04th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130021168 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT INSTALLATION AND VALIDATION TOOL - A transmit pad inspection device includes a magnetic coupling device, which includes an inductive circuit that is configured to magnetically couple to a primary circuit of a charging device in a transmit pad through an alternating current (AC) magnetic field. The inductive circuit functions as a secondary circuit for a set of magnetically coupled coils. The magnetic coupling device further includes a rectification circuit, and includes a controllable load bank or is configured to be connected to an external controllable load back. The transmit pad inspection device is configured to determine the efficiency of power transfer under various coupling conditions. In addition, the transmit pad inspection device can be configured to measure residual magnetic field and the frequency of the input current, and to determine whether the charging device has been installed properly. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021169 | PATIENT MONITORING OVER HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - A patient monitor includes least one monitoring device which collects patient data about a patient. A packet generator generates data packets from the patient data collected from the patient. A communication unit transmits the data packets over an Internet protocol (IP) network. The communication unit includes a first transmitter for transmitting the data packets using a first wireless network and a second transmitter for transmitting the data packets using a second wireless network. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021170 | TRAFFIC MONITORING DEVICE AND METHOD - A system for monitoring the flow of vehicular traffic comprising at least one first transmitter receiver that detects the passage of a vehicle; at least one second transmitter for transmitting the data relating to the passage of a vehicle at a predetermined point on a roadway for use by motorists in determining a route of travel. A method for monitoring the flow of vehicular traffic for purposes of determining a route of travel for motorists comprising determining traffic speed at at least one point along a roadway using at least one first transmitter receiver that detects the passage of a vehicle; transmitting the traffic speed using at least one second transmitter for use by motorists in determining whether or not to select passage along the roadway containing the at least one point as a way to navigate through the region. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021171 | PARKING SPACE DETECTION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A parking space detection device and method thereof, wherein, firstly, store a plurality of border data relating to moved distance of a vehicle, and distance between vehicle and an obstacle for reverse transmission of ultrasonic waves; then determine if said border data satisfy evaluation conditions, such that it is in a first detecting parking space then obstacle state, or in a first detecting obstacle then parking space state. Wherein, in case that any of evaluation conditions is satisfied, start to calculate a first difference between each of said border data and their average, to determine if it is grater than a standard deviation; in case that answer is positive, fetch at least two data points, a first data point and a second data point, corresponding to border data, then calculate their difference to adjust weights of first data point and second data point, in obtaining a highly accurate parking space. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021172 | Portable Landing Pad Marker and Method for Using the Same - A portable landing pad marker includes a base, a light source, a light cover, at least two stacking indents, and at least two raised stacking pins. The portable landing pad marker may also include a collapsible traffic cone in the base of the marker and have a portion of the base removed to form a handle to easily transport the markers. The portable landing pad marker may also include a base that is at least partially visible with night vision equipment. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021173 | User-Defined Pages for Aircraft - A method and apparatus for displaying aircraft information. A selection of a piece of dynamic information is detected about an aircraft on a first display on a user interface. The piece of dynamic information is used to operate the aircraft and changes during operation of the aircraft. The piece of dynamic information selected from the first display is added to a custom display on the user interface. The custom display is displayed on the user interface on a display system for the aircraft. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021174 | FACILITIES MANAGEMENT - A system for facilities management can include a tag device having a transceiver and a facilities management process. The facilities management process can include an application service for receiving the location of the tag device from the transceiver, at least one geographical work zone, and a tracking module configured for recording a time period the tag device is within each geographical work zone. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021175 | Asset Management Systems and Methods - Novel tools and techniques for tracking assets, such as high-value tools, customer equipment, testing equipment, technicians, and/or the like. Some of these tools and techniques can be used to track assets in a mobile environment (such as in a delivery truck, installation van, and/or the like). | 2013-01-24 |
20130021176 | Method of Handling Incoming Telephone Calls and Text Messages and Systems Therefor - Some embodiments concern a method of processing an incoming telephone call. The method can include: receiving notification of the incoming telephone call using a cellular telephone, the incoming telephone call is from a first caller; determining a speed of a vehicle, the cellular telephone is located in the vehicle; facilitating answering of the incoming telephone call by a user if the speed of the vehicle is below a predetermined speed; and automatically answering the incoming telephone call if the speed of the vehicle is above the predetermined speed. Automatically answering the incoming telephone call can include playing a predetermined message to the first caller; receiving a response to the predetermined message; and notifying the user of the response to the predetermined message. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021177 | CODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, CODER, AND DECODER - A coding method, a decoding method, a coder, and a decoder are disclosed herein. A coding method includes: obtaining the pulse distribution, on a track, of the pulses to be encoded on the track; determining a distribution identifier for identifying the pulse distribution according to the pulse distribution; and generating a coding index that includes the distribution identifier. A decoding method includes: receiving a coding index; obtaining a distribution identifier from the coding index, wherein the distribution identifier is configured to identify the pulse distribution, on a track, of the pulses to be encoded on the track; determining the pulse distribution, on a track, of all the pulses to be encoded on the track according to the distribution identifier; and reconstructing the pulse order on the track according to the pulse distribution. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021178 | USING VARIABLE LENGTH CODE TABLES TO COMPRESS AN INPUT DATA STREAM TO A COMPRESSED OUTPUT DATA STREAM - Provided are a computer program product, system, method, and data structure for using variable length code tables to compress an input data stream to a compressed output data stream. A determination is made as to whether a number of at least two consecutive data units in the input data stream match the number of consecutive data units in a history buffer of previously received data units in the input data stream. If so, a copy pointer symbol is generated including data indicating a copy pointer symbol referencing previously received data units in the history buffer and indicating the determined number of consecutive data units. A determination is made of a relative displacement count in the history buffer at which the number of matching consecutive data units start. A determination is made from a variable length code table an encoding of the relative displacement count in the history buffer. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021179 | USING VARIABLE LENGTH CODE TABLES TO COMPRESS AN INPUT DATA STREAM TO A COMPRESSED OUTPUT DATA STREAM - Provided are a computer program product, system, method, and data structure for using variable length code tables to compress an input data stream to a compressed output data stream. If a number of consecutive data units in the input data stream match the number of consecutive data units in a history buffer of previously received data units in the input data stream, a copy pointer symbol is generated indicating the copy pointer symbol referencing previously received data units in the history buffer and indicating a location of a start of the consecutive data units in the history buffer. A determination is made from a variable length code table of an encoding of the number. Indication is made in the generated copy pointer symbol the determined encoding of the number and the copy pointer symbol is outputted in the compressed output data stream. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021180 | RECONFIGURABLE DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR ADC USING NOISE COUPLING - A reconfigurable analog-to-digital (ADC) modulator structure that includes a plurality of ADC structures being coupled to each other through their respective noise quantization transfer functions. Each ADC structure receives as input an analog signal and each ADC structure outputting a plurality of first output signals. An adder module receives the first output signals and performs addition on the first output signals and generates a second output signal. A division module receives the second output signal and performs division on the second output signal by a predetermined factor. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021181 | NON-BINARY SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A successive approximation analog to digital converter (SA-ADC) employs a binary-weighted digital to analog converter (DAC) to perform a non-binary search in determining a digital representation of a sample of an analog signal. In an embodiment, a subset of iterations needed to convert an analog sample to a digital value is performed using non-binary search with a radix of conversion less than two. As a result, search windows in iterations corresponding to the non-binary search overlap, and correction of errors due to a comparator used in the SA-ADC is rendered possible. Error correction being possible due to the non-binary search, the comparator is operated in a low-bandwidth, and hence low-power, mode during the non-binary search. The non-binary search in combination with the binary-weighted architecture of the DAC offer several benefits such as for example, less-complex implementation, shorter conversion time, easier and compact layout and lower power consumption. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021182 | ACHIEVING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IN A SIGMA DELTA ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A continuous-time sigma-delta analog to digital converter (CTSD ADC) includes a comparator that samples the time integral of an analog signal at each rising edge and falling edge of a sampling clock. A feedback block, operating as a digital to analog converter, receives the outputs of the comparator and generates corresponding analog signals also at each rising and falling edge of the sampling clock. The feedback blocks are implemented as either switched-resistor or switched-current circuits. High signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is achieved in the CTSD ADC without the need to use very high sampling clock frequencies. Compensation for excess loop delay is provided using a local feedback technique. In an embodiment, the sigma delta modulator in the CTSD ADC is implemented as a second order loop, and the comparator as a two-level comparator. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021183 | CONTINUOUS-TIME OVERSAMPLED CONVERTER HAVING PASSIVE FILTER - A continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter includes a first integrator stage to integrate a difference between a first differential signal derived from a differential analog input signal and a second differential signal derived from a quantized output signal, a quantizer and a low pass filter. The first integrator stage has a differential operational amplifier, first, second, third, and fourth input resistors, and a first pair of integrating capacitors. The differential analog input signal is received at first and second input nodes of the converter. The first and third input resistors are coupled in series between the first input node and a first input of the operational amplifier. The second and fourth input resistors are coupled in series between the second input node and a second input of the operational amplifier. The first and second input resistors are coupled to the third and fourth input resistors, respectively. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021184 | DIRECT FEEDBACK FOR CONTINUOUS-TIME OVERSAMPLED CONVERTERS - A continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of integrator stages, in which one of the integrator stages includes a current buffer that drives an integrating capacitor. The analog-to-digital converter includes an outer feedback digital-to-analog converter and an inner digital-to-analog converter. The inner digital-to-analog converter is a current-mode digital-to-analog converter that converts the digital output signal to an analog current feedback signal, which is provided to an output of the integrator stage that includes the current buffer. Both the analog current feedback signal and an input signal provided to the current buffer are integrated by the integrating capacitor. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021185 | Low Noise Front End For Pulsed Input System - Embodiments of the invention provide a pulsed signal detection system with reduced noise bandwidth in the frontend. Analog to digital conversion speed is decoupled from the pulsed duty cycle timing. This in turn reduces the power consumption of the ADC and the front end while providing a high dynamic range. The ADC may be a continuous time sigma delta converter to reduce the drive requirements of the front end. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021186 | CIRCUITRY AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL TO ANALOG CURRENT SIGNAL CONVERSION WITH PHASE INTERPOLATION - Circuitry and method for digital-to-analog current signal conversion with phase interpolation. For an n-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC), the number 2 | 2013-01-24 |
20130021187 | Systems and Methods for ADC Based Timing and Gain Control - Various embodiments of the present invention provide circuits, systems and methods for data processing. For example, a data processing circuit is discussed that includes: an analog to digital converter circuit, a target response circuit, and a timing circuit. The analog to digital converter circuit is operable to receive a data input and to provide corresponding digital samples synchronous to a sampling phase. The sampling phase corresponds to a phase feedback. The target response circuit is operable to provide an expected output corresponding to a known input. The timing circuit is operable to generate the phase feedback based at least in part on values derived from the expected output. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021188 | MULTIPLEXED AMPLIFIER WITH REDUCED GLITCHING - In many applications, which use amplifiers that operate at less than 50% duty cycle, it would be advantageous to reduce the number amplifiers to reduce power consumption. Here, an amplifier is provided which is time multiplexed to accommodate multiple data paths. Additionally, reset circuitry or a reset mechanism is provided at the output terminals of this amplifier to briefly short the output terminals to generally prevent glitching that may result from switching between data paths. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021189 | Freescale confidential proprietary comparator - A comparator is provided. In one embodiment, a method of operating a comparator comprises providing a bias current ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130021190 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA CONVERSION - Systems and methods are provided for converting analog data to digital data that can include performing N successive analog subtractions from an initial data charge Qin. The analog subtractions are performed using an amplifier coupled to a discharge capacitor and a divider circuit coupled to an input of the amplifier. The divider circuit includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a switch to alternately divide a remaining charge Q by 2 | 2013-01-24 |
