained by the contact detection section, not to execute predetermined operation processing corresponding to at least a part of the operation input to the contact detection section. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032904 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. The touch panel includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of transparent electrodes. The transparent electrodes are formed on one surface of the transparent substrate. Each of the transparent electrodes includes a touch part formed to have an identical width and a connection part configured in a stepped form along with the touch part and configured to connect the touch part with the transparent substrate. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032905 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a display unit located on a front surface of a case. The information processing apparatus also includes a sensing unit located on a side surface of the case facing away from the display unit. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032906 | FOLDABLE TACTILE DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a foldable tactile display ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032907 | POSITION INPUT APPARATUS - As for a position input apparatus that, when a user applies a pressure to an operation area, determines a pressed position where the pressure is applied, the manufacturing cost of the position input apparatus is reduced. An operation plate is a flat plate having the operation area on one surface. A plurality of pressure sensors (pressure detection devices) detect, at respectively different pressure detection positions, a detection position pressure generated by the pressure applied to the pressed position. A pressed position determination device determines the pressed position, based on a plurality of detection position pressures detected by the plurality of pressure sensors. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120032908 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE (UI) TO DETECT MULTIPOINT STROKE AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method for providing a user interface (UI) and a multimedia apparatus using the same in which, if a multipoint stroke in which at least two strokes are concurrently input is detected on the touch screen, the touch screen performs a function corresponding to the multipoint stroke. A user can touch the touch screen to perform functions of various types using such a multipoint stroke. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120038558 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a base, a touch-sensitive display moveable relative to the base, piezo actuators disposed between the base and the touch-sensitive display, the piezo actuators including a first piezo actuator and a second piezo actuator spaced from the first piezo actuator, and a controller configured to control the piezo actuators to alternately actuate the first piezo actuator and the second piezo actuator and apply forces to the touch-sensitive display, thereby causing the touch-sensitive display to pivot relative to the base. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038559 | Generating Perceptible Touch Stimulus - Apparatus including a first surface electrode and an arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes; a display configured to display an image; and a controller configured to apply a potential difference between the first surface electrode and the arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes and configured to control at least a variation in the applied potential difference in dependence upon the displayed image. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038560 | Projected capacitive panel - A projected capacitive touch panel has a substrate, an X-axis electrode layer formed on a top of the substrate and a Y-axis electrode layer formed on a bottom of the substrate. The X-axis and the Y-axis electrode layers respectively have a plurality of X-axis electrodes and Y-axis electrodes arranged in a matrix form and respectively connected with a plurality of X-axis and Y-axis signal transmission lines. Each of the X-axis signal transmission lines and the Y-axis signal transmission lines is connected with a conversion module. The conversion modules is mounted to be adjacent to the X-axis and Y-axis signal transmission lines, converts analog signals into relatively stable digital signals, and transmits the digital signals to an external controller to determine coordinates being touch. Accordingly, lengths of the X-axis and Y-axis signal transmission lines can be shortened and the size of a control area of the touch panel can be enlarged. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING - A display method, which recognizes touch input information input to respective displays as multi-touch input, includes: displaying an image on a plurality of touch screens; receiving a plurality of pieces of touch input information from the plurality of touch screens; if respective pieces of the plurality of pieces of touch input information are received from different touch screens among the plurality of touch screens, performing a multi-touch operation with respect to the image. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038562 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND ACTUATOR FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - An electronic device includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display exposed by a front of the housing, an actuator disposed between a back and the front of the housing and configured to move the touch-sensitive display and the front of the housing relative to the back when actuated, and functional components comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the touch-sensitive display. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038563 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a touch panel and an electronic device including the same. The touch panel includes a pair of upper and lower substrates spaced apart from each other by a gap, wherein the upper substrate has a user touch surface. Electro-rheological fluid fills the gap between the upper and lower substrates. The touch panel includes a determining unit which senses a contact or pressing operation on the user contact surface to determine an input type, and which sets a predetermined activation force value according to the input type to determine whether an input occurs. The touch panel may further include a controller which applies a driving voltage, when the determining unit determines that an input according to a corresponding input type occurs. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038564 | Touch Screen and Method of Manufacturing the Same - In an embodiment of the present invention, a touch screen is provided, the touch screen characterized by: an indium tin oxide (ITO) film deposited on a top surface of a flexible plastic film; a first metal layer deposited on the ITO film, and a second metal layer plated on the first metal layer. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the touch screen and the method of manufacturing the same having the excellent sensitivity while securing durability may be provided. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038565 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a display panel, a plurality of horizontal sensing lines, a plurality of vertical sensing lines, a horizontal voltage selector, a vertical voltage selector, and a control chip. The display panel includes a plurality of sensing elements arranged in matrix form, and the plurality of the horizontal sensing lines and the plurality of vertical sensing lines are connected with the plurality of the sensing elements, respectively. The horizontal voltage selector is configured to receive a plurality of horizontal sensing signals from the plurality of horizontal sensing lines, and the vertical voltage selector is configured to receive a plurality of vertical sensing signals from the plurality of vertical sensing lines. The control chip is configured to output a plurality of horizontal control signals to the horizontal voltage selector and output a plurality of vertical control signals to the vertical voltage selector, whereby the horizontal voltage selector outputs one of the plurality of horizontal sensing signals to the control chip based on the plurality of horizontal control signals, and the vertical voltage selector outputs one of the plurality of vertical sensing signals to the control chip based on the plurality of vertical control signals. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038566 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a display panel, a plurality of horizontal sensing lines, a plurality of vertical sensing lines, a horizontal encoder, a vertical encoder, and a control chip. The display panel includes a plurality of sensing elements arranged in matrix form, and the plurality of the horizontal sensing lines and the plurality of vertical sensing lines are connected with the plurality of the sensing elements, respectively. The horizontal encoder receives and encodes a plurality of horizontal sensing signals from the plurality of horizontal sensing lines and thereby forms a plurality of horizontal encoded signals whose number is less than that of the horizontal sensing signals. The vertical encoder receives and encodes a plurality of vertical sensing signals from the plurality of vertical sensing lines and thereby forms a plurality of vertical encoded signals whose number is less than that of the vertical sensing signals. The control chip receives and processes the horizontal encoded signals and the vertical encoded signals to obtain coordinates of a touch position on the display panel. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038567 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch display panel may include a display unit and a touch unit. The display unit may include a first base substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes, a second base substrate including a common electrode disposed on a first face of the second base substrate, and an electro optical layer disposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. The first face faces the first base substrate. The touch unit includes a color filter layer including a plurality of color filters and a first electrode part including first electrodes disposed on a second face of the second base substrate, and a third base substrate including a second electrode part extended along a direction crossing the first electrodes. The first electrodes may be disposed on a boundary area of the color filters having different colors from each other, so that mixing of the colors is prevented. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038568 | Touch Sensitive Device - A method of making a touch-sensitive data entry screen of the kind arranged to provide haptic response to a user via at least one electromechanical exciter coupled to the screen, comprising analysing the mechanical and electromechanical coupled system represented by the data entry screen and the at least one exciter, and selecting values of parameters of the coupled system to provide a required displacement and acceleration of the screen at low frequency in response to human touch. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038569 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD FOR INPUT DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an input device that includes: a display configured to display information on a screen; a detector configured to detect a user input operation in a detectable region of the detector and acquire position coordinates of the user input operation, wherein the detectable region is larger than a display region of the display, and the display region is included in the detectable region; and a controller configured to transform the position coordinates of the user input operation, wherein when the detector detects the user input operation in the detectable region other than the display region and acquires position coordinates of the user input operation, the controller transforms the position coordinates into position coordinates corresponding to a certain position in the display region. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038570 | RECONFIGURABLE TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTING DEVICE - A reconfigurable touch screen computing device with folding configurations and an alignment locking mechanism. The touch screen display is made up of segments coupled to a flexible circuit and can be reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone, with an integrated speaker and microphone. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a tablet computer which may also include the mechanical functionality of a laptop. Both states provide a configuration which includes a touch screen display on a front side and a protective housing on a back side. The computing device may further include sensors to indicate the state of configuration. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, all of which may be used in either state. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038571 | System and Method for Dynamically Resizing an Active Screen of a Handheld Device - A handheld computing device having a first side with a touch screen configured to determine if contact with a user is an intended interaction with an application running on the touch screen or the user holding the device. The touch screen is configured to create an inactive screen portion and reconfigure an active screen portion upon determining contact is a user holding the device. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING TOUCH MALFUNCTION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method is provided that prevents touch malfunction in a mobile device that includes touch keys mapped to corresponding functions and a touch screen adjacent to the touch keys. The method includes displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) screen; and disabling part of the area of the touch screen that is adjacent to the touch keys, so that part of the area of the touch screen cannot detect a touch gesture on the GUI screen. Therefore, the system and method can prevent the execution of an undesired function caused by a user's simultaneous and unintentional touch on a touch panel. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038573 | Touch Input Device and Scanning Method Thereof - A touch panel includes a plurality of X-directional sensing lines and a plurality of Y-directional sensing lines. The X-directional sensing lines and the Y-directional sensing lines are arranged in a staggered manner, and a plurality of mutual capacitors are formed between every X-directional sensing line and every Y-directional sensing line. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the scanning method first selects the number of sensing lines to be measured to determine a measurement channel. Driving signals are applied to other sensing lines excluding the measurement channel in scanning procedures. After the driving signals are applied, two voltages at nodes of the measurement channel are detected to obtain a touch position on the touch panel. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038574 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING TOUCH EVENT ON TOUCH PANEL BY SELECTING NON-ADJACENT SENSING AXIS AS REFERENCE AXIS - A detection method for detecting a touch event on a touch panel includes a plurality of first sensing axes on a first dimension, and a plurality of second sensing axes on a second dimension. The detection method includes: regarding each first sensing axis, choosing another first sensing not neighboring with the first sensing axis as a first reference axis, and utilizing the first sensing axis and the first reference axis to derive a first sensing data corresponding to the first sensing axis; utilizing the second axes to derive a second sensing data corresponding to each second sensing axis; and utilizing first sensing data respectively corresponding to the first sensing axes and second sensing data respectively corresponding to the second sensing axes to derive a touch event detection result. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS - Disclosed is a method and a device by which a user can rapidly input characters through multi-input using both hands. When a touch or a drag is generated while input of a key, in which a consonant is arranged, is maintained in a touch screen unit, a switch is made to a multi-input mode for activating the touch screen unit as a virtual area for inputting a vowel, and a vowel input through a touch or a drag on the virtual area is combined with the consonant and the combined character is displayed in the multi-input mode. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038576 | Method and device for inputting characters - Disclosed is a method and a device by which a user can rapidly input characters through multi-input using both hands. When a touch or a drag is generated while input of a key, in which a consonant is arranged, is maintained in a touch screen unit, a switch is made to a multi-input mode for activating the touch screen unit as a virtual area for inputting a vowel, and a vowel input through a touch or a drag on the virtual area is combined with the consonant and the combined character is displayed in the multi-input mode. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038577 | FLOATING PLANE TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - A touch input device and method for manufacturing a touch input device are described. Each embodiment includes a touch surface, a mounting fixture, a sensing-suspension system, and a locating system. The touch surface may be an integral component of a host system, such as a display, which would result in a touch screen, or a touchpad input device. The touch surface is a floating plane, where the suspension positions, attaches and motion-enables the touch surface within the host system, and where the force exerted on the touch surface causes displacement of the touch surface, which motion is interpreted to calculate a touch location. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038578 | Touch Screen Input Method and Device - A touch panel is constructed by a display/sensor unit which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD and a sensor unit which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit and vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection display constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the finger is highlighted. When the finger is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger is released, the state is not changed. When finger is moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection display disappears. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038579 | INPUT APPRATUS - Provided is an input apparatus capable of handling operation mistakes (erroneous operations) unintentionally performed by a user. An input apparatus | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038580 | INPUT APPRATUS - Provided is an input apparatus capable of handling operation mistakes (erroneous operations) unintentionally performed by a user. An input apparatus | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120038581 | FRONT-END SIGNAL COMPENSATION - A touch surface device having improved sensitivity and dynamic range is disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch surface device includes a touch-sensitive panel having at least one sense node for providing an output signal indicative of a touch or no-touch condition on the panel; a compensation circuit, coupled to the at least one sense node, for generating a compensation signal that when summed with the output signal removes an undesired portion of the output signal so as to generated a compensated output signal; and an amplifier having an inverting input coupled to the output of the compensation circuit and a non-inverting input coupled to a known reference voltage. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120044150 | Touch Identification for Multi-Touch Technology - A method of operating a touch-sensing surface may include determining a first plurality of contact locations including a first contact location, determining a second plurality of contact locations including a second contact location, performing a first correlation process for correlating the second contact location with the first contact location when the number of contacts is less than or equal to a first threshold number, and performing a second correlation process for correlating the second contact location with the first contact location when the number of contacts is greater than a second threshold number. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044151 | SORTING TOUCH POSITION DATA - A method and apparatus for sorting raw touch position data. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044152 | HANDWRITTEN BOARD WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A handwritten board includes a wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) unit, a USB hub unit, a USB/Video Graphic Array (VGA) conversion unit, a liquid crystal display (LCD) driver unit, a LCD unit, a touch pad controller unit and a touch pad unit. The USB hub unit is electrically connected to the wireless USB unit, the USB/VGA conversion unit and the touch pad controller unit. The touch pad unit is electrically connected to the touch pad controller unit. The LCD driver unit is electrically connected to the USB/VGA conversion unit and the LCD unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044153 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING CONTENT FILES - An approach is presented for browsing content files. The data manager determines to present a file at a device. Further, the data manager receives an input for selecting one or more of elements of metadata associated with the file based, at least in part, on the presentation of the file. Then, the data manager determines to select one or more other files based, at least in part, on the input. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044154 | SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL - A self-service terminal is described. The terminal includes first and second touch sensitive units. Each of these touch sensitive units includes a display and a touch sensitive panel overlying the display. The second customer display is configured differently to the first customer display. The terminal also includes a processor operable to present (i) a screen comprising a plurality of different selectable options to a customer on the first customer display, and (ii) a screen associated with a selected selectable option on the second customer display, so that the customer can use the second touch sensitive unit to enter transaction details in a more private manner than by using the first touch sensitive unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044155 | CONVERTIBLE PC HAVING A WATERPROOFING STRUCTURE - An electronic apparatus includes a lower housing, a folding linkage, an upper housing, and a gasket. The lower housing may contain a keyboard. The folding linkage assembly may be adapted to connect to the lower housing at the second end and to the upper housing at the first end. The upper housing may contain a screen. The upper housing may be operably mounted to and pivotable with respect to the folding linkage. The gasket may be used to effect a seal between the lower housing and the upper housing. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044156 | MULTI-FINGER SLIDING DETECTION USING FINGERPRINTS TO GENERATE DIFFERENT EVENTS - Fingerprint portions of two or more different fingers are detected on a detection surface, such as an optical surface, a touch pad, a touchscreen, or the like, and then a further detection made that the person has moved their finger(s), for example, apart, together or relative to one another. The movement can be detected based on identifying the fingerprint portion sliding across the screen. The combination of fingerprint information associated with a corresponding motion is correlatable to one or more actions or triggering events that are used to control one or more electronic devices. Further aspects are directed toward utilizing one or more of the techniques herein for a security application. For example, two users, each placing one or more fingers on a touch screen or touch pad, with the fingerprints thereafter being recognized, perform a certain movement with this triggering the unlocking, or locking, of an object. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044157 | IMAGE BASED CONTROL METHOD, PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEM - An image based control method and a image based processing method are applicable to a system including a controller and a terminal device. The control method includes the steps of receiving a selected image and displaying the selected image on a touch screen of the controller, in which the selected image is corresponding to a window-of-interest (WOI) of a terminal screen of the terminal device; receiving a user command corresponding to the selected image through the touch screen; and transferring a control command to the terminal device according to the user command for controlling the terminal device. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044158 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR UPDATING TOUCH PANEL - An electronic apparatus with a touch panel including a host controller, an interface unit, and a touch panel control unit is provided. The host controller is used to control an electronic apparatus implemented with the host controller. The touch panel control unit is coupled to the host controller through the interface unit. The host controller transmits an updating information to the touch panel control unit with a format of the interface unit, in which the updating data is used to update the touch panel control unit. The touch panel control unit decodes the updating data to accordingly update. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044159 | TOUCH SCREEN PALM-TYPE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - A touch screen palm-type data processing device includes a microprocessor; a memory electrically connected to the microprocessor for storing operation programs and function programs, the operation programs, when executed by the microprocessor, displaying a preset keyboard configuration for a user to input data thereon, and the function programs, when executed by the microprocessor, providing a processing functions; a function display unit electrically connected to the microprocessor for displaying a processing function picture after the microprocessor executes the function programs; and a key switch touch control display unit electrically connected to the microprocessor for displaying a preset keyboard configuration after the microprocessor executes the operation programs, thereby eliminating the need to design varied molds for fitting various keyboard configurations and physical keyboards for displaying varied symbols due to different languages and thus reducing the costs for manufacturing and maintaining inventory stock. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044160 | Touch Panel and Peripheral Circuit Thereof - A touch panel and a peripheral circuit thereof are provided. Each bonding pad of the peripheral circuit includes a first conductive layer, a first protective layer, a second conductive layer, and a second protective layer sequentially arranged on a substrate from bottom to top. A covered area of the second conductive layer provided by the second protective layer is increased to cover a portion of the second conductive layer located above a junction area between the first protective layer and a terminal part of the first conductive layer, thereby increasing the reliability of the bonding pads. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044161 | INPUT DEVICE - Implementations of the present invention relate to an input device for a home appliance for operation with a finger, includes a) sensitive keys arranged below a surface in a two-dimensional array, wherein a key voltage based on the nearness of the finger is generatable by each sensitive key dependant on the distance from the key and the size of the finger, c) wherein in a detection unit all key voltages are comparable, d) wherein in the detection unit the position of the finger is detectable, e) wherein an acceleration of the finger movement is detected by comparing detected positions of the finger. Furthermore, implementations the present invention include a method for data input for a home appliance for operation with a finger, especially for an input device according to the invention. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044162 | POSITIONING METHOD AND DRIVING APPARATUS FOR TOUCH PANEL - A positioning method and a driving apparatus for a touch panel having a plurality of sense electrodes in an axis direction are disclosed. The driving apparatus detects the sense electrodes to obtain a plurality of sensed values. The driving apparatus counts the number of multiple candidate electrodes, wherein the candidate electrode is an electrode having a sensed value larger than a first threshold value. The first threshold value is increased and the number of the candidate electrodes is counted again if the number of the candidate electrodes is larger than a second threshold value. At least one electrode is selected as a positioning electrode from the candidate electrodes if the number of the candidate electrode is not larger than the second threshold value. A position of a touch point on the touch panel in the axis direction is calculated based on the position and sensed value of the positioning electrode. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044163 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal comprises a camera; a display displaying an image obtained by the camera; and a controller superposing one or more information items corresponding to one or more specific locations included in the obtained image on the one or more specific locations and displaying the obtained image with the one or more information items. The one or more information items and position information tagged on the one or more specific locations are acquired from a social network service (SNS) server. The present invention acquires information on which position information is tagged from the SNS server, superposes the information on a obtained image and displays the obtained image with the information superposed thereon to thereby effectively transmit information to a user of the mobile terminal. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044164 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SETTING A CONTROL AREA ON A TOUCH SCREEN - An interfacing apparatus and method for setting a control area of a touch screen. The interface apparatus includes a touch screen, an area setting unit to set a selected area of the touch screen as a control area, a function setting unit to set a function to the control area, and a function executing unit to execute the function at the control area. The interface method includes setting the selected area as a control area, setting a function for the control area, and executing the set function if a touch is sensed on the control area. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044165 | Touch screen panel - The present embodiments provide a touch screen panel. The touch screen panel may include: a plurality of first sensing patterns connected to each other in a long side direction of a screen, the plurality of first sensing patterns having at least one indenting unit inwardly indented from respective sides of a polygon; and a plurality of second sensing patterns connected to each other in a short side direction of the screen, the second sensing patterns having at least one protrusion protruding outwardly from respective sides of a polygon. Vertical and horizontal edges of the first sensing patterns and the second sensing patterns are tilted by a predetermined angle. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044166 | Touch detecting function display apparatus, driving circuit, driving method of touch detecting function display apparatus and electronic equipment - A touch detecting function display apparatus includes a plurality of common driving electrodes, a display element performing display, a touch detection element detecting an external approaching object, and a scanning driving unit performing first scanning driving for sequentially applying a display driving signal to the plurality of common driving electrodes in a time division manner and second scanning driving for sequentially applying a touch detection driving signal to the plurality of common driving electrodes in a time division manner, wherein the scanning driving unit performs the second scanning driving at a scanning speed higher than that of the first scanning driving, and applies the display driving signal to an overlapping common driving electrode when the common driving electrode selected as a target of the first scanning driving overlaps with the common driving electrode selected as a target of the second scanning driving. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044167 | Display apparatus with touch detection function, drive circuit, method of driving display apparatus with touch detection function, and electronic devices - A display apparatus with a touch detection function, includes: a plurality of common drive electrodes disposed in parallel so as to extend in one direction; a display element displaying on the basis of a pixel signal and a display drive signal; a touch detection element detecting an external approaching object on the basis of a touch-detection drive signal; and a scan drive section performing first scan driving to apply the display drive signal to the plurality of common drive electrodes sequentially by time division and second scan driving having a scan speed different from a scan speed of the first scan driving to apply the touch-detection drive signal to the plurality of common drive electrodes sequentially by time division, wherein the scan drive section drives the common drive electrodes for each plurality of the electrodes in the first and the second scan driving. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044168 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED SYSTEM AND METHOD - A touch-controlled system and a touch-controlled method are provided. The touch-controlled system includes a screen, a host, and an electronic pen. The screen is used to display an image with hidden coding. The host is used to drive the screen for displaying. When the electronic touches the screen, the electronic pen captures a part of the image of the screen and sends captured image to the host. At least one hidden information in the captured image. The host analyses and decodes the hidden information, to get a cursor position where the electronic pen touches, and the cursor position is displayed on the screen. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044169 | Operation display device and operation display method - An operation display device includes: a display unit that displays an image; a touch panel that is mounted on the display unit; a detecting unit that detects a pressed position on the touch panel and detects a pressing force against the touch panel; and an execution control unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044170 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection section configured to detect contact/proximity of an operating object with/to a display surface of a display section on which objects classified into groups in accordance with a relationship between the objects are displayed, a proximity determination section configured to determine a degree of proximity of the operating object to the display surface based on a detection result obtained by the detection section, and an operation-lock determination section configured, when the proximity determination section determines that the operating object touches the display surface, to disable an operation input to an object belonging to a group different from a group which an object that the operating object touches belongs to, until the operating object is positioned outside a proximity detection region, the proximity detection region being a region from the display surface to positions which are a predetermined distance away therefrom. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044171 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel integrated liquid crystal display device in which a mutual capacitive touch screen panel is integrated with a liquid crystal display panel is provided. The device includes a first substrate, a plurality of pixels on the first substrate and including respective pixel electrodes, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a common electrode on a first surface of the second substrate facing the pixel electrodes, a plurality of sensor electrodes on a second surface of the second substrate and including a plurality of transparent pairs extending in a first direction and having a plurality of protrusions extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a liquid crystal layer between the substrates, wherein the device senses a touch position by detecting a change of capacitance applied to the sensor electrodes corresponding to an alternating current common voltage applied to the common electrode. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044172 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including: a detection unit for detecting pressure applied by user input performed on a touch screen; a determination unit for determining which of two or more input states the user input belongs to, in accordance with the pressure detected by the detection unit; and an operation control unit for enabling or disabling a limitation imposed on operation with a user interface displayed on the touch screen, in accordance with the state of the user input determined by the determination unit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044173 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An apparatus, method and computer program product cooperate to prepare frame information that causes a frame to be displayed on a display unit at an operation target position that is an offset of a predetermined distance on said display from an operation detection position. The frame information is then sent to the display unit for displaying the frame. A recognition unit detects the operation detection position in response to a contact made with the display. The display may be a touch panel or a proximity detection display, and the frame has a shape with an interior portion, a border portion and an exterior portion. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044174 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOUCH INPUT IN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for providing a touch input in a portable terminal are provided. In particular, an apparatus and method capable of determining through tactile sense a plurality of input buttons included in a virtual input window, which is displayed on a touch screen of the portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a pattern apply unit for applying a pattern used to determine an activation of an input button, the pattern being provided on a layer having a plurality of tactile materials during a touch input mode. When a power is supplied, an arrangement position of the tactile materials is changed according to the applied pattern, and a controller for controlling the pattern apply unit to determine the input button, position, or location of the input button through tactile sense. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044175 | LETTER INPUT METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - A letter input method and a mobile device allow users to input letters via a virtual keypad on a touch screen. A letter input field and a virtual keypad with a number of keys are displayed. A touched key and a movement direction of a touch location movement gesture are detected. A letter to be input is chosen according to the touched key and the movement direction. And the chosen letter is displayed on the letter input field. The letter input method can allow users to rapidly and easily type letters to the touch screen of a mobile device. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044176 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment, a display device having a touch function includes an insulating substrate and a plurality of pixels formed on the insulating substrate and arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. The pixels form a plurality of pixel blocks formed of a plurality of rows and columns of the pixels. A sensor circuit is arranged in a space between adjacent pixels on the insulating substrate and includes a coupling electrode, a detection electrode arranged adjacent to the coupling electrode for forming a coupling capacitance therebetween, and a reading-out circuit to read out a potential of the detection electrode. At least one sensor circuit is arranged in each pixel block. The contact or non-contact by a fingertip or a nib is detected by a potential difference of the detection electrode. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044177 | POSITION CALCULATION SYSTEM, POSITION CALCULATION DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM STORING POSITION CALCULATION PROGRAM, AND POSITION CALCULATION METHOD - An example position calculation system calculates a position in a three-dimensional virtual space based on an operation on a controller device. In the position calculation system, the position in the virtual space is calculated based on an attitude of the controller device and an input position on a predetermined input surface of the controller device. More specifically, the position calculation system may calculate, as the position in the virtual space, a position on a surface which is determined in accordance with the attitude of the controller device in the virtual space, based on the input position. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044178 | Liquid Crystal Display Device with Built-In Touch Screen - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device with built-in touch screen, which facilitates to enhance electrostatic discharge (ESD) and touch-sensing efficiency, the LCD device with built-in touch screen comprising a lower substrate which has a pixel array including lines for defining a plurality of pixels, and electrodes for detecting a user's touch; a ground pad which is formed in the periphery of an active area on the lower substrate; an upper substrate which is bonded to the lower substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a polarizing film which is provided on the upper substrate, the polarizing film for polarizing light emitted; a conductive adhesive layer which is formed of a conductive adhesive material on the upper substrate, the conductive adhesive layer for adhering the polarizing film to the upper substrate; a contact electrode which is provided on the upper substrate, and is electrically connected with the conductive adhesive layer; and a conductive layer which is electrically connected with the contact electrode and the ground pad. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044179 | TOUCH-BASED GESTURE DETECTION FOR A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - This disclosure is directed to techniques for improved detection of user input via a touch-sensitive surface of a touch-sensitive device. A touch-sensitive device may detect a continuous gesture that comprises a first gesture portion and a second gesture portion. The first gesture portion may indicate functionality to be initiated in response to the continuous gesture. The second gesture portion may indicate content for which the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion is based. Detection that a user has completed a continuous gesture may cause automatic initiation of the functionality indicated by the first gesture portion based on the content indicated by the second gesture portion. In one specific example, the first gesture portion indicates that the user seeks to perform a search, and the second gesture portion indicates content to be searched. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044180 | TOUCH PANEL, DRIVING METHOD FOR THE TOUCH PANEL, PROGRAM FOR GETTING TOUCH INFORMATION, AND MEMORY MEDIA - The purpose of the invention is to provide a touch panel, a driving method for the touch panel, a program for getting touch information, and a memory media, capable of reducing the influence caused by the operation of a display device to the touch panel. The touch panel having a display driven by alternative voltage and a touch sensor reading the touch information from the input interface periodically, includes a touch information detection part synchronizing the beginning timing of a reading operation of the touch sensor with a frame of the display and detecting the touch data in each frame, and a touch information calculation part calculating an average with respect to an even number of successive frames to get a calculated touch data corresponding to a predetermined frame. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044181 | ON-CELL TSP ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE STRUCTURE - An on-cell Touch Screen Panel (TSP) Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) structure is provided. The on-cell TSP AMOLED structure includes an AMOLED, a display driver for driving the AMOLED, a display driver reinforcing material positioned at an upper part of the display driver, and a window positioned at an upper part of the display driver reinforcing material, wherein a resin or Optical Clear Adhesive (OCA) is applied between an upper surface of the display driver reinforcing material and a lower surface of the window. Therefore, separation and twist of a display driver reinforcing material can be prevented. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044182 | Touch Panel and Flat Panel Display Device Having the Same - A touch panel may have lower electrodes formed thereon each with a preset inclination, which allows fabrication of a touch panel with high transmittance, and implementation of a high-quality screen upon driving a flat panel display device having the touch panel. The touch panel includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of lower electrodes formed on the substrate, each of the lower electrodes having a preset inclination, an insulating layer formed on the lower electrodes and having a plurality of contact holes for partially exposing the plurality of lower electrodes, a plurality of upper electrodes formed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the plurality of lower electrodes via the plurality of contact holes, and a passivation layer formed on the upper electrodes. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044183 | MULTIMODAL AGGREGATING UNIT - In a voice processing system, a multimodal request is received from a plurality of modality input devices, and the requested application is run to provide a user with the feedback of the multimodal request. In the voice processing system, a multimodal aggregating unit is provided which receives a multimodal input from a plurality of modality input devices, and provides an aggregated result to an application control based on the interpretation of the interaction ergonomics of the multimodal input within the temporal constraints of the multimodal input. Thus, the multimodal input from the user is recognized within a temporal window. Interpretation of the interaction ergonomics of the multimodal input include interpretation of interaction biometrics and interaction mechani-metrics, wherein the interaction input of at least one modality may be used to bring meaning to at least one other input of another modality. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044184 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT TO PROVIDE REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY - A handheld display device for interacting with printed content. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display output to a user; a processor configured for: monitoring the identity of the substrate and the position of the device relative to the substrate using the image data; retrieving display data; rendering the display output to the display screen; and interpreting user input captured via the display screen. The opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044185 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT WITH REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY AND VIDEO PLAYBACK OPTION - A handheld display device for interacting with printed content and playing associated video. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display output to a user; a processor configured for: monitoring the identity of the substrate and the position of the device relative to the substrate using the image data; retrieving display data; rendering the display output to the display screen; interpreting user interaction with a video playback icon via the touch-sensitive display screen; retrieving video data; and initiating video playback. The opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120044186 | HANDHELD DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING PROCESSOR FOR RENDERING DISPLAY OUTPUT WITH REAL-TIME VIRTUAL TRANSPARENCY AND FORM-FILLING OPTION - A handheld display device for interacting with printed content and filling in a form. The device includes: an optical sensor for imaging an area of a printed substrate containing the printed content and generating image data; an opaque touch-sensitive display screen for displaying display output to a user; a processor configured for: monitoring the identity of the substrate and the position of the device relative to the substrate using the image data; retrieving display data; rendering the display output to the display screen; and interpreting user input to a displayed form via the touch-sensitive display screen. The opaque touch-sensitive display screen has real-time virtual transparency through the screen to the printed content from a user's perspective to provide a virtual window to the printed content. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120056817 | LOCATION OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display at a location not associated with a control, displaying, in association with the location, a displayed control, and activating the displayed control. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056818 | DYNAMIC GESTURE PARAMETERS - Techniques involving gestures and other functionality are described. In one or more implementations, an input is recognized by a computing device as corresponding to a gesture, the gesture defined using a plurality of parameters, at least one of which having a threshold that varies with respect to another one of the parameters. An operation is caused to be performed by the computing device that corresponds to the gesture. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056819 | DISTANCE-TIME BASED HIT-TESTING - The described embodiments allow for the association of an interaction with a target in a display. One embodiment includes detecting an interaction with an area associated with a graphical element in a display, detecting a later interaction displaced from the area, and associating the later interaction with a target in the display based at least on the time between the interaction with the area and the later interaction. User interactions with one or more displayed hit targets are based on corresponding time-varying hit zones. In response to unlimited user interaction with a hit target, subsequent user selections are validated based on a time-varying hit zone that is typically extended with respect to the previously selected hit target. The extended selection zone can overlap one or more other hit targets to favor re-selection of the individually selected hit target. The extended selection zone generally decreases as a function of time from prior selections of a hit zone. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056820 | TOUCH-SCREEN PANEL COMPRISING CELLS THAT HAVE HOLED OR DUMMIED INTERIOR PORTIONS - A touch-sensitive panel is provided for a display assembly and computing device. Individual cells of the panel are structured to include electrically inactive interior portions or centers to enhance the sensitivity and performance of the panel. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056821 | METHOD TO PARAMETERIZE AND RECOGNIZE CIRCULAR GESTURES ON TOUCH SENSITIVE SURFACES - A method to parameterize and recognize circular gestures on touch sensitive surfaces includes dividing the touch sensitive surface into four quadrants, detecting a transition from a first quadrant into a second quadrant, time-stamping and tracking each detected quadrant transition, and computing the time between quadrant transitions so that the circular speed and direction of the circular gestures on the touch sensitive surface can be detected. The detected direction can be either a clockwise or a counter-clockwise direction. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056822 | CENTRALIZED PROCESSING OF TOUCH INFORMATION - Centralized processing of touch information obtained by multiple touch sensing controllers connected to a touch sensing surface is provided. Each touch controller can obtain touch information of sense signals from different sense lines of the touch sensing surface and can store the touch information in a corresponding memory of the controller. The touch information of one or more of the touch sensing controllers can be transmitted as results data to a processor that processes all of the touch information. In some cases, prior to transfer of the results data, a determination of the validity of a sense channel can be made, and invalid channels can be excluded from the transfer. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056823 | Gesture-Based Addressing of Devices - A method of selecting and controlling an electronic device by gestures on a remote control includes determining a number of fingers touching a screen of the remote control; based on the number determined, setting an address context corresponding to the electronic device; identifying a gesture made by the fingers on the screen; and based on the gesture identified, generating a corresponding command to be sent to the electronic device corresponding to the set address context. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056824 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DEVICE - A composite structure and a touch device are provided. The composite structure includes a substrate and a transparent conductive pattern layer. The substrate has a central area and a peripheral area. The transparent conductive pattern layer is disposed on the substrate and has a plurality of recess-portions. The recess-portions are disposed on a side surface of the transparent conductive pattern layer away from the substrate and at least located in the peripheral area. A depth of each of the recess portions is smaller than or equal to a thickness of the transparent conductive pattern layer. A width of each of the recess portions is between 100 μm and 1000 μm, and the recess portions are arranged in a ring-shape or arranged in an array. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056825 | Systems And Methods For Pre-Touch And True Touch - Systems and methods for pre-touch and true touch are disclosed. For example, in one described system for pre-touch and true touch includes a touch-sensitive interface configured to detect a user interaction and transmit a first interface signal based at least in part on the user interaction. The system also includes a processor in communication with the touch-sensitive interface and configured to receive the first interface signal and determine a haptic effect based at least in part on the first interface signal. The processor is further configured to preload a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. The system also includes a cache in communication with the processor and configured to store the preloaded haptic signal for a time period and then transmit the haptic signal and a haptic effect generator in communication with the cache and configured to receive the haptic signal from the cache and, in response, output a haptic effect based at least in part on the haptic signal. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056826 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL DISPLAY - A touch screen panel display for effectively transmitting vibration force is disclosed. The touch screen panel display includes a display comprising a vibrator, a touch screen panel, an upper case, an inelastic layer disposed between and attaching the display and the touch screen panel, and an elastic layer disposed between and attaching the upper case and the touch screen panel. Vibration force may be prevented from being transmitted from the vibrator of the display to the upper case, so that a user touching the touch screen may get effective feedback vibration. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056827 | Washing machine and method of controlling the same - A washing machine to provide a user interface environment using a full-touch LCD to perform communication over a network and a method of controlling the same. It is possible to provide a user interface by simple and convenient touch manipulation and display information regarding a user manipulation state and an operation state of the washing machine according to various visual/tactile tastes. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056828 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA DIVISION METHOD, AND DATA DIVISION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes an operation unit, and a control unit that displays, on a display unit, a data image representing the contents of temporally continuous data along a time axis. Here, when a gesture operation for cutting the data image perpendicularly to the time axis is performed through the operation unit, the control unit divides the data at a position on the time axis in accordance with the position cut by the gesture operation. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056829 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method, and Computer Program - The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus including: a position information acquisition portion configured to acquire position information about an operating body relative to a display surface of a display portion displaying an object; and a display control portion configured such that if the operating body is positioned inside a proximate region between the display surface and a position withdrawn from the display surface by a predetermined distance, the display control portion displays the object in that position on the display portion which corresponds to the operating body. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056830 | Information Processing Apparatus, Program, and Control Method - An information processing apparatus includes a display, a touch panel, a sensor, and a controller. The display has a screen. The touch panel is configured to detect contact. The sensor is configured to detect an inclination. The controller is configured to determine whether contact is detected by the touch panel, and control display of an image displayed on the screen based on the inclination detected by the sensor in a period of time from detection of contact by the touch panel to release of the contact. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus, including a display section including a screen, a touch panel arranged such that the touch panel is superimposed on the screen, and a controller configured to detect a predetermined mode-changing operation including an operation in which at least two points on the touch panel are pointed as a static point and a moving point, respectively, and to set a writing mode, and to input a series of coordinate data corresponding to a moving path of the moving point as write data. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056832 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing device including an operation unit in which an operation input is possible by a touch operation on an operating surface; and a control unit that executes processing corresponding to an operation input performed via the operation unit, wherein the control unit causes, if an area of a portion that is in contact with the operating surface accompanying a touch operation is obtained and a touch operation in which the area is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is performed, restoration information for later restoring the display contents of a screen that are currently being displayed on a display unit to be stored in a memory unit, and display contents of a screen are restored, according to an operation input performed via the operation unit, based on the restoration information recorded in the memory unit. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056833 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An interface is provided that employs systems and methods for detecting non-contact motion and contact motion of an operation member. The interface detects non-contact motion of an operation member and determines whether the member has crossed a boundary. In response to detecting that the operation member has crossed a boundary, the interface may initiate the execution of a process. This process may be the display of a second boundary, or some other process. The interface may also detect contact motion of the operation member and initiate execution of a process based on the contact motion. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056834 | Display Device Having Touch Sensor and Method for Driving the Same - The present invention relates to a display device having a touch sensor in which the touch sensor is driven in a period which has a small noise component from the display device to reduce influence from the noise for minimizing a touch error; and a method for driving the same. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056835 | Display Device Having Touch Sensor and Method of Driving the Same - A display device having touch sensors and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including a pixel array including pixels and a touch sensor array including touch sensors formed in the pixel array, the pixel array being divided into blocks, a gate driver to sequentially drive a plurality of gate lines in the pixel array in a block unit, a data driver to drive a plurality of data lines in the pixel array when the gate lines are driven, a touch controller to sequentially drive the touch sensor arrays in the block unit, and a timing controller to divide one frame into at least one display mode at which the pixel array is driven and at least one touch sensing mode at which the touch sensor array is driven and to control the gate drive, the data driver and the touch controller so that the display mode and the touch sensing mode alternate. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056836 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING REGION ON SCREEN OF MOBILE DEVICE - Provided are a method and apparatus for selecting a region on a screen of a device. The method includes recognizing a signal due to dragging from outside of the screen of the device, and determining a selection region based on a location where the drag is released. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056837 | MOTION CONTROL TOUCH SCREEN METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus and method of controlling a motion of an object on a touch screen of a device including recognizing pressures at least two positions on the touch screen of the device, and controlling a motion of the object on the touch screen using a difference in pressure between the at least two recognized positions. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056838 | Touch Sensitive Device - A touch sensitive device comprising a touch surface, a force exciter coupled to the touch surface to excite vibration in the surface in response to a signal sent to the exciter, with the touch surface and exciter together forming a coupled system and a signal generator to generate the signal, with the signal generator generating a carrier wave signal at frequencies within the frequency bandwidth of the coupled system and modulating the carrier wave signal with a complex modulation where the modulated carrier wave signal has a time response comparable to that of a low frequency signal which produces a desired haptic sensation whereby a user touching the touch surface excited by the exciter in response to the modulated carrier wave signal experiences the desired haptic sensation which is perceived at a frequency below the frequency bandwidth of the coupled system. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056839 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK FOR TOUCHPADS AND OTHER TOUCH CONTROLS - A haptic feedback planar touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor of the computer based on a location of user contact on the touch surface. The computer can position a cursor in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position signal, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user contacting the touch surface. The touch input device can be a touchpad separate from the computer's display screen, or can be a touch screen. Output haptic sensations on the touch input device can include pulses, vibrations, and spatial textures. The touch input device can include multiple different regions to control different computer functions. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120056840 | Precise selection techniques for multi-touch screens - A unique system and method is provided that facilitates pixel-accurate targeting with respect to multi-touch sensitive displays when selecting or viewing content with a cursor. In particular, the system and method can track dual inputs from a primary finger and a secondary finger, for example. The primary finger can control movement of the cursor while the secondary finger can adjust a control-display ratio of the screen. As a result, cursor steering and selection of an assistance mode can be performed at about the same time or concurrently. In addition, the system and method can stabilize a cursor position at a top middle point of a user's finger in order to mitigate clicking errors when making a selection. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120062468 | Method of modifying an interface of a handheld device and related multimedia system - A method of modifying an interface of a handheld device includes the handheld device sending an interface request to a device, the handheld device receiving an interface profile from the device in response to the interface request, the handheld device modifying the interface to a modified interface according to the interface profile, and the handheld device controlling the device through the modified interface. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062469 | TOUCH SCREEN POLY LAYER ELECTRODE DISTRIBUTION - A touch screen position sensor has two sets of electrodes, where at least one of the electrodes is divided into segments that are arranged on opposing faces of a substrate. The electrode segments on one face of a substrate do not overlap with the electrode segments on the opposing face of the substrate. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062470 | Power Management - A method for managing power usage of an electronic device including an accelerometer and a touch module is provided. The method includes placing the touch module in a lower power, lower functionality state if no activity is detected for a predetermined period of time; sensing a touch at the device by the accelerometer; and placing the touch module in a higher power, higher functionality state in response to the touch detected by the accelerometer. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062471 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH GESTURE-BASED VIDEO INTERACTION AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A handheld device includes a wireless interface module that communicates a plurality of display interface data with a remote display device. The handheld device recognizes gestures in response to user interaction with the touch screen. A video application controls the communication of media signals between the handheld device and the remote display device via the display interface data, based on the recognized gestures. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062472 | POSITION-SENSING PANEL - A touch position sensing panel including first and second electrode layers shaped with repeating patterns. Each electrode pattern is interpolated with adjacent electrode patterns. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062473 | MEDIA EXPERIENCE FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - A method may include receiving and outputting a selected multimedia stream at a mobile device. It is determined that a user wishes to browse other available multimedia streams. The selected multimedia stream is paused while the user browses the other available multimedia streams. The selected multimedia stream is cached while the user browses the other available multimedia streams. It is determined that the user has finished browsing the other available multimedia streams. The cached multimedia stream is output. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062474 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AN ARBITRARY NUMBER OF TOUCHES FROM A MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE - A method for detecting an arbitrary number of touches from an input image of a multi-touch device comprising the following steps:
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| 20120062475 | COMBINING MULTIPLE SLATE DISPLAYS INTO A LARGER DISPLAY - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for combining multiple displays on multiple portable electronic computer devices to form a larger display. For each device, a configuration module configures a first display to combine with one or more additional displays of one or more additional electronic computer devices to form the larger display. The first display may be configured to provide a portion of the larger display. A display orientation module determines an orientation of the first display with respect to the one or more additional displays to form the larger display. A detection module detects a presence of the one or more additional electronic computer devices and determines that the detected additional electronic computer devices are compatible with the first display to combine to form a larger display. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062476 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld device includes a display, a touch panel opposite to the touch panel, and a controller. When a point on the touch panel is touched, the touch panel outputs a first signal corresponding to the location of the point being touched. The controller receives the first signal, and outputs a second signal according to the first signal to control a cursor displayed on the display screen. The location of the cursor is corresponding to the location of the point on the touch panel. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062477 | Virtual touch control apparatus and method thereof - The present invention discloses a virtual touch control apparatus and a method thereof. The virtual touch control apparatus includes a virtual touch interface for generating a graphic display; a remote controller device controllable by a user to interact with the virtual touch control interface, wherein the interaction between the remote controller device and the virtual touch control interface generates a coordinate or an action command; a data format converter device converting the coordinate or action command into data with a format compatible to a physical touch control apparatus; and a processor for processing the converted data. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062478 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. The touch panel according to the present invention includes a first adhesive layer bonding an edge of an image display device to an edge of a window so that a predetermined space is partitioned between the image display device and the window; a first transparent substrate provided in the predetermined space and having a first transparent electrode formed on one surface thereof, a second transparent substrate provided in the predetermined space and having a second transparent electrode formed on one surface thereof, and a second adhesive layer bonding an edge of the first transparent electrode to an edge of the second transparent electrode so that the first transparent electrode faces the second transparent electrode and an air gap is provided between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062479 | Control System for Augmenting a Portable Touch Screen Device - Presented is a control system for augmenting a portable touch screen device ( | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062480 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a capacitive touch sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The capacitive touch sensor includes at least one transparent insulation substrate and at least one transparent capacitive touch conductor. The capacitive touch conductor is coated on the insulation substrate and formed with a boundary. The capacitive touch conductors are electrically connected to each other to form at least one first and second electrical-conductive set. At least one recess region is defined in the boundary. The recess region increases the light transmittance of the insulation substrate, reduces the necessary brightness of a light source for the capacitive touch pad, and saves the material cost. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062481 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A flat panel display having an integrated touch screen panel directly formed on a sealing thin film is disclosed. In the display, sensing lines of the touch screen panel are formed to extend to a substrate of the display panel, on which organic light emitting elements are formed, so that the touch screen panel and the display panel are connected to a flexible printed circuit board, thereby simplifying manufacturing processes and decreasing product cost. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062482 | METHOD OF SCANNING TOUCH ON TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention discloses a method of scanning a touch on a touch screen, where drive lines and sense lines of the touch screen form a matrix network. The method includes: instructing the touch screen to enter into a standby mode if no touch has been detected for a time that reaches or exceeds a preset time in a working mode of the touch screen; in the standby mode, scanning A drive lines and sensing B sense lines, said A being an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than M, and said B being an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to N, where M is the total number of the drive lines and N is the total number of the sense lines; instructing the touch screen to enter into the working mode if there is a current fluctuation on the sense lines which are sensed in the standby mode; in the working mode, scanning all the drive lines and sensing all the sense lines. The touch screen is instructed to enter into the energy-saving standby mode if no touch has been detected by the time that reaches or exceeds the preset time, thus achieving the purpose of reducing the power consumption of the touch screen. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062483 | User Interface System - A user interface system for a device that includes a first deformable layer that with a first sheet that defines a first surface, a first fluid vessel arranged underneath the first surface, and a first volume of fluid contained within the first fluid vessel that is manipulated to deform a first particular region of the first surface to receive a user input; a second deformable layer with a second sheet that defines a second surface, a second fluid vessel arranged underneath the second surface, and a second volume of fluid contained within the second fluid vessel that is manipulated to deform a second particular region of the second surface to change the shape of the device; and a displacement device a displacement device coupled to at least one of the first and second fluid vessels and configured to manipulate the volumes of fluid to deform particular regions of the surface. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062484 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH NAVIGATION KEYS AND NAVIGATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes at least a pair of opposite touch keys defined on a touch panel, a touch sensing unit, a storage unit, a touch control unit, and a CPU. The storage unit stores a key-coordinate area relation list, which defines a relationship between the keys and the coordinate areas. A touch sensing unit included in the touch control unit generates signals in response to user touches on the keys. A touch area determining module included determines the coordinates touched according to the signals, and searching the key-coordinate area relation list to determine the coordinate areas including touched coordinates, and determines whether the touched coordinates distributed in both of the coordinate areas corresponding to the one pair of the pair of opposite touch keys. Then the key determining module determines an “OK” key is touched if yes. The CPU executes a function corresponding. A related method is also provided. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062485 | ON-CELL TSP ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An On-Cell Touch Screen Panel (TSP) active matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display is provided. The On-Cell TSP active matrix OLED display includes a conductive layer formed at a rear surface of the window, and a ground connection portion having one end connected to the conductive layer so as to ground the conductive layer. Therefore, upon performing an Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) test, a TSP Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) pattern can be prevented from being damaged. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062486 | Display device with integrated touch screen panel and fabricating method thereof - A display device with an integrated touch screen panel includes upper and lower substrates each divided into a display area and a non-display area, which is provided outside of the display area and includes a sealing area. Pixels may be formed in the display area between the upper and lower substrates. A black matrix is formed on a bottom surface of the upper substrate and disposed in the display area and the non-display area. The black matrix is open in the sealing area. Sensing patterns may be formed in the display area on a top surface of the upper substrate. Sensing lines may be formed in the non-display area on the top surface of the upper substrate and connected to the sensing patterns along a first or second direction. A light-shielding pattern is formed to cover the sealing area of the non-display area on the top surface of the upper substrate. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062487 | Touch Screen Panel and Display Device Having the Same - A touch screen panel and a display device having the same are capable of improving visibility and suppressing the occurrence of a failure caused by static electricity. In one embodiment, the touch screen panel includes a plurality of first sensing cells arranged along a first direction for each column on a transparent substrate. A first connection pattern electrically connects adjacent first sensing cells to each other. A plurality of second sensing cells are arranged along a second direction for each row while being spaced apart from the first sensing cells. A second connection pattern electrically connects adjacent second sensing cells to each other. In the touch screen panel, the first connection pattern comprises a pair of metal patterns and two pairs of dummy transparent patterns. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062488 | PREVENTION AGAINST REMISS TOUCH ON A TOUCHPAD - A touchpad is defined with two or more detect regions thereon, and each of the defined detect regions has a respective remiss threshold for identifying remiss touch. When any of the defined detect regions is touched, the touchpad compares the touch area of the detected touch with the remiss threshold of the touched detect region to identify whether the detected touch is a remiss touch or not. Preferably, the location, range and threshold setting of the detect region is user defined, so that a user may adjust the remiss setting for optimized prevention against remiss touch. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062489 | GESTURE-BASED OBJECT MANIPULATION METHODS AND DEVICES - Gesture based control of objects displayed on touch screen displays is described. An object is displayed on a touch screen display, and a first touch operation is detected at a first position on the display. The first position is within an area that is associated with the displayed object. A second touch operation is detected within the area. After detecting the first and second touch operations another, a third touch operation is detected at a third position. A distance between the third position and the first position is calculated. When the distance is greater than a predetermined value, a copy of the object is displayed on the touch screen display. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062490 | Game Pieces for Use with Touch Screen Devices and Related Methods - There is provided a system and method for communicating with a first peripheral device, of a plurality of peripheral devices, using a touch-sensitive system that has a processor and a touch surface. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes detecting, using the processor, a plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method further includes identifying, using the processor, the first peripheral device based on the plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method additionally includes communicating data, using the processor, to a receptive circuit of the first peripheral device in response to the identifying of the first peripheral device. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062491 | HAPTIC INTERACTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HAPTIC AND SOUND EFFECTS - Techniques relating to an interaction device including a touch-sensitive surface and a chassis and making it possible to generate haptic, sound and visual interaction effects. The sound and haptic effects are generated by common structural and electronic means arranged so that the touch-sensitive surface and the chassis behave like a loudspeaker. The techniques also relate to generating interaction effects. The techniques also relate to a visualization device and apply to computers, televisions, telephones, and touch-sensitive tablets, for example. It preferably applies to visualization devices that have a screen with a large diagonal. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062492 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device with a narrowed frame capable of preventing pooling. A display device includes a display unit ( | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062493 | STORING BASELINE INFORMATION IN EEPROM - Pre-stored no-touch or no-hover (no-event) sensor output values can initially be used when a sensor panel subsystem is first booted up to establish an initial baseline of sensor output values unaffected by fingers or other objects touching or hovering over the sensor panel during boot-up. This initial baseline can then be normalized so that each sensor generates the same output value for a given amount of touch or hover, providing a uniform response across the sensor panel and enabling subsequent touch or hover events to be more easily detected. After the initial normalization process is complete, the pre-stored baseline can be discarded in favor of a newly captured no-event baseline that may be more accurate than the pre-stored baseline due to temperature or other variations. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062494 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A mobile electronic device, a controlling method and a non-transitory recording medium thereof are provided. In the method, an input signal is received through a touch screen of the mobile electronic device while the mobile electronic device is in a first state. Then, a movement track of the input signal is obtained if a starting point of the input signal is located in a status bar display area of the touch screen, and a displacement in a specific direction of the input signal is calculated. Finally, an information frame is dragged out and displayed, and the mobile electronic device is switched to a second state if the displacement in the specific direction reaches a predetermined value. Thereby, an intuitional way for showing information while the mobile electronic device is in the second state is provided, and accordingly, the convenience in operating the mobile electronic device is improved. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062495 | INPUT DEVICE - Provided is an input apparatus that initially assigns 26 candidates, “a” through “z”, to a touch unit | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120062496 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING COMMUNICATION PROGRAM - A table storage unit stores a table that determines correspondence between information about another communication device and biological information of a user of the another communication device. A display unit displays one or a plurality of items. An input unit accepts operation using part of a biological body of the user. An instruction specification unit specifies data about an item displayed on the display unit that has been selected by operation on the input unit by the user. A fingerprint information generation unit generates first biological information representing a biological feature of the user who has selected the item. A device specification unit specifies a communication device corresponding to the generated first biological information by referring to the table. A communication unit transmits the specified data to the specified communication device. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120068937 | QUICK INPUT LANGUAGE/VIRTUAL KEYBOARD/ LANGUAGE DICTIONARY CHANGE ON A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A device having a touch screen display selects a first language as an active input language. The device presents a first virtual keyboard associated with the first language on the touch screen display and receives a touch input that includes a directional touch swipe on the touch screen display. The device selects selecting a second language as the active input language based on the directional touch swipe, wherein the second language is different than the first language. The device further presents a second virtual keyboard associated with the second language on the touch screen display, wherein the second virtual keyboard is different than the first virtual keyboard. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068938 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display, a plurality of fluid elements arranged and constructed to transfer a force to the touch-sensitive display to provide tactile feedback, and an actuator coupled to the plurality of fluid elements to apply the force through the fluid elements when the actuator is actuated. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068939 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY WITH DEPRESSION DETECTION AND METHOD - A device includes a touch-sensitive display having a first location associated with a first threshold and a second location associated with a second threshold. A sensor is configured to detect depression of the touch-sensitive display by detecting a force exerted at a location on the touch-sensitive display The force exerted effects a characteristic of an optical signal. The characteristic is compared to the first threshold when the force is exerted in the first location, and the characteristic is compared to the second threshold when the force is exerted in the second location. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068940 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing, an optical touch module, and a detecting unit. The housing includes a first body and a second body, and an angle is formed between the first body and the second body. The optical touch module executes a positioning function by sensing signals. The detecting unit is configured to the optical touch module, and is used for detecting the angle. When the angle is smaller than a predetermined angle, the detecting unit instructs the optical touch module to pause executing the positioning function, so as to avoid false position determinations by the optical touch module. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068941 | Apparatus And Method For Proximity Based Input - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is provided for controlling display operations is provided, comprising: detecting presence of an object in close proximity to an input surface, detecting at least one information item associated with the object, detecting distance information on the distance of the object to the input surface, and controlling selection of additional information associated with the at least one information item for display on the basis of the distance information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068942 | CONSUMER ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasable attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068943 | Method and Electronic Device for Retrieving Geographic Information - Various embodiments of a battery detector are provided. In one aspect, a method for capturing geographic information is applied to an electronic device in communication with the Global Positioning System (GPS). The method includes displaying map information on a touch screen provided by the electronic device; receiving a query condition according to an operation of a user; detecting via the touch screen a touch instruction performed by the user, with the touch instruction being corresponding to a selection range formed by at least one touch point, on the touch screen, selected by the user; querying a geographic database according to the query condition and the touch instruction; and displaying the query result on the touch screen. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068944 | Liquid Crystal Display Device with a Built-in Touch Screen and Method for Manufacturing the Same - A liquid crystal display device with a built-in touch screen including a substrate having a pixel region, a thin film transistor formed in the pixel region, a first passivation layer formed on the thin film transistor, a first contact hole formed through a portion of the first passivation layer to expose the data electrode, a common electrode formed on at least one portion of the first passivation layer including inside the first contact hole, the common electrode operable to sense touch, a conductive line formed on at least one portion of the first passivation layer including inside the first contact hole, a second passivation layer formed on the common electrode and the conductive line, a second contact hole formed through a portion of the second passivation layer to expose the conductive line corresponding to the data electrode, and a pixel electrode electrically connected with the conductive line, the pixel electrode formed on the second passivation layer and inside the second contact hole, wherein the second passivation layer and the pixel electrode are simultaneously formed by a mask process using a half-tone mask. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068945 | TOUCH PANEL TYPE OPERATION DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL OPERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Touch panel operation devices, methods, and programs set a touch-off determination time, and determine that the touch-off has occurred if the state at which the touch panel detects the user not touching the touch panel has continued for the set touch-off determination time or more after the touch-off was detected. When the user is touching the touch panel, the devices, methods, and programs acquire a touch coordinate, select an object corresponding to the acquired touch coordinate, and scroll-display the selected object based on a displacement of the acquired touch coordinate. The devices, methods, and programs determine whether the touch coordinate was acquired and displaced just before the touch-off was detected, and if the touch coordinate was acquired and displaced just before the touch-off was detected, set the touch-off determination time to be longer than if the touch coordinate was acquired and not displaced just before the touch-off was detected. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068946 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch display device includes a main body, a detecting module and a touch display module. The detecting module includes a plurality of sensing elements for sensing a touch position of a user at the main body and providing a touch signal to the detecting module. The touch display module is disposed at the main body and electrically connected to the detecting module. The touch display device generates a function control zone corresponding to the touch position in accordance with the touch signal. A control method of a touch display device is disclosed as well. The touch display device and the control method can generate the function control zone corresponding to the touch position by sensing the touch of the user to replace physical hot keys. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068947 | TOUCH DETECTION METHOD AND TOUCH DETECTOR USING THE SAME - A method for double click detection includes the following steps. Firstly whether first event is detected is determined, if so, first corresponding position is obtained, a period counting is triggered, and first flag is set. Then whether the period ends is judged; if not and the first flag exists, a counter is incremented and second flag is set when first ending event is detected; if not and the second flag exists, second corresponding position is obtained and third flag is set when second event is detected; if not and the third flag exists, the counter is incremented when second ending event is detected; if so, a double click event is determined when the incremented value is greater than a threshold and a distance between the first and the second positions is smaller a threshold. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068948 | Character Input Device and Portable Telephone - This portable telephone includes a display portion displaying a selection screen displaying selection keys, a touch panel sensing that a thumb or a finger of the user or a touch pen has touched the selection screen and the coordinates of the touched position and a main control portion detecting a contact size of the thumb or the finger of the user or the touch pen touching the selection screen and changing the size of the selection keys in response to the detected contact size. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068949 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING AND INTERFERENCE DETECTION IN SENSOR DEVICES - An input device processing system comprises a sensor module that transmits a first transmitter signal with a transmitter electrode and receives a resulting signal with a receiver electrode. The first transmitter signal comprises a first transmitter frequency, and the resulting signal comprises effects corresponding to the first transmitter signal. A demodulation module demodulates the resulting signal to produce a first signal (e.g., an upper sideband signal) and a second signal (a lower sideband signal), selectably determines a first measurement of a change in capacitive coupling between the transmitter electrode and the receiver electrode based on at least one of the first and second signals, and determines positional information for an input object based on the first measurement. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068950 | GESTURE ORBIT DESIGN - A computing apparatus and method of manipulating a displayed orbit of an object by detecting a gesture having a correspondence between body movements as the gesture and a resulting change to one or more orbital parameters within a displayed orbit system, changing an orbital parameter of the displayed orbit system according to detection of the gesture, and changing visualization on the computer display screen of the orbit system according to the change to the orbital parameter. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068951 | DYNAMIC DOOR DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - In a system and method of image display, an image projector is positioned to back project (or rear project) an image on one or more platform doors disposed between a passenger platform of a train or people mover station and a pathway of the train or people mover. The image projector is positioned on the pathway side of the one or more platform doors. The image projector back projects the image on the one or more platform doors such that the image is diffusedly transmitted through them for observation by passengers on the platform side of the station. The back projected image is oriented such that characters or words in the image have a proper left-to-right, or right-to-left, orientation for reading by passengers on the platform side of the station. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068952 | USER COMPUTER DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSING CAPABILITIES AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A user computer device is provided that comprises a temperature sensitive touchscreen having a temperature sensitive user interface comprising multiple thermal energy emitter/detector devices, such as thermocouples. The multiple thermal energy emitter/detector devices are capable both of detecting thermal energy and emitting thermal energy. The temperature sensitive user interface generates thermal patterns that may be transferred to other thermally sensitive electronic devices or that may be used to authenticate the user computer device. The user computer device also can detect and thermally communicate with a thermal energy docking station and, based on thermal recognition, activate applications displayed on the temperature sensitive touchscreen. Further, the user computer device can auto-bias a temperature of the temperature sensitive user interface in order to better assure proper operation of the temperature sensitive user interface in all operating conditions. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068953 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR POSITION DETECTION - The method and device for position detection are disclosed. Corresponding to a first touch related sensing information, a second touch related sensing information is acquired for determining at least one position. Each position is used separately for determining the position of a centroid according to the first touch related sensing information or the second touch related sensing information. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068954 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVERTING SENSING INFORMATION - The method and device for converting sensing information are disclosed. A dual-differential sensing information is obtained and then converted into a sensing information, wherein the touch related sensing information having two peaks in a pair of zero-crossings is converted into quasi signal values. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120068955 | POINTER TRACKING ACROSS MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING COORDINATE INPUT SUB-REGIONS DEFINING A GENERALLY CONTIGUOUS INPUT REGION - A touch system comprises overlapping coordinate input sub-regions defining a generally contiguous input surface. Each coordinate input sub-region generates pointer coordinate data in response to pointer contacts thereon. When a pointer contact is made on a region of a coordinate input sub-region that overlaps with an adjacent coordinate input sub-region, each overlapping coordinate input sub-region processes acquired images to derive pointer data and triangulates the position of the pointer using the derived pointer data. Thereafter, the triangulated positions generated by the overlapping coordinate input sub-regions are processed in accordance with defined logic thereby to determine the position of the pointer contact relative to the touch surface. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120075196 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INPUT - The present invention provides a method, apparatus, and computer program product for providing input to a user device by way of a device that is worn by a user. The method including receiving sensor information of a device configured to be worn by a user, determining a first touch input indicated by the received first sensor information, where the first touch input relates to a first touch type, determining a first function based at least in part on the first touch input, causing the first function to be performed, receiving second sensor information of the device configured to be worn by a user, determining a second touch input indicated by the received second sensor information, where the second touch input relates to a second touch type that is different than the first touch type, determining a second function based at least in part on the second touch input, where the second function is different from the first function, and causing the second function to be performed. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075197 | Touch Display - In an embodiment, a touch display has a plurality of pixel elements and touch sensor elements. The touch display further has a display driver circuitry containing a plurality of output channels each corresponding to a different row of pixel elements of the touch display, and a touch detection driver circuitry containing a plurality of input channels each corresponding to a different row of touch sensor elements. Further, the touch display has a plurality of common communication lines connected to a plurality of first separators. Each of the first separators is connected to a predetermined pixel element and to a predetermined touch sensor element. Each of the common communication lines is further connected to one of the output channels of the display driver and via a second separator to one of the input channels of the touch detection driver. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075198 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR APPARATUS AND METHODS - Piezoelectric actuator apparatus and methods for providing tactile feedback are described herein. An example piezoelectric actuator assembly includes a support plate having a recessed well and conductive contact disposed within the recessed well of the support plate. A piezoelectric element has a first layer composed of an electrically conductive material and a second layer adjacent the first layer composed of a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric element is disposed within the recessed well so that the first layer directly engages the conductive contact and the second layer is to be electrically coupled to a ground via a flexible conductive lead. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075199 | INPUT DEVICE WITH TRANSMISSION ELEMENT ACTUATED SWITCH - An input device, and a method for providing an input device, are provided. The input device includes a touch sensor substrate having a first side and a second side. The second side is opposite the first side. At least one sensor electrode is disposed on the sensor substrate, and the at least one sensor electrode is configured to sense input objects in a sensing region on the first side. A switch is disposed on the second side of the touch sensor substrate. The input device also includes a transmission element having first and second portions. The transmission element is configured such that sufficient depression of the first portion causes the second portion to actuate the switch. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075200 | Touch Sensitive Input - An apparatus including: a touch sensitive input responsive to manual actuation; a display output associated with the touch sensitive input; and a controller configured to provide and maintain, in response to a manual actuation at a user selected location of the touch sensitive input, an output at the user selected location to facilitate additional manual actuation via the touch sensitive input in the region of the user selected location. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075201 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - A touch-sensitive input device includes a cover, a set of first conductors disposed between the cover and a substrate, the first conductors including at least two fingers connected at an end of the fingers, dummy conductors disposed between the first conductors and between the fingers of the first conductors, and a second set of conductors disposed on an opposite side of the substrate. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075202 | EXTENDING THE TOUCHABLE AREA OF A TOUCH SCREEN BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THE SCREEN - A touchable area of a user interface (such as that displayed on a touch screen touchpad or trackpad), i.e., the locations where the user may place their finger in order to initiate an action, can be extended beyond the border of the screen or device through the use of remote sensors that can detect when, for example, a finger or object is present at a specific location in 3-D space relative to the device. Sensors exist to perform this detection and are typically based on one or more of optical detection (for example infrared), acoustic detection (for example, via high frequency echo location), ultrasonic detection, inductive detection, capacitive detection, and in general can be based on any type of opto, opto-electronic, electrical and/or electro-mechanical sensor technology. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075203 | METHOD FOR ANALYZING TWO-DIMENSIONAL TRACK TO GENERATE AT LEAST ONE NON-LINEAR INDEX AND TOUCH CONTROL MODULE USING THE SAME - A method for analyzing a two-dimensional track to generate at least one non-linear index and a touch control module using the same are provided. The method includes: extracting a two-dimensional track; generating a plurality of displacement units in sequence according to the two-dimensional track, in which each displacement unit includes a displacement amount and a displacement direction of the two-dimensional track moving in a preset time interval; comparing the displacement amount of each displacement unit with a reference value in sequence; calculating an included angle formed between the displacement direction of the displacement unit and a displacement direction of a previous displacement unit, when the displacement amount of the displacement unit is greater than the reference value; accumulating the included angles in sequence to obtain an accumulated angle, in which the accumulated angle includes an accumulated value and a positive or negative sign; and converting the accumulated angle to at least one non-linear index. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075204 | Using a Touch-Sensitive Display of a Mobile Device with a Host Computer - A touch-sensitive display of a mobile device is used to control applications executing on a host computer. A communications link is established between the host computer and the mobile device. A graphical user interface (GUI) from the host computer is delegated to the touch-sensitive display of the mobile device via the communications link. The mobile device is adapted to show the delegated GUI on the touch-sensitive display of the mobile device, wherein a user can interact with the displayed GUI. The host computer receives data describing the user interactions with the delegated GUI shown on the touch-sensitive display of the mobile device via the communications link. The host computer executes an instruction on the host computer based in part on the received data describing the user interaction. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075205 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND POWER SAVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch input device includes a touch screen, a scan controlling unit and a UI control unit. The UI control unit is configured for identifying one or more effective touch regions according to a user interface displayed on the touch screen, and transmitting a region identifying signal to the scan controlling unit. The scan controlling unit is configured for determining one or more scan regions corresponding to the effective touch regions according to the region identifying signal, and activating a scan over the scan regions. A power saving method for the touch input device is also provided. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075206 | MOTION DETECTING DEVICE, RECORDING SYSTEM, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND MOTION DETECTING METHOD - A motion detecting device includes: a first detecting unit that detects a state of a writing hand of a writer based on first data output depending on the state of the writing hand from a first sensor; a second detecting unit that detects a distance between the writer and a recording medium based on second information output from a second sensor; a determining unit that determines that the writer is writing on the recording medium when the state of the writing hand detected by the first detecting unit is a predetermined state and the distance detected by the second detecting unit is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and an output data generating unit that generates output data based on a state of the writer determined by the determining unit. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075207 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel and a fabricating method thereof are disclosed. A thin film is formed on a substrate, sensing patterns are formed as touch sensors on the thin film. The substrate is separated from the thin film, thereby implementing an ultra thin film touch screen panel. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075208 | INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A game apparatus includes a first LCD and a second LCD, and a CPU displays a game screen on the LCDs according to a game program and layout data. On the second LCD, a touch panel is provided. On the second LCD, a plurality of objects are displayed. When a help mode key is touched, a “?” cursor is displayed near each of objects for which a description message is prepared (target object), and if any “?” cursor is touched, a detailed explanation of the target object indicated by the “?” cursor is displayed on the first LCD as a description message. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075209 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel, which contains a substrate, a mask layer, a sensing circuit layer and a barrier layer, is disclosed. The mask layer is disposed around the bottom surface of the substrate. The sensing circuit layer is located on the same side of the substrate with the mask layer, and the surrounding area of the sensing circuit layer is shielded by the mask layer. In addition, the area of the sensing circuit layer exposed from the mask layer is defined as a sensing region. Furthermore, the barrier layer is disposed between the substrate and the sensing circuit layer and between the mask layer and the sensing circuit layer. Concurrently, the barrier layer further provides separation between the mask layer and the sensing circuit layer. The barrier layer has a transparent appearance. Particularly, the barrier layer is provided for changing optical refraction and harmonizing optical reflection index and transmittance. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075210 | HAPTIC INTERACTION DEVICE - A interaction device includes a touch-sensitive surface which generates input data when the touch-sensitive surface is in contact with an actuator, a frame fixed to a periphery of the touch-sensitive surface, an actuator which generates a reaction force as a function of the input data, and a support to which the actuator is coupled. The frame and the touch-sensitive surface are arranged to form a rigid assembly which has a resonant frequency of a few hundred Hertz. The actuator is directly coupled to the frame to displace the rigid assembly relative to the support, and the resonant frequency of the actuator is substantially equal to the resonant frequency of the rigid assembly. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075211 | Touch detector, display unit with touch detection function, touched-position detecting method, and electronic device - A touch detector includes a touch detecting section generating detection intensity mapping information including detection intensity values according to an external proximity object, and a touched-position detecting section determining a touched position based on one or a plurality of touch regions determined by comparing each of the detection intensity values with a predetermined threshold. The touched-position detecting section selects an effective region from the one or each of the plurality of touch regions, establishes a computation region for the effective region, and determines a centroid as the touched position with use of the detection intensity values in the computation region. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075212 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The method includes receiving a touch input from a side area on a touch screen for more than a predefined amount of time; setting a touch-lock area on the touch screen based on an area of the detection of the touch input; and displaying the touch-lock area differently from the rest of the touch screen so as to be easily distinguishable. Therefore, it is possible to effectively set a touch-lock area on the touch screen and thus to prevent the mobile terminal from performing an operation against the will of a user. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075213 | MULTI-HOST TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-host touch control display device is to be connected to a plurality of host devices for touch controlling the host devices, and includes a control unit, a touch screen unit and a switch unit. The control unit provides a switch control signal. The touch screen unit is for generating a touch control signal according to a touch event thereon. The switch unit is coupled electrically to the control unit for receiving the switch control signal therefrom, is further coupled electrically to the touch screen unit, and is to be coupled electrically to the host devices. The switch unit is operable to enable transmission between the touch screen unit and a selected one of the host devices according to the switch control signal received from the control unit such that the touch screen unit is able to transmit the touch control signal generated thereby to the selected one of the host devices. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075214 | Display Device with an Embedded Touch Panel and a Method of Manufacturing the Same - The present invention relates to a display device with an embedded touch panel which eliminates FPC mounted to a shielding electrode for applying a shielding signal to the shielding electrode, to reduce a cost and simplify a fabrication process. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075215 | SINGLE LAYER IMPLEMENTED TWO DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD - A single-layer implemented two-dimensional touchpad includes two groups of sensing units arranged abreast along two directions, respectively. The first group of sensing units have one end adjacent to the connection region of the touchpad and are connected with wires routing to the connection region. The second group of sensing units are connected with wires bypassing the first group of sensing units and routing to the connection region. This arrangement decreases the number of wires routing through the margin of the circuit board of the touchpad to downsize the margin width and reduce the limitation to the touchpad size simultaneously, only by changing the layout of the sensing units, without increasing the manufacturing mask and steps. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075216 | INTEGRATED PASSIVES AND POWER AMPLIFIER - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for combining devices deposited on a first substrate, with integrated circuits formed on a second substrate such as a semiconducting substrate or a glass substrate. The first substrate may be a glass substrate. The first substrate may include conductive vias. A power combiner circuit may be deposited on a first side of the first substrate. The power combiner circuit may include passive devices deposited on at least the first side of the first substrate. The integrated circuit may include a power amplifier circuit disposed on and configured for electrical connection with the power combiner circuit, to form a power amplification system. The conductive vias may include thermal vias configured for conducting heat from the power amplification system and/or interconnect vias configured for electrical connection between the power amplification system and a conductor on a second side of the first substrate. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075217 | OBJECT SENSING DEVICE - An object sensing device includes a display panel, a first image sensing unit, a vibration sensing unit and a control unit. The first image sensing unit is disposed at a periphery of the display panel. The first image sensing unit has a first sensing area related to the display panel. The vibration sensing unit is disposed at the periphery of the display panel. The control unit is electrically connected to the display panel, the first image sensing unit and the vibration sensing unit. When the first image sensing unit senses an object in the first sensing area and the vibration sensing unit senses a vibration acted by the object on the display panel, the control unit controls the display panel to execute a predetermined function. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075218 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch panel comprising a substrate, a touch element, a first grounding electrode, an insulation layer and a second grounding electrode is disclosed. The touch element is disposed on a first surface of the substrate. The first grounding electrode is disposed on the first surface to surround the touch element. The insulation layer is disposed on the first surface to cover the touch element and the first grounding electrode. The second grounding electrode is disposed on the first insulation layer or on a second surface of the substrate opposite to the first surface. Therefore, the ESD can be conducted to the grounding end G of the circuit component through the enclosed first grounding electrode, and the signal interference between the touch panel and display can be shielded by the second grounding electrode to enhance anti-ESD and anti-noise abilities of the touch panel. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075219 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS ON TOUCH PANEL - A detection method for detecting a plurality of contacts on a touch panel includes: generating a preliminary sensing data according to the contacts on the touch panel; determining a plurality of first specific sensing axes included in a plurality of first sensing axes and a plurality of f second specific sensing axes included in a plurality of second sensing axes according to the preliminary sensing data; utilizing a configuration circuit to configure a driving and receiving sequence of the plurality of first sensing axes and the plurality of second sensing axes for obtaining a first sensing data and a second sensing data; and utilizing a determining circuit to receive a completion instruction, wherein when the determining circuit receives the completion instruction, the determining circuit determines a touch detection result according to the first sensing data and the second sensing data. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075220 | INPUT DETECTION DEVICE, INPUT DETECTION METHOD, INPUT DETECTION PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - An input detection device including: a reading part reading touch inputs from an input interface of a touch sensor by scanning every above two electrode lines which are adjacent on the scanning sequence from an end of the input interface to the opposite end, and acquiring a difference between detection data obtained from a half of the above two electrode lines which are successive and from the other half of the above two electrode lines which are successive; and a calculation part integrating the differences for the entire input interface to obtain touch information, wherein if an integration result obtained in the case where the above two lines stretches over the scanning finish end and the scanning start end is not satisfied with a predetermined value, the calculation part resets the detection data obtained from the electrode line located at the scanning finish end to be the predetermined value. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075221 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL INPUT DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT AND TOUCHSCREEN PANEL INPUT DEVICE - A touchscreen panel input device is manufactured by forming a first adhesion layer and a second adhesion layer on a growth substrate, removing only the second adhesion layer from a selected region by irradiating laser, forming a growth base layer on the selected region where the second adhesion layer is removed and on the second adhesion layer and an oxide thin film having piezoelectricity on the growth base layer, transferring the oxide thin film layer on the selected region to a second substrate having first transparent electrodes by peeling-off, and adhering the second substrate to a third substrate having second transparent electrodes by placing the transferred oxide thin film layer between them. The touchscreen panel input device detects a pushing pressure in addition to a touch position with proving a tactile feedback. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075222 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for operating a portable electronic device are disclosed. A detected object is detected when the object is in contact with the device to provide detection results. Whether the device is performing a predetermined function to provide a first determination result and whether the object is in contact with the device based on the detection results to provide a second determination result are then determined. One of a first function and a second function comprising the first function based on the first determination result and the second determination result is then selected. The first function is selected if it is determined that the device is performing the predetermined function and that the object is in contact with mobile terminal. The second function is selected if it is determined that the device is performing the predetermined function and that the object is not in contact with the device | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075223 | MOBILE ELECTRIC DEVICE - An electronic display control device and method are disclosed. A web page comprising a plurality of links is displayed on display screen of a touch panel, and an operation is detected on the touch panel. The links are collectively displayed on a region of the display screen, when the prescribed operation is detected while the web page is displayed on the touch panel. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075224 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DUAL-DIFFERENTIAL SENSING - A method and device for dual-differential sensing is disclosed. The sensing information can be generated from signals provided by a sensing device with a plurality of sensors. Each value of the sensing information corresponds to signals of three sensors, respectively. The sensing device is flexible and configured on a display. The noise effect of the display on the signal of each sensor corresponds to the distance between the display and the sensor. Besides, the noise effect of the display on each value of the sensing information corresponds to the distances between the display and the three sensors, respectively. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075225 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - When image data is displayed on the display portion of a conventional mobile telephone, characters cannot be displayed thereon, and thus the image data and the characters cannot be simultaneously displayed. In a portable electronic device according to the present invention, a cover member having a first display device ( | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075226 | Touch Panel and Touch Type Input Device - A touch panel which includes a molecule oriented polylactic acid film, the polylactic acid film has a first principal plane and a second principal plane formed with electrodes, and the electrode on the first principal plane includes divided electrodes which are electrically divided into at least four sections. A touch panel input device having the touch panel is configured to have the respective divided electrodes connected to a processor which outputs position information and/or pressed information based on voltages detected independently from the divided electrodes. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075227 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING TWO-DIMENSION SENSING INFORMATION - The method and device for analyzing two-dimension sensing information are disclosed. The two-dimension (2D) sensing information is analyzed for determining touch related sensing information. The touch related sensing information may include touch related sensing information with inner low values within outer high values and with inner higher values within outer low values. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075228 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING TWO-DIMENSION SENSING INFORMATION - The method and device for analyzing two-dimension sensing information are disclosed. The two-dimension (2D) sensing information is analyzed for determining touch related sensing information. The touch related sensing information may include touch related sensing information with inner low values within outer high values and with inner higher values within outer low values. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075229 | TOUCH SCREEN, RELATED METHOD OF OPERATION AND SYSTEM - An exemplary embodiment concerns a touch screen arranged to determine when touched by a user's screen-engagement member and further arranged to identify an identifying characteristic of the engagement member and so as to differentiate between different screen-engagement members and wherein at least one aspect of subsequent operation of the screen is responsive to the identification of the member. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075230 | Coordinate Input Device And Display Apparatus With Coordinate Input Function - According to an embodiment, a coordinate input device includes a translucent substrate, a detection electrode pattern, and an adjustment pattern. The detection electrode pattern includes a plurality of detection electrodes for detecting an input location. The detection electrodes are arranged on or above the translucent substrate in at least one direction. The adjustment pattern is formed between the detection electrodes in a planar view and is electrically insulated from the detection electrodes. The adjustment pattern includes the same material as the detection electrodes. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120075231 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A UI, AND DISPLAY DEVICE ADOPTING SAME - A method for providing a (UI) and a display apparatus to which the method is applied includes displaying an onscreen keyboard on a screen; displaying a plurality of applications on the screen, selecting one of the plurality of applications on the screen as an input target application into which to enter text using the an onscreen keyboard. Consequently, a user may easily use the onscreen keyboard on the screen on which the plurality of applications are simultaneously displayed. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120081298 | TOUCH SENSING PANELS AND OPERATION METHODS THEREOF - A touch sensing panel includes a substrate and a plurality of first sub-electrodes. The first sub-electrodes are formed on the substrate and disposed in parallel. The first sub-electrodes extend in a first direction. Each set of the successive first sub-electrodes is grouped as a group into a predetermined number to form one sensing electrode. A distance between two successive sensing electrodes is less than the predetermined number multiplied by a distance between two successive first sub-electrodes. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING REMOTE CONTROL VIA A TOUCHABLE DISPLAY - An approach is provided for controlling a display of a set-top box from a remote control device having a touchable display. User input is received via the touchable display of the remote control device. A control signal is generated in response to the user input for controlling a set-top box coupled to a display. The set-top box is configured to present the content on the display concurrently with the touchable display. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081300 | TOUCH PANEL AND REPAIRING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of first and second sensing series, and a plurality of conductive repairing pattern layers is provided. The first sensing series are disposed on the substrate and extended along a first direction. Each of the first sensing series includes a plurality of first sensing pads and first bridge lines, and the first bridge lines serially connect two adjacent first sensing pads. The second sensing series are disposed on the substrate and extended along a second direction. Each of the second sensing series includes a plurality of second sensing pads and second bridge lines, and the second bridge lines serially connect two adjacent second sensing pads. Each conductive repairing pattern layer electrically floating locates around the crossover region of the first and second sensing series. Two adjacent sensing pads are connected by the conductive repairing pattern layer after a repair procedure is finished. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081301 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING TOUCH PANEL DATA - A method for transmitting touch panel data is provided. The method is adapted for transmitting coordinate data of at least a touch point being touched on the touch panel and includes the following procedures. The at least coordinate data is compressed. A serial data transmission interface command and a serial data transmission interface client address are appended in front of the compressed at least coordinate data, such that the compressed at least coordinate data is encapsulated into a serial transmission data packet. In addition, the serial transmission data packet is transmitted through a serial data transmission channel. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081302 | MULTI-SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL - A dual-screen user device and methods for controlling data displayed thereby are disclosed. Specifically, the data displayed by the multiple screens of the dual-screen user device is conditioned upon the type of user gesture or combination of user gestures detected. The display controls described herein can correlate user inputs received in a gesture capture region to one or more display actions, which may include maximization, minimization, or reformatting instructions. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081303 | HANDLING GESTURES FOR CHANGING FOCUS - Embodiments are described for handling focus when a gesture is input in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, if the gesture is incomplete a focus is maintained on a screen, display area, or displayed image that has the focus. If the gesture is determined to be complete, then the focus is changed to a different screen, display area, or displayed image. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081304 | HARDWARE BUTTONS ACTIVATED BASED ON FOCUS - Methods and devices for providing one or more control buttons in connection with a multiple screen device are provided. More particularly, the screen of a multiple screen device having a current focus is identified, and one or more control buttons are provided as part of or in association with the identified screen. When a change in focus from a previously identified screen to a different screen is detected, the presentation of the one or more control buttons can also change. In particular, control buttons are presented as part of a screen having the current focus, while control buttons are not provided on or in association with a screen that does not have the current focus. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081305 | SWIPEABLE KEY LINE - Methods and devices for the display of virtual keyboards are provided. More particularly, virtual keyboards that include selectable sets of virtual keys that can be selected or changed through direct input by a user are provided. The user input can include a touch screen input or gesture applied to an area of a display in which a selectable set of virtual keys is presented. The touch screen input or swipe can cause the displayed selectable set of virtual keys to be replaced by an alternate selectable set of virtual keys. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081306 | DRAG MOVE GESTURE IN USER INTERFACE - The disclosed method and device are directed to navigation, by a dual display communication device, through display objects. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081307 | FLICK MOVE GESTURE IN USER INTERFACE - The disclosed method and device are directed to navigation, by a dual display communication device, through display objects. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081308 | LONG DRAG GESTURE IN USER INTERFACE - The disclosed method and device are directed to navigation, by a dual display communication device, through display objects. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081309 | DISPLAYED IMAGE TRANSITION INDICATOR - A dual display communication device includes a gesture capture region to receive a gesture, a first touch sensitive display to receive a gesture and display displayed images (such as a desktop or window of an application), and a second touch sensitive display to receive a gesture and display displayed images. Middleware receives a gesture, the gesture indicating that a displayed image is to be moved from the first touch sensitive display to the second touch sensitive display, such as to maximize a window to cover portions of both displays simultaneously; in response and prior to movement of the displayed image to the second touch sensitive display, moves a transition indicator from the first touch sensitive display to the second touch sensitive display to a selected position to be occupied by the displayed image; and thereafter moves the displayed image from the first touch sensitive display to the second touch sensitive display to the selected position. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081310 | PINCH GESTURE TO SWAP WINDOWS - The disclosed method and device are directed to a communication device that receives, by a gesture capture region and/or a touch sensitive display, a gesture while a first touch sensitive display is displaying a first displayed image and a second touch sensitive display is displaying a second displayed image and, in response, ceasing to display the first displayed image on the first touch sensitive display and commencing to display the first displayed image on the second touch sensitive display and ceasing to display a second displayed image on the second touch sensitive display and commencing to display the second displayed image on the first touch sensitive display. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081311 | SMARTPAD ORIENTATION - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081312 | SMARTPAD SPLIT SCREEN - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081313 | SMARTPAD SPLIT SCREEN DESKTOP - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081314 | SMARTPAD SPLIT SCREEN DESKTOP - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081315 | KEYBOARD SPANNING MULTIPLE SCREENS - Methods and devices for presenting a virtual keyboard are provided. More particularly, in connection with a multiple screen device, a virtual keyboard can be presented using portions of both of the screens. More particularly, with the screens of the device in a portrait orientation, the virtual keyboard can span the two screens, such that a first portion of the first screen and a first portion of the second screen operate cooperatively to present the virtual keyboard. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081316 | OFF-SCREEN GESTURE DISMISSABLE KEYBOARD - Methods and devices for discontinuing the presentation of a virtual keyboard or dismissing a virtual keyboard in response to the receipt of input are provided. More particularly, input entered outside of an area of a screen comprising a touch screen display can cause the presentation of a virtual keyboard to be discontinued. The discontinuance of the virtual keyboard display can be performed simultaneously with an operation indicated by the received input. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081317 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING COPY-PASTE OPERATIONS ON A DEVICE VIA USER GESTURES - A multi-screen user device and methods for performing a copy-paste operation using finger gestures are disclosed. A first finger gesture is used to select a display area from which data is to be copied. Subsequently, a drag finger gesture is used to identify where the data that is to be pasted. The drag may extend across a non-display boundary between a first and second display screen of the multi-screen device. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081318 | DISPLAYING THE DESKTOP UPON DEVICE OPEN - Systems and methods are provides for displaying a desktop for a multi-screen device in response to opening the device. The window stack can change based on the change in the orientation of the device. The system can receive an orientation change that transitions the device from a closed state to an open state. A previously created in the stack can expand over the area of the two or more displays comprising the device when opened. A desktop expands to fill the display area and be displayed on the second of the displays after the device is opened. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081319 | MODIFYING THE DISPLAY STACK UPON DEVICE OPEN - Systems and methods are provides for displaying a second window for a multi-screen device in response to opening the device. The window stack can change based on the change in the orientation of the device. The system can receive an orientation change that transitions the device from a closed state to an open state. A previously created, but inactive, window in the stack can be displayed on one of the two or more displays comprising the device when opened. The previously created window become active to be displayed on the second of the displays after the device is opened. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081320 | Display Device Having Touch Screen Panel - A display device having a touch screen panel includes a display panel includes a common electrode; a touch screen panel including a plurality of first conductive patterns that are formed on one surface of the display panel and arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of second conductive patterns that are electrically insulated from the plurality of first conductive patterns and arranged in a second direction to cross over the first conductive patterns; a power source circuitry to supply a first common voltage to the common electrode and to supply a pulse voltage to at least one of the plurality of first and second conductive patterns; and a common voltage feedback circuit to remove an induction voltage induced to the common electrode by the pulse voltage supplied to the at least one of the plurality of first and second conductive patterns. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081321 | INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOBILE TERMINAL WITH TOUCH SCREEN - An input method for a mobile terminal with a touch screen is provided. The input method includes switching an operation mode of the mobile terminal to an input mode, and activating and displaying a virtual keypad; recognizing a specific key, from which a user input has occurred, among keys on the displayed virtual keypad; and displaying at least one or more functional objects designated to the recognized key, in a specific region of the virtual keypad. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081322 | FOCUS CHANGE UPON APPLICATION LAUNCH - Embodiments are described for handling focus when a gesture is input in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, a first image displayed on a first touch sensitive display of a first screen may be currently in focus. In embodiments, the gesture is a tap on a second touch sensitive display of the device. In response to the gesture, an application is launched, which displays a second image on a second display of a second screen. Focus is then changed from the first image on the first touch sensitive display to the second image on the second touch sensitive display. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081323 | APPLICATION LAUNCH - Embodiments are described for handling the launching of applications in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, a first touch sensitive display of a first screen receives input to launch an application. In response, the application is launched. A determination is made as to whether the first touch sensitive display already has windows in its stack. If there are no windows in the stack of the first touch sensitive display, a new window of the first application is displayed on the first touch sensitive display. If there are windows in the stack, a determination is made whether a second display has windows in its stack. If not, the new window is displayed on the second display. If the second display also has windows in its stack, the new window will be displayed on the first touch sensitive display. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081324 | Single-Layer Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes an adhesive layer between a cover panel and a substrate. The substrate has drive or sense electrodes of a touch sensor disposed on it. The drive or sense electrodes are made of a conductive mesh of conductive material including metal. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081325 | METHOD OF ACCESSING DIGITAL CONTENT USING MOBILE PHONE WITH ORIENTATION DETERMINATION - A method for accessing digital content from a computer network. The method includes the steps of: (a) capturing an image of machine-readable coded data printed on a page using a mobile phone having an optical image sensor; (b) determining an orientation of the mobile phone relative to the page; (c) forming a request based on the captured image; (d) transmitting the request to a server on the computer network and retrieving digital content associated with the printed graphic content; (e) receiving the digital content in the mobile phone; and (f) displaying the received digital content on a display screen of the mobile phone. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081326 | MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE HAVING DYNAMIC HAPTIC EFFECTS - A system for generating haptic effects senses at least two generally simultaneous touches on a touchscreen and, in response, generates a dynamic haptic effect. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120081327 | MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE HAVING DYNAMIC HAPTIC EFFECTS - A system for generating haptic effects senses at least two generally simultaneous touches on a touchscreen and, in response, generates a dynamic haptic effect. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120086647 | Displays for Electronic Devices that Detect and Respond to the Contour and/or Height Profile of User Input Objects - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display screen including an array of electromagnetic radiation detectors. The array of electromagnetic radiation detectors is configured to generate an image signal that represents an image of a user input object that is closely spaced to the display, and to generate a touch signal in response to the display screen being touched by the user input object. The electronic device further includes a controller circuit that is configured to display a plurality of keys forming a keyboard and to display characters on the keys. The controller identifies from the image signal a size and/or an angular orientation of the user input object relative to the display screen. The controller identifies a user's selection among characters indicated on the keyboard keys in response to the identified size and/or the angular orientation of the user input object and in response to the touch signal, and outputs character data corresponding to the identified user selected character. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086648 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A portable electronic device includes a body and a display assembly coupled to the body and moveable relative to the body in response to receipt of an applied force on a side of the display assembly. The display assembly is biased to a position in which the display assembly overlies the body. The portable electronic device also includes a sensor arranged to detect movement of the display assembly relative to the body, and a processor coupled to the display assembly and the to the sensor to determine an input in response to detecting movement of the display assembly relative to the body. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086649 | CONDUCTIVE CIRCUITS FOR A TOUCH PANEL AND THE MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of conductive circuits of a touch panel includes the following steps: providing a substrate with a conductive area thereon; providing at least one hard coating layer on the conductive area of the substrate; forming a plurality of grooves on the hard coating layer; forming a metal layer on the hard coating layer and in the grooves; and heating the metal layer so as to condense the metallic materials thereof in the grooves due to surface tension, thus forming a plurality of conductive circuits. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086650 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - First movement control means moves, relative to a display area of a display device, a plurality of selection objects having at least one part thereof displayed on the display area, based on an output signal outputted from an input device. Among the plurality of selection objects, when an end-located selection object reaches a predetermined position on the display area as a result of the first movement control means moving the plurality of selection objects, second movement control means moves, relative to the display area, at least one selection object displayed on the display area among the plurality of selection objects, in a direction different from a direction in which the plurality of selection objects have been moved by the first movement control means. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086651 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes an electroactive polymer (EAP) actuator which is deformable when protruded or depressed locally at a part to which a driving voltage is applied; and a flexible touch sensor which is disposed on the EAP actuator. The flexible touch sensor is deformable locally in correspondence with a deformation of the EAP actuator, and senses an input according to a contact or pressing operation. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086652 | Printing option display method and printing option display apparatus - If a user inputs a desired printing option, a preview screen depending on the input printing option is displayed on the touchscreen. Then, if first and second touch input points are detected on the preview screen and a distance between the first and second touch input points is changed, a preview screen, a set value of the input printing option has been changed by the user, is displayed. Thereby, the number of pages contained in a preview image, the number of sheets of paper corresponding to the number of split parts of an object displayed on the preview image, the paper size of the preview image, or the size of the preview image may be changed and displayed, which enables convenient and rapid intuitive setting of N-UP, poster, paper size and actual image size printing options. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086653 | NAVIGATIONAL OPERATION METHOD - A navigational operation method, applied to a remote controller of a multi-media player, includes the following steps. One of multiple operation modes of the multi-media player is selected. A navigation key on the remote controller is triggered. A function table or multiple function keys corresponding to the selected operation mode are displayed on the multi-media player. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086654 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device is disclosed, which comprises gate and data lines arranged to cross each other on a substrate to define a pixel region; a pixel electrode formed in the pixel region; a common electrode forming an electric field together with the pixel electrode and sensing a touch of a user; and a sensing line electrically connected with the common electrode, wherein the common electrode includes a plurality of first common electrodes for sensing any one of a touch position of X axis and a touch position of Y axis and a plurality of second common electrodes for sensing the other one of the touch positions of X axis and Y axis, and the sensing line is not electrically connected with the plurality of second common electrodes but electrically connected with the plurality of first common electrodes. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086655 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch sensing structure, a decoration film, an organic light emitting diode pixel array, and a sealant is provided. The touch sensing structure is disposed on the first substrate. The second substrate is opposite to a surface of the first substrate disposed with the touch sensing structure. The decoration film is disposed on the first substrate. The organic light emitting diode pixel array is located between the touch sensing structure and the second substrate. The sealant is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and seals the organic light emitting diode pixel array between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086656 | Touch Sensing Circuit and Associated Method - A touch sensing circuit and method is provided. The touch sensing circuit discriminates a common voltage change of a display panel couple to the touch sensor in a touch panel display apparatus. The touch sensor comprises a plurality of sensor electrodes. The touch sensing circuit includes a plurality of channel circuits, each of which includes a reset switch and a sensing switch for alternately conducting an associated sensor electrode to a reset voltage and a charge collecting circuit. The channel circuits are divided to different groups that operate according to interleaving timings for encompassing possible common voltage changes. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086657 | Configurable Methods and Systems of Growing and Harvesting Cells in a Hollow Fiber Bioreactor System - Embodiments described herein generally relate to methods and systems for configuring settings of a cell expansion system including a bioreactor. Through a user interface, a user may configure display settings, system settings, and settings associated with protocols for loading, growing and/or harvesting cells. In configuring settings for protocols and associated processes, a diagram view or window of the cell expansion system is displayed in embodiments. The diagram view displays the process settings as graphical user interface elements. Settings available for configuration are enabled for selection in the diagram view. The diagram view allows the user to visualize the settings available for task configuration and to configure enabled settings. Configured settings are stored and capable of retrieval for subsequent execution or modification of the applicable protocol. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086658 | TABLET COMPUTER WITH OPTION FOR ONE OR TWO SCREENS - Provided is a tablet computer with the option of using one or two screens such as a tablet computer comprising a first and a second touch screen on a respective first and second surface, wherein the second screen is positioned behind the first screen when not in use in a fashion where the front or the back of the second screen is behind the back of the first screen, wherein each screen encompasses at least 50% of the area of the first and second surfaces, wherein the tablet computer can be used with a) the first screen only while the second screen is positioned behind the first screen; b) with both first and second screens in an open position where both screens are visible to a user. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086659 | Method and apparatus for sensing utilizing tiles - An apparatus for sensing includes a computer. The apparatus includes one or more individual sensing tiles in communication with the computer that form a sensor surface that detects force applied to the surface and provides a signal corresponding to the force to the computer which produces from the signal a time varying continuous image of force applied to the surface, where the surface is contiguous, and detected force can be sensed in a manner that is geometrically continuous and seamless on a surface. A method for determining locations of tiles of a sensor. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086660 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS AND METAL MICROPATTERNED SUBSTRATES HAVING A GRAPHIC - Electronic displays and metal micropatterned substrates are described comprising a graphic defined by a contrasting area adjacent the graphic. In one embodiment, the graphic is visible when the display is viewed with reflected light and the graphic is substantially less visible or invisible when viewed with backlighting transmitted through the metal micropatterned substrate. The graphic and contrasting area have a total metal micropattern density that differs by no greater than about 5% and more preferably by no greater than 2%. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086661 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel comprises a first substrate ( | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086662 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, GESTURE PROCESSING METHOD AND GESTURE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An electric device supports gesture input, so a user can determining whether the electric device is in a state of accepting the gesture input. An electronic device includes a touch panel display, a storage unit for storing sets of display data and trajectory related information that is associated with each set of display data, and a control unit. The trajectory related information includes trajectory data and function information that is associated with the trajectory data, and the control unit determines whether or not to accept the gesture input on the basis of the trajectory related information that is associated with the display data displayed on the touch panel display. When having determined to accept the gesture input, overlay-displays on the touch panel display, the trajectory data included in the trajectory related information that is associated with the display data so as to be overlaid on the display data. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120086663 | MOBILE TERMINAL, LANGUAGE SETTING PROGRAM AND LANGUAGE SETTING METHOD - A mobile terminal | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120092266 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Navigation Path on a Touch Display of a Portable Device - The application discloses a method and apparatus for providing a navigation path at a portable device. The method includes receiving a continuous sequence of touch inputs at the touch display. The touch display includes at least a source location and a destination location. The method then includes determining the source location based on a first touch input of the continuous sequence of touch inputs, and determining the destination location based on a second touch input of the continuous sequence of touch inputs. The method further includes mapping the continuous sequence of touch inputs between the source location and the destination location with corresponding path coordinates, and displaying the navigation path, at the touch display, between the source location and the destination location based on the corresponding path coordinates. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092267 | TOUCH-ENABLED CIRCLE CONTROL FOR TIME AND DATE ENTRY - In a system and a method, a selection of an input data field is detected. In response to the selection of the input data field, a user interface having an inner concentric circle and an outer concentric circle is generated. A contact point corresponding to a location of a touch gesture submitted via a touch-enabled input device within one of the inner concentric circle and the outer concentric circle is detected. An angular velocity of circular movement from the contact point around one of the concentric circles is measured. An input data value is adjusted at a granularity based on the contact point and at a rate based on the measured angular velocity of circular movement. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092268 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANIPULATING ONSCREEN DATA - A computer-implement method for manipulating onscreen data is disclosed. The method includes displaying content on a touch-sensitive display. A touch path is received from the touch-sensitive display. A command initiating path is identified from the touch path. At least one command operation is executed. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092269 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MANIPULATING ONSCREEN DATA - A computer-implemented method for operating content of an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes displaying content on a touch-sensitive display. A touch path is received from the display. A selection path and a command initiation path from the touch path are identified. Operating content from the associated file with a selection path is selected. A command mode is entered according to the command initiation path. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092270 | TOUCH SENSOR WITH SECONDARY SENSOR AND GROUND SHIELD - A touch sensor pattern with a secondary sensor formed substantially as part of the touch sensor pattern is provided. By forming the secondary sensor substantially as part of the touch sensor pattern, where the secondary sensor can be held at a steady state or ground during a touch scan cycle of the touch sensor, an overall thickness of the stackup at the area of the touch sensor where the secondary sensor is formed can be significantly reduced. The reduction in the thickness can allow more space for other hardware such as a device battery, for example. Moreover, grounding the secondary sensor can shield the touch sensor pattern at the area of the touch sensor pattern where the secondary sensor is formed, during a touch scan cycle. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092271 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WITH EL PANEL AND TOUCH PAD - A computer input device includes a touch pad module comprising a flexible, rectangular, optically transmissive touch pad and a touch pad controller electrically interconnecting the touch pad and a microprocessor; a flexible, rectangular characters printing membrane disposed under the touch pad; and an EL module comprising at least one flexible, rectangular EL panel disposed under the characters printing membrane, and a programmable driver electrically interconnected the microprocessor and the at least one EL panel, the programmable driver being adapted to program to sequentially activate the at least one EL panel for controlling brightness, color, and overlap of a plurality of light emitting areas of the computer input device. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092272 | Haptic Based User Interface for an Electronic Device - An electronics device including a haptic-based user interface, including a touch screen; an actuator coupled to the touch screen for selectively vibrating the touch screen responsive to the touch screen being depressed; and a visual display panel. The user interface further includes a plurality of suspension members disposed between the touch screen and the display panel and a plurality of seal members disposed between the suspension members such that the suspension members and the seal members define a volume between the touch panel and the visual display panel. The suspension and seal members may be formed from compressible material, such as foam materials. By separating the visual display panel from the touch panel with the suspension members in this way, vibrations from the actuator that are experienced by the visual display panel are reduced, thereby extending the useful life of the visual display panel. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092273 | TRACE BORDER ROUTING - The border routing of conductive traces in devices, such as displays, touch sensor panels, and touch screens, to improve border area space usage, thereby reducing device size, and to reduce trace resistance, thereby improving device operation, is disclosed. The conductive traces can form a staggered stair-step configuration in the device border area, in which the average widths of the traces can be different from each other and each trace can have segments with different widths. The conductive traces can be coupled to an active area of the device to transmit signals to and from the active area in accordance with a device operation. The varying widths can help improve the border area space usage, reduce trace resistance, and reduce the differences in resistance between traces. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092274 | TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen, including: a first transparent electrode formed on one surface of a first transparent substrate; a second transparent electrode formed on one surface of a second transparent substrate; a first adhesive layer configured to adhere the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate to each other; a window plate adhered to the first transparent substrate; and hardness dots formed on one surface of the window plate or the other surface of the first transparent substrate. The present invention has been made in an effort to provide a touch screen which can lower the operational load of a transparent electrode. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092275 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM - In an information processing apparatus including an input detecting portion capable of detecting a plurality of touched positions simultaneously and a display portion, while a plurality of candidate images to serve as candidates are displayed as a list on the display portion and a touch is being detected by the input detecting portion, a selection image is selected based on a touched position. When the selection image is then being selected for a predetermined time or more, candidate images other than the selection image are changed to be displayed. It is thereby possible to provide an information processing apparatus or the like which is highly convenient for a user by changing a display state of candidates which are not in a selection state when selecting an item. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092276 | TOUCH PANEL AND SUBSTRATE THEREOF - A substrate of a touch panel has a body, a dielectric layer and multiple wires. The dielectric layer is formed on the bottom surface of the body and has multiple sensing areas and a wiring area. The wiring area is formed around the sensing areas and has multiple rough surfaces formed on the wiring area and being identical to the sensing areas in number. The wires are identical to the sensing areas in number. Each wire is formed on one of the rough surfaces of the wiring area and is electrically connected with one of the sensing areas. The formation of the wires on the respective rough surfaces can enhance adhesion of the wires so that the wires do not easily come off or get fractured. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092277 | Touch Support for Remoted Applications - Touch, multi-touch, gesture, flick and stylus pen input may be supported for remoted applications. For example, a touch capable client device may receive touch input for a remoted application executing on a server. In such an instance, the touch input may be transmitted to the server for processing. The server may subsequently modify the application display or the application functionality and provide an output to the client device. In some arrangements, the output may correspond to instructions for modifying a display of the application while in other examples, the output may correspond to an image of the changed application display. Additionally or alternatively, determining a functionality associated with touch input may be performed based on user definitions, user preferences, server definitions (e.g., operating system on the server), client definitions (e.g., operating system on the client) and the like and/or combinations thereof. Aspects may also include resolving latency and enhancing user experience using various features. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092278 | Information Processing Apparatus, and Input Control Method and Program of Information Processing Apparatus - An apparatus is provided for modifying an input area, comprising a memory and a processor executing instructions stored in the memory. The processor executes instructions stored in the memory to display a first input area on a device. The processor further executes instructions stored in the memory to detect a user input in a second input area. The processor still further executes instructions stored in the memory to perform, if the user input comprises a first operation, an input function; and modify, if the user input comprises a second operation, the first input area. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092279 | TOUCH SENSOR WITH FORCE-ACTUATED SWITCHED CAPACITOR - This disclosure provides apparatus, systems and methods of fabricating force-sensitive switches. In some implementations, an array of force-sensitive switches and local capacitors of a combined sensor device may be used to connect the local capacitor into associated projected capacitive touch (PCT) detection circuitry. In some implementations, each capacitor may be formed with a thin dielectric layer to achieve a high capacitance increase when the force-sensitive switch is closed, e.g., by the pressing of a stylus or finger. In some implementations, the same PCT detection circuitry can be used to detect changes in mutual capacitance when touched with a finger (touch mode) and changes in sensel capacitance when the force-sensitive switch is depressed (stylus or fingerprint mode). | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092280 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCREEN CONTROL PROGRAM - A mobile phone terminal (electronic device) includes a first touch panel and a second touch panel for displaying an object corresponding to an executable function and detect a touch on the object. The mobile phone terminal also includes a control unit that, in a state where the object is displayed on the first touch panel or the second touch panel, when the touch on the object is detected and then a movement of the touch is detected and if the first touch panel or the second touch panel is in a movement direction of the touch, displays a screen provided by a function corresponding to the object on the first touch panel or the second touch panel in the movement direction of the touch. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092281 | Currency Keeper - An electronic safe which incorporates consumer programmable buttons, along with an on-board central processing unit. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092282 | POSITIONING METHOD AND DRIVING APPARATUS OF TOUCH PANEL - A positioning method and a driving apparatus of a touch panel are provided. The touch panel includes a conductive layer with anisotropic conductivity, a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are respectively disposed on a first side and a second side of the conductive layer. The first electrodes and the second electrodes are sensed to obtain a plurality of sensing values. A first relative extreme portion at least having a relative extreme is defined among the first electrodes. A second relative extreme portion at least having a relative extreme is defined among the second electrodes. A ratio of sensing values is calculated according to the first relative extreme portion and the second relative extreme portion. A position of a touch point on the touch panel in a first axial direction is calculated with the ratio of sensing values. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092283 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a an operating tool detection unit that detects an indication direction of an operation tool in contact with a display panel and an operation identification unit that identifies a direction of an operation input by the operating tool, based on the detected indication direction of the operating tool. Thereby, the direction of the operation is detected based on the indication direction of the operating tool, so that an operation independent of an orientation of the display panel with respect to an operator becomes possible. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120092284 | PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE INCLUDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH SCREEN - A portable computing device includes a three-dimensional (3D) touch screen and a core module. The 3D touch screen includes a two-dimensional (2D) touch screen section and a plurality of radio frequency (RF) radar modules. The core module is operable to determine whether the 3D touch screen is in a 3D mode or a 2D mode. When the 3D touch screen is in the 3D mode, the core module is further operable to receive one or more radar signals via one or more of the plurality of RF radar modules and interpret the one or more radar signals to produce a 3D input signal. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120098753 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH INPUT VECTOR - A touch panel method and system detects one or more touch objects placed on a surface of a touch panel and assigns consistent ID, position, size and convex contour to each touch object. The method and system allows multiple simultaneous touch objects on the touch panel to be distinguished. The touch panel includes on its periphery at least one light transmitter and at least one light sensor, each positioned around at least a portion of a perimeter of the touch panel. A processor in communication with the at least one light sensor acquires light intensity data from the sensor(s), wherein any one or more touch objects placed within a touch detectable region of the panel interrupts at least a subset of light paths between transmitter and sensor. Based on the interrupted light paths, the processor generates a touch input vector (assigned ID and spatial properties) that represents the placement of each touch object on the touch panel. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098754 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING AN IMAGE PROJECTOR MODULE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile terminal having an image projector module and controlling method therein are disclosed, by which a plurality of planes capable of displaying at least one portion of an image displayed on a display unit are rearranged in a 3-dimensional space to be projected on an external plane via a projector module. The present invention includes displaying a first display including at least one planar object on a display unit, selecting a pattern for arranging a plurality of facets in a 3-dimensional space on a second display, selecting an image to be mapped to each of a plurality of the facets from the at least one planar object, mapping the selected image to each of a plurality of the facets, and projecting the second display including a plurality of the facets having the selected image mapped thereto on a prescribed external plane via a projector module. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098755 | TOUCH MODULE - A touch module includes a touch layer, a transparent panel module and a case. The touch layer has at least one sensor and a connection circuit arranged at least partially around the sensor. The transparent panel module is bonded with one side of the touch layer to at least cover the sensor. The case is formed with an opening for receiving the transparent panel module, whereby the transparent panel module is at least partially exposed to outer side. An inner flange is formed along at least a part of the periphery of the opening for concealing where the connection circuit of the touch layer is positioned to achieve better interference protection effect and minimize the possibility of misjudgment and mis-touch. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098756 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is provided. The touch panel comprises a frame, a touch pad module, a pad and a film. The frame has a compartment for receiving the touch pad module. The pad is disposed between the frame and the touch pad module in the compartment. Wherein, the frame, the touch pad module and the pad substantially at the same horizontals so that the film can be stacked onto the frame, the pad and the touch pad module flatly. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098757 | SYSTEM AND METHOD UTILIZING BOUNDARY SENSORS FOR TOUCH DETECTION - sensors are arranged continuously adjacent along the boundary region of a touch surface. Furthermore, a touch associated with the interior area of the touch surface is detected via at least a plurality of sensors along the boundary region. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098758 | Electronic program guide, mounting bracket and associated system - A hand held battery powered interactive e-reader-type module facilitates delivery of program information electronically directly to a person sitting in a theater or stadium seat. It includes a receiver and transmitter to allow receipt of program information and transmission of requests such as the purchase of tickets, enhanced content for upcoming shows, contacting program advertisers and content feedback via messaging, etc. The module is releasably mounted on a bracket mounted on the back of a seat. A holster is mounted on the bracket and has an upper opening that allows the module to be slid into the holster from above and to be retained in position. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098759 | COORDINATE ALGORITHM OF TOUCH PANEL - A coordinate algorithm of a touch panel is provided, in which the touch panel includes a plurality of first-direction sensing lines and a plurality of second-direction sensing lines. The coordinate algorithm of a touch panel includes following steps. A first edge coordinate is obtained. A first coordinate compensation parameter is defined. The first edge coordinate is taken as a first base coordinate, and the first base coordinate is adjusted according to the first coordinate compensation parameter to obtain a first interpolation coordinate when an edge of the touch panel is touched. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098760 | TOUCH SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch sensitive electronic device includes an LCD panel and a touch panel arranged over the LCD panel. The touch panel includes a first touch area and a second touch area, and the first touch area and the second touch area have different touch sensitivity. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098761 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DISPLAY FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE DISPLAY MODES - The present invention is a display system that is comprised of a display, at least one background screen control sensor and a background screen control component. The display includes a display screen for operating in at least a first background screen mode and a second background screen mode. The at least one background control sensor for sensing interaction with the display. The background screen control component processes background control sensor data from the at least one sensor, wherein based on the background control sensor data a determination is made whether a background screen control condition has been met, wherein responsive to the determination that the background screen control condition has been met, the background of the display screen is changed. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098762 | Touch Screen Panel Protected Against Failure Due to Static Electricity - A touch screen panel comprises a plurality of first sensing cells connected along a first direction on a transparent substrate, and a plurality of second sensing cells disposed between respective first sensing cells and connected along a second direction. A plurality of first connection patterns connects the first sensing cells along the first direction and a plurality of second connection patterns connects the second sensing cells along the second direction A plurality of static electricity induction patterns are connected to the first or second sensing cells and extend in a direction toward a sensing cell adjacent to a sensing cell to which each of the static electricity induction patterns is connected so that its end portion overlaps the neighboring sensing cell. A first insulating layer is interposed between the first and second patterns, and between the static electricity induction patterns and the neighboring sensing cell. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098763 | ELECTRONIC READER AND NOTATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic reader includes an input unit, a storage unit and a processing unit. The processing unit configured to display a page of a file stored in the storage unit, determine whether the touch track is analogous to the preset symbol, display an input box beside the touch track to receive content of a notation if the touch track is analogous to the preset symbol, store the content of the notation in the storage unit and show the notation symbol at a vertex position of the touch track to replace the touch track to indicate the notation. A notation method is also provided. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098764 | Attention Assistance and Monitoring - An attention assistance device configured to help maintain a user's focus on a given task. In one embodiment, text is presenting to a user on a touchscreen. The user tracking the text using a finger is monitored. The user is stimulated when the finger stops tracking the text for a predetermined period of time. In another embodiment, an electronic device presents an output configured to be tracked by a user. A monitoring device observes the user tracking the output. A sensory stimulating device stimulates the user when the “tracking” falls below an attention threshold. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098765 | IMAGE ORIENTATION CONTROL IN A HANDHELD DEVICE - For selecting an orientation of an image ( | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098766 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - A method includes detecting a touch at a plurality of touch locations on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, identifying when the touch is a first gesture type based on touch attributes including a first touch location of the plurality of touch locations, and at least one of speed of the touch, time between detecting the touch at consecutive ones of the touch locations, distance between the consecutive ones of the touch locations, and direction of the touch. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098767 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS AND PRESSURE DETECTION UNIT USED IN THE INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - An information input apparatus includes a panel member having a touch type information input function, a package having a support portion for supporting the panel member, a pressure detection portion provided between/across the panel member and the support portion for detecting a pressure operation force to the panel member, and an initial load applying portion provided between/across/across the panel member and the support portion and configured to draw the panel member and the support portion toward each other, thereby to apply an initial load to the pressure detection portion, so that an information input operation corresponding to a pressing force to the panel member can be performed speedily. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098768 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND OPERATING DEVICE FOR A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - A method for controlling a graphical user interface, wherein a menu is defined, in which several objects of the menu are each associated with a function, and a global input gesture is associated with at least a part of the objects, wherein the input gesture can be executed on a touch-sensitive surface of an input device and different display contents can be displayed on a display surface. In the method, a global input gesture executed on the touch-sensitive surface is captured and, independently of the currently rendered display content on the display surface, a function is executed, which is associated with the object that is associated with the captured input gesture. Further disclosed is an operating device for executing the method. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098769 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - Display devices, methods, and programs detect a position of a user's finger contacting a touch panel. When the user's finger lifts from the touch panel, the devices, methods, and programs detect a distance and a direction from a first position of the user's finger to a second position of the user's finger, in which the user's finger was last detected, calculate a reference moving amount and a moving direction, and update the display position of the image by moving the display position of the image in the moving direction by the reference moving amount, and then update the display position using an updated moving amount, the updated moving amount being the reference moving amount multiplied by a predetermined coefficient of less than one The devices, methods, and programs continue to newly update the display position by repeating the updating of the moving amount. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098770 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - Display devices, methods, and programs display an image on a touch panel. The devices, methods, and programs detect a start position, which is a detected position where a user's finger starts to contact the touch panel, calculate a moving amount by multiplying a distance between the detected start position and a detected second position of the user's finger by a predetermined coefficient of less than one, and update the display position of the image in a direction moving from the detected start position toward the detected second position until the moving amount is equal to or less than a minimum moving amount. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098771 | OPERATIONAL TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - An operational terminal device may include a control unit to control display on a display screen of at least one operation button to control a display control device, based on button information associated with the operation button and received from the display control device. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098772 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING A GESTURE IN A DISPLAY - A method of recognizing a gesture in a touch-based display, the method includes receiving a touch input in the display, recognizing a gesture input associated with the touch input; and performing a function assigned to the recognized gesture input. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098773 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and method is disclosed. A first touch input on a first display screen is detected, and a second touch input on a second display screen is detected, if a first time threshold is not reached. The first display screen and the second display screen are combined to operate as a single display screen, if a second time threshold is reached after the first touch input. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098774 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal panel LCP and a touch panel TP provided on the front surface of the liquid crystal panel is characterized in that wires connected to the liquid crystal panel and wires connected to the touch panel are included in one flexible printed circuit FPC, which is first connected (FOG | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098775 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE CONTACTS ON TOUCH PANEL ACCORDING PRELIMINARY SENSING DATA - A detection method for detecting a plurality of contacts on a touch panel which includes a plurality of first sensing axes on a first dimension and a plurality of second sensing axes on a second dimension includes: generating a preliminary sensing data according to the contacts on the touch panel; determining at least one specific sensing axis included in the plurality of first sensing axes according to the preliminary sensing data; utilizing a configuration circuit to configure a driving and receiving sequence of the plurality of first sensing axes and the plurality of second sensing axes for obtaining a sensing output; and utilizing a determining circuit to receive a completion instruction. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098776 | IMPLEMENTATION OF DRIVE OF TOUCH FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A touch flat panel display includes a display screen and a driving circuit; output ends of a display driving circuit in the driving circuit are respectively connected with electrode lines of the display screen through units of a display/touch signal gating-switch and output circuit or a display/touch signal loading and merge circuit. The units of the display/touch signal gating-switch and output circuit or the display/touch signal loading and merge circuit are connected with a touch excitation source through one or more circuit paths; the display/touch signal gating-switch and output circuit or the display/touch signal loading and merge circuit enables more than two electrode lines of a display screen to simultaneously communicate with the touch excitation source for providing touch excitation energy; and the touch system circuit time division detects changes of touch signals on a circuit path connecting the touch excitation source with the electrode lines of the display screen. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098777 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a cabinet having an outer surface and an inner surface, a plurality of operation button display portions formed on the outer surface of the cabinet, a touchpad which is provided on the inner surface of the cabinet in confrontation with the operation button display portions and configured to detect an input operation of the operation button display portions, a plurality of light sources which are disposed on the inner surface side of the cabinet in confrontation with the operation button display portions and illuminate the respective operation button display portions, a light source controller which is configured to change an illumination state of the light sources for a predetermined time in response to the input operation and thereafter returns the illumination state to an original illumination state. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098778 | CHANNEL SCAN LOGIC - A device that can autonomously scan a sensor panel is disclosed. Autonomous scanning can be performed by implementing channel scan logic. In one embodiment, channel scan logic carries out many of the functions that a processor would normally undertake, including generating timing sequences and obtaining result data; comparing scan result data against a threshold value (e.g., in an auto-scan mode); generating row count; selecting one or more scanning frequency bands; power management control; and performing an auto-scan routine in a low power mode. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098779 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel according to the present invention includes a first substrate having a first conductive layer on one surface; a second substrate having a second conductive layer on a surface on a side facing the first conductive layer; a plurality of first electrodes extending from the first conductive layer; and a plurality of second electrodes extending from the second conductive layer. The first conductive layer is formed of a plurality of parallel strips; and the plurality of first electrodes are formed of a straight portion extending in a predetermined direction, and an inclined portion coupled to the straight portion by being inclined by a predetermined angle with respect to a direction orthogonal to the straight portion. According to the configuration, fading, thickness variation and the like at the time of printing can be prevented and fine patterning can be easily carried out, so that an inexpensive touch panel in which the entire miniaturization is achieved can be obtained. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120098780 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device or a communication device including a display unit for displaying an image, an input detector for detecting an input instruction input by touching an area where the image is displayed by the display unit, and a control unit for providing control based on the input instruction detected by the input detector and for providing control for an image to be displayed on the display unit. When the display unit displays a pre-extraction group object containing a plurality of item objects on its screen, and when the input detector detects an input of a predetermined instruction to refine the pre-extraction group object, the control unit extracts a group of item objects that match a refinement criterion in the input instruction, and displays the group as a post-extraction group object on the screen of the display unit. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120105332 | SURFACE COMPUTING DEVICE - A surface computing device including a display engine configured to selectively display images on a display surface, and a touch-detection engine configured to detect touch inputs directed to the display surface is provided. The surface computing device includes a front face with the display surface that is relatively larger than the rear face. The surface computing device further includes a beveled edge between the front face and the rear face. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105333 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC CONTROL - Haptic systems are disclosed which may provide increased resolution in tactile feedback. A tiered haptic system may be formed by stacking of haptic elements. One or more arrays of shape change elements such as, for example, piezoelectric elements may be used to actuate a screen surface. Arrays may also be used to sense tactile interactions and stimuli on a screen surface. An embedded haptic system may be formed by inserting haptic elements into a contoured elastic sheet. The embedded haptic system may provide tactile interactions to a user. In some embodiments, both tiered and embedded haptic arrangements may be used. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105334 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH FLAT TOUCH SURFACE - A computing device includes a seamless front panel member extending across an entire front face of the computing device. The computing device further includes a display engine configured to selectively display images on a display window of the seamless front panel member and a touch-detection engine configured to detect touch inputs directed to the display window of the seamless front panel member. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105335 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY ASSEMBLY - A touch screen display assembly including, but not limited to, a touch sensitive screen, a bezel at least partly framing the touch sensitive screen, and a stabilizing member connected to the bezel and disposed proximate the touch sensitive screen. The stabilizing member is configured to stabilize a hand of an operator at multiple positions around a periphery of the touch sensitive screen when the operator interacts with the touch sensitive screen. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105336 | ELECTRONIC COSMETIC CASE WITH 3D FUNCTION - An electronic cosmetic case includes a stereo image display unit, and a pair of image capturing units. The pair of image capturing units is for simultaneously capturing facial image of a user from two different directions, and providing the captured images to the stereo image display unit. The stereo image display unit receives the two captured images and simultaneously displays one captured image to the left eye and displays the other captured image to the right eye, thus allowing the user to perceive a stereo image. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105337 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH BUILT-IN TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) having a built-in touch screen panel includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the pixels comprises a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode; a plurality of common electrode patterns corresponding to the pixel electrodes and spaced from each other along a second direction; a second substrate facing the first substrate, the second substrate having color filter patterns, wherein the color filter patterns are arranged to correspond to the pixels; a plurality of black matrix patterns between the color filter patterns, the plurality of black matrix patterns being spaced from each other along a first direction crossing the second direction; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the plurality of common electrode patterns and at least one of the black matrix patterns are used as driving electrodes and sensing electrodes, respectively. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105338 | SHIFT REGISTER AND TOUCH DEVICE - A touch device includes gate lines, pixels, sense control lines and sense units. Each pixel is connected to one of the gate lines and is decided whether to receive data according to a voltage on the gate line. Each the sense unit is connected to one of the sense control lines and is decided whether to perform a touch sense operation according to a voltage on the sense control line. The touch device further includes a shift register string including cascade-connected shift registers. Each shift register has first and second output terminals. The first output terminal provides an output to one of the gate lines according to a first clock signal to control the voltage on the gate line. The second output terminal provides an output to one of the sense control lines according to a second clock signal to control the voltage on the detection control line. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105339 | Flat panel display with built-in touch panel - A flat panel display with a built-in touch panel includes a display panel having a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a plurality of touch sensing patterns on the upper substrate. The plurality of touch sensing patterns includes a plurality of sensing cells on a bottom surface of the upper substrate that faces the lower substrate, a plurality of outer lines on the bottom surface of the upper substrate that connect lines of sensing cells of the plurality of sensing cells along at least one of a first direction or a second direction to a driving circuit, a plurality of connection lines that correspond to respective outer lines on the lower substrate. The plurality of outer lines are connected to the driving circuit via the plurality of connection lines on the lower substrate, and the plurality of outer lines are electrically connected to the corresponding connection lines. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105340 | Display device having a touch screen panel and manufacturing method thereof - A display device having a touch screen includes a touch screen panel defined by an active area in which an external input is sensed and a non-active area outside the active area. A display panel displays an image based on the sensing of the touch screen panel. A window covers the touch screen panel. A lower resin layer is formed on a rear surface of the touch screen panel to join the touch screen panel and the display panel to be joined together. An upper resin layer is formed on a front surface of the touch screen panel to join the touch screen panel and the window together. A lower dam or an upper dam is formed on the rear or front surface of the non-active area in the touch screen panel along a side circumference of the lower or upper resin layer, respectively. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105341 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY HAVING TOUCH SCREEN FUNCTION - An organic light emitting display having a touch screen function that includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the transparent substrate is disclosed. An anode electrode layer is formed above each of the plurality of thin film transistors to be connected to the thin film transistor. Red, green, blue and infrared light emitting layers are formed on adjacent anode electrode layers, respectively. A spacer is formed on the infrared light emitting layer, and the width of the spacer is widened as it approaches from the bottom to top of the spacer. A cathode electrode layer is stacked on the light emitting layers and the spacer. A sealing substrate is positioned above the cathode electrode layer. Accordingly, the organic light emitting display provides an image display function and a touch screen function at the same time. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105342 | Touch Panel, Display Device and Manufacturing Method of Touch Panel - A touch panel comprises a substrate and at least one touch pad positioned on the substrate and having an uneven surface. Each touch pad contacts the substrate, and comprises a plurality of first sub-touch pads arranged in a first direction, a first connector connecting adjacent first sub-touch pads to each other, a plurality of second sub-touch pads arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, a second connector positioned so as to correspond to the first connector and connecting adjacent second sub-touch pads to each other, and an insulating layer positioned between the first connector and the second connector. A manufacturing method of the touch panel comprises preparing a substrate, and forming at least one touch pad on the substrate, each touch pad having an uneven surface. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105343 | Touch Screen Panel and Display Device Having the Same - A touch screen panel comprises a first sensing pattern provided with first sensing cells arranged on one row along a first direction on a transparent substrate, and a first connection pattern through which adjacent first sensing cells are electrically connected to each other. A second sensing pattern is provided with second sensing cells arranged so as to be spaced apart from the first sensing cells on one column along a second direction on the transparent substrate, and a second connection pattern through which adjacent second sensing cells are electrically connected to each other. In the touch screen panel, the first connection pattern includes at least two pairs of metal patterns arranged so as to be spaced apart from one another, and a transparent pattern formed in the shape of an island in the second sensing pattern so as to be electrically connected to one or the other end of each of the metal patterns. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105344 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A flat panel display with an integrated touch screen panel includes upper and lower substrates each including a display area and first and second non-display areas around an outside of the display area. A plurality of sensing patterns are in the display area of the upper substrate. A plurality of sensing lines are in the first non-display area of the upper substrate and connected to the sensing patterns. A sealing member is between the second non-display areas of the upper and lower substrates. The upper substrate is a window substrate positioned as an uppermost one of a plurality of substrates provided in the flat panel display. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105345 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - A method is provided for an electronic device with a processor and a touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display including a display area and a non-display area. The method includes providing a boundary based on the display area and the non-display area. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105346 | ESTABLISHING AN AUTHENTICATED WIRELESS CONNECTION BETWEEN SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS TERMINALS MORE CONVENIENTLY - A method, system and computer program product for establishing a wireless connection based on a touch screen of a wireless device. The wireless device includes a slide-out processing section for determining, in response to a slide-out from an edge of the touch screen, a first slide-out parameter for determining by the other wireless device an object to be connected, and broadcasting the first slide-out parameter. The wireless device further includes a slide-in processing section for determining a slide-in parameter in response to a slide-in from the edge of the touch screen and reception of a second slide-out parameter directionally transmitted from the other wireless device. Furthermore, if the determined slide-in parameter matches the second slide-out parameter, then the slide-in processing section establishes a wireless connection between the wireless device and the other wireless device. As a result, an authenticated wireless connection between short-range wireless terminals can be established more conveniently. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105347 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY WITH BUILT-IN TOUCH SENSORS - A flat panel display with built-in touch sensors includes a first substrate having a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction and crossing the gate lines, and a plurality of pixels respectively formed in regions defined by the gate and data lines. A second substrate is joined together with the first substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of touch sensors are at positions adjacent to the respective pixels between the first and second substrates. Each of the touch sensors includes a conductive column spacer on the second substrate, a semiconductor layer in a region on the first substrate, corresponding to the conductive column spacer, and first and second electrodes respectively overlapped with the semiconductor layer in regions at both ends on the semiconductor layer. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105348 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTERACTIVE INPUT TO PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Techniques for providing touch input to interactive and multitasking applications are disclosed. An input surface area receives input for multiple applications including interactive applications. The input received is directed to the appropriate application based on one or more locations of the input area effectively identified when input is received. In addition, the manner in which input is received can be used to determine which application should receive the input. Input can be provided in a simple and more intuitive manner by effectively allowing the user to interact with the input area in a way that mimics or approximates a desired action. Examples of such interaction include positional, directional (e.g., rotational), press or pressure input (or movement) which can easily be provided by a thumb or a finger, for example, on a touch screen. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105349 | Method for Displaying Information in a Motor Vehicle, and Display Device - In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, graphic data which actuate at least a subregion of the display are generated by a user interface device, such that in an operation state, information assigned to at least one operator step able to be executed by an input device are generated and in a display state, information not assigned to any operator steps is displayed, and it is detected when an object enters an operator control zone assigned to the input device, and when it leaves the operator control zone. The method is characterized in that the user interface device switches from the operating state to the display state when the object leaves the operator control zone and does not reenter the operator control zone within a defined time interval. A display device is adapted for executing this method. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105350 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates facing each other and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, each of the first and second substrates defining a central display region and a peripheral non-display regions; a cover glass integrated touch sensor on the liquid crystal panel, the touch sensor including a plurality of transparent first electrodes and second electrodes formed on a surface of the cover glass facing the liquid crystal panel, wherein the first electrodes and second electrodes cross each other; and a touch signal applicator at a side of the cover glass away from the display region of the liquid crystal panel. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105351 | Touch Pad Operable with Multi-Objects and Method of Operating same - The present invention provides a touch pad operable with multi-objects and a method of operating such a touch pad. The touch pad includes a touch structure for sensing touch points of a first and a second object and a controller for generating corresponding touching signals and related position coordinates. Moreover, the controller calculates at least two movement amount indexes according to coordinate differences between these position coordinates, thereby generating a movement amount control signal to control behaviors of a software object. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120105352 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING CONFIRMATION OF INPUT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A letter confirmation system is provided on a handheld electronic device. The letter confirmation provides highlighting of various letters that have been input to the handheld electronic device during a string of member input actuations. The letter confirmation system can additionally provide predictive linguistic elements that would be appropriate next inputs. Various types of highlights can be provided in various combinations to provide various indications to a user. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120113014 | TOUCH POSITION-SENSING PANEL AND METHOD - A touch position-sensing panel has electrodes arranged in different directions to form capacitive nodes, where at least one electrode has a corner within the perimeter of the electrode. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113015 | MULTI-INPUT GESTURE CONTROL FOR A DISPLAY SCREEN - Improved multi-input gesture control for a display screen is enabled by using a first screen input to determine control operations that result from a second screen input that is followed by a gesture. A gesture that corresponds to a path traced on a display screen may define a new screen input or manipulate existing screen objects depending on some specific feature of the path or the entirety of the path. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113016 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME - The present invention, in one aspect, relates to a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the touch sensing device includes a plurality of touch modules spatially arranged in a form of a matrix having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, and a plurality of GOAs configured to receive a clock signal. Each GOA has an input for receiving a driving signal and an output for responsively outputting a delayed driving signal by a time interval to a respective touch module. The plurality of GOAs is spatially arranged in a form of a matrix such that each GOA is disposed adjacent to and associated with a corresponding touch module. The plurality of GOAs is electrically coupled to each other in series as a chain such that the output of any one but the last GOA in the chain is connected to the input of its immediate next GOA in the chain, so that, in response to a start signal applied to the first GOA in the chain, sensing signals from successive corresponding touch modules are sequentially detected by a plurality of sensing devices. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113017 | RESOLVING MERGED TOUCH CONTACTS - A method for resolving merged contacts detected by a multi-touch sensor includes resolving a first touch contact to a first centroid(N) for a frame(N) and resolving a second touch contact, distinct from the first touch contact, to a second centroid(N) for the frame(N). Responsive to the first touch contact and the second touch contact merging into a merged touch contact in a frame(N+1), the merged touch contact is resolved to a first centroid(N+1) and a second centroid(N+1). | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113018 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INPUT FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYED INFORMATION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method for proximity based input is provided, comprising: receiving information on presence of an object in close proximity to a touch screen surface, detecting a display element currently associated with the object, the display element being visualized to be displaced from the screen surface level in the z-direction substantially perpendicular to the screen surface, and adapting the display element on the basis of distance between object and the screen, wherein the display element is visualized to locate substantially at the touch screen surface level in response to detecting the object to touch the touch screen surface. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113019 | PORTABLE E-READER AND METHOD OF USE - A dual screen portable e-reader with a touch pad may provide the ability for users to control the e-reader through voice commands or other advantageous user interface features. The portable e-reader may provide information to a user that is context sensitive. The e-reader may provide the text of an e-book in one language on one screen and another language on another screen. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113020 | TIME-REVERSAL-BASED IMPACT-LOCALIZATION AND HAPTIC-FEEDBACK METHOD FOR TOUCH PANELS - The present invention provides a time-reversal-based impact-localization and haptic-feedback method for touch panels. Firstly, a plate model for an elastic plate and the impulse responses thereof are constructed according a plate theory. Next, a mathematical model is established according to the impulse responses and a time-reversal approach. When an impact force hits the elastic plate, the touched point on the elastic plate generates a touch signal, and the touch signal is received by at least a sensor at the corner of the elastic plate. The touch signal is converted into a time-reversal signal according to the mathematical model by a simulator. The time-reversal signal is reversed to the touched point for simulating reversal vibration waves of the time-reversal signal on the elastic plate, and locating the touched point. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113021 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel stackup comprises a substrate, a first conductive element having a first refractive index and forming a plurality of patterns with on or more gaps on the substrate having an address for sensing tactile signals in a first direction and a second direction, a second conductive element having a second refractive index coupled with said plurality of patterns an insulator disposed among said one or more gaps, the second refractive index being substantially the same as said first refractive index. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113022 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INPUT SIGNAL - An electronic apparatus and a method for processing an input signal are provided. In the present invention, a signal conversion module is provided, and the signal conversion module registers into an operating system. A raw data corresponding to an input signal is obtained from the operating system through the signal conversion module, when the input signal is received from a human interface device. And a reference value is obtained from a driver of the human interface device through the signal conversion module. The raw data is converted into a coordinate data according to the reference value through the signal conversion module, and the coordinate data is sent to an application program through the signal conversion module. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113023 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Soft Keyboards - A method includes, at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: concurrently displaying a first text entry area and an unsplit keyboard on the display; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, replacing the unsplit keyboard with an integrated input area. The integrated input area includes a left portion with a left side of a split keyboard, a right portion with a right side of the split keyboard, and a center portion in between the left portion and the right portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113024 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Soft Keyboards - A method includes, at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: concurrently displaying a first text entry area and an unsplit keyboard on the display; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, replacing the unsplit keyboard with an integrated input area. The integrated input area includes a left portion with a left side of a split keyboard, a right portion with a right side of the split keyboard, and a center portion in between the left portion and the right portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113025 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Soft Keyboards - A method includes, at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: concurrently displaying a first text entry area and an unsplit keyboard on the display; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, replacing the unsplit keyboard with an integrated input area. The integrated input area includes a left portion with a left side of a split keyboard, a right portion with a right side of the split keyboard, and a center portion in between the left portion and the right portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113026 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating Soft Keyboards - A method includes, at an electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface: concurrently displaying a first text entry area and an unsplit keyboard on the display; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the gesture on the touch-sensitive surface, replacing the unsplit keyboard with an integrated input area. The integrated input area includes a left portion with a left side of a split keyboard, a right portion with a right side of the split keyboard, and a center portion in between the left portion and the right portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113027 | Liquid crystal display integrated touch screen panel - A display device includes a liquid crystal display with an integrated touch screen panel including a first substrate having a plurality of gate wires and a plurality of data wires and having a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode. The display device also includes a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, an insulating layer on the pixel electrode, a plurality of transparent electrodes arranged in a first direction on the insulating layer, a plurality of metal electrodes forming coupling parts attached to predetermined sides of the transparent electrodes and forming driving wires that receive driving signals, a plurality of sensing electrodes arranged on the second substrate in a second direction that intersects the first direction, and a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113028 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING KEYPRESS-EVENTS ON TOUCH- AND VIBRATION-SENSITIVE FLAT SURFACES - Systems and methods for enabling use of vibration sensors attached to the touch-sensitive surface to both detect and locate finger contact events on the surface. The invention specifically discriminates between intentional typing events and casual or unwanted contacts resulting from normal typing actions, thus allowing the user to rest their fingers on the keys and allowing them to type as they would on a regular keyboard. Signals from both touch and vibration sensors are translated into a series of input events. Input events are then temporally correlated to determine the location of the finger contact and activation of the corresponding key. Correlated events are then filtered to remove unwanted events and resolve ambiguous or contradictory results. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113029 | Method and apparatus for controlling multimedia contents in realtime fashion - The present invention discloses a method for controlling in realtime fashion multimedia contents on a second screen at a TX side from a first screen at a RX side. The method comprising: detecting at least one touch signal via the first screen, and converting the at least one touch signal into touch data associated with a first position information defining a virtual operation on the first screen corresponding to an actual operation on the second screen, the first position information being with respect to a first coordinate system of the first screen; transmitting the touch data of the RX side to the TX side via the network communication, and calculating at the TX side a second position information with respect to a second coordinate system of the second screen based on the first position information; and performing the actual operation at the second screen based on the second position information. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113030 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for controlling a terminal is provided. A terminal control apparatus may set a virtual display space in an outer circumferential portion of the terminal and map at least one file to the virtual display space. Through this, a display region of the terminal may be expanded to an outer circumferential region of the terminal. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113031 | ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE TOUCH SCREEN - An electrophoresis display having a touch screen and a method for driving the touch screen are disclosed. The electrophoresis display includes an electrophoresis panel, an electrophoresis driving circuit, which is drives the electrophoresis panel and write an image to the electrophoresis panel, a touch screen panel mounted on the electrophoresis panel, a touch screen driving circuit which outputs coordinate data of a touch position on the touch screen panel based on a signal received from the touch screen panel, and a host system configured which recognize the coordinate data during a non-operation period of the electrophoresis panel as available data and recognize the coordinate data during an operation period of the electrophoresis panel as unavailable data. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113032 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch screen panel includes: a thin film that includes an active area and a non-active area around the active area; sensing patterns in the active area on a first side of the thin film; sensing lines coupled to the sensing patterns, in the non-active area on the first side; a decoration layer on a second side of the thin film, corresponding to the non-active area; and a functional coating layer on the second side of the thin film with the decoration layer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113033 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device includes a display section displaying instruction information to be instructed to users in an instruction information display region provided corresponding to the instruction information, a touch panel capturing an instruction represented by the instruction information displayed in the instruction information display region, in response to a users' touch operation to a touch detection region provided corresponding to the instruction information display region, and a control section performing a predetermined operation control based on the instruction information inputted through the touch panel. The instruction information display region is provided in an upward zone within the touch detection region. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113034 | Tablet Computer Input Device - A method and apparatus are provided for user input to a tablet computer. The apparatus consists of movable grips with touch sensitive regions attached to the sides of a tablet computer. Both the positions of the grips and the location of touches are used to determine the input codes sent to the computer. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113035 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING MULTIPLE CONTACTS ON TOUCH PANEL ACCORDING PRELIMINARY SENSING DATA - A detection method for detecting a plurality of contacts on a touch panel including a plurality of first sensing axes on a first dimension and a plurality of second sensing axes on a second dimension, includes: generating a preliminary sensing data according to the contacts on the touch panel; determining a plurality of first specific sensing axes included in the plurality of first sensing axes and a plurality of f second specific sensing axes included in the plurality of second sensing axes according to the preliminary sensing data; driving the plurality first specific sensing axes one-by-one; obtaining a first sensing data by respectively receiving a sensing data corresponding to each of the plurality first specific sensing axes from the plurality of second sensing axes of the touch panel; and determining the plurality of contacts according to at least the first sensing data. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113036 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD OF SELECTING MENU AND ITEM - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal, a touch screen display configured to display a plurality of independent first objects and a controller configured to receive a selection signal indicating a touching of one of the first objects, control the touch screen display to distinctly display a second independent object indicating a drop point where the touched first object can be dropped and receive a dragging signal indicating the touched first object is being touched, dragged and dropped toward the second object. The mobile terminal stops displaying other non-selected first objects and executes a function indicated by the touched and dragged first object when the first object is dropped at the drop point. Further, the second object is displayed separately and independently from the first objects. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113037 | METHOD OF PROVIDING MENU USING TOUCHSCREEN AND MULTIMEDIA APPARATUS APPLYING THE SAME - A method of providing a menu, and a multimedia device incorporating the same. In the multimedia device, the touchscreen is controlled to be activated and a menu that is selectable through a user touch is displayed on the touchscreen, when a user manipulation is input through a manipulating unit while the touchscreen is in an inactivated state. As a result, efficient arrangement of menus in the touchscreen is achieved. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113038 | ACTIVE TOUCH SYSTEM - An active touch system is provided, in which sensing electroding units in an array and two groups of intersecting control electrodes and detecting lines are disposed on a touch substrate, and the detecting lines are connected to sensing electrodings through active devices. The control electrodes are used to control on and off of the active devices, and the detecting lines are used to apply touch excitation signals to the sensing electrodings, and detect a leakage current of a sensing electroding to a finger or other touch object. A position of the finger or other touch object on the touch substrate is found by determining a sensing electroding unit generating the leakage current. The method of obtaining touch signals is improved in the hardware sensing stage, so that the judgment procedure after detection is greatly simplified, and the judgment of multi-point touch becomes easy and natural. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113039 | MULTILAYER AND MULTIPLEXING TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - A multiple layer touch sensing device for the multiplexing of signal lines. The input device includes an electrode layer for providing a plurality of touch keys having one or more electrodes associated with each touch key. A first signal layer is connected to the electrode layer and has a plurality of signal traces connected to certain of the electrodes. A second signal layer is connected to the first signal layer and has a plurality of signal traces connected to different electrodes. When a user touches a touch key, signals are passed along the signal traces connected to the electrodes of that touch key. The number of output signals may thus be fewer than the total number of touch keys. Any number of signal layers may be utilized and/or any number of signal traces may be disposed upon each layer to achieve a desired number of touch keys and/or output signals. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113040 | REMOTE CONTROLLER - According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a remote controller including: a first touch pad having a first input face at a surface; a second touch pad having a second input face at the surface and being physically separated by a boundary area from the first touch pad; a first switch configured to be switched in conjunction with a pressing operation applied onto the first touch pad; a second switch configured to be switched in conjunction with a pressing operation applied onto the second touch pad; and a sliding operation detector configured to detect a sliding operation entering into the boundary area so that the sliding operation is interpreted as a continuous operation over the first touch pad and the second touch pad. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120113041 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DISCRIMINATION - Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different types of contacts to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. Illustrative contact types include fingertips, thumbs, palms and cheeks. By way of example, thumb contacts may be distinguished from fingertip contacts using a patch eccentricity parameter. In addition, by non-linearly deemphasizing pixels in a touch-surface image, a reliable means of distinguishing between large objects (e.g., palms) from smaller objects (e.g., fingertips, thumbs and a stylus) is described. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120120000 | METHOD OF INTERACTING WITH A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a method of interacting with a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device configured to perform the same. In accordance with one embodiment, the method comprises: detecting motion of the portable electronic device; determining whether detected motion matches a first motion gesture or a second motion gesture; when the first motion gesture is detected, showing a designated user interface element in a user interface screen displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device; and when the second motion gesture is detected, hiding the designated user interface element from the user interface screen displayed on the touch-sensitive display of the portable electronic device. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120001 | CHARGE AMPLIFIER FOR MULTI-TOUCH CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SCREEN - A circuit for measuring the cross-capacitance of a touch-screen sensor includes a charge amplifier having an input for coupling to the touch-screen sensor and an output for providing a voltage pulse, and a measurement delay chain having an input coupled to the output, and an output for providing a digitized output signal of the voltage pulse width, which is proportional to the value of the cross-capacitance. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY PROXIMITY BASED CONTROL OF A TOUCH SCREEN USER INTERFACE - A touch screen user interface features manipulating an object (e.g. a fingertip) near a display, identifying a target point according to the object trajectory and a nonzero display distance, and performing an interface event at the target point computed as a projected intersection point between the object and the display, a hovering point, or by determining when the object crosses a display distance threshold or approaches the display faster than a predetermined speed. The interface event includes triggering a popup menu, moving a cursor, clicking a tool tip, clicking a hotkey, or adjusting a display image, and is activated by hovering the object for a duration, moving the object faster than a velocity threshold, crossing a second display distance threshold, crossing multiple display distance thresholds within a time limit, or by moving multiple objects simultaneously. The interface may properly control Flash®-based applications without separate pointing and selecting mechanisms. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120003 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A method of fabricating a touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a reinforcing layer on the top and the bottom of a glass substrate by reinforcing the entire surface of the glass substrate defining a plurality of unit cell regions; forming the touch screen panels in the unit cell regions on a side of the glass substrate with the reinforcing layers; cutting the reinforced glass substrate into the touch screen panels; forming passivation layers on the outer surfaces of the touch screen panels and sequentially stacking the touch screen panels; and simultaneously with the stacking, performing healing on the non-reinforced cut-sides of the stacked touch screen panels. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120004 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL METHOD WITH MULTI-TOUCH FUNCTION - A touch control device includes a housing having a first side and a second side different from the first side. The touch control device further includes a first touch sensing unit installed on the first side of the housing for detecting a first touch event so as to generate a first sensing signal according to the first touch event, and a second touch sensing unit installed on the second side of the housing for detecting a second touch event so as to generate a second sensing signal according to the second touch event. The touch control device further includes a control unit coupled to the first touch sensing unit and the second touch sensing unit, for generating corresponding operation instruction according to the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal simultaneously. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120005 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL DISPLAY - A touch screen panel display for displaying a three-dimensional image including a display, a touch screen panel sensor film stacked on top of the display, and a window stacked on top of the touch screen panel sensor film is provided. The touch screen panel display includes a viewing angle difference barrier film stacked between an upper surface of the touch screen panel sensor film and a lower surface of the window and for transmitting light of a pixel corresponding to a left eye and light of a pixel corresponding to a right eye to a left eye and a right eye, respectively. The touch screen panel display displays a three-dimensional image using a two-dimensional liquid crystal display. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120006 | TOUCH DEVICE FOR DETERMINING REAL COORDINATES OF MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS AND METHOD THEREOF - A touch device for determining real coordinates of multiple touch points is provided. The touch device for determining real coordinates of the multiple touch points comprises a plurality of electrodes and a scanning circuit having a Normal Scanning Circuit and a Split Scanning Circuit connected to said electrodes for eliminating ghost coordinates of the multiple touch points from raw coordinates to output the real coordinates of the multiple touch points. The method of determining real coordinates of multiple touch points on the touch device is also provided. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120007 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method of controlling a transparent display apparatus and a transparent display apparatus are disclosed. According to one aspect, the method includes detecting a subject, defining a subject area corresponding to the subject, and displaying a single color image in the subject area. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120008 | VIBRATING MOTOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided are a vibrating motor with long life wherein vibration of the vibrating motor can be converged instantaneously, and an electronic device. Upon receiving an input signal from the operating section ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120009 | Sensor - A sensor for, and a method of, generating electrical signals indicating a positional property and an extent property of a mechanical interaction within a sensing zone. The sensor comprises a plurality of conductive layers. At least one conductive layer is a pressure-sensitive conductive layer comprising a quantum tunnelling conductance (qtc) material. Contact between conductive layers is allowed during the absence of a mechanical interaction within said sensing zone. The sensor may be configured to provide a three-terminal sensing functionality or a four-terminal sensing functionality. The sensing zone may be substantially two-dimensional or substantially three-dimensional. The sensor may be substantially flexible or substantially rigid. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120010 | TOUCH APPARATUS - The touch apparatus includes a casing, a touch module and at lease a non-rotary actuator. The touch module is disposed in the casing and at least has a touch panel. The non-rotary actuator is connected with the casing or the touch module. The touch apparatus can provide a good tactile feedback and make sound by the actuator. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120011 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus including a display panel, a touch panel, an insulation element, and a shielding electrode layer is provided. The touch panel disposed on the display panel includes a substrate, first sensing series, and second sensing series. The insulation element is disposed between the touch panel and the display panel. The shielding electrode layer is disposed between the insulation element and the display panel and includes shielding electrode stripes. Each first sensing series includes first sensing electrodes orthogonally projected on the display panel in a first area. Each second sensing series includes second sensing electrodes orthogonally projected on the display panel in a second area. The first area is separated from an adjacent second area in a distance. Each shielding electrode stripe is orthogonally projected on the display panel in a third area with a width at least identical to the distance. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120012 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING DIGITAL CHARACTERS - A method for inputting symbols into a data entry field of an electronic device includes displaying on the electronic device a start screen having a plurality of start zones. Each start zone has a plurality of symbols associated therewith. A start zone is selected using the electronic device, and an end screen having a plurality of end zones is displayed on the electronic device. Each end zone has assigned thereto a single symbol or function. When an end zone is selected using the electronic device, the symbol assigned to the selected end zone is inputted into the data entry field of the electronic device, in order to create a message, command, etc. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120013 | METHOD FOR ENCODED INPUT AND CONTROL BY FINGERPRINT - The invention relates to a method for acquiring user inputs and for performing certain functions of an electronic device ( | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120014 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOCATING AT LEAST ONE TOUCH ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE OF AN OBJECT - This method for locating at least one touch on a touch-sensitive surface of an object comprises the following steps:
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| 20120120015 | REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE - A system including a display, a sensor and a controller. The sensor can detect an object and generate data related to the object. The controller can determine a first pose of the object from the data and display a first representative image on the display. The controller can determine a second pose of the object and display a second representative image on the display, wherein the second representative image is associated with a displayed element. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120120016 | IMAGE OF A KEYBOARD - A system or method including a display and sensor to detect touches of the display. The display can display an image of a keyboard. The image of the keyboard can be shaped to the locations of the touches of the display. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120127084 | VARIABLE LIGHT DIFFUSION IN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to variable diffusers in interactive display devices. One embodiment provides an interactive display device comprising a display panel configured to display an image on an interactive surface, an image capture device configured to capture an image of the interactive surface, a variable diffuser disposed optically between the display panel and the image capture device, a logic subsystem comprising one or more logic devices, and memory comprising instructions executable by the logic subsystem to operate the display panel, the image capture device, and the variable diffuser. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127085 | Automatic Switching Between Functions Emulated By a Click Pad Device - Touchpad devices emulating button functionality (“click pad” devices) that simultaneously emulates multiple functionalities are described herein. In addition, embodiments provide for click pad emulation of both TrackPoint and touchpad functionality. According to embodiments, a click pad device emulating multiple functionalities may enable or disable certain functionalities based on user interaction with the click pad device. For example, a click pad device emulating both TrackPoint and touchpad functionality may enable TrackPoint functionality and disable touchpad functionality if user gestures on the click pad device indicate that the user is interacting with the click pad as a TrackPoint device. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127086 | Touch Screen - One embodiment of the present invention comprises a mobile computing device comprising processing components, memory components, a wireless receiver/transmitter, and an electronic display. The electronic display is adapted to detect a location of a touch and comprises a first icon adapted to toggle the mobile computing device between a mobile computing device browsing mode and a mobile computing device editing mode, wherein the mobile computing device editing mode comprises a second icon comprising a first element and a second element. The first element is adapted to select one or more objects displayed on the electronic display and display a menu. The second element is adapted to move the second icon, change editing mode functions, establish an editing start position, and establish an editing end position. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127087 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A portable electronic device includes a first flexible display. The first flexible display includes a display area, a non-display area, and a first fold such that at least part of the non-display area is non-coplanar with the display area. Information is displayable near the first fold. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127088 | HAPTIC INPUT DEVICE - One embodiment of a haptic input device may include a receiver configured to receive a signal from a touch-based user interface device. The signal may include a control signal or a look-up value. The haptic input device may also include a decoder coupled to the receiver and configured to decode the signal from the touch-based user interface device, at least one sensor configured to determine at least one characteristic of the haptic input device, a controller coupled to the one or more sensors and configured to transmit a control signal, a haptic actuator coupled to the controller, and a transmitter coupled to the at least one sensor. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127089 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING USER-DEFINED MACROS - A method and apparatus for performing a task at a handheld device. The method includes detecting a first gesture at a handheld device, monitoring for a second gesture in response to detecting the first gesture, detecting the second gesture at the handheld device, determining whether the second gesture corresponds to a task and performing the task when it is determined that the second gesture corresponds to the task. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127090 | OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE AND OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE THEREWITH - An optical touch module and an optical touch display module therewith are disclosed. The optical touch module includes a frame, a transparent plate, and an optical sensing module. The frame includes a plurality of rims connected to form a hollow portion. The transparent plate is fixed on the frame to cover the hollow portion and has a touch indication area opposite to the hollow portion. The optical sensing module is disposed on the frame for sensing a touch operation on the touch indication area. When the frame is engaged with a frame of a display module, the transparent plate covers a display panel of the display module, and the optical touch display module according to the invention is therefore formed. Thereby, the invention solves problems of a poor stability of manufacturing and a poor product yield induced by only sticking components of an optical touch module onto a display module. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127091 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. In one embodiment, the device includes: i) a display panel having a display area and a peripheral area, ii) a touch panel disposed corresponding to the display area on the display panel, iiii) a connecting portion extending from an edge of the touch panel to an edge of the display panel and iv) a window disposed on the touch panel, and including a window main body covering the display area and the peripheral area and a black matrix portion covering the peripheral area. The device may further include a resin layer disposed between the window and the touch panel and cured with light and a reinforcing tape attached to the peripheral area of the display panel and attached between the connecting portion and the display panel, and having a groove recessed corresponding to the connecting portion. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127092 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A flat panel display integrated with a touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate each divided into a display region and first and second non-display regions around the display region; a plurality of sensing patterns in the display region of the upper substrate; a plurality of sensing lines in the first non-display region of the upper substrate; an FPC bonding pad unit including a plurality of bonding pads coupled with the sensing lines, in the second non-display region of the upper substrate; a sealant between the second non-display regions of the first substrate and the second substrate; and transparent conductive patterns arranged at a same distance from the sealant in the second non-display region of the upper substrate, the transparent conductive patterns overlapping the sealant. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127093 | TOUCH PAD AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE APPLIED WITH THE SAME - A touch pad disposed in an electronic display device is provided. The touch pad includes a sliding region, a first virtual-key region and a second virtual-key region both adjacent to the sliding region, a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The sliding region are capable of sensing a dragging action, the first virtual-key region and the second virtual-key region are capable of sensing a pressing action, and the second virtual-key region corresponds to one side of the first virtual-key region. The first vibrator and the second vibrator are respectively disposed underneath the first virtual-key region and the second virtual-key region. When the first virtual-key region senses the pressing action, the first vibrator generates vibration. When the second virtual-key region senses the pressing action, the second vibrator generates vibration. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127094 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen panel includes: a substrate; a sensor that is disposed at the center of the substrate; a metal wire pattern that is disposed at a periphery of the sensor and that has at least a portion that is connected to the sensor; an insulation layer that covers the metal wire pattern; and a ground line that is disposed between the edge of the substrate and the metal wire pattern. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127095 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY WITH AN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A flat panel display with an integrated touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate; a plurality of sensing patterns in a display region of the upper substrate facing the lower substrate; a plurality of sensing lines coupled with the sensing patterns, respectively, in a first non-display region of the upper substrate; a sensing pad unit including a plurality of sensing pads coupled with the sensing lines, at a second non-display region of the upper substrate; a sealant between the upper substrate and a second non-display region of the lower substrate; seal patterns protruding from and perpendicular to the sealant in a region overlapping the sensing pads, the seal patterns being between the sensing pads; and a plurality of metal patterns at the second non-display region of the lower substrate overlapping the regions between the seal patterns. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127096 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNLOCKING METHOD USING STYLUS - A method unlocks a portable electronic device using a stylus. A user can remove the stylus received in a receiving space of the portable electronic device to unlock the portable electronic device. In an unlocking procedure, a detection circuit detects whether the stylus has been removed from the portable electronic device and outputs a corresponding logic value of the portable electronic device. If the logic value of the detection circuit has changed from “0” to “1”, the locked portable electronic device is unlocked. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127097 | CONDUCTIVE FILMS - Conductive films with transparency characteristics are provided. In accordance with various example embodiments, a transparent conductive film includes an inorganic nanowire mesh embedded in an organic substrate layer. The embedding may involve, for example, embedding a majority of, or substantially all of the nanowire mesh in the organic substrate layer to facilitate a resulting surface roughness of the combined nanowire mesh-polymer that is less than a surface roughness of the mesh alone (e.g., or otherwise embedded), and in turn facilitates desirable conductivity characteristics. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127098 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - A method includes displaying information associated with a first application on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display and determining touch attributes, determining when the touch is a first gesture type based on the touch attributes, and when the touch is determined to be the first gesture type, forwarding information related to the touch to a second application, otherwise forwarding the information related to the touch to the first application. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127099 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH CIRCUIT PATTERN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a touch circuit pattern and a manufacturing method thereof. A capacitive touch circuit pattern in the present disclosure comprises a substrate, wherein at least two adjacent transparent first-axis electrode blocks, a transparent first-axis conductive wire, and at least two adjacent transparent second-axis electrode blocks are formed on the substrate. The first-axis conductive wire is formed between the two adjacent first-axis electrode blocks to connect the two adjacent first-axis electrode blocks and the two adjacent second-axis electrode blocks, respectively, at two sides of the first-axis conductive wire. The capacitive touch circuit pattern further comprises of a metal second-axis conductive wire, which stretches across the first-axis conductive wire and connects the two adjacent second-axis electrode blocks. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127100 | ASYNCHRONOUS MOTION ENABLED DATA TRANSFER TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE DEVICES - In order to exchange images and data objects from one mobile device to another mobile device or a PC, there is currently no easy, user friendly solution. The technologies are open and exist, but no common standard or technique has been developed Also, data transfer is usually not very visual and does not show the user the current connection status. This invention would like to solve the problem to allow asynchronous data transfer using motion animation to indicate and visualize the actual data transfer As a result we have come up with a new, more user interactive and fun method to transfer data from one mobile device to another using the asynchronous method. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127101 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - A display control apparatus includes a first displayer. A first displayer displays a first image on a screen. A second displayer displays a second image on the screen. A determiner repeatedly determines whether or not an object exists near the screen. A controller displays the second image when it is determined by the determiner that the object exists near the screen, and hides the second image when it is determined by the determiner that the object does not exist near the screen. An acceptor accepts a touch operation to the screen in association with displaying the second image. A processor performs a process different depending on a manner of the touch operation accepted by the acceptor. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127102 | MOVING AN OBJECT BY DRAG OPERATION ON A TOUCH PANEL - A contact state of a finger with respect to an object displayed on a first layer is detected. The object is moved onto a second layer and displayed on the second layer in response to detecting that the finger has moved from the contact state to a proximity state with respect to the object and in response to the finger reaching a second layer displayed nearer than the first layer. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127103 | CONFIGURABLE PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM - A system for patient monitoring includes a plurality of non-integrated components including a display, a monitor, one or more modules, and at least one patient parameter measuring device. The display includes a flat glass front with a blackened border that appears continuous but allows the passage of light during alarm situations. The display includes a housing with openings on the right and left sides which allow the passage of light during alarm situations. The display also includes a prominent programmable button which enables easy alarm silencing. The monitor can be fixedly attached to the back of the display in a “backpack mounting” configuration to free up bedside space. Optional monitor and display cabinets are capable of housing power supplies and cables and provide for additional free space. The monitor, module(s), and patient parameter measuring device(s) are all interconnected via Dual Serial Bus (DSB) interfaces. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127104 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC BOOK FUNCTION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A touch device is provided that allows users to easily select text in an Electronic Book (e-book), based on a touch interaction. A method is also provided that operates an e-book function in the touch device which includes displaying e-book content, receiving an anchor interaction at a location in text of the e-book content, displaying a number of candidate anchors, based on the location where the anchor interaction is input, determining two selected candidate anchors as definite anchors, and forming a block of text in the definite anchors. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127105 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for controlling an operation of a mobile terminal are preferably includes: cancelling a touch screen off mode and checking a set mode mapped to a certain key when input of the certain key is sensed while the mobile terminal is in the touch screen off mode. A screen is then displayed for executing the set mode, and displaying and processing of a signal input through a touch screen is performed. The method and apparatus provide an advantage by reducing procedures required by conventional devices in which a user process to execute a desired mode in a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is in a touch screen off mode. By registering a function to be executed by input of one touch button key while in a touch screen off mode according to user tastes, the present invention accelerates utilization of the mobile terminal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127106 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXECUTING COMMANDS THEREIN AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING COMMANDS IN THE SAME - The present invention provides a method for executing commands in an electronic device having a touch sensing element. A stylus or finger is used to touch the touch sensing element and move through several sensing areas on the touch sensing element. A responsive signal is generated by the touch sensing element according to the touched sensing areas. A processor then executes a corresponding command in accordance with the responsive signal. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127107 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A display control device according to the present invention includes a detection unit for detecting contact of an operating object on a display surface of a display unit, a position calculation unit for calculating a contact position, on the display surface, of the operating object whose contact has been detected by the detection unit, an operation process determination unit for determining, from a plurality of operation processes associated with a motion of the operating object, one operation process to be performed, according to a length of a contact time of continuously contacting the display surface within a first area including a reference contact position which is a contact position of the operating object at a time of the operating object being made to contact the display surface after a state of separation from the display surface, and an operation processing unit for changing display of the display unit by the operation process that is performed, based on a motion of the operating object that is further continuously in contact with the display surface. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127108 | DATA RETRIEVAL APPARATUS AND DATA RETRIEVAL METHOD - According to an aspect, a data retrieval apparatus includes a display unit, a detector, and a control unit. The display unit displays a group including a plurality of data on a display screen. Each of data is associated with a relevance ratio to search criteria. The detector detects movement of the group on the display screen. The control unit calculates a rate according to a degree of the movement of the group detected by the detector, and extracts the data from the group based on a comparison between the calculated rate and the relevance ratio. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120127109 | PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a portable display device sufficiently small to be held with one hand that enters a state for accepting a gesture when a fixed coordinate position near a central portion between a left display unit ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120133593 | DIGITIZER FOR A FINGERTIP TACTILE-SENSE INPUT DEVICE - The present invention provides a digitizer for a fingertip tactile-sense input device to which switches can be added without having to increase the number of wires. A first lower right contact ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133594 | SENSING METHODS FOR TOUCH SENSING DEVICES - A sensing method for a touch sensing device is provided. In one embodiment, for one set of interlaced receiving electrode and transmitting electrodes of the touch sensing device, an integrator coupled to the receiving electrode is reset only one time. In another embodiment, for each group of sensing electrodes, an integrator coupled to the sensing electrodes is reset only one time. Accordingly, the rate at which the touch sensing array is sensed may be increased. Noise reduced by the process of resetting the integrator due to charge injection effects may be decreased. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133595 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN IMPROVED USER INTERFACE ON A KIOSK - An apparatus, system and method are presented for implementing a user interface on a kiosk terminal. The terminal includes a processor, LCD display and touch-screen device. Software implemented by the processor receives input from the touch-screen device to determine complex interactions with the display that are then used to select and/or modify functions and features provided by the terminal. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133596 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN IMPROVED USER INTERFACE ON A TERMINAL - An apparatus, system and method are presented for implementing a user interface on a terminal. The terminal includes a processor, LCD display and touch-screen device. Software implemented by the processor receives input from the touch-screen device to determine complex interactions with the display that are then used to select and/or modify functions and features provided by the terminal. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133597 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE - An antenna structure includes a coil unit formed by etching a conductive film in a non-display area of a display and a set of electrodes for transmitting signals connected to terminals of the coil unit. The antenna structure can be a near field communication antenna or a radio frequency identification antenna to transmit and receive signals with the coil unit formed in the non-display area of the display to save the occupation space in a portable communication device. Therefore, the antenna structure can effectively reduce the size of the portable communication device. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133598 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display panel, a light guide plate, at least an invisible light emitting device, and a first light path converting device. The light guide plate includes a plurality of microstructures to reflect an invisible light generated by the invisible light emitting device such that the invisible light passes through the display panel, reaching the first light path converting device. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133599 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device having a display panel and a touch screen panel is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel driving unit formed on a portion of the rear of the display panel and including a plurality of display panel driving circuits to drive the display panel; a touch screen panel driving unit formed on other portion of the rear of the display panel to be adjacent to the display panel driving unit and including a plurality of touch screen panel driving circuits to drive the touch screen panel; and a connector formed on the display panel driving unit and including a first connector unit connected to at least one of the display panel driving circuits and a second connector unit connected to at least one of the touch screen panel driving circuits. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133600 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REVIEW WORKSTATION - Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling display of different types of medical images and providing touchscreen interfaces for display on a mobile communication device and associated with different image types, e.g., different imaging modalities or different view modes. Detection of a multi-finger tap on the screen of the mobile communication device while viewing a first touchscreen interface for an image type invokes a second or auxiliary touchscreen interface for that image type having a subset of interface elements of the first touchscreen interface. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133601 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REVIEW WORKSTATION - Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling display of different types of medical images and providing touchscreen interfaces for display on a mobile communication device and associated with different image types, e.g., different imaging modalities or different view modes. Detection of a multi-finger tap on the screen of the mobile communication device while viewing a first touchscreen interface for an image type invokes a second or auxiliary touchscreen interface for that image type having a subset of interface elements of the first touchscreen interface. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133602 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a communication terminal includes a contact unit, a detection unit and a sending unit. The contact unit is contacted with the operator of a self-device. The detection unit detects the state of the operator according to the contact state of the contact unit operated by the operator. The sending unit sends the state data detected by the detection unit. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133603 | FINGER RECOGNITION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Finger recognition methods and systems for use in an electronic device are provided. First, a contact corresponding to an input tool is detected via a touch-sensitive device, and a shape corresponding to the input tool is obtained according to the contact. It is determined whether the shape corresponding to the input tool conforms to a shape corresponding to the at least one finger recorded in a database. If so, the input tool is determined to be a finger. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133604 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a first housing having a first display unit, a second housing having a second display unit, a form detector, and a control unit. The form detector detects a first form in which the second display unit is covered with the first housing while the first display unit is exposed to the outside and a second form in which the first display unit and the second display unit are exposed to the outside. A control unit cause objects for activating a function to be displayed on the first display unit and on the second display unit in an associated manner in conjunction with a change in form detected by the form detector. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133605 | INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE, AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING DEVICE - Provided is an input/output device, including: a touch unit that is touched by a human body; an information processing unit that performs information processing based on a touch made on the touch unit by the human body; and a human-body communication unit that performs human-body communication by using the human body touching the touch unit as a path. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120133606 | Display For Digital Images - The invention relates to a display device comprising a first light for emitting light rays and a first modulator operable to modulate those light rays for generating primary modulated light ray ( | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120139844 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK ASSISTED TEXT MANIPULATION - A system with a touchscreen generates haptic effects in response to a manipulation of text displayed on the touchscreen. The system senses a touch within the text, and determines if the touch is a manipulation of the text, and determines the type of the manipulation. The system then generates a type of haptic event that is based at least in part on the type of the manipulation that was determined. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139845 | SOFT KEY WITH MAIN FUNCTION AND LOGICALLY RELATED SUB-FUNCTIONS FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A portable electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display with one or more soft keys. Each soft key has associated thereto a main function with a default input parameter and one or more sub-functions. Each sub-function is an instance of the main function but with a modified input parameter. Each sub-function can be launched by performing two or more actions on the touch-sensitive display. One of the action is to be performed on the soft key itself. The function and the sub-function serve to process displayed content. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139846 | NOISE REDUCTION FOR TOUCH CONTROLLER - A touch controller having noise reduction circuitry is disclosed. The touch controller can include a transmit section for generating stimulation signals to drive a touch display to sense a touch or hover event. The touch controller can also include a receive section for processing touch signals from the touch display indicative of the touch or hover event. The touch controller can reduce noise introduced into the stimulation signals and propagated through the touch display into the touch signals, thereby interfering with touch and hover sensing. To reduce the noise, the transmit section's noise reduction circuitry can isolate and subtract the noise from the stimulation signals. In addition or alternatively, the receive section's noise reduction circuitry can isolate and subtract the noise from the touch signals. In addition or alternatively, the transmit section's noise reduction circuitry can isolate and subtract some of the noise from the stimulation signals, while the receive section's noise reduction circuitry to isolate and subtract the remainder of the noise from the touch signals. In additional to a touch display, the touch controller can be similarly employed with a touch sensor panel. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139847 | User Interface For A Remote Control Device - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for controlling the operations of a consumer electronic (CE) device. A system includes a display device, CE device, and a remote controller with a touchpad. The CE device is configured to output a context-specific user interface for display by the display device. The particular user interface varies based on the operational context of the CE device. The remote controller sends signals that are detected by the CE device and control operations performed by the CE device. More specifically, the remote controller is used as a handheld pointing device to select operations through interactions with the context-specific user interface. A user may apply gestures to the touchpad that are interpreted based on the context-specific user interface to control the CE device. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139848 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel includes a glass substrate having reinforcing layers on a first side and a second side, sensing patterns in an active area on the first side of the glass substrate, a black matrix in a non-active area adjacent to the active area, and an overcoat layer covering sides of the black matrix. The touch screen panel includes an insulating layer extending to a cut-side of the glass substrate and covering the overcoat layer, sensing lines partially overlapping the black matrix and connected to the sensing patterns, and the cut-side of the glass substrate having an exposed non-reinforced surface that is a rounded edge. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139849 | METHOD OF A TOUCH PANEL DETERMINING MULTI-TOUCH - In a method of a touch panel determining multi-touch, the touch panel can determine if a sensing channel having a local minimum of a sensing value is the last sensing channel having the sensing value, or determine if sensing channels having the sensing value larger than a threshold generated according to a maximum are successive sensing channels, so as to determine the number of touch points on the touch panel. In addition, the touch panel can find a first local maximum and a second local maximum from the sensing values of the sensing channels, and compare the first local maximum and the second local maximum with a first reference and a second reference, so as to confirm the number of touch points on the touch panel. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139850 | HAPTIC DRIVING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - There is provided a haptic driving assembly capable of providing more uniform haptic feedback, and an electronic device using the same. The haptic driving assembly includes: at least one actuator; and a vibration transferring part disposed to contact at least one surface of the actuator and transferring vibrations generated in the actuator to the outside through a liquid phase medium. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139851 | HAPTIC DRIVING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - There are provided a haptic driving assembly capable of providing stronger and more accurate vibration feedback, and an electronic device using the same. The haptic driving assembly includes: a support plate having a plate shape; and at least one actuator having one end thereof coupled to the support plate in order that the other end thereof is spaced apart from an upper surface of the support plate by a predetermined interval. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139852 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A touch panel and a touch display panel having the same are provided. The touch panel includes a cover plate, a decoration layer, a plurality of first sensing series, a plurality of second sensing series, and a plurality of third sensing series. The cover plate has a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The decoration layer is disposed on the non-display area of the cover plate. Each of the first sensing series includes a plurality of first sensing pads, a plurality of display-area first bridge lines, and a plurality of non display-area first bridge lines. The display-area first bridge lines bridge the first sensing pads located in the display area in a first direction. The non display-area first bridge lines bridge the first sensing pads located in the non-display area in the first direction, wherein the material of the non display-area first bridge lines is metal. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139853 | Information Input Device and Information Input Method - An information input device includes: a touch screen; a manipulation information acquiring module configured to extract a keyword from a text based on position information that is input to the touch screen externally; a storage module configured to store a preset keyword selection font size; and a picture generator configured to put the touch screen into a keyword selection state based on manipulation information that is input externally, and configured to perform a control in the keyword selection state so that a text is displayed on the touch screen with the keyword selection font size. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139854 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE DATA - A method for processing data received from at least one input device associated with a computer, the method comprising: determining if received data is associated with a location-aware event, and in dependence on said data being associated with a non-location-aware event, forwarding the data to be processed by an operating system of the computer; and in dependence on said data being associated with a location-aware event, forwarding the data to be processed by an application running on the computer; on receipt of the data at the application, determining if the event is coincident with the location of a displayed window associated with the application, and in dependence on the event not being coincident with the application window, transmitting the data for delivery to the operating system; and in dependence on the event being coincident with the application window, processing the data at the application. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139855 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH INFORMATION AND PROXIMITY INFORMATION IN DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting touch information and proximity information in a display apparatus. The apparatus for detecting the touch information and the proximity information in the display apparatus may detect the touch information and the proximity information by obtaining an image area associated with touch sensing and an image area associated with proximity sensing with respect to an obtained image in the display apparatus. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139856 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus, comprises a display unit including a touch panel type display device and is movably connected to a body; a drawing unit for drawing a display object based on coordinates touched in freehand drawing as a touch operation for the display device; a detection unit for detecting a positional relationship of the display unit with respect to the body; and a control unit for controlling, when the detection unit detects that the display unit has been moved to have a given positional relationship such that a display surface of the display device is arranged at a touchable position and the body supports the display unit not to be moved by a force acting on the display surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the display surface, to display a display item for receiving the freehand drawing on the display device. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139857 | Gesture On Touch Sensitive Input Devices For Closing A Window Or An Application - A method for closing an active window or an application on a user device via detection of a user input gesture on a touch sensitive input device of said user device comprises a step of detecting touch input data with respect to the touch sensitive input device, a step of interpreting said touch input data , such that, in case said touch input data is recognized as corresponding to a gesture of forming an X-shape on said touch sensitive input device with said touch sensitive input device being oriented in a normal reading position, the active window or running application will be closed. A user device on which said method is implemented is disclosed as well. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139858 | DUAL TOUCH PAD INTERFACE FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - A computing device has a dual touch pad interface that includes a graphical user interface. Further, the computing device includes a first touch pad, which is operably connected to the computing device, that has a plurality of first touch pad sensors arranged in at least one first touch pad shaped layout such that each of the plurality of first touch pad sensors corresponds to a letter from a first subset of a set of letters in an alphabet. In addition, the computing device has a second touch pad, which is operably connected to the computing device, that has a plurality of second touch pad sensors arranged in at least one second touch pad shaped layout such that each of the plurality of second touch pad sensors corresponds to a letter from a second subset of the set of letters in the alphabet. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139859 | INFORMATION SEARCH APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an information search apparatus includes a generation unit, a selection unit, a search unit and a display unit. The generation unit generates recognition candidate character strings based on shapes of strokes and combinations of the shapes. The selection unit calculates reliability values for the recognition candidate character strings and selects search keys from the recognition candidate character strings. The search unit searches a database for second character strings including the search keys, and obtains one or more result character strings indicating search results of each of the search keys. The display displays the one or more result character strings corresponding to each of the search keys distinctively. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139860 | MULTI-TOUCH SKINS SPANNING THREE DIMENSIONS - One or more multi-touch skins can placed along three dimensions of an object. The one or more multi-touch skins enable multi-touch inputs during the operation of the object. The multi-touch inputs can be tracked to monitor the operation of the object and provide feedback to the operator of the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can further enable gestures for configuring and operating the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can also be used to implement any number of GUI interface objects and actions. A multi-touch skin that measures the force of a touch in one or more directions is also provided. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139861 | MUSIC COMPOSITION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING TOUCHSCREEN - A music composition method and system is provided for composing a music piece using a touch interaction with a touchscreen-enabled portable device. A music composition method includes setting an accompaniment with chords varying according to the progress of a unit play time; playing the accompaniment; displaying, when a series of touches are detected, a trace of the touches; playing a melody of tones mapped to positions of the touches and matching notes of a note scale defined by chords of the accompaniment playing at the times when the touches are detected; and saving the trace, melody, and accompaniment as a music piece as an ensemble. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139862 | DISPLAY INTERFACE UPDATING METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN AND MULTIMEDIA ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An interface updating method for touch screen and a multimedia electronic device are provided, which are used for solving the problem of how to update a display interface of a touch screen according to the slide operating characteristics of a controller. When the controller slides on the touch screen, the operating characteristics of the controller are determined based on the predetermined number of pixel point samples that the slide trail of the controller goes through at last. The interface is updated according to the operating characteristics of the controller. The interface adjustment visually obtains an effect corresponding to the movement of the controller. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120139863 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING WRITING INFORMATION ACCORDING TO WRITING PATTERN - Provided are a method and apparatus for inputting handwriting in a digital electronic apparatus. Various patterns defining methods of generating pressure information according to handwriting input are stored in advance, and a user selects a pattern similar to a pattern of the user or selects a desired handwriting pattern to perform the handwriting, so that pressure information is generated according to the handwriting pattern and the handwriting is displaying with a thickness corresponding to the pressure information. Therefore, it is possible to solve a problem of monotonous handwriting input in the related art where only the position is input and the handwriting is output with the same thickness. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120146918 | Remote Control of Electronic Devices Via Mobile Device - Devices and systems are provided for controlling electronic devices using a mobile remote control device. A mobile remote control device provides an interface to control a plurality of electronic devices. The mobile device has a unique identifier, and the electronic device transmits a presentation of a remote control to the mobile device. A user of the mobile device controls the electronic device by operating the “virtual” remote control displayed on the mobile device. The user may further define his or her custom remote control. The user may define batches of commands, or “macros” that transmit a specific series of commands to one or more electronic devices. Proximity and motion of a mobile device may be used as an input, such that the electronic devices are programmed to react in specific ways depending upon the position and movement of the user of the mobile device. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146919 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes: a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes on a first side of the substrate; a shield electrode on a second side of the substrate; a flexible circuit board electrically connected to a driving circuit, the flexible circuit board being attached to the first side of the substrate, and having a via hole; a connection pad on a second side of the flexible circuit board and electrically connected to the driving circuit through the via hole; and a conductive member electrically connecting the connection pad with the shield electrode. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146920 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF REDUCING NOISE COUPLED BY A COMMON VOLTAGE OF A TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a touch sensor, a liquid crystal panel, and a reverse circuit. The reverse circuit receives common voltage ripples of the liquid crystal panel, and outputs reversed common voltage ripples after reversing the common voltage ripples. After the touch sensor receives the reversed common voltage ripples, the touch sensor outputs a sensing signal according to the reversed common voltage ripples. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146921 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - There is provided a touch screen panel. The touch screen panel includes a window substrate including a transmitting region, a frame outside the transmitting region, and a groove formed at the frame, a decoration layer at the groove, a transparent adhesive layer on a surface of a window substrate and top of the decoration layer, a transparent substrate adhered to the window substrate by the transparent adhesive layer, the transparent substrate including a touch inactive region corresponding to the frame and a touch active region corresponding to the transmitting region, and a plurality of conductive sensing patterns on the touch active region of the transparent substrate and position detecting lines on the touch inactive region. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146922 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A flexible and very thin touch screen panel is implemented by forming sensing patterns as touch sensors on a first surface of a flexible thin glass substrate and by forming a supporting film on a second surface of the glass surface. A method of fabricating a touch screen panel for securing the strength of a unit cell touch screen panel includes forming sensing patterns as touch sensors in every unit cell touch screen panel on a mother glass substrate, etching the glass substrate in the thickness direction, forming a supporting film under the glass substrate, and by cutting the glass substrate and the supporting film cell by cell using dual cutting. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146923 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touchscreen device allows a user to annotate and grab clips from a variety of materials, such as books and webpages. The clips are annotated with the original source information. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146924 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CONTROLLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes a display configured to display an image, a liquid detection unit configured to detect liquid on a surface of the display, and a display control unit configured to change a display mode of the display based on the detection of liquid on the surface of the display by the liquid detection unit. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146925 | INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An input device and an image display apparatus are provided. The image display apparatus may include a display, and an input device adjacent to the display. The input device may include a first light emitting device (LED), a second light emitting device (LED), a touch sensor to detect a touch input, and a light source controller to control an intensity of light from the light guide based on the touch input. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146926 | INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - An input device and an image display apparatus may be provided. The image display apparatus may include a display, and an input device adjacent to the display. The input device may include a first light source unit that includes a first light emitting device (LED) to emit a first light of a first color, a second light source unit that includes a second light emitting device (LED) to emit a second light of a second color, a light guide having a plurality of light guide layers, a touch sensor to detect a touch input, and a light source controller to control an intensity of the output light from the light guide based on the detected touch input. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146927 | METHOD FOR DETECTING SINGLE-FINGER ROTATE GESTURE AND THE GESTURE DETECTING CIRCUIT THEREOF - A method for detecting a single-finger rotation gesture and a gesture detecting circuit thereof are provided. The gesture detecting circuit comprises a quadrant dividing unit, a register, a control unit, a comparing unit, and an outputting unit. The quadrant dividing unit, according to the center point, divides a touch panel into at least three quadrants and sets a plurality of data codes respectively corresponding to the quadrants. Within a predetermined time, the control unit controls the register to sequentially record the data codes respectively corresponding to the touched quadrants. When the predetermined time is reached, the comparing unit compares to judge whether the temporary data buffered in the register is the same with the default data. If the temporary data is the same with the default data, then the outputting unit outputs a rotation gesture signal. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146928 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF TOUCH PANEL AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method and portable terminal for controlling an operation of a touch panel are provided. The portable terminal includes a memory for storing at least one program for supporting a user function operated based on a certain frequency upon activation of the user function, a touch panel, activated when the user function is supported, for supporting a touch function, and a controller for selecting frequency information that does not interfere with the certain frequency for operating the corresponding user function when the at least one user function is activated, and for setting the selected frequency information as a scanning frequency of the touch panel. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146929 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a touching detection unit configured to detect a touching operation and a touch-up operation for the display unit, a time counting unit configured to count a time period of continuous touching on a specific area of the display unit, and a control unit configured, when a touch-up operation from the specific area is detected and a counted time period of continuous touching has not reached a predetermined time period, to execute a function assigned to the specific area while when the touch-up operation from the specific area is detected and the counted time period of continuous touching has reached the predetermined time period, not to execute the function assigned to the specific area in relation only to the detected touch-up operation. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146930 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING TOUCH INPUT - Provided is a touch input detection method that detects a contact or approach of a touch input means ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146931 | TOUCH INPUT LOCATION CORRECTION DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, TOUCH INPUT LOCATION CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USED FOR TOUCH INPUT LOCATION CORRECTION APPARATUS - A touch input location correction device ( | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146932 | Event Registration and Dispatch System and Method for Multi-Point Controls - Dynamic registration of event handlers in a computer application or operating system recognizes multiple synchronous input streams by identifying each new stroke in a frame representing a single moment in time and mapping in a registration process each identified new stroke to a listening process that is associated with the user interface element to which the new input stream is to be applied. In the same frame, released strokes are unmapped and then each active listening process is called to carry out a respective control operation. When called, the strokes have the correct data for the given frame. The process is repeated for subsequent frames. By carrying out various processes in a sequence of frames, the concept of concurrency is preserved, which is particularly beneficial to multi-touch and multi-user systems. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146933 | Event Registration and Dispatch System and Method for Multi-Point Controls - Dynamic registration of event handlers in a computer application or operating system recognizes multiple synchronous input streams by identifying each new stroke in a frame representing a single moment in time and mapping in a registration process each identified new stroke to a listening process that is associated with the user interface element to which the new input stream is to be applied. In the same frame, released strokes are unmapped and then each active listening process is called to carry out a respective control operation. When called, the strokes have the correct data for the given frame. The process is repeated for subsequent frames. By carrying out various processes in a sequence of frames, the concept of concurrency is preserved, which is particularly beneficial to multi-touch and multi-user systems. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120146934 | Event Registration and Dispatch System and Method for Multi-Point Controls - Dynamic registration of event handlers in a computer application or operating system recognizes multiple synchronous input streams by identifying each new stroke in a frame representing a single moment in time and mapping in a registration process each identified new stroke to a listening process that is associated with the user interface element to which the new input stream is to be applied. In the same frame, released strokes are unmapped and then each active listening process is called to carry out a respective control operation. When called, the strokes have the correct data for the given frame. The process is repeated for subsequent frames. By carrying out various processes in a sequence of frames, the concept of concurrency is preserved, which is particularly beneficial to multi-touch and multi-user systems. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120154292 | Method and Apparatus for Activating a Function of an Electronic Device - A method and apparatus for activating a function of the electronic device is disclosed herewith. The method includes detecting a first input by a motion sensor. Further, the method activates a touch sensor of the electronic device in response to detecting the first input. The method then detects a second input by the motion sensor within a predetermined time period from the first input. Next, the method determines, in response to detecting the second input, whether contact has occurred at the touch sensor and activates a function of the electronic device in response to determining that contact has occurred at the touch sensor when the second input is detected. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154293 | DETECTING GESTURES INVOLVING INTENTIONAL MOVEMENT OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - A computing device is described herein which accommodates gestures that involve intentional movement of the computing device, either by establishing an orientation of the computing device and/or by dynamically moving the computing device, or both. The gestures may also be accompanied by contact with a display surface (or other part) of the computing device. For example, the user may establish contact with the display surface via a touch input mechanism and/or a pen input mechanism and then move the computing device in a prescribed manner. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154294 | USING MOVEMENT OF A COMPUTING DEVICE TO ENHANCE INTERPRETATION OF INPUT EVENTS PRODUCED WHEN INTERACTING WITH THE COMPUTING DEVICE - A computing device is described herein which collects input event(s) from at least one contact-type input mechanism (such as a touch input mechanism) and at least one movement-type input mechanism (such as an accelerometer and/or gyro device). The movement-type input mechanism can identify the orientation of the computing device and/or the dynamic motion of the computing device. The computing device uses these input events to interpret the type of input action that has occurred, e.g., to assess when at least part of the input action is unintentional. The computing device can then perform behavior based on its interpretation, such as by ignoring part of the input event(s), restoring a pre-action state, correcting at least part of the input event(s), and so on. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154295 | COOPERATIVE USE OF PLURAL INPUT MECHANISMS TO CONVEY GESTURES - A computing device is described which allows a user to convey a gesture through the cooperative use of two input mechanisms, such as a touch input mechanism and a pen input mechanism. A user uses a first input mechanism to demarcate content presented on a display surface of the computing device or other part of the computing device, e.g., by spanning the content with two fingers of a hand. The user then uses a second input mechanism to make gestures within the content that is demarcated by first input mechanism. In doing so, the first input mechanism establishes a context which governs the interpretation of gestures made by the second input mechanism. The computing device can also activate the joint use mode using two applications of the same input mechanism, such as two applications of a touch input mechanism. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154296 | SUPPLEMENTING A TOUCH INPUT MECHANISM WITH FINGERPRINT DETECTION - A computing device includes a fingerprint detection module for detecting fingerprint information that may be contained within touch input event(s) provided by a touch input mechanism. The computing device can leverage the fingerprint information in various ways. In one approach, the computing device can use the fingerprint information to enhance an interpretation of the touch input event(s), such as by rejecting parts of the touch input event(s) associated with an unintended input action. In another approach, the computing device can use the fingerprint information to identify an individual associated with the fingerprint information. The computing device can apply this insight to provide a customized user experience to that individual, such as by displaying content that is targeted to that individual. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154297 | DISPLAY-SCREEN ADAPTATION FOR INTERACTIVE DEVICES - An enclosure for a display screen of an interactive device. The enclosure includes a corner member and a substantially horizontal first side member coupled to the corner member and presenting an inside-edge area configured to fittably receive a first edge of the display screen. The enclosure also includes a substantially horizontal second side member coupled to the corner member adjacent the first side member, the second side member presenting an inside-edge area configured to fittably receive a second edge of the display screen. The enclosure also includes a transparent cover sheet arranged over the display screen, and a force-reception area arranged on one or both of the corner member and the first side member. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154298 | Method for Adjusting Touch Positions of Software Keyboard, Non-Transitory Computer Readable Storage Medium for Storing Thereof and Touch Screen Electrical Device Applying Thereof - A method for adjusting touch positions of software keyboard includes the following steps: a software keyboard is displayed on the touch screen. The preset characters are displayed respectively to receive at least one first touched position corresponding to each of the preset characters on the touch screen. A touched offset corresponding to each of the preset characters is calculated according to the at least one first touched position corresponding to each of the preset characters respectively. At least one touched boundary among each of the preset characters and the neighboring characters thereof is calculated according to the touched offset and the preset base center point corresponding to each of the preset characters respectively. A preset close-loop scope corresponding to each of the preset characters is calculated according to the touched boundaries respectively. Output characters according to the close-loop scopes touched. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154299 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, a third electrode layer, and a transparent piezoelectric material layer is provided. The first substrate is opposite to the second substrate. The first electrode layer, the second electrode layer, and the third electrode layer are sequentially arranged and located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first electrode layer, the second electrode layer, and the third electrode layer are separated from one another. The transparent piezoelectric material layer is disposed between the second electrode layer and the third electrode layer. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154300 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA EXCHANGE BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND REMOTE DISPLAY - In a method of data exchange between an electronic device and a remote display, a touch panel of the remote display registers contact to generate coordinates transmitted to the electronic device by wireless communication. The electronic device executes applications corresponding to the coordinates, the wireless communication modules transmit images corresponding to the applications from the electronic device to the remote display. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154301 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an operation control method may be provided. A display screen may be displayed. A multi-touch input may be received that includes first and second touch inputs at first and second touch areas on the display module. The touchable objects may be displayed at areas that include points of detection of the first touch input and the second touch input, respectively. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154302 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A flat panel display device with touch screen is provided. The flat panel display device includes a substrate, a black matrix, a ground line, and a ground line contact. The substrate includes an active region, and an inactive region surrounding the active region. The black matrix is disposed on the substrate in the inactive region, and includes a metal. The ground line is disposed on the black matrix, in the inactive region. The ground line contact electrically connects the ground line to the black matrix. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154303 | METHOD FOR CONSERVING POWER ON A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURED FOR THE SAME - The present disclosure describes a method for conserving power on a portable electronic device and a portable electronic device configured for the same. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for conserving power comprising: switching a portable electronic device to a low power mode in response to a trigger condition; and switching the portable electronic device from the low power mode to a full power mode on the portable electronic device in response to detection of a designated wake-up gesture on a touch-sensitive overlay of the portable electronic device. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154304 | PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH OPTICAL TOUCH PAD AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA IN THE SAME - Disclosed is a portable terminal having a display device arranged on the front side of the housing of the portable terminal, and an optical touch pad arranged on the rear side of the housing, wherein a user can operate the touch screen with the thumb and operate the touch pad on the rear side of the housing with the index finger or another finger in a state in which the user grasps the portable terminal. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154305 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image display control apparatus and method that detect a proximity of an object to a display. Depending on a movement or position of the object relative to the display, a controller causes images to be presented on said display for viewing. The images may be scrolled on the display in sequence, or certain images may be jumped to in response to particular object movements. The interval of the jumping may be set in a menu that is optionally presented on the display. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154306 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER USING TOUCH INPUT - An apparatus and a method for inputting a character are provided. The apparatus for inputting a character includes a touch input unit configured to sense a generation and a contact point of a touch. The apparatus also includes a memory configured to store mapping information regarding a displacement and a character according to movement of the generated touch. The apparatus further includes a controller configured to extract and output a character corresponding to a displacement of a sensed touch while the touch maintains upon sensing the touch. The apparatus also includes a display unit configured to display the output character. The method and apparatus for inputting a character may increase character input speed, and provide an environment similar to a keyboard of a PC, for example, a key arrangement of a QWERTY type to improve convenience for a user. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154307 | IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An image display control apparatus and method are used to detect an object that is in proximity to a display. A display controller is used to change the display from a first display state to a second display state after the object is not detected for a predetermined time period. The display state is then restored to the first display state when the detector detects the object being in proximity to the display. In another aspect, the display controller changes the display to the first display state from the second display state when the detector detects the object being in proximity to the display, where the second display state is a lower power state than the first display state. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154308 | TOUCH DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A touch display substrate includes a first data line, a first gate line, a first pixel electrode, a second gate line, a second pixel electrode, a senor data line and a first sensor electrode. The first data line extends along a first direction. The first gate line extends along a second direction. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first data line and the first gate line. The second gate line is substantially parallel with the first gate line. The second pixel electrode is adjacent to the first pixel electrode and electrically connected to the first data line and the second gate line. The sensor data line is adjacent to the second pixel electrode and substantially parallel to the first data line. The first sensor electrode is electrically connected to the sensor data line. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154309 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a touch panel including a first electrode substrate including a first conductive layer; and a second electrode substrate including a second conductive layer and being stacked with the first electrode substrate such that the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer face each other. The first conductive layer is composed of a first line of conductive areas and a second line of conductive areas adjacent to the first line where each of the first and the second lines includes an odd number greater than or equal to three of the conductive areas aligned in a second direction, and the conductive areas positioned in the middle of the first line and the second line are respectively connected with extracting areas extending toward different edges in the second direction. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154310 | Interactive Multimedia Advertising System - An interactive multimedia advertising system is disclosed. The system comprising: a plurality of interactive advertising kiosks that are deployed over a secure network; a centralized server in communications with each of the plurality of advertising kiosks; means for controlling and monitoring each advertising kiosks; means for managing multiple content modules on each kiosk via an application programming interface and a software development kit; a plurality of client, operator and manager interfaces; and means for producing in-house and client-created content. Each kiosk comprising a central processing unit; a display window having a recessed touchscreen optic; a camera; a microphone; a speaker; a plurality of communications means, wherein the central processing unit is operable to download content from the central server, to display the downloaded content, to mediate interaction between the kiosk and a consumers' touch, voice and other inputs, and to compile and send feedback and performance information to the central server. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154311 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, TERMINAL, AND INPUT DETERMINATION METHOD - A non-transitory computer-readable information storage medium acquires an indicated position that has been input using an input section, and sets a plurality of direction determination areas that respectively correspond to a plurality of directions based on a previous indicated position. The information storage medium determines an input direction based on a direction determination area among the plurality of direction determination areas to which the indicated position belongs. The information storage medium causes the plurality of direction determination areas that respectively correspond to the plurality of directions to follow a change in the indicated position. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154312 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a decorative layer, and a touch-sensing electrode layer. The decorative layer is disposed on the transparent substrate, and a notch is formed on the decorative layer at a position substantially coinciding with a distribution area of an icon formed on a non-screen area. The touch-sensing electrode layer includes a plurality of first transparent electrodes, second transparent electrodes and connecting lines. Each connecting line connects two adjacent first transparent electrodes or two adjacent second transparent electrodes and does not overlap a periphery of the notch. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154313 | MULTI-TOUCH FINGER REGISTRATION AND ITS APPLICATIONS - Described herein are finger registration systems and methods for use with a multi-touch device that can facilitate in place execution of commands or operations, thereby reducing focus switching and minimizing hand movement. The finger registration methods are simple and robust, using only contact points on the touch-based device, without requiring additional hardware. Direct mapping of operations to gestures involving individual fingers or combination of fingers (e.g., finger chords), provides a new and rich set of direct manipulation without focus switching for selecting commands/operations. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154314 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING A FILE TRANSMISSION FUNCTION, AND A RELATED FILE TRANSMISSION METHOD - An electronic device and a communication system having a file transmission function, and a related file transmission method are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: a first touch screen displaying an icon associated with the file; the first touch screen receiving a touch scroll outward movement by a first object from an interior on the first touch screen, and generating a first touch signal in response; a first control module issuing a signal of transmitting according to the first touch signal; a second touch screen receiving a touch scroll inward movement by a second object from an outer part on the second touch screen, and generating a second touch signal in response; a second control module issuing a response signal according to the second touch signal and the signal of transmitting; the first control module transmitting the file to the second control module, upon receiving the response signal. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154315 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus, which provides feedback to a user through a tactile sensation in response to a push operation and a slide operation to a touch sensor by the user, is provided. The control unit controls drive of a tactile sensation providing unit when the touch object slides on a touch face such that a tactile sensation of sliding is provided to a touch object and controls drive of the tactile sensation providing unit when a load detection unit detects a pressure load changing from a state failing to satisfy a predetermined standard load to a state satisfying it such that a tactile sensation of pushing, different from the tactile sensation of sliding, is provided to the touch object. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154316 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus capable of providing, through a touch sensor, a tactile sensation as it were a sensation obtained when operating a key and the like constituted of a mechanical switch. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154317 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a touch sensor | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154318 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus has a touch sensor | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154319 | Flat Panel Display Screen Operable For Touch Position Determination System And Methods - A system and method are disclosed that determines the location of an object touching a display screen. The system and method modifies already existing display technology, including using the underlying structure of many types of existing displays as the touch detecting structure. The systems and methods are applicable to virtually all LCD and LCD-like displays, including emissive displays (OLED, PLED, quantum dot displays, etc.), electronic paper, and others. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154320 | TOUCH PANEL AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A touch panel and a portable electronic device thereof are provided. The present invention can accurately determine a position touched by a user on the touch panel by judging whether or not a potential voltage value between a reference capacitor and a sensing capacitor of a pixel having a sensing area being changed, or to determine whether a switch of a pixel having the sensing area being conducted. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120154321 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE - Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120162087 | COVER GLASS BUTTON FOR DISPLAY OF MOBILE DEVICE - A cover glass pressure-sensitive button for a mobile device is disclosed, a piece of pressure sensor is configured under peripheral of a cover glass for a display of a mobile device. The cover glass can be pressed like a button, and a signal is output from the pressure sensor to trigger a predetermined function for the mobile device when a pressure is applied on the cover glass. In another embodiment, a space is reserved either under the touch panel or under the LCD module. With this configuration, the pressure sensitivity of the cover glass increases because the pressure applied on the cover glass can be fully transferred onto the pressure sensor. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162088 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A touch screen display device is described that includes a display panel, a display driver, a sensor circuit and a combination unit. The display panel has a plurality of display elements arranged between a first and a second electrode layer. The display driver is arranged for providing display signals comprising a common display signal and an input control signal to the display panel. The sensor circuit is arranged for providing a probe signal and a shield signal mutually having the same phase and frequency and for generating a touch signal in response to the output signal received from the first electrode layer. The combination unit provides a drive signal to the first electrode layer derived from the common display signal and the probe signal, and further provides an output control signal for the display panel from the input control signal and the shield signal. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162089 | TOUCH SCREEN TRANSISTOR DOPING PROFILES - Variations in capacitances of semiconductor circuit elements, such as pixel TFTs, of touch screens can be reduced or eliminated by selectively doping different regions of the semiconductor circuit element. For example, the semiconductor circuit element can include a semiconductive channel of a transistor, such as a pixel TFT. A dopant concentration profile of the semiconductive channel can be selected to reduce or eliminate variations in a gate-to-drain capacitance caused by voltage variations at the drain. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162090 | RELAY DRIVING OF DISPLAYS - Multiple Vcom segments of display screens can be driven in a relay fashion, such that the driving of different Vcom segments overlaps. For example, a Vcom signal can be applied to a first segment of Vcom, and lines of display pixels in the first segment can be scanned. When scanning nears the end of the first segment, a Vcom signal can be applied to the next segment of Vcom before scanning in the first segment ends. For example, when the second-to-the-last line of display pixels in a segment of Vcom is scanned, the next Vcom segment can be driven with a Vcom signal Likewise, when scanning in the next segment of Vcom begins, the Vcom signal can continue to be applied to the first segment of Vcom until a few lines of display pixels in the next segment have been scanned. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162091 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MULTIDISPLAY DRAGGING - Methods and systems to allow users to gain the advantages of a large-format touch display by using smaller, cost-effective touch displays. Given two adjacent displays, regions may be created on both sides of the boundary between the displays. These regions may grow and shrink based on the user's movement, i.e., the velocity of a stylus or finger towards the boundary. If the user lifts his stylus within a region on one display, he may finish the tracking on the other by landing within the corresponding region of the latter display. This may allow a user to begin a drag on one display, drag towards another display, and “flyover” to the second display without slowing. The lift event may be removed when the first display detects the stylus being lifted as it moves towards the second. The landing on the second display may be removed. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162092 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling an electronic device, including a touch-sensitive display, includes detecting a gesture associated with a gesture character entry mode and determining a direction of the gesture on the touch-sensitive display, determining ones of a plurality of characters associated with the gesture based on the direction, and adding the ones of the plurality of characters to candidate character strings. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162093 | Touch Screen Control - This document relates to touch screen controls. For instance, the touch screen controls can allow a user to control a computing device by engaging a touch screen associated with the computing device. One implementation can receive at least one tactile contact from a region of a touch screen. This implementation can present a first command functionality on the touch screen proximate the region for a predefined time. It can await user engagement of the first command functionality. Lacking user engagement within the predefined time, the implementation can remove the first command functionality and offer a second command functionality. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162094 | MECHANICAL DEFLECTION COMPENSATION FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A location of contact with a touch sensitive device is determined. Output signals associated with a plurality of electrodes such as formed on a single layer of the touch sensitive device are measured to identify a first electrode positioned at an approximate location of contact with the touch sensor. An output signal associated with a different electrode that is separated from the first electrode is measured to determine an undesired signal amount, such as due to deflection. An undesired single amount associated with the first electrode may be estimated based on the undesired signal amount measured at the other electrode. The signal amount measured at the first electrode is then compensated by the estimated undesired signal amount. The location of contact with the touch sensor is then determined based on the compensated signal amount. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162095 | INTERNAL OPTICAL COATING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE DISPLAY - An internal optical coating includes multiple layers of different materials and thicknesses and is disposed between a transparent display cover and a visual display unit for an electronic device display. The optical coating transmits most visible light, reflects most non-visible light and substantially absorbs blackbody radiation generated from within the electronic device. The multiple layers comprise two or more materials having alternating low and high indices of refraction, and can include 36 or more layers, each having a thickness ranging from 10 to 400 nanometers. The arrangement and thicknesses of the layers are designed based upon the thickness and optical properties of the transparent display cover. The internal optical coating can also be specially formulated to replace a typical internal anti-reflective coating proximate the visual display unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162096 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH SENSING PANEL - A touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer and a touch electrode layer. The touch electrode layer has sensing regions, and each sensing region includes sub-sensing regions. The touch electrode layer includes driving electrode series and sensing electrode series. Each driving electrode series has driving electrodes, and each driving electrode has sub-driving pattern electrodes. The sensing electrode series intersect the driving electrode series. Each sensing electrode series has a plurality of sensing electrode, and each sensing electrode has sub-sensing pattern electrodes. Each sub-sensing pattern electrode has a sensing circumference, and the sensing circumferences of the sub-sensing pattern electrodes of the sub-sensing regions in a single sensing region are different, or each sub-driving pattern electrode has a driving circumference and the driving circumferences of the sub-driving pattern electrodes of the sub-sensing regions in a single sensing region are different. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162097 | MICROCAPSULE HAVING HEAT-RESISTANCE, TOUCH PANEL CONTAINING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a microcapsule having heat-resistance in a core-shell structure, including: a conductive polymer core; and a shell made of polyimide and partially enclosing the conductive polymer core. The core-shell structure in which a partial polyimide shell is formed on the conductive polymer core is formed, thereby making it possible to improve the heat-resistance of the conductive polymer. In addition, a transparent electrode having improved heat-resistance is used to minimize a change rate in sheet resistance due to a high temperature, such that electrical reliability of a touch panel is improved, thereby making it possible to improve accuracy of an operation. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162098 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A portable electronic apparatus is disclosed. The portable electronic apparatus includes a processor circuit enabled to execute a plurality of programs. The portable electronic apparatus also includes an output device for outputting output from the processor circuit. The portable electronic apparatus further includes an input device for receiving input, the input for controlling the processor circuit. In addition, the portable electronic apparatus includes an indicator for indicating a program being executed by the processor circuit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162099 | TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162100 | Click Gesture Determination Method, Touch Control Chip, Touch Control System and Computer System - Disclosed is a click gesture determination method for a touch control chip capable of simply and flexibly determining a single click gesture. The click gesture determination method includes steps of comparing one or more signal values of one or more detecting signals with one or more threshold values, to determine whether a touch event occurs, continuing the above comparing if a touch event occurs, to detect a continuous occurrence time of the touch event, and comparing the continuous occurrence time with a first predefined time, and determining that a single click gesture occurs for a result of the comparison that the continuous occurrence time is longer than the first predefined time. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162101 | CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD - A method for establishing a control response between a portable control device and a controlled device is provided. The portable control device includes a touch interface for receiving control instructions. The control instructions may be issued from a user, who does not have to keep his eyes on the portable control device during control. In an embodiment, the method is applied to a portable control device to remotely control a connected TV, which may include a preview function, so that the user can control the connected TV without keeping his eyes on the portable control device. Response from a preview window on the TV can guide the user to correctly issue his control instructions from the portable control device. The control instructions can be issued by, for example, contacting the touch interface or sliding the touch interface. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162102 | SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A support structure is used for supporting an electronic device. The support structure includes a main body sleeved on a side portion of the electronic device and a supporting member rotatably connected to the main body. The supporting member can rotate relative to the main body to form an included angle for supporting the electronic device. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162103 | Display Control Device and Display Control Method - According to one embodiment, a display control device includes an area determination module, a direction determination module, and a display controller. The area determination module determines, on a touch panel having input coordinates corresponding to display coordinates of a display module, whether at least part of a touch area where a touch object touches is present in a predetermined area in a display area displaying an object displayed on the display module. The direction determination module determines a movement direction of the touch area. The display controller displays the object as being zoomed in or zoomed out based on determination results of the area determination module and the direction determination module. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162104 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS - Integrated touch screens are provided including drive lines formed of grouped-together circuit elements of a thin film transistor layer and sense lines formed between a color filter layer and a material layer that modifies or generates light. The common electrodes (Vcom) in the TFT layer can be grouped together during a touch sensing operation to form drive lines. Sense lines can be formed on an underside of a color filter glass, and a liquid crystal region can be disposed between the color filter glass and the TFT layer. Placing the sense lines on the underside of the color filter glass, i.e., within the display pixel cell, can provide a benefit of allowing the color filter glass to be thinned after the pixel cells have been assembled, for example. