05th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130027216 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION VIA DRILLING RODS - A communication system for transmitting information via drilling rod linkages includes a drill drive, drilling rod linkages comprising a first drilling rod linkage and at least one second drilling rod linkage. The first drilling rod linkage comprises an electrical line, an upper end and a lower end which comprises a receptacle for a drill head. The second drilling rod linkage comprises at least one electrical line, an upper end and a lower end. A sensor and/or actuator is arranged at the lower end of the first drilling rod linkage and at the drill head and transmits data. A first communication unit and an electronics unit are arranged at a drive end. A further communication unit is arranged at the upper end of the first drilling rod linkage and at the upper and lower ends of the second drilling rod linkage. The first communication unit and the further communication units are radio modules which transmit/receive data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027217 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Automatically Configuring a Utility Meter - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for automatically configuring a utility meter. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for automatically configuring a utility meter. The method can include transmitting formatted data from a utility meter to a remote server. The formatted data includes one or more of: a ready signal, a meter identifier, a location identifier, installed options identifier, firmware version identifier, or configuration table information. The method also includes receiving configuration data from the remote server in response to the transmitted formatted data; and automatically configuring the utility meter with at least a portion of the received configuration data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027218 | Low Power Vehicle Detection - A parking meter detects an object in proximity, based on a change in a proximity measurement at the meter, activates a directional sensor in response to detecting the object, receives sensor data at a meter processor from the directional sensor, wherein the received sensor data indicates a predetermined direction to the detected object relative to the meter. The parking meter determines a presence of the object, or lack thereof, in the predetermined direction based on the sensor data, and upon a positive determination of the presence of the object, stores an indication of the presence of the object along with a time of the positive determination. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027219 | ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEM FOR GUARANTEEING RELIABLE TRANSMISSION OF METER DATA AND ADVANCED METERING METHOD USING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is an advanced metering infrastructure system that includes electronic meters, each of which being configured to measure and store an amount of energy consumed by each customer and provided with a slave communication modem, a data concentrator for collecting meter data from the electronic meters via a master communication modem that performs wired/wireless communication with the slave communication modems of the electronic meters, and a meter reading server for receiving and managing the meter data collected by the data concentrator. The master communication modem and each of the slave communication modems implement mutual communication interfaces using a protocol stack. The protocol stack includes a network layer, an application layer, and a modem performance analysis layer disposed between the network layer and the application layer and configured to analyze quality of a communication link between the master communication modem and each slave communication modem. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027220 | DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - In an embodiment, a device characterization system includes a sensor to sense an attribute of a device, a processor, and an algorithm executable on the processor to collect time series data of the attribute from the sensor, detect edges in the data, identify clusters from the edges, label the clusters based on input from a supervisor, and estimate device characterization parameters from the clusters. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027221 | Warning system for an intersection - A warning system for pedestrian and vehicular traffic that can warn pedestrians and drivers of an emergency vehicle that is approaching a road intersection. The current warning system is multimodal and uses different modes and colors to indicate the type of approaching emergency vehicle. Flashing devices are mounted to fixtures associated with currently available traffic light configurations. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027222 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication apparatus is installed in a vehicle. A time information obtaining unit obtains a current time. A state information obtaining unit repeatedly obtains state information representing a state of an own vehicle at the current time. An own vehicle information generating unit estimates predicted arrival positions at specific times between the current time and a specified time, and repeatedly generates own vehicle information including the current position and the predicted arrival positions. An information transmitting unit transmits the own vehicle information. An information storage unit stores the own vehicle information into a first storage section as past own vehicle information. The information transmitting unit obtains an information coincidence degree representing the degree of the coincidence between current own vehicle information and the past own vehicle information, and transmits the current own vehicle information if the information coincidence degree is less than a specified threshold. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027223 | TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM WITH DUAL LIGHT SOURCES - A traffic signal system with dual light sources includes a signal displaying module, an ambient light module and a supplementary light module. The ambient light from environment is assembled by the ambient light module for generating a first light beam. A second light beam is provided by the supplementary light module disposed near the ground for easy maintaining and avoiding danger. The supplementary light module includes a sensor and a control circuit. The sensor senses the brightness of the first light beam passing through the signal displaying module and generates a photosensitive signal. The brightness of the second light beam is regulated by the control circuit according to the photosensitive signal. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027224 | Traffic Signal Control System, Design Method and Special Equipment - A traffic signal control method comprises confirming the shortest green light interval; confirming the conflict area of the different traffic flow and the key conflict point position according to the engineering design for road canalization; confirming the longest clear distance si(m) of the traffic tail unit of green light i and the shortest entry distance sj(m) of the traffic head unit of green light j in conflict with green light i; calculating the longest clear time Max{ti} of the traffic tail unit of green light i and the shortest entry time Min{tj} of the traffic head unit of green light j; calculating the shortest green light interval Iij=A+Max{ti}−Min{tj}; confirming the control scheme for the crossing according to the shortest green light interval and sending the control instruction to the traffic signal display device for displaying in real time according to the control scheme. A traffic signal control system and special equipment are also provided. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027225 | System for Determining the Position of a Vehicle, Vehicle Therewith, and Method Therefor - System for determining the position of a vehicle comprising a plurality of sensors for measuring the magnetic field strength of a magnet, computation means for determining the position of the magnet with respect to the plurality of sensors wherein the plurality of sensors are arranged in a two-dimensions array. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027226 | MOVING MAP DISPLAY - A Device for automatically evaluating an air traffic control message by an aircraft-based component of a flight information system is disclosed. The device comprises means for retrieving the air traffic control message from an aircraft-based system, means for parsing the text of the air traffic control message and means for storing text elements of the air traffic control message into a computer readable memory. Furthermore, it comprises means for retrieving a current flight data of an aircraft, means for determining if there is a mismatch between the stored text elements and the current flight data, the actual flight data comprising at least the current position of the aircraft and means for displaying one or more graphical elements on a moving map display if it is determined that there is a mismatch between the stored text elements and the current flight data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027227 | INTERFACING CUSTOMERS WITH MOBILE VENDORS - A mechanism for directing a vendor vehicle to an area in a region. A device receives a plurality of search requests from a plurality of corresponding user devices. Each search request includes search request data that includes a location identifier that identifies a location of the corresponding user device in the region at a time of the search request, and one or more user search criteria. The device identifies, based on the plurality of search requests and at least one subset-determination criterion, at least one subset of the plurality of user devices. The device determines at least one determined location within the region based on the corresponding locations of the user devices in the at least one subset. The device sends vehicle positioning information that identifies the at least one determined location to a vendor device associated with the vendor vehicle. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027228 | DECODER CIRCUIT FOR DOWN-SAMPLING A DIFFERENTIAL MANCHESTER ENCODING - Decoder circuits and methods down-sample the samples that oversample an input signal having a differential Manchester encoding. A first input port receives first, second, and third samples. A second input port receives a state indicating whether a clock transition or a data transition precedes the first, second, and third samples. A third input port receives first, second, and third down-sampled bits. A detector circuit is configured to generate a detection signal indicating a presence of a short pulse within the samples when the state indicates the clock transition and the second and third down-sampled bits are equal and differ from the first down-sampled bit and the third sample. A generator circuit is configured to generate a fourth down-sampled bit that equals the third sample when the detection signal indicates the presence of the short pulse, and that equals the second sample when the detection signal does not indicate the presence. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027229 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SERIALIZING BITS - A circuit for serializing bits including a clock circuit and a serializer. The clock circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of clock signals from a received master clock signal. A plurality of bits may be transmitted to the serializer in response to a transition of a first clock signal. The serializer may comprise a system of latches and a rotary circuit. The system of latches may be configured to receive a first half of the plurality of bits in response to a first transition of a second clock signal and to receive a second half of the plurality of bits in response to a transition of a third clock signal. The rotary circuit may be configured to receive the plurality of bits from the system of latches and to output each bit at a particular time based on a plurality of rotary clock signals. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027230 | ENTROPY CODING - An encoder for encoding a sequence of symbols is described which includes an assigner configured to assign a number of parameters to each symbol of the sequence of symbols based on information contained within previous symbols of the sequence of symbols; a plurality of entropy encoders each of which is configured to convert the symbols forwarded to the respective entropy encoder into a respective bitstream; and a selector configured to forward each symbol to a selected one of the plurality of entropy encoders, the selection depending on the number of parameters assigned to the respective symbol. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027231 | Modified Dynamic Element Matching For Reduced Latency In A Pipeline Analog To Digital Converter - A circuit in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) includes an amplifier configured to receive an output of a backend DAC; a harmonic distortion correction circuit (HDC) coupled to the amplifier and configured to correct distortion components due to the residue amplifier present in a digital signal from the backend ADC, the HDC circuit providing an output to an adder, the adder receiving a coarse digital output from a coarse ADC; and a DAC noise cancellation circuit (DNC) configured to provide an output to the adder, wherein the DNC circuit is configured to correct distortion components due to the DAC present in the digital signal from the backend ADC; wherein the output of the adder is an ADC digital output and wherein the ADC digital output forms an input to the HDC and the DNC. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027232 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS AND ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION METHODS - An analog-to-digital converter is provided and comprises a most significant bit (MSB) conversion module, a successive approximation register analog-to-digital converter (SAR ADC) module, and an operation module. The MSB conversion module receives an analog signal to be converted, and converts the analog signal to an MSB with M bits, and obtains a redundancy signal. The SAR ADC module is coupled to the MSB conversion module. The SAR ADC receives the redundancy signal and processes the redundancy signal to be a least significant bit (LSB) with N bits. The operation module is coupled to the MSB conversion module and the SAR ADC module. The operation module receives the MSB with the M bits and the LSB with the N bits and generates a first digital signal with (M+N) bits. Each of M and N is positive, and (M+N) is a positive integer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027233 | ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER - An ADC which samples an analog input signal at a sampling frequency and converts the analog input signal to a digital output signal, has N analog digital converter (ADC) channels which convert the analog input signal into the digital output signal by time interleaving, a channel synthesizer which synthesizes channel digital signals output respectively by the ADC channels to generate the digital output signal, an adaptive filter provided at at least one output of the ADC channels, and a correction circuit which generates a coefficient of the adaptive filter in accordance with the digital output signal. The correction circuit calculates a DC component of an image signal component, from among an analog input signal component and the image signal component corresponding to error, both being included in the digital output signal, and calculates the coefficient such that the DC component is suppressed on the basis of the DC component. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027234 | TIME-INTERLEAVED A/D CONVERTER APPARATUS - A time-interleaved A/D converter apparatus has a primary signal A/D converter circuit group that is time-interleaved with a combination of N A/D converter circuits, a correction signal generation part operable to receive the input analog signal and a 1/m-sampling signal having a speed that is 1/m of a rate of the sampling signal inputted to the primary signal A/D converter circuit group, to extract a dispersion of a transmission line that is immanent in the input analog signal, and to output the dispersion as a dispersion compensation control signal used for digital signal compensation, and a signal processing part operable to convert the N digital signals into one digital signal based upon the dispersion compensation control signal and to compensate a dispersion included in the converted digital signal. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027235 | Self-Calibrated DAC with Reduced Glitch Mapping - A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is disclosed. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a DAC may include a plurality of current-steering elements, wherein each respective current-steering element is configured to operate as instructed by a respective calibration signal during respective steps in a calibration cycle, and at least one current-steering element is configured to operate as instructed by a first control signal during at least a first step in which the at least one current-steering element is not being calibrated, and operate as instructed by a second control signal during at least a second step in which the at least one current-steering element is not being calibrated. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027236 | A/D CONVERSION DEVICE AND A/D CONVERSION CORRECTING METHOD - An A/D conversion unit performs an A/D conversion operation twice during a hold period of an analog value. In a first conversion operation, the A/D conversion unit compares the analog value with a first reference voltage and outputs a comparison result as first converted data. In a second conversion operation, the A/D conversion unit compares the analog value with a second reference voltage and outputs a comparison result as second converted data. The second reference voltage is a voltage obtained by adding or subtracting a minimum resolution voltage to or from the first reference voltage. A digital processing unit averages errors of the first and second converted data by digital processing to detect an A/D conversion error, and feeds back a detection result to the A/D conversion unit as a control value to perform voltage control. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027237 | FIELDBUS ADAPTER AND METHOD OF USING FIELDBUS ADAPTER - A fieldbus adaptor connected between a fieldbus that handles a digital signal and a field device that handles an analog signal, the fieldbus adaptor comprising a first connection unit detachably connected to the fieldbus, a second connection unit detachably connected to the field device, and a conversion unit provided between the first connection unit and the second connection unit, the conversion unit bidirectionally converting the digital signal handled by the fieldbus and the analog signal handled by the field device. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027238 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Sensing AC Voltage - Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems, methods, and apparatus for sensing AC voltage. According to an example embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for sensing AC voltage. The method includes providing a voltage sensing circuit in communication with an AC power source; rectifying an AC signal from the AC power source with rectifier circuitry of the voltage sensing circuit; applying a first voltage to an analog-to-digital (A-to-D) converter circuit, wherein the first voltage is across a second resistive element of a first half cycle voltage divider comprising a first resistive element and the second resistive element and in communication with a positive DC output of the rectifier circuitry; and analyzing the first digital voltage value and the second digital voltage value by a processor to determine a voltage of the AC power source. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027239 | DATA CONVERSION METHOD BASED ON NEGATIVE beta-MAP - There is provided a data conversion method based on negative β-map suited for an A/D converter or chaos generator, that is adapted to an integrated circuit and capable of providing stable operation of the circuit. The data conversion method based on negative β-map includes a discrete time integrator | 2013-01-31 |
20130027240 | RADAR SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A radar system ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027241 | Split Aperture Monopulse Antenna System - A method and apparatus for processing electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic waves are transmitted in a selected direction toward a target object from a first array of antenna elements. Scattered electromagnetic waves generated from the electromagnetic waves are received at a first portion of a second array of antenna elements configured to receive the scattered electromagnetic waves in a first direction with respect to the selected direction and at a second portion of the second array of antenna elements configured to receive the scattered electromagnetic waves in a second direction with respect to the selected direction. First information in the scattered electromagnetic waves received by the first portion is subtracted from second information in the scattered electromagnetic waves received by the second portion to form difference data. An elevation angle is identified between a direction of the target object and the selected direction using the difference data. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027242 | DETECTION AND TRACKING RADAR, ANTI HIGH SPEED MOBILE DEFENSE SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME AND HIGH SPEED MOBILE TRACKING METHOD OF DETECTION AND TRACKING RADAR - A detection and tracking radar includes a hazardous zone set within a preset radius based on a main body having a radar, a plurality of detection and tracking sectors configured to detect a high speed mobile approaching the main body within detection areas, the detection areas being defined by diving the hazardous zone based on an azimuth angle, and a controller configured to recognize the high speed mobile as a target based upon signals received from the detection and tracking sectors and track the target. Accordingly, rapid detection and tracking of the high speed mobile can be allowed. Also, since the detection and tracking sectors can be independently run, expansion of a radar system can be free by virtue of addition of the detection and tracking sectors. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027243 | NEAR-FIELD MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING - Systems and method for near-field millimeter wave imaging are provided, in particular, near-field millimeter wave imaging systems and methods that enable sub-wavelength resolution imaging by scanning objects with sub-wavelength probe elements and capturing and measuring phase and intensity of reflected energy to generate images. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027244 | NEAR-FIELD MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING - Systems and method for near-field millimeter wave imaging are provided, in particular, near-field millimeter wave imaging systems and methods that enable sub-wavelength resolution imaging by scanning objects with sub-wavelength probe elements and capturing and measuring phase and intensity of reflected energy to generate images. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027245 | MITIGATING MULTIPATH USING STATE TRANSITION DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT - A global positioning satellite (GPS) receiver that includes a radio frequency (RF) receiver receiving a first GPS signal from a GPS satellite and a processor. The processor is configured to correlate the first GPS signal with a plurality of reference signals to produce a plurality of correlations, detect a transition between receiving the first GPS signal and receiving a second GPS signal from the GPS satellite based on a phase shift in the correlations, and if the transition is detected, compensate for the phase shift when computing a range to the GPS satellite. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027246 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECEIVING POSITIONING SIGNALS BASED ON PSEUDORANGE CORRECTIONS - A receiver for receiving positioning signals from a plurality of sources obtains a pseudorange correction for each source by obtaining an initial pseudorange to each source, an initial value of a positioning parameter based on the initial pseudoranges, a difference between the initial value of the positioning parameter and a reference value of the positioning parameter, a parameter error for each one of the sources, and the pseudorange correction for each source based on the difference between the initial and the reference values of the positioning parameter, the parameter error for the source and the value. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027247 | Coverage Extension of Position Services - The present solution relates to a method in a user equipment ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027248 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR USE WITH MODE-SWITCHABLE NAVIGATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for use with mode switchable navigation radios and the like. The methods and apparatuses may be implemented to selectively switch between certain operating modes based, at least in part, a mode-switching test that takes into consideration one or more non-timed test conditions to determine if mode-switching may be enabled. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027249 | Directive, electrically-small UWB antenna system and method - A directive electrically small antenna (DESA) process and method employs multipole synthesis to implement directive electrically small multipole antennas with ultra-wideband (UWB) stable antenna patterns. Although lossy, embodiments have adequate efficiency to work as receive antennas in the high ambient noise environment of the HF band and below. Employing a process dubbed “antenna regeneration,” energy may be circulated within an antenna by means other than resonance. This enables multiple decade UWB response without the efficiency penalties inherent to traditional resistively-loaded antenna systems. Regenerative antennas can simultaneously achieve the performance of high Q resonant antennas and the bandwidth of resistively loaded antennas. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ALIGNING PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA, AND PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA - A method and an apparatus for aligning a phased array antenna, and a phased array antenna are provided. A method for aligning a phased array antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving signals from respective antenna array subunits; performing phase shifting on the signals from the respective antenna array subunits, combining phase-shifted signals, where the signals are from the respective antenna array subunits, and obtaining a first signal, where a receiving beam corresponding to the first signal is a rotating receiving beam; rotating, by the rotating receiving beam, around a transmitting/receiving beam according to a preset angular frequency by using the transmitting/receiving beam as a rotation axis; calculating power values of respective first signals in a case that the rotating receiving beam rotates through different angles; and adjusting, according to the power values, a direction of the transmitting/receiving beam to align a phased array antenna. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027251 | System and Method for Direction Finding and Geolocation of Emitters Based on Line-of-Bearing Intersections - According to an embodiment of the present invention an emitter geolocation technique determines the geolocation of a radio frequency (RF) emitter using pair-wise line-of-bearing intersections that are derived from signal-to-noise ratios of transmitted signals received at a sensor. The technique may be employed with ground based vehicle or small unmanned air vehicles (UAV), and obtains reliable geolocation estimates of radio frequency (RF) emitters of interest. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027252 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A manufacturing method of an antenna structure includes the following steps: producing a main body by injection molding of a first plastic, wherein the first plastic is a plating grade plastic; covering the main body by a second plastic to form a covering layer, wherein plating can not be done for the first and second plastics concurrently; removing a pre-determined portion of the covering layer, wherein a patterned layer is defined by the unremoved portion of the covering layer, wherein at least one trench is formed by the exposed portion of the main body and surrounding patterned layer; and plating an antenna material in the trench to form an antenna. Thus, the instant disclosure can reduce the manufacturing cost of the antenna structure. Based on the preceding manufacturing method, an antenna structure is also disclosed. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027253 | DUAL-BAND CIRCULARLY POLARIZED ANTENNA - A dual-band circularly polarized antenna is disclosed, which includes a ground metal plate, a dielectric substrate, a first microstrip radiation portion and a second microstrip radiation portion. The dielectric substrate is formed on the ground metal plate. The first microstrip radiation portion is formed on the dielectric substrate and has at least one pair of symmetric truncated corners. The second microstrip radiation portion is formed on the dielectric substrate and includes a plurality of radiation units. Each of the plurality of radiation units is extended from the first microstrip radiation portion along a first direction. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027254 | MULTIBAND SLOT LOOP ANTENNA APPARATUS AND METHODS - A multiband slot loop antenna apparatus, and methods of tuning and utilizing the same. In one embodiment, the antenna configuration is used within a handheld mobile device (e.g., cellular telephone or smartphone). The antenna comprises two radiating structures: a ring or loop structure substantially enveloping an outside perimeter of the device enclosure, and a tuning structure disposed inside the enclosure. The ring structure is grounded to the ground plane of the device so as to create a virtual portion and an operating portion. The tuning structure is spaced from the ground plane, and includes a plurality of radiator branches effecting antenna operation in various frequency bands; e.g., at least one lower frequency band and three upper frequency bands. On one implementation, a second lower frequency band radiator is effected using a reactive matched circuit coupled between a device feed and a radiator branch. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027255 | RADIO APPARATUS - A radio apparatus according to one aspect of the embodiments includes a substrate configured to have a high-frequency circuit formed thereon. The high-frequency circuit includes an electromagnetic wave radiation source to radiate an electromagnetic wave. The radio apparatus also includes a shielding case configured to house the substrate and have a plurality of openings each having a length of half a wavelength of the electromagnetic wave in a direction orthogonal to a polarization of the electromagnetic wave. Each of the openings is provided to make each distance between centers of the openings to be shorter than one wavelength of the electromagnetic wave. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027256 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING OVER-THE-AIR (OTA) PERFORMANCE IN MULTI-ANTENNA SYSTEM - The present invention discloses a method and system for testing OTA performance in a multi-antenna system. Multiple antennas are set in an anechoic chamber; a BS simulator is controlled to transmit benchmark test signal to DUT through a channel emulator and antennas; when determining the benchmark test signal does not meet set requirement, the benchmark test signal is adjusted until set requirement is met; corresponding test cases are determined according to different channel models; according to channel models, the channel emulator performs channel simulation processing on test signal output from the BS simulator and sends the test signal to DUT through antennas; after DUT receives the test signal, each OTA performance is tested according to OTA performance test items corresponding to test cases; and DUT is judged to reach the standard when all OTA performances reach the standard. The present invention is easy to implement and has a low cost. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027257 | GLASS ANTENNA - Provided is a glass antenna arranged in a space having a narrow opening area in a window glass of a vehicle. A glass antenna ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027258 | Antenna Structure for a Vehicle - An antenna structure for a vehicle may include an electrically conductive structure arranged on two insulating substrate plates that are arranged perpendicularly to each other and intersect each other. A dipole is provided on each electrically conductive structure. The dipoles form a first U-shaped dipole structure on each of the two substrate plates. On an upper edge region of each of the substrate plates, the dipole structure has a line element, and on the lateral regions of the substrate plate, the dipole structure has electrically conductive limbs. The electrically conductive structure has a monopole arranged asymmetrically to the dipole structure for respectively feeding the dipole. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027259 | Traveling Wave Excitation Antenna And Planar Antenna - An object is to suppress radiation of a cross polarized wave by a microstrip antenna to improve cross polarization discrimination of the traveling wave excitation antenna. A microstrip antenna wherein: a feed line | 2013-01-31 |
20130027260 | ANTENNA FEEDING STRUCTURE AND ANTENNA - The disclosure provides an antenna feeding structure having a low frequency loop, an intermediate frequency loop, and a high frequency loop, and generates resonance between the inductance of the intermediate frequency loop itself and a capacitive element in the intermediate frequency loop, wherein the antenna feeding structure is configured to be able to adjust the resonance frequency using the area of the loop and the value of the capacitive element, thereby allowing the antenna to have a broadband characteristic, and further, making it possible to easily design an antenna having a desired band. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027261 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus comprises a leaky coaxial cable, a first housing, a second housing and a connecting unit. The first housing configured to retain a part of one end of the leaky coaxial cable. The second housing configured to retain a part of other end of the leaky coaxial cable. The connecting unit configured to connect the first housing with the second housing such that the direction of the second housing relative to the first housing can be alerted. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027262 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system, comprises a tower-shaped antenna includes a leaky coaxial cable that leaks a radio wave and a reflective member that reflect the radio wave leaked from the leaky coaxial cable in the direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the leaky coaxial cable. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027263 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes a leaky coaxial cable, an electrical device and a cover. The cover which is formed with a slender internal space having a first and second ends in the length direction and a first and second vent holes that respectively connect the internal space with the outside at each of the neighbourhood of the first and second ends, and houses the leaky coaxial cable and the electrical devices in the internal space. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027264 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND HOUSING FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A housing for a wireless communications device includes a metal cover. An aperture is formed in the metal cover adjacent an antenna to limit interference with transmissions through the antenna, while providing structural strength to the housing. The opposing side of the housing is made from a material that allows transmission from the antenna with limited interference, thereby providing omni-directional transmissions. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027265 | ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR USE IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS OR OTHER WORK AREAS - An antenna system for use in an agricultural field or work area comprises a base having an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side. A stake extends from the lower side. The stake is capable of mounting into the ground. A spring extends from the upper side of the base. A mast above the base is movably, resiliently mounted to the base by the spring. A lateral dielectric guard is mounted at or the near a top of the mast. An antenna is associated with the top of the mast, the antenna coupled to a transmission line that is secured to or by the mast. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027266 | Unsymmetrical Dipole Antenna - An unsymmetrical dipole antenna includes a grounding element, a radiating element, and a feed-in wire. The grounding element includes a first short side metal plane and a first long side metal plane. The radiating element includes a second short side metal plane and a second long side metal plane. The feed-in wire includes a metal wire, coupled to the second short side metal plane for transmitting a feed-in signal; an insulation layer, covering the metal wire; a metal weave, covering the insulation layer, having one terminal coupled to the first short side metal plane of the grounding element, and another terminal coupled to a system ground of the wireless communication device; and a protective layer, covering the metal weave. A size of the grounding element and a size of the radiating element are irrelative. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027267 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus includes: first and second receiving antennas disposed on a plane at equal distances from a reference point and face each other with the reference point therebetween; third and fourth receiving antennas disposed on the plane, a gravity center of the third and fourth receiving antennas being an equal distance from the reference point, a straight line connecting the gravity centers of the third and fourth receiving antennas is at 90 degrees with respect to a straight line connecting gravity centers of the first and second receiving antennas; fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth receiving antennas disposed on the plane, having gravity centers on straight lines different from each other and rotated by an angle of 45 degrees from the straight line connecting the gravity centers of the first and second receiving antennas and the straight line connecting the gravity centers of the third and fourth receiving antennas, respectively. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027268 | ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING DIPOLE ANTENNA AND PARASITIC ELEMENT ARRAYS FOR FORMING PSEUDO-SLOT OPENINGS - In each parasitic element array, each of parasitic elements has a strip shape substantially parallel to a longitudinal direction of a dipole antenna, and the parasitic elements are formed at predetermined intervals. For example, the interval is set to be equal to or smaller than ⅛ of a wavelength λ of a high-frequency signal to be fed to a feeder line. The parasitic element arrays are arranged so as to form a plurality of pseudo-slot openings that allow a radio wave from the dipole antenna to propagate therethrough as magnetic currents. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027269 | BUILT-IN TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING INTEGRATED RADAR ANTENNA - Provided is a built-in transmitting and receiving integrated radar antenna whose coverage of a horizontal radiation pattern is widened and whose space factor is improved by integrating high-frequency circuit component onto an antenna substrate while suppressing unnecessary waves. A first dielectric substrate ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027270 | METAL COVERS FOR RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICES - An exemplary embodiment of an antenna system includes a metal cover for a radio communication device and a complementary antenna. The metal cover includes front side part, a first back side part connected to the front side part through a top side part, and a second back side part connected to the front side part through a bottom side part. The bottom and top side parts are positioned at opposite ends of the front side part. The first and second back side parts are positioned essentially coplanar and distanced from each other by a gap. The front side part comprises a recess at the bottom side part and/or at the top side part in which recess the complementary antenna is positioned in. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027271 | ANTENNA ARRAY PACKAGE AND METHOD FOR BUILDING LARGE ARRAYS - Array packages and methods for forming large-scale antenna arrays. One method includes aligning two or more array packages. The two or more array packages each include one or more bottom dielectric layers, an array of antennas arranged in a plane above the one or more bottom dielectric layers, a ground plane layer above the one or more bottom dielectric layers, and a conductive surface on at least a part of an outside surface of the array package and orthogonal to the plane of the array of antennas. The conductive surface is electrically connected to the ground plane layer. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027272 | DOHERTY AMPLIFIER ARRANGEMENT - A Doherty amplifier ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027273 | DIRECTIONAL COUPLER AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A directional coupler according to the present invention includes a primary line for transmitting a transmission signal; an input port for inputting the transmission signal to the primary line; an output port for outputting the transmission signal from the primary line; a secondary line for electromagnetically coupling with the primary line to extract part of the transmission signal; a coupling port provided at one end of the secondary line; an isolation port provided at the other end of the secondary line; and a low pass filter unit having a function of low pass filter, disposed between the secondary line and the coupling port. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027274 | INTEGRATED MILLIMETER WAVE TRANSCEIVER - A millimeter wave transceiver including a plate forming an interposer having its upper surface supporting an interconnection network and having its lower surface intended to be assembled on an electronic device; at least one integrated circuit chip assembled on the upper surface of the interposer; at least one antenna including at least one track formed on the upper surface of the interposer; and at least one block attached under the plate and including in front of each antenna a cavity having a metalized bottom, the distance between each antenna and the bottom being on the order of one quarter of the wavelength, taking into account the dielectric constants of the interposed materials. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027275 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A wireless communication system comprises a tower-shaped antenna including a leaky coaxial cable that leaks electric wave. The tower-shaped antenna is selectively changed from a protruding state in which the antenna is protruded from an installed surface to a housed state in which the antenna is housed in the installed surface, and vice versa. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027276 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF BANDS IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An antenna device for supporting a plurality of bands in a portable terminal includes a supporting part having an antenna member comprises of a compressed coil, so that the interlayer interval is changed according to the length variation of the supporting part. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027277 | POWER ARRAY FOR HIGH POWER PULSE LOAD - A controlled power supply comprising: a) an array of low voltage current sources; b) a plurality of switch power supplies coupled to each of the storage capacitors and respective ones of the pulse loads being coupled to each of the switch power supplies; c) each of the storage capacitors being configured for storing energy during an inactive portion of a load switching cycle of the respective switch power supply to which the corresponding storage capacitor is coupled when the pulse loads are inactive; d) a respective output capacitor in association with each of the switch power supplies for feeding voltage to the respective pulse loads during an active portion of the load switching cycle; and e) the respective storage capacitor being configured for supplying the stored energy via the respective to the respective switch power supply to which the storage capacitor is coupled to each of the pulse loads coupled to switch power supply during an active portion of the load switching cycle. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027278 | Man-made composite material and man-made composite material antenna - The present invention relates to a man-made composite material. The man-made composite material is divided into a plurality of regions. A plane electromagnetic wave is incident on a first surface and exits in the form of a spherical wave from a second surface of the man-made composite material opposite to the first surface. Reverse extensions of the exiting electromagnetic wave intersect with each other at a virtual focus of the man-made composite material. A line connecting the virtual focus to a point on the top surface of the i | 2013-01-31 |
20130027279 | COLOR DISPLAY SYSTEM - A high-visibility display system includes two or more sign sections with each sign section being supplied with display data by a single computer transmitting the display data concurrently. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027280 | ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A scan signal line drive circuit ( | 2013-01-31 |