20130021191 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA CONVERSION - Systems and methods are provided for converting analog data to digital data that can include a discharge capacitor coupled to a voltage source. The voltage source supplies an initial data charge to the discharge capacitor; an amplifier coupled to the discharge capacitor; a divider circuit coupled to the amplifier; and a comparator coupled to the amplifier and the divider circuit. The divider circuit includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and a switch that is operated to alternately divide a remaining charge Q by 2 | 2013-01-24 |
20130021192 | MILLIMETER WAVE ENERGY SENSING WAND AND METHOD - A millimeter wave energy sensing wand includes a housing adapted to be grasped by a hand of an operator. A number of sensors may be coupled with the housing and include comprising at least one millimeter or terahertz wave energy sensor. A controller coupled with the housing and electrically coupled with the sensors receives signals from the sensors in two or more sensing modes, including an active sending mode and a passive sensing mode, and generates feedback when an anomaly is detected in the received signals. The sensors may also operate in a metal detection sensing mode, and the controller may further generate feedback based on the metal detection sensing mode. The sensors may further be configured to operate in a proximity sensing mode. One or more LEDs may illuminate a portion of a scanning area. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021193 | Signal Transponder - A signal transponder for frequency conversion of signals from unknown signal sources is provided. The transponder includes an input for receiving a signal from an unknown signal source, an input filter for filtering the received signal, an input signal amplifier for amplifying the received signal, a mixer for converting the frequency of the amplified and filtered received signal to a predetermined frequency, a local oscillator for generating a clock signal supplied to the mixer for frequency conversion, an output filter for filtering the frequency converted signal, an output signal amplifier for amplifying the frequency converted signal, and an output for transmitting the filtered and amplified frequency converted signal. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021194 | SYSTEM FOR THE DETECTION OF INCOMING MUNITIONS - A system for detecting munitions in flight comprises a radar transmitter, receiver, and associated antennas, wherein the antennas are oriented to include ground level coverage, and where a receive antenna is arranged to provide a plurality of receive beams. The system further incorporates a Doppler filter arranged to reject targets that have velocity profiles that do not match those expected of targets of interest. If a target of interest is detected then an indication is provided, preferably in the form of an audible alert, allowing those nearby time to take cover. The system provides a simple munitions detection capability that may operate in CW mode to allow rapid detection, and may also have means such as switchable FMCW, and elevation measurement to allow estimation of possible landing areas of the target. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021195 | PROJECTILE DETECTION SYSTEM - A projectile detection system, and method of detecting a projectile (for example a bullet), for use on a vehicle ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130021196 | FMCW RADAR SYSTEM AND INTERFERENCE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR FMCW RADAR SYSTEMS - An FMCW radar system is provided having a transceiver unit which is designed to transmit radar signals, which are modulated with the aid of at least one modulation parameter, and to receive radar signals, which are reflected from objects, and having an interference detector for detecting interferences in the received radar signals based on at least one frequency-dependent reception power threshold value corresponding to the particular modulation parameters, one of the modulation parameters being a modulation slope of the transmitted radar signal. An interference recognition method is also provided. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021197 | RADAR PULSE DETECTION USING A DIGITAL RADAR RECEIVER - A system, method, and apparatus for radar pulse detection using a digital radar receiver are disclosed herein. In electronic warfare (EW), radars operate in an environment with highly dense electronic waveforms. As a result, the radars may receive thousands or millions of radar pulses every second. To detect and sort out radar pulses emitted from different radars is a challenging problem in electronic warfare. The present disclosure teaches a radar pulse detection system that utilizes digital channelization and joint-channel detection techniques to detect and separate radar pulses that are sent from different radar emitters. The main features of the present disclosure are: 1.) a digital channelization technique to separate radar pulses from their mixtures; 2.) a multi-channel detection technique to detect radar pulses; and 3.) an innovative technique to separate overlapped radar pulses. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021198 | Convergence Zone - Apparatus for calculating the location of a receiver in a satellite navigation system, the apparatus being arranged to calculate a location of the receiver by means of an algorithm that utilises an estimate of receiver location and/or an estimate of absolute time, the apparatus being arranged to perform the calculation in such a way as to extend a convergence zone within which the algorithm is capable of generating the correct location for the receiver despite an error in the estimate(s). | 2013-01-24 |
20130021199 | ESTIMATING NETWORK BASED LOCATING ERROR IN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Systems and techniques for determining the accuracy of network based user equipment (UE) locating methods and results thereof are disclosed. Periodic direct measurements of location error for a network based location result are determined by the difference in the network based location result and an assisted global positioning system (AGPS) location result. The location error is associated with a cell-pair contributing to data employed to determine the network based location result. The error associated with the cell-pair is then applied as a measure of accuracy in future network based location results that also employ data associated with the cell-pair to determine the future network based location result. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021200 | System and Method for Dual-Mode Location Determination - A geographic tracking system with minimal power and size required at the mobile terminal collects observation data at the mobile terminal, forwards the data to a processor, which calculates the position. The mobile terminal needs only to gather a few milliseconds of observation data, and to relay this observation data to the processor. In one embodiment, the observation data is communicated to the processor using either a satellite communication network or through a mobile telephone network. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021201 | Assisted Global Navigation Satellite System (AGNSS) with Precise Ionosphere Model Assistance - Embodiments enable higher accuracy GNSS performance by generating local/regional ionosphere models tailored to specific local/regional areas of interest and by using location-based delivery of the local/regional ionosphere models to mobile GPS receivers. Different types and levels of reference locations (e.g., Cell ID (CID), Location Area Code (LAC), Radio Network Controller ID (RNC-ID), Mobile Country Code (MCC)) can be used to estimate the location of mobile GPS receivers and to deliver the appropriate local/regional ionosphere models to the mobile GPS receivers. According to embodiments, the local/regional ionosphere models are fit into the same 8-parameter set as the broadcast global ionosphere model, therefore being compatible with existing GPS receivers that accept the broadcast global ionosphere model. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021202 | Systems and Methods of Communication in an Assisted Navigation System - Provided herein are methods and systems for efficient communication between a server and a client in an assisted navigation system. In one or more embodiments, the server transmits a set of parameters for a satellite to the client, e.g., a GPS receiver, via a wireless or wired connection. The set of parameters includes a force parameter, initial condition parameters and time correction coefficients for the satellite. The receiver uses the received parameters in a numerical integration to compute the position of the satellite at a desired time. The set of parameters needed for the integration is small. To further reduce the amount of data transmitted, reference parameters may be subtracted from the original parameters before transmission from the server. The receiver is able to reconstruct the original parameters from the received parameters and the identically computed reference parameters. The parameters may be further compressed using data compression techniques. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021203 | Antenna-Coupled Imager Having Pixels with Integrated Lenslets - According one embodiment, a millimeter-wave radiation imaging array includes a plurality of antenna elements configured to receive millimeter-wave radiative input. Each lenslet of a plurality of lenslets are coupled to one of the plurality of antenna elements such that no air exists between each lenslet and the one of the plurality of antenna elements. Each lenslet has a spherical portion being operable to direct the radiative input towards the one of the plurality of antenna elements. An energy detector is coupled to the plurality of antenna elements opposite the plurality of lenslets and operable to measure the radiative input received by the plurality of antenna elements. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021204 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS NETWORK ENHANCEMENT VIA VARIABLE DOWN TILT - Apparatus and methods for controlling antenna down tilt in a mixed coordinated/non-coordinated network include receiving one or more input signals defining a waveform to be transmitted, for determining a tilt angle state to be applied to the antenna based on the one or more input signals, and for transmitting a tilt control signal if the determined tilt angle state differs from a current tilt angle state associated with the antenna. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021205 | HIGH-RESOLUTION, ACTIVE REFLECTOR RADIO FREQUENCY RANGING SYSTEM - A radio frequency ranging system is grounded in establishing and maintaining phase and frequency coherency of signals received by a slave unit from a master unit and retransmitted to the master unit by the slave unit. For a preferred embodiment of the invention, coherency is established through the use of a delta-sigma phase-lock loop, and maintained through the use, on both master and slave units, of thermally-insulated reference oscillators, which are highly stable over the short periods of time during which communications occur. A phase relationship counter is employed to keep track of the fractional time frames of the phase-lock loop as a function of the reference oscillator, thereby providing absolute phase information for an incoming burst on any channel, thereby enabling the system to almost instantaneously establish or reestablish the phase relationship of the local oscillator so that it synchronized with the reference oscillator. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021206 | Method and System for Multipath Reduction for Wireless Synchronizing and/or Locating - A method for determining an instantaneous phase difference between time bases of at least two location anchors for a desired point in time (t), each of the location anchors having transmitting and receiving access to a joint broadcast transmission medium and a respective time base for measuring time, wherein a first of the location anchors broadcasts a first broadcast message at least twice; the first location anchor and at least a second of the location anchors receive the first broadcast messages; the second location anchor broadcasting a second broadcast message at least twice; and the second location anchor and at least the first location anchor receive the second broadcast messages. The location server calculates the instantaneous phase difference from a determined first and second clock model functions and from a time elapsed between a reference point in time and the desired point in time t. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021207 | COPLANAR-WAVEGUIDE FED MONOPOLE ANTENNA - A planar monopole antenna is provided that includes a dielectric substrate with an electrically conductive antenna element adhered to the substrate surface. A coplanar waveguide is also adhered to the surface of the dielectric substrate in electrical communication with the antenna element. A microwave absorber layer is adhered to an opposing rearward surface of the dielectric substrate. The resultant antenna operates at a reduced return loss and lowers operating frequency compared to an antenna lacking the microwave absorber layer. As a result, an otherwise nonultrawideband antenna is operated as an ultrawideband antenna without increasing the dimensions of the antenna elements through resort to adherence of a microwave absorber layer to the rearward surface of the substrate. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021208 | LOOP ANTENNA - A loop antenna is provided. The apparatus comprises a substrate, a first metallization layer, and a second metallization layer. The substrate has first and second feed terminals and a ground terminal. The first metallization layer is disposed over the substrate and includes a first window conductive region, a first conductive region, a second conductive region, and a third conductive region. The first conductive region is disposed over and is in electrical contact with the first feed terminal; it is also is substantially circular and located within the first window region. The second conductive region is disposed over and is in electrical contact with the second feed terminal; it is also substantially circular and is located within the first window region. The a third conductive region is disposed over and is in electrical contact with the ground terminal, and the third conductive region substantially surrounds the first window region. The second metallization layer is disposed over and is in electrical contact with the first, second, and third conductive regions of the first metallization layer, and the second metallization layer includes a second window region that is at least partially aligned with the first window region. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021209 | Wideband Antenna - A wideband antenna includes a grounding element; a feed-in terminal; a first radiating unit, electrically connected to the feed-in terminal and extending from the feed-in terminal toward a first direction; a second radiating unit, electrically connected to the feed-in terminal, extending from the feed-in terminal toward a second direction, and including a meander-shaped element; and a third radiating unit, electrically connected to the grounding element, extending from the grounding element toward the first radiating unit and the second radiating unit, and having one segment parallel to the meander-shaped element, for coupling the meander-shaped element. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021210 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A wireless communication apparatus performs a communication using high-frequency wave having a wavelength of λ. The apparatus includes a circuit board including a feeder point and a ground, an antenna element connected to the feeder point, and a wiring element including a first end portion and a second end portion different from the first end portion, the first end portion being connected to one of the feeder point and the antenna element, the second end portion being connected to the ground, wherein the antenna element has a length of λ/4, and the wiring element has a length of 3λ/4. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021211 | ANTENNA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - This disclosure provides an antenna and mobile communication apparatus including an antenna, where the antenna includes a base member and a radiation electrode provided on the base member. The radiation electrode includes a feeding portion and an open end, and at least one phase control element provided between the feeding portion and the open end. With the length of the lengthwise direction of the base member taken as L, and with the wavelength on the base member of the usable frequency range taken as λ, L<λ/5. Through this configuration, it is possible to configure an antenna that can be disposed within a limited amount of space and that can obtain high radiation efficiency, and a mobile communication apparatus that includes the antenna and thus has high communication capabilities. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021212 | EXTERNAL CASING STRUCTURE FOR PROVIDING AN ANTENNA FUNCTION - An external casing structure for providing an antenna function includes a metal casing unit, an antenna unit, and an appearance decoration unit. The metal casing unit includes at least one metal casing. The antenna unit includes at least one antenna layer disposed on the metal casing, and the antenna layer is extended from the inner surface of the metal casing to the outer surface of the metal casing. The appearance decoration unit includes at least one appearance decoration layer disposed on the outer surface of the metal casing, and one part of the antenna layer is covered with the appearance decoration layer. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021213 | ELECTRICAL STEERING LENS ANTENNA - An electrical steering lens antenna using a lens composed of a ferroelectric material is provided. The antenna includes a plate composed of a ferroelectric material. The antenna further includes a first resistive electrode disposed on a top surface of the plate. The antenna further includes a second resistive electrode disposed on a bottom surface of the plate. The antenna further includes a first conductive electrode disposed at a center of the first resistive electrode. The antenna further includes a second conductive electrode disposed along an edge of the first resistive electrode. The antenna further includes a power source connected to the first conductive electrode and the second conductive electrode. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021214 | SYSTEMS FOR POSITIONING REFLECTORS, SUCH AS PASSIVE REFLECTORS - Systems are provided for positioning passive reflectors, such a lens/mirror assemblies, and other types of reflectors that need to be pointed in a particular direction. The systems can effectuate control of both the elevation and azimuth angles of the reflector. The systems can be configured so that a mount can rotate so as to vary the azimuth angle of the reflector by 360° or more without a need to reverse the direction of rotation of the reflector, and without the use of slip rings, RF rotary joints, or electrical cable wraps. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021215 | INJECTION MOLDED AND IN-MOLD DECORATED ARTICLE WITH ANTENNA, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND POWER-FEEDING STURCTURE OF CASING WITH ANTENNA - An injection-molded and in-mold decorated article with an antenna includes an injection molded article, a decorative film which covers and decorates at least one part of an outer surface of the injection molded article, a planar antenna arranged between the injection molded article and the decorative film, and a thickness absorbing sheet arranged between the planar antenna and the injection molded article so as to cover the whole planar antenna to absorb a thickness of the planar antenna. The decorative film, the planar antenna, and the thickness absorbing sheet are integrally formed through injection molding simultaneous decoration. Since the thickness absorbing sheet absorbs concavo-convex shapes of an antenna pattern, quality of an appearance design can be improved in the injection-molded and in-mold decorated article with the antenna provided for a communication function of a small mobile device. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021216 | DIELECTRIC CHIP ANTENNAS - There is disclosed an antenna arrangement having a parasitic conductive loop ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130021217 | FLUIDIC DIPOLE ANTENNA - An antenna comprises: a closed and insulating receiving housing; a radiating portion received in the receiving housing and including a liquid metal; a grounding portion received in the receiving housing and including a liquid metal; a pair of wires respectively connected to the radiating portion and the grounding portion and extending out of the receiving housing; and two air chambers respectively located on the ends of the radiating portion and the grounding portion. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021218 | ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTIPLE ANTENNA ELEMENTS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSMITTING OR RECEIVING MULTIPLE WIDEBAND RADIO SIGNALS - An antenna apparatus includes antenna elements, each made of a conductive plate. The antenna elements are provided along a reference axis passing through first and second positions of the antenna apparatus, and close to a section between the first and second positions. Each of the antenna elements has first and second portions along a circumference of the antenna element, the first portion is close to the reference axis and electromagnetically coupled to the other antenna element, and the second portion is remote from the reference axis. The first portions of the respective antenna elements are shaped so that the antenna elements are the closest to each other near the first position, and a distance between the antenna elements gradually increases from the first position to the second position. The antenna apparatus has feed points provided on the antenna elements, respectively, and near the first position. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021219 | RADIO-FREQUENCY MODULES HAVING TUNED SHIELDING-WIREBONDS - Disclosed are devices and methods related to radio-frequency (RF) shielding of RF modules. In some embodiments, tuned shielding can be achieved by utilizing different structures and/or arrangements of shielding-wirebonds to increase shielding in areas where needed, and to decrease shielding where not needed. Such tuning of shielding requirements can be obtained by measuring RF power levels at different locations of a module having a given design. Such tuned RF shielding configurations can improve the overall effectiveness of shielding, and can also be more cost effective to implement. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021220 | System and Method for Impedance Matching in Antennas - A system for use with a transmitter and an antenna includes a radio frequency power detection portion, a tunable matching network, and a phase lock loop. The tunable matching network has a modifiable impedance to account for impedance mismatch between the transmitter and the antenna. The phase lock loop tunes the tunable matching network to modify the modifiable impedance. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021221 | SNAP ATTACHMENT FOR REFLECTOR MOUNTING - A mount for mounting a reflector of a satellite dish is provided. In one embodiment, the mount includes one or more first hooks and one or more second hooks located offset from the one or more first hooks, wherein the one or more second hooks are spring loaded and the one or more first hooks and the one or more second hooks fasten the reflector of the satellite dish to the mount. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021222 | Large-Scale Display Device - A large-scale display device having a plurality of display units which each include a plurality of elongated plasma tubes each filled with a discharge gas, and at least one pair of display electrodes disposed outside the plasma tubes, voltage applying means which applies a drive voltage to the display electrodes to cause electric discharge in the plasma tubes for display. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021223 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND NETWORK CONNECTION METHOD - An image display device for displaying an image based on an image signal input from a plurality of image supply devices via a network includes a storage section storing connection information used for the image supply device being connected to the image display device via the network, an encoding section encoding the connection information to generate a connection information code which can be recognized by the image supply device, a display section displaying the connection information code and the image based on the image signal input from the image supply device, and an image control section dividing an image display area of the display section into a plurality of divisional areas, and displaying the image based on the image signal input from respective one of the image supply devices in each of the divisional areas. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021224 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display image to be projected onto a projection surface is formed on an imaging surface of a screen member at time of projecting the display image onto the projection surface. A projector is adapted to project a light, which forms the display image on the imaging surface. The imaging surface is formed as a convex surface that limits a curvature of field of the virtual image. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021225 | Nose Bridge Sensor - Systems and methods for selecting an action associated with a power state transition of a head-mounted display (HMD) in the form of eyeglasses are disclosed. A signal may be received from a sensor on a nose bridge of the eyeglasses indicating if the HMD is in use. Based on the received signal, a first powers state for the HMD may be determined. Responsive to the determined first power state, an action associated with a power state transition of the HMD from an existing power state to the first power state may be selected. The action may be selected from among a plurality of actions associated with a plurality of state transitions. Also, the action may be a sequence of functions performed by the HMD including modifying an operating state of a primary processing component of the HMD and a detector of the HMD configured to image an environment. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021226 | WEARABLE DISPLAY DEVICES - A wearable display device is described that allows the image from a semi-transparent display screen placed close to the eye to be correctly focused onto the retina while simultaneously allowing the image from the external environment to pass through the device without significant aberration. Focus of the display screen image is achieved through use of a micro-lens array between the screen and the eye, and a separate set of micro-lens arrays on the distant side of the screen in conjunction with the micro-lens array on the near side of the screen allows the external environmental image to pass through. In this manner images from the display screens can overlay the eye's usual view of the external environment. Use of micro-lens arrays that have dynamically adjustable focus properties allow for simulated three-dimensional images and corrective optics for far- or near-sightedness. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021227 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing device supplies an image signal to a display device having pixels being composed mainly of four sub-pixels arranged two by two in a first direction and a second direction. The image processing device includes a first filter processing section adapted to perform a filter process of limiting frequency bands in the first direction and the second direction of the image signal adapted to display a first sub-pixel corresponding to white in a manner corresponding to an arrangement of both of the first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel located in a diagonal direction with respect to the first sub-pixel, and a second filter processing section adapted to perform a filter process of limiting frequency bands in the first direction and the second direction of the image signal adapted to display the second sub-pixel in a manner corresponding to an arrangement of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021228 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - [Problem to be solved] To achieve low power consumption. [Solution] The driving transistor T | 2013-01-24 |
20130021229 | DISPLAY DRIVER - An apparatus is provided, which includes a driving circuit. The driving circuit includes a gamma reference source and a liquid crystal display (LCD) source driver circuit. A first resistor string is provided. A plurality of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) are provided, where each DAC is coupled to the first resistor string. An output circuit having a second resistor string is provided so as to output a plurality of reference voltages. The LCD source driver circuit is coupled to the output circuit of the gamma reference source. The source driver is configured to receive the plurality of reference voltages, wherein the plurality of reference voltages are arranged in a first sequence during a positive polarity cycle and are arranged in a second sequence during a negative polarity cycle. The fifth sequence is an inverse of the fourth sequence. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021230 | Apparatus, Method and Module for Selective Pixel Control of Display - An apparatus including: a pixellated polarizer including a first array of pixels wherein each pixel can be selectively controlled either to provide a defined polarization or not to provide a defined polarization; a pixellated light emitter including a second array of pixels wherein each pixel can be selectively controlled to emit light; a reflector; and a controller configured to control the pixellated polarizer and pixellated light emitter to adopt in a first context a transmissive mode, in a second context a reflective mode and in a third context a selective transflective mode. In the respective transmissive/reflective/selective transflective mode, pixels of the respective pixellated light emitter are selectively controlled to emit light/controlled not to emit light/selectively controlled to emit light and the pixels of the pixellated polarizer are unselectively controlled to provide the defined polarization/controlled to selectively provide the defined polarization/controlled to selectively provide a defined polarization. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021231 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - In a liquid crystal display device ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130021232 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK SENSATIONS OF TEMPERATURE, TEXTURE, AND HARDNESS-SOFTNESS TO A CONTROLLER - Described herein are hand-held controller, system, and method for providing real-time programmable sensations of texture, hardness-softness, and temperature (thermal) to the hand-held controller. The hand-held controller comprises a first region configured to be touched by a user and to provide a real-time programmable hardness-softness sensation to the user in response to a first trigger signal generated by an interactive program; a second region to be touched by the user and to provide real-time programmable hardness-softness sensations to the user in response to a second trigger signal generated by the interactive program; and a third region to be touched by the user and to provide real-time programmable thermal sensations to the user in response to a third trigger signal generated by the interactive program. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021233 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK SENSATIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND HARDNESS-SOFTNESS TO A CONTROLLER - Described herein are hand-held controller, system, and method for providing real-time sensations of temperature and/or hardness-softness to the hand-held controller. The hand-held controller comprises a first region configured to be touched by a user and to provide a real-time computer programmable hardness-softness sensation to the user in response to a first trigger signal generated by an interactive program; and a first mechanism, coupled to the first region, to cause the first region to harden relative to a first state, and to cause the first region to soften relative to a second state. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021234 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK SENSATIONS OF TEMPERATURE AND TEXTURE TO A CONTROLLER - Described herein are hand-held controller, system, and method for providing real-time sensations of temperature and texture to a user of the hand-held controller. The hand-held controller comprises a first region to be touched by a user and to provide a real-time computer programmable texture sensation to a user in response to a first trigger signal generated by an interactive program; and a first mechanism, coupled to the first region, to cause the first region to roughen relative to a first state, and to cause the first region to smooth relative to a second state. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021235 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK SENSATIONS OF TEXTURE AND HARDNESS-SOFTNESS TO A CONTROLLER - Described herein are hand-held controller, system, and method for providing real-time sensations of texture and hardness-softness to a user of the hand-held controller. The hand-held controller comprises a first region to be touched by a user and to provide real-time computer programmable texture sensations to the user in response to a first trigger signal generated by an interactive program; and a second region to be touched by the user and to provide real-time computer programmable hardness-softness sensations to the user in response to a second trigger signal generated by the interactive program. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021236 | Orientation Based Application Launch System - An electronic device may include multiple faces, an application launch input element, a memory that stores multiple applications, and a processor that accesses the memory. In response to a detected trigger of the application launch input element, the processor determines the orientation of the device. For example, the processor may determine which face of the electronic device is pointed in a predetermined direction. Based on the determined orientation of the device, the processor selects and activates a specific application from the multiple available applications. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021237 | OPTICAL REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM - An optical remote control system includes a home appliance and a remote controller. The home appliance operates according to a user command and its housing includes an opening. A status indicator light and a reference light are disposed within the opening. The status indicator light includes a visible light source, and the reference light includes a plurality of infrared light sources. The visible light source and the infrared light sources are disposed in a predetermined pattern. The remote controller includes an optical sensor configured to detect optical signals from the infrared light sources, thereby generating the user command accordingly. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021238 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY - A system for electronic discovery may comprise an electronic discovery platform; a two-handed controller configured to produce a plurality of signals; and a memory configured to store at least one set of controller signal relationships, the controller signal relationships being associated with the two-handed controller. A system for electronic discovery may further comprise an interface application communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the interface application uses the at least one set of controller signal relationships to associate at least one of the plurality of signals from the two-handed controller with at least one of a plurality of discovery commands associated with the discovery of electronic data, and wherein the interface application communicates a determined discovery command such that the discovery command is executed by the electronic discovery platform. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021239 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a shutter panel including a driver circuit, a liquid crystal, and light-transmitting electrodes provided in a striped manner, and a positional data detector configured to detect a positional data of a viewer. The shutter panel is provided over a display surface side of the display panel, a width of one of the light-transmitting electrodes in the shutter panel is smaller than that of one of the plurality of pixels, and the driver circuit in the shutter panel is configured to selectively output signals for forming a parallax barrier to the light-transmitting electrodes. The parallax barrier is capable of changing its shape in accordance with the detected positional data. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021240 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN APPARATUS AS A FUNCTION OF DETECTING PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE APPARATUS - A method for controlling an electronic apparatus, includes steps of: acquiring an image of the environment of the apparatus, detecting the presence of human faces in the image acquired, estimating a respective position of each face detected in relation to the apparatus, and sending a signal to the apparatus to enable a function of the apparatus if a condition is met relating to a number of faces detected in the image and/or the estimated position of each detected face. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021241 | Portable Information Display Terminal - Disclosed is a portable information display terminal which can start an application program correspondingly to a use state even if assumed to be used in a placed state. The portable information display terminal ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130021242 | ADVANCED HANDWRITING SYSTEM WITH MULTI-TOUCH FEATURES - An electronic device includes a handwriting recognition (HWR) application. The electronic device includes a processor configured to execute the HWR application and a memory storing the HWR application. The electronic device includes a display configured to receive a finger gesture. The HWR application determines a setting data as a function of (a) a number of fingers used in a first contact of the finger gesture and (b) a first position of the first contact on the display relative to a second position of the first contact on the display within a predetermined time period. The HWR application further determines an input data to be entered as a function of the setting data and at least one of (i) a movement of the finger gesture and (ii) a second contact of the finger gesture on the display. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021243 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method for displaying thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit which displays an object and a pointer, an input unit which receives input of a user command, and a controller which moves the pointer according to the user command, and adjusts movement precision of the pointer by decreasing movement reaction of the pointer using the user command as a reference, where the movement reaction of the pointer is decreased if a position of the pointer is within an allowable error range set of the object. Accordingly, the allowable error range of the displayed object is adaptively adjusted according to the moving condition of the pointer. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021244 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INPUT UNIT, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, CONTROL PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM - Disclosed is a display device equipped with an input section that can be operated accurately. A display device equipped with an input section ( | 2013-01-24 |
20130021245 | INTERACTIVE CONTENT CONTROL METHOD AND USER INTERFACE APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An interactive content control method and a user interface apparatus using the same are provided. The interactive content control method detects a reference length which becomes a reference for controlling interactive content according to a movement of a user, on the basis of skeletal information of the user, detects a comparison length on the basis of the skeletal information, and controls the interactive content according to a result of comparing the reference length and the comparison length. Accordingly, the present invention can provide a highly interactive user interface environment. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021246 | INPUT APPARATUS OF DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An input apparatus of a display apparatus, a display system, and a control method thereof, are provided herein, the input apparatus including: a communication unit which communicates with the display apparatus; a sensing unit which detects angular speed and acceleration from a motion of the input apparatus; a storage unit which stores position information on a position of the input apparatus; and a controller which calculates the motion information based on the detected angular speed and the position information and transmits the calculated motion information through the communication unit if the input apparatus moves, and updates the position information in the storage unit based on the detected acceleration if the input apparatus does not move. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021247 | FOLDABLE WIRELESS MOUSE AND LAPTOP COMPUTER HAVING SAME - A foldable wireless mouse includes an operation part and a support part. The operation part includes an operation surface, a first matching surface and a first bottom surface. An input component is mounted on the operation surface. The first matching surface is perpendicular to the first bottom surface. The support part is rotatably connected to the operation part. The support part includes a support surface, a second matching surface, and a second bottom surface. The second matching surface is perpendicular to the second bottom surface. The operation part and the support part are able to rotate to an open state at which the operation surface is coplanar with the support surface, or to a closed state at which the first matching surface contacts with the second matching surface. A laptop computer including the foldable wireless mouse is also provided. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021248 | DATA INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A TOUCH SENSOR INPUT - A data input system for a touch sensor input identifies words input as a set of points by a user. The intended word is identified by determining an origin and points associated with letters on a log polar coordinate system. The log distances and angles of the points are then compared to log distances and angles for known words stored in a computer memory. The known word having the log distances and angles that most closely match the input points is identified as the intended word. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021249 | USER VALIDATION USING IMAGES - A method of validating a user, comprises the steps of: storing for a user data representative of a validation code for the user comprising a combination of symbols selected from a set of symbols; presenting a displayed image including a plurality of designatable areas in which said set of symbols is distributed between said designatable areas such that each designatable area contains a plurality of said symbols; varying the image between subsequent presentations such that the distribution of said symbols between said designatable areas changes between subsequent presentations, validating a user in an validation routine by detecting designation by a user of a combination of said designatable areas in a presented image, and determining whether the combination of designated designatable areas contains the combination of symbols making up the validation code for said user. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021250 | METHOD AND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING AND SELECTING DIACRITICS - A handheld electronic device includes a keypad having up plurality of keys and a selection member; a display component; and a processor cooperating with the keypad and the display component to provide a display at the display component. The display includes a first representation of a plurality of the keys, and at least one of: (a) a second representation of an activated one of the input members (b) a third representation including a plurality of diacritics disposed about an activated one of the input members, and (c) a fourth representation including a plurality of diacritics disposed about an activated one of the input members, and a direction of selection between the activated one of the input members and one of the diacritics. The processor cooperates with the selection member to adjust the direction of selection, and select one of the diacritics for display by the display component. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021251 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021252 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021253 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021254 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021255 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021256 | MOBILE TERMINAL WITH TOUCH PANEL FUNCTION AND INPUT METHOD FOR SAME - A mobile terminal with touch panel function includes: a display section, a touch panel section, and a controller. The touch panel section identifies a location on the screen of the display section that a user has touched. The controller identifies a touched key by collating the location identified by the touch panel section and a location of each key of the keyboard displayed on the screen of the display section, the controller controls a display state of the keys of the keyboard displayed on the screen of the display section in such a manner as to make the display state of keys having a low probability of being touched by the user and the display state of keys having a high probability of being touched by the user differ from each other. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021257 | KEYBOARD FOR DYNAMIC DISPLAY AND A SYSTEM COMPRISING THE KEYBOARD - The invention relates to a dynamic display keyboard comprising a plurality of key elements, each key element comprises a transmitting part capable of transmitting at least a part of light incident on the transmitting part; an elastic mat comprising a plurality of elevated elements capable of providing a tactile feedback and providing passage of light through the elevated elements; wherein each key element is fixedly connected to at least one respective elevated element; wherein an elevated element provides the tactile feedback in response to a user action directed against a respective key element fixedly connected to the respective elevated element; wherein the light provided to a transmitting part defines a visual value of the corresponding key element; and wherein the elastic mat is positioned between the display and the plurality of key elements. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021258 | REDUCED KEYPAD FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR PREDICTIVE INPUT - An apparatus is provided with a first and a second plurality of input keys. At least some input keys of the first plurality of input keys are associated with both a numeric value and a first set of alphabetic values, and arranged in a first alphabetic keypad layout based on their respective first sets of alphabetic values. The second plurality of input keys are positioned adjacent to the first plurality of input keys. At least some input keys of the second plurality of input keys are associated with at least one alphabetic value, and arranged in a second alphabetic keypad layout. At least some of the input keys of the first plurality of input keys have a second set of alphabetic values that is used as part of the second alphabetic keypad layout and at least some of the input keys of the first and second pluralities of input keys are arranged to provide a reduced group of words generated by a predictive text input routine for an input key sequence entered by a user. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021259 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - According to an aspect, an information processing device includes: a touch panel for detecting a contact; and a controller configured to display a virtual keyboard including a plurality of buttons on the touch panel, and receive, when the touch panel detects a contact started at a first position on the surface of the touch panel and terminated at a second position on the surface of the touch panel, a character string including characters corresponding to the buttons displayed on a trajectory obtained by connecting each position at which the contact is detected from when the contact is started at the first position to when the contact is terminated at the second position as input. | 2013-01-24 |
20130021260 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING KOREAN CHARACTER ON TOUCH SCREEN - A method for inputting a Korean character by using a touch screen is provided. The method includes detecting touch points of a first touch and a second touch on the touch screen, displaying a consonant of a consonant input key corresponding to a center point of the detected touch points on the touch screen, and releasing the first touch and the second touch and inputting the displayed consonant as an initial sound. The method can minimize the number of character input keys arranged on the touch screen used in the portable terminal and combine the Korean character with the minimal touch action for inputting the Korean character, so that it is possible to simplify the input action for the Korean character input, thereby curtailing an input time for inputting the Korean character and effectively utilizing a limited touch screen region. | 2013-01-24 |
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. | 2013-01-24 |
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. | 2013-01-24 |
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. | 2013-01-24 |
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. | 2013-01-24 |
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. | 2013-01-24 |
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. | 2013-01-24 |
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. | 2013-01-24 |