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162105 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORAGE DEVICE - An information processing device, method and computer program storage device that cooperate to handle different user interface situations differently. An exemplary device detects an external object as being in a touch state when and external object is in contact with a detection surface, and an adjacent state when the external object is within a predetermined distance from said detection surface but not in contact with said detection surface. A processor, when operating in a first mode, processes the touch state differently than the adjacent state. Also, the processor when operating in a second mode, processes said adjacent state as if it was the touch state. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162106 | WINDOW, FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a window having an opaque region, which includes a transparent substrate, a first layer formed on one surface of the substrate and having a color, and a second layer formed on one surface of the first layer and configured to reflect light incoming through the first layer and light outgoing from the inside. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162107 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HANDWRITTEN MATHEMATICAL FORMULA RECOGNITION FUNCTION - An electronic device having a handwritten mathematical formula recognition function includes a display unit with a touch panel. When a recognition-assisting information input module inputs recognition-assisting information for handwritten data to be recognized in response to a user's operation, the handwritten data input on the touch panel is recognized by a handwritten mathematical formula recognition module as an element of a mathematical formula, based on the recognition-assisting information input from the recognition-assisting information input module. The mathematical formula recognized by the handwritten mathematical formula recognition module is displayed on the display unit in a text format by a mathematical formula output module. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162108 | TOUCH PANEL - The disclosure provides a touch panel which includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed oppositely to the first substrate, and the first substrate or the second substrate has a thickness smaller than or equal to 0.3 mm; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a touch sensor directly formed on a surface of the second substrate away from the liquid crystal layer, wherein the touch sensor includes a patterned transparent conducting layer. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162109 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes first and second coordinate detecting lines. Each second coordinate detecting line is arranged between a second and third of four pixel electrodes arranged in a first direction. Two signal lines are arranged between first and second pixel electrodes or between a third and fourth pixel electrodes. Pixel transistors are connected to the second and third pixel electrodes, facing each other across one second coordinate detecting line, and arranged far from the second coordinate detecting line. A first and a second coordinate detecting part are arranged between pixel transistors connected to the second and third pixel electrodes. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162110 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A luminance control device and method are disclosed. A surrounding brightness of a touch panel is measured to obtain a measured surrounding brightness. A luminance of the touch panel is controlled during a first time period starting from when the measured surrounding brightness changes from a first condition to a second condition, during which the measured surrounding brightness decreases by an amount equal to or greater than a threshold value. The luminance of the touch panel is maintained at a first luminance corresponding to the first condition when the measured surrounding brightness changes from the second condition to the first condition. The luminance of the touch panel is controlled to change to a second luminance corresponding to the second condition, when the measured surrounding brightness has not changed from the second condition to the first condition. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162111 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOUCH INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for providing a touch interface. The method for providing the touch interface includes receiving a touch input from a touch detection unit, detecting touch characteristics according to the touch input, and generating events different from each other according to the detected touch characteristics. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162112 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING MENU OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is a method of displaying a menu in a portable terminal having a touch panel. In a mode display screen, a multi touch occurring at least two locations of the mode display screen is detected. When a single drop occurs thereafter at one of the at least two locations, a hidden menu corresponding to one of the other of the at least two locations is determined, then displayed upon detection of a subsequent multi drop at the at least two locations in the mode display screen. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162113 | Locally Vibrating Haptic Apparatus, Method for Locally Vibrating Haptic Apparatus, Haptic Display Apparatus and Vibrating Panel Using the Same - Disclosed is a locally vibrating haptic apparatus capable of vibrating a desired position of the haptic apparatus or adjusting a vibrating position by improving arrangement of vibrators and a frequency control method, the haptic apparatus including a panel and a vibrator transmitting vibration to the panel, wherein a vibration frequency outputted from the vibrator is adjusted in a domain less than a primary resonant frequency of the panel, thus controlling a vibrating position from a portion having the vibrator to a central portion of the panel, the haptic apparatus being advantageous in that the vibrating position of the panel may be precisely controlled by adjusting the frequency of the vibrator disposed on the edge of the haptic panel. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162114 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - For providing a tactile sensation regardless of an input position of a user when receiving a pressure at which the tactile sensation is to be provided, The tactile sensation providing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a load detection unit | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162115 | PORTABLE MULTIMEDIA DEVICE WHICH DISPLAYS DOCUMENT HAVING MULTIPLE PAGES - A portable multimedia device for displaying a document having multiple pages. The portable multimedia device comprises a memory for storing the document; at least one display screen for displaying the document; and a central control unit for reading the document from the memory and displaying the document on the at least one display screen according to an operating mode selected by a user, wherein the central control unit comprises a page indicator display module for displaying page indicators, indicating current, previous, and next pages of the document, to be selected by the user, and a target page select module for displaying on the at least one display screen a target page that corresponds to one of the page indicators [finally] selected by the user. Accordingly, with the portable multimedia device, the user may easily spot a desired page of the document and may turn over pages to the desired page. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162116 | Dual-Substrate-Sensor Stack with Electrodes Opposing a Display - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a display and a first and second substrate. Each substrate has a surface facing toward the display; a surface facing away from the display; and drive or sense electrodes of a touch sensor disposed on the surface of each substrate facing away from the display. The drive or sense electrodes are made of a conductive mesh of conductive material. The apparatus also includes an adhesive layer between the first and second substrates. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162117 | Physics Simulation-Based Interaction for Surface Computing - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates enhancing interactive surface technologies for data manipulation. A surface detection component can employ a multiple contact surfacing technology to detect a surface input, wherein the detected surface input enables a physical interaction with a portion of displayed data that represents a corporeal object. A physics engine can integrate a portion of Newtonian physics into the interaction with the portion of displayed data in order to model at least one quantity related associated with the corporeal object, the quantity is at least one of a force, a mass, a velocity, or a friction. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162118 | Event Handling In An Integrated Execution Environment - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, are described for handling input received from a common interface of a program and a runtime environment when both the program and the runtime environment are configured to consume the received input. Given that both a browser program and a media player program hosted by the browser program are configured to detect an event of a certain type, there may be a contention of whether the browser program or the media player program may act first on the detected event. The disclosed systems and techniques enable interpretation of a user's intent when the user interacts with a webpage hosting media content and when the user's input occurs over media content rendered by the media player program. Similar advantages may also be realized within the context of another execution environment, or other program, different than a browser program. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162119 | Portable Electronic Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Electronic Lists and Documents - In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on the touch screen display. The displayed portion of the electronic document has a vertical position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document, a vertical bar is displayed on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion of the electronic document. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar is ceased. The vertical bar is displayed for a predetermined time period when the portion of the electronic document is initially displayed. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120162120 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE - Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120169607 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following: display a portion of a target area and a corresponding indicium on a touch screen when a scriber is not interacting with the touch screen, the displayed portion of the target area being offset from the corresponding indicium such that the indicia is still to be visible when a scriber interacts with the displayed portion of the target area; receive scriber input at the target area; and enable performance of a function associated with the target area based on the received scriber input. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169608 | EXTENDING BATTERY LIFE OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A particular method includes determining a battery charge value of a battery at a particular time and comparing the battery charge value at the particular time to a threshold battery charge value of a battery usage profile associated with the particular time, where the threshold battery charge value varies over time (e.g., a dynamic threshold). When the battery charge value does not satisfy the threshold battery charge value, the method includes prompting a user to select a power save mode. For example, the power save mode may include activating a different backlight element of a plurality of backlight elements of a display device in response to a motion sensor of a portable electronic device detecting movement of the portable electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169609 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING CONTENT NAVIGATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating content navigation. A method may include receiving an indication of flexing of a flexible display. The method may further include receiving an indication of a touch gesture input to a control area. The touch gesture may be input to the control area concurrent with flexing of the flexible display. The method may additionally include, responsive to flexing of the flexible display and the concurrent touch gesture, causing navigation through content. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169610 | VIRTUAL CONTROLLER FOR TOUCH DISPLAY - Systems and methods are provided for use with a computing device having a touch sensitive display including a touch sensor configured to detect touches of a digit of a user. The method may include detecting an initial digit down position on the display via the touch sensor, and establishing a neutral position for a virtual controller at the digit down position. The method may further include detecting a subsequent movement of the digit relative to the initial digit down position, and determining a controller input parameter based on the subsequent movement of the digit relative to the initial digit down position. The method may further include generating a controller input message indicating the determined controller input parameter. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169611 | SMART TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARD - A touch screen keyboard is described. Consistent with some embodiments, the touch screen keyboard derives a data pair representing the position of a detected finger press on a touch screen display relative to the position of a detected palm. This relative data is then compared against a set of reference data to identify an intended key press. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A TOUCH AND NUDGE INTERFACE - An apparatus can include an apparatus housing, a substantially planar touch surface coupled to the apparatus housing, and a plurality of oblique sensors coupled to the touch surface. Each oblique sensor of the plurality of oblique sensors can have a sensor surface substantially oblique to the touch surface. The plurality of oblique sensors can detect a touch force parallel to the touch surface. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169613 | ADAPTIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAYS AND METHODS - Described are a system and method for modifying an element displayed on a touch-sensitive device. A user input associated with a first element is displayed on a touch-sensitive device. An input error is detected based on the user input. A rule is applied that determines an action to be directed to a second element on the touch-sensitive device in response to the user input error. The action is applied to the second element in response to the applied rule. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169614 | Computer Terminal with User Replaceable Front Panel - A computer terminal with a removable front panel having one or more user interfaces, such as a touch sensitive display and a keypad or keyboard. The front panel can be removably attached to the computer terminal, for example using a multitude of screws or other mechanical fasteners. The computer terminal can include an electrical connector that engages an electrical connector of the front panel to facilitate signal flow between components of the front panel and components of the computer terminal. Supply power also can be provided to components of the front panel via the electrical connectors. The removable front panel can be replaced in a quick and simple manner, for example when a user interface is damaged or rendered inoperable. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169615 | Sensing Device for Sensing a Touch Panel - A sensing device for sensing a touch panel. The sensing device includes a touch sensor and a touch controller. The touch sensor senses touch events on the touch panel to generate raw data representing sensed values of the pixels on the touch panel, and further filters the raw data to generate filtered data. The data size of the filtered data is smaller than the data size of the raw data. The touch controller receives the filtered data from the touch sensor and processes the filtered data so as to determine positions of the touch events on the touch panel. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169616 | Method For Operating A Lighting Control Console - A method for operating a lighting control console ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169617 | CONTROLLING OF USER INPUT DEVICE - Locking or unlocking of a user input of a portable device is detected from the way in which a user has stroked her finger on a touch screen. The stroke is checked for two different determinations which require that the touch screen is touched according to a predetermined track and with a force pattern that has at least one substantial change so as to avoid the need to provide the apparatus with any mechanical buttons at all while providing user-reproducible indication of locking or unlocking of the user input with the touch screen. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169618 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GESTURE INPUT IN A DYNAMICALLY ZONED ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus and method are disclosed for dynamically zoning a touch screen environment. The apparatus includes an identification module detecting a number of users around a perimeter of a display, a zoning module generating, via a processor, a plurality of user zones in response to the number of users detected, and a positioning module orienting a gesture zone, within each of the plurality of user zones, in relation to a corresponding user. The method includes detecting a number of users around a perimeter of a display, generating, via a processor, a plurality of user zones in response to the number of users detected, and orienting a gesture zone, within each of the plurality of user zones, in relation to a corresponding user. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169619 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, determining a distance between a first filtered touch location established based on a first detected touch location at a first time, and a second detected touch location at a second time, filtering noise from the second detected touch location to determine a second filtered touch location, wherein the filtering is based on the distance. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169620 | User Interface and Method for Locating an Interactive Element Associated with a Touch Sensitive Interface - A user interface for an electronic device and method for locating an interactive element having a position along an interactive surface of a touch sensitive interface of an electronic device are provided. The user interface has a touch sensitive interface, which includes one or more interactive elements having a position along an interactive surface, and a surface sensor, the surface sensor being adapted for receiving from a user a pattern of interaction with the touch sensitive interface at a location along the interactive surface. The user interface further includes an alert device and a controller. The controller includes a user interaction detection module, which is adapted for detecting the location of the pattern of interaction and comparing the location to the position of the one or more interactive elements. The controller further includes a feedback module, which is adapted for actuating the alert device for producing a user perceivable alert signal having a level of alert which is a function of the distance between the location of the pattern of interaction and the position of a closest one of the one or more interactive elements, wherein as the distance between the location of the pattern of interaction and the position of the closest one of the one or more interactive elements changes, the level of the alert changes. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169621 | Multi-Touch Integrated Desktop Environment - A technique for integrating a multi-touch surface into a desktop environment is disclosed. One or more multi-touch display devices are placed on the horizontal surface surrounding or beneath a keyboard or mouse. At least one region on the multi-touch surface is defined to display one or more user interface tools on the multi-touch surface. The one or more user interface tools displayed via the multi-touch surface may control or display information associated with desktop applications displayed via a primary display device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169622 | Multi-Touch Integrated Desktop Environment - A technique for integrating a multi-touch surface into a desktop environment is disclosed. One or more multi-touch display devices are placed on the horizontal surface surrounding or beneath a keyboard or mouse. At least one region on the multi-touch surface is defined to display one or more user interface tools on the multi-touch surface. The one or more user interface tools displayed via the multi-touch surface may control or display information associated with desktop applications displayed via a primary display device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169623 | Multi-Touch Integrated Desktop Environment - A technique for integrating a multi-touch surface into a desktop environment is disclosed. One or more multi-touch display devices are placed on the horizontal surface surrounding or beneath a keyboard or mouse. At least one region on the multi-touch surface is defined to display one or more user interface tools on the multi-touch surface. The one or more user interface tools displayed via the multi-touch surface may control or display information associated with desktop applications displayed via a primary display device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169624 | STAGED ACCESS POINTS - Various embodiments are described herein that relate to determining an intent of a user to initiate an action on an interactive display system. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of initiating an action on an interactive display device, the interactive display device including a touch-sensitive display. In this example, the method comprises displaying an initiation control at a launch region of the display, receiving an initiation input via the initiation control, displaying a confirmation target in a confirmation region of the display in response to receiving the initiation input, receiving a confirmation input via the confirmation target, and performing an action responsive to the confirmation input. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169625 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A fabrication method of a touch panel is provided. In the fabrication method, the two substrates are provided, and a plurality of touch units are formed on each of the substrates. A sealant and a plurality of first spacers are provided between the substrates, and the substrates are bonded through the sealant, so that the touch units are sealed between the substrates. The touch units and the first spacers are surrounded by the sealant. The substrates are thinned. The thinned substrates are cut into a plurality of sub-mounts separated from one another. Each of the sub-mounts has one of the touch units thereon. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169626 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of driving electrode series and a plurality of sensing electrode series is provided. The plurality of driving electrode series extending along a first direction is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of sensing electrode series extending along a second direction different from the first direction is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of driving electrode series and the plurality of sensing electrode series are intersected to constitute a plurality of sensing units, in which each sensing unit has a center region and a surrounding region. A first electrode spacing is formed between the driving electrode series and the sensing electrode series disposed in the center region, and a second electrode spacing is formed between the driving electrode series and the sensing electrode series disposed in the surrounding region. The second electrode spacing is smaller than the first electrode spacing. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169627 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a storage unit storing a number of electronic files and relationships between touch contacts and functions, and a processing unit. The touch screen produces contact signals in response to user's touch contacts. The processing unit detects the according to the contact signals, determines a function corresponding to the user's touch contact according to the relationships. In addition, determines the function is a data transmitting function when the contact track of the user is slid on the touch screen toward an edge of the touch screen and the contact pressure is changed from heavy to light. The processing unit further determines an electronic file currently activated and transmits the determined electronic file, when determining the function is the data transmitting function. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169628 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes an insulating base, a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes and a plurality of third sensing electrodes. The insulating base has a first surface and a second surface. The first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes are disposed on the first surface of the insulating base, and electrically isolated from each other. The third sensing electrodes are disposed on the second surface of the insulating base, and each third sensing electrode at least partially overlaps a portion of the first sensing electrodes and a portion of the second sensing electrodes. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169629 | Display panel and operation method thereof - A display panel comprises a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of display pixels. The scan lines are enabled for a corresponding scan period in sequence. Each of the display pixels is electrically coupled to a corresponding scan line and a corresponding data line respectively, and each of the display pixels is controlled by the corresponding scan line to determine whether receiving data provided from the corresponding data line. At least one of the display pixels is also used as a touch pixel. The scan period is divided into a touch period and a display period. A data line corresponding to the touch pixel provides touch-charging data to the touch pixel in the touch period, and provides image-displaying data to the touch pixel in the display period. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169630 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, scan lines, data output lines, a signal processing unit and touch sensing units. Each touch sensing unit includes a sensing electrode, a reference capacitor, an output circuit and a reset circuit. The sensing electrode is disposed in a breach of the sensing electrode. The reference capacitor, the output circuit and the reset circuit are disposed on the substrate and in the breach. The output circuit, the reset circuit, the reference capacitor and the sensing electrode are electrically coupled to a reference point. The output circuit is configured to output touch signals to the corresponding data output line. The signal processing unit is configured to obtain electric potential of the data output line and perform a corresponding processing step. When the touch sensing unit is out of working, the reference point is reset to a predetermined electric potential. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169631 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of driving electrodes including first driving patterns and second driving patterns and arranged on the substrate along a first direction; and a plurality of sensing electrodes including first sensing patterns and second sensing patterns and arranged on the substrate along a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein first sensing cells are formed of the first driving patterns and the first sensing patterns and second sensing cells are formed of the second driving patterns and the second sensing patterns. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PROCESSES IN A USER EQUIPMENT BY USING TOUCH PATTERNS - A method and apparatus for performing processes in a user equipment by using touch patterns. A touch pattern may be received through a touch input unit of the user equipment. A memory of the user equipment may be searched for a touch pattern data corresponding to the received touch pattern. The touch pattern data may be loaded from the memory, and the operation that corresponds to the received touch pattern may be performed based on the loaded touch pattern data. The touch pattern data may include at least one of a touch pattern field for storing information on the received touch pattern, an application information field for storing information on the operation to be performed in response to the received touch pattern, and a touch pattern input area information field for storing information on a touch pattern input area of the received touch pattern. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169633 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive display device includes a liquid crystal display module and a touch-sensitive element. The touch-sensitive element is attached to a surface of the liquid crystal display module. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MOUSE RIGHT CLICK FUNCTION IN TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a mouse right click function in a touch screen terminal are provided. The method includes detecting occurrence of a first touch, detecting occurrence of a second touch in a status where the first touch is maintained, and displaying an option menu including a plurality of functions on a screen. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169635 | TOUCHABLE SENSING MATRIX UNIT, A CO-CONSTRUCTED ACTIVE ARRAY SUBSTRATE HAVING THE TOUCHABLE SENSING MATRIX UNIT AND A DISPLAY HAVING THE CO-CONSTRUCTED ACTIVE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a touchable sensing matrix unit, a co-constructed active array substrate having the touchable sensing matrix unit and a display having the co-constructed active array substrate. The touchable sensing matrix unit is formed on the co-constructed active array substrate and has multiple first sensing and transmitting wires and multiple second sensing and transmitting wires. The first and second sensing and transmitting wires are conductive and cyclic, intersect to form an angle, and sandwich an insulation layer formed therebetween. The touchable sensing matrix unit has at least one set of wires of the co-constructed active array substrate and an improved design using the at least one set of wires. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169636 | TOUCHABLE SENSING MATRIX UNIT, A CO-CONSTRUCTED ACTIVE ARRAY SUBSTRATE HAVING THE TOUCHABLE SENSING MATRIX UNIT AND A DISPLAY HAVING THE CO-CONSTRUCTED ACTIVE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a touchable sensing matrix unit, a co-constructed active array substrate having the touchable sensing matrix unit and a display having the co-constructed active array substrate. The touchable sensing matrix unit is formed on the co-constructed active array substrate and has multiple first sensing and transmitting wires and multiple second sensing and transmitting wires. The first and second sensing and transmitting wires are conductive and cyclic, intersect to form an angle, and sandwich an insulation layer formed therebetween. The touchable sensing matrix unit has at least one set of wires of the co-constructed active array substrate and an improved design using the at least one set of wires. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for reducing power consumption in a mobile terminal includes displaying an application during a Power Saving (PS) mode; and determining a type of each signal included in a video signal of the displayed application, differentially correcting an Red-Green-Blue (RGB) value for the determined signal type according to a predetermined criteria depending on whether a user input occurs within a preset time period, or on an object type, and displaying the RGB-corrected video signal. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169638 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A device and method for transmitting data can conveniently perform data transmission between two portable terminals. The device preferably includes a first portable terminal transmitting data on which a drag operation has occurred to a second portable terminal when the second portable terminal is coupled to the first portable terminal using a time and a moving speed of the drag operation when the drag operation occurs from the first terminal to the second portable terminal. The second portable terminal receives the data from the first portable terminal using the time and the moving speed of the drag operation when the drag operation occurs from the first portable terminal to the second portable terminal coupled to the first portable terminal through near field communication. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169639 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel device includes a display module with a touch function and an anti-solar radiation film. The anti-solar radiation film is disposed on a side of the display module and in the touch panel device, so as to prevent solar radiation that passes through the display module to increase an inside temperature of a housing of the touch panel device. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169640 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an electronic device and a control method thereof. The control method includes the following steps of: determining whether a touch object contacts a touch surface; and determining whether the touch object contacts one touch area or sequentially contacts at least two touch areas. If the touch object contacts one touch area, an operation of the touch area is activated. If the touch object sequentially contacts at least two touch areas, a predetermined special function is activated. Accordingly, time for selecting the functions can be reduced and convenience can be enhanced during operation. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169641 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A touch sensing apparatus includes a logic control module, a plurality of storage capacitors, at least one decoding control module, and at least one differential amplifier. The logic control module generates a plurality of control signals having different control timings, wherein the control signals comprise a decoding control signal. The decoding control module is coupled with the logic control module and the storage capacitors and decodes according to a decoding control timing of a decoding control signal and outputs a first sensing voltage and a second sensing voltage of the storage capacitors. The differential amplifier is coupled with the decoding control module and calculates a voltage variance between the first sensing voltage and the second sensing voltage to output an amplified analog data. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169642 | DIGITIZER-INTEGRATED DISPLAY MODULE - To provide a rigid digitizer-integrated display module, the display module includes a display panel for forming an image, a digitizer module formed on the bottom side of the display panel to detect electromagnetic type digitizer input, and a non-magnetic metal structure enclosing the bottom sides of the mold frame and the digitizer and the outer periphery of the mold frame. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169643 | GESTURE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF SAME - A gesture determination device ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169644 | Input Device and Display Device Equipped with Same - An input device includes a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface; a protective member having an opposed surface opposite to the first main surface; a bonding member configured to bond the first main surface and the opposed surface to each other; a first coloring member disposed between the first main surface and the opposed surface, the first coloring member being in contact with the bonding member; and a second coloring member disposed on the second main surface and having a color different from a color of the first coloring member. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120169645 | SENSING STRUCTURE AND DISPLAYER COMPRISING THE SAME - A sensing structure and a displayer comprising the same are provided. The displayer further comprises a substrate and a panel disposed opposite to the substrate. The sensing structure comprises a plurality of sensing elements, a conductive assembly, and a process module. Each of the sensing elements has a position data corresponding to the panel. Every several adjacent ones of the sensing elements form a plurality of sensing areas. The process module is electrically connected to the sensing elements via the conductive assembly. Each of the sensing elements generates a touch voltage in response to a touch on the sensing areas. The process module receives the touch voltages, and calculates a touch position of the one touch corresponding to the panel according to the position data and the touch voltages. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120176322 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PRESENT MULTIPLE FRAMES ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method of presenting multiple frames on a touch screen is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes detecting multiple touch locations on a touch screen of an electronic device for at least an activation time. The method also includes splitting a display area of the touch screen into a first frame and a second frame based on the multiple touch locations. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176323 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: first and second substrates each being divided into a touch active region and a touch non-active region that is located outside the touch active region; second sensing electrodes at the touch active region on a first surface of the first substrate; first sensing electrodes divided into at least two groups respectively at the touch active regions on different surfaces of the first and second substrates, a group of the at least two groups being on a second surface of the first substrate or at least one surface of the second substrate; and outside wirings connected to the first and second sensing electrodes, the outside wirings and the sensing electrodes on a same one of the substrates being at a same plane. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176324 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a processor which executes a process including receiving position information of a plurality of touch points on a screen, displaying a plurality of operation areas to be touched on the screen, calculating a length of a stroke including the touch points on a basis of the position information received in the receiving, measuring a time period for drawing the stroke including the touch points on a basis of the position information received in the receiving, setting a threshold value on a basis of relationship information, and comparing one of the time period measured in the measuring and the length of the stroke calculated in the calculating with the threshold value set in the setting to determine whether the position information received in the receiving is input by a handwriting or by a touch operation on the operation areas in accordance with a comparison result. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176325 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device includes a touch panel constructed from a single substrate plate and disposed over a liquid crystal display panel. A color filter is disposed over a TFT substrate, and the touch panel is bonded onto the color filter substrate by way of a first adhesion layer. An upper polarizing plate is bonded over the touch panel, and a front window is bonded over the upper polarizing plate via a second adhesion layer. The front window covers a terminal portion which is a portion where only the TFT substrate exists so as to physically protect the portion. Since the upper polarizing plate is disposed over the touch panel, the connection portion of the flexible wiring substrate for the touch panel does not contact with the front window. Thus, the touch panel can be prevented from being strained. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176326 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR TOUCH PANEL AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a control device for a touch panel. The touch panel comprises a plurality of X-directional sensing lines and a plurality of Y-directional sensing lines arranged in a staggered manner. The control device comprises a clock generation circuit, a selection module, an analog to digital conversion circuit, and a control unit. The selection module selects sensing lines to be measured from the X-directional sensing lines and Y-directional sensing lines. The control unit controls the operation mode of the analog to digital conversion circuit. The analog to digital conversion circuit outputs an n-bit digital signal when it operates in a normal mode, and outputs an m-bit digital signal when it operates in a detecting mode, wherein n>m. According to the control device of the present invention, valid data is output in the presence of noise. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176327 | TOUCH INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A touch interface system and a method for providing a touch interface by detecting a change in a pixel characteristic in a pixel selected with a sensing terminal. The touch interface system includes the sensing terminal to select a location corresponding to a pixel on a display unit, and a display processing module to change a pixel characteristic of the selected pixel to generate a processed pixel on the display unit. The sensing terminal in response recognizes the pixel with a changed pixel characteristic as the processed pixel, and the display processing module communicates with the sensing terminal to determine the location of the processed pixel. Accordingly, the location of the processed pixel may be received as a user input. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176328 | WHITE BOARD OPERABLE BY VARIABLE PRESSURE INPUTS - A dry erase whiteboard, or other writing or projection surface assembly, is formed from a substrate having a surface and a pressure sensitive composite layer supported by the surface of the substrate. The pressure sensitive composite layer has an electrical characteristic that varies in response to the application of pressure to a contact surface of the composite layer. A control system coupled to the composite layer generates input commands for a computer system based on varying values of the electrical characteristic resulting from the application of pressure to the contact surface. Different input commands may be generated based on the number of currently applied pressures, as well as the degree of applied force associated with each different touch. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176329 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD ACCORDING TO TOUCH EVENT THEREIN - A portable terminal includes a touch screen capable of performing a character input method according to a touch event. The character input method in a terminal having a touch screen, includes: checking and displaying a character mapped to a sensed region of a first touch event when the first touch event is sensed in a character input mode, and determining whether the first touch event is released; determining whether the first touch event is moved when the first touch event is not released; and confirming a moving direction of the first touch event and adding a vowel to display a character when the first touch event is moved. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176330 | TOUCH MODULE AND ANALYZING METHOD FOR TOUCHING COORDINATION THEREOF - A touch module and an analyzing method for a touching coordinate are disclosed. The touch module includes a plurality of sensing lines, which includes a first sensing line, a second sensing line and a third sensing line. The second sensing line is located between the first sensing line and the third sensing line. The analyzing method includes the steps of: calculating a first calculation value according to a first sensing signal from the first sensing line and a second sensing signal from the second sensing line; calculating a second calculation value according to the second sensing signal and a third sensing signal from the third sensing line; and calculating a touching coordinate value according to the first calculation value, the second calculation value and a reference value. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176331 | ROTATION DETECTION DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH SAME - A rotation detection device includes a guide portion configured to guide a finger touch position, one or more sensing elements configured to detect a finger touch, and a determination unit configured to determine the rotational operation of the finger based on a detection result of the one or more sensing elements. At least a part of the one or more sensing elements is situated closer to an outside of the rotation detection device than the guide portion. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176332 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING TOUCH PANEL AND SETTING VALUE MODIFICATION METHOD OF SAME - An electronic device includes a touch panel, and a controlling unit which detects a user touch operation of drawing a circular trajectory on the touch panel and a size of a circular portion surrounded by the circular trajectory on the touch panel, calculates an aspect ratio of the circular portion with reference to the longitudinal direction and the horizontal direction on the touch panel, inputs the calculated aspect ratio of the circular portion as control information of the electronic device, and changes a setting value of the electronic device according to the input aspect ratio of the circular portion. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176333 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CANADIDATE PHONE NUMBER LIST AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile communication device capable of providing a candidate phone number list and a method of controlling an operation of the mobile communication device is provided. The method includes displaying a phone number input window and a display window on the touch screen, displaying a string of numbers input to the phone number input window in the display window and displaying a candidate phone number list on the touch screen if a touch input to the display window is detected when the input number string is displayed in the display window, the candidate phone number list including a plurality of phone numbers that contain the input number string. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176334 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An operation device includes: a touch panel on which at least one operation button is displayed; a press position detection unit detecting a press position when a user presses the touch panel; a button operation detection unit determining whether an operation is applied to the operation button based on the press position; a button operation appropriateness determination unit determining whether a button operation by the user is appropriate; and a button operation facilitating unit facilitating subsequent button operations by the user when it is determined by the button operation appropriateness determination unit that the button operation by the user is inappropriate. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176335 | ZOOMING TECHNIQUES FOR TOUCH SCREENS - A device may include a touch-sensitive display, a memory to store a group of instructions, and a processor. The processor may execute the instructions in the memory to detect that a circular motion is being made on or near a surface of the touch-sensitive screen, detect a location on the touch-sensitive screen at which the circular motion is being made, and zoom in or zoom out on an item, being displayed on the touch-sensitive screen at the detected location, based on detecting that the circular motion is being made on or near the surface of the touch-sensitive screen. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120176336 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for enabling a user to easily and accurately determine an operation state of the apparatus. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120182222 | DETECT MOTION GENERATED FROM GESTURES USED TO EXECUTE FUNCTIONALITY ASSOCIATED WITH A COMPUTER SYSTEM - Disclosed is a system and method to detect motion generated from gestures, the gestures used to execute functionality associated with a computer system. The system includes a touch-sensitive display for receiving input. Further, the system includes a processor to convert the user input into an electrical signal to activate a sensor, the sensor to generate field of view. Additionally, the system includes a sensor logic module to identify at least one wave value associated with a gesture object residing within the field of view. Moreover, the system includes a receiver wave logic module to determine that the at least one wave value has exceeded a limit value. The system also includes a gesture logic module to execute functionality associated with the at least one wave value, the functionality related to an application depicted on the touch-sensitive display. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182223 | INTEGRATED DISPLAY AND TOUCH SYSTEM WITH DISPLAYPORT/EMBEDDED DISPLAYPORT INTERFACE - An integrated controller for an integrated display and touch panel and its associated method provide (a) a DisplayPort or embedded DisplayPort interface for communicating control and data signals for both display and touch functions between a host system and the integrated controller, wherein the touch control and data signals are communicated over an auxiliary channel of the DisplayPort or embedded DisplayPort interface; (b) a display panel interface for communicating display data and control signals between the integrated controller and a display monitor; (c) a touch panel interface for communicating touch data and control signals between the integrated controller and a touch panel; and (d) a control circuit which processes the display and touch control and data signals of the DisplayPort or embedded DisplayPort interface, the display data and control signals of the display panel interface and the touch data and control signals of the touch panel interface. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182224 | HANDING CONTROL OF AN OBJECT FROM ONE TOUCH INPUT TO ANOTHER TOUCH INPUT - A method for switching control of object is provided including displaying an object on a screen, controlling movement of the object in response to a first touch input, detecting a request for switching control of the object from the first touch input to a second touch input, determining whether a location of the first touch input and a location of the second touch input are within a merge area and switching control of the object from the first touch input to the second touch input in response to the location of the first touch input and the location of the second touch input being within the merge area. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182225 | Detection of Predetermined Objects with Capacitive Touchscreens or Touch Panels - Various embodiments of systems, devices, components and methods of detecting the presence of at least one predetermined object held against a capacitive touchscreen by a user's finger or hand are disclosed. The predetermined object is held or placed against a touchscreen or touch panel, and sensed mutual capacitance signals are routed to a processor. The processor determines whether the sensed signals correspond to the at least one predetermined object on the basis of one or more predetermined ranges of mutual capacitances corresponding to the predetermined object, where the predetermined range of mutual capacitances does not correspond to a user's finger or hand. Other characteristics of the predetermined object may also be determined, such as the object's shape, orientation or electrical resistance. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182226 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-STAGE DEVICE TRANSITION MECHANISM INITIATED BASED ON A TOUCH GESTURE - A method for providing a multi-stage device transition mechanism that is initiated based on a touch gesture may include receiving an indication of a transition gesture being performed at a touch screen display of a device in a first device state, and causing initiation of transition from the first device state to a second device state responsive to performance of the transition gesture, the initiation of transition comprising progressively replacing a display view associated with the first device state with a display view associated with the second device state based on a degree of repetition of the transition gesture. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182227 | SPHEROIDAL PIVOT FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A multi-positionable computer comprises a user interface portion and a processing portion. The user interface portion includes a path along its back surface. The user interface portion can include a slot for receiving computer peripherals. The processing portion includes a connecting member for slidably coupling the processing portion to the user interface portion, and a rolling surface for contacting an external surface. The processing portion allows the user interface portion to be oriented in one of a plurality of positions along the path. In one orientation of the user interface portion, content is automatically displayed to align with the orientation of the user interface portion. In some embodiments, a virtual keyboard is displayed when the user interface portion is oriented in a predetermined position. The processing portion includes sides adjacent to the rolling surface. In some embodiments, ports and/or connections are accessible from at least one of the sides. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TOUCH POINT MOVEMENT - A method and an apparatus for detecting a touch point movement are provided. In the present method, a touch panel is detected to obtain the positions of m previous touch points P | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182229 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE IN AN INPUT DEVICE - Devices and methods are provided that facilitate improved interference avoidance performance. The devices and methods determine a relative ranking for a plurality of transmitter signals based on a first class of interference for each transmitter signal of the plurality of transmitter signals. The devices and methods transmit a first transmitter signal of the plurality of transmitter signals with a sensor electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes. The first transmitter signal is selected based on the relative ranking for the plurality of transmitter signals. The devices and methods shift from transmitting the first transmitter signal to transmitting a second transmitter signal of the plurality of transmitter signals with the sensor electrode is based on an amount of a second class of interference in the first transmitter signal. The second transmitter signal is selected based on the relative ranking for the plurality of transmitter signals. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182230 | SENSING STRUCTURE OF TOUCH PANEL - A sensing structure of a touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of sensing electrodes, a plurality of electro static discharge (ESD) protection electrodes, a plurality of first bridges, and a passivation layer. The sensing electrodes, the ESD protection electrodes, and the first bridges are disposed on the substrate. The passivation layer is disposed between the sensing electrode and the first bridge, and disposed between the ESD protection electrode and the first bridge. The passivation layer has a plurality of contact holes, and at least one sensing electrode is electrically connected to the ESD protection electrode via the contact hole and the first bridge. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182231 | Virtual Multi-Touch Control Apparatus and Method Thereof - The present invention discloses a virtual multi-touch control apparatus and a method thereof. The virtual multi-touch control apparatus includes a virtual multi-touch control interface for generating a graphic display; one or more remote controller devices transmitting multiple remote control signals, the one or more remote controller devices being controllable by a user to interact with the virtual multi-touch control interface to generate multiple coordinates or an action command, wherein each remote control signal generates an object; a data format converter device converting the coordinate or action command into data with a format compatible to a physical touch control apparatus; and a processor for processing the converted data, wherein multiple object-tracking series corresponding to different objects are established, each object-tracking series including coordinates or an action command of the same object at different timings. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182232 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes an image output apparatus and an image reading apparatus. The image output apparatus includes a writing tool information receiving unit that receives writing tool information, an information image generating unit that generates an information image, a combining unit that combines the information image with an input field in a document, and a first output unit that outputs the document onto a medium. The image reading apparatus includes a writing tool information memory that stores writing tool information, a reading unit that reads an information image that has been output onto a medium by the image output apparatus and that is used for extracting a writing position, an extracting unit that analyzes the information image, thereby extracting writing tool information, and a determining unit that determines whether or not the writing tool is suitable as a writing tool for performing writing. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182233 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel including a substrate, a plurality of first sensing patterns including a plurality of first sensing cells arranged on one surface of the substrate in a first direction, and a plurality of first coupling patterns coupling the first sensing cells, a plurality of second sensing patterns including a plurality of second sensing cells arranged on one surface of the substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a plurality of second coupling patterns coupling the second sensing cells, and a plurality of driving patterns between the second sensing patterns and the first sensing cells adjacent the second sensing patterns and coupled to the first sensing patterns. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182234 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a control method are provided. The electronic device includes a display panel, a touch panel, and a process module. The display panel displays a movable object and an indication object. The movable object is displayed on a first display region of the display panel which corresponds to a first predetermined region of the touch panel, and the indication object is displayed on a second display region of the display panel which corresponds to a second predefined region of the touch panel. When the first predefined region is touched, the processor module detects whether a drag displacement on the touch panel reaches a predefined displacement, so as to determine whether the movable object is dragged to the second predefined region. When the drag displacement is detected as reaching the predefined displacement, the processor module initiates a corresponding function of the indication object. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182235 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH PROGRAM FOR REALIZING THE SAME IS RECORDED, AND TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM - A touch sensing method for a touch screen including an image display device with a touch-sensitive screen. The method includes a filtering process that includes calculating an output signal of an n | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182236 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch input device includes a touch pad and a switch. The touch pad has a floating side. The switch is positioned on the touch pad. The floating side is permitted to move down to enable the switch to generate input commands when a pressure is exerted on the floating side. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182237 | METHOD FOR SELECTING TARGET AT TOUCH POINT ON TOUCH SCREEN OF MOBILE DEVICE - A method for selecting a user's desired target from among a plurality of targets, at a touch point on a touch screen of a mobile device is provided. The method includes displaying a web page; checking a touch input at a touch point is received on the touch screen, a number of hyperlinks overlapped with the touch point in the displayed web page; enlarging, if at least two hyperlinks are overlapped with the touch point, defining a target area around the touch point, the target area, and displaying the enlarged target area; and selecting and visually emphasizing, if only a single one of the hyperlinks in the enlarged target area is overlapped with the touch point, the single hyperlink among the hyperlinks. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182238 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING A PEN TOUCH IN A DEVICE - A method and device for distinguishing between a pen touch and a palm touch are provided. The device removes an input according to the palm touch, and processes only the pen touch as an effective input with a touch screen, thereby increasing the recognition of the pen touch. The method includes detecting an input touch, distinguishing between a pen touch and a palm touch, removing an input corresponding to the palm touch and processing an input corresponding to the input pen touch as an effective input, and controlling an operation corresponding to the pen touch. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182239 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a portable electronic apparatus includes a housing, a touch panel, and a control unit. The housing includes a first surface, and a convex section that is formed near an edge area of the first surface. The touch panel is arranged on the first surface, and includes a first area near the convex section and a second area excluding the first area. The control unit controls the touch panel to display an operation screen on the first area. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182240 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a portable electronic apparatus includes a portable electronic apparatus includes a housing, a display unit, an operation unit, and a control unit. The housing includes a first surface, a second surface that is opposite the first surface, and a convex section that is formed on an edge area of the second surface. The display unit is arranged on the first surface. The operation unit is arranged on the first surface. The control unit controls the display unit and the operation unit. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182241 | DIGITAL DISPLAY DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR PREPARING A PATH - The invention relates to a digital display device, comprising a display for a scene, a means for displaying a virtual tool for selecting at least one point of the scene, and a touch-sensitive means for controlling said screen coupled to the display means in order to move said virtual tool on said scene. The virtual selection tool includes at least one first display area for locating said point on said scene, and a second display area for the touch-sensitive control of the movement of said tool on said scene. The first and second display areas are separate and interconnected with one another. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182242 | INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR SYSTEM - An interior rearview mirror system suitable for use in a vehicle includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror casing and a transflective reflective element. The transflective reflective element has an electrochromic active region, and a plurality of user input elements is disposed outside of the electrochromic active region and below the electrochromic active region. Each of the individual user input elements is a touch or proximity sensor. A plurality of display elements is disposed behind the transflective reflective element at the electrochromic active region, and each display element is selectively activated by activation of a respective user input element. Each of the individual display elements and its associated respective one of the individual user input elements are located local to one another such that a cognitive relationship between actuation by a user of a respective user input element and activation of its associated display element is established. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182243 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE - An operation device includes: a touch panel on which at least one operation button is displayed; a press position detection unit detecting a press position when a user presses the touch panel; a button operation detection unit determining whether an operation is applied to the operation button based on the press position; a button operation appropriateness determination unit determining whether a button operation by the user is appropriate; and a button operation facilitating unit facilitating subsequent button operations by the user when it is determined by the button operation appropriateness determination unit that the button operation by the user is inappropriate. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182244 | Integrated Multi-Display with Remote Programming and Viewing Capability - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for providing remote assistance with a medical procedure by a technician via a remote device such as a laptop or tablet. Video output generated by medical devices and video captured by a camera, may be transmitted via a network and rendered on the remote device. Video may also be rendered a master display in a procedure room. Network connectivity data that controls access to the medical devices may be stored on servers located at a remote data center. The remote device may provide a remote technician with access to and control of the medical devices in order to assist in the procedure. The remote technician may be an expert on the medical equipment utilized by a physician during a medical procedure. Sterile coverings for a touchpad may be utilized. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182245 | System And Method Of Using A Portable Touch Screen Device - A system and method of using a portable touch screen device (“PTSD”) in connection with an integrated emergency medical transport database system is disclosed. The PTSD may be used to quickly and accurately gather and preserve data regarding a patient and the transportation of the patient. In various embodiments data may be input into the PTSD in a standardized format by associating typing, voice, video, picture, or other files with predetermined data input categories. Standardized data may then be communicated by the PTSD, for instance wirelessly, to an integrated emergency medical transport database, after which the patient data is deleted from the PTSD to protect patient confidentiality. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182246 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An easy to use electronic device is provided. The electronic device functions as a telephone and has a display portion, an audio input portion, an audio output portion, and operation keys. The display portion has a passive element, and the operation keys have LEDs. The direction of an image displayed by the LEDs is switchable. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182247 | DESKTOP COMPUTER CONFERENCING SYSTEM - A man-computer-man communications system, including a computer workstation ( | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182248 | TEXT DISPLAY DEVICE, TEXT DISPLAY PROGRAM, AND TEXT DISPLAY METHOD THAT PROVIDE TACTILE SENSATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH DISPLAYED TEXT - The text display device includes: a display control section that displays, on a display device, a text containing a predetermined feature position; an input section that receives an operation performed by a finger of the operator on an input device, and detects a presence of a contact with the finger and XY-coordinates corresponding to a finger position; a calculation section that, when a contact with the finger is detected, associates the detected XY-coordinates with an emphasis display position in the displayed text, calculates a relative distance between the emphasis display position and the feature position, and calculates coordinate values corresponding to the feature position based on the relative distance and the detected XY-coordinates; and a tactile sensation presentation section that provides the operator with a tactile sensation of a protrusion or a depression at a position in the input area indicated by the calculated coordinate values. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182249 | MOUNT STRUCTURE OF TOUCH INPUT DEVICE HAVING PRESSURE SENSITIVE SENSOR - [Subject] To provide a mount structure of a touch input device having a pressure sensitive sensor in which visibility can be prevented from being lowered even when the pressure sensitive sensor is mounted, water-proofness and dust-proofness are excellent, and a pressure can be easily detected with high measurement accuracy. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120182250 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME - An input device is provided with a substrate having a main surface, a first detecting electrode pattern provided on or above the main surface of the substrate, and a second detecting electrode pattern provided on or above the main surface of the substrate wherein a portion of the second detecting electrode pattern intersects the first detecting electrode pattern through an insulator; wherein the insulator, in cross-section taken along the second detecting electrode pattern, comprises a curved convex surface in a region from an end portion to an apex of the insulator. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120188169 | THREE DIMENSIONAL PROXIMITY RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM - In various example embodiments, systems and methods to provide proximity recommendations are provided. In example embodiments, data representing prioritized recommendations for a user is received. The data representing the prioritized recommendations is used to generated a composite visual representation by embedding select prioritized recommendations into a visual representation. The composite visual representation presents a higher prioritized recommendation in a more spatially prominent manner than a lower prioritized recommendation. The composite visual representation is then presented to the user. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188170 | Motion Sensor-Enhanced Touch Screen - An information handling system includes a touch screen, a motion sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to receive inputs from the touch screen, receive signals from the motion sensor, determine a correlation between the inputs from the touch screen and signals from the motion sensor, and perform an action in response to the correlation. The inputs from the touch screen correspond to a touch contact with the touch screen, and the signals from the motion sensor corresponding to a touch impact to the touch screen. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188171 | Method for Resolving Blind Spots Associated with Proximity Sensors - A method for resolving blind spots associated with a proximity sensor provides an optical guide in cooperation with an isolator wall that separates a transmitting section and a receiving section of the proximity sensor. Additionally, a specific guide angle of the optical guide directs, towards a receiver, more light rays reflected off an external object than light rays transmitted from a light source in the transmitting section. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188172 | LIGHT EMITTING DIODE SWITCH DEVICE AND ARRAY - An LED switch device and a matrix thereof are disclosed. There is an electroluminescent semiconductor element with a first polarity contact and a second polarity contact. There is also a first polarity LED lead frame, to which the electroluminescent semiconductor element is mounted. The first polarity contact of the electroluminescent semiconductor element is electrically connected to the first polarity LED lead frame. The LED switch device has a second polarity LED lead frame electrically connected to the second polarity contact of the electroluminescent semiconductor element. The LED switch device also has a touch sensor lead frame that is electrically connected to a touch sensor lead. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188173 | TOUCH PANEL ASSEMBLY - A touch panel assembly includes a substrate. An upper sensing electrode layer, upper signal conducting layer, and functional layers are formed to an upper surface of the substrate in order. A lower sensing electrode layer, lower signal conducting layer, and functional layers are formed to a lower surface of the substrate in order. The functional layers are one of combination of insulated layer, gluing layer, protection layer, frame layer, cover lens, anti-fingerprint film, nebulizing film, hard coating, polarized thin film, phase shift thin film, or liquid display module. The substrate is a transparent plate or stacking transparent plates made of the same of different materials. The transparent plate is a flat or uneven plate such as a convex or concave plate. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188174 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Navigating and Annotating an Electronic Document - A device, configured to operate in a first operational mode at some times and in a second operational mode at other times, detects a first gesture having a first gesture type; in response to detecting the first gesture: in accordance with a determination that the device is in the first operational mode, performs an operation having a first operation type; and, in accordance with a determination that the device is in the second operational mode, performs an operation having a second operation type; detects a second gesture having a second gesture type; and in response to detecting the second gesture: in accordance with a determination that the device is in the first operational mode, performs an operation having the second operation type; and in accordance with a determination that the device is in the second operational mode, performs an operation having the first operation type. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188175 | Single Finger Gesture Determination Method, Touch Control Chip, Touch Control System and Computer System - A single finger gesture determination method is disclosed. The single touch gesture determination method includes steps of detecting one or more trigger signals, determining respective categories under a plurality of gesture groups to which the one or more trigger signals belong according to the one or more trigger signals, and deciding a finger gesture represented by the one or more trigger signals according to the determined respective categories under the plurality of gesture groups. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188176 | Contact Geometry Tests - Touchscreen testing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a piece of conductor (e.g., metal) is positioned as proximal to a touchscreen device and the touchscreen device is tested by simulating a touch of a user. This technique may be utilized to perform a variety of different testing of a touchscreen device, such as to test latency and probabilistic latency. Additional techniques are also described including contact geometry testing techniques. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188177 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which item identifiers of various types can be displayed on a single screen in a manner of increasing the number of item identifiers displayable on the single screen. The present invention includes displaying at least one item identifier including a plurality of facets on each of a plurality of lines, receiving an input of a touch & drag action on a specific one of a plurality of the lines, and changing the item identifier displayed on the specific line in accordance with the input of the touch & drag action, | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188178 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - An information processing apparatus comprises: a touch panel; a touch detection unit configured to detect a touch input to the touch panel; a vibration detection unit configured to detect vibration of the information processing apparatus; and a control unit configured to execute a first function in a case where, within a predetermined period of time following detection by the touch detection unit of a single-touch operation in which the touch panel is touched and then released, touch is not detected again by the touch detection unit and, vibration that satisfies predetermined conditions is not detected by the vibration detection unit, and execute a second function when vibration that satisfies the predetermined conditions is detected by the vibration detection unit within the predetermined period of time following detection of the single-touch operation by the touch detection unit. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188179 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - The present solution relates to a device ( | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188180 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - An electronic apparatus with haptic feedback and a method for providing haptic feedback are provided. The method includes the following steps. An actuation unit is provided to generate haptic feedback. In response to at least a haptic command, a control value is dynamically generated to control the actuation unit to generate haptic feedback, wherein dynamic range compression is applied to dynamically generate the control value so as to control the magnitude of haptic feedback to be substantially within a vibration range. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188181 | TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS DETECTING TOUCH PRESSURE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a touch screen apparatus, in which a plurality of touch areas and touch pressure applied to the plurality of touch areas are sensed, and an electronic apparatus having the same. The touch screen apparatus and the electronic apparatus include a touch pad having pressure applied thereto, a plurality of pressure detectors detecting the pressure applied to the touch pad at different positions, and a touch pressure calculator calculating magnitude of pressure applied to a touch position using distances between the touch position calculated by a difference in detection time of the pressure detected by each of the plurality of pressure detectors and each of the plurality of pressure detectors. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188182 | APPARATUS FOR INTERFACING WITH ELECTRONIC TOUCH-SCREEN DEVICES - The present invention may provide an apparatus to facilitate a user's interaction with a touch screen. The apparatus may include a tubular body with a first end and a second end with a cavity therebetween. The cavity may receive a digit, for example a finger of a user via one end. The second end may include a contact point for transmitting the user's touch to the touch screen. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188183 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TOUCH EVENT THEREIN - A terminal having a touch screen and a method for identifying a touch event thereon are provided. The method includes determining a sensed location of a touch event on a touch screen when the touch event is sensed, calculating a maximum changed value of a touch signal of a center node and a changed value of a touch signal of at least one peripheral node, the peripheral node being located around the center node at the sensed location, and determining whether the touch event is a hovering event of an input tool proximate to the touch screen according to the calculated maximum changed value and the calculated changed value of the touch signal of the at least one peripheral node. The terminal may analyze a touch signal changed according to an input tool in order to identify a type of the touch event. Accordingly, the terminal may identify an unintentional touch event. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188184 | DISPLAY HAVING A FRAME, TOUCH DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FRAME - A display having a frame, a touch display, and a method of manufacturing a frame are provided. The display includes a first frame, a second frame, and a display panel. The first frame includes a bottom surface, a sidewall, and a strengthened structure. The sidewall connects the bottom surface to define an accommodation space. The strengthened structure connects a terminal of the sidewall away from the bottom surface, is located at a side of the sidewall facing the accommodation space, and is substantially parallel to the sidewall. The strengthened structure has a contact surface. The contact surface faces the bottom surface and is substantially parallel to the bottom surface. The second frame is configured in the accommodation space and has a locking portion that has a locking surface leaning against the contact surface of the strengthened structure. The display panel is accommodated in the second frame. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188185 | SECONDARY SINGLE SCREEN MODE ACTIVATION THROUGH OFF-SCREEN GESTURE AREA ACTIVATION - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface on a second screen. More particularly, the method includes a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device from a first screen to a second screen while the device is closed. The change in the display mode may be made in response to one or more actions conducted by a user in a gesture capture region. The actions can include tapping the device in the gesture capture region. The actions can also include further input received in a window provided in response to the taps in the gesture capture region. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188186 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a human-machine interface ( | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188187 | Operating unit, medical device and method for operating said unit - An operating unit for a medical device is proposed. The operating unit has at least one display, at least one transparent, touch-sensitive first input field, and at least one transparent, touch-sensitive second input field. The at least one second input field is disposed between the at least one display and the at least one first input field. At least one device provides a haptically perceivable feedback after successful operation of the operating unit. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188188 | Touch Screen Display Device - A touch screen display device includes a plurality of display pixels for generating an image, emitters interspersed among the display pixels and emitting light, and detectors interspersed among the display pixels for detecting light. The light from the emitters is coupled into a transparent substrate to reach the front surface which transmits light incident at an angle smaller than a critical angle and which totally internally reflects light which is incident at an angle greater than the critical angle. The display device further includes processing means coupled to the emitters and detectors for detecting the light reaching each detector from different specific emitters and determining the light that is received by each detector that may be due to direct reflection from a near-field object, and the light that is totally internally reflected and which may be frustrated by a touching object. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188189 | MULTI-POINT TOUCH-SENSITIVE SENSOR USER INTERFACE USING DISTINCT DIGIT IDENTIFICATION - For digit identification on a multi-point touch sensitive sensor, an assignment module assigns a digit identity to each digit of at least two digits in contact with a multi-point touch sensitive sensor during a learning phase. The digit identity includes a distinct representation of each digit. A receiving module detects a digit interaction of one or more particular digits of the at least two digits with the multi-point touch-sensitive sensor. A determination module recognizes the assigned digit identity for each particular digit involved in the digit interaction. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188190 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a first insulating substrate; a main pixel which is formed on the first insulating substrate and comprises a plurality of sub-pixels and a single sensing electrode; a second insulating substrate which faces the first insulating substrate; a sensing spacer formed on the second insulating substrate which faces the sensing electrode; and a contact electrode formed on the sensing spacer. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188191 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - A method and an electronic device for gesture recognition are provided. The method is applied to an electronic device, which displays at least one object on a touch screen. Wherein the object has two states, one of which is a selected state and the other is an unselected state. The method includes: detecting a first touch point and a second touch point on the touch screen; when the first touch point and the second touch point are on the touch screen simultaneously, and the first touch point corresponds to at least one object, and the second touch point corresponds to at least another object, entering a multi mode. Wherein the at least one object corresponding to the first touch point and the at least one object corresponding to the second touch point are set to the selected state. It can simplify user operations by using this method. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188192 | TACTILE DISPLAY AND CAD SYSTEM - A tactile device of a tactile display slides above an object. The tactile device comprises three rods which are free to move up and down. Lower ends of the rods are in contact with a surface of the object. Upper ends of respective rods touch a palmar-side skin equivalent to positions of three joints of a first finger or a second finger. When the tactile device is slid, upper ends of respective rods move up and down in accordance with a surface relief of the object. In response to the movement of the tactile device, the three rods push three finger joint positions of the palmar-side skin with a stroke equal to a height of the relief. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120188193 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A touch panel ( | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120194440 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes receiving a first input comprising at least two touches that overlap in time on a touch-sensitive display, storing data associated with the input including data associated with the at least two touches to control access to functions at the portable electronic device, detecting a second input on the touch-sensitive display to provide access to the functions, and providing access to the functions based on a comparison of data associated with the second input to the stored data. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194441 | PATTERNED SUBSTRATES WITH NON-LINEAR CONDUCTOR TRACES - The present disclosure provides an article having (a) a substrate having opposing first and second surfaces; and (b) a conductor micropattern disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The conductor micropattern has a plurality of traces defining a plurality of open area cells. The conductor micropattern has an open area fraction greater than 80% and a uniform distribution of trace orientation. Each of the traces is non-linear and has a trace width from 0.5 to 10 micrometer. The articles are useful in devices such as displays, in particular, touch screen displays useful for mobile hand held devices, tablets and computers. They also find use in antennas and for EMI shields. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194442 | TOUCH SCREEN VIDEO SOURCE CONTROL SYSTEM - The present invention is a video production and control system that uses a touch screen display and user interface, managed by a controller, for video source control. The system may include a set of touch screen windows that display feeds from sources of video information. For a selected feed window, the system displays a set of representations of preset configurations of the video source, which might be a camera, a video recorder, a handheld device, a storage device, a computer, or other source of video data. The representations may be thumbnail images of a view through the video source when it has the corresponding configuration. Selecting a different thumbnail using the touch screen will cause a controller to send control data through an output port that directs the video source to assume the newly chosen preset configuration. Some combination of controls in the touch screen user interface and control panel allow a user to manually reconfigure a video source, and optionally create a new corresponding preset thumbnail. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194443 | DETACHABLE KEY AND KEYBOARD THEREOF - A detachable key has a character generator, a control signal generator, a wireless module, and a connection part. The control signal generator generates a control signal when a user presses or touches the control signal generator. The character generator generates a character signal according to the control signal. The wireless module receives the character signal and transmits the character signal to a computing device via a wireless transmission manner. The connection part is used to connect the detachable key with the other detachable keys. The user may freely connect detachable keys to form the demanded keyboard according to the user's requirements, and thus the detachable key is convenient to the user. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194444 | Method of Tracing Touch Paths for a Multi-Touch Panel - A method of tracing touch paths for a multi-touch panel is disclosed. A basis touch point obtained from the multi-touch panel, a predicted touch point generated according to the basis touch point, and a detected touch point obtained from the multi-touch panel are provided. A reported touch point is then generated according to the basis touch point, the predicted touch point and the detected touch point based on a parametric curve. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194445 | Moving Point Gesture Determination method, Touch Control Chip, Touch Control System and Computer System - A moving point gesture determination method is disclosed for a touch sense device mapped to a screen according to absolute position. The moving point gesture determination method includes steps of comparing one or more signal values of one or more detecting signals generated by the touch sense device with one or more threshold values, to determine whether any touch event occurs, and determining that a moving point gesture occurs once the determination indicates that a touch event occurs. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194446 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING INFORMATION INTO THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a motherboard, a touch screen, an input module, and an identifying module connected to the touch screen and the input module. The touch screen is connected to the motherboard and attached to the front of the electronic device, the input module is disposed at the rear of the electronic device. The indentify module identifies whether input information has come from the touch screen or from the input module and after any discrimination which may be necessary sends the input information to the motherboard which executes instructions according to the input information. A method for inputting information into the electronic device is also disclosed. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194447 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING USER INTERFACE - An electronic device includes a touch-screen display, a processor, a memory, and one or more modules stored in the memory. The one or more modules are adapted to be executed by the processor to detect one or more contact actions on the touch-screen display when the user interface of the electronic device is locked. The one or more modules are adapted to allow and detect the rotation of an unlock image relative to a background image in accordance with the one or more contact actions, wherein the unlock image and the background image are graphical, and the unlock image is an interactive user-interface object. The one or more modules are adapted to determine one or more positions of the unlock image relative to the background image from the one or more contact actions. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194448 | COVER ATTACHMENT WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A tablet device with a flexible cover is disclosed. Thin flexible display technology can be integrated into the flexible cover without affecting the overall form factor of the cover or tablet device. Adding the integrated display to the flexible cover greatly enhances the overall functionality of the tablet device. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194449 | MOVABLE TOUCH DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A movable touch device and an electronic device thereof are disclosed. The movable touch device comprises a casing having an external and an opposite internal surfaces; a first conductive layer with a first touch sensor circuit on the external surface of the casing, a second conductive layer with a second touch sensor circuit on the internal surface of the casing, and a communication interface unit installed on the casing for electrically coupling the first and second conductive layers to the electronic device. The movable touch device can be turned over or aligned in parallel to the back of the electronic device. The movable touch device and the display screen can be combined or separated, so that the transmittance of the screen will not be affected, and the electronic device can be removed, so as to provide a convenient carry. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194450 | MULTICONTACT TACTILE SENSOR WITH INTERMEDIATE RESISTIVE LAYER - A multicontact tactile sensor including an upper structure having first conductive tracks arranged in rows, a lower structure having second conductive tracks arranged in columns, spacers positioned between the upper structure and the lower structure; and an intermediate layer positioned on at least one of the first or the second conductive tracks, the intermediate layer made of a semiconductor metal oxide. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194451 | DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The display panel includes an opposite substrate and an array substrate. The opposite substrate includes a first substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first wire electrode formed on the first surface, a first transparent electrode formed on the first surface and partially overlapping with the first wire electrode, and a common electrode formed on the second surface. The first wire on the first surface is formed before the first transparent electrode on the first surface. The array substrate includes a second substrate including a third surface facing the second surface, and a pixel layer formed on the third surface and facing the common electrode. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194452 | METHODS OF DETECTING MULTI-TOUCH AND PERFORMING NEAR-TOUCH SEPARATION IN A TOUCH PANEL - A method of detecting multi-touch in a touch panel a plurality of panel points for sensing respective input touch levels is provided. The method includes determining touch levels by adaptively removing noise touch levels among the input touch levels based on a distribution of the input touch levels, and determining a touch point among the panel points having the valid touch levels by performing near-touch separation based on a two-dimensional pattern of the valid touch levels. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194453 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. A touch panel according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a base member; a transparent electrode formed in an active area of the base member; an insulator formed in a bezel area of the base member, and convexly protruded from the base member; and an electrode wiring formed on an exposed surface of the insulator. In addition, a touch panel according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention includes: a base member having a groove portion formed such that an exposed surface thereof has a concave curved surface; a transparent electrode formed in an active area; and an electrode wire connected to one end or both ends of the transparent electrode and formed on the exposed surface of the groove portion. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194454 | FINGER TILT DETECTION IN TOUCH SURFACE-BASED INPUT DEVICES - An input device includes a touch sensor and a processing unit. The touch sensor has a surface and is configured to sense an imprint of a finger that touches the surface. The processing unit is configured to calculate a tilt of the finger relative to the surface by measuring a shift of the imprint sensed by the touch surface, and to produce an output based on the tilt. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194455 | TABLET ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A tablet electronic device configured to electrically connect to a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a first connecting interface and a processing module. The tablet electronic device includes a body and a touch panel. The body includes a second connecting interface connected to the first connecting interface. The touch panel is disposed in the body to generate a touch signal after a touch, and when the portable electronic device is connected to the tablet electronic device, the touch panel displays information of the portable electronic device. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194456 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD - A portable communication terminal equipped with a first touch panel and a second touch panel that are switchable between a side-by-side configuration and a non-side-by-side configuration, and when (i) a contact point is detected on each of the first touch panel and the second touch panel in a same detection cycle and (ii) a distance between the contact points is within a predetermined range, the portable communication terminal displays an object on at least one of the first touch panel and the second touch panel based on one pair of position coordinates obtained based on two pairs of coordinates of the contact points. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194457 | Identifiable Object and a System for Identifying an Object by an Electronic Device - An object is identifiable by an electronic device having a touch screen. The object includes contact members that can engage or be positioned proximate to the touch screen. The contact members create contact points that are sensed or detected by the touch screen. The object is at least partly conductive and includes at least a first contact member and a second contact member spaced from the first contact member. The first and second contact members define the pattern of contact points. An output is generated and displayed by the touch screen when the object engages or is proximate to the touch screen and is identified. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194458 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL FILTER INTEGRATED TOUCH PANEL, STEREO-SCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention relates to the three-dimensional filter integrated touch panel, comprising the first transparent electrode formed as the first pattern on the upper surface of the first substrate and the three-dimensional filter formed with the light shielding unit and with the light transmission unit arranged alternatively at the lower surface of the first substrate. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194459 | TOUCH WINDOW OBTAINING COORDINATE POSITION ON BOUNDARY PORTION OF VIEW AREA AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a touch window including an upper substrate including a first extension portion from which a first transparent electrode having a first pattern in one direction is extended to an outside of the boundary portion of a view area, and a lower substrate including a second extension portion from which a second transparent electrode having a second pattern in orthogonal direction to the one direction is extended to an outside of the boundary portion of a view area in the orthogonal direction. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194460 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus capable of providing a constant tactile sensation to a user regardless of a position of a touch input is provided. According to the present invention, the tactile sensation providing apparatus has a touch sensor | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194461 | ADVANCED TOUCH CONTROL OF INTERACTIVE MAP VIEWING VIA FINGER ANGLE USING A HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) TOUCH USER INTERFACE - High Dimensional Touchpad (HDTP) or other user interface technology implemented in touch screens used on computers, smartphones, or other mobile devices provides advanced touch control of a variety of interactive map applications using one or more of a user's finger position or movement in one or more of the roll angle, pitch angle, yaw angle, and downward pressure directions. Implementations also can be responsive to a user's finger position or movement in the left-right and forward-backward directions. Implementations can also use HDTP or other user interface technology implemented on the back of a mouse. Also, the interactive map imaging application may use a connection over the internet or other network. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194462 | ADVANCED TOUCH CONTROL OF INTERACTIVE IMMERSIVE IMAGING APPLICATIONS VIA FINGER ANGLE USING A HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) TOUCH USER INTERFACE - High Dimensional Touchpad (HDTP) or other user interface technology, implemented in touch screens used on computers, smartphones, or other mobile devices provides advanced touch control a variety of interactive immersive imaging applications using one or more of a user's finger position or movement in one or more of the roll angle, pitch angle, yaw angle, and downward pressure directions. Implementations also can be responsive to a user's finger position or movement in the left-right and forward-backward directions. Implementations can also use HDTP or other user interface technology implemented on the back of a mouse. Also, an interactive immersive imaging application can employ a connection over the internet or other network. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194463 | Systems And Methods For Resonance Detection - Systems and methods for resonance detection are disclosed. For example, one method for resonance detection includes the step of transmitting an actuator signal to an actuator coupled to a surface of a device. The actuator signal is configured to cause the actuator to output a force to the surface. The method further includes the steps of receiving a response of the surface to the force; determining a resonant frequency of the surface based at least in part on the response; and outputting a signal indicative of the resonant frequency. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194464 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel display and method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The touch panel display includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch-sensing member, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate has a first surface and a second surface thereon. The second substrate has an element array and is disposed on the second surface of the first substrate. The touch-sensing member locates on the first surface of the first substrate. Furthermore, the touch-sensing member includes a conductive layer, a patterned electrode layer, and a protective layer. The patterned electrode layer is correspondingly located on the periphery of the first substrate. The protective layer covers the conductive layer, and the patterned electrode layer. The conductive layer locates between the protective layer and the first substrate. In addition, the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first and the second substrate. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120194465 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND CONTROLLER FOR SHARING DATA - A method is provided for a user of a communications device sharing data items with one or more of a plurality of data recipients, comprising the steps of: selecting one or more data items to share ( | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120200506 | MODULAR CONNECTOR FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - Apparatus for providing modular connection means to electrodes in a touch-sensitive device. The modular connections may include electronics allowing controlling electronics to individually address electrodes associated with driving electrodes and sensing signals occurring on electrodes. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200507 | ELECTRONIC MEDICAL SYSTEM TOUCH PHRASE TECHNOLOGY - Electronic medical system touch phrase technology includes a method comprising initializing a touch phrase button by a processor such that the initializing associates a first text with the touch phrase button; receiving an input associated with the touch phrase button; updating a state of the touch phrase button based upon the input including associating a second text with the touch phrase button; and communicating the state of the touch phrase button to a memory device. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200508 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of facilitating input at an electronic device having a touch screen display, the method including: receiving a character input from a touch on the touch screen display; adding the character input to a character string; identifying objects in reference data that have an initial portion that matches the character string; determining candidate next inputs based on the objects identified; determining a most probable next input by ranking the candidate next inputs based on a criteria; and rendering a keyboard with the most probable next input being associated with a primary key and at least one other probable next input being associated with a key located adjacent to the primary key. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200509 | HAPTICS EFFECT CONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE AND INSTRUCTION SET - A method for generating a desired haptics effect is provided. A haptics effect instruction is generated by a host processor responsive to a touch screen, where the haptics effect instruction corresponds to the desired haptics effect. This haptics effect instruction is received by a haptics driver, and a haptic profile from the haptics effect instruction is generated from the haptics effect instruction. The haptic profile includes at least one of a profile word, a move word, wait/halt word, and a branch word, and a sine wave is generated from the from the haptic profile that corresponds to the desired haptics effect. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200510 | MULTICHANNEL CONTROLLER - Multichannel device controllers are disclosed. In one embodiment, a multichannel device controller includes a plurality of user selectable control modes for controlling a multichannel device and a plurality of user configurable settings for adjusting parameters associated with the plurality of user selectable control modes. A touchscreen displays a user interface corresponding to a selected one of plurality of user selectable control modes and receives user input indicative of a command to send to the multichannel device. A processor generates the command to send to the multichannel device based at least in part on the user input and the plurality of user configurable settings. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200511 | Display Device with Display Panel Having Sensors Therein - A display device includes a first substrate with pixels for displaying an image and a first wire transmitting a common voltage received from an outside source. A second substrate includes a second wire transmitting the common voltage received from the outside source and a common electrode receiving the common voltage from the first wire and the second wire. Conductive spacers are formed between the first wire and the common electrode in correspondence with a part of an area where the first wire is formed, and electrically connect the first wire to the common electrode. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200512 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUISITION OF DATA FROM A MULTICONTACT MATRIX TACTILE SENSOR - A data acquisition method to acquire data from a multicontact matrix tactile sensor having a matrix array of a cells, includes scanning the cells of the matrix array sequentially, and measuring an electrical characteristic of a cell, which represents a weight of the cell. The method also includes comparing the weight with a predetermined significant weight value interval, storing cell data associated with the cell, where the cell data includes the weight and coordinates of the cell in the matrix array, after the weight is determined to lie within the predetermined significant weight value interval. The method also verifies an existence of a data record associated with neighboring cells in a neighboring zone of the cell, and updates the data record associated with the neighboring cells by storing in the data record data associated with the cell, after the existence of the data record is confirmed. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200513 | OPERATING METHOD OF TERMINAL BASED ON MULTIPLE INPUTS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - An operating method of a terminal based on multiple inputs and a portable terminal supporting the same are disclosed. The operating method includes: receiving a sensor signal in a state that a touch-down event having at least one touch point is being maintained, generating respective distinct commands according to at least one of a number of touch points of the touch-down event, and a type and a form of the certain sensor signal, activating one of a user function or controlling an operation of a currently activated user function according to the generated commands; and controlling variation in a screen output on a display panel according to the activation or the control of the user function. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200514 | Graphical Caregiver Interface With Swipe to Unlock Feature - A patient support apparatus includes a patient support structure to support a patient, a graphical user interface coupled to the patient support structure, and control circuitry coupled to the graphical user interface. The graphical user interface is operable to display at least one field over which a caregiver's finger is swiped, without moving any icon, to signal the control circuitry to unlock the graphical user interface for display of a control screen on the graphical user interface for subsequent use by the caregiver in controlling features of the patient support apparatus. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200515 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel which displays pieces of identification information including letters, figures, and symbols and detects a contact of the panel with a finger of a user or other object. When the touch panel detects the contact of the panel, a detection unit specifies identification information of one or more of the multiple pieces of identification information displayed on the touch panel, indicated by a position at which the contact in question occurred. The detection unit also detects an area of part of the panel where the contact occurred. A storage unit stores reference identification information and a reference area range. A control unit performs particular processing upon matching of the detected identification information with the stored reference identification information and the area of the contact detected by the detection unit falling within the stored reference area range. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200516 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same. A touch panel | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200517 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A LOCALLY DEFORMING CONTACT ON A DEFORMABLE TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE OF AN OBJECT - A device for locating a locally deforming contact on a deformable touch-sensitive surface of an object includes at least one transmitting transducer and at least one receiving transducer configured to respectively transmit and capture elastic mechanical waves propagating in the deformable touch-sensitive surface of the object. Further, an electronic central processing unit is connected to the transmitting and receiving transducers and is programmed to detect a frequency offset of at least one natural mode of a resonant vibration of the touch-sensitive surface due to presence of the locally deforming contact, the vibration being produced by the propagation of the waves transmitted in the touch-sensitive surface, and to locate the locally deforming contact by analyzing the frequency offset. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200518 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNIFIED AUDIO CONTROL ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER - A system and method for improved audio controls on a personal computer is provided. The system and method provide a unified architecture for audio controls across hardware and software interfaces of the personal computer. An intelligent facility may automatically change audio controls for users to simply interact with various communications and media applications. To this end, a configurable audio controller intelligently handles various aspects of the system's audio devices by following various rules that may be based at least in part on user-configurable settings and a current operating state. The present invention also provides audio controls so that a user may easily change audio settings such as the volume of an audio output device. There are many applications that may use the present invention for automatic control of audio devices based upon the user's context. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200519 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR RETRIEVING AND DISPLAYING HANDWRITTEN ANNOTATIONS - An apparatus for capturing and displaying handwritten annotations, for use with a computer system, comprises a transparent digitizing tablet adapted to cooperate with a stylus in order to capture handwritten annotations. It also comprises a transparent electro-luminescent display adapted to display captured handwritten annotations, the transparent digitizing tablet being superposed on the transparent electro-luminescent display. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200520 | Touch Sensitive Device - A method of generating a keyboard switch haptic sensation in a coupled system comprising a touch-sensitive surface and a force exciter or actuator coupled to the touch-sensitive surface, the method comprising generating a carrier wave signal at frequencies within the frequency bandwidth of the coupled system, modulating the carrier wave signal with a modulation envelope so that the modulated carrier wave signal has a closely spaced pair of peaks, and driving the exciter or actuator with the modulated carrier wave signal to excite the touch-sensitive surface to provide a closely spaced pair of impulses whereby the keyboard switch haptic sensation is simulated to a user touching the touch-sensitive surface. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120200521 | LINEAR LIGHT SOURCE, BACKLIGHT DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a linear light source capable of alleviating increases in display apparatus sizes. The linear light source ( | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120206370 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING KEYS OF A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method and apparatus for a touch sensitive device to display a first set of keys on a first window on a display of the touch sensitive device. The touch sensitive device receives a first touch event comprising a plurality of first touch values. The touch sensitive device receives a second touch event comprising a plurality of second touch values associated with a touch detected by the touch sensitive device. The touch sensitive device displays a second set of the one or more keys on a second window of the one or more windows based at least in part on the second touch event. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206371 | Direction Sensation Haptic Motion - An apparatus including a housing; and a haptic system. The haptic system includes a plurality of haptic devices. The haptic system is configured to generate a linear motion sensation in a direction at an exterior side of the housing to a user touching the housing. The haptic devices do not move in the direction during the generated linear motion sensation. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206372 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FLEXIBLE USE OF TABLET INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM RESOURCES - A primary information handling system and tablet information handling system interact through a tablet docking station to allocate processing and display resources between each other for an improved end user experience. The tablet display is used as a secondary display of the primary information handling system for presenting information generated by the primary information handling system. A remote desktop protocol executing on the primary information handling presents information generated at the tablet information handling system through the primary system display and allows the end user to interact with applications of the tablet system through I/O devices of the primary information handling system. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206373 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting movement of a touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device from a first touch location to a second touch location. When the distance between the first touch location and the second touch location meets a first threshold, the second touch location is reported to an application layer of the electronic device. After the first threshold is met, a third touch location is reported to the application layer when movement of the touch from the second touch location to the third touch location is detected and the distance between the second touch location and the third touch location meets a second threshold. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206374 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCREEN DATA MANAGEMENT - Methods and systems for screen data management are provided. First, a screenshot is generated for screen data displayed in a touch-sensitive display unit. Contacts and movements of an object on the touch-sensitive display unit are received. It is determined whether the object is a pen or not. When the object is a pen, gestures corresponding to the contacts and movements of the object are recorded. Then, an event is received. In response to the event, the screenshot and the gestures corresponding to the contacts and movements of the object are merged to generate an integrated screenshot. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206375 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes: detecting a first touch at a first location on a touch-sensitive display; detecting a second touch at a second location on the touch-sensitive display; and displaying a navigation indicator on the touch-sensitive display in response to detecting the second touch while first touch contact is maintained. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206376 | TRANSPARENT TOUCH PANEL - A transparent touch panel comprises a first axis sensing layer, a second axis sensing layer and an insulating layer between the first axis sensing layer and the second axis sensing layer; the first axis sensing layer and second axis sensing layer being transparent conductive films, and the insulating layer being transparent insulated film. In each of the first axis sensing layer and second axis sensing layer, first insulating wires serve to delimit a plurality of electrode areas and a plurality of waste etching areas; and signal conductive wires serve to delimit a dummy pattern in the waste etching areas; the electrodes areas include a plurality of sensing electrodes and/or a plurality of signal conductive wires and the dummy pattern includes a plurality of small sub-areas which are disconnected to each other. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206377 | ANGULAR CONTACT GEOMETRY - In embodiments of angular contact geometry, touch input sensor data is recognized as a touch input on a touch-screen display, such as a touch-screen display integrated in a mobile phone or portable computing device. A sensor map is generated from the touch input sensor data, and the sensor map represents the touch input. The sensor map can be generated as a two-dimensional array of elements that correlate to sensed contact from a touch input. An ellipse can then be determined that approximately encompasses elements of the sensor map, and the ellipse represents a contact shape of the touch input. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206378 | TOUCH DEVICE - A touch device is provided, which includes a touch display panel, a memory unit, and a processing unit. The memory unit is used to at least store both an operating system with a supporting touch function and a virtual mouse application program. The processing unit is coupled to the touch display panel and the memory unit and is used to operate the operating system and accordingly control the touch display panel to display an operation window. When the virtual mouse application program is executed by the processing unit in response to a command of a user, the virtual mouse application program generates a virtual mouse on the operation window, so as to allow the user to operate the virtual mouse through the touch display panel and thus achieve functions of a physical mouse. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206379 | Single-layer and multi-touch projected capacitive apparatus - A single-layer and multi-touch projective-capacitive apparatus includes: (a) a substrate, (b) a conductive layer configured on the substrate, wherein the conductive layer consists of a plurality of first patterns, a plurality of second patterns, a plurality of third patterns and a plurality of fourth patterns, and (c) a plurality of conductive wires configured on the substrate respectively to connect with the first patterns, the second patterns, the third patterns and the fourth patterns. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206380 | PREDICTION-BASED TOUCH CONTACT TRACKING - In embodiments of prediction-based touch contact tracking, touch input sensor data is recognized as a series of components of a contact on a touch-screen display. A first component of the contact can be identified, and a second component can be determined to correlate to the contact. The first component and the second component can then be associated to represent a tracking of the contact. Subsequent components of the contact can be determined and associated with the previous components of the contact to further represent the tracking of the contact. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206381 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying information in a display area of a touch-sensitive display, receiving touch data from the display area and touch data from a non-display area where information is not displayed, and determining a touch location in the display area based on the touch data from the display area and the touch data from the non-display area. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206382 | INFORMATION INPUT APPARATUS - An information input apparatus including a user interface that detects a first input operation and a processor that assigns information to each of a plurality of directions from a position centered at the first input operation detected by the user interface. The user interface detects a second input operation corresponding to one of the plurality of directions, and the processor selects information assigned to the one of the plurality of directions as an input. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206383 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a display unit including a timing controller for receiving a vertical synchronizing signal and a horizontal synchronizing signal to display an image, a touch sensing unit including driving electrodes, a control signal generator for generating a control signal from the vertical synchronizing signal and the horizontal synchronizing signal, and a touch controller for supplying a driving signal to the touch sensing unit in response to the control signal from the control signal generator. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206384 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SURFACE SANITATION - An intelligent touch-sensitive surface that is easy to clean, that self-monitors when it has become contaminated, and can discern when it has been cleaned. The surface incorporates a plurality of sensors that detect events that contribute to contamination and/or cleaning, including, but not limited to, detecting users' touches, movement of the surface, when liquid is present on the surface, when there has been a change of users, time passage since the last cleaning, and how well the surface was wiped. The surface then reports its cleaning status to software residing on a host computer, which in turn can transfer the information to a host server. In this way, the cleaning status of each surface can be monitored remotely and/or logged. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206385 | METHOD OF BLOCKING TRANSMISSION OF SCREEN INFORMATION OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WHILE PERFORMING REMOTE CONTROL - Disclosed is a technique for allowing a user of the mobile communication terminal | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206386 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - The present invention provides a portable terminal, comprising: a first body provided with a first transparent display panel; a second body provided with a second transparent display panel; and a connecting part for movably connecting the first body with the second body; wherein both surfaces of the first transparent display panel are provided with a touch screen respectively; and at least one surface of the second transparent display panel is provided with a touch screen. The present invention provides a display area as large as possible. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206387 | COORDINATE DETECTION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE CARRIER MEDIUM - A coordinate detection system includes a coordinate detecting apparatus that is mounted on a display apparatus, detects approach of an indicating object toward the display apparatus, detects a position coordinate of the indicating object on the display apparatus, and outputs a notice indicating the approach of the indicating object and the position coordinate; a contact detecting apparatus that detects whether the contact detecting apparatus is in contact with the coordinate detecting apparatus and outputs a notice indicating contact or non-contact of the contact detecting apparatus; and an information processing apparatus that includes a control unit that, upon reception of the notice indicating the approach of the indicating object, determines whether the notice indicating the contact of the contact detecting apparatus is received within a predetermined time, and issues an event indicating the contact of the contact detecting apparatus when receiving the notice of the contact of the contact detecting apparatus. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206388 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE EACH HAVING TOUCH PANEL - Continuously after two contacts are made on a touch panel, when a gesture of moving the two contacts in a direction that a spacing therebetween is decreased and then releasing the two contacts after being moved is detected, an image forming apparatus identifies a program presented by an icon displayed in an area defined by the two contacts at least either of before and after being moved, as a program subjected to the gesture, and stores information that identifies the program subjected to the gesture. The image forming apparatus reads the information that identifies the program subjected to the gesture in accordance with a command related to the program subjected to the gesture to execute an operation related to the program, and transmits information depending on the operation to another device indicated by the command. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206389 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of pins, a logic control module, and at least one amplifier module. The logic control module generates a plurality of control signals having different control timings, wherein the control signals include an amplifying control signal and a compensating control signal. Each amplifying module includes an amplifying unit and an automatic compensating unit. The amplifying unit includes a positive input end and a negative input end, wherein the amplifying unit determines, according to the amplifying control signal, a difference between a first sensing voltage and a second sensing voltage respectively received by the positive input end and the negative input end and amplifies the difference to output an analog data. The automatic compensating unit records, according to the compensating control signal, a digital compensation value corresponding to one of the pins and outputs the digital compensation value according to the compensating control signal. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206390 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide corresponding tactile sensations in accordance with a characteristic of an image displayed. Specifically, an electronic device | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206391 | METHOD OF TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of transmitting and receiving data between a mobile terminal and a display device is provided. The method establishes network connection for communication with the mobile terminal, detects a touch location of the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal touches the display device, designates a first region corresponding to the touch location to the mobile terminal when the touch of the mobile terminal is ended, and transmits data corresponding to an object to the mobile terminal when the object displayed on a screen moves to the designated first region. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206392 | ILLUMINATED TOUCHPAD - The present invention pertains to improved feedback mechanisms for touch pads. One aspect relates to devices capable of illuminating the touch sensitive surface of the touch pad. Another aspect relates to methods for providing visual feedback at the touch pad. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206393 | METHOD AND APPARATUS CONTINUING ACTION OF USER GESTURES PERFORMED UPON A TOUCH SENSITIVE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY IN SIMULATION OF INERTIA - A method and apparatus for identifying user gestures to control an interactive display identifies gestures based on a bounding box enclosing points at which a user contacts a touch sensor corresponding with the display surface and permits use of inexpensive and highly reliable grid-based touch sensors that provide a bounding box to describe contact information. In identifying gestures, position, motion, shape, and deformation of the bounding box may be considered. Center, width, height, aspect ratio, length and orientation of the bounding box diagonal may be determined. A stretch factor, defined as the maximum of the ratio of the height of the bounding box to the width of the bounding box and the ratio of the width of the bounding box to the height of the bounding box, may also be computed. Gestures may be identified based on the changes in time of these characteristics and quantities. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206394 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a jumper metal, a first insulation layer, first and second conductive patterns, first and second metal electrodes, and a second insulation layer. The jumper metal is formed on the substrate. The first insulation layer includes an opening and is formed on the jumper metal. The first and second conductive patterns are formed on the first insulation layer. The first and second metal electrodes are respectively connected to end portions of the first and second conductive patterns. The second insulation layer is formed on the first and second conductive patterns and the first and second metal electrodes. One of the first and second conductive patterns is connected by the jumper metal exposed through the opening of the first insulation layer. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206395 | TOUCH PANEL-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel-equipped display device is provided that includes, on the front substrate of the display panel, touch electrodes that allow an exact touch location to be determined with simple structure. The device includes: a display panel ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120206396 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ATTACHED TOUCH PANEL - In a display device with an attached touch panel in which a touch electrode is provided on a front substrate of a display panel, the frame area is reduced by raising the proportion of the image display region to the overall surface area of the display device. The display device with an attached touch panel ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120212420 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT CONTROL SYSTEM - A multi-touch input control system includes: a touch input unit having a multi-touch-type touch input surface which recognizes one or more touch points at the same time, generating the coordinates of one or more touch points inputted through the touch input surface, and transmitting touch information containing the coordinate information; and a computing unit receiving the touch information from the touch input unit, setting one of preset control modes according to the number of touch points, selecting a control command among control commands contained in the set control mode in correspondence to a variation in the number of touch points and a coordinate variation, and generating a control signal corresponding to the control command to performing internal control processing. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212421 | MODAL TOUCH INPUT - A data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by a logic subsystem is provided. The instructions are configured to receive one or more touch-input messages reporting touch contacts recognized by a touch input device, if a touch contact reported by the one or more touch-input messages satisfies a first criterion, initiating a virtual mouse input mode, in the virtual mouse input mode, outputting a cursor position corresponding to a position of the touch contact that satisfies the first criterion, if no touch contacts reported by the one or more touch-input messages satisfy the first criterion, and one or more touch contacts reported by the one or more touch-input messages satisfies a second criterion, initiating a multi-touch input mode, and in the multi-touch input mode, outputting a multi-touch gesture command corresponding to the one or more touch contacts that satisfy the second criterion. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212422 | Software Aided Physical Keyboard for a Touch-Screen - An electronic device may include a touch-screen for receiving user input, a processor coupled to the touch-screen, a removable flexible material contacting the touch-screen, the flexible material having a plurality of key structures that modify a first touch applied by a user to a key structure of the plurality of key structures into a different, second touch applied to the touch-screen to generate a touch event, and a memory coupled to the processor and including computer code which when executed by the processor interprets the touch event generated by the second touch according to the first touch. A key structure may include physical structures that allow the user using the sense of touch alone to distinguish a key structure. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212423 | ELECTRONIC NOTE-TAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The electronic note-taking system and method includes a computer or a stand-alone handheld electronic device having note-taking software that reads, stores and displays a user's cursive writing on a digital pad or touch sensitive screen. A stylus may be included to facilitate entry into the device. A stand-alone note-taking software product or a note-taking device with embedded software is included. The stand-alone software is installable on handheld devices. Users may either purchase the software separately for their own devices or purchase the hardware with the software stored thereon. During note taking, the device secures user's notes by frequent, customizable autosaving (seconds to minutes) in a local storage device. The note-taking device is compatible with desktop/mobile computers, handheld devices, writing tablets and the like. Cursive handwriting to text conversion is optional on the device. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212424 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING THE POSITION OF A TOUCHPAD DEVICE - Aspects of the invention are directed to a method and system for assigning the position of a touchpad device. A method for assigning a position of a touchpad according to an embodiment includes: selectively dividing, by a user, a touchpad into a first section and a second section, wherein the first section of the touchpad is distinct from the second section of the touchpad; and setting the first section of the touchpad as an active touchpad area; wherein a contact on the active touchpad area is recognized as a user input, and wherein a contact on the second section of the touchpad is not recognized as a user input. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212425 | RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND SYSTEMS - A touch screen display and touch screen system is provided. The display and system include a rigid substrate having a top face, a plurality of parallel conductive scan lines located on the top face of the rigid substrate, a plurality of parallel conductive sense lines located on the top face of the rigid substrate, a plurality of dielectric pads located at junctions of the plurality of scan lines and plurality of sense lines electrically isolating the plurality of scan lines from the plurality of sense lines, a flexible substrate having a bottom face oriented above the top face of the rigid substrate and a plurality of conductive features located on the bottom face of the flexible substrate and electrically isolated from each other. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212426 | TRANSPARENT TOUCH PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a transparent touch pad and a method for manufacturing the same. The transparent touch pad includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate and an adhesion layer. The adhesion sides of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate are respectively provided with a plurality of first sensing conductors and second sensing conductors and are adhered by the adhesion layer to form a transparent touch pad having two-dimensional arrangement of sensing conductors. Since the first transparent substrate has a low electrical resistance and the second transparent substrate is easy to process, the area of a visible region of the touch pad is increased and a lithographic process is no longer required. In this way, the structure of the touch pad is simplified and the production cost is reduced. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212427 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR INTERACTING WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING SAME WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL ASSEMBLY - The invention is to provide a driving device for interacting with a touch screen panel assembly and a method for interacting the same with a touch screen panel assembly. The touch screen panel assembly has a touch screen panel and a processor. The driving device includes a body, a trigger element, a receiving element, a controlling element and a responding element. When the driving device body is placed on the touch screen panel with its bottom side facing the touch screen panel assembly, the trigger element of the driving device will be brought into contact with the touch screen panel, sending signals to the processor to drive the touch screen panel assembly to produce corresponding acousto-optic data. The receiving element of driving device in turn receives such acousto-optic data to produce corresponding reaction, for example, audio or optical data to interact with the touch screen panel assembly. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212428 | METHOD OF DESIGNATION OF DISPLAY PARTS - The invention relates to electronic devices and, in particular, to the method of designation and arrangement of a visual display in an electronic device and a device for the method realization. The first and the second embodiments of the invention are characterized in that at least one part of a visual display is designated differently from another part or parts of the visual display. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth embodiments of the invention are characterized in that a visual display is arranged on two, three, four and more than four sides of an electronic device body. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212429 | CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Provided is a control method for an information input device capable of facilitating an operation input performed by a user. The control method for an information input device includes: acquiring a moving distance of an object when a user performs a movement operation for moving the object on a detection surface of a touch sensor for detecting a position of the object on the detection surface; acquiring a value regarding an operation mode of the movement operation; and outputting a value calculated based on the acquired moving distance and the acquired value regarding the operation mode, as an operation input amount exhibited in the movement operation performed by the user. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212430 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a control method of a mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal and a control method thereof provide a user interface allowing for a user to easily and effectively control the mobile terminal through an interaction between a certain case and the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is accommo | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212431 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic device, a controlling method thereof, and a computer program product are provided. In the present method, a part of inner area of an unlock ring is displayed while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state. While a user input applied to the unlock ring on or near a touch screen of the electronic device is detected, the unlock ring is moved in accordance with the user input. The electronic device is switched to a user-interface unlock state if the unlock ring is moved to make a predetermined ratio of the inner area of the unlock ring cross a predetermined edge, or maintained in the use-interface lock state if the unlock ring is not moved to make the predetermined ratio of the inner area of the unlock ring cross the predetermined edge. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212432 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF THE SAME - A touch panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, plural first conductive layers, plural second conductive layers, plural first electrodes, and plural second electrodes. The first conductive layers have substantially strip-shapes, and are arrayed on a first surface of the first substrate in the first direction, while extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The plural first electrodes are buried in the first surface of the first substrate, and one ends thereof are connected to the plural first conductive layers, respectively. The second substrate is arranged as opposed to the first surface. The plural second conductive layers are opposed to the plural first conductive layers, and are arrayed in the second direction while extending in the first direction. One ends of the plural second electrodes are connected to the plural second conductive layers, respectively. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212433 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display unit including a front flexible surface to display an image and a rear flexible surface; a touch sensor unit to receive a touch input, the touch sensor unit disposed on the flexible display unit; and a guide unit to support the rear surface of the flexible display unit. A mobile terminal includes a flexible display apparatus including a flexible display unit and a guide unit, the guide unit supporting a rear surface of the flexible display unit; a support unit to support the flexible display apparatus to be unrolled in a first direction; and a body part to accommodate the support unit. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212434 | TECHNICAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A TOUCHSCREEN AND METHOD - The invention relates to the field of technical medical devices like dialysis machines. The invention is based on the improvement of a technical medical device in such way that operator inputs are more convenient and more reliable via a touchscreen display. The inventive technical medical device therefore comprises a touchscreen having two redundant finger-position sensors. At least one of these sensors may comprise additional piezoelectric elements, which can modify at least partial areas of the touchscreen such that they are differentiated from their surrounding areas by an elevation, a recess, a vibration or a change in the surface roughness sensed, and it also comprises a control unit for doing so. A control unit differentiates intentional and unintentional operating entries, and in the event of failure of the visual display device of the touchscreen display ensures at least a restricted operability of the touchscreen display. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212435 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING TOUCH PAD IN PORTABLE DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for controlling a touch input in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, a touch pad is activated when a request for a touch activation mode is received. Whether a touch input is received from the touch pad is determined. The touch input is compared with patterns of a pattern table of a corresponding application, wherein the patterns of the pattern table are mapped to an operation control command of the corresponding application. When an input pattern of the touch input matches with a pattern registered in the pattern table, an operation of the corresponding application that is currently running is controlled to perform a function corresponding to the matched pattern. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212436 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and methods is disclosed. An operation module receives a start operation performed by a user. The start operation is for a startup of an application program that is unable to start due to duplication. A control module terminates a display of a first screen image on a first display module and displays a second screen image on a second display module, when the start operation is received while the first screen image is displayed on the first display module. The first screen image is based on the first application program and the second screen image is based on a newly started up first application program. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212437 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and method for operating a mobile electronic device are disclosed. A first detected input is detected on the first display module. A second detected input is detected on the second display module. The first detected input is set to an invalid input, when the second detected input is detected during a device configuration of the mobile electronic device, the device configuration comprising at least a portion of a first display module being exposed, and at least a portion of a second display module being exposed. The second detected input is set to an invalid input, when the first detected input is detected in the device configuration. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212438 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION WITH TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUSES - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating interaction with touch screen apparatuses. A method may include detecting a touch interaction with a touch screen display. The method may further include identifying the touch interaction as comprising a trigger touch interaction. The trigger touch interaction may include sliding an input object along a path from a point of origin outside of an active region of the touch screen display to a point within the active region. The method may further include determining, based at least in part upon the trigger touch interaction, a function associated with the trigger touch interaction. The method may additionally include executing the determined function. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212439 | Customized Grouping of Participants in Real-Time Conference Set-Up - A customized list of real-time conference participants are obtained by selecting one or more logical operators such as AND or OR and applying the one or more logical operators to conference groups the user has selected. The logical operators and selected conference groups are sent to a conference server, which applies the operator to the selected groups to arrive at a shortlist of conference participants. The invention is particularly useful for cellular telephones initiating a real-time conference using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and a SIP server resident on a network. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212440 | INPUT MOTION ANALYSIS METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided are an input motion analysis method and an information processing device that enable simultaneous multi-point input via different input instruments to be correctly performed as intended by an operator. The information processing device according to the present invention can simultaneously receive an input motion of a finger ( | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212441 | DETERMINING TOUCH DATA FOR ONE OR MORE OBJECTS ON A TOUCH SURFACE - A touch-sensing apparatus comprises a light transmissive panel, in which sheets of light are propagated by internal reflection between a touch surface and an opposite surface from an incoupling site to an outcoupling site. The touch-sensing apparatus is configured such that objects touching the touch surface cause a local attenuation of at least two sheets of light. A light sensor arrangement is optically connected to the outcoupling site to measure transmitted light energy. A data processor is connected to the light sensor arrangement and configured to execute a touch determination process. The process operates on at least one projection signal which is indicative of a spatial distribution of light within the outcoupling site. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212442 | Device for Transmitting Information to a Living Being - In a device for transmitting information to a living being, an information related to a display is transmitted to a tactile sense of the living being touching a shape-memory alloy arranged on a display panel, by motion of expansion and contraction of the shape-memory alloy, without obstructing the visibility of the display panel. The device includes a transparent sheet-like tactile perceptual unit, arranged on the display panel, and a signal generating unit, which generates a signal voltage for driving the tactile perceptual unit. The signal generating unit and the display panel are connected to the control unit. The shape-memory alloy attached to the tactile perceptual unit transmits the information to the living being by contracting the shape-memory alloy in response to an application of a signal voltage, with relation to the display of the display panel. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212443 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile information terminal includes a display unit having two or more display screens, a touch-panel input unit that senses contact with each of the display screens, and a processing unit that, when a predetermined touch operation is carried out upon the two adjacent display screens, recognizes that a component that is in a predetermined region between two points that were touched in the predetermined touch operation that was carried out upon the two display screens has been designated. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120212444 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal operates while switching first mode for generating, based on a value indicating a degree of contact output by a touchpad, a value indicating degree of the contact for each contacted area and second mode for generating, based on the output value, a value by performing adjustment such that temporal change amount of the value indicating the degree is equal to or less than a predetermined value. When a value of one contacted area generated in the second mode equals or exceeds the first threshold, the portable terminal switches to the first mode, and when a value of one contacted area generated in the first mode falls below the second threshold, the portable terminal switches to the second mode. The portable terminal determines, as a target area to which processing to be performed is allocated, one contacted area having a value that equals or exceeds the first threshold. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120218190 | TIME BASED TOUCH SCREEN INPUT RECOGNITION - A time based touch screen input recognition system detects a touch on a touch screen display. The system determines a length of the touch and identifies a function corresponding to the length of touch. The system causes a processing device to implement the corresponding function. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218191 | MULTI-DISPLAY TYPE DEVICE INTERACTIONS - An electronic device including two or more display elements can provide enhanced functionality with improved rates of power consumption. A user can cause information that does not change rapidly to be provided or moved to a relatively static display element, such as an electronic ink display, which enables that information to be displayed for a period of time with little additional power consumption. Similarly, content (e.g., video) that changes rapidly can be displayed on a relatively dynamic display element, such as and LCD or OLED display. Each display can be touch sensitive, such that a user can move content between the displays by pressing on, or making a motion in contact with, at least one of the displays. Various modes can be activated which cause certain types of content to be displayed on the dynamic and/or static display element. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218192 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO INPUT - A method includes displaying, in a window or field, first information associated with a first source running on a portable electronic device and detecting an input to display second information associated with a second source. After the detecting, second information associated with the second source and the first information in the window or field is displayed. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218193 | PATTERNED ACTIVATION OF PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS - An electronic device comprises piezoelectric actuators. Piezoelectric actuators are arranged in patterns within electronic device. Piezoelectric actuators are actuated in sub-patterns. Sub-patterns include Braille alphabet and Morse code. Piezoelectric actuators closest to touch input on a device can be actuated. Piezoelectric actuators can be actuated in sub-patterns corresponding to input received from environment such as caller identification codes or email codes. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218194 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD FEEDBACK - Feedback is provided for a virtual keyboard. A virtual key is displayed by a touch-sensitive display. The virtual key has a center zone and a plurality of peripheral zones surrounding the center zone. A first tone is sounded when the virtual key is touched within the center zone. A second tone is sounded when the virtual key is touched in a first peripheral zone. A third tone is sounded when the virtual key is touched in a second peripheral zone. The first tone is different than the second tone. The first tone is different than the third tone. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218195 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING TOUCH SENSITIVITY OF TOUCH SENSOR IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for adjusting a touch sensitivity of a touch sensor in a portable terminal and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes measuring a permittivity of an object located within a preset distance by a grip sensor disposed at a rear portion of the portable terminal when the touch sensor turned-on, and setting and adjusting a touch sensitivity corresponding to the measured permittivity of the object corresponding to the touch sensor of the portable terminal. The method adjusts the touch sensitivity of a touch sensor in a portable terminal according to a peripheral environment to improve the touch sensitivity of the touch sensor. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218196 | Object Determining Method, Object Display Method, Object Switching Method and Electronic Device - The embodiments of the invention disclose an object determining method, a portable device, an object displaying method, an object switching method and an electronic device. Said method is applied to a touch sensitive portable device. Identifications of multiple objects are displayed within a display area of said portable device. Each of the identifications of said multiple objects has a first status of being selected and a second status of being unselected. Said display area has a first area, the identification of a first object is displayed in the first area, and the first object is in the first status. Said method comprises: obtaining a switch instruction; moving the identification of the first object of the first area, switching the identification of the first object from the first status to the second status, moving the identification of the second object into the first area, and switching the identification of the second object from the second status to the first status according to the switch instruction. The embodiments of the invention can simplify the steps of the user's operation. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218197 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR STARTING APPLICATIONS IN THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a storage device, and a processor. The storage device stores a graphic database that includes a plurality of standard graphics. The touch screen detects a touch signal consisting of one or more touches, and determines the coordinates of the one or more touches. The processor generates a graphic according to the coordinates, searches for a standard stored graphic that matches the generated graphic in the storage device, and starts the application in the electronic device that is associated with the searched standard graphic. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218198 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING TOUCH SCREEN - Discussed is an LCD device including a touch screen which reduces the influence of noise applied to the touch screen by driving of a liquid crystal panel and thus leads to enhancement of the touch sensing performance. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel, a plurality of first touch electrodes, an insulation unit, a tempered glass, and a plurality of second touch electrodes. The liquid crystal panel includes a lower substrate and an upper substrate. The first touch electrodes are formed on the upper substrate for detecting a touch point in a first direction. The insulation unit is formed on the first touch electrodes. The tempered glass is formed on the insulation unit. The second touch electrodes are formed at a lower surface of the tempered glass for detecting a touch point in a second direction. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218199 | TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensor integrated display device is provided comprising gate lines and data lines formed on a substrate to be intersected with each other, a plurality of pixel electrodes formed at intersections between the gate lines and the data lines, and a common electrode formed to overlap the plurality of pixel electrodes through an insulating film disposed between the common electrode and the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the common electrode includes at least two touch electrodes, each of which is connected to at least one of signal lines arranged in one of a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A REPRESENTATIVE COMPUTERIZED DISPLAY OF A USER'S INTERACTIONS WITH A TOUCHSCREEN BASED HAND HELD DEVICE ON A GAZED-AT SCREEN - A system and method of interacting with a smartphone application displayed over a remote display gazed at by a user including a normal mode of operation which may be the default, a hovering mode of operation which may be triggered by a trigger event, and a release event which reverts from hovering mode to normal mode. An enhanced hovering ability is typically provided while hovering, in that a predetermined set of operative gestures is enabled, such that a range of predetermined gestures is available for operating purposes while hovering. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218201 | User-Friendly Process for Interacting with Information Content on Touchscreen Devices - An electronic device includes a touchscreen and an electrical circuit. The electrical circuit controls a display of the touchscreen and detects user contact with a surface of the touchscreen. The electrical circuit divides the display into at least two distinct display zones including an informational display zone and a command display zone. The informational display zone displays informational content including functional objects, each of the functional objects being associated with a data processing function. The command display zone displays a graphic representation of a command pad. In response to detecting a first predetermined tactile action on the command pad, the electrical circuit graphically modifies one of the functional objects of the informational display zone to indication selection of the one of the functional objects. In response to detecting a second predetermined tactile action, the electrical circuit initiates execution of the data processing function associated with the selected functional object. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218202 | WINDOWS POSITION CONTROL FOR PHONE APPLICATIONS - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface for a phone application are provided. More particularly, a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device can be determined. More particularly, a presentation of a user interface for a call log of a phone application can be retained after receiving a flick in an off-screen gesture area of the device. However, a second, child window is provided in a second screen in response to receiving the flick. The second, child window provides detail information about a phone call selected in the call log. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218203 | TOUCH DRAWING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS ALLOWING TOUCH-INPUT, AND CONTROLLER FOR THE DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electronic blackboard includes a display panel and a touch-panel, draws a line corresponding to a track formed by movement of the touched position on the displayed image, and erases an erroneously drawn line corresponding to a track specifying an operation other than drawing. In another aspect, an electronic blackboard includes a touch screen, a scroll unit for scrolling an image on the display screen when positions of multi-touch move in one same direction, and a page switching unit for detecting, after detection of multi-touch input, that a finger is moved away, and executing a process of returning the image on the display screen to a state before scrolling or a process of switching the image by one page in accordance with the moving direction of multi-touch positions, depending on whether the amount of movement of touch inputs is equal to or smaller than a threshold value. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218204 | TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM USING TOUCH POINT VIBRATION - A touch sensor system using vibration at touch point is provided, which includes a first sensor bar having a piezoelectric grid formed on a side surface thereof, a second sensor unit having a piezoelectric grid formed on a side surface thereof, and connected at one end to an end of the first sensor bar in a perpendicular relation, a signal processing unit connected to the first and second sensor units to receive an electric signal, and a touch point calculating unit which calculates a location of touch with respect to a screen through which the touch is inputted, based on the electric signal received at the signal processing unit. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218205 | TOUCHSCREEN-ENABLED MOBILE TERMINAL AND TEXT DATA OUTPUT METHOD THEREOF - A touchscreen-enable mobile terminal and a method for outputting text data in accordance with a touch gesture made to the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying text data on a screen in a text output mode, detecting a touch gesture, determining whether the touch gesture is followed by a movement, and outputting, when the touch gesture is followed by the movement, a text selected among all displayed text data according to a direction of the movement. The user can select the text data to be output with a touch gesture. Also, the user can recognize the text data selected by a touch gesture in the form of a vibration or a sound output. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218206 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, an electronic device, includes a display unit, a contact detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first image. The contact detecting unit detects a contact. When a sweep operation is detected by the contact detecting unit while the first image is displayed on the display unit, the control unit causes a second image to be displayed over the first image. The second image is extended from a first position at which the sweep operation is detected at first or an end portion of the display unit near the first position. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218207 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, an electronic device includes a display unit, an operation detecting unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a first object. The operation detecting unit detects an operation. When a slide operation is detected by the operation detecting unit while the first object is displayed on the display unit, the control unit causes a second object associated with a layer below the first object to be displayed on the display unit. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218208 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, an electronic device includes a display unit, a contact detecting unit, a control unit. The display unit displays a first image. The contact detecting unit detects a contact. when the contact detecting unit detects an operation in which a plurality of contacts including at least a first contact and a second contact are made and thereafter the first contact is moved in a direction approaching to the second contact, the control unit causes the first image displayed on the display unit to be distorted. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218209 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A determination unit executes determination on whether or not a target area, which is set based on one of a plurality of contact points where a user has touched a touch panel and which includes the one of the plurality of contact points, includes any other contact point out of the plurality of contact points. If the target area includes the any other contact point, a setting unit sets, as a new target area, an area that includes an area other than an area formerly set as the target area and that includes the one the plurality of contact points and the any other contact point. If the determination unit executes the determination multiple times, processing is executed based on the one of the plurality of contact points and on each contact point determined as being included in the target area. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218210 | USE OF RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN AS A PROXIMITY SENSOR - An apparatus and method for the use of a resistive touch screen as a proximity sensor. The touch screen operates in a touch sensing mode and a proximity sensing mode. The proximity sensing mode turns off the touch sensing circuit and uses the equivalent capacitor formed by the top layer of the touch screen with a nearby object to detect proximity. A control circuit selectively connects the touch screen with measurement circuits to perform each of the sensing functions. The control circuit can be implemented with timing based control or an event driven topology. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218211 | ELECTRONIC MODULE, CONTROL MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC MODULE SET - One variation of the invention is a electronic module comprising: a housing with external faces and electrically-conductive first, second, and third toes, each of which extends from one face to an adjacent face; first, second, and third magnetic elements arranged within the housing and proximal the first, second, and third toes, respectively; and a circuit arranged within the housing and electrically coupled to the toes. The circuit is operable between: a first mode when the first and second toes are in contact with a first terminal and a second terminal of a second electronic module, respectively; and a second mode when the second and the third toes are in contact with the second terminal and a third terminal of the second electronic module. The magnetic elements are configured to transiently retain the second electronic module against the housing, in both stacked and adjacent configurations, in the first and second modes. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218212 | COMPUTER DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method for operating a computer device incorporating a touch screen is provided. The method includes pre-defining a first pointing device command and a second pointing device command, which are not related to directional pointing control, in the computer device. In response to a first touch, the touch screen generates a first touch signal. The first pointing device invokes a command in response to the first touch signal. In response to a second touch different from the first touch, the touch screen generates a second touch signal. The second pointing device command is invokes in response to the second touch signal. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218213 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING THE USER INTERFACE OF A DEVICE - A method adjusting a user interface experience for a device that includes providing a user interface to retrieve a user input, providing a tactile interface layer that defines a surface and includes a volume of fluid and a displacement device | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218214 | User Interface Enhancement System - A user interface enhancement system that includes a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid contained within the fluid vessel that cooperates with the sheet to transmit an image through the sheet without substantial obstruction, a displacement device that influences the volume of fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and retract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, and an attachment component that couples the sheet to the device is disclosed. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218215 | Methods for Detecting and Tracking Touch Objects - In a touch sensitive user interface environment having a series of possible touch points on an activation surface, with the monitoring of the touch points being achieved by sensing activation values at a plurality of positions around the periphery of the activation surface, a method of determining where at least one touch point has been activated on the surface, the method including the steps of: (a) determining at least one intensity variation in the activation values; and (b) utilizing a gradient measure of the sides of the at least one intensity variation to determine the location of at least one touch point on the activation surface. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218216 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A display section ( | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120218217 | METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL SUPPORT OF THE MANUAL OPERATION OF GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES - The present invention relates to the operation of a device having a graphical display operated by hand or using a stylus, characterized in that a graphical interaction is generated on said display analogous to the three-dimensional position of the hand or the stylus as soon as said hand or stylus is located in the immediate vicinity of said display. This concerns a system that supports the operator in manipulating graphical user interfaces in a three-dimensional form, such that an optical reaction takes place on the existing graphical application as soon as the operator approaches, said optical reaction reflecting an analogous function to the position of the finger or the stylus. The user interface reacts at the position where the finger of the user approaches, whereby the image curves, for example, as seen through a sphere. The closer the finger, the stronger is the effect, until finally contact with the surface executes the prescribed action. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120223890 | Mode Switching - Based on one or more characteristics of a received translation input, a computing device is switched between two or more states. The translation input may be a touch input, for example a drag operation. The states may relate to locked and unlocked states, idle screens, or other suitable examples. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223891 | ELECTRONIC PERCUSSION GESTURES FOR TOUCHSCREENS - Methods, computer program products, and systems for receiving gestures and producing percussion instrument signals are disclosed. An exemplary method includes receiving a gesture on an area of a touchscreen representing a percussion instrument and generating a signal based on the gesture and area. The gesture can be a single point initiation touch on an area, and a drag into another area. The gesture can be a two-touch point initiation touch on a first area, and a change in distance between the points to change a first parameter such as repeat rate. Such gestures can further include translation of the touch points as a group along an axis to change a second parameter such as volume, pitch, or reverb. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223892 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SUSPENDING AUTOMATIC ROTATION AND METHOD TO SUSPEND AUTOMATIC SCREEN ROTATION - A display device for displaying information thereon, comprising a display unit adapted to display information in a plurality of display orientations, an orientation determination unit adapted to determine a physical orientation of the display device, a touch sensor adapted to sense a touch input from a user, and a display controller adapted to rotate the information displayed by the display unit from a first display orientation to a second display orientation when the orientation determination unit determines a change in the physical orientation, wherein the display controller suspends rotation of the information displayed by the display unit in the first orientation when the touch sensor senses a touch input substantially contemporaneously with when the orientation determination unit determines the change in the physical orientation. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223893 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PAD - A touch panel and a plurality of touch pads thereof are disclosed. Each touch pad includes a plurality of the same edges. Each edge includes two edge ends, an edge center, at least one convex, and at least one concave. A line between the two edge ends is defined as a reference line. The edge center is located at the center of the reference line. A first region is surrounded by the at least one convex and the reference line. A second region is surrounded by the at least one concave and the reference line. The at least one convex and the at least one concave are symmetrical to the edge center. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223894 | MULTI-PASS TOUCH CONTACT TRACKING - In embodiments of multi-pass touch contact tracking, touch input sensor data is recognized as a series of components of a contact on a touch-screen display. The components can be determined to correlate to the contact based on multi-pass nearest-neighbor contact mapping that includes forward nearest-neighbor contact mapping of the components and reverse nearest-neighbor contact mapping of the components. The components can then be associated to represent a tracking of the contact. Subsequent components of the contact can also be determined and associated with the previous components of the contact to further represent the tracking of the contact. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223895 | Single-Finger and Multi-Touch Gesture Determination Method, Touch Control Chip, Touch Control System and Computer System - A single-finger and multi-touch gesture determination method is disclosed. The single touch and multi-touch gesture determination method includes steps of: for each of one or more touch points, judging a respective category under a first group to which the touch point belongs, according to an initial position of the touch point; for each of the one or more touch points, judging a respective category under a second group to which the touch point belongs, according to a moving pattern of the touch point, wherein the moving pattern is respectively defined in the judged category under the first group to which the touch point belongs; and determining a gesture represented by the one or more touch points according to the judged categories under the second group respectively to which the one or more touch points belong. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223896 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING COVER LENS STRUCTURE - A touch display apparatus having a cover lens structure is described. The touch display apparatus includes a touch sensing layer, a display panel adjacent to the touch sensing layer, a backlight module adjacent o the display panel and a cover lens structure. The cover lens structure includes a substrate, a first segment height and a side-wall portion. The first segment height protrudes from the substrate wherein the first segment height and the substrate forms a first receiving space to allow the first segment height to retain the touch sensing layer. The side-wall portion extends and bends from a side edge of the substrate wherein the side-wall portion has a locking portion for buckling the backlight module. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223897 | OPERATION INSTRUCTING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME AND OPERATION INSTRUCTING METHOD - An operation instructing device includes a display unit that displays an image and a detecting unit that detects a touched position and thereby specifies a corresponding position of an image displayed on the display unit. While an image is displayed on the display unit, if the detecting unit detects that at least two points A and B are touched in a portion of the detecting unit corresponding to the image, assuming that the image is formed on a sheet of recording paper, a distance between two points of the image formed on the sheet of recording paper corresponding to the two touched points is calculated and displayed on a display panel. Thus, an error in operation instruction such as enlargement and reduction can be reduced, and hence, wasteful consumption of ink and recording paper can be reduced. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223898 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a display control device including an operation display unit for detecting operation positions, on a display screen, in accordance with a user operation on the display screen, a state determination unit for determining, based on a detection result of the operation positions, a first operation state where two operation positions are detected, a process determination unit for determining, based on a change in the operation positions in the first operation state, a process related to display that is to be performed, and a display control unit for performing, based on a determination result of a process, a process which has been determined to be performed, and causing the display screen to perform display corresponding to the process. The display control unit continues the display corresponding to the process which has been determined to be performed, according to a duration of determination for the process which has been determined. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223899 | COMPUTERIZED INFORMATION PRESENTATION APPARATUS - A computerized information system useful for providing directions and other information to a user. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a processor and network interface and computer readable medium having at least one computer program disposed thereon, the at least one program being configured to receive inputs from the user regarding locations or entities, and provide directions and/or advertising related content. At least a portion of the information is obtained via the network interface from a remote server. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223900 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device according to an embodiment includes a touch panel, a plurality of detecting units, a blocking unit, and a calculating unit. The display device is incorporated in a vehicle, and the touch panel receives a pressing operation. The plurality of detecting units detect a pressure value on the touch panel. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223901 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TRANSPARENT CIRCUIT SUBSTRATE FOR TOUCH SCREEN - Provided is a method of manufacturing a transparent circuit substrate for a touch screen. The method may involve forming an electrode layer on a transparent substrate, stacking a light shielding layer on the transparent substrate such that the light shielding layer is located on an outside of the electrode layer, stacking a mask on the light shielding layer and the electrode layer, forming a conductive layer on the mask, forming connecting lines for connecting the electrode layer and connecting terminals by removing the mask and a portion of the conductive layer, and forming the connecting terminals on the light shielding layer such that the connecting terminals contact the connecting lines. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223902 | MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A measurement device that comprises a display control part that displays a measurement result obtained from a probe that measures a pH or the like, the display control part displays in a switchable manner at least two displaying screens among a numerical value displaying screen that displays the measurement result as a numeric value, an analog displaying screen that displays the measurement result like an analog meter and a graph displaying screen that displays the measurement result as a time series graph, and the display control part switches each of the displaying screens continuously in conjunction with a touch slide operation on the display by moving the displaying screen displayed prior to the touch slide operation to the outside of a displaying area on the display and by moving the other displaying screen to the inside of the displaying area in accordance with the above-mentioned movement. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223903 | HIGH PARAMETER-COUNT TOUCH-PAD CONTROLLER - An apparatus including a touch user interface device including a sensor array configured to sense spatial information associated with one or more contiguous regions of contact and a processing device in communication with the touch user interface device configured to discern a first contiguous region of contact corresponding to a first finger from the one or more contiguous regions of contact, determine a first spatial distribution profile of the first contiguous region at a first time, determine a second spatial distribution profile of the first contiguous region at a second time, analyze a shape variation of the second spatial distribution profile in comparison to the first spatial distribution profile to determine a rotational movement of the first finger, generate a control signal in response to the detected rotational movement. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223904 | Self-Healing and Diagnostic Screen - A method, system, and computer program product for determining a level of cleanliness of a multi-touch screen display, characterizing objects that make contact with the screen, and initiating a specific maintenance action on the screen, based on screen cleanliness and the object(s) characterization(s). A screen diagnostic and maintenance (SDM) utility initiates a number of procedures to determine the type of object(s) and a set of characteristics of object(s) that make contact with the touch screen. Based on the results of the procedures, the SDM utility characterizes/identifies the object(s). In addition, the SDM utility initiates maintenance screen check(s) based on information stored in maintenance configuration file(s). Based on the results of the maintenance check(s), configuration file(s) data and type and characterization of the object(s) that have made contact with the screen, the SDM utility determines the type of maintenance that is performed and the timing/schedule of the maintenance action(s). | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223905 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device having a touch panel, and more particularly, to a touch panel display device which can improve visibility. The display device of the present invention includes: a display panel; a first film layer that is disposed on the display panel, and includes a first material, a first transparent layer having a first pattern disposed on the first material, and an index matching layer disposed between the first material and the first transparent layer; a second film layer that is disposed on the first film layer, and includes a second material, a second transparent layer having a second pattern disposed on the second material, and an index matching layer disposed between the second material and the second transparent layer; and a touch window disposed on the second film layer. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223906 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A portable information terminal includes display ( | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223907 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING TOUCH INFORMATION OF 3D-OBJECT TO USER - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing the touch information of a 3-D object. The method includes creating a hexahedral bounding box around the 3-D object, acquiring a depth information image for each side of the hexahedral bounding box, creating six touch attribute images corresponding to six depth information images, and providing a touch attribute of at least one of the six touch attribute images to a user. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120223908 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device ( | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120229390 | MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device is disclosed. The mobile device includes a display, a touch panel, and a buffer structure. The touch panel is disposed on one side of the display. The buffer structure has a gas fluid layer and is disposed between the display and the touch panel. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229391 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INTERACTIVE DIGITAL BOOKS - A system and methods for creating interactive digital books utilizing a multi-touch input and display device to allow users or authors to create stories including embedded interactive effects in response to received multi-touch inputs from the reader. The system and method allows book authors to create interactive effects through author gesture inputs through the multi-touch display rather than through traditional coding methods. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229392 | INPUT PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus including a display control unit that controls a display to display a plurality of objects, and an input target recognition unit that iteratively calculates an input target on the display based on a plurality of positions corresponding to an input received from a start position of the input to a current position of the input. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229393 | DATA DISPLAY METHOD AND DATA DISPLAY SYSTEM - The coordinate system of the electronic data | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229394 | DISPLAY TERMINAL - A display terminal for a tractor or other agricultural machine. The terminal has a touch sensitive screen in which the pressing of pre-determined areas of the screen designated as control areas initiates pre-determined actions in the operation of the terminal or machine. The terminal also has a control unit and a matrix of push buttons external to the screen the pressing of which duplicates the pressing of the touch sensitive screen areas. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229395 | Touch Screen Panel - A touch screen panel includes a plurality of first and second sensing electrodes crossing each other and a plurality of coupling pads. Each of the coupling pads is coupled to a respective end of a corresponding one of the first sensing electrodes or the second sensing electrodes. The touch screen panel further includes a repair wiring line and an insulating layer interposed between the coupling pads and the repair wiring line. A defect such as a short is repairable by the repair wiring line so that manufacturing cost may be reduced. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229396 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch input device includes a touch pad and a switch. The touch pad has opposite sides. On one side of the touch pad extends a connecting part, the connecting part is flexible and connected to a housing. The other side is suspended to act as a floating side. The floating side is capable of moving down to enable the switch to generate input commands when a pressure is exerted on the floating side. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING DESIRED CONTENTS ON READ TEXT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for easily setting desired contents within a text in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes determining a first position on a first row of the text, determining a second position on a second row of the text, and selecting contents located between the first position and the second position. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229398 | HUMAN USER INTERFACES UTILIZING INTERRUPTION OF THE EXECUTION OF A FIRST RECOGNIZED GESTURE WITH THE EXECUTION OF A RECOGNIZED SECOND GESTURE - A method is provided for a user interface recognizing the interruption of the execution of a first gesture with the execution of a second gesture. Measured information responsive to user interaction actions made by a user is received from a user interface sensor. At least one operation is applied to the measured information to produce a sequence of symbols or gestemes. The sequence of symbols is first used to determine that the user's execution of a first gesture has been interrupted. The sequence of symbols is used to determine that the user's execution of a second gesture has been started and completed resuming the first gesture. The sequence of symbols is used to determine that the user's execution a first gesture has been completed. Both the first and second gestures are recognized. Semantic content can be assigned to the existence of and various details regarding the interruption and gestures involved. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229399 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and methods are disclosed. The electronic device comprises a plurality of touch panels on a plurality of display screens respectively including a first touch panel on a first display screen and a second touch panel on the second display screen. If a predefined area on the first touch panel is moved from a first location to a second location in a direction toward the second touch panel, a notification is displayed in an area between the first location and the second location on the first display screen. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229400 | INTERACTIVITY MODEL FOR SHARED FEEDBACK ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system that produces a dynamic haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes a gesture signal and a real or virtual device sensor signal. The haptic effect is modified dynamically based on both the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal such as from an accelerometer or gyroscope, or by a signal created from processing data such as still images, video or sound. The haptic effect may optionally be modified dynamically by using the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal and a physical model, or may optionally be applied concurrently to multiple devices which are connected via a communication link. The haptic effect may optionally be encoded into a data file on a first device. The data file is then communicated to a second device and the haptic effect is read from the data file and applied to the second device. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229401 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE DATA CHANNELS ON A SINGLE HAPTIC DISPLAY - A system that produces a haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes at least two haptic effect signals each having a priority level. The haptic effect is a combination of the haptic effect signals and priority levels. The haptic effect may optionally be a combination of the two haptic effect signals if the priority levels are the same, otherwise only the haptic effect signal with the highest priority is used. The frequency of haptic notifications may also be used to generate a drive signal using foreground and background haptic effect channels depending on whether the frequency ratio exceeds a foreground haptic effect threshold. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229402 | Multiple Actuation Handheld Device - A device includes a housing, a processor that is coupled to the housing, the processor is configured to process a software program stored in a memory. A touch screen is coupled to the housing and configured to display graphical objects, wherein a sensor signal associated with a user's interaction with the touch screen is provided to the processor. A first actuator is coupled to the touch screen and positioned within the housing. The first actuator is configured to output a first haptic effect to the touch screen upon receiving a first activating signal from the processor. A second actuator is coupled to the housing and configured to output a second haptic effect to the housing upon receiving a second activating signal from the processor. The first activating signal is associated with a foreground event and the second activating signal is associated with a background event occurring in the software program. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229403 | IMAGE DISPLAY THAT MOVES PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND CAUSES TACTILE SENSATION - An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229404 | IMAGE DISPLAY THAT MOVES PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND CAUSES TACTILE SENSATION - An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229405 | IMAGE DISPLAY THAT MOVES PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND CAUSES TACTILE SENSATION - An image display including a touch-sensitive display, that creates tactile sensation and movement of an object ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229406 | Method and Device for Identifying and Unlocking with Contact Surface Model - Provided are a method and apparatus for identifying and unlocking with a contact surface model. The method includes: associating a predefined contact surface shape with a user interface state; and when a device detects that a contact surface shape formed by a user on a touch screen is the same as or similar to the predefined contact surface shape, switching the device to the user interface state corresponding to the predefined contact surface shape. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229407 | Touch Sensitive Device Employing Bending Wave Vibration Sensors That Detect Touch Location And Provide Haptic Feedback - A touch sensitive device comprising a touch sensitive display member capable of supporting bending wave vibration and having a user accessible display surface, an array of transducers coupled to the display member with the array of transducers comprising at least some transducers which are configured to both detect physical touching of the input surface by the user and to input impulses into the display member to produce a haptics sensation to the user in response to said detected touching of the display surface, and a signal processor to receive signals from at least some of transducers in the array of transducers and adapted to analyse the signals to determine the location of the physical touch on the display surface. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229408 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes detection sections each of which is arranged in an associated one of a plurality of pixels, and is configured to detect a pressed position; scan lines and detection lines formed on a first substrate; and a detection driver connected to the detection lines. When the first substrate or a second substrate is pressed, and the detection section in the pressed area is scanned with the scan line, the detection driver detects a voltage applied to the detection section via the detection line. An inspection line to which at least the scan lines or the detection lines are connected in parallel is further formed on the first substrate. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229409 | CONTACT OPERATION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, CONTACT OPERATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide a contact operation determination apparatus, a contact operation determination method, and a program that are capable of avoiding erroneous determination in an end portion of a contact detection area. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229410 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM, REMOTE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a remote control apparatus which includes a display panel, a control detecting part for detecting a swipe of a contact point by a continuous contact control to the display panel, a command generating part for finding a first direction from a positional relationship between a contact starting point and a first swipe point swiped from the contact starting point, generating a control command indicating start of a swipe in the first direction, finding a second direction from a positional relationship between the contact starting point and a second swipe point swiped from the first swipe point, and generating a control command indicating stop of the swipe in the first direction and start of a swipe in the second direction in the case where the second direction differs from the first direction, and a command transmitting part for transmitting the generated control command to a television. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229411 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device is provided that includes a display portion, a user recognition portion, a button selection portion, and a display control portion. The display portion displays at least one function button that is related to a function that the information processing device is capable of performing. The user recognition portion recognizes a user who is operating the information processing device. The button selection portion selects, from among the at least one function button that is displayed on the display portion, at least one function button that corresponds to the user who has been recognized by the user recognition portion. The display control portion moves the function button that has been selected by the button selection portion from an initial position on a display screen of the display portion such that the function button is close to a specified position on the display screen. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120229412 | Touch Position Detection Method and Apparatus - A method comprising: a) concurrently selecting a group of rows in a sensor network; b) simultaneously reading at least one column of the sensor network to detect a sensing event; c) if a sensing event is not detected, eliminating the group of rows from further selection. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120235922 | CENTRAL DISPLAY WITH PRIVATE SECONDARY DISPLAYS - An apparatus, system, and method for a central display with private secondary displays. The apparatus includes a central information handling device and a secondary generation module. The central information handling device generates a central image for a central display. The central display is in communication with a plurality of secondary devices communicating with a plurality of secondary displays. Each secondary device communicates with a distinct secondary display. The secondary generation module generates a secondary image for two or more of the secondary displays of the secondary devices. The central display is viewable concurrently by users of each secondary display. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235923 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM WITH NOTES AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of an electronic device system includes: providing a display interface; monitoring a screen pointer in direct contact with the display interface; detecting a raw movement having movement deviations on the display interface with the screen pointer for forming a geometric shaped area; generating a path based on the raw movement and compensated for movement deviations in the raw movement to define a perimeter of the geometric shaped area; generating a graphical area having a geometric shape defined by the path; and displaying the graphical area in the display interface. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235924 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS - In one implementation, a display system includes a first display client module, a second display client module, and a display control module. The display control module provides a first data set associated with a first region of a virtual display to the first display client module. The display control module also provides a second data set associated with a second region different from the first region of the virtual display to the second display client module. The first display client module is configured to output the first data set and to provide a first input event descriptor to the display control module at a first time. The second display client module is configured to output the second data set and to provide a second input event descriptor to the display control module at a second time. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235925 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Establishing an Impromptu Network - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface and a device motion sensor detects a predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive surface. The predefined gesture has one or more gesture components. The device detects a predefined movement of the electronic device with the device motion sensor. The predefined movement has one or more movement components. In response to detecting the predefined gesture and the predefined movement, the device, in accordance with a determination that the one or more gesture components and the one or more movement components satisfy predefined concurrency criteria, performs a predefined operation that is associated with concurrent detection of the predefined gesture and the predefined movement, and in accordance with a determination that the one or more gesture components and the one or more movement components do not satisfy the predefined concurrency criteria, foregoes performing the predefined operation. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235926 | HANDHELD DEVICES AND RELATED DATA TRANSMISSION METHODS - Data transmission methods for handheld devices at least including a touch-sensitive screen are provided. The data transmission method includes the steps of: detecting an edge movement touch which is generated by first detecting that an object has contacted a point which is inside of the touch-sensitive display unit and has been dragged to an edge of the touch-sensitive display unit; when detecting the edge movement touch, generating first information according to the edge movement touch; and determining whether to transmit a file according to a comparison result of the first information and second information generated on an electronic device that is located neighboring to the handheld device. The file is transmitted to the electronic device when the comparison result matches a predetermined condition. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235927 | TOUCH DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch device is provided. The touch device, having a sensing area and a peripheral area, includes a touch-sensing layer, a shielding layer disposed at the peripheral area of and separated from the touch-sensing layer, and an insulating layer disposed between the touch-sensing layer and the shielding layer. Moreover, a fabrication method of a touch device is provided. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235928 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display, which includes an upper substrate with a mask layer placed thereon, a touch sensing layer, a lower substrate, and an organic light-emitting assembly. The touch sensing layer is disposed below the upper substrate, and the lower substrate is disposed by facing with the upper substrate. The organic light-emitting assembly is disposed above the lower substrate with facing to the touch sensing layer. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing the touch sensitive display is provided. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235929 | PAPER FEEDING DEVICE, IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE, PAPER FEEDING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided a paper feeding device including: a microphone which detects sound occurred on a paper conveying path; a pre-processing unit which performs pre-processing on a signal of the sound detected by the microphone; and a jam detection unit which detects a jam of paper based on the sound signal on which the pre-processing is performed, a reference value about intensity of the sound, and a reference value about a duration time of the sound. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235930 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A GESTURE - A method includes displaying information associated with a first application on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device. A gesture is detected on the touch-sensitive display, which gesture indicates a request to display information associated with a second application. At least part of the information associated with the second application is displayed without opening the second application. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235931 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED ELECTRODE STRUCTURE - A touch screen panel apparatus is provided. The touch screen panel apparatus includes a first electrode layer including a plurality of first electrode lines arranged in a first direction to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; a plurality of first odd-numbered electrode plates coupled to odd-numbered lines of the first electrode lines; and a plurality of first even-numbered electrode plates coupled to even-numbered lines of the first electrode lines. The plurality of first odd-numbered electrode plates and the plurality of first even-numbered electrode plates are alternately arranged in a second direction different from the first direction. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235932 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE PRODUCED BY SAID METHOD - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing human-machine interfaces ( | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235933 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile terminal includes a display unit displaying a display image generated based on a acquired content; a touched divided region detector detecting a touched divided region from among divided regions formed by virtually dividing a screen of the display unit; a storage storing a table in which the divided region is associated with an area having a display image to be preferentially generated among display images generated based on the content; an image processor, when the screen of the display unit is touched, referring to the table, specifying an area corresponding to the divided region detected by the touched divided region detector, and generating the display image corresponding to the area specified in the content; and a display controller displaying the display image generated by the image processor on the display unit in accordance with displacement of a touched position. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235934 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL, EVENT SWITCHING CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A display device includes a touch panel; a coordinate detecting unit configured to detect coordinates on a display surface of the touch panel; a special pen detecting unit configured to detect that a special pen comes into physical contact with the display surface; a timer unit configured to measure time having elapsed from when the coordinate detecting unit detects the coordinates; and an event issuing unit configured to issue a first event when the special pen detecting unit detects the special pen coming into contact with the display surface, and issue a second event when the time having elapsed measured by the timer unit exceeds a predetermined time Δt while the special pen detecting unit is not detecting the special pen coming into contact with the display surface. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235935 | User Interface System - The user interface system of the preferred embodiment includes: a layer defining a surface, a substrate supporting the layer and at least partially defining a cavity, a displacement device coupled to the cavity and adapted to expand the cavity thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, a touch sensor coupled to the substrate and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the particular region of the surface, and a display coupled to the substrate and adapted to output images to the user. The user interface system of the preferred embodiments has been specifically designed to be incorporated into an electronic device, such as the display of a mobile phone, but may be incorporated in any suitable device that interfaces with a user in both a visual and tactile manner. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235936 | Method for Multi-Touch Control and Associated Apparatus - A method for multi-touch control and associated apparatus is provided. The method includes indentifying two peak sensing values from a plurality of sensing values of a touch panel, providing a threshold according to intrinsic characteristics of the touch panel and features of the sensing values, comparing whether the sensing values between the two peak sensing values are lower than the threshold, and selectively reporting multi-touch events. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235937 | Two-Dimensional Touch Sensors - In a touch sensor, as well as providing touch position data, additional data is provided on the shape of the touch. This is achieved by having sampling nodes on a finer mesh than the size of the actuating object, typically a finger, so each finger touch activates a group of adjacent nodes on the sensor. In this way, each touch has a shape formed by the activated nodes. The shape allows the touch sensor to report an angle with each touch and data indicating how elongate the touch is, preferably both together as a vector in which the direction of the vector gives the angle and the magnitude of the vector gives the ellipticity. For each frame of data collected from the sensor array, the sensor outputs an (x, y) coordinate of touch position and a further (x, y) coordinate of a shape vector. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235938 | Touch Enhanced Interface - Some embodiments provide a Touch Enhanced Interface (TEI) that translates data from touch devices into a wide variety of output actions, free from the construct of mapping such touch data to an on-screen pointer or direct screen-mapped coordinates. Based on the touch and hold of one or more fingers, the TEI enables access to different sets of operations. Then based on different taps, holds, directional slides, and directional flicks of one or more fingers, the TEI performs specific operations in an accessed set of operations. Some embodiments provide a TEI viewer that displays symbols that identify the operations that can be performed using the various touches. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235939 | Touch-Panel-Equipped Electronic Device - A touch-panel-equipped electronic device having a display panel, a touch panel, vibration elements, and vibration propagation members. The touch panel is disposed above the display panel. The vibration elements are disposed lateral to the display panel. The vibration propagation members propagate vibrations of the vibration elements to the touch panel. Each vibration element is disposed such that a vibration direction of a vibration plate thereof is parallel to the normal direction of the display panel. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235940 | Position and Gesture Touch Sensor Responsive to Displacements and Angles of At Least One Contacting Finger - A touch-based user interface system comprising an arrangement for scanning a tactile sensor array to produce a corresponding array of measurement values that are presented to a processor for computation. The computation produces a plurality of running sums created from selected measurement values or functions of selected measurement values. A post-scan computation algorithm derives at least three independently-adjustable interactive control parameters responsive to at least displacements or angles the contact of a single area of threshold contact or threshold proximity. The system provides output control signals responsive to the independently-adjustable interactive control parameters. In one aspect of the invention, n algorithmic element for handling of regions of threshold contact or threshold proximity having non-convex shapes. In another aspect of the invention, an algorithmic element calculates the rate of change of one or more of the independently-adjustable interactive control parameters. Other aspects of the invention include shape and gesture recognition. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235941 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS IN A TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for inputting Hindi characters in a terminal. A touch screen displays a first key set and a second key set. The first key set includes first letter keys with all consonants and a combination lock key for entering a compound consonant. The second key set includes a first letter selected from the first key set and second letter keys with predetermined vowels combinable with the first letter. Upon selection of the first letter from the first key set, a controller controls the touch screen to display the second key set and receives at least one letter from the first and second key sets. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235942 | HAPTIC INTERFACE FOR TOUCH SCREEN EMBODIMENTS - A haptic feedback touch control used to provide input to a computer. A touch input device includes a planar touch surface that provides position information to a computer based on a location of user contact. The computer can position a cursor in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position information, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user. The actuator can move the touchpad laterally, or a separate surface member can be actuated. A flat E-core actuator, piezoelectric actuator, or other types of actuators can be used to provide forces. The touch input device can include multiple different regions to control different computer functions. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235943 | NETWORK APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PERFORMING SETTING VIA NETWORK APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A network apparatus configured to perform data communication using an address includes a value input unit configured to input a value describing at least one part of the address, a first mark input unit configured to input a mark for separating a plurality of values describing the address in a plurality of parts, and a second mark input unit configured to continuously input a plurality of marks. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235944 | TOUCHSCREEN ENTRY OF CONSTRUCTION PUNCH LIST ITEMS DIRECTLY ON A PLAN - A method for establishing a construction punch list system for managing and inspecting a construction project is disclosed. Plan data, of a construction project, is provided from a database in a central server to sub-contractors having field operable graphical touchscreen devices. A touchscreen device is used to display a selected plan. Using the touchscreen device, color-coded or shape-coated construction deficiency data, in relation to the selected plan, is entered in graphical and textual form. The construction deficiency data is communicated to the central server. From the construction deficiency data, a construction punch list is generated in graphical or tabular form. The construction deficiency data from the server is distributed to at least one sub-contractor, indicating needed fixes. The needed fixes are fixed, then the construction deficiency data is updated to reflect fixes. The updated construction deficiency data is accessed for inspecting and supervising the construction project. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235945 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an L-shaped printed circuit board is connected to the periphery of a film sensor at a plurality of connection portions. Long holes are each formed in the periphery of a film sensor at the center of a portion of the film sensor located between a corresponding pair of adjacent connection portions. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235946 | CONTROLLING APPLICATION WINDOWS IN AN OPERATING SYSTEM - Systems and methods are provided for controlling the appearance of application windows on a computer display screen. A user identifies either an application window currently running on the computer or a new application to be started. The user also identifies a size, shape, and screen location by inputting a geometric shape, such as by drawing a rectangle with a pen or stylus input device, on the display screen. The appearance of the application window is set based on the geometric shape. The application window is resized and moved, for a currently running application, or created, for a new application, on the display screen. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235947 | MAP INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - In order to enable the user to intuitively and easily perform an operation of changing the display of a map thereon while maintaining the viewability of the map, a map information processing device in accordance with the present invention includes a display unit for displaying a map, a three-dimensional input unit for detecting a three-dimensional position of an object to be detected with respect to a display surface of the display unit, and a control unit for displaying a map having the same display center as an original display position with a scale according to the distance between the object to be detected which is detected by the three-dimensional input unit and the display surface on the display unit. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120235948 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - Disclosed is a liquid crystal device having improved assembly workability. A liquid crystal device of the present invention is provided with: a liquid crystal panel | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120242584 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SIGHT INDEPENDENT ACTIVITY REPORTS RESPONSIVE TO A TOUCH GESTURE - A method for providing sight independent activity reports responsive to a touch gesture may include receiving an indication of a pulse gesture being performed by at least two fingers with respect to a selectable item displayed at a touch screen display, determining a status with respect to activity associated with an application corresponding to the selectable item, and causing provision of haptic feedback to the at least two fingers based on the status. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242585 | POSITION SENSING PANEL - A position sensing panel may include electrode connecting lines from two different sets of electrodes arranged so that the distance between a side edge of a connecting line from one of the set of electrodes and a center of an adjacent connecting line from the same set of electrodes may be less than the distance between the connecting line and a nearest connecting line from the other set of electrodes. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242586 | Methods and Apparatus for Providing A Local Coordinate Frame User Interface for Multitouch-Enabled Devices - Methods and apparatus for providing a local coordinate frame user interface for multitouch-enabled devices. A user interface may be provided on multitouch display devices, displayed according to a local coordinate frame constructed around the human hand. A user may place the tips of all five digits on a multitouch user interface with a natural gesture to provide five input points; the method detects which input points correspond to which digits, and constructs a local coordinate frame for the hand based on the input points. User interface elements (e.g., controls) may then be assigned to each digit and displayed on the multitouch display. The user may then selectively manipulate one or more of the displayed controls as desired via one or more gestures associated with the particular control. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242587 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION SYSTEM - A character recognition system includes, but is not limited to, a touchpad including a touch sensing surface for generating a first signal in response to a touch, the first signal corresponding to a location of the touch on the touch sensing surface, the touchpad further including a topographical feature associated with the touch sensing surface, the topographical feature configured to guide a touching member in a predetermined pattern along the touch sensing surface, the predetermined pattern corresponding with a predetermined set of characters. The system also includes an output device for communicatively coupling with a controlled device. The system further includes a processor communicatively coupled with the touchpad and the output device. The processor receives the first signal, detects a pattern of the touch, generates a second signal corresponding to the pattern, and instructs the output device to output the second signal. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242588 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH CONCAVE DISPLAYS - Electronic devices may be provided with concave displays that reduce the risk of damage in the event of a drop while maximizing the internal volume of the device. Concave displays may be formed from one or more flexible layers including a flexible display layer. The flexible display layer may be mounted to a rigid support structure or a rigid cover layer. Flexible display layers that conform to the curved shape of a rigid cover structure provide additional internal volume in which internal components of the device may be positioned. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242589 | Computer Interface Method - A method of interacting with a first electronic device having a touch-sensitive display. The method comprises establishing a connection between the first electronic device and a second electronic device, the connection allowing data communication between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. A first event involving the first electronic device is detected and a second event involving the second electronic device is detected. It is determined if the first event and the second event relate to an interaction between the second electronic device and an element displayed on the touch-sensitive display. If the first and second events relate to an interaction between the second electronic device and an element displayed on the touch-sensitive display, operation of the first electronic device is controlled based upon one or more characteristics of the interaction. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242590 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A GAME CONTROLLER ON A TOUCH-SCREEN DEVICE - A touch-screen apparatus and method are described for controlling an online video game. For example, one embodiment of a touch-screen apparatus comprises: a touch-screen display for displaying images and receiving user input in response to a user touching the touch screen display; a network interface for establishing a network connection with a gaming server executing a video game in response to user input from the apparatus, the gaming server compressing video output from the video game to generate interactive compressed streaming video, and transmitting the interactive compressed streaming video generated by the video game over the network connection to the touch-screen apparatus; a memory for storing program code and a processor for processing the program code to generate a touch-screen graphical user interface (GUI) comprising: a plurality of user input elements providing user input in response to the user selecting the user input elements on the touch screen display; wherein the user input is transmitted from the touch-screen apparatus to the gaming server to control the execution of the video game. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242591 | TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING STABLE TOUCHES - A system and method are provided for a touch screen whose input is less influenced by turbulence, G forces, and/or equipment vibrations. A method of selecting one of a plurality of buttons displayed on a touch screen includes preventing buttons within a first portion of the touch screen from registering a touch; placing a portion of a hand on the first portion; and touching one of the plurality of buttons on a second portion of the touch screen. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242592 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS - Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays and internal components. An internal component may be positioned under the flexible display. The internal component may be an output device such as a speaker that transmits sound through the flexible display or an actuator that deforms the display in a way that is sensed by a user. The internal component may also be a microphone or pressure sensor that receives sound or pressure information through the flexible display. Structural components may be used to permanently or temporarily deform the flexible display to provide tactile feedback to a user of the device. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242593 | PIEZOELECTRIC VIBRATION MODULE AND TOUCH SCREEN USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a piezoelectric vibration module and a touch screen using the same. In the piezoelectric vibration module, a mass body is attached to a central portion of a vibration bar, thereby making it possible to maximize the amplitude of the piezoelectric vibration module, and a groove is formed in the vibration bar to provide elasticity and flexibility to the piezoelectric vibration module, thereby making it possible to maximize vibratory force of the piezoelectric vibration module. In the touch screen, the piezoelectric vibration module is attached to a lower surface of an image display part of the touch screen, thereby making it possible to directly transfer vibratory force generated in the piezoelectric vibration module to an input unit. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242594 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - An input device includes a body unit, a first touch type position detection unit which detects a first touch position of a human body on a first detection surface of the body unit, a second touch type position detection unit which detects a second touch position of the human body on a second detection surface of the body unit, the second detection surface being on an opposite side of the body unit as the first detection surface, and a detection area restriction unit which restricts an area, which can be detected by the second touch type position detection unit, on the second detection surface according to information of the first touch position and information determined in advance. The information determined in advance is data indicating a relation between the first touch position on the first detection surface and the restricted area on the second detection surface. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242595 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH POINT - An exemplary method for determining a touch point includes the following steps of: performing a first operation to determine whether a detected result of a first touch detection point exceeds a first threshold; performing a second operation to determine whether all detected results of multiple second touch detection points are no more than the detection result of the first touch detection point, the second touch detection points neighboring with the first touch detection point; performing a third operation to determine whether a sum of detected results of multiple third touch detection points exceeds a second threshold, the third touch detection points neighboring with the first touch detection point; and determining the first touch detection point as the touch point is being touched if the determine results of the first through third operations are all true. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242596 | PORTABLE DEVICES, DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS AND DISPLAY SHARING METHODS THEREOF - Display sharing methods for use in a server coupled to a plurality of devices via a network are provided. Each device at least includes a touch-sensitive display unit. The server receives a plurality of determination information from the devices and determines whether the devices corresponding to the received determination information are neighboring to each other and are located on the same plane, wherein each of determination information corresponds to one device and includes first gesture information. If so, the server further determines whether first gesture information from all received determination information can be combined into a closed-loop gesture and if so, provides first display data to each device. Second display information is displayed on the touch-sensitive display units of the devices, wherein each of determination information is generated when the corresponding device detects/receives a gesture which has contacted two edges of its touch-sensitive display unit on the touch-sensitive display unit. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242597 | DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display with integrated touch sensor and a driving method thereof are provided. The display comprises a display data driving circuit that supplies analog video data voltages to data lines of a display panel during a display period and maintains the voltage of the data lines at the same specific DC voltage during a touch sensor driving period; a display scan driving circuit that sequentially supplies scan pulses synchronized with the analog video data voltages to the gate lines of the display panel during the display period; a touch sensor driving circuit that sequentially supplies driving pulses to the Tx lines of the display panel during the touch sensor driving period; and a touch sensor readout circuit that receives a touch signal from the mutual capacitances via the Rx lines of the display panel during the touch sensor driving period. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242598 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROSSING NAVIGATION FOR USE IN AN ELECTRONIC TERMINAL - A touch screen that is capable of receiving touch inputs from a user includes a crossing navigation input that uses two directional input to move through content within different content groups. The touch screen includes a graphical user interface that is configured to display content on the touch screen such that similar content items are in a content group. Additionally, the graphical user interface is configured to receive, through the touch screen, a first input to access different content groups and a second input to access content within the same group. The first input includes a touch input in a first direction and the second input includes a touch input in a second direction. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242599 | DEVICE INCLUDING PLURALITY OF TOUCH SCREENS AND SCREEN CHANGE METHOD FOR THE DEVICE - A screen change method and device are provided. A first screen, from among a plurality of screens, is displayed on a first touch screen. A second screen, which precedes or succeeds the first screen in a sequence of the plurality of screens, is displayed on a second touch screen. A touch is detected on the first touch screen. Continuous movement of the detected touch from the first touch screen to the second touch screen is detected. Other screens, which are different from the first screen and the second screen, from among the plurality of screens, are displayed on the first touch screen and the second touch screen, in response to the detected continuous movement of the touch. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242600 | TOUCH OPERATING DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch operating display device is disclosed, including: a back light device; a first polarizing film disposed on the back light device; an operating device disposed on the first polarizing film; a liquid crystal layer disposed on the operating device; a first transparent conductive layer disposed on the liquid crystal layer; an interval layer disposed on the first transparent conductive layer; a second transparent conductive layer disposed on the interval layer; and a second polarizing film disposed on the second transparent conductive layer. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242601 | Assembly Of A Display Apparatus And A Remote Control And A Method Of Operating The Assembly - An assembly of a display apparatus such as a TV and a remote controller, where the TV displays information from a first source such as a first TV channel while forwarding common information such as an EPG to the remote controller which displays the EPG information. The user may, on the remote controller, identify a second source, and the TV is then instructed to switch to the second source or channel. The mode of displaying the EPG information on the remote controller may be entered by rotating the remote controller, and the mode may be exited by the identification on the remote controller of the second source or a further rotation of the remote controller. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242602 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the operation of the same are provided. A list screen including a list, in which a plurality of items is arranged in a first order is displayed on a display module. The list in which the plurality of items is arranged in reverse order of the first order is displayed upon receiving a multi-sequence input performed by touching a first item through a second region of the list screen while the first item is being touched through a first region thereof. It is possible to control various operations on the mobile terminal using a multi-sequence input that is performed such that a second touch input is performed through a second region of the screen while a first touch input is being performed through a first region. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242603 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION WITH A COMPUTER STYLUS - A method for securing operation of a computing device operated with a stylus includes recognizing a pre-defined gesture performed by a stylus on a touch screen, the pre-defined gesture defined as a user command to lock an item displayed on the touch screen, determining a location of the gesture, determining identity of the stylus, locking an item displayed at the location determined, and recording identity of the stylus. A method for operating a computing device with a stylus includes receiving a command with a stylus to add restricted annotations to a document, receiving identity of the stylus, linking an annotation to the identity, restricting display of the annotation on the document to a computing device receiving input from the stylus; and displaying the document absent the at least one annotation on a computing device on which input from the stylus is not received. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242604 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OPERATION MANNER, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN - An easy-to-operate image processing apparatus is provided that includes a touch panel capable of receiving operation performed in a plurality of operation manners. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242605 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device according to the present invention includes: display screens capable of displaying information thereon; touch panels which are provided on these display screens and are adapted to be manipulated by a user; touch-panel determination portions which are electrically connected to the touch panels and are adapted to receive coordinate information from the touch panels due to user's manipulations thereof; and a controller which is electrically connected to the display screens and to the touch-panel determination portions, and is adapted to cause the display screens to display information thereon and to receive signals inputted thereto from the touch-panel determination portions, wherein the controller includes a displayer, which is adapted to cause the display screens to display information thereon, and when the touch-panel determination portions receive coordinate information, to display information about a peripheral area including the coordinates thereon, at a position different from that of these coordinates. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242606 | TRACE DESIGN FOR REDUCED VISIBILITY IN TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - An input device having a plurality of low-visibility sensor electrodes and method for using the same are provided. In one embodiment, an input device includes a display device and a plurality of sensor electrodes disposed over the display device. The sensor electrodes are configured to sense objects in a sensing region of the input device. The sensor electrodes include a plurality of spaced apart conductive traces, each conductive trace having a diameter less than about 10 um. The conductive traces are disposed such that the conductive traces form a moiré pattern with the display device, wherein said moiré pattern comprises a spatial frequency greater than about 10 cycles per centimeter. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242607 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The user interface system of the preferred embodiments includes a sheet that defines a surface on one side and at least partially defines a cavity on an opposite side; a volume of a fluid contained within the cavity; a displacement device that modifies the volume of the fluid to expand the cavity, thereby outwardly deforming a particular region of the surface; and a sensor that detects a force applied by a user that inwardly deforms the particular region of the surface. The user interface system has been specifically designed to be used as the user interface for an electronic device, more preferably in an electronic device that benefits from an adaptive user interface, but may alternatively be used in any suitable application. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242608 | Information Display Apparatus with Proximity Detection Performance and Information Display Method Using the Same - An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242609 | Interacting With Physical and Digital Objects Via a Multi-Touch Device - Existing tools for organizing family memories offer few possibilities for easily integrating both physical and digital materials in order to produce a single archive for a family (or other group of users). This also applies to archiving of physical objects and digital media in general (even for applications outside the field of family use). An archiving system is described which incorporates at least one image capture device, a display, a sensing apparatus arranged to detect user input associated with the display, a processor and memory, and a receptacle for holding digital media storage devices such as mobile telephones, digital cameras, personal digital assistants and the like. The image capture device is operable to capture digital images of physical objects for archiving. The receptacle comprises a data transmission apparatus for automatically transferring data with the digital media storage devices and optionally also a power charging apparatus. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242610 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL WITH TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION - Provided is a display panel that has a touch sensor function, that is thin, and that has high flexibility. A plurality of sub-pixel electrodes ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120242611 | Method and Terminal Device for Operation Control of Operation Object - A method and a terminal device for operation control of an operation object are provided. The method includes getting a first operation direction and a second operation direction of the operation object, determining an operation corresponding to the direction combination relation between the first operation direction and the second operation direction, and performing the operation on the operation object. The solution enables two kinds of operations on the operation object simultaneously and generates an operation effect that two kinds of operations are performed simultaneously. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120249427 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A DISPLAY AND A FEEDBACK MODULE - According to one aspect, there is provided a portable electronic device, including a body portion, a display provided in the body portion, and a feedback module coupled to the display and the body portion. The feedback module is adapted to secure the display to the body portion and provide feedback by moving the display relative to the body portion. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249428 | PIVOTABLE DISPLAY GUIDE MECHANISM FOR AN ELECTRONIC MOBILE DEVICE - An electronic mobile device includes a base and a pivotable assembly that is pivotable relative to the base. A linkage connects to the pivotable assembly so as to be pivotable about a first axis and connects to the base so as to be pivotable about a second axis. As such, the pivotable assembly is pivotable relative to the base about the first axis and the second axis. The electronic mobile device further includes a guide mechanism that includes a guide path defined by one of the base and the pivotable assembly. The guide mechanism further includes a guide member supported by the other of the base and the pivotable assembly. The guide member moves along the guide path as the pivotable assembly pivots relative to the base to inhibit the pivotable assembly from simultaneously pivoting about both the first axis and the second axis. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249429 | CONTINUED VIRTUAL LINKS BETWEEN GESTURES AND USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS - A device includes a processor to receive input data from an image detector, where the input data includes data obtained from tracking air movements of a user's body part interacting with a virtual object of the electronic display, the processor to map the input data to a control input to move the virtual object beyond the display. The device could, for example, include a mobile device such as a smartphone or a laptop. The virtual object could for example move to another display or to a bezel of the device. A touch screen sensor may allow the virtual object to be pinched from the display, before being lifted beyond the display. The processor may map the input data to control input to create a virtual binding of the virtual object in order to create a visual rendering of a connection between the virtual object and the user's body part. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249430 | Multi-Touch Screen Recognition of Interactive Objects, and Application Thereof - Systems, methods and articles of manufacture for multi-touch screen recognition of interactive objects with contacts are described herein. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to equipping a physical object with an asymmetrical pattern of contacts where the multi-touch device identifies the physical object being used to interact with the multi-touch device based on the asymmetrical pattern of contacts located on the physical object. The multi-touch device is also able to identify characteristics of the physical object based on the asymmetrical pattern of contacts as the user interacts with the multi-touch device. Each physical object has a different asymmetrical pattern of contacts so that multi-touch device identifies the differences between each physical object as user interacts with the multi-touch device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249431 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A PAGE TURNING FUNCTION DURING A SLEEP MODE OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a microcontroller (MCU), and a central processing unit (CPU). The MCU detects a plurality of touch inputs one the touch screen when the CPU is in a sleep mode, determines whether the touch inputs form a touch event, and wakens the CPU from the sleep mode upon the condition that the touch inputs form the touch event. The CPU obtains the touch event from the MCU and executes the touch event to quickly turn a page of an e-book of the electronic device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249432 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH FUNCTION OF RECOGNIZING MULTI-TOUCH INPUTS AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device with a function of recognizing multi-touch inputs includes a multi-touch display unit, an input unit receiving multi-touch inputs on the multi-touch display unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. Each multi-touch input includes a plurality of touch points which forms a touch area. The storage unit stores a table which records a relationship between an area of the touch area of the multi-touch input and a function of the electronic device. The processing unit senses whether there is a multi-touch input on the display unit, computes the area of the touch area of the multi-touch input when there is a multi-touch input on the multi-touch display unit, and determines a function associated with the computed area in the table stored in the storage unit. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249433 | NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE - Noise reduction method and system for a touch detection device are disclosed. The noise reduction method includes: step A, performing a synchronous sampling on the touch detection nodes in one same group and storing the sampling data; step B, comparing each sampling data against a corresponding reference data to calculate a differential data which, as a detection data, replaces a corresponding original sampling data; step C, calculating statistics of the replacing detection data to screen out valid data to calculate a DC offset component indicative of a noise ingredient; and step D, obtaining noise-filtered detection data by subtracting the DC offset component from each detection data. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249434 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING RECOGNITION OF A TOUCH KEYBOARD OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and a method for improving recognition of a touch keyboard in an electronic device include setting a fuzzy set corresponding to each virtual key of the touch keyboard displayed on a touch panel. The improving method further includes receiving coordinates of a touch point on the touch panel, confirming a touched virtual key corresponding to the touched coordinates and executing a function of the touched virtual key. The improving method further confirming one or more adjacent virtual keys of the touched virtual key, and revising a fuzzy set of the received virtual key or a fuzzy set of an adjacent virtual key, if a backspace virtual key and the adjacent virtual key have been touched in turn after the touched virtual key. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249435 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCROLLING SCREEN OF PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method for scrolling a screen of a portable terminal with a touch screen, which is able to scroll the screen by a desired distance by one touch operation. When user touch is detected in screen scroll command areas, a touch position and time sensor calculates and applies a touch position and time of a user to a scroll direction and distance calculator. The scroll direction and distance calculator calculates and applies a scroll direction and distance of the screen based on the touch position and time received from the touch position and time sensor to a screen scrolling unit. The screen scrolling unit scrolls the screen based on the scroll direction and distance received from the scroll direction and distance calculator. By this configuration, it is possible to scroll the screen by a distance desired by the user by one touch operation and prevent a muscle of a finger or wrist, a ligament of a joint or a fingerprint from being damaged. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249436 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus with In Touch Sensor and Manufacturing Method Thereof - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus with a built-in touch sensor, the LCD apparatus including: a first substrate and a second substrate placed facing each other with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines arranged to intersect each other and defined a pixel region on the first substrate; a plurality of first touch signal lines formed on a surface of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate substantially corresponding to the respective gate lines; a plurality of second touch signal lines formed on the surface of the second substrate substantially corresponding to the respective data lines while being insulated from and intersecting with the first touch signal lines; and a color filter formed on the surface of the second substrate substantially corresponding to the pixel region, wherein the first touch signal lines and the second touch signal lines serve as a signal line for sensing touch as well as a light shielding member. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249437 | Device and Method of Touch Control Feedback and Touch Control Display Device Using the Same - A touch control feedback device of a touch control display device, for providing feedback to touching statuses of a user corresponding to the touch control display device, includes at least one vibrator for generating vibration, a detection unit for detecting the touching statuses of the user corresponding to the touch control display device to generate a detection result, and a control unit coupled between the detection unit and the at least one vibrator for adjusting a vibration characteristics of the at least one vibrator. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249438 | LIGHT-EMITTING ASSEMBLY AND INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A light-emitting assembly includes a light guide plate (LGP), a first infrared light-emitting part, a second infrared light-emitting part and a visible light-emitting part. The LGP has printed circuit patterns formed on a lower surface thereof. The first infrared light-emitting part includes a plurality of first infrared light-emitting diodes (LEDs) disposed at a first side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes. The second infrared light-emitting part includes a plurality of second infrared LEDs disposed at a second side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes. The visible light-emitting part includes a plurality of visible LEDs disposed at a third side of the LGP and spaced apart by intervals having different sizes, so that infrared light and visible light that is emitted from the two different kinds of light sources may be uniformly provided to a touch screen panel. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249439 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device includes a chassis, a touch panel, a controller, and a communication part. If the communication part is in the middle of a communication process, the controller causes a prescribed menu button to be displayed at a prescribed first position on the touch panel, and when a contact input on the menu button is detected, the controller causes a prescribed confirmation button to be displayed at a second position on the touch panel part which is different from the first position, and when a contact input on the confirmation button is detected, the controller executes a function corresponding to the menu button. The touch panel is exposed on the surface of the chassis and detects contact input from an external source, and displays display content corresponding to the contact input. The controller controls the display content on the touch panel. The communication part realizes wireless communication. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249440 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A MULTI-TOUCH ROTATION GESTURE AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of identifying a rotation gesture comprises detecting one or more induction signals induced by one or more pointing objects that come into contact with a touch-sensitive surface, determining the number of pointing objects, detecting movement statuses of the detected pointing objects, determining a rotation gesture performed by the pointing objects based on the movement statuses, generating a control signal associated with the determined rotation gesture and executing the rotation gesture in response to the generated control signal. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249441 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TOUCH PANEL - The present invention discloses a touch panel and a method of manufacturing a touch panel, to reduce the visibility of the transparent etching line of the transparent electrodes on the touch panel. The touch panel comprises a plurality of transparent electrode disposed distantly on the transparent conductive layer and the passivation layer of a transparent substrate, where the passivation layer covering the transparent conductive layer, to make the refractive index of the passivation layer and the transparent electrodes match with each other. Oxide with high refractive index added in the passivation material is filled in the etched area of the transparent conductive layer, so that the optical refractive index of the etched area and ITO area on transparent conductive layer become closer, and the difference in refractive index curve between ITO area and etched area is reduced, therefore, the effect of making the transparent electrode pattern is achieved. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249442 | DRIVING METHOD FOR TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE THEREOF - A driving method adapted to a touch-sensing display device is provided. The touch-sensing display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The driving method includes following steps. A plurality of first scan signals of the touch panel are sequentially received, so that a plurality of first data values are obtained. It is determined whether the first data values are less than a difference between a baseline value and a threshold value. When one of the first data values is less than the difference between the baseline value and the threshold value, reporting of a touch coordinate of the touch panel is terminated. Furthermore, a touch-sensing device is also provided. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249443 | VIRTUAL LINKS BETWEEN DIFFERENT DISPLAYS TO PRESENT A SINGLE VIRTUAL OBJECT - Virtual links are used between two different displays to represent a single virtual object. In one example, the invention includes generating a three-dimensional space having a first display of a real first device and a second display of a real second device and a space between the first display and the second display, receiving a launch command as a gesture with respect to the first display, the launch command indicating that a virtual object is to be launched through the space toward the second display, determining a trajectory through the space toward the second display based on the received launch command, and presenting a portion of the trajectory on the second display. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249444 | Touch Sensor Integrated Type Display Device - A touch sensor integrated type display device includes gate lines and data lines, which are formed on a substrate to cross each other, a plurality of pixel electrodes formed in areas defined by the crossing of the gate lines and the data lines, a common electrode including at least two touch driving electrodes, which overlap the pixel electrodes with an insulating layer interposed between them, and at least one touch sensing electrode, which is disposed adjacent to the at least two touch driving electrodes, first signal lines which are connected to the at least two touch driving electrodes and are arranged parallel to one another in a first direction, and a second signal line which is connected to the at least one touch sensing electrode and is arranged parallel to the first signal lines in the first direction. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249445 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - One embodiment provides an electronic device including: a connection portion; a first housing rotatably connected to the connection portion; a first display portion provided in the first housing; a first translucent portion having translucency and covering the first display portion, the first translucent portion including a first detection portion configured to detect a touch operation; a second housing rotatably connected to the connection portion; a second display portion provided in the second housing; and a second translucent portion having translucency and covering the second display portion, the second translucent portion including a second detection portion configured to detect a touch operation, wherein a front surface of the first translucent portion and a front surface of the second translucent portion are arranged substantially on the same plane when the first housing and the second housing are in an unfolded position. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249446 | TOUCH-SENSING APPARATUS - A touch-sensing apparatus including a touch panel and a touch-sensing controller is provided. The touch panel includes a plurality of touch blocks. Each of the touch blocks includes a first portion and a second portion. The touch-sensing controller includes a driving line and a plurality of sensing lines. The driving line is coupled to the first portions of the touch blocks, and the sensing lines are respectively coupled to the second portions of the touch blocks. The touch-sensing controller outputs a driving signal to the first portions through the driving line and receives a plurality of sensing signals generated by the second portions according to the driving signal through the sensing lines, so as to determine a touch coordinates corresponding to one of the touch blocks. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249447 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a color filter layer, several spacers, a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer. The color filter layer is located on the first substrate and the spacers are also located on the first substrate. The first transparent electrode layer covers the color filter layer and some of the spacers, in which the spacers covered by the first transparent electrode layer form several touch sensors. The second transparent electrode layer is disposed corresponding to the first transparent electrode layer. When the touch panel is touched to make the first transparent electrode layer sink such that the first transparent electrode contacts with the second transparent electrode layer, a voltage signal identifying the touched location is generated. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249448 | METHOD OF IDENTIFYING A GESTURE AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of identifying gestures on a touchpad comprises determining a first time interval between receipt and drop in a first contact signal induced by a first contact with the touchpad, recording a first start touch point and a first end touch point associated with the receipt and drop in the first contact signal, determining a gesture according to the first time interval, the first start touch point and the first end touch point and generating a control signal associated with the determined gesture. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249449 | TOUCHSCREEN CONTROLLER WITH ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS - Systems, devices, and methods for adjusting characteristics of a touch sensing device in the presence of a wireless power field are disclosed. According to one aspect, the presence of a wireless power field may be detected, and a characteristic of a touch sensing device may be adjusted to reduce interference of the wireless power field with the touch sensing device. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249450 | SECURITY ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to a method and arrangement for providing access to a device, the method comprising: receiving via a touch surface information, at least partly comprising a graphical code, said code comprising at least two parts, a first part relating to a first physical value on said touch surface and a second part relating to a second physical value on said touch surface, and generating a graphical code based on said first and second physical values, said graphical code having at least one portion deviating from a plane extension of said touch surface. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249451 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a transparent panel, a transparent electrode which is formed in a transparent input region on a first surface of the transparent panel, a decorative layer which is formed in a decorative region on the first surface, a wiring layer which is formed on a surface of the decorative layer, and a transparent conductive connection layer which electrically connects the wiring layer and the transparent electrode. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249452 | SURFACE PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The surface panel includes a transmissive resin layer and a sensor film closely attached to a back surface of the resin layer. The sensor film includes a base film, a frame-shaped decorative portion on a front surface of the base film, and a transmissive electrode layer and right and left wiring layers on a back surface of the base film. The sensor film is closely attached to and along the back surface of the resin layer. The right and left wiring layers are closely attached to the corresponding right and back-surface left portions. Consequently, the area that is allocated for the transmissive region and the electrode layer can be increased. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249453 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a transparent panel, a decorative layer which is formed in a decorative region on a first surface of the transparent panel, a transparent electrode which is formed from a transparent input region of the first surface to a surface of the decorative layer, and a wiring layer which is formed to extend to the surface of the decorative layer and electrically connected to the transparent electrode. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249454 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - A display device includes: a first substrate having a light extraction plane; a plurality of first electrodes; an organic electroluminescence layer; a second electrode; a second substrate; a sensing electrode allowing an object to be detected; and a driving electrode forming a capacitance with the sensing electrode and allowing the object to be detected. The first electrodes, the organic electroluminescence layer, the second electrode, and the second substrate are provided in this order on the first substrate. The sensing electrode and the driving electrode are provided, in this order from a first substrate side, between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249455 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A method is provided for displaying information. The method comprises displaying, on a touch screen, at least one representation of a geographic location. The method further comprises detecting contact between an operating member and a position on the touch screen; and displaying, based on the detected contact, information associated with the geographic location. The method still further comprises detecting removal of the operating member from the touch screen; and maintaining display of the geographic location information after detection of the removal. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249456 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - Display devices, methods, and programs display information regarding a predetermined time point on a display unit, and detect an origin position of a finger of a user on a touch panel when the touch panel is touched. During a flick operation that starts at the origin position, the devices, methods, and programs determine a moving direction of the finger on the touch panel, determine a transition time period based on the determined moving direction, and display on the display unit information regarding a future time point. The future time point is the transition time period after the predetermined time point. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249457 | UNGROUNDED TOUCH-SENSING INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROL DEVICE THEREOF - A control device of an ungrounded touch-sensing panel is disclosed. The touch-sensing panel includes a plurality of first-directional lines and a plurality of second-directional lines arranged intersecting one another. The control device includes a selection circuit, at least one capacitor, a driving signal generation circuit, an analog to digital conversion module and a signal processing unit. The selection circuit is configured to select at least one scan line and at least one sense line from the first-directional lines and the second-directional lines during each scanning operation. After the new scan line and sense line are generated, each capacitor is coupled between each scan line and each sense line selected by the selection circuit to increase a total capacitance between the scan line and the sense line. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249458 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - The touch panel is provided with: a touch panel substrate; and a flexible printed circuit board, wherein the touch panel substrate has an electrode for detection and a rear surface electrode, the flexible printed circuit board has a terminal portion, the terminals in the terminal portion are electrically and mechanically connected to connection terminals formed along a side of the touch panel substrate, the terminal portion has a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, a terminal in the second terminal portion is shorter than a terminal in the first terminal portion, the flexible printed circuit board has a rear surface electrode connection portion and has a terminal for shielding, and the rear surface electrode connection portion is folded on a rear surface side of the touch panel substrate so that the terminal for shielding is mechanically and electrically connected to the rear surface electrode. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249459 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch panel device, includes a transparent protective substrate disposed on a front side of the touch panel, the protective substrate being configured by joining a first glass substrate residing on a front side and a second glass substrate residing on a touch panel side, wherein either one of the first and second glass substrates is configured to have one or more stepped portions formed either on a rear surface of the first glass substrate or a front surface of the second glass substrate, the rear surface of the first glass substrate and the front surface of the second glass substrate facing one another; and one or more piezo vibration elements each disposed within one of the stepped portions so as to be acoustically coupled with the first glass substrate, wherein each of said one or more stepped portions is configured thicker than the corresponding piezo vibration element. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249460 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS - An input device for an electronic equipment includes: an input operation surface; an operation unit with a touch sensor detecting input operation on the input operation surface; and a control circuit unit to which detected signals from the touch sensor arranged in the operation unit are input. The input operation surface has at least one coordinate thereon; the control circuit unit includes a first decision information deciding a start of the input operation to a position designated by the coordinate based on a first regulation of the detected signals; the control circuit unit also includes a second decision information deciding a termination of the input operation to a position designated by the coordinate based on a second regulation of the detected signals; and presence of the input operation to the input operation surface is determined based on the decision of the start and the termination of the input operation. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249461 | DEDICATED USER INTERFACE CONTROLLER FOR FEEDBACK RESPONSES - Embodiments of the present invention provide a user interface processing system for a device that may include at least one sensor, at least one output device, and a controller. The controller may include a memory, which may store instructional information, and a processor. The processor may be configured to receive sensor data from the at least one sensor and to interpret sensor data according to the instructional information. The processor may also generate a user interface feedback command and transmit the command to the at least one output device. Furthermore, the processor may report the sensor data to a host system of the device. By processing the sensor data and generating a corresponding feedback response, for example a haptic response, without the need for host system processing, the user interface controller may decrease latency in providing the feedback response to the user. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249462 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HAPTIC VIBRATION RESPONSE PROFILING AND FEEDBACK - Embodiments of the present invention may provide a device to adaptively generate a haptic effect. The device may include a controller to generate a haptic command associated with a haptic profile and a haptic driver to generate a drive signal based on the haptic command, wherein the drive signal causes an actuator to produce vibrations corresponding to a haptic effect. Further, the device may include a sensor, coupled mechanically to the actuator, to measure at least one property of the vibrations. The controller may adjust the haptic command according to the measured at least one property. Therefore, the device may continuously tune haptic effect generation according to vibration measurements. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249463 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive input system comprises an interactive surface; and processing structure for receiving an image from a mobile computing device, and processing the received image for display on the interactive surface. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ORDERING HAPTIC EFFECTS - A signal associated with multiple haptic effects is received, each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects being associated with a time slot from multiple time slots. Each haptic effect from the multiple haptic effects is associated with an effect slot from multiple effect slots at least partially based on the time slot associated with that haptic effect. An output signal is sent for each effect slot from the multiple effect slots, when the associated haptic effect is scheduled for its time slot. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249465 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel structure and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed, in which the manufacturing method includes the steps of: providing a bonding layer; and forming a conductive pattern layer on the bonding layer; wherein the conductive pattern layer is composed of at least one first and at least one second major conductors with an insulation layer interposed between the first and the second major conductors. Comparing with the prior art for manufacturing touch panels, the disclosure is advantageous in material cost, production cost, and production yield; moreover, the panel lamination process can be simplified and the touch panel structure can be joined to a planar or curvy panel and facilitate the design of a thinner product. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120249466 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, CONTROL TARGET DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - Provided is a remote commander including an input section which accepts input of operation information, a communication section which communicates with a control target device via a radio signal, a display section, an operation information acquisition section which acquires the operation information through the input section, a command notification section which creates a notification command based on the operation information acquired by the operation information acquisition section, and notifies the control target device of the created notification command through the communication section, an operation result acquisition section which acquires a result obtained by execution of processing performed by the control target device in accordance with the notification command, as an operation result from the control target device through the communication section, and a display control section which causes the display section to display the operation result acquired by the operation result acquisition section. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120256845 | VERIFYING INPUT TO A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN ACCORDING TO TIMING OF MULTIPLE SIGNALS - A system and method are disclosed for detecting and interpreting touch input to a touch-sensitive display screen, while identifying and excluding activity not intended as touch input. A positional sensor is used to obtain positional information of a touch to the display screen using a finger or stylus. Intended touch input is verified by sensing vibration, displacement, or other movement caused by an impulse to the display screen to verify that the activity is intended as touch input. Intended touch input is further verified by timing signals from the positional sensor and the impulse sensor to determine that these two signals likely resulted from intended touch input, and not from separate or unrelated activity not intended as touch input. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256846 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes utilizing an application, displaying information on a touch-sensitive display, detecting on the touch-sensitive display, a touch at a touch location associated with multiple functions, reporting, to the application, an indicator position associated with the touch location, and maintaining the indicator position to perform one of the multiple functions based on the indicator position when the touch ends. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256847 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying, on a touch-sensitive display, information associated with a first application and information associated with a second application, detecting on the touch-sensitive display, a touch at a first location associated with the first application, reporting the touch as a first touch type to the first application, and when the first touch type is not utilized by the first application within a threshold period of time and when movement of the touch on the touch-sensitive display is detected, reporting the touch to the second application. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256848 | TACTILE FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes displaying a representation of a navigation device on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting movement of a touch on the touch-sensitive display, and utilizing an actuator to provide a first tactile feedback when a location of the touch is associated with the representation and a second tactile feedback when the location of the touch is not associated with the representation. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256849 | Region Activation for Touch Sensitive Surface - One or more regions of a touch sensitive surface can be activated individually by a user. A region defines an active input area for processing touch input events. Any touch event associated with a beginning touch event that is detected in the active area is processed for display. Any touch input event detected outside the active region that is not associated with the beginning touch event is excluded from the processing. Once a writing gesture is started in the active region, the writing gesture can extend outside of the active region so long as the writing gesture is associated with the beginning touch event. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256850 | TOUCH PANEL WITH BUILT-IN ANTENNA - A touch panel includes a touch sensitive layer, a substrate opposite to the touch sensitive layer, a conductive layer arranged between the touch sensitive layer and the substrate, and an antenna. The substrate includes a central display area and a marginal bezel area surrounding the display area. The antenna is disposed at one side of the substrate that faces away from the conductive layer. The antenna is formed on the bezel area by spraying. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256851 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch panel has an active area and a peripheral area surrounding the active area. The touch panel includes a cover plate, a touch sensing element, a non-black color layer, transmission lines, a reflective pattern layer, and a protection layer. The touch sensing element is on the cover plate and in the active area. The non-black color layer is on the cover plate and in the peripheral area. The transmission lines at a side of the non-black color layer away from the cover plate and in the peripheral area electrically connect the touch sensing element. The reflective pattern layer is configured at the side of the non-black color layer away from the cover plate and at least located in a partial region of the peripheral area not covered by the transmission lines. The protection layer is configured at a side of the transmission lines away from the cover plate. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256852 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZATION OF TOUCH PANEL DEVICES - A system and method for synchronization of touch-panel devices is described. In one embodiment, the system includes a first controller device configured to control operations of a first portion of a touch-panel device such that the first controller device is further configured to generate a single master timing signal. The single master timing signal is configured to synchronize operation of the first controller device and a second controller device that is configured to control operations of a second portion of a touch-panel device. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256853 | DETECTION METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - The present invention discloses a detection method for a touch input device. The touch input device includes a touch panel and a control device. The touch panel includes a plurality of X-directional lines and a plurality of Y-directional lines, which are arranged intersecting one another. The method includes the steps of: configuring the X-directional lines as scan lines and the Y-directional lines as sense lines; dividing the scan lines into a plurality of groups of scan lines; during each scanning operation, outputting a driving signal to one of the plurality of groups of scan lines; after each scanning operation, receiving voltages on the sense lines and converting the voltages into a plurality of digital signals; storing the digital signals into a storage unit; and determining a touch status based on the digital signals. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256854 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A transparent display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for the transparent display apparatus includes displaying a first object for touch input, receiving first touch input of touching the first object through a first surface, displaying a second object for touch input through a second surface, receiving second touch input through the second surface, and performing an operation corresponding to a combination of the first touch input and the second touch input. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256855 | DRIVING AND SENSING METHOD FOR TOUCH-SENSING INPUT DEVICE, AND MODULE USING THE SAME - The disclosure provides a driving and sensing method for a touch-sensing input device including a touch-sensing panel module and a liquid crystal display panel module. The touch-sensing panel module includes a touch-sensing panel and a control device, wherein the touch-sensing panel includes a plurality of X-directional lines and Y-directional lines arranged intersecting one another. The method includes steps of generating a spread spectrum clock signal using the control device; generating a driving signal and a sensing signal based on the spread spectrum clock signal; outputting the driving signal to one of the X-directional lines or one of the Y-directional lines; receiving voltages on the corresponding Y-directional line or X-directional line in response to the sensing signal and converting the same to a digital signal; and determining a touch status of the touch-sensing panel based on the digital signal. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256856 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method is provided for issuing a command for executing a process according to a selected input. The method comprises receiving input data corresponding to operating member inputs from a plurality of input units. The method further comprises selecting one of the inputs based on priorities assigned to the input units. The method also comprises issuing a command for executing a process according to the selected input. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256857 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes utilizing an application, displaying information on a touch-sensitive display, detecting on the touch-sensitive display, a touch at a touch location associated with multiple functions, reporting, to the application, the touch location as a reported indicator position, and maintaining the reported indicator position to perform one of the multiple functions when the touch ends. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256858 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, CHARACTER-INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CHARACTER INPUT PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a character input device includes a touch panel, a vibrating unit, and a control unit. The touch panel displays a plurality of buttons each of which corresponds to a character, and detects a contact operation. The vibrating unit vibrates the touch panel. When the contact operation by a contact is detected by the touch panel while the contact on the touch panel is continued since a start of the contact at a first position on the touch panel on which the plurality of buttons are displayed, the control unit receives a character corresponding to a button, as an input, displayed at the position where the contact operation is detected. The control unit causes the vibrating unit to change a vibration behavior of the touch panel when the contact operation is detected. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256859 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, DISPLAY APPARATUS, LUMINANCE CONTROL METHOD AND LUMINANCE CONTROL PROGRAM - A portable terminal, a display apparatus, a luminance control method and a control program are provided. The portable terminal includes a plurality of display units, and a luminance control unit which, in response to an input operation performed for a first display unit of the plurality of display units at a state where images are visibly displayed on the respective display units, performs a luminance control of decreasing a display luminance of a second display unit of the plurality of display units to be lower than a current luminance thereof, the second display unit being different from the first display unit. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256860 | Directional Finger Recognition Authoring - A directional finger recognition authoring system and method provides an alphanumeric input system using a touchpad interface. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256861 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - According to an embodiment, a touch-sensitive display device includes a display panel including data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, and a pixel array including pixels arranged in a matrix form; a touch screen including Tx lines, Rx lines crossing the Tx lines, and touch sensors formed at crossings of the Tx lines and the Rx lines; a display driving circuit configured to supply video data voltages to the pixels of the display panel; and a touch screen driving circuit configured to sequentially supply at least one delayed pulse to each of the Tx lines, and sense an output signal of each of the touch sensors through the Rx lines, wherein an edge of each of the at least one delayed pulse is present in a horizontal blank period. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256862 | TOUCHSCREEN GUIDE - The invention provides a touchscreen guide that directs or limits a user's touch to a target area on the touchscreen of an electronic device. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256863 | Methods for Associating Objects on a Touch Screen Using Input Gestures - Methods are provided for managing a multitude of objects displayed on a touch screen by selectively associating objects using free-form input gestures. A method comprises displaying a plurality of objects on the touch screen, identifying a first free-form input on the touch screen overlying a first object of the plurality of objects, and identifying a second free-form input gesture on the touch screen overlying a second object of the plurality of objects. The first object and the second object are associated when the first free-form input and the second free-form input each substantially correspond to the same input gesture. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256864 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256865 | TOUCH PANEL AND PORTABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - A gap between an upper transparent electrode base member (1) and a lower transparent electrode base member (2) is filled with a transparent adhesive layer (3) as a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, to eliminate an air layer. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120256866 | Output Control Using Gesture Input - An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program instructions, the at least one processor being configured to execute the computer program instructions to cause the apparatus at least to perform: detecting user input; selecting, in dependence upon the detected user input, at least a portion of an output of a user output device; determining, while the at least a portion of the output of the user output device is selected, whether a user makes a gesture input by moving the apparatus; and altering, in response to determining that the gesture input has been made by the user, the selected at least a portion of the output of the user output device. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120262379 | GESTURE VISUALIZATION AND SHARING BETWEEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND REMOTE DISPLAYS - The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates interaction between an electronic device and a remote display. The system includes a first application and an encoding apparatus on the electronic device, and a second application and a decoding apparatus on the remote display. The encoding apparatus obtains graphical output for a display of the electronic device and a first set of touch inputs associated with the graphical output from a first touch screen. Next, the encoding apparatus encodes the graphical output, and the first application transmits the graphical output and the first set of touch inputs to the remote display. Upon receiving the graphical output and the first set of touch inputs at the remote display, the decoding apparatus decodes the graphical output. The second application then uses the graphical output and a visual representation of the first set of touch inputs to drive the remote display. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262380 | APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - A method, apparatus, computer program and graphical user interface wherein the method comprises: providing a first portion | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262381 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method comprises: detecting a three-dimensional motion relative to an electronic device and determining a corresponding three-dimensional gesture; determining a context of the electronic device; and performing a function based on the corresponding three-dimensional gesture and the context. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262382 | PANEL - An electrode pattern for a position sensing panel may have an array of mesh cells formed by sinusoidaly shaped conductive lines extending between vertices of the mesh cells. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262383 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Touch-sensitive device ( | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262384 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a display apparatus, one frame includes a first sub-frame in which a previous image is held and a second sub-frame in which a present image is displayed. A plurality of sensors recognizes an object disposed on a display panel and sequentially outputs sensing signals in response to scan signals. Sensing signals are divided into a first sensing signal read out during a first sub-frame and a second sensing signal read out during a second sub-frame, and a control circuit generates a noise free signal using the first and second sensing signals. Thus, a coordinate value indicating the position of the object may be generated based on the noise free signal, thereby preventing mis-operation or malfunction caused by the noise. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262385 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch panel is made by forming a routing and pad pattern group on a substrate to include first and second routing lines, first pad electrodes connected to the first routing line, and second pad electrodes connected to the second routing line, by using a first mask; forming a sensor electrode pattern group on the substrate having the routing and pad pattern group formed thereon to include first sensor electrodes formed in a first direction, second sensor electrodes formed in a second direction, and connection portions that each connects adjacent first sensor electrodes, by using a second mask; forming a first insulating layer to include contact holes to expose portions of the second sensor electrodes, respectively, by using a third mask; and forming bridges that each connects adjacent second sensor electrodes through the contact holes and a second insulating layer on the bridges, by using a fourth mask. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262386 | TOUCH BASED USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD - A touch based user interface method and device includes sensing a first touch on a touch screen in which at least a part of a circle is drawn, displaying a circular graphical user interface (GUI) object according to the sensed first touch gesture, sensing a second touch gesture on the touch screen through the displayed circular GUI object, and generating an event corresponding to the second touch gesture. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262387 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, in which display operation is less affected by touch detection operation, a method of driving the display panel with a touch detection function, a driving circuit, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detection function. The display panel with a touch detection function includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes; one or more touch detection electrodes; and a drive section selectively applying a DC drive signal or an AC drive signal to the drive electrodes. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262388 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE - A mobile device includes a touch screen, an unlocking key, a function key and a processor. The unlocking key transmits a first command to the processor when pressed. The function key transmits a second command to the processor when pressed. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262389 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, DRIVE CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function, a drive circuit, and an electronic unit, which make it possible to realize many functions related to touch detection. The display panel includes: one or more display elements; one or more drive electrodes extending in one direction; an electrode drive section integrated into a chip, and applying a drive signal to the drive electrodes; and one or more touch detection electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the direction in which the drive electrodes extend. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262390 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME, DRIVE CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - There are provided a display panel with a touch detection function and a method of driving the same, a drive circuit, as well as an electronic unit, which make it possible to reduce an influence of a disturbance noise. The display panel includes: a signal generation section selecting one pulse period from a plurality of pulse periods prepared beforehand, and generating a synchronization signal including a series of pulses appearing at the selected pulse period; a display section performing display based on the synchronization signal; and a touch detection section performing touch detection operation based on the synchronization signal. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262391 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen device includes a screen main body comprising a plurality of transmitting electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes and disposed in front of a plasma display panel; a transmitter sequentially selecting the transmitting electrodes and applying a drive signal to the selected transmitting electrodes; a receiver sequentially selecting the receiving electrodes, receiving a response signal output from each of the receiving electrodes in response to the drive signal, and outputting detection data at each electrode intersection; a discharge detector detecting discharge of each of the scanning electrodes of the plasma display panel; and a controller that obtains a touch position based on detection data of the discharge detector at each electrode intersection acquired from the response signals from the receiving electrodes positioned distant from the discharging scanning electrodes. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262392 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes: a main module disposed in a main housing; a keyboard mounted on a mounting surface of the main housing and connected electrically to the main module; and a touch input unit mounted to the main housing and connected electrically to the main module. The touch input unit has first, second and third operating areas spaced apart from each other and exposed from the mounting surface of the main housing. The touch input unit generates an input signal corresponding to one touch point on any one of the first, second and third operating areas, and outputs the input signal to the main module such that the main module performs an operation corresponding to the input signal. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262393 | INPUT DEVICE - A support body holding a touch pad is mounted on a hollow support body of a base member, a space is formed in the base member and extends from its inside to an inside of the hollow support body, a shaft is provided vertically to an operation knob and extends from a back surface of a top surface portion, the touch pad has a through hole through which the shaft is inserted into the space, a rotation detection portion detecting rotating movement of an operation body and a pressing detection portion detecting reciprocating movement of the operation body are provided, and, in the space, the shaft is linked to a rotating movement portion making rotation detection movement for the rotation detection portion with rotating movement of the operation body and a pressing movement portion making pressing detection movement for the pressing detection portion with reciprocating movement of the operation body. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262394 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A touch operation unit has a manipulated surface accepting a touch operation. An operation detection unit detects a touch operation on the manipulated surface. A moving unit moves the touch operation unit. A movement control unit drives the moving unit to control a movement of the touch operation unit, when the operation detection unit detects a touch operation, to satisfy a predetermined stimulable condition enabling stimulation of a skin sensory receptor. The stimulable condition is a condition of a movement quantity of the touch operation unit and a moving speed of the touch operation unit or a condition of the movement quantity of the touch operation unit and an acceleration of the touch operation unit. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262395 | METHOD OF UPDATING BASELINE OUTPUT VALUES OF TOUCH PANEL - An updating method for baseline output values of a touch-sensing panel is disclosed. The touch-sensing panel includes a plurality of X-directional lines and a plurality of Y-directional lines. The X-directional lines and Y-directional lines are arranged intersecting one another so as to form a sensing grid with a plurality of sensing nodes. The method includes the following steps: performing a first scan when the touch-sensing panel is not touched so as to obtain a plurality of first baseline output values; performing a second scan after the touch-sensing panel is touched so as to obtain plurality of touch output values; and updating the baseline output values on the sensing nodes based on a threshold, the first baseline output values and the touch output values. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262396 | OPERATION APPARATUS - An operation apparatus that receives a pressing operation by a user on a surface of a touch panel derives a pressing point based on pressure values at a plurality of positions of the touch panel, and corrects the derived pressing point based on a pressing direction relative to the surface of the touch panel. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262397 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal has a main body with a window; a display area having a first substrate configured to couple the window on a first face and couple a touch detection unit on a second face, a second substrate configured to face the first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer arranged between the second substrate and the touch detection unit; an exposed area configured to have at least one end extend in a lateral direction beyond the display area and electrically connect to a circuit board; and a first contact point and a second contact point each arranged between the display area and the exposed area. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262398 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND 3D IMAGE CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a mobile terminal for controlling a 3D image using proximity touch, and a 3D image controlling method thereof. Aligning, moving and re-aligning a specific 3D object inside a 3D object group are performed, through proximity hovering. And, depth of the 3D object is automatically controlled by the various operations. This may provide various 3D-related interfaces to a user. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262399 | APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - A method, apparatus, computer program and user interface wherein the method comprises: displaying an item at a location on a touch sensitive display; detecting actuation of an area of the touch sensitive display wherein the actuated area comprises at least a portion of the location in which the item is displayed; and in response to the detecting, enabling a function to be performed wherein if a first area is actuated a first function, dependent on the item, is enabled and if a second area is actuated a second, different function, independent of the item, is enabled. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262400 | CLICK DISAMBIGUATION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - The surface of an touch-sensitive input device may act as a physical button that the user may push down to perform a click or other operation. For example, the user may push down the surface of the input device with one finger for a left click and push down the surface of the input device with two fingers for a right click. In one aspect, a system for detecting a left click or a right click when the user pushes down the surface of the input device is provided. When the system first detects that the surface of the input device is pushed down, the system may wait for a short period of time before making a determination of whether the user is pushing down the surface with one finger or two fingers. During this time, the system may collect additional information to make a more reliable determination. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262401 | GRAPHICAL AUTHENTICATION FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A portable device includes a touch screen that includes a display screen and that generates touch screen data in response to a user's interaction with the touch screen. A processor executes a security application for authenticating the user to the portable device that provides first display data to the touch screen for displaying a security prompt on the display screen. Touch screen data is received from the touch screen in response to the user's interaction with the touch screen and is processed to determine when an authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. The user is authenticated to the portable device when the authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262402 | NUTRITIOUS FOOD PROCESSOR - A nutritious food processor includes a frame, a container mounted on top of the frame, and a housing mounted to the frame. A touch button device is mounted on the housing. The touch button device includes a touch screen coupled to the housing, a touch control board mounted to the touch screen, a film mounted between the touch screen and the touch control board, and a liquid crystal display fixed to the touch control board. The waterproof effect of the nutritious food processor is increased while simplifying the structure of the nutritious food processor. The technical sense of the product as well as the quality and positioning of the product are enhanced. The use is simple and durable. Since the touch button device overcomes the disadvantages of damage to the conventional press-type buttons resulting from pressing fatigue due to long-term use, the service life of the buttons is increased. Thus, the present invention provides the advantages of excellent waterproof effect at the frame, high technology, use convenience, and long service life of buttons. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262403 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE - The invention relates to a control device for a motor vehicle, including a control touch-sensitive surface ( | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262404 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus for providing a tactile sensation based on an operator's input to an object, without wasting an existing application resource constituting a user interface, and a control method for the tactile sensation providing apparatus are provided. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262405 | METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PROCESSING TOUCH INPUT - A method and a mobile terminal for processing touch input are provided. The mobile terminal has a rectangular touch screen with long sides and short sides. The mobile terminal having two state: a first state in which only the short sides are parallel with a horizontal surface and a second state in which only the long sides are parallel with the horizontal surface. The method comprises the following steps of: obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a first direction as input by a touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the first state; triggering a first touch command in response to the gesture in the first direction; obtaining from the touch screen a gesture in a second direction as input by the touch object on the touch screen when the mobile terminal is in the second state, the second direction being the same as the first direction; and triggering the first touch command in response to the gesture in the second direction. According to the embodiments of the present invention, it is possible to achieve a uniform operation gesture for the same operational instruction by means of self-conversion of the mobile terminal, such that the user experience can be improved. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262406 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN - Displays with touch sensing circuitry integrated into the display pixel stackup are provided. An integrated touch screen can include multi-function circuit elements that can operate as circuitry of the display system to generate an image on the display, and can also form part of a touch sensing system that senses one or more touches on or near the display. The multi-function circuit elements can be, for example, capacitors in display pixels that can be configured to operate as storage capacitors/electrodes, common electrodes, conductive wires/pathways, etc., of the display circuitry in the display system, and that may also be configured to operate as circuit elements of the touch sensing circuitry. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120262407 | TOUCH AND STYLUS DISCRIMINATION AND REJECTION FOR CONTACT SENSITIVE COMPUTING DEVICES - A “Contact Discriminator” provides various techniques for differentiating between valid and invalid contacts received from any input methodology by one or more touch-sensitive surfaces of a touch-sensitive computing device. Examples of contacts include single, sequential, concurrent, or simultaneous user finger touches (including gesture type touches), pen or stylus touches or inputs, hover-type inputs, or any combination thereof. The Contact Discriminator then acts on valid contacts (i.e., contacts intended as inputs) while rejecting or ignoring invalid contacts or inputs. Advantageously, the Contact Discriminator is further capable of disabling or ignoring regions of input surfaces, such tablet touch screens, that are expected to receive unintentional contacts, or intentional contacts not intended as inputs, for device or application control purposes. Examples of contacts not intended as inputs include, but are not limited to, a user's palm resting on a touch screen while the user writes on that screen with a stylus or pen. | 10-18-2012 |
| 20120268386 | TOUCH-SCREEN DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE FEEDBACK ACTUATOR - A touch-screen device includes a display; a tactile feedback actuator arranged on the display, including a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, the first substrate and the second substrate being parallel to each other in a lateral direction, and movable relative to each other in the lateral direction; and an electrode arrangement on the first substrate and the second substrate, whereby a potential difference applied across two or more electrodes in the electrode arrangement produces an electrostatic force in the lateral direction between the first substrate and the second substrate; and a controller configured to apply a time-varying potential difference across the two or more electrodes such that the resultant electrostatic force varies in the lateral direction and induces oscillatory lateral movement of the first substrate relative to the second substrate. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268387 | TEXT INDICATOR METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method includes displaying text on a touch-sensitive display and displaying a text indicator at a first position within the text. A first touch is detected at a first location associated with the text indicator. A second touch is detected at a second location associated with the text indicator. When a distance between the first location and the second location meets a first threshold, the indicator is moved to a second position within the text. When the distance between the first location and the second location does not meet a first threshold, the indicator is displayed at the first position. The display of the handle on the touch-sensitive display may be moved in coordination with movement of the touch. The distance between the text indicator and the handle may vary along a path of the touch | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268388 | TOUCH SCREEN TEXT SELECTION - A touch screen text input and selection system for cell phones and computers that allows the user to select characters on a virtual keyboard for inputting, and in a text box for editing without blocking the view of characters by the touching finger. An area adjacent to and below each character displayed on the virtual keyboard or in the text box is mapped to address the respective character. The user touches the area adjacent to and below a character displayed on the virtual keyboard or in the text box to select that character. Similarly, the user can place a cursor in the space between two characters by touching the area below that space. Double tapping an area below a word in the text box selects that word. Sliding finger below a series of characters in the text box selects those characters. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268389 | ERGONOMIC MOTION DETECTION FOR RECEIVING CHARACTER INPUT TO ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Sliding and non-sliding touch input to an electronic device may be selected so that the motions associated with a character to input are intuitive and thus easy to remember. The motions for the contacts of the touch input may be selected ergonomically in a way enabling touch-typing, thus increasing user comfort for longer periods of use. Multiple repositionable finger contact regions are maintained on a contact surface in an arrangement that is easily accessible for the user's fingertips. Each available input character is associated with a unique finger contact or set of simultaneously-entered contacts, each contact being either sliding or non-sliding contact, and the sliding contacts having a direction associated with the character. One example touch surface is a touch screen. Another example touch surface is the table upon which the electronic device sets and thus separate from the electronic device and freeing space on the device for other use. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268390 | MULTIPLE USE EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE FOR YOUNG USERS - A device which has both educational and entertainment purposes. The device has a housing which allows multiple instances of the device to be stacked together. The device has a CPU, memory, storage, and a wireless module which allows communications with a base computer. The device also has a flat touch screen which serves as the user interface. The touch screen also serves as the video display for the device. Each device is approximately the size of a conventional building block. Variants include having some sides equipped with protuberance and some sides are equipped with voids. The protuberances of one device is constructed and arranged to interlockingly mate with the voids of another device. The device may be used in conjunction with multiple types of applications which have both educational and entertainment uses. The device may be used to receive images, data, commands, etc. from the base computer and the device may be used in conjunction with other similar devices. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268391 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