20130027281 | SELF-LUMINOUS DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD OF THE SAME INCLUDING A LIGHT EMISSION INTERRUPTION PERIOD DURING A LIGHT EMISSIN ENABLED PERIOD - A self-luminous display device includes: pixel circuits; and a drive circuit, wherein each of the pixel circuits includes a light-emitting diode, a drive transistor connected to a drive current channel of the light-emitting diode, and a holding capacitor coupled to a control node of the drive transistor, the drive circuit applies a light emission enabling bias to the light-emitting diode after correcting the drive transistor and writing a data voltage to the control node, provides, during a light emission enabled period in which the light emission enabling bias is applied, a light emission interruption period adapted to change the light emission enabling bias to a non-light emission bias with the data voltage held by the holding capacitor, and performs a light emission disabling process, adapted to reverse-bias the light-emitting diode to stop the light emission, for a constant period after the light emission enabled period. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027282 | Semiconductor Device and Display Device - An object of the present invention is to decrease the resistance of a power supply line, to suppress a voltage drop in the power supply line, and to prevent defective display. A connection terminal portion includes a plurality of connection terminals. The plurality of connection terminals is provided with a plurality of connection pads which is part of the connection terminal. The plurality of connection pads includes a first connection pad and a second connection pad having a line width different from that of the first connection pad. Pitches between the plurality of connection pads are equal to each other. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027283 | CHARGE-SHARING PATH CONTROL DEVICE FOR A SCAN DRIVER OF AN LCD PANEL - A bidirectional switch includes a pair of transistors, with each transistor including a source connected via a degeneration resistance to a common source control node, a gate connected to a common gate control node, a drain connected to a respective channel or gate line and to a charge storage node, respectively, and a clamp diode connected between the source and the gate. This forms a single charge transfer path between gate lines sequentially activated by a scan driver of an LCD panel, and implements a charge sharing technique for reducing power dissipation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027284 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DRIVE AND CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE TERMINAL SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM - A liquid crystal display drive and control device for reducing the number of exclusive signal interconnections for connecting a host module to a liquid crystal display driver for a sub-display, and peripheral devices, respectively. The liquid crystal display drive and control device includes, over one semiconductor substrate, a host interface circuit, a drive circuit, and an output port, and is used for connection with the host module. The drive circuit generates a drive signal for driving a liquid crystal display on the basis of information inputted to the host interface circuit before outputting. The output port is capable of controlling a logic level of an output signal on the basis of the information inputted to the host interface circuit. The liquid crystal display drive and control device is capable of distribute signals to circuits controlled by level signals with determined logic levels. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027285 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING FONTS ON LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A four-color liquid crystal display device has pixels containing first to fourth subpixels (hereinafter abbreviated as “SPs” as needed) having four different colors, respectively, arranged in a two-by-two matrix, the first to fourth SPs being placed in the first row and the first column, in the first row and the second column, in the second row and the second column, and in the second row and the first column, respectively. In displaying a font (i) subjected to subpixel rendering premised on a pixel composed of three SPs having three different colors, respectively, arranged in three columns of stripe, and (ii) specified, regarding a predetermined pixel falling on part of a character edge, that the SP in the first column takes on a tone Tx, that the SP in the second column takes on a tone Ty, and that the SP in the third column takes on a tone Tz, the liquid crystal display device specifies, for the predetermined pixel, that each of the first and fourth SPs takes on a tone which is obtained by performing rounding on (Tx×⅔)+(Ty×⅓)=p and that each of the second and third SPs takes on a tone which is obtained by performing rounding on (Ty×⅓)+(Tz×⅔)=v. This allows the four-color liquid crystal display device to appropriately display a subpixel rendered font (e.g., Clear Type (registered trademark)). | 2013-01-31 |
20130027286 | LCD PANEL - The present invention discloses an LCD panel which includes a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scan lines, the data lines insulatingly intersecting the gate lines, thereby defining a pixel unit between an intersection between two of the plurality of gate lines and corresponding two of the plurality of data lines. Three adjacent scan lines intersect three adjacent data lines to define four pixel units which are designated as a pixel unit set. Two pixel units in one row of the pixel unit set are respectively coupled to two data lines in both sides of the three adjacent data lines, and two pixel units in the other row are coupled to the middle one of the three adjacent data lines. Power consumption of the LCD panel of the present invention is greatly reduced as compared with the conventional LCD panel. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027287 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a gate driver which sequentially outputs a gate signal at a high state in response to a gate control signal and a data driver which converts image data into a data signal in response to a data control signal. The display apparatus further includes a display panel which includes a plurality of gate lines which sequentially receive the gate signal, a plurality of data lines which receive the data signal and a plurality of pixels connected to the gate and data lines and which receive the data signal in response to the gate signal to display an image. The polarity of the data signal is inverted after the gate signal transitions to a low state. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027288 | LED BACKLIGHT AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed are a direct-lit LED backlight, and a liquid crystal display device, provided with the backlight. In the LED backlight, heat generated by LEDs is easily dissipated, the number of the LEDs disposed is reduced, the temperature of the LEDs does not become too high, and reliability is improved by stabilizing light emission luminance and service life. The LED backlight (BL | 2013-01-31 |
20130027289 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile terminal is provided comprising a communication unit configured to form a network with first and second electronic devices, and a controller configured to control the first electronic device so that the first electronic device plays first content while simultaneously controlling playback of second content when receiving a connection request relating to playback of the second content from the second electronic device while controlling the first electronic device so that the first electronic device plays the first content. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027290 | Input Mode of a Device - A device to detect a directional hand gesture, identify an input mode of the device associated with the directional hand gesture to launch the input mode, modify a user interface rendered on a display component of the device based on the input mode, and modify a setting of the sensor based on whether the input mode includes a virtual keyboard. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027291 | TOUCH PANEL AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first traces, a plurality of second traces, and a plurality of sensing pads. The first traces are disposed on the substrate and are parallel to each other along a first direction. The second traces are disposed on the substrate and are parallel to each other along a second direction. The first traces and the second traces interlace with each other to form a plurality of sensing pad areas. Each sensing pad is disposed in each sensing pad area, and is electrically connected to each first trace and each second trace. The present invention further provides a method of operating the same. In the present invention, the thickness of the touch panel is decreased, and the material for the electrodes is economized. Consequently, the costs of the touch panel can be reduced. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027292 | CONTENT DISPLAY DEVICE - An anchor operation can be facilitated by ten keys using location information on a screen of items to which predetermined tags are attached. Display location information is extracted from the screen of a plurality of items to which predetermined tags described in the content data are attached, the screen on which the content is displayed is partitioned based on the display location information so that the plurality of items exist in one region, and available buttons of the operation device are allocated to the plurality of items of the region and simultaneously an item corresponding to an operated button is selected from the plurality of items. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027293 | STABILISATION METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a method for stabilising a series of measurements of a physical variable captured by a digital sensor. This method comprises the steps of: capturing at least a first measurement, a second measurement, and a third measurement of said physical variable and storing each measurement in a digital memory. The first and second measurements are compared and, if a difference between the first measurement and the second measurement is below a predetermined threshold, the second measurement is replaced in the memory by a corrected second measurement where the difference with respect to said first measurement has been reduced using a first filtering strength. The corrected second measurement and the third measurement are compared and, if a difference between the filtered value of the corrected second measurement and said third measurement is also below the threshold, said the third measurement is replaced by a corrected third measurement where a difference with respect to said corrected second measurement has been reduced using a second filtering strength that is lower than the first filtering strength. This method has the advantage of filtering noise whilst still allowing slow but relevant variations in the series of measurements. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027294 | INPUT APPARATUS, INPUT METHOD, AND CONTROL SYSTEM - There is provided an apparatus including an input apparatus including an input apparatus main body with which input manipulation is performed to manipulate a manipulation target object, a first manipulation detection unit that detects a first manipulation on the input apparatus main body, a second manipulation detection unit that detects a second manipulation on the input apparatus main body after the first manipulation is detected, and a first processing unit that performs first processing for manipulation on the manipulation target object or a first response of the input apparatus, based on a movement detection value corresponding to movement of the input apparatus main body according to the first manipulation or a detection value of the first manipulation. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027295 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an acquisition unit acquiring data on at least one of an acceleration or an angular velocity of a controller operated by a user, and a determination unit determining at least one of a velocity of the controller or a trajectory of the controller based on the acquired data on the at least one of the acceleration or the angular velocity. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027296 | COMPOUND GESTURE-SPEECH COMMANDS - A multimedia entertainment system combines both gestures and voice commands to provide an enhanced control scheme. A user's body position or motion may be recognized as a gesture, and may be used to provide context to recognize user generated sounds, such as speech input. Likewise, speech input may be recognized as a voice command, and may be used to provide context to recognize a body position or motion as a gesture. Weights may be assigned to the inputs to facilitate processing. When a gesture is recognized, a limited set of voice commands associated with the recognized gesture are loaded for use. Further, additional sets of voice commands may be structured in a hierarchical manner such that speaking a voice command from one set of voice commands leads to the system loading a next set of voice commands. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027297 | 3D REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM EMPLOYING ABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE POSITION DETECTION - The present invention can include three-dimensional remote control systems that can detect an absolute location to which a remote control is pointing in first and second orthogonal axes and an absolute position of the remote control in a third orthogonal axis. Remote control systems of the present invention can employ absolute position detection with relative position detection. Absolute position detection can indicate an initial absolute position of the remote control and relative position detection can indicate changes in the position of the remote control. By combining absolute and relative position detection, remote control systems of the present invention can track remote controls more precisely than systems that only employ absolute position detection. The present invention also can include methods and apparatus for zooming in and out of an image shown on a display based on the absolute position of the remote control in the third axis. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027298 | POINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR SETTING COORDINATE SYSTEM, ETC., INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An example pointing system includes an attitude calculation unit, a coordinate system setting unit, and a coordinate calculation unit. The attitude calculation unit calculates an attitude of a controller device in a predetermined space. The coordinate system setting unit sets a predetermined coordinate system in the predetermined space. The coordinate calculation unit calculates pointing coordinates in the coordinate system based on a relationship of the attitude with respect to the coordinate system. The coordinate system setting unit can set a direction of a predetermined axis of the coordinate system with respect to a vertical direction in the predetermined space, and can set the direction of the predetermined axis of the coordinate system with respect to a direction of the controller device in the predetermined space. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027299 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INPUT APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a calculation unit and a determination unit. The calculation unit has a two-dimensional calculation mode configured to perform, when an operation device is placed on an operation surface and a user operates the operation device, calculation based on a detection value of a motion sensor corresponding to two-dimensional motion of the operation device, and has a three-dimensional calculation mode configured to perform, when the user operates the operation device in a three-dimensional space, calculation based on a detection value of the motion sensor corresponding to three-dimensional motion of the operation device. The determination unit is configured to determine which of the two-dimensional calculation mode and the three-dimensional calculation mode is used to perform the calculation with the calculation unit, based on the detection value of the motion sensor and at least one of information other than the detection value of the motion sensor. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027300 | RECOGNITION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - In an embodiment, a recognition apparatus includes: an obtaining unit configured to obtain positions of a specific part in a coordinate system having a first axis to an n-th axis (n≧2); a calculating unit configured to calculate a movement vector of the specific part; a principal axis selecting unit configured to select a principal axis; a turning point setting unit configured to set a position at which there is a change in the principal axis, and set a position at which there is a change; a section setting unit configured to set a determination target section, and set a previous section; a determining unit configured to calculate an evaluation value of the determination target section and an evaluation value of the immediately previous section and, determine which of the first axis to the n-th axis is advantageous; and a presenting unit configured to perform the determined result. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027301 | OPERATION METHOD AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MULTI-TOUCH CONTROL - An operation method and a control system for multi-touch control are provided. A map positioner and a map block are set in a display region, and the position of a cursor is set according to an input signal of an operation region. The position of a fast positioner set in the operation region corresponds to the position of the map positioner. The position of the cursor is shifted according to a motion vector inputted by an input device, and the position of the map block is reset. The map block and the cursor are shifted to the map positioner when the input device receives a trigger signal of the fast positioner. An object in the map block is selected, a multi-touch function is enabled, and the operation property of the object is changed according to a relative shift quantity formed by a first and a second control points. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027302 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT CONTROL METHOD - There are provided an electronic device, an electronic document control program and an electronic document control method for the electronic device. The electronic device includes a display unit configured to display an electronic document, an image taking unit configured to take an image, an eye-gaze position detecting unit configured to detect an eye-gaze position with respect to the display unit based on the image taken by the image taking unit, a determining unit configured to determine whether the electronic document displayed on the display unit has been read based on the eye-gaze position detected by the eye-gaze position detecting unit, and a performing unit configured to perform a predetermined process on the electronic document if the determining unit determines that the electronic document has been read. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027303 | Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Moving On-Screen Objects Without Using a Cursor - An electronic device with a touch screen display: detects a single finger contact on the touch screen display; creates a touch area that corresponds to the single finger contact; determines a representative point within the touch area; determines if the touch area overlaps an object displayed on the touch screen display, which includes determining if one or more portions of the touch area other than the representative point overlap the object; connects the object with the touch area if the touch area overlaps the object, where connecting maintains the overlap of the object and the touch area; after connecting the object with the touch area, detects movement of the single finger contact; determines movement of the touch area that corresponds to movement of the single finger contact; and moves the object connected with the touch area in accordance with the determined movement of the touch area. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027304 | COMPUTER MOUSE HAVING ILLUMINATING FUNCTION - A mouse includes a casing, a light, a switch, and a supporting device. The casing includes a base plate and a top cover covering the base plate. The top cover defines a receiving hole. The switch is electrically connected to the light and used to turn the light on and off. The supporting device is movably accommodated in the receiving hole and supports the light. The supporting device is capable of moving out of the receiving hole. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027305 | WHEEL MODULE FOR INPUT DEVICE - A wheel module for an input device includes a circuit board, a wheel swinging member, and a wheel. A plurality of switch elements are installed on the circuit board. These switch elements are arranged between the circuit board and the wheel swinging member. The wheel is disposed on the wheel swinging member. When the wheel is moved downwardly relative to the wheel swinging member by a specified distance, an operating mode of the wheel module is switched from a rotating mode to a swinging mode. When the wheel module is operated in the rotating mode, the wheel is rotatable relative to the wheel swinging member. When the wheel module is operated in the swinging mode and the wheel is tilted in a specified direction, the wheel swinging member is synchronously swung relative to the circuit board to trigger a corresponding switch element. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027306 | WHEEL MODULE FOR INPUT DEVICE - A wheel module for an input device includes a circuit board, a wheel swinging member, a wheel and a stopping arm. A plurality of switch elements are installed on the circuit board. These switch elements are arranged between the circuit board and the wheel swinging member. The wheel is disposed on the wheel swinging member. When the contact part of the stopping arm is moved to a specified position, the wheel is non-rotatable. By titling the wheel in a specified direction, the wheel swinging member is swung to trigger the switch element corresponding to the specified direction. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027307 | HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - In a human machine interface (HMI) apparatus, powered by a power supply, an assembly unit binds the apparatus to the user's hand. A laser determines the location of a cursor on a display interface of a host machine. A mode switch is used to switch among a touch mode, an air mouse mode, and a monitor remote control mode. A sensor captures motion signals from a user and a transmitter sends signals generated by the apparatus to a receiver in communication with the host machine. A control module transfers a user's motion signals to the transmitter. A button acts as a left mouse button when in touch mode and a key can act as a left or right mouse button. Remote control keys are also provided. The assembly unit can take the form of a glove, a portion which acts as a linear acceleration sensor and air angular velocity sensor. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027308 | WHEEL MODULE FOR INPUT DEVICE - A wheel module for an input device includes a fixing shaft, a wheel and a swinging arm. The wheel has a recess or a hollow groove, so that a first saw-toothed structure and a second saw-toothed structure are formed within the wheel. When the contacting part of the swinging arm is contacted with the first saw-toothed structure, the wheel is operated in a first click-feeling mode. Whereas, when the contacting part of the swinging arm is contacted with the second saw-toothed structure, the wheel is operated in a second click-feeling mode. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027309 | Method And Apparatus For Responding Operations - A method for responding operations includes: intercepting a press-down event of a pointer equipment to obtain press-down position and time of the pointer equipment; intercepting a moving event of the pointer equipment to obtain a current position where the pointer equipment moves and time when the pointer equipment moves to the current position; calculating to obtain residence time, movement speed and movement direction of the pointer equipment according to the press-down position and time as well as the current position where the pointer equipment moves and the time when the pointer equipment moves to the current position; judging whether the current gesture is a dragging gesture or a scrolling gesture according to the residence time, movement speed and movement direction, executing a dragging operation if the current gesture is the dragging gesture, and executing a scrolling operation if the current gesture is the scrolling gesture. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027310 | KEY ACTUATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A manual pointing device for a computer system, the device having at least one key that can be actuated manually by a user, a click-event detection module coupled to the key to detect actuation thereof on first, second, and third detection axes via an inertial sensing circuit elastically coupled to a casing with a board, the inertial-sensor circuit structured to be carried on the board so as to oscillate and to rotate about the second detection axis. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027311 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device includes an input apparatus, an output apparatus, and a processor apparatus. The input apparatus includes a reduced keyboard and roller ball input. The roller ball input includes a movable portion that is substantially continuously rotatable with respect to a housing of the device and is rotatable about more than one axis providing input. The processor apparatus includes a disambiguation routine that can output various proposed interpretations of inputs from the reduced keyboard. The roller ball input advantageously provides various inputs to the handheld electronic device without requiring significant user attention, which enables a user to direct greater amount of attention to the output from the disambiguation routine and other aspects of the device. The roller ball input can be configured to additionally be translatable to provide an input, and additionally and/or alternatively the roller ball input can provide a tactile or other feedback to a user. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027312 | CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE CHARACTER INPUT DEVICE - Provided is a character input device that can improve user's convenience (can reduce operations to be performed by the user). In this character input device, an operation display portion displays a keyboard screen corresponding to a character type of the first character of the registered user information as an initial screen for accepting re-input, when accepting the re-input of the same user information as the registered user information. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027313 | SYMBOL INPUT DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SYMBOL INPUT DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING SYMBOLS - A symbol input device includes a plurality of symbol keys, a correction key, a time keeping portion for measuring a time for which the symbol key is pressed and held, a storage portion for storing data, and an input receiving portion which accepts input with the symbol key or the correction key, recognizes a time for which the symbol key is pressed and held based on the measurement by the time keeping portion, automatically accepts re-input of the symbol corresponding to the symbol key when the time for which the same symbol key is pressed and held exceeds a predetermined long press time, and increases the long press time every time when the number of correction times that is the number of times of which the correction key has been pressed reaches a predetermined first number of times after the automatic re-input. | 2013-01-31 |
20130027314 | Portable Information Processing Device - Disclosed is a portable information processing device which can improve convenience by reducing an operational burden resulting from a selecting operation of the user. A control portion ( | 2013-01-31 |
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. | 2013-01-31 |