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| 20120268392 | GIMBAL PRESS - A computing device includes a touchpad having a plurality of internal diaphragms that allow the touchpad to sense downward force inputs. The diaphragms are evenly glued about their circumferential edge portions to an internal flat surface by way of a gimbal press. The gimbal press can include a force delivery component coupled to an upper plate having an internal depression, a lower plate having a ball bearing that accepts force from the upper plate via the internal depression, a flexible ring member, and a compliant annular component. Both plates have a plurality of interlocking features with grooves extending therethrough that accept the flexible ring member. Force is evenly distributed to the diaphragm via a gimbal effect at the ball bearing, and the flexible ring member centers the upper and lower plates with respect to each other while permitting some relative tilt and rotation between the plates. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268393 | System and Method for Secure Data Entry - An electronic device comprises a CPU, and a touch-sensitive screen operable to display a plurality of keys. Each of the plurality of keys are associated with and exhibit a predetermined value, where the keys are arranged so that the predetermined values of the keys are displayed in a random manner. The predetermined values of the plurality of keys have different predetermined display characteristics associated therewith so that the plurality of keys have varied appearances. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SANITIZING TOUCH SCREEN OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - In a method for sanitizing a touch screen of an electronic device, the electronic device includes a first motor roller and a second motor roller and a screen sanitization system. The first motor roller connects to the second motor roller through a flexible pipe that is filled with a sanitizer. The first motor roller is scrolled to clean and sanitize a first protective film using sanitizer when the first protective film is overlaid on the surface of the touch screen, and a second protective film is drawn to overlay on the surface of the touch screen. The second motor roller is scrolled to clean and sanitize the second protective film using the sanitizer when the second protective film is overlaid on the surface of the touch screen, and the first protective film is drawn to overlay on the surface of the touch screen. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268395 | EXTERNAL TOUCH KEYBOARD - A touch keyboard includes a touch panel, a light guide plate, a keyboard layer, and a controller. The controller is connected to the touch panel. When a user touches the touch panel, the controller determines the touch position by detecting changes in the current of the touch panel, and generates a command signal. The keyboard layer is sandwiched between the touch panel and the light guide plate. The keyboard layer includes a film and a plurality of keyboard signs printed on the film, and the positions of the keyboard signs are recorded in the controller. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268396 | SUBSTRATE FOR IN-CELL TYPE TOUCH SENSOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An array substrate for an in-cell type touch sensor liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a gate line and a data line on the substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a first passivation layer on the thin film transistor; a common electrode on the first passivation layer; an etching preventing pattern covering the drain contact hole; an x sensing line and a y sensing line on the common electrode; a second passivation layer on the x sensing line and the y sensing line; and a pixel electrode on the second passivation layer. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268397 | TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLLER USING DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL PROCESSING - A touch screen controller using differential signal processing includes a charge amplifier, a first variable gain amplifier, one or more second variable gain amplifiers, a channel integrator, and a linearizer. The charge amplifier converts a charge output from a touch panel into a voltage and output a single-ended signal. The first variable gain amplifier removes an offset except touch information existing on a path sensing signal. The one or more second variable gain amplifiers removes an offset between channels while referring to a line signal input to the first variable gain amplifier. The channel integrator performs integration on the signal output from the first and the second variable gain amplifier and return a common reference to a pixel result, and the linearizer performs linearization by detecting a linearization factor and a phase error of the output signal of the channel integrator. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268398 | DISPLAY INPUT APPARATUS - A display input apparatus that a display panel having a touch panel for input on a display unit rotationally install to a main body unit, comprise an opposite object sensor configured to detect which is facing the display unit of the display panel, the first user or the second user, and switch the content displayed on the display panel according to the detection result of the opposite object sensor. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268399 | DUAL DISPLAYS COMPUTING DEVICE - A dynamic dual displays system is coupled with a computing device to provide at least two display panels for single user or multiple user applications. In one embodiment, two display panels are provided in a back-to-back configuration connected by a hinge to allow rotation motion of the display panels relative to each other. Depending on the relative positions of the display panels and the computing device, the combined system provides a hybrid device that may dynamically serve as a notebook or a tablet computer. The multiple display panels may present the same or different contents simultaneously, depending on application. In a multi-user application, the display panels may be presented to different users, one of which accepts input data through a touch-sensitive surface on the corresponding display panel. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268400 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REVISING USER INPUT POSITION - A method and system for revising user input position. The method for revising user input position includes, detecting input position of a user, revising the input position of the user based on a predefined revising model, to obtain an accurate position, where, a wrong input position of the user is at least analyzed in advance to obtain the revising model and in response to obtaining the accurate position, triggering an application corresponding to the accurate position. With the technology for automatically revising the input position of the user on the touch screen provided by the invention, it is possible to help the user more conveniently locate the needed content, so as to save the time of the user and improve the user experience. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268401 | Portable Electronic Apparatus - An object of the present invention is to provide a cellular telephone terminal in which intuitive operation is possible, by providing a rotary dial portion. A cellular telephone terminal is provided with: a body that includes an operation unit side body, a display part side body, and a hinge mechanism that connects the operation unit side body and the display part side body; a rotary dial portion, which is rotatable around a rotational axis, and which is attached to the body with a standard position; a mark which serves as an indicator for a rotation amount of the rotary dial portion; and a control part that causes one application among a plurality of applications to enter a state in which activation thereof is possible, based on the rotation amount of the rotary dial portion. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268402 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel includes an electroluminescent display panel, a touch panel, and a patterned decoration layer. The electroluminescent display panel includes a plurality of display devices disposed in a display region, and at least one hot key display unit disposed in at least one hot key region. The touch panel is disposed oppositely to the electroluminescent display panel, and the touch panel includes a touch plate, a plurality of display region touch devices disposed on an inner surface of the touch plate facing the electroluminescent display panel and corresponding to the display region, and at least one hot key region touch device disposed on the inner surface of the touch plate and corresponding to the hot key region. The patterned decoration layer is disposed on the touch plate, and the patterned decoration layer has at least one transparent region corresponding to the hot key region. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268403 | EXTRACTING TOUCH DATA THAT REPRESENTS ONE OR MORE OBJECTS ON A TOUCH SURFACE - A touch-sensing apparatus is based on frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR). The apparatus comprises a panel, in which sheets of light are propagated by internal reflection between a touch surface and an opposite surface. A light sensor arrangement is optically connected to the panel to measure transmitted light energy on detection lines across the touch surface. Each detection line represents a light path across the touch surface from a light source to a light sensor. An object that touches the touch surface will frustrate the propagating light and cause a local attenuation among the detection lines. A data processor is connected to the light sensor arrangement and configured to execute a process for extracting touch-related data. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268404 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL DEVICE - A method for operating a control device, in particular in a vehicle, the control device having a display surface and a control element. A detection region formed in the vicinity of the control element is monitored by a proximity sensing device such that an actuating element is detected in the detection region, and first and second display contents are displayed on the display surface. The first display content is no longer displayed if an actuating element has been detected in the detection region by the proximity sensing device. Also disclosed is a control device for carrying out the method. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268405 | INTELLIGENT GRAPHICS INTERFACE IN A HANDHELD WIRELESS DEVICE - Various embodiments of the invention may allow applications and information to be clustered together in ways that simplify and automate various tasks. Other embodiments may present a graphical user interface to the user that allows the user to choose from a matrix of information categories and applications that can help provide that information. Still other embodiments may provide different user interface methods based on status awareness. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268406 | STEERING WHEEL INPUT/INTERACTIVE SURFACE - The steering wheel input is a flexible, interactive input, based on a touch-sensitive surface. Groups of functions are available from many positions of hands and fingers, gripping and controlling the steering wheel. For example travel directions indicators, headlight flashing/dipping and windscreen wipers can be controlled without having to raise the hand from the steering wheel. The keypad of a mobile telephone can also be simulated. PDA inputs can be carried out. A computer keyboard can be simulated Continuous encompassment of the hands is corrected by computer. The touch areas are continuously and dynamically adapted in the relationship thereof with respect to the balls of the hands or the thumb and fingers. This concept produces ergonomically appropriate and dynamically updated touch areas. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268407 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprising a touch screen which detects a touch input by a user detects the position and pressure of each of a plurality of pressed points corresponding to a plurality of touch inputs existing at the same time on a touch screen. Then, the front/rear overlap relationship of the plurality of objects displayed on the touch screen is changed based on the difference in pressure between the detected plurality of pressed points. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268408 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR DISPLAYING PICTURE/INTERFACE - A method for displaying a picture/interface on a screen of a terminal comprises obtaining relevant information on a pressure, when the pressure is detected to be applied on the screen, obtaining a corresponding display mode according to the relevant information on the pressure, and displaying the picture/interface according to the display mode. The terminal may adjust the display mode automatically according to the pressure applied on the screen of the terminal by the user, with strong real-time property, simplifying the operations by the user on the terminal and improving the user's experience. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268409 | AUGMENTED I/O FOR LIMITED FORM FACTOR USER-INTERFACES - The claimed subject matter relates to an architecture that can enhance and/or simplify tactile-based I/O transactions in connection with a user-interface (UI) of limited form factor. In particular, the architecture can monitor a position of a selector object such as an operator's finger relative to a UI display as the selector object hovers or moves above the UI display. Based upon this position, an analogous coordinate in the UI display can be determined, and a portion of the UI display substantially centered at the coordinate can be modified. As one example, the UI display can be modified to increase the magnification scale (e.g., a virtual magnifying glass) of the portion of the display indicated by the selector object. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120268410 | Working with 3D Objects - Three-dimensional objects can be generated based on two-dimensional objects. A first user input identifying a 2D object presented in a user interface can be detected, and a second user input including a 3D gesture input that includes a movement in proximity to a surface can be detected. A 3D object can be generated based on the 2D object according to the first and second user inputs, and the 3D object can be presented in the user interface. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120274574 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274575 | Display with curved area - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to display device having a first display plane, a second display lane, and a curved area between the first and second display planes. The first and second planes and the curved area form a continuous display surface having four edges. Only three of the four edges are viewable by a user when viewing one of the first and second display planes. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274576 | INPUT DEVICE WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An input device includes an electrical isolator disposed on a base, the electrical isolator comprising at least a first element extending away from the base. A first actuator is disposed on the base and on a first side of the first element and is configured to provide first tactile feedback. A second actuator is disposed on the base and on a second side of the first element and is configured to provide second tactile feedback. A touch sensor is disposed with the first actuator and the second actuator and is arranged to provide touch data such that input is provided based on the touch data. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274577 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An assembly includes a frame, a substrate coupled to the frame by a plurality of flexible members such that the substrate is moveable relative to the frame, and a piezoelectric device coupled to the substrate and configured to move the substrate relative to the frame. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274578 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes determining a time between selections utilizing a touch-sensitive display, identifying a tactile feedback based on the time, and providing the tactile feedback in response to a subsequent selection utilizing the touch-sensitive display. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274579 | Number Keypad - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for arranging keys of a number keypad based on movement of another key. In various embodiments, a contact may be detected, and a key associated with the contact moved to a second location in accordance with movement of the contact. Based on the second location a second key may be arranged. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274580 | TRANSMIT/RECEIVE SWITCH FOR A TOUCH-SCREEN SYSTEM - An apparatus that is configurable to perform a forward scan, a row scan, and a column scan is disclosed. The apparatus includes a path selection module coupled to a transmitter and a receiver. The path selection module includes a row-transmit switch, a column-receive switch, a row-receive switch, and a column-transmit switch that are configurable to form various transmit paths and receive paths to perform the forward scan, a row scan, and a column scan. The row-transmit switch and the column-transmit switch cascades switching transistors to protect against large voltage swings present in an output of the transmitter, controls the gate voltage that is applied to these switching transistors to protect against the large voltage swings, and includes additional protection circuitry to ensure their reliability. The column-receive switch and the row-receive switch uses thick oxide transistors to protect thin oxide transistors against the large voltage swings and/or includes additional protection circuitry to ensure their reliability. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274581 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display method in a mobile terminal includes displaying a plurality of menu items on a display of the mobile terminal, such that each of the plurality of menu items corresponds to a different function that is executable at the mobile terminal. Further operations include selecting a first menu item and a second menu item from the plurality of menu items, the selecting occurs responsive to user input, and displaying a first screen on the display, the first screen relating to the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item. Additional features include displaying first data and second data in the first screen, the first data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item, and the second data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274582 | TOUCH SPOT DETECTING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a conductive film having anisotropic impedance, a plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes. In a method for detecting a touch spot, a plurality of actual detecting signals are obtained by the first electrodes and the second electrodes, thereby determining two first electrodes and two second electrodes closest to the touch spot. The conductive film between the two first electrodes and two second electrodes is defined as a corrective area. An ideal resistance of the corrective area is set. An arbitrary electrode from the two first electrodes and two second electrodes is defined as electrode i. The actual detecting signal S | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274583 | Multimodal Touchscreen Interaction Apparatuses, Methods and Systems - The MULTIMODAL TOUCHSCREEN INTERACTION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“MTI”) transform multi-user, multi-modal touchscreen input gestures via MTI components into user-customized computation result displays. In one implementation, the MTI obtains, from a touchscreen sensor, a sensor signal including information on a user touch event on a touchscreen. The MTI determines location coordinates of the user touch event from the sensor signal. The MTI identifies a touch type of the user touch event from the sensor signal, and determines a user touchscreen gesture using the touch type of the user touch event. The MTI queries a memory for a user command associated with the user touchscreen gesture, and executing the user command via a processor. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274584 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A communications device ( | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MULTI-TOUCH INTERACTION WITH VIRTUAL OBJECTS - A method is provided for enabling user interaction with virtual objects in a virtual world using a touchscreen device. A touch input within or across a region of the display is detected from the touchscreen device. After determining that the touch input exceeds a predetermined threshold, and further determining whether the touch input is of a single touch or multi-touch type based on a number of contacts detected in the touch input, a multi-touch type input is interpreted as a multi-touch attract or repel command with respect to a virtual object displayed on the display. The virtual object is then visibly moved or changed on the display in response. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274586 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS ON A SINGLE TOUCH PANEL - An operating room arrangement enables a central operating room control system having a central operating room controller, a central media router and a central touch panel to control a plurality of operating room devices including a remote touch panel controlled medical device having a medical device controller and a device touch panel. When the central operating room control system is placed in a touch panel controlled medical device operating mode, a device touch panel interface is provided through the media router for display as part of a video display image on the central touch panel, along with an additional indicia. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274587 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OBJECT CONTROL PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until, for example, a touch-off is determined to be a predetermined direction, the object is moved in a specific direction. Alternatively, an input direction is determined based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until a touch-off, and then, based on the input direction, the direction opposite to the input direction, for example, is determined to be a moving direction and the object is moved in the moving direction. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274588 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to aspect, a portable electronic apparatus includes a first display unit, a first operation detecting unit, a second display unit, a second operation detecting unit, and a control unit. The first and second display units display first and second screens, respectively. The first and second operation detecting units detect an operation for the first and second screens, respectively. When a period of time in which an operation for at least one of the first and second screens is not detected is longer than a threshold value, the control unit performs a power saving process. In the power saving process, the control unit changes a state of at least one of the first and second display units to a power-saving state in a varied manner depending on a type of program providing the screen for which no operation is detected for a longer period of time than the threshold value. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274589 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REMOTE INTERACTION WITH A COMPUTER DISPLAY OR COMPUTER VISUALIZATION OR OBJECT - An apparatus and a method for controlling a computer display screen, field of view, visualization overlaid upon a field of view, or object using the input of a non-viewed computer touch screen, touch-sensing surface, or non-physical-contact movement-capturing device interacting with a hand or stylus eliminating distraction away from the principal field of view employed in accomplishing the objective of use. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274590 | TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH SCREEN DRIVE METHOD - The present invention discloses a touch screen and a driving method for the same, the touch screen including: a touch detection area, a processing unit, emission tubes and reception tubes, the emission tubes and the reception tubes being located at the edge of the touch detection area to provide infrared to form a scanning grid, the touch screen also including a background light source which provides auxiliary light to the infrared. The present invention also discloses a corresponding driving method for the touch screen. The touch screen and the driving method for the same of the present invention may reduce the impact of the dark environment on the period required for the received signal in the touch screen to reach stability. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274591 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE CONTROLS - The use of pressure-sensitive controls is disclosed in which controls respond differently to different pressure applied by a stylus on a digitizer. Users interacting with displayed controls may modify the speed, increment, or other property of the control by pressing harder or softer. Devices that allow for the input of location and pressure information may use embodiments of the invention, including computers with pressure sensitive mice or digitizer tablets, PDAs, or tablet computers. Controls that may use pressure to augment their behavior include scrollbars, spinner controls, resize handles, buttons, drop down menus and so forth. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274592 | INTERPRETING AMBIGUOUS INPUTS ON A TOUCH-SCREEN - Methods are provided for interpreting a touch in relation to touch targets displayed on a touch-screen display, the touch targets associated with an application. A touch is detected at a first touch-screen location. The application is queried to determined a first touch target located within a predetermined touch region of the first touch-screen location. The application is then queries to determine whether a second touch target is located within the predetermined touch region. The touch is them disambiguated to determine whether the touch was intended for the first touch target or the second touch target. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274593 | Portable Communicating Electronic Device Having Transparent Display - The portable communicating device with transparent display includes a control unit; a communication module is coupled to the control unit, and a memory is coupled to the control unit. At least one image sensor is coupled to the control unit; a transparent display without an opaque shell is coupled to the control unit and wherein the transparent display includes two transparent substrates, each of the two transparent substrates includes a transparent electrodes, light emitting substances provided between the two transparent substrates; wherein the transparent display allow a user to see through the transparent display at least when the transparent display is not displayed. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274594 | GIMBALLED SCROLL WHEEL - An input device that includes both a movement detector, such as mechanical switch, and positional indicator, such as touch pad touch screen, and/or touch sensing housing is disclosed. These two input devices can be used substantially simultaneously to provide a command to the device. In this manner, different commands can be associated with depressing a moveable member in different areas and a single moveable member can perform like several buttons. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274595 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a terminal body having first and second regions on a front surface thereof, a touch screen part on the first region and configured to display visual information and perform an inputting operation in a tactile manner, and a touch pad part corresponding to the second region and configured to input information corresponding to a touch applied to a pre-set position on the second region. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274596 | USE OF ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAYS AS A HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL TACTILE SENSOR FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) USER INTERFACES - A finger-operated touch interface system is physically associated with a visual display. The system includes a processor executing a software algorithm and an array of transparent organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) communicating with the processor. The system operates a group of OLEDS from the OLED array in light sensing mode. These OLEDs detect light via photoelectric effect and communicate light detection measurements to the processor. The software algorithm produces tactile measurement information responsive to light reflected by a finger proximate to the OLED array, and reflected light is received by at least one OLED in the transparent OLED array and originates from a software-controlled light source. In one approach, the reflected light is modulated and the system is responsive to reflected modulated light. The processor generates a control signal responsive to the reflected light. The system can be used to implement an optical touchscreen without an RF capacitive matrix. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120274597 | Portable Electronic Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Electronic Lists and Documents - In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on the touch screen display. The displayed portion of the electronic document has a vertical position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document, a vertical bar is displayed on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion of the electronic document. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar is ceased. The vertical bar is displayed for a predetermined time period when the portion of the electronic document is initially displayed. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120280915 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FACILITATING INTERACTING WITH A MULTIMODAL USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating interaction with a multimodal user interface. A method may include displaying at least one display element on a touch display, the display element comprising a voice input capable indicator and being configured to perform an operation. The method may further include receiving a voice input. The method may additionally include causing, based at least in part on the voice input, the performance of the operation associated with the display element of the touch display user-interface. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280916 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating Data Entry by Way of a Touch Screen - An exemplary method includes 1) detecting an initialization action performed by a first extremity of a user and a second extremity of the user, the initialization action comprising a touching of a first arbitrary location on the touch screen by the first extremity and a touching of a second arbitrary location on the touch screen by the second extremity, 2) designating, in response to the initialization action, the first arbitrary location as a first reference position and the second arbitrary location as a second reference position, 3) detecting one or more tapping actions performed on the touch screen, 4) determining a relative position on the touch screen of each of the one or more tapping actions with respect to the first and second reference positions, and 5) identifying one or more data entry commands associated with the one or more tapping actions. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280917 | Adjusting Mobile Device State Based on User Intentions and/or Identity - In one embodiment, while a mobile electronic device is in a first operation state, it receives sensor data from one or more sensors of the mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device analyzes the sensor data to estimate a current intention of a user with respect to the mobile electronic device; and transition from the first operation state to a second operation state based on the current intention of the user with respect to the mobile electronic device. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280918 | MAXIMUM SPEED CRITERION FOR A VELOCITY GESTURE - An apparatus, system, and method for a maximum speed criterion for a velocity gesture. The apparatus includes an input sensor, a processor, and a memory. The apparatus also includes a detection module that detects fulfillment of velocity gesture criteria on the input sensor in communication with the processor. The velocity gesture criteria may include a movement below a maximum speed. The apparatus also includes an initiation module that initiates a velocity gesture function in response to the detection module detecting fulfillment of the velocity gesture criteria. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280919 | Electronic Paper Display Apparatus with Touch Control Function - An electronic paper display apparatus is disclosed. The electronic paper display apparatus includes an electronic paper device and a color filter. The color filter is disposed on the electronic paper device. The color filter includes a filter substrate, a color resist layer and a sensing electrode of a touch panel. The sensing electrode and the color resist layer are formed on different surfaces of the filter substrate, or on the same surface of the filter substrate. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280920 | TACTILE DISPLAY USING DISTRIBUTED FLUID EJECTION - A tactile display for providing tactile feedback has a touch surface layer formed of a plurality of pixels. Each pixel has an aperture for ejecting a fluid, and a valve for opening and closing the aperture. The valve is operable to modulate the fluid ejection through the aperture at a frequency selected for detection by the somatic sensors of a human finger. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280921 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BRIGHTNESS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for controlling a screen brightness of a portable terminal are provided. The method includes sensing a screen touch action, and setting a screen brightness value of a screen area where the screen touch action is sensed to a first value and setting a screen brightness value of the remaining screen areas to a second value lower than the first value. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280922 | METHOD FOR FINELY CONTROLLING CONTENTS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method for coarsely and finely controlling contents via respective main and auxiliary sliders, and a portable terminal supporting the same are provided. The portable terminal includes: a display unit displaying a main slider including a slidable path of a predetermined length for designating a predetermined region of contents and an auxiliary slider extending at least a part of a slidable path of the main slider; a touch screen detecting a signal for selectively displaying the auxiliary slider; and a controller for performing a control operation to display the auxiliary slider according to generation of the signal. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280923 | SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING PIN DATA WHEN USING TOUCH CAPACITIVE TOUCH TECHNOLOGY ON A POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL OR AN ENCRYPTING PIN PAD DEVICE - A system and method for providing security for a point-of-sale (POS) terminal or an encrypting PIN pad (EPP) by protecting the signals that could be directly probed on a touch sensor electrode grid or remotely probed such as through power supply signals or RF emissions, wherein the drive signals are randomly applied to drive electrodes in order to prevent tracking of drive signals, and charge is injected on sense lines to hide PIN data. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280924 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH EXTENDABLE SCREEN - Described herein are apparatuses and mechanisms for providing an extendable screen in a portable communications device. A portable communications device may be provided with a multi-part screen, a portion of which may be extended to provide an expanded viewing display surface or may be retracted to provide a reduced viewing mode and increased portability. In a reduced viewing mode, a graphical display may be provided on a first, visible portion of a multi-part display screen, where one or more other screen portions are retracted and/or obscured from view in order to provide a portable mode for the communications device. In an extended viewing mode, the one or more other screen portions may be extended and/or brought into the same plane as a first portion of the multi-part display in order to provide increased display size and resolution. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280925 | Handheld Electronic Device and Method for Calibrating Input of Webpage Address - A method for calibrating an input of webpage address used in a handheld electronic device is provided. The handheld electronic device comprises a touch display unit, a storage unit for storing a plurality website address data and a processing unit being electrically connected to the touch display unit and the storage unit. The method comprises the steps outlined in the sentences that follow. At least one character is received from the touch display unit, wherein each of the character has a plurality neighboring characters on a keyboard. A plurality of string combinations are generated by the processing unit according to the neighboring characters. The storage unit is searched by the processing unit according to the string combinations to generate an address suggestion list. A handheld electronic device is disclosed herein as well. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280926 | CLIP-ON TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - The general field of the invention is that of touch-sensitive devices comprising a touch-sensitive screen connectable to a display device of the aeronautical type including at least a front face, a rear face and a locking handle situated on the front face. The touch-sensitive screen according to the invention comprises at least, fixed onto its members, two fastening clips and two retaining clips, all four clips ensuring the fastening of the touch-sensitive screen on the front face of the display device when the locking handle is in the locked position, the retaining clips being locked by the lateral arms of said locking handle. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280927 | SIMPLE TOUCH INTERFACE AND HDTP GRAMMARS FOR RAPID OPERATION OF PHYSICAL COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) SYSTEMS - A tactile grammar method for implementing a touch-based user interface for a Computer Aided Design software application is provided. A tactile array sensor responsive to touch of at least one finger of a human user provides tactile sensing information that is processed to produce a sequence of symbols and numerical values responsive to the touch of the finger. At least one symbol is associated with one or more gesteme, and each gesteme is comprised by at least one touch gesture. A sequence of symbols is recognized as a sequence of gestemes, which is in turn recognized as a sequence of touch gestures subject to a grammatical rule producing a meaning that corresponds to a command. The command is submitted to a Computer Aided Design software application which executes the command, wherein the grammatical rule provides the human user a framework for associating the meaning with the first and second gesture. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280928 | TOUCHPAD USER INTERFACE - A method of implementing a touch user interface for an electronic device including a overlaying a plurality of transparent sensors on top of a visual display associated with the electronic device and where the transparent sensors are configured to be responsive to touch by at least one user finger and the visual display is for rendering visual information provided by the electronic device is disclosed. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280929 | MULTI-TOUCH AND SINGLE TOUCH DETECTION - An input device includes a touch sensitive sensor operative to detect finger touch, a controller for controlling the touch sensitive sensor, the controller operative to set at least one area of the touch sensitive sensor for sampling output with a single touch sampling method and to set at least one other area of the touch sensitive sensor for sampling output with a multi-touch sampling method, wherein the multi-touch sampling method is other than a single touch sampling method, and a detection unit of the touch sensitive sensor controllable to apply the single touch sampling method over the at least one area of the touch sensitive sensor and to apply the multi-touch sampling method over the at least one other area of same touch sensitive sensor. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION SCROLLING ON TOUCH-SCREEN - A method of controlling scrolling of contents provided in an electronic device including a touch screen and a scroll controlling region including a scroll pointer. The method includes sensing a touch on at a location in the scroll controlling region on the touch screen; sensing movement of the touch on to a location out of a scroll moving region on the touch screen; and changing a scrolling rate based on the sensed location out of the scroll moving region to control scrolling of the provided contents. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280931 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTABLE INPUT WITH A TOUCH SCREEN - A selective input system and method are provided which track the motion of a pointing device over a region or area. The pointing device can be a touchpad, a mouse, a pen, or any device capable of providing two or three-dimensional location. The region or area is preferably augmented with a printed or actual keyboard/pad. Alternatively, a representation of the location of the pointing device over a virtual keyboard/pad can be dynamically shown on an associated display. The system identifies selections of items or characters by detecting parameters of motion of the pointing device, such as length of motion, a change in direction, a change in velocity, and or a lack of motion at locations that correspond to features on the keyboard/pad. The input system is preferably coupled to a text disambiguation system such as a T9® or Sloppytype™ system, to improve the accuracy and usability of the input system. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120280932 | SCAN SEQUENCE GENERATOR - A sensor panel device that can generate and use a stimulus signal having multiple different waveforms for detecting events on or near the sensor panel is disclosed. Among other things, such a stimulus signal can be used to reject environmental noise present in the device. In some embodiments, the stimulus signal has multiple waveforms having different frequencies. Logic circuitry can generate representative values from output of the different waveforms applied to one or more sensing nodes in the sensor panel device. From the representative values, a final value can be generated that represents whether an event occurred at or near the one or more sensing nodes. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120287052 | Quick directory search system on a touch screen device and methods thereof - The present disclosure relates to a directory search system. Searching can be provided in a very intuitive manner through a graphical user interface that is part of a search application provided on an electronic device. The search system can employ a first letter of a first name combined with a first letter of a last name to quickly find contacts to dial without the use of a keyboard. Each letter can be associated with a pointer that is slidable along alphabet identifiers. By filtering contacts within the directory using the first letter of the first name and first letter of the last names, the user can retrieve a short list of potential contacts that the user wishes to retrieve information about. With thousands of possible entries, filtering using the first letter of the first name and the first letter of the last name often returns a short list of matches. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287053 | MULTI-MODAL USER INPUT DEVICE - A user input device, a portable electronic device including the user input device, and an operating method therefor, manages multiple modes of the user input device based on detected force and direction of tilt. The user input device includes a base member with top surface. A sensor touchpad module is disposed above the top surface of the base member. A plurality of pressure sensors is disposed between the base member and the sensor touchpad module. A processor manages a set of user input modes based on whether at least one of a first set of signals associated with a first user input mode and a second set of signals associated with a second user input mode has been detected. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287054 | TOUCH POSITION DETECTING METHOD - A touch position detecting method for a touch screen is disclosed. In the method, a specific point is detected by comparing a sensed data thereof with a first threshold and by comparing a sum of sensed values of a group of points which include the specific point with a second threshold. Furthermore, the sensed value of the specific point is checked to see if it is the maximum among the group of points. By using such a method, accuracy of touch position detection can be improved. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287055 | TOUCH APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch apparatus and a touch sensing method thereof are provided. The touch sensing method includes the following steps. A first touch unit and a second touch unit are detected at different scan periods to obtain a first original signal and a second original signal. A reference signal is obtained according to the second original signal. A subtraction is performed on the first original signal and the reference signal, so as to eliminate low frequency noise of the first original signal. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287056 | IDENTIFICATION OF TOUCH POINT ON TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A system and method of determining a target touch point on a touch screen is presented. A touch down event at a first time and a first location on a touch screen is detected and a touch up event at a second time and a second location on the touch screen is detected. A mode of operation using at least one of the touch down event and the touch up event is characterized. A target touch point is determined using at least one of the touch down event, the touch up event, and the characterization of the mode of operation. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287057 | GLASS WITH SCULPTED AREA, TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE USING THE SAME, MOLD AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - The present invention discloses an integrated glass including opposite outer and inner surfaces and a solid sculpted area formed either on the outer surface or the inner surface. The solid sculpted area includes a number of concave shapes or convex shapes which can be used to form letters, numbers or patterns for user decorating or identifying. Besides, a mold for fabricating the integrated glass, a method for making the integrated glass, and a touch sensor device with such integrated glass are also disclosed by the present invention. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287058 | SWITCHING DISPLAY MODES BASED ON CONNECTION STATE - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for switching display modes based on connections between devices. In one aspect, it is determined that an external display has been connected to or disconnected from a mobile device. Based on the determining, an application executing on the mobile device is switched between a first display mode and a second display mode. In the first display mode, a single user interface is displayed on the touch screen of the mobile device. In the second display mode, a first user interface is displayed on the external display and a second user interface, for receiving user inputs, is displayed on the touch screen of the mobile device. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287059 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING PORTABLE DEVICE - The invention is directed to a method for operating a portable device. The portable device comprises a touch screen displaying a plurality of objects. The method comprises steps of receiving a touch signal through a contacted location on the touch screen to select one of the objects corresponding to the contacted location, wherein the touch signal is correspondent with a continued pressing motion and a dragging motion following the continued pressing motion on the touch screen. According to the continued pressing motion, at least a button corresponding to an operating function is displayed on the touch screen. When the dragging motion is towards to the button corresponding to the operating function, the operating function is executed on the selected object. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287060 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a window having a pattern formed to recognize a user's touch input, a key region formed on one surface of the window, and a key body assembly disposed on the other surface of the window to be laminated on the key region, and the key body assembly has one surface equipped with at least one recess member or protrusion member and the other surface equipped with a key body coupled to a light guide film, whereby the mobile terminal can have a distinguished attraction and a quality-enhanced appearance. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE HAVING ITEM DELETING FUNCTION - A method of providing a graphic user interface (GUI) having an item deleting function includes displaying at least one item, detecting a touch position moving operation after a touch input is entered from a user and deleting the at least one item located on a moving path of the touch position moving operation. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287062 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus accepts an input onto a display screen displayed on a display device. The information processing apparatus determines an input method of a first input using a first time and/or a first trajectory information from a start point to an end point of the accepted first input. The information processing apparatus stores the first trajectory information of the first input in a storage unit for storing therein the trajectory information of an input of which the input method has been determined. The information processing apparatus restores trajectory information of the input that was accepted by accepting, using the first trajectory information stored in the storage unit and trajectory information of a second input if a result of determination with respect to the second input accepted within a predetermined time since the first input is input is different from the input method of the first input. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287063 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING OBJECTS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for selecting objects of an electronic device, touch operations performed on a touch screen of the electronic device are detected in real-time. A selection region on the touch screen is determined according to a touch operation that is detected from the touch screen. Objects displayed on the touch screen are selected according to the determined selection region. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287064 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS COMMUNICATING WITH EXTERNAL DEVICE VIA NETWORK, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - When an information processing apparatus connected to an external device via a network respectively displays an operation screen on an operation unit provided thereto and on the external device, the information processing apparatus changes display of a touched key with highlighting or without highlighting according to whether confidential information such as a password is entered. Depending on the entry on the operation unit, whether to display a character on the operation unit or not is determined. If the character is to be displayed, the highlighting of the character is not performed. If the character is not to be displayed, the highlighting of the character is performed. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287065 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device comprises a display unit configured to display an image on a display face; a detecting unit configured to detect a physical quantity which changes according to a distance of a material body from the display unit; and a control unit that enlarges or reduces the image according to the physical quantity detected by the detecting unit such that the display unit display the enlarged or reduced image. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287066 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a window panel; a touch panel attached to a bottom of the window panel via a light-transmittive resin, the touch panel including a flexible transparent conducting film and having at least one bent portion bending away from the window panel; a display panel provided under the touch panel and configured to output visual information in a direction of the window panel; and a front case configured to receive and support the window panel, the touch panel and the display panel. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287067 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - An electronic device includes a display unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays a character string or an image. The detection unit detects contact with the display unit. In a state where a character string or a image is displayed on the display unit, in a case in which the detection unit detects contact with the character string or the image, the control unit causes at least a part of the character string or the image to be selected in accordance with such detection. The control unit activates a different function in accordance with a condition of contact with the character string or the image when the character string or the image is selected. Furthermore, the control unit causes the character string or the image thus selected to be utilized in the function thus activated. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287068 | TOUCH INTERFACE DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTROSTATIC MULTITOUCH SURFACE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE DEVICE - A touch interface device includes a touch surface, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode is coupled with the touch surface. The first electrode also configured to receive a first haptic actuation electric potential. The second electrode is coupled with the touch surface. The second electrode also is configured to receive a different, second haptic actuation electric potential having an opposite polarity than the first haptic actuation potential. The first and second electrodes generate an electrostatic force that is imparted on one or more appendages of an operator that touches the touch surface above both the first electrode and the second electrode in order to generate a haptic effect. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287069 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method of controlling a touch panel display device, and which includes displaying a first display screen on the display device; receiving, via a controller of the touch panel display device and a touching signal indicating a touching action at a specific point on the first display screen; magnifying, via the controller, a predetermined area surrounding the specific point on the first display screen; displaying a second display screen including the magnified predetermined area with the specific point located at a center of the magnified predetermined area; receiving, via the controller, a selection signal indicating a selection of release touch icon displayed on the display device; and displaying the first display screen in response to the received selection signal. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287070 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NOTIFICATION OF INPUT ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus, comprising a processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receiving an indication of an input environment, determining that the input environment negatively affects at least one input mode, determining that the input mode is active, and causing display of an input environment notification is disclosed. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287071 | USER INPUT - Apparatus, a method and a computer program are provided. The apparatus includes: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program instructions, the at least one processor being configured to execute the computer program instructions to cause the apparatus at least to perform: controlling a touch sensitive display to display a first graphical item at a first position and a second graphical item at a second position, the second graphical item being separated from the first graphical item by a first distance; detecting a first user digit at the first position and a second user digit at the second position; reducing the first distance by moving at least one of the first and second graphical items across the touch sensitive display, in response to detecting movement, across the touch sensitive display, of at least one of the first and second user digits; and controlling the touch sensitive display to display a third graphical item, after determining the first distance has been reduced such that the first graphical item is proximate the second graphical item. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287072 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HUMAN INPUT TO A COMPUTER - The invention provides a method for providing human input to a computer which allows a user to interact with a display connected to the computer. The method includes the steps of placing a first target on a first portion of the user's body, using an electro-optical sensing means, sensing data related to the location of the first target and data related to the location of a second portion of the user's body, the first and second portions of the user's body being movable relative to each other, providing an output of the electro-optical sensing means to the input of the computer, determining the location of the first target and the location of the second portion of the user's body, and varying the output of the computer to the display based upon the determined locations for contemporaneous viewing by the user. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287073 | SELECTION OF A SELECTION ITEM ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A focused selection item is displayed on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device. An actuation of a physical key is detected. At least one function associated with the focused selection item is performed in response to the actuation. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120287074 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DISCRIMINATION - Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different types of contacts to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. Illustrative contact types include fingertips, thumbs, palms and cheeks. By way of example, thumb contacts may be distinguished from fingertip contacts using a patch eccentricity parameter. In addition, by non-linearly deemphasizing pixels in a touch-surface image, a reliable means of distinguishing between large objects (e.g., palms) from smaller objects (e.g., fingertips, thumbs and a stylus) is described. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120293420 | DISAMBIGUATING INTENTIONAL AND INCIDENTAL CONTACT AND MOTION IN MULTI-TOUCH POINTING DEVICES - An input device has both a touch sensor and a position sensor. A computer using data from the input device uses the relative motion of a contact on a touch sensor with respect to motion from a position detector to disambiguate intentional from incidental motion. The input device provides synchronized position sensor and touch sensor data to the computer to permit processing the relative motion and performing other computations on both position sensor and touch sensor data. The input device can encode the magnitude and direction of motion of the position sensor and combines it with the touch sensor data from the same time frame, and output the synchronized data to the computer. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293421 | CONTROL OF A DEVICE USING GESTURES - In an operating system running on a processing device, detecting a gesture input via a user interface; identifying an operating system operation that corresponds to the gesture; performing the operating system operation; identifying an application running on the operating system that has subscribed to gesture input; and passing data corresponding to the gesture to the application for use by the application. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293422 | INJURY DISCOVERY AND DOCUMENTATION - A method and apparatus for injury discovery and documentation includes a graphical touchscreen interface of the device operable to show a body image to allow a user to select an area of an injury on the body image and selectable indicia to allow a user to select a relative level of pain due to the injury. The injury information can then be provided for diagnosis and treatment. The device can also include an audio interface operable to determine a native language of the patient, and converse with the patient to ask the patient a set of questions relating to the area of the injury that are pre-stored in a memory of the device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293423 | USER INTERFACE FOR HANDWRITING INPUTS - A method, medium, device, and user interface are provided for receiving a handwriting input and for presenting prediction candidates based on the handwriting input. A pen down event is detected in a writing panel of a user interface. The writing panel is expanded to overlie function keys and a candidate window of the user interface such that those features are made inaccessible for inadvertent selections thereof. Upon detection of a pen up event the writing panel is decreased in size to again reveal the features. Recognition candidates are identified based on the handwriting input. Prediction candidates are also identified based on a highest ranking recognition candidate and are presented in combination with the highest ranking recognition candidate. Prediction candidates are thereby identifiable with the recognition candidate with which they are associated and selection of a prediction candidate and recognition candidate may be performed in single selection input. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293424 | USER INTERFACE FOR HANDWRITING INPUTS - A method, medium, device, and user interface are provided for receiving a handwriting input and for presenting prediction candidates based on the handwriting input. A pen down event is detected in a writing panel of a user interface. The writing panel is expanded to overlie function keys and a candidate window of the user interface such that those features are made inaccessible for inadvertent selections thereof. Upon detection of a pen up event the writing panel is decreased in size to again reveal the features. Recognition candidates are identified based on the handwriting input. Prediction candidates are also identified based on a highest ranking recognition candidate and are presented in combination with the highest ranking recognition candidate. Prediction candidates are thereby identifiable with the recognition candidate with which they are associated and selection of a prediction candidate and recognition candidate may be performed in single selection input. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293425 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ERASER FUNCTION OF DIGITIZER PEN IN DIGITIZER SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for supporting an eraser function of a digitizer pen in a digitizer system are provided. The method includes, if it is recognized that an eraser part of the digitizer pen gets contact on a reception device, determining a pressure of the eraser part contacting on a surface of the reception device and, according to the determined pressure, changing a frequency transmitted to the reception device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293426 | DRIVE SYSTEM ADAPTABLE TO A MATRIX SCANNING DEVICE - The present invention is directed to a drive system adaptable to a matrix scanning device. A number of first drive circuits are disposed on a first periphery along a first direction of a substrate with each said first drive circuit being coupled to at least one column wire of the matrix scanning device. A number of second drive circuits are disposed on a second periphery along a second direction of the substrate with each said second drive circuit being coupled to at least one row wire of the matrix scanning device. A master controller controls the first drive circuits and the second drive circuits. A bus is electrically coupled to the master controller, the first drive circuits and the second drive circuits. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293427 | INFORMATION PROCESSING CONTROL DEVICE - An information processing device that includes a display, a touch panel that detects a gesture operation, a memory that stores a correlation between each of a plurality of effects that can be applied to an object displayed on the display and one of a plurality of gesture operations, and a processor that applies one of the plurality of effects that corresponds to the detected gesture operation to an object displayed on the display, and controls the display to display the object to which the one of the plurality effects is applied. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293428 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH TWO DISPLAY DIRECTIONS OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display panel with two display directions opposite to each other, an electronic device and a method for switching the electronic device are provided. The display panel comprises a substrate, a first switching element, a second switching element, and a light-emitting diode. The first switching element is coupled to a scan line and a data line. The second switching element is coupled to a power source. The light-emitting diode is coupled to the second switching element and another power source. The display panel further comprises a dielectric layer covering the above elements, a pixel electrode formed on the dielectric layer, an opposite substrate formed above the substrate and a non-emission display medium layer formed between the substrate and the opposite substrate. The pixel electrode is coupled to an electrode of the first switching element through the opening and is made of reflective material. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293429 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH SIGNALS THEREOF - A method for detecting touch signals of a touch screen device includes counting a first time slot and a second time slot of an on-off period of a pixel according to a period of a scan signal and a period of a clock signal, and detecting whether the pixel is touched during the second time slot. The first time slot is the time before a noise of the pixel drops to a predetermined value after the pixel is turned on. The second time slot is the time after the noise of the pixel drops to the predetermined value after the pixel is turned on. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293430 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen device has a screen main body including parallel transmitting electrodes and parallel receiving electrodes disposed in a grid shape; a transmitter sequentially selecting the transmitting electrodes and applying a drive signal; a receiver sequentially selecting the receiving electrodes, receiving a response signal output from the receiving electrode in response to the drive signal, and outputting detection data at each electrode intersection; a controller obtaining a touch position based on the detection data at each electrode intersection output from the receiver; and a reference signal generator outputting a reference signal for synchronized detection. The transmitter generates the drive signal from the reference signal. The receiver uses the reference signal to perform synchronized detection of a signal based on the response signal from the receiving electrode and generates the detection data. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293431 | SWITCHING DEVICE FOR A MACHINE, INSTALLATION, AND/OR TRANSPORT SYSTEM - A switching device for a machine, installation, and/or transportation system has a touch-screen and at least one sensor element that is contained in the touch-screen and by means of which touching of the touch-screen can be registered and a corresponding signal fed out, with its being possible to effect emergency shutdown of the machine, installation, and/or transportation system by means of the switching device as a function of the at least one sensor element's signal. A method for operating a machine, installation, and/or transportation system includes the steps of touching a touch-screen, wherein the touch-screen includes at least one sensor element adapted to register said touching and to feed out a signal in response to the touching, and performing an emergency stopping and/or emergency shutdown of the machine, installation, and/or transportation system with a switching device as a function of the signal. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293432 | METHOD FOR TOUCH DEVICE TO TRANSMIT COORDINATES, METHOD FOR TOUCH DEVICE TO TRANSMIT DISPLACEMENT VECTOR AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A method for a touch device to transmit coordinates is provided. In a multi-object operation, when a number of objects remains unchanged, the method reduce data to be transmitted by only transmitting displacement vectors of the objects that move. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293433 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - There is provided a portable terminal including a display panel having a display surface with a touch pad, an area management unit which defines a plurality of display areas formed by dividing the display surface, and a display control unit which performs control on an image display in each display area. In a state where two display areas are defined with a first boundary line, in response to a touch operation on the touch pad, the area management unit determines, based on a touch position of the touch operation, a second boundary line passing one point on the first boundary line and one point within a predetermined range from the touch position and defines two areas which are formed by dividing an object area of the two display areas with the second boundary line, as first and second display areas in place of the object area. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293434 | TOUCH ALPHABET AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A touch alphabet and communication system is provided. The communication system uses a predetermined set of touch gestures, such as fingertip touch patterns performable on keyless touch-sensitive surfaces, to express the user's desired communication. The touch-sensitive surface may be the touch screen display of a computer, tablet device, cell phone, or a touch-sensitive pad, for example. The finger touch patterns are based on a limited set of unique and ergonomically pleasing finger positions that may be performed in a limited area. The touch alphabet allows the user to comprehensively communicate without looking at the communication device, and with just one hand, or in another implementation, with two hands. Thus, a user can comfortably tap an entire alphabet and related functions, with one hand, without having to visualize the user interface surface or hunt for individual keys. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293435 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - When an operation to a touch sensor | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293436 | APPARATUS, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND USER INTERFACE - An apparatus, method, computer program and user interface, the apparatus comprising: at least one processor: and at least one memory including computer program code; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to; provide an active area of a touch sensitive display and an inactive area of the touch sensitive display such that in response to the detection of a user input beginning in the active area, a first function is performed and in response to the detection of a user input beginning in the inactive area the first function is not performed; and provide a display area of the touch sensitive display configured to display content where the display area overlaps at least a portion of the active area and the inactive area, wherein the location of the active area is invariant with respect to performance of the first function. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293437 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING LAYOUT OF CONTROL BUTTONS - This disclosure provides a method and a device for adjusting layout of control buttons, used to solve the technical problem that the control buttons in a touch screen device cannot move, and cannot satisfy individual requirements of users. In this disclosure, the control buttons can be implemented with re-layout by receiving a command for adjusting positions of the control buttons, adjusting position information which is corresponding to the control buttons according to the command, saving a corresponding relationship between the adjusted position information and the control buttons, and loading and displaying the control buttons according to the corresponding relationship; thereby, the different and individual requirements of the users can be satisfied, the friendliness of an interface can be enhanced, and the experience quality of the users can be improved. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293438 | Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image - A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device. The device displays one or more unlock images with respect to which the predefined gesture is to be performed in order to unlock the device. The performance of the predefined gesture with respect to the unlock image may include moving the unlock image to a predefined location and/or moving the unlock image along a predefined path. The device may also display visual cues of the predefined gesture on the touch screen to remind a user of the gesture. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293439 | MONITORING POINTER TRAJECTORY AND MODIFYING DISPLAY INTERFACE - Apparatus and methods for improving touch-screen interface usability and accuracy by determining the trajectory of a pointer as it approaches the touch-screen and modifying the touch-screen display accordingly. The system may predict an object on the display the user is likely to select next. The system may designate this object as a Designated Target Object, or DTO. The system may modify the appearance of the DTO by, for example, changing the size of the DTO, or by changing its shape, style, coloring, perspective, positioning, etc. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293440 | MODE-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - A user interface method is disclosed. The method includes detecting a touch and then determining a user interface mode when a touch is detected. The method further includes activating one or more GUI elements based on the user interface mode and in response to the detected touch. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293441 | Elastomeric Wave Tactile Interface - A tactile interface includes a plurality of individually controllable drivers positioned about a perimeter of a tensioned elastomeric material. Each driver includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a piezoelectric material. A top surface of the first electrode is coupled to the tensioned elastomeric material. The piezoelectric material is disposed between a top surface of the second electrode and a bottom surface of the first electrode. Driver circuitry can apply control information to each of the plurality of individually controllable drivers to produce a wave pattern in the tensioned elastomeric material. Some example methods of providing a tactile image on a tactile interface include producing a time-varying potential difference across the top electrode and the bottom electrode of the drivers so that a standing wave pattern can be created in the elastomeric material. The tactile image can be formed by modulating a subset of the plurality of drivers. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120293442 | CONTACT TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION MODULE FOR TOUCH SENSING - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120299836 | DIGITIZER WITH SPREAD SPECTRUM CIRCUIT - A digitizer with spread spectrum circuit is disclosed herein, and includes an emitting circuit, a processor, an antenna sensing board and a receiving circuit. The processor controls the spread spectrum circuit to determine the frequency bandwidth of the electromagnetic wave signal. The emitting circuit is electrically connected to the spread spectrum circuit and the spread spectrum circuit informs the emitting circuit the bandwidth of the electromagnetic wave signal to transmit. The antenna sensing board is electrically connected to the emitting circuit and configured to emit and receive the electromagnetic wave signal power. The receiving circuit is configured to receive an oscillating signal generated by an electromagnetic stylus and transmit the signal to the processor. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299837 | IDENTIFYING CONTACTS AND CONTACT ATTRIBUTES IN TOUCH SENSOR DATA USING SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL FEATURES - A touch sensor provides frames of touch sensor data, as the touch sensor is sampled over time. Spatial and temporal features of the touch sensor data from a plurality of frames, and contacts and attributes of the contacts in previous frames, are processed to identify contacts and attributes of the contacts in a current frame. Attributes of the contacts can include, whether the contact is reliable, shrinking, moving, or related to a fingertip touch. The characteristics of contacts can include information about the shape and rate of change of the contact, including but not limited to a sum of its pixels, its shape, size and orientation, motion, average intensities and aspect ratio. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299838 | User Touch Screen Interface Device - The present invention provides an apparatus, a method, and a system with which a user can easily and precisely select unlimited displaying data and enter text information on a touch screen with a small dimension. The user touch screen interface device comprises a first member, a selection member, an actuation member, and a detent mechanism. Means to response to selection and actuation of stored application data are also disclosed. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299839 | AIRCRAFT USER INTERFACES WITH MULTI-MODE HAPTICS - Methods and apparatus are provided for a user interface with haptic feedback. The user interface includes a display element configured to display a visual image; a touch screen panel coupled to the display element and configured to receive a user input; a controller coupled to the touch screen panel and configured to generate a feedback signal based on the user input; a first actuator coupled to the controller and the touch screen panel and configured to operate in a first mode based on the feedback signal; and a second actuator coupled to the controller and the touch screen panel and configured to operate in a second mode based on the feedback signal. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299840 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SMUDGE CONTROL FOR TOUCH SCREEN HUMAN INTERFACE DEVICES - Systems and methods for smudge control for touch screen human interface devices are provided. In one embodiment, a touch screen human interface device comprises: a touch sensitive display surface, the touch sensitive display surface including a first region having a first surface energy with respect to a contaminant material; and a pattern of a plurality of nucleation sites distributed within the first region, wherein each of the plurality of nucleation sites possesses a second surface energy that is higher than the first surface energy with respect to the contaminant material. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299841 | TOUCH STRUCTURE AND TOUCH PANEL HAVING AN ANTENNA FUNCTION - A touch structure having an antenna function includes a substrate unit and an antenna unit. The substrate unit has a touch surface on the top surface thereof for an external object to touch in order to operate a touch-controlled module. The substrate unit includes at least one transparent substrate having at least one transparent portion and at least one nontransparent portion disposed around the transparent portion and combined with the transparent portion, the transparent portion has an image-viewing area on the top surface thereof, and the nontransparent portion has a non-image-viewing area on the top surface thereof. The antenna unit includes at least one antenna radiation structure disposed on the transparent substrate or embedded in the transparent substrate, and the layout of the antenna radiation structure shows an antenna radiation pattern having a predetermined operation band. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299842 | TOUCH POINT DETECTING DEVICE AND THE TOUCH POINT DETECTING METHOD THEREOF - A touch point detecting device is provided. The touch point detecting device comprises a plurality of electrodes and a scanning unit connected to said electrodes and scanning said electrodes with at least two variable excitation signal frequencies. A touch point detecting method is also provided. By means of the touch point detecting device, the electrode border as well as the integrated circuit package of the processor is reduced without reducing the detection accuracy of touch points. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299843 | REAL-TIME OBJECT TRANSFER AND INFORMATION SHARING METHOD - A real-time object transfer and information sharing method includes receiving information on one or more devices through which communication is to be performed, setting movement of a touch having at least one selected from among directivity, time and distance within a predetermined range for each of the devices and storing a value corresponding to the movement of the touch as an individual transfer gesture with respect to the corresponding device, determining whether the movement of the touch corresponds to the individual transfer gesture if the movement of the touch is sensed, and selecting a device corresponding to the individual transfer gesture as a target device and transferring an object under execution to the target device corresponding to the individual transfer gesture upon determining that the movement of the touch corresponds to the individual transfer gesture. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299844 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device includes a touch plate, a sensing plate, a first distance and a second distance. The touch plate includes a first area having a first thickness and a second area having a second thickness. The first thickness is larger than the second thickness. The sensing plate is disposed below the touch plate. The first distance is a shortest distance between the sensing plate and the touch plate on the first area. The second distance is a shortest distance between the sensing plate and the touch plate on the second area. The first distance is shorter than the second distance. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299845 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING AT LEAST TWO TOUCH SCREENS AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A method and apparatus for displaying information on at least two touch screens are provided. The method includes sensing a first touch-drag on a first touch screen; sensing a first touch on a second touch screen; and displaying, on at least one of the first and second touch screens, information corresponding to the first touch-drag on the first touch screen and the touch on the second touch screen, if the touch-drag on the first touch screen and the first touch on the second touch screen are simultaneously sensed. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299846 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus which includes a touch-screen display including a touch panel and a first display, and is connectable to a second display, includes an operation screen switching module and an input control module. The operation screen switching module sets either the first display or the second display to be an operation target screen operated by an input using the touch panel. The input control module operates the second display in accordance with the input using the touch panel when the second display is set to be the operation target screen. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299847 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND MODE CONTROLLING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile terminal including a controller configured to execute a first operating system and activate a first mode corresponding to the first operating system, display a first information screen on a display unit corresponding to the activated first mode, acquire whether a switching command signal is a mode switching command for switching the first mode to the second mode or a screen switching command for switching the first information screen to another information screen in the first mode using an input pattern of the received switching command signal, switch from the first mode to the second mode if the switching command signal is the mode switching command, and display the another information screen on the display unit corresponding to the activated first mode if the switching command signal is the screen switching command. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299848 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a display control unit configured to identify hover coordinates displayed on a touch screen of a touch panel and a tilt of a device body, and determine an offset value of the identified hover coordinates in accordance with the identified tilt of the device body. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299849 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device including a display control unit configured to acquire hover coordinates on the touch screen in accordance with a transition of mode to a hover mode, and determine both the acquired hover coordinates and coordinates obtained by adding a desired offset value to the hover coordinates as a range of a hover display to be displayed on the touch screen. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299850 | INTEGRATED DIGITIZER DISPLAY - An integrated digitizer display is provided, which includes a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) substrate and a sensor electrode. A TFT and an organic light emitting layer are formed on a first surface of the TFT substrate, and the sensor electrode is formed on a second surface of the TFT substrate, where the second surface is opposite to the first surface. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299851 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a determination section for determining whether or not an input operation is valid on the basis of a proximity distance and a target object, and a process execution section for executing a process according to the input operation when it is determined that the input operation is valid. The proximity distance is a distance between a proximity detection type operation unit and an operating body performing the input operation using the proximity detection type operation unit. The target object is a target of the input operation. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299852 | COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND GESTURE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A computer system with a touch screen and a gesture processing method are provided. The computer system has a gesture hook unit for receiving a first type gesture event from a first gesture engine and a plurality of second type gesture events from a second gesture engine. A top-layer image is adjusted according to the first type gesture event and the second type gesture. In such way, an image shown on a workspace of an application program is smoothly changed in response to a gesture of a user. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299853 | HAPTIC INTERFACE - Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture that provide for improved haptic interfaces. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299854 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile electronic device and an input method thereof, all of which are capable of canceling a restricting feature for preventing erroneous operations, and capable of quickly executing a desired feature. In a restricted state, in a case in which a control unit determines that a touch detected by a detecting unit is a first touching operation, the control unit cancels the restricted state, and causes a display unit to display a screen that was displayed before the restricted state, and in a case in which the control unit determines that the touch thus detected is a second touching operation, the control unit cancels the restricted state, and executes a predetermined function. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299855 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A standard for performing an operation associated with an input object is changed in order to avoid an erroneous operation. When data based on the press detected by a press detection unit | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299856 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An object of the invention is to provide a mobile terminal capable of preventing an unintended erroneous input to a touch panel, and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to the invention includes a touch panel, a contact area detection unit, and an input determination unit. The contact area detection unit detects a contact area of an object on the touch panel when the object touches the touch panel. The input determination unit determines whether the input through a touch of the object on the touch panel is valid or not. The input determination unit determines that the input through the touch of the object is invalid when the contact area detected by the contact area detection unit is equal to or larger than a value corresponding to an upper limit of a contact area of a fingertip touching the touch panel during a finger input. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299857 | Haptic Feedback for Button and Scrolling Action Simulation in Touch Input Devices - A planar touch control is used to provide input to a computer and haptic feedback is provided thereto. A touch control includes a touch input device with a planar touch surface that inputs a position signal to a processor associated with the computer based on a location of user implemented contact on the touch surface. The computer can position or modify a cursor or image in a displayed graphical environment based at least in part on the position signal, or perform a different function. At least one actuator is also coupled to the touch input device and outputs a force to provide a haptic sensation to the user via the touch surface. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299858 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDIBLY PRESENTING SELECTED TEXT - Disclosed herein are methods for presenting speech from a selected text that is on a computing device. This method includes presenting text on a touch-sensitive display and having that text size within a threshold level so that the computing device can accurately determine the intent of the user when the user touches the touch screen. Once the user touch has been received, the computing device identifies and interprets the portion of text that is to be selected, and subsequently presents the text audibly to the user. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299859 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE SENSATION - A tactile sensation providing apparatus and a method for the same are provided, by utilizing an existing application configuring a user interface, for providing a tactile sensation in response to an input so as to improve an operation feeling. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299860 | USER INPUT - An apparatus, a method and a computer program is provided. The apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory storing computer program instructions, the at least one processor being configured to execute the computer program instructions to cause the apparatus at least to perform: processing an input pattern, detected at an instance in time by a touch sensitive display, to discriminate between a fingertip input pattern and an elongate input pattern; performing a first action after discriminating that the input pattern corresponds with the fingertip input pattern; and performing a second action after discriminating that the input pattern corresponds with the elongate input pattern, wherein the second action is different to the first action. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299861 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE, COORDINATE INPUT METHOD, COORDINATE INPUT PROGRAM, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A coordinate input device includes a contact coordinate input unit; an obtaining unit for detecting a first predetermined manipulation for the contact coordinate input unit, and obtaining coordinate information on the contact coordinate input unit; a storing unit for storing a coordinate and a function in association with each other; a generating unit for generating a manipulation reference on the contact coordinate input unit, on the basis of the coordinate information obtained by the obtaining unit; a determining unit for determining the function stored by the storing unit in association with the coordinates on the basis of different coordinate information on the contact coordinate input unit that corresponds to a second predetermined manipulation, by performing the second predetermined manipulation for the contact coordinate input unit after the generating unit generates the manipulation reference, | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120299862 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device, while in a first input mode for receiving a touchless operation as an input, receives a touchless operation as an input, and starts processing that corresponds to the received touchless operation. If the information processing device detects a switch operation, which is made with a touch on the information processing device for switching from the first input mode to a second input mode that is a mode for receiving a touch operation as an input, within a predetermined time period after the reception of the touchless operation, the information processing device sets an output status obtained as a result of the started processing to an output status which has been obtained before the start of the processing. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120306764 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electronic apparatus for receiving an input in accordance with a pressure load which can reduce the possibility to drop an object being dragged. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit for displaying an object, a touch sensor for detecting a touch to the display unit, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, and a control unit for controlling to start drag processing of the object based on detection of the touch to the object by the touch sensor and detection by the load detection unit. The control unit controls the load detection unit to stop detection after the drag processing is started. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306765 | USING PRESSURE DIFFERENCES WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed is a user interface that responds to differences in pressure detected by a touch-sensitive screen. The user selects one type of user-interface action by “lightly” touching the screen and selects another type of action by exerting more pressure. Embodiments can respond to single touches, to gestural touches that extend across the face of the touch-sensitive screen, and to touches in which the user-exerted pressure varies during the course of the touch. Some embodiments respond to how quickly the user changes the amount of pressure applied. In some embodiments, the location and pressure of the user's input are compared against a stored gesture profile. Action is taken only if the input matches “closely enough” to the stored gesture profile. In some embodiments, a notification is sent to the user when the pressure exceeds a threshold between a light and a heavy press. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306766 | USING PRESSURE DIFFERENCES WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed is a user interface that responds to differences in pressure detected by a touch-sensitive screen. The user selects one type of user-interface action by “lightly” touching the screen and selects another type of action by exerting more pressure. Embodiments can respond to single touches, to gestural touches that extend across the face of the touch-sensitive screen, and to touches in which the user-exerted pressure varies during the course of the touch. Some embodiments respond to how quickly the user changes the amount of pressure applied. In some embodiments, the location and pressure of the user's input are compared against a stored gesture profile. Action is taken only if the input matches “closely enough” to the stored gesture profile. In some embodiments, a notification is sent to the user when the pressure exceeds a threshold between a light and a heavy press. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306767 | METHOD FOR EDITING AN ELECTRONIC IMAGE ON A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A method for editing an electronic image on a touch screen display according to one example embodiment includes detecting a sequence of movement of at least one of a user's fingers on a touch screen display and determining whether the detected sequence of movement matches one of the characters in a font set. If the detected sequence of movement matches one of the characters in the font set, the matched character is entered in the electronic image. If the detected sequence of movement does not match one of the characters in the font set, a representation of the detected sequence of movement is entered in the electronic image. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306768 | MOTION EFFECT REDUCTION FOR DISPLAYS AND TOUCH INPUT - A movement compensation system is described herein that compensates a user interface and received touch input based on detected external motion affecting a mobile computing device. The system uses the integration of accelerometer data to either offset screen rendering or adjust screen size to improve readability. The system may also improve touch target selection by offsetting received touch coordinates to compensate for device shifting. Offsets can be applied to either the screen rendering offset or can be applied to the touch coordinate input. The system may increase font size or the size of other user interface elements in response to detecting external motion. The system may also receive tuning parameters to account for device mass, dampening filters on accelerometer integrations, latency effects, and user responsiveness to motion effects. Thus, the system allows users to continue to use devices under high motion environmental conditions. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306769 | MULTI-TOUCH TEXT INPUT - This document describes tools associated with symbol entry control functions. In some implementations, the tools identify a first finger that is in tactile contact with a touch screen. The first finger can select a subset of symbols from a plurality of symbols that can be entered via the touch screen. The tools can also identify whether one or more other fingers are in concurrent tactile contact with the first finger on the touch screen. The tools can select an individual symbol from the subset based on whether the one or more other fingers are in concurrent tactile contact with the first finger on the touch screen. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306770 | MOTION-BASED DEVICE OPERATIONS - Methods, program products, and systems of motion-based device operations are described. A mobile device can coordinate operations of a motion sensor and a proximity sensor. The mobile device can determine a gesture event using the motion sensor. The mobile device can determine a proximity event using the proximity sensor. The mobile device can use the gesture event and proximity event to confirm one another, and determine that the mobile device has moved in proximity to a target object following a specified gesture. Upon confirmation, the mobile device can perform a specified task. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306771 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED PATTERN VISIBILITY - Systems and methods are directed to reducing surface reflections on an electronic display device having a touch-screen panel. A touch-screen panel may contribute to undesirable reflection of external light. For example, a touch-screen panel typically includes conductive electrodes which may significantly reflect ambient light, resulting in decreased visibility of displayed images. In some embodiments, a circular polarizer is disposed over a touch-screen panel in the display device. The circular polarizer includes a linear polarizer and a quarter-wave plate to modify the polarization of the external light traveling towards and reflecting from the touch-screen panel and absorbing the reflected light from the touch-screen panel to significantly reduce undesirable light reflections from the touch-screen panel. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306772 | Gestures for Selecting Text - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for selecting text using a touchscreen display of a computing device. A computing device identifies physical contact between multiple fingers and the touchscreen display at a starting location, wherein the identifying is in distinction to identifying physical contact between a single finger and the touchscreen display. The computing device determines that the physical contact persists during movement of the physical contact from the starting location to an ending location. The computing device determines that the physical contact was interrupted at the ending location. The computing device identifies that text displayed between the starting location and the ending location is text that has been selected by a user of the computing device. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306773 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch control method and an electronic apparatus are provided. The touch control method is adapted to the electronic apparatus which has a main screen and a touch screen. The touch screen is divided into a first portion and a second portion. In the touch control method, a touch operation performed by a user on the touch screen is detected, and whether the touch operation is performed within the first portion or the second portion of the touch screen is determined. If the touch operation is performed within the first portion of the touch screen, a frame displayed on the main screen is controlled according to the touch operation. If the touch operation is performed within the second portion of the touch screen, a frame displayed on the touch screen is controlled according to the touch operation. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306774 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE IN A USER EQUIPMENT OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for controlling a multimedia message in a user equipment of a wireless communication system and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to display at least one first region corresponding to each message exchange unit and a second region for displaying an information of a content exchanged via the first region and a controller, if the information of the content displayed on the second region is selected, controlling the selected content information to be displayed on the at least one first region. In this case, the message exchange unit includes a group comprising at least two message exchange targets which are identified by at least one identification information. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306775 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM, INPUT PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT PROCESSING METHOD, AND INPUT PROCESSING SYSTEM - When an input indicating a position on a screen has been provided by a pointing device, coordinate values indicating the position are set as coordinate values of a starting point position. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a state where the position on the screen is being continuously indicated by the pointing device has changed to a non-indicative state where the position on the screen is not indicated by the pointing device. As a result, when the state has changed to the non-indicative state, the coordinate values output from the pointing device before the change to the non-indicative state are set as coordinate values of an end point position, and a direction from the starting point position to the end point position is specified. Then, a virtual object is caused to move such that a moving direction of the virtual object is a direction different from the specified direction. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306776 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - An embodiment is directed to a touch screen panel including first sensing electrodes, second sensing electrodes, and a pad unit to be electrically connected to the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes, the touch screen panel including first trace lines connecting the first sensing electrodes and the pad unit, second trace lines connecting the second sensing electrodes and the pad unit, and a ground line connected to a ground power supply, the ground line being between the first trace lines and the second trace lines. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306777 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A flexible touch screen panel is disclosed. The flexible touch screen panel has sensing patterns formed on a thin film substrate as touch sensors, and a phase difference compensation layer formed on the sensing patterns to compensate phase difference generated by characteristics of the thin film substrate, in order to minimize deterioration of image quality. The flexible touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate having an active area and a non-active area positioned outside the active area, sensing patterns formed on the active area and sensing lines formed on the non-active area and connected to the sensing patterns. The thin film substrate is made of polyimide. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306778 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Document Manipulation - An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306779 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Document Manipulation - An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306780 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing unit configured to detect motion, a touchscreen configured to display a plurality of icons and a controller configured to control at least one function corresponding to at least one first motion of a plurality of different motions to be set in a first application corresponding to at least a first icon of the plurality of icons when the at least a first icon is selected by a touch on the touchscreen having a first pattern and the at least one first motion is detected via the sensing unit, wherein one or more functions correspond to each of the plurality of different motions. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306781 | MOBILE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a mobile device capable of performing a touch input and a control method thereof. A mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display unit configured to display a plurality of objects, a detector configured to detect a pattern surrounding at least one of the objects, and a controller configured to implement a function corresponding to the object surrounded by the pattern. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306782 | APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTIPLE TOUCH SCREENS AND METHOD OF CHANGING SCREENS THEREIN - An apparatus and method of changing screens using multiple touch screens. The method includes displaying a first screen in a first touch screen; displaying a second screen in a second touch screen; detecting multiple touches in the first touch screen; detecting continuous movements of the multiple touches from the first touch screen to the second touch screen; and changing the second screen of the second touch screen in response to the continuous movements of the multiple touches. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306783 | Processor Interface - An interface is for inputting data into a processor. The interface has a three-dimensionally shaped input surface and comprises an array of sensors responsive to forces applied to the input surface and providing an input to the processor capable of registering the magnitude of the forces applied to the array of sensors and interpreting the location of pressure on the input surface, and a three-dimensionally shaped layer of soft resilient material arranged between the three-dimensionally shaped input surface and the array of sensors and capable of transmitting forces exerted on the three-dimensionally shaped input surface to the sensors. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306784 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD THEREIN FOR MOVING AN ITEM ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Embodiments herein relate to a user equipment for moving an item displayed on an interactive display of the user equipment. The user equipment comprises a housing, an interactive display connected to the housing and configured to display at least one item selectable to a user, a positioning circuit connected to the interactive display and configured to detect a first location of a first object and a second location of a second object in relation to the interactive display, and a gesture determining circuit connected to the interactive display and configured to register a first gesture of the first and second object at a first position on the interactive display and further configured to register a second gesture of the first and second object at a second position on the interactive display. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306785 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch input device includes a touch pad, two switches, and a supporting member. The supporting member divides the touch pad into a first cantilever part and a second cantilever part. The first cantilever part is capable of moving to activate one of the switches to generate input commands while the second cantilever part moves away from the other one of the switches. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306786 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus and method capable of displaying main content and auxiliary content on the same screen, switching the contents displayed on the screen with each other, and displaying a plurality of contents as auxiliary contents by expanding an area of the screen that displays auxiliary content. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306787 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - A user interface system of one embodiment includes a layer defining a surface; a substrate supporting the layer and at least partially defining a cavity; a displacement coupled to the cavity that expands the cavity, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface; and a touch sensor coupled to the substrate and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the particular region of the surface. The layer and the substrate are connected at an attachment point, and the location of the attachment point relative to the layer, substrate, and cavity at least partially defines the shape of the deformed particular region of the surface. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306788 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus with a touch input system is provided. When a complete touch signal is detected, a sliding angle and a sliding track of the complete touch signal are calculated. A menu operation interface with arc-shaped arrangement is displayed in a touch display screen when the sliding angle of the complete touch signal exceeds a predetermined angle. And when an incomplete touch signal is detected, a sliding angle and a sliding track of the incomplete touching signal are calculated for displaying a part of the menu operation interface with arc-shaped arrangement in the touch display screen. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306789 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a front panel made of resin. The front panel is disposed on the front side of an organic electroluminescent display panel and functions as the front surface of the electronic device; and an adhesive agent layer formed between the organic electroluminescent display panel and the front panel. The organic electroluminescent display panel is fixed to the front panel via the adhesive agent layer. This structure is able to reduce a load applied to the organic electroluminescent display panel and ensure shock resistance for the organic electroluminescent display panel. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306790 | FILM TYPE APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK AND TOUCH SCREEN INCLUDING THE SAME - A film type apparatus for providing haptic feedback and a touch screen including the same are provided. In the film type apparatus, a plurality of unit haptic feedback providing apparatuses are arranged in an array. Each of the unit haptic feedback providing apparatuses includes a lower electrode, a lower charge capacitive member disposed on the lower electrode, an upper charge capacitive member disposed apart from the lower charge capacitive member, a spacer disposed between the lower and upper charge capacitive members to separate the lower and upper charge capacitive members, an upper electrode disposed on the upper charge capacitive member, and a charge supply unit connected to the lower and upper electrodes to supply electric charge. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306791 | TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE UNIT AND TOUCH SCREEN HAVING THE SAME - A transparent adhesive unit for a touch screen is provided. The transparent adhesive unit includes a transparent film, a noise-blocking layer located on a first surface of the transparent film and formed of a conductive material, a first adhesive layer located on a surface of the noise-blocking layer, and a second adhesive layer located on a second surface of the transparent film, in which the second surface is positioned in opposition to the first surface. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306792 | Touch Screen System - A touch screen system has an electrically non-conductive substrate. At least one electrically conductive pad is disposed upon the substrate, and an electrically non-conductive cover is placed over the pad. The system further includes a controller having a touch switch interface and at least one output, the touch switch interface being electrically coupled to the pad. The controller generates an AC signal, the AC signal being electrically coupled from the controller to the pad through the touch switch interface, thereby generating an electrostatic field proximate the pad. The controller is also configured to detect at the touch switch interface a change in the electrostatic field resulting from an actuating member contacting the cover proximate the pad. The controller provides at the output a signal relating to the change in the electrostatic field. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306793 | Electronic Device and Method, Cell Phone, Program to Achieve Preset Operation Command Thereof - A touch-input device and an electronic device and a cell phone are described and include a touch acquisition module with an input area to execute touch acquisition operations. The input area includes a first area and a second area. A pointing object location module is used to determine the start location of the touch operation according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module. A process module is used to calculate a first result indicating the coordinate of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module when the start location of the touch operation is in the first area, and to calculate a second result indicating the movement of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module when the start location of the touch operation is in the second area. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE PUSH BUTTONS IN A USER INPUT DEVICE - Method and apparatus for implementing multiple push buttons in a user device are disclosed. The method includes detecting a location of a user input using one or more touch sensors, detecting a force of the user input using a switch, and generating a signal for representing one of the push buttons being pressed according to with the location and force of the user input. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL-TOUCH INTERFACE - A three-dimensional virtual-touch human-machine interface system ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306796 | Method and implementation device for inertial movement of window object - Provided are a method and an implementation device for inertial movement of a window object, to realize inertial movement effect of a window object based on linear speed and angular speed. When an input device releases a window object being dragged, the initial linear speed and the initial angular speed are obtained, and then the deceleration of linear speed and the deceleration of angular speed are used to obtain quantity of displacement and quantity of rotation corresponding to each processing period; the inertial movement effect of the window object is simulated after the release of a mouse button or the release of a finger from a touch screen. Through the method and device, the inertial movement effect of the window object is realized, thereby facilitating touch operation, enhancing ease of use of terminal software, and improving user experience. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306797 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306798 | Operating Device - An operating device having an operating element with haptic feedback. The operating element can be actuated by an operator by means of an input member, the operating device includes two ferromagnetic planar components and a flat coil. The largest surfaces of the ferromagnetic planar components are oriented toward each other and the components can be moved relative to each other. The flat coil is disposed between the ferromagnetic components and the ferromagnetic planar components can be moved toward each other by energizing the flat coil. The movement of one of the ferromagnetic planar components can be perceptible to the tactile sense of the operator on the operating element either directly or by a coupling device. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306799 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device, which accepts inputs in a plurality of levels according to pressing loads, after a first-level input is accepted, when a load detecting unit continuously detects a pressing load, which satisfies a first load standard for releasing the acceptance of the first-level input and does not satisfy a second load standard for accepting a second-level input higher than the first load standard, for a predetermined time period, the control unit controls at least one load standard of the first load standard and the second load standard so that an interval from the first load standard to the second load standard widens. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120306800 | IRREGULAR INPUT IDENTIFICATION - Techniques for identifying irregular objects in contact with, or in close proximity to, a touch-surface are described. An irregularity measure is determined based on the regions intrinsic characteristics (e.g., energy content) rather than on the shape (or pattern) of the pixels within the region. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120313859 | Method and Apparatus for Touch Panel - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention an apparatus comprises a display having an edge and side and a first layer coupled with the display having a first portion opposing the display comprising a wiring pattern for receiving a touch signal, the first layer having a second portion extending beyond the edge and along at least a portion of the side, the second portion comprising a wiring pattern for coupling the wiring pattern for receiving a touch signal with an electronic circuit. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313860 | Metallic Nanoparticle Pressure Sensor - An electrical pressure sensor is provided with a method for measuring pressure applied to a sensor surface. The method provides an electrical pressure sensor including a sealed chamber with a top surface, first electrode, second electrode, an elastic polymer medium, and metallic nanoparticles distributed in the elastic polymer medium. When the top surface of the sensor is deformed in response to an applied pressure, the elastic polymer medium is compressed. In response to decreasing the metallic nanoparticle-to-metallic nanoparticle mean distance between metallic nanoparticles, the electrical resistance is decreased between the first and second electrodes through the elastic polymer medium. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313861 | IN-CELL TOUCH SENSOR TOUCH AREA ENHANCING ALGORITHM - A touch detection method includes: scanning the row electrodes or the column electrodes in sequence to obtain touch data of the touch sensor; labeling a plurality of coordinates as a touch image according to the touch data; mirror copying the touch data of the touch image corresponding to at least one column electrode and at least one row electrode which are adjacent to an edge of the pixel active area in the x-direction and the y-direction, respectively, to at least one corresponding location which is outside of the touch sensor active area with respect to the edge of the pixel active area; calculating a location (x | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313862 | ACTIVE FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Included in an active flexible display is flexible display unit to output an image; and a driving unit to deform the display unit based on a voltage being applied to the display unit. A method to control a flexible display includes recognizing an occurrence of a specific event; and applying a voltage to deform the active flexible display to a shape based on the recognized event. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313863 | INTEGRATED TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An integrated touch panel structure and manufacturing method thereof are described. The integrated touch panel structure is integrated by a first sensing layer, a displaying layer, a backlight plate and a composite component layer. The composite component layer includes a second sensing layer and a processing circuit layer. The processing circuit layer further includes a metal area for preventing a touch signal from electromagnetic interference to increase the precision of the touch signal. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313864 | TOUCH PANEL - The present disclosure relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate having a surface, a transparent conductive layer, at least one electrode, and a conductive trace. The substrate defines a touch-view area and a trace area. The transparent conductive layer is located on the surface of the substrate and on only the touch-view area. The transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube film. The at least one electrode is electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer. The conductive trace is located on only the trace area and electrically connected with the at least one electrode. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313865 | INTERACTIVE SURFACE WITH A PLURALITY OF INPUT DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES - There is disclosed an interactive display system including a display surface, a first means for detecting a first type of user input at the display surface and a second means for detecting a second type of user input at the display surface, wherein at least one portion of the display surface is adapted to be selectively responsive to an input of a specific type. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313866 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel is disclosed. The touch screen panel includes a pixel unit, a touch sensing unit, and a data driver configured to provide data voltages to the pixel unit and to provide driving signals to the touch sensing unit. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313867 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Provided is a thin three-dimensional interactive display which enables multi-touch sensing and three-dimensional gesture recognition. The three-dimensional interactive display includes a light source for irradiating an object to be detected with a light, a light modulation layer, into which a scattered light generated by irradiating the object with the light from the light source enters, at least for modulating an intensity of the scattered light, a transparent light-receiving layer for receiving the light transmitted through the light modulation layer, and a display panel or a back light panel disposed on the opposite side of the transparent light-receiving layer from the light modulation layer. The transparent light-receiving layer has a two-dimensional array of light-receiving elements. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313868 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes: a first input unit for inputting information through an input operation; a detecting unit for detecting an event that interrupts the input operation of the first input unit; and a second input unit for inputting information through an input operation as an alternative to the first input unit, in a case in which the detecting unit detects the event. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313869 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - There is provided an information processing terminal including: an input unit for receiving an input of a gesture; a recognition unit for recognizing the gesture input to the input unit; and a display unit for displaying gestures enterable on a screen to which the gesture has been input as correction candidates if the input gesture is unrecognizable. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313870 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a graphic acquisition unit for acquiring graphic data, an operation acquisition unit for acquiring an operation of a user, a determination unit for determining the operation acquired by the operation acquisition unit, and a processing unit for performing a process on the graphic data based on a determination by the determination unit. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313871 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch panel and a display apparatus are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, first sensing lines, second sensing lines, first extending portions, second extending portions, and insulation pads. The first sensing lines are disposed on the substrate in parallel with a first direction. The second sensing lines are disposed on the substrate in parallel with a second direction. The first sensing lines intersect the second sensing lines to define meshes. The first extending portions are connected to the first sensing lines and extended toward the meshes. The second extending portions are connected to the second sensing lines and extended toward the meshes. The first extending portions and the second extending portions are distributed next to each other in the meshes. The insulation pads are disposed at where the first sensing lines intersect the second sensing lines to insulate the first sensing lines from the second sensing lines. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313872 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, PRESSURE DETECTING METHOD AND PRESSURE DETECTING DEVICE - The present invention provides electronic equipment, pressure detecting method and pressure detecting device. The electronic equipment comprises: a horizontal pressure detecting device arranged at the periphery of the touch screen to detect the pressure applied to the touch screen in the horizontal direction and generate a horizontal pressure signal; and a pressure processing unit to determine the direction of the pressure applied to the touch screen in the horizontal direction according to the horizontal pressure signal generated by the horizontal pressure detecting device. The direction of the pressure applied to the touch screen may be determined by the embodiments of the present invention, and the precision of detection is high, the manufacture is simple, and the cost is low. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313873 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH MULTILAYER ELECTRODE AND UNDERLAYER - A touch sensor including one or more multilayer electrodes and an underlayer disposed on a substrate. The underlayer is disposed between the multilayer electrodes and the substrate. The multilayer electrodes including at least two transparent or semitransparent conductive layers separated by a transparent or semitransparent intervening layer. The intervening layer includes electrically conductive pathways between the first and second conductive layers to help reduce interfacial reflections occurring between particular layers in devices incorporating the conducting film or electrode. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313874 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A VIBRATORY ACTUATOR FOR A TOUCH PANEL WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK - The disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing vibratory elements, comprising forming on a substrate a multilayer structure by an integrated circuit manufacturing method, the multilayer structure comprising an element susceptible of vibrating when it is subjected to an electrical signal, and electrodes for transmitting an electrical signal to the vibratory element, the vibratory element comprising a mechanical coupling face that is able to transmit to control element vibrations perceptible by a user. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313875 | MANUAL OPERATING DEVICE - A manual operating device includes a display input device, an arm position sensing section, a physical position sensing section and a control section. The display input device includes a display section that displays an operating screen, and a touch panel. The arm position detecting section detects an arm of an operator at a plurality of positions in a right and left direction. The physical position sensing section detects a body of the operator at a plurality of positions in the right and left direction. The control section makes a determination as to whether it is right hand or left hand that the operator has touched the display input device with based on results detected by the arm position sensing section and the physical position sensing section, and then controls display of the display section based on the result of the right-or-left determination. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313876 | PROVIDING SUBPAGES IN A TOUCH PANEL USER INTERFACE - Disclosed are an apparatus and method of retrieving subpages from memory and rendering the subpages for display on a user display device, such as a smartphone or other display with limited viewing area. The method may also include identifying each of the subpages as being part of a sequence of subpages and displaying a first portion of the subpages on the display and storing a remaining portion of the subpages in the memory as rendered and ready for display. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313877 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed is a structure of a touch screen which is integrally implemented with a liquid crystal panel. In the structure, a touch sensor module is integrally implemented with the liquid crystal panel, a substrate of the liquid crystal panel is formed of two side strengthened glass, and the touch sensor module is integrally implemented on the two strengthened glass, thereby being capable of improving strength of the whole touch sensor module and simplifying a process. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313878 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPRETING INPUT MOVEMENT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE INTERFACE AS A ONE- OR TWO-DIMENSIONAL INPUT - A computing device is capable of intelligently interpreting input movement. The computing device detects a movement of a finger or object over an input interface. The movement is interpreted as one-dimensional or two-dimensional. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313879 | HAND-HELD DEVICE WITH TOUCHSCREEN AND DIGITAL TACTILE PIXELS - A mobile electronic device has a touch screen display, a processor operably coupled to the touch screen display, and a network interface coupled to the processor. An array of one or more tactile pixels is located on the display or proximate the display along at least one edge of the touch screen display. Each of the tactile pixels in the array includes an actuatable portion coupled to an actuator. The actuatable portion is actuatable by the actuator in response to execution of one or more instructions by the processor. A tactile feel of the actuatable portion changes as a result of actuation of the actuatable portion by the actuator. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120313880 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSOR WITH LOW VISIBILITY CONDUCTORS - A touch screen sensor with a conductive micropattern includes one or more features to obscure or reduce the visibility of the conductive micropattern. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120319959 | DEVICE INTERACTION THROUGH BARRIER - There is provided an electronic device having a touch-sensing element configured for sensing touches on a surface thereof. A baseline sensitivity setting determines a sensitivity of the touch-sensing element. The touch-sensing element is configured to register a touch that meets or exceeds the baseline sensitivity setting, and to ignore a touch that does not meet the baseline sensitivity setting. The device further includes a sensor that senses an operating condition of the device. A memory of the device includes code executable by the device and configured to adjust the baseline sensitivity setting based upon the sensed operating condition. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319960 | CAUSING TRANSMISSION OF A MESSAGE - A method comprises receiving an indication of a bending force in excess of a first predetermined threshold being applied to a communications device, and responding to receipt of the indication of the bending force in excess of the first predetermined threshold by causing a message to be transmitted from the communications device to a remote receiver, or responding to subsequent receipt of an indication that the bending force has subsequently fallen below a second predetermined threshold by causing a message to be transmitted from the communication device to a remote receiver. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319961 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display, which comprises a merged layer made of sensing electrodes and organic light-emitting electrodes. The touch sensitive display further comprises a first touch sensing layer and an organic light-emitting assembly, wherein the first touch sensing layer has a plurality of first sensing electrodes, which are formed onto a surface of an upper substrate. This organic light-emitting assembly is disposed on an upper surface of a lower substrate, and the merged layer is formed on the surface of the organic light-emitting assembly. The sensing electrodes that comprised in this merged layer are second sensing electrodes, while the organic light-emitting electrodes are counter electrodes which originally belong to the organic light-emitting assembly. In addition, the present invention also provides a manufacturing method of a touch sensitive display. Thereby, the present invention could reduce the manufacturing procedure and efficiently increase the yield rate of production. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319962 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATIONS OF A TOUCH PANEL - A method for controlling operations of a touch panel includes synchronizing timing of a plurality of gate lines and timing of a plurality of touch sensors; determining whether polarities of common voltages of a display layer are consistent when driving signals are outputted to a first gate line and a second gate line, the second gate line following the first gate line; and if the polarities are consistent, outputting at least one driving pulse to a touch sensor of the plurality of touch sensors after image data corresponding to the second gate line is transmitted to the display layer. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319963 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including a base member; a transparent electrode formed on the base member and made of metal; and gloss reduction layers formed on the transparent electrode. The gloss reduction layers tinged with a dark color are formed on the transparent electrode made of metal to block metallic gloss, thereby making it possible to prevent the transparent electrode from being viewed and reduce reflectivity on the surface of the transparent electrode. In addition, the transparent electrode made of metal is patterned in a mesh shape, thereby making it possible to enhance light transmitivity of the touch panel. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319964 | TOUCH SENSING LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch sensing layer which comprises at least one first-axis sensing electrode, second-axis sensing electrode, insulating element and conductive bridge. Each first-axis sensing electrode comprises a plurality of first electrode patterns with discontinuity-in-series, and each second-axis sensing electrode is configured to interlace with each first-axis sensing electrode and comprises a plurality of second electrode patterns with continuity-in-series. Each insulating element is continuously formed on the corresponding second-axis sensing electrode, and each conductive bridge is also continuously formed above the corresponding first-axis sensing electrode and crosses the insulating element to connect those first electrode patterns with discontinuity-in-series. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319965 | PROCESS MANAGEMENT IN A MULTI-CORE ENVIRONMENT - Technologies are generally described for an intuitive process management mechanism in a multi-core environment. An example electronic device may include a processor with a first core and a second core, an operating system, a process-core assignment module operatively coupled to the operating system, and a graphical user interface system operatively coupled to the process-core assignment module and configured to provide a first display screen and a second display screen, the first display screen and the second display screen being associated with the first core and the second core, respectively. An example method for the electronic device may include: displaying a graphical element associated with a process of an application program on the first display screen, wherein the process is executed by the first core; detecting a movement of the graphical element from the first display screen to the second display screen; and assigning the process to the second core. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319966 | TOUCH AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING AN INTEGRATED SENSOR CONTROLLER - Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device having a smaller overall physical size and a lower production cost, and is minimally affected by electrical interference versus conventional input devices. Embodiments discussed herein include an input device that has a sensor controller disposed in close proximity to a plurality of sensing elements that are used to sense and acquire positional information of an input object. In one embodiment, the sensor controller and at least portions of the sensor electrodes are disposed between two transparent substrates that are positioned near a display device. In some embodiments, the sensor controller is disposed in an edge region of a substrate which has a sensing region through which the adjacently positioned sensor electrodes are configured to sense the presence of an input object. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319967 | SINGLE FPC BOARD FOR CONNECTING MULTIPLE MODULES AND TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY MODULE USING THE SAME - A single flexible printed circuit (FPC) board for connecting multiple modules including a thin film is provided. The thin film has a first module connecting portion, a second module connecting portion and a third module connecting portion. The first module connecting portion is located on a first side of the thin film. The second module connecting portion and the third module connecting portion are located on a second side of the thin film. The first side is opposite to the second side. At least one first line is disposed between the first module connecting portion and the second module connecting portion. At least one second line is disposed between the first module connecting portion and the third module connecting portion. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319968 | IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGING CONTROL METHOD - An apparatus includes an operation signal reception unit and a control unit. The operation signal reception unit receives an operation signal which corresponds to a vertical operation in a vertical direction of a screen with respect to a panel which is able to detect a touch or an approach with respect to a plurality of positions on the screen. The control unit is configured to independently control processing related to each of a plurality of imaging units according to the vertical operation. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319969 | OPERATION ACCEPTING APPARATUS - An operation accepting apparatus includes a moving portion that has a region to receive a pressing force by a pressing operation of a user and moves in a first direction after receiving the pressing force, a biasing portion that biases the moving portion in a second direction, which is a direction opposite to the first direction, an abutting portion that stops movement of the moving portion in the first direction by abutting the moving portion while the moving portion receives the pressing force, and an indication portion that indicates the region to the user so that the pressing force is not received in a position overlapping with the abutting portion when viewed from the first direction. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319970 | DETECTION CIRCUIT AND DETECTION METHOD FOR TOUCH-SENSING PANEL - A detection circuit for a touch-sensing panel includes a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR-ADC) and a timing control device. The SAR-ADC is configured to detect a coupling voltage to generate a multi-bit digital detection value. The timing control device is configured to control a detection time of each bit for the SAR-ADC. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319971 | INFORMATION VIEWING APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM AND CONTROLLING METHOD - Disclosed is an information viewing apparatus, which makes it possible for the user to conduct operations for inputting information and establishing various kinds of functions only by conducting consecutive simplified operations from a multi-touchable touch panel. The apparatus includes a display section provided with a multi-touchable touch panel having first and second touch panels, and a control section that controls the display section. In a state that the display section is displaying a document, when detecting a predetermined dragging action, the control section makes the display section displays an inputting screen, which allows the user to conduct an inputting operation from the second touch panel, during a time when a touching status is maintained in such a manner that the inputting screen overlaps the document. When the touching status is released, the control section controls the display section so as to make the inputting screen evacuate from the document. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319972 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive input system comprises an interactive surface; at least one proximity sensor in proximity with the interactive surface and generating output signifying user proximity to the interactive surface; and processing structure configured to process user input generated in response to user interaction with said interaction input system and output from the at least one proximity sensor, said processing structure controlling interactive input system operation based upon at least one of said user input and proximity sensor output. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319973 | ELECTRONIC CHALKBOARD SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND POINTING DEVICE - Disclosed is an electronic chalkboard system including: a display device including a display panel; image processor which displays an image corresponding to the coordinate information onto the display panel; and a plurality of pointing devices, wherein each pointing device respectively calculates coordinate information about a touch position if the respective pointing device touches the display panel and transmits the calculated coordinate information to the image processor at a predetermined transmission time of the calculating of the calculated coordinate information, wherein a first pointing device transmits first coordinate information corresponding to a first touch position of the first pointing device to the image processor at a first transmission time, and wherein a second pointing device transmits second coordinate information corresponding to a second touch position of the second pointing device to the image processor at a second transmission time which is different from the first transmission time. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319974 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL - A touch sensor panel used for a display device is provided. The touch sensor panel can precisely determine a touch location with a given area of electrodes, can reduce the number of channels required, and can reduce the influence of noise. In addition, the touch sensor panel can improve sensing resolution with a given number of electrode channels, can be robust against noise, and can improve linearity by precisely determining a touch location and visibility of displayed image by dummy electrodes. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319975 | SCREEN UNIT WITH A TOUCH PANEL - A screen unit is connected via a first connection to a control unit. The control unit is connected via a second connection to an output unit. The control unit and also the screen unit are jointly supplied with electrical energy via the second connection. Moreover, data for controlling the screen unit are transmitted to the latter via both connections. In this context, the screen unit additionally provides a touch panel, wherein the touch and is connected only to the control unit. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319976 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel comprising a first substrate; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate; a first conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the first substrate; a second conductive layer disposed on at least one surface of the second substrate; first electrodes electrically connected to the first conductive layer; and second electrodes electrically connected to the second conductive layer, wherein at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer comprises graphene. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319977 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Provided is a display device equipped with a touch panel that can be operated with ease and with a high accuracy. The display device equipped with a touch panel of the present invention includes a touch panel and a display panel. The touch panel includes a touch input section, a finger location detecting section, a fingertip orientation detecting section, and an information output section. The touch input section receives a touch operation performed by a plurality of fingers of a user. The finger location detecting section detects the locations of the fingers used to perform the touch operation. The fingertip orientation detecting section detects the fingertip orientations of the fingers used to perform the touch operation. The information output section outputs information on finger location detected by the finger location detecting section, and on the fingertip orientation detected by the fingertip orientation detecting section. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319978 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an optical-sensor-equipped display device, in which a lens structure for improving a light condensing ratio regarding the condensation of light toward light-receiving elements and widening a dynamic range is realized, without an increase in its thickness. This display device includes a liquid crystal display panel ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319979 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal including a touch-sensitive first input device and a touch-sensitive second input device that receive input when contact is made thereto, the portable terminal comprising: a first execution unit configured to execute processing that is in accordance with input received by the first input device; a second execution unit configured to execute processing that is in accordance with input received by the second input device; and a control unit that controls whether or not to inhibit the execution of the second processing by the second execution unit according to which position on the first input device is contacted. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319980 | CIRCUIT BOARD, SUBSTRATE MODULE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a circuit board in which visibility of an alignment mark is improved. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319981 | VISUAL AND TACTILE DISPLAY - The present invention relates to a device, system and apparatus for a visual and tactile display and in particular, to a tactile and visual display device system capable of displaying both alphanumeric and Braille characters in a manner suitable for individuals that are visually impaired, blind or having normal range vision. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319982 | TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TERMINAL SYSTEM - A terminal device is provided enabling automatic switching of an LCD display of a slave device to a touch panel manipulation screen when a master and the slave devices are unified; particularly, a compact, highly convenient terminal device and a method of controlling a terminal system that enables removal and attachment of a plurality of terminals. The terminal device has a structure in which a slave terminal having a unification/separation detection section, an LCD display screen, and a short range wireless communication section is inserted into a master terminal having a unification/separation detection section, a touch panel, and a short range wireless communication section, the compact touch panel being provided in the master terminal at a position where the compact touch panel overlaps the LCD display screen of the slave terminal, and short range wireless communication sections can perform linked communication control of the master and slave terminals. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319983 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REVISING USER INPUT POSITION - A method and system for revising user input position. The method for revising user input position includes, detecting input position of a user, revising the input position of the user based on a predefined revising model, to obtain an accurate position, where, a wrong input position of the user is at least analyzed in advance to obtain the revising model and in response to obtaining the accurate position, triggering an application corresponding to the accurate position. With the technology for automatically revising the input position of the user on the touch screen provided by the invention, it is possible to help the user more conveniently locate the needed content, so as to save the time of the user and improve the user experience. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319984 | MODE SWITCHING - Based on one or more characteristics of a received translation input, a computing device is switched between two or more states. The translation input may be a touch input, for example a drag operation. The states may relate to locked and unlocked states, idle screens, or other suitable examples. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319985 | Portable Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Using Emoji Characters While in a Locked Mode - In some embodiments, a computer-implemented method performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display includes simultaneously displaying a character input area operable to display text character input and emoji character input selected by a user, a keyboard display area, and a plurality of emoji category icons. In response to detecting a gesture on a respective emoji category icon, the method also includes simultaneously displaying: a first subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category in the keyboard display area and a plurality of subset-sequence-indicia icons for the respective emoji category. The method also includes detecting a gesture in the keyboard display area and, in response: replacing display of the first subset of emoji character keys with display of a second subset of emoji character keys for the respective emoji category, and updating the information provided by the subset-sequence-indicia icons. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120319986 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL VOLUME AND VIBRATION CONTROLS FOR A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A system and method for adjusting a notification setting of a handheld electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a request to adjust a notification setting which causes the electronic device to display a notification module on a display of the electronic device. The notification module includes a plurality of control portions each corresponding to a notification setting which can be adjusted within the corresponding control portion. The method further includes detecting a selection proximate to a control portion and inputting a notification setting change based upon a selection executed within one of the control portions. The notification setting is adjusted in response to the notification setting change. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120326989 | INFRASTRUCTURAL HAPTICS ON WALL SCALE INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS - An interactive wall provides tactile feedback based on detected touch and displayed content on the wall surface. Upon detecting a touch on the wall surface, the interactive wall provides real time tactile feedback corresponding to the touch employing one or more actuators. The interactive wall itself may serve as projection surface for the display or a wall-size display be affixed to the wall trans-conducting tactile feedback to the user. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326990 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT ROUTING - Flexible circuits for routing signals of a device, such as a touch sensor panel of a touch sensitive device, are provided. The flexible circuit can include a first set of traces for routing a first set of lines and a second set of traces for routing a second set of lines. The first set of traces can couple together the ends of at least a portion of the first set of lines. Additionally, the first set of traces can be non-intersecting or non-overlapping with the second set of traces. The flexible circuit can have a T-shape configuration and can be incorporated within a touch sensitive device, display device, printed circuit board, or the like. The flexible circuit can be placed over another flexible circuit, and can extend onto the device. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326991 | PORTABLE DATA TERMINAL HOUSING HAVING A ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR RETENTION OF A STYLUS - A portable data terminal includes a housing, a touch screen coupled to the housing, and a stylus for activating the touch screen. The housing includes a receptacle defining a passageway configured to receive at least a portion of the stylus therein. A rotatable member is operably rotatably disposed in the housing with a portion of the rotatable member protruding into the passageway of the receptacle. When the stylus is inserted and removed from the receptacle, the stylus engages the protruding portion of the rotatable member to rotate the rotatable member. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326992 | Touch Panel for Providing a Shield Against Noise - A touch panel includes a first substrate, first conductive circuits, second conductive circuits, and a shield circuit. The first conductive circuits are disposed on a first surface of the first substrate. Each of the first conductive circuits includes first electrodes. The second conductive circuits are disposed on the second first substrate. Each of the second conductive circuits includes second electrodes. The shield circuit is disposed on the second surface of the first substrate. The shield circuit for blocking out noise includes a transparent conducting layer and a conductive ring disposed on the transparent conducting layer. The conductive ring is electrically connected to a voltage supply. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT SENSITIVE INTERACTIVE OVERLAYS FOR VIDEO - When children watch videos on a touch screen device, their instincts are to touch the screen while the video is being played and they are disappointed when nothing happens when they do. The present invention provides an interactive graphical overlay responsive to touch input or other sensors. The overlay and various parameters are specified by metadata and synchronized with the video playout so that the interactive graphical overlay is appropriate to the context in which it appears. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326994 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include a display, a touch acquisition unit, a rotation acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The touch acquisition unit may be configured to receive a proximity signal indicative of a user input to a touch panel of the information processing apparatus. The rotation acquisition unit may be configured to receive a rotation signal indicative of a rotation of the information processing apparatus. The display control unit may be configured to generate a first signal to cause the display to display an image. Additionally, the display control unit may be configured to, when the rotation signal indicates a rotation while the proximity signal indicates a user input, generate a second signal to cause the display to change the image. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326995 | VIRTUAL TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE MODE AUTO-SWITCHING METHOD - Disclosed are a virtual touch panel system and an interactive mode auto-switching method. The virtual touch panel system comprises a projector configured to project an image on a projection surface; a depth map camera configured to obtain depth information of an environment containing a touch operation area; a depth map processing unit configured to generate an initial depth map, and to determine the touch operation area based on the initial depth map; an object detecting unit configured to detect, from each of plural images continuously obtained by the depth map camera after the initial circumstance, a candidate blob of at least one object located within a predetermined distance from the determined touch operation area; and a tracking unit configured to insert each of the blobs into a corresponding point sequence according to a relationship of the geometric centers of the blobs detected in adjacent two of the obtained images. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326996 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an information processing method for displaying a plurality of virtual key buttons on a touchscreen including one or more touch input nodes generating a touch signal corresponding to touch; receiving a touch signal corresponding to virtual key buttons displayed on the touchscreen; and outputting a key value of at least one of the plurality of virtual key buttons as a key value corresponding to the received touch signal according to touch data calculated based on the received touch signal, wherein the touch data is calculated by expanding the touch signal to a virtual touch input node in proximity to touch input nodes generating the touch signal from among the one or more one touch input nodes. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326997 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND COORDINATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a position determination unit for determining whether or not a position of an information input area included in a display area of a first application and a position of an information output area included in a display area of a second application satisfy a predetermined first positional relationship, and a coordination processing unit for inputting, in a case it is determined that the predetermined first positional relationship is satisfied, output information of the second application that is associated with the information output area to the first application as input information associated with the information input area. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326998 | MOBILE TOUCH-GENERATING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION WITH A TOUCHSCREEN - A mobile touch-generating device having logic and a touch-generating system. The touch-generating system includes one or more touch-generating elements. The touch-generating system is operatively coupled to the logic to generate touch events via the one or more touch-generating elements, the touch events detectable by a touchscreen, such as, a capacitive sensing touchscreen. Also provided are: (i) a method of bidirectional communication between a mobile touch-generating device and a touchscreen device; and (ii) a computer readable non-transitory medium containing a computer program which, when executed, causes a computer to execute the steps of the above method. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120326999 | TOUCH INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING LATERAL FORCES ON A HUMAN APPENDAGE - A touch interface device includes a touch surface configured to be engaged by an object, first and second actuator assemblies operably connected to the touch surface, and a controller operably connected with the first and second actuator assemblies. The first actuator assembly displaces the touch surface in one or more lateral directions along the touch surface at a first frequency. The second actuator assembly displaces the touch surface in an angled direction that is one of at least obliquely or perpendicularly angled to the touch surface at a second frequency. The controller operates the first and second actuator assemblies so that the touch surface varies in engagement with the object to impart a force on the object that is along the touch surface. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327000 | MIXER FOR USE IN TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREOCESSING SIGNALS IN THE MIXER - A mixer of a touch panel system includes a first switch configured to switch a sensing signal in accordance with a reference signal; a second switch configured to switch the sensing signal in accordance with a phase-inverted reference signal from the reference signal. Further, the mixer of the touch panel system includes a first low pass filter configured to perform low-pass filtering on a first output signal produced from the first switch; and a second low pass filter configured to perform low-pass filtering on a second output signal produced from the second switch. Furthermore, the mixer of the touch panel system includes a differentiator configured to differentiate signals produced from the first low pass filter and the second low pass filter, to thereby produce a signal of constant level as the sensing signal. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327001 | MULTI-GESTURE TRAMPOLINE KEYS - Composite structure trampoline key structures are described for use on top of a touchscreen or other touch, pressure, motion or gesture sensitive components. The aforementioned touch screen may be referred to as a pressure sensitive layer or PSL. The composite structure trampoline key array comprises a frame of one or more physical materials comprising of a perimeter structure and an internal array structure, the frame's function being to position the composite overlay in position in relation to the PSL and to hold a flexible fingertip material in place above the PSL and at a specified surface tension, and (2) a flexible fingertip material integral or attached to the frame which flexible fingertip material stretches in the open areas of the frame's array thereby providing the location for fingertip presses to activate the underlying PSL at specific locations. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327002 | CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - The control device comprises at least one emitter-receiver pair, a display and a controller. The emitter-receiver pair comprises a radiation emitter and a receiver for receiving radiation emitted by the emitter and reflected by a moving body located at a distance from the pair. The receiver is positioned within the emitter's emission field and provides an electrical signal representative of the radiation received from the emitter. At least one symbol identifying an action, opposite an intersection of the emitter's emission cone and the receiver's reception cone, is displayed. The emitter and receiver are outside the display area of each symbol. The controller provides action control signal according to the electrical signal provided by the receiver. Each emitter-receiver pair is associated with at least one symbol and at least one action control signal when the moving body is in front of the symbol that identifies the action. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327003 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND DOCUMENT DATA EDITING METHOD - Provided are an information display device and a character string converting method that improve operability at the time of changing a character string on a display screen. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327004 | TOUCH SENSITIVE FILM AND A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - A capacitive touch sensitive film comprises a conductive layer having a sensing region. According to the present invention, the sheet resistance of the conductive layer in the sensing region is higher than or equal to 3 kΩ. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327005 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a touch panel and displays stereoscopic images with reducing its thickness and weight. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327006 | USING TACTILE FEEDBACK TO PROVIDE SPATIAL AWARENESS - An image capturing device may be combined with a touch screen to generate a tactile map of an environment. The image capturing device captures an image of the environment which is then processed and used to correlate a point of user contact on a touch screen to a particular tactile sensation. The touch screen may then generate an electric signal (i.e., tactile feedback) corresponding to the tactile sensation which is felt by a user contacting the touch screen. By using the electrical signal as tactile feedback (e.g., electrovibration), the user may determine relative spatial locations of the objects in the environment, the objects' physical characteristics, the distance from the objects to the image capturing device, and the like. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327007 | Portable Device and Method of Manufacturing A Display Device - A portable device and method of manufacturing a display device includes a display panel having a glass substrate and a polarizer adhered to the glass substrate, a touch panel which is made of resin material and adhered to the polarizer of the display panel by a first adhesive material, and a front window which is made of glass and adhered to the touch panel by a second adhesive material. One of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an adhesive sheet, and an other of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an ultraviolet-curing adhesive material. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327008 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a touch screen display, a vibrator, an area display module, a touch position detector, and a vibration controller. The vibrator is configured to vibrate the touch screen display. The area display module is configured to display a first area on the touch screen display. The touch position detector is configured to detect a touch position on the touch screen display. The vibration controller is configured to control the vibrator in order to vibrate with a first pattern, if the touch position moves from an inside of the first area to an outside of the first area. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327009 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ACCESSIBILITY USING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for operating a computing device having at least two user interface (UI) navigation modes capable of being concurrently activated in said device, and both UI navigation modes being responsive to a predefined set of touch gestures on a touch-sensitive display of the computing device. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327010 | POINTING DEVICE - A pointing device includes a covering structure and a touch sensing unit. The covering structure is made by a flexible material. The touch sensing unit is buried in the covering structure and has at least one touch-emitting electrode and at least one touch-receiving electrode. At least one touch signal is emitted by the touch-emitting electrode, and then a touch information is transmitted to the touch-receiving electrode through an user or an object. The pointing device of this invention is combined with the touch sensing technology to move the curser without the need of sliding over a certain area on a surface, thereby improving the using convenience. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120327011 | 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 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 monitor signals from the accelerometer and, if a fall is detected, 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. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130002565 | DETECTING PORTABLE DEVICE ORIENTATION AND USER POSTURE VIA TOUCH SENSORS - Concepts and technologies are described herein for processing touch sensor signals from sensors located on a portable touch screen device along with accelerometer data, to determine if, and how, the device is currently being used. Data from touch sensors along with accelerometer data are analyzed to identify a manner in which the device is being held, including how the user is holding the device. The touch sensor signals can be used to better control the device, including placing the device into a sleep state, and waking up the device. The touch sensor signals can also be used to configure the display contents, including where to locate various virtual keys or function keys on the screen or how to present a virtual keyboard based on how the user is holding and using the device. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002566 | Multi-Surface Touch Sensitive Apparatus and Method - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises a first side, second side and touch sensitive layer, the touch sensitive layer coupled with the apparatus and comprising a wiring pattern for receiving a touch signal, the touch sensitive layer having a first portion opposing the first side and a second portion opposing the second side. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002567 | Method and System of Implementing Multi-Touch Panel Gestures in Computer Applications Without Multi-Touch Panel Functions - A method and system allows the use of multi-touch panel gestures for PC games and applications where it is not natively supported by the games or applications. Each game or application can have its own gestures and key mappings with the use of multiple profiles available to the user of the game or application. By establishing a profile a user remaps multi-touch panel gestures that the game or application does not natively support to mouse clicks or keyboard strokes that the game or application does support. A gesture parser listens for individual touch gestures of the user. Once the system recognizes a touch gesture it matches the gesture with the established game profile, and then it sends the gesture in remapped form to the game or application, where the touch gesture is recognized and executed as a mouse click or keystroke associated with a computer OS or a computer game. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002568 | FULL SCREEN MODE - Systems for, and methods of, dual screen smartphones are described herein. The dual screens are hingedly coupled and can be rotated into an open position forming one contiguous screen. A processor is configured to dismiss any action bar or status bar in response to a prompt thereby maximizing media across the entirety of any of the dual screens or contiguous screen formed by their intersection. An overlay command presented by the processor allows a user to minimize, tile, zoom, pan or dismiss the media when it is maximized. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002569 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate having sensing patterns formed thereon that is implemented as an isotropic film, and a polarizing plate is disposed on the sensing patterns so that it is possible to minimize or reduce degradation of image quality. The touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate, sensing patterns, and sensing lines. The thin film substrate is divided into an active area and a non-active area. The sensing patterns are formed in the active area of the thin film substrate. The sensing lines are formed in the non-active area of the thin film substrate so as to be connected to the sensing patterns. In the touch screen panel, the thin film substrate is implemented as an isotropic film. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002570 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal as broadly described herein may comprise a terminal body including a display module, a touch sensor disposed to overlap the display module and configured to be touch sensitive, haptic modules mounted at the body, and a controller configured to feed a current to at least one of the haptic modules when the touch sensor senses a touch input. Each haptic module may include a chamber covered by a flexible membrane and an actuating module accommodated in the chamber and configured to press the flexible membrane based on an energy conversion of the current such that the flexible membrane is expanded | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002571 | DEVICES AND PROCESSES FOR DATA INPUT - Devices are disclosed for inputting data to a touch sensitive user interface, which devices comprise a base operative to affix to the user interface, a button having an outer touch surface and an inner surface operative to engage the user interface to convey a data input signal thereto in response to presence of a user's finger at the outer touch surface of the button, and an arm connecting the button to the base; processes for data input are also disclosed. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002572 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL - A flexible display panel includes a flexible substrate including a first region including a display region and having a curved display surface, and a plurality of non-display regions that is located outside the display region and including a second region located outside the first region and folded in a direction different from a display direction of the first region, and an encapsulation member for encapsulating the display region along the curved display surface. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002573 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a touchscreen display, a touchpad display module, and a pointer display module. The touchscreen display includes a touchpanel and a display. The touchpad display module is configured to display, on a display screen of the display, a virtual touchpad window includes a pad area. The pointer display module configured to display a pointer at a position corresponding to a change of a touch position within a first area of the touchscreen display if a position where the virtual touchpad window is first touched is within the pad area, the first area is an entire area of the touchscreen display. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002574 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - An apparatus and method for defining objects representing respective applications, verifying an object used as an input tool by a user through an input size and an input shape which are input on a touch screen, and executing an application defined by the verified object. The apparatus preferably includes an object analyzing unit for verifying a touch input size and identifying a type of an object input on the touch screen and a controller for executing an associated application that corresponds to or is linked with the identified object. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002575 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - An information processing apparatus that determines a position of a touch input received at a display of the information processing apparatus, controls the display to display a string of candidate characters for input at a position on the display corresponding to the position of the touch input, detects selection of a desired character from the string of candidate characters, and controls the display to display the desired character in a character input field on the display. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002576 | REMOTE CONTROLLER AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTROLLABLE BY REMOTE CONTROLLER - A remote controller and an image display apparatus controllable by the remote controller are disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display, an interface for receiving from the remote controller a signal based on a motion of the remote controller or a signal based on a touch input on the remote controller, and a controller for operating the image display apparatus in motion mode to control the image display apparatus according to the motion of the remote controller, if the degree of the motion is equal to or larger than a reference value and operating the image display apparatus in touch mode to control the image display apparatus according to the touch input on the remote controller, if the degree of the motion is smaller than the reference value. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002577 | ADAPTIVE USER INTERFACE - Technologies are generally described for providing an adaptive user interface. In some examples, a gesture-based apparatus may include a distance measuring unit configured to measure a distance between the gesture-based apparatus and a user, a gesture recognition unit configured to recognize a gesture of the user, and a control unit configured to compare the measured distance with a predetermined distance and configured to control the gesture recognition unit based at least in part on the comparison result. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002578 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM AND REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - Systems and methods for modifying one or more touch sensitive regions of a touch device are provided. In one aspect, the touch device may be provided as part of a display, such as a touch screen display. In various aspects, a processor may be configured to detect an operation performed by a user on the touch device. The processor may determine whether the operation was performed on the touch device using the right hand, the left hand, or both hands by the user. The processor may then modify one or more regions of the touch device based on the determination. Where the touch device is provided as part of a display, the processor may be further configured to display one or more graphical UI components (e.g., an icon) on the display based on the touch sensitive regions of the touch device. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002579 | COORDINATE DETECTING DEVICE - A coordinate detecting device includes a plurality of first and second electrodes, a detecting unit for scanning the first and second electrodes to detect sensor output values of the first and second electrodes, and an arithmetic processing unit for performing an arithmetic process on the basis of the detected sensor output values. When there are a plurality of peak regions in which the sensor output values of both the first and second electrodes are equal to or greater than a first threshold value, the detecting unit detects the sensor output values at intersection points between the first and second electrodes in the peak regions. The arithmetic processing unit calculates the coordinates of a detection target on the basis of the sensor output values at the intersection points between the first and second electrodes in the peak regions and the coordinates of the first and second electrodes in the peak regions. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002580 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, an electronic device includes an informing unit, an operating unit, and a control unit. The informing unit performs informing of first information and informing of second information to be informed after the first information. The operating unit accepts an operation. The control unit causes the informing unit to suppress the informing of the second information when the operation is performed for the operating unit during a period of time from when the informing of the first information is performed until the second information is informed, or during the informing of the second information. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002581 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device for executing the predetermined operation based on the press includes a control unit configured to set an execution standard for executing the predetermined operation based on the pressure data and a cancellation standard for canceling the predetermined operation. The control unit sets the cancellation standard to be higher than the execution standard. Also, the control unit sets a plurality of execution standards for executing predetermined operations based on the pressure data and a cancellation standard for canceling the predetermined operations associated with the plurality of execution standards. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002582 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display unit configured to display characters, a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact, a tactile sensation providing unit configured to provide a tactile sensation to an object contacting the contact detection unit, and a control unit configured to control such that predetermined characters are displayed as turned characters on the display unit, wherein the control unit, when the contact detection unit detects the contact at a position corresponding to the turned characters displayed on the display unit, controls the tactile sensation providing unit such that a tactile sensation associated with the characters corresponding to the turned characters is provided to the object. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002583 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL - A flexible display panel including: a flexible panel including a first region including a display region and oriented on a first plane and a second region including a non-display region and oriented on a second plane different from the first plane; and a flexible encapsulation member disposed on the flexible panel so as to encapsulate at least the display region. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002584 | Low power touch screen overlays for providing tactile feedback - Tactile feedback for touch screens is provided by an overlay structure disposed on the top surface of the touch screen. This overlay structure can be in either of two states. In the first state (non-typing), the overlay structure has a uniform top surface. In the second state (typing), the overlay structure top surface has localized regions of increased vertical elevation to provide tactile feedback for typing. The overlay structure is configured to be switched between these two states by actuator(s) disposed to provide mechanical force(s) in lateral direction(s) to the overlay structure. Preferably, the actuator is a latching actuator (e.g., magnetic solenoid) that does not consume power to hold the overlay structure in either of its states. Thus, power is only consumed to switch the state of the overlay structure. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002585 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit including a touchscreen; and a controller configured to display on the display unit a log information region representing page edges of an e-book executed on the mobile terminal, determine a variable characteristic of the executed e-book including at least one of 1) a number of times prescribed pages of the e-book have been displayed, and 2) an amount of time spent displaying the prescribed pages of the e-book, and distinctively mark the page edges of the e-book in accordance with the determined variable characteristic of the executed e-book. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002586 | MODE SWITCH METHOD OF MULTI-FUNCTION TOUCH PANEL - The mode switching method of multi-function touch panel comprises a touch panel receiving a touch signal and identifying whether the touch signal is a multi-touch signal; if the touch signal is a multi-touch signal, the multi-function touch panel performing multi-touch mode; if the touch signal is not a multi-touch signal, the multi-function touch panel is going to determine whether performing functional mode switch; if determining to perform functional mode switch, the multi-function touch panel will chose to enter keyboard set mode or transform gesture mode; if determined not to perform functional mode switch, the multi-function touch panel will check the touch signal belong to keyboard mode, mouse mode, or other mode, and respectively perform identifying keyboard input, mouse mode, or controlling the single-touch gesture detective and switch mode. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002587 | HAPTIC APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES FOR QUANTIFYING CAPABILITY THEREOF - A computer-implemented method of quantifying the capability of a haptic system. The haptic system comprises an actuator. The computer comprises a processor, a memory, and an input/output interface for receiving and transmitting information to and from the processor. The computer provides an environment for simulating the mechanics of the haptic system, determining the performance of the haptic system, and determining a user sensation produced by the haptic system in response to an input to the haptic system. In accordance with the computer-implemented method, an input command is received by a mechanical system module that simulates a haptic system where the input command represents an input pressure applied to the haptic system. A displacement is produced by the mechanical system module in response to the input command. The displacement is received by an intensity perception module. The displacement is mapped to a sensation experienced by a user by the intensity perception module and the sensation experienced by the user in response to the input command is produced. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002588 | TOUCH LOCATION DETECTING PANEL HAVING A SIMPLE LAYER STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to a touch location detecting panel and, more particularly, to a touch location panel having a plurality of sensing areas arranged two-dimensionally. The touch location detecting panel of the invention has on a surface at one side of a single film a plurality of sensing areas arranged two-dimensionally. Each of the sensing areas includes a plurality of partitioned areas electrically isolated from each other, and the partitioned areas are respectively connected to separate channels of a circuit for detecting a user's touch on each of the partitioned areas. Accordingly, durability and productivity of the touch location detecting panel can be improved by simplifying the panel structure. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION SCROLLING ON TOUCH-SCREEN - An apparatus to control playback of multimedia contents comprising a touch screen to display an information scroll controlling bar and a scroll pointer, the information scroll controlling bar and the scroll pointer being included in an information scroll controlling region, and a controller to sense a touch at the scroll pointer on the touch screen, to sense a movement of the touch in a direction to a location outside the information scroll controlling region on the touch screen, to set a moving rate of the scroll pointer based on the sensed location outside the information scroll controlling region to control playback of multimedia contents, and to move the scroll pointer in a moving direction based on the direction of the movement. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002590 | MODE SWITCHING - Based on one or more characteristics of a received translation input, a computing device is switched between two or more states. The translation input may be a touch input, for example a drag operation. The states may relate to locked and unlocked states, idle screens, or other suitable examples. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002591 | VIRTUAL OBJECT ADJUSTMENT VIA PHYSICAL OBJECT DETECTION - Various embodiments related to the location and adjustment of a virtual object on a display in response to a detected physical object are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a computing device comprising a multi-touch display, a processor and memory comprising instructions executable by the processor to display on the display a virtual object, to detect a change in relative location between the virtual object and a physical object that constrains a viewable area of the display, and to adjust a location of the virtual object on the display in response to detecting the change in relative location between the virtual object and the physical object. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002592 | Smart Keyboard Management for a Multifunction Device with a Touch Screen Display - A method is performed at a multifunction device with a touch screen display. The method includes displaying a text entry interface with a soft keyboard in a first area and a viewing area with a first size to display scrollable information. The method detects a finger gesture on the viewing area, and responds to the gesture. When the viewing area displays only a portion of the information, the response includes: (1) ceasing to display the soft keyboard, (2) expanding the viewing area to a second size, including at least some of the first area, and (3) scrolling the information in the expanded viewing area. When the viewing area with the first size displays all of the information, the response includes: (1) maintaining display of the soft keyboard, (2) keeping the viewing area at the first size, and (3) moving the information in the viewing area based on the finger gesture. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002593 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE - Display devices and methods for operating the same are provided. In one embodiment, the display device has an electronic display having an active area for presenting visual content; a housing holding the electronic display and having an opening allowing a person to view a first portion of the active area; and a bezel about the opening, the bezel covering a second portion of the active area and providing a window through which at least a part of the second portion can be viewed. A sensor system senses when a person is close to touching the bezel or when a person is in touch with the bezel and generates a sensor signal; and a controller is operable to adjust the appearance of the active area in the part of the second portion when the controller determines that a person has touched the bezel or is close to touching the bezel. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002594 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprising a touch screen which detects a touch input by a user detects the position and pressure of each of a plurality of pressed points corresponding to a plurality of touch inputs existing at the same time on a touch screen. Then, the front/rear overlap relationship of the plurality of objects displayed on the touch screen is changed based on the difference in pressure between the detected plurality of pressed points. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002595 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY SWITCHING METHOD, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an information processing device that, for an information processing device provided with a plurality of display devices, has improved ease of use. Also provided are a display switching method, a program, and a recording medium. In the disclosed information processing device, a first housing provided with a first display unit and a second housing provided with a second display unit are movably connected. The information processing device is provided with a determination means, which determines which housing is primary and which is secondary, and a display switching means, which switches the display units between primary and secondary in accordance with the aforementioned determination. The first and second display units also serve as input units which receive user input by sensing contact made with the display units. The display switching means displays a screen on the display unit determined to be primary. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002596 | COMPUTER, DISPLAY CARD, DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UPDATING DISPLAY INFORMATION - A computer, a graphic card, a display apparatus and a method of updating information is described, wherein, the computer has a first status and a second status, and the system power consumption of computer in the first status is larger than the system power consumption of computer in the second status. The computer includes a graphic card having display memory and a display apparatus connected to the graphic card, and further includes an input processing module for acquiring input information when the computer is in the second status, and updating first display information stored in the display memory outputted to the display apparatus according to the input information to obtain second display information. The graphic card outputs the second display information to the display apparatus when the computer is in the second status. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130002597 | TOUCH SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a touch sensor-equipped display device that is not susceptible to the effect of noise caused by the reversal of polarity of the common voltage of the display device, without using special circuits. The touch sensor-equipped display device includes: a touch sensor unit | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130009881 | Touch-Screen Keyboard Facilitating Touch Typing with Minimal Finger Movement - A system, method and computer-readable medium for using a touch-screen keyboard. A keyboard operation module generates geometric shapes for display on a touch-screen display, each geometric Shape corresponding to a respective finger of a user. Each geometric shape includes characters at predefined locations around the perimeter of the geometric shape. The keyboard operation module detects a sliding movement of a finger in contact with the touch-screen display from inside a geometric Shape and toward the perimeter of the geometric shape. The keyboard operation module then determines that the sliding movement is in the direction of a particular character positioned around the perimeter of the geometric Shape and selects the particular character for display in a text entry area of the touch-screen display. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009882 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating control of haptic feedback. A method may include receiving an indication of flexing of a flexible display. The method may further include causing, in response to flexing of the flexible display, activation of a haptic actuator. The method may include determining a degree of flexing of the flexible display. The method may further include causing activation of the haptic actuator in an instance in which a threshold has been satisfied. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009883 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display unit, a touch unit, a backlight unit and an electrophoresis unit. The touch unit is disposed over the display unit, the backlight unit is disposed under the display unit and the electrophoresis unit is disposed on the display unit, in which the electrophoresis unit includes a substrate, multiple display electrodes, at least one storage electrode, a gate electrode and multiple charged particles. The substrate has an active region and a peripheral region connecting the active region, the display electrodes are disposed at the active region of the substrate and arranged in a same interval, the storage electrode is disposed at the peripheral region of the substrate, the gate electrode is disposed at the peripheral region of the substrate and located between the display electrodes and the storage electrode, and the charged particles are disposed on the substrate have with mirror reflective property. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009884 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH STYLUS - An electronic device includes a stylus, a touch screen, and a processing unit. The touch screen includes a plurality of touch spots arranged in a matrix. The stylus includes a flexible and conductive nib including a plurality of flexible sub-nibs, and a body for receiving the nib and sub-nibs. The sub-nibs touching the touch screen causes changes in the charges of the touch spots actually touched. The processing unit determines the number of the touch spots which have been touched according to changes in the charges of the touch spots, and controls the weight or lightness of the corresponding stroke displayed on the touch screen according to the determined number of the touched touch spots. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009885 | TOUCH CONTROL SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A touch control sensing apparatus comprises a logic control module configured to generate a plurality of control signals, a driving sensing control module having a parallel sensing control unit coupled to the logic control module, a signal comparing module having at least one amplifier coupled to the logic control module, a parallel to serial control module coupled to the logic control module, and an analog digital convertor coupled between the logic control module and the parallel to serial control module. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009886 | TOUCH PANEL - An embodiment of this invention provides a touch panel, which comprises a touch screen and a display. The touch screen comprises a patterned, transparent first conductive layer comprising a sensing pattern and a shielding pattern. The touch panel features in that the touch screen employs the sensing pattern as a sensing layer, and the display employs the shielding pattern as an electrostatic protection layer. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009887 | USER INPUT BACK CHANNEL FOR WIRELESS DISPLAYS - As part of a communication session, a wireless source device can transmit audio and video data to a wireless sink device, and the wireless sink device can transmit user input data received at the wireless sink device back to the wireless source device. In this manner, a user of the wireless sink device can control the wireless source device and control the content that is being transmitted from the wireless source device to the wireless sink device. The input data received at the wireless sink device can be a multi-touch gesture. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009888 | METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - In a method of driving touch sensing display panel and a display apparatus for performing the method, image data are outputted to the touch sensing display panel during an active period of a frame, the touch sensing display panel comprising a display substrate including a switching element connected to a data line extending in a column direction and a gate line extending in a row direction, and a touch sensing substrate including a light sensing part connected to a read-out line substantially parallel to the data line and a scan line substantially parallel to the gate line. A sensing signal is read out through the read-out line during a blanking period of the frame. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009889 | METHOD FOR EDITING INPUT INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for editing an input interface comprises steps of: providing a selection event to select an input unit displayed at a first position; providing a moving event to move the input unit to a second position; setting an input interface for the touch module according to information of the input unit displayed at the second position; and displaying the input interface on the display module. An electronic apparatus using the above method is also disclosed in the invention. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009890 | METHOD FOR OPERATING TOUCH NAVIGATION FUNCTION AND MOBILE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of operating a touch navigation function is provided. The method includes detecting a both hands gripping state of a mobile terminal, determining whether a virtual indicator for indicating a particular area of a display panel of the mobile terminal is called, determining whether at least one touch navigation key generating an event related to a control of a movement of the virtual indicator is called, displaying the at least one virtual indicator in the predetermined area of the display panel displaying the touch navigation key in at least one area of the display panel that is adjacent to an area in which both hands gripping the mobile terminal are located, and indicating the predetermined area of the display panel, moving the virtual indicator outputted on the predetermined area of the display panel, or activating the predetermined area of the display panel indicated by the virtual indicator. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009891 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Display means capable of displaying a plurality of objects, detection means for detecting a body, specifying means for specifying a first object displayed in the display means by a movement of the body, measurement means for measuring a distance between the body and the display means, and display control means for determining whether the first object or a second object which is different from the first object is displayed on a front side in the display means in accordance with the distance are provided. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009892 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating control of haptic feedback. A method may include receiving an indication of flexing of a flexible display. The method may further include causing, in response to flexing of the flexible display, activation of a haptic actuator. The method may include determining a degree of flexing of the flexible display. The method may further include causing activation of the haptic actuator in an instance in which a threshold has been satisfied. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009893 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a touch screen panel; a support structure having a first support member and a second support member, the first support member and the second support member being in contact with touch screen panel to support the touch screen panel at a periphery of the touch screen panel; a base being in contact with the support structure to support the touch screen panel via the support structure; and a vibration mechanism for vibrating the touch screen panel, the vibration mechanism being provided near the periphery of the touch screen panel so as to be closer to the first support member than to the second support member. The first support member has a rigidity which is greater than a rigidity of the second support member. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009894 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY PANEL - A touch-sensitive display panel including a first panel, a second panel and a spacer layer is provided. The first panel has a touch-sensitive area. The second panel, parallel to the first panel, has a display area correspondingly located below the touch-sensitive area. The spacer layer is disposed between the first panel and the second panel and includes a plurality of conductive spacers for electrically connecting the first panel and the second panel. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009895 | CANCELLING INDUCED CURRENTS IN A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE HAVING AN EMBEDDED NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION ANTENNA - A method and system for enabling a near field communication antenna to be disposed adjacent to electrodes of a touch sensing device, the near field communication antenna being operated, and the magnetic field inductance and electric field coupling between the electrodes and the near field communication antenna being minimized in order to substantially reduce or eliminate induced currents on the electrodes. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009896 | 3D FINGER POSTURE DETECTION AND GESTURE RECOGNITION ON TOUCH SURFACES - The invention provides 3D touch gesture recognition on touch surfaces incorporating finger posture detection and includes a touch user interface device in communication with a processing device. The interface device includes a sensor array for sensing spatial information of one or more regions of contact and provides finger contact information in the form of a stream of frame data. A frame is read from the sensor array, subjected to thresholding, normalization, and feature extraction operations to produce a features vector. A multi-dimensional gesture space is constructed having desired set of features, each represented by a space dimension. A gesture trajectory is a sequence of transitions between pre-calculated clusters, and when a specific gesture trajectory is detected, a control signal is generated. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009897 | Information Handling System Dual Mode Touch Enabled Secondary Display - A dual mode touchscreen display disposed in an information handling system chassis proximate a keyboard selectively presents images from information generated by a central processing unit or from information generated by a secondary processor associated with the touchscreen display. An operating system executing on the central processor unit presents information at the touchscreen through a serial link by treating the touchscreen as a secondary display to a primary display integrated in the chassis. Alternatively, an application executing on the secondary processor presents information at the touchscreen independent of the central processing unit or the operating system. As an example, the touchscreen display presents a number pad under the direction of the operating system to accept number pad inputs or, alternatively, presents a number pad under the direction of an application running on the secondary processor to accept number pad inputs that are forwarded to a keyboard controller. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009898 | TOUCHPAD AND PICK BUTTON ASSEMBLY - A touchpad assembly for use in an electronic device is provided. The touchpad assembly may include a touchpad frame operative to be placed within an opening in an electronic device frame. The touchpad assembly may include a support plate for supporting a touchpad, and a bracket for receiving a pick button. The support plate and bracket may be manufactured into a same component to increase the rigidity of the touchpad assembly. The pick button may include a varying height to prevent the pick button from deflecting and to make the pick button travel for providing a selection instruction uniform. The pick button may be coupled to the frame using any suitable approach, including using springs connected the ends of the pick button to the frame. The frame may also include pads to muffle the sound of the pick button when it returns to its initial position after having been pressed. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009899 | DISPLAY HAVING A PLURALITY OF DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An electronic device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a liquid-crystal display (LCD) and a plurality of driver integrated circuits (ICs) coupled to the LCD. The driver ICs may be disposed near non-central locations along a side of the LCD, and in some embodiments, one of the driver ICs may be a master driver IC and the other driver IC or driver ICs may be slave driver ICs. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009900 | PROGRAMMABLE TACTILE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND MAN-MACHINE INTERFACES FOR IMPROVED VEHICLE INSTRUMENTATION AND TELEMATICS - Disclosed are new methods and apparatus particularly suited for applications in a vehicle, to provide a wide range of information, and the safe input of data to a computer controlling the vehicle subsystems or “Telematic” communication using for example GM's “ONSTAR” or cellular based data sources. Preferred embodiments utilize new programmable forms of tactile touch screens and displays employing tactile physical selection or adjustment means which utilize direct optical data input. A revolutionary form of dashboard or instrument panel results which is stylistically attractive, lower in cost, customizable by the user, programmable in both the tactile and visual sense, and with the potential of enhancing interior safety and vehicle operation. Non-automotive applications of the invention are also disclosed, for example means for general computer input using touch screens and home automation systems. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009901 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface on a touch screen display, detecting a touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, providing a navigation indicator in the graphical user interface in response to detecting the touch event at the first location, and in response to detecting movement of the touch event from the first location to a second location while touch contact is maintained on the touch screen display, changing the position of the navigation indicator in the graphical user interface by a distance that is greater than a distance of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display, a direction of change of position of the navigation indicator is based on a direction of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009902 | METHOD FOR STERILIZE-ABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM AND PERIPHERALS - Sterilizable systems and devices are provided. In one example, the device includes a touch screen comprising an outward facing surface, at least one processor operatively coupled to the touch screen, and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The device may also include a casing configured to: enclose the at least one processor and the memory; partially enclose the touch screen while allowing an input portion of the outward facing surface to be outwardly exposed to receive user inputs; and taper toward the input portion to form a beveled frame around the outward facing surface, the beveled frame forming at least one waterproof seal with a covered portion of the outward facing surface. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009903 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME - To provide an information processing terminal capable of solving the problem in which the positions of operational objects cannot be adjusted in accordance with the holding style so as to improve operativity. A display input unit has a display screen and receives a touch operation made to the display screen. A detecting unit detects a position at which the touch operation has been made on the display screen. A control unit displays operational objects or icons on the display screen. The control unit also moves icons to an icon gathering area in accordance with the number of detected areas among a plurality of setting areas set up in the display screen, or the setting areas including an operated position detected by detecting unit 2. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130009904 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal comprising: a display displaying a first display item; and a touch panel displaying a second display item and detecting contact made thereon determines, when a first contact point and a second contact point are detected at different positions on the touch panel, whether the first contact point moves before release of one of the contact points and further determines whether a change in a relative position of the second contact point with respect to the first contact point, before and after the movement, is smaller than a predetermined amount. When determining affirmatively, the portable terminal specifies, according to a direction of the movement, a position on the display to which the first display item is to be moved and a position on the touch panel to which the second display item is to be moved and displays the display items at the specified positions. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130016044 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING EDUCATIONAL CONTENTAANM Nguyen; ChrisAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Nguyen; Chris Baltimore MD USAANM Hoehn-Saric; ChrisAACI MiamiAAST FLAACO USAAGP Hoehn-Saric; Chris Miami FL USAANM Clinton; LeeAACI BaltimoreAAST MDAACO USAAGP Clinton; Lee Baltimore MD US - The learning system disclosed herein enables a performance assessment to be incorporated or integrated into instructional materials being administered to a student as part of the student's current learning prescription. As the student progresses through the instructional materials, the system collects and maintains data regarding the student's performance. When data indicate that the student is not meeting certain educational goals, the system adjusts or alters the student's learning prescription to accommodate the student's current needs. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016045 | Multi-Finger Detection and Component ResolutionAANM Zhao; WeidongAACI RedmondAAST WAAACO USAAGP Zhao; Weidong Redmond WA USAANM Stevens; David A.AACI SammamishAAST WAAACO USAAGP Stevens; David A. Sammamish WA USAANM Uzelac; AleksandarAACI SeattleAAST WAAACO USAAGP Uzelac; Aleksandar Seattle WA US - In embodiments of multi-finger detection and component resolution, touch input sensor data is recognized as a component of a multi-finger gesture on a touch-screen display. An ellipse is determined that approximately encompasses the component, and the ellipse has a primary axis and a secondary axis that are orthogonal. A distribution is then generated that projects sensor data elements from the primary axis based on detected intensity of the touch input sensor data. A histogram function can then be generated based on the distribution, where the histogram function indicates individual contacts of the component and separation of the individual contacts. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016046 | CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM OF TOUCH PANELAANM Chou; Li-ChungAACI Taipei CityAACO TWAAGP Chou; Li-Chung Taipei City TWAANM Chen; Yung-HsiangAACI Taipei CityAACO TWAAGP Chen; Yung-Hsiang Taipei City TWAANM Li; Cheng-HaoAACI Taipei CityAACO TWAAGP Li; Cheng-Hao Taipei City TWAANM Tsai; LeonardAACI Taipei CityAACO TWAAGP Tsai; Leonard Taipei City TW - A control method and system of a touch panel are provided. In the present method, at least one active area on the touch panel is selected first, and the remaining area of the touch panel is defined as an inactive area of the touch panel. Then, the inactive area is disabled. Thereafter, a corresponding action is executed on an electronic device according to a touch operation performed on the at least one active area. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced by disabling the inactive area while the electronic device is controlled by the at least one active area of the touch panel. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016047 | TOUCH PANEL INTEGRATED DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEAANM MASUMOTO; YoshifumiAACI Niigata-kenAACO JPAAGP MASUMOTO; Yoshifumi Niigata-ken JP - A method for manufacturing a touch panel integrated display device including a touch panel and a display panel that are integrally stacked, with a light-transmissive sticky layer interposed therebetween, includes the steps of (a) forming a transparent conductive layer by transfer onto a display surface of the display panel, with an adhesive layer interposed therebetween, by using a transferable film having the adhesive layer and the transparent conductive layer; (b) stacking a polarizing layer on one surface of the touch panel, the one surface being an input surface of the touch panel; and (c) bonding the transparent conductive layer formed on the display surface of the display panel to the other surface of the touch panel, with the sticky layer interposed therebetween. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016048 | MOBILE TERMINALAANM So; SunsangAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP So; Sunsang Seoul KRAANM Lee; ChanghoonAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Lee; Changhoon Seoul KRAANM Kim; JieunAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Kim; Jieun Seoul KRAANM Choi; JaeyoungAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Choi; Jaeyoung Seoul KRAANM Woo; SunghoAACI SeoulAACO KRAAGP Woo; Sungho Seoul KR - A mobile terminal is provided which may include a touch screen for displaying an execution screen of a specific application, a communication unit for establishing a communication network with a display device, and a controller configured to output a result of an execution of the specific application via the display device when an output extension function is activated. When the output extension function is activated, the controller may deactivate a specific function previously set on the touch screen that is related to the specific application and set the touch screen as an input means including one or more control regions, each control region corresponding to a specific function of a specific application. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016049 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICEAANM EOM; Sang YongAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP EOM; Sang Yong Suwon-si KRAANM KIM; Dong SubAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP KIM; Dong Sub Suwon-si KR - A touch screen panel Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) display device for decreasing the thickness of a mobile terminal and improving a degree of freedom in design is provided. The touch screen panel AMOLED display device includes a flexible AMOLED disposed on the bottom of a window, and a Chip-On-Film (COF) film connected to the flexible AMOLED and coupled with a flexible AMOLED driver Integrated Circuit (IC). Therefore, the thickness of the touch screen panel AMOLED display device may be decreased, and damage of the AMOLED due to an external shock may be prevented. Additionally, separation of the flexible AMOLED driver IC from a mounting surface may be prevented. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016050 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ENHANCED TOLERANCE ACCUMULATOR - A mobile electronic device | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016051 | Touch Panel Device Having a Divided ITO layer for Reducing Loading - A touch panel device includes a touch panel and two or more controllers. The touch panel includes four regions. Each region includes a plurality of driving conductors extended along a first direction, and a plurality of sensing conductors extended along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each controller is in charge of one of the region. Since the length of each driving conductor and each sensing conductors is one half of that of the conventional driving conductor and sensing conductor, each controller controls one fourth of the area of the touch panel, and is responsible for one fourth of the capacitance of the touch panel. The touch panel device can be well controlled by the controller without using a single controller with higher detecting sensibility and cost. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016052 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY APPARATUSAANM Lien; Chih-HsienAACI Taichung CityAACO TWAAGP Lien; Chih-Hsien Taichung City TWAANM Lin; Su-MingAACI Taichung CityAACO TWAAGP Lin; Su-Ming Taichung City TWAANM Yu; Peng-ChihAACI Penghu CountyAACO TWAAGP Yu; Peng-Chih Penghu County TWAANM Huang; Ping-WenAACI Taichung CityAACO TWAAGP Huang; Ping-Wen Taichung City TW - A touch panel having a display region and a non-display region surrounding the display region is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a first touch sensing element, a decoration layer, a decoration pattern, and a plurality of transmission lines. The first touch sensing element is located at least in the display region. The decoration layer is located in the non-display region of the substrate. The decoration layer has a slot. The decoration pattern is disposed on the substrate corresponding to the slot. The transmission lines disposed in the non-display region cross over the slot, wherein each transmission line includes a transparent section and a plurality of non-transparent sections connected with two opposite sides of the transparent section and the transparent section is at a location at least corresponding to the slot. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016053 | KEY INPUT DEVICEAANM JUNG; Byeng SangAACI Suwon-siAACO KRAAGP JUNG; Byeng Sang Suwon-si KR - A key input device is provided. The key input device includes a pressure key having a pressing surface, a pressure sensor formed on an opposite surface side of the pressing surface of the pressure key, a flexible member formed on a side portion of the pressure key, a vibration actuator attached to the flexible member, and a controller for controlling the vibration actuator according to a pressure detected by the pressure sensor, or includes a touch key having a touch surface, a touch sensor formed on an opposite surface side of the touch surface of the touch key, a flexible member formed on a side portion of the touch key, a vibration actuator attached to the flexible member, and a controller for controlling the vibration actuator according to a touch detected by the touch sensor. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016054 | TOUCH SCREEN PANELAANM Cheong; Woo-SeokAACI DaejeonAACO KRAAGP Cheong; Woo-Seok Daejeon KRAANM Shin; JaeheonAACI DaejeonAACO KRAAGP Shin; Jaeheon Daejeon KR - Touch screen panels are provided. The touch screen panel may include a first hybrid electrode including first electrode cells arranged on a substrate in a first direction and first connection electrodes connecting the first electrode cells to each other in the first direction, and a second hybrid electrode spaced apart from the first hybrid electrode on the substrate. The second hybrid electrode may include second electrode cells arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction and second connection electrodes connecting the second electrode cells to each other in the second direction. The second electrode cells are disposed between the first connection electrodes. The first hybrid electrode may include a first lower transparent layer and a first metal layer which are sequentially stacked, and the second hybrid electrode may include a second lower transparent layer and a second metal layer which are sequentially stacked. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016055 | WIRELESS TRANSMITTING STYLUS AND TOUCH DISPLAY SYSTEM - A wireless transmitting stylus configured to a touch control apparatus includes a motion sensing unit and a wireless transmitting unit. The motion sensing unit senses the motion of the wireless transmitting stylus so that the wireless transmitting stylus generates a motion signal. The wireless transmitting unit transmits the motion signal to the touch control apparatus, so that the touch control apparatus to trigger the execution. Accordingly, a user can grab the wireless transmission stylus and make a hand gesture to control the touch control apparatus. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016056 | ELECTRONIC DEVICEAANM Shinozaki; TakayukiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Shinozaki; Takayuki Kanagawa JPAANM Tomizu; MakotoAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP Tomizu; Makoto Kanagawa JP - An electronic device for receiving an input based on a pressure load that reduces a risk of ending a drag operation despite a user's intention is provided. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016057 | TOUCH-SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICEAANM Nishimura; TomohikoAACI Osaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Nishimura; Tomohiko Osaka-shi JPAANM Miyazawa; JinAACI Osaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Miyazawa; Jin Osaka-shi JP - Provided is a touch-sensor-equipped display device that is capable of avoiding influences of noises resulting from polarity inversion of a common voltage of the display device, without using a special circuit. It is a touch-sensor-equipped display device that includes: a sensor output readout circuit ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130016058 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY PROGRAMAANM Yamamoto; MasakiAACI Osaka-shiAACO JPAAGP Yamamoto; Masaki Osaka-shi JP - A display device includes a memory, a touch panel on which a background image is displayed, and a processor for receiving input of a hand-drawn image through the touch panel and causing the touch panel to display the background image and the hand-drawn image to overlap each other. The display device receives input of an instruction to delete the hand-drawn image superimposed on the background image, stores in the memory as history information the background image and the hand-drawn image having been displayed on the touch panel when the instruction is input, and causes the touch panel to display the background image and the hand-drawn image to overlap each other based on the history information. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130021261 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes establishing communication between a first portable electronic device and a second portable electronic device, wherein the first portable electronic device includes a first processor and by the first processor, displaying first information on a first display of the first electronic device and controlling the second portable electronic device to display second information on a second display of the second portable electronic device. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021262 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECEIVING GESTURE INPUTS SPANNING MULTIPLE INPUT DEVICES - Systems and methods for operating a handheld computing device having more than one input device. An input event may be received at one of the input devices. The location of the input event may be translated into a location with respect to a global virtual space. This translated location may in turn be passed to an application executing on the device. Additionally, systems and methods are provided for recognition of a gesture input spanning more than one independent input device. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021263 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a first touch at a first touch location on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a second touch at a second touch location on the touch-sensitive display, and when a first distance from the first touch location to the second touch location meets a distance threshold and a second distance from the previous touch location to the first touch location does not meet the distance threshold, identifying the second touch as a new touch. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021264 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND NAVIGATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a touch beginning at a first location on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, wherein the touch-sensitive display has a first area and second area. The method also includes, when the touch begins, filtering touch data comprising further processing the touch data when the first location is associated with the first area, and disregarding the touch data associated with the touch when the first location is associated with the second area. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021265 | SECOND VIEW - Systems for displaying information on an electronic device have a first touchscreen display and a second touchscreen display. As the user enters inputs on the first touchscreen display, the second touchscreen displays the results of the user's inputs on the first touchscreen display. Either touchscreen can be used as an input device. Display information generated by an application can be the same on both displays. Alternatively, the first and second displays comprise a single, larger screen. An single application can address the displays as distinct devices. A touchscreen display can be dedicated to a single application, or a single instance of an application such that the two displays can run different applications, or different instances of the same application. In conjunction with a wireless communications module, the electronic device can be used as a portable teleconferencing device. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021266 | METHODS OF DISPLAYING A SECOND VIEW - Methods of displaying information on an electronic device have a first touchscreen display and a second touchscreen display are disclosed. As the user enters inputs on the first touchscreen display, the second touchscreen displays the results of the user's inputs on the first touchscreen display. Either touchscreen can be used as an input device. Display information generated by an application can be the same on both displays. Alternatively, the first and second displays comprise a single, larger screen. An single application can address the displays as distinct devices. A touchscreen display can be dedicated to a single application, or a single instance of an application such that the two displays can run different applications, or different instances of the same application. In conjunction with a wireless communications module, the electronic device can be used as a portable teleconferencing device. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021267 | Methods and Touch Devices Using Multiple Sampling Frequencies - Techniques for using multiple sampling frequencies to detect the location of touch inputs of a user at a touch panel of a touch device. A determination is made as to which of and second sampling frequencies is provided to a receiver for use in sampling the touch inputs from the touch panel. The user touch inputs are first sampled from the touch panel during first and second successive time frames using first and second different sampling frequencies, respectively. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021268 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a base substrate divided into an active area, a bezel area surrounding the active area, and a connection area provided outside the bezel area; sensing electrodes formed in the active area; and electrode wirings connected to the sensing electrodes and extended to the connecting area. Here, a predetermined portion of the base substrate is cut and the connection area is folded by using the predetermined portion as a boundary line such that the connection area is protruded outwardly from the base substrate. According to the present invention, the connection area is provided in the base substrate in a single body, thereby allowing omission of separate flexible printed cables, and thus, an attaching process of the flexible printed cable can also be omitted. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021269 | Dynamic Control of an Active Input Region of a User Interface - The systems and methods described herein may help to provide for more convenient, efficient, and/or intuitive operation of a user-interface. An example computer-implemented method may involve: (i) providing a user-interface comprising an input region; (ii) receiving data indicating a touch input at the user-interface; (iii) determining an active-input-region setting based on (a) the touch input and (b) an active-input-region parameter; and (iv) defining an active input region on the user-interface based on at least the determined active-input-region setting, wherein the active input region is a portion of the input region. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021270 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and method may be provided. A memo application function may be quickly provided through a single user action only. A touch screen may receive first user action for executing a memo application, and may receive second user action for receiving an input for a memo while the memo application is executing. A controller may execute the memo application in accordance with the first user action, and analyze the second user action and produce memo content according to the analyzed second user action. The controller may execute the memo application in response to initiation of the first user action, the controller may end execution of the memo application when the first user action is terminated, and the controller may control the memo content to be saved in memory in response to ending execution of the memo application. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021271 | TOUCH MOUSE - A touch device includes a touch panel, a stylus, a measuring wave transmitter sleeved the stylus and transmitting measuring waves, a frame surrounding the touch panel, three sensors embedded in the frame, and a processor electrically connected to the three sensors. The processor stores a coordinate system and location points of the three sensors, and calculates a location point (x, y) of the stylus according to √{square root over ((x−x11) | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021272 | TOUCH TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A touch tracking method for the touch screen is provided. A touch tracking method for a touch track on a touch screen comprises the steps of: defining a touch track function by information of detected touch points; calculating a predicted touch point by said touch track function; determining if a next detected touch point is located in a preset scope of said predicted touch point; and if the next detected touch point is located in the preset scope of the predicted touch point, outputting the predicted touch point as an output touch point. A touch tracking device for a touch track on a touch screen is also provided. The touch tracking device for the touch screen can, not only determine relationship between detected touch points at different detected times to draw the touch tracks, but can also make the touch track smooth and help eliminate noise point effectively. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021273 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and display controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving an input of a 1 | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021274 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic apparatus comprises an operation unit; a plurality of touch detection units each configured to detect a touch input to the operation unit; a sensitivity adjustment unit configured to perform adjustment so that a sensitivity of a touch detection unit of the plurality of touch detection units, which is arranged on a far side with respect to a specific end portion of the electronic apparatus, becomes higher than a sensitivity of a touch detection unit of the plurality of touch detection units, which is arranged on a near side with respect to the specific end portion; and a determination unit configured to determine an operated portion of the operation unit based on output values from the plurality of touch detection units, which have been adjusted by the sensitivity adjustment unit. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021275 | DISPLAY METHOD AND TERMINAL - A display method and a terminal are described. The terminal has a rectangle display screen with a long side and a short side. The terminal has two states, a first state in which only the short side is parallel to a horizontal plane and a second state in which only the long side is parallel to the horizontal plane. The terminal has a storage device which stores at least one object with data information. The method includes generating a first display command when the terminal is detected to be in the first state, and in accordance with the first display command, displaying by the display screen a first part of the data information of at least one object; generating a second display command when the terminal is detected to be in the second state, and in accordance with the second display command, displaying by the display screen a second part of the data information of at least one object; wherein a first ratio of the first part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof is smaller than a second ratio of the second part with respect to the data information of the corresponding object thereof. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021276 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND VIBRATION POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of providing optimal vibration power through sweeping of vibration frequencies, and a vibration power control method thereof. When a specific touch is detected after setting frequency sweep information in form of table in a memory, at least one sweep frequency is swept at a preset period within a vibration frequency range exhibiting satisfactory vibration power using the frequency sweep information so as to drive a vibration motor, thereby maintaining vibration power always in an optimal state. Also, a driving voltage of the vibration motor may be dropped to reduce battery consumption while driving the vibration motor, and the sweep frequency range and the sweep period can be adaptively changed according to a type of application displayed on a screen to stably maintain vibration power irrespective of a change in an application. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021277 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - There is provided a communication device including: a touch screen display configured to detect an indicated position and to display a plurality of kinds of object; a controller configured to control the touch screen display to define at least one first area in the touch screen display, control the touch screen display to display a first object in the first area, execute a setting process of communication based on the indicated position in a case that the indicated position detected by the touch screen display is located in the first area; and control the touch screen display to display a second object, which is in relation to data obtained depending on execution or completion of the setting process of communication, in the first area, instead of the first object, in a case that execution of the setting process of communication is completed. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021278 | SHAPED CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR, DEVICES, AND METHODS OF USE - Touch sensors and associated systems and methods are disclosed. The amount of skin of a user's finger that touches the touch sensor changes in relation to the intensity or pressure applied by the finger. A variable control signal is generated proportional to the pressure applied to the touch sensor. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021279 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of providing feedback in a portable terminal by displaying a three dimensional screen, determining whether a user input in the three dimensional screen is detected; extracting a disparity of a specific content or a specific content output area layer corresponding to the detected user input, determining at least one of an intensity of feedback and a pattern of feedback corresponding to the extracted disparity, and providing feedback according to the at least one of the determined intensity of feedback and pattern of feedback. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021280 | HANDHELD COMPUTING DEVICE - A minimum Z height handheld electronic device and methods of assembly is described. The electronic device includes a single seamless housing having a front opening and a cover disposed within the front opening and attached to the seamless housing without a bezel. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021281 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM DISPLAYING AN E-BOOK GRAPHIC OBJECT AND METHOD OF MANIPULATING A E-BOOK GRAPHIC OBJECT - An interactive input system includes a touch panel; and processing structure displaying on the touch panel at least one graphic object depicting a book having one or more page stacks. The processing structure displays each page stack of the book graphic object with a respective width that is based on a number of pages in the page stack. A method for manipulating a book object, and computer program embodied by a computer readable medium are also disclosed. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021282 | Touch Screen Input Method and Device - A touch panel is constructed by a display/sensor unit which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD and a sensor unit which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit and vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection display constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the finger is highlighted. When the finger is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger is released, the state is not changed. When finger is moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection display disappears. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021283 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR - Provided is a display device with a touch sensor that can avoid the influence of noise originating from the polarity inversion of a common voltage of the display device without using special circuitry. The display device with a touch sensor includes a sensor output readout circuit ( | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021284 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal composed of relatively movable first and second bodies has a display unit that displays an image and is provided on the first body and a touch panel that displays an image, detects contact made thereon, and is provided on the second body. When the mobile terminal switches from an open state to a closed state, if the touch panel has detected contact between the most recent switching from the closed state to the open state and the switching from the open state to the closed state, the display unit displays the image that has been displayed on the touch panel prior to the detection, the open state being a state in which the touch panel is viewable, the closed state being a state in which the display unit is viewable and at least part of the touch panel is covered by the first body. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021285 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION - A display device with a touch panel function is a display device having a display region including a first color transmitting section through which a first color is transmitted and a second color transmitting section through which a second color is transmitted. The display device includes, within the display region, a pressure sensor for detecting pressurization on the display region. A part or the entirety of the pressure sensor serves as a projection as a non-transmitting section through which light is not transmitted, and the first color transmitting section and the second color transmitting section are separated by the projection as the non-transmitting section. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021286 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - A mobile phone terminal includes a touch panel that detects a gesture with respect to a display surface thereof, and a control unit that displays a plurality of buttons on the display surface of the touch panel. When the touch panel detects a gesture in which touch is started at a first position on the touch panel and is maintained to a second position on the touch panel, the control unit displays a character string obtained by prediction processing or conversion processing based on a character string including characters corresponding to buttons displayed on a trajectory obtained by connecting each position in which the touch is detected from when the touch is started at the first position to when the touch is maintained to the second position in a predetermined area on the touch panel as a candidate of a character string input by the gesture. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021287 | INFORMATION DEVICE AND MOBILE INFORMATION DEVICE - In an information device, an input information determination unit determines a first operation conducted on any one of a plurality of items for selecting any one of items, and a second operation conducted on any one of a plurality of positions unrelated to positions corresponding to the items for selecting none of the plurality of items, based on a detected touch input detected. A frequency at which the first operation is conducted for each of the plurality of items, and a frequency at which the second operation is conducted for each of the plurality of positions in the input unit, are counted and recorded. An item higher in the frequency on which the first operation is conducted among the items is displayed at a position higher in the frequency on which the second operation is conducted among the plurality of positions. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130021288 | Apparatuses, Methods and Computer Programs for a Virtual Stylus - Apparatus, the apparatus configured to: receive depth motion signalling associated with depth motion actuation of a physical stylus; and generate image data of a virtual stylus which has a virtual length according to the received depth motion signalling. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130027315 | TECHNIQUES TO DISPLAY AN INPUT DEVICE ON A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and system may detect an external display coupled to the mobile device. A digital input device may be presented on the integrated touch sensitive display of the mobile device to operate the mobile device. Multimedia content may be presented on the external display in response to the operation of the mobile device through the digital input device. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027316 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A USER INTERFACE STATE BETWEEN A LOCK STATE AND AN UNLOCK STATE - A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state of a user interface between a lock state and an unlock state are provided. The user interface has a touch sensitive display having a display surface, the touch sensitive display being adapted for presenting to a user at a respective position at least one display element along the display surface. The touch sensitive display is further adapted for receiving from the user, a user interaction with the touch sensitive display at a location along the display surface. The user interface further includes a controller, where the controller includes a user interface state module having an unlock state and a lock state adapted for selectively enabling and disabling at least a portion of the user interface. The controller further includes a state change module adapted for switching the state of the user interface state module between the lock state and the unlock state. The state change module switches the state of the user interface module from the lock state to the unlock state when the state change module detects each of the at least one display elements in respective unlock position for the corresponding one of the at least one display elements. The controller still further includes a lock state interface module, said lock state interface module being adapted to detect a received user interaction that is initiated with a selection of one of the at least one display element having a variable start zone. The lock state interface module includes a start zone movement module where prior to the selection of the display element by the user, the variable start zone of the display element moves along the display surface as a function of time, such that the variable start zone has a first location at a first point in time, and the variable start zone has a second location at a second point in time, which is different than the first location. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027317 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL SENSING DATA FOR TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS - A method for providing digital sensing data for a touch panel apparatus comprises the steps of: collecting a stream of digital sensing data from a plurality of operational amplifiers of a touch panel apparatus; generating a first revised digital datum to replace a first digital datum by summing the first digital datum and a digital datum following the first digital datum; generating a second revised digital datum to replace a second digital datum by summing the first revised digital datum and the second digital datum, wherein the second digital datum follows the first revised digital datum; and continuing to generate revised digital sensing data until a last revised digital datum is generated. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027318 | Moving object on rendered display using collar - In response to receiving a first user action in relation to an object displayed on the rendered display, a collar is displayed on the rendered display around the object. The collar and the object can be made translucent. The collar can have the same shape as the object, but can be larger in size than the object. In response to receiving a second user action in relation to the collar, the object and the collar are moved on the rendered display in correspondence with the second user action, without finalizing a current location of the object on the rendered display after the second user action has been completed. In response to receiving a third user action, the current location of the object is finalized on the rendered display and the collar is removed from around the object on the rendered display. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027319 | USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING A USER INTERFACE STATE BETWEEN A LOCKED STATE AND AN UNLOCKED STATE - A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state of a user interface between a locked state and an unlocked state are provided. The user interface has a touch sensitive display having a display surface, the touch sensitive display being adapted for presenting to a user at a respective position at least one display element along the display surface. The touch sensitive display is further adapted for receiving from the user, a user interaction with the touch sensitive display at a location along the display surface including a display element selection and a defined path. The user interface further includes a controller, where the controller includes a user interface state module having an unlocked state and a locked state adapted for selectively enabling and disabling at least a portion of the user interface. The controller further includes a state change module adapted for switching the state of the user interface state module between the locked state and the unlocked state. The state change module switches the state of the user interface module from the locked state to the unlocked state when the state change module detects each of the at least one display elements in respective unlock position for the corresponding one of the at least one display elements. The controller still further includes a lock state interface module including a path analyzer having an avoid area comparator, which determines whether a gesture attempting to transition a display element from a lock position to its respective unlock position interacts with the one or more avoid areas, and if so returning the display element to its preselection position. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027320 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ACCESSIBLE USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALLY IMPARIED - An electronic device with a feedback work-mode includes a touch screen for displaying at least one user interface and each user interface includes at least one touch button. An audio message set for each user interface is for indicating the touch buttons comprised in the user interface. The electronic device further includes a vibration panel included a plurality of vibrating elements. The vibrating elements are set adjacent each touch button. The electronic device accesses the audio message associated with that particular user interface to output if the electronic device is operable to display one of the at least one user interface, determines the position of the touch buttons comprised in the user interface, determines the vibration elements located near the touch button according to the determined positions, and controls the vibration elements corresponding to the touch button to vibrate. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027321 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display system is disclosed. The display system includes several electrical apparatuses and a display control unit. The display control unit builds connections with the electrical apparatuses. The display control unit includes an information generating module and a display driving module. When the display system is in a combination display mode, the information generating module detects and generates combination information about combination relations among the display units of the electrical apparatuses. The display driving module drives each of the display units to display a corresponding image block according to the combination information. Hence, the displayed corresponding image blocks can be combined to form an entire image. A display method is also disclosed. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027322 | DISPLAY SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display screen including an optical element and a chromaticity improving layer is provided. A light transmittance of the optical element to visible light having short wavelengths is lower than a light transmittance to visible light having long wavelengths. A light transmittance of the chromaticity improving layer to visible light having short wavelengths is higher than a light transmittance to visible light having long wavelengths. A display device using the display screen is also provided. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027323 | Power Saving Method and Touch Display Apparatus - A power saving method is disclosed. The method is used for reducing the amount of power consumed by a touch display apparatus including a sensing area. The method includes: determining whether an instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within a first processing period; in response to a negative determination, providing a specific sensing area within the sensing area; determining whether the instruction event happens in the specific sensing area by scanning the specific sensing area within a second processing period; and in response to a negative determination, ending the scanning of the sensing area. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027324 | Method And Apparatus For Providing Tactile Sensations - Systems and methods for providing tactile sensations are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of outputting a display signal configured to display a graphical object on a touch-sensitive input device; receiving a sensor signal from the touch-sensitive input device, the sensor signal indicating an object contacting the touch-sensitive input device; determining an interaction between the object contacting the touch-sensitive input device and the graphical object; and generating an actuator signal based at least in part on the interaction. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027325 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A touch sensitive display includes: an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an organic light-emitting component, and a touch sensing component. The lower substrate is disposed below the upper substrate and the organic light-emitting component is disposed above the lower substrate. The touch sensing component designed by a single layer structure is disposed under or above the upper substrate. Therefore, the present invention can achieve the purpose of lightening the touch sensitive display and simplifying manufacturing process of the touch sensitive display. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027326 | LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES, METHODS OF DRIVING THE LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES, AND OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUSES INCLUDING THE LIGHT-SENSING APPARATUSES - A light-sensing apparatus in which a light sensor transistor in a light-sensing pixel is formed of an oxide semiconductor transistor for sensing light, a method of driving the light-sensing apparatus, and an optical touch screen apparatus including the light-sensing apparatus. The light-sensing apparatus includes a light-sensing pixel array having a plurality of light-sensing pixels arranged in rows and columns, and a plurality of gate lines which are arranged in a row direction and respectively provide a gate voltage to the light-sensing pixel. Each of the light-sensing pixels includes a light sensor transistor for sensing light and a switch transistor for outputting a light-sensing signal from the light sensor transistor, and gates of the light sensor transistors of the light-sensing pixels arranged in an arbitrary row are connected to a gate line arranged in a row previous or next to the arbitrary row. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027327 | GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD AND TOUCH SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SAME - Methods and systems for implementing gestures with touch sensing device are disclosed. A gesture recognition method includes: determining whether an input gesture matches a predefined universal gesture based on touch information on a touch panel; and generating a corresponding gesture command set according to an event signal when the input gesture matches the predefined universal gesture. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027328 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH ON-SCREEN DISPLAY MENU FUNCTION - A display device having an on-screen display (OSD) menu function is provided, which includes a touch display panel, a touch screen controller, a display circuit, and a multiplexer. The touch display panel includes a display layer and a touch layer. The touch screen controller detects the touch layer and outputs a first detection result. The display circuit displays a first image of a first image source on the display layer, and the display circuit has the OSD menu function. In a normal display mode, the multiplexer transmits the first detection result of the touch screen controller to the first image source. If the first detection result complies with a predetermined pattern, the OSD menu function of the display circuit is triggered, and the display circuit enters a screen adjustment mode, and the multiplexer transmits the first detection result of the touch screen controller to the display circuit. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027329 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH PROGRAM RECORDED - A mobile terminal apparatus according to this invention comprises an acceleration sensor | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027330 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH A BUILT-IN TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a touch panel including: a plurality of scanning electrodes formed on a display panel; a plurality of detecting electrodes intersecting with the plurality of scanning electrodes, the plurality of detecting electrodes being formed on the display panel; a first unit for sequentially connecting a constant current source to each of the plurality of scanning electrodes for each one scanning period; and a second unit for detecting a touch position on the display panel based on a variation of a current detected at each of the plurality of detecting electrodes. One of the each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the each of the plurality of detecting electrodes is formed on the display panel surface on a viewer side, and another of the each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the each of the plurality of detecting electrodes is formed inside the display panel. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027331 | ZOOM GESTURE DETERMINATION METHOD AND TOUCH CONTROL CHIP - A zoom gesture determination method for a touch control device includes detecting a first touch point and a second touch point; determining a position difference between the first touch point and the second touch point; and deciding a zoom gesture represented by the first touch point and the second touch point according to variations in the position difference. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027332 | PROJECTION SYSTEM WITH TOUCH CONTROL - A projection system with touch control includes a touch device, a projection device and a control module. The touch device has plural touch plates which can be combined to form a plane. The projection device has plural projection units which can project on the plane respectively so as to form a projection image on the plane. The control module is electrically connected with the touch plates and the projection units for controlling the projection device to change the projection image corresponsively as a user touches the projection image projected on the plane. Herein, the touch plates can be combined to form a plane, and the user can interact with the projection image projected on the plane. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027333 | TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a touch panel with improved anti-noise performance. A continuous drive pulse train is input to a plurality of scanning electrodes for each one scanning period in turns, and a detection pulse train generated at detection electrodes which intersects the scanning electrodes is detected. The detection pulse train is sampled at different intervals to generate a plurality of data sequences. The plurality of data sequences may be generated from the detection pulse train over a plurality of frame periods. A signal strength of each frequency component is compared between the frequency spectra of the plurality of data sequences, and a frequency spectrum in which frequency components having different strengths have been corrected is generated. A detection signal is generated from the corrected frequency spectrum. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027334 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - In one embodiment, there is provided an input device. The input device includes: a first sensor disposed in or near a first touch area of the input device and configured to detect an object when the object comes close to the first touch area; a second sensor disposed in or near a second touch area of the input device and configured to detect the object when the object comes close to the second touch area; and a controller configured to enable the second touch area to serve as a user operation area, when the first sensor detects the object. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027335 | METHOD AND TERMINAL OF DISPLAYING CONTACT LIST - The present disclosure relates to communication technologies and discloses a method and terminal of displaying a contact list. The method of displaying a contact list is applied on an apparatus with a touch sensitive display, comprising: detecting a touch on the touch sensitive display, after receiving an instruction for opening a contact list; determining a touch position, when detecting the touch on the touch sensitive display; and determining a large contact group corresponding to the touch position, and displaying contacts in the large contact group by the touch sensitive display. With the present disclosure, a user can find out a contact quickly, and the user's experience can be improved. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027336 | Method And Device For Key-Press Judgment Based On Touch Screen - A method and device for key-press judgment based on a touch screen are disclosed. The method involves: detecting a press operation; when the press operation is detected, acquiring position information of current pressed point and extended information corresponding to the position information, until the end of this press operation is detected; judging a pressed key corresponding to this press operation according to the position information and the extended information of pressed points in this operation. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027337 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING TOUCH SCREEN OF MOBILE TERMINAL BETWEEN HORIZONTAL SCREEN AND VERTICAL SCREEN AND MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a method for switching the touch screen of a mobile terminal between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen and a mobile terminal. The method includes: according to the value of acceleration of gravity in a direction vertical to the screen of the mobile terminal, determining whether the operation mode of the mobile terminal is a normal operation mode or a recumbent operation mode; determining, according to a determined operation mode, a criterion for switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen; and performing switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen according to the criterion. The present invention solves the problem that the user's requirement for switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen cannot be met when the user lies on one side, thus increasing the applicability and flexibility of the switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027338 | TOUCH SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to provide a touch sensor-equipped display device that is not susceptible to the effect of noise caused by a polarity reversal in a common voltage of a display device without using special circuitry, the disclosed touch sensor-equipped display device is provided with: a sensor output read circuit | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027339 | TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET-WITH-A-FRAME, TOUCH PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EACH HAVING THE TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET - A transparent piezoelectric sheet-with-a-frame includes a transparent piezoelectric sheet and a frame covering a peripheral edge portion of the transparent piezoelectric sheet. The transparent piezoelectric sheet includes one transparent piezoelectric film including an organic polymer, one first transparent plate electrode placed on a first main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a first transparent plate electrode portion, and one second transparent plate electrode placed on a second main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a second transparent plate electrode portion. An outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion is positioned inside an outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion as seen in a plan view. The outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion completely coincides with the frame, and the outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion does not at all coincide with the frame as seen in the plan view. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027340 | TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET, AND TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET-WITH-A-FRAME, TOUCH PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EACH HAVING THE TRANSPARENT PIEZOELECTRIC SHEET - A transparent piezoelectric sheet includes a quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film and a first transparent plate electrode. The quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film includes an organic polymer. The quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film has entire main surfaces that are piezoelectric. The first transparent plate electrode is layered on part of a first main surface of the main surfaces of the transparent piezoelectric film. One to three sides of the four sides of the quadrilateral shape of the transparent piezoelectric film and area(s) of the first main surface adjacent thereto are not covered by the first transparent plate electrode. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027341 | WEARABLE MOTION SENSING COMPUTING INTERFACE - An apparatus comprises a sensor configured to detect movement and generate movement data related to at least part of a detected movement; a messaging unit configured to create a message that is configured to include movement information based at least in part upon the movement data; a transmitter in data communication with the messaging unit and configured to transmit the message; and a housing configured to at least partially enclose at least one of the sensor, the messaging unit, and the transmitter, and including a finger grip configured to secure the housing to a human finger. Methods of using the apparatus are also provided. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130027342 | POINTED POSITION DETERMINATION APPARATUS OF TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS, ELECTRONICS APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, METHOD OF DETERMINING POINTED POSITION ON TOUCH PANEL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is to prevent problems from occurring due to statistical processing for calculating a pointed position being pointed (touched) on a touch panel by a pointer. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130033433 | TOUCH SCREEN HAVING ADAPTIVE INPUT REQUIREMENTS - A method and apparatus are provided for adapting (modifying) input requirements, such as a required touch force or a touch screen format, in response to an event, for example, important situations, detection of an increased input error rate, aircrew activation, and motion such as turbulence, aircraft vibration, and/or gravitational forces. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033434 | Apparatus Comprising a Display and a Method and Computer Program - An apparatus including: a display comprising including a central portion and a curved side portion; a memory storing pages of content; and a display controller configured to control simultaneously the central portion of the display to display at least a portion of a first page of content and the curved side portion of the display to display additional information not forming part of the first page of content. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033435 | USER INPUT DEVICE FOR WIRELESS BACK CHANNEL - Aspects of this disclosure relate to a method that includes, in an example, sending, by a source device, display data to a sink device for rendering on the sink device. The method also includes receiving, by the source device, an indication of user input at a first display location of a touch-sensitive screen associated with the source device, wherein the user input specifies a modification of at least a portion of the display data rendered at the sink device, wherein the portion of the display data is rendered at a second display location of the sink device. The method also includes, in response to receiving the indication, sending, by the source device, second configuration data to modify the portion of the display data rendered at the second display location based at least in part on a mapping of the first display location to the second display location. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033436 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic device, a controlling method thereof and a computer program product are provided. The method includes displaying part or all of a ring and at least one function image outside the ring on a touch screen of the electronic device while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state, detecting a user input applied to one of the function images on or near the touch screen, and dragging the function image in accordance with the user input, wherein the function image corresponds to a predetermined function. The method further includes performing the predetermined function in response to dragging the function image into the ring, and maintaining the electronic device in the use-interface lock state in response to not dragging the function image into the ring. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033437 | STYLUS TOUCHING CONTROL APPARATUS AND TOUCHING DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - A stylus includes a body, a conductive control structure, a charge transporting structure, and a signal transmission module. The body has a first end and a second end opposite to each other. The conductive control structure is configured at the first end and equipped with a control surface. The charge transporting structure is disposed at a side of the body and covers at least one portion of a hand-held region on the side of the body. Besides, the charge transporting structure is electrically coupled to the conductive control structure. The signal transmission module is disposed in the body and transmits a radio frequency signal to the second end according to a trigger signal. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033438 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH A TOUCH SCREEN THAT DISPLAYS A STACK OF PAGES - A mobile terminal with a touch screen includes a browsing and searching system that reproduces the sensation of leafing through a work on paper and a read mode that does not alter the structure or layout of the original page. The main benefit of this solution is that it can be used to read a digital publication in the same manner as the equivalent paper version, both in terms of leafing and reading, while taking account of the technical specifications of the read terminal. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033439 | TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensor integrated type display and a method of forming the same are discussed. According to an embodiment, the touch sensor integrated type display device includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines formed on a substrate to cross each other; a display area including a plurality of pixel electrodes for displaying images; a common electrode including at least two touch driving electrodes overlapping the plurality of pixel electrodes and at least one touch sensing electrode positioned adjacent to the at least two touch driving electrodes, for recognizing a touch input to the display area; at least one first signal line electrically connected to the at least two touch driving electrodes; and at least one second signal line electrically connected to the at least one touch sensing electrode, and formed over at least one of the data lines. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033440 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSING MECHANISM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An autostereoscopic display device having touch sensing mechanism includes a display panel for illustrating images, a touch sensing panel for detecting touch events, a 2D/3D switching panel disposed between the display panel and the touch sensing panel, and a control unit. The 2D/3D switching panel has a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a counter substrate, and a second electrode disposed on the counter substrate. The control unit is employed to provide a first control signal and a second control signal furnished to the first electrode and the second electrode respectively. The first control signal is switched between a first high voltage and a first low voltage in a gradual-shift manner. The second control signal is switched between a second high voltage and a second low voltage in a gradual-shift or rapid-shift manner. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033441 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE FOR SWITCHING DRIVING SIGNALS - A touch input device for switching driving signals includes a touch panel and a panel driving circuit for driving the touch panel. The panel driving circuit includes a selecting circuit, a driving signal generating circuit, and a touch sensing circuit. The driving signal generating circuit transmits a driving signal to the touch panel. The selecting circuit includes a multiplexer, which controls sensing lines that do not comprise either an X directional measuring channel or a Y directional measuring channel to be grounded or floating in accordance with the driving signal. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033442 | CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SENSING ELECTRODE ARRAY AND TOUCH CONTROL SENSING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A control circuit for a sensing electrode array is described. The control circuit for the sensing electrode array includes a down-conversion circuit, an intensity-to-phase frequency converter, and a phase frequency analyzing unit. The down-conversion circuit down-converts a sensing signal of each sensing line of the sensing electrode array to obtain a corresponding down-converted signal. Each down-converted signal is substantially a direct-current signal. The intensity-to-phase frequency converter generates a corresponding phase frequency signal for each down-converted signal. At least the phase or the frequency of the phase frequency signal is related to the level of the corresponding down-converted signal. The phase frequency analyzing unit obtains signal magnitude of the corresponding sensing lines based on the phase frequency signal. Therefore, the control circuit for the sensing electrode array enhances operating speed and signal-to-noise ratio of the touch control sensing system without increasing the manufacturing cost. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033443 | Method of Operating an Operator Control and Monitoring Device for Safety-Critical Applications - A method of operating an operator control and monitoring device for safety-critical applications in which the control and monitoring device includes a display and a touch-sensitive sensor, wherein a control element is shown on the display which an operator must touch to obtain an approval for a safety-critical application that is granted for as long as the control element is being touched, wherein first and second numbers of touch points are respectively displayed in first and second control zones, position data of the first and second control zones is selected such that the fingers of a human hand cannot simultaneously touch all touch points of the first and second control zones, and wherein the approval for the safety-critical application is only granted if all touch points from the first and second control zones are being touched. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033444 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS IN TOUCH-BASED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A character input system and method is provided that enables a user to input and edit block characters via a touch-based electronic device, with a limited number of input motions. The character input method includes receiving a first interaction, displaying a first character in response to the first interaction, receiving a second interaction successively after the first interaction, identifying a second character that is formed by combining the first character with a character according to the second interaction, and displaying the second character instead of the first character. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033445 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch sensing apparatus sensing a touch point on a touch panel through an ITO sensor is disclosed. The ITO sensor includes first lines arranged along a first direction and second lines arranged along a second direction. The touch sensing apparatus includes first pins, second pins, a driving/sensing control module, and a data processing module. The first pins are coupled to the first lines, and the second pins are coupled to the lines. At a first time, the driving/sensing control module outputs a driving voltage to the first pins and receives a first sensing signal from the second pins; at a second time, the driving/sensing control module outputs a driving voltage to the second pins and receives a second sensing signal from the first pins. The data processing module computes the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal to generate a touch point sensing result. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033446 | TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a touch panel is provided. The method includes the following steps. A conductive layer is formed on a substrate, and a dielectric layer is formed to cover the conductive layer. The conductive layer and the dielectric layer are then patterned to respectively form several sensing wires and several dielectric blocks by using a first mask, which is a half-tone mask. Next, a transparent conductive layer is first formed to cover the conductive layer and the dielectric layer, and is then patterned to form a touch sensing structure by using a second mask. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033447 | WRITTEN CHARACTER INPUTTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A character input apparatus comprises a display unit configured to display a graphic zone that displays multiple character groups including one or more characters and a touch zone that senses a touch of an input mean; a display control unit configured to select any one of the multiple character groups depending on a touch type of the input mean sensed by the touch zone and display the selected character at a predetermined position of the graphic zone; and an input unit configured to set the character displayed at the predetermined position of the graphic zone for a predetermined time as an input character. The display control unit selects a character moved to be closest to the predetermined position when the characters displayed on the graphic zone are moved in a sliding direction of the input mean and displays the selected character at the predetermined position of the graphic zone. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033448 | TOUCH-PANEL INPUT DEVICE - A touch-panel input device as disclosed in the specification comprises a touch panel and an input controller capable of switching between a right-hand two-point touch input sensing mode suitable for the placement of right fingers and a left-hand two-point touch input sensing mode suitable for the placement of left fingers, wherein the input controller senses two-point touches on the touch panel in either of these input sensing modes. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130033449 | IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS ON TOUCH SCREENS - An identification method for simultaneously identifying multiple touch points on a touch screen, which includes the following steps: a first step, mounting some optical signal transmitting terminals and some optical signal receiving terminals around the touch screen; a second step, when some touch points appear on the touch screen, performing horizontal and vertical scans to get a preliminary location region; a third step, performing maximum positive inclination revising on the preliminary location region in the second step; a fourth step, performing maximum negative inclination revising on the region in the third step; a fifth step, some said optical signal transmitting terminals transmit optical signal in turn, inclination corresponding receiving terminals correspond to some said optical signal transmitting terminals are controlled in a receiving state in turn; a sixth step, filtering the locations of touch points in the fifth step, removing error points off, finally determining the location results of some said touch points, and finishing the whole identification process. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130038540 | TOUCH INTELLIGENT TARGETING - User inputs can indicate an intent of a user to target a location on a display. In order to determine a targeted point based on a user input, a computing device can receive an indication of at least one point, an indication of a width, and an indication of a height. The computing device can estimate a portion of the display based on the indication of the at least one point, the indication of the width, and the indication of the height. The computing device can also determine the targeted point based on a location of the at least one point and based on a location of a portion of one or more objects within the estimated portion of the display. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038541 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - A method for a User Equipment (UE), includes responsive, at least in part, to an ATtention (AT) command for touch-sensitive display action, emulating or reporting a meta-navigation gesture for a touch-sensitive input including a display area and a non-display area. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038542 | Display Device Integrated with Touch Panel - Disclosed is a display device integrated with a touch screen in which resistance is reduced by forming a narrow bezel or increasing a routing margin through structure change of the outer portion of a sensing area in a structure in which a touch sensor is applied to a display panel, the display device includes a display panel including a display active area, a touch screen layer located on the surface of the display panel, including a sensing area, and connection electrodes and routing lines provided at the outer portion of the sensing area, wherein the connection electrodes and routing lines are formed of a metal having reflectivity of 10% or less, and a cover glass located above the touch screen layer, having an lower surface coated with a black printing material covering the outer portion of the sensing area. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038543 | Touch Sensor Panel - A touch sensor panel comprises a substrate, a plurality of parallel first sensing bars, a plurality of parallel second sensing bars and an insulating layer. The first and second sensing bars are disposed above the substrate, and the insulating layer is disposed between the first and second sensing bars. Each of the first sensing bars includes a plurality of first routes. Each of the first routes has a pair of opposite first side edges, and at least one of the first routes has an opening disposed between the first side edges. Each of the second sensing bars includes a plurality of second routes. Each of the second routes overlaps with one of the first routes. At least one overlapping zone is formed between the first route having the opening and the second route, and the overlapping zone is disposed between the opening and the first side edges. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038544 | INPUT AND OUTPUT METHOD IN TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for further implementing a virtual screen which interworks with a screen of a terminal is provided. The method preferably includes determining a virtual screen which interworks with a screen of the terminal, providing the screen of the terminal and the determined virtual screen together, and displaying an operation according to touch input on the provided virtual screen on the virtual screen and the screen of the terminal, which interworks with the virtual screen. The virtual screen can be overlaid on a software screen and can further visually distinguish the virtual screen from the main screen. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038545 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch-sensing panel including a substrate, a logo pattern, a decoration layer, and a touch-sensing element is provided. The logo pattern is disposed on the substrate. The decoration layer is disposed on surface periphery of the substrate, wherein the logo pattern is disposed between the substrate and the logo pattern. The touch-sensing element is disposed on the substrate. In this way, the layout and the fabrication margins of the touch-sensing panel are increased, and the design sense of the touch-sensing panel is enhanced. Besides, a touch-sensing display apparatus having the above touch-sensing panel is also provided. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038546 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ADJUSTMENT AMOUNT CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention enables a user to make adjustment with less stress, while preventing discomfort to or adverse effects on the user. During video playback, music playback, image-capturing, etc., a display panel displays a slide bar. Then, when a user performs a slide operation on the slide bar on the touch panel, and the speed of the slide operation is judged to be faster than a set speed, a control section controls an adjustment amount based on the set speed. Conversely, when the speed of the slide operation is judged to be slower than the set speed, the control section controls the adjustment amount based on the speed of the slide operation. At this stage, a touch display section displays an adjustment position based on the slide operation, a position corresponding to the controlled adjustment amount, etc., in association with the slide bar. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038547 | DECORATIVE FILM ON TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE, A TOUCH SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A decorative film on a transparent substrate is provided. The decorative film includes a color transparent layer, a reflective layer and a protective layer. The color transparent layer is on a surface of a transparent substrate. The reflective layer is disposed on the color transparent layer and the protective layer is disposed on the reflective layer. The disclosure also describes a touch sensor device and a method of manufacturing a touch sensor device. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038548 | TOUCH SYSTEM - In a touch table system having a touch table apparatus provided with a touch panel main body in a tabletop and a PC connected to the touch table apparatus, the touch table apparatus has a touch position detector detecting a touch position within a touch detection area. A touch position converter converts a coordinate of a touch position into a coordinate of a screen area of the PC, the touch position being obtained in an operation is set for each user within the touch detection area. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038549 | INPUT DEVICE FOR TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - An input device for a touch screen includes: a supporter placed on a touch surface of a touch screen device; operation keys supported by the supporter and an operation thereon by a user is detected on the touch screen device side; and a conductor for input device identification that is conductible with a user's body and indicates an area in which the operation by the user is detected. In particular, the operation keys each have a conductor for body touch that comes in contact with the user's body when the user performs an operation. The conductor for body touch is electrically connected to a conductor for input device identification. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038550 | MULTI-PROTECTION TOUCH LOCK - A multi-protection touch lock has a lock body and an unlocking panel connecting to the lock body. The lock body has a control mechanism, a locking unit connecting to the control mechanism, and at least one displaying unit connecting to the control unit, and at least one connection interface connecting to the displaying unit. The at least one unlocking panel has at least one transmission interface connecting to the at least one connection interface, and at least one operating unit connecting to the at least one transmission interface. The lock can be located at the predetermined position to control the door access, vehicle actuation and the use of electrical appliances. When unlocking, the unlocking panel comes to in contact with the lock and the correct password is input via the unlocking panel. After the unlocking action is completed, the unlocking panel is removed from the predetermined position. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038551 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a touch panel configured to be displaceable in vertical direction and to be urged upwardly toward an original position in a non-depressed state, a depression start detector that detects a start of a depression manipulation of the touch panel while the touch panel is depressed and displaced downward, a determination manipulation detector that detects a determination manipulation based on the touch panel is displaced to a position which is lower than a position where the depression start detector detects the start of the depression manipulation, and a decision unit that stores the touch position when the depression start detector detects the start of the depression manipulation, and thereafter decides that the determination manipulation has been conducted at the stored touch position when the determination manipulation detector detects the determination manipulation. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038552 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING USE OF TOUCH SCREEN ENABLED DEVICES - A method is provided for processing touch gesture inputs received on a mobile device. After a touch gesture input is received and abstracted on the mobile device, it is determined whether the touch gesture input is recognized by the mobile device and meets a predetermined threshold. Provided the touch gesture input passes these tests, it is further determined whether the recognized touch gesture input is native to the mobile device. If non-native, a universal gesture library is queried to find an emulation gesture that is equivalent to the touch gesture input. The emulation gesture can then be made available to an application on the mobile device. A programmed mobile device is also provided for processing touch gesture inputs. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038553 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME, AND TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel and a method of fabricating the same and touch-sensing display device are provided. The touch panel includes a cover plate, a touch sensing element, and an atomic layer-deposited (ALD) film. The cover plate has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface. The top surface opposites to the bottom surface and the side surface connects the upper surface with the bottom surface. The touch sensing element is disposed on the bottom surface of the cover plate. The ALD layer completely covers the touch sensing element and completely covers the top surface, the side surface, and a portion of the bottom surface uncovered by the touch sensing element. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038554 | HEURISTICS FOR 3D AND 6D TOUCH GESTURE TOUCH PARAMETER CALCULATIONS FOR HIGH-DIMENSIONAL TOUCH PARAMETER (HDTP) USER INTERFACES - A method for determining the position of touches on a touch sensor is described including receiving values from a touch sensor, converting the values to binary data, identifying one or more contiguous touched regions, extracting parameters from each touched region that related to the shape and location of each region, and determining the validity of each region. The method also includes obtaining data from the contiguous touched regions at a later time and linking the data of the two times for the touched regions to create a series of temporal parameters. The data for the temporal parameters is filtered to remove noise, and the position of the touches is determined from the temporal parameters. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038555 | Information Input Device, Information Input Method, and Information Input Program - An information input device includes a display, an input unit, an input direction determining unit, a tag arranging unit and a movable direction determining unit. The movable direction determining unit specifies, based on a first operation position on an input area of the input unit, a division part including the first operation position from among plural division parts on the input area. The tag arranging unit displays a tag indicating a slide operation pattern of an operator associated with the specified division part in the vicinity of a selection operation object or on the selection operation object on a display area of the display. The input direction determining unit detects, based on a second operation position on the input area, a slide operation pattern of the operator, and determines whether or not the detected slide operation pattern matches the slide operation pattern indicated by the tag within a certain range. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038556 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a display device wherein a touch panel can be easily operated when an operator operates the device using a gloved-finger, and wherein the number of icons which can be displayed at once is maintained. The display device is provided with an image display section ( | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038557 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE DISPLAY OF A SCREEN IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for controlling screen display in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, whether a screen touch occurs is determined. When the screen touch occurs, whether the screen touch corresponds to a spiral touch is determined using coordinates at which the screen is touched. When the screen touch is the spiral touch, the screen is magnified or reduced. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038558 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a touch panel having a first principal surface and a second principal surface positioned opposite to the first principal surface; a light shielding film formed on the first principal surface of the touch panel corresponding to a non-operation area; and a vibrator provided on the second principal surface of the touch panel corresponding to the non-operation area. When a critical angle where light is totally reflected by the second principal surface of the touch panel is represented by θ and sum of a thickness T | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038559 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a plurality of first brackets adhered to the rear panel. A first bracket has a recess on a first surface where an adhesive is applied, and a first protrusion extending from a second surface and a second protrusion extending from the first protrusion. A connection bracket has a side wall and a plurality of first tab portions. The tab portion is provided into an opening of the first protrusion. A second bracket is provided adjacent to the plurality of the first brackets and attached to the connection bracket. A frame is mounted to the at least one second bracket. A light source is provided between the frame and the second bracket. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038560 | WIRELESS DEVICE - A wireless device includes: a casing having a first face; a display configured to be visible from the first face; a touch sensor formed by a transparent material and mounted in the casing with respect to the display as a part of the first face; a substrate mounted to a side opposite to the first face with respect to the display; and an antenna element including: a first portion built in the casing, connected to a feeding point included in the substrate, and located within a first range occupied by the touch sensor when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the first face; and a second portion located within a second range other than the first range. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130038561 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE MOBILE TERMINAL INCLUDING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a touch panel; a light shielding film formed on a first principal surface of a touch panel corresponding to a non-operation area; and a vibrator provided on a second principal surface of the touch panel corresponding to the non-operation area. When a critical angle at which light is totally reflected by the second principal surface of the touch panel is θ and sum of a thickness T | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130044061 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A NO-TAP ZONE FOR TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide for the designation of a no-tap zone on a touch screen display, in which at least a contact aspect of the user input entered in the no-tap zone is disregarded. The apparatus includes at least one processor and memory including computer program code that are designed to cause the apparatus to provide for display of a first area and a second area each configured to receive user input, and to designate a portion of the first area as a no-tap zone, where at least a contact aspect of user input would be disregarded. The no-tap zone may border at least a portion of the second area. In this way, accidental input gestures made in the no-tap zone may be ignored, and the user can proceed with his interaction with the touch screen display without effecting any unintended operations. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044062 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSLATING BETWEEN FORCE INPUTS AND TEMPORAL INPUTS - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide for translating between force inputs and temporal inputs to execute operations conventionally associated with temporal inputs. The apparatus includes at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code that are designed to cause the apparatus to at least receive a force indication relating to a force component of the input received, and provide for execution of an operation associated with a temporal input based on the force indication. For example, an input having a force component, such as a “hard press,” would result in the execution of an operation otherwise associated with a temporal input, such as a “long press.” By using a force input, the user can effect an operation in less time by cutting out the time that would have been expended to execute the corresponding “long press” gesture. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044063 | TOUCH CORRECTING KEYPAD - Disclosed embodiments relate to an adaptable touch keypad that adapts a key layout based at least in part upon detected typographical usage patterns of a user. The key layout may include an input region and graphical representation region for each key of the adaptable touch keypad. A processor of an electronic device may monitor for usage patterns of the adaptable touch keypad over time. The processor may modify the key layout (e.g., the input regions and/or the graphical representation regions) based upon the usage patterns. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044064 | TOUCH CONTROL SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A touch control sensing apparatus comprises a logic control module configured to generate a plurality of control signals, a driving sensing control module having a parallel sensing control unit coupled to the logic control module, a signal comparing module having at least one amplifier and a signal selecting unit coupled to the logic control module, and a parallel to serial control module coupled to the logic control module and an analog-digital converter, wherein the analog-digital converter is coupled between the logic control module and the parallel to serial control module. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044065 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND VIBRATION METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a main body; first and second speakers positioned in different regions of the main body; and a controller configured to detect a vibration command, to determine if audio contents are currently being reproduced on the mobile terminal when the vibration command is detected, and to apply a first signal having a frequency of a limited range to only one speaker among the first and second speakers so that vibration is generated by the only one speaker and to apply a second signal corresponding to the audio contents to the other speaker so that the audio contents are output by the other speaker, when the contents are currently being reproduced when the vibration command is detected. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044066 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH A TOUCH SCREEN THAT DISPLAYS A PLURALITY OF PAGES - A mobile terminal with a touch screen includes a browsing and searching system that reproduces the sensation of leafing through a work on paper and a read mode that does not alter the structure or layout of the original page. The main benefit of this solution is that it can be used to read a digital publication in the same manner as the equivalent paper version, both in terms of leafing and reading, while taking account of the technical specifications of the read terminal. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044067 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF A TOUCH PANEL AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control system of a touch panel comprises a voltage controlled oscillator and a signal processing module. The voltage controlled oscillator is used for converting a direct current voltage signal that corresponds to a sensing signal of said touch panel into a sinusoidal signal. The signal processing module counts the frequency of the sinusoidal signal. The voltage controlled oscillator of the control system of touch panel converts direct current voltage signal into sinusoidal signal. Due to a wide change in the range of frequency of the sinusoidal signal that is outputted from the voltage controlled oscillator, the signal is not easily affected by noise, and thus, the signal-to-noise ratio of control system is comparatively higher. The present disclosure also provides a control method of touch panel. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044068 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including a display panel and a touch panel is provided. The display panel includes a shielding pattern and a plurality of pixels separated by the shielding pattern and including multiple edge directions. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel and includes a plurality of first sensing series, a plurality of second sensing series and a plurality of dielectric patterns. Each dielectric pattern is disposed between each first sensing series and each second sensing series intersected therewith, and includes multiple edge direction non-parallel to the edge direction of the pixel. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044069 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD FOR SAME - Disclosed are a portable terminal and a character input method thereof. Touch information corresponding to input selected by a user from a touch device is received, and a control unit calculates a region in which the touch information starts, a region in which the touch information ends, and a region in which the touch information turns. Then, the control unit determines a character corresponding to the region in which the touch information starts, the region in which the touch information ends, and the region in which the touch information turns with reference to the memory. Further, the control unit determines whether there is a motion of turning an apex of the region in a predetermined direction, and when the motion of turning the apex of the region in the predetermined direction is input, the control unit changes a character input mode. Thus, a character may be accurately and simply input by inputting a character in a predetermined region displayed on a screen larger than an existing screen by using a touch device. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044070 | Unintentional Touch Rejection - A method for rejecting an unintentional palm touch is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a touch is detected by a touch-sensitive surface associated with a display. Characteristics of the touch may be used to generate a set of parameters related to the touch. In an embodiment, firmware is used to determine a reliability value for the touch. The reliability value and the location of the touch is provided to a software module. The software module uses the reliability value and an activity context to determine a confidence level of the touch. In an embodiment, the confidence level may include an evaluation of changes in the reliability value over time. If the confidence level for the touch is too low, it may be rejected. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044071 | Method and mobile terminal for automatically recognizing a rotation gesture - A method and mobile terminal for automatically recognizing a rotation gesture are provided. The method includes: obtaining the touch control information of fingers on the touch screen of a mobile terminal ( | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044072 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND NOTIFICATION CONTROL METHOD - A cellular phone | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130044073 | TOUCH DETERMINATION BY TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION - A touch-sensitive apparatus comprises a panel configured to conduct signals from a plurality of peripheral incoupling points to a plurality of peripheral outcoupling points. Actual detection lines are defined between pairs of incoupling and outcoupling points to extend across a surface portion of the panel. The signals may be in the form of light, and objects touching the surface portion may affect the light via frustrated total internal reflection (FTIR). A signal generator is coupled to the incoupling points to generate the signals, and a signal detector is coupled to the out-coupling points to generate an output signal. A data processor operates on the output signal to enable identification of touching objects. The output signal is processed ( | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130050107 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a manufacturing method of a touch panel that comprises of: simultaneously baking a sensing electrode layer and a protective layer that covers the sensing electrode layer. The present disclosure solves the issue of the sensing electrode layer being easily oxidized or corroded when baked alone. The present disclosure also simplifies the manufacturing process of the touch panel. The present disclosure also provides a touch panel on the basis of the manufacturing method. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050108 | Touch Sensor Panel - A touch sensor panel includes at least one first electrode, and a second electrode above the at least one first electrode configured to cross the at least one first electrode, and having one or more openings therein. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050115 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The display device according to the present invention has a display panel as well as a touch panel and a front window provided on the display panel on the front side, where the touch panel has a base made of a film and wires formed on the surface of the base, while the connection portion B for connecting the touch panel and the flexible printed circuit is provided in a protrusion of the base, the touch panel and the front window are pasted together with an adhesive layer in between, and at least the adhesive layer is not provided to the protrusion. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050116 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - A touch sensing device includes a touch screen including Tx lines, Rx lines crossing the Tx lines, and touch sensors formed between the Tx lines and the Rx lines, and a touch screen driving circuit which senses all the touch sensors of the touch screen in a first sensing step to detect the presence or absence of a touch input, and then again senses the touch sensors, in which the touch input is detected as a first sensing result, in a second sensing step to detect a position of the touch input. When there is no touch sensor, in which the touch input is detected as the first sensing result, the touch screen driving circuit repeats the first sensing step. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050117 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND IMAGE CONVERTING METHOD THEREOF - An image converting method for a mobile terminal may include displaying a first image on a display unit, designating a partial area (or object) of the first image in response to a touch input, and outputting the designated partial area into a second image having a different stereoscopic type from the first image. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050118 | GESTURE-DRIVEN FEEDBACK MECHANISM - Systems and methods disclosed herein may operate to detect, via a user device corresponding to a user, a user gesture performed on or in proximity of the user device during execution of a user interface in relation with an application; compare the user gesture against at least one predetermined gesture; and generate a feedback message associated with the application based on determining that the user gesture matches the at least one predetermined gesture, with the generating including automatically capturing a screen image of the user interface and inserting the screen image as at least part of the feedback message. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050119 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a first home screen on which an icon and a first symbol corresponding to a second home screen are arranged. When the icon is placed and released on the first symbol, the controller moves the icon to the second home screen corresponding to the first symbol. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050120 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a screen. The controller controls an orientation of the screen based on a gesture detected through the touch screen display and a state of the device. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050121 | Modular Robotic Manipulation - A system for interaction with a the environment includes an initial manipulation module operable to orient a device in a general direction of a surface of an object and a range control module operable to converge the device and the surface. Once the device and surface are in the proximity of each other a contact sensor detects when physical contact between the surface and the device occurs. Thereafter, a proprioception module measures normal force disparities between the surface and device motion actuators and finally, an exteroception module to measure translational resistance disparities between relative motion of the surface and the device. The system uses these disparity measurements and actuator positions to modify the manipulation of the device. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130050122 | CONTROLLING USER EQUIPMENT AS TOUCH PAD FOR EXTERNAL DEVICE CONNECTED THERETO - Provided is a method for controlling user equipment as a touch pad for an external device connected to the user equipment. An operation mode may be changed to a pointing device operation mode when the user equipment is coupled to the external device. In the pointing device operation mode, a touch input may be received through a touch screen panel of the user equipment. A pointer may be displayed on a display unit of the external device corresponding to a coordinate value of the touch input made on the touch screen panel. An operation associated with the received touch input may be performed in the user equipment. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130057479 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAYS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying first information on a first touch-sensitive display of an electronic device and displaying second information on a second touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, detecting a first touch on the first touch-sensitive display and detecting a second touch on the second touch-sensitive display, performing a function associated with the single gesture when the first touch and the second touch are single-gesture associated; and associating the first touch with the first information and the second touch with the second information when the first touch and the second touch are not single-gesture associated. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057480 | Signal-to-Noise Ratio in Touch Sensors - In one embodiment, a method includes driving at least two of multiple drive lines of a touch sensor at a time, each with one or more electrical pulses. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057481 | CHARGE RECYCLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Techniques for operating a touchscreen display are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the touchscreen display device includes power regulation circuitry that supplies a first set of voltages to a display panel using high and low supply rails during a display period. During the blanking period following the display period, the high and low supply rails may be adjusted to a second set of voltages that provide for proper operation of touch-sensitive elements in the touchscreen display. Following the end of the blanking period, a portion of charge from the low supply rail is recycled by transferring the charge from the low supply rail back to the high supply rail to bring the high and low supply rails back to the first set of voltages for the next display period. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057482 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device for extending a view of a handheld electronic device includes a body, a displaying unit, a touch control unit, a connecting unit, a fixing unit, and a receiving recess. The fixing unit has an adjusting member for suiting the fixing unit to the size of the handheld electronic device. The handheld electronic device is received by the receiving recess and held by the fixing unit. The display device receives an audio/video signal and sends it to the displaying unit via the connecting unit. A control signal generated from the touch control unit is transmitted by the connecting unit. Hence, regardless of its dimensions, the handheld electronic device can be fixed to the display device, thereby extending the view of the handheld electronic device. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057483 | INPUT DEVICE AND MONITOR HAVING THE SAME - An input device and a monitor having the input device are for use in a portable electronic device. The monitor of the portable electronic device has a touch display panel capable of touch control. Disposed on the touch display panel is a physical input unit functionally corresponding to a touch input unit displayed on the monitor. The touch input unit is configured by a programmable procedure, such that the touch input unit is linked to an application. A user executes the application by pressing the physical input unit and touching indirectly the touch input unit. Even if it is impossible for the application to be activated by the touch input unit, the application can still be executed by the physical input unit. Even if it is impossible for the application to be activated by the physical input unit, the application can still be executed by the touch input unit. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057484 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH DETACHABLE TOUCH SENSOR - A liquid crystal display according to the present disclosure is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a frame, a backlight module, a plurality of hooking members, an LCD panel, and a touch sensor. According to the liquid crystal display of the present disclosure, wherein the hooking members on the frame may secure the touch sensor or the LCD panel on the backlight module without need of using double-sided tapes or optical adhesive. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057485 | USER TERMINAL AND DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - A user terminal and a display device thereof are provided. The display device includes a display panel including a glass plate for displaying an image by outputting light, and a polarizing plate attached to both a top surface and a bottom surface of the glass plate for exposing an edge portion of the glass plate, a cover window mounted on the display panel for transmitting the light, an adhesive sheet interposed between the display panel and the cover window and for adhering the cover window at the edge portion of the glass plate. The user terminal can be formed to have a small thickness and size, and light is shielded from being leaked to the outside of the user terminal via an edge portion of the display panel in the user terminal. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057486 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes an upper substrate, upper conductive layers on an upper surface of the upper substrate, a lower substrate having an upper surface facing a lower surface of the upper substrate, lower conductive layers provided on the upper surface of the lower substrate, and an adhesive layer bonding the lower surface of the upper substrate to the upper surface of the lower substrate. The adhesive layer is curable with ultraviolet ray. This touch panel prevents adhesive from being attached and having a pressing mark, thus being operated easily. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057487 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE ADAPTED TO RECEIVING AN INPUT FOR USER CONTROL USING A TOUCH PAD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A device with a display is provided with a first touch pad on the front face of the device and a second touch pad on the rear face. When an operation is performed only on the first touch pad, the process allocated to the point of contact or the pattern of movement thereof is identified and executed. When both the first and second touch pads are used for operation, the process defined to correspond to a combination of modes of movement of the points of contact is identified and executed. When an operation is performed only on the second touch pad, only the component of the movement of the point of contact in a limited direction is extracted to calculate the amount of scrolling, and a scroll process is performed accordingly. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057488 | Touch Sensing Electrode and Touch Panel Using the Same - The present invention provides a touch sensing including a plurality of first sensing lines. Each first sensing line includes a first main trace and a plurality of first trace patterns wherein at least a first cross posit is disposed between the first main trace and the trace patterns. The present invention further provides a touch panel of using the same. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057489 | RECEIVING INPUT AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - This document describes technologies for interpreting physical contact with a non-touchscreen portion of a computing device's housing (e.g., the computing device's case) as input. For example, a user tapping his/her index finger against the back of a computing device, such as a smartphone or a tablet computing device, can be interpreted as input and can cause an operation to be performed by the computing device, such as turning the page of an electronic book that is being displayed by the computing device. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057490 | LIGHT GUIDING LIQUID GLUE AND A TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A light guiding liquid glue and a touch sensitive display using the same are provided. The light guiding liquid glue includes a liquid glue and a plurality of light guiding particles dispersed in the liquid glue, wherein volume percent of the light guiding particles in the light guiding liquid glue ranges between 10% and 50%. The light guiding particles have a light scattering property, which can transfer a linear light into a flat light, and therefore the light guiding liquid glue of the present disclosure has a light guiding property. The touch sensitive display includes a display panel and a touch panel. The light guiding liquid glue is disposed between the display panel and the touch panel, which can transmit evenly lights emitted from the display panel to outside of the touch sensitive display | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057491 | CONTROLLING SYSTEM AND ACONTROLLING METHOD OF A TOUCH PANEL, AND A STYLUS PEN FOR APPLYING TO THE TOUCH PANEL - A controlling system of a touch panel comprises of a drive signal generating circuit, a sensing module for sensing a waveform signal from the touch panel, and a signal processing module for enabling and disabling the drive signal generating circuit based on the signal outputted by the sensing module. Therefore, the mentioned controlling system can support the active and the passive touch modes. In addition, the present invention further provides a controlling method of the touch panel and a stylus pen applied to the mentioned controlling system. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057492 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - An information display apparatus comprises a display unit, a position recognition unit configured to recognize the position where a operator operates the display unit and a sub-screen display unit configured to display the sub-screen on the display unit and on the position correspond to the position of the operator identified by the position recognition unit. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057493 | DISPLAY HAVING TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOUCH PERFORMANCE THEREOF - Provided are a display having a touch sensor and a method for improving the touch performance thereof, which can minimize the distortion of an execution result induced by the process of converting the resolution of touch coordinates, by compensating the coordinate values of a touch position by applying different offset values for upper, lower, left, and right sides in accordance with the sensor data values of surrounding sensor nodes adjacent to a center node having peak data. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057494 | METHOD, TOUCH DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONVERTING TOUCH POINTS INTO CHARACTERS - The disclosure is related to a method, a touch device and a computer program product for converting touch points into characters. In particular, through an input interface, the converting method can be applied to the touch device and the computer program product. The converting method for example includes the following steps of: sensing at least one touch point triggered by a user on the input interface to obtain touch point number information and touch point position information; generating a touch point distribution of the sensed touch point(s) according to the touch point number information and the touch point position information; and determining an input character according to the touch point distribution. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057495 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including an organic electro-luminescent display panel, a cover plate, a touch sensing element, and a decoration layer is provided. The organic electro-luminescent display panel includes a carrier plate, a packing cover, and a plurality of organic light emitting units. The carrier plate and the packing cover are assembled to construct a sealed space. The organic light emitting units are disposed on the carrier plate and located inside the sealed space. The cover plate is adhered on a side of the carrier plate away from the organic light emitting units. The touch sensing element is disposed between the carrier plate of the organic electro-luminescent display panel and the cover plate. The decoration layer is disposed on the cover plate. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057496 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR PERFORMING SCREEN UNLOCK BASED ON MOTION AND METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a method perform screen unlock based on a motion. The mobile terminal includes a motion measure unit, a motion pattern storage, and a controller. The motion measure unit measures a first motion pattern of the mobile terminal. The motion pattern storage stores a second motion pattern set for the mobile terminal. When the first motion pattern of the mobile terminal measured by the motion measure unit coincides with the second motion pattern stored in the motion pattern storage, the controller executes a screen unlock of the mobile terminal. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057497 | TOUCH SCREEN, TRANSPARENT CIRCUIT BOARD FOR TOUCH SCREEN, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING TOUCH SCREEN - Provided is a method for fabricating a transparent circuit board for a touch screen. The transparent circuit board includes a transparent substrate that has a conductive bridge layer deposited thereon. A liquid insulating layer is deposited on the transparent substrate and the bridge layer, and a sensor layer having first and second conductive patterns is deposited on the transparent substrate and the insulating layer. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057498 | Touch Screen Device and Methods Thereof Configured for a Plurality of Resolutions - Disclosed is a touch screen and a method of touch screen having a first plurality of sensor segments coupled to first scan lines and a second plurality of sensor segments being subsections of one of the first plurality of sensor segments, the second plurality of sensor segments including second scan lines that are bundled by a multiplexer configured to aggregate output of the second plurality of sensor segments into a single transmission channel. The individual output of the multiplexed sensor segments subsections can be either combined into a single signal for processing during a normal scan, or their individual output can be processed individually for higher resolution. Using two scans, the first a normal scan, and the second a higher resolution scan, the disclosed touch screen and methods zoom in on the proximity of the touched area and scans with a higher resolution the proximity only where it is needed. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057499 | TOUCH PANEL, AND TOUCH-TYPE INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A touch panel capable of detecting a pen and a finger, capable of corresponding to multi-touch, capable of detecting pressing force, and capable of reducing the use amount of a transparent electrode as much as possible. The touch panel has a piezoelectric sheet of poly-L-lactic acid having a predetermined stretching axial direction, electrodes that are opposed to each other and formed on the piezoelectric sheet do not cover the entire surface of the piezoelectric sheet and are formed so that they are discretely distributed in plural positions. The piezoelectric sheet is brought into the condition that tension is imparted in directions not coincident with the stretching axial direction. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057500 | CONTROL DIAL METHOD AND APPARATUS - A control dial ( | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130057501 | INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND MACHINE - According to one aspect of the present invention, an input device includes: a substrate; a detecting electrode provided on top of the substrate; and an oscillating body which causes the substrate to vibrate. The oscillating body is provided with a first electrode terminal for electrically connecting the oscillating body with a board. The first electrode terminal is provided on one of opposing surfaces which oppose the substrate. The one of opposing surfaces is positioned on a side far from the detecting electrode. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130063361 | METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of facilitating input at an electronic device includes detecting a first touch at a first touch location on a touch-sensitive device; the first touch being associated with a first character; detecting a second touch at a second touch location on the touch-sensitive surface, the second touch being associated with a second character; when movement of one of the first touch and the second touch is detected, determining a distance between the first touch location and the second touch location, the distance being associated with a number of characters of an object; identifying candidate objects in reference data that match the number of characters and include an initial character that matches the first character and a final character that matches the second character; and displaying at least one candidate object. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063362 | Content Scrolling and Transitioning Using Touchpad Input - In one embodiment, a user of a mobile device controls a scrollable application user interface by using touch inputs to the mobile device's side-mounted touchpad. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063363 | MINIMAL PARALLAX COINCIDENT DIGITAL DRAWING AND DISPLAY SURFACE - A drawing table for an animator to hand create or modify a computer-generated image includes a display and a fused fiber optic plate. The display is configured to display the computer-generated image on a top surface. The fused fiber optic plate of bundled, optical fibers has an input surface and an output surface. The input surface is optically bonded to the top surface of the display. When the computer-generated image is displayed on the display, the fused fiber optic plate is configured to relay the computer-generated image from the input surface to the output surface. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063364 | USING PRESSURE DIFFERENCES WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed is a user interface that responds to differences in pressure detected by a touch-sensitive screen. The user selects one type of user-interface action by “lightly” touching the screen and selects another type of action by exerting more pressure. Embodiments can respond to single touches, to gestural touches that extend across the face of the touch-sensitive screen, and to touches in which the user-exerted pressure varies during the course of the touch. Some embodiments respond to how quickly the user changes the amount of pressure applied. In some embodiments, the location and pressure of the user's input are compared against a stored gesture profile. Action is taken only if the input matches “closely enough” to the stored gesture profile. In some embodiments, a notification is sent to the user when the pressure exceeds a threshold between a light and a heavy press. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063365 | INTRINSICALLY SAFE TOUCH SCREEN FOR PROCESS EQUIPMENT - An intrinsically safe touch screen system includes a touch screen, a current limiting barrier coupled to the touch screen, a touch screen controller, and a voltage limiting barrier. The controller is coupled to the current limiting barrier, the voltage limiting barrier, and the touch screen, in a configuration such that signals transmitted to and from the touch screen will be within a level that ensures intrinsic safety of the touch screen. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063366 | USER INPUTS OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - Various aspects of this disclosure are directed to displaying, by a touch-sensitive display of a computing device, at least one selectable object, and receiving, by the computing device, a user input comprising a gesture at a location of the touch-sensitive display that displays the at least one selectable object. The computing device may determine a time duration of the gesture. When the time duration of the gesture is greater than or equal to a minimum timeout value and less than or equal to a maximum timeout value, the computing device may select as user input the at least one selectable object. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063367 | AIR ACTUATED DEVICE - Air actuated devices and processes for detecting breath events are provided. The air actuated devices can include an air actuated surface having a temperature-responsive material disposed thereon. The temperature-responsive material can include multiple temperature-responsive beads or can include a temperature-responsive array having multiple temperature-responsive rows and multiple temperature-responsive columns. Monitoring circuitry can be included to monitor a parameter of the temperature-responsive material to detect a change in temperature of the air actuated surface. A processor can also be included to detect a breath event on the air actuated surface based on the monitored parameter of the temperature-responsive material. The processor can generate a command signal in response to a detected breath event. The air actuated device can also include a touch sensor to detect touch events on the air actuated surface. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063368 | TOUCH-SCREEN SURFACE TEMPERATURE CONTROL - In embodiments of touch-screen surface temperature control, a computing device includes a touch-screen display with a touch surface for user interaction. The computing device also includes a cooling system that cools a surface temperature on the touch surface of the touch-screen display. A temperature service is implemented to activate the cooling system to decrease the surface temperature on the touch surface of the display based on projected user interaction with the touch surface of the touch-screen display. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063369 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEDIA RENDERING SERVICES USING GESTURE AND/OR VOICE CONTROL - An approach for providing media rendering services using touch input and voice input. An apparatus invokes a media application and presents media content at the apparatus. The apparatus monitors for touch input and/or voice input to execute a function to apply the media content. The apparatus receives user input as a sequence of user actions, wherein each of the user actions is provided via the touch input or the voice input. The touch input or the voice input is received without presentation of an input prompt that overlays or alters the media content | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063370 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD OF A TOUCH PANEL - A signal processing method is employed to operate a touch panel having a first touch sensing unit and plural second touch sensing units adjacent to the first touch sensing unit. In the operation of the method, a first signal is generated through amplifying the first sensing signal of the first touch sensing unit by N times with N equal to the number of the second touch sensing units, a second signal is generated through summing up the second sensing signals of the second touch sensing unit, a difference signal is generated through subtracting the second signal from the first signal, a comparison result is generated through comparing the difference signal with a difference threshold, and finally the comparison result is utilized for judging whether a touch event is occurring to the first touch sensing unit. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063371 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a structure of a touch panel capable of solving a depletion problem of resources used for a transparent conductive layer, in particular, improving a moiré phenomenon occurring during a image projection process when a metal electrode in a mesh shape is formed on both surfaces of the transparent substrate, by replacing ITO and forming electrodes using a metal thin film on which fine patterns are formed. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention can improve the moiré phenomenon occurring due to overlapping lines between the top and bottom metal electrodes on the transparent substrate during the image projection process and can improve the visibility by minimizing overlapping lines between the metal electrode formed on the transparent substrate and the pixel grid or the black matrix formed on the color filter. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063372 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH INFORMATION DETERMINING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel and a contact information determining method of the touch panel. A touch panel includes a plurality of transmitting members arranged with a predetermined interval therebetween, and a first sensor and a second sensor positioned respectively at a first terminal and a second terminal of a transmitting member, wherein a transmission signal is transmitted to the first sensor and the second sensor, in response to a contact on the transmitting member. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063373 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, after a search for informations related to an inputted search word have been performed, while the found informations are displayed, partial informations respectively representing the displayed informations by including the search word are extracted from the displayed informations. Finally, the extracted informations are enlarged and displayed as a list. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063374 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING CONTROL INPUT OF INPUT DOMAIN INTO CONTROL OUTPUT OF CONTROL DOMAIN USING VARIABLE CONTROL RESOLUTION TECHNIQUE, AND RELATED CONTROL APPARATUS THEREOF - An exemplary method for determining a control output in a control domain includes: obtaining a control input of an input domain, wherein the control input includes a previous input value and a current input value; and dynamically adjusting a control resolution setting, and converting the control input of the input domain into the control output in the control domain according to the control resolution setting, wherein the control output includes a previous output value and a current output value corresponding to the previous input value and the current input value, respectively, the control resolution setting for the current input value is determined according to at least the previous input value, and the current output value is identical to the previous output value when the current input value and the previous input value are generated in response to a same user input. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063375 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER, TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM - A touch panel system in which power consumption is reduced and detection sensitivity is enhanced, a controller for the touch panel system, and a method of operating the system. Touch panel system includes status detecting portion having status signal generating portions generating a status signal indicative of a close status of an indicator, a position calculating portion processing the status signal, thereby calculating a position of the indicator on a detecting surface, and a region setting portion for updating an effective region set in the detecting surface P based on the position of the indicator which is calculated by the position calculating portion. A first operation causes the status signal generating portions SL and DL to selectively generate a status signal and a second operation causes the position calculating portion to selectively process the status signals generated by the status signal generating portions SL and DL. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063376 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SURFACE FOR MULTI-DISPLAY USE - There is disclosed a method of controlling an interactive display system comprising an interactive display surface, the interactive display surface being adapted to detect contact points at said surface, the method comprising: rendering a plurality of images for display on a respective portion of the interactive display surface; routing data associated with a contact point at said surface to the image rendering device associated with the rendering of an image in the portion of the display in which the contact point is detected. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063377 | METHOD OF BLOCKING TRANSMISSION OF SCREEN INFORMATION OF MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WHILE PERFORMING REMOTE CONTROL USING ICON - Disclosed is a technique for allowing a user of the mobile communication terminal to block transmission of screen information to a remotely connected computer through a simple handling of a toggle icon, without having to input a command or activate a program associated with the icon during a remote control session. As a result, the user's personal information is protected while at the same time allowing the remote computer and the mobile communication terminal to communicate data effectively. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063378 | TERMINAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING SMART TOUCH OPERATION - A terminal apparatus includes an interface to detect a touch input, to detect a touch region corresponding to the touch input, and to identify an object that is overlapped by the touch input by at least a reference percentage in the touch region as a first object; a processing unit to generate a second object based on the first object, and to display the second object in an untouched region; and a control unit to execute an operation corresponding to the second object. A method for executing an operation according to a touch input includes detecting a touch input and a corresponding touch region; identifying an object overlapped by at least a reference percentage in the touch region as a first object; generating a second object based on the first object; displaying the second object in an untouched region; and executing an operation corresponding to the second object. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063379 | GIMBALLED SCROLL WHEEL - An input device that includes both a movement detector, such as mechanical switch, and positional indicator, such as touch pad touch screen, and/or touch sensing housing is disclosed. These two input devices can be used substantially simultaneously to provide a command to the device. In this manner, different commands can be associated with depressing a moveable member in different areas and a single moveable member can perform like several buttons. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063380 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONTROLLING RELEASE OF A LOCK STATE IN A TERMINAL - Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing a user interface. The apparatus for providing a user interface, includes a controller operating such that a lock image with respect to at least a partial user interface and an object for changing a lock state to a release state are displayed on a screen, and a touch sensor sensing a first contact of a touch gesture on the object, wherein the controller determines a distance between the object and a second contact of the touch gesture with respect to the first contact on the object, and changes the lock state to the release state and the removes the lock image from the screen when the distance between the object and the second contact of the touch gesture is greater than a preset threshold. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063381 | TACTILE STIMULUS GENERATION APPARATUS - A tactile-stimulus generation apparatus is configured to apply an electric stimulus to a specific body part of a user, such as a fingertip. A tactile sensation generation electrode group is arranged on an insulating layer, which is installed beneath a front surface of a coordinate input device as a tactile-stimulus generation sheet. When the specific body part is placed in proximity with the insulating layer, the specific body part is capacitively coupled to both positive and negative side electrodes of the tactile sensation generation electrode group which causes differential voltages to be applied as a controlled stimulus across the positive and the negative electrode, where the amount of current which passes from the positive side electrode to the specific body part, is equal to the amount of current which flows out of the specific body part to the negative side electrode. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063382 | Multi-Position Under-Cabinet Mounted Control System for a Portable Touch Screen Device - Presented is an under-cabinet mounted control system for a portable touch screen device. The control system includes a processor configured for providing an interface between the portable touch screen device and one or more remote systems, and a mounting bracket configured to be mounted under a cabinet, shelf, table, or counter. The control system further includes a touch screen mounting member moveably coupled to the mounting bracket. The touch screen mounting member is configured to releasably hold the portable touch screen device. The control system further includes a docking connector configured for electrically mating with the portable touch screen device and establishing electrical communication between the processor and the portable touch screen device, and a communication means configured for establishing communication between the processor the one or more remote systems. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063383 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO DETECTING A GESTURE - First information for a first application is displayed in a window or field on an electronic device. A gesture requesting display of second information for a second application is detected by the electronic device. In response to detecting the gesture, the second information is displayed in a first format in a first part of the window or field while displaying the first information in a second part of the window or field and the second information is displayed in a second format in a third part of the window or field while displaying the first information in a fourth part of the window or field when the gesture continues beyond the threshold. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063384 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic device with a display unit detects a predetermined touch input manipulation on the display unit, and determines a fixed area including a first contact point and an outside of the fixed area including a second contact point based on the first and second contact points when the first contact point is fixed and the second contact point is moved in a predetermined direction in a case where there are two contact points of the detected touch input manipulation. The electronic device generates an image corresponding to the determined fixed area, and an image obtained by scrolling an image corresponding to the outside of the determined fixed area in the predetermined direction in which the second contact point is moved. The electronic device displays an image on the display unit based on each of the generated images. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063385 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The disclosed portable information terminal ( | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063386 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - In order to provide an information input device that solves the misclick caused by a clickable touch sensor without using information corresponding to pressure of the user's finger, the information input device includes: a touch information detecting unit that detects a touch information item obtained when a finger of the user is in contact with the touch sensor; a touch information sequence storage unit configured to store the touch information item for a predetermined period; and a pressing start position estimating unit configured to estimate a pressing start position at which the user started to press the touch sensor with the finger, based on touch information items stored in the touch information sequence storage unit, when the switch was pressed down, the touch information items including the touch information item. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130063387 | PROTECTIVE PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pressure sensitive conductive member is arranged in a through hole of a base-material bonding layer so as to be in contact with a peripheral-switch upper electrode and a peripheral-switch lower electrode, and when a force applied to a peripheral switch is transmitted to the pressure sensitive conductive member through an upper electrode base material and the upper electrode, a current flows, so that the upper electrode and the lower electrode are electrically connected. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130069884 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL - A touch-sensing display panel includes display units, touch-sensing units, a gate driver circuit, a data driver circuit, and readout circuits. Each display unit includes a switching element, a gate line, a data line, and a pixel electrode. The switching element is connected to the gate line, the data line, and the pixel electrode. The touch-sensing units includes a first, a second, and a third touch-sensing units. Each touch-sensing unit includes a sensing element and a sensing line electrically connected to the sensing element. The gate driver circuit is electrically connected to the gate line. The data driver circuit is connected to the data line. The readout circuit includes adjacent first and second readout circuits. The sensing line of the first touch-sensing unit is connected to the first readout circuit. The sensing line of the second touch-sensing unit is connected to the first and the second readout circuits simultaneously. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069885 | Organizational Tools on a Multi-touch Display Device - A process for enabling objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together is disclosed that includes defining a target element that enables objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together through interaction with the target element. Operations are invoked that establish a relationship between a particular displayed object and a position on the target element and that causes transformations applied to the target element also to be applied to the particular displayed object while maintaining the relationship between the particular displayed object and the position on the target element. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069886 | EDGE GRIP DETECTION METHOD OF A TOUCH PANEL AND A DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a touch panel technology, and especially to an edge grip detection method of a touch panel and a device using the same. The edge grip detection method comprises: determining whether an edge area state has changed; eliminating a first edge signal when the edge area state does not change; and updating the first edge signal as next standard signal when the edge area state changes. The edge grip detection method and an edge grip detecting device of the touch panel opportunely detect and dynamically update state and data of the edge area, thereby eliminating edge grip signals from touch signals of the touch panel to obtain normal touch signals. Thus, impact on the normal operation of the touch panel by edge grips is reduced. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069887 | STRUCTURE OF A TOUCH PANEL AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a touch technology, and more particularly to structure of a touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The structure of the touch panel comprises: a sensing layer; and a plurality of surrounding circuits that are disposed in surrounding area of the sensing layer. The surrounding circuits are connected to the sensing layer, wherein the surrounding circuits are made of a transparent conductive material. The transparent conductive material provides good conductivity and reduces visibility of the surrounding circuits, and thus the requirement for a transparent touch panel is met. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069888 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DISPLAY IN WIRELESS TERMINAL - A device and method for controlling a display of a portable terminal are provided. The device includes a display unit including a first display area for displaying an execution screen of an application, and a second display area having at least one display device for displaying at least one touch button, a touch panel for sensing a touch of the first display area and a touch of the second display area, a controller for analyzing a selected application, for displaying an application screen along and an input window of the application selected, and for generating a power control signal for turning off operation of the at least one display device of the second display area, and a power controller for supplying operating power to display devices of the first display area and for turning off operation of the at least one display device of the second display area. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069889 | MULTI-POINT CONTACTS WITH PRESSURE DATA ON AN INTERACTIVE SURFACE - There is disclosed a method and apparatus for controlling a software application running on a computer system including an interactive display adapted to detect at least two contact points on the surface of the interactive display, the method comprising: detecting at least two contact points; determining pressure data associated with at least one of said contact points; and defining a condition of the software application in dependence on said detected at least two contact points and said at least one determined pressure value. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069890 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a touch display device and a method of manufacturing the same. The touch display device comprises a touch panel, a display module and a first adhesive layer formed by an ultraviolet-curing liquid adhesive, wherein the first adhesive layer laminates the touch panel and the display module. The touch display device further comprises of a lens and a second adhesive layer, wherein the second adhesive layer laminates the touch substrate layer and the lens. The present disclosure overcomes shading effect by curing the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer by adjusting the order of laminating the display module with the touch substrate and the lens so as to improve yield of lamination between the touch panel and the display module. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069891 | Operation Panel with Hardware Key - An operation panel includes an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) screen, a touch panel sensor unit for accepting touch input to the LCD screen concerning operation, a hardware key, and a touch panel control microcomputer for detecting a position of touch input accepted by the touch panel sensor unit. An operation panel control unit allocates the operation accepted by the touch panel sensor unit to the hardware key when detecting a runway which is a state in which the touch panel control microcomputer cannot detect a position of touch input. Accordingly, the user's convenience can be improved. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069892 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a trace layer, a medium layer and an electrode protection layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate, the trace layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and connected with the touch-sensing structure, and the medium layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and substantially covering the trace layer. The electrode protection layer is disposed on the medium layer and overlaps at least part of the trace layer. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069893 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method of controlling an electronic device, an electronic device and a computer program product using the method are provided. The method includes displaying part or all of a ring and a function image outside the ring on the touch screen while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state, detecting a user input applied to the function image and/or the ring on or near the touch screen, moving the function image and/or the ring in accordance with the user input, wherein the function image corresponds to an application, transitioning the electronic device to a user-interface unlock state and launching the application if the function image and the ring approach each other within a predetermined distance, and maintaining the electronic device in the user-interface lock state if the function image and the ring do not approach each other within the predetermined distance. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069894 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING A TOUCH SENSOR THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for driving a touch sensor integrated in a display module of an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display module with a touch sensor integrated in the display module, a drive circuitry, and a sense circuitry. The drive circuitry is configured to apply drive signals to the display module and the touch sensor. The sense circuitry is configured to determine a mode for the drive circuitry to apply the drive signals, detect one or more sense signal from the touch sensor, analyze the sense signals, and change the mode of the drive signals for the touch sensor. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069895 | ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - An electrical apparatus having a panel is disclosed. The electrical apparatus includes a processor, a touch controller and a display driver. The processor unitsets one of a scan frequency and a display frequency to be a setting frequency, and generates the other of the scan frequency and the display frequency based on the setting frequency. The touch controller makes the panel detects a touch based on the scan frequency, and the display driver makes the panel display images based on the display frequency. The touch controller detects a noise detected value from the electrical apparatus. The touch controller or the processor unitadjusts the setting frequency based on the noise detected value, and adjusts the touch scan frequency or the display frequency which is not the setting frequency based on the setting frequency. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069896 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA - A portable electronic apparatus and an operation method thereof and a computer readable media are provided. The portable electronic apparatus comprises a touch display unit, and an electronic notebook is displayed in the touch display unit. When the touch display enters a power saving mode, and a trigger event is detected, the power saving mode is ended, and the electronic notebook is directly displayed in the touch display unit without displaying a screen lock mode before displaying the electronic notebook. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069897 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STATE CONTROLLING METHOD - The present invention provides an electronic device and a state control method. The electronic device includes a display unit having a display state and a turn-off state; a processing unit having an operating state and a sleep state; and a touch sensing unit configured to overlap the display unit, wherein the touch sensing unit detects a first input, which is independent of the states of the processing unit and the display unit. The first input is a touch input, and the touch sensing unit triggers the processing unit and the display unit to perform state switching according to the first input. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069898 | PAD FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL USING THE SAME - There are provided a pad for touch panel and a touch panel using the same, and more particularly, a pad for touch panel comprising an insulating layer with a conductive pattern wherein the insulating layer has a touch pattern and a lead wire formed on the top surface thereof, and one terminal of the lead wire is extended to an edge of the insulating layer to form a connection electrode, characterized in that the pad for touch panel at least comprises i) an insulating layer with conductive pattern comprising the insulating layer, a transparent conductive coating layer pattern which is partially laminated on the top of the insulating layer and has the touch pattern, the lead wire and the connection electrode pattern thereon, and a metal coating layer which is partially laminated on the top of the transparent conductive coating layer and has the lead wire and the connection electrode pattern thereon; ii) an adhesive layer which is laminated on the top of the insulating layer with conductive pattern; and iii) a coupling layer which is coupled to the top of the adhesive layer; the connection electrode region has an open portion where the top surface of the metal coating layer is open externally; and the open portion further comprises a corrosion-resistant metal layer which is coated to the open portion to disconnect the open portion from the outside, and a touch panel using the same. Through this, the present invention can enhance the durability of touch panels by coating with an excellent corrosion-resistant metal an open portion of a connection electrode region of the pad for touch panel which is formed to electrically connect the pad for touch panel with external circuit boards such as an FPCB, thereby to solve corrosion problems in the open portion of the connection electrode region. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069899 | Touch Event Model - A device with a touch-sensitive surface detects a touch on the touch-sensitive surface, determines that the touch is cancelled, and in accordance with a determination that the touch is cancelled, sends a touch cancel event to at least one of the one or more applications. Also disclosed is a device configured to determine that a respective touch has been cancelled by the device. If the respective touch has been cancelled, the device ignores the respective touch. If the respective touch has not been cancelled, the device processes the respective touch. In addition, a device configured to detect one or more touches and process at least a subset of the touches with at least one application is described. While processing at least a subset of the touches, the device receives a touch cancel event, and, in response to receiving the touch cancel event, ignores the touches. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069900 | TOUCH INPUT APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - This invention provides several touch input apparatuses and operating methods. One touch input apparatus includes two carbon nanotube (CNT) layers, a plurality of contact pads and a processing circuit. The CNTs of the two CNT layers are respectively disposed to two different arrangement directions. The contact pads are divided into two groups to electrically connect the edges of the two CNT layers respectively. Each group of the contact pads is arranged in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the corresponding carbon nanotubes. The processing circuit provides a comparison voltage to one group of the contact pads and reads out the voltages on the other contact pads. When one CNT layer receives an external force so that the forced position on one CNT layer is electrically connected to the other CNT layer, the processing circuit calculates the strength of the external force according to the readout voltage values. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130069901 | THIN TOUCH PANEL - A thin touch panel includes a transparent substrate with a black bordering around the inner surface of the transparent substrate. A plurality of metal connecting structures, metal guiding lines, transparent insulating structures and a transparent sensing layer are formed on the inner surface, so that the transparent substrate not only provides a touch surface, but also has the touch sensing ability, to decrease the manufacture material and increase the transmittance of the touch panel. Besides, the manufacture of the thin touch panel may not use any optical adhesive to decrease the manufacture cost and improve the yield. Further, the thin touch panel may satisfy the trend of thin design. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130076642 | USER INTERFACE FOR EDITING A VALUE IN PLACE - A user interface element is displayed for in place editing of values within a document. For example, in response to selecting a value, a user interface is displayed near the value that receives a slide gesture for adjusting the value in place. The user interface may be configured to select one of the discrete parts of the value in response to changing a level of the slide gesture. For example, a user may move the swipe gesture from a level used for adjusting the day value to the level representing the year value. The user interface displayed and method(s) used to adjust the value may be based on the type of value and the structure and content of the document. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076643 | Methods and Apparatus to Associate a Detected Presence of a Conductive Object - A method and apparatus determine a plurality of attribute values of a first detected presence, determine another plurality of attribute values of a second detected presence, and associate the first detected presence with the second detected presence based on the plurality of attribute values and the other plurality of attribute values. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076644 | SPURIOUS INPUT DETECTION SYSTEM - A spurious input detection system includes a touch input display, a touch input surface, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium. The non-transitory, computer- readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide a spurious input detection engine. The spurious input detection engine is operable to receive a first input from the touch input display and a second input from the touch input surface. The spurious input detection engine is further operable to determine that the first input is a spurious input based on a combination of the first input and the second input. The spurious input detection engine will cause the first input to be disregarded in response to determining that it is a spurious input. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076645 | FIXED DISPLAY SYSTEM INTERACTION WITH A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A fixed display system that can interact with a communication device includes a display system including a fixed display operable to display information. A sensor is operable to provide a first signature upon an occurrence of a predetermined event, and the communication device is also operable to provide a second signature upon the occurrence of the same predetermined event. A processor compares the first and second signatures and determines whether these first and second signatures describe the same predetermined event, whereupon the processor initiates a communication session between the display system and the communication device. In addition, personal information of the user on the communication device may be used locally or partially/fully transferred to the display system to provide a personalized interactive experience for the user. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076646 | FORCE SENSOR INTERFACE FOR TOUCH CONTROLLER - A force sensor interface in a touch controller of a touch sensitive device is disclosed. The force sensor interface can couple to touch circuitry to integrate one or more force sensors with touch sensors of the device. The force sensor interface can include one portion to transmit stimulation signals generated by the touch circuitry to the force sensors to drive the sensors. The interface can also include another portion to receive force signals, indicative of a force applied to the device, from the force sensors for processing by the touch circuitry. The device can use the touch circuitry to concurrently and seamlessly operate both the force sensors and the touch sensors. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076647 | MULTI-MODE VOLTAGES FOR TOUCHSCREENS - Operating touch screens by applying more than one voltage modes, including a first voltage mode corresponding to a display phase and a second voltage mode corresponding to a touch sensing phase, is provided. An integrated touch screen device can include a multi-mode power system that can select a first voltage mode corresponding a display phase and a second voltage mode corresponding to a touch sensing phase. Each of one or more voltages can be applied to the touch screen at the corresponding first voltage level during the updating of the image. A touch sensing system can sense touch during a touch sensing phase. Each of one or more voltages can be applied to the touch screen at the corresponding second voltage level during the sensing of touch. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076648 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS - Reducing or eliminating the effects of noise that can be generated by a power system of a touch screen device, such as a gate line voltage system that applies voltage to gate lines of the touch screen, is provided. In one example, a power supply, such as a charge pump, can be disabled during active touch sensing, such that noise from the charge pump is not generated during touch sensing. In some examples, a voltage regulator can help to maintain the gate voltage level at or above a desired threshold. In some cases, noise entering the touch sensing system can have a lasting effect on noise-sensitive components, even after the noise source is disabled. In these cases, a post-noise stabilizing system can be included to stabilize, reset, etc., noise-sensitive components of the touch sensing system, which can help to reduce or eliminate the lasting effect of noise. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076649 | Electronic Devices With Sidewall Displays - Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076650 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILTERING TOUCH SCREEN INPUTS - A method of filtering a touch screen input is disclosed that includes the steps of detecting a position of a first touch on a touch screen, determining a validation area that includes the position of the first touch, detecting a position for each of one or more second touches on the touch screen, and providing a touch event signal if the positions of all of the second touches are within the validation area. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076651 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CHANGE CONTROL CENTEXTS OF CONTROLLERS - Methods and apparatus to change control contexts of controllers are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a touch screen to display a user interface; a controller to control a first physical playback device of a first zone when in a first control context and to control a second physical playback device of a second zone when in a second control context; a swipe detector to monitor a designated area of a user interface for a swipe of the touch screen; and a context changer to change the controller from operating in the first control context to operating in the second control context in response to a detected swipe. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076652 | MAGNETICALLY PERMEABLE HAPTIC MATERIAL - Embodiments may take the form of a haptic device having a ferro magnetic member coupled to a spring. An electromagnet is proximately located to the magnetic member and configured to magnetically attract the first magnetic member when actuated. A magnetically permeable material is positioned between the electromagnet and the first magnetic member. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076653 | DISPLAYING OF CHARGING STATUS ON DUAL SCREEN DEVICE - Embodiments are described for displaying charging status on a multi-screen device. In embodiments, a determination is made that the device is connected to a power source for charging the battery. In response to the determination, a battery charging indicator is displayed. In some embodiments, if the device was originally powered off or in a standby mode, after a predetermined period of time, the device will be powered off or returned to the standby mode, and the battery charging indicator will no longer be displayed. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076654 | HANDSET STATES AND STATE DIAGRAMS: OPEN, CLOSED TRANSITIONAL AND EASEL - A multi-display device is adapted to turn on and off certain device functionality based on one or more of device state and triggers. These triggers include a transition trigger, an open trigger and a closed trigger. Furthermore, and based on one or more of these triggers and device state, the device can provide feedback to a user, such as visual feedback, audio feedback and vibration feedback to assist a user with determining when the device is changing state. The operation of the primary screen, secondary screen, system and feedback options are also described relative to the beginning and endpoint of the device transition. Furthermore, the trigger corresponding to a transitional trigger where primary and secondary screens have a certain angle orientation and the trigger corresponding to a trigger point where the primary and secondary screens have a second angle orientation relative to one another are described. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076655 | STATE OF SCREEN INFO: EASEL - A multi-display device is adapted to turn on and off certain device functionality based on one or more of device state and triggers. These triggers include a transition trigger, an open trigger and a closed trigger. Furthermore, and based on one or more of these triggers and device state, the device can provide feedback to a user, such as visual feedback, audio feedback and vibration feedback to assist a user with determining when the device is changing state. The operation of the primary screen, secondary screen, system and feedback options are also described relative to the beginning and endpoint of the device transition. Furthermore, the trigger corresponding to a transitional trigger where primary and secondary screens have a certain angle orientation and the trigger corresponding to a trigger point where the primary and secondary screens have a second angle orientation relative to one another are described. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076656 | SECONDARY SINGLE SCREEN MODE DEACTIVATION - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface on a second screen, when the device is in a temporary state. More particularly, the method includes a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device from a second screen back to the first screen while the device is closed. The change in the display mode may be made in response to one or more actions conducted by a user in a user interface, in response to an input from an application, or in response to a menu selection. Further, the device may revert to the first display mode based on other events. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076657 | SECONDARY SINGLE SCREEN MODE ACTIVATION THROUGH USER INTERFACE ACTIVATION - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface on a second screen. More particularly, the method includes a change in the display mode of a multiple screen device from a first screen to a second screen while the device is closed. The change in the display mode may be made in response to one or more actions conducted by a user in a user interface or on the device. The actions can include changing the orientation of the device, for example, by flipping the device over to look at the second screen. The actions can also include the user touching a touch sensitive display. Further, a series of two or more actions may trigger the device to switch to the second screen. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076658 | USER FEEDBACK TO INDICATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED STATES - A dual screen user device and methods for generating user feedback to indicate transitional states of the device are disclosed. Feedback is provided to a user of the device concerning transitional states or changes in status of the device, such as whether the device is open or closed, whether a peripheral device has been connected to or disconnected from the device and whether the device has been powered up or down. In a preferred embodiment, one or more vibrators are used to generate vibration and/or audible signals to the user to indicate to the user the particular change in status of the device as it occurs. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076659 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a screen of an application executed in the foreground. When the first gesture is performed on the touch screen display while a first application is executed in the foreground and a second application is executed in the background, the controller causes the first application to perform an operation according to the first gesture. When the second gesture is performed on the touch screen display while the first application is executed in the foreground and the second application is executed in the background, the controller executes the second application in the foreground. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076660 | DISPLAY STATUS OF NOTIFICATIONS ON A DUAL SCREEN DEVICE - Embodiments are described for displaying indications of notifications received by a multi-screen device. The notifications may relate to a number of different categories including, without limitation, phone calls, SMS messages, email, notifications from applications, battery level, and signal strength. The multi-screen device includes a unified desktop that displays indications of the notifications regardless of the state of the multi-screen device, which in embodiments includes an undocked state and a docked state, in which a peripheral screen is used to display the indications. The indications may be displayed differently depending on the state of the multi-screen device. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076661 | DISPLAY NOTIFICATIONS ON A DUAL SCREEN DEVICE - Embodiments are described for displaying indications of notifications received by a multi-screen device. The notifications may relate to a number of different categories including, without limitation, phone calls, SMS messages, email, notifications from applications, battery level, and signal strength. The multi-screen device includes a unified desktop that displays indications of the notifications regardless of the state of the multi-screen device, which in embodiments includes an undocked state and a docked state, in which a peripheral screen is used to display the indications. The indications may be displayed differently depending on the state of the multi-screen device. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076662 | SMARTPAD SCREEN MANAGEMENT - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the device. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076663 | SMARTPAD SCREEN MODES - A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the device. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076664 | ACTIVATING APPLICATIONS IN PORTIONS OF UNIFIED DESKTOP - Embodiments provide for a handheld device with a unified desktop for integrating the functionality of the handheld device with a larger computer system. When connected to a peripheral display and/or a display of the larger computer system, the handheld device provides a unified desktop displayed across the screen(s) of the handheld device and the peripheral display. The unified desktop unifies the functionality provided by the larger computer system and the handheld functionality, e.g., communication applications (e.g., phone, SMS, MMS). A user can seamlessly interact with applications, e.g., open, move, close, receive notifications, on the unified desktop whether the applications are displayed on the screens of the handheld device, or the peripheral display of the larger computer system. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076665 | HANDLING APPLICATIONS ON A UNIFIED DESKTOP - Embodiments provide for a handheld device with a unified desktop for integrating the functionality of the handheld device with a larger computer system. When connected to a peripheral display and/or a display of the larger computer system, the handheld device provides a unified desktop displayed across the screen(s) of the handheld device and the peripheral display. The unified desktop unifies the functionality provided by the larger computer system and the handheld functionality, e.g., communication applications (e.g., phone, SMS, MMS). A user can seamlessly interact with applications, e.g., open, move, close, receive notifications, on the unified desktop whether the applications are displayed on the screens of the handheld device, or the peripheral display of the larger computer system. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076666 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - A touch input device includes a first storage module, a second storage module, a touch input unit, a first detecting unit, a second detecting unit, a processing module and a housing. When one or both of the first and the second detecting units detect a touch of a user on one or two corners of the housing, the processing module will make one or two soft keyboards be shown on the touch input unit according to position information stored in the first and the second storage modules. The user can use single hand or both hands to input a command. The disclosure further provides a touch input method. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076667 | TOUCH PANEL AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a touch technology, more particularly to a touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The touch panel comprises a touch area and a peripheral area. The touch panel further comprises: at least one peripheral line, each of which has a stacking structure and is disposed in the peripheral area surrounding the touch area for transmitting touch signals generated by the touch area. The stacking structure of each peripheral line improves stability of the touch signals transmission in the touch panel. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076668 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RELATED COMPUTER PROGRAM - Objects are indicated on a display. A touch panel is superposed on the display. An acquiring section operates for detecting user's touches to the touch panel and acquiring positions of the user's touches to the touch panel as touch positions. A decision is made as to whether or not the distance between first and second touch positions decreases in accordance with the lapse of time. A selecting section operates for setting a rectangular area with respect to the display and selecting an object or objects contained in the rectangular area in cases where it is decided that the distance between the first and second touch positions decreases in accordance with the lapse of time. Two opposite corners of the rectangular area are respectively coincident with the first and second touch positions occurring at an initial stage of the user's touches to the touch panel. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076669 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND RECEPTION CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal is provided that displays on a display, when a touch operation is detected on the display where a primary image including a plurality of display objects is displayed, a secondary image with multiple representative display objects that represent at least two display objects displayed within a predetermined range of a first touch position, the multiple representative display objects arranged around the first touch position. After the secondary image is displayed, one display object represented by one representative display object arranged on a second touch position is received as a target of processing, when the touch operation is detected to move from the first touch position to the second touch position. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076670 | DUAL-MODE TABLET AND DETECTING AND SWITCHING METHOD FOR INPUT SIGNALS THEREOF - A dual-mode tablet and a detecting and switching method for input signals thereof are provided. The dual-mode tablet includes an electromagnetic induction module and a touch input module. The microprocessor controls the electromagnetic induction module to electronically connect to an induction coil group and detects whether any electromagnetic signal is received. After the electromagnetic induction module receives one electromagnetic signal completely, the microprocessor controls the touch input module to electronically connect to the induction coil group. When the microprocessor receives a touch input signal, the microprocessor alternately controls one of the electromagnetic induction module and the touch input module to electronically connect to the induction coil group. When the microprocessor detects one electromagnetic signal is received, the electromagnetic induction module electronically connects to the induction coil group continuously until the electromagnetic signal is received completely. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076671 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY SIZE IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for control a size of a display region in a portable terminal. The method includes determining a size control amount based on touch information when a size change event occurs and controlling a size of the display region according to the size control amount. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076672 | PORTRAIT DUAL DISPLAY AND LANDSCAPE DUAL DISPLAY - Methods and devices for controlling the displayed output associated with applications in connection with a multiple screen device are provided. More particularly, an application presented by the device in a dual portrait orientation can utilize the first screen to display control information, and can utilize the second screen to display content information. An application presented by the device in a dual landscape orientation can utilize both the first screen and the second screen to display content information. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076673 | MINIMIZING AND MAXIMIZING BETWEEN LANDSCAPE DUAL DISPLAY AND LANDSCAPE SINGLE DISPLAY - Methods and devices for minimizing and maximizing displayed output associated with applications are provided. More particularly, an application presented across two or more screens of a device in a landscape mode can be minimized to present portion of the application in one of the screens. With respect to a maximization operation received with respect to a page of an application results in the expansion of the displayed portion of the application to multiple screens of the device. Input to effect minimization and maximization operations can be entered in one or more gesture capture regions associated with the screens. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076674 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal capable of moving a page displayed on a display unit according to a touch input, and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal including a display unit formed to allow for a touch input, includes a sensing unit configured to sense an object touched on the display unit and monitor a first movement of the object, and a controller configured to move a page displayed on the display unit according to a first ongoing direction, in response to a second movement of the object continued from the first movement, when the first movement corresponds to the first ongoing direction of the first movement and moves, while satisfying a pre-set reference within a reference region including a start point of the first movement. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076675 | TOUCH SCREEN DRIVER AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A touch screen driver and method for driving the same are disclosed. The touch screen driver includes a Tx driving circuit which sequentially supplies a pair of out-of-phase composed of a first driving signal and a second driving signal which has a phase difference of 180° with respect to the first driving signal and the second driving signal driving signals to Tx lines, wherein the first signal and the second signal are simultaneously supplied to the adjacent Tx lines, respectively; and an Rx driving circuit which samples a charge of the touch sensor received through the Rx lines coupled with the Tx lines and converts the sampled charge into digital data. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076676 | CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a control method and an electronic device thereof. The control method according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied to the electronic device. The control method comprises: detecting pressure imposed on a first surface of the electronic device; obtaining first pressure parameters of a first pressure and second pressure parameters of a second pressure, when the second pressure is detected in the first surface while the first pressure is detected in the first surface; according to settings of current application, generating a control instruction based on the first and second pressure parameters; and executing the control instruction. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076677 | SEPARATION OF SCREEN USAGE FOR COMPLEX LANGUAGE INPUT - Methods and devices including providing a device having at least a primary screen and a secondary screen; receiving a first input, where the first input includes a language input on the primary screen; processing the first input to estimate a character based on the first input; displaying the estimated character(s); and displaying a selection, where the selection includes a chosen character selected from the estimated character(s). | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076678 | DUAL DISPLAY CURSIVE TOUCH INPUT - Methods and devices including providing a device having at least a primary screen and a secondary screen; receiving a first input, where the first input comprises a cursive input on the primary screen; processing the first input to estimate a character based on the first input; displaying the estimated character(s); and displaying a selection, wherein the selection includes a chosen character selected from the estimated character(s). | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076679 | DUAL DISPLAY PINYIN TOUCH INPUT - Methods and devices including providing a device having at least a primary screen and a secondary screen; receiving a first input, where the first input comprises a pinyin input on the primary screen; processing the first input to estimate a character based on the first input; displaying the estimated character(s); and displaying a selection, where the selection includes a chosen character selected from the estimated character(s). | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076680 | MULTISCREEN PHONE EMULATION - A computer system including a computer display; a computer processor, where the computer processor is running at least one computer operating system, where the at least one computer operating system communicably interfaces with a device operating system, where the device operating system resides on a device and the device includes a device processor and two or more device displays; and where the computer display mimics the two or more device displays. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076681 | GALLERY OPERATIONS FOR AN ALBUM AND PICTURE PAGE IN LANDSCAPE DUAL MODE - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076682 | GALLERY PICKER SERVICE - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076683 | DUAL SCREEN PROPERTY DETAIL DISPLAY - A device includes two touch sensitive displays. Particular display device (e.g., balloons, pop-up windows, tooltips, etc.) can be displayed in the two touch sensitive displays. However, in some circumstances, presenting the display device may cause problems interfacing with or viewing data on the device. Thus, the device can determine if presenting the display device in a proposed location will cause difficulties for the user. If such difficulties are predicted, the device may move the display of the display device to the other touch sensitive display. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076684 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen. When a flick gesture in a first direction is performed on a first home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller changes the first home screen to a second home screen according to a first rule. When a flick gesture in a second direction is performed on the first home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller changes the first home screen to a third home screen according to a second rule. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076685 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THROUGH TOUCH SENSOR - An electronic apparatus has a touch sensor provided with a first touching zone including at least a second touching zone and a third touching zone, the second and third touching zones being allocated with different functions. The electronic apparatus is controlled to perform a specific function assigned to a specific touching zone that is the second or the third touching zone when there is a first touch input at first through the specific touching zone and continuously perform the specific function even if there is a second touch input that follows the first touch input, through either the second or the third touching zone that is not the specific touching zone, as long as there is a continuous touch input through the first touching zone from the first to the second touch input with no intermission. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130076686 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - An operator may operate, without a feeling of strangeness, provided with a realistic tactile sensation matching an object on a touch sensor by a tactile sensation providing apparatus | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130082936 | SENSOR ARRAY WITH HIGH LINEARITY - A sensor array includes a plurality of pixel sensor circuits; and a current-mode readout circuit to sample signals generated in each pixel sensor circuit; and addressing circuitry to individually select each pixel sensor circuit. Each pixel sensor circuit includes: a transducer and an amplifying element coupled to the transducer and configured to output a signal current which varies as a function of a measured physical property. The current-mode readout circuit includes: a sense signal line coupled to each of the amplifying elements in order to monitor the voltage presented across the amplifying element of the selected pixel sensor circuit; a drive signal line coupled to an output of each of the amplifying elements in order to provide a constant bias voltage to the amplifying element of the selected pixel sensor circuit; and a current conveyor circuit coupled to the sense signal line and drive signal line. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082937 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING INSTANT HANDWRITTEN INPUT - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for enabling instant handwriting input on a mobile computing device. According to one embodiment, while the mobile device is in an inactive state and identity-protected, an activation event associated with a writing tool operated by a user is detected. In response to the activation event, the mobile computing device is switched from the inactive state to a low power state in which the mobile computing device is configured to accept and store handwritten input while remaining identity-protected. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082938 | Apparatus and Systems for Enhanced Touch Screen Operation - Apparatus and systems are disclosed to enhance the user interface of a touch screen device. In one embodiment, a button ( | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082939 | Method for Detecting False Wake Conditions of a Portable Electronic Device - There is described a portable electronic device capable of detecting false wake conditions, and a method thereof. The portable electronic device comprises a sensor circuit and a display. The sensor circuit detects double tap data associated with user input and motion data subsequent to the double tap data within a predetermined time period. The sensor circuit also determines whether the motion data corresponds to at least one criterion associated with non-user input. The display wakes from a sleep state in response to the sensor circuit determining that the motion data corresponds to the at least one criterion. For some embodiments, the sensor circuit includes a motion sensor to detect the motion data and a sensor hub to determine whether the motion data corresponds to the at least one criterion. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082940 | DEVICE WITH CUSTOMIZABLE CONTROLS - A method and device for receiving input for a computer application are provided. The method involves receiving, at a touchscreen device including a touchscreen, input indicative of populating a subset from a set of given input elements. The subset is for providing application input data to a computer application. The subset is displayable on the touchscreen. The method further involves rendering the subset on the touchscreen such that the subset is operably configured to receive the application input data. The device includes a processor and touchscreen configured to carry out the method. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082941 | WRIST-WORN DEVICE AND PARAMETER ADJUSTING METHOD USING THEREOF - An exemplary adjusting method is implemented by a wrist-worn device. The wrist-worn device is capable of working in several modes. The wrist-worn device includes a case, a display, and a touch sensitive unit. The touch sensitive unit is fixed to the case. The method includes: monitoring touches on the touch sensitive unit, and switch from a current working mode to another working mode in a cycle if the touches are recognized after comparison with stored touches. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082942 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY - An electronic paper display is provided. The electronic paper display includes a first substrate including a thin film transistor layer, and a front panel laminate. The thin film transistor layer is located on a surface of the first substrate. The front panel laminate is located on the thin film transistor layer. The front panel laminate includes a second substrate, a common electrode layer, an electronic ink layer, and a touch sensing electrode layer. The second substrate includes a first surface facing the first substrate, and a second surface facing away from the first surface. The common electrode layer is located on the first surface of the second substrate. The electronic ink layer is located between the thin film transistor layer and the common electrode layer. The touch sensing electrode layer is directly formed on the second surface of the second substrate. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082943 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device is provided suitable for operation by a single user. The portable electronic device comprises a main body and at least a thin film pattern. The main body has a display region and a non-display region coupled to the display region. The thin film pattern is disposed on a local region of the display region, on a local region of the non-display region, or on both a local region of the display region and a local region of the non-display region. The thin film pattern is visible while a user does not operate the portable electronic device. The thin film pattern is invisible while a user operates the portable electronic device. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082944 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICES AND FORMATION METHODS THEREOF - A touch display device and a formation method thereof are provided. The touch display device includes a touch panel disposed on a first surface of a substrate of a display panel. A color filter layer is disposed on a second surface of the substrate. The touch panel includes a plurality of first and second conductive patterns arranged by two directions that are perpendicular to each other. A patterned isolation layer, having a first portion and a second portion, is formed over the first surface of the substrate, wherein the first portion is disposed at the intersection of the first and the second conductive patterns, and the second portion is disposed between the first and the second conductive patterns. The first portion has a height that is lower than a height of the second portion. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082945 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal for allowing a touch input and control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display a lock screen in a lock state in which a control command input to an application is restricted, and a controller configured to display at least one object on the lock screen when a first touch input sensed on the lock screen corresponds to set criteria, and display an execution screen corresponding to any one of the displayed objects based on the first touch and a sequentially entered second touch input. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082946 | IMAGE-COLOR-CORRECTING METHOD USING A MULTITOUCH SCREEN - To achieve the objects, the present invention provides a method for correcting color of image using multi-touch capable touch-screen, the method comprising, sensing touch of 3 fingers on the surface of the touch panel, detecting each finger's input coordinate for each finger's position and setting the input coordinates of 3 fingers into the first set of coordinates; calculating the first center coordinate of the first triangle formed by the first set of coordinates; detecting each finger's changed input coordinate for each finger's changed position and setting the changed input coordinates of 3 fingers into the second set of coordinates, according to the movement of the each finger on the touch panel; calculating the second center coordinate of the second triangle formed by the second set of coordinates; calculating the center deviation distance between the first center coordinate and the second center coordinate; calculating triangle area size ratio between the area of first triangle formed by the first set of coordinates and the area of the second triangle formed by the second set of coordinates; and calculating average rotation value between the first triangle formed by the first set of coordinates and the second triangle formed by the second set of coordinates, wherein, Hue, Saturation and Lightness of the image is altered based on the center deviation distance, the triangle area size ratio and average rotation value. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082947 | TOUCH DEVICE, TOUCH SYSTEM AND TOUCH METHOD - A touch device includes N touch areas, N−1 non-touch areas and a processing unit. An i-th non-touch area of the N−1 non-touch areas is located between an i-th touch area and an (i+1) -th touch area of the N touch areas. When a first operation gesture is performed from the i-th touch area to the (i+1)-th touch area across the i-th non-touch area, the processing unit receives a first touch signal from the i-th touch area within a first time interval, does not receive any touch signal within a second time interval, and receives a second touch signal from the (i+1)-th touch area within a third time interval . When the processing unit determines that the second time interval is smaller than a first threshold, the processing unit executes a first command corresponding to the first operation gesture according to the first and second touch signals. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082948 | DISPLAY FOR REFRIGERATOR - A display for a refrigerator, which can uniformly form a diffusing area, is provided. The display includes a process unit receiving a variety of operation signals for operating the refrigerator, a front cover provided in front of the process unit and including a pushing portion displaying an input location of a user and a light transmission portion transmitting light, and a diffusion sheet provided in rear of the front cover and uniformly diffusing the light. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082949 | METHOD OF DIRECTLY INPUTTING A FIGURE ON AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT - The present invention relates to a technology for directly inputting figures on electronic documents, and more particularly, to a technology for directly inputting figures on electronic documents in which a rough figure which is roughly inputted using direct input means (e.g., handwriting, mouse, digitizer) is automatically converted into a regular figure object by considering preset figure templates, thereby improving figure usage and quality in electronic documents. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082950 | INPUT APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD OF A PORTABLE TERMINAL USING A PEN - An input apparatus of a portable terminal and an input method for compensating an input from a pen to increase the accuracy of the pen are provided. The input apparatus includes a touch panel configured to generate an input signal according to a pen touch, a memory configured to store at least one lookup table in which data for compensating an error of a pen input according to a user's pen usage characteristic is stored, a controller configured to detect an input coordinate of the pen touch on the touch panel and configured to extract compensation data from the lookup table corresponding to the input coordinate to compensate the error of the pen input, and a display unit configured to display a compensated pen input signal. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082951 | TOUCH SENSOR, AND CONTROLLER PROVIDED WITH THE TOUCH SENSOR - One electrode and another electrode adjoining an upper end region of the one electrode in an operating direction of a fader sensor are divided by a boundary line extending zigzag in a generally M shape transversely relative to the operating direction, so that upper and lower apex portions of the one electrode and the other electrode bite into each other. Similarly, the one electrode and another electrode adjoining a lower end region of the one electrode each other are divided by a boundary line extending zigzag in a generally M shape transversely relative to the operating direction. As a finger touches the fader sensor, the finger simultaneously touches the three electrodes, and corresponding output signals are output therefrom. A weighted average of the output signals is calculated so that position information of the finger having touched the sensor can be acquired with a high resolution. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082952 | Operation Control Apparatus and Operation Control Method for External Apparatus Connected to Vehicle-Mounted Apparatus - There are provided an operation determining unit which, when a touch panel is pressed, determines whether or not the press on the touch panel has been an operation on a soft key for designating one of the plurality of functions assigned to the one hard key, and a state transition unit which, when it is determined that the press corresponds to an operation on the soft key, shifts a function acceptability state of the one hard key. Thus, when the soft key corresponding to the hard key is pressed, the function acceptability state of the hard key is shifted to a correct state, even without actually operating one hard key. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082953 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING A DISPLAY SCREEN OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - When a touch operation on a touch-panel display module of an electronic device has been detected, a display entity corresponding to the touched object is created. The display entity is superimposed on the touched position on a display screen. A projector, an external display device, projects the display entity onto a screen. Even when the display screen of the electronic device has been moved by a touch operation, the audience looking at a screen page displayed on the screen can see the touch position in the form of the display entity, making it possible to understand the meaning of the operator's touch operation. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082954 | DISPLAY UNIT, DISPLAY METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - A display unit includes: a display section; a memory temporarily holding less than one frame of image information; a drive section driving the display section based on the image information which is stored in the memory; and a processing section performing a predetermined process in conjunction with the drive section. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082955 | HANDHELD DUAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING FOLDOVER GROUND TABS - A handheld communication device includes a screen to receive input from and provide graphical output to a user, a processor to execute machine readable instructions and control operation of the device, a computer readable medium to store the machine readable instructions, an energy storage device to power the screen, processor, and computer readable medium, and a substantially planar electrically conductive member positioned between the screen, processor, and computer readable medium on one hand and the energy storage device on the other. The conductive member engages a first side of the energy storage device and comprises a flexible tab extending from the first side of the energy storage device, around a side of the energy storage device, and to a second terminal on an opposing second side of the energy storage device. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082956 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes: a communication unit, a touch screen display, and a controller. The communication unit acquires information through communication service. The touch screen display displays a screen for setting an image in individual information registered in address book data. When a predetermined gesture is detected during display of the screen, the controller acquires an image to be associated with the individual information through communication service registered in the individual information. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082957 | GALLERY VIDEO PLAYER MOVEMENT ICONOGRAPHY - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082958 | MOBILE DEVICE OFF-SCREEN GESTURE AREA - Methods and devices for receiving input and presenting a user interface with two screens and an off screen gesture area. The device may have an off screen gesture area that accepts user input outside the display area. The interface inputs received in the off screen gesture are may have special handling and cause different display changes. Further, the device, having two screens, may receive user interface inputs that cross the seam between the two displays. To provide a display that acts like a single display area, the device can predict motions may cross the seam and then interrelate separate inputs on separate screens. The interrelated inputs can cause display changes as if the inputs were received as a single user interaction. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082959 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen. The controller displays information for specifying a person in a first area of the home screen, and displays a list of information for specifying communication services used by a person specified by the information displayed in the first area in a second area of the home screen. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082960 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATU, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM - An image display apparatus includes a storage portion to store application data and reduced image data thereof, in association with each other, a position detection portion to detect a position designated by the user on a display surface of a display portion, an enlargement operation detection portion to detect an enlargement operation, a first image display portion to display a first display image generated from the reduced image data as a preview image, a process target determination portion to determine process target data from the reduced image data and the application data, based on a magnification set based on the amount of operation in the enlargement operation, a second display image generation portion to generate a second display image based on the process target data, in response to the enlargement operation being detected, and a second image display portion to display the second display image as a preview image. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082961 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a decoration layer and a touch-sensing electrode layer. The decoration layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and includes a plurality of medium layers stacked with each other, and the decoration layer has at least one step portion and the step portion is defined by edges of two adjacent medium layers. The touch-sensing electrode layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and overlaps at least the step portion. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082962 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HANDLING TOUCH INPUT IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus is configured to perform a method for scrolling a display screen to correspond to a touch input in a mobile terminal. Upon detecting a touch input, the mobile terminal determines an actual coordinate value of the detected touch input, obtains a predicted coordinate value for the determined actual coordinate value, obtains a smoothed coordinate value by performing a smoothing operation on the obtained predicted coordinate value, and determines that the detected touch input has occurred at the obtained smoothed coordinate value. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082963 | WATERPROOF HOUSING FOR DIGITAL DEVICES HAVING CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND ITS ACTUATOR MECHANISM - An actuator mechanism for actuating a capacitive touch screen of a digital device held in a waterproof housing includes an actuator shaft extending through an opening formed on the housing, a press button connected to an outer end of the shaft, a probe head connected to an inner end of the shaft, and a biasing member adapted to urge the probe head away from the touch screen, whereby pushing the press button against the biasing force moves the probe head towards and in contact with the touch screen. A waterproof housing having actuator mechanisms is also disclosed. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082964 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen includes a base substrate, a bundle of rectangular wirings in a column direction including a plurality of detection column wirings that are electrically connected in common, and a bundle of rectangular wirings in a row direction including a plurality of detection row wirings that are electrically connected in common, the bundle of wirings being formed on the base substrate. Also, a plurality of block areas obtained by dividing an intersection area in which the bundle of wirings in the column direction and the bundle of wirings in the row direction intersect in a plan view are defined, and only the detection column wiring or only the detection row wiring is provided in each of the block areas. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082965 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen including a first icon and a second icon. The controller displays a sub icon associated with the second icon on the lock screen when a gesture in which the first icon and the second icon are superimposed is detected. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082966 | METHOD OF SCANNING TOUCH PANEL - A method of scanning a touch panel is provided. The present method includes following steps. First, a scan area is defined according to the coordinates of a detected touch signal. Next, the scan area is scanned during a predetermined period to detect a next touch panel. After the predetermined period, a sensing range of the touch panel is scanned to re-define the scan area. Because the scan area is smaller than the sensing range of the touch panel, the time and power consumed by the scanning operation can be both reduced by detecting the touch signals within the scan area. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082967 | METHOD AND APPARATUS CONTINUING ACTION OF USER GESTURES PERFORMED UPON A TOUCH SENSITIVE INTERACTIVE DISPLAY IN SIMULATION OF INERTIA - A method and apparatus for identifying user gestures to control an interactive display identifies gestures based on a bounding box enclosing points at which a user contacts a touch sensor corresponding with the display surface and permits use of inexpensive and highly reliable grid-based touch sensors that provide a bounding box to describe contact information. In identifying gestures, position, motion, shape, and deformation of the bounding box may be considered. Center, width, height, aspect ratio, length and orientation of the bounding box diagonal may be determined. A stretch factor, defined as the maximum of the ratio of the height of the bounding box to the width of the bounding box and the ratio of the width of the bounding box to the height of the bounding box, may also be computed. Gestures may be identified based on the changes in time of these characteristics and quantities. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082968 | COVER GLASS STRUCTURE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A cover glass structure includes a glass substrate, a touch-sensing structure and a decorative layer. The glass substrate has at least one cutting section, and the cutting section is etched to form an etched structure. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the glass substrate, and the decorative layer is disposed on the glass substrate. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082969 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING TOUCH PANEL INPUT AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING OPERATION THEREBY - Provided are a display, which displays a screen, and a touch panel, which is disposed on the display. In accordance with a series of consecutive operations by a user to the touch panel involving touch operation, drag operation, and release operation, the following are accepted: the selection of an action area from among one or more action areas displayed on the basis of a touched area on the touch panel at the time of a user's touch operation, and the execution of an action corresponding to the action area. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082970 | POSITIONAL TOUCH SENSOR WITH FORCE MEASUREMENT - A touch screen display sensor is provided that includes a transparent touch-sensing element disposed upon the surface of a transparent substrate and a force-sensing element disposed within the transparent touch-sensing element. The force-sensing element includes two sets of bands of micromesh and can include a pressure-responsive material between the bands of micromesh. The bands of micromesh include traces of a metallic conductor. The sets of bands of micromesh are spaced apart and occupy substantially parallel planes. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082971 | CONTROL PANEL, ESPECIALLY FOR AN OVEN, AND OVEN, ESPECIALLY DOMESTIC OVEN - The invention relates to an oven, especially to a domestic oven, which has a control panel comprising a user interface ( | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130082972 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING CONTENTS USING TOUCH, RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR, AND USER TERMINAL HAVING SAME - The present invention provides a method and a device for controlling contents of a user terminal having a touch screen, a recording medium therefor, and a user terminal having the same. The present invention relates to a method for controlling the contents of a user terminal having a touch screen, wherein, when a touch is detected on the touch screen while executing contents conversion, a part of the contents gets fixed on the basis of the detected location of the touch. Therefore, two or more contents can be easily compared using the fixed contents region as reference contents. | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130088434 | ACCESSORY TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE WITH AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Embodiments of the invention are directed to systems, methods and computer program products for determining positional data associated with a hand or a finger that interacts with a touch panel device. In some embodiments, a method includes determining, with respect to a touch panel device, positional data associated with a user's first hand that interacts with the touch panel device. Additionally, the method includes creating an image of the user's first hand using the positional data. Additionally, the method includes transmitting the image of the user's first hand to a display device. Additionally, the method includes presenting the image of the user's hand on the display device. Additionally, the method includes identifying a finger of the user's first hand based at least partially on the determining, with respect to a touch panel device, positional data associated with a user's first hand that interacts with the touch panel device. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088435 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR OPERATING A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A method for operating a touch screen display for a cartographic device is described. The method includes sensing a touch on the touch screen display of the cartographic device, the cartographic device operable to display a map, causing at least one toolbar to be displayed at an edge of the touch screen display in response to the sensed touch, sensing a finger movement along one of the displayed toolbars on the touch screen display, and changing a configuration of the displayed map based on the sensed finger movement. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088436 | LIGHT EMITTING UNIT, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND TOUCH PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A manufacturing method of light emitting units is shown below. First step is providing a substrate with multi circuit areas. A light emitting diode is mounted on the circuit area respectively. Next step is forming a package structure to cover the light emitting diode. Next step is dicing the package structure to form a biconic package structure. The package structure is diced twice in two directions, respectively. As above-mentioned, the light emitting unit has asymmetric light radiation pattern. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088437 | TERMINAL DEVICE - A panel screen and a backside operation side | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088438 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR HAPTIC/TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method and an electronic device for tactile feedback are provided. The method includes: controlling a display panel to display an electronic book; controlling a haptic/tactile actuator to generate haptic/tactile feedback to express a texture of paper of the electronic book; detecting a drag input on a touch panel when the electronic book is displayed, the drag input including a plurality of touch points for page flipping of the electronic book; and controlling the haptic/tactile actuator to adjust the strength of the haptic/tactile feedback to express page flipping of the electronic book. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088439 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR VIRTUAL KEYBOARD WITH HAPTIC/TACTILE FEEDBACK - A method for a virtual keyboard is provided. A touch panel is controlled to detect multiple finger touch points. In response to the finger touch points, a display panel is controlled to display the virtual keyboard, wherein shape and size of the virtual keyboard are determined according to at least coordinates and touch areas of the finger touch points. A haptic/tactile actuator is controlled to generate haptic/tactile feedback to express a border around each key of the virtual keyboard. The haptic/tactile actuator is controlled to generate haptic/tactile feedback in response to a press upon a key of the virtual keyboard. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088440 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING HAPTIC INTERFACE - The present disclosure provides a method and device for controlling a haptic interface, which can maintain stability and enhance transparency by restricting force caused by unnecessary energy generated in the sample and hold processes while controlling the haptic interface. The method includes detecting a physical parameter based on driving of the haptic interface; calculating a reaction to be sent from a virtual environment to the haptic interface according to the physical parameter; calculating a bounding parameter satisfying a condition that a haptic system is passive, using the physical parameter and the reaction; adjusting the bounding parameter to be within a preset range; calculating force to be output to the haptic interface according to the adjusted bounding parameter; and applying the calculated force to the haptic interface. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088441 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus including a first projecting screen and a projection apparatus is provided. The first projecting screen has a first curved surface. The first curved surface is capable of receiving a touch input instruction and has at least one tactile sense identify region. A sense of touch of the tactile sense identify region is different from a sense of touch of the other regions of the first curved surface. The projection apparatus is capable of projecting a projecting beam toward the first curved surface so as to form an image. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088442 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a display unit including a touch screen; a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input pattern on the display unit when the display unit is in a lock mode and displaying a lock screen; and a controller configured to detect at least a first code from the touch input pattern, said first code corresponding to at least a first portion of the touch input pattern, change the lock screen into a first screen on the display unit that is preset based on the detected first code, and release the lock mode with the first screen displayed when the sensing unit no longer senses the touch input pattern on the display unit. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088443 | TOUCH PANEL AND MOBILE DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A touch panel and a mobile device with the panel are provided. The mobile device includes a display panel for displaying a video via light, and a touch panel, installed to the display panel, for passing through the light and sensing touches. The touch panel includes an electrode plate on which a plurality of electrodes are arrayed, a plurality of connection patterns that extend from the plurality of the electrodes in the same direction in the electrode plate, and a main board for sensing touches via at least one of the plurality of the electrodes, the main board connecting to the connection patterns in the same direction. The connection patterns extend from the plurality of the electrodes in the same direction in the electrode plate, and this configuration can minimize a Block Area (BA) in the touch panel and the electrode plate, while maximizing a Transmission Area (TA). | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088444 | METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - A method of driving a touch display panel includes sequentially providing gate signals to a plurality of gate lines, outputting data signals to a plurality of data lines, the data lines being disposed on the first surface and crossing the gate lines, and reading out a first sensing signal through a plurality of sensing lines in response to the gate signals. The gate lines are disposed on a first surface of a base substrate, the touch display panel including the base substrate. The data signals are synchronized with the gate signals. The sensing line is disposed on a second surface of the base substrate, the second surface being opposite to the first surface. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088445 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCHSCREEN OF A PORTABLE TERMINAL - According to one embodiment, a method for controlling a touchscreen of a portable terminal includes detecting a start signal and deactivating an edge region of the touchscreen in response to the start signal. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088446 | GALLERY VIDEO PLAYER - Methods and devices for selectively presenting a user interface in a dual screen device. More particularly, the method includes providing a gallery for the dual screen device. The gallery can present one or more images in a user interface. The gallery user interface can adapt to changes in the device configuration. Further, the gallery can display images or videos in the various configurations. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088447 | HINGE OVERTRAVEL IN A DUAL SCREEN HANDHELD COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A handheld communication device includes first and second screen assemblies, each including a screen having an active display area and housing having a rear surface, and a side surface extending between a periphery of the screen and the rear surface of the housing and a hinge connected to the first and second screen assemblies, whereby the hinge has a range of motion of more than 180 degrees. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088448 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel is provided. The touch screen panel includes a first electrode pattern including a plurality of row patterns, each row pattern including a plurality of closed ring-shaped first electrodes disposed in a row, each of the first electrodes having an opening in a central portion thereof; and a second electrode pattern including a plurality of column patterns, each column pattern including a plurality of second electrodes disposed in a column. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088449 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a display for displaying operational information for executing image processing, an operation unit for giving an input instruction in association with a display region appearing on the display, and a controller for controlling the display in accordance with the input instruction on the operation unit. The controller is configured to determine whether an input instruction of a flick operation is given through the operation unit in association with a prescribed display region appearing on the display. If it is determined that the input instruction of the flick operation is given, the controller is configured to enlarge a range of the prescribed display region in which the input instruction is allowed, and to display the enlarged display region on the display. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088450 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, OPERATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - To provide an information processing system capable of increasing the range of variation of a processing executed based on a touch operation. An information processing system such as a portable game device ( | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088451 | TILTING TOUCH SCREEN FOR PRINTER AND PRINTER WITH TILTING TOUCH SCREEN - A tilting touch screen for a printer and a printer having such a tilting touch screen are provided. The tilting touch screen may include a touch screen housing, a touch screen located in the touch screen housing, means for pivotally connecting the touch screen housing to a printer housing, the printer housing defining an opening closable by the tilting touch screen, and a controller for controlling the printer in communication with the touch screen. The screen tilts open for direct access to the print mechanisms and paper buckets for service or paper loading, without requiring the removal of any additional covers. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088452 | DEVICE CONTROLLER WITH CONNECTABLE TOUCH USER INTERFACE - In an electronic, context-sensitive controller system for a medical technology device, at least one external input and output device, with a touchscreen user interface, is provided with an adapter module. The medical technology device is operated and/or controlled via a computer-assisted application in order to exchange data with a control module. An interface between the adapter module and the control module is designed to exchange control data for control of the medical technology device via the touchscreen user interface of the external input and output device. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088453 | DISPLAY MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes: a terminal body; and a display module mounted to the terminal body, and configured to sense a touch input, wherein the display module comprises: a display device configured to output an image; a first substrate disposed on the display device, and having first patterns which extend to a first direction with crossing the display device; a touch controller configured to process a signal transmitted from the first patterns; and a first signal transmitting unit configured to electrically connect the touch controller and the first patterns to each other, wherein the first signal transmitting unit is configured to cover one or more side surfaces of the display device. Under this configuration, a bezel portion can have a reduced width. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088454 | POINTING TO A DESIRED OBJECT DISPLAYED ON A TOUCHSCREEN - A method, system and computer program product for pointing to an object displayed on a touchscreen, the touchscreen having a display function. The coordinates of a point P, the point P being a position of a fingertip of a user on a surface of the touchscreen, is calculated. A vertical distance R between the surface of the touchscreen and the fingertip is further calculated. Furthermore, the coordinates of a point Q of a line segment OQ is calculated, the line segment OQ extending in the same direction as a line segment OP connecting an origin O on the surface of the touchscreen and the point P, the line segment OQ having a length that is proportional to the vertical distance R. In response to an object being displayed at the coordinates of the point Q, determining that the object has been pointed to. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088455 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING FUNCTION IN TOUCH DEVICE - A method for operating a function in a touch device capable of simultaneously changing an option and executing the function based on an input touch event during execution of a function using a function button provided in a certain mode which is executed in a touch device supporting touch based input and an apparatus thereof is provided. The method includes executing a second function associated with option setting according to a touch event input to a function button; and executing a first function allocated to the function button according to an option value set by the second function when the input touch event is released. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130088456 | Muti-Touch Interfaces for User Authentication, Partitioning, and External Device Control - Multi-touch interfaces allow user interaction with multiple points of contact to control external devices such as game consoles, authenticate users, partition the interface for multiple users, and so forth. The multi-touch interface may provide graphical representations that are manipulated by users through multiple points of contact to participate in games running on an external game console. Additionally, user authentication may occur through multiple points of contact with the multi-touch interface where each user has a unique contact pattern that includes points of contact, location of points of contact, rhythm of points of contact, and so forth. The graphical representations may be customized based on the authentication of a user, and the multi-touch surface may be partitioned based on the number of users present. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130093685 | System and Method for Controlling an Electronic Device Having a Touch-Sensitive Non-Display Area - A method and system are provided for controlling a first electronic device connectable to a second electronic device. The first electronic device comprises a touch-sensitive non-display area for detecting one or more touch-sensitive non-display area gestures. Each touch-sensitive non-display area gesture is associated with a respective function of the first electronic device. The method comprises partitioning a touch-sensitive input mechanism of the second electronic device into a non-display portion and a display portion; receiving a gesture using the non-display portion, the gesture corresponding to a touch-sensitive non-display area gesture; and determining an instruction to be performed by the first electronic device based on the gesture. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093686 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC SWITCHING TO A TEXT-ENTRY MODE FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - A first device such as a portable or handheld electronic computing device can be configured to act as a text-entry device and a cursor control device for a second device. The first device can include a touch-sensitive display capable of receiving text inputs and cursor inputs for controlling the display of a second device which is communicatively coupled to the first device. The first device can be configured such that selection of certain items such as a text-entry field displayed by the second device can cause the first device to switch or change from a text-entry mode to a cursor control mode. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093687 | Navigating Applications Using Side-Mounted Touchpad - In one embodiment, a user of a mobile device navigates between application user interface layers by using touch inputs to the mobile device's side-mounted touchpad. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093688 | Virtual Soft Keys in Graphic User Interface with Side Mounted Touchpad Input Device - In one embodiment, virtual soft keys of a computing devices are implemented with a side-mounted touchpad. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093689 | Soft Control User Interface with Touchpad Input Device - In one embodiment, a user of a mobile device adjusts a controllable parameter of an application hosted by the mobile device by using touch inputs to the mobile device's side-mounted touchpad. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093690 | Multi-Action Game Controller with Touch Screen Input Device - In one embodiment, a player controls a computer game by using one or more touch events associated with a touch screen interface and a touchpad interface. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093691 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a touch associated with an edge of a display of an electronic device, identifying a navigation device function associated with the touch, and performing the navigation device function. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093692 | GESTURE DETECTING METHOD CAPABLE OF FILTERING PANEL MISTOUCH - A gesture detecting method capable of filtering a panel mistouch includes following steps is provided. First, an area of a touch region for a touch event on a touch panel is detected. Next, it is determined whether the area of the touch region is greater than a minimum predetermined area value and smaller than a maximum predetermined area value. When a result of the above determination is affirmative, whether a shape of the touch area is a mistouch shape is determined. Finally, when the shape of the touch region is the mistouch shape, a set of touch coordinates is not reported. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093693 | Organizational Tools on a Multi-touch Display Device - A process for enabling objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together is disclosed that includes defining a target element that enables objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together through interaction with the target element. Operations are invoked that establish a relationship between a particular displayed object and a position on the target element and that causes transformations applied to the target element also to be applied to the particular displayed object while maintaining the relationship between the particular displayed object and the position on the target element. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093694 | Organizational Tools on a Multi-touch Display Device - A process for enabling objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together is disclosed that includes defining a target element that enables objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together through interaction with the target element. Operations are invoked that establish a relationship between a particular displayed object and a position on the target element and that causes transformations applied to the target element also to be applied to the particular displayed object while maintaining the relationship between the particular displayed object and the position on the target element. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093695 | Organizational Tools on a Multi-touch Display Device - A process for enabling objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together is disclosed that includes defining a target element that enables objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together through interaction with the target element. Operations are invoked that establish a relationship between a particular displayed object and a position on the target element and that causes transformations applied to the target element also to be applied to the particular displayed object while maintaining the relationship between the particular displayed object and the position on the target element. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093696 | TOUCH DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a touch technology, especially to a touch device and a manufacturing method thereof. The touch device comprises a sensing electrode structure, a shielding layer, a plurality of peripheral connection wires and a grounding wire. The shielding layer surrounds the periphery of the sensing electrode structure. The plurality of peripheral connection wires are located under the shielding layer and electrically connected to the sensing electrode structure. The grounding wire is electrically connected to the shielding layer. Thus, in accordance with the present disclosure, the touch device can shield external interference, and the reliability for operation of the touch circuit can be improved. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093697 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY AND ASSEMBLY PROCESS THEREOF - A touch panel display is provided. The display includes a display module and a transparent top plate disposed above the display module. The transparent top plate has a touch surface opposite to the display module. A spacer is disposed between the display module and the transparent top plate to form a first cavity therebetween. The spacer includes a first adhesive film attached to the display module, a second adhesive film attached to the transparent top plate and a hard transparent layer sandwiched between the first and second adhesive films. An assembly process and a touch sensing module thereof are also disclosed. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093698 | CONTACT DETECTING DEVICE, RECORD DISPLAY DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND CONTACT DETECTING METHOD - A contact detecting device includes a plurality of detecting elements, a generating unit, and a determining unit. The plurality of detecting elements are related to one another in a two-dimensional configuration on a predetermined contacted surface, and respectively detect a contact of an object with the contacted surface. The generating unit generates, on the basis of the result of detection by the plurality of detecting elements, feature information representing a feature of a trajectory drawn on the basis of a contact of an object with the contacted surface. The determining unit determines whether or not the feature information generated by the generating unit corresponds to previously registered specific contact feature information representing a feature of a trajectory drawn on the basis of a specific contact of an object with the contacted surface. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093699 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. The touch panel | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093700 | TOUCH-CONTROL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A touch-control communication system includes a touch panel, a controller, a plurality of conductive contacts, and a switch control unit. The touch panel has a surface for detecting a plurality of touch points. The controller is electrically connected to the touch panel for receiving data corresponding to the plurality of touch points detected on the touch panel. The conductive contacts are placed on the surface of the touch panel. The switch control unit is electrically connected to the plurality of conductive contacts. The switch control unit performs a switch operation to configure every two of the plurality of conductive contacts to be electrically connected or disconnected, such that the touch panel detects different numbers of touch points corresponding to the plurality of conductive contacts for indicating a plurality of data states, thereby sending the plurality of data states to the controller. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093701 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSING METHOD - An electronic device and a corresponding touch-sensing method are provided. The electronic device includes a display module integrated with a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor, and a sense circuitry. The first touch sensor generates a first sensing signal in response to a first driving signal. The second touch sensor generates a second sensing signal in response to a second driving signal. The sense circuitry is coupled to the first and the second touch sensors. The sense circuitry receives and analyzes the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093702 | ACTIONABLE-OBJECT CONTROLLER AND DATA-ENTRY ATTACHMENT FOR TOUCHSCREEN-BASED ELECTRONICS - A touchscreen-controller and data-entry ensemble are attached conterminously or proximately to a touchscreen device. A touchscreen-controller attachment device has one or more input ends and one or more output ends. The input and output ends may be opposite ends of unitary elements and/or may be remote from one another and connected by wire or wirelessly. Each input end of a unitary conductive element is connected to a respective output end and the plurality of output ends, residing in an attachment base, are in a position of contact with or in close proximity to the soft buttons, keys or controller(s) of a touchscreen. The output ends thus activate the touchscreen when the input ends are manipulated. A base maintains the input and/or output ends in fixed position during use. Input and output elements can be spring-mounted. New controllers offer the user haptic ability. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093703 | TACTILE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM USING GLOVE TYPE ACTUATOR DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a tactile transmission system using a glove type actuator device and a method thereof, and more particularly to a tactile transmission system using a glove type actuator device and a method thereof with which a user can cover his hand and which can directly transmit a movement according to a voltage level to a body part of the user through a piezo disk actuator attached to a position in which a stimulus is transmitted. The tactile transmission system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a touch screen for driving a predetermined program; and a glove type actuator device for vibrating a part which comes in contact with the touch screen to provide curve information about a surface of an object on the program to be displayed on the touch screen. The glove type actuator device comprises: one or more actuator modules for providing vibration stimuli; a three-axis acceleration sensor for sensing positions of the actuator modules; and a controller for mapping the position information sensed by the three-axis acceleration sensor to a corresponding position on the touch screen and generating a driving signal to vibrate the actuator modules according to the curve information about the surface of the object corresponding to the mapped position. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093704 | EXTENSION DEVICE - An extension device is applied to an electronic device with a touch interface. The extension device includes an input unit, a sensing unit and a processing unit. The sensing unit connects to the touch interface and is coupled to the input unit. The processing unit includes a detecting area disposed on the touch interface corresponding to the sensing unit. When an external force is applied to the input unit, the sensing unit is relatively enabled to output a signal, and the processing unit receives the signal and transforms the signal into an execute instruction. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093705 | Electronic Device and Method Using a Touch-Detecting Surface - An electronic device includes a processor and one or more touch-detecting surfaces for detecting a gesture sequence including a first touch gesture and a subsequent second touch gesture. A related method includes detecting a first touch gesture applied to the touch-detecting surface; and initiating a sequential touch mode if the first touch gesture has a predetermined characteristic. When in the sequential touch mode, the method detects a second touch gesture that is subsequently applied to the touch-detecting surface, wherein the second touch gesture includes a glide movement. The method determines a first parameter and a second parameter associated with the second touch gesture, identifies a corresponding device function in accordance with the determined first parameter, and controls the execution of the identified device function in accordance with the determined second parameter. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093706 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a display layer; plural first electrodes formed to be arranged above the display layer; a shield electrode formed apart from the plural first electrodes so as to surround the whole plural first electrodes along an arrangement surface; an insulating layer; and a semiconductive layer formed opposite to the first electrodes and the shield electrode so as to sandwich the insulating layer, wherein the difference between an average potential of the first electrodes and an average potential of the shield electrode is equal to or less than 0.5V. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093707 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AN UNLOCK FUNCTION OF A TOUCH DEVICE - A method and apparatus for providing an unlocking function of a touch device are provided. The method includes receiving an unlock interaction input for releasing of a locking mode of the touch device; displaying a preview of an execution screen of an application to be executed while releasing the locking mode; and completely displaying the execution screen, when the locking mode is completely released by a completion of the unlock interaction input. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093708 | PROXIMITY-AWARE MULTI-TOUCH TABLETOP - A proximity-aware multi-touch tabletop is disclosed that includes both a touch screen display and proximity sensors. The proximity sensors are disposed in one or more annular groups around the touch screen display and are positioned in upward- and outward-facing directions. The proximity sensors allow the multi-touch tabletop to sense the distance of a body, arm, hand, or fingers of a user from the multi-touch tabletop. Thus, hand, arm, and finger positions of a user can be determined relative to the body position of the user, which enables the multi-touch tabletop to differentiate between left hand/arm gestures and right hand/arm gestures. Further, because the multi-touch tabletop can correlate left arm and right arm movements to a user body, the multi-touch tabletop can differentiate gestures originating from different users. The ability of the multi-touch tabletop to distinguish between users greatly enhances user experiences, particularly in a multi-user environment. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093709 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR ADJUSTING SETTING VALUE - An electronic device that can solve a problem in which fine adjustment for a setting value requires much effort is provided. Display and input control section | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130093710 | STORING BASELINE INFORMATION IN EEPROM - Pre-stored no-touch or no-hover (no-event) sensor output values can initially be used when a sensor panel subsystem is first booted up to establish an initial baseline of sensor output values unaffected by fingers or other objects touching or hovering over the sensor panel during boot-up. This initial baseline can then be normalized so that each sensor generates the same output value for a given amount of touch or hover, providing a uniform response across the sensor panel and enabling subsequent touch or hover events to be more easily detected. After the initial normalization process is complete, the pre-stored baseline can be discarded in favor of a newly captured no-event baseline that may be more accurate than the pre-stored baseline due to temperature or other variations. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130100034 | Mobile Device with Concave Shaped Back Side - In one embodiment, a mobile device comprises a display disposed on the mobile device's front side and a touch surface disposed on the mobile device's concavely-shaped back side. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100035 | Graphical User Interface Interaction Using Secondary Touch Input Device - In one embodiment, a user of a mobile device comprising a front-side display and a back-side touch surface selects a control key mode for an application user interface displayed in the front-side display by using touch input on the back-side touch surface. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100036 | Composite Touch Gesture Control with Touch Screen Input Device and Secondary Touch Input Device - In one embodiment, a mobile device comprising a front-side touch display and a back-side touch surface determines a touch gestured by a user of the mobile device based on touch inputs to the front-side touch display and touch inputs to the back-side touch surface. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100037 | ADAPTIVE TOUCHSCREEN SYSTEM - A touchscreen system for adapting a user interface broadly comprises a controller and a display screen, the display screen comprising a touchscreen. The display screen is operable to present the user interface. The controller may be configured to detect a defect in an area of the touchscreen, determine a location on the display screen related to the defect, and adapting the user interface on the display screen to compensate for the defect. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100038 | Single-Layer Touch Sensor - In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes multiple first electrode lines along a first direction. Each of the first electrode lines includes multiple first electrodes. The touch sensor also includes multiple second electrode lines along a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the second electrode lines includes one second electrode. The second electrode of each of the second electrode lines is interdigitated with one of the first electrodes of each of the first electrode lines. The first and second electrodes are disposed on one side of a substrate. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100039 | OPAQUE THIN FILM PASSIVATION - A touch sensitive device that includes a touch sensor having an opaque passivation layer is disclosed. The opaque passivation layer can be made from an organic or inorganic material, such as acrylic. The opaque passivation layer can be positioned in the touch sensitive device between the cover material of the device and conductive traces located on the touch sensor to hide the conductive traces from the user's view and protect the conductive traces from corrosion. Processes for making the touch sensitive devices that include a touch sensor having an opaque passivation layer are also disclosed. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100040 | MULTIFORM MULTISCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A multiform multiscreen electronic device includes a first electronic device, a second electronic device, and a third electronic device. The first electronic device has a first electronic device screen integrated with a frontside of a first electronic device body. The second electronic device has a second electronic device screen integrated with a frontside of a second electronic device body, and the second electronic device body is coupled to the first electronic device body by a first hinge. The third electronic device body has a third electronic device screen integrated with a frontside of a third electronic device body, and the third electronic device body is coupled to the second electronic device body by a second hinge. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100041 | SYSTEM FOR A SINGLE-LAYER SENSOR HAVING REDUCED NUMBER OF INTERCONNECT PADS FOR THE INTERCONNECT PERIPHERY OF THE SENSOR PANEL - The structure disclosed reduces the number of bonding pads and interconnect traces in the opaque portion of a single-layer touch panel. By sharing and multiplexing the bonding pads in the opaque portion of panel, half as many pads are needed to provide the interconnection bases for the traces in the opaque portion of the panel that extend to the control electronics subsystem. Further, by connecting the ground plane structures that are adjacent to each TCO column electrode, all ground planes are made part of a common ground-plane electrode. That single common ground-plane electrode can be connected to the appropriate trace and control electronic subsystem using a single pad, rather than several individual ground-plane pads. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100042 | Touch screen implemented control panel - A control panel and method for using the same for controlling a device attached thereto is disclosed. The control panel includes a touch screen and a widget implemented on the touch screen. The widget controls a parameter in a device that is controlled by the control panel. The widget responds to first and second gestures. The first gesture sets a value for the parameter, and the second gesture alters a function that determines a relationship between the first gesture and the value. The touch screen may include an overlay that restricts the position of the widget and/or provides tactile feedback to a user while the user executes the first gesture. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100043 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING VALID TOUCH SCREEN INPUTS - A method of operating an aircraft, which has a cockpit with a flight deck having at least one touch screen display includes sensing an object touching on the at least one touch screen display to define an input touch and determining whether the input touch on the at least one touch screen display is invalid. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100044 | Method for Detecting Wake Conditions of a Portable Electronic Device - There is described a portable electronic device capable of detecting wake conditions comprising a motion sensor, a touch sensor and a processor. The motion sensor is configured to detect tap data associated with user input within a predetermined time period. The touch sensor is configured to detect touch data associated with the user input within the predetermined time period. The touch sensor is activated in response to detecting the tap data at the motion sensor. The processor is configured to determine whether the touch data corresponds to at least one touch criterion, and activate a function of the portable electronic device in response to determining that the touch data corresponds to the at least one touch criterion. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100045 | PRESSURE-BASED INTERACTION FOR INDIRECT TOUCH INPUT DEVICES - In an indirect interaction input device, z-information can be considered in defining a user interaction model for the device. Any measurement of displacement in a z-direction can be used, if such information is available from the input device. The pressure data can be used to define states of interaction, with transitions between these states determined by various thresholds. The device can provide raw or normalized data, and can provide state information or data defining its thresholds that specify state transitions. This information can be provided as an attribute of a contact point provided by the device. Data can be normalized across various similar devices. Applications can use the raw pressure data from the device for their own purposes, or rely on the device itself or host operating system software to interpret the pressure data according to thresholds and states. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100046 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK MODULE - The present invention is directed to a haptic feedback module, which includes a vibration plate, and at least one first actuator that is disposed along a lateral surface of the circumference of the vibration plate. The vibration plate contacts with a top plate member. When the first actuator presses the vibration plate, the vibration energy of the vibration plate is transferred to the top plate member to result in haptic feedback. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100047 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a touch panel, a display panel, an anti-splinted film and a transparent conductive layer. The anti-splinted film is disposed between the touch panel and the display panel. The transparent conductive layer is disposed between the display panel and the anti-splinted film. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100048 | Optical Element for Correcting Color Blindness - Described herein are devices, compositions, and methods for improving color discernment. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100049 | INPUT CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY TARGET UPON RECEIVING INPUT ON DISPLAY SCREEN OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A game device includes: a display control unit that displays a plurality of display targets on a display screen of a display device; an input acquiring unit that acquires a position of input from a front touch panel or a rear touch panel, which can detect input on the display screen; and a movement control unit that defines as a target to be moved a display target displayed by the display control unit on the display screen at a position corresponding to the position of a first input entry acquired by the input acquiring unit, and operative to scroll a display target other than the target to be moved in accordance with a second input entry acquired by the input acquiring unit while keeping the display position of the target to be moved at the position of the first input entry. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100050 | INPUT CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY TARGET UPON RECEIVING INPUT ON DISPLAY SCREEN OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A game device includes: a display control unit that displays a plurality of display targets on a display screen of a display device; an input acquiring unit that acquires a position of input from a front touch panel or a rear touch panel, which can detect input on the display screen; and a deformation control unit that defines as a reference position a position on the display screen corresponding to the position of a first input entry acquired by the input acquiring unit, and that deforms, in accordance with a second input entry acquired by the input acquiring unit, a display target displayed on the display screen, while keeping the reference position as the center of the deformation. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100051 | INPUT CONTROL DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY TARGET UPON RECEIVING INPUT ON DISPLAY SCREEN OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A game device includes: a display control unit that displays a plurality of display targets that are classified into a plurality of layers of a hierarchy; an input acquiring unit that acquires input on a front touch panel or a rear touch panel; and a switch control unit that switches display targets in a first layer in case that the input acquiring unit acknowledges a first operational input entry, which includes an input entry on the front or rear touch panel and movement of the position of the input entry thereafter, and that switches display targets in a second layer on a level upper than the first layer in case that the input acquiring unit acknowledges a second operational input entry, which includes a concurrent input entries on the front and rear touch panel and movement of the positions of the input entries thereafter. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100052 | Touch-Sensitive User Interface - A touch-sensitive user interface includes a sensor element providing a plurality of sensing areas, a measurement circuit coupled to the sensor element and operable to iteratively acquire measurement signal values indicative of the proximity of an object to the respective sensing areas, and a processor operable to receive the measurement signal values from the measurement circuit and to classify a sensing area as an activated sensing area for a current iteration according to predefined selection criteria, wherein the predefined selection criteria are such that activation of at least a first sensing area in a current iteration is suppressed if at least a second sensing area has previously been classified as an activated sensing area within a predefined period before the current iteration. Thus a sensing area may be prevented from being activated for a predefined period of time after another sensing area has been activated. | 04-25-2013 |
| 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 |
| 20130100054 | Dual-Substrate-Sensor Stack With Electrodes Opposing a Display - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a display and a first and second substrate. Each substrate has a surface facing toward the display; a surface facing away from the display; and drive or sense electrodes of a touch sensor disposed on the surface of each substrate facing away from the display. The drive or sense electrodes are made of a conductive mesh of conductive material. The apparatus also includes an adhesive layer between the first and second substrates. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100055 | COVER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100056 | METHOD OF DETECTING AND TRACKING MULTIPLE OBJECTS ON A TOUCHPAD USING A DATA COLLECTION ALGORITHM THAT ONLY DETECTS AN OUTER EDGE OF THE OBJECTS AND THEN ASSUMES THAT THE OUTER EDGES DEFINE A SINGLE LARGE OBJECT - A system and method for detecting and tracking multiple objects on a touchpad or touchscreen, wherein the method provides a new data collection algorithm, wherein the method reduces a calculation burden on a processor performing detection and tracking algorithms, wherein multiple objects are treated as elements of a single object and not as separate objects, wherein the location of the objects are treated as end-points of a single object when two objects are detected, and treated as a perimeter or boundary when more than two objects are detected. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100057 | PROXIMITY-AWARE MULTI-TOUCH TABLETOP - A proximity-aware multi-touch tabletop is disclosed that includes both a touch screen display and proximity sensors. The proximity sensors are disposed in one or more annular groups around the touch screen display and are positioned in upward-and outward-facing directions. The proximity sensors allow the multi-touch tabletop to sense the distance of a body, arm, hand, or fingers of a user from the multi-touch tabletop. Thus, hand, arm, and finger positions of a user can be determined relative to the body position of the user, which enables the multi-touch tabletop to differentiate between left hand/arm gestures and right hand/arm gestures. Further, because the multi-touch tabletop can correlate left arm and right arm movements to a user body, the multi-touch tabletop can differentiate gestures originating from different users. The ability of the multi-touch tabletop to distinguish between users greatly enhances user experiences, particularly in a multi-user environment. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100058 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel includes a transparent substrate, a touch sensing device layer, an isolating layer, and a display device layer. The touch sensing device layer is located on the transparent substrate. The isolating layer has hydrophobic characteristics and covers the touch sensing device layer. The display device layer is located on the isolating layer, and the isolating layer is located between the touch sensing device layer and the display device layer. By this way, a touch sensing function and a display function can be integrated on a transparent substrate, so as to provide a thin touch display panel. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100059 | CONTENT DISPLAY ENGINE FOR TOUCH-ENABLED DEVICES - A touch-optimized user-interface is presented that uses a multi-touch surface and a display screen that simultaneously displays a non-overlapping array of web-tiles, each of which represents a different website. Screen-touch events are captured, recognized and interpreted as functions that are applied to one or more of the web-tiles. A virtual framework contains virtual web-tiles that are webpages filtered and rendered to an array of pixel positions and values. The virtual framework specifies the relative size and position of the web-tiles with respect to each other, and their absolute position and size with respect to currently displayed web-tiles. The web-tiles are displayed as arrays, each capable of being interacted with independently via the multi-touch screen. The user-interface has multiple interpretation modes, each of which interprets the same screen-touch events differently. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100060 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEMORY, AND PROCESS EXECUTION METHOD - A storage part stores therein correspondence table in which a displayed information use process and an execution instruction operation for instructing execution of the displayed information use process are registered in association with each other. When a screen operation identification part identifies that, subsequent to a selection operation for selecting information displayed on a display screen, the execution instruction operation has been performed on the display screen, the process execution part executes the displayed information use process associated with the execution instruction operation in the correspondence table, with use of the information selected by the selection operation. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100061 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal is a smartphone as one example, and provided with a touch panel and a setting key. A processor of the mobile terminal sets, based on an operation of the setting key by a user, a low sensitivity region that is lowered sensitivity than a central portion in a peripheral edge portion of the touch panel. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100062 | DATA INPUT DEVICE - A data input device and method are provided. The data input device provides an input module, which may be applied to electronic devices or portable terminals, consisting of a number of separation pairs, and the input module includes a number of A separated indication positions and a number of B separated indication positions which are disposed as each A-B type based on a predetermined separation reference line, in two sides, that is, an A separated segment and a B separated segment which are ambilaterally divided based on the separation reference line, so that a data input may be individually or continuously performed by means of an input selection to the one or more separated indication positions. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130100063 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A mobile terminal | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130106707 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GESTURE DETERMINATION | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106708 | MULTI-TOUCH MEASURE COMPARISON | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106709 | Touch Sensor With User Identification | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106710 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ADJUSTING TOUCHSCREEN SENSITIVITY | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106711 | HIERARCHICAL SENSING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106712 | METHOD OF REDUCING GLARE FROM INNER LAYERS OF A DISPLAY AND TOUCH SENSOR STACK | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106713 | Active Stylus with Filter Having a Threshold | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106714 | Power Management System for Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106715 | Active Stylus with Filter | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106716 | Selective Scan of Touch-Sensitive Area for Passive or Active Touch or Proximity Input | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106717 | Multi-Electrode Active Stylus Tip | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106718 | Dynamic Reconfiguration of Electrodes in an Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106719 | Data Transfer from Active Stylus to Configure a Device or Application | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106720 | Active Stylus with High Voltage | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106721 | Active Stylus With Surface-Modification Materials | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106722 | Pulse- Or Frame-Based Communication Using Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106723 | Inductive Charging for Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106724 | Executing Gestures With Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106725 | Data Transfer from Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106726 | TOUCHSCREEN AND TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106727 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106728 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, COORDINATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COORDINATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COORDINATE PROCESSING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106729 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, COORDINATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COORDINATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COORDINATE PROCESSING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106730 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106731 | Executing Gestures with Active Stylus | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106732 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE TOUCH OBJECTS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106733 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106734 | Audio/Visual Device User Interface with Tactile Feedback | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106735 | Touch Sensing System and Driving Method Thereof | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106736 | LAMINATING STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE LAMINATING STRUCTURE AND LAMINATING METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106737 | COMPUTING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106738 | REMOTE CONTROLLER AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106739 | TOUCH DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106740 | Touch-Sensitive System with Motion Filtering | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106741 | Active Stylus with Tactile Input and Output | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106742 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106743 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106744 | SCROLL CONTROL DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND SCROLL CONTROL METHOD | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106745 | TOUCH PAD OPERABLE WITH MULTI-OBJECTS AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106746 | SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106747 | TOUCH SENSOR FOR DISPLAY DEVICE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106748 | HANDWRITING INPUT DEVICE AND HANDWRITING INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106749 | USER INTERFACE PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY UNIT FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106750 | Connecting Touch Screen Phones in a Vehicle | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106752 | DOUBLE-LAYERED CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DOUBLE-LAYERED CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106753 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DATA THEREOF | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106754 | DETERMINING WHEN A TOUCH IS PROCESSED AS A MOUSE EVENT | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106755 | INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106756 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130106757 | FIRST RESPONSE AND SECOND RESPONSE | 05-02-2013 |
| 20130113711 | TOUCH PANEL FOR ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch panel and an electronic device are provided. The touch panel includes a sensing electrode array, a touch controller, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit. The sensing electrode array is arranged in two dimensional array of n rows and m columns for generating a sensing signal in response to a touch on the touch panel. The touch controller is operationally connected to the sensing electrode array for receiving the sensing signal and identifying the touch on the touch screen. The ESD protection circuit includes ESD protection units each being electrically connected to a corresponding row or column of the sensing electrode array and the touch controller for electrostatic discharge protection. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113712 | User Interface Panel Connection - An apparatus including a user interface panel having a plurality of substrate layers and a plurality of electrically conductive lines on the substrate layers. The substrate layers form perimeter side edges of the user interface panel. The electrically conductive lines each have an end forming an electrical contact pad at the perimeter side edges. The electrical contact pads are arranged in rows at more than one of the perimeter side edges. Each electrical contact pad is configured to directly connect to a separate contact of a user interface panel receiving socket. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113713 | IMOD ART WORK FOR DISPLAYS - Static IMOD structures may be formed in a border area of a substrate. In some implementations, conductive layers such as an absorber or a reflector of a static IMOD may be used to make electrical connections from the electrodes of a touch sensor to the flex cable or controller of the touch sensor. In some implementations, static IMODs may be configured to provide a border with a single, uniform color, whereas in other implementations static IMODs may be configured to provide artwork for the substrate. A variety of images and/or patterns of colors may be formed using the static IMODs. Some such static IMODs may be configured as numerous individual pixels or subpixels, such as red, blue and green subpixels. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113714 | Electronic Device Having Single Hand Multi-Touch Surface Keyboard and Method of Inputting to Same - A multi-touch surface such as of a touch screen on a platform of an electronic device has a distribution of touch sensitive keys each corresponding to a letter, number, symbol or function. The keys are grouped into pads, each pad being operable by a different fingertip of the same hand. The locations of the pads may conform to a user's hand shape, size and position in relation to the screen, and is such that a single hand can comfortably be used for typing. A modified version of the key pattern can be used for smaller touch screens. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113715 | Systems and Methods for Multi-Pressure Interaction on Touch-Sensitive Surfaces - Systems and methods for multi-pressure interaction on touch-sensitive surfaces are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment of a method comprises receiving a first sensor signal from a touch-sensitive input device in response to a first contact of a first object on the touch-sensitive input device, the first sensor signal comprising a first location and a first pressure of the first contact, receiving a second sensor signal from the touch-sensitive input device in response to a second contact of a second object on the touch-sensitive input device substantially simultaneously with the first contact, the second sensor signal comprising a second location of the second contact and a second pressure of the second contact, generating a signal based at least in part on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal, the signal configured to cause a haptic effect, and outputting the signal. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113716 | INTERACTION MODELS FOR INDIRECT INTERACTION DEVICES - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for utilizing input data received from an indirect interaction device (e.g., mouse, touchpad, etc.) as if the data was received from a direct interaction device (e.g., touchscreen). Interaction models are described for handling input data received from an indirect interaction device. For example, the interaction models may provide for the presentation of two or more targets (e.g., cursors) on a display when two or more contacts (e.g., fingers) are detected by indirect interaction device. Moreover, based upon a number of contacts detected and/or a pressured applied by respective contacts, the presented target(s) may be respectively transitioned between a hover visualization and an engage visualization. Targets in an engage visualization may manipulate a size of an object presented in a user interface, pan the object, drag the object, rotate the object, and/or otherwise engage the object, for example. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113717 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - An example method includes displaying information in a first area of a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device and displaying an enlargement of at least part of the information in a second area outside the first area to replace information displayed in the second area. The method may also include detecting a touch associated with the second area and moving at least one of a first indicator in the first area and a second indicator in the second area in accordance with a touch. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113718 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - An example method includes displaying a first control and a second control, wherein a touch associated with the controls results in moving an indicator through information in a first direction and in a second direction, in response to the detecting a first touch associated with the first control, moving the indicator in the first direction, and in response to detecting a second touch associated with the second control, moving the indicator in the first direction. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113719 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - An example method includes detecting a hold touch and a release touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, wherein the hold touch and the release touch overlap at least partially in time, detecting release of the release touch, and in response to detecting the release of the release touch, displaying an editing control while the hold touch is detected. The editing control may include a virtual trackpad. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113720 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - An example method includes associating a first area of a non-display area of a touch-sensitive display with a first control, wherein a touch associated with the first control results in moving an indicator through the information in a first direction and in a second direction. The method may also include associating a second area of the non-display area with a second control, wherein a touch associated with the second control results in moving the indicator through the information in the first direction and in the second direction. The method may also include detecting a first touch associated with the first control, in response to detecting the first touch, moving the indicator in the first direction, detecting a second touch associated with the second control, and in response to detecting the second touch, moving the indicator in the first direction. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113721 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a touch sensing method and a touch sensing apparatus that can minimize the influence of noise due to a driving signal of a display apparatus. The touch sensing method includes generating an analog signal by sensing variations in capacitance generated from a plurality of electrodes; measuring a first time required for a level of the analog signal to reach a first reference value; determining whether the first time is included in a noise generation period of a driving signal of a display apparatus; and measuring a second time required for a level of the analog signal to reach a second reference value when the first time is included in the noise generation period. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113722 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and an operating method thereof. The touch sensing apparatus includes: a panel unit including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes, the first and second electrodes intersecting each other; a circuit unit applying first driving signals to the first electrodes and detecting sensed signals from the second electrodes; and a control unit controlling an operation of the circuit unit, wherein the control unit controls the circuit unit to simultaneously apply the first driving signals to the first electrodes during a first duration corresponding to a sleep mode and detect first sensed signals from the second electrodes, and determines whether a valid touch has occurred during the first duration to determine whether to cancel the sleep mode. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113723 | METHOD FOR UNLOCKING A MOBILE DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE AND APPLICATION PROGRAM FOR USING THE SAME - A method for unlocking a mobile device is disclosed. When the mobile device is in the lock mode, the touch panel screen on the mobile device detects a multi-touch action simultaneously performed by users. The users perform the multi-touch action on a plurality of the touch points displayed on the touch panel screen. If the multi-touch action satisfies a predetermined unlock condition of the mobile device, the mobile device switches from a lock mode to an unlock mode. The simultaneous multi-touch action is provided to users for unlocking the mobile device. Thus, the simultaneity of the action is utilized to shortening the operating time of the unlock process. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113724 | METHOD FOR SETTING AND METHOD FOR DETECTING VIRTUAL KEY OF TOUCH PANEL - A method for setting and a method for detecting a virtual key of a touch panel are provided. The method for setting the virtual key of the touch panel includes the following steps. A setting interface is provided. A key function is received via the setting interface by a processor. A key area is received via the setting interface by the processor. The key function and the key area are stored in a register. The register corresponds to the virtual key. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113725 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display system, including a plurality of display apparatuses, is disclosed. The display system includes: a plurality of display apparatuses each of which includes a display unit, a user input unit, and a controller which sets a display ID according to a user's selection and controls the display unit to generate a display identification signal corresponding to the set display ID; a pointing device which, if a display unit is touched, determines a display ID of the touched display unit, calculates coordinate information of a touched position of the touched display unit based on the display identification signal of the touched display unit, and transmits, to a server, the display ID and the coordinate information of the touched position; and an image processing apparatus which displays, on a display unit corresponding to the determined display ID, an image corresponding to the calculated coordinate information of the touched position. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113726 | OPERATOR CONTROL APPARATUS IN A MOTOR VEHICLE - An apparatus for controlling at least one function of a motor vehicle has a touch-sensitive input panel. The touch-sensitive input panel includes a transparent material. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113727 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to an input and output device, and more particularly to a touch display device. The touch display device comprises a display panel, a touch controller, and a power supplier. The display panel performs an image display operation in a display state. The touch controller performs a touch controlling operation in a working state. The power supplier is coupled to the touch controller and provides an operation voltage to the touch controller. When the display panel is in a non-display state, the power supplier is enabled not to provide the operation voltage to the touch controller such that the touch controller comes in a non-working state. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113728 | SINGLE-POINT-MULTI-FINGER GESTURES FOR TOUCH PANEL - A controlling device applied to a touch panel. The controlling device includes a sampling module, a determining module and a reporting module. The sampling module samples electrical signals of the touch panel, and generates at least one trigger signal corresponding to the at least one touch event when at least one touch event occurs on the touch panel. The determining module determines whether the at least one touch event is a single-point-multi-finger gesture according to a position of the at least one trigger signal and sampled physical quantity. The reporting module reports the at least one touch event when the determining module determines that the at least one touch event corresponding to the at least one trigger signal is the single-point-multi-finger gesture. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113729 | METHOD FOR SCREEN CONTROL ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method for screen control on a touch screen is disclosed. The method is used for controlling an on-screen object on a touch screen. The method includes: determining whether an object touches a location at least two times or whether the object stays at a location for a predefined period; in response to an affirmative determination, setting the location as a starting point; detecting an ending point; computing a traveling distance and a traveling direction according to the starting point and the ending point; determining a action speed and a action direction of the on-screen object, wherein the action speed is proportional to the traveling distance and the action direction is parallel to the traveling direction; and moving the on-screen object according to the action speed and the action direction. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113731 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOCKING AUTOMATIC SCREEN ROTATION IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus performs a method for locking automatic screen rotation in a portable terminal with a touch screen. The method for locking the screen rotation includes sensing a touch in a screen and, when a rotation of the portable terminal is sensed in a state where the touch is held, locking screen rotation. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113732 | TOUCH SCREEN AND MOBILE DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A capacitive touch screen panel and a mobile device with the panel are provided. The touch screen panel includes a glass cover for transmitting light and protecting the touch screen panel, a sensor sheet that forms an electrode pattern including first and second electrodes on the upper surface which is attached on the lower surface of the glass cover, and a noise shield sheet, coated on the lower surface of the sensor sheet, for allowing the transmission of light and blocking noise flowing to the electrode pattern. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113733 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MOBILE DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A display panel and a mobile device with the display panel are provided. The display panel includes a display module and a back light unit. The display module includes a glass substrate for displaying videos by controlling a transmittance and a color of light, an upper polarizer that is placed on an upper side of the glass substrate, and a lower polarizer that is placed on a lower side of the glass substrate and exposes an edge of the glass substrate. The back light unit includes: a light source, a light waveguide that is placed on a lower side of the lower polarizer and that transfers light from the light source to the lower polarizer, and a Flexible Printed Circuit Board (FPCB), which is placed at the edge of the glass substrate exposed by the lower polarizer, that supplies electric power to the light source, and that reflects light from the light source to the light waveguide. The display panel is cost-effective and has high optical efficiency. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113735 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR, POTENTIAL CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is a display device with a touch sensor, including: a plurality of display pixel electrodes; a common electrode configured to be provided opposed to the display pixel electrodes; a display function layer configured to have an image display function; a display control circuit configured to apply a display voltage between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal and carry out image display control so that the display function of the display function layer be exerted; and a touch detection electrode configured to be provided opposed to the common electrode and form capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113736 | TOUCH ENTRY OF PASSWORD ON A MOBILE DEVICE - An electronic mobile device that includes a controller including at least one processor, for controlling operation of the mobile device, a display coupled to the controller, and a navigational input mechanism coupled to the controller and responsive to user manipulation thereof. The controller, in one input mode, moves a selection marker on a user interface screen on the display in response to user manipulation of the navigational input mechanism, and in a second input mode, authenticates a user of the device in dependence on a sequence of input events resulting from user manipulation of the navigational input mechanism matching a predetermined passcode sequence. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113737 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing device, including: a position determination unit configured to, on the basis of a touch position of an input object on a display unit that displays first information, determine a touch on a display object that displays second information associated with the first information; an operation input determination unit configured to determine if a predetermined operation is input to the display object; and a display processing unit configured to, on the basis of determination results obtained by the position determination unit and the operation input determination unit, move a display position of the first information so that the second information is displayed at a position in which the moved first information has been displayed. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113738 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CONTENT ON REMOTE SCREEN - There is provided a mobile terminal with a camera, such as a smart phone, capable of controlling the functions of a remote screen and content displayed on the remote screen. The mobile terminal defines a remote screen area in an image obtained by capturing the remote screen, receives remote screen resource information, and performs screen mapping between the remote screen area and the remote screen using the remote screen resource information. If it receives a user input signal related to the remote screen area, the mobile terminal generates event information for controlling an object based on the results of the screen mapping, and transmits the event information to a remote apparatus with the remote screen. The remote apparatus processes the event information and controls the object. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113739 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING TASKS - A method, an apparatus, and a recording medium are provided. In the method, a mobile apparatus is positioned to obtain a positioning location and an electronic map around the positioning location is displayed. Then, at least one task stored in the mobile apparatus is accessed and each of the at least one task is marked on the electronic map according to a task location thereof. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113740 | TOUCHSCREEN - A touchscreen includes a plurality of X electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in parallel in a second direction, a plurality of Y electrodes extending in the second direction so as to intersect the X electrodes and arranged in parallel in the first direction, and pedestal layers formed at respective intersections between the plurality of X electrodes and the plurality of Y electrodes, wherein an intersection portion of each Y electrode is formed under the pedestal layer, wherein a part of an intersection portion of each X electrode is formed on the pedestal layer and both ends thereof are electrically connected to adjacent electrode portions of the X electrodes, and wherein a profile of a portion of the pedestal layer intersecting the intersection portion of the X electrode has a nonlinear shape when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the substrate. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113741 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING KEYWORDS - A keyword search system and method are adapted to mobile devices for determining whether an event occurs that adds a keyword input field during the display of a first keyword input field; displaying, if the event occurs, a second keyword input field; and displaying first and second search results related to first and second keywords input to the first and second keyword input fields, respectively. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113742 | VISUAL PRESENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus performs a visual presentation method for an application in a mobile terminal. In the method, when switching of a first view mode is requested, a menu including at least one switchable view mode as an item is provided. A view mode is selected via the menu. A mode is switched to the selected view mode and an application is presented in the selected view mode. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113743 | MULTI-CHANNEL CONTACT SENSING APPARATUS - A multi-channel contact sensing apparatus includes a ground contact part, a loop unit including a transmitting sub-loop unit and a receiving sub-loop unit, a controller that controls by applying a transmission signal to the transmitting sub-loop unit, and receiving a reception signal from the receiving sub-loop unit, and a switch unit that prevents each of at least one loop of the transmitting sub-loop unit and at least one loop of the receiving sub-loop unit from being connected to the ground contact part during a first period. The multi-channel contact sensing apparatus simultaneously measures a finger touch input and a pen input. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113744 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED TOUCH AREA - A method for adjusting at least a area of a touch screen wherein the touch panel comprises a first touch area and a second touch area, the first touch area is responsive to a stationary touch and corresponds to a first function, and the second touch area is responsive to a sliding touch and corresponds to a second function, includes: defining an overlapped touch area comprising at least part of the first touch area and at least part of the second touch area; receiving a touch input on the touch panel; when the touch input is started from the overlapped touch area, calculating a moving distance of the touch input and a touch time of the touch input; and when the touch time is within a threshold time, and the moving distance exceeds a threshold distance, setting the overlapped touch area to correspond to the second function. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113745 | Aligned display navigation - Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold. The position of the visible portion of the page of information on the display is constrained if the motion does not exceed the threshold. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113746 | ANIMATED DISPLAY NAVIGATION - Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold. The position of the visible portion of the page of information on the display is constrained if the motion does not exceed the threshold. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113747 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113748 | Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - Provided are an electronic device wherein an application can be started up easily using text and so forth displayed in a display unit, and a method of controlling same. A start-up unit uses inputted text to start up an application which executes various functions. If text being displayed on the display unit has been selected as a result of a detection unit detecting that contact has been made to a region in which any of the text characters of the same text is displayed, an application control unit causes the display unit to display an application start-up display to which an application is associated. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113749 | DISPLAY DEVICE - When a display unit ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130113750 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A storing unit ( | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130120278 | Biometric Adjustments for Touchscreens - In some embodiments, a touchscreen may display a graphical user interface with one or more input options and may detect which input options are selected by a user by detecting a user's contact on the touchscreen. The system may determine a new graphical user interface configuration to increase the size and/or spacing of the input options. In some embodiments, one or more of the input options may be removed to increase the space available to increase the size of the other input options. In some embodiments, the system may maintain a history of input option use to determine which input options to remove. In some embodiments, the new graphical user interface configuration may include smaller (and/or additional) input options (e.g., if the contact areas are detected as consistently within the displayed input options). | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120279 | System and Method for Developing and Classifying Touch Gestures - Various embodiments of a system and methods for touch gesture recognition are described. A software developer may create a set of custom touch gestures by training a gesture development tool. A new touch gesture may be input to the tool by repeatedly executing the gesture on a touch-enabled device or by depicting parameters of the gesture in a graphical language. A developer may provide a software command associated with the gesture. A unique, software-recognizable gesture descriptor may be created to represent each gesture. The gesture descriptor, a unique identifier of the gesture descriptor and the command associated with the gesture may all be stored as an entry in a configuration file. The file may be embedded in a software application and may be used by a gesture classification module to translate user touch gestures applied to the software application into commands to be executed by the software application. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120280 | System and Method for Evaluating Interoperability of Gesture Recognizers - Various embodiments of a system for evaluating the usability and interoperability of touch gestures are described. A gesture test system may perform a geometric analysis of a touch gesture to determine a usability level for the gesture. A touch gesture may be represented in a gesture definition language. A touch gesture recognizer may be configured to recognize a particular touch gesture. The gesture test system may independently test the ability of a touch gesture recognizer to recognize the particular touch gesture. The gesture test system may test the interoperability of multiple touch gesture recognizers, which may be used by a software application to interpret touch gestures, to determine whether the independently developed touch gesture recognizers from different sources are likely to have conflicts which may result in misinterpretation of the gestures. Real-time test data recorded in gesture tests and independent recognizer tests may be re-used in the recognizer interoperability tests. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120281 | Methods and Apparatus for Natural Media Painting Using Touch-and-Stylus Combination Gestures - Systems and methods for providing a natural media painting application may receive user inputs through tablet stylus gestures, including gestures that are proximity-based and/or context sensitive. The system may also receive user inputs through the touch of a stylus and/or a user touch on a tablet device. Various digital painting and image editing tasks may be invoked and/or controlled using such inputs in response to detecting and recognizing the stylus gestures. Various gestures defined by a combination of touch and stylus manipulation may be mapped to functions or modes of the application. A touch-and-stylus gesture may be used to invoke a change in the work mode, such as an automatic zoom mode, automatic panning mode, steady detail work mode, or snap to grid mode. A touch-and-stylus gesture may trigger adaptation of one or more parameters of the application to assist a user in performing a detected painting operation in progress. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120282 | System and Method for Evaluating Gesture Usability - Various embodiments of a system for evaluating gesture usability are described. A gesture evaluator may perform a geometric analysis of the physical characteristics of a gesture to determine a geometry rating for the touch gesture. The gesture evaluator may determine a similarity rating for the gesture by analyzing the similarity of the gesture to other gestures. The gesture evaluator may evaluate repeated user executions of the gesture to determine a repeatability rating for the gesture. Dependent on one or more of the geometry rating, the similarity rating and the repeatability rating, the gesture evaluator may calculate a usability rating for the gesture. The usability rating for the gesture may indicate the probability that a user will execute the gesture correctly. The gesture evaluator may also calculate an accessibility rating, which may indicate the probability that a user with reduced motor skills will execute the gesture correctly. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120283 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL HAVING AN INDEX MATCHING PASSIVATION LAYER - Touch sensor panels typically include a plurality of layers that can be stacked on top of each other. When the touch sensor panel is used in a bright environment, incident light can hit the interfaces between those layers of the stackup having mismatched refractive indices and can reflect off those interfaces. The light reflected from those interfaces can give rise to the appearance of fringes on the touch sensor panel, which can be visually distracting. In order to reduce the appearance of these fringes, embodiments of the disclosure are directed to the addition of an index matching passivation layer between a conductive layer of traces and an adhesive layer in the touch sensor panel stackup. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120284 | ENERGY SAVING TYPE TOUCH-CONTROLLED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention discloses an energy saving type touch-controlled liquid crystal display device. The energy saving type touch-controlled liquid crystal display device has a liquid crystal panel with a touch-sensing function and a piezoelectric film. The piezoelectric film senses the pressure applied to the liquid crystal panel and generates electric power. The electric power is then stored in a battery module for relative electric components to utilize, and thereby accomplishes an object of energy saving. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120285 | Paging Within a Scrollable List - A method and apparatus are provided for displaying data on a touch sensitive display ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120286 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD - A method for controlling a touch control device includes defining a first area and a second area on a touchpad, detecting whether a touched position on the touchpad that is touched by an operating object falls in the first area or the second area, and calculating the corresponding on-screen coordinates of the operating object with different sets of ratios depending on the touched position. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120287 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a transparent substrate; a first electrode pattern formed in a mesh pattern on one surface of the transparent substrate; a second electrode pattern formed in a mesh pattern on the other surface of the transparent; a conductive film formed in a planar shape on the other surface of the transparent substrate; and a display provided in a direction of the other surface of the transparent substrate. The conductive film with the second electrode pattern is formed in a planar shape, such that the noise generated from the display may be effectively blocked, thereby making it possible to prevent electromagnetic interference (EMI) from being generated. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120288 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL INCLUDING ELECTRODE-INTEGRATED WINDOW, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch-sensing panel including an electrode-integrated window, and a manufacturing method thereof. The disclosed touch-sensing panel includes a transparent window and a wiring unit. A sensing electrode is formed in a certain pattern on one surface of the transparent window, and the transparent window allows touching on the opposite surface to the plane where the sensing electrode is formed. The wiring unit is connected to the sensing electrode, and the sensing electrode is integrated with the transparent window. According to the invention, it is used the transparent window in which the sensing electrode is integrated with the one surface so that the manufacturing processes may be simplified and the yield may be increased. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120289 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An information processing apparatus having a display unit equipped with a touch panel is provided. A movement detection unit detects the amount of movement of a body contacting the touch panel, and a number detection unit detects the number of bodies. An identification identifies an object being displayed on the display unit, the object having been designated by a body contacting the touch panel. A control unit decides a manipulated variable of the object and controls display of the object in accordance with the amount of movement of the body contacting the touch panel and the number of bodies. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120290 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The user is allowed to simulatively experience a tactile sensation that would be felt when actually touching on the object being displayed on a screen. An electronic device | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120291 | MOBILE TOUCH-GENERATING DEVICE AS SECURE LOUPE FOR TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES - A mobile touch-generating device includes logic; a touch-generating system, including one or more touch-generating elements, operatively coupled to the logic and configured to generate touch events detectable by a touchscreen, via the elements; a network connectivity device operatively coupled to the logic to establish a secure connection with a server via a telecommunication network and receive data through an established secure connection; and a visualization device connectable to the logic to display contents according to data received through the established secure connection. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120292 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGNATING ENTIRE AREA USING PARTIAL AREA TOUCH IN A PORTABLE EQUIPMENT - A portable device is configured to perform a touch input method. The method includes determining whether an input for selecting a specific divided area is detected in a divided touch area on a screen divided into a plurality of areas. The method also includes, if the input for selecting the specific divided area is detected, moving the selected specific divided area to the divided touch area. The method further includes, if a specific input occurs in the selected specific divided area moved to the divided touch area, performing a function of an item indicated by the specific input. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120293 | TOUCHSCREEN-ENABLED TERMINAL AND APPLICATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touchscreen-enabled terminal and application control method thereof is provided for facilitating control of the currently running application by presenting function keys mapped to the touch regions on the screen in response of multi-touch detected on the touchscreen. The application control apparatus of the present invention includes a touchscreen including a display panel for displaying an application execution screen and a touch panel for receiving user input for controlling the application; and a control unit which controls, when a multi-touch event with at least three touch regions is detected, the touchscreen to display function keys mapped to the touch regions. The touchscreen-enabled terminal and application control method thereof according to the present invention facilitates user's manipulation of functions of an application. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120294 | APPARATUS WITH TOUCH SCREEN FOR PRELOADING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An apparatus for a touch screen is provided. The apparatus includes a touch screen having a first window in which a first application is run and a second window in which a second application is run, a storage element for storing a plurality of applications including the first and second applications, and preset information about an arrangement order in which the plurality of applications are placed, and a controller for controlling the touch screen to display the first and second applications in the first and second windows, respectively, and determining a predetermined number of applications, with respect to the first and second applications, for preloading in an active region of the storage element from among the plurality of applications based on the preset information about the arrangement. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120295 | MOBILE DEVICE FOR EXECUTING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS AND METHOD FOR SAME - A mobile device for executing multiple applications is provided. The mobile device includes a touch screen for displaying a first window where a first application is executed, a second window where a second application different from the first application is executed, and a controller for displaying an execution keys for executing the multiple applications, determining whether a simultaneous execution input for the first application and the second application is input or not, and if the simultaneous execution input is input then displaying the first application on the first window and the second application on the second window. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120296 | Medical Mounting System and Method - A bedside controller includes an integrally formed housing and self-contained mounting structure disposed on the housing. The mounting structure includes a mounting channel defined in the housing and a retaining clamp disposed above the mounting channel and configured to releasably secure a mounting platform within the mounting channel such that the bedside controller is mounted to the mounting platform. The bedside controller also includes a touch-sensitive display disposed within a surface of the housing and configured to display images and receive user input on the surface, a processor disposed within the housing, a communication module disposed within the housing, communicatively coupled to the processor, and configured to transmit and receive medical data, and a battery disposed within the integrally formed housing and electrically coupled to the touch-sensitive display, the processor, and the communication module. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120297 | Medical Measuring System and Method - A method of performing measurements on medical images with a bedside controller includes receiving, through a touch-sensitive display on the bedside controller, a user measurement input on an image displayed on the display, the user measurement input including a start point defined by a point of initial contact with the touch-sensitive display and an end point defined by a point of last contact with the touch-sensitive display. The method also includes selecting a measurement mode based on a shape of the user measurement input and calculating a measurement value associated with the user measurement input based on the measurement mode. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120298 | USER TOUCH OPERATION MODE ADAPTIVE METHOD AND DEVICE - A user touch operation mode adaptive method and device are provided, so as to solve the problem of incorrect identification of a user touch operation mode due to different user habits. The technical solution includes: receiving a touch action, and obtaining a touch range value of the touch action according to a touch press coordinate and a touch uplift coordinate of the touch action; and comparing the touch range value of the touch action with a range threshold that is set according to user operation habit for discriminating a touch click mode from a touch slide mode, in which if the touch range value is greater than the range threshold, the touch action is in the touch slide mode, and if the touch range value is not greater than the range threshold, the touch action is in the touch click mode. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120299 | DISPLAY NAVIGATION - Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold. The position of the visible portion of the page of information on the display is constrained if the motion does not exceed the threshold. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120300 | CONSTRAINED DISPLAY NAVIGATION - Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold. The position of the visible portion of the page of information on the display is constrained if the motion does not exceed the threshold. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120301 | DISPLAY NAVIGATION - Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold. The position of the visible portion of the page of information on the display is constrained if the motion does not exceed the threshold. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120302 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DATA DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a data displaying method thereof are disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor including a touch sensor to generate touch events according to touch events, a flexible sensor to generate a bend signal to detect bend events, and a pressure sensor to generate a pressure signal to detect pressure events, a storage unit to store a function table, and a controller to control the components of the device. The function table is configured to define control operations to reproduce currently output contents based on the touch events, the bend events, the pressure events, and events combined thereof. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120303 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL DESIGN - A touch sensor panel including a plurality of drive lines crossing a plurality of sense lines, forming an array. The plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines are formed by interconnecting sections of at least one conductive material having a truncated diamond shape or formed of interconnected conductive lines. At least one conductive dummy region may be disposed in an area of the touch sensor panel around the truncated diamond shape sections or interconnected conductive lines of the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines. One or more lines may be formed overlapping the interconnected sections of each of the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120304 | DISPLAY DEVICE - When an application displays image straddling display units ( | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120305 | USER INTERFACE FOR FACILITATING CHARACTER INPUT - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a user interface for facilitating touch input. According to one example, a single desired character is determined upon a touch input being received within at least one area of the user interface. The desired character is appended to an input word string. Furthermore, the input word string and a single desired character are displayed in distinct adjacent areas on the user interface. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130120306 | INPUT APPARATUS - While detecting a contact as well as a pressure load to a touch sensor, to deal with a problem of the pressure load detection, an input apparatus | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130127733 | Methods and Apparatus for Determining Local Coordinate Frames for a Human Hand - Methods and apparatus for providing a local coordinate frame are described. A user may place the tips of all five digits on a multitouch user interface with a natural gesture to provide five touch points. A local coordinate frame may be constructed from the touch points. A local coordinate frame may be computed relative to the entire hand and/or relative to each individual digit. The technique may be agnostic in regard to the orientation of the device and to which hand is used. The user may move or rotate their hand, and the local coordinate frame is adjusted to the new positioning relative to the device. The technique may also infer a relative position of the palm from the digit input points, allowing the display of user interface elements where the elements are visible rather than occluded by the hand. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127734 | TOUCH-ENABLED DEVICE NAVIGATION SYSTEM - A touch-enabled device establishes a two-way connection with a computing device through a network. The computing device has a content authoring program stored therein. Further, the touch-enabled device displays a navigation menu. In addition, the touch-enabled device receives an input indicating a selected item from the navigation menu. The touch-enabled device sends the selected item to the computing device such that the computing device utilizes the selected item in the content authoring program. Further, the touch-enabled device receives, from the computing device, an indication that the computing device is utilizing the selected item in the content authoring program. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127735 | Providing Information Through Tactile Feedback - A mobile electronic device includes a housing; a processor; and an interactive display mounted within the housing and communicably coupled to the processor. The display has a tactile interface operable to receive contact from a user and, in response to the contact, provide a perceived first texture of a first portion of the display that is different than a perceived second texture of a second portion of the display. A user-selectable content item is displayed on the second portion of the display that when selected by the user, modifies a content being displayed on the display. The first portion of the display forms a perimeter boundary about the second portion of the display. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127736 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TOUCHSCREEN - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for determining a presence and/or a location of an object interacting with a touchscreen display having a user interface surface. The device also includes a source of a radio frequency (RF) electromagnetic signal, a plurality of detectors, a processor, and a grid including a number of electrically conductive transmission lines. Each transmission line is electrically coupled, at a first end, to the signal source, and, at a second end, to a respective one of the plurality of detectors. The grid is disposed near to and behind the user interface surface. The detectors are configured to detect an output signal of a respective transmission line. The processor collects, from each detector, a respective detector output, and determines, from the detector outputs, a presence and/or a location of an object near to the user interface surface. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127737 | TELESCREEN OPERATING METHOD - The present invention relates to a communications system for distributing information to and from local and regional distribution centers as well as individual dial-up servers. The communications system contains an interactive, configurable interface. The first aspect of the invention employs a method and device for communicating information between computers, where a first computer unit, comprising a touch sensitive screen for displaying images, a processing unit and a communications port, connects to a telephone line. The second computer unit pushes data and images to be displayed on the first computer unit's touch sensitive screen with identifying codes associated with a definition of active areas. When an active area is selected, the first computer unit returns the code associated with the active area. In this way pushed data and interactive communications between the points are achieved. The first computer is a specially designed device that facilitates the multifaceted communication between the two computers and presents a highly functional interface using a number of input and output devices. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127738 | DYNAMIC SCALING OF TOUCH SENSOR - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to dynamically scaling a mapping between a touch sensor and a display screen. One disclosed embodiment provides a method including setting a first user interface mapping that maps an area of the touch sensor to a first area of the display screen, receiving a user input from the user input device that changes a user interaction context of the user interface, and in response to the user input, setting a second user interface mapping that maps the area of the touch sensor to a second area of the display screen. The method further comprises providing to the display device an output of a user interface image representing the user input at a location based on the second user interface mapping. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127739 | TOUCH SCREEN WITH ELECTRODES POSITIONED BETWEEN PIXELS - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a two-dimensional array of pixels configured to produce an image. The apparatus also includes a touch sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes aligned with one or more gaps between one more pixels of the two-dimensional array of pixels. The plurality of electrodes are aligned such that the plurality of electrodes do not cross over at least one pixel of the two-dimensional array of pixels. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127740 | Flat Panel Display Device, Stereoscopic Display Device, Plasma Display Device - The present invention provides a flat panel display device, which includes a backlight system and a display panel, the backlight system including a light source, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame; the back frame carries the light source and the light homogenization mechanism, the light homogenization mechanism guiding light from the light source to a light incidence surface of the display panel; the back frame includes primary assembling pieces and secondary assembling pieces; the primary assembling pieces are of a number of at least two, the at least two primary assembling pieces being joined to form a main frame structure of the back frame; the secondary assembling pieces are arranged inside the back frame and joined to the back frame; some of the primary assembling pieces and the secondary assembling pieces are of first density and first strength and others are of second density and second strength; the first density is greater than the second density and the first strength is greater than the second strength. The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device and a plasma display device. The back frame mold of the present invention is of a simple structure and can reduce the expenditure of the back frame mold, and can also save the material used for back frame so as to lower down the cost of flat panel display device. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127741 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel includes a substrate, a touch sensing array, a first pad set, a second pad set, several first traces, and several second traces. The touch sensing array, the first pad set, the second pad set, the first traces, and the second traces are disposed on the substrate. The first pad set includes several first pads, and the second pad set includes several second pads. The touch sensing array locates between the first pad set and the second pad set, and the first pads and the second pads are in point symmetric arrangement with respective to the touch sensing array. The first traces are electrically connected between the first pads and the touch sensing array, and the second traces are electrically connected between the second pads and the touch sensing array. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127742 | Optical Unit and Display Device Having the Same - An optical unit is positioned on a display panel which includes a display area displaying an image and a non-display area adjacent to the display area. The optical unit includes: a polarizing plate, positioned on the display panel so as to correspond to the display area and the non-display area, for polarizing light passing therethrough; and a decoration layer positioned adjacent to the polarizing plate so as to correspond to the non-display area for blocking light. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127743 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a panel module, an assembly member, a glue layer, and a touch module. The assembly member is engaged with a sidewall of the panel module. The glue layer is disposed on the panel module and at least one portion of the glue layer is disposed on the assembly member. The touch module is disposed on the glue layer. The panel module and the assembly member are adhered to a first side of the glue layer. The touch module is adhered to a second side of the glue layer opposite to the first side. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127744 | WIREFRAME TOUCH SENSOR DESIGN AND SPATIALLY LINEARIZED TOUCH SENSOR DESIGN - A touch sensor may include thin, conductive wires as at least some of the sensor electrodes. Some or all of the conductive wires may be metal wires. The sensor electrodes may not be noticeable to a human observer. In some such implementations, the sensor electrodes may be laid out in a pattern and/or grouped to create a spatial gradient. Some such implementations involve spatial interweaving, spatial interposing and/or length modulation of sensor electrodes. Such implementations can create a spatial gradient such that fewer rows and columns are required to provide a touch sensor panel with a given level of accuracy. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127745 | Method for Multiple Touch Control Virtual Objects and System thereof - A multi-user operating system through a multi-touch panel comprises a processor; a storage medium coupled to the processor; a multiple touch panel coupled to the processor to sense multi-touch event by at least one user, followed by displaying instruction result corresponding to the multi-touch event; a display dividing module coupled to the processor to divide the multiple touch panel into at least two sub-display areas; multiple user operation module being stored in the storage medium to instruct the display dividing module to execute a multiple user mode or a single user mode, thereby allowing the multiple user manipulate virtual objects on the at least two sub-display areas, simultaneously. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127746 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH PANEL - A method for controlling a touch panel is provided. A touch control device has a control circuit and the touch panel. The control circuit first detects a touched point within an entire detection area on the touch panel until a first touched point is detected within the entire detection area. After detecting the first touched point, the control circuit narrows a range of detecting the touched point on the touch panel, so as to detect the touched point within a local detection area on the touch panel. The entire detection area includes and is greater than the local detection area. Accordingly, the time for detecting the touched point can be reduced, and the speed of detecting the touched point can be increased. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127747 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure relates to a touch display device. The touch display device comprises a pixel control layer having a plurality of pixel electrodes, a touch sensing layer disposed corresponding to the pixel control layer, wherein the touch sensing layer comprises a plurality of sensing pads and each sensing pad corresponds to each pixel electrode, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel control layer and the touch sensing layer. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127748 | INTERACTION TECHNIQUES FOR FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS - The invention relates to a set of interaction techniques for obtaining input to a computer system based on methods and apparatus for detecting properties of the shape, location and orientation of flexible display surfaces, as determined through manual or gestural interactions of a user with said display surfaces. Such input may be used to alter graphical content and functionality displayed on said surfaces or some other display or computing system. The invention also relates to interactive food or beverage container with associated computing apparatus inside its body, and a curved multitouch display on its surface, associated interaction techniques for curved multitouch displays, methods of use, and apparatus for refilling said electronic food or beverage container. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127749 | Electronic Device and Touch Operation Processing Method - An electronic device is provided with a touch panel configured to include a display device and a touch pad or is connected to the touch panel. A display control unit displays a list of items on a display device. A first reception unit receives a first touch operation in a selection area of an item. A second reception unit receives a second touch operation for moving the list of items. A selection control unit selects one or more items in accordance with a specified position on a front touch pad specified by the first touch operation and with the movement of the list of items by the display control unit. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127750 | FACILITATING OPERATION OF CONTROLS DISPLAYED IN A DISPLAY SURFACE INDEPENDENTLY OF THE SIZE OF THE DISPLAY SURFACE - A method, computer program product and system for facilitating operation of controls displayed in a display surface independently of the size of the display surface. The system includes a touchscreen which displays a screen on the display surface and which inputs an operation point operated by a user on the display surface, and a conversion unit that defines a point which is in a predetermined positional relationship with an operation point operated by the user on the touchscreen as an operation point to be operated. In response to input of an operation on an edge of the display surface, the conversion unit may define as the operation point to be operated a point that is positioned in a center area of the display surface except its edges and that is in a predetermined positional relationship with the operation point at which the edge of the display surface was operated. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127751 | DISPLAY APPARATUSES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Disclosed are display apparatuses and electronic devices including the same. The display apparatus includes a first driving layer, a second driving layer, a display layer arranged between the first and second driving layers, and a first processing unit. The display apparatus further includes a detection unit and a second processing unit The display apparatus and the electronic device are configured to enable touch operation function with the structure of a common display apparatus, without incorporating any additional touch sensing layer. This reduces manufacture cost, and meets the requirement of a thinner and lighter display. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127752 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR, POTENTIAL CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - A display device with a touch sensor includes: plural display pixel electrodes; a common electrode arranged opposite to the display pixel electrodes; a display function layer having an image display function; a display control circuit performing image display control so as to fulfill the display function of the display function layer by applying a voltage for display between the display pixel electrodes and the common electrode based on an image signal; and a touch detection electrode provided opposite to the common electrode and forming capacitance between the touch detection electrode and the common electrode, wherein a drive voltage for display applied to the common electrode by the display control circuit is used as a drive signal for the touch sensor, and a gate potential of TFT circuits included in the display pixel electrodes is increased during a period when the drive signal for the touch sensor is applied. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127753 | SETTING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTUATING POSITION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A setting method for an actuating position of an electronic device is disclosed, which includes the steps of: providing an operation interface having the actuating position, and the actuating position having a first function; touching the actuating position; touching a customized actuating position to set a corresponding relation between the actuating position and the customized actuating position; and saving the corresponding relation. The setting method allows users to define a customizable actuating position of a touch screen in order to operate an interface of each application more intuitively, and has the effects of enhancing the use efficiency and comfortability. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127754 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: an image processing unit which processes an image signal; a display unit which displays a picture or an image based on the image signal; a user input unit which includes a touch pad to receive a touch input from a user; and a controller which, according to a user's first touch input received in one of four edge regions of the touch pad corresponding to four edge regions of the picture, respectively, displays, on the picture, a first UI of a function of a category corresponding to the edge region in which the user's first touch input is received, of function categories allocated for the four edge regions of the picture, and performs the function according to the user's first touch input. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127755 | LOCALIZED HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A haptic feedback system is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of remote transmitters that are remote from a location of interest on a surface of the system. The system includes a signal generator that generates a signal for each of the remote transmitters. The remote transmitters propagate the signals through a medium of the surface and the signals interfere at the location of interest such that a localized disturbance is generated at the location of interest. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127756 | Noise Filtering Method - The present invention discloses a noise filtering method for a touch control display device. The noise filter method includes retrieving a plurality of touch signals, wherein the plurality of touch signals correspond to a plurality of touch points of the touch control display device, selecting a plurality of environmental sensing signals from the plurality of the touch signals according to a touch threshold value, calculating a peak-to-peak value of the plurality of the environmental sensing signals, comparing the peak-to-peak value with a noise threshold value to generate a comparison result, and determining a filtering coefficient according to the comparison result in order to perform a noise filtering procedure accordingly. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127757 | CUSTOMIZING OPERATION OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A method for customizing operation of a digitizer system operated with an electronic device is described, the electronic device including software applications. The method includes operating the digitizer system in a first mode of operation, the first mode of operation defined by a plurality of operating parameters, receiving instructions for adjusting one or more operating parameters of the digitizer system, wherein the instructions are defined by a software application, the software application operative to receive input from the digitizer system, and updating operation of the digitizer system responsive to the instructions defined by the software applications. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127758 | TOUCH INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD IN USER TERMINAL - A touch input apparatus and method in a user terminal is provided. The apparatus includes a touch input unit for generating a touch input event according to a touch of a user; a single or multi touch input determiner for entering a drawing mode according to the touch input event and determining one of a single touch input and a multi-touch input; a touch point sampling unit for performing a touch point sampling according to a single touch movement and providing a sample point for a drawing when there is a single touch input; and a multi-touch processor for, when there is a multi-touch input, entering a multi-touch mode and performing a multi-touch action including at least one of an enlargement, a reduction, and a movement of a drawing screen according to a multi-touch movement. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127759 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD AND APPARATUS AND MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A haptic feedback method includes providing a user with an image that is updated based on a collision event, generating collision data including a type of the collision event and an impulse amount, generating a haptic pattern based on the collision data, and generating a vibration based on the haptic pattern. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127760 | HANDWRITTEN TYPE ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the invention provide a handwritten type electronic paper display and a manufacture method thereof. The handwritten type electronic paper display comprises: a first electrode substrate ( | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127761 | MULTI-TOUCH DETECTION - A multi-touch system is provided. The multi-touch system includes a multi-touch detection area generated by a mobile device and a first communication device, the mobile device and first or second communication device being movable relative to each other. The mobile device is operable to determine a first set of coordinates for a first detectable object within the multi-touch detection area as a function of: a distance between the mobile device and the first communication device, a distance between the mobile device and first detectable object, and a distance between the first communication device and first detectable object. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127762 | SIMULATED HARDWARE BUTTON OPERATION METHOD AND TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL - Disclosed are a simulation hardware button operation method and a touch screen terminal. In the touch screen terminal, the network node of at least one pixel in the upper boundary region of a touch screen is arranged on the inner side surface of the terminal housing outside of the touch screen, and when a detection reporting unit detects a touch sensing unit sensing through the network node an user operating the touch button of the terminal, the detection reporting unit reports the corresponding pixel information of the sensed network node; an operation confirmation unit confirms the function of the operation to the touch button by the user according to the report of the detection reporting unit. Thus the location of the simulation hardware button of the touch screen terminal can be flexibly arranged at any location on the housing of the terminal outside of the touch screen. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127763 | INFRARED TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRONICS - Touchscreen electronics for detecting touches on a display screen broadly comprises a plurality of transmitters, a plurality of receivers, and a controller. Each transmitter may transmit at least one beam across the display screen, wherein the beam may be switched on and off in a repeated pattern. The receivers may detect the beams from the transmitters, and each receiver may generate an “on” value that corresponds to the beam being switched on and an “off” value that corresponds to the beam being switched off. The controller communicates with the transmitters and the receivers and may be configured to determine that a touch has occurred when the “on” value generated by one of the receivers transitions in a sequence from greater than an upper level to less than a lower level. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127764 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, at least one first sensing series and at least one second sensing series is provided. The first sensing series is disposed on the substrate and extends along a first direction. The first sensing series includes several first sensing pads and at least one first bridge line. The first bridge line connects two adjacent first sensing pads, and a material of the first bridge line differs from a material of the first sensing pads. The second sensing series is disposed on the substrate and extends along a second direction. The first direction is different from the second direction. The second sensing series includes several second sensing pads and at least one second bridge line. The second bridge line connects two adjacent second sensing pads. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127765 | USER INTERFACE FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of an electronic device that includes a touch sensitive and pressure sensitive display, cause the processor to enable a user interface of the electronic device, by which a glide gesture along the display and an amount of pressure applied to the display both generate the same user interface command. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127766 | TOUCH-SCREEN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present disclosure discloses a touch-screen liquid crystal display, comprising: an array substrate, a counter substrate provided opposite to the array substrate, spacers and liquid crystal between the array substrate and the counter substrate, an induction read-out circuit and a scanning circuit; the counter substrate is provided thereon with an upper electrode plate, and the array substrate is provided thereon with a lower electrode plate; the upper electrode plate and the lower electrode plate form an induction capacitor; the array substrate comprises a touch unit provided within a pixel region; the drain electrode of the photosensitive TFT is connected to the lower electrode plate, and the drain electrode of the photosensitive TFT is also connected to the scanning circuit; and an output-signal line of the touch unit is connected to the induction read-out circuit. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130127767 | Apparatus and a Method for Providing Haptic Feedback - An apparatus including a display module; an actuator connected to the display, the actuator being configured to apply a first force in a first direction to the display module; and at least one counterweight connected to the actuator, the actuator being configured to apply a second force in a second direction to the counterweight, wherein the apparatus experiences substantially no translational moment. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130135214 | DEVICE FEEDBACK AND INPUT VIA HEATING AND COOLING - A thermoelectric display including an array of thermoelectric devices is used to provide output to a user in the form of thermal feedback. The thermal feedback may be used to provide navigation cues to the user to enable eyes-free navigation. The thermal feedback may be used to provide target acquisition cues to enable the user to accurately target a contact point on a touchscreen. The thermal feedback may be used to convey an emotive aspect of a message to the user. The thermal feedback may be used to identify to the user a caller associated with an incoming call. The thermoelectric display may be, alternatively or additionally, used to provide input to another device, such as a mobile device to which the thermoelectric display is operatively coupled. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135215 | Incremental Page Transitions on Electronic Paper Displays - Techniques for implementing incremental page transitions on an electronic paper display of an electronic device are described herein. In some instances, an electronic-paper display controller that allows for per-pixel or multiple-pixel-block updating enables the incremental page transitions. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135216 | TOUCH COORDINATE CALCULATION METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - A method for calculating a touch coordinate on a touch panel is provided, the touch panel having a plurality of points, said method comprising: determining a group of candidate points when a touch occurs on the touch panel, each candidate point having one sensing value; assigning weights to the sensing values of the respective candidate points to obtain weighted sensing values; and calculating a coordinate by utilizing the weighted sensing values and positions of the respective candidate points. By using said method, the calculation result of the touch coordinate will be more stable. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135217 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE FOR A MULTI-POINTER INDIRECT TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - To allow a computer platform to provide a consistent interface for applications to use information from multi-point indirect touch input devices, an application programming interface is provided to a software interface layer that manages interaction of the system with a variety of instantiations of multi-pointer indirect touch input devices. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135218 | TACTILE AND GESTATIONAL IDENTIFICATION AND LINKING TO MEDIA CONSUMPTION - Systems and methods are disclosed for identifying users of touch screens according to a touch/gesture profile. The profile includes stored electrical characteristics of contact with the touch screen. The profile is correlated with applications opened and/or accessed, along with any associated metadata, as well as media exposure data derived from audio received at the device. The correlated information may be used to confirm identification of one or more individuals using a device for audience measurement purposes. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135219 | Touchscreen Having A Color Coded 2-D Space - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for two dimensional position determination of an object. In one aspect, a first electromagnetic (EM) radiation and a second EM radiation is emitted, along a plane, toward a position-sensing region, the first and second EM radiation each having a respective, different, wavelength. Scattered radiation, resulting from interaction of the emitted first and second EM radiation with an object located in the position-sensing region, is detected. Characteristics of the detected scattered radiation have a correlation with a position of the object in the position-sensing region. A two dimensional position of the object is determined, from the correlation. The position-sensing region may be co-planar with, and/or disposed proximate and parallel to an external surface of a display screen. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135220 | Active Styluses for Interacting with a Mobile Device - An active stylus or a method performed by an active stylus for interacting with a mobile device, wherein the mobile device has at least one sensor (e.g., a thermocouple junction), and wherein the stylus has at least one signal source (e.g., an analog heat source) that produces at least one signal (e.g., at least one analog temperature signal), wherein the at least one signal is configured to be detectable by the at least one sensor of the mobile device. The stylus also has at least one signal adjustment mechanism for changing the at least one signal and also has at least one transmitter (e.g., thermocouple junction) configured to transmit the at least one signal for receipt by the at least one sensor of the mobile device. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135221 | TURNING ON AND OFF FULL SCREEN MODE ON A TOUCHSCREEN - Systems and methods for turning on and off full screen mode of an application running on a touchscreen. In some aspects, a method includes receiving an input on the touchscreen; determining whether the input is a first predetermined gesture; and turning off full screen mode when the input is the first predetermined gesture. The method also includes determining whether the first predetermined gesture starts from a predetermined area. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135222 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel capable of preventing a moire phenomenon from being generated by forming an electrode pattern so as to have rotational symmetry rather than translation symmetry. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135223 | FINGER-WORN INPUT DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE - Disclosed are devices for wearing on fingers, and similar devices held by fingers, and systems which include said devices, some of which include various sensing means for facilitating different types of interactions, or for registering input which may be utilized by interfaces, such as for performing certain functions and providing certain features. Further provided are methods of interaction which utilize said devices, and related interfaces. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135224 | TOUCH SENSING PANEL - A touch sensing panel is provided in the present disclosure. The touch sensing panel comprises a sensing pattern layer and a plurality of bridging wires disposed on the sensing pattern layer, wherein each bridging wire has a top surface with low reflectivity. The sensing pattern comprises a plurality of first sensing pads and a plurality of second sensing pads, wherein the plurality of first sensing pads are connected by the bridging wires to form first sensing arrays, the plurality of second sensing pads are connected by connection parts to form second sensing arrays, and the first sensing arrays are insulated from the second sensing arrays. Reflectivity of the top surfaces of the bridging wires is comparatively low and therefore light from external sources is not easily reflected by the bridging wires, thereby reducing the influence of light spots in image quality. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135225 | POINTING DEVICE - A pointing device includes an elongated key, an enclosure, and a sensing module. The enclosure defines a through hole receiving the elongated key. The sensing module includes a bracket, and a key sensing board. The bracket includes a bracket body and two positioning protrusions protruding from the bracket body. The key sensing board includes two key switches. The key sensing board defines two positioning hole receiving the two positioning protrusions. The elongated key includes two recess portions receiving the two key switches, and the bracket is secured on an inner side of the enclosure. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135226 | UNLOCKING METHOD, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE - An unlocking method for a portable electronic device, and a portable electronic device and a touch-sensitive device employing the unlocking method are provided. The portable electronic device has a touch-sensitive display, and a user interface is displayed on the touch-sensitive display. The unlocking method includes respectively displaying at least one unlocking image on at least one unfixed point of the touch-sensitive display when the user interface is in a user interface locking state and sensing a touch signal of the touch-sensitive display. The unlocking method further includes switching the user interface to a user interface unlocking state when at least one click corresponding to the at least one unfixed point is detected on the touch-sensitive display. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135227 | TOUCH SCREEN OPERATION - A computing device comprising a gesture reception mechanism adapted to accept one or more user gestures and an application. The application is adapted to perform one or more application operations, receive data related to the one or more user gestures, correlate at least one of the one or more application operations to a first of the one or more user gestures, and repeat at least one of the one or more application operations until a second of the one or more user gestures occurs. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135228 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING OBJECT IN TERMINAL - A method for displaying an object in a portable terminal having a touch screen is provided. An object having a changeable attribute is first displayed. A first touch is detected at a first location, and the object is selected responsive to the first touch. A second touch is detected at a second location. An attribute of the displayed object is changed according to a drag of the second touch, and the object having the changed attribute is displayed. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135229 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A touch panel and a touch display panel using the same are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a sensing structure layer and a conductive pad layer. The substrate has a sensing surface and an outer lateral surface. The outer lateral surface of the substrate and the sensing surface define a border. The sensing structure layer is formed on sensing surface of the substrate and extends to the border. The conductive pad layer is formed on the outer lateral surface of the substrate and extends to the border for electrically connecting to the sensing structure layer. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135230 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL USING THE SAME - A touch panel and a touch display panel using the same are provided. The touch panel includes a cover glass and a touch substrate. The cover glass includes a first base and a signal line layer. The signal line layer is formed on a peripheral portion of the first base. The touch substrate is connected to the cover glass and comprises a second base and a sensing structure layer. The sensing structure layer is formed on the second base. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135231 | TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch screen and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The touch screen includes a glass substrate, a first plurality of sensing electrodes arranged in a multi-row and a multi-column layout on the glass substrate and in which first sensing electrodes positioned in a same row or a same column are directly connected, a plurality of second sensing electrodes independently formed and arranged in a multi-row and a multi-column layout on the glass substrate, a bridge for electrically connecting two of the second sensing electrodes positioned in a same column or a same row, and an insulating portion positioned between the bridge and at least one of the first sensing electrodes in order to prevent the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode from electrically contacting, wherein the bridge is made of silver. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135232 | PROCESSING METHOD FOR TOUCH SIGNAL AND COMPUTING DEVICE THEREOF - A processing method for touch signal includes the steps of loading a palm rejection program staying resident on a computing device, and receiving a touch input signal from a touch device by the computing device. The palm rejection program performs a palm rejection process to the touch input signal in real time or instructs the touch device to output the touch input signal after performing the palm rejection process. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135233 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING BORDER WITHOUT COLOR DIFFERENCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer, a shielding decoration layer, a transparent conductive connecting layer and an opaque conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The shielding decoration layer is disposed on the substrate and the transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive connecting layer is disposed on the transparent conductive layer and the shielding decoration layer, extends from the transparent conductive layer to the shielding decoration layer, and exceeds an edge of the transparent conductive layer. The opaque conductive layer is disposed on the shielding decoration layer and the transparent conductive connecting layer, and is not disposed on the transparent conductive layer. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135234 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen where an icon is arranged. When hen a first gesture is performed on a partial area of the home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller enlarges or reduces the area of the home screen to be displayed on the touch screen display. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135235 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a display and a controller. The display displays a screen. In a case where an execution screen of a second function is to be displayed during execution of a first function, the controller displays the execution screen of the second function and a notification screen indicating that the first function is in the middle of execution on the display in an overlapping manner. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135236 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The controller displays a home screen in a layer on the touch screen display. The controller displays a different home screen in the same layer when a first gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display. The controller displays a home screen in a different layer when a second gesture is performed on the home screen displayed on the touch screen display. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135237 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH DUAL DISPLAY SCREENS - An electronic apparatus includes a display body, a first input body, and the second input body. The display body includes two opposite surfaces and first and the second display screens located at the two opposite surfaces respectively. The first input body is pivotally engaged with the display body, and the first input body includes a first input surface corresponding to the first display screen. The second input body is pivotally engaged with the display body, and the second input body includes a second input surface corresponding to the second two display screen. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135238 | PORTABLE DEVICE COMPRISING A TOUCH SCREEN AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF USE - A portable device is provided, which includes a touch screen and at least one area bearing reference information, referred to as a reference area, which can be identified by detecting a variation in the surface state on the device. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135239 | CONTACT STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To improve the reliability of contact with an anisotropic conductive film in a semiconductor device such as a liquid crystal display panel, a terminal portion of a connecting wiring on an active matrix substrate is electrically connected to an FPC by an anisotropic conductive film. The connecting wiring is made of a lamination film of a metallic film and a transparent conductive film. In the connecting portion with the anisotropic conductive film, a side surface of the connecting wiring is covered with a protecting film made of an insulating material, thereby exposure to air of the metallic film can be avoided. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135240 | APPARATUS FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES/DEVICES USING A COMBINATION OF VOICE COMMANDS AND FINGER MOVEMENTS - An apparatus for remotely operating a computer using a combination of voice commands and finger movements. The apparatus includes a microphone and a plurality of control elements in the form of touch-sensitive touchpads and/or motion-sensitive elements that are used to operate the computer and to move an on-screen cursor. At least one touchpad is used to selectively switch between a command-mode of operation in which the computer interprets spoken words as commands for operating the computer and any software applications being used, and a text-mode of operation in which the computer interprets spoken words literally as text to be inserted into a software application. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135241 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a decorative layer, a trace layer, a passivation layer and a sheltering layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a touch-sensitive region. The decorative layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a non-touch-sensitive region, and the trace layer is disposed on the decorative layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and at least covers the touch-sensing structure and the trace layer. The sheltering layer is disposed at least on the passivation layer and located in the non-touch-sensitive region. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135242 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND MOBILE TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH SAME - The present invention is provided with: a touch panel for detecting the positions of inputs; a vibrating body provided to the touch panel; a first chassis having a base, positioned facing the touch panel across a space, and a frame body, positioned on the base so as to surround the touch panel in plan view; an operating unit, positioned on the front-surface-side of the touch panel so as to cover the touch panel in plan view; and a flexible part that is provided along the whole circumference of the frame body and supports the operating unit. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130135243 | CHARACTER PREVIEW METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method and apparatus include detecting a first touch meeting a first threshold, which first touch is detected on a first physical key and displaying, without entering, at least a first character associated with the first physical key in an information entry field on an electronic device in response to the detecting. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130141338 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTACT AND PERCOLATION HYBRID MODE TRANSPARENT FORCE SENSOR - A method and system for a touch screen having a contact and percolation hybrid operating mode includes a top layer, an intermediate layer, and a bottom layer. The top layer has a top side receiving a touch input. The intermediate layer is disposed beneath the top layer. The intermediate layer measures pressure data where the pressure data is indicative of distinguishing the touch input between a first touch and a second touch. The first touch has a first pressure less than a second pressure of the second touch. The bottom layer is disposed beneath the intermediate layer and receives at least one of position data, time data, and the pressure data of the touch input. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141339 | System For Detecting Touch Types - In one embodiment, a system includes a touch sensor, a motion module, and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic. The logic is operable when executed to receive first information from the touch sensor and third information from the motion module corresponding to a first touch. The logic is operable to receive second information from the touch sensor and fourth information from the motion module corresponding to a second touch. The logic is operable to determine a first set of coordinates corresponding to the first touch and determine a second set of coordinates corresponding to the second touch. The logic is operable to determine whether the first touch corresponds to a first touch type based on the third information and determine whether the second touch corresponds to a second touch type based on the fourth information. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141340 | Multi-Surface Touch Sensor - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first substrate area with a first touch sensor disposed on it configured for a first surface of a device. The apparatus further includes a second substrate area with a second touch sensor disposed on it configured for a second surface of the device. An edge between the first and second surfaces of the device may comprise an angle of deviation between the first and second surfaces of at least approximately 45°. The apparatus may further include a flexible printed circuit (FPC) bonded to the first and second substrate areas, the FPC being configured to bend at the edge between the first and second surfaces. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141341 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device including a housing, a display panel and a backlight module is provided. The housing has a display opening and a transparent region located outside of the display opening. The display panel is disposed in the display opening. The backlight module is disposed in the housing. The backlight module has a light emitting region which is located under the display panel, adapted to provide a plane light source to the display panel. The light emitting region further extends to outside of the display panel so that a part of the plane light source is sent out the housing through the transparent region. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141342 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE BUTTON WITH TWO LEVELS - A touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds is provided. When the button is depressed to a first depression threshold, the touch sensor can be switched from a low-power, non-sensing state to a sensing state. When the button is depressed to a second depression threshold, the touch sensor can sense the touch context and input can be generated based on the depression and the touch context. In this way, the touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds can facilitate timely switching of the touch sensor to a sensing state. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141343 | COMMON ELECTRODE CONNECTIONS IN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS - Common electrodes (Vcom) of integrated touch screens can be segmented into electrically isolated Vcom portions that can be operated as drive lines and/or sense lines of a touch sensing system. The touch screen can include high-resistivity connections between Vcom portions. The resistivity of the high-resistivity connections can be high enough so that touch sensing and image display can be performed by the touch screen, and the high-resistivity connections can provide an added functionality by allowing a charge build up on one of the Vcom portions to be spread to other Vcom portions and/or discharged from system by allowing charge to leak through the high-resistivity connections. In this way, for example, visual artifacts that result from charge build up on a Vcom portion can be reduced or eliminated. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141344 | Labeling Touch Regions of a Display Device - The embodiments herein relate to a method and device for labeling a touch region, in which adjacent raw data are labeled in groups for reducing a labeling time period as well as a memory size for storing the labeled data. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141345 | REWORKABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND THERMAL DISASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A reworkable electronic apparatus is provided, which includes a display module, a frame, an adhesive for adhering the display module to the frame, and at least one shape memory metal piece. The shape memory metal piece is disposed between the display module and the frame. The shape memory metal piece is deformable by heat to lift the display module away from the frame. A thermal disassembling method for the reworkable electronic apparatus is also provided. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141346 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING TOUCH SENSING PARAMETERS - A method and an apparatus for configuring touch sensing parameters are provided. The method for configuring touch sensing parameters in a mobile terminal includes sensing an environmental condition, extracting values of touch sensing parameters corresponding to the sensed environmental condition, setting the touch sensing parameters to the extracted values of touch sensing parameters, and performing touch sensing according to the set touch sensing parameters. A mobile terminal supporting the method may configure touch sensing parameters so as to enhance sensing of user touch input while preventing influence of a noise signal. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141347 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE, A TOUCH DISPLAY HAVING A LAMINATED STRUCTURE, AND A LAMINATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display having a laminated structure is provided in present disclosure. The touch display comprises a touch panel, a display module, and a step-shaped gasket element. The display module has a step-shaped structure formed due to a height difference, wherein the step-shaped structure is located in an edge area of the display module. The gasket element inosculates with the step-shaped structure of the display module to fill the height difference in the edge area of the display module. In accordance with present disclosure, the gasket element is not in a suspended state usually caused when the gasket element is not being supported by display module and is effectively laminated to an outer frame of display module, thereby enhancing the reliability of lamination of touch panel and display module. Moreover, a laminated structure and a laminating method for touch display having, the laminated structure are provided in present disclosure. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141348 | COMMON ELECTRODE CONNECTIONS IN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS - Common electrodes (Vcom) of integrated touch screens can be segmented into electrically isolated Vcom portions that can be operated as drive lines and/or sense lines of a touch sensing system. The touch screen can include high-resistivity connections between Vcom portions. The resistivity of the high-resistivity connections can be high enough so that touch sensing and image display can be performed by the touch screen, and the high-resistivity connections can provide an added functionality by allowing a charge build up on one of the Vcom portions to be spread to other Vcom portions and/or discharged from system by allowing charge to leak through the high-resistivity connections. In this way, for example, visual artifacts that result from charge build up on a Vcom portion can be reduced or eliminated. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141349 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes displaying an e-book content on a touchscreen, determining whether a touch lock prerequisite for setting the touchscreen to a touch lock mode is met, and if the touch lock prerequisite is met, setting the touchscreen to the touch lock mode. If the touchscreen is set to the touch lock mode, the touchscreen maintains a locked status for a touch action except a specifically provided touch action. And, the touchscreen set to the touch lock mode is set to display the e-book content. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a browsing log recorder, a first display module, a second display module, an operation input module and a controller. The browsing log recorder is configured to record a browsing log of e-books. The controller is configured to cause the first display module to display the interrupted page of the most recently interrupted e-book or to cause the second display module to display the list of interrupted e-books in accordance with an operation of the operation input module. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141351 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BRIGHTNESS CONTROL - According to one embodiment, a portable electronic device includes a housing with a built-in processor, a touchscreen display arranged on a surface of the housing, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature within the housing, a brightness adjustment module, and a brightness control module. The brightness adjustment module adjusts a brightness of the touchscreen display so as to set the touchscreen display to a brightness value specified by user operation. If the detected temperature is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, the brightness control module reduces an upper limit value of a brightness range applicable to the touchscreen display. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141352 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND TOUCH SENSITVIE DISPLAY UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a touch sensitive display configured to receive touches from a user and a processing unit. The processing unit controls a plurality of icons to be displayed when the touch sensitive display is in a locked state, detects whether a sequence of touches on certain icons of the plurality of icons matches one of at least one predefined sequences, and unlocks the touch sensitive display if the detection module detects that the sequence of touches matches a predefined sequence. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141353 | METHOD FOR UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for unlocking an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit, the storage unit stores a relationship table which defines a number of touch modes, each touch mode includes touch icons needing to be touched, touch duration corresponding to each touch icon, a touch sequence of the touch icons and a touch order of each touch icon in the touch sequence. The method includes: selecting an touch mode from the touch modes defined in the relationship table when in a situation where the electronic device needs to be unlocked; displaying the touch icons corresponding to the touch mode on the touch screen; determining whether touches on the touch icons match the requirements of the selected touch mode; and unlocking the electronic device if the touches on the touch icons match the requirements of the selected touch mode. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141354 | IMAGE-CAPTURING TOUCH PANEL - An image-capturing touch panel is disclosed, which comprises: a display device; a touch device locating at one side of the display device; and an image-capturing device locating at the other side of the display device, and the image-capturing device comprises multiple light-sensor units; wherein the display device and the image-capturing device are both in a shape of sheet and substantially have the same area, the light-sensor units are uniformly distributed in the image-capturing device, the display device and the image-capturing device are stacked to form a stack, and the display device and the image-capturing device are a transparent display device and a transparent image-capturing device respectively. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141355 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a touch sensitive display module. The touch sensitive display module includes a securing structure to secure a touch panel, a front frame and a display panel together. The securing structure includes an elongated securing member and double-faced adhesive tapes. The securing member includes a sidewall, and an elongated tab and an angled portion protruding from two edges of the sidewall of the securing member. The elongated tab is sandwiched between the display panel and the touch panel. The sidewall of the securing structure is sandwiched between a limiting element of the front frame and the display panel, and the limiting element of the front frame rests on the angled portion. The double-faced adhesive tape adhere the touch panel to the supporting surface of the front frame and the elongated tab, and adhere the elongated tab to the display panel. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141356 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes: a substrate; a transparent conductive layer located on a surface of the substrate; a number of sensing electrodes electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer and spaced from each other. The touch panel comprises a touch-view area and a trace area. A conductive trace located on the trace area, for transmitting an electrical signal between the transparent conductive layer and an external controller. The touch-view area includes at least one first touch-view area, the number of the plurality of sensing electrodes in per unit area located on the at least one first touch-view area is greater than the number of the plurality of sensing electrodes in per unit area located on the rest of the touch-view area. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141357 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a first substrate, a plurality of driving lines, and a plurality of sensing lines is provided. The driving lines are respectively extended along a first direction. Each driving line includes a plurality of first pads and a plurality of first interconnecting portions. Any adjacent two first pads are connected through a first interconnecting portion, and the width of each first interconnecting portion is smaller than the width of each first pad. The sensing lines are respectively extended along a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. The vertical projection of any one of the sensing lines on the first substrate intersects a first interconnecting portion of each driving line to form an overlapped area, and the length of the overlapped area in the second direction is smaller than or equal to the length of the overlapped area in the first direction. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141358 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF USER INTERFACES - An electronic device includes a physical touch pad having a touch sensor, a processing unit, and a display unit. The display unit displays a plurality of user interfaces having different ranks and switches from displaying one user interface having a rank that is lower than or higher than a rank of other user interface by one rank to displaying the other user interface. The user interface having a highest rank is defined as a last user interface. The touch sensor generates a first touch control signal when the touch sensor detects that a first slide operation is executed on a current user interface. The processing unit controls the display unit to switch from displaying the current user interface having the rank that is lower than the rank of the last user interface by more than one rank to displaying the last user interface according to the first touch control signal. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141359 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND PAGE FLIPPING METHOD - A page flipping method for an electronic device is provided. An exemplary method includes the following steps: displaying an interface comprising a page preview region and a page flipping region; displaying a page on the page flipping region, and displaying an icon group comprising a plurality of icons on the page preview region; determining whether a flipping gesture is applied on the page flipping region; determining the type of the flipping gesture; determining a page flipping manner according to the determined result of the gesture and a function table, and retrieving a corresponding target page according to the determined page flipping manner; creating a new icon group according to the retrieved target page; and displaying the target page on the page flipping region, and displaying the created new icon group on the page preview region. An electronic device using the page processing method is also provided. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141360 | Head Mounted Display For Viewing Three Dimensional Images - A head mounted display device that displays three dimensional images from a mobile device, which includes a strap that secures the head mounted display to the head of a viewer, a viewing assembly connected to the strap, that includes a housing, a mobile device holder, connected to the housing, a reflecting surface, connected to the housing, that reflects images displayed by the mobile device; and an eyepiece, connected to the housing, onto which the reflecting surface reflects the images. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141361 | TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus including a display; a touch panel stacked on or integrally formed with the display; and a controller that receives an output from the touch panel indicating that first gesture input is detected that substantially encloses a region of the display, and controls the display to expand an image displayed by the display based on a size of the region. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141362 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus that includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject, a display, provided on a first surface of the information processing apparatus, that displays the image of the subject, and a touch panel, provided on a second surface of the information processing apparatus, that detects a touch input, the second surface being a surface opposite to the first surface. The information processing apparatus further including a controller that receives an output from the touch panel corresponding to the touch input and outputs a command to control at least one of the imaging unit and the display based on the touch input. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141363 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch sensing device is provided. The touch sensing device includes a multiplexer and a control unit, and is electrically connected to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of first-direction electrodes; a plurality of second-direction electrodes; and a dielectric layer, for generating at least one electric field change corresponding to at least one touch point in response to the at least one touch point. The at least one electric field change is generated at an overlapping region of the first-direction and second-direction electrodes. The multiplexer is electrically connected to the touch panel via the first-direction and second-direction electrodes, and selectively performs voltage driving or voltage sensing for the first-direction and second-direction electrodes. In response to an operating mode change, the control unit changes a control signal to be transmitted to the multiplexer and receives a sense signal from the multiplexer. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141364 | USER INTERFACE INTERACTION USING TOUCH INPUT FORCE - Providing a user interface interaction is disclosed. A first set of one or more indicators associated with a first location on a touch input surface and a first force intensity of a touch input provided on the touch input surface is received. A user interface object associated with the first location is determined. A second set of one or more indicators associated with a second location on the touch input surface and a second force intensity of the touch input that has been in continuous contact with the touch input surface at least since the touch input was provided at the first location is received. The user interface interaction based at least in part on the user interface object, the first set of indicators, and the second set of indicators is provided. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141365 | DETECTING TOUCH INPUT FORCE - Detecting a touch input force is disclosed. A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface is sent. The propagating signal that has been disturbed by a touch input with an amount of force on the surface is received. The received signal is processed to determine an identifier associated with the amount of force. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141366 | MEDICAL IMAGE-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE MULTITOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and techniques for an medical image-based information system are provided. The medical image-based information system comprises: a processing unit for providing medical image data and interactive functions for interacting with the medical image data; one or more image data display devices for displaying the medical image data provided by the processing unit; and a mobile multi-touch display device. The medical image-based information system is adapted to display the medical image data provided by the processing unit on an image data display device of the one or more image data display devices and to make the interactive functions provided by the processing unit available to a user via the mobile multi-touch display device. The medical image-based information system can be operated in a simple, flexible and space-saving manner via the mobile multi-touch display device. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141367 | ADAPTIVE TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY - An aspect of the invention includes a display device that operates controls on a display surface independent of a size of the display surface. A touch panel displays a screen on a display surface and inputs a user operation point on the display surface. An extracting part extracts controls that receive a touch operation of a user from content to be displayed on the display surface. A display controller displays auxiliary buttons for providing instructions for input of an extracted control, together with the content on the display surface. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141368 | Multi-touch Positioning Method - A multi-touch positioning method for a touch control device is disclosed. The touch control device includes a plurality of sensing channels, and each of the plurality of sensing channels is interlaced by a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode. The multi-touch positioning method includes retrieving a first touch sensing value and a second touch sensing value respectively corresponding to the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, adding the first touch sensing value and the second touch sensing value to generate a sensing sum value, determining a touch sensing channel having a local maximum value according to the plurality of sensing sum values of the plurality of sensing channels, so as to define a touch point on the touch sensing channel, and calculating a coordinate of the touch point according to the touch sensing channel and its neighboring sensing channels. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141369 | SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A system for displaying images is provided. The system includes a touch sensor device including a substrate having a sensing region. The sensing region includes a central portion. A sensing electrode layer is disposed on the substrate in the sensing region and includes a plurality of sensing electrode patterns corresponding to the central portion. Each sensing electrode pattern includes at least one non-linear edge, such that the adjacent sensing electrode patterns are wedged with each other. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141370 | TOUCH KEYPAD MODULE AND INPUT PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch keypad module comprises a touch input panel, which includes a touch input surface and physically shows a plurality of input areas. The input areas are defined as the areas on the touch input surface capable of generating effective inputs in a key input mode. The touch input panel operates in the key input mode or a track input mode according to a mode control signal, and processes at least an input signal inputted through the touch input surface. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141371 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A GESTURE - A method includes displaying, on a display of an electronic device, first information; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, which gesture indicates a request to display inbox information; and in response to detecting the gesture, gradually displaying the inbox information while reducing display of the first information along with movement of the gesture. When the gesture is detected within a predetermined time of the electronic device receiving a message, the inbox information comprises a plurality of inbox entries. When no message is received by the electronic device within the predetermined time of detecting the gesture, the inbox information comprises last displayed information of an inbox sourcing the inbox information. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141372 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen sensing device includes a touch screen including touch sensors formed at crossings of Tx lines and Rx lines, a Tx driving circuit supplying a driving pulse to each of the Tx lines N times, and an Rx driving circuit which samples a signal voltage of the touch sensors received through the Rx lines and converts the sampled signal voltage into digital data. The Rx driving circuit includes a differential amplifier differentially amplifying signals received through the Rx lines, a low pass filter removing a radio frequency noise from an output of the differential amplifier, an amplifier amplifying an output of the low pass filter, and an integrator accumulating signal voltages which are successively output from the amplifier. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141373 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY COMPUTER OF INFORMATION PROCESSOR - An information processing program stored in a storage medium allows the computer ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141374 | TOUCHPAD OPERATING AS A HYBRID TABLET - A method for enabling a touchpad, a relative position device, to operate as if it were a tablet, or absolute position device, so as to provide the same type of input that can be provided by a tablet, wherein a surface of the touchpad is mapped to a surface of the display screen, a finger is detected by the touchpad before it makes contact, the finger may move over the surface of the touchpad causing some visual feedback to occur on the display that indicates the absolute position of the finger as it moves over the touchpad, and making contact with the touchpad to thereby cause selection of an object. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141375 | GESTEME (GESTURE PRIMITIVE) RECOGNITION FOR ADVANCED TOUCH USER INTERFACES - This invention relates to signal space architectures for generalized gesture capture. Embodiments of the invention includes a gesture-primitive approach involving families of “gesteme” from which gestures can be constructed, recognized, and modulated via prosody operations. Gestemes can be associated with signals in a signal space. Prosody operations can include temporal execution modulation, shape modulation, and modulations of other aspects of gestures and gestemes. The approaches can be used for advanced touch user interfaces such as High-Dimensional Touch Pad (HDTP) in touchpad and touchscreen forms, video camera hand-gesture user interfaces, eye-tracking user interfaces, etc. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141376 | HAND HELD SELF-ORIENTATING TARGETING GAME - A self-orientating hand held game unit includes a display screen, a game piece illustrated on the screen, and a touch sensitive system to detect the movement of a finger across the screen and operate the game piece to launch a projectile toward a target on the screen. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141377 | CONTACT DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a contact detecting device including: a contact responding section configured to produce an electric change in response to an object to be detected coming into contact with or proximity to a detecting surface; and a contact driving scanning section configured to scan application of driving voltage to the contact responding section in one direction within the detecting surface, and control output of the electric change in time series, wherein the contact driving scanning section performs a plurality of scans of different regions of the contact responding section in parallel with each other, and outputs a plurality of the electric changes in parallel with each other. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141378 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An exemplary electronic device includes: a display section for displaying display information; a touch panel arranged on a display surface side of the display section; a display information position detection section for detecting a position of the display information displayed; a display control section for controlling a movement of the display information based on an operation by a user on the touch panel; a vibrating section for vibrating the touch panel; and a vibration control section for controlling a vibration pattern of the vibrating section. When the user operates the display information on the touch panel, the display control section controls the movement of the display information based on the position of the display information detected by the display information position detection section, and the vibration control section controls the vibrating section in association with the movement of the display information. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141379 | CONTACT DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a contact detecting device including: a contact responding section configured to produce an electric change in response to an object to be detected coming into contact with or proximity to a detecting surface; and a contact driving scanning section configured to scan application of driving voltage to the contact responding section in one direction within the detecting surface, and control output of the electric change in time series, wherein the contact driving scanning section performs a plurality of scans of different regions of the contact responding section in parallel with each other, and outputs a plurality of the electric changes in parallel with each other. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130141380 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a substrate, a decorative layer, a touch-sensing structure, a media layer and an insulation layer. The decorative layer is disposed on the substrate, the touch-sensing structure is disposed on the substrate, and a part of the touch-sensing structure overlaps the decorative layer. The media layer is disposed at least between the part of the touch-sensing structure and the decorative layer, and the insulation layer is disposed on the substrate and covers the touch-sensing structure. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130147718 | TEXT SELECTION WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes detecting, on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, a touch in a scroll region controlled by an application to use touches for scrolling, and automatically entering text selection when the touch meets touch criteria. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147719 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR TEMPORARILY LIMITING OPERABILITY OF USER-INTERFACE PORTION OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An apparatus, and an associated method, disables the functionality of a portion of a user interface of a communication device, such as a wireless device, for a limited period. A detector detects an alert, (such as an alert communication activity,) such as the delivery at the communication device of notification of a communication termination at the communication device. Responsive to the detection, a portion of the user interface is disabled by a disabler. Disabling of the portion of the user interface is for a limited period and prevents a user of the device from inadvertently rejecting, or accepting the terminating communication until the limited period expires. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147720 | Touch Sensor With Inductive Charging - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a substrate, a flexible printed circuit (FPC), a touch sensor, and an inductive-charging element. The FPC is coupled to the substrate. The touch sensor is disposed on the substrate. The touch sensor includes electrodes made of conductive material. The inductive-charging component is disposed on the substrate or the FPC. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147721 | Device for Operating Touch Screen Devices in a Protective Housing - A protective device for use with a touch screen device includes a housing, a transparent member configured to engage with the housing, wherein the housing and the transparent member form a chamber sized to receive the touch screen device, the chamber being protected from an environment outside the protective device, an outside assembly positioned in a vicinity of an outer surface of the transparent member, an inside assembly positioned in the vicinity of an inner surface of the transparent member, a button, and a remote actuation mechanism configured to create an input to the touch screen device upon actuation of the button. The inside assembly is configured to move in tandem with the outside assembly. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147722 | DISTANT MULTIPOINT REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A distant multipoint remote control device and a system for allowing users to exercise multipoint control over an electronic apparatus at a remote end are introduced. The distant multipoint remote control device comprises at least two sensing modules for sensing users' operation and a remote controller independent of the two sensing modules for sending to the electronic apparatus a control signal serving as multipoint mobile information, such that the electronic apparatus performs a corresponding control operation and displays a corresponding result on a screen. The distant multipoint remote control device and system not only render users' control convenient but also enable accurate response to users' control behavior. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147723 | HEATING, VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM USER INTERFACE HAVING AN INTEGRATED SCREEN/HOUSING SKIN AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A user interface for use with an HVAC system, a method of providing an integrated screen/housing skin for a user interface of an HVAC system and an HVAC system incorporating the user interface or the method. In one embodiment, the user interface includes: ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147724 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN - A display device with an integrated touch screen according to an embodiment, includes a display panel including a touch screen provided in an active area of the display panel, and a display driver circuit provided in an inactive area of the display panel, the touch screen including a plurality of driving electrodes, each of the driving electrodes including a plurality of sub driving electrodes positioned in the active area of the display panel but electrically connected to each other in the inactive area of the display panel, the touch screen further including a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed between the sub driving electrodes and formed in the active area of the panel, and the display driver circuit configured to apply a common voltage to the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes or a touch driving voltage to the driving electrodes according to a driving mode of the display panel. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147725 | COMPREHENSIVE EYEGLASS DISPENSING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM - A comprehensive eyeglass dispensing assistance system includes an input device, a data storage device and a display device respectively electrically coupled to a processor, which receives an inputted instruction signal from the input device to fetch corresponding eyeglass dispensing desktop data and eyeglass wearing simulation animation data from the data storage devices for display on a menu directory zone and a condition indicator zone on the screen of the display device so that the consumers can understand and judge the symptoms and reasons of their vision acuity and the type or kind of corrective eyeglasses to be selected, facilitating optometric procedure explanation and performance. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147726 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE ORIENTATION OF AN AREA OF THE BODY OF AN INDIVIDUAL PLACED ON AN APPOSITION AREA OF A BIOMETRIC SENSOR MOUNTING - The present invention concerns a method and device for detecting the orientation of an area (DO) of the body of an individual placed on an apposition area (AP) of a biometric sensor mounting (P) designed to form a first image (I | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147727 | Touch Screen Integrated Organic Light Emitting Display Device And Method For Fabricating The Same - Disclosed are a touch screen integrated organic light emitting display device which has a thin profile and is implemented in a flexible type and a method for fabricating the same. The touch screen integrated organic light emitting display device includes a film substrate, a first etch stopper layer and a first buffer layer sequentially formed on the film substrate, a thin film transistor array including thin film transistors formed on the first buffer layer, organic light emitting diodes connected to the thin film transistors, a passivation layer covering the thin film transistor array and the organic light emitting diodes, a touch electrode layer contacting the passivation layer, a second buffer layer and a second etch stopper layer sequentially formed on the touch electrode layer, and a polarizing plate formed on the second etch stopper layer. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147728 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a terminal main body, and a ductile member made of an elastically deformable material positioned such that a deformation of the ductile member is exposed to the outside of the main body. An electro-active substance may be accommodated in a chamber defined in the ductile member, and may be contracted or expanded by power supplied thereto by a power supply device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147729 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING MENU PROVIDED IN VEHICLE - A technique of executing a menu is disclosed. More specifically, the technique includes displaying a first image on a display unit; displaying, when a plurality of touch data is simultaneously inputted through a touch pad, a plurality of menu icons on the display unit corresponding to an area in which the plurality of touch data is inputted; and executing a menu corresponding to a first menu icon, when flicking data is inputted through the touch pad with respect to the first menu icon among the plurality of menu icons. In particular, the touch pad is provided in at least one of a steering wheel, a gear knob, an operating system, a console box, a rear seat arm rest and the display unit. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147730 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL - A touch-sensing display panel including an active device array substrate, a touch-sensing substrate and a display medium is provided. The touch-sensing substrate includes a first substrate, first touch-sensing electrodes, second touch-sensing electrodes, a dielectric layer and a black matrix. The first touch-sensing electrodes are parallel with each other and disposed on the first substrate. Each of the first touch-sensing electrodes has a plurality of first openings, respectively. Each of the second touch-sensing electrodes has a plurality of second openings, respectively. The second touch-sensing electrodes are intersected with the first touch-sensing electrodes. The black matrix is disposed between the first touch-sensing electrodes and the first substrate and is disposed between the second touch-sensing electrodes and the first substrate, wherein the black matrix has a plurality of pixel openings arranged in array. Each of the pixel openings is corresponding to one of the first openings or one of the second openings, respectively. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147731 | DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing apparatus including a display and a touch panel disposed on or integrally formed with the display that detects a touch input by a user. The information processing apparatus setting initial coordinates corresponding to a first position of a touch input detected by the touch panel; setting a first region and a second region of the display based on the initial coordinates; and controlling the display to change a scale of a displayed image based on a distance between the initial coordinates and a second position of the touch input continuously detected by the touch panel in one of the first and second regions. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147732 | TOUCH SENSING - A method and apparatus varying, by interval, a frequency of a drive signal applied to one electrode of each of a plurality of electrode pairs, select a frequency corresponding to the frequency of the drive signal, monitor changes in capacitance of each of the electrode pairs through receive signals at the selected frequency, from the other electrode of each of the plurality of electrode pairs; and determine a position of at least two objects, which are simultaneously on a touch device, according to the monitored capacitance changes. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147733 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Electronic device and method for controlling the same are provided. The electronic device comprises a touch-sensitive screen, a storage device, and a controller. The storage device stores personal data. The controller detects contact with the touch-sensitive screen while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state. When contact with the touch-sensitive screen is detected, the controller determines whether the detected contact corresponds to a predefined limited activation gesture. If the detected contact corresponds to the predefined limited activation gesture, the controller transitions the electronic device from the user-interface lock state to a limited activation state. When the electronic device operates in the limited activation state, the personal data stored in the storage device cannot be accessed. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147734 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An in-vehicle apparatus includes an LCD that displays an operation screen, an operation position detector that detects a position that is part of the operation screen displayed on the LCD and that is touched by a user with an operation force larger than or equal to an operation determination threshold value with a touch panel on a certain detection cycle, a connection determiner that determines whether a mobile terminal apparatus is connected to the in-vehicle apparatus, and an operation determination threshold value changer that changes the operation determination threshold value to a value corresponding to the connected mobile terminal apparatus if the connection determiner determines that the mobile terminal apparatus is connected to the in-vehicle apparatus. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147735 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSORS AND TOUCH DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A display device having touch sensors includes a touch screen forming sensor nodes at crossings of Tx lines and Rx lines, a Tx driving circuit supplying a touch driving pulse to the Tx lines, an Rx driving circuit which receives voltages of the sensor nodes through the Rx lines, samples the sensor node voltages, and converts the sampled sensor node voltages into touch raw data through analog-to-digital conversion, and a touch controller which receives and binarizes the touch raw data, extracts a touch area based on the binarized touch raw data, differently sets a size of a computation block based on a position of the touch area and the number of touch areas, and performs a touch computation only on touch raw data of the computation block. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147736 | ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION BOARD - An electronic information board apparatus includes an extraction part configured to extract an operation area from an image input to the electronic information board; a display part configured to reconfigure the extracted operation area and display the reconfigured operation area at a predetermined position of a display screen; a correlation part configured to correlate the coordinates of the operation area and the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area; and a conversion part configured to convert an operation on the coordinates of the reconfigured operation area into an operation on the coordinates of the operation area. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147737 | DISPLAY PANEL FOR THE BLIND AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR THE BLIND - Embodiments of the present invention provide a display panel for the blind and a method for manufacturing the same and a display device for the blind. The display panel for the blind comprises: an array substrate, including a glass substrate and data lines and gate lines formed on the glass substrate, the data lines and gate lines intersecting each other so as to form pixel units, each of the pixel units including a pixel electrode; a touch substrate, including a flexible film layer and charged columnar structures provided on the flexible film layer; and an elastic film layer, provided between the array substrate and the touch substrate, wherein a side of the touch substrate on which the charged columnar structures are formed faces a side of the array substrate on which the pixel electrodes are formed, and the charged columnar structures on the touch substrate correspond to the pixel electrodes on the array substrate one to one. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147738 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes a haptic device; and a plurality of actuators arranged in the haptic device, each of the actuators locally generating vibration in response to a touch on the haptic device. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147739 | INPUT INTERFACE, PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING AN INPUT INTERFACE - An input interface comprises a touch sensor panel having a surface and a first sensor arrangement provided on the surface to sense a position of a touch action with two-dimensional spatial resolution. A transparent window member is offset from the surface of the touch sensor panel in a direction perpendicular to the surface. A second sensor arrangement is interposed between the surface and the transparent window member. The second sensor arrangement is configured to sense a magnitude of a force normal to the surface applied by the touch action and pushing the window member toward the touch sensor panel. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147740 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, and a non-self-luminescent display panel. The display panel includes at least one luminescent unit for generating a display image. The touch panel is disposed correspondingly to the display panel. The non-self-luminescent display panel is disposed between the touch panel and the display panel. The non-self-luminescent display panel includes a display medium layer for generating a non-self-luminescent display image or for being transparent to let the display image from the display panel pass through the display medium layer. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147741 | INTERLACE ROW SCAN - A touch screen panel is operated with an interlaced scanning pattern. All of the even rows are scanned first, followed by all of the odd rows. The interlacing method reduces the chance of a slow response due to a missed scan by 50%. The interlacing method can expanded to scan every other 3rd line or 4th line for further improvement in performance. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147742 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. The touch panel according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is configured to include a window, a printing part buried in a depressed part formed on one surface of the window; a transparent substrate; an electrode pattern formed on one surface or both surfaces of the transparent substrate; and an adhesive layer bonding the transparent substrate to one surface of the window. By this configuration, it is possible to minimize the occurrence of bubbles on the adhesive layer by removing the step occurring due to a thickness of a printing part by burying the printing part in one surface of the window. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147743 | Spherical Touch Sensors and Signal/Power Architectures for Trackballs, Globes, Displays, and Other Applications - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a spherically-shaped user interface device comprising a tactile sensing arrangement for at least generating tactile sensing measurements in response to tactile input on a spherically-shaped surface and a processor for processing the tactile sensing measurements and producing user interface signals responsive to user touch. The tactile sensing can use capacitive or optical methods employing, for example a spherically-arranged array of Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs). Employing high resolution and lensless imaging, the latter arrangement can provide a range of additional valuable functions, such as operation as a fingerprint sensor. lensless camera, and 3-space hand gesture detector. The device can be used as a trackball, interactive globe, and many other applications. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147744 | TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED TYPE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A touch sensor integrated type display includes a display panel including a touch screen having touch sensors, a data driving circuit for driving data lines of the display panel, and a timing controller for generating a control signal for controlling a potential of an output terminal of the data driving circuit in vertical blank periods between adjacent vertical periods. The control signal selectively floats source output channels of the data driving circuit or selectively sets a potential of the source output channels to a predetermined voltage in the vertical blank periods. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147745 | ENCRYPTING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A hardware encryption device comprises: a touch panel controller; and a cryptographic engine in communication with the touch panel controller. The touch panel controller receives co-ordinates from the cryptographic engine corresponding to an area on a touch panel selected by a user. The cryptographic engine is operable to discriminate between a selection in a secure area on a screen and a selection in a non-secure area on a screen, and to action the selection differently depending on whether the selection is in a secure area or a non-secure area. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147746 | CONTACT DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a contact detecting device including: a contact responding section configured to produce an electric change in response to an object to be detected coming into contact with or proximity to a detecting surface; and a contact driving scanning section configured to scan application of driving voltage to the contact responding section in one direction within the detecting surface, and control output of the electric change in time series, wherein the contact driving scanning section performs a plurality of scans of different regions of the contact responding section in parallel with each other, and outputs a plurality of the electric changes in parallel with each other. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147747 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus that makes it easy to recognize a target image when images are displayed in each of regions obtained by dividing a single screen, even when the method for dividing the screen has changed. For example, when the method for dividing the screen in an index view is switched, the post-switch location of a target thumbnail image is calculated based on the ratio between the pre- and post-switch division numbers and the pre-switch location of the target thumbnail image, in both the horizontal and vertical directions. Then, the overall arrangement of the thumbnail images in the index view after the division method switch is determined based on the calculated location of the target thumbnail image. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147748 | Active Vibrations - Active vibration techniques are described. In implementations, a selection of a type of writing surface or a type of writing implement is received, the selection made through interaction with a user interface. The selected type of writing surface or type of writing implement is simulated using vibrations of a stylus or surface of a computing device that is configured to receive one or more inputs from the stylus. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147749 | PANNING CONTENT UTILIZING A DRAG OPERATION - Computer-readable media, computerized methods, and computer systems for intuitively invoking a panning action (e.g., moving content within a content region of a display area) by applying a user-initiated input at the content region rendered at a touchscreen interface are provided. Initially, aspects of the user-initiated input include a location of actuation (e.g., touch point on the touchscreen interface) and a gesture. Upon ascertaining that the actuation location occurred within the content region and that the gesture is a drag operation, based on a distance of uninterrupted tactile contact with the touchscreen interface, a panning mode may be initiated. When in the panning mode, and if the application rendering the content at the display area supports scrolling functionality, the gesture will control movement of the content within the content region. In particular, the drag operation of the gesture will pan the content within the display area when surfaced at the touchscreen interface. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147750 | MULTIMEDIA, MULTIUSER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A table system includes a touch screen having a touch detection surface and a display, and a computer. The touch screen serves as an input device for the computer and the computer is configured to supply a continuous video signal to the display. The touch detection surface is configured to receive an object thereon without interference with detection, to send a first input to the computer in response to a first touch the computer configured to perform a first action on the touch screen in response thereto and, when a second touch occurs at a different location on the touch screen while the first action is being performed on the touch screen, to send a second input to the computer in response to the second touch, the computer being configured to perform a second action in response thereto, so that first and second actions are performed simultaneously. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130147751 | DOMESTIC APPLIANCE OPERATING DEVICE - A domestic-appliance-operating device, in particular a hob-operating device, includes an operating panel having a touch operating surface, a sensor plate which is arranged beneath the touch operating surface, and a touch sensor unit. A signal-transmission unit connects the sensor plate to the touch sensor unit in an electrically conductive manner by a conducting element and has at least one screening unit. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130154947 | DETERMINING A PREFERRED SCREEN ORIENTATION BASED ON KNOWN HAND POSITIONS - Determining a display orientation on a screen of a portable device includes detecting a current hand position of a user on a touch sensitive surface that is applied to an entire body of the portable device; comparing the current hand position to pre-stored hand position templates that are each associated with a preferred display orientation; determining a matching hand position template; configuring the display orientation of the screen to match the preferred display orientation associated with the matching hand position template; learning hand position patterns of the user by monitoring whether the user changes the display orientation of the screen within a predetermined amount of time after the configuring of the display orientation; and modifying the preferred display orientation associated with the matching hand position template based on the learned hand position patterns of the user. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154948 | FORCE SENSING INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FORCE INFORMATION - The embodiments described herein provide devices, systems and methods that facilitate improved performance in an input device. The input device, for example, may include an input surface configured to rotate about a first axis, a proximity sensor configured to sense an input object in a sensing region proximate to the input surface of the input device, a force sensor configured to sense a force applied to the input surface of the input device, and a processing system communicatively coupled to the proximity sensor and the force sensor. The processing system may be configured to determine a position of the input object in the sensing region, and determine force information for the input object based upon the position of the input object, the force applied to the input surface, and a location of the force sensor relative to the first axis. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154949 | Displays with Light-Curable Sealant - An electronic device may have a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display may include a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. The thin-film transistor layer may be provided with capacitive touch sensor electrodes. Wide metal lines on the thin-film transistor layer may be used to inhibit parasitic capacitances during touch sensor mode. The color filter layer may include a layer of black masking material that surrounds the active display area. A light-curable adhesive may used to attach the color filter layer to the thin-film transistor layer. Openings may be formed in the black masking material and in the metal lines on the thin-film transistor layer. The adhesive may be cured by applying ultraviolet light to the adhesive through the openings in the black masking material and through the openings in the metal lines. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154950 | APPARATUS AND METHOD PERTAINING TO DISPLAY ORIENTATION - A control circuit detects a touch-based user interaction with a touch-responsive portion of a display and responsively alters a display modality of the display. This touch-responsive portion of the display may be visually non-specific as regards any corresponding touch-based functionality. This touch-responsive portion can comprise a touch-responsive periphery of the display. The touch-based user interaction can comprise a gesture that begins and/or concludes in the touch-responsive portion. The resultant alteration of the display modality can comprise rotating the display about a center point. This rotation can comprise, by one approach, switching from a landscape modality to a portrait modality or vice versa. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154951 | Performing a Function - A method, apparatus, and computer product for: receiving a first user input indicative of a movement of a device; receiving a second user input indicative of a touch gesture entered on the device; determining that a combination of the first and second user inputs is associated with a function having at least first and second parameters; determining the first parameter based upon at least the first user input; determining the second parameter based upon at least the second user input; and causing the function to be performed according to the determined first and second parameters. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154952 | GESTURE COMBINING MULTI-TOUCH AND MOVEMENT - Functionality is described herein for interpreting gestures made by a user in the course of interacting with a handheld computing device. The functionality operates by: (a) receiving a touch input event from at least one touch input mechanism; (b) receiving a movement input event from at least one movement input mechanism in response to movement of the computing device; and (c) determining whether the touch input event and the movement input event indicate that a user has made a multi-touch-movement (MTM) gesture. A user performs a MTM gesture by touching a surface of the touch input mechanism to establish two or more contacts in conjunction with moving the computing device in a prescribed manner. The functionality can define an action space in response to the MTM gesture and perform an action which affects the action space. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154953 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE - A touch control device is provided, comprising a touch control module, a display module, a connecting member, and a ventilation film. The connecting member connects the touch control module with the display module, wherein a chamber is formed between the connecting member, the touch control module, and the display module. Specifically, the connecting member comprises a protruding portion forming a passage and a hole, wherein the passage communicates the chamber with the hole. Additionally, the ventilation film is disposed on the protruding portion and covers the hole, wherein the air in the chamber is exhausted from the touch control device through the passage and the hole. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154954 | Touch Control Panel Structure Having A Dummy Pattern - A touch control panel structure includes a substrate, a plurality of first transparent conductive regions, a plurality of first dummy patterns, an insulating layer, a plurality of second transparent conductive regions, a plurality of second dummy patterns, and an optical coating layer. The first transparent conductive regions and the first dummy patterns are disposed on the substrate and covered by the insulating layer. The second transparent conductive regions and the second dummy patterns are disposed on the insulating layer and covered by the optical coating layer. The first and second transparent conductive regions are respectively arranged in a first and a second direction. The first and second dummy patterns are respectively aligned with the corresponding second and first transparent conductive regions. The color difference is not visually perceptible when light is emitted upward from the bottom of the substrate, thereby improving the display image quality. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154955 | Multi-Surface Touch Sensor Device With Mode of Operation Selection - In one embodiment, a method includes entering a device into a first mode of operation. At least one touch is detected at at least one surface of the device that is distinct from the front surface of the device. A hold position of the device is determined based at least in part on the at least one touch at the at least one surface. A second mode of operation is determined based at least in part on the detected hold position of the device and the device is entered into the second mode of operation. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154956 | Stylus Device - Various embodiments for inserting data are disclosed. One embodiment is a system that comprises a stylus device and a computing device. The stylus device comprises an input device configured to capture data, memory configured to store the captured data, and logic for transmitting the stored data. The computing device comprises a touchscreen display, a stylus interface for receiving the transmitted capture data, and an application executable in the computing device, where the application comprises logic that inserts the data received by the stylus interface on the touchscreen display. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154957 | SNAP TO CENTER USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION - Systems, methods and products directed toward snap to center user interface navigation are presented herein. One aspect includes executing an ultra-mobile user interface displayed on a display device accessible by an information handling device, the ultra-mobile user interface being comprised of one or more landing zones; ascertaining a user selected position within the ultra-mobile user interface based on user input communicated through one or more input devices operatively coupled with the information handling device; and selecting one of the one or more landing zones determined to be in closest proximity to the user selected position. Other embodiments are described herein. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154958 | CONTENT SYSTEM WITH SECONDARY TOUCH CONTROLLER - A controller for a content presentation and interaction system which includes a primary content presentation device. The controller includes a tactile control input and a touch screen control input. The tactile control input is responsive to the inputs of a first user and communicatively coupled to the content presentation device. The controller a plurality of tactile input mechanisms and provides a first set of the plurality of control inputs manipulating content. The controller includes a touch screen control input responsive to the inputs of the first user and communicatively coupled to the content presentation device. The second controller is proximate the first controller and provides a second set of the plurality of control inputs. The second set of control inputs includes alternative inputs for at least some of the controls and additional inputs not available using the tactile input mechanisms. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system are provided for controlling an electronic device. The method includes detecting a gesture on a touch-sensitive input mechanism of the electronic device, the gesture comprising an origin point and an end point, and executing a command associated with the gesture, the command comprising a back command if the end point is located left of the origin point with respect to an orientation of the electronic device or comprising a forward command if the end point is located right of the origin point with respect to the orientation of the electronic device, wherein a dedicated non-gesture input mechanism to input the command is absent from the electronic device. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154960 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF TO STOP ACCIDENTAL PROGRAM - A touch display device includes a touch display, a touch driver, and a processor. The touch display displays a first control interface having a plurality of program icons. The touch display is configured to receive touch operations having a slide touch with a sliding distance. The touch driver generates an execution command when that the sliding distance is shorter than or equal to a predetermined distance, and generates a sliding command when that the sliding distance is longer than the predetermined distance. The processor receives the execution command and the sliding command The processor controls the touch display to display the second control interface according to the sliding command The processor loads a selected program into a RAM according to the execution command. The processor stops loading the selected program when the touch display receives a predetermined touch operation in the period of loading the selected program. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154961 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel and a touch display device are disclosed, in which the touch panel includes a substrate, a touch component layer and a shielding-electrode film. The substrate has a surface. The touch component layer is disposed on the surface of the substrate and includes a metallic layer, an electrode layer, a protection layer and a hard coat layer. The protection layer is disposed between the metallic layer and the electrode layer. The hard coat layer at least covers the metallic layer and the electrode layer. The shielding-electrode film is disposed on the hard coat layer of the touch component layer, wherein the touch component layer is located between the substrate and the shielding-electrode film, and a resistance of the shielding-electrode film is greater than a resistance of the electrode layer. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154962 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DETAILED INFORMATION DISPLAY FOR SELECTED AREA USING DYNAMIC TOUCH INTERACTION - A method and apparatus configured to control the level of detailed information displayed for a selected area using a dynamic touch interaction in a mobile terminal including a touch screen, are provided. The apparatus include a memory that stores contents to be output through the touch screen as data, a touch interaction module that analyzes a user's touch input through the touch screen and recognizes a stipulated touch interaction, and a control unit that controls an overall operation of the apparatus according to the user's input through the touch screen. The control unit also controls the level of subordinate detailed information displayed in an area, which is designated by the user through a stipulated touch input, to be displayed when the stipulated touch input is recognized through the touch interaction module, based on the data stored in the memory. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154963 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING IMAGE EFFECTS OF PERSON IMAGES - In a method for configuring image effects of person images using an electronic device, an image configuration file and one or more image effect templates are stored in a storage system of the electronic device. A still person image is obtained from an image library stored in the storage system and displayed on a touch screen of the electronic device, and a face area of the still person image is identified according to a preset face characteristic value. The method detects a touch operation on the touch screen when the face area the still person image is touched, and selects one of the image effect templates from the storage system according to the touch operation. The selected image effect template is appended to the still person image to generate an animated person image, and the animated person image is displayed on the touch screen. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154964 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a touch-sensitive device and a fabricating method thereof, and more particularly, to a touch-sensitive display device and the method for fabricating the same. The touch-sensitive display device including a display panel, a touch-sensitive panel, and a plurality of supporting bumps is located between the display panel and a touch-sensitive panel. The supporting bumps have elasticity to keep the touch-sensitive panel separated from the display panel. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154965 | TOUCH DETECTION SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing system for detecting at least one touch is provided. The touch sensing system includes a touch sensing unit having a plurality of touchable regions for outputting sensing signals of the at least one touch, an operating unit for determining difference values between the sensing signals and a baseline value, a group setting unit for grouping ones of the regions in which the difference values exist into one or more groups, and a threshold value determining unit for determining maximum difference values from the groups to determine first threshold values of the groups corresponding to the determined maximum difference values. The touch sensing system increases the correctness of the touch detection by adaptively changing the first threshold value in accordance with the touch strength. A method of driving the touch sensing system is also provided. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154966 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel in which an upper transparent substrate and a lower transparent substrate are adhered to each other such that an upper detecting electrode that is formed on surfaces of convex portions of the upper transparent substrate crosses a lower detecting electrode that is formed in one direction in which concave portions and the convex portions of the lower transparent substrate are formed, and the surfaces of the convex portions on which the upper detecting electrode is formed and the surfaces of the concave portions on which the lower detecting electrode is formed face each other. Thus, a distribution of an electric field is concentrated on a sensing electrode, thereby improving the sensitivity of the touch panel, compared to a general electrode structure. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154967 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch control method is adapted for an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch pad and a control processor. The control processor is electronically connected to the touch pad and has a reference value. First, producing a touch a first pressure at the touch pad, and then generating a click signal when the touch on the touch pad is increased from a first pressure to a second pressure and the increase value of the second pressure is larger than the reference value. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154968 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A disclosed portable terminal has two housings that are foldably connected to each other. The portable terminal includes two display units provided respectively on the two housings; touch panel type input unit that detects touching of each of the two display element; a particular button located on one of the two display units; and a control unit that decides, when the flick operation for the particular button is performed, the application that is targeted by the flick operation, from among two applications that are executed on display screens of the two display units respectively, according to the direction of the flick operation, and executes a process assigned to the operation for the particular button on the decided application. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154969 | MOTOR VEHICLE CONTROL INTERFACE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The present invention relates to a motor vehicle control interface comprising a touch-sensitive tile ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154970 | BENDABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A bendable display method and device are provided. The bendable display device includes a display unit including a display screen, a sensing unit that senses a user manipulation, and a control unit that modifies a display of the display screen according to the user manipulation sensed by the sensing unit. The display device is bendable under external pressure into a rolled state in which the display screen of the display unit forms an outer wall, and the display unit displays the display on the display screen in the rolled state. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154971 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CHANGING SCREEN MODE USING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a method of changing a screen mode using the display apparatus including a display unit which is bendable by external pressure, a sensing unit which is installed in the display unit to sense a bending direction of the display unit, and a controller which changes a screen mode of an object displayed on the display unit according to the bending direction. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154972 | TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE - A tactile presentation device includes a housing, a detection part one end portion of which is rotatably attached to the housing by a supporting member and which is operable to detect an operation performed on an operation surface thereof, and a vibration part attached to the detection part so as to cause the detection part to rotationally vibrate around the supporting member when the detection part detects the operation. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154973 | TOUCH PAD WITH FEEDBACK FUNCTION AND TOUCH DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch pad with a feedback function and a touch device using the same are provided. The provided touch pad includes a touch sensing film layer and a vibration film layer, where the vibration film layer is disposed above the touch sensing film layer and includes a permanent charge layer. Moreover, the vibration film layer is configured for generating vibration in response to a touch event on the touch sensing film layer. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154974 | INPUT DIRECTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, TERMINAL SERVER, NETWORK SYSTEM, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INPUT DIRECTION DETERMINATION METHOD - An input direction determination system includes an input direction determination section that determines the input direction based on a reference point and the indication position, and a reference point change section that determines whether or not to change the reference point based on an angle formed by a first direction that is determined by the reference point and an indication position at a first timing or a timing that precedes the first timing, and a second direction that is determined by the indication position at the first timing and an indication position at a second timing that follows the first timing, or an angle formed by connection lines that connect indication positions at different timings, and changes the reference point. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154975 | TOUCH INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A touch input method of a portable terminal which enables touch input to an entire region of a touch screen using a partial region of the touch screen in a state where a hand gripping of the portable terminal cannot touch all regions of the touch screen, and an apparatus thereof, are provided. The touch input method includes detecting touch input on one of divided touch regions of a touch screen, detecting a tilted state of the portable terminal when the touch input is detected, determining one of divided touch regions as a touch reflection region in which a touch event generated from a region in which the touch input is detected is reflected according to the detected tilted state of the portable terminal, and processing the touch event generated from the region in which the touch input is detected as the touch event reflected in the touch reflection region. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154976 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH METHOD - A touch method and a touch device of a computer system are provided. The touch method comprises the steps outlined below.. A function control mode is performed. A graphic control frame comprising a first width having a default ratio relative to a second width of a touch pad of the touch device is displayed on a display device of the computer system. A touch input is received A displacement track and a position of the touch input are determined. At least one graphic control option on the graphic control frame is controlled according to the displacement track, the position of the touch input and the default ratio. The touch device used in the computer system is disclosed herein as ell. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154977 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY FUNCTIONS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are a liquid crystal display device having touch and three-dimensional display functions and a method for manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display device includes a touch and three-dimensional image display panel adhered to a liquid crystal panel through an adhesive layer, wherein the touch and three-dimensional image display panel includes a lower substrate provided with first and second electrodes for realizing a three-dimensional image, a upper substrate provided with third and fourth electrodes for sensing touch and a common electrode for realizing the three-dimensional image, and a liquid crystal display filled between the upper and lower substrates. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154978 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A MULTI-TOUCH INTERACTION IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of providing a multi touch interaction in a portable terminal includes receiving a first touch input, performing a first function corresponding to the received first touch input, receiving a second touch input when the first touch input is maintained, and performing a second function corresponding to the received second touch input while maintaining a movement of at least one specific object selected by the first touch input. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154979 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING ELECTROSTATIC PROTECTION STRUCTURE - A touch panel having an electrostatic protection structure includes a transparent substrate, multiple sensing electrodes, a decoration layer and the electrostatic protection structure. The transparent substrate has an active region and a decoration region surrounding the active region. The sensing electrodes are formed on the active region. The decoration layer is disposed on the decoration region. The electrostatic structure includes a conductive ring. The conductive ring is disposed in surrounding arrangement corresponding to the decoration region and is located between the decoration layer and the transparent substrate. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154980 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMOTION TRACKING, TAGGING, AND RATING AND COMMUNICATION - A system provides a user an interactive graphic software interface to navigate to an image representative of any particular emotion from within a matrix containing representations of a continuous range of emotional states. The user can then send the selected image to one or more other users or to aggregator servers in order to communicate emotions or to tag or rate various things with emotional significance, so that quantitative statistics on emotional significance can be computed for those things. The system can also be used to track emotional state through a range of time periods or geospatial locations. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154981 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SHORTCUT NUMBER IN A USER DEVICE - A method and apparatus for providing a shortcut number in the user device are provided. The method includes executing a shortcut number input mode; extracting user information mapped to shortcut numbers in the shortcut number input mode; and displaying the user information mapped to the shortcut numbers with number keys of a touch keypad that match the shortcut numbers. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154982 | PROXIMITY DETECTOR IN HANDHELD DEVICE - Proximity based systems and methods that are implemented on an electronic device are disclosed. The method includes sensing an object spaced away and in close proximity to the electronic device. The method also includes performing an action in the electronic device when an object is sensed. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154983 | DATA PROCESSING IN RELATION TO A MULTI-TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A device obtains a signal representative of objects on a touch surface of a multi-touch sensing apparatus and executes a method for extracting touch data from the signal. The method operates in a sequence of detection frames. Each detection frame comprises the steps of: obtaining ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154984 | HAPTIC SYSTEM - This haptic system is constituted by being provided with a liquid crystal display or other panel-type display device ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154985 | INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS AND PROGRAMS - Provided is a technique of correcting influences of optical environment to correctly recognize the color of an input object used for inputting of coordinates, and enabling automatic designation of a color to be used for drawing. A coordinate detection unit detects coordinates of an input object. Next, display light on the display plane in the vicinity of the coordinates is estimated from display data, and a correction value to remove influences of the display light is calculated. A captured image of an input object used for input operations on the display plane is extracted, and the color of the captured image is corrected with a display light correction value. Thereby, influences of the display light added to the input object are removed, enabling the original color of the input object to be identified. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154986 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus determines a touched object and stores touch information based on the object in a memory unit | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154987 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An area selection operation of a character string is performed by touching the character string displayed on a display unit | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154988 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation providing apparatus, so as to reduce an influence by provision of a tactile sensation on detection of a position by a touch sensor, includes a touch sensor | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154989 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN - An embodiment of the present invention provides a touch screen. The touch screen includes a touch detector configured to determine a location of an object proximate to a front surface of a screen, and a force detector configured to determine a force that the object places on the screen. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130154990 | DISPLAY METHOD - A display method for displaying performed by a display device having, in a display screen, a first display area ( | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130162543 | Piezoelectric Actuator Interface and Method - An apparatus including a flexible circuit having a flexible substrate and at least one electrical conductor; and a least one piezoelectric member adapted to move when a voltage is applied to the piezoelectric member. The piezoelectric member is mounted to a first side of the flexible substrate and electrically connected to at least one of the electrical conductors. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162544 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR A MULTI-TOUCH BASED CORRECTION OF A HANDWRITING SENTENCE SYSTEM - A method and device is for a multi-touch based correction of a handwriting sentence system. The method includes receiving touch inputs, generating interpreted input data as a function of the touch inputs, and displaying the interpreted input data on a display device. A request to correct a portion of the interpreted input data then switches to a correction mode. During the correction mode, a correction user interface is displayed on the display device, a gesture is received so setting data is determined as a function of a first disposition of the gesture, the setting data indicating a type of correction to be applied to the portion of the interpreted inputs, a correction data is determined as a function of a second disposition of the gesture, and the portion of the interpreted input data is corrected as a function of the touch input, the setting data, and the correction data. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162545 | SENSING ELECTRODE PATTERN OF TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a sensing electrode pattern of a touch panel. The sensing electrode pattern of the touch panel includes a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed in parallel to each other; and a plurality of auxiliary electrodes extending from lateral surfaces of each sensing electrode. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162546 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display and a controlling method thereof are provided. The flexible display includes a plurality of pressure sensors, a display unit and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit is connected to the pressure sensors and the display unit. The processing unit obtains pressure values from each of the pressure sensors within a time unit and generates a pressure area and a pressure variance according to the pressure values from each of the pressure sensors. The processing unit further determines a display mode of the display unit according to the pressure area and the pressure variance. Therefore, the flexible display is capable of providing several kinds of display mode only based on the equipped pressure sensors. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162547 | TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen. The touch screen according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a transparent substrate; a touch electrode formed on one surface of the transparent substrate; a digitizer electrode formed on the other surface of the transparent substrate; and an image display device provided in the other surface direction of the transparent substrate. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162548 | METHOD AND SOFTWARE FOR TESTING TOUCH PANELS - The method for testing a touch panel includes steps of providing the touch panel, providing a software for testing the touch panel, and determining the data variable parameter corresponding to the touch panel so as to test the touch panel. The software contains a data variable parameter, which includes one selected from a group consisting of an interface setting variable parameter, a touch controller IC variable parameter, an automatic test variable parameter, a manual test variable parameter and a combination thereof | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162549 | DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device integrated with a touch screen panel. The display device includes a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate, color filter patterns on a surface of the display device, corresponding to the pixels and containing a conductive material, and a black matrix formed between the color filter patterns. Each of the color filter patterns is electrically connected to an adjacent one of the color filter patterns to be used as sense electrodes of a touch screen panel. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162550 | Touch Panel Device and Scanning Method Therein - A touch panel device and a scanning method in the touch panel device are provided. The touch panel device includes first sensing lines, second sensing lines and a controlling module. The first sensing lines and the second sensing lines are alternately arranged and are in parallel with each other along a first direction. The controlling module is configured to scan the first sensing lines and the second sensing lines during a plurality of first frame periods and a plurality of second frame periods, respectively, which are alternately arranged according to a predetermined frame rate. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162551 | Electronic Device - According to one embodiment, the electronic device of this embodiment includes a housing, a first substrate provided in the housing and including a sensor region configured to sense a touch of a hand and a translucent portion provided on an inner side of the sensor region, a second substrate separated from the first substrate and includes a light source configured to emit light towards the translucent portion and an elastic member intermediated between the first and the second substrate and including a through hole portion inside of which the light source and the translucent portion are provided, in which an edge portion which defines a circumference of the through hole portion is situated on an outer side to the translucent portion and on an inner side to the sensor region. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162552 | TOUCH DEVICES AND FABRICATION METHODS THEREOF - A touch device and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The touch device includes a cover lens, a light shielding pattern disposed on the cover lens, a UV cut layer disposed on the light shielding pattern and the cover lens, and a plurality of transparent conductive patterns disposed on the UV cut layer, wherein the transparent conductive patterns are formed by using a laser beam to etch a transparent conductive layer. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162553 | CHARACTER RECOGNITION FOR OVERLAPPING TEXTUAL USER INPUT - Techniques described herein may recognize handwritten characters that are written at least partially over the top of one another that are input to a computing device. The handwritten characters may be formed of one or more strokes. A user may write characters or parts of words over approximately the same area of graphical user interface (i.e., on top of each other) without having to wait for a timeout between character input and without having to select a button or provide another input indicating the character is complete before entering input for another character. Once a character is at least partially recognized, a graphical indication corresponding to the user input displayed on a screen may be altered. Such alterations may include fading or changing size or location of the graphical indication. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162554 | MULTI-PEEK MODE TABLET DEVICE - A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162555 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF TOUCH - The present invention relates to a method and a device for detection of position of touch. The device comprises a waveguide, at least one light source, and at least one detector device. The waveguide has a touch-surface with a surface structure defining a pattern that defines active surface areas and passive surface areas. The pattern is distributed such that an object that contacts a first area will cause a different disturbance of light than an object that contacts a second area, and such that correct positions of a plurality of concurrent touches may be deduced. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes an apparatus for controlling a flexible display in a touch screen of the portable terminal. The portable terminal includes a controller that detects a curvature of a screen, determines a point in the screen, at which a curvature degree is greatest, as a center, and moves an object on the screen toward the center. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162557 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSORS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING TOUCH COORDINATE DATA THEREOF - A display device having touch sensors includes a display panel having a touch screen, a Tx driving circuit supplying a touch driving pulse to Tx electrode lines of the touch screen, an Rx driving circuit which samples voltages of the touch sensors received through Rx electrode lines of the touch screen due to the supply of the touch driving pulse and outputs touch raw data from the voltages of the touch sensors, and a touch controller which obtains a plurality of touch groups based on the touch raw data, sets a transmission format of an effective touch group, on which a touch operation is performed, among the plurality of touch groups to a variable touch coordinate packet, and transmits the variable touch coordinate packet to an external host system. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162558 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY SWITCHING OPERATION INTERFACES BETWEEN LEFT-HANDED MODE AND RIGHT-HANDED MODE - An electronic device capable of selectively switching operation interfaces between a left-handed mode and a right-handed mode is provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen, a storage unit, a touch detecting unit, a processing unit and an interface switching unit. The storage unit stores a left-handed mode operation interface, a right-handed mode operation interface, and a corresponding relationship among a number of predetermined touch operations and the left-handed and right-handed mode operation interfaces. The touch detecting unit detects a touch operation on the touch screen. The processing unit outputs a switching signal if it determines that the detected touch operation matches a predetermined touch operation. The interface switching unit determines an intended operation interface corresponding to the detected touch operation, and switches the current operation interface to the intended operation interface corresponding to the detected touch operation, according to the switching signal. A related method is also provided. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162559 | INPUT SYSTEM - An input system and method are provided. The input system includes a display device having a display screen and an input detection device that has an operation surface provided at a distance from the display device and that is configured to detect an operation performed on the operation surface. The input system also includes an elevation formation device configured to form an elevated portion on the operation surface. As control device is also include, the control device is configured to control a display content to be displayed on the display screen, decide a position of the elevated portion on the operation surface in accordance with the display content, and control the elevation formation device so as to form the elevated portion at the decided position. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162560 | TOUCH DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention provide a touch display and an electronic apparatus. The touch display comprises a display device; a touch device, positioned on a display surface side of the display device, and the touch device comprising a touch-sensitive layer; a shielding circuit layer, disposed between the touch-sensitive layer and the display device; and a transparent insulating layer, disposed between the touch-sensitive layer and the shielding circuit layer, wherein the shielding circuit layer and the touch-sensitive layer are equipotential. The electronic apparatus comprises the touch display. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162561 | TOUCH MODULE - Disclosed herein is a touch module including: a touch electrode formed on one surface or both surfaces of a transparent substrate; a connection part coupled to the touch electrode; and a coating layer coating the touch electrode and the connection part. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162562 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a display section, and a touch sensor superposed on the display section, the touch sensor being responsive to touch operation by a user. An estimation unit is also provided and is configured to identify a region on the display section, the region being covered by a part of the user, when the touch sensor detects the touch operation by the user. A display controller is provided that displays information on the display section so as to avoid the region identified by the estimation unit. In addition a computer program product is described. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162563 | OPERATION INPUT SYSTEM - An operation input device and method are provided. The operation input device includes a touch pad having an operation plate on a surface of which an operation surface is formed. The operation plate is configured to sense an object in contact with or in proximity to the operation surface to receive input corresponding to a position of the sensed object. The device also includes a protrusion member that can penetrate through the operation plate to protrude from the operation surface and a protrusion control section that controls a position of the protrusion member. The operation input device also includes a display device that displays an image on the display screen and a depiction control section that controls depiction of the image to be displayed on the display screen, wherein the protrusion control section correlates coordinates of the display screen and coordinates of the operation surface with each other. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162564 | OPERATION INPUT SYSTEM - An operation input system and method are provided. The system includes a touch pad having an operation plate on a surface of which an operation surface is formed. The touch pad is configured to sense an object in contact with or in proximity to the operation surface to receive input corresponding to a position of the sensed object. A plurality of protrusion members are provided having distal end portions which are configured to penetrate through the operation plate to protrude from the operation surface. The system also includes a state sensing section that senses a first state in which at least one of the distal end portions are above the operation surface and a second state in which no distal end portions are above the operation surface and an input reception section that receives input when the protrusion member has been changed from the first state to the second state. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162565 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL USING OSCILLATION FREQUENCY - Disclosed are a device and a method of sensing a touch using an oscillation circuit. Touch sensor lines that detect a position by using a resistor and a capacitor of an RC oscillation circuit face each other to make pairs in a panel, and an oscillation frequency generated according to capacitance of the panel which is changed by a touch is measured through the adjacent touch sensor lines and two or more characteristics of the measured oscillation frequency are calculated to determine the touched position. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162566 | TERMINAL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus that controls a display to display captured image at a first portion of the display; detects whether an image of a specific pattern exists in the captured image; controls the display to display an image corresponding to data in a second portion of the display; detects that a user input was received at a first position corresponding to the first portion of the display and a second position corresponding to the second portion of the display; and transmits data corresponding to an image displayed at the first position to another information processing apparatus corresponding to the captured image displayed at the second position. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162567 | METHOD FOR OPERATING TOOL LIST AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for operating a tool list applied to a portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device comprises a display surface including an operation area and a tool control area. The tool control area includes a tool list for receiving a tool selection signal. The method for operating the tool list includes following steps: receiving a first control signal by the display surface, wherein the first control signal is different from the tool selection signal, and disabling the tool list according to the first control signal. A portable electronic device using the method described above is also disclosed. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162568 | SETTING VIBRATION PORTIONS IN PIECES OF ELECTRONIC DATA THAT ARE DISPLAYABLE ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - Vibration portions are set in electronic data displayable on a display device. In response to a first portion in the one or more pieces of electronic data being specified on the display device, an embodiment sets the specified first portion as a first vibration portion. The first vibration portion triggers a first vibration in response to the first vibration portion being specified with a movable object. Moreover, in response to a second portion in the one or more pieces of electronic data being specified on the display device, an embodiment sets the specified second portion as a second vibration portion. The second vibration portion triggers the second vibration in response to the second vibration portion being specified with a movable object. The data storing settings for generating the first vibration and the second vibration include an order in which the first vibration and the second vibration are generated. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162569 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An object of the present invention is to provide a device, a method, and a computer-readable recording medium, all of which improve the operability for enlarging or reducing an image. A controller sets a scale factor for enlarging or reducing a display image displayed on a touch-screen display, in response to detecting a touch to a plurality of points on the touch-screen display. The controller enlarges or reduces the display image, based on a gesture after touching the plurality of points (multi-touch gesture), and the scale factor thus set. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162570 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFATURING THE SAME - Disclosed is an LCD device which realizes decreased thickness, simplified process, and decreased cost by using a common electrode for formation of electric field to drive liquid crystal as a sensing electrode, and removing a touch screen from an upper surface of the liquid crystal panel, the LCD device comprising gate and data lines crossing each other to define plural pixels on a lower substrate; a pixel electrode in each of the plural pixels; plural common electrode blocks patterned at the different layer from the pixel electrode, wherein the common electrode blocks, together with the pixel electrode, forms an electric field, and senses a user's touch; and plural sensing lines electrically connected with the common electrode blocks, wherein, if the sensing line is electrically connected with one of the common electrode blocks, the sensing line is insulated from the remaining common electrode blocks. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162571 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen provided with a display area in which any of a plurality of icons is displayed. The controller displays any of the icons in the display area according to a first touch gesture detected through the touch screen display while the lock screen is displayed. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162572 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a touch panel. The touch panel includes a transparent window; a printed pattern disposed under the transparent widow and spaced apart from the transparent window; and an intermediate layer between the transparent window and the printed pattern. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162573 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ITS MOVEMENT DETECTING METHOD FOR REMOTE OBJECT - A display device comprises a display module, at least two sensing devices and a control module. The sensing devices are disposed at the opposite sides or the adjacent sides of the display module. The control module is coupled with the sensing devices to respectively detect coupling capacitances formed between the sensing devices and a remote object, and determines the movement of the remote object according to the coupling capacitances. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162574 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen and a first object that moves on the lock screen. When a gesture is performed on the first object, the controller releases a locked state in which the lock screen is displayed. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162575 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY THE SAME, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An image forming apparatus includes: a display; a first display controller configured to display a background screen image(s); and a second display controller configured to display, within each background screen image, at least one object image each for receiving a command for executing a corresponding predefined processing. The first display controller executes a display switch processing to switch the background screen image being displayed on the display from a first background screen image to a second background screen image by moving the first and second background screen images in a first direction. The second display controller executes a shaking display processing in which the object image displayed within the second background screen image is repeatedly moved between two positions. The shaking display processing is started upon a start of the display switch processing and finished after an end of the display switch processing. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162576 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS - A user interface apparatus includes a first updater. A first updater updates a display of a monitor screen according to a first rule when a touch operation of a first manner to the monitor screen is detected. A second updater updates the display of the monitor screen according to a second rule when a touch operation of a second manner to the monitor screen is detected. A displayer displays a specific icon on the monitor screen when an updating manner of the display of the monitor screen satisfies an error condition. A specific updater updates the display of the monitor screen according to the first rule when a touch operation to the specific icon displayed by the displayer is detected. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162577 | Text Entry For Electronic Devices - A method of inputting a series of characters into an electronic device ( | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162578 | METHOD OF INTERFACING WITH MULTI-POINT DISPLAY DEVICE | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162579 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK USING COMPOSITE PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - An input/output device includes a touch sensitive layer configured to sense if an object touches the touch sensitive layer and to sense where the touch sensitive layer is contacted, a first electrode layer and second electrode layer, at least a portion of one of the first electrode layer and second electrode layer connected to at least a portion of the touch sensitive layer, and a composite piezoelectric layer connected between the first electrode layer and second electrode layer. The composite piezoelectric layer has a plurality of piezoelectric rods arranged in a polymer matrix. The polymer matrix provides the composite piezoelectric layer with a predetermined property. A drive circuit is configured to apply an alternating voltage to the first electrode layer and second electrode layer in response to the sensed object. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162580 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND SCREEN CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an information processing terminal having two screens, which can accurately measure ambient brightness. The information processing terminal includes two rectangular plate-like display devices respectively having screens connected to each other at connection sides. The information processing terminal is used with the two screens arranged horizontally or vertically. Near the side that is opposite to the connection side of one of the display devices, an illuminance sensor is disposed in a position near the top from the center of the opposite side when the two screens are arranged to be used horizontally. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162581 | UNIT FRAME FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL UNIT - A unit frame | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130162582 | INPUT DEVICE - Provided is an input device whereby a user may easily carry out a contact operation. An input device ( | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130169545 | COOPERATIVE DISPLAYS - A handheld electronic device has two or more displays and sensors operative to indicate the handheld electronic device has been rotated, turned, or flipped so that a first display originally being viewed by a user is now facing away from a user. The processor changes displayed information of the newly displayed content on a second display based upon information displayed in the first display. When the handheld electronic device is returned to its original orientation, previously displayed content on the first display is restored or resumed, or is modified based on information entered in the second display just viewed. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169546 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING SETTINGS ACROSS DEVICES BASED ON USER GESTURES - Systems and methods for transferring settings between user devices using gestures are provided. A selection of media guidance application setting is made. A user input indicative of a direction in which the user wishes to transmit the selected media guidance application setting is received. A determination is made that a device is present in the direction indicated by the user and the device is identified. In response to identifying the device indicated by the user, the selected media guidance application setting is transferred to the identified device. The transferred setting is applied to the device to which the setting was transferred. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FINDING LOCAL MAXIMA IN A TWO-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY - A method for finding local maxima in a two-dimensional array includes generating a row array for each row in the array and a column array for each column in the array. The values in a given generated row array are indicative of local maxima of values in the corresponding row, and values in a given generated column array are indicative of local maxima of values in the corresponding column. The method may also include the computer multiplying values in the generated row and column arrays to determine local maxima of the array. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169548 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including a transparent substrate; first electrode patterns formed in a mesh pattern on one surface of the transparent substrate; second electrode patterns formed in a surface type on the other surface of the transparent substrate; and an image display device provided in a direction of the other surface of the transparent substrate, thereby effectively blocking noise generated in the image display device, lowering a sheet resistance, and improving visibility. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169549 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Providing Multitouch Inputs and Hardware-Based Features Using a Single Touch Input - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays, on the display, a first visual indicator. The electronic device receives a first single touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the first visual indicator; and, in response to detecting the first single touch input on the touch-sensitive surface at a location that corresponds to the first visual indicator, replaces display of the first visual indicator with display of a first menu. The first menu includes a virtual touches selection icon. In response to detecting selection of the virtual touches selection icon, the electronic device displays a menu of virtual multitouch contacts. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE DEVICE PAIRING - Tools (systems, apparatuses, methodologies, computer program products, etc.) for pairing electronic devices including touchscreen-enabled electronic devices, and for facilitating communication between paired electronic devices. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169551 | SHOWCASE - Disclosed herein is a showcase for displaying an exhibit therein. The showcase includes a first display unit and a second display unit. The first display unit is located on one side of the exhibit, is formed of a transparent touch panel, and displays information about the exhibit thereon. The second display unit is located such that the exhibit can be interposed between the first display unit and the second display unit, is placed opposite the first display unit, and displays an image related to the exhibit. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169552 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ROTATION OR ZOOMING OPERATIONS ON TOUCH SCREEN - An electronic device sets a condition for triggering zooming operations or rotation operations of a file displayed on the touch screen. When the condition has been met, the device determines an equation of a movement route of an object on the touch screen according to data in relation to contacts from the object, determines a distance difference and a tangential angle difference between a present contact and a next contact, and determines whether the file needs to be rotated or zoomed based on an absolute value of the angle difference. When the file needs to be rotated, the device determines a rotation angle based on the angle difference, and controls a rotation operation of the file accordingly. When the file needs to be zoomed, the device determines a zoom ratio based on the distance difference, and controlling a zooming operation of the file accordingly. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169553 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for unlocking an electronic device, touch signals are received on an obverse touch panel and a reverse touch panel of the electronic device. The method determines a first touch number on the obverse touch panel and a second touch number on the reverse touch panel according to the received touch signals, and unlocks the electronic device when the first touch number is equal to a first preset value and the second touch number is equal to a second preset value. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169554 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL UNLOCKING AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for unlocking an electronic device, touch signals are received on one or both of an obverse touch panel and a reverse touch panel of the electronic device. Corresponding touch numerals are determined according to the received touch signals, and the electronic device is unlocked when the touch numerals are equal to preset unlocking numerals. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169555 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE REPRESENTATION METHOD USING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display unit which displays a content on a screen, a recognition unit which, when a user touch is input on the screen, recognizes an object corresponding to a touch trajectory, and a controller which controls the display unit to change a page of the content displayed on the screen according to the object. Accordingly, it is possible to change the page of the electronic content swiftly and manipulate the electronic apparatus easily, and user convenience is improved by providing an intuitive user experience of an interface. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169556 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touch screen display configured to display particular contents; and a controller configured to obtain a first touch input action on the touch screen display that lasts longer than a predetermined duration, display more detailed information about the particular contents displayed on the display as long as the first touch input action is being maintained, and stop displaying the more detailed information when the first touch input action is released. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169557 | WIRING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The wiring substrate includes a substrate; a plurality of conductive patterns on a surface of the substrate, the plurality of conductive patterns including a plurality of sensing electrodes, a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of wirings connected to at least one of the plurality of sensing electrodes and the plurality of driving electrodes; and a photo solder resist layer on the surface of the substrate, the photo solder resist layer including a body and a plurality of protrusions extending from a side of the body, wherein an end portion of each protrusion is formed on each of the respective wirings, and a width of the end portion is smaller than a width of a starting portion of each protrusion that is in contact with the side of the body. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169558 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method for manufacturing a touch sensing apparatus includes repeatedly forming a plurality of electrode patterns on a first sub-substrate unwound from a first roller; repeatedly forming a plurality of interconnection patterns on a second sub-substrate unwound by a second roller; forming an array of touch sensing substrates by adhering the first sub-substrate to the second sub-substrate; forming a plurality of via holes through which the plurality of electrode patterns are electrically connected to the plurality of interconnection patterns; and cutting the array of touch sensing substrates into a plurality of touch sensing substrates, each touch sensing substrate including one of the electrode patterns and one of the interconnection patterns. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169559 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a touch sensing method of an electronic device, the electronic device includes a touch panel, a signal multiplexer and a signal driver. The method detects one or more sensing signals transmitted from the signal multiplexer when the touch panel is touched, and determines whether the touch operation is a point touch or a coverage touch according to the touch points. The method generates a single point operation command when the point touch is a single point touch, generates a multi-point operation command when the point touch is a multi-point touch, generates a single finger operation command when the coverage touch is a single coverage touch, or generates a multi-finger operation command when the coverage touch is a multi-coverage touch. The method generates a driving signal corresponding to each of the operation commands, and sends the driving signal to the signal driver in response to the touch operation. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169560 | SYSTEM FOR GAZE INTERACTION - A method and system for assisting a user when interacting with a graphical user interface combines gaze based input with gesture based user commands. A user of a computer system without a traditional touch-screen can interact with graphical user interfaces in a touch-screen like manner using a combination of gaze based input and gesture based user commands. A solution for touch-screen like interaction uses gaze input and gesture based input as a complement or an alternative to touch-screen interactions with a computer device having a touch-screen. Combined gaze and gesture based interaction with graphical user interfaces can be used to achieve a touchscreen like environment in computer systems without a traditional touchscreen or in computer systems having a touchscreen arranged ergonomically unfavourable for the user or a touchscreen arranged such that it is more comfortable for the user to use gesture and gaze for the interaction than the touchscreen. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169561 | METHOD OF SEGMENTING MULTIPLE TOUCHES IN TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM - A method of segmenting multiple touches in a touch sensor system is disclosed. The method includes setting a point node by selecting a valid node of a touch sensor panel from among valid nodes having touch data equal to or greater than a threshold value of a touch sensor panel; determining one or more candidate labels for the point node by searching for adjacent nodes around the point node; and when there are two or more candidate labels for the point node, labeling the point node by selecting a label of a label group that has the highest group similarity with the point node and that is from among label groups of the two or more candidate labels, and by assigning the selected label to the point node. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169562 | BENDING THRESHOLD AND RELEASE FOR A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A flexible display device and a method for accurately recognizing a user's flex input bending of the flexible display device is described. The present invention is able to discard unintentional flexing of the flexible display device while being able to accurately recognize a user's intended flex input command based on a number of bending degree thresholds. A first bending threshold must be overcome in order to initially recognize a user's flex input as a valid flex input command. Then the user's flex input must fall below a second bending threshold in order to cease the recognition of the user's flex input as a valid flex input. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169563 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing system | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169564 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - An information processing apparatus including a first case that includes a first display having a touch-sensing function; a second case that includes a second display having a touch-sensing function; and a hinge mechanism configured to join the first and second cases in a rotatable manner such that both the first and second displays are exposed in a closed state and such that first and second displays are arranged side-by-side on substantially the same plane in an open state. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169565 | COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An exemplary system includes: an information processing unit; a storage unit which stores information processed by the information processing unit; a touch panel which is a touch input unit which accepts a touch input; and an acceleration sensor equivalent to a force detection unit which detects a force applied to an apparatus or the touch panel at a time of the touch input, and the information processing unit evaluates an input area of the touch input and performs predetermined information processing in accordance with the input area and an acceleration value which is a detection value of the force. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169566 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR DATA MANIPULATION - According to at least one exemplary embodiment, a system and method of inputting data may be described. One such method can include running a software application on a device with a touch screen; generating a swipe pattern through interaction of a user with the touch screen; saving the swipe pattern; associating data with the swipe pattern; and inputting the data into a field when the swipe pattern is made. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169567 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel includes a first substrate, a pixel array on the first substrate in a display region, first lead lines located on the first substrate in a non-display region and electrically connected to the pixel array, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a display medium layer between the first and second substrates, a touch device layer disposed on the second substrate and having a portion in a first touch region within the display region and the other portion in a second touch region within the non-display region, and second lead lines located on the second substrate and electrically connected to the touch device layer. The material of the touch device layer in the first and second touch regions is the same. The second lead lines extend from the first touch region to an edge of the second substrate through the second touch region. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169568 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal provides a guide and feedback for a lock release operation to implement a gesture for a lock release operation at an arbitrary location and in various directions. A method of releasing a user interface lock state in a mobile terminal having a touch sensing display according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include setting the mobile terminal to a user interface lock state; detecting a contact with the touch sensing display at an arbitrary location on the touch sensing display; displaying a lock release region corresponding to the arbitrary location while maintaining a contact with the touch sensing display; displaying the movement of the contact in the lock release region; and switching the mobile terminal into a user interface lock release state when the movement of the contact in the lock release region satisfies a predetermined condition. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169569 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel includes a first substrate, a pixel array, a second substrate, a display medium layer, a third substrate, a first touch electrode layer, a second touch electrode layer and a polarizer. The first substrate has the pixel array thereon. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The display medium layer is between the first substrate and the second substrate. The third substrate is disposed opposite to the second substrate and has the first touch electrode layer thereon. The second touch electrode layer is disposed between the first touch electrode layer and the second substrate. The polarizer is disposed between the first touch electrode layer and the second touch electrode layer. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169570 | ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, STORAGE MEDIUM AND DELETION CONTROLLING METHOD - A mobile phone being an example of electronic equipment includes a processor which determines whether or not a touch operation by a user is slid to draw a predetermined locus such as a zigzag based on touch coordinates data which is input from a touch control circuit and corresponds to the touch operation. If it is determined that the touch operation by the user draws the predetermined locus, a displayed object which is a deletion target is determined based on an operated range decided by the locus, and then, the displayed object is deleted. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169571 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE DEVICE PAIRING - Tools (systems, apparatuses, methodologies, computer program products, etc.) for pairing electronic devices including touchscreen-enabled electronic devices, and for facilitating communication between paired electronic devices. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169572 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH PROTECTION FUNCTION AND PROTECTION METHOD - A method for protecting a touch-sensitive device includes: switching the touch-sensitive device from a normal mode to a protection mode when a preset operation is exerted; determining whether a touch operation is exerted after the touch-sensitive device enters the protection mode, and further determine whether a duration of the touch-sensitive device in the protection mode exceeds a preset time interval; comparing a touch size of the touch operation with a preset size when the duration of the touch-sensitive device in the protection mode exceeds the preset time interval; and generating an alarm signal when the touch size is less than the preset size. A related touch-sensitive device is also provided. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169573 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen. When a gesture to change a distance between a first touch and a second touch on the touch screen display is detected during display of the lock screen in a locked state, the controller for releases the locked state. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169574 | REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A remote control apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus includes an input unit configured to include a plurality of touch regions, a control unit configured to generate a control command for selecting a channel of the display apparatus according to channel number information input through the plurality of touch regions, and a transmission unit configured to transmit the control command to the display apparatus, wherein the channel number information includes a plurality of element information and the plurality of touch regions receives the plurality of element information, respectively. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169575 | MOBILE INFORMATION DISPLAY TERMINAL - A mobile information display terminal narrows a width from the outermost portion of a chassis to an outermost portion of the effective display area by using a sealing part between the chassis and a flat surface of the display panel. The chassis has a panel facing wall that faces a main face of a touch-equipped display panel. The sealing part has an annular shape that substantially matches a periphery of an inner surface of said glass sheet. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169576 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel includes a display panel, a plurality of touch sensing devices, and a touch driver circuit. The display panel includes an array substrate. The touch driver circuit is disposed on the array substrate. The touch driver circuit is electrically connected to the touch sensing devices, and the touch driver circuit is employed to provide at least one scan driving signal to the touch sensing devices. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169577 | GRAPHICAL AUTHENTICATION FOR A PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH - A portable device includes a touch screen that includes a display screen and that generates touch screen data in response to a user's interaction with the touch screen. A processor executes a security application for authenticating the user to the portable device that provides first display data to the touch screen for displaying a security prompt on the display screen. Touch screen data is received from the touch screen in response to the user's interaction with the touch screen and is processed to determine when an authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. The user is authenticated to the portable device when the authentication shape is recognized as being indicated by the touch screen data. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169578 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit that causes a display unit having a display screen to perform information display; a switching unit that performs switching between a touch input enable state, in which predetermined processing is performed in response to touch input, and a touch input disable state, in which the predetermined processing is not performed even when touch input is detected; and a detector that is disposed at a position different from a position of the touch position detector and that performs predetermined detection. The display unit can be switched between an inactive state and an active state. The switching unit includes a first controller that sets the touch input disable state when the display unit enters the inactive state, and a second controller that performs switching to the touch input enable state in accordance with the result of the predetermined detection. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169579 | USER INTERACTIONS - A user interface system for controlling an electronic device having a touch-screen. The system is configured: to detect and identify sliding contact by a user at a contact point on the touch-screen, wherein the sliding includes the contact point being moved in a first direction, and to scroll displayed content substantially in the first direction; and to detect and identify simultaneous sliding contact by the user at two contact points on the touch-screen, wherein the sliding including the contact points being moved substantially parallel to a common axis, and to cause a non-scrolling change in the displayed content in response to said detection of simultaneous sliding. The non-scrolling change might, for example, be the angle of inclination of an inclined perspective projection. The displayed content could be a map. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130169580 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A portable terminal includes two display element provided respectively on two housings; and detection element provided on one of the two housings and that detects the posture of the housing that is provided with the detection element. The portable terminal places first and second reference point on respective display screens of the two display element such that the spatial distance of the first and second reference point in a free space is constant, and calculates the open angle between the two housings based on the length of a perpendicular line drawn from the first reference point to the open axis, the length of a perpendicular line drawn from the second reference point to the open axis, and the length of the spatial distance; and corrects the detected detection value based on the calculated open angle and notifies an application executed on other housing of the corrected value. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130176230 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WIRELESSLY CONTROLLING MEDICAL DEVICES - Systems and methods for wirelessly controlling medical devices are provided. One system includes a portable user interface having a housing and a communication module within the housing configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one medical device. The portable user interface also includes a display displaying a graphical user interface to control the at least one medical device remotely, wherein the displayed graphical user interface corresponds to a control interface of the at least one medical device. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176231 | CAR STEREO HEAD UNIT WITH BUILT-IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE SYSTEM - A car stereo head unit includes a control system coupled to the car control computer of the car carrying the car stereo head unit by a CAN BUS, a front face panel electrically coupled with the control system and providing a touchscreen, a display driver module system, an intelligent computer system module, an antenna embedded GPS receiver system and a wireless communication module system, and a FM/AM radio receiver module, a DVD/SD/USB player module, a digital TV receiver and player module and an audio output system electrically coupled to the control system. Subject to touch control through the touchscreen, the control system controls the audio output system to play sound and the touchscreen to play videos. By means of the intelligent computer system module and the wireless communication module system, the car stereo head unit is allowed for mobile phone application and internet access. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176232 | Operating Method for a Display Device in a Vehicle - In an operating method for a display device in a vehicle, the display device includes a touch-sensitive surface. A first output is displayed in an area of the display device. A first movement and a second movement by an operator relative to the touch-sensitive surface are detected simultaneously. The area is divided automatically along a first direction into a first subarea and a second subarea, if the first movement and the second movement proceed substantially in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and away from each other. The first output is displayed in the first subarea and a second output is displayed in the second subarea. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176233 | TOUCH PANEL, ANTI-NOISE UNIT AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A NOISE - A touch panel includes a display module, a touch sensor, an anti-noise unit and a signal processing unit. The display module generates a noise. The touch sensor is disposed above the display module and outputs an abnormal signal, wherein the abnormal signal includes the noise and a sensing signal. The anti-noise unit is adapted to receive the abnormal signal and then reject the noise so as to form the sensing signal. The signal processing unit is adapted to process the sensing signal. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176234 | TOUCH PANEL AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a touch technology and more particularly, to a touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The touch panel comprises a plurality of first sensing electrode axes, a plurality of second sensing electrode axes, and a plurality of conductive wire axes. The first sensing electrode axes are disposed along a first axis. The second sensing electrode axes are disposed along a second axis and electrically insulated from the first sensing electrode axes. The plurality of conductive wire axes are disposed along the second axis and extended to the first peripheral area. Any two of the conductive wire axes are electrically connected to different first sensing electrode axes. According to the touch panel and the manufacturing method provided in the present disclosure, areas of the available touch area and a visible area on the touch panel can be effectively increased. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176235 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch-sensing display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of touch sensing structures, and a display medium. The first substrate has a plurality of pixels and scan lines, and a read-out line. Each touch sensing structure includes a sensing active device, a sensing space, and a bridge electrode. Each sensing active device is disposed on the first substrate and includes a bottom gate, a channel, a source, a sensing electrode, and a top gate. The top gate has an opening to form a first electrode and a second electrode that are electrically isolated. When pressed, the bridge electrode contacts the top gate to electrically connect to the first and second electrodes, so that control of the channel is transformed from one of the top gate and the bottom gate to both the top and the bottom gates, thereby forming a sensing current in the sensing electrode. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE GENERATION OF A SIGNAL CORRELATED WITH A MANUAL INPUT OPERATION - In a system, as well as a method for the generation of a signal correlated with a manual input operation, especially a gesture-like input operation is executed by a user with his hands or fingers in front of a physical device and it input signals for signal processing operations are generated which correlate in a particularly reliable and accurate way with manual input operations. A system may have an electrode group integrated into an equipment component, that has several plane shaped electrodes adjacent to each other, and a circuit arrangement coupled to the electrodes of the electrode group, wherein the electrode group and the circuit arrangement constitute a sensor circuit allowing both a detection of a status to evaluate as a physical contacting of the equipment component, and a position detection of the hand or a finger of a user in a area placed spatially upstream of the equipment component. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176237 | DUAL SCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A dual screen electronic device is provided and includes a main body, a protection cover, and a first processor. The main body includes a housing having a front frame and a rear cover, and a first display screen located in the housing. The first display screen is exposed through the front frame to display a first display image. The protection cover is detachably fixed on the rear cover, and includes a second display screen to display a second display image. The first processor is located in the housing and electrically connected to the first and second display screens. The first and second display images are controlled by the first processor in accordance with an instruction inputted to the first and second display screens, such that the second display image is the same as or different from the first display image. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176238 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrode lines, a plurality of second electrode lines and a plurality of connecting lines. The first electrode lines are disposed parallel to one another on the substrate and are respectively extended along a first direction from a first side of the substrate to a second side of the substrate opposite to the first side. The second electrode lines are disposed parallel to one another on the substrate and are respectively extended along a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are intersected with each other. The connecting lines are respectively connected to the second electrode lines. A part of the connecting lines are extended to the first side and another part of the connecting lines are extended to the second side. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176239 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, conductive lines, conductive pads, connecting lines, ground lines and dummy pads. The substrate has a first surface. The conductive lines and the ground lines are arranged abreast on the first surface and extended along a first direction. The conductive pads and the dummy pads are on the first surface. N conductive pads are between two adjacent conductive lines. The connecting lines are connected to the conductive pads. 1-N conductive pads located between an i-th conductive line to a (i+1)-th conductive line are connected to 1-N connecting lines. 1-N connecting lines are between the 1-N conductive pads and the (i+1)-th conductive line. All of the N-th connecting lines are electrically connected to each other. An i-th ground line is between the (i+1)-th conductive line and the corresponding 1-N connecting lines. The dummy pads are between the i-th conductive line and the corresponding 1-N conductive pads. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176240 | MAN/MACHINE INTERFACE HAVING A REINFORCED HOUSING - The invention relates to a man/machine interface ( | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176241 | IMAGE MODULE, MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGE MODULE - An image module including a base member including a light transmissive material; a first layer having a first protruding pattern protruding from a first surface of the base member; a second layer including an opaque material and covering a second surface of the base member; and one or more image through-holes in the second layer and configured to pass light from a light source through the image through-holes and towards the protruding pattern to form one or more images. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176242 | Hybrid Inertial and Touch Sensing Input Device - A method and apparatus for tracking coarse and fine motions associated with an electronic input device is disclosed. The electronic input device can have both an inertial sensor and a touch sensor. The method includes receiving inputs from an inertial sensor and a touch sensor, and dynamically adjusting a velocity estimate of the electronic input device based on weighting or predetermined thresholds of the inputs to maximize a tracking range of the input device. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176243 | TOUCH-ENABLED REMOTE CONTROL - A remote control device comprises a housing cover configured to mate with a touch-enabled surface configured to receive input gestures, and a battery holder disposed between the housing cover and the touch-enabled surface. A first plurality of magnets is disposed in the housing cover. A second plurality of magnets is disposed in the battery holder. The first plurality of magnets in the housing cover is attracted to the second plurality of magnets in a first position of the housing cover relative to the battery holder. The first plurality of magnets in the housing cover is repelled from the second plurality of magnets in a second position of the housing cover relative to the battery holder. The first position and the second position share a rotational axis normal to the touch-enabled surface. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176244 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch-screen display, a display controller and an operation detector. The display controller displays a first screen including a content area and plural areas. The content area includes objects indicative of video contents. In the areas, an operation of changing an object in the content area is input. The operation detector detects a first operation in a first area of the areas, and a second operation in a second area of the areas. The display controller displays, when the first operation has been detected, a second screen which is different from the first screen, and to change, when the second operation has been detected, the objects in the content area, and display the content area including the changed object. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176245 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ZOOMING TOUCH SCREEN IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An apparatus and method zoom into a screen in an electronic device employing a touch screen. The method includes, upon detection of a touch input, confirming a zoom-in area by considering touch information, confirming a zoom-in ratio for the zoom-in area, and displaying the zoom-in area by zooming in the area according to the zoom-in ratio. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176246 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR - An information processor includes a display that has a touch panel and that displays an image, and a controller that displays on the display the image that has an operation-part display area displaying at least a part of a plurality of operation buttons that receive instructions for executing prescribed functions, the instructions given by a touch operation. The operation-part display area has a switch operation area, a variable area and a fixed area. The variable area displays a part of the plurality of operation buttons, and changes over the part of the plurality of operation buttons to be displayed in response to the touch operation made on a page switch button shown in the switch operation area. The fixed area displays a part of a rest of the plurality of operation buttons fixedly regardless of the touch operation made on the page switch button. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176247 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TOUCH POSITION CALCULATION - An input device includes an acquisition unit to acquire touch region information including position coordinates of a plurality of sensors in a touch screen and a sensed value of each sensor, a first calculation unit to calculate a shape of a touch region based on the touch region information, and a second calculation unit to calculate a detected touch position detected as a touch position based on the shape. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176248 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN ON PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY - A method and apparatus of displaying a screen on a portable device is disclosed. The method and apparatus including a display unit configured to be a bendable flexible display and a touch panel integrally configured with the display unit for detecting touch input. The method and apparatus includes: detecting bending of a display unit configured by a flexible display; dividing a display region of the display unit based on the bending location when the bending of the display unit is detected; and displaying separate display data on the divided display regions by separating the display data. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176249 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING DISPLAY SCREEN OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a pressure sensor. When a display screen is in an activated state, the pressure sensor detects a pressure on a valid area of a display screen of the electronic device. The electronic device reads a value of the pressure from the pressure sensor. If the value of the pressure is more than a predefined pressure value, the display screen is unlocked. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176250 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a control method of the mobile terminal are disclosed. A mobile terminal and a control method of the mobile terminal of the present invention comprises a first camera; a touchpad; and a controller, if a touch input of a user is obtained through the touchpad, configured to carry out operation based on a gaze direction of the user obtained through the first camera. According to the present invention, operability for the mobile terminal is improved by controlling the mobile terminal based on a touch input through a touchpad and a gaze direction of the user. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176251 | TOUCH-SCREEN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE TOUCH SENSING TECHNIQUES - A touch-screen input/output device including a touch sensor, a display, a display control module, a touch sensor control module and a synchronizer module. The touch sensor is overlaid on a display. The display control module is communicatively coupled to the display and converts video data into a serial bit stream video display signal include one or more blanking intervals. The touch sensor control module is communicatively coupled to the touch sensor and determines touch events and location of the touch event on the touch sensor during one or more touch sensor scan cycles. The synchronizer module is communicatively coupled between the display control module and the touch sensor control module, and interleaves the one or more touch sensor scan cycles with the one or more blanking intervals of the video display signal. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176252 | COMBINED RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION AND TOUCH INPUT FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A graphics tablet system including a housing, a touch screen in the housing for receiving touch input, and for displaying graphics corresponding to the received touch input, a plurality of styli for performing touch input, each stylus including an RFID chip storing one or more graphic attributes, and a visible indicator of the one or more graphic attributes, an RFID reader in the housing for reading the stored one or more graphic attributes from a stylus touching the touch screen, and a processor in the housing, connected to the touch screen and to the RFID reader, for rendering a drawing on the touch screen according to the motion of the stylus on the touch screen and according to one or more graphic attributes read by the RFID reader from the stylus, wherein the plurality of styli store different one or more graphic attributes. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176253 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A touch screen device for a portable terminal includes an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) film providing a touch screen feature; a light guide film attached onto one surface of the ITO film; and a light emitting device attached onto one surface of the ITO film and disposed in one side of the light guide film, wherein light output from the light emitting device provides lighting to an area where the light guide film is attached, while passing through the light guide film, and wherein the light guide film and the light emitting device are installed on the ITO film by a surface mounting process, thus reducing manufacturing costs and making it possible to secure more space capable of mounting other parts which in turn contribute in miniaturizing portable terminals. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176254 | INPUT APPARATUS, DISPLAY APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - An input apparatus, a display apparatus, a control method thereof and a display system are provided. The input apparatus includes: a communication unit which communicates with the display apparatus; a touch sensor which senses a touch input; a motion sensor which senses a motion of the input apparatus; mid a controller which determines whether a value of a touch input, that sensed by the touch sensor when the input apparatus operates in a gesture mode according to the motion of the input apparatus, is greater than or equal to a first reference value, and changes an input mode of the input apparatus to a touch mode if it is determined that the value of the touch input greater than or equal to the first reference value. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTI-VISION SYSTEM BY USING MULTIPLE PORTABLE TERMINALS - A method for implementing a multi-vision system by using a plurality of portable terminals, wherein, if a user applies a touch input to each of the plurality of portable terminals in a state in which the plurality of portable terminals are disposed, each of the plurality of portable terminals transmits information relating to the touch input to a multi-vision controller, and the multi-vision controller determines how the plurality of portable terminals have been disposed by using the touch input information and then transmits picture division information indicating a respective content portion to be displayed by each portable terminal to the plurality of portable terminals, and thus, the user can conveniently and quickly implement the multi-vision system by using the plurality of portable terminals and can select an optimized disposition of the plurality of portable terminals based on the characteristics of the content. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176256 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display control apparatus includes a detection unit for detecting a touch operation on a display unit, a storing unit for temporarily storing data of a plurality of images, and a display control unit for performing, in response to the detection unit detecting a touch operation including a movement with a touch kept on the display unit, a scrolling process for scrolling an image displayed on the display unit to display another image temporarily stored in the storing unit, and performing, in response to the detection unit detecting a touch operation including a movement for a predetermined distance or longer with a touch kept on the display unit, an updating process for updating the data of the plurality of images temporarily stored in the storing unit with data of another plurality of images to display the images included in the other plurality of images on the display unit. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176257 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING FUNCTION KEY INCLUDED THEREIN - Provided are a portable terminal and a method for executing a function key in the portable terminal The portable terminal includes a main body, an on/off key provided on a top surface of the main body, and at least one side key provided on a side of the main body, in which the central on/off key and/or the side key are configured as touch keys. The method includes a first step of sensing a touch on the function key, a second step of sensing a touch on a malfunction sensing unit disposed near the function key, and a third step of executing an operation corresponding to the touch on the function key. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176258 | MOTION FEEDBACK - A user input to a system is processed by receiving reflections of signals from a moving input object. Information relating to the direction of movement of the input object and information relating to the speed of the input object are determined from the reflections. Continual sensory feedback is provided to the user, controlled by a parameter that is repeatedly updated based on the direction and speed of the input object. When no new determination of information relating to the speed or direction of the input object has been made since a previous update, a time-dependent change is made to the parameter. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176259 | CLICK DISAMBIGUATION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - The surface of an touch-sensitive input device may act as a physical button that the user may push down to perform a click or other operation. For example, the user may push down the surface of the input device with one finger for a left click and push down the surface of the input device with two fingers for a right click. In one aspect, a system for detecting a left click or a right click when the user pushes down the surface of the input device is provided. When the system first detects that the surface of the input device is pushed down, the system may wait for a short period of time before making a determination of whether the user is pushing down the surface with one finger or two fingers. During this time, the system may collect additional information to make a more reliable determination. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176260 | TOUCH PANEL MOTHER SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH PANEL CUT THEREFROM - An objective of the present invention is to provide a touch panel mother substrate that has a novel structure and facilities the cutting of a touch panel, and a touch panel that has been cut from the touch panel mother substrate. A plurality of touch panel units ( | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130176261 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY METHOD - When a user touches an icon, a control unit displays pointers for enabling anchors to be selected in directions extending radially from the icon. The pointers are displayed while the user is touching the icon or when a short time has elapsed after a finger has been separated from the icon. A touchable region is displayed at each position in the vicinity of the icon in each of four directions indicated by the pointers. For example, when a touch region is touched using a finger different from the finger touching the display position of the icon, a link corresponding to the touch region is selected. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130181908 | PREDICTIVE COMPENSATION FOR A LATENCY OF AN INPUT DEVICE - A computer configured to selectively use prediction to compensate for a latency of an input device. The input device may be a touch screen. Processing of touch inputs may lead to a latency between the user performing a touch input and the touch screen display responding to the touch input. A touch screen component predicts a subsequent position of a touch contact point based on the sensed positions of the touch contact point. The component may be a software component that provides a predictive output that can be selectively used based on a characteristic of a touch input. The component may be generic such that it may be applied on multiple types of computers equipped with different types of touch sensing hardware configured with any suitable settings. The component's output may be used to control the touch screen display. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181909 | CONVERTIBLE CLAMSHELL TO SLATE DEVICE - In one embodiment, a clamshell-slate hybrid may act as either a clamshell or slate computing device. The clamshell-slate hybrid | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181910 | Dual-Substrate-Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first dielectric layer between a first substrate and a second substrate; and the first and second substrates. The first and second substrates each having drive or sense electrodes of a touch sensor disposed on it. The drive or sense electrodes are made of a conductive mesh of conductive material. The drive and sense electrodes are disposed on a surface of the first and second substrates that face a display. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181911 | On-Display-Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, an electronic display includes a display stack including one or more layers; and drive or sense electrodes of a touch sensor substantially disposed on one or more of the layers on or within the display stack. The drive or sense electrodes are made of a conductive mesh of conductive material. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181912 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel including first sense electrodes including a plurality of first sense cells arranged on a substrate in a first direction and first connection patterns electrically connecting adjacent first sense cells of the plurality of first sense cells; second sense electrodes including a plurality of second sense cells arranged on the substrate in a second direction that crosses the first direction, relay patterns arranged within the first sense electrodes, and metal patterns connected between the relay patterns and second sense cells of the plurality of second sense cells adjacent to the relay patterns; and auxiliary patterns electrically connecting two regions of the first sense electrodes divided by the relay patterns and the metal patterns. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181913 | PROVIDING A SENSE OF TOUCH IN A MOBILE DEVICE USING VIBRATION - Controlling haptic feedback in a mobile communication device is provided. Metadata associated with a set of objects within requested content is parsed to identify each object within the requested content having an associated frequency pattern included in the metadata. The requested content is displayed in a display device. A touch input is received on the display device at a location of an identified object that has an associated frequency pattern within the requested content. A frequency and a duration of a vibration generated by a variable frequency vibration device simulating a tactile texture of the identified object touched within the requested content is controlled using the associated frequency pattern of the identified object. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181914 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING OBJECTS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for selecting objects of an electronic device, a touch operation performed on a touch screen of the electronic device is detected. A selection region on the touch screen is determined according to a touch operation that is detected from the touch screen. The selection region is scaled according to one or more predetermined ratios when contact points of the touch operation move on the touch screen. Objects displayed on the touch screen are selected according to the determined selection region. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181915 | TOUCH DISPLAY, COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING A TOUCH DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF SWITCHING MODES OF A TOUCH DISPLAY - A touch display capable of switching modes is disclosed in the present invention. The touch display includes a touch panel, an image controller electrically connected to the touch panel, a switch, and a touch signal processor electrically connected to the touch panel, the image controller and the switch. The touch panel generates a touch signal according to a plurality of blocks triggered on the touch panel. The image controller receives an image signal outputted from a host and drives the touch panel to display a corresponding image. The switch can be used to switch the touch signal processor to a first operating mode or a second operating mode. The touch signal processor receives the touch signal, and transmits the touch signal to the image controller or to the host according to the mode switched by the switch. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181916 | SCAN METHOD FOR A TOUCH PANEL - A scan method for a touch panel has steps of: receiving a self-sensing frame; calculating sensing slopes between each sensing line and its neighboring sensing lines in the self-sensing frame; determining whether any sensing slope is larger than a slope threshold, and marking the sensing line if the sensing slope is larger than the slope threshold; and executing a mutual scan approach on the marked sensing lines to produce a mutual sensing frame without sensing point caused by noise. Further, the present invention also increases the frame rate since only a part of sensing lines need to be scanned. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181917 | TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - A touch screen apparatus including: a touch sensing unit; a memory configured to store sensing information transmitted from the touch sensing unit; and a display unit associated with the memory, the display unit configured to receive and display the sensing information stored in the memory. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181918 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Electronic device and method for controlling the same are provided. A first block and a second block are displayed on a touch screen of the electronic device. The first block is displayed on a lower portion on the display screen of the touch panel. The second block is displayed on an upper portion on the display screen of the touch panel. Contact movement between the first block and the second block on the display screen of the touch panel is detected. An arrangement line for arranging icons on the display screen is determined according to a moving path corresponding to the contact movement on the touch panel. Icons are arranged along the arrangement line on the display screen to generate a graphical user interface for the electronic device. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181919 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. A file image is displayed on a touch screen of the electronic device. The file image is designated as an object for adjusting in response to a detection of a first contact with the touch screen on the file image. In addition, a location of the first contact is recorded as a standard point. When a second contact with the touch screen is detected, a location of the second contact is recorded as an operation point. An adjusting process is performed on the file image according to a distance between the standard point and the operation point and the relative position of the operation point corresponding to the standard point. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181920 | DISPLAY NAVIGATION - Navigating on a display includes tracking motion of an input tool on a display, comparing a motion of the input tool to a threshold, and changing a position of the visible portion of a page of information on the display if the input tool motion exceeds the threshold. The position of the visible portion of the page of information on the display is constrained if the motion does not exceed the threshold. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181921 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a transparent electrode for sensing and a metal mark that overlaps with the transparent electrode in a sensing enable area, and a metal line that extends along a contour of the sensing enable area in a peripheral area. The transparent electrode is electrically connected to the metal line. A light shielding area of a cover substrate includes a first portion that overlaps with the peripheral area, and a second portion that partially overlaps with the sensing enable area so as to cover the transparent electrode and the metal mark. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181922 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a display device which includes: a display panel having a display screen on which an image is displayed; and a touch panel which is arranged on a display screen side of the display panel. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate which is arranged on a side closer to the touch panel than the first substrate; and a polarizer which is arranged on a touch panel side of the second substrate. The touch panel is formed larger than the polarizer and is laminated to the polarizer. An auxiliary member is arranged between the touch panel and a portion of the second substrate which is exposed from the polarizer. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181923 | TOUCH DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device and a touch display panel of the electronic device are provided. The touch display panel receives a touch driving signal and generates a sense signal in response to the touch driving signal, wherein the sense signal is analyzed to calculate a touch position on the touch display. The touch display panel includes a transmitting circuit and a grounding electrode. The transmitting circuit distributes the touch driving signal in the touch display panel. The grounding electrode is disposed over the transmitting circuit and at least partially covers the transmitting circuit, wherein the grounding electrode is a grounded conductor. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181924 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A TOUCH RECOGNITION AREA IN A TOUCH INTERFACE - An apparatus and method are provided for adjusting a touch recognition area on a touch interface. The method includes displaying an item on a screen of a terminal; sensing an approach area according to an approach of a user input object to the touch interface; determining an approach direction of the user input object, based on the approach area; and adjusting a touch recognition area of the item, based on the approach direction. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181925 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a touch panel. The touch panel includes a sensing electrode pattern layer on a transparent substrate; a wire connected to the sensing electrode pattern layer; a bonding pad formed at an end of the wire and connected to a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB); and an adhesive insulating layer on one surface of the sensing electrode pattern layer and on a region except for the bonding pad, wherein the adhesive insulating layer comprises a first adhesive insulating layer and a second adhesive insulating layer, and an area of the first adhesive insulating layer is different from an area of the second adhesive insulating layer. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181926 | ADVANCED TOUCH CONTROL OF A FILE BROWSER VIA FINGER ANGLE USING A HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) TOUCH USER INTERFACE - A method for controlling a file browser executing on a computing device is disclosed. A user interface touch sensor is configured to be responsive to at least one angle of contact with at least one finger. A change in an angle of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor is measured by the touch sensor to produce measured data. Real-time calculations on the measured data are performed to produce a measured-angle value. The measured-angle value is used to control the value of at least one user interface parameter of the file browser. At least one aspect of the file browser changes in response to the angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181927 | REMOTE CONTROL UNIT FOR A PROGRAMMABLE MULTIMEDIA CONTROLLER - In one embodiment, a menuing system is overlaid upon a portion of a video being shown on a display device coupled to a programmable multimedia controller. The portion of the video is less than an entire screen of the video such that at least some of the video is still visible. The menuing system has a plurality of selectable options. In response to a scrolling gesture in a direction, an element is moved in a corresponding direction within the menuing system to bring the element to a designated position in the menuing system to permit selection of a particular selectable option. In response to selection of the particular selectable option, one or more control commands are issued to a device coupled to the programmable multimedia controller to control an aspect of operation of the device. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181928 | DISPLACEMENT SENSING TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH SCREEN USING THE SAME - The disclosure relates to a displacement sensing touch panel and a touch screen using the touch panel. The touch panel includes a first panel, a second panel, and a displacement sensor sandwiched between the first panel and the second panel. The displacement sensor deforms when a pressure is applied to the first panel. The touch screen includes the touch panel, a controller where the touch positions and forces applied are deduced from the readings of the displacement sensor, and a display coupled to the controller and adjacent to the touch panel. Displacement information is collected through the displacement sensor to deduce the positions and magnitudes of the forces applied to the first panel of the touch panel or touch screen. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181929 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - When a touching object has touched a touch panel, a reference point position RP, a dead zone DZ, and a scroll target position SP* are set based on a touch position TP (S | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181930 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided is an information processing device which allows a user to provide, regardless of a position or direction of a touch sensor, an operation input to the touch sensor at an arbitrary position or in an arbitrary direction. The information processing device includes two touch sensors each including a detection surface for detecting a position of an object thereon, the two touch sensors being arranged to be opposed to each other, determines at least one of a reference point and a reference axis based on one or a plurality of positions detected by one touch sensor of the two touch sensors, and evaluates a content detected by another touch sensor of the two touch sensors based on the at least one of the determined reference point and the determined reference axis to determine a content of an operation input of a user. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181931 | INPUT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT APPARATUS - A user interface enabling a user to operate without viewing a screen is generated. An input apparatus | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181932 | ELECTRONIC INFORMATION DEVICE - An electronic information device that does not start an operation unintended by an operator when a display of an object is changed while a contact to a touch sensor is detected, is provided. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130181933 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME AND PROGRAM - Information processing device includes display unit that displays operation object; tactile contact detection unit that detects a plurality of push-down points; and control unit that performs first operation assessment for detecting whether or not outer peripheral distance of first area formed by connecting adjacent push-down points among a plurality of push-down points detected by tactile contact detection unit decreases over time to predetermined value or less, and that performs second operation assessment for detecting whether or not the outer peripheral distance of second area formed by connecting adjacent push-down points among a plurality of push-down points detected by tactile contact detection unit increases over time to predetermined value or more. Control unit puts operation object in selected state when there is overlapping part between operation object and first area after first operation assessment, and performs first operation corresponding to place where second operation assessment has been performed on operation object. | 07-18-2013 |
| 20130187860 | REGULATION OF NAVIGATION SPEED AMONG DISPLAYED ITEMS AND RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS - An electronic device includes a display screen and a touch sensor operatively associated with the display screen that is configured to detect a location of one or more contact points on a display screen. A controller circuit is configured to control a speed at which information items are scrolled on the display screen responsive to the location of one or more contact points on the display screen such that the speed at which information items are scrolled is changed responsive to detecting one contact point or two spaced-apart contact points by the touch sensor on the display. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187861 | SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE MAXIMIZED APPLICATIONS ON TOUCH SCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICES - The present disclosure provides for a touch screen electronic device to display two or more running applications simultaneously in a side-by-side layout in a split screen mode of the device. Two or more applications that are running on an operating system of the device can be easily displayed simultaneously in the split screen mode while maintaining one of the displayed applications as active so that the user can provide user inputs to the active application. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187862 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATION ACTIVATION - Methods and systems for operation activation are provided. An image is displayed on a touch-sensitive display unit. At least one object in the image is recognized using an object recognition algorithm, and at least one indicator for the at least one object is displayed on the touch-sensitive display unit. At least one operation is retrieved according to the at least one object. An instruction with respect to the at least one indicator is received via an input device, such as the touch-sensitive display unit, and the at least one operation regarding the at least one object is automatically performed according to the instruction. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187863 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A method includes, while a portable electronic device including a display is in a low-power condition, detecting, by the portable electronic device, a gesture and identifying any informational icons to be displayed. The display is progressively illuminated while displaying the identified informational icons. Progressive illumination optionally occurs as long as the gesture is detected. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187864 | Contortion of an Electronic Apparatus - An apparatus including: a body configured for resilient contortion from a neutral equilibrium shape by a user, the body having an exterior surface that resiliently contorts in response to user provision of a force, wherein the body defines, proximal to a perimeter of a face of the body, at least a first portion of an exterior surface of the apparatus and a second portion of an exterior surface of the apparatus that opposes the first portion across the face, wherein user provision of a force in a first direction results in a first contortion of the exterior surface and user provision of a force in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, results in a second contortion of the exterior surface; and electronic circuitry configured to provide consistent meaning across a plurality of different software applications for user provision of a force to the exterior surface. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187865 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a transparent substrate, a transparent matrix layer, a black matrix layer and a conductive layer. The transparent matrix layer is disposed above the transparent substrate. The black matrix layer is disposed below the transparent substrate. The conductive layer is disposed between the transparent substrate and the black matrix layer. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187866 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touchscreen configured to display a home screen; and a controller configured to display a plurality of objects dispersed on the home screen, receive a specific touch gesture performed on the touchscreen, and arrange and display the dispersed objects on the home screen in which the dispersed objects are moved closer to each other based on a prescribed direction of the specific touch gesture. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187867 | MULTI-TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF OPTIMIZING TOUCH BULBS ACCORDING TO VARIATION OF AMBIENT LIGHTING CONDITIONS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a multi-touch sensing system capable of optimizing touch bulbs according to the variation of ambient lighting conditions and a method thereof. The system comprises an image capturing module, a computing module and a processing module. The image capturing module captures a touch image. The computing module converts the touch image into a histogram and selects a grayscale threshold to segment the histogram by dichotomy for generating a segmented image of touch bulbs, and then calculates a between-class variance and a total pixel variance of the segmented image to estimate the separability factor thereof. The processing module determines whether or not the separability factor conforms to a predetermined value; if yes, then the processing module performs an image binarization of the touch image to generate a binary image, or else the processing module repeats the aforementioned process until the separability factor conforms to a predetermined value. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187868 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD DISPLAY HAVING A TICKER PROXIMATE TO THE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A method comprising receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard rendered on a display, and displaying the input character left of a cursor located within a ticker rendered on the display proximate to the virtual keyboard, wherein the cursor has a set position located towards a centre of the ticker. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187869 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A method includes, while a portable electronic device including a display is in a low-power condition, detecting, by the portable electronic device, a gesture and identifying any informational icons to be displayed. The display is progressively illuminated while displaying the identified informational icons. Progressive illumination optionally occurs as long as the gesture is detected. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187870 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A touch-type remote control device includes a main microcomputer and a display device including a touch panel. When a group icon image on the display device is touch-operated by the user, the main microcomputer displays a plurality of remote control key images allocated to the touch-operated group icon image. Then, the main microcomputer grays out the group icon images excluding the touch-operated group icon image. When the user touch-operates a desired remote control key image among the remote control key images, the main microcomputer determines that the remote control key image located in the touch-operated position has been selected and executes a control command corresponding to the remote control key image. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187871 | TOUCH PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel includes: a wire substrate and a cover substrate joined to each other, wherein the wire substrate includes a sensor electrode; a plurality of signal wires that are electrically connected to the sensor electrode and extend along a circumference of the sensor electrode; and a first light blocking layer that covers at least a signal wire disposed closest to the sensor electrode of the plurality of signal wires, and wherein the cover substrate includes a second light blocking layer that faces a continuous region including an outer edge region of the first light blocking layer and a signal wire disposed so as to be the most distant from the sensor electrode. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187872 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel includes: first electrodes extending in a first direction; second electrodes extending in a direction intersecting the first direction; and an insulating layer insulating and separating the first electrodes from the second electrodes. The second electrodes are strip-shaped electrodes which include first island-shaped electrodes formed in the same layer as the first electrodes and relay electrodes electrically connecting two adjacent first island-shaped electrodes to each other and crossing over the first electrodes. The insulating layer has contact holes at positions corresponding to both ends of each of the relay electrodes in a longitudinal direction. A distance between two contact holes provided so as to correspond to both the ends of each of the relay electrodes in the longitudinal direction is the same as or shorter than a distance between two first island-shaped electrodes coming into contact with both the ends of each of the relay electrodes. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187873 | SCROLL CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for controlling a scroll operation of a portable terminal are provided. The method includes scrolling a screen in response to a scroll action detected on a touch panel, monitoring to detect a scroll boundary of a navigation area which is scrolled in response to the scroll action, and displaying, when the scroll boundary is detected, applications corresponding to recommended actions registered with a recommended action table of a current application in sequence. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187874 | MASTER APPLICATION FOR TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS - An apparatus includes a touch sensitive display for displaying a master application frame; a detector configured to detect a touch point of a user on display; at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code. The apparatus is configured to display the master application frame including a plurality of slave application frames; determine at least two slave application frames based on a first touch point; define a sweep function configured to detect a sweep gesture on the touch sensitive display between the first and a second touch point, and adjust sizes of the determined slave application frames, in a non-overlapped manner, based on the detected sweep gesture. Furthermore, the apparatus is configured to detect a third touch point on a border line for at least two slave application frames; and trigger an overlapping slave application frame in response to the detected third touch point. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187875 | OPERATION INPUT SYSTEM - An operation input system and method are provided: The system includes a touch pad that includes an operation plate having an operation surface. A plurality of protrusion members arranged in accordance with a predetermined rule along the operation surface. A display device provided separately from the touch pad, wherein in the case where the display screen is divided into a plurality of screen regions that display independent images, a protrusion control section divides the operation surface into a plurality of operation surface regions corresponding to respective ones of the plurality of screen regions, the number of the operation surface regions being the same as the number of the screen regions, sets a boundary between the operation surface regions such that an area of each of the operation surface regions corresponds to a display content of the corresponding screen region, and causes the protrusion members to be protruded along the boundary. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187876 | DETECTOR, DETECTION METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a detector including: a plurality of signal lines provided in a user operation area; an injection section adapted to inject a pulse signal into the plurality of signal lines; and a determination section adapted to detect a reflected signal of the pulse signal reflected from an impedance-mismatched area of the signal line and determine the position of the signal line operated by the user based on the time at which the reflected signal is detected. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187877 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device includes a plurality of pixel circuits which are arranged in a matrix, a plurality of sensor circuits which are arranged in regions between the pixel circuits and which read the magnitude of capacitance coupling, a plurality of scanning lines for the pixel circuits and sensor circuits, a plurality of signal lines for the pixel circuits and sensor circuits a part of which are shared, a controller which controls alternating-current driving that inverts, with a specific period, the polarity of a display signal written into the pixel circuits, and a determination module which determines a magnitude correlation between a sensor signal read from the sensor circuit and a polarity-based threshold value corresponding to the polarity of alternating-current driving in reading the sensor signal. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187878 | INPUT DEVICE THROUGH TOUCH PAD - An input device includes: a receiving unit for receiving a contact position on an input region of a touch pad on which a user's finger touches; and an input controller for determining a direction of movement of the finger according to a predetermined determining condition based on the contact position on the touch pad received from the receiving unit and outputting the direction of movement, wherein the input controller manages the input region of the touch pad by dividing the input region into a plurality of regions and changes the predetermined determining condition for each of the plurality of regions. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187879 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187880 | METHODS FOR PARSING CONTENT OF DOCUMENT, HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A method for parsing a content of a document, a handheld electronic apparatus and a computer-readable medium thereof are provided. The method comprises the following steps: displaying the content of the document; parsing the content to find out text groups according to a preset pattern database when a touch event is detected, wherein the preset pattern database comprises a plurality of specific patterns, and a format of each of the text groups conforms to one of the specific patterns; determining whether a touch coordinates matches a corresponding position of a specific text group of the text groups; performing a corresponding action related to the specific text group when the touch coordinates matches the corresponding position of the specific text group. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187881 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device presents, to the user, a realistic control feel in response to a complicated operation such as an operation using multiple fingers. An electronic device | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187882 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TOUCH SENSITIVITY IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus for adjusting touch sensitivity in a mobile terminal apparatus includes a touch sensitivity adjuster for adjusting touch sensitivity of a touch screen unit, and a controller controlling the touch sensitivity adjuster to selectively adjust the touch sensitivity according to an input method. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187883 | ADVANCED TOUCH CONTROL OF GRAPHICS DESIGN APPLICATION VIA FINGER ANGLE USING A HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) TOUCH USER INTERFACE - A method for controlling a graphics design application executing on a computing device is disclosed. A user interface touch sensor is configured to be responsive to at least one angle of contact with at least one finger. A change in an angle of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor is measured by the touch sensor to produce measured data. Real-time calculations on the measured data are performed to produce a measured-angle value. The measured-angle value is used to control the value of at least one user interface parameter of the graphics design application. At least one aspect of the graphics design application changes in response to the angle of the position of the finger with respect to the surface of the touch sensor. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187884 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method of controlling an electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display includes detecting a touch at an area associated with a character displayed on the touch-sensitive display, adding the character to a character string, identifying, from stored data, objects that at least partially match the character string, determining a next character of ones of the objects identified to yield a set of next characters, increasing a size of an area associated with each character of the set of next characters, and reducing the size of the area associated with each character of the set of next characters with time absent detection of a further touch. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187885 | SYSTEM FOR EXTENDING THE LIFESPAN OF A TOUCH SCREEN ASSEMBLY - Embodiments of the present invention recite a system for extending the lifespan of a touch screen assembly. In one embodiment, a signal is received indicating an input pressure is being applied to a touch screen assembly. It is then determined that the input pressure comprises a valid input event and the coordinates of the valid input event are received from the touch screen assembly. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130187886 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ON WHICH INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM IS STORED - When a game operation image is displayed on a touch panel of a portable terminal, the size of a game display screen and the operation image are small and therefore the progress of a game becomes difficult. Even in the case of a terminal having only a touch panel of a limited size, an operation image having a size that affects the progress of a game as little as possible is displayed on the touch panel by superimposing the operation image on a game display screen at a position that affects the progress of the game as little as possible. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130194192 | SURFACE SCANNING WITH A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A scanning capability for capacitive touch screen devices is disclosed. Images, such as text, barcodes, or the like are printed on printed objects, such as business cards, information cards, and the like using electrically conductive ink that has had electrical properties imparted thereon such that, when the printed object comes in contact with the touch screen of a capacitive touch screen device, the imparted electrical properties are sufficient to cause variances in capacitance to the touch screen that are detectable by the device. Using these detected touches, the scanning system analyzes any patterns created by the detected touches to determine information represented by those patterns and corresponding to the information represented by the images printed on the printed object. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194193 | ADAPTIVE GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNSTABLE WORK ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and apparatus for correcting gesture-based input commands supplied by a user to a gesture-based touch screen display include using one or more sensors to detect that at least one of the touch screen display or the user is being subjected to an instability. Corrections to gesture-based input commands supplied to the touch screen display by the user are at least selectively supplied, in a processor, based upon the detected instability. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194194 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes detecting a touch at a first location on a touch-sensitive display, detecting the touch at a second location on the touch-sensitive display, calculating a third location based on the first location and the second location, and displaying information utilizing the third location. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194195 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, determining a time of a display update of the touch-sensitive display, and adjusting a scanning rate of scanning electrodes of the touch-sensitive display based on the time of the display update. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194196 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An assembly includes a substrate, scanning electrodes and sense electrodes disposed on the substrate, and color filter and black matrix disposed in an arrangement on the scanning electrodes and sense electrodes. The scanning electrodes and sense electrodes are disposed between the substrate and the arrangement. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194197 | Electronic Apparatus With Touch Panel and the Operating Method Therefor - The invention relates to an electronic apparatus with touch panel comprising a touch panel, a detecting module and a processing module. The detecting module coupled to the touch panel is used for detecting at least one first touch point and at least one second touch point on the touch panel and further detecting a vector difference between the at least one touch point and the at least one second touch point. The processing module coupled to the detecting module is used for executing a first command according to the at least one first touch point and executing a second command according to the vector difference and the first command. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194198 | Thin Dielectric Layer For Touch Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, a method for forming a touch sensor is provided. The method includes forming a substrate and a plurality of electrodes comprising one or more conductive materials on a first surface of the substrate. The method further includes forming a dielectric layer that is less than 40 microns thick over the plurality of electrodes and at least a portion of the first surface of the substrate, with no adhesive layer placed between the dielectric layer and the plurality of electrodes. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194199 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY HAVING PHOTODIODES - Systems, methods, and devices are provided in which photodetectors disposed throughout a display are used to control the display brightness. The photodetectors are to be used for ambient light sensing, proximity sensing, or to compensate for aging OLEDs. In some embodiments, photodiodes are fabricated with OLEDs during the TFT fabrication process. In some embodiments, the photodetectors may be disposed throughout the display in zones containing OLEDs. The photodetectors are used to control the display brightness and color for the OLEDs in areas around each photodetector based on ambient light, aging, and/or nearby objects. A controller makes driving strength adjustments to the OLEDs in each zone independent of other zones. Photodetectors disposed throughout the display may improve proximity sensing and provide additional functionality to the device. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROCKING FINGER AND STATIC FINGER DETECTION ON AN INPUT DEVICE - A method of reducing the power consumption of an input device includes operating the input device at a first power level, detecting the presence of a touch object on a touch surface of the input device, determining that the presence of the touch object on the touch surface is static for a predetermined period of time, operating the input device at a second power level, maintaining the input device at the second power level, determining that the presence of the touch object on the touch surface is not static, and operating the input device at the first power level. In some cases, the touch object is a finger. The touch object is static if the touch object's position on the touch surface remains within a predetermined region, where the predetermined region is an area centered around the presence of the touch object on the touch surface. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPURIOUS SIGNAL DETECTION AND COMPENSATION ON AN INPUT DEVICE - A method for applying a first or second set of threshold values for touch sensor gesture recognition based on the presence of one of a plurality of predetermined conditions is described herein. The plurality of predetermined conditions can include one or more of a lift detection, a speed threshold detection, and a button press detection. Lift detection can be detected by one or more of an optical sensor, gyroscope, or accelerometer. Speed detection can be detected by one or more of an optical sensor, gyroscope, or accelerometer. Button detection can be detected by a mechanical button, pressure sensitive button, or a touch sensor. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194202 | Tool and method for authenticating transactions - This invention relates to a hardware tool for interacting with an “intelligent device” such as a “smart phone,” e.g., Apple Corporation's “iPhone”, or other devices with certain comparable capabilities, such as the Apple “iPad” tablet computer, and to a method for authorizing transactions based on successful interaction. More specifically, the invention relates to employment of a hardware tool having contact members for contacting the touch-sensitive screens of such devices at plural locations in specific spatial relation to one another. The device, running an application program or “app”, then detects the locations at which the screen has been thus contacted, and compares those locations to stored locations specific to a particular type of transaction, and, if the detected locations match a set of stored locations, authorizes the transaction to proceed. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194203 | ADAPTIVE SENSING APPARATUS - An adaptive sensing apparatus, including: a sensor array, having N sensing points, wherein N is a positive integer; a driver unit, coupled with the sensor array; and a control unit, coupled with the driver unit; wherein the control unit has at least one adaptive sampling modes for controlling the driver unit to drive the sensor array and derive M sensed data, wherein M is a positive integer and M| 08-01-2013 | |
| 20130194204 | DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device integrated with a touch screen panel includes top and bottom substrates, each being divided into a display region, a first region on an outline of the display region, and a second region on an outline of the first region, pixels in the display region of the bottom substrate, pads in the second region of the bottom substrate, signal lines in the first region of the bottom substrate electrically coupling the pixels to the pads, sensing patterns in the display region of the top substrate, sensing lines in the first region of the top substrate and coupled to the sensing patterns, an auxiliary display unit in the first region of the top substrate that overlaps the sensing lines, and a window on a top surface of the top substrate that includes a decoration layer overlapping only a second region of the top substrate. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194205 | TOUCH PANELS AND DISPLAY DEVICES HAVING TOUCH PANELS - A display device including a touch panel arranged on a display panel, the touch panel including at least one phase retardation layer, a polarization plate arranged on the at least one phase retardation layer, a touch sensing structure including at least one sensing pattern arranged directly on at least one of at least one face of the phase retardation layer and at least one face of the polarization plate, an adhesion layer arranged on the polarization plate and a window arranged on the adhesion layer. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194206 | SWITCHING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A switching method for an electronic device having sensing regions is mentioned. The switching method is configured to detect signals received by the electronic device, so as to switch the states of the electronic device. The switching method comprises receiving a first signal at a first moment and receiving a second signal at a second moment, wherein the first signal is generated by touching a first sensing region and the second signal is generated by touching a second sensing region; measuring a triggering duration and determining whether the triggering duration is consistent with a predetermined duration, when the first signal and the second signal are inputted simultaneously; switching the electronic device from a first state to a second state, if the triggering duration is consistent with the predetermined duration; and maintaining the electronic device in the first state, if the triggering duration is not consistent with the predetermined duration. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194207 | Contortion of an Electronic Apparatus - An apparatus including a body configured for resilient contortion from a neutral equilibrium shape by a user, the body having an exterior surface that resiliently contorts in response to user actuation and defines at least part of an exterior surface of the apparatus; and electronic circuitry including at least a processor and a display, controlled by the processor on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the body. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194208 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An information terminal device according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of sensor units configured to detect a finger for inputting operation to at least the information terminal device; a holding hand detection unit configured to detect a holding hand position that is a position of a holding hand for holding the information terminal device; and a control unit configured to select, based on the holding hand position detected by the holding hand detection unit, at least one sensor unit which detects the finger from among the sensor units. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194209 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection part configured to detect a contact position of a substance with a touch panel having a first area and a second area, the second area being set to an invalidation area in which an operation of touching the first area with a substance is disabled by a contact of a substance, a determination part configured to determine whether the contact position is present within the first area, and a setting part configured to set the second area to a validation area in which an operation of touching the first area with a substance is enabled by a contact of a substance, in a case where the determination part determines that the contact position is present within the first area. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194210 | Touch Surface And Microprocessor Assembly - A method of operating a touch assembly having a touch surface, a haptic feedback device and a switch is provided. The method includes activating the haptic feedback device in response to the switch deactivating. The method also includes monitoring and adjusting the monitoring of the switch in response to the switch deactivating to prevent continued deactivation of the switch by the haptic feedback. A method of operating a touch assembly having a touch surface, a base, a haptic feedback device and a switch is also provided. The method includes sensing the location of a touch force on the touch surface and deactivating a switch in response to the touch force moving the touch surface relative to the base. The method proceeds with transmitting a signal only in response to the location of the touch force being sensed and the at least one switch being in the deactivated configuration. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194211 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY, POLARIZER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an optical layered body that includes a polyester base, a primer layer formed thereon, and a hard coat layer formed on the primer. The polyester has a retardation of not less than 8000 nm, and a difference (nx−ny) of 0.07 to 0.20 between a refractive index (nx) in a slow axis direction that is a high refractive index direction and a refractive index (ny) of a fast axis direction that is orthogonal to the slow axis direction, a refractive index (np) of the primer, the refractive index (nx) in the slow axis direction of the polyester, and the refractive index (ny) in the fast axis direction of the polyester satisfy ny| 08-01-2013 | |
| 20130194212 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure proposes a mobile terminal including a display, a window to cover the display, the window having a central region and an edge region, a touch pattern unit on a surface of the window, the touch pattern unit to define a sensing channel for a touch input applied to the window, and a signal transfer unit to cover at least a portion of the edge region of the window, the signal transfer unit to electrically connect to the touch pattern unit and provide a signal transfer path, and the signal transfer unit is formed of a colored material and is outwardly exposed from the edge region. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194213 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch-sensing panel including a substrate, a plurality of first electrode series, a plurality of second electrode series, and a plurality of first floating patterns is provided. Each of the first electrode series includes a plurality of first touch-sensing pads and a plurality of first bridge patterns. The second electrode series are disposed on the substrate and electrically insulated from each other. The second sensing series are intersected with and electrically insulated from the first sensing series. Each of the second electrode series includes a plurality of second touch-sensing pads and a plurality of second bridge patterns. The first floating patterns are disposed between the first sensing series and the second sensing series. Each of the first touch-sensing pads includes at least one extending portion. In addition, there is no first floating pattern located between the extending portion and the second electrode series adjacent thereto. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194214 | INPUT DEVICE WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - An input device with touch input function has an input member which is operable to input at least one of shifting operation and pushing operation. The input member has a touch input device which is responsive to touch of a user. The input device has an operation sensor which detects the operation on the input member. The input member and the operation sensor provides an input unit which is supported by a support member in a manner that the input unit is movable among a lock position and an unlock position with respect to a base member on which the input unit is supported. The input device has a lock mechanism which locks the input member in inoperable condition at the lock position and which releases the input member in operable condition at the unlock position. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194215 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTINUOUS SHOOTING IMAGING METHODS USING A CONTINUOUS TOUCH USER INPUT - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging part for capturing a subject image, a touch panel for acquiring a touch position input by a user, and a control part for controlling an imaging operation performed by the imaging part. The control part acquires the touch position to cause the imaging part to perform the imaging operation each time the touch position is displaced on the touch panel by a predetermined amount repeatedly during a continuous touch user input. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194216 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus for, in response to a user's sliding operation on an operation surface, inputting a coordinate point in the operation surface to move a pointing image to a target button image is disclosed. The apparatus acquires the coordinate point in the operation surface and sets, as a characteristic line, a tendency of trace of the coordinate point in the user's sliding operation directed to a lateral direction or a longitudinal direction of the operation surface. The apparatus corrects the coordinate point with reference to the set characteristic line so that the trace of the coordinate point is corrected to be a horizontal line or a vertical line. The apparatus outputs the corrected coordinate point for moving the pointing image. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194217 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method of controlling the same. The present invention provides a new user interface for selecting, executing and controlling an item displayed on a touch screen included in the electronic device. Particularly, the present invention provides an electronic device and a method of controlling the same to manipulate the touch screen included in the electronic device while hardly changing the positions of the hands of a user when the touch screen is manipulated with both hands of the user. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194218 | Deferring Alerts - It is presented a method including: presenting an alert on a display; detecting a user input associated with said alert, said user input having a momentum; and deferring said alert to be presented again at a new alert time, said new alert time being calculated as a time in the future using said user input momentum. A corresponding device, computer program product and user interface are also presented. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194219 | Systems and Methods for Providing Haptic Feedback At Multiple Resonance Frequencies - Systems and methods for providing haptic feedback at multiple resonance frequencies are disclosed. For example, one disclosed apparatus includes a resonator with a base and a plurality of projections, a first projection of the plurality of projections having a first resonance frequency and a second projection of the plurality of projections having a second resonance frequency, and a piezoelectric actuator coupled to the resonator and operable to output a haptic feedback effect at the first resonance frequency and at the second resonance frequency. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194220 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel according to the embodiment includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an intermediate layer on the first surface of the substrate; and a transparent electrode on the intermediate layer. A touch panel according to another embodiment includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a transparent electrode on the first surface of the substrate; and an anti-reflective layer on the transparent electrode. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194221 | RESIN FILM WITH PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER, LAMINATED FILM, AND TOUCH PANEL - A resin film with pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the invention includes a first transparent resin film, an oligomer blocking layer, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated in this order, wherein the oligomer blocking layer is a cured layer formed by curing a composition containing a curable compound and inorganic oxide particles, the oligomer blocking layer has a thickness of 120 nm or more, the oligomer blocking layer has a refractive index difference of 0.04 or less from the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and an anchoring strength between the oligomer blocking layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is 1 N/25 mm or more. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130194222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTION-BASED USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for controlling a motion-based user interface are provided. The apparatus includes a touch screen for displaying an image and for receiving input of a user touch on at least one spot of the touch screen, a sensor unit for sensing a motion of the apparatus, a motion calculator for calculating a degree of the motion of the apparatus, when sensing the motion of the apparatus at the sensor unit, and a controller for, when the at least one spot is touched on the touch screen, determining the number of touched spots, for receiving information about the degree of the motion of the apparatus from the motion calculator, and for determining whether to change the size of the image or the position of the image according to the number of touched spots. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130201112 | LOW-LATENCY TOUCH-INPUT DEVICE - This document describes embodiments of a low-latency touch-input device. The low-latency touch-input device receives writing as input to the device and temporarily displays the writing on a physical layer that overlays a touchscreen display of the device. The writing is displayed instantaneously on the physical layer before the touch-input device processes the input. The low-latency touch-input device then processes the input to generate a digital representation of the writing and renders the digital representation of the writing on the touchscreen display to replace the writing displayed on the physical layer. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201113 | MULTI-TOUCH-MOVEMENT GESTURES FOR TABLET COMPUTING DEVICES - Functionality is described herein for detecting and responding to gestures performed by a user using a computing device, such as, but not limited to, a tablet computing device. In one implementation, the functionality operates by receiving touch input information in response to the user touching the computing device, and movement input information in response to the user moving the computing device. The functionality then determines whether the input information indicates that a user has performed or is performing a multi-touch-movement (MTM) gesture. The functionality can then perform any behavior in response to determining that the user has performed an MTM gesture, such as by modifying a view or invoking a function, etc. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201114 | Method and System for Mechanical Coupling of Flexible Printed Circuit to a Sensor - In one embodiment, a system includes a touch sensor comprising a set of electrodes and a set of one or more connection pads electrically coupled to the set of electrodes. The system also includes a circuit electrically coupled to the one or more connection pads such that signals may be communicated from the set of one or more connection pads to the circuit. The system further includes the circuit mechanically coupled to the touch sensor via friction welding. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201115 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HAPTIC FLEX GESTURING - An electronic interactive device having a user interface with a flexible surface, a sensor configured to sense a flex gesture applied to the flexible surface, a haptic device configured to generate a haptic effect in response to the flex gesture, and a controller in signal communication with the sensor and the haptic device. The controller is configured to trigger the haptic device to provide haptic confirmation of the flex gesture and to trigger an application action associated with the flex gesture. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201116 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, at least one first axis sensing electrode, at least one second axis sensing electrode, and a compensating pattern. The substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface disposed oppositely to each other. The first axis sensing electrode and the second axis sensing electrode are disposed on the top surface of the substrate. A slit exists between the first axis sensing electrode and the second axis sensing electrode. The compensating pattern is disposed on the bottom surface of the substrate. The compensating pattern at least partially overlaps the slit between the first axis sensing electrode and the second axis sensing electrode in a vertical projective direction. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201117 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING TOUCH SIGNAL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for processing touch signal and an electronic device using the method are provided, wherein the method includes following steps: as receiving a touch signal of a touch panel, judging whether a motion vector of the touch panel is abnormal; when the motion vector is abnormal, recording a first time-point; judging whether the motion vector returns to normal state from abnormal state; when the motion vector returns to normal state, recording a second time-point; and performing a signal compensation operation on the touch signal of the duration between the first time-point and the second time-point. In this way, the invention can avoid inputting wrong touch signals. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201118 | METHOD FOR TOUCH PROCESSING AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A touch processing method and a mobile terminal are described. The mobile terminal includes a touch sensing device that has a first area and a second area. A touching point in the first area has a first response level and a touching point in the second area has a second response level, with the first response level being higher than the second response level. The method includes acquiring a first touching point and a second touching point; and responding to the first touching point when the first touching point is in the first area while the second touching point is in the second area. When a user holds the mobile terminal to operate, the mobile terminal may respond to useful touch commands automatically and shield touch commands generated by the misoperation in the second area. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201119 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS OF THE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a display module, a touch sensor and a signal processing unit. The display module includes a timing control circuit and a data driving circuit, wherein the timing control circuit outputs latch signals to the data driving circuit, and the display module generates surface noises. The touch sensor is disposed above the display module and outputs abnormal signals, wherein the abnormal signals include a sensing signal and the surface noises. The signal processing unit is electrically connected to the touch sensor and receives the abnormal signals, wherein the signal processing unit calculates a predetermined time by utilizing a rising edge or a falling edge of the latch signal, suspensively processes the sensing signal during the predetermined time, and then continuously processes the sensing signals beyond the predetermined times so as to keep away from each period of the surface noises. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201120 | BACKSCATTER STYLUS FOR USE WITH TOUCHSCREEN - A stylus touch sensor and an inexpensive, battery free, wireless backscatter stylus, the stylus touch sensor including a host radio frequency (RF) antenna for generating a magnetic field, an electrode grid for detecting finger touches, and a stylus reader circuit for detecting a signal from a backscatter stylus, and the backscatter stylus having a first circuit for using the magnetic field to generate an electrical current for powering the backscatter stylus, and a second circuit for generating a backscatter signal that is detectable by the stylus reader circuit. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201121 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH METHOD - A touch display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, a storage unit and a processor, wherein the processor is electrically connected to the display panel, the touch panel and the storage unit. The storage unit is used for storing an operating system and an application. The processor is used for executing the operating system and the application in the display panel. When the processor detects that a first touch object presses a predetermined corner of the touch panel and detects that a second touch object performs a predetermined gesture within a predetermined region of the touch panel, the processor executes a predetermined function in the application according to signals generated by the touch panel and controls the display panel to display an executed result corresponding to the predetermined function. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201122 | TOUCH PANEL, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a sensor substrate and a cover substrate stuck to each other. The sensor substrate includes a sensor electrode, and plural signal wirings electrically connected to the sensor electrode and extending along a periphery of the sensor electrode. The cover substrate includes one or plural conductive layers extending along the periphery of the sensor electrode and the plural signal wirings within an area not facing the sensor electrode and the plural signal wirings. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201123 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION METHOD USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal capable of data communication using wireless signals and a data communication method using the same. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a wireless communication unit configured to recognize an external electronic device using a wireless signal, a display unit formed to enable a touch input, and configured to display an image object indicating that the external electronic device has been recognized, and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to enable data communication with the external electronic device in response to a touch gesture on the image object. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201124 | SYSTEM ON CHIP, OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAME, AND MOBILE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A system on chip (SoC) includes a display controller configured to receive data of a current frame and to determine whether the data of the current frame has been updated from data of a previous frame, and a transmitter configured to output a panel self-refresh (PSR) inactive command and the data of the current frame when the display controller determines that the data of the current frame has been updated and to transmit a panel self-refresh (PSR) active command when the display controller determines that the data of the current frame has not been updated. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201125 | METHOD FOR OBJECT ROTATING BY UTILIZING COORDINATE AXIS RATIO AND DIFFERENCE - A method of display rotation by using axis ratio and difference is disclosed. The method includes: performing a first determination step to determine whether or not two touching points exist within an object shown in a screen by using a touch algorithm; if yes, capturing X-coordinate values and Y-coordinate values of the two touching points on an X-axis and a Y-axis respectively; performing a second determination step to determine the touching point with smaller Y-coordinate value as an axle center point and the another touching point with bigger Y-coordinate value as a rotation point; performing a third determination step after the rotation point shifts to rotate object leftward or rightward by using the modulus of the variation of the ratio of the Y-coordinate value to the X-coordinate value of the rotation point and whether the axle center point and the rotation point are located on the X-axis or Y-axis. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201126 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes an input unit, which is a separate component from a display unit. The input unit includes a first operable region and a second operable region partitioned from each other. The first operable region accepts an input operation with a first finger of a user for indicating information on the display unit. The second operable region accepts an input operation with a second finger, which is different from the first finger, for indicating information on the display unit. A display control unit modifies indication of the information correspondingly to an input operation with the first finger in the first operable region and an input operation with the second finger in the second operable region. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201127 | INPUT DEVICE - On a lower case serving as a supporting base, a movable unit is supported to be able to vibrate in an X direction, with a first elastic member interposed therebetween. In the movable unit, a panel assembly is supported on a movable base to be able to vibrate in a Z direction, with a second elastic member interposed therebetween. A vibration generator is mounted on the panel assembly and supported by a third elastic member on the movable base. When the vibration generator generates vibration in the X direction, the entire movable unit vibrates in the X direction. When the vibration generator generates vibration in the Z direction, the panel assembly vibrates in the Z direction. When the panel assembly is pressed with a finger, the force of the pressing operation can be detected by a second detector which is a force sensor. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201128 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - When an item is selected with a touch from an item list, if display of a guidance is set to ON, the item is selected by a first touch and the guidance is displayed to view another item. A determination operation is performed by a second touch to the same item. If the display of the guidance is set to OFF, a determination operation of an touched item is performed by the first touch without displaying the guidance. Thus, when it is set that the guidance is not displayed, inconvenience that a user needs to touch the same option twice even the guidance display is not required to shift a screen to a sub-screen can be eliminated, and increase of troublesomeness for a shift operation to the sub-screen can be prevented. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a position detecting unit detecting a contact position at which an input object has touched a touch panel, an area detecting unit detecting a contact area between the touch panel and the input object, and a selecting unit selecting any one of a plurality of objects based on the contact position and the contact area. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201130 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a touch screen and a controller. The touch screen is configured to detect touch operation. The controller is configured to perform a calibration of the touch screen by using an approximate expression based on pressed location information of the touch operation on the touch screen. The controller is further configured to update the approximate expression such that the approximate expression represents a function that passes through a common reference point before and after the update. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201131 | METHOD OF OPERATING MULTI-TOUCH PANEL AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of operating a multi-touch panel and a terminal supporting the same includes at least two panels that detect touch in different ways. The method of operating a multi-touch panel includes collecting a value detected from a specific touch panel and a touch event detected from another touch panel according to contact of a touch object in a plurality of touch panels to which different touch techniques are applied; and differently applying the touch event according to the detection value. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201132 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - An MFP (Multi-Functional Peripheral) includes a display device with a touch panel for displaying a variety of information. A plurality of screens including a base screen and a pop-up screen overlapping one another are displayed on the touch panel. The MFP accepts operation on any one of the screens and identifies the user who performs the accepted operation. If the identified user does not have operation authority over the pop-up screen, the MFP does not specify the pop-up screen as a screen serving as a target of the operation but specifies the base screen as a screen serving as a target of the operation. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201133 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING A KEY IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for inputting a key in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes setting a font to be used when a handwriting is converted into a text, receiving an input of the handwriting of a user by using a touch pen of a touch screen, and recognizing the input handwriting to convert the input handwriting into the text in the set font. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201134 | Ultrasonic Touch Sensor With A Display Monitor - A touch screen monitor having a display monitor and an ultrasonic device. The ultrasonic device may include a sensor array using piezoelectric sensors to detect the surface topology of a biological or other object that is in contact with a surface of the display monitor. The display monitor may be a LCD or LED monitor. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201135 | Gesture-Based User Interface Employing Video Camera - Systems and methods for providing a free-space gesture-based user interface for a computer workstation and desktop software applications are disclosed. In one implementation, the system includes a video camera to generate real-time video signals responsive to a user gesture as observed by the video camera, and a processor to generate control signals responsive to the real-time video signals responsive to the user gesture observed by the video camera. The control signals are used to control a desktop software application executing on the computer workstation, such that at least one aspect of the desktop software application is responsive to the user gesture observed by the video camera. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201136 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PROXIMITY-SENSING USER INTERFACE - A portable electronic device comprises a proximity-sensing user interface and a controller. The proximity-sensing user interface is configured to capture position information and distance information. The controller is coupled to the proximity-sensing user interface and is configured to process first distance information ( | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201137 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - By dual chips exchanging a signal indicating a pressing load detected for providing the tactile sensation, application process based thereon is performed. A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit for detecting the pressing load on the sensor for providing the sensation, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating a surface the sensor, a provision control unit for controlling drive of the providing unit, and a main control unit for controlling an application. The main control unit determines whether a predetermined area of the surface is touched based on an output of the sensor and, when touched, transmits an instruction to the provision control unit. The provision control unit, upon receiving the instruction from the main control unit, detects the pressing load and transmits the detected load to the main control unit. The main control unit, based on the load, performs the application process. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201138 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - Dual chips exchange a signal indicating a pressing load detected for providing the tactile sensation such that application processing based on the load is performed. A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit for detecting the load on the sensor for providing the tactile sensation, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating a touch face of the sensor, a tactile sensation provision control unit for controlling drive of the providing unit, and a main control unit for controlling performing an operation corresponding to the load. The main control unit transmits, to the provision control unit, a load detection instruction in activation of the application and a load stop instruction in closing the application. The provision control unit starts detecting the load upon receiving the detection instruction and stops detecting the load upon receiving the stop instruction. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201139 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A user interface apparatus includes two touch panels. A drag & drop operation over the two touch panels is described. Adjacent first and second touch panels display a display object, and a location of a designated point related to a display object is determined based on certain conditions. The display object is then displayed on one of the touch panels at the determined location. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201140 | ORNAMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an ornamental system, apparatus and method that is dynamically modifiable. Embodiments of the ornament system comprise a processor, at least one ornamental member and a data controller. The processor is a computer or similar device that stores data for transmission. The ornamental member is configured to receive and display data stored in a database. Embodiments of the present invention can be coupled to other ornamental systems across a wide area network, wherein users can share data files for display. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201141 | Systems and Methods For Shifting Haptic Feedback Function Between Passive And Active Modes - Systems and methods for shifting haptic feedback function between passive and active modes are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method includes receiving a first signal from a sensor, the first signal associated with a mode of interaction with a graphical user interface; receiving a second signal associated with an interaction with the graphical user interface; determining a haptic feedback effect based at least in part on the mode of interaction with the graphical user interface and the interaction with the graphical user interface; and generating a haptic signal configured to output the haptic feedback effect. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201142 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TOMOGRAPHIC TOUGH IMAGING AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM USING SAME - A touch screen in the form of a panel is capable of conducting signals and a tomograph including signal flow ports is positioned adjacent the panel with the signal flow ports arrayed around the border of the pan& at discrete locations. Signals are introduced into the panel to pass from each discrete border location to a plurality of other discrete border locations for being detected and tomographically processed to determine if any change occurred to signals due to the panel being touched during signal passage through the panel, and therefrom determine any local area on the panel where a change occurred. The tomograph computes and outputs a signal indicative of a panel touch and location, which can be shown on a display, | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201143 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND TOUCH SCREEN ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an optical touch screen, the screen including: a transparent substrate formed at one side with a first detection pattern; and a film layer formed with a second detection pattern, wherein the first detection pattern and the second detection pattern are facing each other. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201144 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a first housing having a first display unit; a second housing having a second display unit; a detecting unit; and a control unit. The detecting unit detects a first form in which the first display unit is exposed to the outside and the second display unit is covered by the first housing and a second form in which the first and second display units are exposed to the outside. Then the detecting unit detects a change in the form of the electronic device from the first form to the second form, the control unit activates a function corresponding to a selected object among objects displayed on the first display unit, and displays a screen corresponding to the function on the second display unit. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130201145 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION FOR TOUCH PANEL (As Amended) - Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a touch panel, a conductive film, a touch panel and a pressure-sensitive adhesive film. The exemplary pressure-sensitive adhesive composition for a touch panel, the conductive film or the pressure-sensitive adhesive film has excellent durability and optical properties such as transparency. In addition, such physical properties are stably maintained under severe conditions. Particularly, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is attached to a conductor thin film, and thus resistance change of the conductor thin film is effectively inhibited even when the conductor thin film is exposed to the severe conditions. Therefore, the pressure-sensitive adhesive composition may be effectively used to manufacture a touch panel. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130207899 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive display device includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of touch-sensing lines. Each of the gate lines receives at least one first gate drive signal and at least one second gate drive signal. Each of the data lines receives at least one pixel data signal. The touch-sensing lines is overlapped with and spaced apart from the gate lines. The gate lines are divided into multiple line groups, and each of the line groups includes a plurality of gate lines. Each of the touch-sensing lines receives a sensing signal, and each of the line groups is overlapped with a touch-sensing line to form multiple overlapping regions that function as a touch-sensing unit. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207900 | Fingernail Mounted Device To Allow Typing Input On Touch Sensitive Computer Or Mobile Device Screens - This invention (hereafter referred to as “A Fingernail Mounted Device To Allow Typing Input On Touch Sensitive Computer Or Mobile Device Screens”) provides the ability for human subjects with natural or fake fingernails to be able to type on a “capacitive” touch sensitive computer or mobile device screen using the tips of the fingernails, and without having to make physical contact with the touch sensitive screen using the skin portion of the fingers. The majority of touch screens in use today, especially those on mobile devices, utilize capacitive touch screens where a layer of the glass stores a matrix of electrical charge that discharges a small amount when in contact with skin on the human subject's fingers, and this type of screen does not respond to typing on fingernail tips or any other type of pointer device. The invention in this application solves this problem. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207901 | Virtual Created Input Object - An apparatus including an electrical touch surface; and a controller connected to the touch surface. Based upon a user drawing a symbol on the touch surface, the controller is configured to create a virtual user input object at the touch surface corresponding to the drawn symbol. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207902 | APPARATUS HAVING RANDOM ORDERED KEYPAD - An apparatus including: a touch screen display for displaying information, including displaying a keypad comprising an array of touch keys; a processor for controlling software and firmware operation; and a housing for supporting the touch screen display and configured to facilitate an operator keypad data entry, wherein the processor changes the displayed key configuration at a predetermined time. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207903 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel, adapted for a touch control apparatus with a display unit, is disclosed, which comprises: a protection plate, having a covering area and a transparent area formed on a surface thereof; a touch sensitive layer, arranged between the protection plate and the display unit at a position corresponding to the transparent area; a conductive circuit, arranged between the protection plate and the display unit at a position corresponding to the transparent area while being electrically connected to the touch sensitive layer. In addition to the expected touch control functions, the touch panel of the invention can enable more icons to be displayed on the display unit. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207904 | INTERACTIVITY MODEL FOR SHARED FEEDBACK ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system that produces a dynamic haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes a gesture signal and a real or virtual device sensor signal. The haptic effect is modified dynamically based on both the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal such as from an accelerometer or gyroscope, or by a signal created from processing data such as still images, video or sound. The haptic effect may optionally be modified dynamically by using the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal and a physical model, or may optionally be applied concurrently to multiple devices which are connected via a communication link. The haptic effect may optionally be encoded into a data file on a first device. The data file is then communicated to a second device and the haptic effect is read from the data file and applied to the second device. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207905 | Input Lock For Touch-Screen Device - In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a touch-screen device may include a touch-screen display and a display manager. The touch-screen display may include a display device configured to display at least one of graphical images and alphanumeric text and a touch sensor configured to detect a tactile touch proximate to the touch sensor. The display manager may be configured to receive an indication of a manifestation of a desire of a user of the touch-screen device to disable at least a portion of the touch sensor and in response to the indication, disable at least a portion of the touch sensor while maintaining a display present on the display device substantially similar to that immediately before the user manifested the desire to disable at least a portion of the touch sensor. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207906 | QUADRATURE DEMODULATION FOR TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICES - Demodulation circuits and processes for demodulating touch signals from a touch sensor using the demodulation circuits are provided. The demodulation circuits can include circuitry configured to determine an adjustable phase delay based at least in part on a quadrature component of the touch signal or the phase-adjusted touch signal. The demodulation circuit can further include circuitry for applying the adjustable phase delay to the touch signal to compensate for phase delays in the touch signal caused by the touch sensor and/or other components. The demodulation circuit can dynamically change the adjustable phase delay to compensate for time-varying phase delays caused by the touch sensor and/or other components. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207907 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch device and a touch sensing method thereof are provided. With driving lines and corresponding sensing lines are arranged alternately, the distance between the sensing lines is increased, so as to avoid touch quality being affected by the mutual interference caused by the sensing lines. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207908 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH POSITIONING METHOD THEREOF - A cholesteric liquid crystal touch display panel includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, a cholesteric liquid crystal display layer, and a color sensor array. The cholesteric liquid crystal display layer is disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The cholesteric liquid crystal display layer includes a plurality of liquid crystal display units, which are used to reflect light within a wavelength range and allow light beyond the wavelength range to pass through. The color sensor array is disposed between the cholesteric liquid crystal display layer and the lower substrate. The color sensor array includes a plurality of color sensors. Each of the color sensors is disposed correspondingly to at least one liquid crystal display unit. Each of the color sensors is used to sense variations of light from the corresponding liquid crystal display unit. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207909 | SCROLLING SCREEN APPARATUS, METHOD FOR SCROLLING SCREEN, AND GAME APPARATUS - [Problem] The present invention intends to provide a scrolling screen apparatus, a method for scrolling screen, and a game apparatus, which prevent from scrolling display screen by user's misoperation and scroll display screen with intuitive operation. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207910 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND SCREEN LOCK METHOD - An electronic device is provided, including a touch unit and an application processing unit. The touch unit has a sensing area arranged to display first and second screen views in a normal operation mode and a first screen lock mode, respectively, and detects a touch location in the sensing area to generate a detection signal. The application processing unit determines the predetermined area according to a setting signal and removes the predetermined area of the second screen view to generate a modified second screen view in the normal operation mode, such that the first screen view in the predetermined area is not covered by the modified second screen view in a second screen lock mode, and a first application operation corresponding to the touch location in the first screen view is performed, when the touch location is located in the predetermined area in the second screen lock mode. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207911 | MESH PATTERNS FOR TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES - An electrode for a touch sensitive device includes micro-wire conductors arranged to define an electrically continuous area and to include interior regions that are electrically discontinuous. The electrically continuous area may be patterned according to a one pattern, and the interior pattern may be patterned according to another pattern. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207912 | DETACHABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A detachable electronic device having monolithic appearance is disclosed in the present invention. The detachable electronic device includes a base, a touch pad disposed on the base, and an exterior casing detachably disposed on the base. The exterior casing includes a touch area, the touch area covers above the touch pad, and the exterior casing is a monolithic component. The detachable electronic device further includes a soft buffering component disposed between the touch pad and the exterior casing. A gap between the touch pad and the exterior casing is filled with the soft buffering component, so that the exterior casing can drive the soft buffering component to be deformed when the exterior casing is pressed, so as to actuate a switch of the touch pad. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207913 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, PORTABLE TERMINAL, POSITION DETECTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A touch panel device that detects a touch input at a touch panel including a plurality of electrodes arrayed in X and Y directions, calculates a width corresponding an object approaching the touch panel based on an output distribution of capacitance values from the touch panel, and determines whether an input operation corresponding to the object is valid based on the calculated width of the object. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207914 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH PANEL - A liquid crystal display device with a touch panel includes: pixel electrodes which is applied a electrical potential corresponding to a gradation value in respective pixels; common electrodes that are a plurality of electrodes which extend in one direction; a liquid crystal layer having a liquid crystal composition whose orientation is changed according to an electric field developed by the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes; and detection electrodes that are a plurality of electrodes which extend in another direction different from the one direction, and detect a touch position on the panel. The common electrodes include a first electrode which is applied a detection potential for detecting the touch position on the panel, and a second electrode to which a potential different from the detection potential is applied during a period in which the detection potential is applied. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207915 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An image forming apparatus includes a processing portion, a storage portion, and a touch pad. The processing portion is adapted to accept input of a value for a prescribed processing condition for an image forming job. The storage portion is adapted to store the value accepted by the processing portion. The touch pad is adapted to accept a touch operation. The processing portion updates the value stored in the storage portion based on a manner of change in touch position resulting from a second touch operation on the touch pad while a first touch operation in a prescribed region of the touch pad continues. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207916 | MULTIMEDIA DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LOGO TYPE INDICATOR ACCORDING TO POWER CONTROL SIGNAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A multimedia device for controlling a logo type indicator according to a power control signal is disclosed. The multimedia device includes a power supply unit for supplying power, a light source unit for emitting light in a specific direction according to power supplied by the power supply unit, a logo type assembly designed to transmit light emitted from the light source unit, and a controller for controlling a power supply state of the power supply unit in at least two states according to a power control signal or mode of the multimedia device. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207917 | HIGH DEFINITION HAPTIC EFFECTS GENERATION USING PRIMITIVES - A haptically enabled system receives a haptic effect primitive comprising a plurality of input parameters and receives an input from a sensor. The system generates a haptic effect signal from the haptic effect primitive, the haptic effect signal comprising a plurality of output parameters where at least one of the output parameters is varied based on the sensor input. The system then applies the haptic effect signal to an actuator. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207918 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - A tactile sensation is provided without exchanging a signal indicating a pressing load between a dual chip. A tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit for detecting a pressing load on the sensor, a tactile sensation providing unit for vibrating a face of the sensor, a tactile sensation provision control unit for controlling drive of the providing unit, and a main control unit for controlling an operation of the provision control unit based on an output of the sensor. The main control unit determines whether a predetermined area of the touch face is touched based on the output of the sensor and, when the area is touched, transmits a tactile sensation control instruction to the provision control unit. The provision control unit, upon receiving the instruction from the main control unit, controls drive of the providing unit based on the instruction and the pressing load. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207919 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING APPARATUS - Dual chips exchange a signal indicating a pressing load detected for providing the tactile sensation such that application process based on the pressing load is performed. A tactile sensation providing apparatus according to the present invention includes a touch sensor, a load detection unit configured to detect the pressing load on the touch sensor for providing the tactile sensation, a tactile sensation providing unit configured to vibrate a touch face of the touch sensor, a tactile sensation provision control unit configured to control drive of the tactile sensation providing unit, and a main control unit configured to control an application. The tactile sensation provision control unit transmits the pressing load to the main control unit. The main control unit, based on an output of the touch sensor and the pressing load received from the tactile sensation provision control unit, performs the application process. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207920 | HAND AND FINGER REGISTRATION FOR CONTROL APPLICATIONS - Robot control typically requires many physical joysticks, buttons and switches. We have created a dynamically resizing, ergonomic, and multi-touch (DREAM) controller that enables a software-based operator control unit (SoftOCU) using a multi-touch screen. The DREAM controller can be formed wherever a person places his or her hand on a touch screen. We have also developed an algorithm for accurate hand and finger registration that can be used to create the DREAM controller. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130207921 | DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a display panel which can detect a touch position derived from a user's touch and can prevent erroneous touch position data from being generated even when an erroneous connection to a position sensing line is present due a processing deviation or a cell gap deviation, and a manufacturing method of the same. The display panel includes a first substrate, a first sensor pad that is formed on the first substrate, a second sensor pad that is spaced apart from the first sensor pad, a second substrate that is disposed to face the first substrate, a first sensor spacer that is formed on the second substrate to overlap the first sensor pad and protrudes toward the first substrate, a second sensor spacer that is formed on the second substrate to overlap the second sensor pad and protrudes toward the first substrate, and a sensor electrode that is formed on the first sensor spacer and the second sensor spacer to overlap the first sensor pad and the second sensor pad, wherein the second sensor spacer protrudes toward the first substrate more than the first sensor spacer does. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130215039 | PROMPTING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION SENSOR, PROMPTING METHOD THEREOF AND PROMPTING SYSTEM - A prompting device for an optical finger navigation sensor, a prompting method thereof, and a prompting system are provided. The prompting device includes at least one light-emitting unit, which is disposed around the OFN sensor. The prompting device is integrated with the OFN sensor. According to the finger position transmitted back to the operating system from the OFN sensor and the action that the operation system can do accordingly, the light-emitting unit provides a blue or green optical indication for the user to perform the next action. Or when the operation system performs the action needed to prompt, the prompting device can prompt the user for the next action. Therefore, the optical indication of the present invention can prompt the user to perform the action, thereby providing a convenience for the user. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215040 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF USER INPUT - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that determine a position of a touch component of a user input received outside a touch sensitive area of a touch surface by correlating a position of the force component and a position of a touch component of a portion of the user input received within the touch sensitive area with a position of the force component of a portion of the user input received outside the touch sensitive area. In this way, the position of a touch component of the user input received outside the touch sensitive area, where the touch surface is not capable via hardware to detect the position of the touch component, may be determined, and operations may be executed based on the position of the touch component that is determined. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215041 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to the present invention, an electronic device is disclosed that includes a display unit including a bent state and a flat state that are distinguished from each other depending on a degree of bending, wherein the display unit is divided into at least two regions in the bent state by bending and a control unit configured to display information on the display unit according to a first video output characteristic when the display unit is in the flat state and to display information on a first region of the at least two regions according to a second video output characteristic and information on a second region of the at least two regions according to a third video output characteristic when the display unit changes from the flat state to the bent state. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215042 | OBTAINING PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS USING A PORTABLE DEVICE - An apparatus and method for obtaining a physiological measurement associated with a user using a portable device is disclosed herein. Information displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the portable device specifies the contact area(s) on the portable device for a user to touch. One or more areas on the portable device and/or a detachable device connected to the portable device comprise conductive areas for measuring the resistance or impedance of the user's body between those conductive areas. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215043 | System And Method For Displaying Multiple Activities - A virtual activity space is provided to users. The virtual activity space, or instances of the virtual activity space, may be used to enable users to participate in an activity such as, e.g., a card game. A user may participate in multiple activities concurrently. One of these activities, the so-called primary activity, is more dominantly and/or prominently presented than the other activities, the so-called secondary activities. Navigating between concurrent activities is accomplished through an interface that is displayed at the periphery of a view of a virtual activity space. A selection of a secondary activity simultaneously causes the primary activity to become a secondary activity, and causes the selected activity to become the new and current primary activity. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215044 | PROPERTY MODIFICATION OF AN APPLICATION OBJECT - A method, system, and device for controlling a mobile device with a touch screen are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a mobile terminal comprises a display unit configured to display an object associated with an application, a sensing unit configured to sense a touch on the object, and a controller. The controller is configured to execute the application in response to a first type of touch on the object and execute an edit mode to modify property data of the object in response to a second type of touch applied to the object. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215045 | STROKE DISPLAY METHOD OF HANDWRITING INPUT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A stroke display method of handwriting input and an electronic device are provided. In the method, a selection of a specific script style comprising multiple common strokes is received. When a touch is detected, an initial touch point is obtained. While the touch is not terminated, a latest touch point is obtained continuously, and a moving direction is determined by the initial touch point and the latest touch point. Once the touch is terminated or the moving direction is changed, whether a trajectory of the touch consists with any of the common strokes is determined. If yes, at least one patch point is determined according to the initial touch point, the latest touch point, and the consisted common stroke. A closed graph is established by using the initial touch point, the latest touch point, and the at least one patch point, and is displayed on a display module. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215046 | MOBILE PHONE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR EDITING TEXT USING THE MOBILE PHONE - In a method for editing text using a mobile phone, a user via a touch screen of the mobile phone selects a target text displayed on the touch screen. Handwritten data input by the user via the touch screen is recognized by a handwriting recognition system of the mobile phone. A predetermined editing operation corresponding to the handwritten data is performed on the target text. The editing operation is a cut operation, a copy operation, or a paste operation. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215047 | SCAN METHOD FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A scan method for a capacitive touch panel has steps of performing a relatively small first number of estimation scans on multiple sensing lines of a capacitive touch panel and recording results of the estimation scans, marking the sensing lines meeting a predetermined condition according to the results of the estimation scans, and performing a relatively large second number of practical scans on the marked sensing lines. Given the first-stage estimation scans and the second-stage practical scans, the sensing lines possibly touched by a touch object can be rapidly identified and marked, and the second-stage practical scans are performed on the marked sensing lines. Accordingly, noises and errors can be effectively reduced, accurate scan can be ensured, and higher frame rate can be achieved. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215048 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method of controlling an electronic apparatus, including: determining whether an apparatus manipulating input is a touch input or a key input; if the apparatus manipulating input is the touch input, providing a touch user interface (TUI); and if the apparatus manipulating input is the key input, providing a key input user interface (PUI). | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215049 | METHOD OF OPERATING A TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of operating a touch panel including a plurality of driving lines and a plurality of sensing lines includes performing a first limited scan by activating only a first portion of the plurality of driving lines and only a first portion of the plurality of sensing lines, such that a first coarse position of a first touch by a user is detected, and performing a first local scan by activating only driving lines and sensing lines adjacent to the detected first coarse position of the first touch, such that a first fine position of the first touch by the user is detected. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215050 | COMPOSITE LAYER STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME THEREOF - A composite layer structure used in a touch display device is disclosed. The composite layer structure comprises a matrix material, a non-conductive metal layer and a transparent electrical-conductive layer. The non-conductive metal layer is disposed on the matrix material. The non-conductive metal layer and the transparent electrical-conductive layer are formed a stacked structure. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215051 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - A method of displaying an image on a touch screen, the method including: displaying a first image to which time information is matched; receiving a touch input on a region displaying the first image; changing the time information matched to the first image, based on a direction of the touch input; and displaying a second image matching the changed time information. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215052 | DISPLAY SCREEN APPARATUS, TOUCH SCREEN ASSEMBLY, AND METHOD FOR MAKING A DISPLAY SCREEN APPARATUS - A display screen apparatus having a viewing region and a peripheral region surrounding the viewing region includes: a light transmissive substrate having inner and outer surfaces; and a light cured material layer disposed on the inner surface of the light transmissive substrate and having a peripheral portion corresponding in position to the peripheral region of the display screen apparatus. The peripheral portion is formed with a plurality of pores therein. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215053 | ANTI-INTERFERENCE DRIVING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE USING THE SAME - An anti-interference driving method of touch panel has steps of providing a touch panel and outputting multiple excitation signal sets to the respective driving lines of the touch panel. The touch panel has multiple driving lines and multiple receiving lines. Each driving line has multiple sub-driving lines. Each excitation signal set has multiple excitation signals sequentially outputted to the corresponding sub-driving lines. The excitation signals outputted to any adjacent two sub-driving lines are reversed in phase and a time gap between the excitation signals with reverse phases is less than a cycle of each excitation signal. Accordingly, two sensing signals having coupled capacitance values of a noise with different signs is obtained by using a receiving line to sense any adjacent two sub-driving lines and can be directly processed to remove the coupled capacitance value of the noise. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215054 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY OPERATING A ROTATING FUNCTION AND PORTABLE TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE SAME - A method of selectively operating a rotation function of an electronic device permits selective rotation of a display screen rotation function such that a terminal operation according to a user request may be supported while processing a user function may be performed based on the rotation function as needed. The method includes a receiving step of receiving a request to activate a specific user function, an application determination step of determining whether the rotation function applies to the specific user function of which activation is requested, a direction determining step of determining a rotation direction of a terminal when the specific user function is set to be applied with the rotation function, and an applying step of applying the rotation function to the specific user function according to the rotation direction of the terminal. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215055 | ORDER RECEPTION APPARATUS - An order receiving apparatus includes a change processing section which cancels the part subject to a cancel operation and the unit price of the part from information relating to the order of the article item stored in the order information storage area if the touch input section detects an action regarded as the cancel action to any one of the parts in the article decomposition image displayed on the display section, and adds a part subject to an addition operation and the unit price of the part to information relating to the order of the article item stored in the order information storage area if the touch input section detects an action regarded as the addition operation to a specified part in the article decomposition image displayed on the display section. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215056 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SENSOR VALUE AND SENSOR SYSTEM - For determining a sensor value of a sensor ( | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215057 | EMBEDDED TOUCH SCREEN - Provided is an embedded touch screen, including: a first substrate; a second substrate including: scanning signal lines extending in a first direction; video signal lines extending in a second direction; a plurality of pixels each including a pixel electrode connected to corresponding one of the video signal lines via a switching element connected to corresponding one of the scanning signal lines; and a common electrode; a liquid crystal layer; an application circuit for applying an alternating signal to a plurality of excitation electrodes; a detection circuit for detecting a signal excited on a plurality of detection electrodes each arranged adjacent to each of the plurality of excitation electrodes; and a scanning circuit for scanning at least one of each of the plurality of excitation electrodes and each of the plurality of detection electrodes at least in the second direction. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215058 | In-Room Hospitality Devices and Systems - The present invention is generally directed to hospitality systems and in-room hospitality computer devices that are configured to communicate with or control other devices or systems within a hotel. In some aspects, a unified in-room hospitality device comprises a mobile computing device, such as a tablet computer, that is secured in place by an encasement in a hotel room. The encasement can be, for example, secured to a table surface of a night stand. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215059 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN OBJECT IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - An apparatus and method control an object in an electronic device with a touch screen. The method edits an object and includes selecting at least one of a plurality of objects for editing based on touch information and, when an editing event occurs, performing the editing for the selected at least one of the objects. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215060 | MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL IN MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - In a mobile terminal apparatus that can be operated with a touch panel, a picture is displayed on the touch panel in a manner suitable for a way of holding to improve the operability of the touch panel. Touch sensors fixed on the top side, the bottom side, the left side, and the right side of the mobile terminal apparatus detect a touch state of a hand that grips the mobile terminal apparatus. Thus, a way of holding determination unit determines a way of holding the mobile terminal apparatus based on the number of touch regions for which the touch sensors detect the touch state and the areas of the touch regions. Moreover, a display picture generation unit generates a display picture that corresponds to the way of holding determined by the way of holding determination unit, and displays the display picture on a display unit of the touch panel. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215061 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY - A method includes entering, by a portable electronic device, a low-power condition after displaying an application image on a display. No information is displayed on the display during the low-power condition. While in the low-power condition, an input is detected. In response to detecting the input, a cover image is displayed. The application image is progressively revealed along with movement of a gesture while reducing display of the cover image, wherein the gesture controls a size of an area where the application image is displayed. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215062 | TERMINAL DEVICE WITH DISPLAY FUNCTION - A terminal device with a display function enables only an operation of a desired operation key valid, and easily perform the invalidation operation. In response to switching to a predetermined function mode by manipulating a jog dial, an image in the switched function mode is displayed in a display surface, based on an image signal from a display control section. A bar is located on a borderline between a contents area and an operation area in an initial state of displaying an image. When the jog dial is manipulated by the user to thereby move the bar from the borderline to a predetermined position within the operation area, a CPU determines that the position of the bar has been moved. Then, the CPU detects a new position of the bar, and makes an operation with respect to the operation key located between the bar and the borderline invalid. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215063 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY - A touch panel display including a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium and a touch device is provided. The first substrate has a display area and a peripheral area. The first substrate has a pixel array in the display area and at least one integrated driving circuit in the peripheral area. The integrated driving circuit is electrically connected to the pixel array. The second substrate is disposed above the first substrate to cover the integrated driving circuit and the pixel array. The display medium is disposed on the pixel array and located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The touch device is disposed on the second substrate, and has a sensor element and a wiring element connected to the sensor element. The sensor element is located above the pixel array and the wiring element is located above at least a portion of the integrated driving circuit. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215064 | Method for Manipulating a Plurality of Non-Selected Graphical User Elements - A method for manipulating graphical user interface elements includes displaying a plurality of elements on a touch screen of an electronic device. Based on a first touch screen contact detected on a first side of the electronic device and a slide contact detected on a second side of the electronic device, a first touch screen element is selected and the non-selected touch screen element(s) are manipulated relative to the first element. The slide contact can be interpreted by the electronic device as a drag, push, or rotate relative to the first element. Various features of the slide movement, such as the speed, the length, the pressure, the direction, and/or the pattern may affect the manipulation of the non-selected elements. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215065 | Apparatus Comprising An Optically Transparent Sheet And Related Methods - An apparatus includes an optically transparent sheet having an electrically conductive layer, an electrode element, and electro-vibration circuitry configured to provide a time-varying voltage signal across the electrically conductive layer and the electrode element so as to cause a user to experience electro-vibration in a first body part of the user when the first body part is moved across an exterior surface of the optically transparent sheet while a second body part of the user is in contact with the electrode element. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215066 | APPLIANCE COMPRISING A DISPLAY AND OPERATING UNIT - An appliance has four actuating elements are arranged around an edge of a display. One actuating element is arranged above the display, one below the display, one to the right of the display and one to the left of the display. In this way, the appliance is operated. A corresponding menu structure or list of applications on the display is coupled to the actuation of the actuating elements. A corresponding list in a hierarchy plane of the menu structure is run through or changed between applications running on the appliance by actuating the upper and lower actuating elements. The right and left actuating elements enable change from one hierarchy plane to another hierarchy plane of the menu structure or the display of detail information about applications. The appliance can especially be a portable appliance, e.g. an appliance that can be worn on the wrist or a mobile telephone. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215067 | TOUCH PANEL COMPRISING AN ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE PATTERN AND A PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a touch panel comprising a structure body comprising: a substrate; a conducting pattern that is provided on at least one surface of the substrate; and a light absorption pattern provided on at least one surface of the conducting pattern and provided on at least a portion of regions corresponding to the conducting pattern, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215068 | TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE FILM STRUCTURE AND TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed is a transparent electrode film structure and a touch screen, the structure including a retarder film, first and second hard coating layers coated on both surfaces of the retarder film, an optical layer formed on the second hard coating layer, and a transparent electrode film formed on the optical layer. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215069 | APPARATUS FOR NETWORK BASED MODULAR ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS - A modular electronic system includes network modules and network processors connected in a network topology. At least one embodiment is object-oriented, and one embodiment is a modular television. Each network module has a respective function module. Each network processor communicates with one or more network modules via respective serial or parallel interfaces. Each network processor has a data switch, a local memory and an object indexing engine. Data is moved among the network modules, the data switch, the local memory and the network processors. The network modules and network processors include electronic circuits, which may be integrated circuits. At least one of the network modules or network processors is individually removable from the modular electronic system for replacement or upgrading. Further network modules or further network processors can be added to the modular electronic system. The television embodiment includes display, memory, interface, communication, CPU and power modules. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130215070 | ELECTRONIC ACOUSTIC SIGNAL GENERATING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC ACOUSTIC SIGNAL GENERATING METHOD - A device includes a touch panel, a display circuit that displays a manipulator on the touch panel, an acceleration sensor that detects an acceleration when a touching action is performed on the manipulator on the touch panel, a storage section that acquires acceleration data that shows the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor, and saves n number of items of the acceleration data in sequence of newest first; a processing circuit that saves k (wherein k| 08-22-2013 | |
| 20130222263 | CONTROLLING VIEWS IN DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A display device including a display having a touch screen, and a controller for controlling the display to simultaneously provide a selected number of display areas in the display, with each of the display areas being for displaying information from information sources. The controller controls the display to include R display areas when the touch screen is tapped simultaneously R times, and S display areas when the touch screen is tapped simultaneously T times followed by T simultaneous drags on the touch screen, followed by U simultaneous taps on the touch screen, wherein R, S, T and U are integers, R is a selected one of 2, 3 or 4, S>R and T+U=S. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222264 | NAVIGATION OF CONTENT MEDIA DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH SCREEN OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides for a user of a touch screen electronic device to readily and naturally navigate displayed content media using the touch screen. A user can place and then hold a finger or thumb on the touch screen to create a temporary finger bookmark while simultaneously flipping through screens or pages of the displayed content media with other finger(s). The user can flip as many screen pages as desired in either a backwards or a forward direction and return at any time to the temporary finger bookmark by simply removing the finger that is holding the temporary bookmark. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222265 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Drawing Chemical Structures Using Touch and Gestures - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided that allow a user to draw and edit a chemical structure using one or more gestures performed on an input interface, such as a touch pad or touch screen. For example, the user may assign an atom label to a chemical structure representation by performing a press and tap gesture, change a chemical bond characteristic in the chemical structure representation by performing a tap gesture, and/or lengthen a molecular chain in the chemical structure representation by performing a drag gesture. The user may also rotate the chemical structure representation in the graphical display by performing one or more rotation gestures. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device comprising a display and an input device for receiving user input. The method comprises maintaining a representation of at least one other electronic device and its position relative to the electronic device and receiving a user input indicative of a direction and associated with a function requiring a target device. In response to said user input, the direction indicated by the user input and the representation of the relative position of the at least one other electronic device are utilised to determine the target device. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222267 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting touches on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, actuating an actuator to provide tactile feedback for the touches, determining values associated with force applied by the actuator during actuation of the actuator, and changing an attribute of actuation of the actuator based on the values associated with force. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222268 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Processing Incoming Calls - A control circuit provides an incoming-call response-initiation zone on a touch-screen display in response to an incoming call. The control circuit then takes an incoming-call processing action in response to detecting a user's swipe-based gesture that begins in that incoming-call response-initiation zone. So configured, a user can begin a swipe in the incoming-call response-initiation zone that extends in a first direction that corresponds to accepting the call. When the user begins the swipe in the incoming-call response-initiation zone but extends that swipe in a second direction (that is, for example, opposite to the first direction) a different incoming call processing action results (such as “ignoring” the incoming call). | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222269 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Depicting a Plurality of Contact Addresses - A control circuit provides a list of contacts on a touch-screen display and then, in response to detecting a touch-based selection of a particular contact, responsively depicts a plurality of contact addresses as correspond to that particular contact. A most frequently utilized contact address is placed at a location on the touch-screen display that corresponds to the touch-based selection of the particular contact. So configured, the user need likely not move their touching finger to locate the desired contact address. The most frequently utilized contact address can comprise a most frequently called telephone number since any new telephone number was last added to the plurality of telephone numbers for this particular contact. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222270 | Wearable display device, corresponding systems, and method for presenting output on the same - An electronic device can include detectors for altering the presentation of data on one or more displays. In a wearable electronic device, a flexible housing can be configured to enfold about an appendage of a user, such as a user's wrist. A display can disposed along a major face of the flexible housing. A control circuit can be operable with the display. A gaze detector can be included to detect a gaze direction, and optionally a gaze cone. An orientation detector can be configured to detect an orientation of the electronic device relative to the user. The control circuit can alter a presentation of data on the display in response to a detected gaze direction, in response to detected orientation of the wearable electronic device relative to the user, in response to touch or gesture input, or combinations thereof. Secondary displays can be hingedly coupled to the electronic device. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222271 | Methods and Apparatuses for Operating a Display in an Electronic Device - An electronic device can include detectors for altering the presentation of data on one or more displays. In a wearable electronic device, a flexible housing can be configured to enfold about an appendage of a user, such as a user's wrist. A display can disposed along a major face of the flexible housing. A control circuit can be operable with the display. A gaze detector can be included to detect a gaze direction, and optionally a gaze cone. An orientation detector can be configured to detect an orientation of the electronic device relative to the user. The control circuit can alter a presentation of data on the display in response to a detected gaze direction, in response to detected orientation of the wearable electronic device relative to the user, in response to touch or gesture input, or combinations thereof. Secondary displays can be hingedly coupled to the electronic device. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222272 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE NAVIGATION IN A TAB-BASED APPLICATION INTERFACE - A method is provided for navigation in a tab-based application interface on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device. A start of a touch contact initiating proximate to a first edge of the touch-sensitive display is detected. An end of the touch contact terminating proximate to a second edge of the touch sensitive display is detected. An angular gesture can then be determined when the start of the touch contact and the end of the touch contact are from the first edge being perpendicular to the second edge of the touch-sensitive display. Content associated with a tab on the touch-sensitive display in the tab-based application interface in response to the angular gesture is then displayed. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222273 | Systems and Methods For Presenting Visual Interface Content - A method for presenting visual interface content comprising adjunct visual interface content during application program execution, and the adjunct visual interface content provides visual information associated with application program execution. The method comprising displaying the adjunct visual interface content using a first interface, displaying the adjunct visual interface content using a second interface, and displaying the updated adjunct visual interface content on the at least one of the first and second interfaces based on actuation of the first and second interfaces. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method, computer readable storage medium, and electronic device are provided which operates on hierarchical data having a plurality of levels by detecting one of a plurality of gestures on a touch-sensitive input mechanism of the electronic device. Each of the plurality of gestures is associated with a different level in the hierarchical data. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222275 | TWO-FACTOR ROTATION INPUT ON A TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - An electronic device and method are provided for rotating an object displayed at or by the device. The object may be an entire displayed region of a display screen, such as a window, frame, or other region or subregion, or a block element or other type of content component such as an image or map. A first input defining a reference point for the object is detected at a first user interface mechanism. After commencement of the detected first input, a second input at a second user interface mechanism, such as a touchscreen display, is detected. In response to the second input, a rotation transformation is applied to the object, the rotation transformation center being defined by the reference point, and the rotation transformation angle being defined by the second input. The object may be displayed by the touchscreen display, or by a display device external to the electronic device. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222276 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided that includes a display unit including a first region and a second region and a control unit configured to receive a first touch stroke through the first region, to receive a second touch stroke through the second region, to generate a third touch stroke corresponding to the first and second touch strokes when a relationship between the first and second touch strokes satisfies to a predetermined condition, and to perform an operation corresponding to the third touch stroke. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222277 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A USER OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods for identifying a user of an electronic device are disclosed. An example method includes capturing a physical characteristic of a hand of a user via a sensor on a computing device. The characteristic is captured as the user touches the computing device for a purpose different from user identification. The example method includes determining an identifier associated with the user based on the captured characteristic. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222278 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING EDITING TOOLS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device acquires first character data of a hand, and displays an outline diagram of the hand on a touch screen display according to the first character data, in response to a user placing his/her hand on the touch screen display. The electronic device sets associations between editing tools and fingers of the hand in the outline diagram. Then, the electronic device detects second character data of a finger of the hand in response to the user touching the touch screen display with the finger, and compares the second character data with the first character data, to determine which editing tool is associated with that finger according to the set associations, and replaces a present available editing tool on the touch screen display with the determined editing tool. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222279 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus including a display panel, a touch panel, a gate driver and a touch sensor is provided. The touch panel is disposed corresponding to the display panel. The gate driver is coupled to the display panel and the touch panel so as to sequentially output a plurality of scan signals to the display panel and sequentially output a plurality of driver signals to the touch panel. Here, the output time of the scan signals and the output time of the driver signals are not overlapped. The touch sensor is coupled to the touch panel and calculates a touch position according to a sensor signal outputted by the touch panel. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222280 | INTEGRATING SENSATION FUNCTIONALITIES INTO A MOBILE DEVICE USING A HAPTIC SLEEVE - Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for integrating sensation functionalities into a mobile device using a haptic sleeve are presented. According to one or more aspects of the disclosure, a computing device may receive, via a haptic sleeve, sensation input captured by one or more haptic components of the haptic sleeve. Subsequently, the computing device may store haptic data corresponding to the received sensation input. For example, in storing such haptic data, the computing device may store information describing one or more electrical signals received via the one or more haptic components of the haptic sleeve during a period of time corresponding to a particular event, and this stored information may reflect various characteristics of the sensation input received by the computing device in connection with the particular event, such as the magnitude(s), position(s), duration, and/or type(s) of sensation(s) captured during the period of time. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222281 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a touch controller, periodically providing a touch sensing signal in a touch sensing period to a touch display panel for touch detection; a control core, periodically switching a level of a parallax switching signal; a parallax switching barrier, for respectively barricading a right-eye display zone and a left-eye display zone on the touch display panel in a left-eye display period and a right-eye display period in response to the parallax display switching signal; and an interference shielding module, for delaying the level switching of the parallax switching signal of the control core when a starting point of the touch sensing signal is detected, so as to prevent the level switching of the parallax switching signal from being triggered in the touch sensing period. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222282 | Structure of Wet-coating Transparent Conductive Film and the Application Thereof - This invention discloses a structure of wet-coating transparent conductive film and the application thereof. The wet-coating transparent conductive film comprises a substrate layer, and a transparent conductive layer. The wet-coating transparent conductive film can further comprise an index matching layer between the substrate layer and the transparent conductive layer. The index matching layer and the transparent conductive layer can be formed by wet-coating process. Preferably, the mentioned wet-coating transparent conductive film can be widely applied in touch control module or touch control displaying device. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222283 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a control method thereof capable of a touch input. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a display unit configured to display a page of an electronic note and display a thumbnail image corresponding to another page along with the page; a sensing unit configured to sense a touch input on the display unit; and a controller configured to display a page corresponding to the thumbnail image or execute an edit mode for editing at least one of the page and the thumbnail image based on a kind of touch input on the thumbnail image. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222284 | TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH-INPUT DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - A terminal includes a touch panel having a first surface, a display panel having a second surface configured to face the first surface, and an attraction reduction layer disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface to reduce attraction between the first surface and the second surface. A method for manufacturing a touch-input display includes disposing a first pattern on at least one of a first surface of a touch panel and a second surface of a display panel, the first pattern facing the other of the first surface and the second surface to reduce attraction between the first surface and the second surface, and arranging the touch panel and the display panel to have a gap layer between the touch panel and the display panel. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222285 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING BASED ON A TOUCH INPUT - A mobile terminal to control an operation using a touch includes a first input area to detect a first touch input, a second input area to detect a touch gesture, and a touch sensing unit to detect whether to activate the second input area based on the first touch input, to determine a state of the mobile terminal, and to determine a control operation corresponding to the touch gesture with respect to the state of the mobile terminal, in which at least one of the first input area and the second input area is disposed on a side of a body of the mobile terminal. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222286 | DEVICE HAVING TOUCH DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR REDUCING EXECUTION OF ERRONEOUS TOUCH OPERATION - A touch device sets virtual bezel areas along an edge of a touch panel. If a change in orientation is detected in the touch device, the virtual bezel area may be set to be disposed on each edge of the touch device and may increase in size. The touch device determines if a touch input is a careless touch event according to the location of the virtual bezel area and reference criterion. A careless touch event may not be processed by the touch device. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222287 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A VALID INPUT SIGNAL IN A TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes a touch input unit to determine whether a first touch is detected in a display area or a grip recognition area, a determining unit to determine validity of the first touch based on a location of the detected first touch, and a processing unit to perform an event corresponding to the first touch when the first touch is determined to be valid. A method for validating a first touch using a processor includes detecting the first touch on a display area or a grip recognition area of a terminal, determining validity of the first touch based on a location of the detected first touch, and performing, using the processor, an event corresponding to the first touch if the first touch is determined to be valid. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222288 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOBILE TERMINAL BASED ON TOUCH INPUT - A mobile terminal and methods for operating a mobile terminal based on a touch input, including receiving at least one touch input to a touch panel of the mobile terminal, the touch panel including a first input area and a second input area; generating at least one touch sensed signal corresponding to the at least one touch input to one or more of the first input area and the second input area; generating at least one control signal corresponding to the at least one touch sensed signal, wherein the first input area remains activated in a power off state of the mobile terminal and the second input area is initially deactivated in the power off state. The mobile terminal and methods for operating the mobile terminal based on a touch input thereby provide for an improved design and enhanced reliability of operation. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222289 | FLEXIBLE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a flexible terminal including a body, a flexible control display provided on one side of the body, and a control unit which processes a control signal inputted through the control display. The control display includes a piezoelectric member, which is divided into one or more cells, and one or more conductive members, which are formed of a conductive material. The control display may recognize a touch signal through a touch type method or a piezoelectric signal by a deformation of the piezoelectric member. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222290 | NOISE SPECTRUM ESTIMATOR AND TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A noise spectrum estimator for a touch panel includes an adaptive impulse response generation unit configured to generate impulse response information by performing an adaptive training operation on noise data, the noise data being generated by sampling a plurality of noise signals received from the touch panel, and an estimation unit configured to generate noise frequency spectrum estimation information associated with the noise data by performing a fast Fourier transform (FFT) on the impulse response information. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222291 | TOUCHSCREEN AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - A touchscreen for an electronic device includes an input surface, a number of temperature sensors, and a processor connected to the temperature sensors. The temperature sensors senses temperatures of positions on the input surface and outputs corresponding sensing signals to the processor. The processor receives the sensing signals and determines whether the input surface is touched based on the sensing signals. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222292 | COMMUNICATION APPLICATION TRIGGERING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention discloses a communication application triggering method and an electronic device. A communication application triggering method is applied to an electronic device that has a touch sensor, where the method includes: detecting a touch track or touch point on the touch sensor after an object is selected or is called; and matching the detected touch track or touch point with at least one standard model; and if the matching is successful, and the object can be used as a sent object of a communication application that corresponds to the successfully matched standard model, triggering the communication application that corresponds to the successfully matched standard model, and adding the object as a to-be-sent object of the communication application, where different communication applications correspond to different standard models. Technical solutions of embodiments of the present invention are useful for simplifying a communication application triggering mechanism and improving user experience. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222293 | ROTATION TYPE TOUCH SCREEN MODULE AND TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a terminal including a main body module including a control unit; and a rotation-type touch screen module disposed at one side of the main body module, and including a module housing extending from the main body module, and a loop touch screen rotatable about at least a portion of the module housing in at least one direction, and provided with at least one contact member electrically connected to the control unit. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222294 | HYBRID TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A hybrid touch screen device applied to an electric device. The hybrid touch screen device preferably includes a touch panel, a pen touch panel, a display panel, and at least one processor. The touch panel detects an input event by a direct touch. The pen touch panel detects a touch pen input and an input event from an entry into a predetermined detection distance before a touch. The display panel displays a screen according to the touch panel, the pen touch panel, and a user operation. The processor also performs control to execute a relevant function according to an input event inputted to the touch panel and the pen touch panel. The processor also performs control so that an input event of the touch pen and an input event of the touch panel are detected independently of each other. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222295 | MOBILE TERMINAL TO OPERATE BASED ON TOUCH INPUT, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal includes a touch panel to receive touch gestures to power on and power off the mobile terminal. The touch panel may also receive touch gestures to adjust the volume or place the mobile terminal in a hold state. The touch panel is separate from a touch screen which receives inputs in a power on state. The touch panel may include a first input area which may receive a periodic signal in a power off mode, a touch sleep mode, and a hold mode. If in the power off mode, the touch sleep mode, or the hold mode, a touch gesture is received in the first input area, other input areas may be powered on to receive a signal. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222296 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OBJECT FLOATING OPERATION - A mobile device includes a touch input display to display a first object in a first screen image and to receive a first touch input corresponding to the first object, a floating execution unit to switch the first object into a floated state in response to the first touch input, and to generate a floating window for displaying the first object in the floated state, the floated first object being configured to be displayed in the floating window along with a second screen image if the first screen image is replaced with the second screen image, and a controller to associate information of the first object with the second screen image or with an application corresponding to the second screen image. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222297 | PROXIMITY DETECTION DEVICE, METHOD OF DETECTING PROXIMITY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A proximity detection device includes a display unit which has a display image surface in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are arranged in a matrix shape and a proximity operation detecting unit in which a transparent electrode for proximity operation detection is arranged to form an operation surface at a position superposed on the display image surface and a conductive film pattern forming the transparent electrode has a pitch of a linear pattern which is equal to or smaller than an arrangement pitch in one direction of the pixel electrodes. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222298 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A terminal apparatus includes a display module including a window glass, a touch panel, and a display panel; a display holding frame that secures the display module, the display holding frame having a screw accepting part on a rear surface which is opposite to the display panel; a cabinet case, which encloses the display holding frame, and which has a screw hole corresponding to the screw accepting part of the display holding frame; and a bolt or screw inserted into the screw accepting part of the display holding frame through the screw hole in the cabinet case. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222299 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EDITING CONTENT VIEW IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method and apparatus that easily locate desired content at a desired point in a content view is achieved by detecting a touch event for adding or changing content in the content view, displaying a candidate group having contents capable of being located at a touch point of the detected touch event, displaying, at the touch point of the detected touch event, content selected from the contents of the candidate group, and displaying the content view in which the selected content is located at the touch point. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222300 | IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS INCLUDING DISTORTION DETECTION ELEMENT - An in-vehicle apparatus includes a plurality of operations sections, a detection section, and a cancellation section. The operation sections are configured to receive an operation by a user while driving of a vehicle and respectively include distortion detection elements that respectively transmit detection signals in accordance with loads generated due to the operation. The detection section detects the operation to the operation sections based on the detection signals. The cancellation section determines whether loads are generated in the operation sections in a same period based on the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements and cancels the detection signals transmitted from the distortion detection elements in the same period when the loads are generated in the same period. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222301 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING CONTENTS IN TERMINAL - Provided are a method and apparatus for moving contents on a screen in a terminal which allows a user to scroll in various directions within a contents page larger than a screen. An initial threshold region is established, which surrounds an initial touch point over displayed contents. A drag movement is detected from the initial touch point to a current touch point breaching the initial threshold region. The contents are moved in the direction of the drag movement if the current touch point is outside predetermined X and Y channels. The contents are moved in only the X or Y direction if the current touch point is within the X or Y channel, respectively. Thus, linear scroll of contents can be produced despite an unintentional nonlinear drag movement. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAMPLE RATE ADAPTION - A system and method for sample rate adaption. The system and method provide for information derived from sampling at a first rate to be applied or processed at a second rate where the first and second rates differ in frequency and phase. The information is adapted from the first rate to the second rate. Then phase differences including phase introduced as by-product of adapting the frequencies are reduced by phase adaption. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222303 | HAPTIC DEVICE WITH INDIRECT HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A haptic device provides indirect haptic feedback and includes a substrate having a touch surface, a position sensor and a friction modulator associated with the substrate, wherein a coefficient of friction of the touch surface is modulated in response to a sensed position of relative to the touch surface and/or a derivative thereof. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222304 | CONTROL APPARATUS - A CPU of a control apparatus identifies a driver's manipulatable range, calculates compensation parameters, and sets the compensation parameters to be used for a compensation process. As a result, since the manipulation signal is compensated, e.g., to expand manipulation trajectories based on the driver's manipulatable range, a manipulation content can be recognized accurately. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222305 | IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display unit includes an image display module changing for display images each having image and header information, a touch panel input module receiving inputs, an image reading module reading the image and header information of the images, a group definition determination module determining, based on the header information of a first image of the images that is displayed next in response to an operation performed on the touch panel input module, whether or not a group definition in the header information of the first image is the same as a first predetermined group definition, and an image changing module changing the images to the first image for display in a number of steps predetermined for the first predetermined group definition. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222306 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TEMPERATURE OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic comprises at least one strain gauge arranged at the electronic device such that a strain of the at least one strain gauge is influenced by a change of a temperature of the electronic device and a control assembly for evaluating an output signal of the at least one strain gauge to determine a temperature of the electronic device on the basis of the output signal and for controlling at least one function of the electronic device based on the determined temperature. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222307 | IMAGE DISPLAY UNIT, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM - An image display unit is provided which includes an input module receiving touch inputs, a display module displaying an image thereon, a touched state detection module detecting a touch input made onto the input module, a touched position acquiring module acquiring a touched position of the touch input, a flick detection module detecting whether the touch input is made by a flick operation, a flick direction detection module detecting a direction of the flick operation, and a display screen changing module executing either of a first display screen changing process of increasing the number of images displayed on the display module and contracting images displayed on the display module and a second display screen changing process of decreasing the number of images displayed on the display module and expanding images displayed on the display module based on the direction of the flick operation. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222308 | Operation Mode Switching Method And Electronic Device - An electronic device and an operation mode switching method thereof are described. The operation mode switching method is applied to an electronic device that includes a display unit, and the electronic device has a first operation mode and a second operation mode. The display unit has a first light-transmittance in the first operation mode and a second light-transmittance in the second operation mode such that the first high light-transmittance is higher than the second light-transmittance. The method includes detecting to obtain a trigger event; judging whether or not the trigger event satisfies a predefined condition to get a judgment result and, when the judgment result indicates that the trigger event satisfies the predefined condition, generating a switching instruction, and according to the switching instruction, switching the electronic device between the first operation mode and the second operation mode. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222309 | MOTOR DRIVE CIRCUIT - This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods for a motor drive, such as a haptic motor drive. In an example, a motor drive can include a low dropout (LDO) regulator configured to receive a supply voltage and to provide a regulated voltage, a power switch circuit configured to receive the supply voltage and to receive the regulated voltage from the LDO regulator, and a level shift circuit configured to receive power from the power switch circuit, to receive an input signal, and to provide an output signal to a a voltage difference generating circuit based on the input signal and the power from the power switch circuit. In certain states of the motor drive, the power switch circuit can couple either the regulated voltage or the supply voltage to the level shift circuit. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222310 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY OF MULTIPLE DATA CHANNELS ON A SINGLE HAPTIC DISPLAY - A system that produces a haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes at least two haptic effect signals each having a priority level. The haptic effect is a combination of the haptic effect signals and priority levels. The haptic effect may optionally be a combination of the two haptic effect signals if the priority levels are the same, otherwise only the haptic effect signal with the highest priority is used. The frequency of haptic notifications may also be used to generate a drive signal using foreground and background haptic effect channels depending on whether the frequency ratio exceeds a foreground haptic effect threshold. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222311 | HAPTIC SURFACE COMPRESSION - The invention relates to giving haptic feedback to the user of an electronic device. Spatial information on haptic elements on the user interface is used to create haptic feedback relating to the user interface elements. The spatial information resides in a memory in compressed and/or coded form e.g. in order to save memory and to improve operating speed. The spatial information is decoded or decompressed when needed, and in addition, a haptic cache is arranged where the spatial information likely to be needed soon is decompressed ahead of time. This predictive decompression is arranged to be done based on the movement of the user's input on the user interface. For example, the blocks that the user is likely to touch soon are decompressed to the haptic cache. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222312 | CONTENT BOUNDARY SIGNALING TECHNIQUES - Methods and devices provide a user interface that provides visual cues when a document pan or scroll has reached an end or boundary by distorting the document image in response to further user inputs. The image distortion functionality may include shrinking, stretching, accordion expansion, or bouncing of a document image. The degree of image distortion may be proportional to the distance that a user input would have the document move beyond the encountered boundary. When a boundary of a document image is reached during a rapid pan or scroll, a bouncing image distortion may be applied to the document image to inform the user that the document reached a boundary during the movement. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222313 | IMAGE EDITING METHOD AND IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS - An image editing apparatus has editing functions for editing a still image displayed on a screen of an LCD. The image editing apparatus is provided with a touch panel, a judgment section, and a display controller. The judgment section determines which of the editing functions is requested to be executed, in accordance with how a second touch operation is performed while a first touch operation on the still image on the touch panel is maintained. The display controller executes the editing function determined by the judgment section, and displays an edited image on the LCD. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222314 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a decorative layer, a metal trace layer, a first insulation layer and a second insulation layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a touch-sensitive region of the touch-sensitive device. The decorative layer is disposed on a non-touch-sensitive region of the touch-sensitive device, and the metal trace layer is disposed on the non-touch-sensitive region. The first insulation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and covers the touch-sensing structure and the metal trace layer. The second insulation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and distributed only in the non-touch-sensitive region to provide a distribution area substantially overlapping the metal trace layer. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222315 | SMART TOUCHSCREEN KEY ACTIVATION DETECTION - Embodiments relate to systems for, and methods of, detecting attempted space key activations on a touchscreen. Such systems and methods allow for error-tolerant data input on a touchscreen. The systems and methods may be adaptive and grow progressively more accurate as additional user data is received. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222316 | KEY STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - A key structure in an electronic product includes a housing. The key structure includes a pressing portion, a printed circuit board (PCB), a key, and a sensor. The key and the sensor are both located on the PCB and electronically connected with each other. When the pressing portion is pressed, the key structure acts as a mechanical key. When the pressing portion is simply touched, the key structure acts as a touch key. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222317 | DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - An X electrode ( | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222318 | IMAGING SYSTEM CONSOLE | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222319 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PORTABLE TERMINAL PROVIDED WITH SAME - According to one aspect of the present invention, an electronic device includes a detecting unit, a first housing, an operation unit, a vibrating body, and a flexible portion. The detecting unit detects an input position. The first housing includes a base disposed opposite the detecting unit and a frame body positioned on the base so as to surround the detecting unit in plan view. The operation unit is positioned at a front surface side of the detecting unit so as to cover the detecting unit in plan view. The vibrating body is provided to the operation unit. The flexible portion is provided over a whole circumference of the frame body and supporting the operation unit. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222320 | SAFETY PROTECTION METHOD AND DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention discloses a safety protection device of an electronic device touch screen including a detection module, a control processing module and a self-destroying/alarming execution module, wherein the detection module is used for applying excitation signals on an electrical pin of the touch screen and detecting corresponding electrical characteristic value to serve as characteristic information, and the control processing module is used for receiving the characteristic information and judging whether the characteristic information is in consistency with prestored standard characteristic information, controlling normal working of the electronic device if the result of judgment is yes and controlling the electronic device to stop working and enabling the self-destroying/alarming execution module to carry out actions of self information destroying/alarming transmission if not. The device of the present invention can greatly improve safety performance of electronic device. Simultaneously, the present invention provides a corresponding safety protection method. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130222321 | Method And System To Launch And Manage An Application On A Computer System Having A Touch Panel Input Device - The invention provides a method and system to launch and manage an application which operates on a touch screen or touch panel device, replacing traditionally used HIDs such as a mouse, mouse stick, trackball or touch pad. Variants of the system comprise a viewable screen area splitting module for indicating which target areas of the viewable screen will be used for launch and display of a new application, by an application launch module deciding which applications to launch and display in the previously selected target areas and by an application management module defining in which display mode and state of an already running application will be displayed or otherwise closed. A list of icons displays within the new target area designated for launch of the application. Selection of an icon within the target area, informs the system which application to display in the target area. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130229357 | SENSOR-IN-PIXEL DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH NEAR INFRARED FILTER - A display system includes both a cover panel and a display panel. The display panel includes multiple display pixels and multiple sensor elements configured to detect infrared light reflected from an object touching or close to the cover panel. The filter layer is configured to increase rejection of near infrared light reflected from the object prior to detection of the infrared light by the multiple sensor elements. The filter layer can be positioned in different locations, such as between the display panel and the cover panel, within the display panel, or within or on top of the cover panel. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229358 | TIME-BASED CONTEXTUALIZING OF MULTIPLE PAGES FOR ELECTRONIC BOOK READER - A system and associated method for contextualizing a page turn in an electronic book pursuant to a snap gesture made by a user on a touch screen of a tablet device, as performed by an e-reader program running in the tablet device. The snap gesture is quantified with data elements including linger time and direction of the snap gesture. The quantified snap gesture is utilized in identifying a target page number to display on the touch screen responsive to at least one predefined data element of the quantified snap gesture such that the user is enabled to turn multiple pages of the electronic book by the snap gesture as turning multiple pages of a paper book. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229359 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus including a display module and a touch panel is provided. The display module has at least one first connector. The touch panel is disposed on the display module and has a second connector, in which the second connector is plugged into the corresponding first connector to make the touch panel assembled onto and electrically connected to the display module. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229360 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DOT RENDERING ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method and apparatus for controlling dot rendering for a touch screen. The method and apparatus receives indicia of pressure on the touch screen, where the pressure indicia represents an amount of force applied to the touch screen. From the indicia, the method and apparatus computes a dot size and renders a dot having the computed dot size on the touch screen. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229361 | COMPUTER ACTION DETECTION - A tool for performing a computer action based on a user's touch on a touch screen. The user's touch is characterized by certain parameters which are compared to predefined parameters which correspond to the hand that was used to touch the screen and a specific computer action. If the parameters match, within a specific error tolerance, the computer action is performed. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229362 | TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL STRUCTURE HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN AND RELATED COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE HAVING SUCH TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE - For a communication device having a touch module or a touch display module, a near field communicable NFC antenna pattern is disposed on a component above a touch sensor unit of the touch module or the touch display module, which places the NFC antenna pattern away from the shielding easily generated from the metallic frame or metallic housing of the communication device. The NFC antenna pattern may be printed on a bottom side, a top side, or in the interior of a cover lens of the touch module or the touch display module, or on a surface of a deco film outside the cover lens. A ferrite sheet may also be disposed between the NFC antenna pattern and the touch sensor unit for further preventing electromagnetic interference from the touch sensor unit or other internal components. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229363 | Sensing User Input At Display Area Edge - One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229364 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device including a display panel, a shielding electrode layer, a touch panel, a conductive element and a flexible circuit board is provided. The shielding electrode layer covers a top surface of the display panel. The touch panel disposed on the shielding electrode layer includes a substrate, a touch control element, a ground electrode and a metal wire. The touch control element includes a sensing electrode, a transmission wire and two pads. The transmission wire is electrically connected to the sensing electrode and one pad. The meal wire is connected between the ground electrode and the other pad. The shielding electrode layer is electrically connected to the metal wire or the ground electrode of the touch panel through the conductive element. The flexible circuit board is electrically connected to the pads, so that the sensing electrode and the metal wire are electrically connected to the flexible circuit board. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229365 | TOUCHPAD STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touchpad structure includes a substrate, a shielding layer and a sensing layer. The shielding layer fully covers a first surface of the substrate. By using a circuit forming process to form the sensing layer on the shielding layer so as to make the shielding layer sandwiched between the substrate and the sensing layer, the structural thickness and the manufacturing processes of the overall touchpad structure can be significantly reduced. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229366 | Support for an Optically Bonded Display Device - Display device support techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes a touch panel assembly and a display housing. The touch panel assembly includes one or more touch sensors and a transparent surface. The display housing secures a display module, the display module optically bonded to the touch panel assembly. A support is disposed to contact the touch panel assembly and the display housing. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229367 | Dynamic Patterns for Mobile Device Authentication - Dynamic Patterns for Mobile Device Authentication is a computer-implemented method for authenticating to and unlocking a mobile device. The method comprises displaying a lock screen view with randomized placement of colored nodes and or numbered nodes and or other uniquely identified nodes on the mobile device to prevent unauthorized or inadvertent access to the mobile device's data. The mobile device, while locked, will detect a touch gesture corresponding to the placement of the uniquely identified nodes on a touch screen of the mobile device. The input touch gesture will vary for each authentication attempt based on the randomized placement of the uniquely identified nodes. A user is able to input the sequence of unique identifiers on the touch screen; and in response to input of the user-defined unique identifier sequence, causes the mobile device to unlock. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229368 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SCALE FOR ENLARGEMENT AND REDUCTION OPERATION, AND DEVICE THEREFOR - A method for displaying a scale for an enlargement and reduction operation on a touch screen includes detecting, using a multi-touch detection sensor, a plurality of touches by a user on the touch screen, and detecting an enlarging operation or a reducing operation caused by the user applying two operating fingers to the touch screen. An enlargement factor or a reduction factor is displayed on the touch screen at a position near the two operating fingers of the user. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229369 | INPUT DEVICE INCLUDING MOVABLE TOUCH PAD - An input device includes a touch pad which is rotatably supported and has an upper surface as an input operation surface, a switch element located on a lower side of the touch pad, and a control unit configured to be able to perform control such that during an operation of an operation body (finger, etc.) being moved on the input operation surface while the input operation surface is pressed downwardly by the operation body to cause the switch element to be in an ON state, the ON state is continued even if the ON state is released in a state the operation of the operation body on the input operation surface is kept. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229370 | OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is an operation display device including: a touch panel unit to detect a touch position; a display unit; and a display control unit to execute a display according to a first display process on the display unit when a first operation is received on the touch panel unit, and to execute both of the display according to the first display process and a display according to a second display process when a second operation including an element of the first operation is received on the touch panel unit. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229371 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING PAGES OF E-BOOK AND MOBILE DEVICE ADAPTED THERETO - A page display method is provided that detects information related to pages of an e-book that the user inputs in a mobile device with a touch screen, and displays the pages on the touch screen, according to the detection. A system adapted to the method is also provided. The method includes: displaying a page of an e-book on the touch screen in a preset mode; detecting a touch at a spot on the displayed page; detecting a press by detecting a contact period of time of the detected touch; and, in response to at least one of a location of the spot and a strength of the detected press, displaying the spot on the page as being deformed. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229372 | METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTING - The present invention discloses a method, device and system for interacting, in which first information of each of the external accessories is obtained, it is judged whether the first information of each of the external accessories satisfies a preset first condition, and each of the external accessories is processed according to the preset first condition if the first information of each of the external accessories satisfies the preset first condition, therefore interaction between an electronic device and the accessories is achieved and user experience is improved. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229373 | LIGHT-BASED FINGER GESTURE USER INTERFACE - A light-based finger gesture user interface for an electronic device including a housing for an electronic device, a display mounted in the housing, a cavity, separated from the display, penetrating two opposite sides of the housing, a detector mounted in the housing operative to detect an object inserted in the cavity, and a processor connected to the detector and to the display for causing the display to render a visual representation in response to output from the detector. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229374 | TERMINAL, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided including a touchscreen and a controller. The controller is configured to display, on the touchscreen, a moving picture and a subset of a plurality of key frame pictures for the moving picture. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229375 | Contact Grouping and Gesture Recognition for Surface Computing - Tools and techniques for contact grouping and gesture recognition for surface computing are provided. These tools receive, from a finger grouping subsystem, data representing velocity parameters associated with contact points, with the contact points representing physical actions taken by users in interacting with software applications presented on a surface computing system. These tools also identify gestures corresponding to the physical actions by analyzing the velocity parameters, and provide indications of the identified gestures to the software applications. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229376 | SELECTIVE INPUT SIGNAL REJECTION AND MODIFICATION - Embodiments are related to user input devices that accept complex user input including a combination of touch and push (or pick) input. Embodiments of the invention provide for selective ignoring or rejection of input received from such devices in order to avoid interpreting unintentional user actions as commands. Furthermore, some input signals can be modified. The selective rejection or modification can be performed by the user interface device itself or by a computing device that includes or is attached to the user interface device. The selective rejection or modification may be performed by a module that processes input signals, performs the necessary rejections and modifications and sends revised input signals to higher level modules. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229377 | ACCESSORY PROTOCOL FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE ACCESSIBILITY - Techniques for controlling a touch input device using an accessory communicatively coupled to the device are disclosed. In one aspect, an accessibility framework is launched on the device. An accessory coupled to the device is detected. Receipt of input from the accessory is enabled. An accessibility packet is received from the accessory. The accessibility packet includes an accessibility command and one or more parameters. The accessibility packet is processed to extract the first accessibility command and the one or more parameters. Input is generated for the accessibility framework based on the accessibility command and the one or more parameters. In some implementations, the device also sends accessibility commands to the accessory, either in response to accessibility commands received from the accessory or independent of any received accessibility commands. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229378 | OPTICAL DEVICE SURFACE TREATMENT PROCESS AND SMUDGE-RESISTANT ARTICLE PRODUCED THEREBY - A surface treatment process comprises (a) providing at least one optical device; (b) providing a curable surface treatment composition comprising (1) at least one fluorinated organosilane compound comprising (i) a monovalent segment selected from polyfluoroalkyl, polyfluoroether, polyfluoropolyether, and combinations thereof and (ii) a monovalent endgroup comprising at least one silyl moiety comprising at least one group selected from hydrolyzable groups, hydroxyl, and combinations thereof, and (2) at least one fluorinated organosilane compound comprising (i) a multivalent segment selected from polyfluoroalkane, polyfluoroether, polyfluoropolyether, and combinations thereof and (ii) at least two monovalent endgroups, each independently comprising at least one silyl moiety comprising at least one group selected from hydrolyzable groups, hydroxyl, and combinations thereof; (c) applying the curable surface treatment composition to the optical device; and (d) curing the applied, curable surface treatment composition. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130229379 | TOUCH SENSOR AND ASSOCIATED MANUFACTURING METHOD - A tactile sensor includes an insulating support including a first face including a first series of parallel conducting tracks and a second face including a second series of parallel conducting tracks, the insulating support being folded and the second face being disposed opposite the first face. The tactile sensor includes an array of conducting tracks extending in an edge zone intended to be folded, along fold lines. The tactile sensor can, for example, be used in a tactile control screen. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20130234951 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A portable device is disclosed. The portable device of our invention includes a flexible display, a housing that contains the flexible display, a measurement sensor for measuring a distance by which the flexible display has been extended from the portable device when the flexible display is extended from the housing, and a display control unit for displaying an image including at least one icon on the extended flexible display according to the measured distance, wherein the display control unit adjusts the image display when the at least one icon is partially displayed on the extended flexible display. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234952 | INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD SYSTEM AND WHITEBOARD WRITING INSTRUMENT THEREOF - An interactive whiteboard system and a whiteboard writing instrument thereof are provided. The interactive whiteboard system comprises a whiteboard, a whiteboard writing instrument, a detection device and a projection device. The whiteboard writing instrument comprises a housing and an internal element that has a writing terminal. The writing terminal receives a pressure from the whiteboard when a user holds the whiteboard writing instrument to write contents on the whiteboard. The housing presents a pattern, which experiences a variation according to the pressure so that the detection device detects the variation of the pattern to get information corresponding to the contents. The projection device projects an image corresponding to the contents onto the whiteboard according to the information. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234953 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SOFTWARE INPUT INTERFACE - In a method for displaying an input interface on a touch panel of an electronic device, a first display area and a second display area are determined on the touch panel according to touch ranges of touch operations on the touch panel. The method obtains a first sub-keyboard and a second sub-keyboard of the input interface, displays the first sub-keyboard in the first display area by performing a zoom operation on the first sub-keyboard, and displays the second sub-keyboard in the second display area by performing the zoom operation on the second sub-keyboard. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234954 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a pixel array portion in which plural pixels in which display gradations are controlled based on written pixel signals are disposed in row and column directions; plural scanning lines disposed in the pixel array portion and supplying scanning pulses for the pixels in the rows; plural signal lines disposed in the pixel array portion and supplying the pixel signals for the pixels in the columns; a scanning line driver successively supplying the scanning pulses to the plural scanning lines and causing the pixels in the rows to carry out write of the pixel signals; and a signal line driver outputting the pixel signals for the pixels to the plural signal lines, and intermittently outputting a charge voltage with lower electric potential than a predetermined pixel signal voltage once or more for one frame period of time to each of the plural signal lines. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234955 | COORDINATE INPUT APPARATUS - A coordinate input apparatus includes a light projecting unit configured to project light parallelly to an effective coordinate input region, a reflection unit configured to retroreflect the light projected by the light projecting unit, and a light receiving unit configured to receive light from the light projecting unit or the reflection unit. The coordinate input apparatus includes a moving unit configured to move a set of the light projecting unit, light receiving unit, and reflection unit in a direction perpendicular to the effective coordinate input region in order to ensure a light amount with which a pointed position in the effective coordinate input region can be calculated based on variations of a light amount distribution obtained from the light receiving unit. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234956 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DATA TRANSMISSION - A terminal device (electronic device) includes a display which displays an image that specifies data, a touch panel which is disposed on the display and detects a contact of an object, a transmission operation detection unit which, when the display displays the image that specifies data, detects that a transmission operation has been performed with respect to the data if the touch panel detects a contact that continues over at least a predetermined distance and is in a predetermined direction, and a data transmission unit which, when the transmission operation detection unit detects the transmission operation, transmits the data to another electronic device. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234957 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an extraction section which extracts a first touch region and a second touch region, each satisfying a predetermined region extraction condition, from a plurality of touch positions detected by a touch panel, and a recognition section which recognizes an input event, based on a change in a distance between the first touch region and the second touch region. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234958 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus including: a communication unit which communicates with a peripheral device; an image processing unit which processes an image signal received from the peripheral device; a touch panel display unit which displays an image based on the image signal and comprises a touch sensing unit which detects touch input of a user; and a controller which controls a first mode and a second mode to operate according to a setting of the user, the first mode controlling the image processing unit so that the image based on the image signal received from the peripheral device is displayed on the touch panel display unit and the second mode controlling the image processing unit and the touch panel display unit so that a graphic user interface (GUI) is displayed on the touch panel display unit and the touch input for controlling the peripheral device is received using the GUI. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINKING AND CONTROLLING TERMINALS - A system for linking and controlling terminals is disclosed. The user terminal includes a decoding unit configured to decode image data received from a receiving terminal; a touch display unit configured to display the decoded image; and an information transmitting unit configured to transmit selection information for an event-executing entity included in the decoded image to the receiving terminal. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234960 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of recognizing a multi-touch operation acquires positions of a plurality of touch points that constitutes the multi-touch operation, acquires information indicating a distance between two touch points that constitute the multi-touch operation based on the acquired positions, and determines that the input multi-touch operation is an enlargement or reduction operation that causes a display unit to enlarge or reduce an image to be displayed thereon, if the distance between the two touch points indicated by the acquired information has been continuously enlarged or reduced. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234961 | DIGITIZER SYSTEM - A digitizer system includes a designated sensing area comprising a plurality of sensing lines for sensing an electromagnetic signal emitted by a stylus interacting with the digitizer system, circuitry for detecting output from the plurality of sensing lines and for determining an interacting position of the stylus in the designated sensing area based on the output detected and a peripheral area contiguous to the designated sensing area. The peripheral area includes a plurality of conductive elements for connecting the plurality of sensing lines to the circuitry and at least one auxiliary sensing line extending over the peripheral area in the vicinity of the plurality of conductive elements and connected to the circuitry. The at least one auxiliary sensing line is operable to sense the electromagnetic signal when it is emitted over the peripheral area and the circuitry is operable to detect output from the at least one auxiliary sensing line. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234962 | Method Of Identifying A To-Be-Identified Object And An Electronic Device Of The Same - A method of identifying a to-be-identified object is described. The to-be-identified object is independent of the electronic device and is placed within a predetermined distance from the electronic device. The method of identifying the to-be-identified object includes the electronic device acquiring status information of the to-be-identified object; the electronic device generating an operation instruction according to the status information of the to-be-identified object; and the electronic device operating according to the operation instruction. The identifying method and its electronic device are capable of enabling users to complete the executing of applications of the electronic device through operating the to-be-identified object, so as to improve experience and enjoyment of users. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234963 | FILE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING FILE MANAGEMENT FUNCTION - A computerized file management method for managing files of an electronic device, the electronic device includes a touch screen. A touch applied to an icon of a file is detected, and a determination made as to whether the touch is a held touch for more than a predetermined time. If the touch is held for more than the predetermined period, the direction in which the touch then slides is determined. A number of recognized directions in which a sliding touch can move are predetermined and a predetermined operation on the file is executed or a predetermined menu including a plurality of options is displayed on the touch screen, when the held touch slides along a recognized direction. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234964 | IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING AREA OF INTEREST - An image editing apparatus and an image editing method for selecting an area of interest, in which a user more accurately selects an area desired to be selected using a finger by setting a position of a touch input as a selection start point for starting image selection if the user performs the touch input on a background image at the time of image editing, sets a trace generated by moving the background image or the selects start point as a selection image area, and selecting the set selection image area from the background image. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234965 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication apparatus includes a transceiving unit that transmits content data to a portable apparatus and receives temporal change information of a touch position from the portable apparatus, and a transmission control unit that establishes wireless communication between the portable apparatus and the communication apparatus and causes the transceiving unit to transmit the content data to the portable apparatus when the temporal change information of the touch position received by the transceiving unit is substantially identical with preset setting information. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234966 | OPTICAL ELEMENT AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - According to an embodiment of the invention, an optical element is provided. The optical element includes: a substrate having a birefringence characteristic and having a first surface and a second surface; a first transflective optical film disposed on the first surface of the substrate; and a second transflective optical film disposed on the second surface of the substrate. According to an embodiment of the invention, a display system including the optical element is also provided. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234967 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE MULTI-TIP STYLUS FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREENS AND METHODS OF USING SAME - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a stylus for interfacing with a capacitive touchscreen device. The stylus comprises a stylus bode and a plurality of arms extending from the stylus body via a coupling. Each of the plurality of arms can be coupled to a conductive tip at a first end of the arms for interfacing with the capacitive touchscreen device. The coupling can allow the plurality of tips to move relative to one another when pressure is applied to one or more of the plurality of arms by a user of the stylus. During use, the movement of the tips relative to one another can be indicative of an input to the capacitive touchscreen device. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234968 | INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - There is provided an input device including: means for performing zero point correction on the sensor outputs of the load sensors when an absolute value of an amount of output change of each load sensor is not more than a predetermined threshold a during a certain period of measurement time; means for calculating position data and calculating a total load Z of the load sensors by using the sensor outputs; means for determining that the calculation data pieces are normal when the absolute value |dZ/dt| of the amount of change in the total load Z is not more than the threshold β; means for determining that an input is present in the calculation data pieces when the absolute value |Z| of the total load is not less than the threshold γ; and means for removing a predetermined number of first and last data pieces in the calculation data pieces. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234969 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel including a display panel and a touch panel is provided. The display panel includes a shielding pattern and a plurality of pixels separated by the shielding pattern and including multiple edge directions. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel and includes a plurality of first sensing series, a plurality of second sensing series and a plurality of dielectric patterns. Each dielectric pattern is disposed between each first sensing series and each second sensing series intersected therewith, and includes multiple edge direction non-parallel to the edge direction of the pixel. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234970 | USER INPUT USING PROXIMITY SENSING - A device is described which enables users to interact with software running on the device through gestures made in an area adjacent to the device. In an embodiment, a portable computing device has proximity sensors arranged on an area of its surface which is not a display, such as on the sides of the device. These proximity sensors define an area of interaction adjacent to the device. User gestures in this area of interaction are detected by creating sensing images from data received from each of the sensors and then analyzing sequences of these images to detect gestures. The detected gestures may be mapped to particular inputs to a software program running on the device and therefore a user can control the operation of the program through gestures. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234971 | Method and Device for Locking and Unlocking with Touch Graphic - A method and a device for locking and unlocking with a touch graphic are provided. The method includes: outputting a randomly changed graphic receiving interface; receiving a touch graphic input by a user by touching through the graphic receiving interface; and performing a locking or unlocking operation according to the touch graphic. The device includes: an interface outputting module configured to output a randomly changed graphic receiving interface; a receiving module configured to receive a touch graphic input by a user by touching through the graphic receiving interface; and a locking and unlocking module configured to perform a locking or unlocking operation according to the touch graphic. The present invention improves security of locking or unlocking with a touch graphic. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234972 | HAPTIC DEVICE WITH MULTITOUCH DISPLAY - A method, apparatus, and/or computer program product integrates one or more haptic devices with a multi-touch display. One or more haptic devices are placed upon a multi-touch display surface to form a set of identified haptic devices. The set of identified haptic devices is calibrated upon the multi-touch display surface, where calibration provides localized haptic interaction over subsets of the multi-touch display surface, thus enabling feedback to the identified haptic devices. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130234973 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - The present invention relates to a touch screen panel and to an image display device including same. The touch screen panel comprises: a first sensing wire pattern layer in which a plurality of first sensing wire pattern lines are formed in a first diagonal direction; a second sensing wire pattern layer in which a plurality of second sensing wire pattern lines are formed in a second diagonal direction so as to form a preset angle with the first sensing wires; and an insulation layer for providing insulation between the 1st sensing wire pattern layer and the 2nd sensing wire pattern layer. Since capacitive touch sensing wire pattern lines are disposed diagonally with a certain angle therebetween, the number of wires arranged on the major axis of the bezel of the touch screen panel can be reduced when compared to the resolution of touch screen panels of prior art in which the arrangement is perpendicular. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130241839 | DEVICE COVER WITH DRAWING PAD INPUT DEVICE - A cover for an electronic device and associated method. A case body has an outer and an inner surface, the inner surface defines at least part of a case compartment that receives an electronic device. A drawing pad is attached to the case body and has a touch sensitive input region, which senses drawing gestures thereon, and a detachable data communications interface that detachably connects a communications link to the electronic device. The communications link conveys indication data corresponding to sensed drawing gestures to the electronic device. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241840 | INPUT DATA TYPE PROFILES - Techniques for providing input data type profiles are described. In at least some embodiments, input data type profiles can be implemented to enable applications to receive different types and/or combinations of input data. For example, input data type profiles can specify different types of input data generated based on input to a tactile input device, such as raw touch data, processed touch data, and pen input data. In at least some embodiments, techniques can be implemented to enable an application to receive multiple types of input data (e.g., combinations of touch data and/or pen input data) in parallel. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241841 | TOUCH SCREEN ASSEMBLIES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - In one embodiment, a touch screen assembly includes a sealing glass comprising ion-exchange strengthened glass having a first coefficient of thermal expansion CTE | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241842 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CHANGING SIZE OF TOUCH PERMISSIBLE REGION OF TOUCH SCREEN - An embodiment provides a method of controlling a touch screen. The touch screen displays an interactive frame within a touch permissible region. Under the method, the touch screen can be switched from a normal state into a shrunk state. When the touch screen is in the shrunk state, the touch permissible region is confined to a sub-region of the touch screen. In contrast, when the touch screen is in the normal state, the touch permissible region extends beyond the sub-region. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241843 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A computerized method controls illumination devices within a monitoring area using an electronic device via a plurality of controllers. Each of the controllers controls one of the illumination devices correspondingly. A schematic plan of the monitoring area is acquired and divided into a plurality of regions according to distribution of the illumination devices within the monitoring area. When any of the regions is touched, the electronic device sends a control signal to the corresponding controller to turn on/off the illumination device within the target region. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241844 | Method of Touch Command Integration and Touch System Using the Same - A touch command integration method for a touch sense device includes establishing at least one communication connection with at least one first touch sense device, detecting at least one relative location of the at least one first touch sense device relative to the touch sense device, and controlling the at least one first touch sense device via the at least one communication connection according to the at least one relative location, to allow the at least one first touch sense device and the touch sense device to be integrated into a second touch sense device. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241845 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a plurality of first axis electrodes and a plurality of second axis electrodes. The first axis electrodes extend along a first direction and the first axis electrodes are disposed repeatedly along a second direction. Each of the first axis electrodes includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes disposed along the first direction. The second axis electrodes extend along the second direction and the second axis electrodes are disposed repeatedly along the first direction. Each of the second axis electrodes surrounds the first sensing electrodes disposed along the second direction. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241846 | METHOD FOR SYNCING DIFFERENT TOUCHING SYSTEMS - A method for syncing different touching systems is disclosed. A computer is electrically connected with a first input device and a second input device respectively, wherein an input of the first input device is controlled by the second input device. The method uses the computer to make the first input device and the second device synchronous, and the method comprises: defining at least one correction point on the first input device; receiving time tags of signal inputs at the correction points of the first input device and the second input device respectively; calculating time differences for each time tag at each correction point with respect to other correction points; averaging all time differences for all correction points to determine a deviation value; and delaying a signal transmission of the second input device according to the deviation value. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241847 | GESTURING WITH A MULTIPOINT SENSING DEVICE - Methods and systems for implementing gestures with sensing devices are disclosed. More particularly, methods and systems related to gesturing with multipoint sensing devices are disclosed. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241848 | INPUT CONTROL DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - Improvement in operability and simplification of a configuration are realized. In an input control device, a detection unit detects a detection target. This detection is carried out based on the sensing value acquired by the acquisition unit, and the threshold set by selecting either the first threshold corresponding to the first sensing area and the second threshold corresponding to the second sensing area having a shorter distance from the input unit than the first sensing area. When the first threshold is set and the detection target is detected, a display control unit enlarges an image displayed on the display unit and a setting unit sets the second threshold instead of the first threshold. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241849 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A touch screen device includes a motor attached to a movable chassis to support the touch panel, a rotor fixed to the motor shaft, a driven rotor meshing with the rotor, a cam mechanism that converts the rotational driving force of the motor into a driving force in the thrust direction and transmits the driving force to the movable chassis, and a leaf spring elastically urging the touch panel moved by the cam mechanism toward the original position. The cam mechanism includes two wave cam portions that each have a cam surface having a series of wave-like recesses and protrusions arranged along a circumference and, and cam engaging portions that are provided at the axial ends of the rotors and that are in sliding contact with the cam surfaces. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241850 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - [Problem] The present invention provides a touch panel with features enabling the external form to be downsized without degrading a detection accuracy of a touch input area and applying an electric voltage to a pair of the electrodes and detecting the output electric voltages inverting the polarity of the voltage. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241851 | ELECTRODE UNIT WITH PERIMETER-LENGTHENED TOUCH-SENSING PATTERN FOR TOUCH-SENSING ELEMENT LOCATED AT FRINGES OF TOUCH PANEL - An electrode unit on a touch-sensing element includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of fifth conductive elements. The first electrode includes a first conductive element and a plurality of second conductive elements. The first conductive element has a plurality of first funnel-shaped notches. The plurality of second conductive elements extends from the first conductive element. The second electrode includes a third conductive element and a plurality of fourth conductive elements. The third conductive element has a plurality of second funnel-shaped notches. The plurality of fourth conductive elements extends from the third conductive element. The plurality of fifth conductive elements extends from the third conductive element. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241852 | USE OF TOUCH AND GESTURES RELATED TO TASKS AND BUSINESS WORKFLOW - A business data system generates a user interface display showing a business data record. The business data system receives a touch gesture user input to manipulate the business data record to perform an operation, a task or a workflow within the business data system. The business data system performs the operation, task or workflow based on the touch gesture user input. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241853 | INSTRUCTION INPUT DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An instruction input apparatus comprising: a display being provided with a display screen; an electrostatic touch panel being deposited on the front of the display screen on the display, the touch panel being configured to input instructions to the instruction input apparatus; an approach sensor being configured to detect a user's hand approaching to a part of frame of the touch panel; a coordinate identification portion being configured to identify the coordinate of a contact position at which the user touches on the touch panel; and a controller being configured to, if the approach sensor detects the user's hand approaching to the part of frame of the touch panel, change a contact detectable area of the touch panel so that the contact detectable area will exclude the coordinate of the user's contact position which is identified by the coordinate identification portion. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241854 | IMAGE SHARING SYSTEM AND USER TERMINAL FOR THE SYSTEM - An image sharing system and a user terminal for the system are disclosed. The user terminal can include: a display unit configured to display an image; a sensing unit configured to sense a position of a touch means near the display unit; and an image information transmitting unit configured to transmit image information, which relates to an image displayed on the display unit, and position information, which relates to a position of the touch means near the display unit, to a receiving terminal, where an image corresponding to the image information and an image indicating a position of the nearby touch means are displayed on the receiving terminal. Certain embodiments of the invention provide the advantages of enabling image sharing between a user terminal and a different type of terminal and enabling a user to manipulate the user terminal while viewing another terminal. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241855 | TOUCH SCREEN, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THE SAME, AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A touch screen, a method of manufacturing the same, and a mobile terminal having the same for minimizing a border area of the mobile terminal are provided. The touch screen includes a flexible display panel including an active area in which an image is displayed and a wiring area including signal lines for transmitting data corresponding to the image, and a flexible touch panel attached to a front surface of the display panel and including a touch detection area at which touch sensors for detecting a touch are positioned and a wiring area at which signal lines for transmitting a touch signal are positioned, wherein the wiring area of the display panel and the wiring area of the touch panel are bent so as not to be parallel to the active area and the touch detection area. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241856 | INTERACTIVE METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Interactive method, apparatus and system are provided, which relate to communication field, achieve interaction between an electronic apparatus and an accessory, and improve user experience. The interactive method is applied to an electronic apparatus and an accessory independent of the electronic apparatus, including: obtaining a first display state of the display device, wherein the first display state is a display state in a case that the electronic apparatus operates independently; obtaining position information of the accessory, wherein the position information is information indicating the position of the accessory on the display device; obtaining attribute information of the accessory, wherein the attribute information is used to change the display state of the display device; generating a state changing instruction according to the position information and the attribute information; and switching the first display state of the display device to a second display state according to the state changing instruction. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241857 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a substrate, a decoration layer, a touch sensing device, and at least one first insulation pattern. The substrate has a light transmissible region and a peripheral region. The decoration layer is disposed in the peripheral region. The touch sensing device includes a first patterned transparent sensing layer disposed at least in the light transmissible region. The first patterned transparent sensing layer extends to the peripheral region, partially overlapping the decoration layer. The first insulation pattern is disposed in the peripheral region and located between the first patterned transparent sensing layer and the decoration layer, so that the first patterned transparent sensing layer and the decoration layer are not in contact with each other. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241858 | CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TOUCH SCREEN - A control system for a touch screen is provided. The control system includes a voltage-level shifter between a screen controller and a touch controller. The voltage-level shifter level-shifts a common voltage for driving the screen to a corresponding timing signal with an input signal range acceptable by the touch controller. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241859 | DATA FORWARDING CIRCUIT, DATA FORWARDING METHOD, DISPLAY DEVICE, HOST-SIDE DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - The timing controller determines the number of data lanes ( | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241860 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - The user interface system of the preferred embodiment includes: a layer defining a surface, a substrate supporting the layer and at least partially defining a cavity, a displacement device coupled to the cavity and adapted to expand the cavity thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, a touch sensor coupled to the substrate and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the particular region of the surface, and a display coupled to the substrate and adapted to output images to the user. The user interface system of the preferred embodiments has been specifically designed to be incorporated into an electronic device, such as the display of a mobile phone, but may be incorporated in any suitable device that interfaces with a user in both a visual and tactile manner. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241861 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface on a touch screen display, detecting a touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, providing a navigation indicator in the graphical user interface in response to detecting the touch event at the first location, and in response to detecting movement of the touch event from the first location to a second location while touch contact is maintained on the touch screen display, changing the position of the navigation indicator in the graphical user interface by a distance that is greater than a distance of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display, a direction of change of position of the navigation indicator is based on a direction of movement of the touch event on the touch screen display. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130241862 | DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE SHEET AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR TOUCH PANEL INCLUDING SAME - The embodiment examples of the present invention relate to a double-sided adhesive sheet and a display device for a touch panel including the same. The double-sided adhesive sheet, according to the embodiment examples of the present invention, comprises a transparent acryl-based resin layer as a substrate, can provide a double-sided adhesive sheet which can be detached and recycled after attaching to the touch panel and a display device module, by means of the adhesive agent layers that are formed on both sides having different detaching force, can improve visibility of the display device by being coupled between the touch panel and the display device module for eliminating an air gap, and can minimize the difference in the bending rate of each layer of the double-sided adhesive sheet for eliminating visibility exhaustion as much as possible. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130249806 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING TOUCHPAD GESTURES - A method for touchpad edge gesture detection comprising detecting touch input on a touchpad, determining if the touch input originates externally to the touchpad, determining if the touch input ends internally to the touchpad and performing a command on a computer corresponding to the touch input. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249807 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE ROTATION ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method and apparatus for three-dimensional image rotation involves detection of finger motion on or near a touch screen and comparison of the detected movement to one or more predetermined trajectories over the display area of the touch screen. The predetermined trajectories can be an arc and two substantially parallel lines. When the detected movement is determined to correspond with a predetermined trajectory, a changed three-dimensional image is displayed showing rotation of the image subject. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249808 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING AN OVERLAY FOR A TOUCH SENSOR INCLUDING ACTUATORS - The system includes a touch sensing system in communication with a host. An overlay including one or more actuators is provided for interaction with the touch sensing system. Each actuator includes a touch-generating member which provides a footprint to a touch sensor of the touch sensing system. A configuration module is provided in communication with the host and a configuration file is provided to the configuration module to define attributes of the touch sensing system and to provide an instruction set. Upon initialization of the touch sensing system the attributes defined by the configuration module are applied. Upon activation of the actuator, the footprint provided by the actuator is identified and the instructions of the instruction set associated with the identified footprint are implemented. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249809 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY USER INTERFACE AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOUCH INTERFACE UTILITY ON THE SAME EMPLOYING A RULES-BASED MASKING SYSTEM - Disclosed are methods and systems for improving touch utility on a touch screen display user interface providing a rule-based mask that enables or limits a function in a way that allows a user or developer to enhance precision or efficiency of input, or to create a unique modality of input. A method of touch-based user interaction with a touch screen device includes providing a virtual mask overlaying one or more of a plurality of virtual objects on the touch screen device and defining a mask area, sensing a touch within the mask area, the touch generating a touch data signal, and applying one or more combination of interaction, graphical rendering and/or visual feedback rules to the touch data signal and graphical objects. The interaction, graphical rendering and visual feedback rules can exist individually or in combination. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249810 | TEXT ENTRY MODE SELECTION - Some implementations provide techniques and arrangements for text entry mode selection. For instance, some examples display a text entry area in a graphical user interface. The text entry area may have a plurality of activation areas, with each activation area corresponding to a respective text entry mode of the text entry area. Upon receiving an input in one of the activation areas, the text entry area may be activated in the text entry mode corresponding to the activation area in which the input is received. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249811 | CONTROLLING A DEVICE WITH VISIBLE LIGHT - A user may control a user device utilizing visible light transmitted from a handheld control device. Upon a user actuation associated with the control device, the control device may transmit control information to one or more sensors associated with the user device. The control device may project a visual user interface on a display surface, whereby the visual user interface may represent commands and/or operations that may be performed by the user device. The user may also overlay the visual user interface, or components within the visual user interface, on the one or more sensors of the user device for transmitting a particular command to the user device. By virtue of the handheld device and the projected user interface, the user may both view operations that may be performed with respect to the user device and may also cause the user device to perform those operations. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249812 | INTERACTIVE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF POINTS OF INTEREST DATA - Various embodiments provide a visual language that enables a continuous representation, at different levels of detail, that range from a single discrete point to multiple points that are near each other or clustered together to unify the look-and-feel of represented elements and provide interactive consistency across various map properties and platforms. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249813 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for touch input. An apparatus for touch input includes a sensor module and a display module. The sensor module determines a site of an input object in relation to a touch-sensitive input surface when the input object is within a sensing range of the touch-sensitive input surface. The display module displays a cursor within a touch-optimized graphical user interface (GUI). The cursor is displayed on a display at a display location corresponding to the site of the input object. The touch-sensitive input surface is separate from the display. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249814 | Adjustment Mechanisms For Virtual Knobs On A Touchscreen Interface - The disclosure herein provides for interpreting and facilitating user input to virtual knobs on a touchscreen interface. Aspects of the disclosure provide for the interpretation of a contact with a virtual knob of a device represented on a touchscreen interface. In response to the contact, a state change associated with the virtual knob may be made, or an annular input icon displayed around the virtual knob. The annular input icon may guide an adjustment of the virtual knob. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249815 | Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Digital-Marking-Surface Space and Display Management - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems, methods and apparatus for digital-marking-surface spatial management of content units and display of content units. Some aspects relate to diagrammatic gestures that invoke content-unit spatial separation on a digital marking surface. Some aspects relate to the generation and display of a transformed view of content units on a digital marking surface. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249816 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL METHOD USING SAME PROVIDING ENVIRONMENT COMPENSATION SIGNAL - A touch input device includes a primary touch panel, a primary touch driver, an environment compensation unit, a processor, and an operation module. The primary touch panel generates a first change of electric charge distribution according to a touch on the primary touch panel from a user. The primary touch driver generates a touch signal according to the first change of electric charge distribution to the primary touch panel. The environment compensation unit detects a second change of electric charge distribution of an environment and generates a compensating signal. The processor processes the touch signal and the compensating signal to produce a reliable touch signal. The operation module performs a function according to the reliable touch signal. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249817 | PHOTOSENSOR, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A photosensor includes a sensing switching element, a sensing element, and a reset switching element. The sensing switching element includes an output terminal connected to a sensing signal line, a control terminal connected to a first gate line, and an input terminal connected to the first node. The sensing element includes an output terminal connected to a first node, a control terminal connected a second gate line disposed next to the first gate line, and an input terminal connected to a source voltage line transmitting a source voltage. The sensing element senses light. The reset switching element includes an output terminal connected to the first node, a control terminal connected to the second gate line, and an input terminal connected to a driving voltage line transmitting a driving voltage. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249818 | GESTURAL INPUT AT A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A computing device is operatively coupled to a presence-sensitive surface associated with a virtual keyboard. The computing device receives an indication of a gesture input on a portion of the presence-sensitive surface associated with the virtual keyboard. In response, the computing device defines a series of input points that represent a path of the gesture input across the virtual keyboard. In addition, the computing device defines anchor points for virtual keys of the virtual keyboard. The computing device then determines distance scores for the anchor points words based on distances on the presence-sensitive surface between the input points and the anchor points. The computing device identifies a word that corresponds to the gesture input based on the distance scores for the anchor points. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249819 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND DETERMINATION METHOD - An example controller device includes a housing, and a grip portion formed lopsided with respect to a center of a predetermined surface of the housing. An information processing system calculates an attitude of the controller device, and determines the orientation of the grip portion with respect to the center based on the attitude of the controller device. For example, the information processing system determines whether the grip portion is facing right or facing left with respect to the center. Thus, the information processing system can precisely determine the mode of use in which the controller device is used. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249820 | Display Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - Discussed is a display device. The display device includes a thin film transistor, a first protective layer, a second protective layer, a pixel electrode, a connection line, a third protective layer, and a common electrode. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249821 | Method and System for Virtual Keyboard - In an embodiment of the invention, a virtual Braille keyboard is disclosed that makes use of a touch-sensitive computing device. In an embodiment of the invention, a calibration procedure is initiated by a user for determining the general position of various finger tips that will subsequently be used for the input of Braille characters. After calibration, the operation of a physical Braille keyboard is mimicked using methods according to an embodiment of the invention. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249822 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING FILES USING THE SAME - In a method of transmitting a file of an electronic device, the electronic device sets one or more borderlines of a touch screen, and generates a search signal to search a recipient electronic device to receive the file when the file has been dragged outside of one of the borderlines. Upon the electronic device is in electronic connection with the recipient electronic device, the electronic device sends the file to the recipient electronic device | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249823 | STYLUS, PRESSURE DETECTING SYSTEM AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A stylus includes a pressure detector for detecting applied pressure, a first signal generator for generating a signal of a first frequency, a second signal generator for generating a signal of a second frequency, and a controller for adjusting at least one of the first and second signal generators to control an amplitude ratio of the signal of the first frequency to the signal of the second frequency according to the applied pressure detected by the pressure detector. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249824 | Display Device - A display device includes touch screen for the visual display of information and for the input of command and an actuator for moving the touch screen in a direction substantially perpendicular to the touch screen. The touch screen is movable by the actuator by more than 2 mm in the direction substantially perpendicular to the touch screen. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249825 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND DOUBLE SAMPLING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing device includes a touch screen including Tx lines, Rx lines crossing the Tx lines, and touch sensors formed at crossings of the Tx lines and the Rx lines, a Tx driving circuit for supplying a driving signal to each of the Tx lines N times, where N is a positive integer equal to or greater than 2, and an Rx driving circuit for double sampling signals received through the Rx lines in one period of the driving signal. The Rx driving circuit includes a multiplexer which receives first and second signals and switches on or off a signal transmission path of the first and second signals, and an integrator which samples and integrates the first and second signals received from the multiplexer. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249826 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TOUCH - Provided is a method and apparatus for detecting touches on a touch-screen, by which a touch input from a user may be smoothly detected no matter what state a touchscreen is in. The method of detecting touches includes detecting a touch input from a user through the touchscreen; generating touch data based on a change in capacity of the touchscreen caused by the touch input; calculating first data for the touch input using the touch data and a predetermined first threshold; and calculating second data for the touch input using the touch data and a predetermined second threshold. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249827 | MULTI-MODE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCT HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display panel, a timing controller, and an impact sensor. The impact sensor senses an external impact and is connected to an input terminal of the timing controller. When the impact is sensed, the display panel displays a white color during a predetermined time period. In addition, an electronic product further includes a body and a door with the display apparatus. The display apparatus is coupled to the door. Accordingly, light leakage, which can occur in a display apparatus due to external impact, may be prevented. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249828 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOTION DETECTION OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for motion detection of an electronic device, data on a touch screen of the electronic device is shared to a user. The method prevents the touch screen from being touched inadvertently when the electronic device is handed to or is picked up by the user. The method determines whether a movement of the electronic device is generated, wherein the movement is a motion generated when the electronic device is handed to the user. When the movement is generated, the method further locks a display of the touch screen, and determines whether the movement is finished. When the movement is finished, the method unlocks the display of the touch screen. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249829 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - A display control apparatus enables a user to perform a touch operation more simply and easily on a screen including a first item permitting a setting change without screen transition and a second item permitting a setting change after transition of the screen to a different display screen. On a display screen with a plurality of items including the first item and the second item, when a touch-down operation is detected in an area of the first item while the first item is selected, the display control apparatus invalidates a move operation for selecting other items. On the other hand, when a touch-down operation is detected in an area of the second item while the second item is selected, the display control apparatus validates a move operation for selecting other items. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249830 | Self-Centering Tactile Thumb Joystick For Use On A Touch Screen - The present invention provides a self-centering, tactile thumb joystick (100, 100 | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249831 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A method of generating a set of filters comprising: determining an initial estimate of a filter to be applied to a signal associated with each transducer; defining a model of the system; calculating the vibration of the member as an output of the model of the system; calculating the output of the model by comparing the output of the model with a measured value; determining changed parameter values of parameters of the model; recalculating the error value for the output of the model by comparing the output of the model with the changed parameter values with the measured value; comparing the recalculated error value with the reference error value; setting the recalculated error value as the reference error value, setting the changed parameter values as the model parameters, and repeating the above steps, or outputting the model parameters; generating a set of new filters each using respective output model parameters. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249832 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes: a touch panel display; an input prediction candidate storage unit for storing input prediction candidates associated with character strings; a symbol generation unit which refers to the input prediction candidate storage unit on the basis of a character string input from the touch panel display, and displays in the vicinity of a cursor a corresponding input prediction candidate as symbol having an image attached thereto; and an input control unit for, if it is detected that one object has been selected, inputting the input prediction candidate included in the object at the position of the cursor. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249833 | TOUCH DETERMINATION BY TOMOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION - A touch-sensitive apparatus comprises a panel for conducting signals from incoupling points to outcoupling points. Actual detection lines are defined between pairs of incoupling and outcoupling points to extend across the panel. A signal generator is coupled to the incoupling points to generate the signals, e.g. light, and a signal detector is coupled to the outcoupling points to generate an output signal. A data processor processes the output signal to generate a set of data samples, which are non-uniformly arranged in a two-dimensional sample space. Each data sample is indicative of detected energy on a detection line and is defined by a signal value and first and second dimension values in the sample space. The first and second dimension values define the location of the detection line on the surface portion. Adjustment factors are obtained for the data samples, each adjustment factor being representative of the local density of data samples in the sample space. The data samples are processed by tomographic reconstruction, while applying the adjustment factors, to generate a reconstructed distribution of an energy-related parameter | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249834 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC DEVICE - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling an electric device. The electric device has a touch screen. The method comprises: detecting whether there is an operation input on the touch screen so as to generate a piece of detection information; when the detection information indicates that there is an operation input on the touch screen, forming a sliding track on the touch screen in response to the operation; judging whether the sliding track meets a predetermined condition so as to generate judgment information, wherein the predetermined condition is that the sliding track is a curvilinear track and comprises a first contact point and a second contact point, the first contact point and the second contact point being contact points which coincide or not coincide with each other; determining an independent operation area on the touch screen based on the sliding track, and determining a display orientation of a displayed object within the independent operation area based on the sliding track when the judgment information indicates that the sliding track meets the predetermined condition. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249835 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - A computer implemented user interface system, method and computer storage medium is disclosed. A first user input is received via a user input device referencing a location in a locality ( | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249836 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - To achieve an improved touch operation, a display control apparatus includes a monitor unit provided with a display unit and rotatably connected to a main body via a hinge portion, a touch panel configured to detect a touch operation on the display unit, a variable angle state detection unit configured to detect a position of the monitor unit, and a system control unit configured to display a Q button to be used for releasing lock at a position nearer to the hinge portion than other display items when it is determined that the monitor unit is moved from a first position to a second position based on the detection result of the variable angle state detection unit. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249837 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OPERATING ITEMS WITH MULTIPLE FINGERS - A method, an apparatus and a computer program product for operating items with multiple fingers, adapted to a portable apparatus having a touch screen, are provided. In the method, a first touch operation performed on at least one item displayed on the touch screen is detected. A time of the first touch operation staying on the at least one item is accumulated and determined whether to be over a threshold. When the staying time is over the threshold, an edit mode of the item is entered and a second touch operation performed on the touch screen is detected. Finally, the at least one item is operated according to the first touch operation and the second touch operation. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249838 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE MOUNTING THE SAME - There is provided a touch panel including: a substrate; plural X electrodes; and plural Y electrodes disposed so as to intersect with the plural X electrodes, wherein: the plural X electrodes and the plural Y electrodes have electrode parts and intersection parts; and a protective film is further provided on the plural X electrodes and the plural Y electrodes; and wherein the pencil hardness of the surface on the observer side of the protective film is 3 or higher to 7 or lower, more preferably, 4 or higher to 6 or lower. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249839 | CONDUCTIVE FILM OF A TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a conductive film of a touch panel. The conductive film has a film and a plurality of a plurality of hydrophobic units. The film is used for sensing touch signals, and the hydrophobic units are disposed in the film with intervals. Conductive material of the conductive film of the touch panel is distributed outside the region of the hydrophobic units, and as the hydrophobic units have good light transmittance, the touch panel of the present disclosure has a characteristic of high light transmittance. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249840 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a first input detector and a second input detector adjacent to each other. The first input detector includes: a first electrode unit coupled to a first signal line; and a second electrode unit coupled to a second signal line. The second input detector includes: a first electrode unit coupled to the first signal line; and a third electrode unit coupled to a third signal line. The first input detector and the second input detector are arranged in one of a state in which the first electrode unit of the first input detector and the first electrode unit of the second input detector are adjacent to each other and a state in which the second electrode unit of the first input detector and the third electrode unit of the second input detector are adjacent to each other. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249841 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND HOMESCREEN MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOF - A handheld device and a homescreen management method thereof are provided. The handheld device comprises a touch screen and a processor electrically connected to the touch screen. The touch screen displays a user interface, and senses a long pressing of an object and generates a first touch signal. The processor executes a homescreen management program according to the first touch signal, and enables the touch screen to display a homescreen management interface corresponding to the homescreen management program. The homescreen management interface comprises a page navigation area and a candidate object area. The page navigation area comprises a first page image and the candidate object area comprises an object image. The touch screen further senses a pressing of the object and generates a second touch signal, and the processor adds the object image into the first page image according to the second touch signal. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249842 | ULTRASOUND DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a Time Gain Compenstaion (TGC) feature in an ultrasound device using a touchpad or similar device, which eliminates the need for mechanical potentiometers. The touchpad is segmented into one or more rows, wherein each row is mapped to a corresponding depth of an image. In order to set a required TGC gain setting of a particular depth of the image, a user moves his/her finger across the face of the touchpad such that the desired gain curve can be set. Finer adjustments can be done by moving the finger in the desired horizontal area of the touchpad. The mapping of the effective depths is indicated by horizontal lines on the touchpad as well as on the screen. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249843 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a lock screen in a locked state. The controller causes the touch screen display to display an activated icon corresponding to an activated function on the lock screen. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249844 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUT DEVICE LAYOUT - A system and method for input device layout is provided. The input device may be a soft or physical keyboard. The input device is laid out based on contact points provided by one or more users. A layout unit determines optimal size and location of inputs on the input device. A one line keyboard is also provided. A disambiguation utility is also provided. An adaptive input device is also provided. In a further aspect, a disambiguation utility is provided for disambiguating input provided on an input device. An input device comprising a combination of a soft input device and physical inputs is provided. A soft keyboard comprising one or more soft keys and one or more gesture based inputs is provided. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249845 | HANDHELD DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN A HANDHELD MODE AND A NON-HANDHELD MODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A handheld device is provided. The handheld device may include a sensing unit, a control unit, an operating unit, a counting module and a mode control unit. The sensing unit is for generating a sensing result based on whether a user touch is received or not. The control unit is for sending out a periodic pulse to the sensing unit, and for periodically charging and discharging the sensing unit. The counting module is for counting a pulse number of the periodic pulse, and for outputting a counting value when the sensing result indicates that the user touch is received. The operating unit is for generating a mode control signal according to the counting value. The mode control unit is for controlling the handheld device to stay in a handheld mode or a non-handheld mode according to the mode control signal. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249846 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A display device ( | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249847 | OPERATING DEVICE FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE HAVING AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY PANEL - An operating device for a household appliance includes an electronic display panel, and an operating element that is displaceable relative to the display panel to set operating conditions of the household appliance. The operating element has a region which is disposed within an area of the display panel. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130249848 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LIGHT DIFFUSIVE GLASS PANEL - A display device ( | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130257742 | Method and System for Controlling Imagery Panning Based on Displayed Content - Systems and methods for navigating imagery, such as geographic imagery, are provided. A user can initiate a pan of the imagery in a viewport presented on a display of a computing device by throwing the imagery in the viewport. The motion of the imagery pan can be controlled based on content displayed in or near the viewport such that the imagery pan is more likely to land near predominate features depicted in the viewport. For instance, features depicted in the viewport can act as “friction” or “gravity” on the imagery pan, adjusting the pan rate and/or pan direction of the imagery as the imagery pans across the viewport. In particular aspects, the motion of the imagery pan can be adjusted based on weights associated with features depicted in or near the viewport. Features with higher weights will affect the motion of the imagery pan more than features with lower weights. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257743 | Insect Repelling Digital Photo Frame with Biometrics - A photo frame and method for repelling insects, displaying pictures based on location, and selectively displaying the pictures based on current physical holders of users is provided. The photo frame's components include an outer frame, a touch display, a fingerprint reader, an anti-mosquito component, a location detection device, a camera, a processor and a memory. Users of the photo frame are able to digitally interact with the frame by way of biometrics technology. The biometrics employed by the present technology include fingerprint reading and facial recognition technology. Using a fingerprint reader and camera, the photo frame captures and stores users' fingerprint and photographs on provided memory. The photo frame is configured to identify returning users and display photos associated with them. The photo frame uses ultrasonic wave emission to repel mosquitos. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257744 | PIEZOELECTRIC TACTILE INTERFACE - A piezoelectric tactile input device and method in a computing environment. An embodiment disclosed herein includes a touch screen having a piezoelectric material layer that may generate a voltage when deformed in a localized area. The piezoelectric layer may also include a pattern of sensors for detecting the voltage generated. The detected voltage signals may then be used to extrapolate the position of the localized area in which the piezoelectric layer was deformed (e.g., from a finger touch or a stylus). Further, because the piezoelectric layer generates a greater voltage in the presence of a greater pressure, the device may further decipher a relative level of force for the tactile input on the touch screen. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257745 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING TRANSMITTER POWER CONSUMPTION - Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and system that is able to reduce the power consumption needed to drive sensor electrodes included within an input device. The power consumption of the input device is reduced by providing an intermediate electronic storage device that partially drives a sensor electrode before a driver module drives the sensor electrode the remaining amount to the second voltage potential. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257746 | Input Module for First Input and Second Input - Examples disclose an input device with an input module to reposition along an axis, a first input sensor to detect the input module reposition from a hand gesture and a second input sensor to detect a touch gesture at a surface of the input module. A first input signal for a computing device is received if the input module is repositioned and a second input signal for the computing device is received if the second input sensor detects the touch gesture. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257747 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE PERSONALIZED DISPLAY - In one embodiment, a kit for making a touch-sensitive personalized display includes a blank foldable to form a cavity, a print medium including a personalized print medium with a personalization surface to receive a user selected-image, and touch-sensing system is to be at least partially contained within the cavity, the system to detect a mechanical wave in the blank, and to trigger an action at an electronic device responsive to detection of the wave. In another embodiment, a touch-sensitive personalized display includes a blank including extensions folded towards a back surface to form a cavity, a print medium including a personalization surface upon which a user-selected image has been printed via a digital printer, and a touch-sensing system, positioned at least partially within the cavity, to trigger a an action at an electronic device. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257748 | TOUCH SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE - A system and method are disclosed for providing a touch interface for electronic devices. The touch interface can be any surface. As one example, a table top can be used as a touch sensitive interface. In one embodiment, the system determines a touch region of the surface, and correlates that touch region to a display of an electronic device for which input is provided. The system may have a 3D camera that identifies the relative position of a user's hands to the touch region to allow for user input. Note that the user's hands do not occlude the display. The system may render a representation of the user's hand on the display in order for the user to interact with elements on the display screen. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATING CONTENT ON A USER EQUIPMENT HAVING A MULTI-REGION TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - Systems and methods are provided for navigating media content information using a media guidance application implemented on a portable device with a touch-sensitive display. A touch-sensitive display screen with at least two portions is displayed. The first portion is dedicated to receive handwritten input. The second portion is dedicated to display an interactive media guide and receive navigation direction input or selection input. Upon receiving handwritten input on the first portion of the touch-sensitive display, the device displays a media content corresponding to the received handwritten input in the media guide of the second portion of the touch-sensitive device. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257750 | ESTABLISHING AN INPUT REGION FOR SENSOR INPUT - An apparatus for establishing an input region for sensor input includes a storage device storing machine-readable code and a processor executing the machine-readable code. The machine-readable code includes a recognizing module recognizes a control gesture sensed by a sensor. The machine-readable code includes an establishing module establishes an input region for sensor input in response to the recognition module recognizing the control gesture. The input region includes a confined region of a total sensing area sensed by the sensor. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257751 | DETECTION OF INTERACTION WITH VIRTUAL OBJECT FROM FINGER COLOR CHANGE - Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for detecting inputs for a computing device. One method includes an operation for receiving images for an area where the hand of a user is situated, and an operation for analyzing the received images to determine the location and the color of a finger of the user. Further, a change in the color of the finger is detected, where the change in the color is caused by contact of the finger with a physical object. In other operation, the method determines the location of the finger when the color change was detected. The determined location is associated with an input for the computing device. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257752 | Electronic Devices With Adaptive Frame Rate Displays - An electronic device may be provided with a display. The display may be a variable frame rate display capable of adaptively adjusting a frame rate at which display frames are displayed in response to information associated with the current state of operation of the device. The information may be gathered using control circuitry in the electronic device. The control circuitry may gather the information for adjusting the frame rate by monitoring the electronic device power supply configuration, other device components, the type of content to be displayed, and user-input signals. The control circuitry may adjust the frame rate based on the gathered information by increasing or decreasing the frame rate. The control circuitry may be formed as a portion of display control circuitry for the device such as a display driver integrated circuit or may be formed as a portion of storage and processing circuitry external to the display. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257753 | Modeling Actions Based on Speech and Touch Inputs - A method for modifying a computer generated three dimensional model, includes performing a particular modeling action on the model in response to a speech input; performing another modeling action on the model in response to a multi-touch input on a display screen; and displaying said model as so modified on the display screen. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257754 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS WITH TOUCH SCREENS - A display system includes a touch screen and a driving circuit. The touch screen includes touch sensors and a light source. A converter of the driving circuit receives an input voltage and provides a first output voltage to the light source according to a driving signal. A controller of the driving circuit converts the first output voltage to a second output voltage to drive the touch sensors, compares a voltage feedback signal indicating whether the second output voltage reaches a desired voltage level with a current feedback signal indicating whether a current through the light source reaches a desired current level, selects a feedback signal from the voltage feedback signal and the current feedback signal according to the comparison, and generates the driving signal to adjust the first output voltage according to the selected feedback signal. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257755 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A STRUCTURE - A display device for a structure is provided. The display device includes a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The display unit for displaying scenes is disposed in an opening or a surface of the structure, for example, a window, a door, or a wall. The control unit determines a circumstance according to input parameters received by the input unit, and changes the scenes to correspond to the circumstance. The control unit can change the scenes by modifying a color value of pixel data corresponding to pixels of each of the scenes according to values of the input parameters, or by selecting another scene according to the values of the input parameters. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257756 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING TOUCH PANEL THEREOF - An electronic device and a method for operating a touch panel of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a touch panel, a driving unit and a processing unit. The driving unit is coupled to the touch panel, and drives the touch panel through a scanning frequency. The processing unit is coupled to the driving unit. When a peripheral component of the electronic device is enabled or connected to the electronic device, the processing unit looks up a working frequency table according to character information of the peripheral component, so as to obtain frequency information of the peripheral component, and determines whether or not to change the scanning frequency of the driving unit according to the frequency information of the peripheral component. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257757 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD BASED ON BODY PART SIGNALS - A mobile terminal includes a communication unit, a sensor to sense a first body signal from a first body part and a controller. The controller determines a first target device corresponding to the first body signal and generates a signal for output to the first target device through the communication unit. The first body signal includes information indicative of a characteristic of the first body part. Alternatively, the first target device may be determined by a server coupled to the mobile terminal. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257758 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC DEIVCE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An electronic device includes a fingerprint sensor, a touch-sensitive display, and a processor operably coupled to the fingerprint sensor and the touch-sensitive display. The fingerprint sensor recognizes a fingerprint of a finger of a user. The touch-sensitive display detects a touch gesture made by the finger. The processor controls the electronic device to perform an action associated with a combination of the fingerprint and the touch gesture. A method of controlling the electronic device is also provided. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257759 | INTERLEAVED PIEZOELECTRIC TACTILE INTERFACE - A piezoelectric tactile input device and method in a computing environment. An embodiment disclosed herein includes a touch screen having several piezoelectric regions within a piezoelectric material layer that may generate a voltage when deformed in a localized area. The piezoelectric layer may be disposed between sensor layers of rows and columns of sensor traces for detecting the voltage generated at any particular piezoelectric region. The detected voltage signals may then be used to extrapolate the position of the localized area in which the piezoelectric layer was deformed (e.g., from a finger touch or a stylus). Further, because the piezoelectric layer generates a greater voltage in the presence of a greater pressure, the device may further decipher a relative level of force for the tactile input on the touch screen and detect multiple touch locations. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257760 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING TOUCH SCREEN AND INPUT METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a touch screen includes a first determination module, a first display module, and a locating module. The first display module combines an input method interface with original content of the touch screen and displays a combination of the input method interface with the original content. The locating module detects a location touched by a user on the touch screen to determine a pressed key of the input method interface, and produces input data according to the pressed key. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257761 | METHOD FOR OPERATING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for operating an electronic device using a user interface is provided. The user interface comprises a touch sensitive surface to be touched by an object and a proximity sensor. According to the method, a position information of the object is determined using the proximity sensor while the object approaches the touch sensitive surface without touching the touch sensitive surface. Based on the position information a touch position where the object will presumably contact the touch sensitive surface is estimated. A function of the electronic device is controlled depending on the estimated touch position. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257762 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An imaging device includes a touch panel adapted to receive an instruction entered with a touch operation performed by a user touching his/her finger to a screen, a touch operation detector adapted to detect the touch operation entered through the touch panel, an image acquirer adapted to acquire an image, and an imaging controller adapted to effect control such that the image acquirer acquires the image when the touch operation detector detects a flick operation, as the touch operation, whereby the user lifts his/her finger off the screen of the touch panel after moving the finger over the screen, with the finger kept in contact with the screen. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257763 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a computing module and a display module. The computing module executes a first operating system. When the display module is in a connection area with the computing module, the display module displays an image of the first operating system. When the display module is outside the connection area, the display module executes a second operating system, and displays an image of the second operating system. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257764 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A touch panel control device includes a first identification portion that periodically identifies a plurality of pressed cells, a second identification portion that identifies at least one separation distance based on positions of a plurality of first pressed cells that are identified by the first identification portion at a first timing, a first invalidation portion that invalidates at least one pair of first cells among the plurality of first pressed cells identified at the first timing, a second invalidation portion that invalidates second cell among a plurality of second pressed cells identified by the first identification portion at a second timing, and a decision portion that decides, as a specified position, a position of at least one pressed cell from among a plurality of pressed cells included in at least one first valid pressed cell and at least one second valid pressed cell. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257765 | METHOD, TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR MINIMIZING NOISE ON TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a method for minimizing noise on a touch panel including a plurality of drive lines and a plurality of sensing lines, wherein the drive lines and the sensing lines cross each other, the method including: performing a dummy scan to sense a signal from the sensing line in a state where a driving signal is not applied to the drive line; and comparing a threshold with a magnitude of a signal obtained through the dummy scan, and estimating noise in a first frequency band, i.e., a frequency of the driving signal. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257766 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR FLIPPING PAGES OF ELECTRONIC DATA AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSES USING THE SAME - A method and device for flipping pages of electronic data and an electronic apparatus using the same are provided. According to the method, a touched position is detected when the touch panel is touched. The number of pages of electronic data to be flipped is determined according to the touched position. According to the method and device for flipping pages of electronic data and the electronic apparatus, users can achieve the page flipping with different numbers of pages to be flipped by performing the touch operation once. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257767 | HIGH NOISE IMMUNITY SENSING METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUGH DEVICE - High noise immunity sensing methods and apparatus are provided for a capacitive touch device, which sense the capacitive touch device for self capacitance or mutual capacitance or both with different scan frequencies in a frame, to thereby suppress certain frequency noise interference. By combining time domain and space domain noise-eliminating approaches, probabilities of noise interference are reduced, without compromising other parameters. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257768 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING FLEXIBLE BEZEL - A method and an apparatus for providing a flexible bezel in an apparatus including a touch screen display are provided. The method includes detecting dragging of a boundary line of a touch screen on the touch screen of the touch screen display, moving the boundary line according to the dragging, and setting a touch screen area located between the moved boundary line and a default boundary line as a bezel area. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257769 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY MODULATING A USER INTERFACE PARAMETER USING AN INPUT DEVICE - The embodiments described herein provide devices and methods that facilitate improved input device performance. Specifically, the devices and methods provide an input device configured to determine positional and force information for input objects interacting with a sensing region. The system is configured to detect a variable force imparted to an input surface of the sensing region by at least one input object. The variable force dynamically modulates, within a modulation range, a user interface parameter. The dynamic modulation of the interface parameter is modified in response to an additional input object contacting the input surface | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257770 | CONTROLLING AND EDITING MEDIA FILES WITH TOUCH GESTURES OVER A MEDIA VIEWING AREA USING A TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - Methods, computer program products, and systems for controlling and editing video using a video editing application running on a touch screen device by using touch gestures on the media viewing area displayed by the video editing application. The methods involve displaying a frame of a video file in a preview area on a touch-sensitive display, detecting one or more touch points making initial contact at respective initial positions on the preview area, detecting the one or more touch points moving over the preview area, and in response to detecting the one or more touch points moving over the preview area determining a direction of motion of the one or more touch points, and if the direction of motion is horizontal, stepping through one or more frames of the video file in the preview area, and if the direction of motion is vertical, setting a cut point on the video file at the displayed frame of the video file. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257771 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing device may include a display control module, an input module and a communication module. The display control module may be configured to cause a display unit to display a character string input screen. The input module may be configured to input a character string to the input item corresponding to the character string input screen displayed on the display unit. The communication module may be configured to communicate with an information processing terminal. The communication module may send item identification information to the information processing terminal and receive character string information from the information processing terminal. The display control module may display a character string based on the character string information in the character string input screen that corresponds to the input item identified by the item identification information, in a case where the communication module receives the item identification information and the character string information. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257772 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - In order to enable easier magnification and reduction of a displayed image, an electronic device | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257773 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL FOR SAME - An electronic device includes a shell and a touch panel located in the shell. The touch panel includes a touch sensing unit, a signal transmitting circuit, a signal guiding circuit, a protection unit, and a driving unit. The signal transmitting circuit is electrically connected to the touch sensing unit and the driving unit. The signal guiding circuit surrounds the touch sensing unit and the signal transmitting circuit. The protection unit is electrically connected to the signal guiding circuit and ground. At least one switch signal is outputted from the driving unit and transmitted to the signal transmitting circuit and the signal guiding circuit. An external interference signal is received by the signal guiding circuit and guided to ground via the protection unit. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257774 | TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch sensor integrated type display device includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged on a substrate in parallel in a first direction; a plurality of second electrodes arranged in parallel in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction without contacting the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of first connecting wires, each first connecting wire being connected with at least one of the plurality of the first electrodes; and a plurality of second connecting wires, each second connecting wire connecting the second electrodes to each other in the second direction, wherein a touch driving voltage is supplied to the plurality of first connecting wires and a common voltage is supplied to the plurality of second connecting wires so that mutual capacitance is generated between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257775 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE THEREOF - A method outputs an image in an electronic device. In the method, transformation of a flexible display screen is detected. A width of an image appearing on the flexible display screen is increased or reduced. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257776 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK TOUCH-SENSITIVE INTERFACE MODULE - The invention relates a haptic feedback touch-sensitive interface module ( | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257777 | MOTION AND CONTEXT SHARING FOR PEN-BASED COMPUTING INPUTS - A “Motion and Context Sharing Technique” uses a pen or stylus enhanced to incorporate multiple sensors, i.e., a “sensor pen,” and a power supply to enable various input techniques and gestures. Various combinations of pen stroke, pressure, motion, and other sensor pen inputs are used to enable various hybrid input techniques that incorporate simultaneous, concurrent, sequential, and/or interleaved, sensor pen inputs and touch inputs (i.e., finger, palm, hand, etc.) on displays or other touch sensitive surfaces. This enables a variety of motion-gesture inputs relating to the context of how the sensor pen is used or held, even when the pen is not in contact or within sensing range of the computing device digitizer. In other words, any particular touch inputs or combinations of touch inputs are correlated with any desired sensor pen inputs, with those correlated inputs then being used to initiate any desired action by the computing device. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257778 | TOUCH SENSITIVE IPS LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A touch sensitive in-plane switching (IPS) liquid crystal display (LCD) includes a liquid crystal layer, an active-matrix transistor layer with an electrode pair, a color filter substrate, and a sensing electrode layer. The sensing electrode layer may be disposed above or below the color filter substrate, and the sensing electrode layer may include two parts that are disposed above and below the color filter layer respectively. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257779 | TOUCH POSITION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING MULTISTAGE SCAN - A touch position detection apparatus and method using multistage scan, the apparatus including: a scan lines connection circuit, used to control the connection configuration between a first group of scan lines and a second group of scan lines, to form an equivalent resolution distribution of a sensor device, wherein the second group of scan lines are coupled with the sensor device; a touch scan unit, used to select a portion of the first group of scan lines to detect an interim touch coordinate; and a touch coordinate decision unit, having a plurality of operation stages, used to control the scan lines connection circuit and the touch scan unit according to the operation stages, and sum up a plurality of the interim coordinates detected in the operation stages. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257780 | Voice-Enabled Touchscreen User Interface - An electronic device may receive a touch selection of an element on a touch screen. In response, the electronic device may enter a listening mode for a voice command spoken by a user of the device. The voice command may specify a function which the user wishes to apply to the selected element. Optionally, the listening mode may be limited a defined time period based on the touch selection. Such voice commands in combination with touch selections may facilitate user interactions with the electronic device. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257781 | TOUCH SENSOR GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR OPERATION OF MOBILE DEVICES - Touch sensor gesture recognition for operation of mobile devices. An embodiment of a mobile device may include a touch sensor for the detection of gestures, the touch sensor including sensor elements to generate touch sensor data for a detected gesture, and a processor to process the touch sensor data produced by the sensor elements of the touch sensor. In some embodiments the processor is to process the touch sensor data using a hybrid touch sensor algorithm, the hybrid touch sensor algorithm including a plurality of touch sensor algorithms, the plurality of touch sensor algorithms including a first algorithm and a second algorithm, where the processor dynamically changes between the plurality of algorithms depending on of the nature of the received touch sensor data. In some embodiments the processor utilizes a support vector machine with a radial basis function kernel in the interpretation of detected gestures. In some embodiments, the processor is to determine an alignment between a first input sequence of sensor data and a second input sequence of sensor data using dynamic time warping. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130257782 | INPUT SYSTEM - An input system according to the present invention includes: a plurality of input tools; and an input device configured to sense inputs of the input tools and recognize input locations. The input system is configured such that, upon sensing lights of optical styli, the input device alternately varies the sensing timing among the optical styli, and senses the light emitted by the optical styli according to the timing of the inputs of each optical stylus. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130265237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING CONTENT DISPLAY SIZE - A system and method for modifying content display size on an electronic device that includes a touchscreen are provided. A multi-tap interaction with a touchscreen of the electronic device, the multi-tap interaction including plural presses, where each press of the plural presses occurs at a different time, such that a previous of the plural presses completes before a subsequent of the plural presses begins, is detected on the touchscreen electronic device. A determination of whether the last of the plural presses is maintained for at least a predetermined amount of time is made. In case where the last press is maintained for at least the predetermined amount of time, modification of the content display size for the touchscreen is activated, a slide interaction with the touchscreen is detected, and content display size for the touchscreen is modified in response to the detected slide interaction with the touchscreen. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265238 | Communication Device and Method for Visual Speed Dial - A communication device for visual speed dial is described. The communication device comprises a user interface, a display and a transmitter. The user interface detects activation of a speed dial mode. The display provides virtual keys in response to detecting activation of the speed dial mode. The virtual keys include characters associated with one or more phone numbers. One or more keys are associated with a particular phone number and a photographic image associated with the particular phone number. The user interface detects selection of the key or keys associated with the particular phone number and the photographic image. The transmitter communicates with a remote device in response to detecting selection of the key or keys. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265239 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF INFORMATION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, displaying information on the touch-sensitive display utilizing touch data of the detected touch, filtering the touch data to produce filtered data, and updating the information displayed based on the filtered data. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A VIRTUAL TOUCHSCREEN - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for generating a virtual touchscreen according to a first relative position between a plurality of member parts of a user and according to a second relative position of at least one member part of the user and a body surface of the user, tracking a location of the user, and positioning the virtual touchscreen according to the location of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265241 | SKIN INPUT VIA TACTILE TAGS - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for determining an input instruction based on a touch associated with a tactile tag. An exemplary method includes detecting, by a device in contact with a user's body, a touch on the user's skin by a tactile tag. The tactile tag comprises a three-dimensional pattern, and the three-dimensional pattern causes a vibration in the user's body when a surface of the tactile tag touches the user's skin. The method additionally includes determining at least one characteristic associated with the touch; and determining an input instruction based at least partially on the at least one characteristic associated with the touch. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265242 | TOUCH SENSOR COMMON MODE NOISE RECOVERY - A touch sensor panel configured to minimize the effect on touch or proximity event detection caused by a common mode noise event. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that works to minimize the amount of time that the touch sensor panel is unable to accurately sense touch and proximity events due to a common mode noise event. The touch sensor panel can also re-acquire data that was collected during the time that the sensor panel was unable to accurately detect touch and proximity events, when a common mode noise event is detected. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265243 | ADAPTIVE POWER ADJUSTMENT FOR A TOUCHSCREEN - Adaptive power adjustment for a touch screen. A first level of voltage can be selectively applied to at least a first portion of a plurality of touch sensors of the touchscreen. A second level of voltage can be selectively applied to at least a second portion of the plurality of touch sensors, wherein the second level of voltage is lower than the first level of voltage and greater than 0 volts, or the second portion of the plurality of touch sensors can be deactivated. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265244 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR - A display device includes a first substrate including a first surface, on which a touch by an external object occurs, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of driving signal lines positioned on the second surface of the first substrate, where the plurality of driving signal lines transmits a driving signal for displaying an image, a plurality of pixels including a plurality of switching elements connected to the plurality of driving signal lines, a sensing signal line positioned on one of the first surface and the second surface of the first substrate, where the sensing signal line transmits a sensing signal generated based on the touch by the external object, and a touch sensor unit including a sensing capacitor defined by at least one driving signal line of the plurality of driving signal lines and the sensing signal line. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265245 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH PROJECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A touch device including a light guide unit, a light emitting unit, an invisible light filter and an invisible light detector is provided. The light guide unit has at least one light incident surface and a first surface connected to the light incident surface. The light emitting unit is disposed beside the light incident surface and is capable of emitting an invisible light beam. The invisible light filter is contacted tightly with the first surface. The light guide unit is disposed between the invisible light filter and the invisible light detector. Moreover, a touch projection system including the touch device is also provided. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265246 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a touch screen, and a controller configured to designate a plurality of areas on the touch screen, each area including text information, receive a multi touch action on the touch screen, select a specific area from the plurality of designated areas regardless of areas touched in the multi touch action, determine at least one touch in the multi touch action is moving, and adjust a magnification rate of the text information included in the selected specific area in correspondence with the at least one touch moving. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265247 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate and a sensing array is provided. The sensing array is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of sensing units. Each sensing unit has a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode which are arranged in a staggered manner and are electrically insulated from each other. The first sensing electrode includes two parallel first sensing pads and a first connection portion. The second sensing electrode includes two parallel second sensing pads and a second connection portion. The first sensing pads, the first connection portion, the second sensing pads, and the second connection portion are in rectangular shapes, and short sides of the first connection portion and the second connection portion are electrically connected to middle portions of long sides of the first sensing pads and the second sensing pads respectively. The second connection portion and the first connection portion intersect each other. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265248 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display and a proximity sensor arranged near a display surface of the display and configured to provide an output signal corresponding to a degree of proximity of an object to the display surface, and provides a position of the approaching object in a direction horizontal to the display surface. A user interface control unit has a first operational mode and a second operational mode, where in the first operation mode, the proximity of a user's hand from the display surface is monitored based on the output signal of the proximity sensor. In the second operational mode, a position of the user's hand in a direction horizontal to the display surface is detected within a detection target range and a user's operation is accepted according to the detected position of the user's hand. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265249 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes: a touch surface that has a three-dimensional structure, and identifies a touch coordinate of a point touched by an object; and a controller that defines a first direction in the touch surface as a first direction in an output coordinate, and outputs information about the output coordinate, wherein the three-dimensional structure has a size and a height at least one of which is changed so that the first direction in the touch surface and a second direction in the touch surface intersecting with the first direction in the touch surface can be recognized. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265250 | DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes: a display unit for displaying a screen; a sensor for detecting an inclination of the display unit; an operating unit for detecting an operation; and a controller. The controller changes an orientation of the screen depending upon the inclination detected through the sensor and the operation detected through the operation unit. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265251 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL PORTION - A display input device includes a display portion and a touch panel portion. When an object to be transferred is determined by touching two points on the touch panel portion, the display portion displays transfer destination designation information indicating which object is designated as a transfer destination among objects that can be a transfer destination of the object to be transferred. When the touch panel portion has accepted a transfer destination switching operation performed while one or more of the two touched points keep being touched, the display portion switches the object designated as a transfer destination by the transfer destination designation information. After the display portion has displayed the transfer destination designation information, when the touching operation has been released, the touch panel portion accepts the object designated as a transfer destination when the touching operation has been released, as a transfer destination of the object to be transferred. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265252 | DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE - A display/input device includes a display section, a touch panel, and a control section. The display section displays an image. The touch panel detects touch with a display surface of the display section. When the touch panel detects touch of two points of which a positional relationship indicates a first direction, the control section allows the display section to display a plurality of images in a second direction different from the first direction. The control section changes a selected state of an image of the plurality of images according to move of one of the two points. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265253 | TOUCH PANEL - The present disclosure provides a touch panel including a plate, a sensing layer, a border, and an optical compensation layer, wherein the plate has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, wherein the lower surface is planned with a conducting wire region and a sensing region. The border is overlaid on the conducting wire region, and the sensing layer is disposed in the sensing region. An optical compensation layer is disposed on the border, and is located between the plate and the border. The border has a first color, which appears as a second color if a user sees the border through the optical compensation layer, and thus achieves diversification of the border color. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265254 | HAPTIC INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method are disclosed in which in a conventional non-grounding man-machine interface having no reaction base on the human body and for giving the existence of a virtual object and the impact force of a collision to a person, a haptic sensation of a torque, a force and the like can be continuously presented in the same direction, which cannot be presented by only the physical characteristic of a haptic sensation presentation device. In a haptic presentation device, the rotation velocity of at least one rotator in the haptic presentation device is controlled by a control device, and a vibration, a force or a torque as the physical characteristic is controlled, so that the user is made to conceive various haptic information of the vibration, force, torque or the like. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265255 | APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DETECT COORDINATES IN A PEN-BASED DISPLAY DEVICE - An apparatus to detect coordinates in a pen-based display device is provided. When an electronic pen is placed at a specific position on a display, an image of a pixel group corresponding to a specific position is captured through a camera, a reference point is detected in the pixel group by processing the captured image of the pixel group, values of a plurality of coordinate indications and a plurality of parity indications, it is determined whether an error has been detected by calculating a predetermined error detection formula using the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications, and final coordinates of the electronic pen are determined by applying a predetermined coordinates calculation rule to the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications, if no error has been detected in the determined values of the coordinate indications and the parity indications. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265256 | PRESSURE SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE - A pressure sensing architecture for use with liquid crystal (LC), organic light emitting diode (OLED), electrophoretic, or other similarly fabricated displays. The described architecture includes a bottom TFT structure and a top structure with color filter material, and with liquid crystal, electrophoretic or OLED material provided in between. A piezoelectric or equivalent material is provided within the display assembly. Transmitting and receiving electrodes can be used to electrically bias the piezoelectric or equivalent material, which provides an analog electrical signal in response to incident touch pressure. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265257 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display device is provided. The flexible touch-sensitive display device includes a display which is deformable, a sensor which senses an input comprising a touch of the display and a deformation of the display, and a controller which receives the input, determines whether to select one of only the touch and only the deformation based on a condition of the input, and selects only the touch if it is determined to select only the touch and only the deformation if it is determined to select only the deformation. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265258 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TOUCH ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A method for identifying input to a grid based digitizer sensor includes defining a matrix of data from outputs sampled from digitizer sensor, defining a function for modeling spread of a touch signal around a touch location and performing a convolution operation on the matrix of data based on the function defined for modeling spread of the touch signal. The grid based digitizer sensor defines a grid of junctions and entries in the matrix correspond to outputs at junctions of the grid based sensor. The convolution operation provides an updated matrix of data with enhanced touch information and detecting coordinates of the input to the digitizer sensor from the updated matrix of data. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265259 | ELECTRONIC PAPER CONTROLLING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is an electronic paper controlling apparatus and control method thereof for reading or writing ID information of an electronic paper connected to the electronic paper controlling apparatus though an interface of the electronic paper controlling apparatus and communicating with the electronic paper, based on the ID information. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265260 | DEFORMABLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A deformable display device is provided. The deformable display device includes a deformable display, a sensor which senses a deformation located in a first area of the deformable display and a second area of the deformable display and a controller which receives deformation information corresponding to the deformation, determines whether to identify one of only the first area and only the second area as a deformation area of the deformation based on the deformation information, and identifies i) only the first area as the deformation area if it is determined to identify only the first area and ii) only the second area as the deformation area if it is determined to identify only the second area. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265261 | USER TERMINAL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A handheld user device and a control method thereof are provided, the user terminal device includes a first user interface, a second user interface, a sensing device which senses an operating condition of the handheld user device, a controller which enables the first user interface and disables the second user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a first condition and enables the second user interface and disables the first user interface if the operating condition corresponds to a second condition. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265262 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus may display a graphical user interface (GUI) indicating a deformation gesture associated with a function executed when the deformation gesture is performed. Accordingly, a user may easily control the flexible display apparatus to perform functions using the deformation gesture. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265263 | DEGREE OF FREEDOM EXTRACTION FROM MULTIPLE CONTACTS - Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265264 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SWITCHABLE USER INTERFACE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ACCESSIBLE TOUCH OPERATION - An electronic device with switchable user interface and an electronic device with accessible touch operation are provided. The electronic device with switchable user interface includes a display, a touch sensing means, a position detecting module and a processing module. The touch sensing means is used for sensing a touch of an input tool. The position detecting module is used for determining whether or not the touch is generated on a specific area of the touch sensing means. If the touch is generated on the specific area, the position detecting module determines whether the position of the touch is varied. The processing module coupled to the position detecting module is used for activating a user interface on the display if there is a position variation of the touch. Consequently, the convenience of operating the electronic device is improved. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265265 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE STYLUS FOR A DIGITIZER - A pressure sensitive stylus, comprises a movable tip that recedes within a housing of the stylus in response to user applied contact pressure, wherein a displacement of the tip along an axis on which it recedes is a function of the applied contact pressure, and an optical sensor enclosed within the housing for optically sensing the displacement of the tip and for providing output in response to the sensing. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265266 | SCROLLABLE COMPUTING DEVICE DISPLAY - The display of a scrollable list of items is described. In one disclosed embodiment, a list of items may be displayed on a scrollable computing device display in such a manner that, upon receiving an input requesting movement of a select indicator to a different list item, the select indicator is moved on the display toward the different list item and the list is scrolled on the display in an opposing direction. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265267 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Manipulating User Interface Objects - A computing device with a touch screen display simultaneously displays on the touch screen display a plurality of user interface objects and at least one destination object. The computing device detects a first input by a user on a destination object displayed on the touch screen display. While continuing to detect the first input by the user on the destination object, the computing device detects a second input by the user on a first user interface object displayed on the touch screen display. In response to detecting the second input by the user on the first user interface object, the computing device performs an action on the first user interface object. The action is associated with the destination object. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265268 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130265269 | MOBILE DEVICE REJECTION OF UNINTENTIONAL TOUCH SENSOR CONTACT - Mobile device rejection of unintentional sensor contact. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a first touch sensor to detect contact by a user of the mobile device for input of gestures by the user, a memory to store indicators of unintentional contact to the first touch sensor, and a processor to evaluate contact to the first touch sensor. The processor compares a contact with the first touch sensor to the indicators of unintentional contact to determine if the contact is unintentional, and the mobile device rejects the contact as an input to the mobile device if the contact is determined to be unintentional and accepts the contact as an input to the mobile device if the contact is determined to be intentional. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130271384 | TOUCH PANEL AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel including a first transparent flexible substrate, a plurality of first connection lines, a plurality of second connection lines, a first sensing layer, and a second sensing layer is provided. The first transparent flexible substrate has a first side and a second side and includes a first carrying portion and a first leading portion. The first connection lines and the second connection lines are respectively disposed at the first side and the second side and are extended from the first carrying portion to the first leading portion. The first sensing layer and the second sensing layer have plural transparent electrode patterns and are respectively disposed at the first side and the second side of the first carrying portion. The transparent electrode patterns are respectively connected with the first connection lines and the second connection lines. A handheld electronic device with a touch input function is also provided. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271385 | Method of Changing Input States - A method of changing input states on an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes displaying a virtual keyboard on a touch-sensitive display, wherein the virtual keyboard includes a first input character set when the device is in a first input state; and transitioning the device to a second input state when touch input corresponding to a predefined gesture is detected when the device is in the first input state, wherein in the second input state, the virtual keyboard includes a second input character set. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271386 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING HANDWRITING INPUT FUNCTION - An electronic device includes a handwriting pen and a main body. A gyroscope senses movement information of the handwriting pen and outputs the movement information to a controller. The controller converts the movement information into electrical signals and outputs the electrical signals to the main body through a signal transmitting module. A processor receives the electrical signals through a signal receiving module and the signal transmitting module, converts the electrical signals into movement information, and outputs the movement information to a character identification module. The character identification module converts the movement information into a corresponding character, and controls the display unit to display the character. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271387 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSING KEY - A wireless communicating electronic device includes a wireless communication unit, a shell receiving the wireless communicating unit therein, a touch sensing unit, and a processing unit. The touch sensing unit includes an antenna, a regulating circuit, and an analog-digital (AD) converting module. A given portion spatially corresponding to the antenna defined on the shell. The antenna generates an alternating current (AC) signal in response to a finger touch on the given portion. The regulating circuit regulates the AC signal. The AD converting module converts the AC signal into a digital signal. The processing unit executes an instruction in response to the digital signal. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271388 | TOUCH SENSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch sensing three-dimensional (3D) display device includes a display panel and a touch sensing parallax integrated panel. The touch sensing parallax integrated panel located on the display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch sensing structure, a display medium layer, a first parallax electrode layer, and a second parallax electrode layer. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The first substrate is located between the display panel and the second substrate. The touch sensing structure is located on the second substrate. The display medium layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first parallax electrode layer disposed on the first substrate is located between the display medium layer and the first substrate. The second parallax electrode layer disposed on the second substrate is located between the display medium layer and the second substrate. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271389 | MULTI-SEGMENT WEARABLE ACCESSORY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that receive touch input via at least first and second segments of a multi-segment wearable accessory and determine that the touch input associated with the second segment is moving relative to the touch input associated with the first segment. A presentation of content displayed at least partially by the first segment may be modified based upon movement of the touch input associated with the second segment, such as in an expand operation, in which content is displayed on a second segment, or a collapse operation, in which content is removed from the second segment following an expand operation. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271390 | MULTI-SEGMENT WEARABLE ACCESSORY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that provide for a determination that touch input received via at least first and second segments of a multi-segment wearable accessory represents a rotational gesture. As a result, information that is presented upon a display of the first segment prior to receipt of the touch input is presented upon the display of the second segment and information that is presented upon a display of the second segment prior to receipt of the touch input is presented upon the display of the first segment in a “swap” operation following receipt of the touch input. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271391 | Electronic Paper Touch Apparatus - An electronic paper touch apparatus, including: a first electrode layer; an electronic paper display layer, located above the first electrode layer; a transparent electrode layer, located above the electronic paper display layer; and a control unit, having a touch mode and an electronic paper mode, wherein when in the touch mode, the control unit will have a touch voltage source coupled between the first electrode layer and the transparent electrode layer to execute a capacitive touch detection procedure; when in the electronic paper mode, the control unit will have an electronic paper voltage source coupled between the first electrode layer and the transparent electrode layer to execute an electronic paper image update procedure. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271392 | MULTI-SEGMENT WEARABLE ACCESSORY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate the use of a multi-segment wearable accessory. In this regard, methods, apparatus and computer program products are provided for controlling and, in some instances, interacting with a multi-segment wearable accessory. In particular, a method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided that provide for a determination of an initial angle defined between first and second segments in response to receipt of an initial contact component of a touch input via the first and second segments. A change in the initial angle can then be determined in response to movement of the segments with respect to each other, and an operation may be executed at least partially based upon the change in the initial angle determined. Thus, a continuous input parameter may be supplied by a user so as to provide another dimension of input to the wearable accessory. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271393 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND UNLOCKING METHOD - An electronic device with a touch screen comprises a storage unit, a touch detecting module, a determining module and a control module. The storage unit is configured to store a predefined length and a predefined time period. The touch detecting module is configured to detect the screen unlock pattern applied on the touch screen and the trace length of the screen unlock pattern within the predefined time period. The determining module is configured to determine whether the detected length is equal to the predefined length value. The control module is configured to unlock the touch screen when the detected length is equal to the predefined length value. An unlocking method for the electronic device is also provided. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271394 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is revealed. The touch panel includes a substrate, a touch display module and a cover plate. The touch display module is clipped between the substrate and the cover plate to reduce the thickness of the touch panel. The cover plate or the substrate is made from matrix with Mohs hardness greater than 8 to have good surface hardness. Thus no coating or anti-smudge treatment on the surface of the cover plate or the substrate is required and the surface is durable to long term or multiple times of pressing and touching. The cover plate or the substrate will not have scratches, damages or smudges after long term or multiple times of use. The manufacturing cost is also reduced significantly. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271395 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONALLY VARYING DISPLAY AREA - A touch display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, a trigger module and a control module. The touch panel has a sensing area equivalent to the maximum display area of the display panel. The sensing area detects a touch event occurring thereon in order to generate a touch instruction. The control module executes the touch instruction and generates a display signal to drive the display panel to display images in the current display area which is not greater than the maximum display area. When the trigger module generates a trigger signal, the control module reduces the current display area to form a blank region in at least one side of the current display area. Accordingly, the touch event occurring on the blank region generates an invalid touch instruction. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271396 | SENSING MODULE WHICH CAN PERFORM PROXIMITY DETECTION AND DISPLAY STRUCTURE HAVING SENSING ELECTRODES - A display includes a display module and a sensing module including a proximity sensing electrode, a set of sensing electrodes, a touch circuit, a proximity circuit and a processor. The sensing electrodes are configured to sense a touch input during a first period and sense a proximity input during a second period. The touch circuit is coupled to the sensing electrodes for controlling the sensing electrodes to sense the touch input in the first period, and converting a two-dimensional analog touch signal transmitted from the set of the sensing electrodes to a two-dimensional digital touch signal. The proximity circuit is coupled to the sensing electrodes and the proximity sensing electrode for controlling the sensing electrodes and the proximity sensing electrode to sense the proximity input, and converting a three-dimensional analog proximity signal transmitted from the set of sensing electrodes and proximity unit to a three-dimensional digital proximity signal. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271397 | RAPID GESTURE RE-ENGAGEMENT - Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for use with a system configured to detect gestures. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a first user gesture meeting a first condition to enter a mode of operation. The method may further include exiting the mode of operation. The method may further include detecting a second user gesture meeting a second condition to reenter the mode of operation based on the detecting the first user gesture, wherein the second condition is less stringent than the first condition. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271398 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING NOISE PROCESSING CIRCUIT OF TOUCH PANEL AND RELATED NOISE PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a method of controlling a noise processing circuit of a touch panel and a related noise signal processing apparatus. At first, the present invention detects whether the touch panel is interfered with by noise. Then, according to whether the noise interferes with the touch panel, the noise processing circuit is controlled to be activated or not activated. Therefore, the noise processing circuit can be turned off if it is unnecessary, thereby to reduce the workload due to the noise processing. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271399 | ELECTROMAGNETIC TOUCH DEVICE - An electromagnetic touch device is adapted to cooperate with a signal generation unit. The electromagnetic touch device includes a sensing unit and a control unit. The sensing unit includes a plurality of antenna modules which form a sensing zone, are adjacent to each other, do not overlap, and receive an electromagnetic signal generated by the signal generating unit, to generate a plurality of electromagnetic sensing signals. The control unit coupled to the antenna modules receives the electromagnetic induction signals and calculates a location of the signal generating unit in the sensing zone according to intensities of the electromagnetic sensing signals. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271400 | SHAKE UNLOCK MOBILE TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING THE SAME - A shake unlock method for unlocking a shake unlock mobile touch device has steps of displaying an initial unlock image, receiving a touch signal that occurs when the initial unlock image is touched, displaying a shaking control image and an unlock endpoint on the touch panel, receiving a series of continuous location coordinates after the mobile touch device is shaken and varying coordinates of the shaking control image according to the received series of continuous location coordinates, and unlocking a lock mode of the mobile touch device when detecting the coordinates of the shaking control image coincide with coordinates of the unlock endpoint. Accordingly, the drawback of unlocking a conventional mobile touch device arising from the difficulty of dragging an image with single-handed operation can be eliminated without requiring additional hardware equipment. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271401 | CONDITION CHANGING DEVICE - A condition change unit of the present invention changes operating conditions of a device. The condition change unit comprises a display section for displaying images, a touch panel provided on the display section, a detection section for detecting input operations to the touch panel, a change condition setting section for setting types of change conditions, based on form of the input operations detected by the detection section, an operation guide image display section for displaying guidance images, for setting specific parameters of the change conditions, on the display section, in accordance with the type of change condition that has been set, and a parameter change section for changing parameters of the change condition based on an input operation to a screen on which the operation guidance operation images are displayed that has been detected by the detection section. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271402 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL PORTION - A display input device includes a display portion and a touch panel portion. The display portion displays a screen having an object thereon. The touch panel portion is provided on the display portion and detects a plurality of touched positions touched by a user. The display portion, while displaying the screen having the object thereon, when an operation of touching two points on the touch panel portion has been performed, displays transfer destination information indicating a transfer destination candidate that can be a transfer destination of the object. The touch panel portion, when an object transfer operation including an operation of touching a display position of the transfer destination information and then releasing the touched state has been performed, accepts that the transfer destination candidate corresponding to the transfer destination information displayed at the last touched position has been determined as an actual transfer destination of the object. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271403 | INFORMATION SHARING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEM - A novel information sharing apparatus that comprises an information sharing system, connects multiple sites via a network shares each other's handwriting and screens, and eases handwriting sender's psychological burden. In the information sharing system, a handwriting sender generates stroke after a user inputs coordinates, display the stroke in unsteady state, and sends coordinate information to a handwriting receiver. The handwriting receiver generates stroke based on the coordinate information sent from the handwriting sender, displays the stroke, and returns response information for displaying succeeded to the handwriting sender. After receiving the response information from the handwriting receiver, the handwriting sender changes the displayed stroke from unsteady state to steady state. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271404 | REMOTE CONTROLLER EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH PAD AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A remote controller having a touch pad according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communication unit transmitting a signal to and receiving a signal from a display device, a touch pad receiving a user input signal for controlling the display device, a sensor unit comprising a motion detecting sensor and sensing information about motion of the remote controller, a storage storing data necessary for operating or controlling the remote controller, and a controller controlling, when the user input signal is received in the touch pad, the motion detecting sensor of the sensor unit to disenable signal transmission of the motion detecting sensor in response to the user input signal. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271405 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING KEYPAD USING ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES - A method and an apparatus for displaying a keypad on a touch screen are provided. The apparatus includes an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED). The method includes arranging at least one keypad block including at least one area, determining at least one light-emitting area among the areas, and displaying the at least one keypad block by emitting light in the OLED corresponding to the at least one light-emitting area. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271406 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING CONTENT - A method for transmitting content and an electronic device thereof are provided. In a method for transmitting content in an electronic device, a first electronic device transmits content information to an electronic pen. The electronic pen transmits the content information to a second electronic device. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271407 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING 3D OBJECT - Provided is an apparatus and method for sensing a three-dimensional (3D) object. The apparatus includes a display unit including a first sensing space in which a sensitivity with respect to a proximity touch is higher than a threshold value and a second sensing space in which a sensitivity with respect to the proximity touch is lower than the threshold value, on a stereoscopic space on which at least one 3D object is disposed and a controller for moving predetermined 3D objects in a predetermined direction if a proximity touch is generated on the second sensing space, detecting coordinates of a 3D object corresponding to a proximity touch generated on the first sensing space if the proximity touch generated on the second sensing space is moved and generated on the first sensing space, and performing a function corresponding to the 3D object. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271408 | TOUCH SCREEN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present &closure provides a touch screen, wherein the touch screen includes: a protecting cover comprising a touch area and a border area surrounding the touch area; a black mask layer farmed on the border area; and a conductive assembly formed in the touch area, Wherein the conductive assembly is isolated from the black mask layer. By using the touch screen provided in the present disclosure, the problem of easy breaking of the conductive assembly Which leads to functional failure of a touch screen in the conventional technology can be solved. In addition, the present disclosure also provides a manufacturing method of the foregoing touch screen. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271409 | Systems and Methods for Interacting with a Computer Through Handwriting to a Screen - Systems and methods are described that enable a user to: select a control with a handwritten stroke at least part of which resides outside of a selectable area of the control; use a moving-input control without having to make a selection other than handwriting on, over, or near the control; and/or delete text displayed on an electronic form by handwriting over that text. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271410 | TOUCH DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS FREQUENCIES - The use of multiple stimulation frequencies and phases to generate an image of touch on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a column in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers. Each mixer in the sense channel can utilize a circuit capable generating a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency. At each of multiple steps, various phases of selected frequencies can be used to simultaneously stimulate the rows of the touch sensor panel, and the multiple mixers in each sense channel can be configured to demodulate the signal received from the column connected to each sense channel using the selected frequencies. After all steps have been completed, the demodulated signals from the multiple mixers can be used in calculations to determine an image of touch for the touch sensor panel at each frequency. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271411 | TOUCH DISPLAY, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH A BUILT-IN TOUCH PANEL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) with a built-in touch panel includes an LCD unit, a touch panel and a second polarized plate. The LCD unit includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate, a liquid crystal layer and a first polarized plate. The upper substrate is disposed opposite to the lower substrate, and the liquid crystal layer is disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate. The first polarized plate is disposed on the lower substrate and has a first polarized direction. The touch panel is disposed opposite to the LCD unit. The second polarized plate having a second polarized direction is disposed on the touch panel and located between the LCD unit and the touch panel. An intensity of a reflected light occurred in the LCD with the built-in touch panel is relatively low, so that good contrast and visibility are obtained. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271412 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including: a base; a panel; a support for supporting the panel with respect to the base; and a vibrator for causing the panel to vibrate at a given frequency. The support includes a first region located at a part corresponding to a node of vibration of the panel, and a second region located at a part other than the node of the vibration of the panel. The support has a rigidity that is smaller in the first region than in the second region. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271413 | DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE AND PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to achieve additional control of power consumption in a display device by performing fine-point switch off control corresponding to a method of a user's touch operation. The display device includes a touch panel and a display unit with a backlight, an area detecting section for detecting a touch area when a touch operation is performed on the touch panel, and a control section for controlling a lighting time interval of the backlight according to the touch area. The method of the touch operation by the user is detected as a difference in touch area and, according to the touch area the lighting time interval of the backlight can be controlled. For example, the lighting time interval can be set short in the case of a light touch, and the lighting time interval can be set long in the case of a firm touch. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271414 | MECHANISM FOR EMPLOYING AND FACILITATING AN EDGE THUMB SENSOR AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating a thumb sensor at a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes extending a touch panel of a computing device into a flap of the touch panel to be used as a side sensor of the computing device, and sensing a use of the side sensor, the use including touching of the side sensor by a user, where sensing may include detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points of conductive lines. The method may further include facilitating an action in response to the use of the side sensor. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271415 | MECHANISM FOR EMPLOYING AND FACILITATING A TOUCH PANEL THUMB SENSOR PAD AT A COMPUTING DEVICE - A mechanism is described for employing and facilitating a sensor pad transparently placed at a touch panel of a computing device. A method of embodiments of the invention includes sensing a use of a sensor pad transparently placed over and within a dedicated section of a touch panel of a computing device. The sensor pad and its relevant sensor pad interaction may be employed using hardware of the touch panel, the use including touching of the sensor pad by a user, while sensing may include detecting a change at one or more intersecting points of a plurality of intersecting points. The method may further include facilitating an action in response to the use of the sensor pad. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271416 | Touch Control Method And Electronic Device - A touch control method electronic apparatus are described. The method includes a touch sensing unit on which an operational body carries out a continuous touch operation. The method includes determining a first coordinate of a first touch point on the touch sensing unit corresponding to the operational body at a first moment; determining a first operational area including the first coordinate on the touch sensing unit according to the first coordinate; determining a second coordinate of a second touch point on the touch sensing unit corresponding to the operational body at a second moment; obtaining a moving vector from the first touch point to the second touch point according to the first coordinate and the second coordinate; deciding whether the second coordinate is within the first operational area to generate a decision result; and executing a command corresponding to the moving vector according to the decision result. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271417 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM - Provided is a mobile terminal device that includes a plurality of touch displays and a control unit. The control unit associatively controls screens displayed on the plurality of touch displays based on the number of simultaneous operations and operation directions. The number of simultaneous operations is the number of touch operations simultaneously carried out and accompanied by the movement of touch positions, and the operation directions are directions in which the touch positions of the touch operations have moved. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271418 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATION DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - In a piezoelectric oscillation device in which a support substrate is oscillated using a bimorph-type piezoelectric oscillation element, the click sensation when the support substrate is operated is improved, and shock resistance of a control panel is improved. Provided is a piezoelectric oscillation device in which wiring is not easily broken. On the rear side of a touch panel ( | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130271419 | TRANSFORMING MOBILE DEVICE SENSOR INTERACTION TO REPRESENT USER INTENT AND PERCEPTION - Transforming mobile device sensor interaction to represent user intent and perception. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a display screen for the display of data and images and a touch sensor to detect a motion of a gesture made by a thumb or other finger of a user of the device. The mobile device further includes a module to transform the motion detected by the touch sensor to generate a modified motion to reflect a perception of the user, where the modified motion is to be applied as an input relating to the display screen. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130278507 | MULTI-TOUCH MULTI-USER GESTURES ON A MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY - A multi-touch, multi-user gesture (MMG) controller aggregates gestures from multiple users of a large multi-touch display to allow the multiple users to perform a coordinated action on the multi-touch display. The MMG controller allows one or more users to initiate a multi-touch, multi-user gesture (MMG) session and determines the users that will participate in the MMG session. The MMG controller then aggregates input gestures from multiple users into a MMG to coordinate the effort of multiple users of a multi-touch, multi-user display or touch screen. Applications on a supported computer can use these MMGs to act upon elements on the display such as cropping or adding elements to a group. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278508 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing device is provided. The provided touch sensing device may include a touch sensing circuit having a conducting unit for generating an alternating current (AC) touch signal, a phase delaying circuit electrically coupled to the touch sensing circuit for receiving the AC touch signal and delaying the AC touch signal for a predetermined phase so as to derive a delayed signal, and a determination circuit electrically coupled to the touch sensing circuit and the phase delaying circuit for comparing intensities of the delayed signal and the AC touch signal with a predetermined threshold in order to derive a waveform-overlapping time period. When the waveform-overlapping time period is longer than a predetermined period, the determination circuit concludes the conducting unit is approached or contacted by the conductor. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278509 | INPUT SYSTEM UTILIZING STYLUS PEN WHICH RECEIVES ELECTRICAL SIGNALS VIA CONNECTION LINK - An input system includes a touch panel, a control circuit, a stylus pen, and a connection link. The control circuit generates an electrical signal. The stylus pen is external to the control circuit. The connection link is coupled between the control circuit and the stylus pen, and transmits the electrical signal to the stylus pen, wherein the electrical signal is coupled to the touch panel via the stylus pen. The connection link may be a wired link or a wireless link. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278510 | Handheld Electronic Device and Frame Control Method of Digital Information Thereof - A handheld electronic device and a frame control method of digital information thereof. The handheld electronic device comprises a display module, a detection module and a processing module. The display module is used to display the digital information. The detection module is connected to the display module and used to detect whether the display module is touched by a predetermined method and also used to detect a duration time or a motion track when the display module is touched by the predetermined method. The processing module is connected to the display module and the detection module and determines whether the duration time exceeds a threshold value or the motion track corresponds to a preset graphic. When the duration time exceeds the threshold value or the motion track corresponds to the preset graphic, the processing module would execute a preset process action of the digital information. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278511 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - In a flexible touch screen panel, sensing patterns as a touch sensor are formed on the first surface of a flexible thin film substrate and a coated polarizer layer is formed on the second surface of the thin film substrate to secure the flexible characteristic, to reduce the thickness of the touch screen panel, and to improve the visibility of an image. Particularly, the flexible touch screen panel includes a flexible substrate comprising an active region and a non-active region positioned outside the active region, sensing patterns formed over the active region of a first surface of the substrate, conductive lines formed over the non-active region of the first surface of the substrate and connected to the sensing patterns, and a coated polarizer layer formed over a second surface of the substrate. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278512 | TOUCH SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CLIPPING FUNCTION AND CLIPPING METHOD - A touch-sensitive electronic device includes a touch screen receiving and responding to touch operations, and obtaining the location of the touch operations; a display; a memory; and a processing unit, to run a program to activate a clipping module. When the clipping module is activated, the device enters into a clipping mode. In the clipping mode, an image is formed which is the same as the content displayed on the display. The clipping module includes a detection sub-module to detect the touch operations on the formed image in the clipping mode to determine a track of the touch operations. An obtaining sub-module determines a desired area enclosed by the track on the formed image, and obtains the content in the desired area as the object to be clipped; and a storing sub-module stores the object to be clipped in the memory. A clipping method is also provided. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278513 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a plurality of pixels on a substrate, a sealing thin film on the substrate, and a plurality of sensing electrodes on the sealing thin film, each of the sensing electrodes having a mesh structure, the mesh structures of the sensing electrodes and the pixels overlapping different portions of the substrate. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278514 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel and a manufacturing method thereof are provided, which can reduce the surface reflectance (Fresnel reflectance) of a touch screen in indoor and outdoor environments, suppress degradation of the visibility of a display by a reduction in surface reflectance, and improve light transmittance. The touch screen panel includes: a first transparent substrate; a transparent conductive layer formed on the first transparent substrate, and having an electrode pattern of nanorods; a transparent adhesive layer formed on the transparent conductive layer; and a second transparent substrate formed on the transparent adhesive layer. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278515 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display device includes: an input controller configured to detect a first contact coordinate input by a drag operation on a touch panel on a surface of a display and record the first contact coordinate in a memory in association with an acquisition time of the first contact coordinate; and a display controller configured to calculate a second contact coordinate at a time preceding a current time by a given time based on the first contact coordinate and the acquisition time corresponding to the first contact coordinate and control a display operation on the display with defining the second contact coordinate as a display coordinate. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278516 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a display device that includes a display panel; and a touch panel integrated in the display panel, wherein the touch panel has a plurality of scanning electrodes, a plurality of detection electrodes that intersects with the plurality of scanning electrodes, drive signal supply unit for inputting a drive signal to each of the scanning electrodes, detection unit for acquiring a detection signal from each of the detection electrodes, touch position detection unit for detecting a touch position of an detection object based on the detection signal when the drive signal is sequentially input to each of the scanning electrodes from the drive signal supply unit, and approach detection unit for detecting that the detection object approaches the touch panel based on the detection signal when a scanning voltage is collectively input to all of the scanning electrodes from the drive signal supply unit. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278517 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE - An operation input device includes a detection part configured to detect an operation performed by a detected object, an operation part including an operation lever attached to the detection part and configured so as to allow an operation of the operation part in a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and a display control part configured so as to control a display device to display on a display screen a first region that displays a first image based on the operation performed by the detected object, a second region that displays a second image based on the operation of the operation lever in the first direction, and a third region that displays a third image based on the operation of the operation lever in the second direction. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278518 | Controlling Method for Fixing a Scale Ratio of Browsing Image of Touch Device - Disclosed is a controlling method for fixing a scale ratio of browsing images of a touch device. The controlling method comprises the steps of: determining a zooming region on a display screen, which is determined by pinching the browsing image from a selected position to thus zoom in or zoom out the browsing image, and the scale ratio of zooming is accordingly determined; displaying a screen-locking icon on the display screen, wherein the scale ratio is locked when the screen-locking icon is triggered to be in a locking state; and displaying the other browsing images with the same scale ratio of zooming and with a viewing size same as the zooming region. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278519 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DRAWING FUNCTION AND DRAWING METHOD THEREOF - In a drawing method of an electronic device, a touch device detects contact positions on the touch device corresponding to user operations, converts pressures applied to the points of contact into corresponding piezoelectric signals, and calculates coordinates of the contact positions. A plurality of colors are available and selectable by a user. The objects are drawn based on the coordinates of the contact positions from the touch device and the set color. The color shading of each point of the drawing depends upon the contact pressures as signified by the piezoelectric signals. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278520 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM UTILIZING THE SAME - A touch control method is implemented in an electronic system. A calculation of the product of a pressure value and the area over which pressure is applied are included in touch input data packets representing a touch operation, the values of net force associated with the touch input packets are thus obtained. A signal of a short press, if recognized, with a value of net force greater than a net force threshold can be recognized as a signal of a long press, thus simulating an operation of long press and triggering the selection of an object, where the selection of the object would otherwise require a long press operation. The touch control method operates to significantly speed up selection of an object. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278521 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel using a conductive mesh and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate on which a conductive mesh is disposed, a plurality of driving channels for recognizing a horizontal axis coordinate, wherein the plurality of driving channels are formed by patterning a first conductive mesh disposed on the substrate, a plurality of sensing channels for recognizing a vertical axis coordinate, wherein the sensing channels are formed by patterning a second conductive mesh disposed on the substrate, and an insulating layer positioned between the first conductive mesh and the second conductive mesh. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278522 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTI FUNCTION IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and apparatus provide a multi function in an electronic device. The method includes designating a plurality of functions to a corresponding button or touch event, identifying the deformation or non-deformation of the electronic device, when the electronic device is deformed and button pressing or touch event occurs, executing a first function, and, when the electronic device is not deformed and the button pressing or touch event occurs, executing a second function. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278523 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Tangible Computer-Readable Recording Medium - Disclosed is an information processing apparatus including: a display unit to display a window; a touch panel unit to detect a touch operation which is performed for the display unit; and a control unit, wherein when the touch panel unit receives a flick operation in a first direction for a portion other than a predetermined position in a predetermined scroll area displayed on the display unit, the control unit instructs the display unit to scroll the window displayed in the scroll area in the first direction, and when the touch panel unit receives the flick operation in the first direction for the predetermined position in the scroll area, the control unit executes a function which is previously related to the first direction. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278524 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING SAME - An electronic device comprises a touch screen, a distance determining module, a touch determining module, and a warning control module. The distance determining module determines whether a distance between the touch screen and an object in front of the touch screen is less than or equal to a distance limit. The touch determining module determines whether a touch action is applied to the touch screen within a first predetermined time when the distance between the touch screen and the object is less than or equal to the distance limit. The warning control module controls the electronic device to send a warning to a user when no touch action is applied to the touch screen within the first predetermined time. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278525 | TOUCH SCREEN DRIVER - A touch screen driver includes a plurality of integrated circuits for dividedly driving a touch screen. One of the plurality of integrated circuits, which generates a driving signal to be supplied to Tx lines of the touch screen, transmits a synchronization signal synchronized with the driving signal to other integrated circuit. The other integrated circuit receiving the synchronization signal receives charges of the touch sensors through Rx lines of the touch screen in response to the synchronization signal. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278526 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING CONFIRMATION TYPE TOUCH GESTURE BY TOUCH TERMINAL - The present invention relates to touch technology and provides a method and a system for recognizing a confirmation type touch gesture by a touch terminal. The method includes step A of further determining whether a vibration signal indicative of an occurrence of the confirmation type touch gesture is detected when the touch terminal detects a valid touch event on a touch screen, and step B of recognizing the valid touch event as a true confirmation type touch gesture if the determination result of step A is yes. The present invention has the following advantages: when detecting a valid touch event, the present invention further determines whether there is a suggestive vibration signal associated with the touch gesture operation. Only when both the touch event and vibration signal are detected, the valid touch event is considered as the true confirmation type touch gesture operation. Therefore, the recognition result is more reliable. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278527 | USE OF A TWO FINGER INPUT ON TOUCH SCREENS - A system and method for detecting at least two-finger input on a touch screen of a display such as computer, etc. includes a display screen; a sensing grid arranged for sensing touch on said display screen; a plurality of electrodes connected electrically to the sensing grid. A controller receives an output from the sensing grid, and a module identifies at least two points on the grid indicating locations of the display screen that have been touched by a user and identifies a geographic portion of the display screen to be identified based on said at least two points. As the position of the fingers are relative to the position of the screen via change in a direction of a Z-coordinate, a variable zoom can be provided by the sensing grid commensurate with different distances that the multiple fingers are sensed from the display screen. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278528 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A display device including a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a form of a matrix in a plane parallel with the substrate, a display functional layer exerting an image display function on a basis of an image signal supplied to the plurality of pixel electrodes, a driving electrode opposed to the plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of detecting electrodes arranged in a form of a plane opposed to the driving electrode, separated and arranged at a pitch of a natural number multiple of an arrangement pitch of the pixel electrodes in one direction in the arrangement plane, and each capacitively coupled with the driving electrode. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278529 | MULTI-TOUCH MANIPULATION OF APPLICATION OBJECTS - The manipulation system described herein provides a common platform and application-programming interface (API) for applications to communicate with various multi-touch hardware devices, and facilitates the interpretation of multi-touch input as one or more manipulations. Manipulations map more directly to user intentions than do individual touch inputs and add support for basic transformation of objects using multiple touch contacts. An application can use manipulations to support rotating, resizing, and translating multiple objects at the same time. The manipulation system outputs two-dimensional (2D) affine transforms that contain rotation, scale, and translation information. Thus, using the manipulation system the application author can focus more on building touch-capable applications and let the manipulation system handle the underlying transformations and communication with the multi-touch hardware. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278530 | TOUCH INPUT PROCESSOR, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND TOUCH INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A touch coordinate acquisition unit acquires the coordinate position of a touch point on a touch panel. An area determination unit determines whether or not the coordinate position of a touch point is present within an enlarging operation area provided in part of the touch panel. A drag determination unit determines if a touch point has been dragged. When the coordinate position of a touch point is present within the enlarging operation area and the touch point has been dragged, an operation mode switching unit switches the operation mode for touch inputs from a normal operation mode to an enlarging operation mode. When the operation mode is switched to the enlarging operation mode, a touch coordinate transformation unit transforms the coordinates of an actual touch point within the enlarging operation area into the coordinates of a virtual touch point for the whole area of the touch panel. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278531 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CURSOR-BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - A method of displaying content on a touch screen device is disclosed. The method can include sending a request for content from the touch screen device to a remote server; receiving both the content and an instruction code at the touch screen device from the remote server in response to the request for content to the remote server; and using the combination of instruction code and the content to present the content at a defined relationship with respect to a touchpoint on a display screen of the touch screen device. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278532 | Advertisement System and Advertisement Broadcasting Method - An advertisement system for broadcasting an advertisement includes a data generating device for generating a first advertisement service or a second advertisement service, a display device coupled to the data generating device for outputting the first advertisement service or the second advertisement service, an infrared detector for detecting variations of infrared signals within a specific range from the display device, to generate a detection result, and a control unit for controlling the data generating device according to the detection result. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278533 | Mobile Terminal and User Interface of Mobile Terminal - A mobile terminal including a display, and a controller coupled to the display, the controller configured to display information on the display, scroll the displayed information in response to a touch and moving input applied on the display in a direction, and refresh the displayed information if the touch and moving input is released subsequent to the scrolling of the displayed information. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278534 | CONTROLLED INTERACTION WITH HETEROGENEOUS DATA - A two-dimensional canvas onto which heterogenic objects of various types may be arranged side-by-side. Each type of object has an associated set of control(s), the control(s) at least partially differing from one type to the next. The two-dimensional canvas is fixed in one dimension, but extensible in a second dimension. The canvas may be displayed in miniaturized for with a view box superimposed upon the canvas. As the view box is moved over the miniaturized canvas, the enlarged editable portion of the corresponding canvas is displayed in an edit view. The canvas may also display clusters of objects that are arranged in dashboards. In that case, the display might include a dashboard review area that allows a user to select the appropriate dashboard to display. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278535 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH POSITION OF TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH SCREEN USING SAME - Disclosed are a method for detecting a touch position of a touch screen and the touch screen using the same. A method for detecting a touch position on a touch screen includes the steps of: detecting a touched touch screen block among touch screen blocks by using signals generated from at least one touch sensor among touch sensors included in a plurality of touch screen blocks into which an area of the touch screen is divided; and detecting a touch position in the detected touch screen block on the basis of a signal of a touch sensor included in the detected touch screen block. Thus, compared to an existing method of processing a signal by reading measurement values of all measurement sensors, the invention enables fast signal processing, thereby reducing measurement signal processing time for measuring a touch position of a touch screen. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130278536 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display unit | 10-24-2013 |
| 20130285919 | INTERACTIVE VIDEO SYSTEM - An interactive video system includes a processor unit configured to provide output signals to a short throw projector. The output signals cause the short throw projector to project images on a projection area located on or parallel to a floor. The processor can receive input signals from one or more user input devices. The input signals represent a simulated user interaction with the images projected on the projection area. The processor can also alter one or more of the images projected on the projection area in response to the input signals. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285920 | CAUSING DISPLAY OF A THREE DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE - An apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to cause a view of a three-dimensional graphical user interface to be displayed on a touch-sensitive display, the three-dimensional graphical user interface comprising a three-dimensional arrangement of a plurality of graphical objects, each of the graphical objects, when displayed, having an associated display parameter, to identify at least one graphical object for which the associated display parameter satisfies a predetermined criterion, and to enable individual selectability in respect of the identified at least one graphical object, wherein each individually selectable graphical object is selectable with a touch input and wherein individually selecting a graphical object with a touch input causes an action to be performed in respect of the selected graphical object. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285921 | Systems and Methods for a Rollable Illumination Device - Systems and methods are provided for managing an illumination of a flexible display ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285922 | Systems and Methods for Managing the Display of Content on an Electronic Device - Systems and methods are provided for managing the display of content on an electronic rollable device ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285923 | Digital Dog Tag - A digital identification tag for storing and displaying identification data is disclosed. The digital identification tag comprises an outer casing having a front portion and a rear portion, a touch screen at the front portion of the outer casing, a circuit board located inside the digital identification tag, a universal serial bus (USB) port, an internal flash memory data storage device mounted on the circuit board, a processor mounted on the circuit board, and a battery holder at the rear portion of the outer casing. The USB port receives identification data from an electronic device. The internal flash memory data storage device stores the identification data received from the USB port. The touch screen displays identification data stored in the internal flash memory data storage device when a user strokes over a top portion and/or a bottom portion of the touch screen. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285924 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to the Interpretation of Touch-Based Actions - A control circuit can be configured to, in a shared mode of operation, interpret a first touch-based action as a cursor-control instruction while also interpreting a second touch-based action as a multi-touch gesture. Such a device can supplement a native cursor-free user-interface approach with a cursor-based selection-and-movement capability that is also responsive to touch-based interactions. That first touch-based action can comprise simultaneously touching the touch-screen display with two fingers that are spaced only within a predetermined range of each other. In such a case a cursor can be displayed between those two fingers. The user can then move that cursor by moving at least one of those fingers. By another approach the device can effect a cursor-based selection action upon detecting a momentary touch on the touch-screen display. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285925 | Unlocking an Electronic Device - A method and apparatus for unlocking an electronic device includes displaying ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285926 | Configurable Touchscreen Keyboard - A method for configuring a virtual keyboard on a display, comprising: detecting a touch input associated with a location in the virtual keyboard on the display; adjusting, when the touch input is a designated touch gesture, a position of the virtual keyboard within a user interface screen in which the virtual keyboard is located in accordance with a direction of the touch input. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285927 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD WITH CORRECTION OF PREVIOUSLY INPUT TEXT - The present disclosure provides a touchscreen keyboard with correction of previously input text. A method for correcting text input on an electronic device is described. The method comprises: displaying a virtual keyboard on a touchscreen, the virtual keyboard including a plurality of keys; receiving input from the virtual keyboard; displaying received input in an input field displayed on the touchscreen; and deleting a previous set of characters in the input field when a delete touch gesture is detected in association with a designated key in the virtual keyboard. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285928 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEXT SELECTION - A method includes, detecting a first touch input representing a selection of multiple rows of text displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, determining whether a complete row of text has been selected from a start point or to an end point of the selected text, and, displaying a paragraph selection handle proximal to said row, the paragraph selection handle being responsive to a second touch input to place the electronic device in a paragraph selection mode for the selection of text. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285929 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Stylus-Based Responses - A control circuit detects an initial interaction between a touch-sensitive surface and a stylus and responsively automatically displays a corresponding fresh electronic ink writing façade. By one approach the initial interaction can comprise a non-touching interaction. The fresh electronic ink writing façade can comprise a representation of an unmarked sheet of paper. If desired, upon detecting the initial interaction, the control circuit can first determine whether an electronic ink writing façade already exists for the presently-displayed content. When true, the control circuit can automatically display at least a portion of the already existing electronic ink writing façade. Otherwise, the control circuit can provide the aforementioned fresh electronic ink writing façade. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285930 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEXT SELECTION - A method includes, displaying a content selection icon on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting touch input at a touch location on the display operable to select a content selection function associated with the content selection icon, and, modifying the displayed content selection icon to display a touch portion at a location on the display corresponding to said detected touch location and a content selection portion operatively coupled to, but spatially separated from, the touch portion. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285931 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A SELECTION OPTION - A method includes, displaying a plurality of selection options on a touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch at a touch location on the touch-sensitive display, determining a touch area based on the touch location, determining an overlap value based on a size of the touch area that overlaps a selection area associated with a selection option, and on a size of the selection area, and identifying a selection option based on the determined overlap value. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285932 | Device and Method for Processing User Input - A method for generating display data comprises detecting user input via an input interface. A processor is in communication with the input interface to generate display data comprising a display object for display by a display device. The display object is representative of an action that will subsequently be performed by the processor on continuation of the user input. The display data on the display device is output whilst the user input is being detected. Alternatively, the display object is caused to appear on the display device over time as the user input is being performed, wherein the rate at which the display object appears is different to the rate of performance of the user input. A device and executable computer program for performing the steps of the method is also provided. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285933 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SCREEN THEREOF - There are provided a mobile device and a method of controlling a screen of the mobile device. The mobile device includes: a display unit including an effective display area for displaying a screen; a touch screen panel including a plurality of sensing electrodes; and a control unit detecting a touch input based on a sensing signal generated from the plurality of sensing electrodes and controlling the screen displayed by the display unit, wherein when the touch input corresponds to a previously set first input gesture, the control unit controls such that a size of the screen is reduced at a predetermined first ratio and the reduced screen is only displayed in a portion of the effective display area. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285934 | MOBILE DEVICE AND GESTURE DETERMINATION METHOD - An exemplary embodiment provides a mobile device. The mobile device includes a display panel, a touch panel, and a processing unit. The display panel displays images. The touch panel detects a gesture and receives a sensing signal corresponding to the gesture, wherein the touch panel further calculates at least one contact point produced by the gesture according to the sensing signal, and produces at least one trigger signal according to the contact point. The processing unit operates at a first operating frequency when the mobile device is in a normal operating mode, and operates at a second operating frequency lower than the first operating frequency when the mobile device is in a hibernate mode, wherein the mobile device turns off the processing unit and the display panel in the hibernate mode, and the touch panel continues to detect the gesture in the hibernate mode. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285935 | METHOD AND APAPRATUS FOR TEXT SELECTION - A method includes, detecting a first touch input representing a selection of multiple rows of text displayed on a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, determining whether a complete row of text has been selected from a start point or to an end point of the selected text, and, displaying a paragraph selection handle proximal to said row, the paragraph selection handle being responsive to a second touch input to place the electronic device in a paragraph selection mode for the selection of text. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285936 | METHOD FOR A TOUCH PANEL TO GENERATE A TOUCH SIGNAL - A touch panel includes a plurality columns of sensing partitions, a plurality of driving lines, a plurality of sensing lines and a memory. A method for the touch panel to generate a touch signal includes sequentially inputting driving signals to the plurality of driving lines, reading a plurality of voltage values of one of the plurality columns of sensing partitions through one of the plurality of sensing lines, converting the plurality of voltage values into a plurality of digital values, calculating a mean of the digital values, and storing the coordinate of at least one digital value in a memory. The difference between the at least one digital value and the mean is larger than a predetermined value. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285937 | CONNECTED MULTI-SCREEN VIDEO MANAGEMENT - Disclosed herein are techniques and mechanisms for connected multi-screen video management. According to various embodiments, content management information may be received from a remote server. The received content management information may be stored on a storage medium. The received content management information may be processed to provide a content management interface. The content management interface may include a plurality of media content categories. Each of the media content categories may include a plurality of media content items available for presentation at the computing device. Each of the media content items may be retrievable from a respective media content source. At least two of the media content items may be retrievable from different media content sources. The content management interface may be displayed on a display screen. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285938 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A flexible touch screen panel includes a polarizing film having an active region and a non-active region, the non-active region being along an outline of the active region, and the polarizing film having a polarizer, a phase difference compensating layer defining a first surface of the polarizing film, and a transparent adhesive between the phase difference compensating layer and the polarizer, the transparent adhesive being configured to support the polarizer, sensing patterns on the first surface of the polarizing film, the sensing patterns being in the active region, and sensing lines on the first surface of the polarizing film, the sensing lines being in the non active region and being coupled to the sensing patterns. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285939 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel having first sensing electrodes including a plurality of first sensing cells arranged on a substrate and a first coupling unit that electrically couples adjacent ones of the first sensing cells, and having second sensing electrodes including a plurality of second sensing cells arranged on the substrate and a second coupling unit that electrically couples adjacent ones of the second sensing cells. The second coupling unit includes a plurality of relay patterns and the relay patterns are positioned in the first sensing electrodes. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285940 | Touch Type Control Equipment and Method Thereof - A distance-tracking touch detection controller operable to enable functions of an electronic device based on a user's gestures and location of touch on his own body. The distance-tracking touch detection controller comprises a distance meter and a control interface coupled with the distance meter. When user touches his own body, the distance meter detects the touched location or the trajectory of touched locations and generates a detecting signal. The control interface is coupled with the distance meter, and the control interface reads the detecting signal to generate a control signal. The control signal is operable to enable one or more functions of an electronic device. Moreover, a method of operating the distance-tracking touch detection controller is presented. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285941 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, TOUCH INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touchpanel display and a controller. The controller is configured to input, if a first region of a first contact on the touchpanel display comprising an area larger than a first area is detected and a second region of a second contact on the touchpanel display comprising an area smaller than the first area is detected, positional information of the second contact detected via the touchpanel display. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285942 | TOUCH DETECTION METHOD AND TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch detection method and a touch control device using the same are provided. The touch control device has a touch unit. The touch detection method includes following steps. A voice input signal and a touch input signal generated by a touch behavior of an input tool on the touch unit are detected and recorded. The input tool and the touch behavior thereof are identified according to the voice input signal and the touch input signal. Herein the touch input signal indicates a touch property corresponding to the touch behavior of the input tool on the touch unit, and the voice input signal is used for identifying the type of the input tool. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285943 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING TOUCH CONTROLLER FIRMWARE DOWNLOADED FROM EXTERNAL HOST TO CONTROL TOUCH PANEL - An exemplary touch controller chip includes a volatile storage device, an interface unit and a control unit. The interface unit is arranged for receiving touch controller firmware outside the touch controller chip, and storing the received touch controller firmware into the volatile storage device. The control unit is arranged for executing the touch controller firmware stored in the volatile storage device to control a touch panel. In addition, an exemplary electronic device includes a touch controller chip and a host, wherein the touch controller chip has no non-volatile storage device used for storing touch controller firmware, and the host is arranged for transmitting the touch controller firmware to the touch controller chip. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285944 | PROGRAMMABLE RESISTIVE MULTI-TOUCH DETECTIONS AND REGIONALIZED RESISTIVE MULTI-TOUCH SENSING - An apparatus comprises touch screen interface and signal processing circuit. Within touch screen interface, there are switching circuits configured to be coupled to at least one of a plurality of column electrodes, and there are touch detection circuits configured to be coupled to at least one of a plurality of row electrodes. The signal processing circuit is coupled to each switching circuit and each touch detection circuit so as to be able to selectively activate the plurality of switching circuits and touch detection circuits to identify a zone for a touch event. The signal processing circuit determines first, second, third, and fourth resistances for the zone for the touch event and determines a set of coordinates and pressure for the touch event from its first, second, third, and fourth resistances. A zone controller, wherein the first and second rows are previously enabled, but a third row is not enabled. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285945 | TOUCH SENSING PANEL AND TOUCH SENSING DEVICE FOR DETECTING MULTI-TOUCH SIGNAL - Provided are a touch sensing panel and a touch sensing panel for detecting multiple touches, including a first conductive trace formed along a first axial direction, a second conductive trace formed along a second axial direction intersecting the first axis, and an auxiliary conductive trace electrically connected to the second conductive trace, and formed along the first axial direction. An interpolation effect of a touched input moving in a horizontal direction may be expected, and an accuracy and linearity of the touched input may be enhanced through the auxiliary conductive trace generating a detected signal so that a dead region with respect to the touched input may be prevented from occurring. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285946 | CORRELATED SENSOR SYSTEM - A system for controlling a display screen using manually generated movement of a user. The system includes a first and a second sensor arrangement being different from each other and used for forming a combined and correlated set of sensor data. The correlated parameters are matched to a code book and thereafter used for controlling the display screen. A method and computer program are also disclosed for controlling a display screen. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285947 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY FOR USE IN OPERATING ROOMS - An interactive method of displaying information in an operating room can include receiving data via a reader from badges associated with persons to establish the presence of persons in the operating room or the like. The data can be processed and the identifying information can be displayed on a display device that is visually accessible within the operating room. The display device can also display other relevant information, including surgical pause checklists, retained object counts, and relevant medical data. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285948 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL OBJECT AND TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL - The present invention provides a method for processing a touch screen terminal object and a touch screen terminal. The method includes: receiving an object placing instruction of placing, in a container interface, a source object selected in a source interface, determining, according to attribute information of the source object, a display icon that corresponds to the source object, and displaying, in the container interface, the display icon that corresponds to the source object; receiving an icon placing instruction of placing the display icon that corresponds to the source object and is in the container interface on a selected target object in a target interfac; determining a target operation option according to the attribute information of the source object and attribute information of the target object; and starting a target operation procedure according to the target operation option and the target object. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285949 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING TOUCHPAD SIGNALS - A control apparatus includes a first input unit, a second input unit, and an operation command output unit. The first input unit receives a first manipulation signal indicative of a first manipulation including a first manipulation point and a first manipulation pressure from a first touchpad. The second input unit receives a second manipulation signal indicative of a second manipulation including a second manipulation point and a second manipulation pressure from a second touchpad. The operation command output unit receives the first manipulation signal and the second manipulation signal, and outputs an operation command to a display device based on a combination of the first manipulation and the second manipulation. The first touchpad is arranged to be approachable by a first manipulation finger of a left hand. The second touchpad is arranged to be approachable by a second manipulation finger of a right hand. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285950 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING STRUCTURE FOR FIXING TOUCH PANEL THEREOF - An electronic device includes an upper cover, a lower cover engaged with the upper cover, a touch panel, a circuit board fixed to the lower cover, at least one connector mounted on the circuit board, and a support element. A top surface of the touch panel is fixed to the upper cover. The support element includes a mount and at least one support. The mount is mounted on the circuit board and covers the at least one connector. The at least one support protrudes from the mount and resists against a bottom surface of the touch panel. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285951 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a display unit, a sensing unit configured to acquire one or more pieces of first external state information, a wireless communication unit configured to acquire one or more pieces of second external state information, and a controller configured to change the input mode of the mobile terminal to at least one of a touch input mode with respect to a touch input corresponding to a touch operation performed on the display unit and a non-touch input mode with respect to a non-touch input that does no involves a touch operation performed on the display unit according to at least one of the first external state information and the second external state information, and to change a display screen of the display unit based on the input according to the changed input mode. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285952 | IN-CELL MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL SYSTEM - An in-cell multi-touch display panel system includes a touch LCD panel and a touch display control subsystem. The touch LCD panel has a TFT layer, a conductive electrode layer, and a common-voltage and touch-driving layer. The TFT layer has K gate driving lines and L source driving lines for a display operation. The conductive electrode layer has M first conduct lines for a touch detection operation by sampling a touch detection result from the M first conduct lines. The common-voltage and touch-driving layer has N second conduct lines for receiving a common voltage signal in display and receiving a touch-driving signal in touch detection. The K gate driving lines are divided into N groups respectively corresponding to the N second conduct line. When one group of gate driving lines has the display driving signal, the corresponding second conduct line is connected to the common voltage signal. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285953 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a window including a key button portion, a light-transmissive pattern foamed at a rear surface of the window, a touch sensor disposed to cover the rear surface of the window and a metal pattern formed at one surface of the touch sensor, the metal pattern overlapping the key button portion so as to be exposed through the light-transmissive pattern. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285954 | OPERATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, OPERATION DISPLAY METHOD AND TANGIBLE COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed in an operation display apparatus including: a display unit; a touch panel to detect a touch position on which a display face of the display unit is touched; and a control unit to control display contents of the display unit and to switch a specific area provided in a part of the display face, between an operable state in which display of information and a detection of a touch action for the touch panel are operated and a non-operable state in which the display and the detection are not operated, wherein the control unit sets a part of the specific area, which is arranged in a boundary with another operation display apparatus disposed with the operation display apparatus side by side, to the operable state. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285955 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285956 | MOBILE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY FUNCTION, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE DEVICE PROVIDED WITH DISPLAY FUNCTION - A mobile device provided with a display function includes a display surface on which a screen as a target to be operated is displayed; a touch detection module which detects a touch operation on the display surface; an operation specifying module which specifies the kind of the touch operation on the display surface on the basis of results of detection by the touch detection module; and a function execution module which executes a function according to the kind of the touch operation specified by the operation specifying module. In this configuration, the function execution module restricts execution of a function corresponding to a touch operation of a predetermined kind in a restriction area provided in at least a part of an inner peripheral edge of the display surface. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285957 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD USING A PLURALITY OF DISPLAY PANELS - A display device including a plurality of display panels and one or more vibration sensors for detecting a vibration by a touch of an input device. The vibration sensors are attached to the plurality of display panels The display device also includes a controller for, when one of the plurality of display panels is touched by the input device, identifying the display panel touched by the input device from the plurality of display panels according to vibration intensities detected by one or more vibration sensors. A display panel on which an input by an electronic pen is performed among multiple display panels can be identified through vibration intensities, so that input position detection using pattern recognition can be achieved even when the plurality of display panels are used. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285958 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285959 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285960 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOUCH RESPONSE AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and an apparatus for processing touch information in an electronic device are provided. The method for processing touch information includes determining one or more regions for performing a touch event corresponding to touch information in the electronic device displayed on a touch screen, and when detecting a first touch, determining whether to process an event of the first touch in an electronic document by considering a first touch point and the one or more regions. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285961 | MULTI-TOUCH OBJECT INERTIA SIMULATION - The inertia system provides a common platform and application-programming interface (API) for applications to extend the input received from various multi-touch hardware devices to simulate real-world behavior of application objects. To move naturally, application objects should exhibit physical characteristics such as elasticity and deceleration. When a user lifts all contacts from an object, the inertia system provides additional manipulation events to the application so that the application can handle the events as if the user was still moving the object with touch. The inertia system generates the events based on a simulation of the behavior of the objects. If the user moves an object into another object, the inertia system simulates the boundary characteristics of the objects. Thus, the inertia system provides more realistic movement for application objects manipulated using multi-touch hardware and the API provides a consistent feel to manipulations across applications. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285962 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE - A device may include a touch sensitive display and logic configured to control the touch sensitive display to display information to a user, provide a window of enlarged information via the touch sensitive display based on a determined position of input on the touch sensitive display, and receive a selection from the enlarged information based on a determined position of input within the provided window. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285963 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE DEPENDING ON A USER'S CONTACT PATTERN - A graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed on a display unit in an apparatus which may include a tactile sensor unit. When a contact by a user is detected at the tactile sensor unit, a control unit may receive a contact detection signal therefrom. Based on the contact detection signal, the control unit may determine a contact pattern and may then display the GUI corresponding to the contact pattern. The GUI may be displayed and modified depending on the location and pressure of contacts by a user's manipulating fingers. Therefore, a user can manipulate the apparatus without any inconvenience or accidental touches. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285964 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DATA EXTRACTING METHOD IN A MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and data extracting method therein are provided, by which specific data meeting a specific condition can be selected and extracted conveniently and quickly in the course of displaying a data list constructed with a plurality of data. The mobile terminal receives an input of a touch action for selecting specific data and a classification condition corresponding to the specific data using a displayed data list upon receiving the input of the touch action, selects at least one data including the specific data as the data including the classification condition from a plurality of data, receives an input of an extraction command signal for extracting the selected data, and extracts the selected data upon receiving the input of the extraction command signal. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285965 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND COUPLING-NOISE ELIMINATING METHOD - A display device includes; a touch panel device including; a touch panel and a touch controller connected to the touch panel, the touch controller including; a sampling unit which samples a sensing output signal input thereto from the touch panel to generate a sampled signal, and an analog/digital converter which converts the sampled signal to generate contact information, and a display panel device including; a display panel, a gate driver which applies a gate signal to the display panel, and a data driver which applies a data voltage to the display panel, wherein the sampling unit samples a portion of the sensing output signal which does not include a coupling noise. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285966 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285967 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus (for example, a mobile terminal apparatus ( | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285968 | TOUCH DETERMINATION WITH SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT - Multi-touch sensitivity is enabled using a touch-sensitive apparatus comprising a panel for conducting signals from a plurality of incoupling points to a plurality of outcoupling points, thereby defining detection lines between pairs of incoupling and outcoupling points. Signal generators coupled to the incoupling points generate the signals, and signal detectors coupled to the outcoupling points generate an output signal indicative of one or more touches on the surface portion. A signal processor obtains the output signal which, if converted into a set of data samples of a given input format, enables a predetermined reconstruction algorithm to determine an interaction pattern on the surface portion. The signal processor generates, based on the output signal, a modified set of data samples in the given input format; and operates the predetermined reconstruction algorithm on the modified set of data samples so as to determine a modified interaction pattern on the surface portion. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285969 | DETECTION OF GESTURE DATA SEGMENTATION IN MOBILE DEVICES - Detection of gesture data segmentation in mobile devices. An embodiment of a mobile device includes an edge, the edge including at least a first side, and a first touch sensor of one or more touch sensors, the first touch sensor being a side touch sensor to detect contact with the first side of the mobile device. The mobile device further includes one or more motion detection elements to generate motion data representing motion of the mobile device through space over a period of time, a buffer for the storage of the motion data, and a gesture recognition module to interpret the motion data stored in the buffer, wherein the mobile device begins the storage of the motion data in the buffer upon detection of a start of gesture data event, the start of gesture data event including contact with the first touch sensor. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130285970 | TOUCH SENSOR USING GRAPHENE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DETECTING A PRESSURE AND A POSITION - A touch sensor capable of specifying a touch position and/or a degree of a touch pressure by using graphene as an electrode and/or a strain gauge, and more particular, a touch sensor capable of simultaneously detecting a pressure and a position by means of change in resistance by using graphene is provided. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130293480 | DRILLING OF DISPLAYED CONTENT IN A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Systems and computer program products may provide drilling of displayed content in a touch screen device. A system or computer program may provide detecting a touch gesture by a user on a first portion of displayed content on a touch display. The first portion may include a drillable data element having at least a first dimension, a second dimension and a third dimension. The system or computer program may further provide detecting information associated with the touch gesture, determining a requested drilling action based at least in part on the detected information, the requested drilling action including at least one of a change of a displayed drill dimension and a change of a displayed drill degree, sending the requested drilling action of the first portion to a report server and presenting a drilled first portion on the touch display. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293481 | METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR ACCESSING DATA FILES - A method, electronic device, and computer readable medium involves the display of an initial state of a folder icon on a touch screen, detection of a movement path of an object in contact with the touch screen, determination that the movement path substantially matches a predetermined path shape, and the display of a three-dimensionally rotated state of the folder icon on the touch screen in response to the determination. The three-dimensionally rotated state enables user access to a lower-level icon displayed on the touch screen. The lower-level icon corresponds to an electronic data file or a subfolder containing electronic data files. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293482 | TRANSPARENT THROUGH-GLASS VIA - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for transparent conductive vias in a transparent substrate. In one aspect, a transparent conductive via extends through a transparent substrate and electrically connects a topside conductor on a top surface of the transparent substrate and a bottom side conductor on a bottom surface of the transparent substrate. In another aspect, a transparent conductive via extends at least partially through a transparent substrate and is in electrical communication with a topside conductor on a top surface of the transparent substrate. In another aspect, a method of forming a transparent through-substrate via is provided. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293483 | SELECTABLE OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method includes displaying a selectable object at a first position on a display of an electronic device, detecting activity near the selectable object, and, in response to detecting the activity, discontinuing displaying the selectable object at the first position and displaying the selectable object at a second position. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293484 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes applying a first plurality of pulses to scanning electrodes during a first scan to detect touches on a touch-sensitive display, receiving an indication to scan in a reduced power condition, and when in the reduced power condition, applying a second plurality of pulses to scanning electrodes during a second scan to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, wherein the second plurality of pulses comprises fewer pulses than the first plurality of pulses. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293485 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a touch panel, the method including: (A) supplying a raw glass plate; (B) forming an electrode layer on each of a plurality of a glass substrate unit areas on the raw glass plate; (C) forming a protection layer to cover the electrode layer on the glass substrate unit areas; (D) cutting the raw glass plate into the glass substrate units; and (E) tempering the cut glass substrate units. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293486 | TOUCH-BASED REMOTE CONTROL - Systems and method for remotely controlling applications executing on devices that do not have touch-based user input capabilities even when such applications were programmed to rely exclusively on touch-based control are described. In accordance with certain embodiments, user input events produced when a user interacts with a user input component of a remote control device are captured and transmitted to a display or processing device that is executing a target application. On the display/processing device, software components that are not part of the original source code of the target application convert the received user input events into commands that are recognizable to the target application and inject those commands into the target application. The software components also cause a visually-perceptible hotspot indicator or other content to be overlaid on graphical content rendered to a display by the target application, thereby facilitating targeted control of the application by the user. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293487 | TOUCH PANEL - The present invention is directed to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a light shielding layer disposed on a bottom surface of at least one peripheral edge of a transparent substrate. An optical layer with a refractive index greater than 1.5 is disposed on a surface of the transparent substrate. A touch sensing layer is disposed below the transparent substrate. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293488 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a camera configured to capture at least first and second eye gestures of a user using the mobile terminal; a display; and a controller configured to display on the display an eye tracking mode guide based on the captured first captured eye gesture and to select a particular function included in the eye tracking mode guide based on the captured second eye gesture. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293489 | PROXIMITY/MOTION AND TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - This disclosure relates to a proximity/motion and touch sensor. The proximity/motion and touch sensor includes a proximity/motion driving electrode, a plurality of first proximity/motion sensing electrode, a plurality of second proximity/motion sensing electrode serials, a plurality of first touch electrode serials, and a plurality of second touch electrode serials. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293490 | DISPLAY ZOOM CONTROLLED BY PROXIMITY DETECTION - Various embodiments provide a user device comprising a touch screen display having a touch screen input; a proximity detector arrangement comprising a plurality of sensors for detecting a location of an input device; and a control unit comprising a processor. The control unit is configured to receive data from the proximity detector to determine the location of the input device, including a value related to the distance of the input device to the display; and control the display to perform a zoom function to enlarge or reduce the size of content on a portion of the display based on the value related to the distance of the input device to the display. The proximity detector arrangement and control unit are configured to detect the location of the input device within a detection volume and to provide a gradual variation in enlargement or reduction of the size of content as the distance of the input device to the display varies. Providing a gradual variation in zoom allows for a more precise and enjoyable user experience. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293491 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate has detection electrodes of a touch panel, each of pixels has a pixel electrode and a counter electrode divided into a plurality of blocks. The counter electrodes of the respective blocks are commonly provided for the respective pixels of plural continuous display lines, the counter electrodes of the respective blocks double scanning electrodes of the touch panel, and a driver circuit that applies a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective blocks is provided. The driver circuit sequentially applies the touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the respective blocks in plural times, while a drive pulse for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display panel is not varied, and drive frequencies of the respective touch panel scanning voltages are different from each other. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293492 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH HANDHELD CARRIER HOSTING MEDIA CONTENT - Improved techniques for interacting with one or more handheld carriers hosting media content are disclosed. The handheld carrier hosting media content may be sensed, and at least a portion of the media content may be integrated into operation of a media activity provided by a computing device, upon recognizing the media activity and the media content. The media activity provided by the computing device may involve creating or editing an electronic document. The integration of the media content into operation of the media activity may involve insertion or importation of the media content into the electronic document. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293493 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD OF TOUCH INPUT DEVICES - A signal transmitting method of a touch input device is adapted to the touch input device and a computer device connected with each other. According to an embodiment, the signal transmitting method includes the following steps. A touch signal is obtained by using a touch input device. When the touch signal corresponds to a mouse mode, the touch signal is transmitted to an inbuilt mouse driver of the computer device through a first channel. When the touch signal corresponds to a touchpad mode, the touch signal is transmitted to an inbuilt touchpad driver of the computer device through a second channel different from the first channel. Thus, a single touch input device can be used as a mouse and a touch pad, and provide different input signals to the computer device. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293494 | Wristband Having A User Interface And Method Of Using Thereof - A user input system that includes a wristband sized for at least partly encircling a wearer's wrist and having an outer surface, a touch surface operative to detect at least one movement vector of at least one fingertip which slide contiguously against the outer surface, a touch controller for analyzing the at least one movement vector to identify a computing device operation command, and a wireless communication unit for wirelessly transmitting the computing device operation command to the computing device. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293495 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING TOUCH AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for touch input and a touch display device using the same are provided. The method for touch input includes: if a touch of an object with respect to the touch display device is detected, determining a contact area of the object touching on the touch display device; determining an input function corresponding to the contact area of the object; and if a touch input by the object is received, executing an input operation based on the determined input function corresponding to the contact area of the object. Accordingly, the user may execute a variety of input operations based on various input functions, by touch inputs using a variety of objects, without having to display an input function change menu. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293496 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - First, when operation input by a user is detected, an operation signal in accordance with contents of the operation is output. Next, a determination is made of whether the operation by the user is a short press operation or a long press operation on the basis of time in which the operation signal is output. Next, if determined that the user has performed the short press operation, a preview screen indicating contents of a predetermined event associated with the long press operation in advance is displayed on a screen of a display section as a preview. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293497 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present application provides an electronic device having a first operating mode and a second operating mode, and including a body; a first rotating structure connected with the body; a supporting part connected with the body via the first rotating structure; a second rotating structure; a base connected with the supporting part via the second rotating structure. Specifically, the body is substantially perpendicular to the base when the electronic device is in the first operating mode; and the body is substantially parallel to the base when the electronic device is in the second operating mode. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293498 | Liquid Crystal Display Device and Method of Driving the Same - Disclosed is an LCD device and a method of driving the same. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel configured to comprise a TFT substrate and a color filter substrate; a touch panel configured to comprise a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of receiving electrodes; a common voltage generator configured to generate a common voltage; a touch sensing unit configured to supply the common voltage to the driving electrodes and sequentially supply a driving voltage to scanned driving electrodes, corresponding to scanned gate lines to which a scan signal has been inputted for one frame period, to detect a touch; and a driving voltage generator configured to generate the driving voltage. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293499 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR - A touch-sensitive display device includes a substrate, an OLED structure and a cover plate. The OLED structure is disposed on the substrate and includes a first electrode layer, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer is disposed on the substrate, the light-emitting layer is disposed on the first electrode layer, and the second electrode layer is disposed on the light-emitting layer and patterned to form a plurality of touch-sensing electrodes. The cover plate is disposed opposite the substrate and spaced at an interval from the substrate, and the OLED structure is sealed between the substrate and the cover plate. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293500 | Highlevel Active Pen Matrix - The present invention relates to a system, method and medium for receiving and acting upon user input. In one embodiment, the user may only have access to a limited input device, like a stylus. Using the present invention, a user is provided with intuitive responses from the system based on inputs from the limited input device. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293501 | DETECTION OF A ROLLING MOTION OR SLIDING MOTION OF A BODY PART ON A SURFACE - An optical scanner scans a first portion of a print of a body part such as a finger in a first area of an optical surface. The optical scanner detects a motion of the body part to a second area of the optical surface. This can be done in various ways. One way is for the optical scanner to detect a sliding motion of the body part to determine if most of the first portion of the print is in the second area. Another way is for the optical scanner to determine a rolling motion of the print based on a continuity of the print from the first area to the second area. A similar system and method is disclosed which detects a rolling motion of a body part by using a sleeve with multiple properties. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293502 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided a display apparatus capable of reducing user annoyance by displaying display information in an appropriate output format. Touch panel | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293503 | Input Identification Method And Input Apparatus - An input apparatus having a touch module and an input identification method applied to the apparatus are described. The method includes during the collection of a touch track on the touch module, when a first partial track of the touch track satisfies a first preset condition, a first command corresponding to the first partial track is obtained; the first command is executed; and during the collection of the touch track, when a second partial track following the first partial track satisfies a second preset condition, a second command corresponding to the second partial track is obtained; and the second command is executed. The method and apparatus can quickly identify a gesture operation of a user on the touch screen, and can continue to perform the corresponding operation after the identification of the gesture operation of the user and before the completion of the gesture operation. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293504 | SYSTEM WITH A GESTURE-IDENTIFICATION UNIT - A method is used for operating a system with a touchscreen, a control unit for the touchscreen, a central-processing unit and a gesture-identification unit. In a first method step, a position of one or more physical objects on and/or near the touchscreen is identified by the control unit, and/or a movement of one or more physical objects on and/or near the touchscreen is identified by the control unit. In a further method step, the position and/or the movement of one or more physical objects is associated with a gesture in a gesture set by a first association unit in a gesture-identification unit. Following this, a key combination is transferred by a second association unit to an application, and/or a function of an application is started for the gesture by the second association unit, and/or the gesture is transferred by the second association unit to an application. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130293505 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTION INTERFACE FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Method and apparatus for multi-dimensional interaction interface for mobile devices. An embodiment of a mobile device includes a touch screen to provide a display and to generate a touch screen signal upon contact to the touch screen, a touch sensor to generate a touch sensor signal upon contact to the touch sensor, and a module to provide for cooperative operation of the touch screen signal and the touch sensor signal in providing input to the mobile device upon determining that an input to the touch screen indicates a multipoint input. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20130300670 | COMPUTER INPUT STYLUS WITH MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - The present disclosure provides a stylus for enabling inputs to be made to a host electronic device. The stylus has multiple antennas that are displaced from each other and the tip of the stylus body. In operation, the antennas are excited to each radiate an electromagnetic field directed towards the tip of the stylus. The radiated electromagnetic fields may be sensed by the host electronic device to determine the position of the tip relative to a sensing surface. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300671 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH IMAGE SENSOR BASED DISPLAY ORIENTATION - A display system with image sensor based display orientation is provided. The display system comprises: a display device; a sensor for acquiring at least one electronic image from a field of view proximal the display device; and a processor enabled to: control at least a subset of the display device to a display orientation associated with a given edge of the display device when a portion of the at least one electronic image associated with the given edge comprises a given reference image. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300672 | TOUCH SCREEN PALM INPUT REJECTION - Palm input rejection on a touch screen of an electronic device is provided by selecting a rejection region of the touch screen dependent upon the orientation of a pointing device. A predicted palm position relative to the touch screen is predicted and touch-input functionality of a rejection region of the touch screen is disabled, with the rejection region selected dependent upon the predicted palm position and the predicted palm position based on an orientation of a pointing device. The orientation of the pointing device may be determined, for example, from the handedness of a user or from an orientation detector of a stylus pointing device. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300673 | HANDHELD DEVICE AND UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF - A handheld device and an unlocking method thereof are provided. The handheld device comprises a touch panel, a motion sensor and a processor. The touch panel senses a touch to generate a touch signal. The motion sensor senses a motion of the handheld device to generate a motion signal. The processor, which is electrically connected to the touch panel and the motion sensor, receives the touch signal and the motion signal and unlocks the handheld device according to the touch signal and the motion signal. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300674 | Overscan Display Device and Method of Using the Same - A display device comprises a display panel including a display region configured to display one or more image objects and an overscan region configured to prevent the display of images within the overscan region, a touchscreen panel overlying the display region and the overscan region configured to detect and generate engagement data indicative of detected engagement, and a computer processor configured to access first engagement data, determine that the first engagement data reflects engagement with at least one portion of the touchscreen panel correspondingly overlapping with the overscan region, identify a first particular engagement input type based on the first engagement data, and instruct the display panel to invoke the display of the one or more image objects in the display region or to change the display of the one or more image objects in the display region. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300675 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, the electronic device displays on the screen the locus of each of a plurality of strokes which are handwritten by a handwriting input operation which is executed on the touch-screen display. The electronic device stores, in the storage medium, first time-series information including a plurality of stroke data corresponding to the plurality of strokes and indicating an order in which the plurality of strokes were handwritten. The electronic device selects the process-target time-series information part from the first time-series information in accordance with the range designation operation which is executed on the touch-screen display. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300676 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a electronic device includes a touch-screen display, a display process module, a retrieve module, and an emphasis-display module. The display process module displays loci of strokes in a first color on the touch-screen display, based on time-series information. The retrieve module retrieves, from the time-series information, a time-series information part. The emphasis-display module sets a proximity area of loci corresponding to the time-series information part, to display loci corresponding to the time-series information part in a second color, and to display the proximity area loci corresponding to other than the time-series information part, in a third color. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300677 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF SENSING WARPAGE OF THE SAME - A flexible display device includes: a flexible display unit configured to display an image; a flexible touch screen unit disposed over the flexible display unit; an insulating film interposed between the flexible display unit and the flexible touch screen unit, and a spacer formed between the flexible touch screen unit and the insulating film in order to maintain a distance between the flexible touch screen unit and the insulating film. A conductive layer is further formed over the insulating film and configured to touch the flexible touch screen unit when the flexible display device is bent. A degree of warpage of the flexible display device can be measured and thus can be utilized in various warpage events of the flexible display device by using warpage values. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300678 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A flexible touch screen panel includes a flexible thin-film substrate including an active region and an inactive region, the inactive region being at an outer side portion of the active region, and the thin-film substrate being configured to bend along at least one bending axis, sensing patterns in the active region of the thin-film substrate, the active region being divided into a plurality of electrically independent regions by the at least one bending axis, and sensing lines in the inactive region of the thin-film substrate, the sensing lines being connected to the sensing patterns. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300679 | POUCH AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE RECEIVED THEREIN - A pouch for receiving a main body of a portable electronic device having a touch screen provided on a front surface thereof includes: a first part for receiving a rear surface of the main body; and a second part rotatably connected to the first part to close or open the touch screen, wherein the second part is formed to expose visual information of the touch screen to the outside in a state in which the touch screen is covered, and has conductivity allowing the touch screen to sense a touch input applied thereto in the closed state. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300680 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display unit for displaying an image, a first retarder provided on the display panel, a first polarizing plate provided on the first retarder, a touch unit provided on the first polarizing plate, a second retarder provided on the touch unit, and a second polarizing plate provided on the second retarder. With this arrangement, external light entering into the display may either be transmitted or reflected off of the touch unit, and in either case, be absorbed by the second polarizing plate without leaving the display device. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300681 | LOW COMPLEXITY GATE LINE DRIVER CIRCUITRY - Gate driver circuitry that controls an array of display elements is described. The gate driver circuitry has gate drivers that apply a control pulse to each of a number of gate lines in sequence, from a previous gate line to a current gate line, during a frame interval in which the array of display elements is filled with pixel values. Each gate driver has a latch stage followed by an output stage. The output stage is coupled to drive a current gate line, and the latch stage is coupled to drive a) a first hold circuit that holds the current gate line at a predetermined voltage, and b) a second hold circuit that holds a previous gate line at a predetermined voltage. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300682 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a mobile terminal that includes a flexible display configured to bend a prescribed amount, a sensor configured to sense bending of the flexible display, and a controller configured to control the flexible display based on the sensed bending. The controller may detect an event associated with an application program, control the sensor to sense the bending of the flexible display in response to the detected event, and control the flexible display to display event information corresponding to the event on the flexible display according to the sensed bending. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300683 | INTERACTIVITY MODEL FOR SHARED FEEDBACK ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system that produces a dynamic haptic effect and generates a drive signal that includes a gesture signal and a real or virtual device sensor signal. The haptic effect is modified dynamically based on both the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal such as from an accelerometer or gyroscope, or by a signal created from processing data such as still images, video or sound. The haptic effect may optionally be modified dynamically by using the gesture signal and the real or virtual device sensor signal and a physical model, or may optionally be applied concurrently to multiple devices which are connected via a communication link. The haptic effect may optionally be encoded into a data file on a first device. The data file is then communicated to a second device and the haptic effect is read from the data file and applied to the second device. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300684 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING MULTI APPLICATIONS - A method of executing multiple applications in an apparatus including a touch screen is provided. The method includes displaying a first window in which a first application is executed on the touch screen, detecting a division screen display event of the first application and a second application, and decreasing a size of the first window on the touch screen when the division screen display event is detected and displaying, together with the first window, a second window in which the second application is executed on the touch screen. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300685 | OPERATION METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - An operation method of a touch panel includes the following steps. A touch signal generated when the touch panel senses a touch is received. According to the touch signal, whether a location of the touch moves from a triggering zone to a working zone on the touch panel is determined. When the location of the touch moves to the working zone from the triggering zone, the touch panel is controlled to operate under a multi-touch mode. When the location of the touch does not move to the working zone form the triggering zone, the touch panel is controlled to operate under a mouse mode. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300686 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a flexible display unit and a control method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a flexible display unit bendable in response to force applied to the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a sensing unit configured to sense bending of the flexible display unit and a controller configured to generate a control signal for performing a function associated with information output to the flexible display unit in response to the bending. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300687 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A portable device including double-sided displays and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes detecting an unlock command for the portable device, which is a command to switch the first display unit to an active state and to switch the second display unit to a ready-to-activate state, switching the first display unit to an active state and switching the second display unit to a ready-to-activate state when the unlock command is the second command, detecting an unlock trigger for the second display unit, which serves to switch a display unit, which is in a ready-to-activate state, to an active state, and switching the second display unit from the ready-to-activate state an active state according to the detected unlock trigger. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300688 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a position detector configured to detect a position of an operating object as a detection position, a state detector configured to detect a state of the operating object as a detection state, and a selection part configured to select any one of a plurality of objects based on the detection position, the detection state, and a priority calculation technique associated with each of the plurality of objects. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300689 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a portable device and which includes detecting one of a first unlock command for switching a state of a first display unit to an active state and maintaining a state of a second display unit in a locked state or a second unlock command for switching the state of the first display unit to the active state and switching the state of the second display unit to a ready-to-activate state; switching the states of the first and second display units to the active state and the ready-to-activate state, respectively, when the second unlock command is detected; detecting an unlock trigger; and switching the second display unit to the active state according to the detected unlock trigger. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300690 | CONTROL CIRCUIT OF TOUCH SCREEN AND NOISE REMOVING METHOD - The present invention discloses a control circuit of a touch screen and a noise removing method. The present invention provides a technique for performing differential sensing on two adjacent detection lines of a touch screen panel and integrating a differential sensing signal to filter noise. The control circuit and the noise removing method may remove display noise having an effect on two adjacent detection lines, three-wavelength lamp noise having a predetermined frequency, 60 Hz noise, and charger noise caused by battery charging. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300691 | TOUCH PANEL, A TOUCH DEVICE, AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A TOUCH POINT - A touch panel includes a substrate, first and second electrode units, and an auxiliary electrode unit. The substrate has first and second touch areas. The first electrode unit includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged spacedly in one of rows and columns, and disposed on the substrate to span the first and second touch areas. The second electrode unit includes a plurality of second electrodes arranged spacedly in the other of rows and columns to intersect without contacting the first electrodes. The auxiliary electrode unit is disposed proximate to and without contacting the second electrode unit such that the second electrode unit is able to detect a signal passing through the auxiliary electrode unit. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300692 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM OF TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention discloses a signal processing circuit and a signal processing system for processing an input signal provided from a touch screen in response to a driving signal. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300693 | WRITING INSTRUMENT - A writing instrument is disclosed which includes a cylindrical barrel and an end cover having a robust structure and attached to the cylindrical barrel. The end cover comprises a cylindrical base attached to a rear end portion of the cylindrical barrel, a cover body fitted around an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical base, a stopper ring fitted around an outer peripheral surface of at least a fitted portion between the cylindrical base and the cover body, and a cooperation structure for facilitating enhancing of holding force which is exerted on the cover body by the cylindrical base and the stopper ring. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300694 | STYLUS BARREL FOR RECEIVING A STYLUS - A stylus barrel includes a barrel tip configured to input handwritten user data into or on an electronic input field. A chamber is defined within the stylus barrel and is configured to accommodate and retain a stylus that is also configured to input handwritten user data into or on an electronic input field. The stylus and/or the stylus barrel may include a fastener that detachably fastens the stylus within the chamber of the stylus barrel. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300695 | MATRIX SWITCHING TYPE PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TOUCH DETECTING DEVICE - A matrix switching type pressure-sensitive touch detecting device has a simple configuration. The matrix switching type pressure-sensitive touch detecting device may include an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a unified sensor module disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The unified sensor module includes a touch sensor having a plurality of transparent touch electrodes disposed at a patterning portion of a lower surface of the upper substrate in a matrix pattern and a transparent pressure sensor in which a first electrode or a second electrode is patterned at the same layer as the touch electrodes | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300696 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING PALM INPUT TO A DIGITIZER - A method for classifying input provided to a digitizer sensor includes sampling output over one or more sampling periods, identifying a location of intentional input to the digitizer sensor from the output sampled over the one or more sampling periods, identifying an area of potential palm input based on the identified location of the intentional input, and classifying output detected in the area of the potential palm input as output potentially obtained from undesired input to the digitizer sensor. The area of potential palm input is defined to have a defined spatial relation to the location of the intentional input. The output classified is sampled over one or more sampling periods other than the one or more sampling periods from which the area of potential palm input is identified. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300697 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING FUNCTIONS OF PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING BENDED DISPLAY - A portable terminal having a bended display divided into a main region of a front surface and a sub-region of a side of the portable terminal and operating functions of the portable terminal in connection with the main region and the sub-region, and a method of operating the same are provided. The method of operating functions of a portable terminal having a bended display, includes receiving an input of an event, determining a type of the input event, outputting event information, according to an internal event input based on the bended display, through at least one of a main region and a sub-region of the bended display when the input event is the internal event, and outputting event information, according to an external event input from an outside source, through the sub-region of the bended display when the input event is the external event. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300698 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND TOUCH OPERATION DETECTION METHOD - An information processing device includes: a display unit having a touch panel on its front surface; a movement amount calculation unit that calculates the movement amount of a touch operation based on a touch point at which the touch operation is performed with respect to the touch panel and a touch release point at which the touch operation is released from the touch panel; an operation determination unit that determines whether the touch operation is a depression operation or a gesture operation depending on the calculated movement amount; and a command recognition unit that recognizes whether a received command is a command corresponding to the depression operation or the gesture operation. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300699 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided that includes a display unit including a first region and a second region and a control unit configured to receive a first touch stroke through the first region, to receive a second touch stroke through the second region, to generate a third touch stroke corresponding to the first and second touch strokes when a relationship between the first and second touch strokes satisfies to a predetermined condition, and to perform an operation corresponding to the third touch stroke. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300700 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING PRESSURE INFORMATION FOR IMPROVED COMPUTER CONTROLLED HANDWRITING RECOGNITION DATA ENTRY AND USER AUTHENTICATION - A method and system utilizing both coordinate stroke data and associated pressure information for improved handwriting recognition. The method and system can also be applied to all types of handwriting-based data entry applications and also to user authentication. The digitizer pad used in the computer system gives both spatial information and associated pressure data when a stroke is being drawn thereon, e.g., by a stylus. Pressure information can be used to differentiate between different character sets and can also be used to adjust any display attribute, such as character font size, font selection, color, italic, bold, underline, shadow, language, etc. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300701 | Self-Healing and Diagnostic Screen - A device and computer program product for determining a level of cleanliness of a multi-touch screen display, characterizing objects that make contact with the screen, and initiating a specific maintenance action on the screen, based on screen cleanliness and the object(s) characterization(s). A screen diagnostic and maintenance (SDM) utility initiates a number of procedures to determine the type of object(s) and a set of characteristics of object(s) that make contact with the touch screen. Based on the results of the procedures, the SDM utility characterizes/identifies the object(s). In addition, the SDM utility initiates maintenance screen check(s) based on information stored in maintenance configuration file(s). Based on the results of the maintenance check(s), configuration file(s) data and type and characterization of the object(s) that have made contact with the screen, the SDM utility determines the type of maintenance that is performed and the timing/schedule of the maintenance action(s). | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300702 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION BY USING TOUCH INPUT IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method of displaying information in a mobile terminal having a touch screen is provided. The method includes determining whether a touch input is generated by a touch screen, determining whether the touch area moves, calculating a movement direction of the touch area by extracting a value of the touch area movement, determining a current mode according to the calculated movement direction of the touch area, executing a function of the current mode corresponding to the extracted value of the touch area movement, and displaying, while executing the function of the current mode, at least one of a displacement value generated by executing the function of the current mode and a current mode icon indicating the current mode. Accordingly, when displaying information according to a touch input, changes of information may be displayed distinctively, and thereby user convenience may be improved. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300703 | PRODUCT WITH CODING PATTERN - A product comprises a sheet, which is transparent to visible radiation, and a coding pattern, which comprises scattering dots arranged on the sheet to code information, the scattering dots being arranged to diffusely scatter radiation incident thereon, the coding pattern further comprising reflecting dots arranged on the sheet in correspondence with the scattering dots, the reflecting dots being arranged to specularly reflect radiation incident thereon. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130300704 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD - The information input device is an information input device which identifies, as a touch gesture, a touch input from a user and includes: a touch sensor; and an input processing unit which identifies the touch input as the touch gesture using contact positions for identification among contact positions through which the touch input has been given to the touch sensor and which have been detected sequentially at different times within a predetermined period. The contact positions for identification excludes a contact position that is detected after a total number of contact positions detected after a start of the touch input reaches a predetermined number and that falls within a predetermined region. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130307786 | Systems and Methods for Content- and Context Specific Haptic Effects Using Predefined Haptic Effects - Systems and methods for content- and/or context-specific haptic effects are disclosed. In one embodiment electronic content is received by an electronic device. A plurality of predefined effects are received. The plurality of predefined effects may be a database of predefined haptic effects, a library of predefined haptic effects, or a list of predefined haptic effects. An association between at least one predefined haptic effect from the plurality of predefined haptic effects and a predefined event is received. An occurrence of the predefined event is identified wherein the occurrence of the predefined event is associated with a portion of the electronic content. In response to identifying the occurrence of the event, the predefined haptic effect can be generated. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307787 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting, by a touch-sensitive display of a first electronic device, presence of a touch-sensitive display of a second electronic device. A data signal is transmitted from the first electronic device to the second electronic device by applying a drive signal to drive lines of the touch-sensitive display of the first electronic device. The touch-sensitive display of the second electronic device may the received a signal associated with the applied drive signal. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307788 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED USE OF FORCE SENSING TOUCH PANELS - A device and method determines a command from a touch input. The method includes determining an application-in-use data indicative of an application being executed. The method includes receiving, by a touch sensitive input device, a touch input data including at least one of a finger use input data, a force input data, a gesture input data, and a location input data. The finger use input data relates to how the touch input data is entered. The force input data relates to a pressure applied in the touch input data. The gesture input data relates to a motion of the touch input data over time. The location input data relates to a position on the input device. The method includes determining a command based on the application-in-use data and at least one of the finger use input data, the force input data, the gesture input data, and the location input data. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307789 | TOUCH-SCREEN DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE FEEDBACK ACTUATOR - A tactile feedback actuator includes a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a gap, and a surface layer above the first and second electrodes. The first electrode receives a first stimulus voltage at a first frequency and the second electrode receives a second stimulus voltage at a second frequency, and the first and second electrodes superimpose the first and second stimulus voltages to generate a total voltage that has a beat frequency less than a perception threshold frequency. An object in contact with a portion of the surface layer is caused to vibrate at the beat frequency. The first electrode and the second electrode may constitute an electrode array including a plurality of column electrode segments, and a plurality of row electrode segments. An object in contact with a portion of the surface layer above one or more electrode segments is caused to vibrate at the beat frequency. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307790 | Methods And Apparatus For Device Control - Systems and techniques for controlling a device using contacts with a touch sensitive surface, with contacts being analyzed to determine if they represent incidental contacts or deliberate inputs. Upon recognition of a contact to a touch sensitive surface of a device, the contact is analyzed to determine if it meets at least one criterion for recognition as an input. Criteria may include location of the contact, as well as characteristics of the contact or a pattern of which the contact is a part. When a contact is recognized as indicating a deliberate input, user feedback may be provided, indicating to a user that the input was successful or allowing the user to be informed in time to abort or counteract the input. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307791 | METHOD OF MINIMISING CHARGES ACCUMULATED AT COMMON ELECTRODE OF DISPLAY PANEL - A touch system including a display panel associated with a first electrode, a touch panel having a plurality of touch electrodes having a plurality of transmit electrodes and a plurality of receive electrodes, and a voltage generating circuit is provided. When a mutual capacitance between a selected transmit electrode and a selected receive electrode is measured, the voltage generating circuit applies a first voltage of a first polarity to the selected transmit electrode, and substantially concurrently applies a second voltage of a second polarity that is opposite to the first polarity to at least one other transmit electrode for minimizing charges associated with an application of the first voltage to the selected transmit electrode and accumulated at the first electrode. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307792 | GESTURE TOUCH INPUTS FOR CONTROLLING VIDEO ON A TOUCHSCREEN - In general, this disclosure describes novel techniques for controlling video content on a computing device, such as a mobile computing device. For example, a computing device may execute a media application that provides a video output to a presence-sensitive screen of the computing device. During execution of the media application, the presence-sensitive screen may receive a gesture touch input that has motion with respect to the presence-sensitive screen. The computing device may then rewind or fast forward the video output based at least in part on the gesture touch input. The computing device may display, during the rewinding or fast forwarding of the video output, a plurality of frames of the video output concurrently on the presence-sensitive screen in lateral motion corresponding to the rewinding or fast forwarding. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307793 | Touch Screen Panel - Disclosed is a touch screen panel including a plurality of separate sensing electrodes, and a plurality of separate driving electrodes. Each of the sensing electrodes includes a main electrode and a plurality of expanded parts. Each of the expanded parts includes a sub-electrode extending from the main electrode and at least one expanded electrode extending from the sub-electrode. Each of the driving electrodes surrounds at least part of a corresponding one of the expanded parts. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307794 | TOUCHPANEL DEVICE, METHOD OF DISPLAY CONTENT MODIFICATION IN TOUCHPANEL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A touchpanel device includes a detector that detects an operation of changing touch positions of two points on a touchpanel arranged on a display panel, with the two points kept being touched, and a modifier that performs a size modification on content displayed on a display provided in the display panel, in accordance with a direction in which the positions of the two points are changed. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307795 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TIME-VARYING TOMOGRAPHIC TOUCH IMAGING AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM USING SAME - An interactive touchscreen system comprising a conductive panel having a surface portion adapted to receive touch interactions, the conductive panel operatively coupled to a tomograph configured for determining conductivity of the conductive panel and further adapted for incrementally improving a reconstructed tomogram estimation by integrating the output of a tomographic reconstruction algorithm having as input a unreconstructed tomogram delta, the reconstructed tomogram estimation being representative of the panel conductivity properties at locations spatially correlated to a plurality of regions notionally defined over the surface portion and thereform indicative of the touch interactions, the tomograph further processing and outputting said reconstructed tomogram estimation and an indication thereof. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307796 | Touchscreen Device Integrated Computing System And Method - System integrating one or more touchscreen devices into a general-purpose non-session based computing system for greater usability and productivity is provided. Methods for operating such system are also provided. A handheld multi-mode input device supporting the methods and the system to achieve the objects is also provided. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307797 | TABLET TERMINAL AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A tablet terminal receives a triggering indication to enable a detection result of eye gaze, and sets a target area in which the presence of a target object is assumed on a screen of a touch panel using a detection position of eye gaze. The tablet terminal further displays a partial image displayed in the target area out of an image displayed on the screen in an aiming area in which a touch operation to the target area is received in place of the target area, and records a correspondence relation between coordinates of the aiming area and coordinates of the target area. When a touch operation is received within the aiming area, the tablet terminal converts the coordinates of the aiming area in which the touch operation is received into the coordinates projected to the target area using the correspondence relation recorded, and then outputs the converted coordinates. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307798 | Planar Touch Panel with Single Substrate - A planar touch panel is provided. The planar touch panel includes a substrate and a plurality of periphery structures. The substrate has a plurality of transparent conductive patterns, and each of the transparent conductive patterns has a first end and a second end. The width of the first end is smaller than the width of the second end. The periphery structures are disposed adjacent to the first ends of the transparent conductive patterns, and each of the periphery structures has a first conductive layer and a decoration layer. The first conductive layer is disposed on the substrate and extends toward the first end to cover the first end. The decoration layer is disposed on the substrate and the first conductive layer. The decoration layer extends toward the first conductive layer, and is formed with an opening hole on the first conductive layer. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307799 | TOUCHSCREEN WITH ANALOG PRESSURE DETECTION AS USER INTERFACE FOR INDUSTRIAL TECHNICAL DEVICE - Pressure is applied to an area of a touchscreen by an operator of an industrial technical device. A value dependent on the applied pressure is generated by a sensor device associated with the area and supplied to an evaluation device. In a normal operating mode, a variable dependent on the applied pressure is transmitted by the evaluation device to a control device. The control device activates an element of the industrial technical device and outputs to the element a setpoint value dependent on the applied pressure, when the pressure defined by the transmitted variable exceeds a first threshold value. The setpoint value is a monotonously increasing function of the pressure and has the value zero until the pressure exceeds a second threshold value greater than the first threshold value. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307800 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a plurality of scan lines and data lines, a plurality of active devices, and an organic light emitting diode pixel array is provided. The first substrate is opposite to the first substrate. The scan lines and the data lines are intersected and disposed on the first substrate. The active devices are disposed on the first substrate, and each active device is electrically connected with the corresponding scan line and data line. The organic light emitting diode pixel array includes a plurality of organic light emitting diode pixel units, and is disposed on the first substrate. Each organic light emitting diode pixel unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode and an organic light emitting layer. At least one of the scan lines, data lines and the second electrodes transmits a touch driving signal or a touch sensing signal. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307801 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF CONTROLLING USER INTERFACE USING TOUCH SCREEN - A method and an apparatus of controlling a User Interfaces (UIs) using a touch screen are provided. The method includes displaying a menu item in a basic setting menu that is preset in a user device, the menu item being used to select rearrangement of UIs arranged in a display area of the touch screen in a user-touchable partial area, and displaying a rearranged screen displaying the UIs rearranged in the user-touchable partial area, upon sensing of a user touch input selecting the rearrangement of the UIs. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307802 | VIRTUAL HARD MEDIA IMAGING - The presently disclosed technology teaches using a tilt-sensitive virtual marking implement to render an impression on an electronic presentation device. Further, a bearing measurement and a tilt measurement of the virtual marking implement are made with respect to the surface. The tilt and bearing are then used to vary geometry of an impression profile associated with the physical marking implement as well as an intensity of the rendering. A user may actively vary the impression profile while he or she produces strokes of the virtual marking implement across the surface without changing the physical marking implement selection or switching to a different virtual marking implement. When creating a rendering on a virtual canvas using the virtual marking implement and the surface, a user may wish to vary an orientation of the virtual marking implement so that a corresponding impression profile mimics an impression of a selected physical marking implement. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307803 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307804 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307805 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch panel, a display, a key detection module, a keyboard display module and a transmission module. The key detection module is configured to detect a touch and a release of a key of a software keyboard, based on touch detection on the touch panel. The transmission module is configured to transmit data indicative of key-down of a first key in accordance with touch detection of the first key, to transmit data indicative of key-down of a second key in accordance with touch detection of the second key in a state in which the first key is touched, and then to transmit data indicative of key-up of the first key and the second key in accordance with release detection of the first key and the second key. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307806 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device is disclosed. The display device includes first and second substrates, a display part, a vibrating body and a vibration transmission member. The first substrate includes a first inner primary surface and an outer primary surface opposing each other. The first substrate further includes a display region and an input region on the outer primary surface, and an input section. The second substrate includes a second inner primary surface that includes a facing region and a non-facing region. The facing region faces the first inner primary surface while the non-facing region does not face the first inner primary surface. The display part is located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The vibrating body is located in the non-facing region on the second substrate. The vibration transmission member is located between the first inner primary surface and the second inner primary surface. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307807 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307808 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130307809 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device ( | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130314327 | FRAMELESS TOUCH PANEL - This invention discloses a touch panel used in an electronic device having a contour line, and the touch panel includes a covered area disposed on a surface of the electronic device and a transparent touch area disposed adjacent to the covered area, and most of the transparent touch area are surrounded by the contour line of the electronic device. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314328 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENHANCING TOUCH SCREEN OPERATION IN A DISPLAY OF AN AIRCRAFT - A method is provided for controlling touch screen operation of a display device. The method includes: switching an operation of the touch screen to a turbulence mode based on at least one of a detection of turbulence and a user request to enter the turbulence mode. When the operation of the touch screen is in the turbulence mode, one of the following is performed: modifying a user interface, or processing touch sensor input data to determine a selection based on a turbulence processing method. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314329 | TOUCH PANEL DETECTION DEVICE - A touch panel detection device includes a substrate, at least one first and at least one second transmitter, at least one first and at least one second receiver and a connection unit. The substrate is a frame body having opposed first and second sides and opposed third and fourth sides. A first fixing section and a second fixing section are respectively disposed on the first and second sides. A third fixing section and a fourth fixing section are respectively disposed on the third and fourth sides. Opposed fixing sections are respectively parallelly arranged and misaligned from each other. The first and second transmitters are respectively disposed on the first and third fixing sections, while the first and second receivers are respectively disposed on the second and fourth fixing sections. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314330 | TOUCH INPUT SETTINGS MANAGEMENT - In one aspect a method includes: detecting an initial input indicating a user selection disabling touch input for a touch input device of an information handling device; providing a dialog box to a user offering an opportunity to provide an appropriate input confirming the initial input; responsive to expiration of a predetermined time, reverting back to a default mode wherein touch input is enabled; and responsive to receiving a confirming input prior to the expiration of the predetermined time, disabling touch input on the touch input device of the information handling device. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314331 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A GESTURE - A method includes detecting a swipe gesture from an initial touch location on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device; determining touch attributes for the swipe gesture; and performing a lock function if the touch attributes correspond to a stored swipe gesture associated with the lock function. Further lock functions may be activated by detection of attributes of a further stored swipe gesture. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314332 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CLICKING AND POSITIONING MOVABLE OBJECT - An electronic device can acquire position coordinates of a central point of a movable object on a touch screen display in response to a user touching a manipulation region of the movable object. The electronic device calculates new position coordinates according to the position coordinates of the central point and preset deviation values, and sets the new position coordinates as present position coordinates of a registration point of the movable object. The registration point of the movable object can be seen throughout by the user when the user select or move the movable object. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314333 | MULTI-MONITOR SYSTEM AND MULTI-MONITOR CONTROLLING METHOD - An exemplary multi-monitor method includes controlling a first position determining unit and a second position determining unit of a corresponding monitor to emit signals. Then, the method determines which of the first position determining unit and the second position determining unit of the corresponding monitor has received the signal. The method next determines the position of the corresponding monitor among all of the monitors, and determines a new coordinate range of the corresponding monitor in the Cartesian coordinate system. Then the method determines which point has been touched in response to a user touch on the touch unit, and determines the new set of coordinates in the Cartesian coordinate system corresponding to the touched point. Next, the method determines one or more touched monitors, and controls the determined one or more touched monitors to execute the corresponding operation. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314334 | Device, System, and Method for Logging Near Field Communications Tag Interactions - An apparatus, method and system for categorizing, parsing, grouping and displaying Near Field Communication (NFC) tags for presentation on a user device, including storing in a computer readable medium of a log of ones of the tags read by or written by the user device, assessing at least one category for each of the logged tags, and displaying, in conjunction with at least one indicator indicative of the respective at least one category, of each of the logged tags on the user device. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314335 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A touch panel including a transparent substrate having an active area and an inactive area on a circumference of the active area; a plurality of X-axis and Y-axis electrodes; a first controller attached to a first side of the transparent substrate including the inactive area, and including a driving IC configured to control the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors; a second controller attached to a second side of the transparent substrate including the inactive area, in which the second side is opposite to the first side; a plurality of lead lines provided to the inactive area and connecting each of the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors with one of the first and second controllers; and a signal channel connecting the second controller to the driving IC of the first controller and being spaced away from the transparent substrate including the X-axis and Y-axis electrode sensors and the lead lines. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314336 | METHODS OF RHYTHM TOUCH UNLOCK AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An operating method of rhythm touch unlock is disclosed in the present invention. The operating method includes starting a rhythm touch unlock function, reading a touch signal stream, analyzing each signal event of the touch signal stream, reading a predetermined parameter from a database, comparing the touch signal stream to the predetermined parameter, and executing a corresponding operation according to a comparison. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314337 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT CREATION METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch-screen display, a memory, a display process module, and a change module. The memory is configured to store time-series information indicative of loci and an order of handwriting of a plurality of strokes handwritten on the touch-screen display. The display process module is configured to display loci corresponding to the plurality of strokes, on the touch-screen display, based on time-series information. The change module is configured to change time-series information in accordance with an editing operation to the plurality of strokes on the touch-screen display. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314338 | DUAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A dual display including: a first display for displaying first visual information and receiving a touch input; a second display including a double-sided emission display for displaying second visual information through a first surface or a second surface opposite to the first surface, and receiving a touch input; a sensor for sensing relative locations of the first and second displays; and a controller for determining whether or not the second display is covering the first display according to a signal of the sensor, and for controlling the first and second displays. Here, the controller is configured to receive the touch input from the second display when the second display unit covers the first display, and to receive the touch input from the first display when the second display does not to cover the first display. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314339 | CONTROLLER DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A controller device transmits operation data to an information processing device. The controller device wirelessly communicates with the information processing device. The controller device includes an operation unit, a generating unit, and a communication unit. The operation unit includes at least a gyrosensor, an acceleration sensor, a direction input unit, and a touch panel. The generating unit generates operation data based on data obtained from the operation unit. The communication unit wirelessly transmits the operation data to the information processing device for each iteration of a predetermined cycle. The operation data transmitted in a single transmission includes: data representing a value obtained by adding together nine pieces of angular velocity detected by the gyrosensor; data representing one piece of acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor; data representing one piece of direction detected by the direction input unit; and data representing ten pieces of position detected by the touch panel. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314340 | CONTROLLER DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A controller device is used for more information processes. The controller device is capable of wirelessly communicating with an information processing device. The controller device includes a communication unit, a display unit, and a program executing unit. The communication unit transmits, to the information processing device, operation data obtained based on an operation performed on the controller device, and receives, from the information processing device, image data generated in the information processing device through a process performed based on operation data. A display unit displays an image represented by the image data received from the information processing device. When a predetermined operation on the controller device is performed, the program executing unit executes a predetermined program and displays at least the image resulting from the execution of the program on the display unit. The communication unit transmits, to the information processing device, data indicating that the predetermined program is being executed. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314341 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING VISUAL EFFECTS ON A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - A graphical user interface, method and apparatus for providing visual effects on a touchscreen display, including: displaying a first screen; detecting a multi-point touch on the first screen; detecting a first touch event based on the multi-point touch; turning the first screen into a garbage object in response to the first touch event; and removing the garbage object by moving the garbage object to a trash bin icon. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314342 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A touch sensing device includes a touch screen coupled with a display panel including data lines, gate lines crossing the data lines, and pixels arranged in a matrix form, and a touch sensing circuit which supplies a driving signal to lines of the touch screen and senses a touch input. The touch sensing circuit detects an optimum sensing time, in which changes in a voltage change of the gate lines are maintained within a previously determined allowable range, in a touch screen drive period in which data is not written to the pixels of the display panel. The touch sensing circuit supplies the driving signal to the lines of the touch screen only in the optimum sensing time of the touch screen drive period. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314343 | IN-CELL TOUCH TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, and particularly, to an in-cell touch type LCD device, and a method for driving capable of preventing deterioration of picture quality and enhancing touch sensitivity, by dividing a touch block in a spatial manner, not in a time manner. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314344 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, INPUT APPARATUS CONNECTED TO DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND CONTROLLING METHODS THEREOF - A display apparatus, an input apparatus connected to the display apparatus, and controlling methods thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes: a plurality of displays which provide a screen displaying a signal-processed image; an interface which receives coordinate information of the screen recognized by the input apparatus, from the input apparatus; and a controller which controls the display apparatus to change and provide a luminance to a preset area on the screen provided by the plurality of displays, by using the received coordinate information. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314345 | INFORMATION INPUT UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An information input unit includes a carrying module disposed on a base and movable between a first position and a second position, and an input module disposed on and moveable along with the carrying module. The input module includes a touch-pad mechanism including a touch pad configured to be pressed to a pressed position and to generate a touch signal upon being touched, a resilient supporting mechanism resiliently supporting the touch pad to enable the touch pad to return to its original position from the pressed position, and a pressing mechanism disposed below the touch pad and configured to generate a pressing signal upon being pressed by the touch pad. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314346 | Electronic Book - An e-book reader in which destruction of a driver circuit at the time when a flexible panel is handled is inhibited. In addition, an e-book reader having a simplified structure. A plurality of flexible display panels each including a display portion in which display control is performed by a scan line driver circuit and a signal line driver circuit, and a binding portion fastening the plurality of display panels together are included. The signal line driver circuit is provided inside the binding portion, and the scan line driver circuit is provided at the edge of the display panel in a direction perpendicular to the binding portion. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314347 | TOUCH PANEL AND INPUT DEVICE USING SAME - A touch panel includes a first substrate, multiple translucent first electrodes, multiple first wirings, a second substrate, multiple translucent second electrodes, multiple second wirings, and a light-shielding layer. The first wirings include first ends connected to the respective first electrodes, and second ends extending to the edge of the first substrate. The second wirings include first ends connected to the respective second electrodes, and second ends extending to the edge of the second substrate. The light-shielding layer is formed on the first substrate in a position covering at least a part of the first wirings and also corresponding to at least a part of the second wirings. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314348 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a lower body, an upper body, a first screen, a second screen and a detecting element is provided. The upper body is pivotally connected to the lower body and capable to rotate relatively. When the upper body rotates to make the detector detect that the upper body is at a closed position, the electronic device is switched to a first mode, the second screen disposed on an external surface of the upper body displays a first image. When the upper body rotates to make the detecting element detect that the upper body is at an opening position, the electronic device is switched to a second mode, and the first screen disposed on an inner surface of the upper body displays the first frame. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314349 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for controlling a display of an electronic device is proposed along with the electronic device using the same. The electronic device has the display and a touch sensor disposed on the display. The method includes the following steps. The touch sensor is driven when the display is not driven to display an image. A sensing signal is received from the touch sensor. First information is determined based on the sensing signal. The first information is compared with first predetermined information. The display is driven to display the image when the first information matches the predetermined information. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314350 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - While a display portion displays a list, a scroll operation that is an operation of moving a touch position after the touch of a touch panel portion and of thereafter cancelling the touch of the touch panel portion is performed such that the touch panel portion receives an instruction to scroll the list, and, when the scroll operation is performed on the touch panel portion, the display portion changes a scroll width at which the list is scrolled according to a scroll operation direction that is a direction in which the touch position is moved at the time of the scroll operation. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314351 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch panel including a panel body and a gas passage provided in the panel body. The panel body includes a pair of electrode plates, and each electrode plate is provided with a conductive layer. The electrode plates are fixedly attached to each other so that conductive coats thereof are opposed to each other with a gap defined therebetween. The gas passage is configured to allow a gas existing in the gap to circulate in the panel body. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314352 | PREDICTIVE VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - In general, aspects of this disclosure are directed to techniques for predictive text correction and completion for text entry using virtual keyboards on touch-sensitive displays. A user may be able to type on a representation of a virtual keyboard displayed on touch-sensitive displays by contacting representations of virtual keys included in the virtual keyboard, and the word the user intended to type on the virtual keyboard may be predicted and displayed in place of characters associated with the virtual keys actually contacted by the user. In some examples of the present disclosure, a virtual spacebar key included in the virtual keyboard may be treated in a probabilistic fashion to determine whether a contact received by the touch-sensitive display is intended to select the virtual spacebar key to perform an autocorrect or autocomplete function. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314353 | ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS ON A MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A process for enabling objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together is disclosed that includes defining a target element that enables objects displayed on a multi-input display device to be grouped together through interaction with the target element. Operations are invoked that establish a relationship between a particular displayed object and a position on the target element and that causes transformations applied to the target element also to be applied to the particular displayed object while maintaining the relationship between the particular displayed object and the position on the target element. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314354 | MULTI-TOUCH DEVICE HAVING DYNAMIC HAPTIC EFFECTS - A system for generating haptic effects senses at least two generally simultaneous touches on a touchscreen and, in response, generates a dynamic haptic effect. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314355 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An exemplary electronic device includes: a housing; a display configured to display an operation area; a touch screen panel configured to detect at least an input operation made by a user to the operation area; a first vibrator configured to vibrate at least one of the display and the touch screen panel; a second vibrator configured to vibrate the housing; and a vibration controller configured to control vibration of the first vibrator and the second vibrator in accordance with the input operation of the user to the touch screen panel. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314356 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314357 | TACTILE SENSATION PROVIDING DEVICE - The tactile sensation providing device according to the present invention includes a touch sensor ( | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314358 | INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An input apparatus comprises detection means that detects a position of instruction means as a detected position; and position determining means that when the detection means detects a plurality of detected positions by detecting the position of the instruction means a plurality of times, performs a position determining process of determining an input position of the instruction means using the plurality of detected positions detected by the detection means and changes the position determining process based on a last detected position from among the plurality of detected positions. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314359 | INPUT DEVICE - To support a non-display setting for each piece of data corresponding to a display item, and to easily allow the user to recognize the existence of data set to a secret setting, the input device ( | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314360 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - Provided are a display device ( | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314361 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display device includes: a display element for displaying an image on a screen; and driving means for driving the display element so that a scan mode for carrying out scanning and a pause mode for pausing the scanning are alternately repeated. The driving means drives, by transmitting a pause and drive control signal to the display element, the display element so that scanning of a single frame is carried out by going through the scan mode twice and the pause mode twice. During the pause mode, the driving means outputs, to a touch panel, a detection command signal which commands that detection be carried out. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314362 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND HANDWRITING PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an electronic device, handwriting processing method, and handwriting processing program, that allows a user to more conveniently and less cumbersomely input an instruction for scrolling. An electronic device includes a touchscreen panel and a processor for receiving a handwritten character input via the touchscreen panel, and causing the touchscreen panel to display the handwritten character thereon. When a predetermined shape is input via the touchscreen panel the processor causes the touchscreen panel to scroll a screen. | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130314363 | MULTI-CHARACTER CONTINUOUS HANDWRITING INPUT METHOD - A multi-character continuous handwriting input method where a character is written on a touch unit and after an i | 11-28-2013 |
| 20130321282 | ROW AND COLUMN NAVIGATION - Concepts and technologies are described herein for row and column navigation. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a user device executes an application program configured to present data in a user interface (“UI”). The user device can execute a navigation controller to detect touch events at the user device. The navigation controller can determine if touch events correspond to input for panning or scrolling the UIs and for implementing the requested panning or scrolling. The navigation controller can include functionality for providing a touch event handler to detect input for panning or scrolling the data and a UI scrolling manager that implements the requested panning or scrolling. The panning or scrolling can be tracked and the data, as modified in accordance with the tracked movement, can be presented to a user in a UI. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321283 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying a plurality of display elements on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device; in response to detecting a touch lasting at least a first duration and associated with a first portion of the plurality of display elements, selecting the first portion; and in response to the touch lasting at least a second duration longer than the first duration, selecting a second portion of the plurality of display elements. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321284 | DYNAMIC MODULAR CONTROL SYSTEM - A modular control system including a plurality of individual touch screen devices, each touch screen device including a display unit, a touch input, a computing device, a network connection, and a programming logic for controlling a remote system and displaying a status of the remote system on the touch screen device, the remote system having network connectivity to enable the remote system to exchange information with and respond to instructions from the touch screen devices, the touch screen devices configured for automatic self-synchronization based on a status of the remote system or a status of at least one of the touch screen devices. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321285 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE DATA FILTERING - A data filtering menu enabling a user to select different characteristics and values may be displayed. Each of the characteristics may be displayed in a first selectable list in the filtering menu. Once a user selects one of the characteristics, a second list containing selectable values associated with the selected characteristic may be displayed in a second list. The selected values may filter a set of data and the list of characteristics may be modified to display a representation of values selected from one or more of the second lists. Additionally, a selectable object associated with a characteristic having user selected values may also be displayed with a filtered result. If this object is selected, a list of values from the second list may be redisplayed. The user may then select different values and re-executed the filter with the new values. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321286 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFACING WITH AN ULTRASOUND SYSTEM - Systems and methods for enabling a user to interact with a medical imaging system using a touch screen display are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a primary imaging area displaying images captured by the medical imaging system may be displayed in a first area of the touch screen display. A touchpad configured to receive input from a user may be displayed in a second area of the touch screen display that is different than the first area. Input provided by the user using the touchpad display may be used to control and/or interact with the medical imaging system. By utilizing a touchpad displayed separate from the primary imaging area, a user may precisely position a cursor, annotation, and/or measurement marker point within the primary imaging area without obscuring the primary imaging area with their body. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321287 | DUAL TOUCH SURFACE MULTIPLE FUNCTION INPUT DEVICE - For one disclosed embodiment, an apparatus includes a first housing and a touch input device supported by the first housing. The touch input device includes a first touch surface layer, a second touch surface layer, and a touch sensor disposed between the first touch surface layer and the second touch surface layer. The touch sensor is configured to detect a first touch input associated with the first touch surface layer and a second touch input associated with the second touch surface layer. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321288 | DUAL TOUCH SURFACE MULTIPLE FUNCTION INPUT DEVICE - For one disclosed embodiment, an apparatus includes a first housing and a second housing coupled to the first housing. The first housing and the second housing are rotatable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The apparatus further includes and a touch input device supported by the first housing. The touch input device is configured to have a first active touch surface when the first housing and the second housing are in the open configuration, and a second active touch surface when the first housing and the second housing are in the closed configuration. The first active touch surface is smaller than the second active touch surface. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321289 | Combined Accumulator and Maximum/Minimum Comparator - In one embodiment, a method comprises detecting, by a hardware accelerator, that a value has been written to a first location of a memory, the first location identified by a first address. The method further includes adding the value to an accumulated value stored in an accumulator register of the hardware accelerator and storing the result in the accumulator register. The method further includes comparing the value to a maximum value stored in a first register of the hardware accelerator and overwriting the maximum value with the value if the value is greater than the maximum value. The method also includes comparing the value to a minimum value stored in a second register of the hardware accelerator and overwriting the minimum value with the value if the value is less than the minimum value. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321290 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING TOUCH INPUT - There are provided a method and an apparatus for sensing a touch input. The method of sensing a touch input includes selecting at least a portion of a plurality of nodes in which a sensing signal is generated by a touch input, defining a node group according to the plurality of selected nodes, generating two or more first sub-node groups by dividing a plurality of nodes included in the node group, based on a first axial direction, and determining a first touch vector of the node group by calculating centric coordinates of the respective two or more first sub-node groups. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321291 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided an electronic apparatus and an operating method thereof. The electronic apparatus includes: at least one mechanical button unit receiving a mechanical button input from a user; a touch screen receiving a touch input from the user; and a control unit detecting a first input signal generated from the at least one mechanical button unit to generate a first control signal and detecting a second input signal generated from the touch screen to generate a second control signal, wherein the control unit generates a third control signal different from the first control signal when the first input signal and the second input signal are simultaneously detected. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321292 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Embodiment of the present invention provide for an organic light emitting display with a touch screen panel, including a first substrate; a plurality of pixels on the first substrate; a plurality of signal lines and control lines on the first substrate and coupled to the pixels; a second substrate covering the first substrate; and first electrodes of a touch screen panel on the second substrate. Here, the control lines are second electrodes of the touch screen panel and are arranged in a direction that crosses the first electrodes. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321293 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a display device capable of decreasing a bezel width, wherein the display device comprises a display panel; a cover glass on an upper surface of the display panel; a housing member for receiving the display panel, and covering lateral and rear sides of the display panel and a lateral side of the cover glass; and a touch sensing film for sealing a gap between the lateral side of the cover glass and the housing member, the touch sensing film adhered to a lower surface of the cover glass. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321294 | DRIVING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE THEREOF - A driving method for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel has a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes are coupled to a driving circuit respectively via different electrical paths. The driving method includes: defining a plurality of sub-frame periods in a first frame period; converting a driving configuration for providing the driving configuration that is different from each other respectively to each of the sub-frame periods; the driving circuit drives the electrodes respectively with the driving configuration corresponding to one of the sub-frame periods during the sub-frame periods for obtaining at least one of the sub-frame sensing values from each of the sub-frame periods; and the driving circuit integrates the sub-frame sensing values respectively obtained during the sub-frame periods for obtaining a touch information of the touch panel during the first frame period. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321295 | DRIVING METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE THEREOF - A driving method for a touch panel is provided. The touch panel has a plurality of electrodes, the plurality of electrodes are coupled to a driving circuit respectively via different electrical paths. The driving method includes: defining a plurality of sub-frame periods in a first frame period; converting a driving configuration for providing the driving configuration that is different from each other respectively to each of the sub-frame periods; the driving circuit drives the electrodes respectively with the driving configuration corresponding to one of the sub-frame periods during the sub-frame periods for obtaining at least one of the sub-frame sensing values from each of the sub-frame periods; and the driving circuit integrates the sub-frame sensing values respectively obtained during the sub-frame periods for obtaining a touch information of the touch panel during the first frame period. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321296 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device with an integrated touch screen including a display panel including electrodes divided into a plurality of block type groups and a plurality of data lines; a display driver IC configured to apply a common voltage to the electrodes when a driving mode of the panel is a display driving mode, sequentially apply a touch scan signal to each block type group when the driving mode of the panel is a touch driving mode, and apply a data signal to the data lines associated with a corresponding block type group when the touch scan signal is applied to the corresponding block type group; and a touch IC configured to generate the touch scan signal and apply the touch scan signal to the display driver IC. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321297 | UNLOCKING METHOD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SCREEN - An unlocking method for an electronic device with a touch screen, comprises displaying a plurality of unlocking buttons and indicating the touching sequence for touching the buttons on the touch screen when the touch screen is in a locked state in which the user interface is locked; detecting contact with the touch screen and determining whether the plurality of unlocking buttons are touched according to the indicated touching sequence; switching the user interface into an unlocked state if the plurality of buttons is touched according to the indicated touching sequence; and keeping the user interface in the locked state if the plurality of buttons are not touched according to the indicated touching sequence. The method is simple and convenient and can prevent unlocking through incorrect operation. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321298 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND COMMAND INPUT METHODS THEREOF - An electronic device is provided, including a housing, at least one tap sensing unit and a processing unit. The housing has a touch surface, in which, when the touch surface is tapped more than one time in a predetermined interval, shock waves are generated. The tap sensing unit receives the shock waves to generate a moire signal. The processing unit obtains a shock wave source number of each of the shock waves according to the moire signal, and generates a string code according to a generation order of the shock waves and the shock wave source number of each of the shock waves, such that the processing unit controls the electronic device according to a control command corresponding to the string code. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321299 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TACTILE DISPLAY USING SQUEEZE FILM EFFECT - An electronic device has a touch screen, a protecting panel for protecting the touch screen by covering the touch screen, a vibration actuator coupled to the protecting panel to vibrate the protecting panel, and a control module for collecting location information of an input unit which touches the protecting panel, wherein the control module controls vibration characteristics of the vibration actuator according to a location of the input unit and forms a squeeze film between the input unit and the protecting panel to decrease a frictional force between the input unit and the protecting panel. The protecting panel has a visible area where the touch screen is exposed to be checked by the naked eyes, and an invisible area other than the visible area, and the vibration actuator is coupled to the invisible area. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321300 | Reverse Touchpad for Portable Computers - A portable computer is described including a reverse-mounted touchpad and associated buttons where the touchpad is mounted on the reverse surface of the panel containing the portable computer's display and facing away from the user. One or more associated buttons are mounted on the surface of the display panel facing the user and function as the buttons normally associated with a touchpad, traditionally called the “mouse buttons”. The buttons are mounted in close proximity to the reverse-mounted touchpad such that the user can operate both the touchpad and the buttons simultaneously with a finger and the thumb of the same hand. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321301 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - When a touch panel is operated and erroneous processing has been performed, the probability of the same operation error next time is reduced. For this purpose, when a touch to the touch panel is detected, one of respective items in a menu, which the touch position belongs to is determined. Then processing regarding the determined item is performed. At this time, when a designation input indicating that the selection of the item corresponding to the executed processing was not intended by the operator has been made, to narrow a decision area to decide selection of the item, information indicating the decision area is updated. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321302 | DEVICE FOR KEYING IN DATA IN BRAILLE, CORRESPONDING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A device is provided for logging data in Braille. The device includes a touch-sensitive surface and is configured to detect a plurality of pressures on the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the plurality of pressures form a Braille character, construct an image formed from the points associated with the plurality of pressures; and recognize the Braille character based on an analysis of the image. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321303 | TOUCH DETECTION - A method of tracking one or more inputs at a touch sensitive surface, comprising: detecting one or more touch inputs in a first scanning frame; for each detected touch input, defining a scanning window around a determined location of the detected touch input; scanning each defined scanning window, in a second scanning frame, to detect one or more touch inputs; associating a touch input detected in each scanning window in the second scanning frame with the touch input in the first scanning frame for which the scanning window was defined. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321304 | TOUCH PANEL, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A touch panel, a manufacturing method and a display device using the same are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, a conductive layer, an insulating layer, a shielding layer and a flexible printed circuit board. The conductive layer is disposed on the substrate. The insulating layer is disposed on the conductive layer. The shielding layer is disposed on the insulating layer. The flexible printed circuit board has a ground trace electronically connected to the conductive layer. The shielding layer is electronically connected to the ground trace through at least one conductive through hole. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321305 | Touch Unlocking Method and Apparatus, and Electronic Device - A touch unlocking method includes obtaining position information of a plurality of touch points on a device screen in response to sliding of a touch medium on the device screen. A value that reflects a change of a distance between touch points of the plurality of touch points is monitored when the plurality of touch points are located in plurality of touch areas on the device screen respectively. The unlocking control on the device screen is performed according to a result of a comparison between the value that reflects the change of the distance between the touch points and a distance change threshold. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321306 | COMMON DRAWING MODEL - An approach for sharing a master version of a drawing with multiple clients is provided, wherein an example embodiment comprises capturing a first gesture associated with a first digital resource at a first device, transmitting data representing the first gesture from the first device to a server, processing the data representing the first gesture at the server, storing the data representing the first gesture at the server, transmitting the data representing the first gesture to a second device, processing the data representing the first gesture at the second device, and rendering the first gesture on the second device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321307 | HANDWRITING INPUT DEVICE - The advantage of the invention is to provide a handwriting input device in which a thickness of a line can be set while confirming a thickness of a line actually drawn in a more intuitive way. In the handwriting input device in which a line is drawn in the drawing region based on a stroke of a coordinate designated by pen inputting, a circular image of a size corresponding to the thickness of the line (the number of points) set in the setting region is displayed on the drawing area, and when the setting are completed, the circular image is faded out. With this configuration, a user can set the thickness of the line while seeing the thickness of the line to be drawn in the drawing region intuitively by observing the circular image displayed on the drawing region. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321308 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING OBJECT IN TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - Provided are a method and an apparatus for moving an object in a terminal having a touch screen. The method of moving an object in a terminal having a touch screen, includes detecting a first touch on the touch screen, determining whether a contact time of multi-touch exceeds a threshold time when the first touch is the multi-touch, changing an operation mode of the terminal from a standby mode to a moving mode when the contact time of the multi-touch exceeds the threshold time, and moving an object in response to motion of second touch when the operation mode of the terminal is the moving mode. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321309 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - To improve ease of operation in a case where a display device and a small terminal apparatus are connected to each other, and coordinated display is performed. When a contact or approach of an object having a size greater than or equal to a threshold value with or toward the surface of a display panel is detected, a video or an instruction corresponding to the motion detected by the motion sensor is output. The display device, on the basis of the video or the instruction that is output, displays a video in which the position of a pointer or the like is changed in response to the motion detected by a motion sensor. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321310 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for determining a position of a first electronic device including a first touch screen relative to a second electronic device including a second touch screen, a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is established. When a user slides an object from the first touch screen to the second touch screen, a departure touch point and a departure time that the object departs from the first touch screen, an arrival touch point and an arrival time that the object arrives at the second touch screen are obtained. If a difference between the departure time and the arrival time falls within a specified range, the position of the first electronic device is determined. The position of the first electronic device is stored into a storage system of the first electronic device. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321311 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - There is provided an information processing apparatus, including: a display unit including a display area, the display area being configured to display an image; and a touchscreen unit including a facing area and an outer area, the facing area facing the display area, the outer area being outside of the facing area. An area of the touchscreen unit is attached to the display unit, the area including the facing area and the outer area. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321312 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD - An information processing apparatus include a position detecting unit that detects positions of a plurality of users existing in a detection target area; a calculating unit that calculates a plurality of feature quantities representing a relation between the positions of the users detected by the position detecting unit and a projection plane on which a projection image is projected; and a determining unit that determines display control processing for the projection image depending on the feature quantities calculated by the calculating unit. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321313 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CROPPING SCREEN FRAME - A screen frame cropping method, a screen frame cropping apparatus, and a computer program product adapted to an electronic apparatus having a touch screen are provided. In the screen frame cropping method, a frame is displayed on the touch screen, and a first touch and a second touch preformed by a user on the touch screen are detected. When the first touch and the second touch satisfy a predetermined condition, a cropped frame of the frame is stored as an image file. The cropped frame is determined according to at least one first touch position of the first touch and at least one second touch position of the second touch. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321314 | METHOD AND TERMINAL FOR ACTIVATING APPLICATION BASED ON HANDWRITING INPUT - A method for controlling an application based on a handwriting input includes recognizing a handwriting input received on a touch panel of a terminal; determining a symbol corresponding to the handwriting input; selecting an application capable of being associated with the symbol; and associating the symbol with a function of the application. A terminal to control an application based on a handwriting input includes a determination unit to recognize a handwriting input received on a touch panel of the terminal, and to determine a symbol corresponding to the handwriting input; and a processor configured to select an application capable of being associated with the symbol, and to associate the symbol with a function of the application. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321315 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING A CHARACTER IN A TOUCH KEYPAD - A method and apparatus for inputting characters using a touch keypad with a plurality of keys are provided, in which upon detection of a user's touch on one of the plurality of keys, a character corresponding to the touched key is acquired, a pop-up character set is generated using the acquired character and a character which has been completely input before the user's touch and displayed in an input character display area, and a touch pop-up including the pop-up character set is displayed in the vicinity of the touched key. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321316 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel includes a first substrate, a first axis signal receiving electrode, a second axis signal receiving electrode, and a signal transmitting electrode. The first axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on a first inner surface of the first substrate, and the first axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes extending along a first direction. The second axis signal receiving electrode is disposed on a side of the first inner surface, and the second axis signal receiving electrode includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes extending along a second direction. The signal transmitting electrode is disposed on the side of the first inner surface. The signal transmitting electrode is used to transmit a touch driving signal. The touch driving signal is received by the first axis signal receiving electrode and the second axis signal receiving electrode. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321317 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device ( | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321318 | COORDINATE INPUT DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A coordinate input device and a touch panel device determine a correction value with a plurality of output values obtained from a plurality of sensors arranged in a touch panel based on the output value of a 1st peak sensor that outputs the largest output value, the output value of a 2nd peak sensor having the second largest output value, the output value of a 3rd peak sensor having the third largest output value, and the output value of a 4th peak sensor having the fourth largest output value. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321319 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL SETTING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An electronic device includes a touch position receiving unit which receives from a touch panel, touch position information indicating each of touch positions of a first object and at least one of second objects with respect to the touch panel for each object, the second object being different from the first object, a change type setting unit which calculates a movement direction of each of the first object and the second object based on the touch position information, and determines a change type of a display of the touch panel based on the movement direction, and a change amount setting unit which recognizes the number of the second objects based on the touch position information, and determines a change amount of the display based on the number. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321320 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND INPUT METHOD - There is provided a touch input device which is capable of changing inputs based on the intuitive selection of a finger. Controller | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321321 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130321322 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed are a mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen acquiring a touch signal regarding at least one region, and a controller selectively executing a function corresponding to a valid touch signal of the acquired touch signal, the valid touch signal having a touch intensity equal to or greater than a preset critical value, on the basis of an increment rate of the touch intensity of the valid touch signal. Since the function is executed on the basis of the increment rate of the touch intensity, a function corresponding to a user's intentional touch may be executed. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130328786 | INFORMATION TRIAGE USING SCREEN-CONTACTING GESTURES - A user is able to triage information on a touch-enabled computing device. Information objects are displayed on a touch-sensitive screen of the device. Whenever the user makes a first gesture on the screen using a first user input modality, the first gesture and that it was made using this first modality are identified, a first information management operation specifically associated with the first gesture being made with this first modality is also identified, and this first operation is implemented on the objects. Whenever the user subsequently makes a second gesture on the screen using a second user input modality which is different than the first modality, the second gesture and that it was made using this second modality are identified, a second information management operation specifically associated with the second gesture being made with this second modality is also identified, and this second operation is implemented on the objects. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328787 | Context Based Gesture-Controlled Instrument Interface - An instrument and method for operating the same is disclosed. The instrument includes an input port for receiving a signal, a processor for measuring a first parameter related to the signal, and a touch-enabled display. The touch-enabled display receives commands directed to the processor and displays the first parameter. The commands including commands that determine how the first parameter is displayed and commands that determine the manner in which the instrument operates. The commands are grouped into a plurality of contexts. Each command in a context is specified by a control gesture on the touch-enabled display. A first control gesture is used for a first command in a first context, the first control gesture is also utilized for a second command in a second context, the first context being different from the second context. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328788 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHOOSING AN INTENDED TARGET ELEMENT FROM AN IMPRECISE TOUCH ON A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A method and apparatus for an improved workflow for choosing an intended target element from an imprecise touch on a touch screen display comprises determining whether a touch is within a bounding box of precisely one of a plurality of elements on a touch screen display; expanding the bounding box of all of the elements in the plurality of elements; determining whether the touch is within the expanded bounding box of at least one element in the plurality of elements; calculating a distance between the touch and a center of the bounding box for at least two elements in the plurality of elements, wherein the touch is determined to be within the expanded bounding box of the at least two elements; and determining a target element based on the shortest calculated distance between the touch and a center of the bounding box of the at least two elements. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328789 | TOUCH DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch device and an operating method of the touch device are provided. The operating method includes following steps. A plurality of touch values of a touch panel are obtained. During a first frame period, the obtained touch values are stored in a first memory unit, and a touch point is calculated according to the touch values stored in a second memory unit. During a second frame period, the obtained touch values are stored in the second memory unit, and the touch point is calculated according to the touch values stored in the first memory unit. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328790 | TOUCH DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH POINT THEREOF - A touch device and method for detecting a touch point thereof are provided. The method includes: detecting a plurality of first touch values, second touch values and third touch values corresponding to a plurality of touch regions of a touch panel, respectively, during a first frame period, a second frame period and a third frame period; performing a value obtaining operation to output a median of the first touch value, the second touch value and the third touch value to which each of the touch regions correspond; and determining a real touch point according a touch threshold and the first touch values, the second touch values and the third touch values outputted by the value obtaining operation. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328791 | TOUCH SYSTEM INADVERTENT INPUT ELIMINATION - In one aspect a method is provided that includes: detecting touch input at a first touch point on a touch screen; detecting touch input at a second touch point on the touch screen within a predetermined time of detecting said touch input at the first touch point, the second touch point being within a predefined proximity to the first touch point; and performing an action to eliminate touch input detected at the second touch point on the touch screen. Other aspects are described. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328792 | Electronic Device with Wrapped Display - An electronic device may have a hollow display cover structure. The hollow display cover structure may be formed from a structure having an inner surface. The structure may be an elongated member having a longitudinal axis. A material such as sapphire, other crystalline materials, or other transparent materials may be used in forming the hollow display cover structure. A flexible display layer such as an organic light-emitting diode display layer or other flexible display structure may be wrapped around the longitudinal axis to cover the interior surface of the hollow display cover structure. The electronic device may have a touch sensor, accelerometer, gyroscope, and other sensors for gathering input such as user input. The electronic device may use one or more sensors to gather information on rotational motion of the device and can display content on the flexible display layer accordingly. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328793 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROL OF DISPLAYS - A method includes displaying information in a display area of a first display of an electronic device, detecting a low-power condition for the electronic device, in response to detecting the low-power condition, discontinuing displaying information in the display area of the first display, and displaying information on a second display, which information is visible through the non-display area of the first display. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328794 | TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE - A touch display module includes a display device and a first panel. The display device includes a display panel, a frame surrounding the display panel, and at least two first positioning parts disposed on the frame. The first panel is disposed on the display device. The first panel includes a protection plate and at least two second positioning parts disposed on the protection plate. The first positioning parts are combined with the second positioning parts to fix relative locations of the first panel and the display device. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328795 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY IN A DISPLAY HAVING MULTIPLE VCOMS - Methods and devices for improving image quality in a display having multiple common voltage layers (VCOMs) are provided. In one example, a method may include maintaining a deactivation signal on pixels of the display after programming a frame of data onto the pixels of the display, but before a touch sequence. The method may also include supplying a first data signal to each pixel of a first set of pixels coupled to a first VCOM while maintaining the deactivation signal. The method may include supplying a second data signal to each pixel of a second set of pixels coupled to a second VCOM while supplying the first data signal. The first data signal is supplied to each pixel of the first set of pixels and the second data signal is supplied to each pixel of the second set of pixels to inhibit image distortion during the touch sequence. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328796 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER USAGE OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - Methods and devices employing circuitry for reducing power usage of a touch-sensitive display are provided. In one example, a method includes receiving power for a display of an electronic device. The method also includes powering a touch subsystem and a display subsystem of the display. The method includes, in a standard display mode, storing a frame of data in pixels of the display subsystem during a first period of time. The method also includes, in a low power display mode, storing a frame of data in pixels of the display subsystem during a second period of time. The second period of time is not equal to the first period of time. The method includes detecting a touch of the display via the touch subsystem between each synchronization signal of a plurality of synchronization signals received by the display. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328797 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING POWER USAGE OF A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - Methods and devices employing circuitry for reducing power usage of a touch-sensitive display are provided. In one example, a method for reducing power usage of a touch-sensitive display may include receiving power for the display of an electronic device. The method may also include powering a touch subsystem and a display subsystem of the display. The method may include, in a standard display mode, receiving synchronization signals at a first rate. A frame of data is stored on pixels of the display subsystem between each synchronization signal. The method may also include, in a low power display mode, receiving synchronization signals at a second rate. The second rate is less than the first rate. The method may include detecting a touch of the display via the touch subsystem between each synchronization signal. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328798 | TOUCH PANEL WITH SAPPHIRE SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conducting layer, and an antireflection film. The substrate is made of sapphire, and includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The transparent conducting layer is covered on the first surface and is configured for detecting a touch operation thereon. The antireflection film is coated on the second surface and is configured for increasing the transmissivity of the substrate in relation to visual light. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328799 | CONDITION BASED CONTROLS FOR A DISPLAY - A system, method, and device for increasing uniformity between displays incorporating components from different manufacturers. Incorporating components from different manufactures in different displays may cause the different displays to appear differently even under similar conditions. By modifying the operating parameters used to drive the display according to performance characteristics for various conditions, displays incorporating components from different manufacturers may be configured to produce a substantially similar picture under similar conditions. The various conditions may include stimulus information, such as temperature or touch activity. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328800 | IN-CELL TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - An in-cell touch display device comprises a plurality of pixel structures, a display scanning circuit, a touch scanning circuit, and a control module. The pixel structures are applied to display an image and include a plurality of display scanning lines and a plurality of common electrodes. The display scanning circuit is coupled with the display scanning lines for actuating the pixel structures to display the image. The touch scanning circuit is coupled with the common electrodes so as to receive a touch signal by scanning the common electrodes. The control module is coupled with the display scanning circuit and the touch scanning circuit to receive and process the touch signal for executing the touch step. The display scanning circuit and the touch scanning circuit are integrated on the same substrate to reduce the thickness of the touch display device without affecting the touch effect. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328801 | SOFTWARE PIN ENTRY - A card reader configured to read a smart card can be detachably connected to a mobile computing device. When the card reader is attached to the mobile device, an application installed on the mobile computing device permits the mobile device to communicate with the card reader in order to process transactions. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328802 | Method for operating functions of a vehicle and corresponding device - The present disclosure relates to a method for operating functions of a vehicle, in particular of a motor vehicle, by means of an operating element. The operating element comprises a touch-sensitive operating surface, wherein via the operating surface a plurality of functions can be operated, and the respective functions are each assigned part regions of the operating surface. The position of the hand of the operator is determined and the respective position of the respective part regions is assigned relative to the position of the hand of the operator. Furthermore, the present disclosure relates to a corresponding device. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328803 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An information terminal device includes a displaying unit that displays information, a detecting unit that detects, when contact is made with a displayed screen of the displaying unit, a contact position and contact pressure, and a processor. The processor executes a process including storing, in a storing unit, a contact state indicating whether the contact pressure detected by the detecting unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold, and controlling displaying on the displaying unit in accordance with the contact position detected by the detecting unit and the contact state that is stored in the storing unit. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328804 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided is an information processing apparatus equipped with a display unit including a touch panel, and a method of controlling the same. In response to a plurality of fingers of a user that are in touch with a display object displayed on the display unit including the touch panel moving in the same direction, the touched display object is displayed such that they move, and the moving display object and a plurality of display objects displayed within a predetermined distance thereof are displayed as a grouped display object. With an operation performed by the user on the grouped display object, delete processing for deleting objects corresponding to a plurality of display objects included in the grouped display objects is executed. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328805 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH INPUT OF TERMINAL - A method of controlling a touch input of a terminal is provided. The method includes determining, when a touch input is sensed, a touch position, and setting a partial area of a touch panel including the determined touch position as an effective touch area of the touch panel. The method may further include determining, when the touch input is sensed, whether the touch input is a pen touch input, and sensing the touch input through a touch panel for sensing a user touch and an Electro Magnetic Resonance (EMR) panel for sensing the pen touch input, wherein the touch position is determined when the touch input is a pen touch sensed through the EMR panel. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328806 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of sensing units, a decoration layer, first signal lines, second signal lines, and a conductive component is provided. The substrate has an operation region and a periphery region surrounding the operation region. The sensing units are located within the operation region for sensing a coordinate of a touch point. The decoration layer is located within the periphery region. The first and second signal lines and the conductive component are located within the periphery region and disposed on the decoration layer. The conductive component has a widen portion located between the first and second signal lines, and the widen portion has a line width greater than those of the other portions of the conductive component. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328807 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device, a second substrate includes a detection electrode of a touch panel, pixels include pixel electrodes and counter electrodes, the counter electrodes are divided into a plurality of blocks, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are provided in common to the pixels on a plurality of display lines being side by side, the counter electrodes of the divided blocks are used as scanning electrodes of the touch panel as well, the liquid crystal display device includes a semiconductor chip configured to supply a counter voltage and a touch panel scanning voltage to the counter electrodes of the divided blocks, the semiconductor chip includes a first terminal group formed on a side of a display area side configured by the plurality of pixels. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328808 | TOUCH WINDOW WITH SENSOR MEMBER - Disclosed is a touch window with a sensor member. The touch window includes: a cover window including an active area, an unactive area, and a function area; and a sensing electrode on the active area, wherein the function area includes a first printing layer on the cover window and a sensor member on the first printing layer. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328809 | ACCESSIBILITY AIDS FOR USERS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A screen protector is provided with tactile aids for vision-impaired users. The screen protector can be placed on the display screen of a computing device to enhance the out-of-box experience for vision-impaired users and/or guide the user during subsequent use of the device. For example, the screen protector can be configured to be tactilely-informative about how to activate accessibility features of the device and/or how to proceed with initial set-up and configuration of the device. The screen protector may include, for example, braille instructions for activating the accessibility mode and/or a raised or embossed tactile aid that identifies the location of a UI control feature that can be engaged to initiate the accessibility mode or other desired function. Once the user has engaged the accessibility mode, the user may receive verbal instructions and cues going forward so as to allow the user to successfully use the device. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328810 | STORING TRACE INFORMATION - The disclosure is directed to storing trace information. An aspect includes determining whether or not a pen is within a threshold distance of the touchscreen, storing trace information generated by a user's touch in a touch buffer if the pen is not within the threshold distance of the touchscreen, and clearing the touch buffer and storing trace information generated by the pen in the touch buffer if the pen is within the threshold distance of the touchscreen. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328811 | INTERACTIVE LAYER ON TOUCH-BASED DEVICES FOR PRESENTING WEB AND CONTENT PAGES - Techniques are described for selecting and providing enhanced, interactive content that can be displayed atop web-based content when presented via a touch-enabled display. The enhanced and interactive content is presented in an opener component that has a visual representation that is intended to convey a metaphorical representation of a real-world object, via which a user might naturally and intuitively interact via the touch-enabled display. When the opener component is invoked via a touch-based gesture, pre-loaded content may be presented, or additional functionality may be invoked. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328812 | TOUCH SENSOR INTEGRATED TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display device includes a plurality of first electrodes arranged on a substrate in parallel in a first direction; a plurality of second electrodes arranged in parallel in the first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction without contacting with the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of first connecting wires, each first connecting wire being connected with at least one of the plurality of the first electrodes; and a plurality of second connecting wires, each second connecting wire connecting the second electrodes to each other in the second direction, wherein a touch driving voltage is supplied to the plurality of first connecting wires and a common voltage is supplied to the plurality of second connecting wires so that mutual capacitance is generated between the a plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328813 | Unlocking Mechanism for a Touch Screen Device - A method for unlocking a touchscreen device comprises no involvement of pressing a physical button of the touchscreen device. Rather, it employs a pre-defined touchscreen area as the unlocking spot. The location and size of this unlocking spot can be redefined by a user. When this spot is touched by a finger, a counter will start to count numbers. When it passes a pre-defined number threshold, the activation signal will be sent to a micro control unit (MCU) to activate the MCU. In this way, the touchscreen device is unlocked. In addition, a power saving circuit is provided to execute such unlocking function and reduce power consumption. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328814 | INTERACTIVE TOUCH SCREEN METAPHORS WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK - A system and computer-implemented method of providing haptic effects to a first user of a multi-user application. The method includes executing a first instance of the multi-user application on a first computing platform associated with the first user. The multi-user application is configured to interface with an object based on control inputs received from the first user and based on control inputs received from a second user via a second computing platform executing a second instance of the multi-user application, and responsive to performance of a first control input by the second user on the second computing platform, the method includes generating a first haptic effect for the first user on the first computing platform, the first haptic effect conveying information to the first user about the effect of the first control input. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328815 | Display Device With Touch Panel - A display device with a touch panel which includes a first substrate, and a second substrate facing the first substrate. The first and second substrates each include a detection area to detect a coordinate and an outside area which includes external terminals. The first substrate includes first lines to detect a coordinate, and the second substrate includes second lines, made of metal, in the detection area which face the first substrate. A polarizing plate is arranged on the first substrate at a side opposite to the second substrate. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328816 | Waveform Observing Apparatus and Waveform Observing System - There are provided a waveform observing apparatus and waveform observing system that solve a problem of displacement of a handwritten comment which occurs with enlargement/reduction in display in such a manner that, when a determination is NO in a process step, namely when a current compression ratio differs from a compression ratio at the time of writing a handwritten comment in displaying the handwritten comment to such a degree as to cause occurrence of non-allowable displacement, a process proceeds to a next process step, and a simple indication indicating the presence of the handwritten comment is displayed in a position associated with a portion of a waveform corresponding to a measured data number. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328817 | Touch Panel and Touch Type Input Device - A sensing apparatus that includes a polylactic acid film having a first surface and an opposing second surface. The polylactic acid film is molecularly oriented and thermally treated so as to have a shear piezoelectric property. An electrode arrangement is provided adjacent at least one of the first and second surfaces of the polylactic acid film, and is configured to detect a relative position of an input on the polylactic acid film and detect a pressure of the input toward the polylactic acid film. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328818 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - A user interface apparatus provides multiple touch panels coupled to a processor and operating as a single touch panel. Multiple touch inputs can be provided to the multiple touch panels. The touch panels provide spatial and temporal touch information to the processor such that the touch inputs are reliably analyzed by the processor, even when a predetermined maximum touch count is imposed. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328819 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT - Improved operability can be achieved in receiving a handwritten input via a touchscreen panel. An electronic device includes a touchscreen panel, a memory for storing content having at least one predetermined position set for the content, and a processor for obtaining a first touched position via the touchscreen panel, and causing the touchscreen panel to display the content thereon based on the first touched position and the predetermined position. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130328820 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In an electronic device including a touch panel | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130335333 | EDITING CONTENT USING MULTIPLE TOUCH INPUTS - Multitouch capabilities can be used to allow a user to set adjust one or more application control parameters at the same time as editing commands are provided via touch input. The control parameters may relate to how/what edit commands are provided, such as allowing for varying brush characteristics, colors, gradients, and the like used in editing graphics or other document content. Additionally or alternatively, the control parameters may relate to a design canvas or other depiction of the document, such as allowing rotation, position, or magnification of the canvas while the document is edited. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335334 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DETECTION APPARATUS - According to the present invention, a multi-dimensional image detection apparatus includes a touch surface, at least one two-vision image sensing module located proximally to the touch surface, and a control module coupled to the image sensing module. The multiple-dimensional image detection apparatus can detect a foreign object's image with at least two different dimensional modes. A method of multiple-dimensional image detection is also disclosed by reading the image data acquired by the image sensing module and comparing with a pre-stored background data to determine detecting the foreign object under a predetermined dimensional mode. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE BASED COPYING OF ATTRIBUTES - A method and apparatus for copying of attributes of user interface (UI) elements on a touch screen display is disclosed. The method comprises detecting a gesture of a plurality of predefined gestures made on a UI element displayed on a touch screen display, wherein the gesture selectively signifies at least one attribute to copy; determining a source UI element based on the gesture; determining the at least one attribute to copy based on the gesture; and applying the determined attribute from the source UI element to a target UI element displayed on the touch screen display. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335336 | INTERACTIVE LOBBY PARTITION - An interactive lobby partition may be used to provide interactive information to users and/or to provide area or module integration within a larger space. The partition may include a first side with an interactive display device and/or digital travel information. The partition may also include a second side with a media center or cabinet for supporting and/or presenting media items. In some aspects, the partition may be placed between a media lounge and an elevator lobby. The partition may be placed such that the interactive display devices and/or digital travel information may be facing an elevator lobby or elevator waiting area. Further, the partition may also be placed such that the media cabinet or media center may be facing a media lounge with couches, chairs, and/or tables configured for consuming the media available via the media cabinet. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335337 | TOUCH MODES - Touch modes are described. In one or more implementations, a first mode of interaction is supported with a user interface displayed by a display device of a computing device having touchscreen functionality, the first mode usable to interact directly with a user interface using the touchscreen functionality. A second mode of interaction is supported with the user interface displayed by the display device of the computing device, the second mode usable to control a cursor using the touchscreen functionality to interact with the user interface. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335338 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes exciting a first gate line of a touch-sensitive display to control display of information, driving a first scanning electrode of the touch-sensitive display while exciting the gate line, wherein the first gate line is associated with a first area of the display and the first scanning electrode is associated with a second area of the display, which second area is spaced from the first area. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335339 | MULTI-TOUCH GESTURE-BASED INTERFACE FOR NETWORK DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT - Methods, computing devices, and computer-readable media are provided for interpreting gestures and triggering actions on a graph when the gestures are detected. The triggered actions may include the addition or deletion of nodes, connections between nodes, or connections between node ports; the expansion or collapse of a set of nodes; or the copying of nodes. The input may describe an action of selecting, dragging, holding, flicking, shaking, pinching, unpinching, or spinning a graphical object such as a node or a connection. Gesture interpretation logic determines whether the input matches a stored or known gesture. If the input matches a gesture, then the gesture interpretation logic may perform an action mapped to the gesture instead of or in addition to the normal action that would otherwise be caused by each individual input. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335340 | CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF IMAGES RECEIVED FROM SECONDARY DISPLAY DEVICES - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for controlling display of images received from secondary display devices. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, a method includes controlling a first display to display a first image. The method may also include receiving predetermined touch input via the first display. Further, the method may include controlling the first display to display a second image that is substantially the same as a third image displayed on a second display in response to receiving the predetermined touch input. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335341 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image display device includes: a display that displays an image which represents a first part of information content and that switches the image to represent a second part of the information content; a detection section that detects a contacting object which contacts the display; an image switch determination section that determines whether or not to switch the image displayed on the display in accordance with operation of the contacting object detected by the detection section; a speed storage section that stores a speed at which the image is switched in the case where the image switch determination section determines to switch the image; and an image display controller that controls the display to continuously switch the image to represent subsequent part of the information content at the speed stored in the speed storage section when the image is continuously switched a predetermined number of times or more. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335342 | Display Device with Integrated Touch Screen - A display device with integrated touch screen is provided. The display device may include a panel and a touch IC. The panel may include a plurality of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. The touch IC may compensate for a feedback common voltage outputted from the panel by generating a compensation common voltage based on the feedback common voltage and applying the compensation common voltage to the driving electrodes and the sensing electrodes when the panel operates in a display driving mode. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335343 | Display Device with Integrated Touch Screen - A display device with integrated touch screen is provided. The display device may include a panel, a display driver IC, and a touch IC. The panel may include a plurality of driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. The display driver IC may apply a driving pulse to the driving electrodes and receive a plurality of sensing signals from the sensing electrodes when the panel operates in a touch driving mode, and, when the panel operates in a display driving mode, the display driver IC may apply a common voltage to the driving electrodes and sensing electrodes. The touch IC may generate the driving pulse and apply the driving pulse to the display driver IC, and may receive the sensing signals from the display driver IC to determine whether there is a touch. The touch IC may include a sensing unit sensing whether there is a touch. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335344 | DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICES - A display device includes a display panel, a phase retardation layer disposed above the display panel, a touch sensing structure including at least one sensing pattern directly disposed on at least one face of the phase retardation layer, a polarization plate disposed on the touch sensing structure, a window disposed on the polarization plate, and an adhesion layer disposed at least one of between the display panel and the touch sensing structure, between the touch sensing structure and the polarization plate and between the polarization structure and the window. The adhesion layer may include a side-chain crystallizable polymer having a melting temperature substantially higher than a room temperature. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335345 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a transparent substrate, a light-blocking frame layer and a transparent protecting layer. The transparent substrate includes a frame area and a visual area. The light-blocking frame layer is disposed above the frame area of the transparent substrate. The transparent protecting layer is disposed above the transparent substrate and the light-blocking frame layer, and includes a gap having a projection on the transparent substrate, wherein the projection of the gap has one of conditions of at least partially overlapping the light-blocking frame layer and being located at a distance less than 2 millimeters from the light-blocking frame layer. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335346 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH SENSING MECHANISM OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A method used for a portable electronic apparatus includes: providing a touch panel for receiving an input of a user; and, determining whether to perform a sensing operation upon an sensed object corresponding to the input of the user via the touch panel to generate a sensing result which is associated with physiological characteristics. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335347 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICES, COVER LENS THEREOF AND BONDING EQUIPMENT FOR FABRICATING TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a cover lens which has a first flat outside surface and an opposite second concave inner surface. A touch sensing element is disposed under the second surface of the cover lens and a display element is disposed under the touch sensing element. A border adhesive is disposed between the display element and the touch sensing element to form a gap surrounded by the border adhesive. A height at the center of the gap is higher than a height at the periphery of the gap. Further, a bonding equipment for fabricating the touch display device is provided. The bonding equipment includes a first and a second tray component for carrying the cover lens and the touch sensing element, respectively. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335348 | DUAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A dual display device includes: a transparent first display device; a second display device coupled to the first display device; and a controller for controlling first information regarding an external environment to be displayed on at least one of the first display device or the second display device. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335349 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus may include a processor and a touch sensing device coupled to the processor. The apparatus may further include a force determining module operative on the processor to receive a detection signal from a first portion of the touch sensing device, determine a contact area at the first portion based upon the detection signal, map the first portion to a target operation, and send control instructions to perform the target operation based on the contact area. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335350 | ELECTRONIC CHALKBOARD SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electronic chalkboard system including a plurality of display panels, a pointing device which touches the plurality of panels, an image processor which processes an image to be displayed on one of the plurality of panels that is drawn by the pointing device, a controller which selects one of the plurality of panels based on a first panel of the plurality of panels if the first panel is touched by the pointing device, and controls the image processor to display on the selected panel a menu related to the image displayed on the first panel, and, if a second panel of the plurality of panels is touched by the pointing device while the menu is displayed on the selected panel, the controller newly selects one of the plurality of panels based on the second panel and transfers the displayed menu to the newly-selected panel. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335351 | MODELING PIEZOS FOR MINIMIZED POWER CONSUMPTION AND MAXIMIZED TACTILE DETECTION ON A HAPTIC DISPLAY - A haptic display with a touch screen surface enabled to be tactically detectable by the addition of a thin-film piezo stimulator thereto is disclosed. A modeling for minimized power consumption and a maximized tactile detection on the display is also disclosed. The haptic screen, during operation of a touch screen, enables a user to have a haptic interaction with the screen through vibrations generated on the touch surface. A piezo placement model enables to achieve vibrations of specific values at each spot on the screen where the user touches, through the use of a minimum number of piezo components of the screen so as to provide an optimum tactile detection and minimum power consumption. Pre-defined values of amplitude and frequency are applied to ensure that the vibration is detected in accordance with the placement model and pre-defined values of the placement model are used depending on the position of touch. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335352 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY METHOD - According to some aspects, an image display apparatus is provided comprising a display apparatus comprising a display section and a controller. The controller may be configured to display a map image via the display section, set location specification information based on an input specifying a position on the map image, and transmit the location specification information to a server apparatus, receive image data transmitted from the server apparatus in response to the transmission of location specification information to the server apparatus, the received image data having been obtained by photographing by an imaging section of an imaging apparatus configured to be worn on a head of a user, and the received image data having been transmitted to the server apparatus from the imaging apparatus in addition to additional data comprising location information detected at a time when the image data was photographed. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335353 | INTERACTIVE AND 3-D MULTI-SENSOR TOUCH SELECTION INTERFACE FOR AN AUTOMATED RETAIL STORE, VENDING MACHINE, DIGITAL SIGN, OR RETAIL DISPLAY - Vending machines, automated retail stores, and retail displays with a computer controlled, activation system that senses either the gesture of a customer proximate product display tubes or a touch-screen selection on a computer screen. Item-based lighting produces variable visual effects in conjunction with actual or potential vends to provide an enhanced vending experience. Offered products are stored within display tubes that are arranged in orderly geometric arrays. RGB lighting through a plurality of LED banks associated with each display tube are controlled by the activation system Combinations of differently colored LED's are computer controlled on a per product basis to artistically illuminate available products and assist easterners. Pre-programmed lighting sequences can switch LEDs off and on, vary their intensity, and alter resultant colors. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335354 | ULTRA-THIN INERTIAL ACTUATOR - An inertial actuator includes an electro-active polymer EAP actuator, a substrate, and one or more mass elements. The EAP actuator includes at least one EAP layer located between a pair of driving electrodes. The EAP actuator may include a multilayer stack of alternating EAP layers and electrode layers. The EAP actuator is attached to the substrate (e.g., a flexible polymer substrate), which may be held under tension by attachment points at the periphery of the substrate, at the ends of a beam-type substrate, or the edges of a membrane-type actuator. The EMP actuator induces vibrations in the substrate. One or more mass elements (e.g., metal films) may also be supported by the substrate to enhance the resonator response. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335355 | TOUCH DEVICE AND AN ELECTROSTATIC SHIELDING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a touch device comprising at least one first conductive axis, a plurality of second conductive units, a plurality of bridging structures and an insulating layer. The first conductive axis has a plurality of openings in which the second conductive units are located respectively There is a space existed between each of the second conductive units and the corresponding first conductive axis. Each of the majority of the bridging structures are electrically connected to every two adjacent second conductive units in two adjacent first conductive axes. The insulating layer is located between the bridging structure and the first conductive axis. The insulating layer has a plurality of holes exposing the second conductive units respectively, and the bridging structures connect to the second conductive through the holes. In addition, the disclosure also provides an electrostatic shielding method of touch device. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335356 | GESTURE-BASED SELECTION TEXT RECOGNITION - An image is displayed on a touch screen. A user's underline gesture on the displayed image is detected. The area of the image touched by the underline gesture and a surrounding region approximate to the touched area are identified. Skew for text in the surrounding region is determined and compensated. A text region including the text is identified in the surrounding region and cropped from the image. The cropped image is transmitted to an optical character recognition (OCR) engine, which processes the cropped image and returns OCR'ed text. The OCR'ed text is outputted. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335357 | COVER GLASS BUTTON FOR DISPLAY OF MOBILE DEVICE - A cover glass pressure-sensitive button for a mobile device is disclosed, a piece of pressure sensor is configured under peripheral of a cover glass for a display of a mobile device. The cover glass can be pressed like a button, and a signal is output from the pressure sensor to trigger a predetermined function for the mobile device when a pressure is applied on the cover glass. In another embodiment, a space is reserved either under the touch panel or under the LCD module. With this configuration, the pressure sensitivity of the cover glass increases because the pressure applied on the cover glass can be fully transferred onto the pressure sensor. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335358 | Gesture Recognition - A state machine gesture recognition algorithm for interpreting streams of coordinates received from a touch sensor. The gesture recognition code can be written in a high level language such as C and then compiled and embedded in a microcontroller chip, or CPU chip as desired. The gesture recognition code can be loaded into the same chip that interprets the touch signals from the touch sensor and generates the time series data, e.g. a microcontroller, or other programmable logic device such as a field programmable gate array. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335359 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - The present invention provides an information processing terminal that has improved operability in the vicinity of the gap between a plurality of touch panel displays. The information processing terminal has a first combination display and detector, a second combination display and detector, a detector, and a processing unit. The first combination display and detector displays an image and detects contact, and outputs first detected item of information upon detection of a contacting object making contact. The second combination display and detector displays an image and detects contact, and outputs second detected item of information upon detection of a contacting object making contact. The detector detects contact and outputs third detected item of information upon detection of a contacting object making contact. The detector is disposed in a gap between the first combination display and detector and the second combination display and detector. The processing unit carries out a processing sequence based on one or a plurality or all of the first detected item of information, the second detected item of information, and the third detected information. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335360 | TOUCH SCREEN INTERACTION METHODS AND APPARATUSES - Methods, apparatuses and storage medium associated with touch screen interaction are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a method may include detecting, by a device, such as a mobile device, an about to occur interaction with an area of a touch sensitive display of the device; and providing, by the device, in response to a detection, assistance for the detected about to occur interaction. In various embodiments, providing assistance may include zooming in on the area of a detected about to occur interaction, or displaying a visual aid in the area of a detected about to occur interaction. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335361 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING DATA ON LARGE INTERACTIVE DEVICES - A method for displaying data on a large interactive device is provided. The method can include detecting a cupped hands gesture including a first cupped hand and a second cupped hand proximate a LID display surface. The method can further include altering a first display parameter of a display object proximate the cupped hands gesture in response to the detection of the cupped hand gesture. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130335362 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROL CIRCUIT, DRIVE CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel control circuit includes a switch signal generation circuit, a touch panel drive signal generation circuit that generates a touch panel drive signal, and a synchronizing signal generation circuit. The switch signal generation circuit generates a switch signal corresponding to a generation timing of the touch panel drive signal. The switch signal specifies a switching period during which a switching liquid crystal drive signal driving a switching liquid crystal panel is switched to a touch panel drive signal and supplied to a common board that is commonly used for a touch panel and a switching liquid crystal panel. The synchronizing signal generation circuit generates a synchronizing signal that starts switching from the switching liquid crystal drive signal to the touch panel drive signal at a predetermined period. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130342468 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH LOCATION ON A TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH PANEL MODULE - The disclosure provides a method ( | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342469 | TOUCH INTENSITY BASED ON ACCELEROMETER READINGS - A mobile device having a touch screen and an accelerometer may utilize the accelerometer readings to determine the intensity of a touch made to the touch screen. The force of the touch causes the mobile device to move and vibrate thereby causing a change in the acceleration forces along the axes of the mobile device. The accelerometer readings resulting from the touch may then be used to quantify the intensity of the touch. The touch intensity may then be used by interactive software applications to stimulate a reaction to the intensity of the user's touch. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342470 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEMORIZATION OF AN ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION - The present approach includes presenting an e-book having content, in which the content includes selected content and non-selected content. The method includes receiving a first prompt to hide the selected content of the e-book and hiding the selected content, in response to the first prompt, while presenting the non-selected content of the e-book. The method further includes receiving a second prompt to reveal the hidden content of the e-book and temporarily revealing the hidden content, in response to the second prompt, while presenting the non-selected content of the e-book. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342471 | Display with Wireless Transmission Functions - A display with wireless transmission functions for transmitting wireless signals to a first wireless transmission module of an electronic device; said display comprising: a screen, touch module and second wireless transmission module; of which, the touch module is configured on the screen; and the second wireless transmission module is mounted onto the screen and connected with the touch module, and used to receive touch signals from the touch module and transmit wireless signals to the electronic device. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342472 | Pixel Occlusion Mitigation - In one embodiment, a method includes determining output modifications to apply to pixels of a display based on a modification map for pixels of the display. The modification map provides output-modification values for the pixels to mitigate optical occlusion of pixels of the display optically occluded by micro-features of a touch sensor overlying the display relative to other pixels of the display not optically occluded by micro-features of the touch sensor. The method also includes applying the output modifications to pixels of the display to mitigate their optical occlusion relative to other pixels of the display not optically occluded by micro-features of the touch sensor. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342473 | Multi-Zone Touchscreen Orientation - A tablet portable information handling system touch screen display includes a touch surface that extends past the periphery of a display surface to accept touch inputs used to establish an orientation of images presented at the display surface. For example, thumb and palm touches at the touch surface outside the periphery of the display are analyzed to determine the orientation of the tablet information handling system so that images presented at the display align with the determined orientation. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342474 | Multi-Zone Touchscreen Sensing At A Portable Information Handling System - An information handling system includes a touch screen with a first zone disposed over a display and a second zone that extends past a periphery of the display. End users interact with an operating system and applications of the information handling system with touches input in the first zone responsive to images presented at the display. End users perform management functions with touches input in the second zone independent of images presented at the display. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342475 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. The touch panel according to a first embodiment of the present invention includes a transparent substrate that is partitioned into an active region and an inactive region outside the active region, a first electrode that is formed in the active region of one surface of the transparent substrate, a second electrode that is formed in the active region of the other surface of the transparent substrate, and a low dielectric constant film that is formed along a peripheral edge of the active region while being formed in the inactive region of the one surface of the transparent substrate. In the touch panel, touch sensitivity is improved by minimizing influence of a polarization phenomenon on changes in capacitance on the peripheral edge of the active region in which a detection region is reduced. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342476 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including a transparent substrate on which a wiring array is formed; a first connector formed on an end of the wiring array; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) on which a circuit terminal is formed; and a second connector formed on the circuit terminal and bonded to the first connector, in which a protrusion is formed on one of the first connector and the second connector and a groove is formed on the other one, thereby easily aligning the wiring array and the FPCB with each other and increasing the connection reliability therebetween. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342477 | SENSOR FOR DIGITIZER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a sensor for a digitizer including a first magnetic layer, a first coil formed on one surface of the first magnetic layer, an insulating layer formed on one surface of the first magnetic layer, a second coil formed on one surface the insulating layer, and a second magnetic layer formed on one surface of the insulating layer, and a method for manufacturing the same. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342478 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a display device including a plurality of pixels and displaying an image; a touch screen including a plurality of touch sensors and being included in the display device; display panel driving circuits for driving the display device; a touch sensing circuit for applying a driving signal to the touch sensors to sense a voltage or capacitance variation in the touch sensors; a controller for time-dividing a first frame period into a first driving period for displaying an image on the display device and a second driving period for sensing the touch sensors; and a reset control circuit for controlling operations of the display panel driving circuits with a reset enable signal to initialize the pixels of the display device to an equivalent reset voltage at predetermined intervals between the first driving period and the second driving period. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342479 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH AN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A display device with an integrated touch screen including a panel including electrodes divided into n number of groups, where n is an integer more than or equal to two; a display driver IC configured to apply a common voltage to the n divided groups when a driving mode of the panel is a display driving mode, and to selectively apply a touch scan signal or the common voltage to the n divided groups when the driving mode of the panel is a touch driving mode; and a touch IC configured to generate the touch scan signal to apply the touch scan signal to the display driver IC. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342480 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TERMINAL USING A TOUCH INPUT - Terminals, apparatuses and methods for controlling an operation of or an application executed by a terminal by recognizing a touch input on a surface of a terminal, including: a mapping unit to map a touch recognition area on a first surface of the terminal on an active area on a display screen on a second surface of the terminal; a determining unit to determine at least one of a location of the active area to be displayed on the display screen and a size of the active area; and a control unit to control an operation of the terminal based on a touch input on the touch recognition area of the terminal. And a touch pad on the back of the terminal may receive the touch input, with the first surface located on the back and the second surface located on the front of the terminal. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342481 | DISABLING DISPLAY LINES DURING INPUT SENSING PERIODS - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a processing system for a display device having an integrated sensing device. The processing system includes a driver module coupled to a plurality of transmitter electrodes. Each transmitter electrode includes one or more common electrodes configured for display updating and input sensing. The driver module is configured for selecting a first display line set for display updating during a first display update period and driving the first display line set for display updating during the first display update period. The driver module is further configured for driving one or more transmitter electrodes of the plurality of transmitter electrodes for input sensing during a non-display update period and selecting a second display line set for display updating during a restart period. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342482 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touch screen display configured to display contents; and a controller configured to receive a touch and drag action across the touch screen display, display a moveable partitioning graphic at a position corresponding to the touch and drag action and partition the displayed contents into first and second display regions, and independently control a function of the contents in the first display region and independently control a function of the contents in the second display region. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342483 | APPARATUS INCLUDING A TOUCH SCREEN AND SCREEN CHANGE METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for screen change includes a touch screen to divisionally display a first region where a first screen is displayed and a second region where a second screen is displayed, and a controller to detect whether a display change event for a screen display change occurs in at least one of the first region and the second region, and to analyze the display change event and to change a display direction of the second screen while maintaining a display of the first screen. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342484 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING FLOATING PANEL - Disclosed is an electronic device having a floating panel. The electronic device includes a display bracket; a panel provided on the front side of the display bracket and configured to sense a touch input and to provide visual information; an actuator provided on the panel, and configured to provide a haptic signal corresponding to the touch input; an elastic member provided between the panel and the display bracket, and configured to elastically support the panel to float in a state in which the panel is spaced from the display bracket; and a stopper configured to fix the panel, which is lifted and supported by the elastic member, to the display bracket in a floating state. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342485 | METHOD FOR IMPROVING TOUCH RECOGNITION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for recognizing touch information in an electronic device and an electronic device. The method includes, when a touch is detected, determining whether or not a touch input mode for the touch; determining a reference distance in consideration of the touch input mode; and determining an event type corresponding to the touch by comparing a change distance of a touch point related to the touch with the reference distance. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342486 | AUTOMATIC ANNOTATION DE-EMPHASIS - A method of modifying an annotation input on an interactive display in an interactive input system is described. Reference pixel values in a region of interest of a reference frame are determined. The region of interest is associated with the annotation. The reference pixel values are stored in memory. It is determined whether current pixel values in the region of interest of a current frame differ from the reference pixel values. The annotation is faded if the current pixel values in the region of interest differ from the reference pixel values. A computing device configured to implement the method and a computer-readable medium having stored thereon instruction to implement the method are also described. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342487 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal capable of performing a touch input and a control method therefor are provided. A mobile terminal includes a display unit and a controller. The display unit displays screen information. The controller receives a control signal for setting the screen information as a locked screen, and controls the display unit so that the screen information is output on the display unit, based on the control signal, when a locked state for limiting the input of a control command for an application. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342488 | CHOLESTERIC LIQUID CRYSTAL WRITING TABLET ERASED BY A PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCER - A display device includes a cholesteric liquid crystal writing tablet and a piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric transducer is subjected to a mechanical force that generates a voltage that is applied to the writing tablet that erases writing on the writing tablet or a portion thereof. A further feature is a display device comprising a cholesteric liquid crystal display and a piezoelectric transducer. The piezoelectric transducer is subjected to a mechanical force that generates a voltage that is applied to the display that places the display or a portion thereof in at least one of a color reflective planar state, a substantially transparent focal conic state and a gray scale state. Also featured is a method of erasing a cholesteric liquid crystal writing tablet. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342489 | MULTIMEDIA, MULTIUSER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A table system includes a touch screen having a touch detection surface and a display, and a computer. The touch screen serves as an input device for the computer and the computer is configured to supply a continuous video signal to the display. The touch detection surface is configured to receive an object thereon without interference with detection, to send a first input to the computer in response to a first touch the computer configured to perform a first action on the touch screen in response thereto and, when a second touch occurs at a different location on the touch screen while the first action is being performed on the touch screen, to send a second input to the computer in response to the second touch, the computer being configured to perform a second action in response thereto, so that first and second actions are performed simultaneously. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342490 | TOUCH DETERMINATION WITH SIGNAL COMPENSATION - A multi-touch system includes a panel for conducting signals, e.g. by FTIR, from incoupling points to outcoupling points, to define detection lines across the panel. A signal processor operates in a repeating sequence of iterations to obtain an output signal from a detector coupled to the outcoupling points and generate a formatted signal value for each detection line, and operate a reconstruction algorithm on the formatted signal values to determine an interaction pattern on the panel. The signal processor also, at least intermittently in the sequence of iterations, operates compensation data on the formatted signal values to compensate for contaminations on the panel, and calculates updated compensation data based on an interference pattern determined as a function of the interaction pattern, the interference pattern being a 2D representation of contamination-induced signal interferences. The influence of contaminations in the interaction pattern is thereby suppressed. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342491 | Control Method, Control Device, Display Device And Electronic Device - A control method is described that is applicable to an electronic device having a sensor unit with a first detection distance and a second detection distance measured from the electronic device, and with the second detection distance being smaller than the first detection distance. The method includes detecting the 3D movement track of an operation body when the relative distance between the operation body and the electronic device is smaller than the first detection distance, with the 3D movement track being a continuous movement track having one end between the first and second detection distances and the other end equal to or smaller than the second detection distance. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130342492 | PORTABLE MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A portable input device is described. The portable input device can wirelessly send control signals to an external circuit. The control signals can derive from touch or gestures applied to a touch sensitive surface. The control signals can also include a mouse click equivalent control signal generated by mechanical manipulation of the portable input device. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140002369 | LOW IMPEDANCE TOUCH SENSOR | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002370 | Apparatus Comprising a Conductive Path and a Method of Forming an Apparatus with a Conductive Path | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002371 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002372 | RESPONDING TO A DYNAMIC INPUT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002373 | DISPLAY FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002374 | TEXT SELECTION UTILIZING PRESSURE-SENSITIVE TOUCH | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002375 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002376 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SHORTCUT TOUCH GESTURES WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002377 | MANIPULATING CONTENT ON A CANVAS WITH TOUCH GESTURES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002378 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002379 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002380 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002381 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WRITING MEMOS THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002382 | SIGNATURE FEATURE EXTRACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FEATURES OF SIGNATURES THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002383 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH INPUT UNIT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002384 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSERTING IMAGES THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002385 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002386 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK FOR TOUCHPADS AND OTHER TOUCH CONTROLS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002387 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002388 | Biometric Initiated Communication | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002389 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002390 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER INPUT | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002391 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002392 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002393 | CONTROLLING A CURSOR ON A TOUCH SCREEN | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002394 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERACTION INTERFACE USING A MULTI-TOUCH GESTURE RECOGNITION ENGINE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002395 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002396 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002397 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR HANDLING EVENT INVOCATION USING A STYLUS PEN | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002398 | CONTROLLING A CURSOR ON A TOUCH SCREEN | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002399 | MULTI-TOUCH INTERFACE SCHEMES | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002400 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION FOR TOUCH DETERMINATION | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002401 | BENDING THRESHOLD AND RELEASE FOR A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002402 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DATA DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002403 | Method, System, and Program Product for No-Look Digit Entry in a Multi-Touch Device | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140002404 | DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140009404 | Portable Computing Device - A portable computing device comprises a covering part, a housing part and a connecting part. The covering part includes a first display screen. The housing part includes a second display screen which is a touch sensitive type. The device is operated as a laptop or palmtop computer when the first display screen is positioned to facing the second display screen by the connecting unit. The second display screen displays a virtual keyboard for receiving a user's inputs. The covering part may be retracted inside an open slot of the housing part and the device is then operated as a tablet computer. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009405 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONVEYING INFORMATION DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - An apparatus and method for conveying information displayed on a touch screen are disclosed. For example, the apparatus includes an overlay having an array of pockets, a plurality of valves, wherein each pocket of the array of pockets is coupled to at least one of the plurality of valves via a respective channel, a pump coupled to the plurality of valves for providing a fluid to one or more pockets of the array of pockets and a controller in communication with the pump and each one of the plurality of valves to control an operation of the pump and each one of the plurality of valves for activating the one or more pockets of the array of pockets to correspond to information on a touch screen of the touch screen device. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009408 | NOISE FREQUENCY DETECTION METHOD AND TOUCH APPARATUS - A noise frequency detection method includes steps of: providing a frequency of system clock; fixing an operation frequency band of a sensing signal; adjusting a pulse width of the sensing signal and sampling a noise, wherein each pulse width of the sensing signal corresponds to a noise value of the noise; and referring the pulse width corresponding to a preset value of the noise to as a critical value, and obtaining a noise frequency from dividing the frequency of system clock by the critical value. A touch apparatus is also provided. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009409 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL STYLUS FOR TOUCH DEVICES - A multi-functional stylus for touch device has a body and a plug pivotally mounted inside the body. The body has a tip formed on one end of the body and a receiving slot formed in a periphery of the body. The receiving slot matches the plug. The plug pertains to a PJ-series earphone jack plug and one end of the plug is pivotally mounted in one end of the receiving slot. While the stylus is not operated, the plug can be plugged in an earphone jack of a mobile touch device. Furthermore, the body is pivoted with respect to one end of the plug plugged in the touch device at an adjustable angle between the body and a touch device so that the touch device can be stood up on a plane at an appropriate view angle. Accordingly, the stylus can provide multiple functions based on users' demands | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009412 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND MULTI-TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device may include an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel that includes scan lines, data lines, and OLED cells, and a driver to display a touch position on a screen (of the OLED display panel) in a frame that includes a touch subfield. The driver may supply at least one scan sync signal to the scan lines and supply at least one data sync signal to the data lines during one frame. The touch subfield may include a vertical touch subfield to detect a vertical position of the touch position and a horizontal touch subfield to detect a horizontal position of the touch position. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009413 | PRESSURE-SENSING TOUCH METHOD AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - A pressure-sensing touch method is applied to a touch display device including a touch panel, a display panel, at least one pressure-sensing device, an analogy-to-digital converter and a processing unit. The pressure-sensing touch method includes performing a touch operation on the touch panel, the processing unit executing a first touch command on an operating interface displayed by the display panel according to the touch operation, the touch panel detecting a coordinate value corresponding to the touch operation, the pressure-sensing device detecting at least one pressure value corresponding to the coordinate value, the analogy-to-digital converter performing analogy-to-digital conversion on the pressure value detected by the pressure-sensing device, and the processing unit determining whether to execute a second touch command according to the coordinate value and the pressure value detected by the pressure-sensing device. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009422 | SCREEN CONTROL SYSTEM, SCREEN CONTROL DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL - A screen control system includes: a plurality of information processing terminals; and a screen control device that makes the information processing terminals function as a screen display device to display a single screen. The screen control device includes a holding unit that holds display data to display using the information processing terminals, number of terminals constituting the screen, terminal identification information, and information indicative of layout positions of the respective information processing terminals in the screen; a generating unit that generates split display data obtained by dividing the display data in accordance with the number of terminals; and a split-display data transmitting unit that transmits the split display data. The information processing terminals each include: a transmitting unit that transmits the terminal identification information; a receiving unit that receives the split display data; and a display unit that displays the split display data. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009423 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An information processing device includes: a display unit; a touch panel that is arranged overlapping the display unit, that detects contact by or proximity with an indication element, and that outputs detection results; and a control unit that displays all or a portion of an operation image on the display unit and, when a portion of the operation image is being displayed on the display unit and a drag operation is carried out that causes sliding of the contact point at which the indication element and touch panel are in proximity or contact, identifies the direction of movement and the amount of movement of the contact point that accompany the drag operation, and scrolls the display of the display unit by an amount that corresponds to the amount of movement that was identified and in the direction opposite to the direction of movement that was identified. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009426 | Controller User Interface for a Catheter Lab Intravascular Ultrasound System - A touchpad controller for a componentized intravascular ultrasound system is disclosed for acquisition and display of intravascular information in a catheter lab environment. The system includes a patient interface module (PIM) adapted to hold a catheter having an imaging probe located near a distal end, a control panel, a monitor for displaying images and patient data, and a processing unit. The touchpad controller facilitates use beneath a sterile drape and sensitivity to gloved touch. Furthermore, the touchpad controller is sized for handheld use during an imaging session. A rail mount facilitates easy attachment of the touchpad controller alongside a patient table. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140009427 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - A character input method and apparatus in an electronic terminal are provided. The character input method includes displaying a virtual keypad having at least one key area to which a plurality of characters are associated, displaying a plurality of areas when a touch is detected on the at least one key area, detecting whether the touch includes a drag and inputting, after the drag is detected, a character mapped to an area corresponding to a point where the drag is released. | 01-09-2014 |
| 20140015760 | AUDIOVISUAL INFANT STIMULATION CENTER - The invention consists of a display screen embedded with a book or other object, intended to provide visual (and possibly audible) stimuli to an infant. This device may show a series of static images or video, and may be accompanied by sound from speakers. The device may be provided with sensory apparatus, communications means, and storage means for purposes of image display, transfer, and information exchange. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015761 | GENERATING HAPTIC EFFECTS FOR DYNAMIC EVENTS - A system that generates a dynamic haptic effect for a dynamic event receives a first endpoint and a second endpoint for dynamic events. The first endpoint includes a first endpoint value and a corresponding first haptic effect, and the second endpoint includes a second endpoint value and a corresponding second haptic effect. The system receives a dynamic value for the dynamic event. The dynamic value is between the first endpoint value and the second endpoint value. The system then determines the dynamic haptic effect from the dynamic value by interpolating the dynamic haptic effect from the first haptic effect and the second haptic effect. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015762 | INTERACTIVE-TYPE DISPLAY WINDOW DEVICE - An interactive-type display window device comprises a receiving unit, a light-pervious panel, at least one sensor, at least a lighting module, and a processing unit. The receiving unit is provided with at least one display shelf for placing display commodities thereon. The light-pervious panel is provided on a front surface of the receiving unit and can be a transparent display panel with a touch control area. Each sensor is a photo sensor or a proximity sensor. Each lighting module is provided within the receiving unit for emitting light onto the display commodities. The processing unit is used for controlling the lighting module according to the sensor's detection results or the consumers' preference. Thereby, it is able to adjust the luminous intensity, luminous chromaticity, luminous color temperature, luminous frequency spectrum, and/or the rotation of the lighting module in order to achieve the desired luminous design. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015763 | Touch-Sensor-Controller Sensor Hub - In one embodiment, a method includes controlling a touch sensor of a device. The control of the touch sensor includes a first processing cycle executed by the controller that comprises acquisition of touch-sensor signals from the touch sensor; a second processing cycle executed by the controller that comprises pre-processing of the touch-sensor signals; and a third processing cycle executed by the controller that comprises processing of the touch-sensor signals to determine whether a touch or proximity input has occurred with respect to the touch sensor. If the touch or proximity input has occurred with respect to the touch sensor, a location of the touch or proximity input is determined. The method also includes controlling other sensors of the device. The control of the other sensors includes one or more fourth processing cycles executed by the controller concurrently with the first processing cycle or the second processing cycle. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015764 | Display - Methods and apparatus for an electronic display. A display assembly comprises an electronic display device comprising an upper and a lower substrate. The upper substrate extends beyond the lower substrate and joins with at least a portion of a housing of a user device to enclose a space within the user device in which the display assembly is enclosed. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015765 | Method for integrating flexible touch-screen module into display device - The invention relates to a simplified method for directly integrating a flexible touch-screen module into a display device. The method comprises adhering one surface of the flexible touch-screen module to one of an upper component and a lower component of the display device and then adhering the other surface of the flexible touch-screen module, opposite to the one surface of the flexible touch-screen module, to the other one of the upper component and the lower component of the display device, thereby obtaining a finished display device integrated with the flexible touch-screen module. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015766 | TOUCH UNIT - A touch unit includes multiple first axial electrodes and multiple second axial electrodes. The first axial electrodes extend in a first direction. Each first axial electrode includes multiple first sensing electrodes arranged in the first direction. Each first sensing electrode is formed with a hollow section and has a first extension end and a second extension end. The first and second extension ends defines therebetween a passageway in communication with the hollow section. Each second axial electrode includes multiple second sensing electrodes and multiple second connection lines. The second sensing electrodes are respectively disposed in the hollow sections. The second connection lines are connected with the second sensing electrodes and extend in a second direction through the passageways. By means of the design of the first and second axial electrodes, the manufacturing cost is effectively lowered and the total thickness of the touch unit is reduced. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015767 | TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch panel including a first and a second substrates, a first and a second sensing electrode layers, plural first lines, plural second lines, a conductive material layer and a shielding layer is provided. The first and the second sensing electrode layers are respectively disposed on the first and the second substrates and located in a sensing region. The first and the second lines are disposed on the first substrate and located in a periphery region. The first lines connect to the first sensing electrode layer. The optical adhesive layer encapsulates the first and the second sensing electrode layers and the first and the second lines. The optical adhesive layer has an opening. The conductive material layer is disposed inside the opening. The second lines connect to the second sensing electrode layer via the conductive material layer. The shielding layer is located above the first and the second lines. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015768 | EDGE-BY-EDGE INTEGRATION AND CONVERSION - An apparatus includes a transmission system configured to transmit a drive signal to a touch screen device. The apparatus also includes a reception system configured to integrate an output signal received from a touch screen device in response to the drive signals and to filter the integrated output signal to suppress noise in the output signal, wherein the reception system is configured to integrate the output signal for a period of time that is less than or equal to a signal period corresponding to the drive signal. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015769 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a first substrate; a second substrate; a sensor provided between the first and second substrates and sensing a touch; and a sealing part provided at an edge between the first and second substrates to enclose the sensor and including micro-structured materials having a plate shaped structure. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015770 | DISPLAY DEVIVE WITH INTERGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of driving the same are provided. The display device with an integrated touch screen includes a gate driver that is configured with a plurality of stages that include a pull-up transistor and first and second pull-down transistors and are respectively connected to a plurality of gate lines. The method includes: turning on the pull-up transistor to output a pull-up signal to each of the plurality of gate lines and, after the pull-up signal is outputted, turning on the first pull-down transistor to output a pull-down signal to each of the plurality of gate lines, during an image output period in each frame; and turning on the second pull-down transistor to output the pull-down signal to each of the plurality of gate lines, during a touch sensing period in each frame. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015771 | TOUCH SCREEN PANELS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided are touch screen panels with improved transmittance and methods of fabricating the same. the method may include preparing a substrate including a cell region and an interconnection region provided around the cell region, sequentially forming a first buffer layer and a second buffer layer on the substrate, the second buffer layer having a refractive index less than that of the first buffer layer, and forming a transparent electrode on the second buffer layer. The second buffer layer is formed of a SiOC material. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015772 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention provides a flexible touch-sensing display panel including a flexible display panel, a flexible transparent substrate and a first patterned transparent conductive layer. The flexible display panel has a display surface, and the flexible transparent substrate is disposed on the display surface of the flexible display panel. The flexible transparent substrate has a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite to each other, and the first patterned transparent conductive layer is disposed on the first surface of the flexible transparent substrate. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015773 | HAPTIC SENSATION FOR TOUCH-SCREEN INTERFACES - A method and system of remotely controlling a second device with a first device is provided. A haptic touch-screen control is configured on a touch-screen of the first device to remotely control an operation of the second device. The haptic touch-screen control has a surface that overlays a display of the first device and indicates a positioning of control icons on the display. The position of the control icons is identified using the haptic touch-screen control. Operation of the second device is controlled using the haptic touch-screen control to activate the control icons displayed on the touch screen of the first device. The adjustment is performed without viewing the display of the first device. A result of the adjustment of the second device is observed simultaneously with the controlling. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015774 | Redundant Sensing Element Sampling - A sensor system and method that adjusts sensor data to account for the presence of noise that causes variations in signal amplitude between sensor blocks and between sensor rows. In order to account for the presence of noise in a sensor apparatus, various embodiments apply a first adjustment to the sensor data to account for variations in signal amplitude that occur from block to block. Various embodiments may also apply a second adjustment to the sensor data to account for variations in signal amplitude that occur from row to row. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015775 | TOUCH MODULE WITH LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a touch module with liquid crystal lens that includes only two transparent substrates, a touch sensing conductive pattern, a liquid crystal light valve conductive pattern, a shielding conductive layer, an insulating layer and a liquid crystal layer. The touch sensing conductive pattern is formed on the lower surface of the first transparent substrate. The liquid crystal light valve conductive pattern is formed on the upper surface of the second transparent substrate. The shielding conductive layer is formed under the first transparent substrate. The insulating layer is formed between the first transparent substrate and the shielding conductive layer and covers the touch sensing conductive pattern to insulate the touch sensing conductive pattern from the shielding conductive layer. The liquid crystal layer is positioned between the shield conductive layer and the second transparent substrate. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015776 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER TERMINAL - A handwriting-based User Interface (UI) apparatus in a user terminal supporting a handwriting-based memo function and a method for supporting the same are provided, in which upon receipt of a handwritten input on a memo screen from a user, the handwritten input is recognized, a command is determined from the recognized input, and an application corresponding to the determined command is executed. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015777 | FILM HAPTIC SYSTEM HAVING MULTIPLE OPERATION POINTS - Provided is a thin film type actuator having multi-operation points, capable of various feels of touch or sounds. The film type actuator includes an upper plate and a lower plate, formed of a single plate. Between the upper plate and the lower plate, pairs of electrode parts capable of attracting one another via an electrostatic force. Since each of the pairs of electrode parts functions as an operation point and the upper plate and the lower plate are formed of the single plate, movements of the respective operation points in such a way that a new physical movement different from an original individual movement is generated to generate a haptic feel or a sound. It is possible to generate various haptic feels or sounds by modulating and combining amplitudes and frequencies of the respective operation points. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015778 | TABLET DEVICE, AND OPERATION RECEIVING METHOD - A tablet device | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015779 | CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - This application discloses a control method of electronic apparatus and an electronic apparatus, wherein the electronic apparatus includes a touch control unit, on which there is at least one operating icon. The control method comprises determining a first touch region corresponding to the at least one operating icon, wherein, an area of the first touch region is less than the area of the touch control unit; determining a second touch region on the touch control unit according to the first touch region, wherein, the second touch region is a region other than the first touch region on the touch control unit; generating a control instruction for making touch function of the second touch region to be in a disable status; and executing the control instruction to make the touch function of the second touch region to be in the disable status. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015780 | USER INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USER TERMINAL - A User Interface (UI) apparatus and a method for supporting the same at a user terminal supporting a handwriting-based memo function are provided, in which an application is executed, a memo layer is provided during executing the application, a first input event is received in a first area of the memo layer, a second input event is received in a second area of the memo layer, one of the first and second input events is recognized as a handwriting input and the other input event is recognized as a drawing input based on the first and second input events, and a predetermined function from among functions of the application is performed according to an input recognition result. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015781 | METHOD AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING SIZE OF TOUCH INPUT WINDOW - A method and a mobile terminal for adjusting the size of a touch input window is provided. The mobile device displays a first touch input window and detects at least one motion input for adjusting the size of the first touch input window. The mobile device displays a second touch input window that results from a size adjustment of the first touch input window according to the detected motion input. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015782 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA BETWEEN MEMO LAYER AND APPLICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for transmitting and receiving data between a memo layer and an application and an electronic device using the same are provided. The method includes executing an application and displaying the executed application on a touch screen, detecting a gesture on the touch screen during execution of the application, displaying a memo layer overlapped on the application according to the detected gesture, the memo layer including a handwriting input area for displaying data to be provided to the application and a display area for displaying data received from the application, receiving a handwriting image in the handwriting input area of the memo layer, recognizing the received handwriting image and comparing the recognized handwriting image with preset data, and displaying a feedback received from the application in the display area of the memo layer according to a comparison result. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015783 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AN ATTACHABLE/DETACHABLE PEN - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for detecting insertion/detachment of E-pen. The apparatus includes a display unit including a touch screen panel (TSP) unit and an E-pen panel sensing an E-pen input, an E-pen insertion unit sensing information related to insertion of the E-pen, and a control unit controlling a power of the E-pen panel using the information related to insertion. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015784 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, OPERATION CONTROL METHOD, AND OPERATION CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, an electronic device includes: a display unit; an input unit including an input area; a time detecting unit for detecting an operation time of an input operation performed on the input area; and a control unit for performing a predetermined notification when an input operation is performed on the input area to which a plurality of actions are assigned according to the operation time detected by the time detecting unit. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015785 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device according to the present invention includes a display screen configured to display information, a touch panel provided on the display screen and configured to be operated by a user, a determination module electrically connected to the touch panel and configured to receive coordinate information from the touch panel by a operation of the user, and a display module configured to display the information on the display screen, wherein when the determination module receives the coordinate information, the displayer displays information of a peripheral area including the coordinates at a position different from the coordinates on the display screen. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015786 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device according to the present invention includes a display module, a touch panel, and a control module configured to control display of the display module in accordance with an operation to the touch panel. The display module displays an image to cause the electronic device to execute predetermined processing, and the control module transfers the image in accordance with the operation to the touch panel. When a predetermined operation is executed during the operation to the touch panel of transferring the image, the control module cancels the transfer of the image and causes the display module to display the image at a position before the transfer. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015787 | DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - When a detection device ( | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140015788 | Device and Method for Parallel-scanning Differential Touch Detection - A method for parallel-scanning differential touch detection is disclosed herein. The method includes generating a plurality of first outputs by a differential unit according to a plurality of first inputs provided by a plurality of sensors of a touch panel in each scan of total i scans, herein, the kth first output in the jth scan of the total i scans is the (i*(k−1)+j)th output in the continuous first outputs, i≧2, j≧1, k≧1, and i, j, k are natural numbers. Wherein, the differential unit has a plurality of subtractors and the inputs of the subtractors are connected in series. By doing so, the noises between a touch panel and a display can be eliminated. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140022181 | Apparatus, Method and Computer Program for Enabling User Input - An apparatus, method and computer program where the apparatus: includes at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program instructions; wherein the at least one memory and the computer program instructions are configured to, with the at least one processor, enable the apparatus to: determine fluctuations in a signal provided by a capacitive sensor of a touch pad; wherein if the fluctuations are below a threshold the processor is configured to determine that an object is touching the touch pad. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022182 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROGRAMMABLE BUTTON ON BEZEL OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A terminal and a method for a programmable button on a bezel of the terminal are provided. For a mobile terminal comprising a touch sensor, a first display and at least one second display disposed at the bezel, the bezel at least partially surrounding the first display, the method includes mapping an object displayed on the first display to a button on the at least one second display, displaying the button on the at least one second display, and when the displayed button is actuated, performing an action corresponding to the object. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022183 | SENDING AND RECEIVING INFORMATION - Disclosed are methods and apparatus for sending information from a first computer to a second computer. The first computer may comprise a gesture module, a device-detection module, and a transmission module. The method may comprise receiving, by the gesture module, an input. The input may specify the information that is to be sent and a direction relative to the first computer. The input may have been generated by a user of the first computer performing a gesture. Using the specified direction, the device-detection module may then identify the second computer. The second computer may be located relative to the first computer substantially in the specified direction. The specified information may then be sent, by the transmission module, to the second computer. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022184 | SPEECH AND GESTURE RECOGNITION ENHANCEMENT - The recognition of user input to a computing device is enhanced. The user input is either speech, or handwriting data input by the user making screen-contacting gestures, or a combination of one or more prescribed words that are spoken by the user and one or more prescribed screen-contacting gestures that are made by the user, or a combination of one or more prescribed words that are spoken by the user and one or more prescribed non-screen-contacting gestures that are made by the user. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022185 | INTERFACE AND SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD BETWEEN TOUCH CONTROLLER AND DISPLAY DRIVER FOR OPERATION WITH TOUCH INTEGRATED DISPLAYS - Apparatuses and methods of synchronizing a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) and a touch screen controller (TSC) integrated circuit that are coupled to a display integrated touch panel, such as an in-cell panel, and allowing multi-phase transmit (TX) scanning of the in-cell touch panel. One apparatus includes a DDI configured to receive signals on a video interface from a host processor over a video interface and to drive electrodes of a touch panel. The DDI is configured to receive control signals from a TSC over a control interface to drive different transmit (TX) phase sequences of a TX signal in different sensing interval on the electrodes of the touch panel. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022186 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL, TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel includes a driving line including a plurality of touch driving units, a sensing line substantially parallel to the driving line and which includes a plurality of touch sensing units, a first driving router disposed adjacent to the driving line and which transmits a first touch pulse to one of an even-numbered touch driving unit and an odd-numbered touch driving unit of the touch driving units, a second driving router disposed adjacent to the driving line and which transmits a second touch pulse to the other of the even-numbered touch driving unit and the odd-numbered touch driving unit of the touch driving units and a plurality of sensing routers connected to each of the touch sensing units and which receives a sensing signal from the touch sensing units. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022187 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN SENSING FUNCTION - A display device including a plurality of pixels at a display region of a first substrate, and an electromagnetic resonance (EMR) sensor unit at one surface of the first substrate, the EMR sensor unit including a first group of coils and a second group of coils, the first group of coils and the second group of coils being laminated, wherein the EMR sensor unit is beneath the plurality of pixels. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022188 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel includes a plurality of driving electrodes, a plurality of sensing electrodes crossing the driving electrodes, a driver for supplying a driving signal to the driving electrodes in a touch recognizing mode, and a controller for receiving signals from the sensing electrodes. In a noise measuring mode, the controller is configured to cut off an electrical connection between one of the driving electrodes and the driver or between one of the sensing electrodes and the controller, maintain an electrical connection between another one of the sensing electrodes and the controller, and detect a noise signal from the other one of the sensing electrodes. The touch screen panel and a driving method of the touch screen panel can increase or maximize the reception sensitivity of outside noise. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022189 | TOUCH INPUT SURFACE SPEAKER - Processing an audio signal is disclosed. A source audio signal to be rendered by a touch input medium is received. An indication of an event where the touch input medium has been contacted at a location on the touch input medium such that rendering of the source audio signal by the touch input medium is affected by the contact is received. At least a portion of the source audio signal is modified based on an expected effect of the contact on the touch input medium determined using the indication of the detector. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022190 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile terminal device includes a touch panel where a specified input operation is performed with an indicator, an input detection unit, and an operation determination unit. The input detection unit detects the pattern of the input operation based on the position of the indicator on the touch panel, and decreases the frequency of execution of processing arranged to detect the input operation performed on the touch panel when an input operation performed on the touch panel is not detected over a specified time period. When the pattern of the input operation is detected in the case where the execution frequency of the processing arranged to detect the input operation is low, the operation determination unit causes a controlled unit determined to be an operation target in relation to the pattern of the input operation to execute a specified operation. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022191 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A touch screen panel, which may be included in a display device, is capable of removing influence due to static electricity applied from the outside by forming a guard ring pattern at an edge of one surface of a window substrate and by implementing a connection part electrically connected to the guard ring pattern so as to directly contact a bezel supporting the touch screen panel. The touch screen panel includes: a transparent substrate divided into an active area and a non-active area positioned at an outside portion of the active area; sensing patterns formed in the active area of a first surface of the transparent substrate; sensing lines formed in the non-active area of the first surface of the transparent substrate and connected to the sensing patterns; and a window substrate provided with a guard ring pattern attached to a second surface of the transparent substrate and formed at an edge of a surface thereof attached to the transparent substrate, and at least one connection part extended from one side of the guard ring pattern. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022192 | MOBILE CLIENT DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND OPERATION SYSTEM - An information processing apparatus that detects an input operation to a touch panel based on an output of the touch panel; creates an operation command to change content displayed on a display apparatus based on a detected input operation to the touch panel; and controls a wireless interface to transmit the operation command to the display apparatus controlling the display apparatus to change the content displayed on the display apparatus. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022193 | METHOD OF EXECUTING FUNCTIONS OF A TERMINAL INCLUDING PEN RECOGNITION PANEL AND TERMINAL SUPPORTING THE METHOD - Disclosed are a method of executing a function of a terminal and a terminal supporting the method. The method includes identifying a position of a touch pen on the pen recognition panel; and defining a non-effective area and an effective-area for a touch input event of a touch panel aligned with the pen recognition panel based on the position of the touch pen. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022194 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing apparatus detects a touched point where an operation screen has been touched, and when the number of touched points detected has decreased to one point, recognize an input based on one detected touched point as a single-touch operation by using a condition different from that when the number of touched points has increased to one point from a state in which a touched point is not detected. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022195 | TOUCH SCREEN INFORMATION SYSTEM - A touch screen information system provides guests or users of a hotel or business with information. The touch screen information system includes system memory which stores an operating system, programming modules and program data. A touch screen display device is configured to provide a viewable area, capable of receiving a user input in the form of a touch, which includes a guest information display area and an operating system and administrative display area. A bezel covers the operating system and administrative display area of the viewable area of the touch screen display device to prevent access to the operating system and administrative display area by guests or users of the hotel or business, but allows access to the guest information display area by the guests or users of the hotel or business. A processor is operably coupled to the system memory and to the touch screen display device such that the processor is configured with the operating system, programming modules and program data to control the touch screen display device to provide information to the guests or users of the hotel or business by displaying the information in the guest information display area. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022196 | REGION OF INTEREST OF AN IMAGE - A device to detect a user accessing a region of interest of an image, access pixels of the region of interest to identify alphanumeric characters within the region of interest, and store the alphanumeric characters and a location of the alphanumeric characters within metadata of the image. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022197 | NOISE REDUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE - Noise reduction method and system for a touch detection device are disclosed. The noise reduction method includes: step A, performing a synchronous sampling on the touch detection nodes in one same group and storing the sampling data; step B, comparing each sampling data against a corresponding reference data to calculate a differential data which, as a detection data, replaces a corresponding original sampling data; step C, calculating statistics of the replacing detection data to screen out valid data to calculate a DC offset component indicative of a noise ingredient; and step D, obtaining noise-filtered detection data by subtracting the DC offset component from each detection data. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140022198 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD FOR ACCEPTING INSTRUCTION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAM - A stereoscopic display device comprising: a stereoscopic display unit; a space sensor; a determination unit for determining whether the instruction position detected by the space sensor is within a detection area corresponding to the instruction stereoscopic image, and accepting an instruction corresponding to the instruction stereoscopic image; a disparity amount decision unit for deciding a disparity amount between the instruction left-eye image and the instruction right-eye image displayed by the stereoscopic display unit, and decreasing the disparity amount between the instruction left-eye image and the instruction right-eye image according to a decrease in the interval detected by the space sensor; and an image processing unit for displaying the instruction stereoscopic image on the stereoscopic display unit by the disparity amount decided by the disparity amount decision unit. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140028569 | Dielectric Layer for Touch Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a substrate comprising a first surface. The touch sensor further includes a plurality of first electrodes comprising one or more conductive materials on the first surface. The touch sensor further includes a dielectric layer formed over the first electrodes and at least a portion of the first surface. The dielectric layer has a dielectric constant less than or equal to approximately 3. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028570 | Dielectric Layer for Touch Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a substrate comprising a first surface. The touch sensor also includes a plurality of first electrodes comprising one or more conductive materials on the first surface. The touch sensor further includes a dielectric layer attached at least indirectly to the first electrodes and at least a portion of the first surface. The dielectric layer is configured to face an electronic display panel with an air gap between the dielectric layer and the electronic display panel. The dielectric layer has a refractive index of less than approximately 1.5. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028571 | Gestures for Auto-Correct - In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to a user entering a string of one or more characters on a computing device, displaying the string on a display of the computing device and determining an auto-suggestion for the string; displaying all or a portion of the auto-suggestion on the display with the string; and, in response to a swipe touch gesture on the display, terminating the display of the auto-suggestion. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028572 | Three-Dimensional Gestures - In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a three-dimensional gesture made by a user of a computing device with respect to one or more surfaces of the computing device, the three-dimensional gesture comprising a trajectory in three dimensions, a first portion of the trajectory comprising a touch of one or more of the surfaces, a second portion of the trajectory comprising a series of points in space distant from the surfaces; determining a user input based on the three-dimensional gesture; and executing one or more actions based on the user input. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028573 | SUSPENSION ELEMENT HAVING INTEGRATED PIEZO MATERIAL FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC EFFECTS TO A TOUCH SCREEN - A compliant suspension element is disclosed for use in mounting an electronic touch screen or touch surface. At least one compliant suspension element couples a touch screen and a housing component together such that the touch screen component is movable relative to the housing component. A segment of piezo material is coupled to opposing surfaces of the at least one suspension element for producing a force that moves the touch screen component relative to the housing component and thereby provide a haptic effect to a user of the touch screen component. In reaction to the force produced by the segments of piezo material, the at least one suspension element is configured to allow movement of the touch screen component relative to the housing component in a first direction and to limit movement between the touch screen component and the housing component in at least a second direction. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028574 | TECHNIQUES FOR LATCHING INPUT EVENTS TO DISPLAY FLIPS - A system including one or more input interface drivers, an input dispatcher, one or more applications, a system compositor and one or more output interface drivers. The input interface driver receives input events. The input dispatcher is modified to dispatch a current input event to a corresponding application after receiving an indication that a display image based upon a previous input event has been posted to an output interface driver. The corresponding application renders a new display image based upon the current input event. The system compositor posts the new display image to the output interface driver. The system compositor is also modified to send an indication to the input dispatcher that the new display image has been posted to the output interface driver. The system iteratively performs the process to latch the dispatching of input events to the display flip. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028575 | Gesture and Touch Input Detection Through Force Sensing - A computing device configured detect a user input. The computing device includes a processor, a touch interface in communication with the processor and configured to detect a touch signal corresponding to an object approaching or contacting a surface, and at least three force sensors in communication with the processor and configured to detect a force signal corresponding to an object exerting a force on the surface. In response to the force the at least processor determines a force centroid location and the touch signals are processed by the processor by analyzing the force centroid location. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028576 | Input Device for and Method of Communication with Capacitive Devices Through Frequency Variation - A computing device configured to receive data from a peripheral device, such as a stylus. The computing device includes a processor, a touch interface, such as a touch screen, in communication with the processor and configured to detect an input corresponding to an object approaching or contacting a surface. The computing device further includes a touch filter in communication with the touch interface and a peripheral filter in communication with the touch interface. The touch filter is configured to reject a peripheral frequency corresponding to a peripheral signal of the peripheral device and the peripheral filter is configured to reject a touch frequency component corresponding to a touch signal corresponding to a touch input. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028577 | Input Device for Touch Sensitive Devices - A method for receiving data from an input device to a computing device through a touch interface. The method includes detecting an input device, synchronizing with the input device by receiving a position signal and activating an input device scan of the touch interface, receiving a data signal from the input device through at least one of a sense line or a drive line of the touch interface, and scanning the touch interface for a touch input by applying a stimulation signal to the at least one drive line and analyzing the at least one sense line. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028578 | TOUCH GESTURE WITH VISIBLE POINT OF INTERACTION ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A computer-implemented method is disclosed. The method includes: detecting at least two touches on a touch screen; determining a touch area corresponding to at least two of the touches; determining a location on the touch screen in proximity to, but at least partially outside of the touch areas; and displaying a point of interaction at the determined location on the touch screen. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028579 | Touch Gesture Offset - In one embodiment, logic embodied in a computer-readable non-transitory storage medium of a device determines a location of a touch gesture by a user within a touch-sensitive area of the device. The logic selects for the touch gesture based on its location within the touch-sensitive area one of a plurality of pre-determined offsets, the pre-determined offsets being specific to the device, the pre-determined offsets being derived from device-specific empirical data on usage of the device by a plurality of users, and the pre-determined offsets being pre-loaded onto the device. The logic applies the pre-determined offset to the location of the touch gesture to determine a touch input intended by the user. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028580 | TOUCH PAD - A touch pad includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate. The first transparent substrate has a plurality of first axial electrodes and at least one hollow channel. The second transparent substrate has a plurality of second axial electrodes. Each of the second axial electrodes has a plurality of first sensing electrode regions and at least one second sensing electrode region. The first sensing electrode regions are provided on both sides of the second sensing electrode region and arranged to extend along a second direction. The central portion of the second sensing electrode regions is formed with a hollow region. By means of the first axial electrode and the second axial electrode, the touch pad of the present invention has an increased signal-to-noise ratio and an enhanced anti-jamming capability. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028581 | DRIVING SIGNAL GENERATING SYSTEM - In a driving signal generating system, a boost circuit provides a power voltage, an amplifier provides an analog waveform driving signal, and a level shifter provides a digital waveform driving signal. A select device selects the analog waveform driving signal as a driving signal for a touch panel in an analog waveform mode, and selects the digital waveform driving signal as a driving signal for the touch panel in a digital waveform mode. The boost circuit provides the power voltage to the amplifier, and the amplifier, in the digital waveform mode, generates an output voltage as a power for at least one last stage of the level shifter. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028582 | DISPLAY DEVICE-INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device-integrated touch screen panel including an upper substrate and a lower substrate having a display region and a non-display region outside of the display region and including a first non-display region and a second non-display region at an outer side of the first non-display region, a plurality of sensing patterns on the upper substrate in the display region, a plurality of sensing lines located on the upper substrate in the non-display region, and coupled to the sensing patterns, a first guard ring pattern adjacent an edge of the first non-display region and surrounding the plurality of sensing lines, a sealing material between the upper substrate and the lower substrate in the non-display region, and a second guard ring pattern overlapping the sealing material in the non-display region, the second guard ring pattern being electrically coupled to the first guard ring pattern and including a transparent conductive material. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028583 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH EMITTING KEY UNIT - A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the device includes a touch emitting key unit, wherein the display device has a structure that a display module and a part of the touch emitting key unit substantially vertically overlap as the touch emitting key unit is affixed to a window. According to the structure, a dead space outside a screen may be effectively reduced. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028584 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A flexible touch screen panel in which metal wire sensing patterns are formed as a touch sensor on a first surface of a flexible thin film is provided. The flexible touch screen panel includes a thin film divided into an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area, sensing patterns in the active area on a first surface of the thin film, and sensing lines in the non-active area on the first surface of the thin film and connected to the sensing patterns. The sensing patterns include nanowire. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028585 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal in which a touch input is possible and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal includes a display unit, a grouping unit and a control unit. The display unit enables a touch input thereon, and allows a plurality of objects to be displayed thereon. When a touch input for at least one of a plurality of objects is sensed, the grouping unit detects attribute information of the sensed touch input, and groups the touched object into a group corresponding to the detected attribute information. The control unit displays, on the display unit, an indicator indicating that the touched object has been grouped into the group corresponding to the detected attribute information, together with the object. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028586 | TOUCH PANEL - A disclosed touch panel includes a panel including a plurality of first conductive films arranged in a first direction, and a plurality of second conductive films arranged in a second direction different from the first direction; a first selecting unit connected to the first conductive films to select one first conductive film or more from the first conductive films; a second selecting unit connected to the second conductive films to select one second conductive film or more from the second conductive films; and an inductor connecting the first selecting unit with a power source, which applies a voltage to the first conductive films. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028587 | INDICATOR POSITION DETECTING DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an indicator position detecting device that reduces unwanted radiation from a sensor section, while being capable of robustly charging a pen-type position indicator with the sensor section, without requiring reduction in area size of a display region and a detecting region of the sensor section even when the overall device size is reduced. The sensor section has an X-axis direction loop coil group and a Y-axis direction loop coil group disposed in intersecting directions. When a transmission signal is supplied to loop coils of at least one of the X-axis direction loop coil group and the Y-axis direction loop coil group, a control circuit controls a selecting circuit so as not to supply the transmission signal to a determined number of loop coils disposed in at least one peripheral region of the sensor section. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028588 | INFRARED DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD WITH PREDICTABLE MULTITOUCH TOUCH CONTROL - The device comprises at least one frame, a first group of infrared ray emitters and a second group of infrared ray emitters, said groups framing a touch interaction space, the scanning of this space being performed by the successive activations of the emitters of the first group then of the second group, wherein, for the first group of emitters and for the second group of emitters: each emitter is associated with a subgroup of receivers, the receivers of said subgroup being arranged facing said emitter; the scanning cycles are initiated according to set time periods, a scanning cycle comprising a complete scan of constant duration according to the first group of emitters and a complete scan of constant duration according to the second group of emitters; all of the emitted rays not received defining one or more shadow areas. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028589 | OPERATING A DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH-SCREEN DISPLAY - Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for operating an electronic device having a touch screen display for displaying information. Embodiments include generating a designated location on the touch screen display for receiving a continuous touch contact. Based on detecting a continuous touch contact at the designated location, information is displayed on the touch screen. Based on detecting an absence of a continuous touch contact at the designated location on the touch screen display, the display of information is disabled. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028590 | HANDWRITING INPUT SYSTEM, INPUT CONTENTS MANAGEMENT SERVER AND TANGIBLE COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is an handwriting input system including: a plurality of handwriting input devices which are adjacently arranged, each handwriting input device comprising an input surface to receive a handwriting input; and an information management unit which is connected with the handwriting input devices so as to be communicate with the handwriting input devices, wherein each of the handwriting input devices transmits draw data indicating draw contents of the handwriting input received by the input surface, to the information management unit, and the information management unit obtains relative position information of the plurality of handwriting input devices which are adjacently arranged, and joins the draw data received from the plurality of handwriting input devices so as to arrange the draw data in relative positions indicated by the relative position information. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028591 | PANEL CONTROL DEVICE, PANEL CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A panel control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to perform processes including acquiring a plurality of pressed positions, each of the plurality of pressed positions being a pressed position identified at each of a plurality of timings within a continuous time period, the continuous time period being a time period determined based on an operation time period in which a panel surface is pressed, and the pressed position being a position at which a pressing force is applied to the panel surface, identifying a tendency of change of the pressed positions based on the plurality of pressed positions, and determining each of the plurality of pressed positions as a specified position in a case where the identified tendency of change satisfies a predetermined condition, the specified position being a pressed position, on the panel surface, that is specified by a user. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028592 | Haptic Input Stylus - Disclosed is a haptic input system. The system includes a user interface device and a stylus cooperating with the user interface device. The stylus includes a vibrator driven by vibrating signals provided by the user interface device to vibrate to generate haptic feedback and to drive the user interface device to generate audible sounds. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028593 | INPUT DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS AND INPUT DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A conversion unit converts output data detected by an input device based on any one type of conversion table among a plurality of types of conversion tables. An output unit transmits the output data thus converted to a main processor via an interface. A switching unit receives, from the main processor via the interface, a mode switching signal for switching detection sensitivity. The conversion unit switches the conversion table for reference based on the mode switching signal. The conversion table is a bit conversion table for reducing the number of bits of the output data. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028594 | TOUCH STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch stereoscopic display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, and a parallax barrier. The display panel has a display surface. The touch panel is disposed on a side of the display surface. The touch panel includes a cover lens and a touch sensing unit. The cover lens has a touch side and a non-touch side opposite to the touch side. The non-touch side faces the display panel. The touch sensing unit is disposed on the non-touch side of the cover lens. The parallax barrier is disposed in the touch panel, and the parallax barrier is used to generate a barrier stereoscopic display effect. The parallax barrier is disposed on the non-touch side of the cover lens. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028595 | MULTI-TOUCH BASED DRAWING INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS - The disclosure is a method and device for drawing a figure in correspondence to an input made with a first input tool and a second input tool to the terminal including an input unit capable of detecting physical touch and electrical input according to the present invention includes detecting a touch input made with the first and second input tools to the input unit; displaying at least one line movable according to contact points of the detected input on a display unit of the terminal; receiving a selection command based on the electrical input made with at least one of the first and second input tools; and displaying one of the at least one line as the line of which at least one of length and direction is fixed. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028596 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display, a sensor which senses bending of the flexible display, and a controller which determines a screen activation region and a screen inactivation region from among a plurality of display regions of the flexible display based on the sensed bending, and displays a predetermined screen on the screen activation region. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028597 | FLEXIBLE DEVICE FOR PROVIDING BENDING INTERACTION GUIDE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus with a bending interaction guide is provided. The flexible apparatus includes a sensor which senses a bending that deforms the shape of the flexible apparatus, and a controller which performs a controlling operation corresponding to the bending, when a previously set bending is sensed. The controller adds and provides the bending interaction guide based on a bending set with respect to each of the objects that are displayed on a screen. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028598 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION IN TERMINAL - An apparatus is configured to perform a method for controlling data transmission in a terminal, which can conveniently perform transmission by using a stylus in the terminal. The apparatus includes a touch screen unit configured to generate a transmission gesture with a stylus. The apparatus also includes a controller configured to perform a control operation to transmit relevant data when the transmission gesture with the stylus is generated on the touch screen unit. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028599 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Disclosed here is a touch screen panel capable of implementing a double routing structure without increasing the number of pads of a pad part by implementing some sensing lines of first and second sensing lines that are electrically coupled to first and second sensing cells arranged on a display region, in the double routing structure, and electrically coupling the sensing lines implemented in the double routing structure to the pads of the pad part through connection patterns. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028600 | Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Inserting a Character from an Alternate Keyboard - A computer-implemented method for use in conjunction with a computing device with a touch screen display comprises displaying a first soft keyboard. While displaying the first soft keyboard, a key for selecting a second soft keyboard different from the first soft keyboard is displayed. A first contact is detected on the key for selecting the second soft keyboard. In response to detecting the first contact, the second soft keyboard is displayed. Movement of the first contact is detected to a character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard. Lift off of the first contact is detected at the character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard to which the first contact moved. In response to detecting the lift off, a character is inserted that corresponds to the character-insertion key in the second soft keyboard to which the first contact moved and the display of the second soft keyboard is ceased. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028601 | USING PRESSURE DIFFERENCES WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed is a user interface that responds to differences in pressure detected by a touch-sensitive screen. The user selects one type of user-interface action by “lightly” touching the screen and selects another type of action by exerting more pressure. Embodiments can respond to single touches, to gestural touches that extend across the face of the touch-sensitive screen, and to touches in which the user-exerted pressure varies during the course of the touch. Some embodiments respond to how quickly the user changes the amount of pressure applied. In some embodiments, the location and pressure of the user's input are compared against a stored gesture profile. Action is taken only if the input matches “closely enough” to the stored gesture profile. In some embodiments, a notification is sent to the user when the pressure exceeds a threshold between a light and a heavy press. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028602 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND PLACEMENT AREA ACQUISITION METHOD - A mobile information terminal that can acquire an optimum placement area for a controllable object, regardless of variability in user's gripping features among individuals. A pressure sensor array acquires a gripping pressure distribution; a gripping pressure logger records time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor forming the pressure sensor array; a gripping pressure change point detection unit includes a gripping pressure change amount calculation section that acquires time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor and determines whether the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds a predetermined value at any pressure sensor; and a placement area acquisition section specifies, when the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value at any pressure sensor, an optimum placement area for a controllable object with reference to a position where the change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028603 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING SLIDING INPUT OF TEXT BASED UPON ON-SCREEN SOFT KEYBOARD ON ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A system for implementing the sliding input of a text based upon an on-screen soft keyboard on an electronic equipment is provided, and the system comprises a feature lexicon module, a feature lexicon establishment module, a user interface module, a sliding trajectory feature extraction module, a rough classifying and filtering module, a rough matching and filtering module and an accurate matching and sorting module. A method for implementing the sliding input of a text based upon an on-screen soft keyboard on an electronic equipment according to the system is also provided. The system and the method for implementing the sliding input of a text based upon an on-screen soft keyboard on an electronic equipment not only can ensure a speed, but also can input a word according to the preorder trajectory of the input portion, and cleverly use a forecasting-between-slidings input, decrease a sliding distance, effectively improve the input speed and accuracy of words, reduce the operation complexity of users, which realize a simple implementation process, convenient and fast utilization, stable and reliable working performance and an extensive applicable scope, bringing the work and life of people huge convenience. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140028604 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND OPERATION STATE DETERMINATION METHOD - A mobile information terminal to determine whether a user's operation state is one-handed operation or two-handed operation. The mobile information terminal includes a pressure sensor array that acquires a gripping pressure distribution; a gripping pressure logger that records time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor forming the pressure sensor array; a gripping pressure change point detection unit that includes a gripping pressure change amount calculation section that acquires time-series changes in gripping pressure at each pressure sensor and determines whether the amount of change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds a predetermined value at any pressure sensor; and an operation state determination section that determines the operation state of the user of the mobile information terminal is one-handed operation when the amount of change in gripping pressure per unit time exceeds the predetermined value at any pressure sensor. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140035825 | CURSOR POSITIONING ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN - In one embodiment, a method for positioning a cursor displayed on a touch-sensitive display screen is provided. The method may comprise detecting a body member touching the touch-sensitive display screen and identifying an offset between the body member and the cursor. Movement of the body member relative to the touch-sensitive display screen can also be detected. Upon detection of the movement, the cursor is also moved from the offset to match the movement of the body member. The body member may then be released and repositioned to a different position on the touch-sensitive display screen. Upon detection of the repositioning, a different offset between the body member at the different position and the cursor is identified. Additional movement of the body member after the detection of the reposition is detected and thereafter, the cursor is moved from the different offset to match the additional movement of the body member. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035826 | TIME-BASED TOUCH INTERFACE - A user device with a touch-sensitive display presents a user interface with multiple content options and detects, on the touch-sensitive display, a touch indicating selection of one of the multiple content options. The user device monitors a duration of the touch. The user device presents a first set of selectable options, associated with the one of the multiple content options, in response to determining that the duration of the touch exceeds the first time threshold, and presents a second set of selectable options, associated with the one of the multiple content options, in response to determining that the duration of the touch exceeds the second time threshold. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035827 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY COMPENSATED FOR A CARRIER-INDUCED MOTION - Described embodiments include a device, method, and computer program product. A described mobile computing device has a touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a screen manager circuit configured to delineate a touch-selectable area on the touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a display circuit configured to display a widget in a positional relationship or spatial association with the delineated touch-selectable area. The device includes a movement detector circuit configured to sense a motion of the touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a display adjustment circuit configured to apply a compensating adjustment to the displayed widget or the delineated touch-selectable area. The compensating adjustment is responsive to an aspect of the sensed motion. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035828 | ADJUSTING A DISPLAYED WIDGET OR DELINEATED TOUCH-SELECTABLE AREA OF A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY IN RESPONSE TO AN APPROACHING USER-APPENDAGE - Described embodiments include a device, method, and computer program product. A described hand-held computing device has a touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a screen manager circuit configured to delineate a touch-selectable area on the touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a display circuit configured to display at least a portion of a widget within the delineated touch-selectable area. The device includes a movement detector circuit configured to sense a motion between the touch-sensitive display surface and a user appendage approaching the touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a display adjustment circuit configured to apply a compensating adjustment to the displayed widget or the delineated touch-selectable area, the compensating adjustment responsive to the sensed motion. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035829 | ADJUSTING A DISPLAYED WIDGET OR DELINEATED TOUCH-SELECTABLE AREA OF A TOUCH SCREEN DISPALY IN RESPONSE TO A PREDICTED TOUCH-CONTACT SITE OF AN APPROACHING USER-APPENDAGE - Described embodiments include a device, method, and computer program product. A hand-held computing device has a touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a screen manager circuit configured to delineate a touch-selectable area on the touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a display circuit configured to display a widget in a positional relationship with the delineated touch-selectable area. The device includes an incoming-movement detector circuit configured to sense a motion of a user appendage approaching the touch-sensitive display surface. The device includes a prediction circuit configured to predict a touch-contact site on the touch-sensitive display surface of the approaching user appendage, the predicted touch-contact site at least partially based on the sensed motion. The device includes a display adjustment circuit configured to apply a compensating adjustment to the displayed widget or the delineated touch-selectable area, the compensating adjustment responsive to the predicted touch-contact site. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035830 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TOUCH SENSOR ELIMINATING SHADOWING - A device and method eliminates a shadowing effect on a touch input receiving device. The method includes receiving a touch input on a top layer that includes first conducting lines, a first current passing through the first conducting lines. The method includes determining a location of the touch input as a function of the first current passing through an intermediate layer as a second current to second conducting lines orthogonal to the first conducting lines of a bottom layer. The intermediate layer disposed between the top and bottom sides is configured as a resistive layer applying a resistance value to the first current upon the touch input being received. The first current continues through the first conducting lines along a remainder thereof as a third current after passing through the intermediate layer to eliminate the shadowing effect. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035831 | Method and System for Scanning Preview of Digital Media - A device configured for a scanning preview of digital media includes: a database, a touch-sensitive display, and a processor. The database is configured to store a plurality of media files and a plurality of images, each image of the plurality of images corresponding to a media file of the plurality of media files. The touch-sensitive display is configured to display an indicator and a two-dimensional grid, the two-dimensional grid including the plurality of images the indicator indicating a first image of the two-dimensional grid. The processor is configured to: play a first media file corresponding to the first image; detect a first gesture on the touch-sensitive display; move the two-dimensional grid displayed on the touch-sensitive display in response to detecting the first gesture such that the indicator indicates a second image of the two-dimensional grid; and play a second media file corresponding to the second image. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035832 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes exciting a first gate line of a touch-sensitive display to control display of information, driving a first scanning electrode of the touch-sensitive display while exciting the gate line, wherein the first gate line is associated with a first area of the display and the first scanning electrode is associated with a second area of the display, which second area is spaced from the first area. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035833 | Touch Sensor Panel with In-Plane Backup Bypass Connections - Touch sensor panels ( | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035834 | TECHNIQUES FOR A MOBILE GAMING DEVICE, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for mobile gaming. In some embodiments an apparatus comprises one or more processors and an enclosure arranged to support a display on a first side of the enclosure and a control device on a second side of the enclosure opposite the first side, the control device removeably arranged in a recessed cavity on the second side of the enclosure. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035835 | EVOLUTIONARY TOUCH-BASED GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - An electronic device having a customizable interface includes a processor configured to execute instructions and a display device configured to generate an interface based in part in response to the processor. The electronic device further includes a touch screen associated with the display device and configured to sense a user input with respect to a plurality of objects, wherein the input is provided to the processor. The processor further configured to determine at least one of a physical aspect of the user input and a frequency of an interaction with each of the plurality objects displayed on the touch screen. The processor further configured to modify a manner in which the plurality objects are displayed on the display device based on the determination of at least one of the physical aspects of the user input and the frequency of interaction with the plurality of objects. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035836 | CHANNEL WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM FOR SENSING TOUCH AND/OR GESTURE - This disclosure relates to a channel waveguide, at least a portion of which is disposed within a viewing area of an interactive display, proximate to and substantially parallel to a user interface surface of the interactive display. A source of a first electromagnetic or acoustic signal is input to the channel waveguide. At least one detector is configured to receive, from the channel waveguide, a second signal corresponding to the first signal and to output a third signal indicative of a position of an object proximate to the channel waveguide. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035837 | USING A DISPLAY DEVICE TO CAPTURE INFORMATION CONCERNING OBJECTIVES IN A SCREEN OF ANOTHER DISPLAY DEVICE - Information in a screen of another display device such as a television or a computer monitor can be captured by a display device including a display unit, an image sensing unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays images corresponding to a screen of another display device. The image sensing unit produces snapshot images corresponding to the screen. The input unit produces selection parameters in response to a selection operation corresponding to the images. The control unit determines objective(s) in the screen according to the snapshot images and the selection parameters. The control unit may transmit objective data corresponding to the objective(s) to the display unit, thereby enabling the display unit to display objective-related information corresponding to the objective according to the objective data. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035838 | DIGITIZER - Disclosed herein is a digitizer including: an input unit having a magnetic field shielding part embedded therein; a driving coil supplied with current to induce a magnetic line of force; a sensing coil to which voltage is induced by the magnetic line of force; and a control unit supplying current to the driving coil and measuring voltage induced to the sensing coil, wherein the control unit senses variation of voltage induced to the sensing coil to calculate coordinates of the input unit when the voltage induced to the sensing coil is changed by the magnetic field shielding part. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035839 | Display Device Integrated with Touch Screen Panel - In a display device integrated with a touch screen panel, light scattering patterns corresponding to regions between dummy patterns are formed in partial regions of first electrodes in order to prevent the first electrodes of the touch screen panel, formed on one surface of the top substrate of the display device, from being visible due to a difference in degrees of scattering light by external light between the first electrodes and the plurality of dummy patterns formed between the first electrodes. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035840 | DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING HANDWRITING, TABLET BELONGING TO SUCH A DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USING SUCH A DEVICE - A device for reproducing handwriting, comprising handwriting acquisition means. When a user writes on the handwriting acquisition means with a writing means, a handwriting trace is recorded in the form of a digital trace. The writing means is provided with a tip, a writing tablet has a frame and an active surface which is disposed in the frame and which records the handwriting trace in the form of a digital trace, at least one sheet reacting locally to pressure from the tip, and means for maintaining the sheet in position against the active surface. The device includes processing means to subject the digital trace to at least one processing operation to obtain a transformed trace and writing restitution means having an apparatus provided with a marking tool and configured to restitute the set of data processed by the processing means by marking the transformed trace on a substrate. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035841 | SENSOR FOR DIGITIZER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a sensor for a digitizer and a method for manufacturing the same. The sensor for a digitizer includes a magnetic layer having insulation property, a first coil formed on one surface of the magnetic layer, an insulating layer formed on one surface of the magnetic layer while covering the first coil, and a second coil formed on one surface of the insulating layer. By this configuration, the coil is directly formed on the magnetic layer to simplify a structure and improve stability of a signal transmitted and received from and to a coil by the magnetic layer. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035842 | Selective Accelerometer Data Processing Methods and Apparatus - A computer-implemented method for reducing extraneous input in a portable device programmed to perform the method includes displaying with the portable device, a text entry interface via a display to a user of the portable device, receiving with the portable device, one or more taps on a portion of the portable device other than the display, wherein the one or more taps is associated with a first action, while displaying with the portable device, an interface other than a text entry interface via the display to the user, the method includes performing with the portable device, the first action in response to the one or more taps, and while displaying with the portable device, a text entry interface via the display to the user, the method includes inhibiting with the portable device, the first action in response to the one or more taps. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035843 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC NOTE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to an electronic device which is sensitive to touch, and an electronic note system using the same. An electronic device according to one exemplary embodiment includes a wireless communication unit to receive color information from an external touch tool via a wireless communication, a display unit to output an image object displayed with a color corresponding to the received color information, and a controller to activate an electronic note function in response to a touch input applied onto the image object, wherein the controller controls the display unit to display information with a color corresponding to the color information, the information being input by a touch input applied onto the display unit. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035844 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a touch screen display and a processor. The processor is configured to output, on a screen of the touch screen display, information regarding a plurality of strokes that are input on the touch screen display. When a first stroke indicative of a selection of a first stroke group on the screen of the touch screen display and a second stroke indicative of a request for a search process are input, the processor is configured to output, on the screen of the touch screen display, information regarding a second stroke group with a degree of similarity to the first stroke group equal to or larger than a threshold value. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035845 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided a display control apparatus including a detection section which detects contact or proximity of a member with or to a display section which displays information, and a display control section which controls displaying of the information on the display section. In a state where the detection section detects contact with or proximity to a predetermined region of the display section continuously performed by a first member for a predetermined time period, the display control section controls scrolling display on the display section according to whether or not the detection section detects contact with or proximity to the display section performed by a second member different from the first member. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035846 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which flexibly utilizes a display screen space of a mobile terminal in consideration of user's convenience and necessity. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to display a main screen including at least one object, a memory configured to store an action corresponding to the at least one object, and a controller, if at least one of the at least one object is selected by a 1 | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035847 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus includes a selecting unit that selects a plurality of strokes from among strokes drawn in a plurality of display images displayed in a switching manner, in accordance with attributes added to the strokes, and a generating unit that generates an image in which the selected strokes are arranged according to an arrangement rule set in advance. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035848 | ELECTRONIC PEN INPUT RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING C-TYPE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL (TSP) - An input position detection apparatus using a touch screen panel (TSP) includes: a power supply unit supplying a power; a transmission unit transmitting at least one internal signal formed by the power supplied by the power supply unit; a receiving unit receiving at least one signal among the internal signal transmitted by the transmission unit and at least one external signal transmitted by at least one electronic pen; and a controller comparing a strength of the signal received by the receiving unit with a strength of the internal signal transmitted by the transmission unit, determining a type of input method according to a result of a comparison, and detecting an input position. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035849 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING INPUT POSITION AND PRESSURE DETECTION IN A PRESSURE DETECTION TOUCH SCREEN - An apparatus and method for improving input position and pressure detection in a pressure detection touch screen. The method includes detecting a touch input on a touch screen; generating compensated pressure information for compensating for inaccurate pressure information detected from the touch input, when the touch input is detected in an outer area on the touch screen; and generating compensated location information using the compensated pressure information. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035850 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method thereof. The display apparatus includes a display with variable transparency, a sensor which senses a location of at least one of a person and an object, and a controller which determines proximity of the at least one of the person and the object to the display based on a result of the sensing by the sensor, and adjusts the transparency of the display differently according to a result of the determining. Accordingly, a user can easily recognize contents displayed on the display screen having high transparency in the display apparatus. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035851 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USER INPUT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and an electronic device thereof for controlling a user input includes detection of a connection of the electronic device and an external display device. An application selected by a user control is executed and an execute image is provided to the external display device. Whether an event for controlling a user input occurs is detected. When the event for controlling the user input occurs, the user input is processed as an input for the selected application being displayed on the external display device. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035852 | APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN IMAGE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An apparatus for displaying an image and including a display unit configured to display the image; an input unit configured to receive an input to change a state of displaying the image; and a controller configured to change the state of the displayed image, save history information including the changed state of the displayed image in a memory associated with the mobile terminal, receive a revival command for displaying the saved history information, and display the saved history information on the display unit. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035853 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERACTION BASED ON MULTI TOUCH FINGER GESTURE - In an apparatus having a touch screen, a user interaction method includes detecting a multi touch having three or more contact points from the touch screen on which an app execution screen is displayed, detecting a movement of the multi touch, determining whether the movement of the multi touch is a pinch-in, and if the movement of the multi touch is a pinch-in, performing at least one of an app execution termination function and a touch screen turn-off function. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035854 | NEGATIVE PIXEL COMPENSATION - Negative pixel compensation in a touch sensor panel is disclosed. A method can compensate for a negative pixel effect in touch signal outputs due to poor grounding of an object touching the panel. To do so, the method can include determining at least one bound for a negative pixel compensation factor based on touch signal values, estimating the compensation factor within the determined bound based on the touch signal values that are negative, where the negative values indicate the presence of the negative pixel effect, and applying the estimated compensation factor to the touch signal outputs to compensate the touch signal values for the negative pixel effect. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035855 | MULTIMEDIA, MULTIUSER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A multiuser, multi-interface computing system includes a computer system, and a continuous substrate including a first surface and a second surface. The substrate includes at least two touch sensitive regions, each touch sensitive region including a continuous touch sensitive surface that covers at least a portion of at least one display and an individual interface for selecting applications. The touch sensitive surface is configured to serve as the primary input to the computer system. The continuous substrate is transparent within the touch sensitive regions. The multiuser, multi-interface computing system is configured so that the at least two users can use the touch sensitive regions simultaneously. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035856 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE BUTTON WITH TWO LEVELS - A touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds is provided. When the button is depressed to a first depression threshold, the touch sensor can be switched from a low-power, non-sensing state to a sensing state. When the button is depressed to a second depression threshold, the touch sensor can sense the touch context and input can be generated based on the depression and the touch context. In this way, the touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds can facilitate timely switching of the touch sensor to a sensing state. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035857 | OPERATING A TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL SYSTEM ACCORDING TO A PLURALITY OF RULE SETS - A touch screen control system comprising a memory and control circuitry is configured to communicate with a host processing system. The control circuitry comprises a blended image generator and a display screen updater, and operates a touch sensor for detecting user input in a sensing region of the touch sensor. The sensing region overlaps a display screen. In response to detection of user input in the sensing region, the blended image generator autonomously generates a blended image by blending primary image and secondary images held in the memory. The display screen updater autonomously updates the display screen with the blended image. The display screen is updated at a higher rate when updated autonomously by the display screen updater than when directed by the host processing system. The autonomous updating of the display screen by the display screen updater reduces processing of the host processing system. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140035858 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TOUCHSCREEN IN A WIRELESS TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for controlling a touchscreen in a wireless terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a display unit which is activated when the wireless terminal is in a first operation state, a touchscreen unit which is activated and displays an icon for performing a corresponding function at a current mode when the wireless terminal is in the first operation state, and a control unit which activates the display unit and controls the icon for performing a corresponding function at a current mode to be displayed on the touchscreen unit when the wireless terminal is in the first operation state. The method includes activating a display unit and displaying an icon for performing a corresponding function at a current mode on a touchscreen unit when the wireless terminal is in a first operation state, and deactivating the display unit and converting a function of the touchscreen unit into a function of the display unit or activating the display unit when the wireless terminal is in a second operation state contrary to the first operation state. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140043241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE EFFECTS OF INADVERTENT TOUCH ON A TOUCH SCREEN CONTROLLER - A method and system are provided for determining if a control button on a touch screen controller (TSC) was inadvertently touched. A user gaze point is determined using gaze detection apparatus, and the level of functional significance of the control button is identified. User gaze boundary values for the control button are then determined, and the gaze boundary values are altered to reflect the level of functional significance. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043242 | PHYSICALLY MODULATING FRICTION IN A STYLUS - A physically-modulated friction stylus system and method for physically modulating friction between a styli tip and a surface of a computing device to emulate the “feel” of different types of writing instruments writing on different types of surfaces (such as pen on paper or a paintbrush on canvas). The actual friction between the stylus and the surface is modulated to produce the “feel.” The friction is physically modulated “on the fly” meaning that friction can be modulated while the stylus tip is in contact with the surface and while the stylus is moving. The friction is modulated dependent on a location of the stylus on the surface and the posture and orientation of the stylus. In addition, the friction can be modulated based on a direction and a velocity that the stylus tip is moving across the surface. Audio may also be used to improve the emulation experience. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043243 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING DEVICE PASSCODE SECURITY - A method for entering a passcode within a mobile device begins with receiving an indication of a user attempt to access the mobile device. A passcode entry display including a plurality of touch points is generated responsive to the indication. Each of the plurality of touch points includes at least two visual identifiers associated therewith. The passcode entry display is displayed on an interface of the mobile device and the passcode is received responsive to user selection of a sequences of the plurality of touch points associated with a predetermined sequence of at least one of the visual identifiers. The arrangement of the at least two visual identifier associated with the plurality of touch points of each passcode entry display differs from an arrangement of the at least two visual identifiers in a previous and a subsequent passcode entry display. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043244 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SENSITIVE PANEL, METHOD FOR OPERATING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - An electronic display device being arrangeable during use into one of at least an opened and a closed state. The device includes a formable display panel having an active area, a periphery area adjacent the active area, and a drive circuit for driving the active area. The active area includes an active area conductive structure substantially arranged along a front side of the active area. The periphery area includes a frame structure for visually bounding the active area. The frame structure is conformal to the display panel. The frame structure is electrically conductive and an insulator structure is provided between the active area conductive structure and the conductive frame structure. The insulator structure insulates the active area conductive structure from frame structure, the conductive frame structure being arranged to thereby shield the active area against ESD damage. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043245 | MULTIFUNCTIONAL STYLUS - One exemplary embodiment involves receiving an input on a device, the input comprising at least one of an amount of pressure applied to the device against a computing device, a click of a physical button associated with the device, or a movement of the device against the computing device. The embodiment also includes transmitting the received input to the computing device via a wireless transceiver associated with the device. Additionally, the embodiment includes causing a plurality of actions to be performed on the computing device based at least in part on the received input. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043246 | DECORATIVE STRUCTURE FOR TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A decorative structure for a touch sensing device is provided. The structure comprises a transparent substrate, a low diffusivity material layer and a protective layer. The transparent substrate has a non-touch surface having a non-image display area. The low diffusivity material layer is disposed on the non-touch surface of the transparent substrate and corresponds to the non-image display area, wherein the low diffusivity material layer has a reflectivity of less than 10%. The protective layer is disposed on the low diffusivity material layer and has at least a first opening pattern to allow a light to sequentially pass through the low diffusivity material layer and the transparent substrate from the first opening pattern. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043247 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES - An electronic device includes a touch controller, sense electrodes operably coupled to the touch controller, a display controller operably coupled to the touch controller to communicate with the touch controller to detect touches, and drive electrodes operably coupled to the touch controller when the electronic device is operating in a reduced power condition and operably coupled to the display controller when the electronic device is operating in a normal power condition. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043248 | TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE, TOUCH AND DISPLAY PANEL STRUCTURE, AND INTEGRATED TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL STRUCTURE HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN AND METHOD OF FORMING TOUCH PANEL HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN - In a touch panel and display panel structure or an integrated touch display panel structure, an antenna pattern is disposed on a touch module, a display module or an integrated touch display module for an increased distance between the antenna pattern and electronic components below the structure, reducing electromagnetic effect caused by the electronic components and improving the antenna performance. The antenna pattern is arranged at two opposite edges of a top surface of the touch and display module or the integrated touch display module, and also at side surfaces of a housing non-coplanar to the top surface such that the antenna pattern is located outside the displaying area of the display module. Maintaining the effective antenna area and enhancing the working bandwidth of the antenna, the side width of surface of the touch panel and display panel structure or the integrated touch display panel structure is significantly reduced. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043249 | MULTI-TEXTURE FOR FIVE BUTTON CLICK PAD TOP SURFACE - An input device and computing system is provided for a user to input data. An input device may comprise a touch sensitive surface. The touch sensitive surface may have at least one part comprising a topological feature. The topological feature at one part may differ from topological features in other parts of the touch sensitive surface. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043250 | COMPLEX SENSING ELECTRODE STRUCTURE APPLIED TO A TOUCH PANEL - A complex sensing electrode structure applied to a touch panel includes a first conducive unit and a second conductive unit. The first conducive unit includes a plurality of first stripped conductive layers disposed on the transparent substrate and separated from each other by a predetermined distance. The second conductive unit includes a plurality of second stripped conductive layers disposed on the transparent substrate to respectively cover the first stripped conductive layers, and the conductive material used by the first stripped conductive layer and the conductive material used by the second stripped conductive layer are different. Hence, the manufacturing cost and the conductibility of the complex sensing electrode structure can be decreased effectively. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043251 | Dual Scanning with Automatic Gain Control - A method and apparatus perform a first scan of an input device and determine that a first signal profile received through the first scan is outside a range of a reference signal profile. The method and apparatus perform a second scan of the input device responsive to the first signal profile being outside the range of the reference signal profile and use a second signal profile received through the second scan to detect a presence of an input object at least proximate to the input device. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043252 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL AND TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - There is provided a touchscreen panel including: a plurality of first electrodes formed on a substrate and including a plurality of first unit electrodes connected in a first axial direction; and a plurality of second electrodes formed on the substrate and including a plurality of second unit electrodes connected in a second axial direction perpendicular to the first axial direction, wherein a plurality of slits having a curved shape are formed between the plurality of first and second electrodes, part of the first unit electrodes and part of the second unit electrodes are included in a unit sensing cell having a rectangular shape, and a virtual slit obtained by rotating a slit formed in a direction toward a corner of the unit sensing cell from a center of the unit sensing cell by 90 degrees is identical to a slit formed in a direction toward another corner adjacent thereto. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043253 | MULTI-TOUCH SCREENS DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A MULTI-TOUCH SCREENS DEVICE - A multi-touch screens device includes at least two touch panels, a microprocessor, and an operation system. The microprocessor is coupled to the at least two touch panels for providing driving signals of the at least two touch panels to the at least two touch panels, receiving sensing signals generated by the at least two touch panels, and generating operation signals corresponding to the at least two touch panels according to the sensing signals. The operation system is coupled to the microprocessor for executing corresponding operations on the at least two touch panels according to the operation signals corresponding to the at least two touch panels. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043254 | WIRE-ARRAY PRESSURE AND MOVEMENT SENSOR - A multilayer wire array having an upper layer having a series wires arranged in an equally spaced, parallel relationship and a series of internal layers located in a spatial arrangement below the upper layer. Each internal layer is similar to the upper layer, wherein each internal layer is oriented preferably perpendicularly to the adjacent layers. The upper layer is provided in electrical connectivity with a power source. Each subsequent layer is provided in electrical communication with a sensing device. Pressure is applied to the wire array, wherein the pressure distorts the layers causing electrical communication between contacting wires. The connectivity provides an output that is sensed by the sensing device and subsequently analyzed to determine the location and any respective movement of the pressure applied to the array. The output data can be used as a pointing device for a computer, a user identity device, and a security device. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043255 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE ZOOMING METHOD THEREOF - A page zooming method for an electronic device having a touch screen includes the following steps. Display an image on the touch screen. Generate operation signals in response to a user's touch operation applied on the touch screen when the touch screen displays the image. Determine a touch region of the touch operation, so as to determine the touch operation as a type of an image zooming gesture according to the determined touch region, and the type of the image zooming gesture is selected from a group consisting of a zooming in gesture and a zooming out gesture. Create a zoomed image according to the displayed image, a predetermined zooming ratio and the determined type of the image zooming gesture. And display the zoomed image on the touch screen. An electronic device using the image zooming method is also provided. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043256 | DISPLAY AND HOUSING THEREOF - A display and housing thereof is disclosed. The housing is applied for assembling a touch panel, and comprises a first case, a buffering structure and a joint structure. The first case has an accommodating space at one side of the first case to accommodate the touch panel. The buffering structure is made of soft material, and the outer edge of the buffering structure connects the first case, and the inner edge of the buffering structure extends toward the accommodating space. The joint structure is made of hard material, and one side of the joint structure connects with one side of the buffering structure. The touch panel is connected with the first case, and the another side of the joint structure being opposite to the side connected with the buffering structure is connected to the touch panel upon the touch panel being accommodated in the accommodating space. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043257 | TOUCH MODULE - A touch module includes a display module, a touch sensing layer and a protecting substrate. The touch sensing layer includes a shielding part, a hardening layer and a flat layer. The hardening layer has an open slot near the shielding part for separating a portion from another portion of the hardening layer. The touch module will not have uneven surface occurred at stacking and bending positions of the edge of the touch module and can avoid the occurrence of mura phenomenon, so as to enhance the display effect of the touch module. In addition, the flat layer is covered onto the hardening layer and the open slot, so that pattern of the touch sensing layer is mild visually, so as to improve the visual effect of the display of the touch module. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043258 | Tablet Touch Display Device and Control Method - A tablet touch display device is disclosed. The tablet touch display device includes a switch for generating a first control signal and a second control signal and comprising a slide slid by an external force to adjust the first control signal and the second control signal, a touch device for outputting a touch signal such that the tablet touch display device executes a touch function, an accelerometer for outputting a rotate signal such that the tablet touch display device executes a screen rotation function, a control module coupled to the switch, the touch device and the accelerometer for outputting a display signal according to the first control signal, the second control signal, the touch signal and the rotate signal, and a display coupled to the control module for displaying a screen associated with the touch function and the screen rotation function according to the display signal. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043259 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROL THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a control method therefor provide an apparatus that includes a first body that includes a display part, a second body that includes a touchpad to change a sensing sensitivity, a hinge part to connect the first body and the second body and to rotate 360 degrees, and a controller to change an operation mode of the electronic apparatus according to an angle of the first body and the second body, and to increase the sensing sensitivity of the touchpad so that the touchpad detects human body contact when the first body and the second body form a preset angle. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043260 | Conductive Substrate and Touch Panel - A conductive substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of conductive areas, a plurality of first conductive wires, a plurality of conductive pads and a plurality of second conductive wires. The conductive areas are disposed on the substrate along a first direction in sequence. The conductive areas are formed and have a plurality of extending conductive portions along a second direction. The conductive portions of two of the adjacent conductive areas are disposed interlacedly. One terminal of each of the first conductive wires is electrically connected to one of the conductive areas. Each of the conductive pads is electrically connected to other terminal of one of the first conductive wires. One terminal of each of the second conductive wire is electrically connected to one of the conductive pads. In addition, a touch panel is also disclosed in the present invention. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043261 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A touch panel includes a first plate, an antenna component and a decoration layer. A touch input area and a peripheral area aside to the input area are defined on the first plate. The antenna component is located at the peripheral area. The decoration layer is located at the peripheral area and hides the antenna component from view. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043262 | POWER SAVING METHOD - A power saving method is provided. The power saving method is applicable to an electronic device including a display unit. The method comprises the steps of determining a start point on the display unit, determining whether the start point is located in a bright area of the display unit, receiving a signal corresponding to an end point on the display unit, generating a trigger signal according to the start point and the end point, and darkening the brightness of an area between the start point and the end point on the display unit according to the trigger signal. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043263 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING BENDING EVENT IN FLEXIBLE PORTABLE TERMINAL, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND FLEXIBLE TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for processing a bending event of a touch screen in a portable terminal. The method includes counting a number of touch sensing values of the touch screen; comparing the number of the touch sensing values with a threshold; determining that a bending event occurs in the touch screen when the number of the touch sensing values is at least equal to the threshold; and performing at least one of correction of an error of the touch sensing values, a function of the portable terminal allocated to the bending event upon a determination that the bending event occurs. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043264 | TOUCHSCREEN AUTHENTICATION UNIT WITH DYNAMIC TOUCH LOCATIONS - An input device for a touchscreen provides simulated finger touches on the touchscreen that may dynamically change to produce a spatial and temporal pattern. In one embodiment mechanically constrained movable touch points may move into and out of contact with the screen while maintaining registration with respect to the other touch points within the dimension of the touch screen. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043265 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND INTERPRETING ON AND OFF-SCREEN GESTURES - A system and method for the detection and interpretation of unique and distinctive gestures by extending the input sensor area to a perimeter area beyond the display area. In systems that have more flexible requirements, an additional gesture band can be located within the display area. The extended input sensor area allows for new gestures that are facilitated by the expanded sensor area. One gesture initiated around the corner of the device is most useful as ‘next’ and ‘previous’ navigation gestures found in traditional electronic publication reader applications, but can be overloaded or repurposed to serve different functions depending on the context. An gesture is used to initiate screen capture process. A third gesture is a corner-fold bookmark gesture and is used to bookmark a page by ‘dog earing’ the corner of the page electronically. An additional gesture, also initiated at the corner of the device launches selectable icons for the most frequently used applications. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043266 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON AND INPUT PROCESSING DEVICE - An input processing device including a display screen and a pointing device for inputting corresponding 2-dimensional coordinates on the display screen. A 3-dimensional space is displayed on the display screen and the 2-dimensional coordinates inputted from the pointing device are detected. Next, shift amounts, per unit of time, of the detected 2-dimensional coordinates are calculated based on a predetermined calculation start condition. And the calculated shift amounts are converted to 3-dimensional coordinate shift amounts in the 3-dimensional space. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043267 | Operation Method of Dual Operating Systems, Touch Sensitive Electronic Device Having Dual Operating Systems, and Computer Readable Storage Medium Having Dual Operating Systems - An operation method of dual operating systems, a touch sensitive electronic device having dual operating systems, and a computer readable storage medium having dual operating systems are disclosed. The touch sensitive electronic device includes an image outputting interface and a touch sensitive screen, and is capable of operating a first operating system and a second operating system simultaneously. First, whether the image outputting interface is connected with a display device is detected when the touch sensitive screen displays the operation screen of the first operating system. Then, the operation screen of the second operating system is output to the display device via the image outputting interface when the image outputting interface is connected with the display device. Lastly, a virtual input interface is displayed on the operation screen of the first operating system displayed on the touch sensitive screen. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043268 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING TOUCH REGION TO BE SHOWN AND METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device for displaying a touch region to be shown and a method thereof are provided. The method includes verifying an input touch region and adjusting a layout of a screen such that the touch region is not covered. Accordingly, a user is able to see a touch region without taking their finger, etc. used for a touch of a touch screen off the touch screen. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043269 | Operating Device in a Vehicle - An operating device in a vehicle includes a mobile operating device having a display area on which at least one display element to which multiple functions are assigned is displayable, a mounting support accommodating the mobile operating device, an input device for implementing an input assigned to a function associated with the display element, and a control unit for generating a control command based on an input. The mounting support can position the mobile operating device in at least two positions, and a position-detection device detects positions of the mobile operating device. The functions assigned to the display element are subdivided into at least two function groups, only control commands of the first function group are generatable if the mobile operating device is in a first position, and only control commands of the second function group are generatable if the mobile operating device is in the second position. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043270 | Touch-Sensitive User Input Device Failure Prediction - Detection of degradation of a touch-based user input device may allow for notifying a user of an impending failure of the touch-sensitive user input device so that the device may be taken out of service or repaired. Systems for detecting degradation of a touch-based user input device may carry out one or more operations including, but not limited to: determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous; providing a user notification indicative of a degradation of the touch-based user input device in response to determining that a signal indicative of a user touch is erroneous. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043271 | DISPLAY AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT - A display and control device for medical equipment, comprising several identically configured display/control units, which are located on a base unit. The base unit is equipped with a bus, to which the display/control units and components of the medical equipment are connected. The base unit comprises connection devices, which are used to connect the display/control units to the bus. Once a display/control unit has been connected, a configuration unit transmits configuration data to the display/control unit and only then defines which function the display/control unit is to fulfill. This permits defective display/control units to be simply replaced. The construction of the display/control units is likewise simple and not susceptible to malfunctions. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043272 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043273 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATION ACCORDING TO MOVEMENT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method operate a portable terminal according to touch and movement. When a touch is sensed, an angle of the portable terminal is determined. When the determined angle belongs to a grip zone, the portable terminal is transitioned to a wake up state. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043274 | TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH DETECTION AND DISPLAY METHOD - A touch panel includes an array of pixels, a scan drive circuit, and a touch detection circuit. The array includes a plurality of sets of scan lines and a plurality of sets of data lines that orthogonally intersect with each other. The plurality of sets of data lines includes a first type of sets and a second type of sets that are disposed apart from each other. The scan drive circuit is electrically connected with the sets of scan lines and provides each set of the scan lines with a first scan drive signal sequentially set by set. The touch detection circuit provides the first type of sets with a touch drive signal and detects a touch sense signal from the second type of sets when each set of scan lines receives the first scan drive signal. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043275 | Sensing User Input At Display Area Edge - One or more sensors are disposed to sense user inputs in an active display area as well as user inputs in an extended area that is outside of the active display area. Data for user inputs, such as gestures, may include data from user inputs sensed in both the active display area and outside of the active display area. The user inputs can begin and/or end outside of the active display area. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140043276 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device ( | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140049476 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT - Disclosed is a case for an electronic device such as a wireless phone, tablet computer, media player electronic book reader or the like. The case can include a body portion configured to receive the electronic device and provide a removable cover for the electronic device. The case can also include at least one touch sensitive input device disposed on an exterior surface of the body portion. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049477 | Systems and Methods for Touch-Based Two-Stage Text Input - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for touch-based two-stage text input. An electronic device ( | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049478 | ACTIVE STYLUS WITH PASSIVE MUTUAL MEASUREMENTS - An apparatus includes a sense unit operable to sense a plurality of first signals transmitted on one or more vertical lines and one or more horizontal lines of a touch sensor, the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines operable to drive the plurality of first signals. The apparatus also includes a drive unit operable to transmit, in response to the sense unit sensing at least one of the plurality of first signals, a second signal to the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines, the second signal changing an effective charge of the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049479 | SMUDGE EFFECT FOR ELECTRONIC DRAWING APPLICATION - An electronic device, computer-readable medium and method provide for line smudging in electronic drawing. The electronic device has a touch sensitive display screen that is responsive to user touch and stylus input. A graphics module is operable to render a line on the touch sensitive display screen in response to motion of the stylus. If a trajectory of the touch input intersects with the line within a set time period after the line is rendered, the line is replaced by a representation of a smudged line. The electronic device may be controllable by instructions stored on a computer-readable medium. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049480 | SCALABLE TOUCHSCREEN PROCESSING WITH REALTIME ROALE NEGOTIATION AMONG ASYMMETRIC PROCESSING CORES - A method for determining touch input data complexity and negotiating the processing of touch inputs from a touchscreen controller to a host processor. As touch input data is received from a touchscreen, the data may be evaluated by the touchscreen controller to determine the data's complexity. When the touchscreen controller determines the received touch input data is too complex for touchscreen controller processing, the host processor may be requested to process the data. The touchscreen controller may resume processing touch input data based on low complexity or host processor availability. Complexity may be determined based on evaluations of the number and frequency of touch inputs. Additionally, the touch input data may be evaluated to determine whether it represents multi-touch input. In an aspect, the touchscreen controller may disregard received touch input data determined to be noise. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049481 | Tactile Interface System For Manipulation Of A Touch Screen - An interface system that allows for tactile manipulation of a touch screen for people with disabilities and which provides appropriate tactile marking for the action they wish to carry out and that may afford a sensation that a button is being pressed to a user, is provided. The system includes a touch screen and a tactile button assembly that extends over at least a portion of the touch screen. The tactile button assembly includes tactile buttons with tactile indicia that can be felt by a user. The tactile buttons are arranged with respect to the touch screen so that when a tactile button is pressed by a user, a contact end of the tactile button contacts a button on the touch screen to perform a predetermined task associated with pressing such button on the touch screen. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049482 | TOUCH DETECTION STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A touch detection structure and a touch display device using same are disclosed. The touch detection structure includes a frame, a plurality of transmitters, and a plurality of receivers. A printed circuit layer is directly formed on one surface of the frame by way of mechanical processing to electrically connect to the transmitters and the receivers. With the printed circuit layer being directly formed on the frame of the touch detection structure, the touch display device using such touch detection structure can save the costs for using and manufacturing circuit boards and has reduced overall thickness to enable convenient assembling thereof. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049483 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a display device and a method for controlling the same. Herein, the method for controlling the display device includes the steps of displaying a first object and a second object, wherein the first object is displayed so that at least a portion can overlay a first region of the second object, determining a first pressure condition being required for controlling the first object within the first region of the second object, detecting a first touch input touching a region in which the first object is displayed, detecting a second touch input controlling the first object, controlling the first object corresponding to the second touch input, when a pressure level of the first touch input satisfies the first pressure condition, and allowing the second touch input to bypass the first object, when the pressure level does not satisfy the first pressure condition. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049484 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a substrate; a black matrix formed on the substrate and defining a pixel area; a first electrode formed on the black matrix; a color filter layer formed in the pixel area on the substrate; and a second electrode formed on the color filter layer. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049485 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; an electrode formed in a mesh pattern on the transparent substrate; and a wiring formed in a wavy pattern on the transparent substrate and connected to the electrode, the wiring having curve shape of first peaks and second peaks alternately continuing along a longitudinal direction. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049486 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device including a touch screen and method of driving the same are provided. In a method of driving display device including a touch screen, the display device including a panel including a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of gate lines, the method includes: applying, by a display driving unit, a gate signal to a subset of the plurality of gate lines, applying, by a touch sensing unit: a common voltage to a first subset of the plurality of electrodes corresponding to the subset of the plurality of gate lines, and the touch scan signal to a second subset of the plurality of electrodes, other than the first subset of the plurality of electrodes. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049487 | INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR CLOTHING DISPLAYS - Techniques are disclosed for providing a user interface on a flexible display integrated on and/or into clothing. All or a portion of an article of clothing can function as a flexible display, enabling a user interface to be provided to a wearer of the article of clothing in a customized manner. The customized manner can be based on the type of information provided in the user interface and/or a triggering event invoking the user interface. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049488 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING COORDINATES OF TOUCH POINT ON TOUCH PANEL - A method for sampling coordinates of a touched point on a touch panel, includes the steps of: (a1)) detecting a touched point at a low detection frequency to obtain two touch coordinates sequentially in time series; (a2) calculating a distance between the two touch coordinates; (a3) determining whether the distance between the two touch coordinates is greater than a first threshold distance; (a4) detecting a touched point at a high detection frequency to obtain a subsequent touch coordinate in time series; (a5) calculating a distance between two touch coordinates sequentially in time series at the high detection frequency; (a6) determining whether the distance obtained in the step (a5) is less than a second threshold distance; and (a7) detecting a touched point on the touch panel at the low detection frequency when the distance is less than the second threshold distance in the step (a6). | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049489 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ICON - An electronic device capable of being controlled by a remote device can present a display of relevant buttons. Each button on the remote device has at least one characteristic of appearance, and at least one function. The electronic device includes a displaying unit, a storing unit and a controlling unit. The storing unit stores at least one characteristic of appearance (first feature) and at least one button function (second feature). A controlling unit obtains the first and second features, and controls the displaying unit to display the first and second features together as a generated icon corresponding to the one of the buttons on the remote device. A method for displaying such icons is also provided. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049490 | TOUCH SENSING UNIT AND A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL WITH THE SAME - A touch sensing unit includes a detection electrode, a switch and a boosting and discharging unit. The detection electrode detects the touch from an external object. The switch is connected to the detection electrode for generating a touch voltage. The boosting and discharging unit is connected to the detection electrode and the switch for discharging the detection electrode or boosting the voltage of the detection electrode. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERCEIVING IMAGES WITH MULTIMODAL FEEDBACK - A method, system and computer-readable medium for providing feedback effects for an image. The method includes identifying one or more features in an area of the image. The method also includes mapping the one or more identified features to at least one of multiple modalities of feedback effects. Additionally, the method includes generating parameters for feedback effect output and storing the generated parameters in association with the image such that, in response to coordinates of an input of a user corresponding to the area of the image, a user interface associated with the image is configured to provide at least one of the multiple modalities of feedback effects to the user. The multiple modalities of feedback effects include one or more visual feedback effects, one or more haptic feedback effects and one or more audio feedback effects. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049492 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING AN OBJECT ACCORDING TO A BENDING STATE - An electronic device and a method for changing an object according to a bending state. The method includes analyzing coordinates of touch areas to set an arbitrary area; checking that at least one object is included in the set area; and controlling a layout of the at least one object included in the set area according to a bending state. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049493 | INFORMATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information device includes a touch-sensitive panel that is used for display and operation; an operation check portion configured to check whether operation performed on the information device is first operation that is predefined operation or second operation other than the first operation; and a luminance setting portion configured to, when a luminance set value of the touch-sensitive panel is set at a low luminance value that is set for a case of power saving, and when the operation check portion checks that the operation performed on the information device is the first operation, remain the luminance set value unchanged, and, when the luminance set value is set at the low luminance value, and when the operation check portion checks that the operation performed on the information device is the second operation, set, as the luminance set value, a high luminance value greater than the low luminance value. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049494 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL TOUCH OPERATION - Method and apparatus for preventing an accidental touch operation. The method includes determining, when detecting a touch point in a display area on a touch screen, whether the touch point is within an invalid touch area based on the detected touch point in the display area; and making a response to the touch point only if it is determined that the touch point is not within the invalid touch area. If it is determined that the touch point is within the invalid touch area, no response to the touch point is made. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049495 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DISCRIMINATION - Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different types of contacts to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. Illustrative contact types include fingertips, thumbs, palms and cheeks. By way of example, thumb contacts may be distinguished from fingertip contacts using a patch eccentricity parameter. In addition, by non-linearly deemphasizing pixels in a touch-surface image, a reliable means of distinguishing between large objects (e.g., palms) from smaller objects (e.g., fingertips, thumbs and a stylus) is described. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049496 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY FOR SAME - An electronic device is described herein. The device can include a frame that has a perimeter and can include a display module that may be configured to display images. The device may also have a sensor that may be configured to detect touches from one or more objects in relation to the images displayed by the display module. In addition, the device can have a cover that may sit over the sensor and the display module and can be in contact with at least a portion of the frame. In one arrangement, the perimeter of the frame can be configured to force at least a portion of the cover into a convex position with respect to the display module. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049497 | TOUCH CONTROLLER WITH IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS CALIBRATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT - A touch controller with improved diagnostics calibration and communication support includes a data capture register configured to sample data from one or a plurality of touch panel sense channels at an output of an analog to digital (A/D) converter. The sampled data is bit packed, and a demodulation waveform is captured, correlated with the sampled data. The contents of the data capture register, including the sampled data and the demodulation waveform, are transferred to a memory configured to create one or more records from the transferred contents. A processor can be used to extract the one or more records captured in the memory to display to a user for diagnostics or calibration. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049498 | METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE FOR IMAGE OPERATION - Methods and mobile terminal devices for image operation are disclosed. In an exemplary method, an image viewing request from a user can be obtained. The image viewing request can include image identification. The mobile terminal can switch to an image mode from a current interface to display an image corresponding to the image identification on a main interface of the image mode. The mobile terminal can obtain a first operation request from the user and enter a first operation interface under the image mode to perform a first operation on the image and to generate a first operation image. The mobile terminal can obtain a second operation request from the user and enter a second operation interface to perform a second operation on the first operation image. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140049499 | TOUCH SCREEN SELECTION - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to touch screen selection. A device displays a plurality of touch elements on a touch-enabled display. The device receives a touch input via the touch-enabled display. Further, the device determines an ambiguity based on the touch selection input. The device magnifies an area associated with the touch selection input based on the ambiguity determination. Moreover, the area includes a set of the touch elements associated with the ambiguity termination. The device receives another touch input at the area via the touch-enabled display. Then, the device determines one of the touch dements based on the other touch input. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140055367 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FOR INTERACTION WITH CONTENT WITHIN A DIGITAL BEZEL - An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide for an active digital bezel area on a display of a device. Touch input may be received in a bezel area provided on the display, where user interaction with content presented within the bezel area at a location corresponding to the location of the touch input is initially disabled. A force component of the touch input may be detected and compared to a predetermined force threshold. In cases in which the force component of the touch input exceeds the predetermined force threshold, user interaction with the content at that location may be enabled. In this way, the force exerted by the user in applying a touch input in the bezel area may be considered an indication of the user's intent to interact with corresponding content within the bezel, and such interactions may be provided for accordingly. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055368 | Method and Apparatus by Using Touch Screen to Implement Functions of Touch Screen and Keypad - The present invention discloses a method and apparatus by using touch screen to implement functions of touch screen and keypad, to increase one extra function, keypad, in a touch display. The purpose can be achieved by adding one data processor and modifying firmware of video processor. The data processor converts touch data into touch data and key data. The two data are sent out through two data interfaces. The two data flows can be thought as data from two independent devices. Besides, the two data flows can be directed to either one single system or two systems. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055369 | SINGLE-GESTURE MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE OPERATIONS - A mobile computing device comprising a user interface and a touch button. A mobile computing device operation is adapted to occur upon the touch button being engaged with a touching device and the touching device sliding to the user interface prior to removing the touching device from the mobile computing device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055370 | TOUCH SENSOR USABLITY ENHANCEMENT ON CLAMSHELL NOTEBOOK - An input device and computing system is provided for a user to input data. An input device may comprise a plurality of input keys, palm rest areas, and a touchpad. The palm rest areas may have a first palm rest area and a second palm rest area with each palm rest area includes a sensor configured to detect a body part of a user. A first sensor may be used for detecting a presence of a first body part of a user. A second sensor may be for detecting a presence of a second body part of a user, such as the left hand of the user. A touchpad may be disposed between the first sensor and the second sensor. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055371 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DETERMINATION OF THE DIGIT BEING USED BY A USER TO PROVIDE INPUT - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for determination of the digit being used by a user to provide input. A method may include receiving user input defining a slide gesture from a digit of a user on a touchscreen. The method may further include determining a characteristic of the user input. The method may further include determining, based at least in part on the characteristic of the user input, the digit used by the user to provide the user input. In some cases, the method may further include causing modification of presentation of information on a display based on the digit determined to be used. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055372 | VISUAL OBJECT MANIPULATION - In one example, a method includes outputting, at a first location of a presence-sensitive display of a computing device, a first graphical object and receiving an indication of a first touch gesture detected at a second location of the presence-sensitive display. The method may further include, in response to receiving the indication of the first touch gesture, outputting, at the second location, a second graphical object and receiving an indication of a second touch gesture originating within a predetermined distance of the second location and moving towards the first location. The method may further include outputting movement of the second graphical object into contact with the first graphical object. The method may also include, in response to outputting movement of the second graphical object into contact with the first graphical object, outputting at a third location, the first graphical object that is a determined distance away from the first location. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055373 | TOUCH SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY COMPATIBLE WITH LINEARLY POLARIZED SUNGLASSES - A touch sensing liquid crystal display is made with a stack of layers that has controlled or low birefringence. The final layers of the output of the touch sensing liquid crystal display circularly polarize the output light. The combination of low birefringence and circularly polarized output light provides a touch sensing LCD that can be viewed from many angles with low visible artifacts, even through linear polarizing objects, such as sunglasses. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055374 | SINGLE CONTACT SCALING GESTURE - Methods and systems for providing input to a computing device based on a single contact scaling gesture are provided. A scaling gesture can be performed on a touch-sensitive panel to zoom in or out of a displayed image, for example. One example of a scaling gesture can include two touch contacts moving towards or away from each other. A single contact scaling gesture can include selecting a scaling command based on a first touch input being held for a predetermined duration of time, or based on other criteria. Once the scaling command has been selected, subsequent touch input can determine both a scaling factor and a scaling direction of the scaling command. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055375 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The flexible apparatus includes: a sensor which senses a bending of the flexible apparatus; and a controller which, if a bending line which is formed based on the bending is continuously moved in a first direction and thus reaches a location which corresponds to a display location of at least one object, provides a visual feedback with respect to the at least one object. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055376 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates display screen space of mobile terminal to be flexibly utilized in consideration of user's convenience and necessity. The present invention includes displaying 1 | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055377 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The method includes providing a first tactile feedback to a first area of a display unit, the first tactile feedback corresponding to texture information of the first area, detecting one or more touch inputs applied to the first area, accumulating attribute information of the touch inputs applied to the first area and storing the accumulated attribute information, updating the texture information of the first area according to the accumulated attribute information, and providing a second tactile feedback corresponding to the updated texture information of the first area. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055378 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, the touch panel including a transparent substrate; and a conductive part formed on the transparent substrate, wherein the conductive part is formed by coating silver salt emulsion layers having different photo-sensitivities on the transparent substrate such that the silver salt emulsion layers are laminated in multiple layers, followed by exposing/developing, so that electrical conductivity of the conductive part can be significantly improved. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055379 | TOUCH ELECTRODE DEVICE - A touch electrode device includes a substrate and at least one transparent electrode layer. The transparent electrode layer is disposed above a surface of the substrate. The transparent electrode layer includes a plurality of metal nanowires. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055380 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including an electrode pattern formed by forming imaginary lattices configured of same polygons as each other, randomly generating predetermined points in the polygons, and connecting the predetermined points and vertexes of the polygons to each other. The electrode pattern is irregularly formed, thereby making it possible to prevent a Moire phenomenon and improve visibility. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055381 | SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CHARACTER MAKE-UP - The present invention relates, in general, to a method of conveniently making up a character string in smart phone-based messengers or Internet-based Social Network Services (SNSs) by utilizing technology for implementing a user-friendly interface using multi-touch, a gyro sensor, etc. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055382 | DEFORMABLE TOUCH SCREEN - The present disclosure provides a deformable touch screen including a display unit for displaying a user interface; a touch panel including a dielectric material, a first electrode coated on one end of the dielectric material, a second electrode coated on the other end of the dielectric material, a non-conductive material coated on the second electrode, and a conductive metal coated on the coated non-conductive material; a voltage controller for controlling a voltage applied between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a signal generator for applying a signal to the voltage controller, wherein the signal generator generates a signal for making a user interface button of the display unit into a 3D form according to a measured result of an increase or a decrease in mutual capacitance of a user's hand and a conductive metal. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055383 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, a first sensing electrodes, a second sensing electrodes, a plurality of first connectors, each of which connects two neighboring first sensing electrodes, and a plurality of second connectors, each of which connects two neighboring second sensing electrodes. The touch screen panel further includes a electrostatic induction member formed over a touch inactive region, the electrostatic induction member being electrically coupled to one of the first sensing electrodes and extending toward one of the second sensing electrodes adjacent to the one of the first sensing electrodes, at least a portion of the electrostatic induction member overlapping the adjacent second sensing electrode when viewing in the thickness direction. A first insulation layer is interposed between the first connectors and the second connectors and between the electrostatic induction member and the adjacent sensing electrode. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055384 | TOUCH PANEL AND ASSOCIATED DISPLAY METHOD - A display for a display panel is provided. The display method includes steps of detecting a touch trace, determining a plurality of display positions according to the touch trace, and displaying a plurality of function icons at the plurality of display positions. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055385 | SCALING OF GESTURE BASED INPUT - The invention relates to method for providing an input to a device comprising the steps of sensing a gesture based interaction, classifying the gesture based interaction and depending on the classification, inputting an instruction to the device, wherein the instruction depends on the realization characteristics of the gesture based interaction, in particular trajectory and/or speed and/or duration in time of the gesture based interaction, and scales with at least one parameter independent of the gesture based interaction. The invention also relates to a corresponding device. To further improve the interaction between a user and a device, feedback providing means can be provided. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055386 | TOUCH AND NON TOUCH BASED INTERACTION OF A USER WITH A DEVICE - The invention relates to method for providing an input to a device characterized in that the input is based on a combination of at least one touch based interaction and at least one non-touch based interaction with the device, wherein the one type of input influences the action instructed to the device in response to the other type of input. The invention also relates to a corresponding device. To further improve the interaction between a user and a device, feedback providing means can be provided. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055387 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND AUTOMATIC UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic device having a suspend mode and a work mode is illustrated. The portable electronic device includes a body, a touch sense module and an identifying module. The body includes a casing. The touch sense module has a plurality of touch sensors disposed on the surface of the casing and used for sensing a contact gesture of a user. The identifying module is placed in the body and used for retrieving an identification data. When the portable electronic device is switched to the suspend mode, the touch sense module is enabled to sense the contact gesture. When the contact gesture matches a predetermined gesture, the identifying module is enabled to retrieve the identification data wirelessly. The portable electronic device is switched from the suspend mode to the work mode when is the identification data is confirmed. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055388 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING A HOME SCREEN IN A TERMINAL HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN - A method of configuring a home screen in an electronic device includes displaying the home screen including one or more objects on the touch screen; detecting a first touch gesture requesting a display of a list function items related to the home screen in a state where the home screen is displayed; displaying the list of the function items in response to the first touch gesture for selection; detecting a second touch gesture selecting a specific function mode in a state where the list of the item is displayed; and displaying an editing screen on the touch screen for selection. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055389 | REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SIGNALS NEEDED FOR OPERATING A TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE - A system and method for reducing the number of transmit and receive signals that are necessary to operate a touch sensitive device having a sensing area comprised of an orthogonal electrode grid, a controller chip being capable of grouping together various electrodes when driving and reading signals from the touch sensitive device, or using the same number of drive pins and sense inputs to operate a much larger touch sensitive device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055390 | METHOD FOR CHANGING DISPLAY RANGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - Provided are methods for changing a display range in an electronic device having a touchscreen. The method for changing a display range in an electronic device includes: detecting a plurality of touches; determining a plurality of regions in consideration of a plurality of touch points; and changing a display range of at least one region of the plurality of regions in consideration of change in a distance between the plurality of touch points. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055391 | METHOD FOR INCREASING A SCANNING RATE ON A CAPACITANCE SENSITIVE TOUCH SENSOR HAVING AN XY ELECTRODE GRID - A system and method for increasing a scanning rate, reducing the effects of noise and reducing power consumption when using a touch sensor having an electrode grid formed by co-planar but orthogonal XY electrodes, wherein the touch sensor may be used to determine the position of an object on a surface of the touch sensor in two measurement cycles, one set of electrodes functioning as a single large drive electrode and the other set of electrodes functioning as a single large sense electrode for a first measurement cycle, then the functions being switched for a second measurement cycle. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055392 | CARBON NANOTUBE TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS USING SAME - A large-area touch panel utilizing carbon nanotubes (CNT units) includes a first carbon nanotube (CNT) sub-panel and a second CNT sub-panel, the second CNT sub-panel is attached to the second CNT sub-panel to form a single CNT panel assembly. Each of the first CNT sub-panel and the second CNT sub-panel includes a CNT film having a plurality of CNT units, with an orientation of the CNT units in one sub-panel being perpendicular to the CNT units of the other sub-panel. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055393 | MULTIPOINT POSITIONING METHOD FOR TOUCHPAD - A multipoint positioning method for a touchpad including the steps of: scanning a touchpad to retrieve two-dimensional data; calculating an object area and a number of maxima of local maxima in the two-dimensional data; comparing the object area with an area threshold when the number of maxima is larger than 1; and identifying positions of the local maxima as a plurality of contact positions when the object area is larger than or equal to the area threshold. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055394 | FLEXIBLE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF - A flexible device includes a flexible body and a plurality of piezoelectric materials arranged on the flexible body that deform in response to drive signals causing deformation of the flexible body of the flexible device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055395 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING SCROLLING - A method and an apparatus for controlling scrolling are provided. The method includes receiving a proximity input occurring through a proximity event between a screen and an input medium, determining a scrolling direction in view of an area where a touch input has occurred, determining a scrolling speed by using at least one of the area where the touch input has occurred, a time interval during which the touch input is maintained, and a distance between the touch screen and the input medium, and performing the scrolling through a reflection of the scrolling direction and the scrolling speed. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055396 | Input Device with Hand Posture Control - A gesture detection system according to embodiments includes an input device including a touch sensitive surface and a contact-free detection system; and a controller configured to determine characteristic parameters for the position in three-dimensional space of a user input object and select an operational mode of the input device based on the position of the user input object. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055397 | DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE - An apparatus for the operator control of a plurality of different functions in a motor vehicle has a touch-sensitive display panel that can be used to display at least some of the controllable functions by respective symbols associated with the respective function. The symbols can be moved on the display panel by a combined touch and displacement movement in order to bring the respective function to be controlled to a fixed operator control position on the display panel at which operator control of the respective function is possible. The apparatus furthermore has an operator control device that is separate from the display panel and that has at least one operator control element arranged adjacent to the operator control position, for controlling the selected function. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055398 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE AND METHOD OF TOUCH-BASED MANIPULATION FOR CONTENTS - A touch sensitive device allows a touch-based manipulation for contents displayed thereon. In a method, the device receives a predefined input event when a content screen is displayed on a display unit, determines whether a closed curve is formed on the display unit by the input event, and crops a specific content region defined by the closed curve. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - A method of providing a user interface of a portable terminal includes receiving a mode switching request into a handwriting input mode from a user during executing an application, switching into the handwriting input mode according to the mode switching request, recognizing handwritten data received from the user, converting the recognized handwritten data to data with a preset format, processing the converted data through a preset scheme and displaying a result of the processing on a touch screen. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055400 | DIGITAL WORKSPACE ERGONOMICS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS - The DIGITAL WORKSPACE ERGONOMICS APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“DWE”) transform user multi-element touchscreen gestures via DWE components into updated digital collaboration whiteboard objects. In one embodiment, the DWE obtains user whiteboard input from a client device participating in a digital collaborative whiteboarding session. The DWE parses the user whiteboard input to determine user instructions, and modifies a tile object included in the digital collaborative whiteboarding session according to the determined user instructions. The DWE generates updated client viewport content for the client device. Also, the DWE determines that client viewport content of a second client device should be modified because of modifying the tile object included in the digital whiteboard. The DWE generates updated client viewport content for the second client device after determining that the content of the second client device should be modified, and provides the updated client viewport content to the second client device. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140055401 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING CONTENTS IN REALTIME FASHION - Method for performing actual operation on a second device having a second screen or a touch panel from a first device having a first screen or a touch panel in real time are provided. First screen is configured to display mirrored content of second screen. Method includes detecting a first touch signal on first screen of first device, converting first touch signal into a first touch data associated with a first position information, and transmitting first touch data to second device so actual operation is performed on second device. For first and second devices having touch panels, method includes receiving a first touch data associated with a first position information of first touch panel, calculating a second position information of second touch panel based on first position information, and performing actual operation on second device based on second position information. Second device is coupled to first device by network communication. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140062891 | STEERING WHEEL WITH ROTATABLE DISPLAY AND FIXED/MOVABLE IMAGES - A control and display system for a steering wheel of a vehicle includes a touchscreen device, a first touch point, and a second touch point. The touchscreen device is mounted to the steering wheel and has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first surface displays at least one vehicle control parameter. The first touch point is arranged on the first surface of the touchscreen device. The second touch point is arranged on the second surface of the touchscreen device. A phantom image of the second touch point is visible on the first surface of the touchscreen device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062892 | Systems and Methods for A Wearable Touch-Sensitive Device - Systems and methods are provided for controlling functions associated with a touch-sensitive device ( | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062893 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE PROBABILITY OF ACCIDENTAL ACTIVATION OF CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON A TOUCH SCREEN - A system and method is provided for detecting the inadvertent touch of a user interface element on a touch screen. An analog signal stream associated with a touch sensor parameter is converted into a plurality of real-time, discrete signal stream packets. At least one of a plurality of modes for analyzing the discrete signal stream packets is selected, and the discrete signal stream packets are processed in accordance with the rules of the selected mode to determine if the user interface element has been inadvertently touched. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062894 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A TABLET DEVICE TO PROVIDE CONTEXTUAL INPUT TO A COMPUTING DEVICE - A tablet device provides contextual input to a computing device by using a touchscreen to display a context menu related to a location on a display screen of the computing device, accessing a selection from the context menu from the touchscreen, and sending values corresponding to the selection to the computing device. The touchscreen may alternatively enable user Input related to the context menu or touchpad functions. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062895 | FINGERTIP MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter include a method for using a multi-touch device to enter multi-touch user input on a multi-touch display device. The method can include initiating a multi-touch mode for a computing device including a multi-touch display. The method can also include touching the multi-touch display with a multi-touch device, wherein the multi-touch device includes a sleeve configured to hold the multi-touch device to a finger, and a plurality of nubs connected to the sleeve and protruding radially outward from the sleeve, wherein the plurality of nubs make contact with multi-touch device. The method can also include moving the multi-touch device across the multi-touch touchscreen to provide user input. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062896 | Electronic Device With Adaptive Proximity Sensor Threshold - An electronic device may be provided with electronic components such as a touch screen display. The touch screen display may be controlled based on information from a proximity sensor. The proximity sensor may have a light source that emits infrared light and a light detector that detects reflected infrared light. When the electronic device is in the vicinity of a user's head, the proximity sensor may produce data indicative of the presence of the user's head. Variations in proximity sensor output due to user hair color and smudges on the proximity sensor can be accommodated by using a dynamically adjustable proximity sensor data threshold in processing proximity sensor data. Proximity sensor data may be analyzed in real time to detect signal strength fluctuations that are indicative of the presence of low-reflectively dark hair on the user's head. Threshold adjustments may be based on the presence of dark hair. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062897 | MANAGING DATA CONTENT ON A COMPUTING DEVICE - Techniques for managing content on a computing device include identifying a data object including business data values defined in a structured format, the structured format including the business data values defined by two or more first dimensions and one or more second dimensions; determining a particular first dimension of the two or more first dimensions and a particular second dimension of the one or more second dimensions; generating a display grid that is displayable on a computing device, the display grid including a portion of the business data values corresponding to the particular first dimension and the particular second dimension; and preparing the display grid for display on the computing device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062898 | METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO THE INTERLACING OF FINGER-BASED AND ACTIVE-STYLUS-BASED INPUT DETECTION - A control circuit controls detection of both finger-based input and active-stylus-based input as input via a display. In particular, during a single scan period, the control circuit interleaves use of the finger-detection resources with use of the active-stylus-detection resources. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062899 | DYNAMIC STOP DISPLAY DRIVING MECHANISM FOR TOUCH SENSING - A method for driving a touch display for sensing a touch event and displaying an image characterized with a series of frames includes performing a driving operation for a display device of the touch display to display the image, and a sensing operation for a touch sensing device of the touch display to sense a touch event. The driving operation is configured such that for selected frames of the series of frames, the display device is not driven, and for the other frames of the series of frames, the display device is driven. The sensing operation is configured such that during the selected frames in which the display device is not driven, the touch sensing device is driven, and during the other frames in which the display device is driven, the touch sensing device is not driven. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062900 | Virtual Reality Representation of Medical Devices - The present disclosure involves a method of facilitating visualization in a medical context. The method includes displaying a virtual reality representation of a medical device via a touch-sensitive user interface. The virtual reality representation of the medical device includes a movable and rotatable three-dimensional model of the medical device. The method includes displaying a virtual reality representation of an anatomical environment of a patient via a touch-sensitive user interface. The virtual reality representation of the anatomical environment is zoomable and scalable. The method includes customizing the virtual reality representation of the medical device. The method includes positioning the customized virtual reality representation of the medical device in an appropriate location of the virtual reality representation of the anatomical environment. The customizing and the positioning are performed in response to user input. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062901 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: an electrode formed in a pattern including rectangles arranged while sharing sides, the rectangle includes a first side and a second side which are parallel and a third side and a fourth side which are parallel, the first side being longer than the third side, and in the rectangles, among the rectangles, a first side of a first rectangle and a third side of a second rectangle form a straight angle, a first side of the third rectangle and a third side of a fourth rectangle form the straight angle, and a first side of the second rectangle and a fourth side of the third rectangle form the straight angle. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062902 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including an electrode formed in a pattern including continuous rectangles, and in first rectangles which are continuous in a first direction among the rectangles, first common sides and second common sides are alternately formed among the first rectangles, in second rectangles which are continuous in a second direction among the rectangles, third common sides and fourth common sides are alternately formed among the second rectangles, and the first common sides, the second common sides, the third common sides, and the fourth common sides are parallel to each other and have the same length as each other. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062903 | SCREEN UNLOCKING METHOD WITH TIME INFORMATION SCREEN UNLOCKING SYSTEM WITH TIME INFORMATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A screen unlocking method with time information, a screen unlocking system with time information, and a recording medium are provided, and the method is applicable to an electronic device. The unlocking method includes the following steps: first, obtaining unlocking information through a detection module, where the unlocking information includes an unlocking instruction set and an unlocking time series; judging, by using an operation processing module, whether the unlocking instruction set and the unlocking time series in the unlocking information conform to a preset unlocking instruction set and a preset unlocking time series in preset unlocking information respectively; and if the unlocking instruction set and the unlocking time series conform to the preset unlocking instruction set and the preset unlocking time series respectively, enabling a touch display module to be unlocked and to correspondingly enter an operation picture with an application function. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062904 | SEARCHING AT A USER DEVICE - Method, computer program product and user device for searching implemented at the user device, wherein an input is received from a user via a touch screen of the user device. Without user initiation of a temporary character recognition mode specifically to receive the input, the input is analysed using character recognition. Responsive to the character recognition recognizing at least one character in said received input, a search mode is invoked in which one or more search results which at least partially match the at least one recognized character are displayed. The user may select one of the displayed search results. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062905 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a window; a transparent substrate having electrode patterns and electrode wirings formed thereon, the electrode wirings being connected to the electrode patterns; a sealing part formed along an edge of one surface of the window and an edge of one surface of the transparent substrate; and a first adhesive layer attaching one surface of the window and one surface of the transparent substrate to each other, the first adhesive layer being surrounded by the sealing part. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062906 | TOUCH SCREENS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed are touch screens and methods of manufacturing the same. The touch screen may include a substrate, a first electrode extending in a first direction on the substrate, an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction. The interlayer insulating layer may have quantum dots that induce a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode by a visible light incident on the substrate. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062907 | Display Device with an Integrated Touch Screen and Method of Driving the Same - A display device with an integrated touch screen and a method of driving the same are provided. In a method of driving a display device including an integrated touch screen, including a panel including a plurality of electrodes that are divided into n number of groups, where n is an integer greater than or equal to two, and a touch sensing unit, the method includes: applying data voltages to a plurality of pixels of the panel, during a high logic period of a horizontal sync signal, and applying, by the touch sensing unit, a touch scan signal to one of the n groups every n or more low logic periods of the horizontal sync signal, the touch scan signal being applied to each of the n groups at least one time, during one frame. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062908 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including a transparent substrate divided into an active region and a non-active region as an edge of the active region, a printing layer formed in the non-active region of one surface of the transparent substrate, an adhesive film formed to cover the printing layer on one surface of the transparent substrate, an insulating layer formed on one surface of the adhesive film and having an intaglio portion open toward one surface thereof, and an electrode formed within the intaglio portion. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062909 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A organic light emitting display includes a plurality of touch pads spaced from one another in the touch pad portion, each of the touch pads including a metal pad layer and a transparent electrode pad layer connected to the metal pad layer via a plurality of first contact holes in a first insulating film, a dummy pad portion formed in the dead region of the first buffer layer, the dummy pad portion comprising a plurality of dummy pads corresponding to the touch pads, and a sealant comprising a plurality of conductive balls between the touch pad portion and the dummy pad portion. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062910 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VIBRATIONS IN DISPLAY DEVICE - A device, such as a display device, including a plurality of vibration plates oscillating in response to one or more oscillation signals. While at least one of first vibration plates among the plurality of vibration plates are oscillating, effective oscillation does not occur in at least one of second vibration plates among the plurality of vibration plates. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062911 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR CONNECTING A TOUCH DEVICE AND COMPUTER SYSTEM THEREWITH - The present invention discloses a display device for connecting a touch device. The display device includes a display screen, a screen stand and a signal transmission port. The screen stand is connected to the display screen and for supporting the display screen. A slot is formed on a side of the screen stand and for accommodating the touch device. The signal transmission port is installed on an end of the slot for connecting with a connection port of the touch device as the touch device is inserted into the slot, to transmit signals to the connection port, so that the display screen displays images corresponding to the signals transmitted from the touch device. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062912 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE PANEL - A touch-sensitive panel including a substrate, a plurality of sensing electrodes and a decoration layer is disclosed. The substrate has a touch-sensitive region and a decoration region arranged at the peripheral of the touch-sensitive region. A portion of the decoration region is a semi-transparent region. The sensing electrodes are disposed on the touch-sensitive region. The decoration layer is disposed on the decoration region. The decoration layer has a meshed pattern in the semi-transparent region. The meshed pattern has a plurality of openings. The side wall of each opening tilts to an angle with respect to a normal line perpendicular to a surface of the substrate to regulate the light transmittance of the light entering the semi-transparent region. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062913 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH POINT OF MULTI-TYPE OBJECTS - A method for detecting touch points of multi-type objects includes: determining whether or not there existing a touch point by a detection of an energy variation below a first effective value; referring the touch point having an area smaller than a first predetermined value as a first-type touch point; referring the touch point having an area larger than a second predetermined value as a second-type touch point; detecting, if there exists the second-type touch point, the energy variation below a second effective value; and determining the coordinate position of the second-type touch point according to the detecting result obtained from the energy variation below the second effective value. The second effective value is larger than the first effective value. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062914 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME - Control methods of an electronic apparatus having a touch pad are provided. Touch event with the touch pad is first detected. It is then determined whether the touch event is a single-touch event or a multi-touch event. In response to the touch event being the multi-touch event, the touch event is simulated to a first event initialized by a touch panel by a simulation device to generate a multi-touch signal to an operation system such that the operation system performs a corresponding touch simulation. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062915 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL AND TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - There are provided a touchscreen panel and a touchscreen device, the touchscreen panel including: a plurality of first electrodes each including a base portion extended in a first axis direction and one or more branch portions connected to the base portion; and a plurality of second electrodes each extended in a second axis direction intersecting the first axis direction, wherein the branch portions may be extended from an intersection between the base portion of the first electrode and the second electrode. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062916 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - Disclosed is a touch panel which facilitates to realize a simplified structure owing to a flexible printed circuit film which is formed on only one surface of a substrate without being formed on the other surface of the substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same, and a display device using the same. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062917 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING ZOOM FUNCTION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for magnifying or demagnifying a display in an electronic device are provided. A method for controlling display includes detecting at least one first touch, determining a first region according to the at least one first touch, determining whether an area of the first region changes, when the area of the first region is maintained, determining whether the first touch point resides in a display control region, and when the first touch point resides in the display control region, magnifying or demagnifying a display by considering a location change of the first touch point. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062918 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY-DRIVING METHOD - A touch display apparatus is disclosed in the disclosure. The touch display apparatus includes a panel module, a display driving circuit and a touch sensing circuit. The panel module includes pixel units, common electrode lines and touch receiving line. The common electrode lines are disposed vertical to the touch response lines. The display driving circuit is coupled to the panel module to drive the pixel units. The display driving circuit is synchronized to the touch sensing circuit. The touch transmission signal for touch-sensing are transmitted via the common electrode line sequentially. In addition, a display-driving method is also disclosed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062919 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - TA mobile terminal is provided that is capable of controlling content displayed on a display device thereof. The mobile terminal may include a transparent display including a first surface and a second surface that overlap each other and that display content and sense a touch input, a memory that stores at least one application including a plurality of control functions for controlling the content, and a controller that may implement the application in response to a first touch input received at the first surface, and that may perform at least one of the plurality of control functions based on a second touch input received at the second surface when the application is carried out. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062920 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a transparent substrate, a touch module and a flexible circuit board is provided. The touch module is disposed on the transparent substrate. The flexible circuit board has a bonding segment, a bending segment and extending segment. The bonding segment is bonded to the touch module. The bending segment is located between the bonding segment and the extending segment. The bending segment has a bending line, and the bending segment is bended along the bending line. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062921 | DIGITIZER - Disclosed herein is a digitizer, including: a transparent substrate that is partitioned into an active area and an inactive area at an outside of the active area; an electrode that is formed in the active area on one surface of the transparent substrate; a coil that is formed in the active area on one surface of the transparent substrate; and a magnetic sheet that is formed in the inactive area on the other surface of the transparent substrate corresponding to the coil. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062922 | Touch Sensing Device and Touch Point Locating Method Thereof - A touch sensing device includes a plurality of first dimensional transparent electrodes and a plurality of second dimensional transparent electrodes, for forming a plurality of touch sensing points; one or more signal generators, for generating at least two orthogonal signals simultaneously coupled to at least two of the plurality of first dimensional transparent electrodes; one or more analog to digital converters for receiving a plurality of sensing signals from the plurality of second dimensional transparent electrodes; and one or more calculating units, for converting the plurality of sensing signals, to determine components of the at least two orthogonal signals in the plurality of sensing signals and locates at least one touch point on the plurality of touch sensing points. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062923 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TEXT SELECTION - A method includes, displaying a content selection icon on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting touch input at a touch location on the display operable to select a content selection function associated with the content selection icon, and, modifying the displayed content selection icon to display a touch portion at a location on the display corresponding to said detected touch location and a content selection portion operatively coupled to, but spatially separated from, the touch portion. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062924 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AND INTERPRETING PATH OF DESIGNATED POSITION - A method of detecting and interpreting a path of designated positions is disclosed. The method concurrently detects a plurality of designated positions on a touch panel, again detects the plurality of designated positions subsequent to a travel of the designated positions, determines the distances between each of the current designated positions and the respective immediately preceding designated positions, treats an immediately preceding designated position, closest to the current designated position of interest, as the immediately preceding designated position of the current designated position of interest, and acquires the path of each designated position, thereby recognizing the paths of the plurality of designated positions that move concurrently. A combination of the paths of the plurality of designated positions is interpreted to identify a designation input by a user, and an operation thus designated is executed. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062925 | METHOD FOR CHANGING OBJECT POSITION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An apparatus and a method for editing an object in an electronic device are provided. In the method, when a first event occurs depending on detected touch information of at least one object among a plurality of objects displayed on a display unit, a movement interval is determined depending on a characteristic of the first event. A position of the at least one object is changed depending on a movement interval corresponding to the characteristic of the first event. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062926 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal may include a display unit to display a sharing history list while the mobile terminal is executing a management application for managing contents sharing between the mobile terminal and at least one of a plurality of external devices, the displayed sharing history list including a plurality of sharing history items. The mobile terminal may also include a controller to determine, in response to a user input with respect to the sharing history items, connection environment information, a target device, and shared contents each corresponding to the sharing history items on the sharing history list, the controller to connect the mobile terminal to the target device based on the connection environment information, and the controller to play the shared contents such that the shared contents is output by at least one of the target device or the display unit of the mobile terminal. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062927 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD - A haptic feedback device which provides haptic feedback to a user touching a panel, the haptic feedback device including: the panel; a position obtaining unit which obtains a first touch position touched on the panel by the user and a second touch position touched on the panel by the user after the first touch position; a speed calculation unit which calculates a speed of a touch starting at the first touch position and ending at the second touch position; a modulation signal generation unit which generates a modulation signal having a frequency component at a frequency that increases with the speed; a carrier signal generation unit which generates a carrier signal for vibrating the panel; a modulation unit which modulates the carrier signal using the modulation signal; and an actuator which provides haptic feedback to the user by vibrating the panel in accordance with the modulated carrier signal. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062928 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUM - Provided are an information processing apparatus provided with a display unit including a touch panel, and a method for controlling the same. The information processing apparatus detects a plurality of touch points on a display object displayed on the display unit, and, if the number of the detected plurality of touch points is a predetermined number or more, divides this display object into a plurality of display objects in response to at least some of the plurality of touch points moving in an opposite direction on the touch panel to other of the plurality of touch points. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062929 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING INPUT ON TOUCH SCREEN - An apparatus and method for processing a touch screen input are provided. The method includes determining if an input from an electronic pen on a touch screen is a contact input or a hovering input, calculating a coordinate of the electronic pen on an input sensing panel of the touch screen by applying a first preset movement determination reference filter in the contact input and applying a second preset movement determination reference filter in the hovering input, the second preset movement determination reference filter having a wider range than that of the first movement determination reference filter in the hovering input, and outputting a coordinate signal according to the calculated coordinate. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062930 | TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch control system includes a touch sensing panel, a display device, a switch element and a controller. When the switch element is in a first state, the controller generates position information corresponding to a touch point when the touch sensing panel is touched, and provides the touch position information to a user. Once the switch element is switched from the first state to a second state, the controller performs a target procedure corresponding to a last touch point on the touch sensing panel. The controller does not perform the target procedure when the switch element is in the first state. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062931 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A method for controlling a portable device and which includes detecting one of a first unlock command for switching a state of a first display unit to an active state and maintaining a state of a second display unit in a locked state or a second unlock command for switching the state of the first display unit to the active state and switching the state of the second display unit to a ready-to-activate state; switching the states of the first and second display units to the active state and the ready-to-activate state, respectively, when the second unlock command is detected; detecting an unlock trigger; and switching the second display unit to the active state according to the detected unlock trigger. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140062932 | INPUT DEVICE - Display unit ( | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140071057 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LEARNING DRAWING GRAPHIC FIGURES AND APPLICATIONS OF GAMES - The present disclosure provides a method that includes displaying a first graphic figure for a period of time to a person; receiving a second graphic figure by a touch screen of a first electronic device, wherein the second graphic figure is drawn on the touch screen by the person based on the first graphic figure after the first graphic figure disappears; comparing the first and second graphic figures to determine a difference between the first and second graphic figures; and showing a result associated with the difference by the first electronic device. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071058 | Positioning Clickable Hotspots On A Touchscreen Display - Positioning clickable hotspots on a touchscreen display, including: identifying, by a hotspot generation module, a clickable object displayed on the touchscreen display, wherein the clickable object has an associated original clickable zone for invoking the clickable object; generating, by the hotspot generation module, a clickable hotspot associated with the clickable object, wherein the clickable hotspot has an associated updated clickable zone for invoking the clickable object; determining, by the hotspot generation module, a position on the touchscreen display for placing the clickable hotspot; and placing, by the hotspot generation module, the clickable hotspot at the position on the touchscreen display, wherein the original clickable zone and the updated clickable zone cover different areas of the touchscreen display. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071059 | REMOTE CONTROLLER FOR MULTIPLE NAVIGATION DEVICES - Embodiments related to controlling one or more controllable marine electronics devices are provided. One example embodiment provides a remote control device comprising a touch-sensitive display. The remote control device is configured to receive device information from each of the one or more controllable marine electronics devices via the computer network, and display a selection graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of graphical selectors each associated with a respective one of the controllable marine electronics devices. The remote control device is further configured to display a remote control user interface for a target controllable marine electronics device corresponding to a selected graphical selector on the touch sensitive display. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071060 | PREVENTION OF ACCIDENTAL TRIGGERS OF BUTTON EVENTS - A method for preventing accidental trigger of an action in an electronic device, the method performed by program instructions executed on a computer having at least one processor, the method comprising: providing at least one affordance that is associated with a main action and is in a ready state; responsive to detecting a button event for the affordance, providing the affordance with progressive feedback related to a time the affordance is touched until the main action is invoked; and initiating the main action only after a predetermined touch hold time threshold is reached. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071061 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXECUTION OF CAMERA RELATED FUNCTIONS BY REFERRING TO GESTURE PATTERN AND RELATED COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A method for controlling execution of camera related functions includes at least the following steps: while a camera is active in a specific operational mode, receiving a user input which includes a gesture pattern; searching a target command mapping from a plurality of pre-defined command mappings according to the gesture pattern, wherein each of the pre-defined command mappings defines at least one pre-defined camera related function mapped to a pre-defined gesture pattern; and controlling execution of each camera related function defined by the target command mapping. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071062 | METHOD FOR INCREASING TOUCH SAMPLING RATE AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for increasing touch sampling rate and a touch display device using the same are provided, wherein the touch display device comprises a timing controller and a display panel. A timing control signal is provided by the timing controller. Each cycle of the timing control signal comprises a blanking period and a frame period, every N frame periods correspond to one image frame of a video signal, and every N blanking periods and every N frame periods correspond to one cycle of the video signal, where N is a positive integer larger than 1. Through the timing control signal, the touch display device arranges the timing for driving the display panel to display frame images and to sense touch, whereby increasing the touch sampling rate thereof. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071063 | INTERACTING WITH RADIAL MENUS FOR TOUCHSCREENS - The subject technology discloses configurations for providing a radial menu on one or more computing devices with a touch-sensitive screen. In one example, a user activates the radial menu after touching a first finger at a first or anchor point on a touchscreen that serves as a center of the radial menu. While the first finger is disposed, the user then touches a second finger at a second point some distance from the anchor point corresponding to the first finger on the touchscreen. The radial menu is generated based on a distance calculated between the anchor point and the second finger at the second point. The radial menu is not a complete circle and instead displayed as a partial circle, and the radial menu is generated so that the display area is bisected from the anchor point to the second point in some configurations. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071064 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - This disclosure relates to a touch screen panel for a display device. The touch screen panel includes a base layer, a plurality of first electrode strings, a plurality of second electrode strings, a plurality of first routing wires, a plurality of second routing wires; a third wire formed between the first routing wires and the second routing wires, an insulation layer that covers the first and second routing wires and the third wires and has contact holes exposing a part of the third wire, and a shield pattern that is formed on the insulation layer contacts the third wires through the contact holes, and overlaps either the first routing wires or the second routing wires. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071065 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel connected to a control circuit and includes a substrate, at least one first sensing series, at least one second sensing series, and at least one third sensing series. The substrate has at least one first sensing region and at least one second sensing region alternatively arranged in a first direction. Each first sensing series extends along the first direction and includes at least one first-first sensing portion located in the first sensing region and at least one second-first sensing portion located in the second sensing region. A pattern or material of the second-first sensing portion is different from that of the first-first sensing portions. Each second sensing series extends along a second direction intersecting with the first direction and is intersected with the first-first sensing portion. Each third sensing series extends in the second direction and is intersected with the second-first sensing portion. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071066 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING APPARATUS - A display panel driving apparatus a data driving part which applies a first data signal to a data line corresponding to a first area of the display panel during a first sub frame period of a frame period and applies a second data signal to a data line corresponding to a second area of the display panel during a second sub frame period of the frame period, and a touch driving part which applies a touch driving signal to a touch driving line of the display panel during a first blank period next to the first sub frame period and applies the touch driving signal to the touch driving line during a second blank period next to the second sub frame period and included in the frame period. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071067 | METHOD FOR REPRESENTING A TACTILE IMAGE AND TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method for representing a tactile image and providing a touch function and a haptic feedback function to a tactile touch panel includes: applying a touch driving voltage to the tactile touch panel; and applying a tactile voltage corresponding to an image to be displayed to the tactile touch panel in a blanking interval when the touch driving voltage may be not applied to a plurality of touch driving lines of the tactile touch panel, when a touch sensing voltage corresponding to a touch on the tactile touch panel may be received through a plurality of touch sensing lines of the tactile touch panel. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071068 | CONSTANT SPEED DISPLAY METHOD OF MOBILE DEVICE - A constant speed display method applied in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device is in a full screen view for illustrating images in a photograph. The method has the following steps of: determining whether consecutive swiping touch actions matching specific criteria have been received by the electronic device; and displaying an aligning animation of the images in the photograph at a constant speed without being affected by a next swiping action after the consecutive swiping touch actions matching the specific criteria have been received by the electronic device. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071069 | TECHNIQUES FOR TOUCH AND NON-TOUCH USER INTERACTION INPUT - Various embodiments are generally directed a method and apparatus having a touch screen module to receive first input data from a touch screen sensor based on one or more detected touch inputs at a first location of a virtual object displayed on a display. In addition, an ultrasonic module may receive second input data from an ultrasonic sensor based on detected non-touch motion associated with the virtual object. The detected non-touch motion may be tracked from the first location to a second location in a direction away from the first location based on the second input data and used to determine the second location for the virtual object based on the tracking. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071070 | TOUCH CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH CONTROL APPARATUS - A touch control apparatus, a control method thereof and an electronic device having the touch control apparatus are disclosed, which belong to the technical field of touch control. The touch control apparatus comprises: a panel ( | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071071 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD - A haptic feedback device which provides haptic feedback to a user touching a panel, the haptic feedback device including: the panel; a position obtaining unit which obtains a position touched on the panel by the user; a carrier signal generation unit which generates a carrier signal having a first frequency component when the position touched by the user is a first position, and generates a carrier signal having a second frequency component when the position touched by the user is a second position; an acoustic signal generation unit which generates an acoustic signal having harmonics corresponding to a predetermined fundamental frequency; a driving signal generation unit which generates a driving signal by adding together the carrier signal and the acoustic signal; and an actuator which provides haptic feedback to the user by vibrating the panel in accordance with the driving signal. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071072 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - A display screen displaying a three-dimensional medical image of a subject to be examined, an operation detection unit receiving an operation input by detecting a touch on the display screen, and a processing setting unit in which a processing table has been set in advance are provided. The processing table links a series of operation inputs to be received on the display screen and kinds of processing to be performed on the image in such a manner that the serial positions of the inputs correspond to the kinds of processing. Further, an image processing unit that performs, on the image, processing corresponding to the serial position of the operation input with reference to the processing table when the operation input has been received on the display screen, and a display control unit that displays, on the display screen, the three-dimensional medical image on which processing has been performed are provided. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071073 | FUEL DISPENSER HAVING ELECTROPHORETIC GRADE SELECT ASSEMBLY - A selector assembly for a fuel dispenser comprises an electrophoretic display module including a price per unit display configured to display price per unit data. Also provided is an overlay attached to the electrophoretic display module so that the overlay is viewable by a user, the overlay defining a first window aligned with the price per unit display and a grade select button area. A touch screen is aligned with the button area of the overlay. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071074 | ADAPTIVE SCROLLING OF IMAGE DATA ON DISPLAY - Systems and methods that enable a client device to control scrolling of image data such as slices of MR or CT images using a scrolling gesture. The gesture may be received from a human interface device, and may be mouse moments, touchpad inputs, game controller movements, trackball movements or a movements on a touch-sensitive display. When a scrolling gesture is received at the client device, a velocity and distance of the swipe may be measured. Based on a relationship of gesture velocity to slice scroll velocity, both fine and course scrolling may be provided through the gesture. Control of document scrolling on the display of a client device is also provided. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071075 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS OPERABLE IN RESPONSE TO TOUCH OPERATION - An information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a moving speed of an image displayed on the display screen based on information relating to the movement of the touch position acquired, wherein the determination unit determines, if a plurality of pieces of information relating to a sequential movement of the touch position in the touch operation are acquired, whether to reflect each of the plurality of pieces of information relating to the sequential movement of the touch position on the moving speed of the image displayed on the display screen, and further determines the moving speed of the image displayed on the display screen based on information determined as being reflected on the movement of the image displayed on the display screen. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071076 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION - A gesture recognition system receives input data from a sensor comprising data representing at least one gesture motion. The system divides a space associated with gesture detection by the sensor into a plurality of blocks and assigns the plurality of blocks to corresponding states. A gesture specific sequence of states is generated in response to the received input data and a gesture is recognized in response to the generated gesture specific sequence. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071077 | METHOD FOR OPERATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON TOUCH PRESSURE AND THE DEVICE PERFORMING THE METHOD - Electronic device operating technology based on touch pressure is provided. A method for operating an electronic device includes determining touch pressure caused by a touch occurring on a display unit, comparing the touch pressure with predefined damage data, and performing a predefined specific process when the touch pressure is determined as abnormal touch pressure as a result of the comparison. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071078 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT READING DEVICES - We describe an architecture for a large-area, touch-sensitive electronic document reading device which is able to tolerate bending. In broad terms, a control circuit board is mounted behind a flexible display structure in the housing and at respective points of attachment of first and second laminar connectors to the control circuit board each laminar connector has a plurality of electrical connections running along a longitudinal direction of the laminar connector and disposed alongside one another in a transverse direction across the laminar connector. At the respective points of attachment of the first and second laminar connectors to the control circuit board the longitudinal directions of the laminar connectors are aligned such that, when said device is flexed, a relative displacement in said longitudinal direction between said control circuit board and of said display structure can be tolerated without damage to the control electronics, touch sensitive display screen or connections therebetween. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140071079 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK UTILIZING MULTI-ACTUATED WAVEFORM PHASING - A method and device for generating haptic feedback over a touch surface using multi-actuated waveform phasing are disclosed. A haptic device, in one embodiment, includes a touch surface and a group of haptic actuators. The touch surface is capable of sensing an event, wherein the event can be a contact on the touch surface or a movement nearby the surface. A portion of the haptic actuators, which are coupled to the touch surface, is configured to provide haptic feedback on the touch surface in response to the event. Another portion of the haptic actuators is used to minimize unwanted haptic effect on the touch surface. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140078066 | OBJECT MOVEMENT ON SMALL DISPLAY SCREENS - An aspect provides a method, including: detecting a selection of an object on a touch screen display using touch based input; providing a visual indication of the object on the touch screen display in response to the detection of a selection; accepting gesture input at the touch screen display to fly out from the underlying document while maintaining the visual indication of the object on the touch screen display, such that during the fly out more of the underlying document is displayed; and moving the visual indication of the object about the underlying document in response to the accepted gesture input at the touch screen display. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078067 | MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY AND DATA TRANSFER - An apparatus for displaying medical images and directing the transfer of data representative of the displayed image is disclosed. A touch screen designed to display the medical image also displays functional buttons which, when activated, direct the transfer of the image data to various destinations. Each such functional button becomes associated with text and/or an icon identifying a given destination when it is programmed to direct data to that destination. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078068 | Pattern of Electrodes for a Touch Sensor - In certain embodiments, a touch sensor comprises a substrate and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the substrate. The plurality of electrodes comprise a drive line having a plurality of drive electrodes and a sense line having a plurality of sense electrodes. At least one of the drive line and sense line has at least three rows of electrodes. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078069 | OBJECT DETECTION METHOD FOR MULTI-POINTS TOUCH AND THE SYSTEM THEREOF - An object detection method and system for multi-points touch are disclosed. The method and system can be used in object processing and identification in the touch display device. The object detection system includes a touch display unit and an object. At least one division area is set in the touch display unit. The object has multiple contact objects. The object detection method includes receiving the first detection signal generated by the multiple contact objects being pressed in the first division area, determining the first shape form by the contact objects, and looking up the object mapping table according to the first shape so as to obtain the corresponding object. When the object operates on the touch display device, the corresponding operation can be displayed on the touch display device based on the object found in the object mapping table. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078070 | Force-Sensitive Input Device - An input device for computing devices that include touch screens. The input device includes an outer housing having an inner surface and an inner shaft. The inner shaft is at least partially received within the outer housing. A nib is operatively coupled to the inner shaft. Providing a first force to the nib causes the inner shaft to contact the inner surface of the outer housing at a first contact point along the outer housing, and providing a second force to the nib causes the inner shaft to contact the inner surface of the outer housing at a second contact point along the outer housing. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078071 | Stylus Attachment for Writing Utensils - A stylus attachment for writing utensils to manipulate touch screen devices. The stylus attachment comprises a hollow cylindrical shaft member and a stylus tip member which is secured to the hollow cylindrical shaft member with an adhesive. The stylus attachment Is attached to a writing utensil or alternative object by inserting the writing utensil or alternative object into the hollow cylindrical shaft member of the present inversion. The present invention is made of foam, rubber, or plastic and can be made m a variety of sizes and color preferable to the user. The present invention allows users to use a writing utensil for both writing on conventional media and manipulating a touch screen, eliminating the need, for example, to set down a pencil and pick up a stylus. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078072 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to the Display and Acceptance of Predicted Text - An electronic device is configured to display text as entered by a user and to provide predicted words in response to that entered text. The device displays only one of the predicted words on the display at a time, in-line with the text being entered by the user, to thereby provide an opportunity for the user to accept the one predicted word. Upon detecting the user's assertion of a button that is separate from the display, the device accepts the one predicted word as part of the entered text. By one approach, the aforementioned button has only the one dedicated function and may comprise, for example, a discrete mechanical button. By one approach, that button is disposed on a side of the device's housing that is opposite the side that presents the aforementioned display. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078073 | Command Recognition Method and Electronic Device Using the Method - A command recognition method and electronic device using the method are described. The command recognition method includes obtaining at least two first contact points at side edge of the electronic device; determining a holding gesture with respect to the electronic device according to the at least two first contact points; obtaining at least one second contact point at which contact state is changed on a side edge of the electronic device in a predetermined time period; based on the holding gesture, the at least one second contact point and its corresponding contact state change, recognizing corresponding command. By use of the command recognition method, it can favorably achieve the recognition of the operation command with respect to the electronic device in the case that the number of keys in the electronic device (even no key) is reduced, thereby achieving effective control to the electronic device. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078074 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel. The touch panel includes an electrode pattern that is formed of a combination of unit patterns having protrusions and recessed notches along each side of the electrode pattern. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078075 | Natural Language Image Editing - Natural language image editing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a natural language input is converted from audio data using a speech-to-text engine. A gesture is recognized from one or more touch inputs detected using one or more touch sensors. Performance is then initiated of an operation identified from a combination of the natural language input and the recognized gesture. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078076 | Natural Language Image Tags - Natural language image tags are described. In one or more implementations, at least a portion of an image displayed by a display device is defined based on a gesture. The gesture is identified from one or more touch inputs detected using touchscreen functionality of the display device. Text received in a natural language input is located and used to tag the portion of the image using one or more items of the text received in the natural language input. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078077 | Organic Light Emitting Display - Disclosed is an organic light emitting display an organic light emitting display that can efficiently prevent permeation of moisture in a structure including an in-cell touch electrode array, the uppermost layer of the second buffer layer contacting the sealant between the dead region adjacent to the touch pad portion and the touch pads is an inorganic film. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078078 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) WIDGET FOR STABLE HOLDING AND CONTROL OF SMART PHONE BASED ON TOUCH SCREEN - A control method using a touch shield to be performed by a touch sensing display, and an electronic apparatus are provided. The control method using the touch shield may include determining a touch area of a touched point in a normal state, switching to a touch shield state when the touch area is greater than or equal to a threshold value, and executing an instruction in response to a movement of the touched point in the touch shield state. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078079 | APPLICATION PROTECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD ON TOUCH DISPLAY OF HANDHELD DEVICE - A application protection system and method on a touch display of a handheld device are provided. A application is protected by executing a application protection program; and when a user needs to use the application, the protection on the application is removed by performing an accurate protection operation, thereby achieving a technical efficacy of protecting the application in the handheld device so as to protect personal data. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078080 | TOUCHSCREEN PANEL AND TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - There are provided a touchscreen panel and a touchscreen device. The touchscreen panel includes: a plurality of first electrodes extended in a first axis direction; a plurality of second electrodes extended in a second axis direction intersecting with the first axis direction; and a third electrode formed between one first electrode and another first electrode adjacent thereto among the plurality of first electrodes, wherein the third electrode may be engaged with the plurality of first electrodes and formed such that one of either side of the respective first electrodes is exposed. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078081 | OPERATION METHOD OF OPERATING SYSTEM - An operation method of an operating system, applied to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touchpad and a screen. The touchpad has a first edge. The electronic device is used for executing the operating system. The screen is used for displaying a display image outputted by the operating system. A cursor is displayed at the display image. The operation method of the operating system comprises: determining whether a touch operation is a sliding gesture sliding from an edge when the touchpad senses the touch operation; determining which edge of the touchpad is sliding from by the sliding gesture if the touch operation is the sliding gesture sliding from the edge; displaying a charm bar in a first area of the display image and displaying the cursor on the charm bar if the sliding gesture slides from the first edge. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078082 | OPERATING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An operating method of an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display module and a detecting module. The operating method includes: detecting a first input signal by the detecting module; triggering an auxiliary displaying module according to the first input signal, and displaying the auxiliary displaying module on the display module; detecting a second input signal by the detecting module; determining whether the second input signal is in a sensing zone corresponding to the auxiliary displaying module; and displaying a drawing track along an edge of the auxiliary displaying module according to the second input signal when the second input signal is in the sensing zone. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078083 | METHOD FOR EDITING DISPLAY INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - An apparatus and a method for editing display information in an electronic device having a touchscreen are provided. The method includes, when a first edit event occurs with a first touch maintained, storing object information of a first touch point, and when a second touch is detected, displaying an object of the first touch point on a second touch point. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078084 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION DISPLAY METHOD OF OPERATION TERMINAL - An electronic device comprising at least one operation portion, a touch panel, a detecting portion, a memory, a trajectory determination processing portion, an operation control portion, a start point determining portion, a display control portion. The operation portion executes a predetermined processing operation. The detecting portion detects an operational input to the touch panel portion. The memory stores correlation between contact trajectories with predetermined patterns and the processing operations. The operation control portion, when it is determined that a contact trajectory with the predetermined pattern has been operationally input, refers to the correlation and control the operation portion so as to perform the processing operation. The display control portion, when it is determined that can become the start point has been made, refers to the correlation and control the display portion so as to perform guide display corresponding to the contact trajectory. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078085 | PREDICTION-BASED TOUCH CONTACT TRACKING - When an external object approaches or touches a touch sensor, predicted locations of the external object can be generated by detected locations according to signals from the touch sensor. The latest predicted location is shifted backwards towards the latest reported location for a portion of the distance between the predicted location and the latest reported location to generate a new reported location, whereby jittering of the reported locations caused by noise in the signals of the touch sensor can be reduced or filtered. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078086 | AUGMENTED TOUCH CONTROL FOR HAND-HELD DEVICES - In various embodiments, the present disclosure describes hand-held devices with one or more touch-sensitive areas. The hand-held devices include a housing occupying each of a first plane, a second plane, and a third plane. A first exterior surface of the housing occupies the first plane and includes a first touch-sensitive area responsive to user touch. A second exterior surface of the housing occupies the second plane and includes a second touch-sensitive area responsive to user touch. A third exterior surface of the housing occupies the third plane and includes a display screen. A user interface module causes display of a user interface on the display screen and interprets at least one of (i) user touch of the first touch-sensitive area as a command to interact with the user interface or (ii) user touch of the second touch-sensitive area as a command to interact with the user interface. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078087 | METHOD FOR TOUCH CONTACT TRACKING - A method for touch contact tracking is provided. A parameter is adjusted according to the number of external objects approaching or touching a touch sensor. Besides, the detected location corresponding to each external object is also detected. The parameter is used to generate a reported location corresponding to each external object according to the detected location separately, whereby the larger the number of external objects is, the closer the distance between the reported location and the detected location is. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078088 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus is provided. The flexible apparatus includes: a screen generator configured to generate a user interface (UI) screen; a plurality of sensors configured to sense deformation of the flexible apparatus and output a result of sensing; a storage configured to store a crumple determining condition with regard to crumpling of the flexible apparatus; and a controller configured to determine whether the result of the sensing by the plurality of sensors satisfies the crumple determining condition stored in the storage, and in response to determining that the crumple determining condition is satisfied, perform an operation corresponding to the crumple determining condition. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE - A method and system for displaying information on a transparent display device includes receiving a touch input for selecting an object displayed on a screen of an external device that is viewable through a screen of the transparent display device, requesting the external device for information related to the object, receiving the information related to the object from the external device, and displaying the received information on the screen of the transparent display device. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078090 | COMBINED RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION AND TOUCH INPUT FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A graphics tablet system including a housing, a touch screen in the housing for receiving touch input, and for displaying graphics corresponding to the received touch input, a plurality of styli for performing touch input, each stylus including an RFID chip storing one or more graphic attributes, and a visible indicator of the one or more graphic attributes, an RFID reader in the housing for reading the stored one or more graphic attributes from a stylus touching the touch screen, and a processor in the housing, connected to the touch screen and to the RFID reader, for rendering a drawing on the touch screen according to the motion of the stylus on the touch screen and according to one or more graphic attributes read by the RFID reader from the stylus, wherein the plurality of styli store different one or more graphic attributes. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078091 | Terminal Device and Method for Quickly Starting Program - Embodiments of the present invention provide a terminal device and a method for quickly starting a program. The terminal device includes a device body, where a front touch-sensitive display is located on a front surface of the device body, and an auxiliary touch device is located on a back surface or a side surface of the device body. The device body supports a controller and a memory. The controller is configured to drive the auxiliary touch device, generate a corresponding touch signal according to a touch action of a user that is received by the auxiliary touch device, determine a user event according to the touch signal, run a corresponding executable program according to mapping between the user event and the executable program in the memory. The technical solutions of the present invention can implement quick start of the executable program corresponding to the touch action of the user. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078092 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes: detecting a first touch at a first location on a touch-sensitive display; detecting a second touch at a second location on the touch-sensitive display; and displaying a navigation indicator on the touch-sensitive display in response to detecting the second touch while first touch contact is maintained. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140078093 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - Provided is an information processing apparatus including an image display unit that displays an image in a predetermined position, an input unit that accepts input for a face portion of the image displayed in the image display unit, and an image selection unit that selects an image having face parameters concerning the input based on the input accepted by the input unit. The image display unit displays the image selected by the image selection unit in a manner that the face portion of the image selected by the image selection unit matches the face portion of the image displayed up to immediately before. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140085209 | Methods, Systems and Apparatus for Setting a Digital-Marking-Device Characteristic - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems, methods and apparatus for setting a drawing characteristic of a digital marking device. According to a first aspect of the present invention, detection of a touch gesture simultaneous to engagement of a digital marking device with a digital mark surface may effectuate a drawing-context interpretation of the touch gesture. A characteristic of the digital marking device may be set according to the drawing-context interpretation of the touch gesture. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085210 | ELECTRONIC TABLETOP SYSTEM - An apparatus may include a processor circuit and an audio alignment module operative on the processor circuit to determine spatial indicia for a visual portion or element of multimedia content for presentation on a digital display, the multimedia content comprising visual content and audio content. The audio alignment module may be further operative to identify an audio signal corresponding to the visual portion or element and send the identified audio signal to one or more audio output devices based on a spatial correlation between the one or more audio output devices and the determined spatial indicia of the visual portion or element. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085211 | FIELD SHAPING TOUCH SENSOR - Touch sensors for detecting touch and hover events are disclosed. The touch sensors can include multiple split sense lines and/or multiple split drive lines. The split sense lines and/or split drive lines can include uniformly or non-uniformly spaced prongs. In some examples, the prongs can include uniformly or non-uniformly spaced extensions extending away from the prongs. The prongs and/or extensions can be interleaved with prongs and/or extensions of adjacent drive lines or sense lines. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085212 | TOUCH PANEL APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a touch panel apparatus, system and an operation method using for the same system. The apparatus recognizes a track of an object for executing a corresponding gesture function, and it includes: a touch control surface for the object to move on or above to form the track; at least one image sensor for capturing a plurality of continuous pictures including images of the object; and a processor for obtaining a plurality of displacement vectors according to changes in positions of the images of the object, comparing the displacement vectors with a set of basic vectors to obtain a code or a set of codes, and recognizing the code or the set of codes to execute the corresponding gesture function. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085213 | Force Sensing Using Bottom-Side Force Map - A force sensor incorporated into a touch device, measuring deflection in a device stack, including compressible elements disposed between the device stack and the frame element. When the device stack is deformed, applied force is measured using the compressible elements, using capacitive sensing or strain measurements. The force sensitive sensor provides an applied force image for the touch device's surface. The applied force location [X, Y] can be determined from measures of cover glass tilt, force at particular points, and capacitive sensing of touch location. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085214 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PIXEL-ALIGNED GROUND MICRO-WIRE - A display apparatus includes a display having an array of pixels formed in rows and columns. The rows of pixels are separated by row inter-pixel gaps and the columns of pixels separated by column inter-pixel gaps. A touch-screen includes a transparent dielectric layer having a row side and an opposed column side located over the display, the touch screen having row electrodes spaced apart by row inter-electrode gaps located on the row side of the transparent dielectric layer and column electrodes spaced apart by column inter-electrode gaps located on the column side of the transparent dielectric layer. The row and column electrodes are separated by the transparent dielectric layer. Ground lines are located on the row side between neighboring row electrodes in the row inter-electrode gaps and between the pixels in a row inter-pixel gap. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085215 | PROGRESS DISPLAY OF HANDWRITING INPUT - A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, at a user device, user input corresponding to handwritten text to be recognized using a recognition engine; and receiving, at the user device, a representation of the handwritten text. The representation includes the handwritten text parsed into individual handwritten characters. The method further includes: displaying, on a display of the user device, the handwritten characters using a first indicator; receiving, at the user device, an identification of a text character recognized as one of the handwritten characters; displaying, on the display, the text character; and adjusting, at the user device, the one of the handwritten characters from being displayed using the first indicator to using a second indicator in response to the received identification. The first and second indicators are different. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085216 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PIXEL-ALIGNED ELECTRODE - A display apparatus includes a display including an array of pixels formed in rows and columns. A touch-screen including a transparent dielectric layer having a row side and an opposed column side is located over the display. An array of row electrodes are formed on the row side and an array of column electrodes are formed on the column side. Each of the row and column electrodes extends exclusively over all of the pixels in a corresponding row or column. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085217 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a case, a touch sensor, a strength sensor and a controller. The touch sensor is disposed at the case and capable of sensing whether the case is touched. The strength sensor is disposed at the case and capable of sensing whether the case is pressed. The controller is disposed in the case and electrically couple to the touch sensor and the strength sensor. According to the touch sensor for sensing whether the case is touched and according to the strength sensor for sensing whether the case is pressed, the controller produces a control signal. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085218 | CHILD'S WEARABLE COMPUTING DEVICE - A wearable digital media device comprising an integrated circuit configured to send and receive content on receipt of a serial identification number unique to the personal digital media device, a processor and a display screen. The personal digital media device's processor utilizes a radio frequency integrated circuit to send and receive content with, for example, a personal computer or other host processing device. The personal digital media device is configured and outfitted to be worn by the user, for example, as a watch, a pendent, or attached to a user's book bag. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085219 | CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE WITH DISPLAY PORTIONS THROUGH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A display device with a plurality of display portions; each display portion being a television or areas of a screen of a television. The display device can be controlled by a control device such as a portable device which includes a touch-sensitive display unit and a control unit. The touch-sensitive display unit displays a graphic user interface (GUI) corresponding to the display device. The control unit produces operation parameter(s) according to touch operation(s) on the touch-sensitive display unit and transmits the operation parameter(s) to the display device, thereby enabling the display device to modify image(s) actually displayed, by changing the position or the size of the image(s) actually displayed, according to the operation parameter(s). | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085220 | DETERMINING A DOMINANT HAND OF A USER OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - In one example, a method includes determining, by a computing device, a plurality of features. Each feature from the plurality of features may be usable to determine a dominant hand of a user of the computing device. The method also includes receiving, by the computing device, a plurality of input values, each input value from the plurality of input values corresponding to the respective plurality of features, and determining, using a probabilistic model and based at least in part on at least one input value from the plurality of input values corresponding to the respective feature from the plurality of features, a hand of the user as a dominant hand of the user. The method also includes generating, based at least in part on the determined dominant hand of the user, a graphical user interface for display at a presence-sensitive display operatively coupled to the computing device. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085221 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a portable device and a control method thereof. The portable device includes a display unit to provide a visual user interface, a tactile feedback unit to provide a tactile user interface, and a control unit to control the other units. In an active mode in which the display unit and tactile feedback unit are in an activated state, the user's gaze is detected at a first interval. The active mode is kept if the user's gaze is detected, and is switched to a tactile-only mode if the user's gaze is not detected. In the tactile-only mode, the display unit is deactivated and the tactile feedback unit is in the activated state. If a touch input is not detected for a second interval, the tactile-only mode is switched to a standby mode. In the standby mode, the display unit and tactile feedback unit are in an inactivated state. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085222 | Display Device Integrated with Touch Screen - Disclosed is a display device integrated with a touch screen which realizes good design by decreasing a bezel width, and its driving method, wherein the device comprises a plurality of gate and data lines crossing each other on a lower substrate of a display panel; a common electrode formed in each of touch blocks, wherein the plurality of touch blocks are formed by grouping all pixels into units; a plurality of touch drive lines on the lower substrate of the display panel, wherein the touch drive line is provided in the same direction as that of the data line; and a plurality of touch sensing lines on an upper substrate of the display panel, wherein the touch sensing line is formed in the same direction as that of the gate line. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085223 | APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF SWITCHING DISPLAYED PICTURES - An apparatus capable of switching displayed pictures in response to a slide gesture by a user includes a display screen for displaying an enlarged current picture, a touch determining unit, a picture processing unit, a control unit, a time calculating unit, and a calculating unit. The picture processing unit determines a width value of the current picture and a distance between a side of the current picture and an edge of the display screen adjacent to the side. The control unit controls the picture processing unit to obtain the target picture and controls the display screen to only display the target picture if a time duration of a slide gesture from beginning to ending is equal to or greater than a predetermined time period and a ratio of the distance to the width is equal to or greater than a predetermined ratio. A related method is also provided. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085224 | TOUCH DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - A touch display method and an electronic apparatus thereof. The electronic apparatus includes a touch display module. The touch display module has a touch display device. The method includes the following steps: loading basic input/output system (BIOS) to execute an initialization program to perform an initialization of the electronic apparatus, when the electronic apparatus has not loaded an operating system; defining a virtual input area in the touch display device and display an input interface in the virtual input area. When the touch display device is touched, a touch event is generated and translated to a coordinate; determining whether the coordinate is in the input interface through the BIOS; when the coordinate is in the input interface, translating the coordinate into a functional code through the BIOS, and executing an operation corresponding to the functional code. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085225 | TOUCH PANEL MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREWITH - A touch panel module includes a frame, a base plate, a touch material layer, a transmission cable and a first attaching layer. The frame with an opening and a breach connected to the opening formed therein is disposed on a casing. The base plate is disposed on the casing and located inside the opening. The touch material layer is disposed on the base plate, and a peripheral portion of the touch material layer is attached to the frame for sealing the base plate inside the opening. The transmission cable is connected to the touch material layer in a position near the peripheral portion and passes through the casing via the breach. The first attaching layer attaches the frame and the casing for sealing a gap between the frame and the casing, so as to prevent liquids from entering the opening and the breach from the gap. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085226 | INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH KEY - An integrated system of touch screen and touch key includes a touch screen unit, a touch key unit, a microcontroller and a system unit. The touch screen unit generates a first touch sensing signal according to a first touch event. The touch key unit generates a second touch sensing signal according to a second touch event. The microcontroller transforms the first touch sensing signal to a first data packet and transforms the second touch sensing signal to a second data packet. The microcontroller transmits the first data packet to an interface apparatus in the system unit through a first transmission line and transmits the second data packet to the system unit through a second transmission line. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085227 | DISPLAY AND METHOD IN AN ELECTRIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to display in an electrical device and a method of enhancing interaction with user. The display comprises: a controller, a content displaying surface, a touch sensitive portion comprising one or several touch sensors, for providing the controller with information about presence of a pointing object close to the surface, a motion sensor for providing motion of the display. The controller is configured to control content output on the displaying surface and adjust the content output with respect to information from the touch sensor and the motion senor. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085228 | TOUCH DISPLAY METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREOF - A touch display method is configured for an electronic apparatus including a touch display module and an embedded controller. The touch display module includes a touch display device and a touch input controller. The method includes following steps: loading a BIOS to perform an initialization operation when the electronic apparatus has not loaded an operating system; defining a virtual input area in the touch display device; and further displaying an input interface on the virtual input area. Generate a touch event when the touch display device is touched and translate the touch event into a coordinate by the touch input controller. If the coordinate is in the input interface, the touch input controller outputs a function signal to the embedded controller through the hardware interface. The embedded controller translates the function signal into a scan code for the electronic apparatus to execute operations corresponding to the scan code. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085229 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - In response to an instruction with respect to a rotation button (B | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085230 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes: a display; a first detector configured to detect displacement of a first area of the display when the display is bent; a second detector configured to detect displacement of a second area of the display when the display is bent; and a controller configured to direct performance of a first operation based on the displacement of the first area and the second area. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085231 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes: a calculator configured to calculate a screen operation position on a screen irregularly in accordance with a touch operation position on a touch device; a second calculator configured to calculate a predicted screen operation position on the screen based on the screen operation position at a calculation interval shorter than an update interval at which a display content on the screen is updated; and a generator configured to generate image data to be displayed on the screen based on the predicted screen operation position. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085232 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes: a calculator configured to calculate a screen operation position on a screen in accordance with a detection result of a touch operation position on a touch device; a second calculator configured to calculate a predicted screen operation position on the screen taking into account a predetermined calculation time required for the calculation of the screen operation position after the detection of the touch operation position based on the screen operation position; and a generator configured to generate image data to be displayed on the screen based on the predicted screen operation position. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085233 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - An electronic apparatus includes a first operation unit, a second operation unit capable of accepting a touch operation, and a control unit configured to perform control to change a parameter of a first type if the first operation unit is operated without a touch operation performed on the second operation unit and change a parameter of one of a plurality of types if the first operation unit is operated with a touch operation performed on the second operation unit, the plurality of types including at least a second type and a third type. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085234 | PANEL CONTROL DEVICE, PANEL CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A panel control device includes a processor. The processor is configured to perform processes including acquiring a plurality of pressed cells and a plurality of cell coordinates, the plurality of pressed cells being a plurality of cells, among pluralities of cells that divide a panel into a plurality of regions, to which pressing forces are applied simultaneously, and each of the plurality of cell coordinates being coordinate information that indicates a position within one of the pressed cells to which the pressing forces have been applied, specifying, as at least one candidate cell, at least one of the plurality of pressed cells based on positional relationships among the plurality of cell coordinates included in an adjacency group, and specifying designation coordinates based on cell coordinates, among the plurality of cell coordinates, that indicates a position within the at least one candidate cell. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085235 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An in-cell type liquid crystal display device includes a first unit that detects whether a touch is present, or not, on the basis of a current flowing in a plurality of detection electrodes when a touch panel scanning voltage is applied to counter electrodes of each of M (M≧2) divided blocks, and a second unit that detects noise on the basis of a current flowing in the plurality of detection electrodes, assuming that an (M+1) | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085236 | Information Processing Method And Electronic Apparatus - An information processing method and an electronic apparatus are described. The electronic apparatus is provided with a touch sensing unit for acquiring a direction parameter of movement of the sense unit on the touch sensing unit when the sense unit is detected on the touch sensing unit; for acquiring a distance parameter of movement of the sense unit on the touch sensing unit; and generating an operation instruction based on the direction parameter and the distance parameter such that direction information for indicating direction of movement of an operation object on the touch sensing unit and distance information for indicating distance of the movement thereof are included in the operation instruction; and for executing the operation instruction to operate the operation object. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085237 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING ZOOM LEVEL - A touch-sensitive device including a touch screen performs a method for adjusting a zoom level of a screen without a repeated zoom-in/out input. A display panel displays a first screen at a first zoom level, and a touch panel detects a zoom-in or a zoom-out from at least one point thereof. A control unit determines whether the detected zoom-in or zoom-out input is held for a predefined first time, and then controls to display a second screen at a second zoom level when the detected zoom-in or zoom-out input is held for the predefined first time. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085238 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus and a control method thereof are provided, to move and display an item within an image in response to a user's motion. The image processing apparatus includes: an image processor which processes an image to be displayed; a user input which receives a user's motion; and a controller which displays the image including at least one item and moves the item by a predetermined unit moving distance which corresponds to a moving distance of the motion according to the user's motion, such that the unit moving distance of the item increases as the user's motion becomes farther away from an initial location. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085239 | MULTIMEDIA, MULTIUSER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A table system includes a touch screen integrated in a table top, a computer system in communication with the touch screen, the touch screen being configured to serve as a primary input to the computer and to display multiple active sections at different orientations corresponding to different seating locations on the table top simultaneously, and a secondary screen, located away from the touch screen, in communication with the computer system, the secondary screen being configured to continuously display media files stored on the computer system at a single orientation and to be viewed from the different seating locations simultaneous with use of the touch screen, the touch screen configured to display representations of media files to be displayed on the secondary screen and to serve as selection input for the media files. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085240 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A mobile terminal device includes a display unit that includes a display area in which an image indicating an operation unit is displayed, a detecting unit that detects a touch operation performed on the display unit, and a control unit that changes the image indicating the operation unit displayed on the display unit according to a trajectory of the touch operation detected by the detecting unit. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085241 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING REDUCED PERFORMANCE OF A TOUCH SENSITIVE APPARATUS - A device for processing data from a touch sensitive apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a light transmitting panel with a touch surface and an opposed back surface, an illumination arrangement configured to introduce light into the panel for propagation by internal reflection between the touch surface and the back surface, and a light detection arrangement configured to receive the light after propagation in the panel. A processor unit in the device obtains a monitored signal which is functionally dependent on transmitted light detected by the light detection arrangement; reconstructs, based on the monitored signal, a two-dimensional attenuation field representing an attenuation of the transmitted light on the touch surface; calculates an expected monitored signal based on the reconstructed attenuation field; and compares the expected monitored signal with the monitored signal in order to determine a reduced performance of the apparatus. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085242 | IMAGE-DISPLAY-DEVICE DRIVE METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Discharge for detecting the position coordinates of an electronic pen is caused stably, and the position coordinates are detected accurately. For this purpose, in a driving method of an image display device, an image display subfield, a y-coordinate detection subfield, and an x-coordinate detection subfield are set in one field. In the y-coordinate detection subfield, a y-coordinate detection voltage of positive voltage is applied to data electrodes and y-coordinate detection pulses of negative polarity are sequentially applied to the scan electrodes. In the x-coordinate detection subfield, an x-coordinate detection voltage of negative voltage is applied to scan electrodes and x-coordinate detection pulses of positive polarity are sequentially applied to data electrodes. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085243 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device capable of applying an appropriate driving signal to a piezoelectric element is provided. The electronic device | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140085244 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device includes a control unit | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140092023 | TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch display module includes a display panel and a touch panel. The touch panel has a sensing section and a bonding section. The touch panel includes a first substrate, driving lines, sensing lines, routing traces, and a shielding pattern. The driving lines are arranged in parallel on a first surface of the first substrate. The sensing lines are arranged in parallel on a second surface of the first substrate and form a sensing array with the driving lines. The routing traces are disposed on the second surface outside the sensing section. The routing traces are electrically connected with the sensing lines and extend to the bonding section. The shielding pattern is disposed on the first surface, and a vertical projection of the shielding pattern on the second surface covers the routing traces. A handheld electronic apparatus with the touch display module is also provided. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092024 | DETECTING AND HANDLING UNINTENTIONAL TOUCHING OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product detects and handles an unintentional touching of a touch screen in order to prevent unintentional inputs to the touch screen. An unintentional touching of touch screen, as determined by one or more predefined events, causes a predetermined region of the touch screen to be disabled. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092025 | MULTIPLE-FORCE, DYNAMICALLY-ADJUSTED, 3-D TOUCH SURFACE WITH FEEDBACK FOR HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE (HMI) - A control interface system for a vehicle includes an input module, a feedback module, and a system controller. The input module has a touchscreen and a control icon arranged thereon. The feedback module includes a pressure sensor in communication with the input module. The pressure sensor provides a sensor signal to the input module indicative of an applied force on the touchscreen. The system controller is in communication with the pressure sensor through the input module. The system controller provides at least one of a haptic feedback, an audible feedback, and a visual feedback, where the feedback is indicative of one of a selection mode, a slow change mode, and a fast change mode. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092026 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A touch-sensitive display includes a sense electrode comprising a first conductor having a first elongate edge and a second elongate edge that is longer than the first elongate edge, and a second conductor having a third elongate edge and a fourth elongate edge that is longer than the third elongate edge, wherein the first conductor is coupled to the second conductor and spaced from the second conductor such that a first distance from an end of the second elongate edge to an end of the fourth elongate edge is less than a second distance from an end of the first elongate edge to an end of the third elongate edge. The touch-sensitive display also includes a drive electrode spaced from the first conductor and the second conductor and extending between the first conductor and the second conductor. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092027 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The invention relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plastic film substrate, whose two surfaces are provided in sequence with at least two undercoat layers and a patterned transparent conductive layer and further provided with a patterned metal circuit layer, respectively. The invention also relates to a simplified method for producing a touch panel, in which the conventional lamination process is eliminated, and the touch panel produced thereby has a reduced overall thickness and is free of the conventional image deterioration drawback. Moreover, the method generally pertains to a sheet-by-sheet process and is superior over the conventional roll-to-roll processes in which the thin layers tend to exfoliate due to the occurrence of uneven tension. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092028 | Multiple-Element Light-Bending Structures for Minimizing Display Borders - An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a housing. The display may have an array of display pixels that provide image light to a user. The array of display pixels may form an active display structure with a rectangular shape. The rectangular active display structure may be surrounded by an inactive border region. Optical structures such as upper structures formed from a sheet of glass and lower optical structures that lie beneath the sheet of glass may be configured to bend light from the display pixels along the periphery of the active display structure. The upper optical structures may have an area that is larger than the area of the active display structure, so that the presence of the optical structures may serve to enlarge the apparent size of the display. The lower and upper optical structures may have curved surfaces for bending the light. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092029 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH A HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to permit a user to interact with a head mounted display, such as with the information presented upon a head mounted display. In the context of a method, a first input is received from a first touch sensor positioned upon a first portion of a head mounted display. The method also receives a second input from a second touch sensor positioned upon a second portion of the head mounted display. The second portion of the head mounted display is configured to be opposite the first portion relative to a user's head. The method also includes causing performance of an operation related to the head mounted display based upon a combination of both the first and second inputs. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092030 | TOUCH-ENABLED COMPLEX DATA ENTRY - A computer-implemented method for touch input via a multi-touch surface includes displaying an input widget via the multi-touch surface, wherein the input widget includes at least one control field and at least one element bar. A finger contact is detected along the multi-touch surface and substantially within the control field or the element bar. In response to detecting the finger contact, the contents of the element bar are adjusted. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092031 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW POWER INPUT OBJECT DETECTION AND INTERACTION - In a method of operating a touch screen, an object interaction is detected with the touch screen while in a first doze mode. It is determined if a detected object interaction with the touch screen is a valid input object interaction with the touch screen. In response to determining the object interaction is a valid input object interaction, the touch screen is transitioned from the first doze mode to a gesture recognition mode. The touch screen is transitioned from the gesture recognition mode to an active mode in response to a determination of a valid gesture interaction with the touch screen by the input object. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092032 | SYNCHRONIZED AUDIO FEEDBACK FOR NON-VISUAL TOUCH INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD - The disclosed systems and methods are directed to interfaces, and more particularly, to an audio feedback system for touch interface. This touch interface allows a user to interact with a touchscreen without a priori knowledge of where items are located on the touchscreen or even the relative orientation of that touchscreen. For instance, this interface may operate responsive to relative offset between touches. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092033 | TOUCH DETECTION METHOD FOR TOUCH PANEL - A touch detection method for a touch panel. The touch panel has a plurality of sensing nodes. Each sensing node has a baseline value. Each sensing node is sensed to obtain a scanned value. A touch event is detected according to a comparison with a finger-on threshold. When there is no touch event, the method detects whether or not an abnormal object has entered the sensing node. When entered, the method judges whether a difference count between the scanned value and baseline value is larger than a calibration level. When the difference count is larger, then the scanned value is used to update the baseline value. When no abnormal object, then the method judges whether the difference count is larger than a noise threshold. When the difference count is larger, then the scanned value is used to update the baseline value. The calibration level is smaller than finger-on threshold. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092034 | Electronic Devices With Flexible Circuit Light Shields - Electronic devices may include displays. A display may include backlight structures that generate light and display layers that generate images using the generated light. An electronic device may include an opaque flexible printed circuit that is wrapped around one or more edges of the backlight structures. The opaque flexible printed circuit may prevent light from the backlight structures from reaching other electronic components or escaping from the device. The opaque flexible printed circuit may include signal lines that communicate signals between a printed circuit board and the display. The opaque flexible printed circuit may be a layer of the printed circuit board that extends from an edge of the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board may include an additional flexible extended printed circuit layer that wraps around a surface of the printed circuit board and forms a portion of a conductive shield over that surface. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092035 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE SWITCHING ON/OFF, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE THEREFOR - A system for controlling device switching on/off including an electronic device and a mobile communication device is illustrated. The mobile communication device includes a haptic display unit and a processing unit. The haptic display unit displays a setting page having a clock pattern and a set of timer indexes. The set of timer indexes includes a switch-on index and a switch-off index locating on the fringe of the clock pattern and indicating to a start time and a stop time respectively. The switch-on and switch-off indexes slide around the fringe of the clock pattern to determine the start and stop time according to touch gestures of a user. The start time and stop time change based on the location of the indexes. The processing unit configures the electronic device to be switched on and off based on the start and stop time, accordingly. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092036 | TOUCH PANEL WITH SINGLE ELECTRODE LAYER - The invention provides a touch panel with a single electrode layer, which has a plurality of sensing channels. Each of the sensing channels includes a plurality of first transmission lines, a second transmission line and a plurality of first and second sensing electrodes on a substrate. The routing path of the first and second transmission lines routed on the substrate is non-straight. And, the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes include a plurality of first holes and second holes, respectively. The second sensing electrodes and the first sensing electrodes are disposed on the same side of the substrate. The geometric shapes of the first holes and the second holes correspond to the geometric shapes of the routing path of the first transmission lines and the second transmission line routed on the substrate. Thereby, the display quality can be improved by the touch panel of the present invention. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092037 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device provides a user with tactile feedback using a tactile user interface. The display device includes a display unit, a tactile feedback unit, and a controller. The controller detects a first control input selecting a first object displayed on the display unit, detects a second control input controlling the first object that is consecutive to the first control input, controls the first object in response to the second control input, generates first tactile feedback according to properties of the first object in response to the second control input, detects a third control input controlling the first object that is consecutive to the second control input, the third control input being detected in a region of a second object displayed on the display unit, and maintains the first tactile feedback in response to the third control input while the first object is controlled by the third control input. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092038 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A display control apparatus includes a controller. While a plurality of images is displayed on a display including a display region with a surface on which a touch panel is provided, in response to an approaching operation, performed via the touch panel, of specifying at least one image and causing at least two of the plurality of images to come closer to each other, the controller superimposes and displays approaching images, for which the approaching operation is performed, over each other. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092039 | Electronic Device, Program and Lock Control Method - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a display; a touch panel provided on the display; a lock controller configured to shift the electronic device to a locked state and configured to cancel the locked state when a touch input in a predetermined position of the touch panel is detected; and an unlock screen display controller configured to generate an image as a reference of the position of the touch input for cancellation of the locked state, display the image on the display, and control a display form of the image so that the display form corresponding to a first timing is different from the display form corresponding to a second timing. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092040 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display, a touch panel, a detector, and a controller. The touch panel is provided on the display. The detector detects motion of the electronic apparatus. The controller changes a display position of an image displayed on the display when the motion is detected. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092041 | System And Method For Reducing Borders Of A Touch Sensor - In one embodiment, a method includes arranging a touch sensor over a first side of a display. The touch sensor comprising a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprising a plurality of electrodes. The second portion comprising a plurality of tracks and a first plurality of connection pads. The method further includes folding the touch sensor around the display such that the second portion of the touch sensor is situated on a second side of the display. The second side of the display different than the first side of the display. Also, the method includes electrically coupling the first plurality of connection pads to a second plurality of connection pads. The second plurality of connection pads configured to be electrically coupled to a controller. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092042 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY CHANGE METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first housing for a touch-screen display, a second housing for a touchpad, the first housing being slidably connected to the second housing, a detector, and a change module. The detector is configured to detect an input operation on the touchpad, when the touchpad is exposed. The change controller is configured to change a direction of a content displayed on the touch-screen display based on detection of the input operation. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092043 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DYNAMIC POSITIONING OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENT - An electronic device includes a display and a touch input disposed over the display. The touch input receives touch inputs from a user and detects location of the user's hand relative to the display including location of the user's hand in front of and not touching the touch input. A controller controls the display of content, including determining an obstructed area of the display that is obstructed from viewing by the user's hand as indicated by the detection made by the touch input; determining that a default location for the display of a new graphical user interface (GUI) element that should be added to the display overlaps with the obstructed area by at least a predetermined amount, and changing a manner in which the new GUI element is displayed so that the new GUI element is not obstructed by the user's hand. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092044 | INTERACTION METHOD BETWEEN ELECTRONIC PAPERS, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC PAPER - A method and apparatus for performing interaction between electronic papers is provided. A first electronic paper recognizes installation of a binder on the first electronic paper. The first electronic paper sets an interaction mode according to the installation of the binder on the first electronic paper. The first electronic paper establishes a communication connection with a second electronic paper on which the binder is also installed. The first electronic paper performs data communication with the second electronic paper according to the interaction mode. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092045 | DETECTING AND HANDLING UNINTENTIONAL TOUCHING OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A processor-implemented method, system, and/or computer program product detects and handles an unintentional touching of a touch screen in order to prevent unintentional inputs to the touch screen. An unintentional touching of touch screen, as determined by one or more predefined events, causes a predetermined region of the touch screen to be disabled. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092046 | TRIGGERING METHOD AND WIRELESS HANDHELD DEVICE - A triggering method and a wireless handheld device provided in embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of electronic technologies. The touchscreen triggering method includes: detecting an input combination that is of a click frequency and/or click intensity and is received when a touchscreen is in a locked state; and when it is detected that the input combination that is of the click frequency and/or the click intensity and is received when the touchscreen is in the locked state matches a pre-stored input combination of a click frequency and/or click intensity, wherein the pre-stored input combination of the click frequency and/or the click intensity is corresponding to an operation, executing the operation corresponding to the matched pre-stored input combination of the click frequency and/or the click intensity. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092047 | Information Terminal On-Board Information System, On-Board Device, and Information Terminal Program - A portable information terminal that is connected to an in-vehicle device comprises: a first display unit; a display control unit that generates a first screen image for display upon the first display unit, and a second screen image for display upon a second display unit that is comprised in the in-vehicle device; and a screen image output unit that outputs the second screen image to the in-vehicle device. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092048 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORING MEDIUM - The present invention is to allow change of the area in which information as a display target is not displayed in a display according to a detected position by a touch sensor disposed opposed to a touch sensor that is so disposed as to be overlapped on the display. An information processing device ( | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140092049 | Touch-Control Method, Device, And Electronic Device - The purpose of the invention is to provide a touch-control method, apparatus and an electronic device. The touch-control method is applied to an electronic device which has a touch surface and a sensor. The touch-control method includes determining a first contact-area and a second contact-area based on the data acquired by the sensor, the first contact-area and the second contact-area being the area of the contact regions of the touch surface in contact with a pointing object at different time moments; based on the first contact-area and the second contact-area, determining a first instruction-determination-parameter associated with an area-variation amount; based on a pre-stored first correspondence-relationship between an instruction-determination-parameter interval and an instruction-sequence, determining and executing a first instruction-sequence which corresponds to the instruction-determination-parameter interval where the first instruction-determination-parameter locates. | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140098027 | Systems and Methods for Locking Image Orientation - An information handling system includes a housing, a processor, memory, and a touch screen display that has a display portion operable to present information as an image. The system also includes a touch controller and an orientation module. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098028 | FLEXIBLE APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A flexible apparatus is provided, which includes a display unit including displays a screen, a detecting unit which detects a user's input comprising a stretching of the display unit, and a control unit which controls the display unit so that an operation corresponding to the user's input is performed. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098029 | TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM FOR TOUCH PANEL - A touch control system for a touch panel includes a touch panel receiving pressures or electric signals on a surface thereof; a touch track for an image on a display screen being defined; a logic unit generating different actions corresponding to the touch tracks so that an image on a screen changes based on the actions from the logic unit; an image processor receiving instructions about the actions from the logic unit so that the image on the display screen will act based on the instructions; and wherein the logic unit divides an image on the display screen into an image moving area and an image size change area when an initial point of the touch track is at the image moving area, the image moves. When the initial point of the touch track is at the image size change area, the size of the image is changed. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098030 | TOUCH MODULE - A touch module includes a body including a substrate defining an active area and touch points in the active area, and force sensors arranged around the substrate and electrically connected to a control unit for measuring the variation of force at each touch point upon touch by an object, generating and transmitting a corresponding electronic signal to the control unit to determine the two-dimensional coordinates of the touch point and movement of applied force subject to the rule that the amount of applied force is indirectly proportional to the distance between the touched point and each force sensor or the rule of torque balance relationship. The touch module is switchable between different operation modes subject to the amount of applied force, and can correct the touch point deviation value subject to different application purposes and status of use, enhancing sensing accuracy and stability. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098031 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING DATA ON A TOUCH SCREEN - An information processing apparatus that detects touch input at a touch panel disposed on or formed integrally with a display, extracts one or more character strings from a plurality of character strings displayed on the display based on the detected touch input, prioritizes the extracted one or more character strings, and controls the display to display the extracted one or more character strings in order based on the prioritizing. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098032 | Apparatus and Method for Preventing False Touches in Touch Screen Systems - A method comprises during a frame period finding a first EFT noise influenced sensor of a touch screen panel, determining whether the first EFT noise influenced sensor is located at a last transmitting/driving line of the touch screen panel, designating the frame period as a noise influenced frame period using an absolute value threshold if the first EFT noise influenced sensor is not located at the last transmitting/driving line and designating the frame period as the noise influenced frame period using a percentage threshold if the first EFT noise influenced sensor is located at the last transmitting/driving line. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098033 | Active Stylus with Noise Immunity - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a first signal at a stylus. The stylus is able to wirelessly transmit signals to and receive signals from a device. The stylus includes one or more electrodes in a tip of the stylus. A frequency characteristic of the first signal is determined. A second signal is generated based at least in part on the frequency characteristic of the first signal. The second signal is wirelessly transmitted from the stylus to the device through a touch sensor of the device. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098034 | MULTI-FUNCTION HAND HELD DEVICE - A device is provided that includes a display that is switchable between a collapsed state and an extended state. In the collapsed state, the display is approximately the size of a smartphone. The device may be unfolded or unrolled to the extended state, which is approximately the size of a tablet or three times the size of a smartphone. The device may be held and operated with one hand in the collapsed state while the extended state may require two hands to hold or operate. The device may include a housing affixed to a flexible display. The housing may be used to incorporate rigid electronics or a battery into the device. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098035 | TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF - A touch display module and an assembly method thereof are provided. The touch display module includes a backlight module, a cover plate, a display panel, a touch panel, a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, a third adhesive layer and a fourth adhesive layer. The cover plate and the backlight module are disposed oppositely. The display panel is disposed between the backlight module and the cover plate. The touch panel is disposed between the display panel and the cover plate. The first adhesive layer covers around the backlight module, the display panel and the touch panel and a back portion of the backlight module. The second adhesive layer is disposed between the backlight module and the display panel. The third adhesive layer is disposed between the display panel and the touch panel. The fourth adhesive layer is disposed between the touch panel and the cover plate. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098036 | TEXT ENTRY USING SHAPEWRITING ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT PANEL - Described herein are various technologies pertaining to shapewriting. A touch-sensitive input panel comprises a plurality of keys, where each key in the plurality of keys is representative of a respective plurality of characters. A user can generate a trace over the touch-sensitive input panel, wherein the trace passes over keys desirably selected by the user. A sequence of characters, such as a word, is decoded based upon the trace, and is output to a display or a speaker. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY AREA OF FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING THE SAME - An apparatus for controlling a display area of a flexible display device includes a display area and a display unit to which a touch is input. A method of using the apparatus includes obtaining a first input signal, a second input signal, a third input signal, and a fourth input signal that are input to the display unit by a user's touch and respectively correspond to a first line element, a second line element, a third line element, and a fourth line element on the display unit, determining whether the first to fourth input signals are for controlling the display area, and setting the display area based on a closed loop composed of the obtained first to fourth line elements and first and second edge portions of the display unit if it is determined that the first to fourth input signals are for controlling the display area. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098038 | MULTI-FUNCTION CONFIGURABLE HAPTIC DEVICE - Technologies relating to touch-sensitive displays are described herein. A computing device with a touch-sensitive display is configurable to act as multiple control devices, such as a video game controller, a remote control, and music player. Different haptic regions can be assigned for the different configurations, where the haptic regions are configured to provide haptic feedback when a user interacts with such haptic regions. Thus, similar to conventional input mechanisms with physical human-machine interfaces, haptic feedback is provided as a user employs the computing device, allowing for eyes-free interaction. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098039 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A signal processing circuit is provided, which is suitable to be connected to a signal receiving conductor of a capacitive position detecting sensor, which has low power consumption and small circuit scale, and which allows setting of a small value as the capacitance value of a capacitor used for I-V conversion. After a receiving conductor is clamped to a predetermined potential by a clamp circuit, this receiving conductor clamped to the predetermined potential is connected to a capacitor circuit via a gate circuit. Thereby, a potential that changes corresponding to a position indicated by an indicator such as a finger is generated in the capacitor circuit, and a voltage signal generated in this capacitor circuit is converted to a digital signal to be output. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098040 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - Provided are a flexible display apparatus and a method of operating the same. The flexible display apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image and is flexible; and a sensor for detecting an approach of an object to a bent space of the display unit while the display unit is bent. The flexible display apparatus may use a proximity touch as a user interface by detecting an approach of an object, by disposing a sensor in a region adjacent to a display unit or on the display unit. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098041 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MULTI-POINT INPUT - A terminal and method for discriminating among multipoint inputs generated in combination of multiple input factors generated by different input devices includes detecting a multipoint input comprising a plurality of input factors provided by a plurality of different input means; extracting coordinates and positions of the input factors based on the input means; and performing a particular operation corresponding to the extracted coordinates. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098042 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a first substrate, an electronic circuit board, a second substrate, and a number of touch-sensing members arranged on the electronic circuit board. Each of the touch-sensing members comprises a metal dome, an insulating layer covering the metal dome, and a sensing layer formed on the insulating layer. A number of contacting tabs are arranged on the electronic circuit board corresponding to each of the metal domes. The sensing layer generates a first signal in a touch mode when the touch panel is touched by a conductor. The contacting tab generates a second signal in a button mode when the second substrate is deformed when the second substrate is pressed, and the metal dome comes into contact with the contacting tab. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098043 | Systems and Methods for Providing Haptic Feedback to Touch-Sensitive Input Devices - Systems and methods for providing haptic feedback to touch-sensitive input devices are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes an input device having a housing having an exterior surface; a touch-sensitive surface configured to transmit a contact signal indicating a contact with the touch-sensitive surface; a sensor disposed within the housing, the sensor configured to sense movement of the input device and to transmit a sensor signal indicating movement of the input device; an actuator disposed within the housing, the actuator configured to output a haptic effect based on an actuator signal, the actuator signal based at least in part on the contact signal. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098044 | TFT TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A TFT touch display device includes a plurality of mutually vertical control lines and sensor lines and a plurality of TFTs. Each TFT is disposed at an intersection of one of the plurality of control line and one of the plurality of sensor line. The TFT is connected to a corresponding control line, a corresponding sensor line, and a power source. When there is an object approaching to the TFT, the TFT is turned on and a back-channel current is generated. A control unit is connected to the plurality of control lines to respectively provide a control signal to the plurality of control lines. A current sensing unit is connected to the plurality of sensor lines to respectively sense a current generated by the TFTs. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098045 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TOUCH SHAPE RECOGNITION, RELATED SCREEN APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An embodiment of a method of recognizing finger detection data in a detection data map produced by a touch screen includes converting the data from the x, y, z space into a three-descriptor space including: a first coordinate representative of the number of intensity peaks in the map, a second coordinate representative of the number of nodes (i.e., pixels) absorbed under one or more of the intensity peaks. A third coordinate may be selected as the angular coefficient or slope of a piecewise-linear approximating function passing through points having the numbers of nodes absorbed under the intensity peaks ordered in decreasing order over said intensity peaks, which permits singling out finger data with respect to non-finger data over the whole of the touch screen. The third coordinate may be also selected as an adjacency value representative of the extent the intensity peaks are adjacent to one another, which permits singling out finger data produced over a portion of the touch screen with respect to non-finger data produced over another portion of the touch screen. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098046 | SENSOR PATTERN FOR A TACTILE INPUT DEVICE - A tactile sensor includes a plurality of first sensing elements that are arranged in a plurality of rows on a first layer and a plurality of second sensing elements that are vertically aligned in a plurality of columns on the first layer. The second sensing elements in each column are electrically connected together and each of the plurality of columns are separate conductors from one another. The plurality of second sensing elements include a plurality of vertical elements that form an interlocking pattern with the plurality of first sensing elements. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098047 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING MOBILE TERMINAL - There is provided a method of operating a mobile terminal, the method including: executing an application using both a pen input and a touch input; sensing a pen input through a first input unit, and performing a function corresponding to the sensed pen input; and sensing a touch input through a second input unit, and performing a function corresponding to the sensed touch input. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098048 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENHANCING PERFORMANCE OF TOUCH SCREEN - A method and an apparatus for enhancing a performance of a touch screen are provided. The method of enhancing a performance of a touch panel which is placed close to a display panel includes determining, while the touch panel is activated, whether the touch panel is affected by noise, and changing a frame rate of the display panel based on the determination. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098049 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOUCH-BASED INPUT ON ULTRASOUND DEVICES - Systems and methods for receiving touch-based input from an operator of an imaging device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging device is configured to receive tactile input from an operator. The imaging device presents an ultrasound image to the operator and the operator can perform one or more touch inputs on the image. Based on the received input, the imaging device can update the display of the image. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098050 | PORTABLE DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WHEREON PROGRAM IS RECORDED - A portable device with a display unit and a rear surface input unit of a touch-input type including a state assessment unit which assesses that a position designation state is applied when detecting a state a contact object is kept contacting the rear surface input unit in a prescribed time or longer; an index display unit for displaying an index on the display unit, corresponding to a position of the contact object contacting the rear surface input unit; a provisionally determined position storage unit for storing in a storage device, an index position when the contact object is removed from the rear surface input unit as a provisionally determined position; and an input determination unit which makes a definite determination of an input at the provisionally determined position stored in the provisionally determined position storage unit based on a definite determination operation. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098051 | TOUCH SENSOR PANEL DESIGN - A touch sensor panel including a plurality of drive lines crossing a plurality of sense lines, forming an array. The plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines are formed by interconnecting sections of at least one conductive material having a truncated diamond shape or formed of interconnected conductive lines. At least one conductive dummy region may be disposed in an area of the touch sensor panel around the truncated diamond shape sections or interconnected conductive lines of the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines. One or more lines may be formed overlapping the interconnected sections of each of the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098052 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A method for touch panel operation is disclosed. A touch is detected on a first touch panel, and reception of input from the first touch panel is prevented based on a predetermined deactivating operation. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140098053 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR VIEWING DESKTOP THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An electronic device, a method for viewing a desktop thereof, and a computer-readable medium are provided. One of n continuous areas of the desktop and a navigation bar are displayed in a touch screen of the electronic device. The navigation bar includes an indicator and n indexes, wherein the n indexes are respectively corresponding to the n areas, and the indicator points to the index corresponding to the area currently displayed in the touch screen. When a sliding operation applied to the indicator is detected on the navigation bar, the desktop and the indicator are moved according to the sliding operation. When the sliding operation terminates, an index closest to the indicator is selected from the n indexes as a target index. Finally, the indicator is controlled to point to the target index, and a target area corresponding to the target index is displayed in the touch screen. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140104183 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AT LEAST ONE APPARATUS BY AT LEAST ONE OTHER APPARATUS, SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SUCH A DEVICE - A device for controlling at least one so-called slave apparatus, by at least one so-called master apparatus, including a tactile user interface, the device including: first apparatus for transmitting at least one so-called controlled image, generated by the at least one slave apparatus to the at least one master apparatus for displaying the at least one controlled image on the at least one master apparatus; second apparatus for transmitting, from at least one master apparatus to the at least one slave apparatus, at least one coordinate of at least one tactile selection performed on the at least one master apparatus with respect to the at least one controlled image; and a processing apparatus for interpreting the at least one tactile selection at the at least one slave apparatus as a function of the at least one coordinate. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104184 | BACKPLATE ELECTRODE SENSOR - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for electromechanical systems (EMS) device packages having integrated sensors. In one aspect, electrodes within a packaged EMS device can be used in conjunction with an electrode disposed on another substrate within the EMS device package to form one or more capacitive sensors. The capacitive sensor may be used to determine the relative deformation of substrates within the EMS device package, which can in turn be used as part of a pressure, touch, mass, or impact measuring system. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104185 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The touch panel includes a first flexible substrate and a sensing circuit. The first flexible substrate includes a body disposed on the display panel and an extension portion located outside the display panel, in which the extension portion is connected to the body and adapted to bend relatively to the body. The sensing circuit includes a plurality of first connection lines disposed on the first flexible substrate. In addition, the disclosure also discloses a handheld electronic device with the above-mentioned touch display device. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104186 | Active Stylus With A Parallel Communication Channel - A method of one embodiment includes generating, by a stylus, a composite signal. The composite signal includes a first signal having a first frequency, the first signal being used by a touch-sensing device to determine a position of the stylus relative to the touch-sensing device, and a second signal having a second frequency. The second signal may include status information such as an amount of force exerted on the stylus, battery information, orientation information, information indicating whether the stylus is within a threshold distance of the touch-sensing device, information indicating a status of a button of the stylus, and/or information indicating input from a user of the stylus. Furthermore, the second frequency is higher than the first frequency. The stylus sends the composite signal to the touch-sensing device, and an electrode array of the touch-sensing device may receive the composite signal. The touch-sensing device may determine a position of the stylus by processing the composite signal and may also determine the status information by processing the composite signal. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104187 | Stylus Position System - A system of one embodiment includes a touch-sensing device and a stylus. The touch sensing device includes an electrode array, which includes a plurality of electrode line pairs, and a controller. Each electrode line pair includes a first and second electrode line to send a first and second signal, respectively. The stylus includes a sensor to measure the first and second signals, a signal processor to determine position information, and a transmitter to send position information to the touch-sensing device. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104188 | Active Stylus Communication And Position System - A method of one embodiment includes generating, by a touch-sensing device, a first signal comprising information identifying a first electrode line of an electrode array of the touch-sensing device, the first signal having a first strength. The first electrode sends the first signal to a stylus, which receives the first signal, the first signal having a received strength. The stylus sends a second signal comprising information based on the received first signal, and the touch-sensing device receives the second signal. A position of the stylus is determined based at least in part on the information identifying the first electrode line and the received strength of the first signal. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104189 | Moveable Interactive Shortcut Toolbar and Unintentional Hit Rejecter for Touch Input Devices - Techniques and systems for facilitating the creation of electronic content on an editing canvas are disclosed. One example involves displaying an editing canvas on a touch screen of an electronic device, displaying a touch block object overlaying a portion of the editing canvas, wherein the touch block object blocks unintentional touches in an area of the touch screen associated with the touch block object, and changing a position of the touch block object with respect to the editing canvas responsive to receiving touch input on the touch screen to change the position of the touch block object. The touch block object may provide easy and convenient access to one or more editing tools or other feature for editing content on the canvas. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104190 | Selective Reporting of Touch Data - A graphical user interface is rendered on a display screen of a touch screen device. The display screen includes a display area for rendering images, and the graphical user interface of the application is rendered in a portion of the display area. Digital touch data is generated in response to user interactions with a touch-sensitive surface of the touch screen device. A module of an operating system residing on the touch screen device is used to convert the digital touch data into OS touch events. The OS touch events and application location information are received at a system hook. The application location information identifies the portion of the display area of the touch screen device in which the graphical user interface of the application is rendered. The system hook filters the OS touch events based on the application location information and provides the filtered OS touch events to the application. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104191 | Input Classification for Multi-Touch Systems - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for input classification for multi-touch systems. In one aspect, a method includes receiving first and second contact data describing a first and second series of contacts with a touch sensitive display, the first and second series of contacts occurring over a time range. The method includes classifying the first series of contacts as being a series of touch inputs provided by a user's body part, and classifying the second series of contacts as being a series of stylus inputs provided by a stylus. The method includes comparing motion represented by the series of touch inputs with motion represented by the series of stylus inputs, and determining that the motion represented by the series of touch inputs correlates with the motion represented by the series of stylus inputs. The method includes classifying the series of touch inputs. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104192 | Input Classification for Multi-Touch Systems - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for input classification for multi-touch systems. In one aspect, a method includes maintaining a history of prior state information related to a touch sensitive display. The method further includes detecting that a previous contact with the touch sensitive display was incorrectly classified. The method further includes updating a classification of the previous contact based on the detection that the previous contact was incorrectly classified. The method further includes rewinding a state of the touch sensitive display to reflect a state that would have resulted had the previous contact been correctly classified based on the history of prior state information and the updated classification of the previous contact. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104193 | Input Classification for Multi-Touch Systems - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for input classification for multi-touch systems. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data describing a first region of contact with a touch sensitive display, a second region of contact with the touch sensitive display, and a third region of contact with the touch sensitive display, the second region of contact being separate from the first region of contact and the third region of contact being separate from the first region of contact and the second region of contact. The method includes classifying the first region of contact as a touch point provided by a user's body part. The method includes classifying the second region of contact as incidental touch input provided by a user's resting body part. The method includes classifying the third region of contact as a stylus input. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104194 | Input Classification for Multi-Touch Systems - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for input classification for multi-touch systems. In one aspect, a method includes receiving data describing a first region of contact with a touch sensitive display and a second region of contact with the touch sensitive display, the second region of contact being separate from the first region of contact. The method includes classifying the first region of contact as a touch point provided by a user's body part. The method includes classifying the second region of contact as incidental touch input provided by a user's resting body part. The method includes determining an area that is outside of the second region of contact and that extends at least a threshold distance from the second region of contact. The method includes determining a location of the touch point associated with the first region of contact. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104195 | Selective Reporting of Touch Data - A graphical user interface is rendered on a display screen of a touch screen device. The display screen includes a display area for rendering images, and the graphical user interface of the application is rendered in a portion of the display area. Digital touch data is generated in response to user interactions with a touch-sensitive surface of the touch screen device. the digital touch data into OS touch events and application touch events. The OS touch events, application touch events, and application location information are received at a system hook. The application location information identifies the portion of the display area of the touch screen device in which the graphical user interface of the application is rendered. The system hook filters the OS touch events and the application touch events based on the application location information and provides the filtered OS touch events and application touch events to the application. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104196 | CURVED PROFILE TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Systems and related methods providing for touch sensors having at least one non-linear edge. A touch sensor may include a substrate configured to propagate surface acoustic waves. The substrate may include a front surface, a back surface including a reflective array, and a connecting surface joining the front surface and the back surface. The front surface may define a front bowed edge and the back surface may define a back bowed edge. The connecting surface may be between the front bowed edge and the back bowed edge. The reflective array may be configured to cause the surface acoustic waves to propagate from the back surface, is the connecting surface, to the front surface. The touch system may further include circuitry configured to determine a coordinate of a touch event on the front surface based on received attenuations in the surface acoustic waves. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104197 | MULTI-MODAL USER EXPRESSIONS AND USER INTENSITY AS INTERACTIONS WITH AN APPLICATION - Architecture that enables single and multi-modal interaction with computing devices, as well as interpreting user intensity (or liveliness) in the gesture or gestures. In a geospatial implementation, a multi-touch interaction can involve the detection and processing of tactile pressure (touch sensitive) to facilitate general navigation between two geographical points. This is further coupled with providing detailed information that facilitates navigation and turn-by-turn directions. This includes the use of time and/or pressure to release or increase the zoom level of map tiles, the touching of the two geographical points and speaking to obtain directions between these two geographical points, and the blending of tiles to create a compelling user experience, where the map is in different levels of zoom on the same view. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104198 | TOUCH SCREEN PEN WITH CLEANING FUNCTION - A touch screen pen with cleaning function is revealed. The touch screen pen includes a pen body, at least one cleaning part and a drive mechanism. The pen body consists of a receiving space, a touch control end, a first opening and a second opening. The cleaning part is mounted in the receiving space and is able to be moved out and in through the first opening. The drive mechanism is arranged at the second opening and is connected to the cleaning part. By the drive mechanism, users can drive the cleaning part to move out through the first opening for wiping touch screens. Then the cleaning part is moved into the pen body for storage after being used. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104199 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same, the touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; first sensing electrodes formed in a first direction on one surface of the transparent substrate to sense a change in capacitance at the time of inputting a touch; second sensing electrodes disposed in the first direction on a surface, which is in parallel spaced from the surface on which the first sensing electrodes are formed, alternately with the first sensing electrodes, to sense a change in capacitance at the time of inputting a touch; and driving electrodes formed in a second direction crossing the first direction on the other surface of the transparent substrate, so that sensing sensibility can improved by including a multiple-layered sensing electrode layer. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104200 | TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM - A touch sensing system includes: a first touch sensor; a second touch sensor; and a control IC configured to control the first touch sensor and the second touch sensor. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104201 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a generator, a selector, a converter, and a storing module. The generator generates first stroke data corresponding to one or more strokes written by handwriting. The selector selects a first figure object to be associated with the first stroke data. The converter converts the first stroke data into second stroke data corresponding to a second figure object obtained by transforming the first figure object. The storing module stores the first figure object and the first stroke data in a storage medium in association with each other, and stores the second figure object and the second stroke data in the storage medium in association with each other. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104202 | TRANSPARENT PROTECTION WINDOW, FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TRANSPARENT PROTECTION WINDOW - A transparent protection window, a flexible display apparatus, and associated method, the transparent protection window including a first area extending in one direction, the first area having a first thickness; a second area extending in a direction different from that of the first area, the second area having a second thickness; and a third area connecting the first area to the second area, the third area including a portion having a curved surface, wherein the first thickness of the first area is less than the second thickness of the second area. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104203 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104204 | TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor includes a substrate, a touch sensing layer, a first processor and a second processor. The substrate includes a first area and a second area. The first area and the second area are on the same surface of the substrate. The touch sensing layer is disposed on the substrate, and includes a first group of conductive patterns and a second group of conductive patterns. The first group of conductive patterns is disposed on the first area, and includes a plurality of first conductive patterns. The second group of conductive patterns is disposed on the second area, and includes a plurality of second conductive patterns. The first processor is electrically connected to the first conductive patterns. The second processor is electrically connected to the second conductive patterns. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104205 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present invention provides a touch screen display apparatus including a touch structure. The touch structure includes multiple driving lines arranged in a column direction, multiple sensing lines arranged in a row direction, a preamplifier, a frequency outputter, a first shift register, and a second shift register. The first shift register is arranged between the driving lines and the frequency outputter, and the second shift register is arranged at output ends of the sensing lines. Each driving line outputs a driving signal and each sensing line outputs a sensing signal for the preamplifier. Accordingly, a single preamplifier may be used. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104206 | CREATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHICS USING GESTURES - Three-dimensional virtual objects are created using gestures. In one example, a selection of a shape is received. The selected shape is presented on a display. A gesture is observed to move at least a part of the presented shape away from the display and the presented shape is modified based on the observed gesture in the direction away from the display corresponding to the observed gesture. The modified shape is presented as a three dimensional virtual object after modifying the presented shape based on the observed gesture. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104207 | METHOD OF PROVIDING TOUCH EFFECT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - A method and apparatus for providing an effect corresponding to an input touch in an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying an image, detecting a touch for the displayed image and outputting a feedback effect according to a trace of the detected touch and previously stored material information of the image, wherein the material information includes at least one of flexion, strength, and a friction coefficient of a target indicated by the image and information in which a surface of the target is sampled. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104208 | TOUCH INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, TOUCH SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing device includes a touch panel, a touch integrated circuit configured to scan the touch panel at a scan frequency, and an application processor configured to provide application information on an application activated at the touch sensing device. The touch integrated circuit is configured to adjust the scan frequency in response to the application information. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104209 | OPERATING DEVICE - An operating device includes a push operation mechanism to be push-operated by an operator, and a drive transmission mechanism to transmit a drive force for presenting the operator with a tactile stimuli-operational feeling via the push operation mechanism. The push operation mechanism is configured to be engageable with the drive transmission mechanism. The drive transmission mechanism is configured to switch between a non-engagement position to allow the push operation of the user without being engaged with the push operation mechanism and an engagement position to allow the transmission of the drive force by being engaged with the push operation mechanism. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104210 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE - A method and apparatus are provided for displaying information in a portable device. The method includes displaying content on a first display area of a display unit; displaying information related to the content on a second display area; detecting a touch interaction on the displayed information; selecting information corresponding to the detected touch interaction; detecting a movement of the touch interaction in a movement direction; and displaying sub information of the selected information based on the detected movement of the touch interaction in the movement direction. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104211 | Natural Media Painting using Proximity-based Tablet Stylus Gestures - Techniques for natural media painting using proximity-based tablet stylus gestures are described. A stylus is implemented for user manipulation to simulate a brush stroke of a paint brush, where the stylus includes an application tip formed from individual virtual bristles that simulate the paint brush. A graphics application is implemented to receive an input of the brush stroke, compute an effect of each individual virtual bristle of the brush stroke to determine simulated paint application on a virtual canvas, and initiate a display of the simulated paint application on the virtual canvas based on the computed effect of each individual virtual bristle of the brush stroke. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104212 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MOVEMENT OF A TOUCH POINT - An approach is provided for a method for determining a movement of a touch point on a touch sensing device includes steps of: setting a first position of the touch point as a first center and defining a first observation zone and a first activating zone on the touch sensing device; determining whether a second position of the touch point is located in a first activating zone, setting the touch point in a quasi-activated mode when the second position of the touch point located in the first activating zone; and defining the second position of the touch point as a second center and setting a second observation zone and a second activating zone radically around the second center. The present invention dynamically sets up the second observation zone and the second activating zone according to the second position of the touch point. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104213 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT APPARATUS - There is provided an apparatus including a controller configured to initiate an operation command based on a combination of a first moving operation on a first operation surface and a second moving operation on a second operation surface, wherein the first operation surface and the second operation surface are separately provided on a housing body. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104214 | Touch screen control of video sources using preset configurations - The present invention is a video production and control system that uses a touch screen display and user interface, managed by a controller, for video source control. The system may include a set of touch screen windows that display feeds from sources of video information. For a selected feed window, the system displays a set of representations of preset configurations of the video source, which might be a camera, a video recorder, a handheld device, a storage device, a computer, or other source of video data. The representations may be thumbnail images of a view through the video source when it has the corresponding configuration. Selecting a different thumbnail using the touch screen will cause a controller to send control data through an output port that directs the video source to assume the newly chosen preset configuration. Some combination of controls in the touch screen user interface and control panel allow a user to manually reconfigure a video source, and optionally create a new corresponding preset thumbnail. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104215 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER USING TOUCH SCREEN IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of inputting characters in a portable terminal is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of characters on a keyboard, detecting a touch on the keyboard, displaying one character corresponding to a key corresponding to the touch on the keyboard as enlarged relative to other characters upon detecting the touch, displaying the character, which is displayed enlarged when detecting a release of the touch, in a character input area upon detecting a release of the touch on the keyboard, and displaying a plurality of recommended words in a vicinity of the keyboard based on characters which have been inputted so far, at least one of the plurality of recommended words comprising the characters which have been inputted so far. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104216 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104217 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, KEY OPERATION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - To prevent a user from erroneously touching a key part arranged outside a display unit on a touch panel while operating the display unit via the touch panel, causing an erroneous operation. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104218 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A system and method for reducing power consumption in an electronic device by controlling the transition of the electronic device from a sleep mode to a full power mode. The electronic device comprises a main processor a touch-sensitive overlay, and an overlay controller. A sequence of touch inputs on the touch-sensitive overlay are detected and captured using the overlay controller while the main processor is in the sleep mode. A subset of the sequence of touch inputs is processed using the overlay controller to determine that the sequence of touch inputs corresponds to a coarse model of a pre-determined wake-up gesture prior to transitioning the electronic device from the sleep mode to the full power mode. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104219 | SENSOR ARRAY TOUCHSCREEN RECOGNIZING TOUCH GESTURES - Touchscreen user interfaces for controlling software applications, computers, devices, machinery, and process environments with touch gestures. Such user interfaces can be manipulated by users and provide a wide range of uses with computer applications, assistance to the disabled, and control of electronic devices, machines, and processes. Enhancements can include velocity and pressure sensing capabilities. The touchscreen can be realized with a transparent touch sensor array positioned over a visual display. Dynamically assigned labels can be provided by the visual display. Multitouch capabilities can be included that are responsive to additional contact, for example by other parts of a user hand. Displayed visual content, including visual content selection, motion, and sizing, can be controlled by finger flicks and other touch gestures. Finger movement trajectories can be tracked, and pluralities of control parameters can be associated with each gesture. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140104220 | SENSOR ARRAY TOUCHSCREEN RECOGNIZING FINGER FLICK GESTURE - Touchscreen user interfaces configured to detect a finger flick touch gesture for controlling software applications, computers, devices, machinery, and process environments. Such user interfaces can be manipulated by users and provide a wide range of uses with computer applications, assistance to the disabled, and control of electronic devices, machines, and processes. Enhancements can include velocity and pressure sensing capabilities. The touchscreen can be realized with a transparent touch sensor array positioned over a visual display. Dynamically assigned labels can be provided by the visual display. Multitouch capabilities can be included that are responsive to additional contact, for example by other parts of a user hand. Displayed visual content, including visual content selection, motion, and sizing, can be controlled by a finger flick gesture. Finger movement trajectories can be tracked, and pluralities of control parameters can be associated with the finger flick gesture. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140111441 | DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN IMPULSES AND CONTINUOUS DRAG OPERATIONS ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE - A touch-sensitive surface for a computer animator to create or modify a computer-generated image includes processes for differentiating between click and drag operations. The included processes also beneficially reduce input errors. When a touch object (e.g., finger or stylus) touches the drawing table, information regarding the duration of the touch and the movement of the touch are used to determine whether the touch input represents a (graphical user interface) click or a drag operation. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111442 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PIXEL-ALIGNED GROUND MESH - Display apparatus with reduced susceptibility to electro-magnetic interference includes a display including an array of pixels and a ground mesh located in proximity to the display. The ground mesh includes a plurality of electrically connected ground lines located between the pixels, so that electro-magnetic radiation emitted or received by the display is reduced. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111443 | System and Method for a Touch Panel - In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating a touch panel includes operating a slave touch panel controller by receiving a synchronization signal from a master touch panel controller of a display driver circuit, and polling a plurality of receive inputs coupled to outputs of an in-cell touch module based on an predetermined pattern. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111444 | AFE FOR A MULTICHANNEL IR SENSOR SYSTEM - An apparatus is provided. There is an input terminal that is configured to receive an input signal from a optical receiver and an output terminal. First and second integrators are coupled between the input and output terminals. In the second integrator, there is a current source that is coupled to the input terminal, a first resistor that is coupled to the output terminal, and a second resistor. Also, there is an amplifier having a first input, a second input, and an output, where the first resistor is coupled to the first input of the amplifier and where the second input of the amplifier is configured to receive a reference voltage. A transistor is coupled between the current source the second resistor and is coupled to the output of the amplifier at its gate. A capacitor is also coupled between the first input of the amplifier and the second resistor. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111445 | CURSOR CONTROL DEVICE AND CURSOR CONTROL SYSTEM - A cursor control system includes a cursor control device and a computer host. The cursor control device includes an operating plate, a blood vessel sensing unit, and a controlling unit. The operating plate is used for placing a palm and a finger of a user thereon. The blood vessel sensing unit is used for detecting the finger at different positions, thereby acquiring plural blood vessel images of the finger. According to the plural blood vessel images, a finger displacement amount is acquired by the controlling unit. In addition, a cursor moving signal corresponding to the finger displacement amount is transmitted from the controlling unit to the computer host. According to the cursor moving signal, the cursor is correspondingly moved. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111446 | Display Device and Driving Method Thereof - Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes a panel, a display driver IC, and a touch IC. The panel includes a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes. The display driver IC outputs a common voltage to the driving electrode and the sensing electrode in a display driving interval, outputs a reference voltage to the driving electrode during a touch non-sensing period in a touch driving interval, and outputs a driving pulse to the driving electrode to receive a sensing signal from the sensing electrode during a touch sensing period in the touch driving interval. The touch IC transfers a control signal and a selection signal for selecting the touch sensing period and the touch non-sensing period to the display driver, and senses whether there is a touch with the sensing signal and the reference voltage. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111447 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - There is provided a touch screen panel. The touch screen panel includes first electrodes, second electrodes and spacers. The first electrodes and second electrodes are arranged opposite to each other at an interval. Spacers are arranged between the first and second electrodes, and have at least two hardnesses. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111448 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH REMOVABLE FRONT PANEL - Systems and apparatus for a touch sensitive display device are disclosed. The display device may include a detachable transparent front panel which overlays a display panel. The detachable transparent front panel may be held against the display panel and a plurality of pressure sensors by a series of magnets. This allows the front panel to act as an interactive touch display system. By having a detachable transparent front panel, the touch sensitive display device may be placed in messy environments, such as a kitchen. A user can then remove and wash the detachable transparent front panel without harming any electronic components. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111449 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EYES-FREE OPERATION OF TOUCH SURFACE - A tactile positioning device includes a film attached to a touch surface of a portable electronic device. The film includes at least a first tactile unit used as a positioning reference point of a key on the touch surface, and at least a second tactile unit being a linear tactile unit for defining an operating route or an operating range. The tactile feedbacks provided by the first tactile unit and the second tactile unit enable a user to sense a position of the key which is positioned by the first tactile unit and the operating route or the operating range defined by the second tactile unit, so as to operate the portable electronic device without having to look at the touch surface. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111450 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE WITH RECONFIGURABLE SENSING POINTS AND ITS SENSING METHOD - A touch panel device with reconfigurable sensing points includes a panel, a plurality of sensing points, a plurality of selectors, and a controller. The sensing points, are arranged on the panel for sensing a touch generated from an external object and generating a corresponding signal. Each selector has a first terminal connected to a corresponding sensing point, a second terminal connected to a common output terminal, and a control terminal. The controller is connected to the control terminal of each selector for controlling the plurality of selectors to be electrically connected to the common output terminal or not. The controller configures the control terminals of the plurality of selectors to allow some of the sensing points to be electrically connected to the common output terminal, so as to proceed with a hierarchical block touch sensing. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111451 | USER INTERFACE (UI) DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TOUCH-ENABLED DEVICE - A user interface display method and apparatus of a touch-enabled device is provided. The user interface display method includes detecting a touch gesture; analyzing at least one of a contact position, a movement direction, a contact area size, a contact area shape, and an occurrence frequency of the touch gesture; determining one of a left hand grip state and a right hand grip state of the device based on a result of the analysis; and displaying a user interface corresponding to the determined one of the left hand grip state and the right hand grip state. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111452 | TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING TOUCH OPERATIONS IN THE TERMINAL - A terminal including an eye-tracking unit for tracking a gaze of a user to generate gaze information, a touch sensing unit for sensing a touch of the user to generate touch information, and a controller for performing a touch operation based on the gaze information and the touch information are provided. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111453 | SELECTIVE LOCKING METHOD OF INFORMATION DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - An input apparatus of an information device is selectively locked by physically installing a selective lock key in the information device, executing an application program installed therein, and blocking, if the selective lock key is handled after the application program is executed, input through a system key of the information device while accepting input through an application button. With this method, for example, an unintended touch on a system key while using an information device can be prevented. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111454 | DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE - A display apparatus communicating with a mobile terminal having a mobile touch panel includes: a vehicular touch panel displaying a vehicle-side image corresponding to a mobile image. The apparatus specifies a mobile position of the mobile touch panel corresponding to a touch position of the vehicular touch panel when a user touches the vehicular touch panel. The apparatus further includes: a detector detecting a slide operation of the touch position and a slid touch position of the vehicular touch panel; a conversion mode determination device determining a type and a direction of display coordinate conversion based on the slide operation, the touch position and the slid touch position; and a pseudo-operation information generation device generating pseudo-operation information indicating the mobile position and a slid mobile position corresponding to the slid touch position. The apparatus transmits the pseudo-operation information to the mobile terminal. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111455 | INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - An input device according to the present invention includes a touch panel that has an input region that detects contact by input means, the input region having a friction area, a friction coefficient of the friction area being different from that of other areas of the input region, and outputs a signal corresponding to a position of a contact point of the input means; a storage section that stores processing amounts corresponding to amounts by which the contact point has moved on the friction area; and a control section that performs a process corresponding to a processing amount that is stored in the storage section and that corresponds to an amount by which the contact point has moved, when the position of the contact point represented by a signal that is output from the touch panel has been moved on the friction area. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111456 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The electronic device | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111457 | TOUCH DISCRIMINATION USING FISHEYE LENS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method of touch discrimination using a fisheye lens. According to one embodiment, touch discrimination is provided using a touch-enabled display and an imaging device equipped with a fisheye lens and housed within the display. Furthermore, image data captured using the fisheye lens of the imaging device is utilized to detect a touch on a surface of the display along with the user associated with said touch. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111458 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A device comprising:
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| 20140111459 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A communication device includes: communication means that performs communication; an input means that receives input by detecting the proximity or contact of an object; and a control unit that sets, in the input area of the input means, a first area in which input related to control of the communication means is received, and a second area that differs from the first area, and that controls the operation of the input means based an object's proximity to or contact with the second area. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111460 | Object Determining Method, Object Display Method, Object Switching Method And Electronic Device - The embodiments of the invention disclose an object determining method, a portable device, an object displaying method, an object switching method and an electronic device. Said method is applied to a touch sensitive portable device. Identifications of multiple objects are displayed within a display area of said portable device. Each of the identifications of said multiple objects has a first status of being selected and a second status of being unselected. Said display area has a first area, the identification of a first object is displayed in the first area, and the first object is in the first status. Said method comprises: obtaining a switch instruction; moving the identification of the first object of the first area, switching the identification of the first object from the first status to the second status, moving the identification of the second object into the first area, and switching the identification of the second object from the second status to the first status according to the switch instruction. The embodiments of the invention can simplify the steps of the user's operation. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111461 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING CHANGES IN SIGNAL FREQUENCIES EMITTED BY A STYLUS INTERACTING WITH A DIGITIZER SENSOR - A method for dynamically updating at least one pre-defined value of a parameter used to identify at least one operational mode of an object for user interaction with a digitizer sensor during interaction with the digitizer sensor comprises detecting signal outputs from a plurality of sensing elements of a digitizer sensor during user interaction with the digitizer sensor; characterizing a pattern formed by the signal outputs from the plurality of sensing elements; identifying a pre-defined event associated with an operational mode of the object based on the pattern; determining a value of the parameter from the signal outputs in response to identification of the pre-defined event; and updating the pre-defined value used to identify the operational mode based on the value of the parameter determined from the identified event. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111462 | Unintentional Touch Rejection - A method for rejecting an unintentional palm touch is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a touch is detected by a touch-sensitive surface associated with a display. Characteristics of the touch may be used to generate a set of parameters related to the touch. In an embodiment, firmware is used to determine a reliability value for the touch. The reliability value and the location of the touch is provided to a software module. The software module uses the reliability value and an activity context to determine a confidence level of the touch. In an embodiment, the confidence level may include an evaluation of changes in the reliability value over time. If the confidence level for the touch is too low, it may be rejected. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140111463 | SPURIOUS INPUT DETECTION SYSTEM - A spurious input detection system includes a touch input display, a touch input surface, and a non-transitory, computer-readable medium. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium includes instructions that, when executed by a processor, provide a spurious input detection engine. The spurious input detection engine is operable to receive a first input from the touch input display and a second input from the touch input surface. The spurious input detection engine is further operable to determine that the first input is a spurious input based on a combination of the first input and the second input. The spurious input detection engine will cause the first input to be disregarded in response to determining that it is a spurious input. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140118265 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH PROXIMITY SENSING CAPABILITY AND PROXIMITY SENSING CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a sensing unit and a processing unit. The processing unit includes a display module, a detecting module, a direction sensing and an activation module. The display module drives the display unit to display a processing bar and a present status indicator. The processing bar represents a range of possible statuses for a parameter of the electronic apparatus and the present status indicator represents a present status of the parameter. The detecting module utilizes the sensing unit determine if the detected object moves in a first direction more than a distance threshold in a pre-determined area. If so, the activation module readies the electronic apparatus for control of the parameter and for adjusting of the present status indicator. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118266 | DISPLAY POSITION OFFSET - A method and apparatus are disclosed for determining a user option selected at a touchscreen. The method includes the steps of determining an observation position of a user of a touchscreen, determining an offset responsive to a difference between the observation position and an expected observation position and determining a user option selected at the touchscreen responsive to the offset. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118267 | Code Entry System - One or more targets on a touch screen may be provided. The amount of time that the user hovers over a given target may also be an entry. For example, each target may have a preprogrammed time duration. One target may require that the user spend a duration X hovering over the target; another target may require that the user spend duration 2X, and another target may still have another duration. Only if the user touches the right targets in the right order and for the right duration is the code properly entered in some embodiments. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118268 | TOUCH SCREEN OPERATION USING ADDITIONAL INPUTS - Aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for operating a touch-sensitive device using additional inputs. A system can be configured to detect a touch interaction at a location on a touch-sensitive device associated with a display, receive additional sensor input for the touch-sensitive device, the additional sensor input corresponding to the touch interaction, determine vision characteristics of a user of the touch-sensitive device based on the additional sensor input, and process the touch interaction based on location of the touch interaction and the vision characteristics of the user. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118269 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel that displays an image thereon, a window on the display panel, and an adhesive member between the display panel and the window. The adhesive member is made of an elastic body. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118270 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFRARED GESTURE INTERACTION ON A DISPLAY - Systems, methods, and apparatus for a touch sensitive display device providing infrared gesture capture and recognition are described. A display device with a detachable front panel is capable of interactive touch sensing and infrared gesture capture and processing. An infrared light source and infrared camera can be configured to capture images of complex multi-touch gestures made on the detachable front panel of the device. The detachable front panel may be removed from the display device for cleaning and ease of use. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118271 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY IMAGE - A flexible display device and a method for controlling a display image are disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display device includes a first display which has a flat shape and a second display which is disposed on either side of the first display and has a curved surface bent at a boundary between the first and second displays. The display further includes a controller which controls a screen of at least one of the first and second displays according to a user touch and/or a battery capacity. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118272 | Electronic Device with Enhanced Method of Displaying Notifications - There is disclosed an electronic device comprising a receiver, a display, an application processor and a sensor hub. The receiver is configured to receive notifications from a remote device. The display is configured to provide information including notifications. The application processor and the sensor hub are in communication with the display. The application processor is configured to provide instructions for displaying full screen information at the display during a non-sleep mode of the electronic device. The full screen information includes a first notification associated with information received by the electronic device during the non-sleep mode. The sensor hub is configured to provide instructions for displaying partial screen information at the display during a sleep mode of the electronic device. The partial screen information includes a second notification associated with information received by the electronic device during the sleep mode. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118273 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VIRTUAL SCREEN - A method and an apparatus for controlling a virtual screen in a touch screen device are provided. The method includes detecting a touch screen input on a screen view, the screen view displaying a partial area of the virtual screen on a display unit of the electronic device, determining whether the touch screen input is a stylus input or a touch input, the stylus input being executed by a user controlling a stylus and the touch input being executed by the user using a body part of the user, processing the stylus input as a manipulation input corresponding to the virtual screen when the touch screen input is the stylus input, and moving the screen view on the virtual screen in response to a touch movement of the touch input when the touch screen input is the touch input. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118274 | MASKING AN OUTER PERIMETER OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen device and a method for constricting the touch screen device are provided. In some aspects, the touch screen device includes a transparent substrate. The touch screen device includes a first masking layer applied to an outer perimeter of an inner surface of the transparent substrate. The touch screen device includes a transparent conductor for a touch sensor applied to at least a portion of the first masking layer and a portion of the inner surface of the transparent substrate. The touch screen device includes a second masking layer applied to at least a portion of the transparent conductor on an inner surface of the first masking layer. The portion of the transparent conductor is arranged between the first masking layer and the second masking layer. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118275 | TOUCH TYPE INPUT DEVICE - A touch type input device includes a display capable of showing a plurality of icons. A detector detects touching of an operation surface. A controller moves operational coordinates on the display based on the detection of the detector. The controller selects one of the icons in accordance with a region in which the operational coordinates are located. Further, the controller moves the operational coordinates to a specified position in the region where the operational coordinates are located when a touch-release operation is performed indicating that the touching of the operation surface has been cancelled. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118276 | TOUCH SYSTEM ADAPTED TO TOUCH CONTROL AND HOVER CONTROL, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - There is provided a touch system adapted to touch control and hover control including a touch sensing device, a hover sensing device and a processing unit. The touch sensing device is configured to sense touch control information. The hover sensing device is configured to sense hover control information. The processing unit is coupled to the touch sensing device and the hover sensing device and configured to activate the hover sensing device when the touch control information indicates a predetermined multi-finger gesture. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118277 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed is a display device with integrated touch screen. The display device includes a plurality of receiving electrodes formed in a block type and in parallel with a plurality of data lines, a driving electrode group configured to include a plurality of driving electrodes that are respectively disposed between the plurality of receiving electrodes, a plurality of receiving electrode lines respectively connected to the plurality of receiving electrodes, a plurality of driving electrode lines configured to extend from the respective driving electrodes to the first non-display area, a driving IC configured to apply a common voltage or a driving pulse to the plurality of receiving electrode lines and the plurality of driving electrode lines, and a plurality of driving dummy lines formed at a plurality of pixels, covered by a corresponding driving electrode, in a direction parallel to the plurality of driving electrode lines. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118278 | Information Management Apparatus and Storage Medium Storing Information Management Program - An information management apparatus includes a processor, and a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions. The instructions instruct the information management apparatus to execute steps including acquiring stroke data of a trajectory of an approaching writing device detected by a detection portion capable of detecting the trajectory and including data of the trajectory of the writing device corresponding to schedule information written on a paper medium, generating image data of the trajectory based on the acquired stroke data, generating text data based on the acquired stroke data, and registering and managing the schedule information identified from the text data and the image data. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118279 | TOUCH DISPLAY SCREEN AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display screen and a touch display apparatus are disclosed. The touch display screen comprises: an array substrate and a color film substrate disposed box to box; a group of first electrode lines disposed on the array substrate or the color film substrate; a group of second electrode lines disposed on the array substrate or the color film substrate and arranged as crossing the group of first electrode lines; a conductive shielding layer with high-resistance transparency, disposed on the color film substrate and located above the group of first electrode lines and the group of second electrode lines. Because the resistance value of the conductive shielding layer with high resistance and transparency is high, a projected field signal between the first electrode lines and the second electrode lines may pass through the conductive shielding layer to ensure a realizability of touch operations. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118280 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel having at least one non-right angle corner region on a corner of the touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The first electrode crosses the second electrode, and the first electrode is electrically isolated from the second electrode. The first electrode includes a plurality of first stripe electrodes extending along a first direction. The second electrode includes a plurality of second stripe electrodes and at least one auxiliary electrode. The second stripe electrodes extend along a second direction. The auxiliary electrode is disposed on the non-right angle corner region. An included angle between the auxiliary electrode and the second direction is less than 90 degrees. The auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to at least one of the second stripe electrodes adjacent to the auxiliary electrode. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118281 | DETERMINING WHAT INPUT TO ACCEPT BY A TOUCH SENSOR AFTER INTENTIONAL AND ACCIDENTAL LIFT-OFF and SLIDE-OFF WHEN GESTURING OR PERFORMING A FUNCTION - A method for determining what input should be accepted by a touch sensor after intentional and accidental lift-offs and slide-offs occur when gesturing or performing a function on the touch sensor by a finger or multiple fingers. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118282 | METHOD AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR COORDINATE CORRECTION OF TOUCH CONTROL - A method for coordinate correction of touch control is provided. An original x-coordinate and an original y-coordinate are corrected according to a total sensing value, the original x-coordinate and the original y-coordinate provided by touch sensing of a touch panel. The method includes providing an estimated x-axis correction value according to the original x-coordinate and the total sensing value, generating a corrected x-coordinate according to the estimated x-axis correction value and the original x-coordinate, and providing a corrected y-coordinate according to the original x-coordinate, the corrected x-coordinate and the total sensing value. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118283 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH FUNCTION AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Embodiments of the invention disclose a color filter substrate and a manufacturing method thereof, a display device with touch function and a driving method thereof. The color filter substrate comprises: a base substrate, a sense layer and a color filter layer disposed on the base substrate. The color filter layer includes a black matrix and a plurality of color filter patterns separated from each other by the black matrix. The sense layer and the color filter layer are disposed on a same side of the base substrate. The sense layer includes a plurality of sense regions, and a drive line and a sense line are provided side by side in a same layer in each of the sense regions. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118284 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFOR - A method for determining the location of a touch input in an application window on an interactive surface of a display device is described. The application window comprises a canvas configured to display at least a portion of a user interface. The method comprises the following steps. A first location of the touch input associated with a first coordinate space is determined. The first coordinate space is associated with the interactive surface. The touch input is used to emulate a mouse event. A second location of the touch input associated with a second coordinate space is determined in response to the emulated mouse event. The second coordinate space is associated with the user interface. At least one offset parameter is calculated, correlating the first coordinate space with the second coordinate space. While the first coordinate space does not change with respect the second coordinate space, the at least one offset parameter is used to determine the location of subsequent touch inputs based on corresponding locations associated with the first coordinate space. A computer readable medium and an interactive input system for implementing the method are also described. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118285 | MULTI-USE SEGMENTS OF TOUCH SCREEN CONTROL - A display category icon displayed on the display screen is provided in a first segment location, the category icon including one of time, day, temperature, humidity or setpoint category; and each category icon having at least dual functionality including a first function and a second function and the second function programmed to display in sequence following the first function. Control logic allows a user to select a first category icon, then at the next step, the microprocessor can initiate a first function paired to a first category icon. At the next step, the user selects the first category icon again and in response the microprocessor will initiate a second function paired to a first category icon to finish the process. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118286 | INTERACTIVE DEVICES - An interactive assembly including at least one interactive surface element, at least a first region of the at least one interactive surface element having first user sensible functionality and at least a second region of the at least one interactive surface element having second functionality, different from the first user sensible functionality, input sensor functionality, including at least one input sensor located in propinquity to at least one of the at least one interactive surface element, operative to sense impingement of an electromagnetic radiation spot on at least one of the at least one first region and the at least one second region of the at least one interactive surface element and utilization functionality for employing outputs of the input sensor functionality in respect of impingement on either or both of the at least one first region and the at least one second region. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140118287 | LINEAR DEVICE VALUE ESTIMATING METHOD, CAPACITANCE DETECTING METHOD, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, TOUCH SENSOR SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a linear device column value estimating method for use in a touch sensor panel, the touch sensor panel including: a plurality of vertical electrodes ( | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140125597 | TOUCH PANEL AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel is provided in the present disclosure, comprising: a sensing patterned layer, comprising a plurality of first sensing electrode units not in contact with each other along first axis; and a bridging line, electrically connected with the adjacent first sensing electrode units along the first axis; wherein the bridging line are made by at least a metallic layer and a conductive oxidized layer. By this way the touch panel lowers light reflection, thereby reducing flashes and bright-spots on the touch panel and improving appearance of the touch panel. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125598 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE REGIONS - A user interface system includes a plane registration module configured to identify a first plane within an environment, and a gesture and posture recognition (GPR) module configured to observe a first allocation gesture, a second allocation gesture, a first modal gesture, a second modal gesture, and a third modal gesture within the environment. A region definition module is configured to determine a first region comprising a first portion of the first plane based on the first allocation gesture, and to determine a second region comprising a second portion of the first plane based on the second allocation gesture. A mode determination module is configured to determine different interaction modes for the various regions. A visual feedback module is configured to provide visual feedback associated with a parameter of the first region. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125599 | INTERACTIVE TRANSPARENT TOUCH SCREEN DOORS FOR WINE CABINETS - Interactive transparent touch screen doors for wine cabinets are disclosed. An interactive touch screen door for use with a wine cabinet having a refrigerated compartment and a rack in the refrigerated compartment to hold bottles of wine provides access to the refrigerated compartment and includes a transparent touch display embedded in the door having a size at least corresponding to a portion of the refrigerated compartment intended to store wine, and a controller operatively connected to the transparent touch display configured to provide information associated with wine stored in the cabinet on the transparent touch display. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125600 | OSCILLOSCOPE WITH TOUCH CONTROL AND TOUCH CONTROL OPERATING METHOD OF DISPLAYING WAVEFORM THEREOF - An oscilloscope with touch control has a touch screen display unit and a waveform processing and sampling unit. The touch screen display unit is connected to the waveform processing and sampling unit and has a touch control module and a display module. The touch control module detects a touch gesture and converts the touch gesture into a set of waveform processing parameters. The waveform processing and sampling unit has at least one signal input port to receive at least one external signal to be tested, processes the signal to be tested into a corresponding waveform image, and outputs the waveform image to the display module. Accordingly, the touch screen display unit enables the operation and display of the waveform thereon and provides more space originally occupied by conventional knobs so that the display module can be enlarged or the oscilloscope can be miniaturized. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125601 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display panel and a light guide board. The light guide board includes a light guide base, a touch-sensitive membrane, and a buffer layer. The touch-sensitive membrane is disposed on a first surface of the light guide base for sensing the positions of the user's fingers or other indicants. The buffer layer is arranged between the light guide base and the touch-sensitive membrane for separating said light guide base from the touch-sensitive membrane. Since the touch-sensitive membrane is disposed on the light guide base, it is not necessary to provide an additional plastic substrate to install the touch-sensitive membrane thereon. Consequently, the thickness of the touch display device can be reduced. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125602 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display panel and a touch-sensitive board. The touch-sensitive board includes an anti-glare structure and a touch-sensitive membrane. The anti-glare structure is used for inhibiting glare. The touch-sensitive membrane is disposed on a surface of the anti-glare structure for sensing the positions of the user's fingers or other indicants. Since the touch-sensitive membrane is disposed on the anti-glare structure, it is not necessary to provide an additional plastic substrate to install the touch-sensitive membrane thereon. Consequently, the thickness of the touch display device can be reduced. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125603 | TOUCH PANEL WITH PHOTOVOLATIC CONVERSION FUNCTION - A touch panel with photovoltaic conversion function includes a touch zone and a non-touch zone located immediately around the touch zone. The touch zone includes, from top to bottom, a first transparent substrate, a photovoltaic conversion layer, a touch electrode layer and a second transparent substrate. The photovoltaic conversion layer has an upper side attached to a lower side of the first transparent substrate, and the touch electrode layer is formed on an upper side of the second transparent substrate and attached to a lower side of the photovoltaic conversion layer. The touch panel having the above arrangements enables the photovoltaic conversion layer to have effectively increased light-absorption areas to convert more light into more electric current. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125604 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING AREA OF FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are a method and apparatus for controlling an imaging area of a flexible display device. A method of controlling an imaging area in a display area of a flexible display device including a display unit for receiving a touch, and a display area overlapping the display unit and for displaying an image includes obtaining at least two input signals input to the display unit in response to a continuous touch in the form of a closed loop, setting an internal area of the closed loop as an imaging area based on the obtained at least two input signals, and controlling the image displayed on the display area to be moved and displayed onto the set imaging area. An area for displaying an image may be controlled appropriately for the shape of a flexible display device by using an input signal generated by a user's touch. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125605 | LARGE MULTI-TOUCH ELECTRONIC WHITEBOARD FOR USING TWO SYSTEMS - A large multi-touch electronic whiteboard comprises a switch for switching to an external system from the internal system in response to the needs. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125606 | MOBILE TERMINAL - There is disclosed a mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to generate a touch signal by sensing touch input, a stylus pen having a variable length, and comprising a first pen tip provided in an end to touch the surface of the touchscreen to create a first touch signal, a sensing part configured to sense state variation of the stylus pen including length variation of the stylus pen, and a controller configured to switch an input mode of the touchscreen according to the state variation of the stylus pen, wherein the input mode selects one of a mouse input mode, a gesture input mode; and a quick-memo input mode. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125607 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING INSTRUCTION AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - A method for inputting instruction, a portable electronic device and a computer readable recording medium are provided. The method includes detecting taps applied on a touch screen, and determining whether tap positions of the taps belongs to the same group. The method also includes dividing the tap positions of the taps to groups if the tap positions of the taps do not belong to the same group, generating group flags according to the groups, and sorting the group flags according to a tap order of the taps, so as to generate a group flag sequence. In addition, the method further includes generating an operating instruction according to the group flag sequence. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125608 | TABLET DEVICE AND TACTILE PRESENTATION METHOD - A tablet device includes: a pressing operation unit that receives a pressing operation from an indicator; and a controller that detects a pressing position of the indicator with respect to the pressing operation unit. The pressing operation unit includes: a housing; a partition wall that partitions an inner space of the housing into a plurality; an elastic sheet that is disposed over an upper portion of the partition wall so as to cover the plurality of spaces partitioned by the partition wall, the elastic sheet elastically deforming in a direction orthogonal to a surface thereof; a pressure-sensitive sheet which is laminated over the elastic sheet, the pressure-sensitive sheet outputting as pressing position information a position pressed by the indicator; a sensor that is provided over the partition wall, the sensor outputting as indicator position information a position of the indicator over the partition wall upon the indicator being positioned over the partition wall; an actuator that deforms the elastic sheet; and an incompressible fluid that is filled in the spaces enclosed by the housing, the partition wall, and the elastic sheet. The controller controls actuation of the actuator based on the pressing position information and the indicator position information. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125609 | Portable Multifunction Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Adjusting an Insertion Point Marker - In accordance with some embodiments, a computer-implemented method is performed at a portable electronic device with a touch screen display. The method includes: displaying graphics and an insertion marker at a first location in the graphics on the touch screen display; detecting a finger contact with the touch screen display; and in response to the detected finger contact, expanding the insertion marker from a first size to a second size on the touch screen display and expanding a portion of the graphics on the touch screen display from an original size to an expanded size. The method further includes detecting movement of the finger contact on the touch screen display and moving the expanded insertion marker in accordance with the detected movement of the finger contact from the first location to a second location in the graphics. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125610 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a window, a light source portion, a touch key circuit board and a touch sensing portion. The window has a touch key area on which a touch key icon is displayed, and has a recessed portion formed adjacent to the touch key area in a first surface thereof. The light source portion is disposed inside the recessed portion so as to emit light. The touch key circuit board has the light source portion mounted thereon. The touch sensing portion is formed between the window and the touch key circuit board, geometrically corresponding to the touch key area. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125611 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ZOOMED DATA IN TERMINAL - An apparatus for displaying zoomed data in a terminal includes a display including a display area for displaying zoomed data in a zoom mode, and a border surrounding the display area and used to select some of original data as zoomed data to be displayed in the display area; and a controller for, if an arbitrary point is selected in the border, detecting a point of the original data, which corresponds to the selected arbitrary point of the border, and displaying some of the original data in the display area as zoomed data on a basis of the detected point of the original data. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125612 | TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE WITH GRIP SENSOR AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - Apparatus and methods for controlling operations of a touchscreen terminal having grip sensors are disclosed. A grip signal is detected when the terminal is gripped. A touch-inactive area is established in the touchscreen area based at least upon the grip signal. Touches occurring within the touch-inactive area are designated as non-executable gripping touches. Accordingly, unintentional touch executions due to an overlapping grip are prevented. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125613 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND TOUCH DETECTION METHOD - A touch detection device includes a touch panel including a first electrode part arranged so as to extend in a first direction and a second electrode part arranged so as to extend in a second direction that is different from the first direction. The touch detection device also includes a pulse generating unit configured to output a pulse signal to the first electrode part, a resistance element arranged between an output terminal of the pulse generating unit and the first electrode part, and a touch detecting unit configured to detect whether the touch panel is touched or not based on a phase difference in a voltage signal of the second electrode part, which is generated in accordance with the pulse signal. The phase difference is based on whether the touch panel is touched or not. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125614 | METHOD FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE CONDUCTIVE AREAS - The invention relates to a method for detecting one or more conductive areas of an information carrier by means of a touch screen. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125615 | INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM - An input device includes a touch panel; a coordinate detection unit which detects coordinates of input to the touch panel; and a coordinate processing unit which performs a correction processing for detected input coordinates. In the correction processing, the coordinate processing unit corrects first coordinates input to a correction region formed on an inner side of an end portion of the touch panel to second coordinates in an input disabled region formed within the end portion of the touch panel or in the correction region, based on a distance between the input disabled region and the first coordinates. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125616 | DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE DISPLAY - A display is provided. The display includes electro-optical material arranged between first and second planes facing each other; a first substrate arranged on the first plane and including a conductor; first electrically conductive film arranged on the second plane; second electrically conductive film arranged outside an area sandwiched between the first and second planes; current detection circuit detects current on the second electrically conductive film; and control circuit that, during a time period the current is detected by the current detection circuit, applies substantially the same voltage as that applied to the second electrically conductive film to one of the conductor and the first electrically conductive film, which is arranged closer to the second electrically conductive film, and sets the other in a floating state, or applies substantially the same voltage as that applied to the second electrically conductive film to both the conductor and the first electrically conductive film. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125617 | Navigating Applications Using Side-Mounted Touchpad - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a touch event on a side-mounted touchpad of a computing device during display of a current user interface of an application executing on the computing device. The application includes a navigation hierarchy with a home user-interface layer, multiple sub user-interface layers, and multiple user-interface branches. The method includes determining a particular sub user-interface layer and user-interface branch that the current user interface corresponds to and determining a type of the touch event. When the type of the touch event is a forward touch event and there is a next sub user-interface layer in the particular user-interface branch of the current user interface, the method navigates to the next user-interface layer in the particular user-interface branch of the current user interface. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125618 | SELECTION OF DISPLAY POWER MODE BASED ON SENSOR DATA - Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption in an activity monitoring device associated with a user. One method includes an operation for analyzing sensor data acquired by sensors of an activity monitoring device to be worn on a wrist of a user, the sensor data being associated with motion of the user. In addition, the method includes an operation for determining the motion profile of the activity monitoring device based on the sensor data. The method further includes an operation for identifying display settings for a display of the activity monitoring device based on the motion profile. The display settings are associated with a rate of power consumption by the display. The display settings are applied to the display of the activity monitoring device when the identified display settings are different than the current display settings. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125619 | POWER CONSUMPTION MANAGEMENT OF DISPLAY IN PORTABLE DEVICE BASED ON PREDICTION OF USER INPUT - Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption of a display. One method includes an operation for setting a first display setting for a touchscreen of an activity monitoring device associated with a user. The first display setting has having a first rate of power consumption by the display and a first touchscreen scan rate for detecting touch on the touchscreen. Further, the method includes operations for receiving data at the activity monitoring device, the data being indicative of an external event, and for applying a second display setting for the touchscreen based on a predefined expected user interaction. The second display setting has a second rate of power consumption and a second touchscreen scan rate. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125620 | TOUCHSCREEN WITH DYNAMICALLY-DEFINED AREAS HAVING DIFFERENT SCANNING MODES - Methods, devices, and computer programs are presented for managing power consumption by a display. One method includes an operation for identifying one or more possible inputs for an activity monitoring device based on a state of the activity monitoring device. The one or more possible inputs are defined to be entered via a touchscreen of the activity monitoring device. Further, the method identifies a first region and a second region in the touchscreen, the first region being associated with the one or more possible inputs, and the second region being defined outside the first region. Further, the method includes operations for establishing in the first region a first touchscreen setting for scanning the first region for touch, and for establishing in the second region a second touchscreen setting for scanning the second region, where the first touchscreen setting defines higher processing than the second touchscreen setting. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125621 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel which displays pieces of identification information including letters, figures, and symbols and detects a contact of the panel with a finger of a user or other object. When the touch panel detects the contact of the panel, a detection unit specifies identification information of one or more of the multiple pieces of identification information displayed on the touch panel, indicated by a position at which the contact in question occurred. The detection unit also detects an area of part of the panel where the contact occurred. A storage unit stores reference identification information and a reference area range. A control unit performs particular processing upon matching of the detected identification information with the stored reference identification information and the area of the contact detected by the detection unit falling within the stored reference area range. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140125622 | SYSTEM FOR LINKING AND CONTROLLING TERMINALS AND USER TERMINAL USED IN THE SAME - A system for linking and controlling terminals is disclosed. A user terminal includes an image unit configured to output image data corresponding to a first image to be shared with a receiving terminal viewed by a user of the user terminal, and a signal unit configured to transmit the image data outputted from the image unit and position information of a touch means touching the user terminal to the receiving terminal. Here, the position information is position information of the touch means touching the user terminal at a preset pressure level or lower or with a preset contact area or smaller, and is displayed on the receiving terminal in an image form. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140132523 | Touch Sensing Based On Signal Reflections - In one embodiment, a method performed by executing logic embodied by one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media includes sending a first signal on a first line of a touch sensor. The first line includes a first plurality of electrodes. The method includes receiving a reflection of the first signal on the first line of the touch sensor. The method also includes determining coordinates of a touch on a device comprising the touch sensor in response to receiving the reflection of the first signal. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132524 | INTELLIGENT INPUT METHOD - An intelligent input method and intelligent input system are disclosed. The intelligent input system includes an electronic device and an input device. The intelligent input method comprises the following steps. Firstly, a touch input is received through an input interface of an input device. Then, plural control areas on the input interface are defined according to a touch position of the touch input on the input interface. The plural control areas are respectively correlated with plural input functions of the input device. The intelligent input method allows the user to input or select a target object or browse a web page or operate any graphical user interface containing randomly-distributed objects in an electronic device such as an intelligent TV or a digital multimedia player. Consequently, the target object can be selected and inputted in an intelligent, quick and intuitive manner. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132525 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING INTEGRATED TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A method of driving a display device including an integrated touch panel, the method comprising: applying a plurality of sampling voltages to a plurality of electrodes of the integrated touch panel; determining a plurality of noise levels each of which is associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of sampling voltages; comparing the plurality of noise levels to a threshold level; and selecting a sampling voltage from the plurality of sampling voltages to use as a touch driving voltage based on the comparison of the plurality of noise levels to the threshold level; and applying the selected sampling voltage as the touch driving voltage to the plurality of electrodes. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132526 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING INTEGRATED TOUCH PANEL - A display device comprises a touch panel including a plurality of electrode columns that each includes a plurality of electrodes positioned in the electrode column. The display device further comprises a plurality of lines, each of which is connected to a corresponding electrode included in a corresponding one of the plurality of electrode columns. The lengths of the lines within a first electrode column increase as the lines are positioned further from one end of the first electrode column that is not adjacent to the second electrode column in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the lines of the first electrode column and the lengths of the lines within a second electrode column decrease as the lines are positioned further from the one end of the first electrode column in the direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the lines of the second electrode column. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132527 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF VEHICULAR IMAGE BY TOUCH PANEL AND VEHICULAR IMAGE SYSTEM THEREOF - A method for controlling a display of a vehicular image by a touch panel is provided. The vehicular image is synthesized by a plurality of sub-images. The method includes the following steps: detecting a first touch event on the touch panel to generate touch position information; determining a control parameter according to the touch position information; and switching a viewing-angle stage of the vehicular image according to the control parameter. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132528 | AIRCRAFT HAPTIC TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME - An aircraft flight deck for controlling the flight operations of an aircraft, includes at least one touch screen having multiple user inputs and at least some of the multiple user inputs are haptic inputs, which provide a haptic response to a touch and methods of operating an aircraft having a flight deck with a haptic touch screen display having multiple haptic inputs, with each input providing a haptic response may include detecting a touch of one of the haptic inputs to define a selection and outputting a haptic response based on the selection. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132529 | INPUT SYSTEM - Discussed is an input system that includes a sensor panel including plural first and second channels intersecting each other, a stylus pen including a first core and a second core divided from each other, a primary coil and a secondary coil wound on the first and second cores, an elastic member interposed between the first core and the second core, a resonant capacitor and a switch connected to the secondary coil in series, and a conductive tip connected to the primary coil, a ground unit connected to the stylus pen, an antenna loop formed at the edge area of the sensor panel, and a touch controller connected to the first and second channels and the antenna loop. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132530 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING AND MANUFACTURING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device, and a method of operating and manufacturing the display device may receive input light from an object to be scanned that is positioned in front of a display for displaying an image, and may perform scanning of the object to be scanned. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132531 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING SETTING VALUE - A method and an apparatus for operating an electronic device for changing a setting value are provided. In the method, a touch input for a set region is detected, so that a mode is switched to a setting change mode for changing a stored setting value. At least one guide interface for receiving a change of at least one setting value among stored setting values is displayed. A predetermined gesture for an arbitrary region of the displayed at least one guide interface is detected, so that whether to store a changed at least one setting value is determined. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132532 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE AND METHODS - One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate including a first transparent material and defining an attachment surface, an open channel opposite the attachment surface, and a fluid conduit intersecting the open channel and passing through the attachment surface; a tactile layer including a second transparent material and defining a tactile surface, a peripheral region bonded to the attachment surface opposite the tactile surface, and a deformable region adjacent the fluid conduit and disconnected from the attachment surface; a closing panel bonded to the substrate opposite the attachment surface and enclosing the open channel to define a fluid channel; a working fluid; and a displacement device configured to displace the working fluid into the fluid channel and through the fluid conduit to transition the deformable region from a retracted setting to an expanded setting. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132533 | Information Input Device - The information input device includes first detecting portion, second detecting portion, first positioning portion, second positioning portion, first information acquiring portion, and second information acquiring portion. The first information acquiring portion is configured to acquire information that is written on a paper sheet overlapping with a cover sheet positioned by the first positioning portion, based on the position of the writing tool detected by the first detecting portion. The second information acquiring portion is configured to acquire information that is written on a paper sheet overlapping with a cover sheet positioned by the second positioning portion, based on the position of the writing tool detected by the second detecting portion. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132534 | Display Device Integrated with Touch Screen - Disclosed is a display device integrated with touch screen. The display device has a reduced bezel and an enhanced aesthetic design. Left and right bezels of a panel are reduced, thus increasing an aesthetic design. A driving circuit that generates the touch driving signal is built into the panel, thus decreasing the size of the touch IC and the manufacturing cost. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132535 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention generates a memo corresponding to a captured image in a memo mode, displays an item group including at least one item on a touchscreen in a memo mode, links at least one item of the item group with a generated memo and stores the item linked with the memo. Accordingly, utilization of a memo is improved by linking the memo with an item executable in the mobile terminal | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132536 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - There is provided an information processing device including an operation acceptance unit configured to accept a user operation related to an image based on image data received from another information processing device using short-range wireless communication when the image is displayed on a display unit, and a controller configured to perform control in a manner that notification information for issuing a notification that the user operation is accepted is output when the user operation is accepted, and control data corresponding to the user operation is transmitted to the other information processing device. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132537 | CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM - The present invention provides a new configuration for enabling an input only in the case where a user performs touch operation with the intention of performing the operation. A control device includes a control unit configured to monitor and control at least a target device and an input display unit configured to display a monitoring/controlling screen associated with the target device and also to detect touch operation performed by a user. When the input display unit detects that the user continues touching the monitoring/controlling screen at least at two points and performs rotating operation by a predetermined angle or more, the control unit changes a status value associated with touched positions of the at least two points. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132538 | TOUCH METHOD FOR PALM REJECTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a touch method for palm rejection and an electronic device using the same. The electronic device comprises a touch panel and a control unit, wherein the touch panel has a first detection region and includes a first operation mode and second operation mode, and the touch panel correspondingly performs a clicking or sliding motion by detection at the second operation mode. The control unit is electrically connected to the touch panel, when the first detection region detects a motion at the first operation mode, the touch panel generates a detecting signal correspondingly to be transmitted to the control unit, and then the control unit generates a control signal to the touch panel. Thus, the touch panel activates the first operation mode and ceases the second operation mode correspondingly provided that no motion is detected for a first period of time at the second operation mode. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132539 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device including a light providing unit and a touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a cover plate, a touch sensing element, and a decoration layer. The cover plate has a light transmission region and a periphery region surrounding the light transmission region. The touch sensing element is disposed in the light transmission region. The decoration layer is disposed in the periphery region. The decoration layer has at least one button opening to define a button touch region located in the periphery region. The light providing unit is at least disposed at a side of the touch panel that faces toward the button opening to provide at least one of a first light and a second light to the button opening, and colors of the first light and the second light are different. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132540 | TOUCH PANEL AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a touch panel and an input method thereof. The touch panel includes an active area and an unactive area surrounding the active area, a first sensing unit in the active area, and a second sensing unit in the unactive area. The input method includes touching a first point in an active area, and touching a second point in an unactive area surrounding the active area. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132541 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch panel system ( | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132542 | DISPLAYS AND INFORMATION INPUT DEVICES - An integrated display and input device including a pixel array operative to provide a visually sensible output, at least one sensor operative to sense at least a position of at least one object with respect to the pixel array when the at least one object has at least a predetermined degree of propinquity to the pixel array and circuitry receiving an output from the at least one sensor and providing a non-imagewise input representing the position of the at least one object relative to the pixel array to utilization circuitry. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132543 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING DETACHABLE SUB-DISPLAY UNIT - The present invention relates to a mobile terminal having a detachable sub-display unit. A mobile terminal having a detachable sub-display unit includes a first body unit having a first display unit to a front surface of the first body unit. The invention also includes a second body unit having a second display unit to a front surface of the second body unit, wherein a magnet is formed on at least a portion of one side surface of the first body unit and at least a portion of one side surface of the second body unit, and the second body unit can be detachably coupled to the at least one side surface of the first body unit by the magnet. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132544 | Method for Displaying Information in a Motor Vehicle, and Display Device - In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, graphic data which actuate at least a subregion of the display are generated by a user interface device, such that in an operating state, information that is assigned to at least one operator step able to be executed by an input device are generated and in a display state, information which is not assigned to any operator steps is displayed, and it is detected when an object enters an operator control zone assigned to the input device, and when it leaves the operator control zone. The method is characterized in that the user interface device switches from the operating state to the display state when the object leaves the operator control zone and the object does not reenter the operator control zone within a defined time interval. Furthermore, a display device is adapted for executing this method. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132545 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An input coordinate point is obtained from a pointing device, and either one of first and second controls is selected in accordance with an operation performed by a user. When the first control is selected, a movement vector is calculated based on the input coordinate point and a predetermined coordinate point, and a display area of a virtual space, which is displayed on a display device, is moved. Alternatively, when the first control is selected, the movement vector is calculated based on the input coordinate point and predetermined coordinate point, and an object is moved within the virtual space. When the second control is selected, the object is moved to a position in the virtual space, the position corresponding to the input coordinate point. Then, the display device is caused to display the virtual space within the display area. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132546 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An input coordinate point is obtained from a pointing device, and either one of first and second controls is selected in accordance with an operation performed by a user. When the first control is selected, a movement vector is calculated based on the input coordinate point and a predetermined coordinate point, and a display area of a virtual space, which is displayed on a display device, is moved. Alternatively, when the first control is selected, the movement vector is calculated based on the input coordinate point and predetermined coordinate point, and an object is moved within the virtual space. When the second control is selected, the object is moved to a position in the virtual space, the position corresponding to the input coordinate point. Then, the display device is caused to display the virtual space within the display area. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132547 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic device includes: a reproduction section for reproducing a content item; a touch panel for detecting a user operation for changing a reproduction position of the content item; and a vibrating section for vibrating the touch panel. The vibrating section varies the vibration of the touch panel depending on whether or not the reproduction position which has been changed through the user operation detected by the touch panel is a specified reproduction position. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132548 | TOUCH SCREEN WITH DISPLAY AND SENSOR ARRAY IN CONTACT WITH THE DISPLAY - Touch screen user interfaces for controlling software applications, computers, devices, machinery, and process environments with touch gestures. Such user interfaces can be manipulated by users and provide a wide range of uses with computer applications, assistance to the disabled, and control of electronic devices, machines, and processes. Enhancements can include velocity and pressure sensing capabilities. The touch screen can be realized with a touchscreen having a touch sensor array in physical contact with a visual display. Implementations can include a touch screen having a transparent sensor array in physical contact with a visual display to form a touch screen configured to process a touch on the touch screen. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132549 | SENSOR ARRAY TOUCHSCREEN RECOGNIZING FINGER FLICK GESTURE FROM SPATIAL PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION PROFILES - Touch screen user interfaces configured to detect a touch gesture for controlling software applications, computers, devices, machinery, and process environments. Such user interfaces can be manipulated by users and provide a wide range of uses with computer applications, assistance to the disabled, and control of electronic devices, machines, and processes. Enhancements can include velocity and pressure sensing capabilities. The touch screen can be realized with a transparent touch sensor array positioned over a visual display. The touch screen can be configured to measure a spatial pressure distribution profile from a touch on the touch screen and recognize gestures based on dynamics among spatial pressure distribution profiles. In an example implementation, the gesture recognition may rely solely on dynamics of shape differences between hand contact patterns and omit the use of pressure, as the shape of the spatial pressure distribution profile does not vary much by pressure. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140132550 | Electrical Contacts and Connectors - Electrical contact and connector techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a computing system includes a computing device and an input device that are configured to be physically and communicatively coupled using a projection that is configured to be disposed within a channel, communication contacts that are configured to contact contacts within the channel to support the communicative coupling; and a protrusion disposed on the projection, the protrusion configured to be received within a cavity formed as part of the channel. The protrusion includes an electrical contact that is configured to be self-cleaning due to movement of the protrusion in relation to the cavity and is configured to transfer power between the input device and the computing device. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140139442 | FULLY CLICKABLE TRACKPAD - According to one general aspect, an apparatus includes a trackpad that includes a cover member having a top surface and a switch coupled to the cover member. At least two spring members are coupled to the trackpad and are each disposed at a non-zero distance from each other and are each configured to collectively bias the trackpad in a first position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a first plane. The trackpad is movable to a second position in which the top surface of the cover member is in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane when an input force is exerted on the top surface of the cover member. The switch is configured to trigger an electrical signal within a computer when the trackpad is moved to its second position. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139443 | Touch Sensing Method and Portable Electronic Apparatus - A touch sensing method and a portable electronic apparatus are disclosed in this invention. The portable electronic apparatus includes a display module, a touch module and a processing unit. The display module is used for displaying a user interface. The user interface includes a plurality of interface layers. Each of the interface layers has a layer depth index respectively. The touch module is used for sensing a touch input. The processing unit is used for mapping the touch input to one of the interface layers according to the touch input and the layer depth indices of the interface layers, so as to select or execute an application function on the one of the interface layers. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139444 | Apparatus and Method for Detecting User Input - An apparatus including: an first electrode arrangement including a plurality of electrodes configured for use in detecting a location of a user input; a second electrode arrangement configured for use in detecting strain; and an inter-electrode layer extending between the first electrode arrangement and the second electrode arrangement. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139445 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a touch sensing device and a method for fabricating the same. The touch sensing device comprises a touch panel and a flexible printed circuit board, wherein the touch panel comprises a first bonding mark and the flexible printed circuit board has a bonding surface bonded to the touch panel and has a non-bonding surface. The flexible printed circuit board comprises a second bonding mark disposed on the non-bonding surface. The second bonding mark and the first bonding mark have a relationship of contraposition. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANIPULATING AN IMAGE - A method and system for receiving input from a touch-sensitive device for manipulating an image shown in a display area. The method and system involve receiving an initial input for initializing an image manipulation for generating a mirror image in a mirroring direction, the mirroring direction is defined by a start and an end, the initial input corresponds to an initial location within the display area; receiving a first subsequent input corresponding to a first location, the first location corresponds to the start of the mirroring direction; receiving a second subsequent input corresponding to a second location, the second location corresponds to the end of the mirroring direction, the first and second locations are positioned on opposite sides of the initial location; and in response to the second subsequent input, generating the mirror image by mirroring the image according to the mirroring direction. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139447 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE WITH THE SAME - A flexible touch screen panel includes a substrate, sensing patterns, sensing lines, and at least one bending sensor. The substrate is divided into an active area and a non-active area around the active area. The sensing patterns are on the active area of a first surface of the substrate. The sensing lines are on the non-active area of the first surface of the substrate and connected to the sensing patterns. The at least one bending sensor is implemented with a plurality of sensing patterns at an edge region in the active area. In the flexible touch screen panel, the substrate is configured to be bent along a folding axis in a first direction, and the at least one bending sensor is at a region along the folding axis. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139448 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC CUES FOR GUIDANCE AND ALIGNMENT WITH ELECTROSTATIC FRICTION - A haptic effect enabled device for producing a haptic effect. In some cases, the haptic effect may represent a component of a spatial pattern represented on a surface of the haptic effect enabled device. In some cases, the haptic effect enabled device may comprise a haptic output device, a drive module, and a drive circuit. The drive module may receive information indicative of a location of a touch input at the surface and determine whether the touch input's location corresponds with a location of one of multiple components of the spatial pattern. The drive module may generate a drive signal that the drive circuit then applies to the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139449 | TRANSMISSION INTERFACE FOR A TOUCH SYSTEM - A transmission interface for a touch system is provided. The touch system includes a micro controller and a touch device, the transmission interface comprising: a single transmission wire, connected between the micro controller and the touch device, for bi-directional transmission between the micro controller and the touch device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139450 | System and Method for Simulated Physical Interactions With Haptic Effects - A system of the present disclosure may include a sensor configured to detect user interaction with a touch surface and transmit a sensor signal associated with the user interaction; a processor in communication with the sensor, the processor configured to: determine a position of the user interaction based on the sensor signal, determine a feature associated with the position of the user interaction, control a device associated with the feature, modify a display signal based in part on the user interaction, select a haptic effect to generate based at least in part on user interaction and the position, the haptic effect selected to simulate the feature, and transmit a haptic signal to generate the haptic effect, and a haptic output device in communication with the processor and coupled to the touch surface, the haptic output device configured to receive a haptic signal and output a haptic effect. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139451 | Systems and Methods For Providing Mode or State Awareness With Programmable Surface Texture - Systems and methods of mode or state awareness with programmable surface texture are disclosed. For example, in one embodiment, a system of the present disclosure may include a sensor configured to detect an interaction with a touch surface and transmit a sensor signal associated with the interaction; a processor in communication with the sensor, the processor configured to: determine a mode of operation; control at least one feature of a system based on the mode of operation and the interaction; determine a simulated texture associated with the mode of operation; output a haptic signal associated with the simulated texture; and a haptic output device in communication with the processor and coupled to the touch surface, the haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and simulate the texture on the touch surface based in part on the haptic signal. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139452 | System and Method For Feedforward and Feedback With Haptic Effects - Systems and methods for feedforward and feedback with haptic effects are disclosed. One such system may include a sensor configured to detect an interaction with a touch surface and transmit a sensor signal associated with the interaction; a processor in communication with the sensor, the processor configured to: determine an operation available on a device, the operation associated with a first user interaction; determine a simulated texture associated with the operation; output a haptic signal associated with the simulated texture; determine whether to perform the operation based on a second user interaction; and a haptic output device in communication with the processor and coupled to the touch surface, the haptic output device configured to receive a haptic signal and simulate a texture on the touch surface based in part on the haptic signal. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139453 | OPTICAL-SEE-THROUGH HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE OPERATION - An optical-see-through head mounted display (HMD) system is provided. The optical-see-through HMD system has a camera for generating image frames, a display device and a processor. The processor proceeds an interactive operation on each image frame. In the interactive operation, an image analysis is performed on the image frame to obtain positioning information of a marker and 3-dimensional information of an input device. According to the positioning information, the 3-dimensional information and eye position of an user, an image shielding process is performed to correct a portion of the frame to be displayed which is corresponding to the input device and a collision test is performed according to the positioning information and the 3-dimensional information of an input device to determine whether the input device touches the virtual image displayed by HMD. Then, an event corresponding to the touch position of the virtual image is executed. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139454 | User Gesture Input to Wearable Electronic Device Involving Movement of Device - In one embodiment, a wearable computing device includes one or more sensors, one or more processors, and a memory coupled to the processors that includes instructions executable by the processors. When executing the instructions, the processors detect, by one or more of the sensors of the wearable computing device when worn on a limb of a user, a gesture-recognition-activation event associated with the wearable computing device; detect, by one or more sensors of the wearable computing device when worn on the limb of the user, a movement of the limb; determine a gesture made by the user based at least in part on the movement; and process the gesture as input to the computing wearable computing device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139455 | ADVANCING THE WIRED AND WIRELESS CONTROL OF ACTIONABLE TOUCHSCREEN INPUTS BY VIRTUE OF INNOVATIVE ATTACHMENT-AND-ATTACHMENTLESS CONTROLLER ASSEMBLIES: AN APPLICATION THAT BUILDS ON THE INVENTOR'S KINDRED SUBMISSIONS - The application serves an eclectic mix of both wired (such as using a wired attachment interface for mapping an actionable object) and wireless (a system of attachmentless actuation ushered by software mapping) touchscreen controllers in an impetus to build on the inventor's previous discourse and to further highlight a continued theme of touchscreen controller innovation with this latest application entry. The inventor herein seeks to further revolutionize the face of touchscreen gaming by continuing with the theme of disclosing innovative touchscreen controller interfaces, and in so doing, the disclosure again attempts to quash many of the traditional limitations associated with a touchscreen's typical user interface; even introducing innovative serviceable User Interfaces that helps blur the lines of usability between touchscreen devices and competing platforms. A further injection of atypical controller interfaces are herein disclosed by the inventor in a continued attempt to break free from traditional applications. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139456 | HYBRID SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW-LATENCY USER INPUT PROCESSING AND FEEDBACK - A system for processing user input includes an input device, an input processing unit, a high-latency subsystem, a low-latency subsystem, input processing unit software for generating signals in response to user inputs, and an output device. The low-latency subsystem receives the signals and generates low-latency output and the high-latency subsystem processes the signals and generates high-latency output. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139457 | INTEGRATED DISPLAY AND TOUCH SCREEN - Liquid crystal display (LCD) touch screens integrate touch sensing elements with display circuitry and may include in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. A method of operating the integrated touch sensing elements with the display circuitry includes dividing touch-sensing circuitry of the touch screen into a plurality of drive segments, each drive segment overlapping one or more display rows; updating the display at a predetermined refresh rate; stimulating the plurality of drive segments at a predetermined scan rate; and changing the sequence of stimulating the plurality of drive segments as required to prevent simultaneously stimulating a drive segment that overlaps a display row currently being updated. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139458 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY AND ILLUMINATION DEVICE - A transparent emissive device is provided. The device may include one or more OLEDs having an anode, a cathode, and an organic emissive layer disposed between the anode and the cathode. In some configurations, the OLEDs may be non-transparent. The device may also include one or more locally transparent regions, which, in combination with the non-transparent OLEDs, provides an overall device transparency of 5% or more. The device also may include a double-sided display capable of displaying different, identical, or related images on each side of the device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139459 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a touch display device including: a lower substrate including a first inner surface and an first outer surface, wherein a thin film transistor array is formed on the first inner surface and provided with a plurality of gate electrodes, an upper substrate including a second inner surface facing the lower substrate and a second outer surface, and a sensing electrode layer formed on the first outer surface or the second outer surface, wherein the plurality of gate electrodes supply touch driving signals for the sensing electrode layer and the sensing electrode layer senses touch locations. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139460 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a touch display device, including: a lower substrate including a first inner surface and a first outer surface, wherein a thin film transistor array is formed on the first inner surface and provided with a plurality of source electrodes; an upper substrate including a second inner surface facing the lower substrate and a second outer surface; and a sensing electrode layer formed on the first outer surface and the second outer surface, wherein the plurality of source electrodes supply touch driving signals for the sensing electrode layer and the sensing electrode layer senses touch locations. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139461 | DISPLAY UNIT, DISPLAYING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A display unit includes: an image display panel; a backlight section disposed on a back surface of the image display panel, and including a light guide member and a polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel; a light source emitting light, the light being allowed to enter the light guide member of the backlight section; a polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel drive section driving the polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel of the backlight section in synchronization with writing of an image displayed on the image display panel to control a location that scatters light incident on the light guide member on the polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel; and a light source drive section allowing the light source to blink in synchronization with a period in which light is scattered by the polymer dispersed liquid crystal panel. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139462 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING TOUCH POSITION - A method for correcting a touch position and applied to an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes: receiving a current touch event; obtaining prediction information of the current touch event based on correction information of a previous touch event which is received at a previous time point before the current touch event; obtaining correction information of the current touch event according to the prediction information and a measuring position of the current touch event; and updating a position of the current touch event at a display unit by using the correction information of the current touch event. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139463 | MULTIMEDIA DEVICE FOR HAVING TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A multimedia device and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. A method for controlling a multimedia device, which includes an area based touch sensor, comprises the steps of recognizing at least one of a palm and a finger of a user through a touch sensor; determining at least one of a shape and a size of a touched area in accordance with the recognized result of the touch sensor; accessing a specific function stored in a memory module in accordance with the determined result; and outputting at least one of video data and audio data corresponding to the accessed specific function, wherein the determining step includes detecting the touched area and deciding whether the current touched area is a palm, on the basis of the detected touched area. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139464 | POINTER CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A pointer control method and an apparatus in an electronic device are provided. The pointer control method in the electronic device includes detecting a multi touch, determining a coordinate of a pointer based on the multi-touched points, and displaying the pointer at the determined coordinate. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139465 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A SPECIALIZED COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE - A system and method for controlling a standalone computer through a separate touch screen input device. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139466 | Devices, Systems, and Methods for Empathetic Computing - Devices, systems, and methods for empathetic computing are described herein. An example empathetic computing device includes an enclosure configured to fit into the palm of a user. The enclosure may have an upper portion and a lower portion and comprise an interface board, a processor, and a touch sensor. The interface board may have a plurality of light emitting devices configured to provide a light pattern of a visual response. The processor may be coupled to a memory device. The touch sensor may be configured to detect the touch of the user. The touch sensor may comprise a touch belt disposed along the enclosure circumferentially and a touch pad. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139467 | VCSEL Sourced Touch Screen Sensor Systems - Touch screen sensor systems that incorporate VCSELs or VCSEL arrays to provide illumination beams for sensing the position of objects such as a finger or stylus in a two dimensional space is provided. Normally the touch sensor is used with a display screen so that objects in the display screen are identified by positioning a finger or stylus at the object's position. The invention describes improved illumination methods using VCSELs that realize higher resolution in position sensing. VCSELs can also be integrated with detectors on a common substrate which provides both illumination and detection functions for the touch sensor system. Different methods to suitably couple light from VCSEL arrays directly, or through guided light paths such as fibers and waveguide arrays are provided to configure a touch sensor in different applications. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139468 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL MODULE AND ASSEMBLY METHOD THEREOF - A touch display panel module includes a display panel module, a touch panel module, and a combining unit. The display panel module is for displaying images, and the display panel module has a first side, a second side opposite to the first side and a plurality of lateral sides between the first side and the second side. The touch panel module is disposed on the first side of the display panel module for sensing touch input. The combining unit includes an anti-permeation tape and an optical adhesive layer. The anti-permeation tape continuously covers on at least one of edges around the first side of the display panel module. The optical adhesive layer is formed between the display panel module and the touch panel module for combining the display panel module and the touch panel module. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139469 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device includes first and second electrode pairs each of which is provided on a substrate so as to form a capacitor, a first wire connected to one electrode of the first electrode pair, a second wire connected to one electrode of the second electrode pair, a voltage applying portion connected to the first and second wires and respectively applying first and second voltages to the first and second wires, a detector respectively detecting, as first and second detection voltages, voltages of the first and second electrode pairs respectively generated by applying the first and second voltages from the voltage applying portion, and a processor performing predetermined processing in response to the first and second detection voltages detected by the detector. The first wire is longer than the second wire. The voltage applying portion sets the first voltage higher than the second voltage. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139470 | Display Method And Display Device - A display method and display device are described where the method includes when a first device is in a first status, the first device displays a first output content of the first device in a first display area of a display module, when it is detected that the first device goes into a second status from the first status, the first device displays the first output content in a second display area of the display module, and displays a second output content in a third display area of the display module, wherein, the first output content is different from the second output content, the second area does not overlap with the third area, and the first area contains the second and third areas. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139471 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE CAPABLE OF IMAGE SCROLLING NOT ACCOMPANYING FINGER MOVEMENT, IMAGE SCROLLING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A process is disclosed of scrolling an image on a user interface device configured to display the image on a display screen and enable a user to input with the user's finger touch on a touch screen in association with the displayed image, the process including: scrolling the image in response to the finger's drag motion on the touch screen; and, in response to an event occurring in which, after the drag motion ended, the finger is held in touch with the touch screen at substantially the same location as where the finger was located when the drag motion ended, without releasing from the touch screen, further scrolling the image to perform follow-up scrolling, after experiencing an idle period or not. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139472 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device including a contact detection unit | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139473 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND DATA DISPLAYING METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a data displaying method thereof are disclosed. The device includes at least one sensor including a touch sensor to generate touch events according to touch events, a flexible sensor to generate a bend signal to detect bend events, and a pressure sensor to generate a pressure signal to detect pressure events, a storage unit to store a function table, and a controller to control the components of the device. The function table is configured to define control operations to reproduce currently output contents based on the touch events, the bend events, the pressure events, and events combined thereof. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139474 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER KEYPAD IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method of providing a user defined user keypad and a mobile terminal supporting the same are provided. The method includes displaying guide information when entering a user keypad setting mode, determining a designation range for the user keypad according to a user interaction inputted based on the guide information, computing a key arrangement of the user keypad in response to the determined range, and configuring the user keypad according to the computed key arrangement. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139475 | INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An input device includes: a screen ( | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140139476 | OPERATOR CONTROL DEVICE - An operator control device has an operator control element with haptic feedback. The operator element includes one or more sensors and can be activated by an operator by an inputting element. The operating control device includes first and second ferromagnetic two-dimensional components. The components are arranged in parallel and configured to move relative to each other. The first ferromagnetic two-dimensional component is configured to form the operator control element. The first ferromagnetic two-dimensional component includes at least one flat coil that is arranged on a printed circuit board and is arranged between the ferromagnetic components. The first and second ferromagnetic two-dimensional components are configured to move with respect to each other when said at least one flat coil is energized, and the printed circuit board bearing the flat coil is permanently arranged on a face of said second ferromagnetic two-dimensional component. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140145964 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TOUCH POSITION MAPPING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display apparatus and a touch position mapping method thereof are provided, by mapping a touch position detected by a touch module to a display area of a display module according to one fitting function, so that a touch position on the display area of the display module may be determined according to a mapping result. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145965 | TOUCH DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL THEREOF - A touch device and a driving method of the touch panel thereof are provided. By randomly driving the scan lines and performing a spatial filtering to the count values corresponding to the voltage noise, a circumstance of a touch position misjudgement caused by voltage noise may be improved. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145966 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH INPUT DISPLAY SYSTEM USING HEAD-TRACKING TO REDUCE VISIBLE OFFSET FOR USER INPUT - An electronic device, computer readable storage medium, and method use head tracking to reduce visible offset for user input at a touch input display. Touch coordinates indicate a location on an outer surface of a touch sensitive screen layer of the touch input display at which a contact interaction is detected. Based on image information from at least one camera and the touch coordinates, a direction of a user's perspective field of view of the location on the touch sensitive screen layer is determined. A location on one of the at least one display layer that visibly matches the location corresponding to the touch coordinates on the touch sensitive screen layer along the direction of a user's perspective field of view is determined. One or more display elements are displayed at the determined location on the one of the at least one display layer. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145967 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A TABLET CASE FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICES - An apparatus is provided that includes a case for securing an overlay template and a touch-sensitive surface in an aligned relationship. The case is configured to receive an overlay template and a touch-sensitive surface. The case includes at least one opening enabling access to a sensing area of the touch-sensitive surface in which an object comes into contact. The touch-sensitive surface is divided into a plurality of regions associated with respective functions of a software application. The overlay template depicts the regions and a layout of the regions into which the touch-sensitive surface is divided. The case is configured to securely hold the received touch-sensitive surface and the overlay template in place in an instance in which the overlay template is placed on the touch-sensitive surface while inserted in the case. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145968 | NOTEBOOK WITH REMOTE CONTROL - A notebook with remote control includes a body, a lid hinged to the body with an inner side thereof being equipped with a display screen, a touch screen located at an outer side of the lid for displaying different graphical interfaces in accordance with a display signal and generating a coordinate signal of a close position when a user presses the touch screen on the basis of the graphical interfaces, a processing unit electrically connected with the touch screen for applying the display signal to the touch screen and processing the coordinate signal from the touch screen and generating a control signal corresponding to the coordinate signal, and a wireless transmission module electrically connected with the processing unit for transmitting the control signal to remote control a requested electronic product. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145969 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPHIC OBJECT MANAGEMENT IN A LARGE-DISPLAY AREA COMPUTING DEVICE - A system and method of graphic object management for a large-display area computing device having a large-display area is provided. A touch-sensitive small-display provides a representation of the large-display area including a representation of at least one graphic object displayed on the large-display area such as a desktop of an operating system. Input is received from the touch-sensitive small-display in relation to the representation of the at least one graphic object, such as a window or application. An instruction is provided to the large-display area computing device in response to the received input to the graphic object corresponding to the representation the graphic object. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145970 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYED OBJECT AND TACTILE FEEDBACK - A display device and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes displaying object on display unit, detecting contact with region of displayed object on display unit, detecting first touch input of dragging displayed object in top-bottom or right-left direction by maintaining contact, controlling object in direction of one-way control in response to first touch input, and generating tactile feedback on first touch input, wherein direction of one-way control is set up by initial drag direction of first touch input, wherein object is controlled to correspond to direction component of one-way control included in first touch input, and wherein when first touch input includes first drag performed in direction of one-way control and second drag performed in direction opposite to one-way control direction, tactile feedback on either first drag or second drag is generated. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145971 | TOUCH Panel - A touch panel includes a substrate and a transparent conductor pattern. The substrate includes a display area and a first and a second peripheral area located outside and adjacent to two opposite sides of the display area. The transparent conductor pattern is formed on the substrate within the display area and includes a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes corresponding to the first electrodes. The second electrodes respectively have an electrode lead wire. The electrode lead wires of some of the second electrodes are extended into the first peripheral area to connect to a first peripheral wire structure in the first peripheral area while the electrode lead wires of the other second electrodes are extended into the second peripheral area to a second peripheral wire structure in the second peripheral area. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145972 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a decorative layer, a trace layer, a passivation layer and a sheltering layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a touch-sensitive region. The decorative layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a non-touch-sensitive region, and the trace layer is disposed on the decorative layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and at least covers the touch-sensing structure and the trace layer. The sheltering layer is disposed at least on the passivation layer and located in the non-touch-sensitive region. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145973 | TOUCH SCREEN MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a touch screen module including a glass substrate, a first photosensitive resin layer formed on the glass substrate and a bezel including a second photosensitive resin layer formed on the first photosensitive resin layer, and transparent electrodes simultaneously formed on both the glass substrate and the bezel. A residue phenomenon in which pigment particles included in the bezel remain on a surface of the glass substrate after exposure and development may be prevented. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145974 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus capable of accessing a first storage medium and acquiring at least one of groups related to a correspondence between one symbol and at least one stroke data, includes an input device and a processor. The input device is configured to input an image. The processor is configured to, if a partial image of the image input by the input device corresponds to a first symbol in a first group or a first image generatable from first stroke data in the first group, associate the partial image and the first stroke data. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145975 | TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE AND SCREEN ZOOM METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a touchscreen device and a screen zoom method thereof, the touchscreen device including a panel unit to which a touch is input, a control unit generating a zoom signal according to a line touch input to the panel unit and having a predetermined length, and a display unit enlarging or shrinking a screen according to the zoom signal and outputting the screen. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145976 | COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE, IN-CELL OPTICAL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING THE SAME AND MATERIALS OF INFRARED FILTER LAYER - A color filter substrate for an in-cell optical touch display panel is provided, which includes a substrate, a visible-light shielding structure, a color filter layer and an infrared filter layer. The visible-light shielding structure is disposed on the substrate to define sub-pixel regions and touch sensor regions of the substrate. The color filter layer covers the sub-pixel regions. The infrared filter layer covers the touch sensor regions. The infrared filter layer is made of a single infrared-light permeable material, which has a light transmittance in infrared-light wavelength range greater than a light transmittance in visible-light wavelength range. An in-cell optical touch display panel including the color filter substrate and materials of the infrared filter layer are also provided. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145977 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a flexible touch screen panel capable of being bent or folded. The flexible touch screen panel includes a film substrate and sensing electrodes formed in an active area of at least one surface of the film substrate. The film substrate is divided into a plurality regions so that elongation ratios differ between regions of the film substrate. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a flexible touch screen panel including providing a supporting substrate including a plurality of distinct regions, coating a plurality of film materials onto the supporting substrate, the distinct regions of the supporting substrate being coated with different film materials, hardening the film materials to form a film substrate, forming touch sensing patterns including sensing electrodes on the film substrate, and separating the supporting substrate and the film substrate from each other. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145978 | TOUCH PANEL HAVING VIRTUAL FUNCTION BUTTON, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF IDENTIFYING TOUCH CONFLICT ON THE SAME - A touch device capable of identifying touch conflict has at least one function button mounted on a touch panel of the touch device and at least one auxiliary button mounted around the at least one function button. The at least one function button and the at least one auxiliary button are touch-activated. When users simultaneously or sequentially touch the at least one function button and the at least one auxiliary button, the touch device determines that a touch conflict occurs and determines whether to execute a function originally defined by the at least one function button or to execute another function according to the touch conflict. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145979 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display apparatus including a thin film encapsulation layer having a touch screen structure. The organic light emitting display apparatus includes a substrate; an organic light emitting diode (OLED) layer on the substrate; a thin film encapsulation layer on the OLED layer, and comprising a plurality of inorganic layers and a plurality of organic layers that are alternately stacked; and a touch sensing layer in the thin film encapsulation layer, wherein the touch sensing layer includes: a first touch conductive layer; a touch inorganic layer on the first touch conductive layer; and a second touch conductive layer on the touch inorganic layer, wherein the touch inorganic layer is one of the plurality of inorganic layers included in the thin film encapsulation layer. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145980 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, a transparent conductive layer located on the substrate, and a number of electrodes electrically connected to the transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube film. The carbon nanotube film includes a number of carbon nanotube wires substantially parallel with each other and a number of carbon nanotube clusters located between the number of carbon nanotube wires. The carbon nanotube wires extend along an X direction and are spaced from each other along a Y direction. The carbon nanotube clusters between each adjacent two of the carbon nanotube wires are spaced from each other along the X direction. The X direction is intercrossed with the Y direction. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145981 | WRITING DEVICE - A writing device includes a writing pen and a light emitting diode display panel. The light emitting diode display panel includes an array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and a touch panel. Each of the pixels includes first, second and third light sources and a control circuit. The touch panel is electrically connected with the array. The touch panel senses a contact of the writing pen thereon and generates a control signal to the control circuit. The control circuit turns on one of the first, second and third light sources according to the control signal. When the writing pen moves on the touch panel, the first, second or third light sources of the pixels on a moving track of the writing pen are sequentially turned on to illustrate the moving track of the writing pen on the touch panel. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145982 | TOUCH PANEL AND A CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel control method applied to a touch panel including at least one antenna and a touch sensing structure having a plurality of touch sensing elements is provided. In the touch panel control method, a scan signal is transmitted to at least one of the plurality of touch sensing elements, and a sensing signal sensed by at least one of the plurality of touch sensing elements is received. Whether the at least one antenna starts operating is detected by a control sensor, and if so, operation of a first plurality of touch sensing elements of the plurality of touch sensing elements is stopped, wherein each of the first plurality of touch sensing elements overlaps the at least one antenna. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145983 | TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch sensing system includes a touch panel, a driving apparatus and a processing circuit. The touch panel includes a plurality of touch sensing units arranged in form of a matrix. The driving apparatus is configured to drive the touch sensing units, receive a sensing signal from each of the touch sensing units, convert each of the received sensing signals to have a digital format and output the digital sensing signals. The processing circuit is configured to define a matrix of sensing value according to values of the received sensing signals and positions of the respective touch sensing units, scan the non-zero elements in the matrix by a predetermined mean, refer all the located non-zero elements to as a part of the contour of the object and calculating a size of a contour of an object. An operation for the touch sensing system is also provided. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145984 | INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An input device, a display apparatus, a display system and a control method are provided. The input device for the display apparatus includes a communication device which communicates with the display apparatus; a touch sensor which comprises predetermined regions corresponding to a plurality of edges a screen of the display apparatus has, and receives a user's touch input; and a controller which determines a direction of a touch with respect to the predetermined region. Thus, a user can perform a certain input without looking the touch sensor and an intuitive input without separate learning. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145985 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The semiconductor device has a touch panel controller, a processor and a display driver. The semiconductor device is arranged so as to reduce an electric power uselessly consumed while the action of the display driver is stopped or suspended and further, and an electric power uselessly consumed by the touch-detecting action for recovery of the display driver from the state of the action being stopped or suspended. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145986 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The semiconductor device has a touch panel controller, a processor, and a display driver. The display driver has a memory circuit which rewritably stores control data for drive control of a display panel from outside the semiconductor device. The processor controls the touch panel controller based on a command provided from outside the semiconductor device, and accesses control data in the memory circuit for controlling internal parts of the semiconductor device. With the aid of the arrangement like this, the processor is allowed to control a touch panel based on the read control data fit to the control by the display driver, and to control, by writing control data, the display panel fit for a control condition of the touch panel. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145987 | IMAGE PROCESSOR DISPLAYING PLURAL FUNCTION KEYS IN SCROLLABLE STATE - An image processor displays a mapscroller screen including a function key display region and an icon display region. The function key display region displays a plurality of function keys arrayed in first direction while being scrollable in the first direction, the plurality of function keys receiving a setting of a function related to image processing, and the icon display region displays a plurality of icons arrayed in the first direction in an order identical to that of the plurality of function keys displayed in the function key display region, the plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of function keys displayed in the function key display region. The image processor groups and displays, on the mapscroller screen, the function key and icon corresponding to the function, in which the setting is received when a grouping instruction is received with the settings of the plurality of functions received. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145988 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WHICH COOPERATES WITH OTHER APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM IN WHICH A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSES COOPERATES - The present invention is directed to providing, in a plurality of information processing apparatuses which transmits and receives objects, a technique for causing the display contents in the apparatuses to be related by the apparatuses performing simple exchange of information. An information processing apparatus includes a display control unit configured to cause, based on the information on the azimuth direction in which an object displayed on a screen has been moved, from other apparatus that transmits the information and the information indicating the azimuth direction in which the screen of the information processing apparatus has been directed, an object which is the same as an object displayed on a screen of the other apparatus to appear from an azimuth direction opposite of the azimuth direction in which the object displayed on the screen of the other apparatus has been moved, in the screen of the information processing apparatus. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145989 | TOUCH INPUT METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL - A touch input method and a mobile terminal are provided. The mobile terminal includes a touch screen having a transparent display panel, a front touch panel configured to detect a touch input corresponding to the front of the transparent display panel, and a rear touch panel configured to detect a touch input corresponding to a rear of the transparent touch panel. The touch input method includes detecting a touch input from one of the front touch panel and the rear touch panel, determining whether a user's intent is a data input via the rear touch panel in response to the touch input, and displaying a keypad on a top of the touch screen if the user's intent is determined as data input via the rear touch panel. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145990 | METHOD FOR UNLOCKING TOUCH SCREEN, ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF, AND RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF - A method for unlocking touch screen, electronic device thereof, and recording medium thereof are disclosed. A graph with a boundary is displayed on a touch screen. Then two fingers touch the outside, the inside or the boundary of the graph and move outward or inward separately. Whether the touch screen of the electronic device is unlocked is determined based on whether the distance between the moved two fingers is larger or smaller than a default value, or whether the distance difference between the two fingers before and after moving is larger than a default value. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145991 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INSTALLED WITH TOUCH PANEL AS USER INTERFACE - An information processing apparatus includes a detection unit capable of detecting first and second touch positions on a touch panel touched by first and second objects, respectively, a storage unit that stores the first and second touch positions and holds a final touch position as the touch position after each touch is released, a calculation unit that calculates a position obtained by a predetermined rule from the first and second touch positions stored by the storage unit, and a determination unit that determines whether an operation performed on the touch panel is an operation of moving a display content displayed on the touch panel, or an operation of rotating or changing a size of a display content displayed on the touch panel, based on whether the position calculated by the calculation unit is moved, a speed of movement, or an amount of movement. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145992 | Information Input Method and Touchscreen Terminal - Embodiments of the present application provide an information input method and a touchscreen terminal. In the embodiments of the present application, keys of a soft keyboard displayed on the touchscreen terminal include a functional key and an input key; first input information and second input information are displayed on the input key; and then the touchscreen terminal can detect a first touch signal which is input by a user on a touchscreen through the functional key and the input key, and according to preset correspondence between the first touch signal and the first input information, obtain and display the first input information corresponding to the first touch signal, which can avoid a problem of inconvenience due to a shift operation and being easy to make a mistake in the prior art, thereby improving efficiency and reliability of information input. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145993 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display unit ( | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145994 | Multi Touch with Multi Haptics - Methods and systems for processing touch inputs are disclosed. The invention in one respect includes reading data from a multi-touch sensing device such as a multi-touch touch screen where the data pertains to touch input with respect to the multi-touch sensing device, and identifying at least one multi-touch gesture based on the data from the multi-touch sensing device and providing an appropriate multi-haptic response. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145995 | Touch Event Model - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods, software, devices and APIs for defining touch events for application level software. Furthermore, some embodiments are directed to simplifying the recognition of single and multiple touch events for applications running in multi-touch enabled devices. To simplify the recognition of single and multiple touch events, each view within a particular window can be configured as either a multi-touch view or a single touch view. Furthermore, each view can be configured as either an exclusive or a non-exclusive view. Depending on the configuration of a view, touch events in that and other views can be either ignored or recognized. Ignored touches need not be sent to the application. Selectively ignoring touches can allow for simpler software elements that do not take advantage of advanced multi touch features to be executed at the same device and time as more complex software elements. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140145996 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A semiconductor layer for an active element included in each of a plurality of pixels in a display section is constituted by an oxide layer containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of In, Ga, and Zn. There is provided, for the display section, a liquid crystal panel's timing controller ( | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140152579 | COMPLEMENTARY TOUCH PANEL ELECTRODES - A multi-layer touch panel having an upper and a lower electrode that cross over one another. The electrode pattern for either electrode at the cross over area is complementary to the other electrode at the cross over area. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152580 | MESH PATTERNS FOR TOUCH SENSOR ELECTRODES - An electrode for a touch sensitive device includes micro-wire conductors arranged to define an electrically continuous electrode trunk area, and including branching elements which extend outward from the electrode trunk area. The electrically continuous trunk area is patterned coincident an underlying reference mesh pattern, as are the branching elements. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152581 | FORCE AS A DEVICE ACTION MODIFIER - An aspect provides a method, including: receiving force input in a z direction with respect to a planar surface of an input device of an information handling device; measuring the force input at the input device; and modifying one or more actions of the information handling device commensurate with the measured force input; wherein the one or more actions are associated with input along the planar surface. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152582 | NOISE CORRECTION FOR STYLUS APPLICATIONS ON TABLETS AND OTHER TOUCH DEVICES - A touch sensitive device capable of detecting signals generated by a stylus and correcting the detected stylus signals for effects due to noise present on the device is disclosed. In one example, signals are taken from one or more electrodes that are a pre-determined distance away from an electrode in which a stylus signal is detected. The pre-determined distance can be empirically determined such that a noise estimate can be generated such that the electrodes have a higher probability of containing only noise that is highly correlated to the noise present on a detected stylus signal. The generated noise estimate is then subtracted from a detected stylus signal to reduce the effect of noise on the stylus signal. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152583 | OPTIMISTIC PLACEMENT OF USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS ON A TOUCH SCREEN - Optimistic positioning or repositioning of user interface (UI) elements on a touch screen performed by program instructions comprises storing a map of user interaction with a first UI element at a first position on the touch screen, including a force of the user interaction, to identify an area on the touch screen having repeated stress; maintaining a history of user force with the positions on the map; and responsive to the history of user force, moving the position of the first UI element on the touch screen to a second position. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152584 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECTIVELY MEASURING USER EXPERIENCE OF TOUCH SCREEN BASED DEVICES - One aspect of the invention relates to an exemplary method for measuring latency of display response of a touch screen on a touch screen based device, comprising recording, by a video camera, an interaction with the touch screen, correlating, by a processor in operative communication with the video camera, data retrieved from the recording to the interaction; and determining, by the processor, a latency of the response of the touch screen to the first contact. An interaction may comprise at least a first contact between a member and the touch screen, and a response of the touch screen to the first contact, including at least a first change of a frame of a display of the touch screen. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152585 | SCROLL JUMP INTERFACE FOR TOUCHSCREEN INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - Controllers | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152586 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an acquirer and a display controller. The acquirer is configured to acquire a contact area on a touchscreen display. The display controller is configured to execute display control of a first object if the contact area acquired by the acquirer is less than a first value. The display controller is further configured to execute display control of a second object different from the first object if the contact area acquired by the acquirer is not less than the first value. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152587 | IMAGE ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM FOR APPLICATIONS OF HANDHELD DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image adjustment system for applications of handheld devices and the method thereof are provided. An operating radius of click operation or sliding operation is received on a touch display device. The operating radius greater than or equal to a default radius is stored in a first log. The operating radius less than the default radius is stored in a second log. When the number of the first log or the second log is greater than a default number, the images displayed on the touch display device are adjusted base on a first default setting or a second default setting. Therefore, the invention achieves the effect of image adjustment for applications. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152588 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a flexible touch screen panel. A flexible touch screen panel includes a substrate, first sensing cells formed on the substrate and connected to each other in a first direction, second sensing cells formed on the substrate and connected to each other in a second direction intersected with the first direction, first connection patterns connecting the first sensing cells to each other in the first direction, and second connection patterns connecting the second sensing cells to each other in the second direction. The first connection patterns include at least one opening part. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152589 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a display, a detector, a display controller, a display region changing unit, and an editing execution unit. The detector detects plural touches made by an indicator on a screen of the display. The display controller causes the screen to display a first element and a second element, the second element being arranged on the first element. The display region changing unit changes, if a predetermined type of change occurs in a touch position of the indicator, a display region in which the first element and the second element are displayed on the screen, in accordance with the change. The editing execution unit executes, after a first touch position and a second touch position have been detected, if a predetermined type of change occurs in the second touch position with the first touch position being maintained, editing associated with the change on the second element. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152590 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE TRACKING BASED ON TOUCH EVENTS - Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for improving image tracking based on touch events. A method is provided for outputting an image for presentation using an electronic device, the electronic device having a display refresh rate. The method includes detecting one or more touch events received via a touch sensitive surface screen associated with the electronic device, each touch event having a touch event position. The method also includes generating, by the electronic device, a synthetic touch event position based on the one or more touch event positions, the synthetic touch event position calculated to coincide in time with a predicted time, the predicted time being within an offset relative to a display refresh time corresponding to the display refresh rate. The method also includes outputting data based at least in part one or more of the synthetic touch event position or a touch event position associated with the one or more touch events. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152591 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display device, a touch sensor, an account switching module, and a display controller. The display device includes a display screen. The touch sensor is configured to detect an operation on a display screen side of the display device. The account switching module is configured to switch a logged-in account from a second account which is lower than a first account to the first account when a detection result of the touch sensor corresponds to a pinch-in operation, and to switch the logged-in account from the first account to the second account when the detection result of the touch sensor corresponds to a pinch-out operation. The display controller is configured to control the display device so as to display an image on the display screen. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152592 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a screen on which software keys are displayed, a touch detector, a key detector, a key input time acquiring module, and a touch input restricting module. The touch detector detects a touch manipulation of a software key. The key detector detects a key manipulation on an input device in which mechanical keys are arranged. The key input time acquiring module acquires a detection time of the key manipulation, and stores the acquired time in a memory. The touch input restricting module acquires a detection time of the touch manipulation, reads the detection time of the key manipulation from the memory, and restricts acceptance of the touch manipulation according to whether or not a time from the detection time of the key manipulation to the detection time of the touch manipulation is longer than or equal to a first prescribed time. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152593 | Method And System For Operating Portable Devices - A method for providing a one-hand user interface for a portable device with a touch screen including defining a one-hand operation plane on the touch screen based on a holding location of the portable device when operated by a user; enabling a one-hand operation mode; and receiving user inputs through the one-hand operation plane for controlling the portable device. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152594 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal includes a touch screen display and a controller configured to perform a first operation in response to a first touch input received at the display from a first object; perform a second operation in response to a second touch input received at the display from a second object; distinguish between the first touch input and the second touch input when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display; and perform a third operation that is different from both the first operation and the second operation based on a gesture of the first object when both the first object and the second object are in contact with the display. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152595 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MACHINE USING PORTABLE DISPLAY DEVICE - A plurality of machines are controlled by respective corresponding numerical controllers. One portable display device is enabled to be connected to one numerical controller selected from the plurality of numerical controllers. The numerical controller which has been selected generates display data by display software in the, numerical controller, based on a key operation performed at the portable display device that is connected to the numerical controller. The portable display device receives the display data generated by the numerical controller, and displays the data on its display. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152596 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A mobile device includes a window to receive a touch input of a user, a housing on which the window is mounted, and a display module including a display part configured to display an image through the window and a driving part configured to drive the display part. The window is disposed above the display module and the physical key is disposed above the driving part. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152597 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANAGING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method and an apparatus of managing a plurality of objects displayed on a touch screen are provided. The method includes determining whether at least two objects of the plurality of objects have been touched simultaneously on the touch screen, determining whether at least one of the at least two objects has moved on the touch screen, if the at least two objects have been touched simultaneously, determining the distance between the touched at least two objects, if the at least one of the at least two objects has moved on the touch screen, combining the touched at least two objects into a set, if the distance between the touched at least two objects is less than a predetermined value, and displaying the set on the touch screen. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152598 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND TOUCH FUNCTION CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A portable electronic system includes a display module, a touch input module, and a control module. The touch input module includes a touch panel, a transceiver control unit, and a touch processing unit. The transceiver control unit is coupled with the touch panel to transmit signal. The touch processing unit is coupled with the transceiver control unit. The control module includes a sensor and a control unit. The sensor detects an open or closed state of the display module to output a sensing signal. The control unit is coupled with the sensor to enable or disable the touch input module according to the open or closed state of the display module when the portable electronic system is at an operating mode. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152599 | MOBILE APPARATUS DISPLAYING END EFFECT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a mobile apparatus to display an end effect is provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a first layer on a touch screen, converting the at least one object in response to a first gesture that converts the at least one object, detecting that the conversion for the at least one object is ended, and displaying an end effect, which represents a message saying that the at least one object to be converted does not exist anymore or represents additional information, on the touch screen. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152600 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND DISPLAY METHOD APPLIED FOR THE SAME - A touch display device fixed on a vehicle and including a display portion is provided. The display portion includes an information display area, a first interface and a second interface. The first interface and the second interface can be displayed at two sides of the display portion simultaneously. The first interface is near a driver seat and the second interface is near a non-driver seat. Moreover, a display method applied to a touch display device for a vehicle is also provided herein. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152601 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch display device includes a display, a touch panel, a storage, a touch driver, and a processor. The display displays a graphical user interface (GUI). The touch panel senses a touch operation. The touch driver defines a valid operation area of the touch panel according to the GUI and obtains information of touch operations applied to the touch panel. When a location of the touch operation is located within the valid operation area, the touch driver generates a touch signal. When a location of the touch operation is not located within the valid operation area, the touch operation is determined to be an invalid touch operation, and the touch driver does not generate a touch signal. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152602 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch sensor panel disclosed herein includes: a plurality of vertical electrodes ( | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152603 | Remote Sensing Touchscreen - A remote sensing system for touchscreen is disclosed. The system is comprised of a surface and a pointer. The surface detects the point of a force exerted on the surface and the three-dimensional direction of the force. The pointer remotely exerts a force on the surface. The point of exerting the force on the surface, the 3D direction of the pointer, and the location of the pointer relative to the surface are then determined. The present invention is utilized in various 3D gaming, entertainment, engineering, and medical applications. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152604 | PINCH-THROW AND TRANSLATION GESTURES - The detection of finger pinch, rotate, and tap gestures along with a translation and optionally liftoff motion to initiate certain actions is disclosed. To detect both the gesture and the translation, a certain amount of gesture scaling speed can be detected along with a certain amount of translation speed and distance traveled. For a finger pinch gesture, the scaling speed can be computed as the dot product of the velocity vectors of two or more fingers coming together. For a finger rotation gesture, the scaling speed can be computed as a cross product of the velocity vectors of the rotating fingers. The translation speed of a gesture can be computed as the average of the velocity vectors of any fingers involved in the gesture. The amount of gesture scaling speed and translation speed needed to trigger the recognition of a combined gesture with translation can be a predetermined ratio. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152605 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PROXIMITY DETECTION PERFORMANCE AND INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD USING THE SAME - An information display apparatus with proximity detection performance contains a display device that displays image information, a sensor constituted of plural detection electrodes, and an adjusting device of detection resolution that adjusts the detection resolution to be detected based on a distance between the sensor and an object that is contacted to any one of the detection electrodes. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140152606 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - Provided are an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing program, which simply switch to a display method which a user desires. When an information processing device ( | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140160030 | SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING AND CREATING GESTURES - A computing system includes a sensor configured to detect user inputs. The system further includes a processor configured to receive a detected first user input from the sensor. The processor further receives a detected second user input from the sensor. In response, the processor assigns a command to the first user input based on the second user input. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160031 | QUADRATIC CONVERTER MINIMIZING DRIVER SIZE FOR PIEZO HAPTICS - A converter and switch mode power supply providing a high voltage signal. Generally described, the converter reduces the driver size required to generate high voltages. A controller which continuously operates the quadratic converter can reduce hard switch losses, electromagnetic interference, and component stress. The controller can utilize soft switching which improves efficiency, eliminates the need for snubbers, and reduces rating requirements. In one illustrative embodiment, the converter can include dual inductors with a single switch architecture. The switch can allow electric energy to be charged within each of the inductors during an “on” state of the switch, while said electric energy can be discharged delivering the same during an “off” state of the switch. A pulse train signal can be fed into the switch so that the converter provides a peak voltage much greater than the voltage placed into the converter. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160032 | Swipe Stroke Input and Continuous Handwriting - Swipe-stroke input and continuous handwriting are provided. A stroke sequence or a portion of a stroke sequence of a Chinese character may be input via selecting one or more stroke buttons via a swipe gesture. Candidate characters may be determined and provided when an indication is received that a stroke sequence input has ended. A candidate may be selected, or a next stroke sequence may be input. As additional input is received, phrase candidates may be predicted and dynamically provided. An end-of-input (EOI) panel may be provided, which when selected, provides an indication of an end of a current handwriting input and allowing a next handwriting input to be entered. By providing a selectable functionality to indicate an end of a current handwriting input, a continuous and more efficient handwriting experience is provided. Past handwriting input may be stored and accessed, allowing a user to edit the past handwriting input. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160033 | SLIDE TO APPLY - According to various exemplary embodiments, user input of a single continuous gesture from a touch-sensitive surface of a first device to a touch-sensitive surface of a second device is detected. It is determined that the gesture corresponds to a drag-and-drop operation performed on an icon displayed on the touch-sensitive surface of the first device, the icon representing user profile information. Moreover, it is determined that the gesture terminates proximate to a job position user interface element in a job recruitment user interface window displayed on the touch-sensitive surface of the second device. Thereafter, the user profile information of the user is transferred from the first device to the second device. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160034 | ENHANCED DYNAMIC HAPTIC EFFECTS - A system is provided that generates a dynamic haptic effect that includes one or more key frames, where each key frame includes a first interpolant value and a first haptic effect. The system further receives an interpolant value, where the interpolant value is between at least two interpolant values of at least two key frames. The system further determines the dynamic haptic effect from the interpolant value. The system further distributes the dynamic haptic effect among a plurality of actuators. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160035 | FINGER-SPECIFIC INPUT ON TOUCHSCREEN DEVICES - This specification describes apparatus, computer-implemented methods, and systems for interacting with computing systems using finger-specific input. In one general embodiment, a finger-specific input device can identify and differentiate each finger of a user. For example, the finger-specific input device may be able to detect features of each individual finger, such as fingerprints or detectable finger attachments, and to determine a set of fingers using the input device by camera or other visual cue, among others. A user can use multiple fingers to interact with a computing system and generate commands based on the use of a particular finger, a particular combination of fingers, and particular gestures of specific finger or combination of finger movements. In some implementations, specific commands are assigned to corresponding fingers and/or finger-specific multi-touch gestures in a program environment. In some implementations, users can define specific commands for specific fingers and/or finger-specific multi-touch gestures. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160036 | Sending Drive Signals with an Increased Number of Pulses to Particular Drive Lines - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a touch of an object on a device. The method also includes predicting an area of the device that the detected touch will move to. The method further includes sending a first set of drive signals to one or more drive lines within the predicted area, the first set of drive signals each having a first number of pulses. The method further includes sending a second set of drive signals to one or more drive lines outside the predicted area, the second set of drive signals each having a second number of pulses. Furthermore, the first number of pulses is greater than the second number of pulses. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160037 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AND SELECTIVELY SENSING USE OF A DEVICE - A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for subdividing a touch-sensitive interface of a mouse accessory into a first plurality of sectors for defining a first plurality of mouse buttons, where each sector of the first plurality of sectors corresponds to a distinct mouse button. The method can further include receiving a first signal from the touch-sensitive interface of the mouse accessory, detecting, from the first signal a selection of a sector of the first plurality of sectors, and generating a second signal indicating the selection of the sector. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160038 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - There are provided a touch sensing method and a touch sensing apparatus. The touch sensing method includes calibrating an offset value; obtaining sensed data from a panel unit, performing a difference operation on the sensed data and the offset value to calculate valid data, when the valid data is higher than a first threshold value, calculating a correlation value between the valid data and reference data, and comparing the correlation value with a second threshold value to determine whether to update the offset value and whether to filter the valid data. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160039 | Electronic Apparatus, Control Method of an Electronic Apparatus, And Computer Readable Storage Medium - An electronic apparatus includes a touch manipulation portion, a touch input detector, a user manipulation portion, and an operation module. The touch manipulation portion is configured to receive a multitouch input. The touch input detector is configured to detect a single touch input that is made with the touch manipulation portion. The user manipulation portion is provided separately from the touch manipulation portion and can be manipulated by a user. The operation module is configured, when the touch input detector detects the single touch input and the user manipulation portion is manipulated, to perform an operation that is similar to an operation to be performed in response to the multitouch input. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160040 | DISPLAY DEVICE UNIT - A display device unit includes: a display device; and a sound element disposed at a side surface or a rear surface of the display device, where the sound element includes a vibration material layer which provides a sound based on an electric field applied therein, and a pair of electrodes which generates the electric field in the vibration material layer. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160041 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Discussed is a display device with integrated touch screen including a panel including a plurality of electrodes; a data driver for converting RGB data inputted from a timing controller into a data voltage, and supplying the data voltage to data lines; a gate driver for sequentially supplying a gate signal to gate lines so as to apply the data voltage to pixels of the panel during a high logic period of a horizontal sync signal; and a touch IC for supplying the touch scan signal to the plurality of electrodes every low logic period of the horizontal sync signal, wherein the touch IC applies the touch scan signal, at least once, to each of the electrodes during one frame. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160042 | TABLET COMPUTER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention discloses a tablet computer and a method for controlling the same. The method includes steps of receiving a first video signal outputted from an external device; converting the first video signal into a first low voltage differential signal; receiving a second video signal outputted from a processor; converting the second video signal into a second low voltage differential signal; making the tablet computer selectively operate in a tablet computer mode or an external device mode; outputting the second low voltage differential signal to a display module to display corresponding data when the tablet computer operates in the tablet computer mode; and outputting the first low voltage differential signal to the display module to display corresponding data when the tablet computer operates in the external device mode. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160043 | METHOD OF COMPENSATING FOR EDGE COORDINATES OF TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM - A method of compensating for coordinates of an edge portion of a touch sensing system is disclosed. The method includes calculating coordinates of a touch point, suitably converting the coordinates of the touch point based on a resolution of a display panel, deciding whether or not current coordinates of the touch point are present in a bezel area outside an active area of the display panel, in which an image is displayed, and when the current coordinates of the touch point are present in the bezel area, modifying the current coordinates of the touch point into edge coordinates of the active area contacting the bezel area. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160044 | DYNAMIC TACTILE INTERFACE - One variation of a dynamic tactile interface includes: a substrate defining a fluid channel and a fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the fluid channel; a tactile layer comprising a peripheral region and a deformable region, the peripheral region coupled to the substrate, and the deformable region arranged over the fluid conduit, disconnected from the substrate, and operable between a retracted setting and an expanded setting, the deformable region elevated above the peripheral region in the expanded setting; a tube comprising a first end fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and constrained relative to the substrate; a volume of fluid within the tube; and a rotary actuator coupled to the tube remote from the first end and configured to transition the deformable region from the retracted setting to the expanded setting by winding the tube to displace a portion of the volume of fluid within the tube into the fluid channel. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160045 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE USING A PEN - A terminal and a method of providing a user interface using a pen are provided. The terminal includes a pen attachment/detachment perception switch configured to detect attachment and detachment of a pen; a touch screen panel configured to detect a state of the pen; and a controller configured to activate a terminal screen when a signal corresponding to the detachment of the pen from the pen attachment/detachment perception switch has been received, and to display a menu item list, including one or more applications, on the terminal screen when a hovering event by the pen has been detected by the touch screen panel. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160046 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTENT DISPLAYING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH BROWSING PROGRAM - A data processing apparatus includes a browsing portion to display a display area of content on a display portion, and a gesture event determining portion to determine a gesture event on the basis of position(s) designated by a user on a display surface of the display portion. The browsing portion includes a display area determining portion to determine a display area on the basis of the gesture event, a capture area determining portion to determine a capture area including the display area, a captured image generating portion to generate a captured image corresponding to the capture area on the basis of the content, a temporary memory control portion to temporarily store the captured image, a display image generating portion to generate a display image corresponding to the display area on the basis of the captured image, and a display control portion to display the display image on the display portion. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160047 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device which includes an OLED array formed on a lower substrate; a touch panel attached to the lower substrate and including first and second sensor electrodes for sensing a touch and a routing line electrically connected to at least one of the first and second sensor electrodes and exposed to an upper surface of the touch panel; and a connection line electrically connecting the OLED array and the touch panel through an exposed portion of the routing line. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160048 | TOUCH SENSOR CONTROLLER RESPONSIVE TO ENVIRONMENTAL OPERATING CONDITIONS - A touch sensor controller system for use in a vehicle of the type utilizing a software application to be interfaced with by an operator of the vehicle includes a touch sensor and a touch detector associated with the touch sensor. A touch gesture processor is provided which prevents unwanted or unintended touch gestures from being communicated to the application software during certain operating conditions of the vehicle. The touch gesture processor receives inputs of the operating conditions of the vehicle and receives touch gesture information from the touch detector, and the touch gesture processor is operative to determine the types of touch gestures to be permitted to be passed to the software application. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160049 | CLIPBOARD FUNCTION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A clipboard function control method and apparatus of an electronic device is provided for copying at least one object into a clipboard and pasting the at least one copied object selectively according to a user input. The method includes detecting a user gesture on a page, checking a number of touch points of the user gesture, processing an object in association with the number of touch points of the user gesture, where the processing of the object is one of storing the object in association with the number of touch points as clipped data and pasting the clipped data identified with the number of touch points. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160050 | Method And System For Providing Haptic Effects Based On Haptic Context Information - The present disclosure is generally directed to a method for providing haptic effects based on haptic context data including receiving haptic context information associated with a user interface, receiving an input signal associated with a user interaction with the user interface; and determining a haptic effect based in part on the haptic context information and input signal; and outputting a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160051 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device ( | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160052 | Event Recognition - A method executes software including a view hierarchy with a plurality of views which displays one or more views of the view hierarchy. The method executes software elements associated with a particular view, wherein each particular view includes event recognizers. Each event recognizer has an event definition based on sub-events, and an event handler that specifies an action for a target, and is configured to send the action to the target in response to an event recognition. The method detects a sequence of sub-events, and identifies one of the views of the view hierarchy as a hit view that establishes which views in the hierarchy are actively involved views. The method delivers a respective sub-event to event recognizers for each actively involved view, wherein each event recognizer for actively involved views in the view hierarchy processes the respective sub-event prior to processing a next sub-event in the sequence of sub-events. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140160053 | GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD AND INTERACTIVE SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A gesture recognition method for an interactive system includes the steps of: capturing image windows with an image sensor; obtaining information of object images associated with at least one pointer in the image windows; calculating a position coordinate of the pointer relative to the interactive system according to the position of the object images in the image windows when a single pointer is identified according to the information of object images; and performing gesture recognition according to a relation between the object images in the image window when a plurality of pointers are identified according to the information of object images. The present invention further provides an interactive system. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140168089 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING A DIGITIZER SYSTEM - Systems and methods for calibrating a photoluminescent indicia-based digitizer system with a display, the photoluminescent indicia uniquely identifying local areas of a substrate. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168090 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus comprises: a display panel; a film extending across the display panel and beyond a periphery of the display panel; and a curved support configured to support the film outside the periphery of the display panel. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168091 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING USERS AND SELECTING A HAPTIC RESPONSE - A touchscreen generates two or more displays that are visible at different viewing angles, e.g., one is visible only from the driver's seat of a car and the other is visible only from the passenger seat of the car. The displays occupy overlapping areas on the display surface such that input controls for the first display may overlap with input controls for the second display. If one of the users engages the display, the user is identified, it is determined which display the user is viewing and then which input he may be supplying, and a haptic stimulus for that display may be generated. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168092 | Uniform-Density Coplanar Touch Sensor - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more drive electrodes and one or more sense electrodes of a touch sensor. Each drive electrode and each sense electrode includes a number of first and second conductive regions made of a conductive mesh of lines of conductive material. The first conductive regions have a first mesh density. The second conductive regions have a second mesh density. The first mesh density is greater than the second mesh density. The apparatus also includes one or more crossover areas of the touch sensor. Each crossover area includes at least a portion of a second conductive region of a drive electrode crossing over or under at least a portion of a second conductive region of a sense electrode. Each crossover area has a combined mesh density of the portions of the second conductive regions within it that is substantially equal to the first mesh density. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168093 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF EMULATING PRESSURE SENSITIVITY ON A SURFACE - A system and method for emulating pressure-sensitivity are presented. Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel solution to generate emulated pressure data in response to contact made with a touch sensitive device, in that embodiments of the present invention expose more information about the contact in the form of location information of the contact, surface area data associated with the contact at the time contact was made, as well as a surface area data and calculated rates of change between the surface areas touched over time. In response to the input received, an emulated pressure computation module may then produce emulated pressure data which may be received by applications operable to utilize pressure input through an application programming interface coupling these applications to the emulation pressure computation module. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168094 | TANGIBLE ALPHANUMERIC INTERACTION ON MULTI-TOUCH DIGITAL DISPLAY - A method and system of using a tangible object with a with screen display device to enhance a user's experience while operating the touch screen display device. The tangible object may be placed oaths touch screen display device by the user and the unique attributes may be detected by the touch screen display device's built-in detection/sensing capabilities and processed as an input to a program or app. running on the touch screen display device. In this regard, various aspects of the present invention are directed toward providing a tangible feature to touch screen display operation to provide a more interactive experience when using a touch screen display, especially for young children. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168095 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE WITH PINCH-BASED ARCHIVE AND RESTORE FUNCTIONALITY - Techniques are disclosed for archiving and restoring content in electronic touch sensitive devices. The archive/restore function can be used to move, delete, or restore content that may be displayed on a screen. The user can engage the function with a particular pinch-based gesture. In some cases, the archive function includes closing a document or application, saving a file to a selected location, reversibly deleting a file, permanently deleting a file, or deleting a user-selected portion of content. In some cases, the restore function includes recovering a file from the trash bin by saving it to a previous save location, or returning content view to a previous state. In some cases, the archive function includes deleting a user-selected portion of a document, deleting a file, saving a file to a selected location, or saving one or more items to a previous save location. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168096 | REDUCING LATENCY IN INK RENDERING - A reduced-latency ink rendering system and method that reduces latency in rendering ink on a display by bypassing at least some layers of the operating system. “Ink” is any input from a user through a touchscreen device using the user's finger or a pen. Moreover, some embodiments of the system and method avoid the operating system and each central-processing unit (CPU) on a computing device when initially rendering the ink by going directly from the digitizer to the display controller. Any correction or additional processing of the rendered ink is performed after the initial rendering of the ink. Embodiments of the system and method address ink-rendering latency in software embodiments, which include techniques to bypass the typical rendering pipeline and quickly render ink on the display, and hardware embodiments, which use hardware and techniques that locally change display pixels. These embodiments can be mixed and matched in any manner. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168097 | MULTI-TOUCH GESTURE FOR MOVEMENT OF MEDIA - In one embodiment, a method includes detecting, by an electronic device, a multi-touch gesture on a touch input area associated with the electronic device. The multi-touch gesture is moved across the touch input area. The method determines a distance that the multi-touch gesture is moved across the touch input area and also determines a speed of movement based on the determined distance. Then, media displayed in the electronic device is moved at the determined speed of movement based on detecting the multi-touch gesture on the touch input area. In another embodiment, a method causes movement of media being displayed in the electronic device for the number of units based on analyzing of a sequence of touches. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168098 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - An apparatus, the apparatus comprising at least one processor, and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: when the determined relative position of a first portable electronic device with respect to a second electronic device is within a predetermined overlying proximity position in which at least a portion of the first portable electronic device overlies the second electronic device, consider at least one of input from or for the first portable electronic device as input for the second electronic device, and output from or for the second electronic device as output from the first portable electronic device. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168099 | TOUCH PANEL AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The touch panel comprises: a cover substrate comprising a visible area and a non-visible area, wherein the non-visible area is located in a peripheral area of the visible area; an electrode layer formed on the visible area and the non-visible area of the cover substrate; a conductive masking layer formed on the non-visible area and disposed on a part of the electrode layer that is located on the non-visible area; and a plurality of connecting wires formed on the conductive masking layer and electrically connected to the electrode layer through uniaxial conduction of the conductive masking layer. The present disclosure comprises a method of manufacturing the touch panel. Accordingly, product yield is increased and touch sensing precision is maintained. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168100 | VIDEO-GAME CONTROLLER ASSEMBLIES DESIGNED FOR PROGRESSIVE CONTROL OF ACTIONABLE-OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON TOUCHSCREENS: EXPANDING THE METHOD AND BREADTH OF TOUCH-INPUT DELIVERY - An innovative collection of both wired (e.g. a wired attachment interface for physical mapping) and wireless (e.g. a system of attachmentless actuation ushered by virtual or software-based mapping) specialty-input controllers for touchscreen devices are introduced by the inventor in emphasizing a continued theme of touchscreen controller innovation under common ownership. Remote-controller assemblies for touchscreens provide for the capture, translation and/or transmission (both directly, in a conductive channel, and indirectly) of the control input of a user—user motions, thematically—for correlative virtual actuation and/or capacitive-based discharge actuation at a coordinate touchscreen soft input for purposes of manipulating an actionable agent. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168101 | APPARATUS AND METHOD CAPABLE OF ERASING CONTENT DISPLAYED ON TOUCH SCREEN - An apparatus capable of erasing content includes a touch display unit, a time calculating time, a storage unit, an area detecting unit, a control unit, and an erasing unit. The touch display unit determines a first touched place of a touch operation applied by an input apparatus on the touch display unit, a touch area of the first touched place, and a touch trace of the touch operation according to changing of touch coordinates. The control unit activates the time calculating unit to calculate a time duration of the touch operation when the size of the touch area is larger than the predetermined area size, and generates an erasing signal when the touch trace matches a predetermined trace pattern. The erasing unit erases content covered by the touch trace on the touch display unit in response to the erasing signal. A related method is also provided. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168102 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE STIMULATION - A method for providing tactile stimulation is applied in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch-sensitive screen and a tactile stimulation multilayer connected to the touch-sensitive screen. The method includes the following steps: detecting whether a touch operation is a long press operation according to touch signals from the touch-sensitive screen; obtaining position information of touched positions if the touch operation is a long press operation; determining a number of continuous electrodes corresponding to the touched positions of the long press operation according to a first relationship between the positions and the electrodes; and energizing the continuous electrodes via a power supply unit by gradually changing electrical parameters. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168103 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE STIMULATION - A method for providing tactile stimulation is applied in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch-sensitive screen and a tactile stimulation multilayer connected to the touch-sensitive screen. The method includes the following steps: detecting one or more touch points on the touch-sensitive screen; obtaining position information of each touch point; calculating a cover range of each touch point according to the obtained position information, and determining a center of each calculated cover range; determining a number of continuous electrodes corresponding to each calculated cover range and one electrode corresponding to the determined center of the calculated cover range; and energizing the continuous electrodes with different electrical parameters, causing the electrical parameters of the continuous electrodes to gradually decrease outward from the electrode corresponding to the center. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168104 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE STIMULATION - A method for providing tactile stimulation is applied in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch-sensitive screen and a tactile stimulation multilayer connected to the touch-sensitive screen. The tactile stimulation multilayer includes a number of electrodes. The method includes follow steps: detecting at least one touch point on the touch-sensitive screen; determining position information of each touch point and an occurrence time of touching each touch point; determining electrodes each corresponding to the position information of one touch point and energizing the determined electrodes; extracting a number of successively detected touch points and determining whether a slide operation is exerted on the touch-sensitive screen; calculating an anticipated trajectory of the slide operation if a slide operation is exerted on the touch-sensitive screen; and determining a number of electrodes each corresponding to position information of one touch point forming the anticipated trajectory and energizing the determined electrodes. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168105 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE STIMULATION - A method for providing tactile stimulation is applied in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch-sensitive screen and a tactile stimulation multilayer connected to the touch-sensitive screen. The tactile stimulation multilayer includes a number of electrodes. The method includes the steps of; detecting a touch operation on the touch-sensitive screen; determining location information of touched locations of the touch operation; extracting a sub-image covered by the touched locations from the displayed image and identifying objects comprised in the sub-image according to features of the sub-image; determining a number of electrodes corresponding to one touched location and electrical parameters respectively corresponding to the objects comprised in the sub-image; and energizing the electrodes at the determined location according to the determined electrical parameters. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168106 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING HANDWRITING INPUT - An apparatus for processing handwriting on a touch screen includes a touch display screen, a display control unit, a touch analyzing unit, and a processing unit. The touch analyzing unit determines coordinates of touches. The processing unit generates a prompt including a first operating point when touch coordinates are on the boundary of a word inputting box. When the coordinates of a touch position are on the first operating point, the processing unit reduces a size of a handwritten letters and displays the handwritten letters with reduced size, reduces the additional handwritten letters, and displays the additional handwritten letters with the reduced size in the display box at the end of the handwritten letters. A related method is also provided. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168107 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICE FOR PROVIDING MINI-MAP OF TACTILE USER INTERFACE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A touch sensitive device includes a touch sensitive panel for providing a tactile user interface including at least one tactile object, a sensor unit configured to detect contact with the touch sensitive panel and generate contact region information of a contact region in which the contact is detected, a tactile feedback unit configured to generate tactile feedback of a mini-map of the tactile user interface in the contact region indicated by the generated contact region information, and a controller configured to control the touch sensitive panel, the sensor unit, the tactile feedback unit and the tactile user interface. The mini-map of the tactile user interface includes a duplicate of the tactile object provided on the touch sensitive panel, and the duplicate of the tactile object indicates a direction from the contact region indicated by the contact region information to the tactile object. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168108 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE STIMULATION - A method for providing tactile stimulation is applied in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a touch-sensitive screen and a tactile stimulation multilayer connected to the touch-sensitive screen. The tactile stimulation multilayer includes a number of electrodes. The method includes follow steps of: detecting whether one event of a game installed on the electronic device is triggered when the game is running; determining touched positions according to touch signals from the touch-sensitive screen if one event of the running game is triggered; determining a number of electrodes corresponding to the touched positions according to a first relationship between touchable positions and the electrodes, and determining an electrical data corresponding to the triggered event according to a second relationship between different events and the electrical data; and energizing the determined electrodes according to the determined electrical data. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168109 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a plurality of first sensing electrodes formed on the first surface of the substrate and connected in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing electrodes arranged between the first sensing electrodes and connected in a second direction that intersects the first direction, a plurality of first connecting patterns connecting the first sensing electrodes in the first direction, a plurality of third sensing electrodes formed on the second surface of the substrate and overlapping the first sensing electrodes, a plurality of fourth sensing electrodes arranged between the third sensing electrodes and overlapping the second sensing electrodes, and a plurality of second connecting patterns connecting the fourth sensing electrodes in the second direction. The sensing electrodes of the first surface and the sensing electrodes of the second surface overlap each other and are electrically connected to each other through vertical connecting units. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168110 | TACTILE INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICE - A tactile input and output device includes: a panel; a touch information obtaining unitobtaining touch positions; an order input determining unit determining setting information; a vibration position determining unit determining a first touch position and a second touch position, the first touch position observed in a spatial order, and corresponding to the determined setting information, and the second touch position being another one of the touch positions than the first touch position; and a multi-point simultaneous vibration control unit controlling the vibration on the panel to provide a predetermined vibration to the first touch position and provide no predetermined vibration to the second touch position. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168111 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A FREQUENCY PATTERN TO REALIZE THE SENSE OF TOUCH IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing tactile feedback. A method for providing tactile feedback, comprises extracting a plurality of features from a visual representation of a physical object, wherein the extracting is performed using at least one image processing technique, generating a variable frequency pattern corresponding to the extracted features, sending the variable frequency pattern to a computing device, and generating the tactile feedback via the computing device in response to a stimulation applied by a user, wherein the tactile feedback is based on the variable frequency pattern. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168112 | TOUCH SENSING METHOD AND TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and a touch sensing method. The touch sensing method includes: obtaining sensed data from a touchscreen and a touch key; | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168113 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROL CIRCUIT - A voltage generating unit includes an output transistor arranged as a first-terminal side extension of a path that includes a first terminal, a first resistive film, and a second terminal, and is configured to apply a first bias voltage to the first terminal. A current detection unit includes a detection transistor connected to the output transistor such that they form a current mirror circuit, a detection resistor arranged on a path of the detection transistor, and an amplifier circuit configured to amplify the difference between a voltage drop across a detection resistor and a predetermined voltage, and to output the difference thus amplified as a value which represents a panel current. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168114 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A FREQUENCY PATTERN TO REALIZE THE SENSE OF TOUCH IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing tactile feedback. A method for providing tactile feedback, comprises extracting a plurality of features from a visual representation of a physical object, wherein the extracting is performed using at least one image processing technique, generating a variable frequency pattern corresponding to the extracted features, sending the variable frequency pattern to a computing device, and generating the tactile feedback via the computing device in response to a stimulation applied by a user, wherein the tactile feedback is based on the variable frequency pattern. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168115 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE SHEET MEMBER, INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch-sensitive sheet member contains a body having predetermined hardness and a sheet shape and a sense-of-touch-representing unit that represents a sense of touch. The sense-of-touch-representing unit has a predetermined size and is arranged at positions of the body or at a predetermined position of the body. The touch-sensitive sheet member also contains a medium-supplying unit that supplies medium to the sense-of-touch-representing unit. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168116 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISCRIMINATING STYLUS AND TOUCH INTERACTIONS - Embodiments of the invention are directed to control devices, such as human interface devices, configured for use with a tablet computer. More specifically, the present invention relates to methods and system for discriminating between the interactions of a handheld device, touch of one or more of the user's finger(s) and interaction with appendages of the user on a touch-screen tablet computer. The methods described herein may include discriminating between the interaction of the handheld device, the user's finger(s) and an appendage of the user so that the collected information can be used to control some aspect of the hardware or software running on the touch-screen tablet computer. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168117 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A method for operating a mobile terminal includes detecting whether pressure is applied via a plurality of sensors, detecting the level of the pressure, entering a call recording mode for recording content of a telephone call if the detected level of the pressure is greater than a reference value and the telephone call is established, and entering a memo mode if the detected level of the pressure is greater than the reference value and the telephone call is not established. Accordingly, a user can easily and conveniently utilize a function and rapidly perform a predetermined operation or function. Therefore, it is possible to increase user convenience. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168118 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A touch display device includes a touch screen, a plurality of physical keys surrounding the touch screen, a touch sensor, and a touch control system. The touch screen senses a touch operation and displays a graphical user interface (GUI). The physical keys are arranged on each side of the touch screen, and the touch keys on one side can be enabled while the physical keys on all other sides are disabled. The touch sensor includes a plurality of touch sensing units which outputs a touch signal when one side is touched. The touch control system rotates the GUI through predetermined numbers of degrees to maintain uprightness for the user, enables the touch keys on the touched side, and disables the touch keys on all the other sides according to the touch signal. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168119 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A printing machine includes: a display that displays an input screen; a touch panel that is arranged on the display and detects contact operation by an operator; and a controller that displays an operation region in the input screen, and controls operation processing for the input screen based on the contact operation to the touch panel with respect to the operation region. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168120 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCROLLING SCREEN OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A method of scrolling a screen of a display device is provided. The method includes when a flick input is generated in a display state of a list view, determining whether a predetermined additional touch input, which is temporally and spatially associated with the flick input or is functionally associated with a performance of an operation according to the flick input, is generated according to a predetermined reference, and when the additional touch input is generated according to the predetermined reference, displaying at a topmost or bottommost part of list items of the list view according to a state of the flick input. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168121 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH HIDDEN SENSOR GUIDING INDICATION AND INSTINCTIVE GUIDING METHOD APPLIED TO SUCH APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus with a hidden sensor guiding indication includes a housing, a display, a biometrics sensor and a processor. The display is visually disposed in the housing. The biometrics sensor, hidden in the housing and disposed beside the display, senses a biometrics message of a user. The processor, disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the display and the biometrics sensor, controls operations of the display and the biometrics sensor. In a sensing mode, the processor controls the display to display a guiding message to instinctively guide the user to operate the hidden biometrics sensor, disposed beside the display, to sense the biometrics message. An instinctive guiding method is also disclosed. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168122 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - An electronic device and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method includes: displaying a first operating region, with M first operation objects being arranged on the first operating region; selecting, when a first operation is detected, the i-th first operation object from the M first operation objects in response to the first operation; determining second operating region based on a display position and a display direction of the i-th first operation object; displaying a second operating region, with N second operation objects being arranged on the second operating region, and the display direction of the q-th second operation object of the N second operation objects being identical to the display direction of the i-th first operation object. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168123 | Touch Tell Tales - A disclosed digital display is mounted within a vehicle steering wheel and displays a selectively touch actuateable tell tales. The digital display is actuateable responsive to touching a specific designated location on the display corresponding to an actuated telltale. A controller is operable for actuating the digital display to change the display to communicate information relating to the actuated telltale. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168124 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING HAPTIC FEEDBACK OF AN INPUT TOOL FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method are provided for controlling haptic feedback of an input tool for a mobile terminal. The method includes detecting, by the mobile terminal, a hovering of the input tool over an object displayed on a touch screen display of the mobile terminal; identifying a property of the object; and transmitting, to the input tool, a control signal for haptic feedback corresponding to the property of the object. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168125 | APPLICATION EXECUTING METHOD USING FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION, DEVICE THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR - An application-executing method using fingerprint recognition includes obtaining an image of a first fingerprint through a fingerprint sensor and recognizing the first fingerprint, executing a first application corresponding to the first fingerprint in a first screen when the first fingerprint is recognized, obtaining an image of a second fingerprint through the fingerprint sensor and recognizing the second fingerprint, determining whether the second fingerprint is recognized within a predetermined time after the first application is executed, and, based on a determination result, when it is determined that the second fingerprint is recognized within the predetermined time after the first application is executed, generating a second screen by splitting the first screen, and executing the first application on one of the second screen, and a second application corresponding to the second fingerprint on the other of the second screen. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168126 | DYNAMIC BORDER CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS - The systems and methods disclosed herein provide for an electronic border that dynamically appears and disappears in an electronic display screen of a mobile device, such as a tablet computer, smart phone, laptop, and/or other mobile device. In an embodiment, the mobile device comprises an electronic display screen that is sized to fit the entire and/or substantially the entire, length and width of the face of the mobile device. The system can also be configured to display an electronic border along the edges of the mobile device | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168127 | TOUCH DISPLAY CIRCUIT AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a field of display manufacture, particularly provide a touch display circuit and a driving method thereof, an array substrate and a display apparatus, which may reduce manufacture processes in a production phase of a touch display product and save cost, and may also enhance an aperture ratio of the product and increase an additional value. The touch display circuit comprises a touch unit and a display unit; the touch unit is connected with a data line, a first scan line, a second scan line, a signal acquiring line and a first signal control line; the display unit is connected with the data line, the first scan line, the second scan line and a second signal control line; the embodiments of the present disclosure can be applied to the field of manufacturing a display. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168128 | 3D MANIPULATION USING APPLIED PRESSURE - Placement by one or more input mechanisms of a touch point on a multi-touch display device that is displaying a three-dimensional object is detected. A two-dimensional location of the touch point on the multi-touch display device is determined, and the touch point is matched with a three-dimensional contact point on a surface of the three-dimensional object that is projected for display onto the image plane of the camera at the two-dimensional location of the touch point. A change in applied pressure at the touch point is detected, and a target depth value for the contact point is determined based on the change in applied pressure. A solver is used to calculate a three-dimensional transformation of the three-dimensional object using an algorithm that reduces a difference between a depth value of the contact point after object transformation and the target depth value. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168129 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus that controls a display to display first layer data, detects movement of the information processing apparatus, and controls the display to display second layer data corresponding to the first layer data together with the first layer data based on a movement detected by the detection unit. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140168130 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An input method determining unit determines whether a hard button is short or long pressed, and an input switching control unit switches between modes. The input switching control unit determines that an operation mode is a touch operation one when the hard button is short pressed, and a touch-to-command converting unit converts an item corresponding to the short-pressed hard button into a command. The input switching control unit determines that the operation mode is a voice operation one when the hard button is long pressed, and a voice-to-command converting unit converts a voice recognition keyword which is voice-recognized into a command (item value). A state transition control unit generates an application execution command corresponding to the command, and an application executing unit executes an application. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140176447 | DIFFERENTIAL PROXIMITY SENSING AND SIDE DETECTION FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing enclosing a motion sensor and a first capacitive proximity sensor on a first planar side of the electronic device. A second capacitive proximity sensor on a second planar side of the electronic device within the housing is monitored for determining the differential amount of signal change of the first capacitive proximity sensor relative to the second capacitive proximity sensor. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176448 | DETECTING A GESTURE - A method for detecting a gesture includes detecting a first input object, a second input object, and a movement of the first input object, a movement of the second input object in a sensing region during a first time period. The method further includes detecting a third input object and movement for the third input object in the sensing region during a second time period, the second time period occurring after the first time period, and the third input object only detected after the first time period. The method further includes identifying a first gesture based on the movement of the first input object, the movement of the second input object, and the movement of the third input object, and outputting gesture information identifying the first gesture. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176449 | Methods and Apparatus For Electronic Device Control - Systems and techniques for controlling an electronic device are described. An electronic device comprises one or more touch sensitive areas, including side touch sensitive areas. Configuration information is stored for operational modes of the electronic device, with the operation of the touch sensitive areas being defined as part of the configuration information. For example, configuration information may define the size, location, responsiveness, and operation of regions operating as controls—that is, regions with which contact causes the device to perform defined operations. The configuration may also include user preference information, which may further define the operation of touch sensitive regions in particular operational modes of the device. Regions of sensitive areas, particularly side touch sensitive areas, may be illuminated to indicate the position and size of controls, and illumination patterns indicating locations and sizes of controls may be stored as part of the configuration information. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176450 | SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE SETTING OF SCAN RATE - Techniques are disclosed for setting a scan rate for an electronic device based on interaction with the user and/or application type. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176451 | METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE SCAN RATE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Techniques are disclosed for setting a scan rate for an electronic device based on interaction with the user and/or application type. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176452 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - A system and method for providing tactile feedback in a user interface. The system includes a tactile feedback assembly configured to communicate with a user interface of an electronic device. The tactile feedback assembly is configured to provide mechanical and/or nerve stimulation to a user during user interaction (e.g. navigation, input of data, etc.) of the user interface. The mechanical and/or nerve stimulation is configured to provide a user with tactile sensation (in the form of the sense of touch) in response to user interaction with the user interface, including, but not limited to, sense of texture and sense of pressure. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176453 | TOUCH PANEL AND A MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a touch panel, wherein the method comprises: forming a touch sensing layer on a visible region and a non-visible region of a cover substrate, wherein the non-visible region is located at periphery of the visible region forming a first opaque insulating layer on the touch sensing layer in the non-visible region; forming a wiring layer on the first opaque insulating layer: and forming a conductive layer to electrically connect the wiring layer and the touch sensing layer. Moreover, the present disclosure also provides a touch panel. Accordingly, the touch sensing accuracy is maintained, and the production rate is improved. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176454 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD AND HANDHELD DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A touch control method and handheld device utilizing the same are provided. The touch control method is disclosed, adopted by a handheld device comprising a primary touch control device and a secondary touch control device, comprising: displaying, by the primary touch control device, a screen; receiving, by the secondary touch control device, a first input; and based on the first input, determining and executing, by the controller, an operating program or an application program for generating the screen displayed on the primary touch control device; wherein the primary touch control device and the secondary touch control device are located on two different sides on the handheld device. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176455 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - An apparatus including: a panel; actuators; a movement input determining unit which calculates movement directions and distances of touch positions, based on time-series information of the touch positions; a display unit; a direction determining unit which determines a direction of an object included in the content item with respect to the display unit; a vibration position determining unit which determines a first touch position closer/closest to the object and one or more second touch positions detected simultaneously; a vibration determining unit which determines a tactile feedback signal presenting a vibration for the first touch position, based on the object direction; a multi-point simultaneous vibration control unit which performs control for presenting the vibration at the first touch position and not presenting the vibration at the second touch positions; and a content control unit which enables display of the content item by scrolling it based on the movement directions and distances. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176456 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY LIGHTING THEREOF - An electronic device and a method of controlling a display lighting are disclosed. A display includes a plurality of light emitting devices. A memory unit is configured to store a message data. A control unit is configured to control to sense a user action requesting an integrated message display, access the message data from a storing device in response to the user action, determine a transmission time or a transmitting time of the accessed message data, determine an area to be turned on among a screen area in which the accessed message data to be displayed based on the determined transmission time or the determined transmitting time, display the accessed message data in a screen of the electronic device according to a result of the determination of the area. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176457 | SWITCHING COMPLEX, FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME AND METHOD OF GENERATING INPUT SIGNAL USING THE SAME - A switching complex including first and second switches is disclosed. The first switch is formed on a display part of the overall display so as to generate a first switching signal based on a grip position. The second switch is formed on a corner of the display part to generate a second switching signal based on bending of the corner of the display part while the first switching signal is generated. Therefore, input is simplified, and switching errors are reduced. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176458 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a touch screen display, a sensor and an adjuster. The touch screen display includes a touch panel. The sensor is capable of detecting a direction of gravitational force. The adjuster is configured to adjust the sensitivity of the touch panel by determining which of a first direction close to an upwardly vertical direction and a second direction close to a downwardly vertical direction a screen of the touch screen display is made to face based on a detection signal from the sensor. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176459 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Discussed is a display device with integrated touch screen including a panel including a plurality of electrodes; a data driver for converting RGB data into a data voltage, and supplying the data voltage to data lines; a gate driver for sequentially supplying a gate-on signal to n-numbered gate lines to apply the data voltage to pixels of the panel when a driving mode of the panel is a display driving mode; and a touch IC for generating a touch scan signal and supplying the touch scan signal to the plurality of electrodes of the panel when a driving mode of the panel is a touch driving mode, wherein the gate driver sequentially supplies the gate-on signal to the gate lines, and then simultaneously supplies the gate-on signal to the gate lines, and the data driver supplies the data voltage of the same level to the data lines. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176460 | WRITING DEVICE HAVING LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY PANEL - A writing device includes a writing pen and a light emitting diode display panel. The writing pen emits three different-colored optical signals. The light emitting diode display panel includes a control module and a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes first, second and third light sources, first, second and third light sensing elements, and a touch element. The first to third light sensing elements are configured to receive the three optical signals and generate first, second and third selective signals, respectively. The touch element generates a control signal when touched by the writing pen. According to the three selective signals and the control signal, the control module selectively turns on the first light source, the second light source, and the third light source. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176461 | ACCESSORY FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An accessory comprising
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| 20140176462 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICES - In one of its aspects the technology disclosed herein concerns a haptic feedback device ( | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176463 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARCHERY EQUIPMENT - An apparatus is configured for inclusion in an arrow. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a sensor configured to provide data concerning one or more flight characteristics of the arrow in flight and a communication link coupled to the sensor, the communication link configured to communicate the data to a device external to the arrow. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176464 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Discussed is a display device and a driving method thereof. The driving method includes respectively receiving a plurality of sensing signals from a plurality of touch electrodes formed at a touch panel, determining whether there is a normal touch, by using a size of a touch region defined by the received sensing signals, and when it is determined that there is the normal touch, performing an operation of extracting touch coordinates of the touch region, or when it is determined that there is an abnormal touch, performing an operation of receiving the sensing signals without performing the operation of extracting the touch coordinates. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176465 | TN LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A twisted nematic liquid crystal display device integrated with a touch control function is disclosed. The device includes an array substrate, a color film substrate disposed opposite the array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the color film substrate. The device also includes a common electrode layer disposed on a surface of the color film substrate facing the liquid crystal layer. The common electrode layer includes a plurality of sensing electrodes, a plurality of driving electrodes, and a plurality of dummy electrodes located between the sensing electrodes and the driving electrodes. In addition, the sensing electrodes, the driving electrodes, and the dummy electrodes are insulated from one another. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176466 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - A portable terminal device, comprises: a main body that comprises at least a first surface and a second surface; a display unit that displays display content; a first detection unit that detects, as a first position, a position on the first surface when an object comes into contact with or comes close to the first surface; a second detection unit that detects, as a second position, a position on the second surface when an object comes into contact with or comes close to the second surface; and a display control unit that instructs the display unit to enlarge or reduce the display content based on a detection result obtained by the first detection unit and the second detection unit. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176467 | TOUCHLESS INTERACTION - A portable electronic device comprises means | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176468 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNLOCKING DEVICE HAVING TOUCHSCREEN MONITOR - The present invention provides a method and a system for unlocking a device having a touch screen. The method comprises the steps of: a client of the device obtaining a pattern of a logo from a network side; the client of the device monitoring an input of the touch screen; if the monitored input of the touch screen is matched with the pattern of the logo, the client of the device unlocking the device; and the client of the device obtaining updates of the pattern of the logo from the network side at a predetermined time. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176469 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DIM STATE - A method for controlling a state of a display apparatus includes: controlling a light emitting portion to change a first portion of a display screen of the display apparatus to a first dim area; after changing the first portion to the first dim area, controlling the light emitting portion to change a second portion of the display screen of the display apparatus to a second dim area, the change of the second portion to the second dim area being associated with a termination time of a dim state; and controlling the light emitting portion to change the state of the display apparatus from the dim state to another state according to the termination time of the dim state. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176470 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AVOIDING MISTOUCH ON TOUCH SCREEN - In a method for avoiding mistouch on a touch screen of an electronic device, one or more specified regions on the touch screen is preset to avoid mistouch. In response to receiving a touch signal in the specified regions, the method determines whether a single-touch operation or a multi-touch operation is implemented. When a multi-touch operation is implemented, the touch signal received from the specified regions is ignored, and a response to touch signals received from non-specified region is executed. When a single-touch operation is implemented, a response to the touch signal received from the specified regions is executed. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176471 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPLICATIONS USING EXTERNAL KEYPAD - For a touch-sensitive electronic device with a touch screen, a method allows user operations on a connected peripheral input device such as an external keypad to be mapped to, and activate, keys displayed or inbuilt on the electronic device. Each key of the external keypad is initialized when the external keypad is connected to the electronic device. The user selects an application to be controlled and a coordinate position for each displayed or inbuilt key is associated with the keys of the external keypad. The electronic device receives a sensing signal when a key of the external keypad is pressed, determines a coordinate position of the associated key on the touch screen, and executes an operation of the application accordingly. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176472 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK METHOD, HAPTIC FEEDBACK APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STYLUS - The present invention discloses a haptic feedback method, a haptic feedback apparatus, an electronic device and a stylus The haptic feedback method applicable to an electronic device including a touch input unit includes: when an operation is performed on the touch input unit by an operating object, obtaining a first parameter indicating the type of the operating object; determining a feedback parameter of a force feedback unit at least based on the first parameter, wherein the force feedback unit is arranged on the touch input unit or the operating object; and controlling the force feedback unit based on the feedback parameter to generate and output to a user a feedback force corresponding to the type of the operating object. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176473 | TOUCH PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of electrodes arranged on the substrate for transmitting a plurality of driving signals and generating a plurality of sensing signals according to the plurality of driving signals, and a driving element. The driving element is for driving the plurality of electrodes, wherein the driving element is disabled within a predetermined period following transition of a common voltage of a display panel. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176474 | INTEGRATED HAPTIC CONTROL APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY - The provision of a haptic input with an integrated touch screen input is disclosed. One disclosed embodiment provides a control apparatus for an electronic device. The control apparatus comprises a haptic input mechanism configured to provide haptic feedback responsive to a push input, and an integrated touch sensitive display forming a surface of the haptic input mechanism, wherein the touch sensitive display comprising a touch-sensing mechanism. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176475 | Methods, Systems and Devices for Physical Contact Activated Display and Navigation - Methods, systems and devices are provided for providing user interface navigation of screen display metrics of a device. In one example, a device is configured for capture of activity data for a user. The device includes a housing and a screen disposed on the housing to display a plurality of metrics which include metrics that characterize the activity captured over time. The device further includes a sensor disposed in the housing to capture physical contact upon the housing. A processor is included to process the physical contact to determine if the physical contact qualifies as an input. The processor enables the screen from an off state when the physical contact qualifies as the input. The screen is configured to display one or more of the plurality of metrics in accordance with a scroll order, and a first metric displayed in response to the physical contact that qualifies as the input. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176476 | TERMINAL, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND RECORDABLE MEDIUM FOR THE SAME - A mobile terminal is provided including a touchscreen and a controller. The controller is configured to display, on the touchscreen, a moving picture and a subset of a plurality of key frame pictures for the moving picture. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176477 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An input device includes a display unit which displays data on a screen, a proximity detection unit which detects proximity of a finger to the screen and outputs a proximity detection signal, a manipulation judging unit which discriminates between a valid manipulation and a return manipulation of successive movement manipulations of the finger on the basis of proximity detection signals in accordance with the successive movement manipulations of the proximity detected finger, and a control unit which invalidates proximity detection signals corresponding to the discriminated return manipulation. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176478 | OPERATING DEVICE - An operator control apparatus has an operator control element with haptic feedback. The operator control element has an input area and can be operated by an operator using an input member. The operator control apparatus includes a first and second ferromagnetic areal components and a first and second flat coils that are arranged between the first and second components. The first and second components have their largest areas oriented toward each other and are configured to move relative to each other. The input area is either configured as a part of the first or second component or coupled to the first or second component using a coupling apparatus. The first coil is associated with the first component and the second coil is associated with the second component such that a flow of current through the first and second coils causes the first and second components to move | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140176479 | Video Peeking - A new user interface and display system for a video display device with a touch screen makes it possible to peek at, that is view briefly, a selected video content while watching other content. During a video peek, video from a second video source will be seen to partially displace and temporarily replace a portion of a video presently being viewed. Selection of the other video sources can be controlled, for example, by swiping with one, two, three or four finger tips and by swiping inwardly from any one of the four edges of a video display. Moreover, the video presently being viewed can be interchanged with the video being peeked at. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140184517 | EARLY DRAWING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE TOUCH SCREEN RESPONSE - A touch screen system includes a touch screen that provides touch information in response to a touch event. The touch screen system also includes a rapid response display controller having a reactive interpretation unit that provides an initial display representation of the touch information and a reactive feedback unit that provides the initial display representation to the touch screen for an initial display. The touch screen system further includes a routine response display controller that additionally receives the touch information and provides a final display representation of the touch information to the touch screen for a final display. A method of touch screen display management is also included. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184518 | VARIABLE TOUCH SCREEN SCANNING RATE BASED ON USER PRESENCE DETECTION - Methods and apparatus relating to variable touch screen scanning rate based on user presence detection are described. In one embodiment, the scan rate of a touch screen is modified based on proximity data. The proximity data indicates the proximity of a user to the touch screen. The proximity data is generated by one or more proximity sensors that are communicatively coupled (e.g., via a scan rate control logic) to the touch screen. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184519 | ADAPTING USER INTERFACE BASED ON HANDEDNESS OF USE OF MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - Technologies for adapting a user interface of a mobile computing device includes determining the handedness of use of the mobile computing device by the user and adapting the operation of the user interface based on the determined handedness of use. The handedness of use of the mobile computing device may be determined based on sensor signals and/or user interaction models. For example, the operation of the user interface may be adapted or modified based on whether the user is holding or operating the mobile computing device in his/her left hand or right hand, placement of the user's fingers on the mobile computing device, and/or the like. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184520 | Remote Touch with Visual Feedback - An electronic device ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184521 | INTEGRATED CAMERA LENS AND TOUCH SCREEN COVER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Particular embodiments described herein provide a touch screen assembly for an electronic device, such as a laptop, notebook or tablet, having a camera module. The touch screen assembly includes a touch screen cover having a touch sensor layer extending across a portion of a surface of the touch screen cover, and a camera lens element integrated with the touch screen cover. The camera lens element is configured to be held at a predetermined distance with respect to the camera module of the electronic device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184522 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY PANEL - A touch-sensitive display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer, a counter electrode layer and an active device matrix. The active device matrix includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of active devices. When the touch-sensitive display panel is touched, touch positions are recognized by detecting variations in a first RC time constant and a second RC time constant, the first RC time constant varies according to variations in a coupling capacitance formed between at least part of the scan lines being touched and the counter electrode layer, and the second RC time constant varies according to variations in a coupling capacitance formed between at least part of the data lines being touched and the counter electrode layer. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184523 | LOW SWING VOLTAGE MODE DRIVER - An output driver includes control logic configured to switch on a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit to provide an output impedance for a logic low on a transmission line. The output driver includes a variable pull-up resistor. The control logic is configured to switch on the pull-up circuit to a first value of impedance to drive a logic high on the transmission line. The control logic is configured to switch on the pull-up circuit to a second value of impedance and to switch on the pull-down circuit to provide the output impedance to drive a logic low on the transmission line. The system could alternatively be configured for the inverse to switch on a combination of pull-up and pull-down circuits for a logic high, where the pull-down circuit is switched on for a logic low. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184524 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL CONTROL OF A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING SYSTEM - A non-transitory computer readable medium may comprise instructions configured to display a virtual joystick, a virtual control pad, or a combination thereof and to derive control data based on a manipulation of the virtual joystick, the virtual control pad, or the combination thereof. The instructions may be further configured to communicate the control data to control a component of a non-destructive testing (NDT) device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184525 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a first transparent substrate; a bezel portion formed on one surface of the first transparent substrate; and an electrode portion formed on the other surface of the first transparent substrate, wherein the bezel portion and the electrode portion are formed by exposing/developing a silver salt emulsion layer. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184526 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DUAL DISPLAY - Disclosed is a dual display apparatus to display first and second display screens. The dual display apparatus includes a display unit to display the first and second display screens, and an input unit to receive a first or second multi-touch gesture signal. The first multi-touch gesture signal includes pinch-in signals to expand content displayed in the first display screen, and the second multi-touch gesture signal includes a sliding touch to expand the first display screen or to change the first display screen to the entire display screen. The dual display apparatus further includes a screen adjustment module to expand content displayed in the first display screen in response to the first multi-touch gesture signal, and to display the expanded first display screen or the changed entire display screen in response to the second multi-touch gesture signal. The first and second multi-touch gesture signals are input in succession via a touch. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184527 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a capacitive touch panel having a single layer electrode structure capable of securing uniformity of capacitance distribution by decreasing capacitive coupling which may be caused by a generation of undesirable parasitic capacitance between short-range electric field lines by a sensing electrode and a ground electrode adjacent to the sensing electrode employing a mutually inclined concave and convex part toward the sensing electrode and by the sensing electrode and an adjacent driving electrode having a interdigit structure formed in the same method, in a mutual capacitive type touch panel that configures together the driving electrode and the sensing electrode on a single electrode layer having a matrix structure in which a plurality of electrodes are arranged to be intersected with each other on a base substrate. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184528 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING GESTURE - The method for identifying a gesture on a touch panel has steps of receiving position information of at least three touch objects; determining whether the position information of any one of the at least three touch objects has been changed; if the position information of any one of the at least three touch objects has been changed, calculating a first sum of distances between the at least three touch objects before moving, then calculating a second sum of distances between the at least three touch objects after moving, and calculating a variation between the first sum and the second sum; and determining whether the variation exceeds a default value, and if the variation exceeds a default value, a first gesture is identified. The first gesture is identified as a grab gesture or a spread gesture based on whether the variation is positive or negative. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184529 | IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD OF TOUCH DISPLAY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image capturing method of a touch display module is disclosed. The image capturing method includes the steps of defining a first axial; defining a second axial which is perpendicular to the first axial; detecting a motion track on the touch display module, wherein the motion track includes at least an angle or a curve; calculating a first length which is the length of the motion track projecting to the first axial; calculating a second length which is the length of the motion track projecting to the second axial; and capturing a selecting range according to the first length and the second length. This invention also discloses an electronic device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184530 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL - There is disclosed a method of controlling a mobile terminal including steps of implementing a first application; implementing a second application during the implementation of the first application; and overlay-displaying by displaying a screen of the second application or the first application on a screen of the other, wherein a screen of the front application has implementable input and output function in a semitransparent state, and a screen of the rear application has a restricted input function and an implementable output function. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184531 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - According to one embodiment, an electronic device, includes a display controller and a drawing module. A display controller can display first content by one of a first image with a first gradation and a second image with a second gradation lower than the first gradation on a screen. The drawing module can draw a locus input by handwriting on a screen. The display controller displays the first content by the second image when the locus is drawn by the drawing module on the first content. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184532 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display system includes a stylus pen and a touch screen module. The touch screen module includes a touch screen. A control method of the display system includes activating a command input mode of the display system by the stylus pen. An input command from the stylus pen to the touch screen is received by the touch screen after the command input mode is activated. Performer a corresponding operation corresponding to the input command on the touch screen according to which command among a plurality of predetermined commands of the display system to which the input command corresponds. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184533 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SENSOR - A liquid crystal display integrated with a touch sensor includes a first substrate including pixels connected to gate wires and data wires, a second substrate positioned to face the first substrate, a plurality of common electrodes corresponding to the pixels, a plurality of sensing electrodes on the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, a gate drive unit driven corresponding to a gate control signal and configured to supply a gate signal to the pixels through the gate wires, a common electrode drive unit configured to supply a touch driving signal to the common electrodes during a touch driving period, and a control unit configured to supply a gate control signal synchronized with the touch driving signal to the gate drive unit. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184534 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND A METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Discussed is a display device with integrated touch screen and a method of driving the same. The display device includes a panel including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes, a touch IC, and a display driver IC. The touch IC generates a first driving pulse, and determines whether there is a touch using a plurality of sensing signals generated by the sensing electrodes. When the panel operates a touch driving mode, the display driver IC generates a second driving pulse with the first driving pulse to apply the second driving pulse to the driving electrodes and receives the sensing signals from the respective sensing electrodes to transfer the sensing signals to the touch IC. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184535 | Method for Displaying Children Components in a Display that Operates at Different Screen Parameters and Orientations - A method for controlling a display in a data processing system is disclosed. The method includes providing a layout file that includes a description of a parent panel and a plurality of children elements. A parent display specification in the layout file includes a specification for a plurality of different sub-view displays. Each sub-view display includes a different sub-set of the children elements and occupies a region on the display corresponding to the parent panel. A runtime system interprets the parent display specification and automatically generates the sub-view displays. A control element enables a user to signal the system to replace the current sub-view display with one of the other sub-view displays. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184536 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DETECTING METHOD THEREFOR - A touch panel, which includes a plurality of signal input ends and a plurality of signal output ends, where the touch panel further includes at least one signal detecting unit which includes: a signal inputting unit, a preamplifier, and a signal separating unit; where the signal inputting unit is configured to input driving signals respectively having n frequencies, where n is an integer not less than 2; the preamplifier is configured to acquire the output signals outputted from the touch panel, and amplify and output the signals to the signal separating unit; the signal separating unit, which includes n band-pass filters, is configured to separate the signals respectively having n frequencies. In the touch panels according to embodiments of the present invention, the blind zone of the touch panel can be decreased or even eliminated, thus enlarging the detectable region and greatly improving the detection sensitivity of the touch panel. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184537 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND TOUCH CONTROL PROCESSING METHOD - A touch control device comprises a touchpad, a display unit and a processing unit. The touchpad detects a touch gesture and generates information corresponding to the touch gesture. The processing unit includes a page display module, a gesture processing engine, a gestures determining module and a control module. The gesture processing engine determines whether the information corresponding to the touch gesture includes the information of at least three fingers touch the touchpad. The gestures determining module determines whether the touchpad detects a scrolling gesture made by one of the fingers when the information corresponding to the touch gesture includes the information of at least three fingers touch the touchpad. The control module scrolls the page or image displayed on the display unit according to the scrolling gesture when the touchpad detects the scrolling gesture made by at least one of the fingers. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184538 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - A display apparatus includes a display unit configured to display a target item, a sensor unit configured to detect a commanding medium which is placed close to the display unit, and a proximity manipulation determination unit configured to judge a target item that corresponds to a closed figure formed by a movement locus of the commanding medium detected by the sensor unit, and determines whether a prescribed manipulation is performed for the target item. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184539 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a display device with integrated touch screen. The display device includes a panel configured to include a plurality of electrodes divided into n groups; and a display driver IC configured to, apply a common voltage to the electrodes during a display driving mode of a first frame, apply a touch scan signal to a first group and a first adjacent electrode unit included in a second group during a touch driving mode of the first frame, apply the common voltage to the electrodes during the display driving mode of a second frame, and apply the touch scan signal to the second group and a second adjacent electrode unit included in the first group adjacent to the second group during the touch driving mode of the second frame. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184540 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - An operation input device includes touch panel, depression time detecting portion, input determination portion, display control portion, sound control portion, vibration portion, and vibration control portion. Touch panel outputs a depression signal according to a depression time when an input region is depressed. The depression time detecting portion detects the depression time based upon the depression signal from the touch panel. Input determination portion determines input content according to the depression time detected by the depression time detecting portion. Display control portion outputs visual information, which corresponds to the input content determined by input determination portion, to a display portion of the touch panel. Sound control portion outputs sound corresponding to the input content determined by input determination portion. Vibration portion transmits vibration to touch panel. Vibration control portion vibrates touch panel by vibration portion according to a vibration pattern corresponding to the input content determined by input determination portion. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184541 | Processing Apparatus of Optical Touch System and Operating Method Thereof - An operating method of an optical touch system is provided. The method includes the following steps of: performing at least one test sensing step for obtaining a luminance characteristic value until the luminance characteristic value is smaller than a first threshold value, the test sensing period of each test sensing step is shorter than the period of the previous test sensing step; performing at least one subsequent sensing step based on the test sensing period of the last test sensing step for obtaining a subsequent image; calculating a sensing image based on the at least one subsequent image; and performing a position determining step of each object shown on the sensing image. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184542 | ELECTRONICE DEVICE, HANDWRITING INPUT RECOGNITION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING HANDWRITTEN INPUT THEREOF - A handwriting input recognizing method comprises following steps. Recognize an initial touch point of a touch. Determine an input region associated with the initial touch point. Display the input region. Recognize and display a handwritten input in the input region. Determine whether there is a handwritten input reaches the boundary of the input region. If yes, recognize and display the letters associated with the handwritten input and determine whether the input region receives another handwritten input during a predefined time duration. If yes, determine the sting of letters associated with the handwritten input is a first portion of a complete word, and the sting of letters associated with the another handwritten input is a last portion of the complete word. Combine the first portion and the last portion into a complete word. display letters of the first portion and the last portion in a substantially same size. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184543 | IN-CELL TYPE TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An in-cell type touch display device includes a panel including a plurality of electrodes, a display driver integrated circuit (IC) and a switching part, the plurality of electrodes being divided into a plurality of groups; and a touch IC generating a touch scan signal and applying the touch scan signal into the switching part, wherein the display driver IC generates a common voltage and applies the common voltage into the switching part, and wherein the switching part applies the common voltage into the plurality of electrodes or sequentially applies the touch scan signal into the electrodes in the plurality of groups according to a driving mode of the panel. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184544 | MOBILE TERMINAL, MESSAGE TRANSCEIVING SERVER AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transceive messages with at least one counterpart terminal; a touchscreen configured to display the messages transceived with the at least one counterpart terminal in a transceived order; and a controller configured to receive a selection of a first message displayed at a first position among the messages transceived with the least one counterpart terminal, move the selected first message to a new position on the touchscreen such that the transceived messages are displayed in a non-transceived order, and transmit a message rearrangement command to the at least one other counterpart terminal for rearranging messages displayed on the at least one other counterpart terminal in the non-transceived order. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184545 | TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - A touch panel device includes a touch panel, a first displacement section, and a second displacement section. The first displacement section is in contact with a reserve surface of the touch panel and displaces the touch panel in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the touch panel based on a first drive signal. The second displacement section is in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel at a location close to a location where the first displacement section is in contact with the reverse surface of the touch panel and displaces the touch panel in the direction perpendicular to a plane of the touch panel based on a second drive signal. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184546 | Tool and Method for Emulating Flat-Tip Brush - A method of emulating a flat tip brush, said method comprising (a) at a given time, identifying first and second points of contact on a touch sensitive surface; (b) interpolating a line between the first and second points, the line having line data comprising at least a length and an angle relative to the screen; (c) recording the first and second points and the line data; (d) reiterating steps (a)-(c) for at least one subsequent time to determine a plurality of the first points and a plurality of the second points and a plurality of the lines; and (e) displaying on a display screen an image defined by the first points, by the second points and/or by the lines between the first and second points. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184547 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, information processor includes touch panel, display, and transmitter. The touch panel corresponds to each of plurality of display areas and is capable of detecting operation by touch operation with respect to the display areas. A first display screen of external display device is split as the display areas. The display includes a second display screen displaying a plurality of operating area images that make operating areas corresponding to the respective display areas identifiable on the touch panel . The touch panel is arranged on second display screen side. The transmitter transmits, upon detection of the operation by which changing size of at least one of the operating areas is instructed, a change instruction by which changing size of at least one of the display areas corresponding to the at least one of the operating areas having the changed size is instructed, to the external display device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184548 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, COORDINATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COORDINATE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COORDINATE PROCESSING METHOD - A following coordinate which follows an input coordinate late is calculated. Then, an inference moving amount is calculated on the basis of a moving amount of an input coordinate, and an inference moving direction is calculated on the basis of a moving direction of the following coordinate. An inference movement vector is set on the basis of the inference moving amount and inference moving direction calculated thus. The following coordinate has low correlation with an actual moving amount of a linger of an operator, and the moving direction of the input coordinate has low correlation with an actual moving direction of the finger of the operator due to fluctuation of the input coordinate. Thus, the inference movement vector which is set as described above more accurately reflects the actual moving amount and moving direction of the finger of the operator. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184549 | Method of Defining Software Functions on an Electronic Device Having Biometric Detection - A method of defining software functions on an electronic device having biometric detection includes selecting an interactive function and providing touch input as a setting, the provided touch input comprising providing at least one fingerprint and performing a gesture on a fingerprint sensor of the electronic device. The method also includes saving the setting corresponding to the selected interactive function in a database of the electronic device. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184550 | System and Method for Using Eye Gaze Information to Enhance Interactions - A system and method are provided for enhancing inputs or interactions. The method comprises correlating gaze information for a subject to information corresponding to an environment; and providing an enhancement to an input or interaction between the subject and the environment. A system and method are also provided for enabling enhanced inputs or interactions with objects in an environment. The method comprises correlating gaze information for a subject to a registration input corresponding to an object in the environment; and registering a position of the object in the environment using the gaze information. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140184551 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An input device includes a touch panel which detects proximity or contact of a detection target, a coordinates extraction unit which extracts coordinates information including at least a z coordinate, in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the touch panel, of the proximity or contact-detected detection target, and a control unit which determines a contact threshold value for detection of contact of the detection target to the touch panel on the basis of coordinates information of the detection target extracted with an initial manipulation on the surface of the touch panel. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140191976 | Location Based Augmentation For Story Reading - Various embodiments provide an interactive, shared, story-reading experience in which stories can be experienced from remote locations. Various embodiments enable augmentation or modification of audio and/or video associated with the story-reading experience. This can include augmentation and modification of a reader's voice, face, and/or other content associated with the story as the story is read. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191977 | TOUCHPAD OPERATIONAL MODE - A method can include receiving an initiation command to initiate an operational mode of a touchpad; responsive to the initiation command, initiating the operational mode and rendering a graphic to a display (e.g., where the graphic includes a touchpad field and a control field); receiving input via the touchpad and mapping the input to the graphic; receiving additional input and associating the additional input with a control of the graphic; and executing the control of the control field of the graphic (e.g., to perform an action that acts upon the input mapped to the graphic). Various other devices, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191978 | BORDERLESS TOUCH PANEL DESIGN - A borderless touchscreen panel includes a first conductive layer having rows of capacitive sensors and receiving traces, and a second conductive layer having columns of sensor bars and transmitting traces. The capacitive sensors are coupled to control circuitry via the receiving traces, and the sensor bars are coupled to the control circuitry via the transmitting traces. Peripheral sensor bars are disposed over the receiving traces such that the receiving traces can be routed within an active portion of the borderless touchscreen panel without obstructing its touch-detection capabilities. Furthermore, the receiving traces are comprised of a transparent material such as indium tin oxide, and therefore do not obstruct the display capabilities of the active portion. Thus, there is no need for an inactive border region since the receiving traces are disposed within the active portion without obstructing either the touch-detection or display capabilities of the borderless touchscreen panel. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191979 | Operating System Signals to Applications Responsive to Double-Tapping - A mobile device can execute an operating system that presents icons on a touchscreen. The mobile device can detect a single-tap or a double-tap made by the user relative to an icon. In response to a single-tap relative to an icon, the operating system can send a first type of signal to an application. In response to a double-tap relative to the icon, the operating system can send a second type of signal to the application. The application can react to the receipt of the first type of signal in a manner that is different from the manner in which the application reacts to the receipt of the second type of signal. In response to first type of signal, the application can present an item list. In response to the second type of signal, the application can enable new item creation. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191980 | SYSTEM FOR REUSE OF TOUCH PANEL AND CONTROLLER BY A SECONDARY DISPLAY - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling a display device that includes a first display, a touch screen disposed on the first display and a second display. In one aspect, the first display may be disposed on a first side of the display device (e.g., the front side) and the second display may be disposed on a second side of the display device (e.g., the back side). The second display may consume less power than the first display. Even when the first display is switched off, a control system may be configured to control the second display in response to input received from the touch screen disposed on the first display. The control system may be further configured to control the first display in response to input received from the touch screen when the first display is switched on or when the second display is not in use. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191981 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISPLAY CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION ON A HANDHELD DEVICE HAVING A SECONDARY AMBIENT DISPLAY - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for controlling a display device that includes a first display and a second display. In one aspect, one or more sets of content may be generated or provided by one or more applications. Content may be prioritized within the sets of content or among the sets of content or both. Information pertaining to at least a portion of at least one of the sets of content generated or provided by at least one of the applications may be rendered to one or more of a plurality of regions of the second display according to a result of the prioritizing such that each of the at least one of the applications or content types associated therewith is mapped to a different one of the plurality of regions of the second display. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191982 | Mobile Device, Control Apparatus and Control Method of Controlling a Remote Device via A Touch Screen Mobile Device - The invention provides a method of controlling a remote device via a mobile device, and provides corresponding control unit and mobile device. The method includes: displaying a control page of a number of controllers on the touch screen while the mobile device switching from hibernate state to working state, and the interface of control page is in front of the lock screen of the touch screen mobile device; and sending a corresponding control command to a remote device according to the control mode of the controller, while a user simulating the operation of one of the controllers. By implementing the invention, when a mobile device switches from hibernate state to working state, a control page of a number of controllers is displayed in the touch screen and above the lock screen. As such, the user can directly simulate the controllers to control the remote device. The user does not need to unlock the mobile device, therefore, the user's real time needs are meet. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191983 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a touchscreen configured to receive an input of a first touch gesture and a second touch gesture; a memory configured to store a discrimination value for determining if the first or second touch gesture is by a touch pen; and a controller configured to compare an attribute of the first touch gesture with the discrimination value, receive the first touch gesture as being from the touch pen when the attribute of the first touch gesture is within a predetermined value or range of the discrimination value, and execute an operation corresponding to the touch pen based on the first touch gesture being received as the touch pen. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191984 | DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH CONCURRENT MULT-MODE CONTROL MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A display system includes: a user interface configured to detect a finger movement for detecting a finger movement on a trackpad; and a control unit, coupled to the user interface, configured to process a control for both a directional mode and a coordinate mode based only on the finger movement for controlling a device. The display system also includes a communication unit configured to receive a control for both a directional mode and a coordinate mode based only on a finger movement; and a control unit, coupled to the communication unit, configured to extract a directional command, a positional command, or a combination thereof from the control for controlling a device. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191985 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and a device for controlling an electronic device having a touch screen are provided. The present method includes displaying a plurality of first type sub-images on the touch screen at an original angle when the electronic device is in a first state, where the first type sub-images constitute a first operation screen of the first state. The present method also includes detecting a sliding operation performed on the touch screen and flipping at least one of the first type sub-images according to the sliding operation. The present method further includes when the sliding operation corresponds to a specific gesture, flipping all the first type sub-images to a maximum angle to display a second operation screen of a second state of the electronic device and switching the electronic device from the first state to the second state. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191986 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A TERMINAL USING A DOUBLE TOUCH GESTURE AND TERMINAL THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with at least one other terminal; a touch screen display; and a controller configured to select an object displayed on the touch screen display based on a first touch gesture input with respect to the object, perform a second touch gesture a predetermined time after the first touch gesture, in which the second touch gesture has a dragging direction, and perform a first preset function based on the second touch gesture having a first dragging direction and perform a second preset function based on the second touch gesture having a second direction different than the first direction. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191987 | DATA TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DISPLAY AND TOUCH DATA AND COMPUTER SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME - A data transmission device for transmitting display and touch data used in a computer system having a touch display device is provided. The touch display device has a display panel and a touch panel. The data transmission device comprises a display panel data storage module for storing display default data, a touch control module for generating at least one touch signal according to at least one touch action on the touch panel, a display panel signal transmission interface and a signal transmission module. The signal transmission module retrieves the display panel setting data through at least one specific pin of the display panel signal transmission interface in a display panel initialization time, and receives the touch signal through the same specific pin after the display panel initialization time. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191988 | TAP ZONES FOR NEAR FIELD COUPLING DEVICES - Described herein are techniques related to near field coupling and more particularly using near field coupling related taps to indicate user selections on input/output devices. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191989 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Electronic apparatus ( | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191990 | TOUCH PAD FOR HANDHELD DEVICE - A touch pad system is disclosed. The system includes mapping the touch pad into native sensor coordinates. The system also includes producing native values of the native sensor coordinates when events occur on the touch pad. The system further includes filtering the native values of the native sensor coordinates based on the type of events that occur on the touch pad. The system additionally includes generating a control signal based on the native values of the native sensor coordinates when a desired event occurs on the touch pad. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191991 | RESPONDING TO A TOUCH INPUT - Disclosed are systems and methods for responding to a touch input at a user computing device such as a mobile phone, smart phone, tablet, PC or other device. In one aspect, such systems and methods are performed on an electronic device including a touch-input system, a first processor, and a second processor distinct from the first processor. Disclosed systems and methods include, while the first processor is in a sleep mode, receiving, by the second processor from the touch-input system, information associated with a touch, the information including a location of the touch on a screen of the touch-input system and, based, at least in part, on the location of the touch, either ignoring the touch or waking the first processor. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191992 | TOUCH INPUT METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM BY USING VIRTUAL KEYS - A touch input method, system, and readable recording medium of an electronic device. The electronic device has a touch screen. The touch input system contains a processing unit, a database group, a touch-area calculating module, a plurality of touch-area variation analysis modules, and a control module. The method contains steps of: calculating, when a first character graphic key displayed on the touch screen is touched, touch-area data so that a first character corresponding to the first character graphic key is inputted into the electronic device; and acquiring, when the touch-area data is varied, a shift amount and a shift direction of the touch-area data, wherein a second character corresponding to a second character graphic key which is located beside the first character graphic key is inputted into the electronic device when the shift amount reaches a threshold value. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191993 | GESTURE BASED DOCUMENT EDITOR - A method for editing objects on a device comprising forming a first path on a touch screen with a pointing device. The first path at least partially encloses an object. The at least partially enclosed object is automatically selected. A second path is formed at a predetermined area on the touch screen with the pointing device. The second path activates an editing operation. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191994 | TOUCH EVENT PROCESSING METHOD AND PORTABLE DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A touch event processing method and a portable device implementing the same is provided for protecting a touch event occurring on a touch screen from hacking. Touch coordinates from a touch panel are first provided to the first operating system. It is then determined whether a function corresponding to the touch coordinates is to execute a security application. If so, a touch event processing right handover message is transmitted from the first operating system to the second, to hand over a right of processing a touch event that occurs on the touch panel to the second operating system. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191995 | Touch Identification for Multi-Touch Technology - A first plurality of contact locations may be determined in view of a first scan of a touch-sensing surface and a second plurality of contact locations may be determined in view of a second scan of the touch-sensing surface. A number of total contact locations may be identified in view of the first plurality of contact locations and the second plurality of contact locations. Furthermore, a first correlation process may be performed when the number of total contact locations satisfies a threshold number and a second correlation process may be performed when the number of total contact locations does not satisfy the threshold number. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191996 | TOUCHPAD, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOUCHPAD - A touchpad including a proximity detector configured to generate a proximity event by detecting whether an object is close to a touch surface, a coordinate recognizer configured to select one from among a relative coordinate mapping mode and an absolute coordinate mapping mode based on the proximity event and to predict coordinates of a touch point to be touched by the object, using the selected coordinate mapping mode, and a controller configured to control output of information about the predicted coordinates, is disclosed. If an object is close to a touch surface of a touchpad, it is predicted that a user desires to select a target. In this case, interaction with the user may be reduced by predicting and displaying a location to be touched by the object based on proximity of the object. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191997 | METHOD AND LOCALIZED HAPTIC RESPONSE SYSTEM PROVIDED ON AN INTERIOR-FACING SURFACE OF A HOUSING OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A housing for an electronic device allows a haptic feedback response that is localized to a specific area on a back panel of the housing of the electronic device. For example, a user holding the mobile electronic device may directly receive haptic feedback in his/her fingers that are supporting the back side of the mobile electronic device. Those specific areas on the back panel may be locations where the panel material is thinned, or locations where the panel material has been removed and replaced by a suitably selected membrane material having favorable mechanical properties. The membrane material may be introduced as an embossment of a membrane layer. In addition, a force-sensing resistor type material may be used as a replacement material, so as to sense the pressure of a user's finger pressing on the embossed structure at the specific locations to which EMP actuators are bonded. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191998 | NON-CONTACT CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A control method of an electronic apparatus includes the following steps: generating a plurality of detection signals to a non-contact object around the electronic apparatus; receiving a plurality of reflected signals reflected from the non-contact object in response to the detection signals, and accordingly generating a plurality of detection results; performing arithmetic operations upon the detection results to calculate motion information of the non-contact object around the electronic apparatus; recognizing a non-contact gesture corresponding to the non-contact object according to the motion information; and enabling the electronic apparatus to perform a specific function according to the non-contact gesture. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140191999 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a method of controlling thereof includes a main body, a display unit configured to be combined with the main body to pivot to be opened and closed and having a touch panel and a display panel, a sensor configured to sense a closed state of the display unit with respect to the main body, and a controller configured to, if the display unit is changed from an opened state to the closed state, stop an operation of the touch panel and then stop an operation of the display panel. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192000 | DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING ELECTROPHORETIC TOUCH PANEL - A display system includes a display panel and an electrophoretic touch panel. The electrophoretic touch panel is optionally coupled to or separated from the display panel. When the electrophoretic touch panel is coupled to the display panel, the electrophoretic touch panel displays an input interface for inputting a signal to the display panel. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192001 | TOUCH PAD WITH SYMBOLS BASED ON MODE - A multifunctional handheld device capable of operating in different modes includes a single input arrangement that provides inputs for each mode of the multifunctional handheld device. The single input arrangement includes at least an input pad that provides signals when touched or pressed. The input pad may for example be a touch pad. The input pad is divided into one or more input areas that change in accordance with the current mode of the multifunctional handheld device. The multifunctional handheld device also includes a display device that presents graphical elements to indicate the configuration of the input areas at the input pad. Each mode of the multifunctional handheld device provides a different configuration of input areas and graphical elements associated therewith. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192002 | BACKLIGHT AND AMBIENT LIGHT SENSOR SYSTEM - Apparatuses and methods to operate a display device of an electronic device. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a user setting or input of a display control parameter, and causing or altering, based on the user setting or input, an effect of an ambient light sensor value (ALS) on control of the display control parameter. The user input may be an unlock of a touch screen input capability of the display device, and a wake of the display device from inactivity dim. Also, according to embodiments of the inventions, a method of operating a display of an electronic device includes receiving a change to one of a display brightness output level and an ambient light sensor output level, and altering, according to the change, a display brightness or contrast output level. Other apparatuses and methods and data processing systems and machine readable media are also described. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192003 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and method for controlling the display device are discussed. In one embodiment, the display device includes a display unit configured to display an object; a tactile feedback unit configured to generate tactile feedback; and a controller configured to: assign first tactile feedback to a first region corresponding to a first object and second feedback to a second region corresponding to a second object; detect a first control input in the first region corresponding to the first object, the first control input controlling the first object displayed on the display unit; generate the first tactile feedback according to properties of the first object; and maintain the first tactile feedback when the first control input is moving from the first region to the second region corresponding to the second object while the first object is controlled by the first control input. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192004 | RESIZING SELECTION ZONES ON A TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY RESPONSIVE TO LIKELIHOOD OF SELECTION - An electronic device is disclosed for use with a touch-sensitive display. The electronic device includes a processor that displays indicia on the touch-sensitive display that can be touch selected by a user, and defines a size and location of a plurality of selection zones on the touch-sensitive display that are each associated with different ones of the indicia. The processor identifies a first one of the selection zones that has been selected by the user on the touch-sensitive display, and outputs a first one of the indicia that is associated with the first selection zone. The processor changes the size of a second one of the selection zones in response to it being associated with a second one of the indicia that is more likely to be selected next following selection of the first selection zone associated with the first indicia than at least another one of the selection zones. Related methods of operating an electronic device are disclosed. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140192005 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING TACTILE SENSATION AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The tactile sense presentation device comprises: a plurality of first electrodes covered with an insulating film and arranged on a same plane; a plurality of second electrodes arranged on the plane with tops exposed to outside; and a control unit performing a first operation in parallel with a second operation, wherein the first operation is for applying temporally changing first voltages to a part of the plurality of first electrodes to generate electric fields which are changed by the part of the plurality of first electrodes, and the second operation is for applying temporally changing first electric currents to a part of the plurality of second electrodes to cause the electric currents to flow from the part of the plurality of second electrodes to second electrodes which are different from the part of the plurality of second electrodes via electric conductors. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140198051 | Apparatus and Method Pertaining to the Stylus-Initiated Opening of an Application - A particular application is pre-associated with the detection of a predetermined stylus action that occurs while a given electronic device is in a standby mode of operation. Upon then detecting that predetermined stylus action these teachings provide for responsively opening that particular application. By one approach this opening of the particular application occurs in conjunction with switching the electronic device from the standby mode of operation to the active mode of operation. The pre-association can be based, at least in part, upon an automatic association based upon identifying the most-used application for the electronic device. As another example, the pre-association can be based, at least in part, upon a specific user-based selection. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198052 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TOUCH DETECTION ON A DISPLAY PANEL - Discussed herein is an information processing apparatus that detects a touch input at a touch panel disposed on or formed integrally with a display panel, performs sampling of the detected touch position and utilizes a predictive filter to estimate the coordinates of the touch position. The apparatus comprises a controller that actuates the predictive filter based on the application being executed and updates the display panel with the estimated coordinates when a predetermined condition is satisfied. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198053 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR SENSING TOUCH ON TOUCH PANEL - A method for sensing touch on a touch panel including a plurality of drive lines and a plurality of sensing lines, wherein the drive lines and the sensing lines cross each other, the method including: applying parallelly sensing signals having mutually different frequencies to at least two out of a plurality of the drive lines; and separating only a signal having a specific frequency from signals outputted from the sensing line. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198054 | SCREEN FREEZING FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device comprises a touchscreen and a processing system. The touchscreen is configured to display a graphical user interface. The processing system is configured to receive a freeze command from a user of the wireless communication device and, responsive to the freeze command, hold at least a portion of the touchscreen in a frozen state, direct the touchscreen to display a status notification indicating that the at least the portion of the touchscreen is in the frozen state, and unfreeze the at least the portion of the touchscreen responsive to an unfreeze event. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198055 | ENHANCED DISPLAY OF INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS IN A BROWSER - A method, system and electronic device are provided for processing touch inputs on a touchscreen display. A starting touch input is detected on a document displayed at an initial scale on the touchscreen. If the starting touch input is within a disambiguation region for a number of interactive elements in the document, while contact is maintained on the display a further view of the document at an enlarged scale is displayed showing the area of the touch input. When an ending touch input is detected, one interactive element may be selected according to the location of the ending touch input, and an interaction function, such as requesting a resource hyperlinked by the selected interactive element, is automatically initiated. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198056 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE THEREOF - A computing device-implemented method and the computing device thereof are provided. A center area and an outer area of the picture displayed on the touch-sensitive screen are defined. An image processing operation, such as zooming in, zooming out, or movement on the picture displayed on the touch-sensitive screen is performed based on the relationship of the initial location and the orientation of the sliding motion, and the center area and the outer area of the picture. Therefore, basic picture operations can be carried out by a single finger possibly while holding the device with the same palm to improve usability and to user safety. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198057 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ADAPTIVE EDGE-TO-EDGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES - An apparatus and method for adjusting a display of a portable electronic device having a display unit are provided. The method includes detecting a user's touch of the portable electronic device, determining touch information including at least one of a location and an area of the user's touch on the display unit, determining whether the user's touch is a touch input for executing an operation on the portable electronic device or a user's gripping of the portable electronic device according to the touch information, and adjusting the displaying of a User Interface (UI) according to the user's gripping of the portable electronic device, wherein an entirety of an outward facing surface of the display unit is touch-enabled so as to receive a touch input of a user at any point of the outward facing surface. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198058 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND GESTURE-DETECTION - A method includes utilizing transmitters and receivers, performing detection of objects spaced from an electronic device, when an object that is spaced from the electronic device is detected, continuing performing detection of objects, when no object is detected, discontinuing performing detection of objects, and utilizing touch sensors of the touch-sensitive display, performing touch detection. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198059 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND GESTURE-DETECTION - A method includes utilizing transmitters and receivers in an electronic device to detect at least one object spaced from a touch-sensitive display of the electronic device, determining first signal values utilizing touch sensors of the touch-sensitive display to obtain baseline noise values when no touch is detected and the transmitters are transmitting, and when a touch is detected, applying the baseline noise values to second signal values to reduce the effect of noise when identifying the touch location. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198060 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus including a display panel, a touch panel, a transparent conductive layer, and a conductive adhesive layer is provided. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel, and includes a cover lens, a touch device, and a shielding conductive ring. The touch device is disposed on the cover lens and located between the display panel and the cover lens. The shielding conductive ring is disposed on the cover lens and located between the display panel and the cover lens. The shielding conductive ring surrounds the touch device. The transparent conductive layer is disposed on the display panel and located between the display panel and the touch panel. The conductive adhesive layer is disposed between the display panel and the touch panel. The shielding conductive ring is electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer through the conductive adhesive layer. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198061 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR UNLOCKING TOUCH SCREEN OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method for unlocking a touch screen of an electronic device, an unlocking interface is displayed on the touch screen. The unlocking interface includes a question input box that reminds a user of the electronic device to input a correct answer to the question input box. The method receives an answer from the question input box inputted by the user, and unlocks the touch screen if the inputted answer is correct. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198062 | Input Element for Operating a Touch-Screen - There is described an input element for operating a touch-screen, said input element comprising an electrically conductive layer which is applied to an electrically non-conductive substrate. The electrically conductive layer is structured and has at least one button, conductor track and/or electrode, wherein at least one electrode and/or conductor track is operatively connected to the touch-screen. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198063 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing device includes a processor that executes a procedure. The procedure includes: (a) detecting contact with an operation face and outputting contact position data expressing a contact position at the operation face; (b) predicting a contact operation based on a number of contact positions identified based on the contact position data output at (a) prior to the contact operation to the operation face being identified based on a time series of the contact positions expressed by the contact position data output at (a); and (c) executing processing according to the contact operation predicted at (b). | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198064 | TOUCH SENSITIVITY CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - An apparatus and a method for controlling touch sensitivity according to hydroplaning of a touch screen in an electronic device are provided. The method includes estimating whether a water film is generated on a surface of a touch screen in consideration of at least one of position information, humidity, and a temperature change of the electronic device and adjusting touch detection sensitivity of the touch screen when it is estimated that the water film is generated on the surface of the touch screen. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198065 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display control device including a display control unit that displays a decoration image on a display unit, the decoration image being different from images used for operation, a detection unit that detects a user's touch operation made on the display unit, and a processing unit that executes a process associated with the touch operation involving a predetermined trajectory. When the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory is detected while the decoration image is displayed, the display control unit displays a feedback image that is made up of the decoration image and indicates that the touch operation involving the predetermined trajectory has been detected. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198066 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - To shield the noise generated due to deformation or the like of the conductive frame. The touch panel includes: a detection region which generates detection signals according to a contact position of a conductor; a plurality of detection electrodes which output detection signals generated in the detection region; a conductive frame which covers above the outer side of the detection region and above the detection electrode; and shield electrodes formed on the outer side of the detection region on the CF substrate and between each of the plurality of detection electrodes, to which shield signals for shielding the electric influence on the detection region and the detection electrodes are supplied. Further, the distance between the shield electrodes and the detection region is shorter than distance between the conductive frame and the detection region. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198067 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - An organic light emitting display integrated with a touch screen panel includes a first substrate, the first substrate having pixels and having signal lines coupled to the pixels, and a second substrate, the second substrate being on the first substrate to seal the first substrate, the second substrate having sensing electrodes of the touch screen panel on a surface thereof. The signal lines include first and second signal lines, the first and second signal lines being arranged in a direction that intersects the sensing electrodes, the first and second signal lines receiving different signals, respectively, and functioning as first and second driving electrodes of the touch screen panel. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198068 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC EFFECT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL, MACHINE-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal and a method for providing a haptic effect in the portable terminal are provided. The method includes displaying an application on a touch screen, detecting a touch in a haptic providing region set by a user, and providing a haptic effect corresponding to the haptic providing region in response to the detected touch. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198069 | PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC EFFECT TO INPUT UNIT - A portable terminal and a method for providing a haptic effect to an input unit are provided. The method includes displaying at least one object on a touch screen, detecting a touch input by the input unit with respect to the object displayed on the touch screen, determining a preset mode based on the detected touch input of the input unit, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern based on the preset mode to the input unit. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198070 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - A mobile device control method for displaying information on a touch screen of a mobile device is provided. The method includes determining a type of a cover for the mobile device, the cover having a screen projection portion, detecting a gesture or a trigger, and displaying a screen corresponding to a current state of the mobile device on the touch screen depending on the type of the cover, in response to the detection of the gesture or the trigger. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140198071 | Force Sensing Touchscreen - A touchscreen that determines the point of touch and magnitude of a force applied to the touchscreen is disclosed. The force can be perpendicular, parallel, or sloped with respect to the touchscreen surface. The force can also be a plurality of forces simultaneously applied to the touchscreen surface where the centroid and resultant of the plurality of forces are determined. The touchscreen can take the form of various two-dimensional or three-dimensional shapes such as a circle, cube, sphere, cylinder, or the like. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140204033 | MULTIPLE-VIEW DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH USER RECOGNITION AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a multiple-view display system and a method for operating the same, wherein a seat sensor is incorporated into the system so that it is possible to get the information whether a user is present or not. Therefore, only one sensor installed on one side of the multiple-view touchscreen for detecting a proximity of the user to the multiple-view touchscreen is enough to identify the touchevent is given by which user, and no extra device is required. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204034 | Touch Sensing And Feedback Apparatuses And Methods - A touch sensing and feedback apparatus comprises a feedback electrode, a reference electrode electrically insulated from the feedback electrode, a signal generator to generate a sensing driving signal and transmit the sensing driving signal to a sensing electrode, and a signal detector coupled to a detecting electrode to detect the sensing driving signal and generate a touch action signal based on the detected sensing driving signal. The signal generator generates a feedback driving signal and transmits the feedback driving signal to the feedback electrode based on the touch action signal, and generates a reference driving signal and transmits the reference driving signal to the reference electrode based on the touch action signal. The reference driving signal maintains the reference electrode electrically-grounded. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204035 | SELECTIVE TOUCH SCAN AREA AND REPORTING TECHNIQUES - Techniques are disclosed for selective area scanning, touch scanning, and/or reporting of touch screen contacts in electronic touch sensitive devices. The selective area scanning can be used to only scan a specific section of a touch screen area, the selective touch scanning can be used to scan only for specific touches or input sources on a touch screen, and the selective reporting can be used to selectively report only desired contacts to a device processor and reject all other contacts. Multiple selective scan areas can be provisioned, with each discrete area customizable with respect to location, size, accepted touch types and/or reporting criteria. En some cases the user can configure some or all of these selective screen features. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204036 | PREDICTING TOUCH INPUT - Particular embodiments receive a plurality of touch events detected by a touchscreen. The display refresh rate may not be synchronized with a touch response rate of the touchscreen. Each touch event may be associated with at least one position on the touchscreen. A correlation between the touch events and a display refresh rate of the touchscreen may be determined. At least one position for display output may be extrapolated based on the touch events for the purpose of smoothing the display output. Additional positions for display output may be extrapolated based on the touch events for the purpose of predicting display output. Display information may be provided based on the touch events and the extrapolated positions. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204037 | PORTABLE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A portable device that enables a user to more conveniently and accurately control a flexible display and a control method thereof are disclosed. The portable device includes a main display, a flexible display, a housing unit configured to contain the flexible display, a measurement unit configured to measure a first length of the flexible display, the first length being a measurement of the flexible display that is extended from the portable device, when the flexible display is extended from the portable device, and a control unit configured to obtain a second length of the flexible display, the second length being a measurement of the flexible display that is not extended from the portable device using the first length when the flexible display is extended from the portable device, to compare the second length with the width of the main display, and to display an indicator configured to indicate the second length on the main display according to the comparison result. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204038 | INFORMATION APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information apparatus according to an embodiment includes a first input device for carrying out a pen input, a second input device for carrying out a touch panel input, and a correction processor for correcting a first coordinate detected by the first input device based on a second coordinate detected by the second input device. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204039 | COMPOSITING DISPLAY - A device is disclosed that is capable of independently modulating the transparency and emissive color of individual pixels that comprise an electronic display. Modulating the transparency of a transmissive layer allows a darkened or semi-darkened foreground field to be provided on the display. Modulating the color of an emissive layer further makes controllable the brightness and color of the foreground field. When these parameters are controlled, the display can generate partially transparent or opaque graphical elements that appear over the scene behind the display. In some embodiments separate emissive layers are provided on the front and back side of a central transmissive layer, thereby allowing different graphical information to be provided on the front and back side of the display. In other embodiments multiple transmissive and emissive layers can be stacked together, thereby allowing three-dimensional imagery to be generated without the need for viewers to use specialized viewing glasses. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204040 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a control method are provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit configured to output first screen information corresponding to a first application; and a controller configured to switch the first screen information to second screen information different from the first screen information output to the display unit in response to a first control command, and output a first graphic object representing the first application to at least a region of the display unit, wherein the controller outputs the first screen information corresponding to the first application again to the display unit in response to a second control command. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204041 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device connected to the display panel including the in-cell type touch sensor is configured as follows. The semiconductor device includes a driving circuit of the display panel, a touch sensing circuit of the touch sensor, a power supply circuit that supplies a power source to these circuits, and a bias control circuit that controls a bias current flowing through these circuits. The semiconductor device is able to perform a time-division operation in which one frame period of display is divided into a plurality of display driving periods and sensing periods. In the display driving periods, the supply of power to the touch sensing circuit is suppressed, and/or a bias current is reduced. In the sensing periods, the supply of power to the driving circuit is suppressed, and/or a bias current is reduced. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204042 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display control system includes a display device and a portable device. The display device includes a display interface having a controllable object. The portable device includes a communication unit, a touch interface and a transmission unit. The communication unit transmits voice signals to third party communication devices and receives voice signals from said third party communication devices. The touch interface generates a touch signal containing a position data that corresponding to a position of a touch point on the display interface. The transmission unit transmits the touch signal to the display device for moving the controllable object on the display interface to a position that corresponding to the position of the touch point on the touch interface. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204043 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a decoration layer, and conductive elements is provided. The decoration layer has an outer margin adjacent to an edge of the substrate and an inner margin opposite to the outer region. A reference line is away from the inner margin with a distance of at least 20 μm towards a direction away from the outer margin. At least one of the conductive elements includes a cross-interface portion which covers the decoration layer and a region of the substrate without the decoration layer. A first distance and a second distance between two adjacent cross-interface portions are provided in a region outward of the reference line to the outer margin of the decoration layer, and in a region inward of the reference line, respectively. The first distance is greater than the second distance. The conductive elements construct touch sensing units for forming a capacitance coupling. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204044 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DETERMINING WHEN TO TURN OFF THE TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPAY - A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, adjusting a first threshold based on detected conditions during the touch, comparing a value related to the touch on the touch-sensitive display to the first threshold, and when the value related to touch meets the first threshold, turning off the display. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140204045 | Information Input Unit, Information Input Method, and Computer Program - A central processing unit (CPU) monitors whether a predetermined event (pressing of a sleep release button, an incoming call, an alarm ring sound, or the like) is generated. When the predetermined event is generated, a sensitivity detection unit sets a sensitivity threshold value for input detection to a threshold value of a high-sensitivity mode, and the CPU displays a screen corresponding to the event. When an input operation is performed on the screen, the sensitivity detection unit resets a subsequent sensitivity threshold value according to input sensitivity information detected when the input operation is performed. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140210727 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-BASED DEACTIVATION OF TOUCH INPUT SIGNALING - To enhance user interaction with an electronic device having a touch screen, the electronic device permits touch-based user input even if the user inadvertently rests a thumb or finger on the touch screen. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210728 | FINGERPRINT DRIVEN PROFILING - A method, performed by a computer device, may include detecting a finger on a touchscreen and determining a finger pattern based on a contact area of the finger with the touchscreen. The method may further include selecting content based on the determined finger pattern and presenting the selected content on the touchscreen. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210729 | GESTURE BASED USER INTERFACE FOR USE IN AN EYES-FREE MODE - Techniques are disclosed for facilitating the use of an electronic device having a user interface that is sensitive to a user's gestures. An “eyes-free” mode is provided in which the user can control the device without looking at the device display. Once the eyes-free mode is engaged, the user can control the device by performing gestures that are detected by the device, wherein a gesture is interpreted by the device without regard to a specific location where the gesture is made. The eyes-free mode can be used, for example, to look up a dictionary definition of a word in an e-book or to navigate through and select options from a hierarchical menu of settings on a tablet. The eyes-free mode advantageously allows a user to interact with the user interface in situations where the user has little or no ability to establish concentrated visual contact with the device display. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210730 | STYLUS BASED OBJECT MODIFICATION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A stylus is used to modify the appearance of objects rendered on a touch-sensitive display. One of a plurality of objects on the display is selected by making contacting the object with the stylus. The stylus tilt and stylus contact pressure are determined. The appearance of the selected object is modified in response to the stylus tilt of the stylus and the stylus contact pressure. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210731 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display. The touch-sensitive includes a first set of drive electrodes and a first set of sense electrodes configured to detect touches on a first area of the touch-sensitive display, and a second set of drive electrodes and a second set of sense electrodes configured to detect touches on a second area of the touch-sensitive display. At least one controller is operably coupled to the first set of drive electrodes, the first set of sense electrodes, the second set of drive electrodes, and the second set of sense electrodes, and is configured to drive electrodes of the first set of drive electrodes while driving electrodes of the second set of drive electrodes. The first area is different from the second area. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210732 | Control Method of Touch Control Device - Disclosed is a control method of touch control device provided for instinctively controlling a touch control device in various manners. The control method includes steps as follows. While a touching movement is sensed on a touch panel of the touch control device, detecting a sliding trace of the touching movement; obtaining a determined result by distinguishing whether the sliding trace passes through a boundary component or not and by distinguishing whether the sliding trace passes through a edge portion of the boundary component or not; executing a presetting action according to the determined result. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210733 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A portable communication device is provided. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, the portable communication device includes a first casing comprising a first input unit, and a second casing attached to the first casing. When the second casing is attached to the first casing, a space for the placement of a processing unit can be defined. The second casing further includes a second input unit electrically connected to a processing unit, and the second input unit further includes at least one touch zone. When the at least one touch zone is touched, a sensing signal indicative of the at least one touch zone being touched is delivered to the processing unit. The processing unit controls the portable communication device to operate according to the sensing signal indicating the touched state of the at least one touch zone. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210734 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A COLLABORATIVE EVENT AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - A method of conducting a collaborative event, comprising receives input from at least one participant computing device joined to the collaborative event, categorizing the input according to two or more categories defined within the collaborative event, and displaying the input according to the two or more categories. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210735 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE WITH BUTTON FUNCTION - A touch input device with a button function is provided. The touch input device includes a touch module, a triggering switch, a coupling module, and plural movable pads. The plural movable pads are disposed on the coupling module. The coupling module is disposed on the touch module. In addition, the coupling module may be swung relative to the touch module. When the touch module is depressed, the coupling module is pushed by the plural movable pads. Consequently, the coupling module is swung to push the triggering switch that is disposed over the coupling module. Since the plural movable pads are directly disposed on the coupling module, the force to push the triggering switch is directly transmitted from the plural movable pads to the coupling module. Under this circumstance, the touch input device can provide an enhanced tactile feel to the user. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210736 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - An organic light emitting display can be integrated with a touch screen panel, in which control lines arranged in the touch screen panel are used as driving electrodes of a mutual capacitive touch screen panel, and a signal applied to the control lines in a touch recognition operation is input in synchronization with the signal applied to a display panel without having influence on the display. The control lines used as driving electrodes of the touch screen panel can be electrically connected to auxiliary lines arranged close to sensing electrodes of the touch screen panel, thereby improving touch recognition sensitivity. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210737 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A mobile device including a first display, a second display, a foldable coupling portion for coupling the first display to the second display, an angle sensing unit for sensing a folding angle between the first display and the second display, a direction-of-sight sensing unit for sensing a direction of sight of a user, and a controller for determining whether to use a touch input sensed by either the first display or the second display based on the sensed folding angle and the sensed direction of sight. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210738 | DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Provided is a display device integrated with a touch screen panel including a display unit including a plurality of pixels at a sealed region between a lower substrate and an upper substrate; first touch electrodes extending in a first direction on the upper substrate in the sealed region, wherein one ends of the first touch electrodes extend to a non-sealed region on the lower substrate; and a sloped portion beneath the first touch electrodes at a boundary between the sealed region and the non-sealed region. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210739 | OPERATION RECEIVER - An operation receiver includes a first detector and a second detector each of which detects an object. A detection range for the first detector and another detection range for the second detector are located next to each other. The first detector detects a state of the object. A controller makes a judgment as to whether the operation by the object has been carried out to the first detector or to the second detector. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210740 | PORTABLE APPARATUS HAVING PLURALITY OF TOUCH SCREENS AND SOUND OUTPUT METHOD THEREOF - A portable apparatus having a plurality of touch screens and a plurality of speakers outputs sounds in the plurality of speakers according to an output mode of a plurality of output modes determined according to an input angle between the plurality of touch screens and attributes of a plurality of applications executed in the plurality of touch screens, and provides a user haptic feedback corresponding to the sound output. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210741 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TOUCH PANEL PARAMETER CORRECTING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel; an item to get a screen previous to a present screen to be displayed on the touch panel, and a control unit to execute process of storing, when a tap operation on the touch panel or an operation to the item is performed, operation history information indicating a type and time of the performed operation on a storage unit; specifying an operation sequence in which a time interval between a first operation and a second operation is equal to or smaller than a specified period, and the first operation is the tap operation, the second operation is the operation to the item and a third operation is the tap operation are conducted on the basis of operation history information on the storage unit, and updating a correction quantity of tap coordinates on the basis of the specified operation sequence. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210742 | EMULATING PRESSURE SENSITIVITY ON MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES - A method, device, and/or computer program product operates a touch-screen device. A first touch at a location on a touch-screen is detected. A second touch on the touch-screen, which occurs simultaneously with the first touch on the touch-screen, is detected. A pressure of the detected second touch is calculated and assigned to the detected first touch. A specific touch-screen output is generated according to the location and assigned calculated pressure of the detected first touch. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210743 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an aspect, a touch detection device has a detection surface for detecting a position of an external proximity object which is in contact therewith or in proximity thereto. The touch detection device includes: a drive electrode layer that has a plurality of drive electrodes; a plurality of touch detection electrodes that face the drive electrodes; a drive electrode driver for applying a driving signal to the drive electrodes; and a plurality of wirings for electrically coupling the plurality of drive electrodes with the drive circuit. In the drive electrode layer, a specific drive electrode coupled via the wiring with a longest distance has an overlapped area smaller than an average of the overlapped areas of the other drive electrodes. The overlapped area is an area that is overlapped with the wiring. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210744 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a prescribed function of the mobile terminal can be performed through a button manipulation of a stylus pen and a touch input. The present invention includes a short range communication unit configured to receive a plurality of different signals from a stylus pen, a touchscreen, and a controller performing a prescribed function by combining a type of a signal received from the stylus pen among a plurality of the different signals and a touch pattern of the stylus pen recognized on the touchscreen. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210745 | Using Neural Signals to Drive Touch Screen Devices - Methods and apparatus for using are provided for using neural signals to drive touch screen devices. An electromyography (EMG) device can receive neural based on electrical activity of one or more voluntary muscles of a user of the EMG device. The EMG device can filter the neural signals to generate a plurality of channel signals. A touch event can be determined based on the plurality of channel signals. The touch event can relates to user input for a touch-based interface of a touch-enabled device. The touch-enabled device can receive an indication of the touch event. The touch-enabled device can determine a touch operation for the touch-enabled device based on the touch event and then perform the touch operation. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210746 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY ORIENTATION USING THE SAME - The present invention relates generally to a display device and method for adjusting display orientation using the same, and more particularly, to a display device and method for adjusting display orientation of a displayed object based on user position. According to one aspect of the present invention, a display device may be provided, comprising: a display; a touch sensitive module detecting touches on the display; and a controller configured to: display, via the display, at least one object, receive, via the touch sensitive module, a multi-touch on a specific object among the at least one object, determine a user position based on positional relationship among touch points of the multi-touch, and adjust display orientation of the specific object based on the user position. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210747 | METHOD FOR SENSING TOUCH PRESSURE AND DIGIAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for sensing touch pressure on a digital device by using image data sensed by a camera unit. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210748 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210749 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; an insulating pattern formed on the transparent substrate; and an electrode pattern formed on the insulating pattern in a pattern corresponding to the insulating pattern and having an aperture ratio larger than that of the insulating pattern. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to improve the visibility of the touch panel by reducing the user's recognition of the electrode pattern. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210750 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The touch panel controller activates a touch panel having a detection plane superposed on a display plane of a display device, and performs a touch detection. The touch panel controller uses a cycle of 1/n (n is a positive integer) of a display frame cycle on the display plane as the detection frame cycle of the detection plane. The touch panel controller decides an order of driving the detection-scan electrodes in each detection frame cycle according to predetermined phase-delay and phase-advance positions with respect to a display-scan electrode drive position of the display device so as to correspond to an order of the detection-scan electrode array of the touch panel. The touch panel controller makes possible to avoid the coincidence of display-scan and touch-detection positions without thinning touch detections even with the detection frame cycle of a touch sensor shorter than the display frame cycle of a liquid crystal panel. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210751 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device including a display driving circuit that drives a display panel, a touch detection signal driving circuit that applies a touch detection signal to a touch sensor, and a touch state detection circuit that receives a signal obtained by observing the touch sensor is configured as follows. A connection switching circuit that switches connection between a terminal and an internal circuit is included therein. The connection switching circuit switches connection with the terminal by selecting one of at least two of the display driving circuit, the touch detection signal driving circuit and the touch state detection circuit. A protection circuit which is capable of changing a protection voltage level is connected to the terminal, and the protection voltage level varies depending on the signal amplitude of the circuit selected by the connection switching circuit. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210752 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix; a plurality of signal lines that extend in a second direction in the display region; a vertical drive circuit that is coupled to first ends of the scanning lines and applies a vertical scanning pulse to the first ends to select each row of the pixels in the display region; a horizontal drive circuit that performs a display operation of supplying an image signal to each of the pixels in the row selected by the vertical drive circuit through the signal lines; and a plurality of switches that are coupled to second ends of the scanning lines respectively. Each of the switches supplies the same potential as that supplied to the first ends by the vertical drive circuit to the second end corresponding thereto in an idle period. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTITASKING - A method for multitasking in an electronic device is provided, the method including: displaying a first one of a plurality of function execution screens as a top layer screen on a display unit of the electronic device; receiving, by the electronic device, a first touch input; and displaying, in response to the first touch input, a first layer separation object for causing a second one of the plurality of function execution screens to be at least partially displayed as the top layer screen on the display unit; wherein the first layer separation object is displayed concurrently with the first function execution screen. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210754 | METHOD OF PERFORMING FUNCTION OF DEVICE AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of performing a function of a device based on motion information of the device in a standby mode of the device, a device for performing the method are provided. The device includes a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in a standby mode of the device; a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210755 | DEVICE FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control device for remotely controlling an electronic apparatus includes a communication part configured to communicate with the electronic apparatus; a position sensor configured to sense a position of the control device; and a controller configured to determine a first input interface on a first plate surface or a second input interface on a second plate surface that is directed toward a first direction and determine a first end part or a second end part that is directed toward a second direction according to position sensing by the position sensor, provide the first or the second input interface that is determined to be directed toward the first direction in a display direction determined based on the first or the second end part that is directed toward the second direction, and disable the first or the second input interface which is determined to be not directed toward the first direction. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210756 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Methods and a mobile terminal for providing visual and haptic feedback are provided. At least one first touch made to an object displayed on a touch screen is detected. The object is transformed and displayed in response to movement of the first touch. At least one second touch made to the displayed object is detected. Visual feedback is displayed on the touch screen in response to the second touch, and haptic feedback corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern is output using a vibration motor. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210757 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for controlling an electronic device. The method includes: detecting whether a flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape; detecting a handwriting motion according to movement of the flexible display by using at least one sensor when the flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape; and displaying a locus according to the handwriting motion of the flexible display on the flexible display. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210758 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR GENERATING HAPTIC PATTERN AND METHOD THEREFOR - Provided are a portable terminal that generates a haptic pattern and a method thereof. The method includes displaying a menu on a touch screen, receiving an input for generating a haptic pattern through the displayed menu, detecting, using a sensor module, a haptic input provided through the portable terminal, and generating the haptic pattern based on the provided haptic input. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210759 | INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION, INFORMATION DISPLAYING SYSTEM, AND SERVER APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An information displaying apparatus having a touch-panel display unit is provided. An information obtaining unit obtains explanation information of a direction word specified by user, and displays the obtained explanation information of the direction word on the touch-panel displaying unit. When the user touches on the touch-panel display unit, a multi-touch detecting unit detects touch positions on the touch-panel display unit. A shift judging unit judges whether a distance between the detected touch positions has increased or decreased, when the user shifts the touch positions on the touch-panel display unit. A display-information controlling unit displays detailed explanation information of the direction word, when the shift judging unit determines that the distance between the touch positions has increased, and displays simplified explanation information of the direction word, when the shift judging unit determines that the distance between the touch positions has decreased. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210760 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TOUCH SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE - A method for operating a touch sensitive user interface is provided. The touch sensitive user interface comprises a touch sensitive surface ( | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210761 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RAISED TOUCH SCREENS - A touch sensitive display assembly includes a touch screen and a button array. The touch screen is configured to display one or more input keys. The button array includes one or more buttons corresponding to the one or more input keys. The button array is formed by a substrate attached to a button membrane thereby creating a set of button cavities corresponding to the input keys. The button cavities are configured to be inflated and deflated by a pump coupled to a fluid reservoir. The cavities can be inflated/deflated together, in subsets, and/or individually. In some embodiments, the button array is sandwiched between a touch sensing layer and a display of the touch screen. In other embodiments, the button array can be located either above or below the touch screen. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140210762 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - When detection section ( | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140218307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION RELATED TO AN IN-VEHICLE FUNCTION - A vehicle includes a multi-touch screen and a controller. A method for providing information related to a vehicle function includes visually displaying on the multi-touch screen a representation of a portion of the vehicle including a plurality of operating sections including a plurality of vehicle functions and a HELP icon. One of the vehicle functions is selected in response to a user action that includes a dragging motion on the multi-touch screen between the HELP icon and the selected vehicle function. Information related to the selected vehicle function is accessed. A preferred mode is employed to communicate the information related to the selected vehicle function to the user. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218308 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosure herein is related to a touch-sensitive display apparatus that is constituted of a display panel and a touch-sensitive panel. A plurality of pixels are employed to render a frame generated by the display panel. The single pixel is composed of a red subpixel, a green subpixel, and a blue subpixel. In one embodiment of the present invention, the touch-sensitive panel adopts the transparent substrate, on which a plurality of electrode lines are formed. In particular, the each electrode line is approximately paved along a diagonal line of at least one pixel. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218309 | DIGITAL DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING DOUBLE-SIDED TOUCH AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A digital device for recognizing a double-sided touch and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The digital device for recognizing a double-sided touch includes a front display unit, a sensor unit configured to detect a touch input and transmit an input signal based on the detected touch input to a processor, and the processor configured to control the front display unit and the sensor unit. The processor is configured to identify an input pattern to the digital device using a first input signal, determine whether to activate touch sensing on a rear surface of the digital device according to the identified input pattern, provide a touch sensing area on the rear surface of the digital device, when touch sensing on the rear surface of the digital device is activated. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218310 | TOUCH DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF RESPONDING TO CPU COMMANDS - A touch display driving circuit capable of responding to CPU commands, including: a first interface for receiving pixel data and touch configuration data; a second interface for coupling with a touch display; and a control unit, which drives the touch display via the second interface to show an image according to the pixel data, and executes a touch detection procedure on the touch display via the second interface, wherein the touch detection procedure is determined according to the touch configuration data. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218311 | OPERATING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An operating method of an electronic device having a fingerprint sensor unit is provided. In the operating method, a touch action of an input device is sensed and a touch signal is generated by the fingerprint sensor unit. A fingerprint analysis and an action analysis are performed according to the touch signal to determine a finger category of the input device and an action information of the touch action. An operation corresponding to the finger category and the action information is executed. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218312 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING IMAGE USING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a display configured to display an end portion of an image according to a tapping signal and a tap sensor configured to sense tapping at a peripheral portion around the display part and to output the tapping signal to the display part. Thus, a user may easily change the view to display the uppermost portion, the lowest portion, the leftmost portion and the rightmost portion of the image without scrolling when viewing another portion of the image. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218313 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display has a rectangular display area. A rectangular frame is displayed on the display area. The controller is configured to move, if a first touch operation is detected at a display position of a side or a corner of the frame, the side or the corner of the frame to an edge portion of the display area. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218314 | DETACHABLE DUAL MOBILE TERMINAL - A detachable dual mobile terminal including a first mobile terminal having a first display unit; a second mobile terminal having a second display unit; a coupling portion provided to couple or detach the first and second mobile terminals; a coupling sensor configured to sense whether the first and second mobile terminals are coupled or detached; and a controller included in each of the first and second mobile terminals and configured to unlock at least one of the first and second mobile terminals when an unlocking a code is input and when the coupling sensor senses the first and second mobile terminals are coupled to each other. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218315 | GESTURE INPUT DISTINGUISHING METHOD AND APPARATUS IN TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A gesture input distinguishing method and apparatus are provided. The gesture input distinguishing method and apparatus provide a method of distinguishably inputting a gesture related to a touch and drag on a touch screen according to patterns. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218316 | CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A control method and an electronic device utilizing the same are described. The control method, applied to an electronic device which contains at least one of a battery and a touch panel, including: detecting at least one of a temperature of the battery, a consumption rate of the battery, a display time of the touch panel and a touch frequency of the touch panel; and when at least one of the temperature of the battery, the consumption rate of the battery, the display time of the touch panel and the touch frequency of the touch panel meets at least one trigger condition, initiating a protection mechanism. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218317 | TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE WITH FEEDBACK - The invention relates to a method and an electric device comprising a screen ( | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218318 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING TOUCH-KEY OPERATION - A method and apparatus for controlling a touch-key operation are provided, in which upon generation of an input event from an electronic pen, at least one touch key is deactivated, and upon generation of a hovering event in a predetermined area of the touch screen from the electronic pen, a predetermined touch key corresponding to the predetermined area is activated from among the at least one deactivated touch key. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140218319 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THAT STORES A PROGRAM - An electronic device includes a touch-screen unit having at least one pair of facing curved sides and a body unit to which the touch-screen unit is attached. A scroll speed is changed based on the touch-scroll operation performed at respective points of the touch-screen unit relative to the at least one pair of facing curved sides. | 08-07-2014 |
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