07th week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 44 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190050008 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR - A voltage regulator is equipped with the first and the second source-grounded amplifier circuits connected to an output terminal of a differential amplifier circuit; a phase compensation circuit having a resistor part and a capacitor part, and connected between an output terminal of the first source-grounded amplifier circuit and an output terminal of the second source-grounded amplifier circuit; and an output transistor connected to the output terminal of the second source-grounded amplifier circuit. At least one of the resistor part and the capacitor part of the phase compensation circuit has a filter. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050009 | SENSING TOTAL CURRENT OF DISTRIBUTED LOAD CIRCUITS INDEPENDENT OF CURRENT DISTRIBUTION USING DISTRIBUTED VOLTAGE AVERAGING - Aspects for sensing total current of distributed load circuits independently of a spatial profile of the total current using distributed voltage averaging are disclosed. In one aspect, a current sense circuit is configured to sense total current of a distributed load circuit independently of where current is distributed. The current sense circuit includes distributed voltage averaging circuits configured to determine average voltages of the distributed load circuit based on voltages sensed at multiple resistive paths corresponding to a distribution network configured to provide voltage to the distributed load circuit. An amplifier includes an output node having an output voltage that is proportional to total current flowing in the distributed load circuit. The current sense circuit allows for sensing total current independent of where the current flows, providing more accurate current sensing compared to sensing current in one area of the distributed load circuit. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050010 | POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS - A power supply apparatus capable of switching an output voltage Vout based on an external control signal includes a control unit configured to perform control to stop an output from the power supply apparatus in a case where a voltage applied to a Vcc terminal is higher than a predetermined voltage Vovp. The Vcc terminal is connected to a primary-side auxiliary winding of a transformer via a regulator and the control unit operates based on power supplied to the Vcc terminal in normal operation. A base of an NPN transistor included in the regulator is connected to a ground via a first resistance R | 2019-02-14 |
20190050011 | REGULATOR CIRCUIT - A buffer stage includes a first transistor having a control terminal connected to an output terminal of an operational amplifier and a second transistor connected in series to a main energization path of the first transistor. An overcurrent controlling circuit is configured to apply an output voltage of the operational amplifier to the control terminal of the first transistor and allow a normal operation of the first transistor when an energization current of a main energization path of an output transistor detected by an overcurrent detection transistor is less than a predetermined value, and is configured to control the output voltage of the operational amplifier to a predetermined control voltage according to a current flowing in a main energization path of the overcurrent detection transistor when the energization current of the main energization path of the output transistor is equal to or greater than the predetermined value. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050012 | VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH IMPROVED SLEW RATE - A voltage regulator supplies a regulated voltage on an output node. The voltage regulator includes a two stage amplifier which controls an output leg including the output node, and a feedback circuit between the output node and an input of the amplifier. The first stage is connected to a first power supply circuit configured to be connected to a first power supply, such as a charge pump. The second stage is connected to a second power supply circuit configured to connect to a second power supply, such as an external power supply. The first power supply and second power supply are different. The second stage is turned off during a transition in current loading, before the first stage, so that final control of the regulated voltage can be achieved using the first stage, and the slew rate is boosted using the second stage. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050013 | Method for Adaptive Compensation of Linear Voltage Regulators - Devices and methods to design voltage regulators requiring lower power consumption, wide output current and input voltage range, low dropout, and small footprint. The disclosed methods and devices provide solutions to stabilize such regulators in the presence of widely varying loads. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050014 | VOLTAGE-REGULATOR CIRCUIT, CORRESPONDING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD - A voltage-regulator circuit with a current-adder output node for supplying a load with a load current at a regulated output voltage includes an analog portion sensitive to the output voltage and including one or more reference-voltage sources. The analog portion applies to the current-adder node a first current that is a function of the difference between the output voltage and the reference voltage. A digital portion including an integrator is sensitive to the first current. The integrator is coupled to a current source for applying to the current-adder node a second current so that the first current and the second current supply on the current-adder output a load current at the aforesaid regulated output voltage. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050015 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILITY MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND CONTROL OF ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS - A system and method for stability monitoring, analysis, and control of energy systems, such as electric power systems, is provided. Specifically, the system and method described herein use a Koopman mode analysis to represent the operation of individual components in an energy system and/or to determine and rank a level of stability of the individual components in the energy system. The system and method described herein also use a Koopman mode analysis to determine optimal and/or safe times to release energy stored in storage systems. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050016 | OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE AND VOLTAGE REGULATOR APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED NOISE REJECTION CAPABILITY - A voltage regulator apparatus with a rejection capability for high frequency power noise includes a low dropout linear regulator and a noise rejection circuit. The low dropout linear regulator has at least one operational amplifier which is powered by a power source, and the low dropout linear regulator is configured for receiving and regulating an input voltage signal to provide an output voltage signal for a load. The noise rejection circuit is coupled between the power source and the low dropout linear regulator, and is configured for providing a power noise rejection capability upon a high frequency part of a power signal of the power source to generate the power signal with less high frequency noise to the at least one operational amplifier. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050017 | VEHICLE INTERIOR STRUCTURE - A vehicle interior structure includes a pedal-backward-preventive bracket against which a supporting portion of a control panel abuts when the control pedal controlled by a foot of a driver moves backward, the pedal-backward-preventive bracket being fixed to an instrumental panel support member extending in a vehicle width direction, a mount bracket on which a head-up display is mounted, the mount bracket being fixed to the instrumental panel support member, and a load transfer portion that is provided between the pedal-backward-preventive bracket and the mount bracket to transfer a rearward load input to the pedal-backward-preventive bracket to the mount bracket via the supporting portion. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050018 | Pedal Assembly With Debris Filtering Mechanism - A pedal assembly for a vehicle, including a pedal arm moveable between a first position and a second position, and a pivot shaft is operatively attached to the pedal arm. The pivot shaft defines a pivot axis. A housing having a mount adapted for attachment to the vehicle is provided. The housing defines a bore supporting at least a portion of the pivot shaft to permit rotation of the pedal arm about the pivot axis. A debris filtering mechanism is formed in at least one of the pivot shaft and the bore to direct contaminants away from the pedal assembly and out of the bore as the pedal arm moves between the first position and the second position. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050019 | Counter/Timer Array For Generation Of Complex Patterns Independent Of Software Control - A system includes an array of counter/timer units that execute a number of timing and pattern generation functions that are selectable by a processor to which the array is coupled. Counter/timer units may receive as inputs the outputs of other counter/timer units, such as for use as a trigger or clock input as instructed by the processor. Counter/timer units may be instructed to execute functions and be coupled to one another by a processor. The processor may then enable the counter/timer units such they subsequently produce complex outputs without additional inputs from the processor. The outputs of the counter/timer units may be used as interrupts to the processor or be used to drive a peripheral device. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050020 | Clock Signal Staggering with Clock Frequency Adjustment - An integrated circuit is disclosed for clock signal staggering with clock frequency adjustment. In an example aspect, the integrated circuit includes a clock source, a clock-signal controller, and a core. The clock source produces a core clock signal having a core frequency and performs an adjustment of the core frequency. The clock-signal controller generates a clock adjustment indicator signal indicative of the adjustment of the core frequency of the core clock signal. The core is coupled to the clock source and receives the core clock signal. The core includes multiple partitions that perform operations responsive to oscillation of the core clock signal at the core frequency. The core also includes clock stagger circuitry that is coupled to the clock-signal controller. The clock stagger circuitry sequentially provides the core clock signal to individual partitions of the multiple partitions based on the clock adjustment indicator signal. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050021 | Multichip Reference Logging Synchronization - Herein is disclosed a multichip reference logging system comprising a control circuit, configured to generate a reference signal; a first chip, configured to generate a first operations log, the first chip further comprising a first reference circuit, configured to receive the reference signal and to create a first reference event in response to the received reference signal; a memory associated with the first chip, configured to store the first reference event within the first operations log; a second chip, configured to generate a second operations log, the second chip further comprising a second reference circuit, configured to receive the reference signal and to create a second reference event in response to the received reference signal; and a memory associated with the second chip, configured to store the second reference event within the second operations log. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050022 | INTERFACE ADJUSTMENT PROCESSES FOR A DATA STORAGE DEVICE - A data storage device includes a controller and a memory die. The controller includes a host interface and a memory interface. A method includes receiving a message from a host device via the host interface. The message indicates that the host device is to perform a first adjustment process associated with the host interface. The method further includes performing a second adjustment process associated with the memory interface in response to receiving the message indicating that the host device is to perform the first adjustment process. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050023 | FLEXIBLE DEVICE - A flexible device includes a casing; a functional element mounted on the casing; and a flexible assembly which is deformable and mounted on the casing, in which a deformation of the flexible assembly drives the flexible device to deform accordingly. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050024 | DISPLAY PANEL, BRACKET AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - A display device includes: a display panel; a plurality of vibro-acoustic elements coupled to the display panel and spaced apart from each other on a lower surface of the display panel; and a bracket disposed below the display panel and including a bottom plate, where a plurality of receiving holes is defined through the bottom plate. The plurality of vibro-acoustic elements is disposed in the plurality of receiving holes, respectively, a vibration space is defined by a portion of the bottom plate defining a receiving hole of the receiving holes, which is recessed from an upper surface toward a lower surface of the bottom plate, and audio frequencies in different frequency bands, respectively, is produced from regions in which the plurality of vibro-acoustic elements are disposed. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050025 | Touch Screen Protector - A touch screen protector is removably attachable to a touch screen device. The protector attaches to the touch screen device about an outer peripheral portion of the touch screen, thereby not adhering to a central video display portion of the touch screen. The protector is pre-formed with a curvature that causes the protector, when attached to the device, to rise upwards and away from the touch screen. By biasing the protector away from the touch screen, the attached protector inhibits optical interference forming between the protector and the touch screen. The curvature is configured to provide a separation that is large enough to inhibit formation of optical interference between the protector and the touch screen, but small enough to maintain touch sensitivity of the touch screen. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050026 | APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING A PLURALITY OF MONITORS HAVING ADJUSTABLE DISTANCE TO A VIEWER - An apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of display monitors is disclosed, wherein the apparatus is provided at a user's desk or workstation. The apparatus can be easily moved toward and away from the user such that all the monitors mounted on the apparatus move in unison in the direction indicated by the user. Accordingly, the apparatus accommodates the visual preferences of virtually all users of the desk or workstation so that eye and skeletal muscle fatigue are reduced. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050027 | BENDABLE GLASS STACK ASSEMBLIES, ARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - A glass element having a thickness from 25 μm to 125 μm, a first primary surface, a second primary surface, and a compressive stress region extending from the first primary surface to a first depth, the region defined by a compressive stress σI of at least about 100 MPa at the first primary surface. Further, the glass element has a stress profile such that it does not fail when it is subject to 200,000 cycles of bending to a target bend radius of from 1 mm to 20 mm, by the parallel plate method. Still further, the glass element has a puncture resistance of greater than about 1.5 kgf when the first primary surface of the glass element is loaded with a tungsten carbide ball having a diameter of 1.5 mm. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050028 | HINGE STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSEMBLING METHOD OF HINGE STRUCTURE - A hinge structure includes a pivot bracket, a first shaft, a second shaft, and a cable. The first shaft is pivoted to the pivot bracket and has a first through hole. The second shaft is pivoted to the pivot bracket and has a second through hole. The cable includes a first penetrating segment, a second penetrating segment, and a curved segment. The first penetrating segment penetrates through the first through hole, the second penetrating segment penetrates through the second through hole, and two ends of the curved segment are respectively connected to the first penetrating segment and the second penetrating segment. In addition, an electronic device including the hinge structure and an assembling method of the hinge structure are also provided. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050029 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND DISPLAYING STATUS INFORMATION - PDAs can be used to provide their users with various functions. One such function is the ability to contact other users who are stored in the PDA as contacts, for example by telephone of text message. The decision as to whether or not a particular user should be contacted may be influenced by the location of that user. For example, if a contact is nearby, then it may be more likely that the user of the PDA would want to contact them. The present embodiments provide a PDA on which the location of one or more contacts can be displayed. Furthermore, the location of a particular contact can be shown on a map on the screen of the PDA simply by tilting the PDA through a predetermined angle about a horizontal axis. Thus, the map can be displayed in an intuitive and straightforward manner. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050030 | Cable Management Assemblies for Electronic Appliances - A laminate curtain can suppress electromagnetic radiation leakage from an electronic appliance, as well as assist in managing cables interconnected to the electronic appliance. More specifically, a laminate curtain can include a conductive elastomer panel that absorbs spurious electromagnetic radiation generated by the electronic appliance, a conductive adhesive film disposed along one side of the conductive elastomer panel, and a conductive support frame affixed to the conductive adhesive film. The laminate curtain can be installed within a mounting frame, which secures the laminate curtain to the electronic appliance. Electromagnetic radiation that is absorbed by the conductive elastomer panel can travel to the electronic appliance via the conductive adhesive film, the conductive support frame, and the mounting frame. Thus, the conductive elastomer panel can be used to form a ground plane that catches and shunts the spurious electromagnetic radiation to the electronic appliance, which is grounded. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050031 | THERMAL COOLING SYSTEM - Particular embodiments described herein provide for a device that can include at least one heat source and a vapor chamber, where the vapor chamber is bigger than the at least one heat source and a portion of the vapor chamber is in direct contact with the at least one heat source, where the portion of the vapor chamber in direct contact with the at least one heat source does not include a stiffener. In an example, the device can include a first air mover on a first side of the at least one heat source and a second air mover on an opposite side of the at least one heat source. Exhaust from the first air mover can pass through a vented foot and exhaust from the second air mover can pass through a second vented foot. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050032 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONFIGURABLE TEMPERATURE CONTROL OF CONTROLLER PROCESSORS - Methods and systems are provided for controlling a temperature of a processor of a controller. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying a status of at least one task of a plurality of software tasks performed on a first processor to be a hot task based on the software task's contribution to a temperature of the first processor; and selectively controlling the temperature of the first processor based on the identified status. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050033 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMIC TEMPERATURE AWARE FUNCTIONAL SAFETY - The disclosed embodiments relate to methods, systems and apparatus for dynamic temperature aware functional safety. The disclosed embodiments provide adaptive techniques to track extended dynamic temperature range of a System-on-Chip (SOC) and automatically tune critical IP components of the SOC so that system can operate reliably even at high temperatures. The disclosed embodiments relax the overdesign of the SOC components by reusing existing components such as a ring oscillator to determine temperature at different regions of the SOC. In one embodiment, the disclosed principles use a Calibrated Ring Oscillator (CRO) temperature sensors. The CRO-based temperature sensors provide fast temperature measurement suitable for detecting dynamic temperature ranges and temperature rate of change. The CROs are existing on the SOC and do not require addition of additional sensors. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050034 | RESETTING SYSTEM REGISTERS POWERED BY INDEPENDENT POWER SOURCE - A method and information handling system (IHS) resets one or more system registers of the IHS. The method includes receiving, by the IHS, a system register reset request. In response to receiving the system register reset request, an auxiliary power disable signal is sent to an auxiliary power source and a system register reset enable signal is sent to a register reset controller. The method further includes disabling, by the auxiliary power source, an auxiliary power source output in response to receiving the auxiliary power disable signal. The method further includes disabling, by the register reset controller, a system register power source in response to receiving the system register reset enable signal. The method further resets the one or more system registers to one or more default values in response to detecting that the auxiliary power source output and the system register power source are disabled. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050036 | RACK LEVEL POWER CONTROL - In some examples, a method includes acquiring status information of at least one resource of a data center, estimating, based on the status information, whether load on a power supply will exceed a threshold value at a time subsequent a time of the estimating, and in response to estimating that load on the power supply will exceed the threshold value at the time subsequent the time of the estimating, transmitting a command signal to a server rack that is coupled to the power supply to configure equipment of the server rack to operate at a reduced power supply level that is reduced from a power supply level at the time of the estimating and that is based on a service level agreement associated with the server rack. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050037 | INTELLIGENT MOBILE POWER SUPPLY AND METHOD FOR USB DATA COMMUNICATION THEREWITH - An intelligent mobile power supply and a method for USB data communication therewith. The intelligent mobile power supply includes a battery, a charging control module, a discharging control module, a first USB interface and a second USB interface. In the single charging mode, a charged device receives a discharge of the intelligent mobile power supply through the discharging control module, but the intelligent mobile power supply does not perform USB data communication with the charged device. While in the charging and communication mode, the charged device receives the discharge of the intelligent mobile power supply through the discharging control module and can perform USB data communication with the intelligent mobile power supply through the first USB interface simultaneously. The second USB interface is connected with the charging control module, and the second USB interface can be connected with a power adapter or a PC host to charge the battery. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050038 | INTELLIGENT POWER TAP WITH ZONE CONTROL AND SAFETY ZONE CONTROL - Systems, methods and apparatus for controlling a control network system coupled to an intelligent power tap are disclosed. The method includes sensing at least one of a current signal and a voltage signal, determining that the current signal or the voltage signal is not within a preset range for a predefined period of time, sending a first warning message to the control network system, determining whether to shut off the network power or the switched power, and determining whether to broadcast a second warning message. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050039 | LOAD LINE REGULATION VIA CLAMPING VOLTAGE - A computing device is provided that includes a processor, a primary power supply, and a voltage regulation module. The voltage regulation module is configured to determine a load line for the processor and monitor a voltage and a current to the processor. While monitoring the voltage and current, the voltage regulation module is further configured to regulate the voltage to the processor to trend toward a voltage setpoint defined by the load line. While regulating the voltage, the voltage regulation module is further configured to clamp the load line at a clamping voltage to limit the regulated voltage output by the voltage regulation module from falling below a predetermined device minimum operation voltage when the monitored current exceeds a device maximum current value. The voltage regulation module is further configured to output electrical power at the regulated voltage to the processor. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050040 | MULTI-DIE STACKS WITH POWER MANAGEMENT - Methods and apparatus to provide power management for multi-die stacks using artificial intelligence are disclosed. An example multi-die package includes a computer processor unit (CPU) die, a memory die stacked in vertical alignment with the CPU die, and artificial intelligence (AI) architecture circuitry to infer a workload for at least one of the CPU die or the memory die. The AI architecture circuitry is to manage power consumption of at least one of the CPU die or the memory die based on the inferred workload. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050041 | PROCESSOR CORE POWER EVENT TRACING - A processor includes a trace unit to monitor activity by the processor and generate trace packets indicative of the activity by the processor. The trace packets may include four additional packets for processor event tracing including: a dormant state request packet, a code execution stop packet, a dormant state entry packet, and a dormant state exit packet. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050042 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - A management device includes a processor that stores, in a second memory, power source information indicating first states of power sources of respective first electronic apparatuses included in an electronic apparatus group. The processor instructs, upon receiving a first instruction, the first electronic apparatuses identified by first apparatus information held in a first memory to transition the respective first states. The processor receives a second instruction to add a new electronic apparatus to the electronic apparatus group. The processor suppresses, in a case where any one of the first states is being transitioned, second apparatus information of the new electronic apparatus from being stored in the first memory. The processor stores the second apparatus information in the first memory in a case where transition of all the first states has been completed, and matches a second state of a power source of the new electronic apparatus with the first states. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050043 | Dynamic Voltage Margin Recovery - In an embodiment, an integrated circuit includes multiple instances of a component (e.g. a processor) and a control circuit. The instances may be configured to operate in various modes. Some of the modes are incapable of presenting a worst-case load on the power supply. The control circuit may be configured to monitor the instances and detect the modes in which the instances are operating. Based on the monitoring, the control circuit may request to recover a portion of the voltage margin established for worst-case conditions in the instances. If the instances are to change modes, they may be configured to request mode change from the control circuit. If the mode change causes an increase in the current supply voltage magnitude (e.g. to restore some of the recovered voltage margin), the control circuit may cause the restore and permit it to complete prior to granting the mode change. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050044 | ADJUSTING INACTIVITY TIMEOUT SETTINGS FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - In general, embodiments of the invention provide an approach to proactively adjust timeout settings on a display device based on user activity. Specifically, a system and method are presented to adaptively adjust the inactivity timeout settings on a display device based on the application being used, the content being displayed on the device, and an analysis of the user's history with the application. The present invention calculates an inactivity timeout modifier which is utilized to modify the default operating system timeout value. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050045 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and system for displaying content on an electronic device are provided. The method includes receiving content to be displayed on a low power display (LPD). Further, the method includes identifying at least one characteristic of the content to be displayed on a low power display (LPD) of the electronic device. Based on the at least one characteristic of the content, the method includes determining compatibility of at least one portion of the content with the LPD. Further, based on the results of the compatibility check, the method includes transforming and displaying the at least one portion of the content on the LPD based on whether the at least one portion of the content is compatible with the LPD. Further, the method includes displaying the at least one portion of the content on the LPD with enabled low power touch (LPT). | 2019-02-14 |
20190050046 | Reducing Power Consumption in a Server Cluster - A method of reducing power consumption of a server cluster of host systems with virtual machines executing on the host systems is provided. The method includes recommending host system power-on when there is a host system whose utilization is above a target utilization, and recommending host system power-off when there is a host system whose utilization is below the target utilization. Recommending host system power-on includes calculating impact of powering on a standby host system with respect to reducing the number of highly-utilized host systems in the server cluster. Recommending host system power-off includes calculating impact of powering off a host system with respect to decreasing the number of less-utilized host systems in the server cluster. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050047 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING COMPUTING DEVICES AT PEAK POWER EFFICIENCY IN REAL TIME - Systems and methods for operating computing devices at peak power efficiency in real time are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes analyzing a set of input and output characteristics of a component operable on a computing device servicing one or more workloads. The method also includes determining whether an efficiency metric associated with the component is met based on the set of input and output characteristics. Further, the method includes setting an indicator in response to determining that the efficiency metric is met. Further, the method includes assigning additional workload to another computing device based on whether the indicator is set. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050048 | MEMORY CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A memory controller, an application processor, and a method of operating the memory controller can control performance and power consumption of an input/output device. The method includes allowing the memory device to enter a power down mode after an idle state is maintained for a first time period corresponding to a first setting value which is currently set, allowing the memory device to enter from the power down mode into an active state when access to the memory device occurs, determining a maintenance time of the power down mode to change the first setting value to a second setting value, based on a result obtained by monitoring a driving pattern of the memory device, and when the idle state is maintained for a second time period different from the first time period, allowing the memory device to enter the power down mode, based on the second setting value. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050049 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO MANAGE OPERATION OF VARIABLE-STATE COMPUTING DEVICES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - Methods and apparatus to manage operation of variable-state computing devices using artificial intelligence are disclosed. An example computing device includes a hardware platform. The example computing device also includes an artificial intelligence (AI) engine to: determine a context of the device; and adjust an operation of the hardware platform based on an expected change in the context of the device. The adjustment modifies at least one of a computational efficiency of the device, a power efficiency of the device, or a memory response time of the device. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050050 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING VR DEVICE CONTROLLER USING MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a mobile device, a method of implementing a virtual reality (VR) device controller using the mobile device, and a VR display system. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method driving a virtual reality device (VR device) controller includes the steps of executing a VR application (VR app) for driving a VR device, driving a controller connection processor interlocked with the VR app, selecting either an external controller or a virtual controller as a controller for driving the VR device via the controller connection processor, and if the virtual controller is selected, performing communication with the VR device by generating a data packet corresponding to the selected virtual controller. According to the embodiment of the present invention, since a mobile device is able to provide a virtual controller for driving a VR device, a user is able to more conveniently utilize the VR device. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050051 | EYE-TRACKING WITH MEMS SCANNING AND REFLECTED LIGHT - An eye-tracking system is provided. The system includes an at least partially transparent visible light waveguide having a visible light display region configured to emit visible light to impinge upon an eye of a user. A light source is configured to emit at least infrared (IR) light that travels along an IR light path to impinge on the eye. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) scanning mirror positioned in the IR light path is configured to direct the IR light along the IR light path. A relay positioned in the IR light path downstream of the MEMS scanning mirror includes at least one mirror configured to reflect the IR light along the IR light path. At least one sensor is configured to receive the IR light after being reflected by the eye. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050052 | Hand worn interface device - A wearable device comprises a flexible substrate carrying multiple conducting loops which are formed into a zig zag pattern so as to be able to accommodate a stretching of the substrate. The substrate is formed into a glove and the loops positioned such that they are aligned with the anatomical joints. As the anatomical joints move, the loops change shape and accordingly change their inductance—this is measured by the electronics in the glove and used to calculate the joint angles in a processor which transmits the angles to an external computer system. Some of the loops are attached to current drivers in the electronics module, and a magnet positioned close to the loop, providing means for a force to be generated between magnet and loop when the current driver passes current through the loop, thereby providing tactile feedback to the user. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050053 | OPERATING UNIT FOR VEHICLE - The operating unit for a vehicle is provided with a housing with a front face and an operating element which is arranged on the front face of the housing and has an operating surface. The operating element is mounted in a spring-elastic manner. Furthermore, at least one sensor is provided for detecting an actuation movement of the operating element. The operating unit additionally has at least one actuator for the feedback movement of the operating element in the case of an actuation movement of the operating element detected by the sensor as well as an analysis and control unit which is connected to the at least one sensor and to the actuator. The actuator is designed as an armature-type electromagnet with a first stator which has a first excitation coil, and an armature as a drive element. Furthermore, the armature is provided with a measuring coil to which a measuring voltage is applied when the magnetic flux generated by the first excitation coil flows through the armature. The first excitation coil and the measuring coil are connected to the analysis and control unit, and with the analysis and control unit it is possible to apply open-loop and/or closed-loop control to the force with which the armature of the actuator can move towards the first stator and/or the deflection movement of the armature out of its rest position and the return movement of the armature back into its rest position are adapted to be controlled and/or regulated. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050054 | MINIATURE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTED HAPTIC DEVICE - An apparatus such as an appliance with a printed circuit board, PCB, ( | 2019-02-14 |
20190050055 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Providing Haptic Feedback - An electronic device with a touch-sensitive surface, a display, and tactile output generator(s) displays an item navigation user interface that includes: a representation of a portion of items arranged into groups that are represented by corresponding index values and a first portion of the items includes a first group of the items that corresponds to a first index value in the index values; and an index navigation element that includes representations of three or more of the index values. While displaying the item navigation user interface, the device further detects a drag gesture on the touch-sensitive surface including movement from a first location corresponding to the representation of the first index value to a second location corresponding to a representation of a second index value. In response, the device generates a tactile output and switches from displaying the first portion to the second portion of the items. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050056 | COMPOUND HAPTIC EFFECTS USING MULTIMODAL TACTILE FEEDBACK ACTUATOR - There is described a method of operating a tactile feedback actuator with a controller. The tactile feedback actuator has a magnetic hammer guidingly mounted for movement along a hammer path, a damper at a first end of the hammer path, a stopper at a second end of the hammer path, and a coil element. The method generally has receiving data indicative of coil activation instructions for moving the magnetic hammer to generate a sequence of haptic effects that simulate a real world event, the coil activation instructions including: a first instruction for generating a first haptic effect in which the magnetic hammer is accelerated towards the stopper, and a second instruction for generating a second haptic effect in which the magnetic hammer is accelerated towards the damper; and activating the coil element upon processing the data indicative of the coil activation instructions to generate the sequence of haptic effects. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050057 | METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONTROLLING TACTILE INTERFACE DEVICE INTERACTING WITH USER - The present invention relates to a method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for controlling a tactile interface device interacting with a user. The method of controlling the tactile interface device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an input information generating step of generating input information into an application being executed in the computing device based on an input from the tactile interface device; and an output information generating step of generating output information to the tactile interface device based on an output of a focus area among outputs from the application being executed in the computing device. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050058 | MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH ADAPTIVE FRICTION OF THE HOUSING - A mobile communication device adjusts a level of friction between a surface of the device and one or more other objects that may be in contact with the device, such as receipts, credit cards, keys, money, the user's hand or fingers, and the like. To adjust the friction, the device first determines its current environmental context, such as whether it is inside the user's pocket or lying on a table surface, for example. Then, based on that context, the device varies a coefficient of friction to increase or decrease the friction between the surface of the device and the surfaces of the other objects. Varying the friction allows a user to grip the device easier and/or reduce the chance that the other objects in contact with the device are also inadvertently removed from the storage location with the device. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050059 | PARALLEL PLATE ACTUATOR - The present application relates generally to haptic actuators. For example, the application is directed to high performance parallel plate actuators, and more particularly an actuator that can be used to provide haptic feedback in a variety applications such as buttons, panels, track pads, touch panels, wearables, gaming devices and/or touch-sensitive surfaces. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050060 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR PROVIDING INPUT BASED ON ACCELEROMETER INPUT - Methods, systems, and media for providing input are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: causing a user interface for selecting an item to be presented on a user device, wherein the user interface indicates a group of available items; receiving a first input from an accelerometer associated with the user device; updating the user interface based on the first input from the accelerometer to highlight one item from the group of available items; receiving a second input from the user device indicating that the highlighted item is to be selected; storing the selected item; and updating the user interface to indicate the selected item. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050061 | PROXIMITY DETECTION - An electronic device ( | 2019-02-14 |
20190050062 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HAND INTERACTION - Systems and methods for context-sensitive hand interaction with an immersive environment are provided. An example method includes determining a contextual factor for a user and selecting an interaction mode based on the contextual factor. The example method may also include monitoring a hand of the user to determine a hand property and determining an interaction with an immersive environment based on the interaction mode and the hand property. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050063 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTENT THEREOF - A method for providing a content of a display apparatus is provided. The method for providing a content of a display apparatus includes sensing a user, performing a communication connection with the remote control device based on a content reproduction command being input to a remote control device after the user is sensed, receiving information on a content provided by an external display apparatus from the remote control device, and providing the content provided by the external display apparatus based on the information on the content. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050064 | USER IDENTIFICATION VIA MOTION AND HEARTBEAT WAVEFORM DATA - The disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems to identify a user of a wearable fitness monitor using data obtained using the wearable fitness monitor. Data obtained from motion sensors of the wearable fitness monitor and data obtained from heartbeat waveform sensors of the wearable fitness monitor may be used to identify the user. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050065 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CONTROLLING A SYSTEM VIA A SENSOR - A method, system, apparatus, and/or device for sensing determining levels of an object to execute a command. The method, system, apparatus, and/or device may include: sensing an object that occupies a first portion of a field of view (FOV) of the sensor at a first point in time; determining a first saturation level of the object at the first portion of the FOV; sensing the object that occupies a second portion of the FOV of the sensor at a second point in time; determining a second saturation level of the object at the second portion of the FOV; determining that the first saturation level is different than the second saturation level; and in response to the first saturation level being different than the second saturation level, executing an executable command associated with the first saturation level and the second saturation level. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050066 | CHARACTER STRING INPUT SYSTEM - The present invention is intended to realize character string input using two or more devices by an efficient technique. A character string input system includes a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus. The first information processing apparatus acquires an operation done on a first input device and acquires a first character string on the basis of the acquired operation. The second information processing apparatus acquires an operation done on a second input device and acquires a second character string on the basis of the acquired operation. The first information processing apparatus outputs an input character string on the basis of the first character string acquired by the time input of the second character string is started by use of the second input device and the second character string. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050067 | INTERCHANGEABLE INPUT MECHANISMS FOR CONTROL DEVICES - Various embodiments described herein are directed toward input mechanisms, for input devices, configured to receive and removably couple to interchangeable elements. Handheld input devices applicable to some embodiments may include, without limitation, computer controllers, video game console controllers, and handheld video gaming devices. Input mechanisms applicable to various embodiments may include, for example, control sticks (e.g., joysticks or analog sticks operable by a user's finger, such as a thumbstick), buttons, switches, and directional pads. According to some embodiments, an input mechanism is provided comprising a base component. Depending on the embodiment, coupling different interchangeable elements to the base component may cause the input mechanism to vary in size, appearance, contour, material, or features provided by the input mechanism. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050068 | CAUSING SPECIFIC LOCATION OF AN OBJECT PROVIDED TO A DEVICE - Techniques for causing a specific location of an object provided to a shared device. These techniques may include connecting the computing device with an individual device. The individual device may transmit the object to the shared device and displayed at an initial object position on a display of the shared device. The initial object position may be updated in response to movement of the individual device, and the object may be displayed at the updated object position on the display. The object position may be locked in response to a signal, and the object may be displayed at the locked object position. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050069 | Input Assistance Device And Drawing System - Provided is an input assistance device that generates multiple signals without removal of a hand from a rotating body. This input assistance device | 2019-02-14 |
20190050070 | REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - A controlling method using a remote control having a plurality of faces includes gathering signals detected by a plurality of sensors of the remote control. The remote control is determined to transmit a control signal by searching a preset table according to the gathered signals. The determined control signal is transmitted to control an electronic device to execute a control function corresponding to the control signal. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050071 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD USING THE SAME - A transparent display device and a control method using the same are provided. The transparent display device includes a transparent display, a plurality of identification sensors, a scene sensor, and a controller. The identification sensors are configured to sense a user located at a first side of the transparent display to generate a plurality of identification data. The scene sensor is configured to sense scene information located at a second side. The controller obtains a user distance between the user and the transparent display, selects corresponding identification data generated by at least one of or multiple of the identification sensors according to the user distance, determines a location and a gaze direction of the user and a target object in the scene information according to the selected corresponding identification data, and presents target object information corresponding to the target object in the transparent display. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050072 | POSITION POINTER AND SIGNAL PROCESSOR - A position pointer includes a signal generation circuit, which generates at least one signal. The position pointer in operation transmits the at least one signal to a sensor of a position detector. The position pointer includes a first electrode arranged to protrude from one end portion of a pen-shaped housing along an axial center direction and a second electrode including at least three electrode pieces disposed near the first electrode in such a manner as to surround a central axis of the housing. The at least three electrode pieces are electrically isolated from each other. The position pointer has a signal supply control circuit, which, in operation, controls supply of signals to selectively supply the at least one signal to the second electrode that includes the at least three electrode pieces and to the first electrode. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050073 | VEHICULAR CONTROL UNIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A vehicular control unit includes a touch sensor on which a predetermined area is set, a tactile sensation presentation unit, a pressing detector, and a controller that enables operation of a vehicle mounted apparatus in response to an input to the touch sensor when pressing is equal to or higher than a first pressure. The controller is configured to: when the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus is enabled, within a first time period, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to enablement of the operation of the vehicle mounted apparatus; in the case of a first slide in a direction going out of the predetermined area, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to the first slide; and in the case of a second slide in a direction going into the predetermined area, cause the tactile sensation presentation unit to present a tactile sensation corresponding to the second slide. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050074 | ASSEMBLY TOOLS FOR PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING SYSTEM - An assembly tool for mounting at least one component of a touch-sensing system to a panel is provided. The assembly tool comprises at least one fixture portion with a first side wall and at least a second side wall extending in a longitudinal direction of the assembly tool. The fixture portion is configured to hold the component in a predefined position therein. The first wall extends in a first transverse direction of the assembly tool and further than the second wall extends in the first transverse direction and has a guide surface configured to abut an edge of the panel and guide the position of the assembly tool relative to the edge of the panel. The assembly tool is also provided as a kit together with a carrier, and as a kit together with an applicator for applying a plastic strip to a panel. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050075 | MITIGATING INTERFERENCE IN A CAPACITIVE SENSING DEVICE - An example method of capacitive sensing includes: transmitting a first waveform over a first time period; transmitting a second waveform over a second time period, wherein the second waveform is independent of the first waveform, and wherein at least a portion of the second time period does not overlap the first time period; receiving, from sensor electrodes, a first resulting signal in response to capacitive coupling of the first waveform and a second resulting signal in response to capacitive coupling of the second waveform; and processing the second resulting signal over at least a portion of the first time period, and the second time period, to obtain independent capacitive measurements. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050076 | TOUCH PANEL, MUTUAL CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN, AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel includes a substrate, a first touch electrode disposed over the substrate and including a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode electrically coupled to each other, and a second touch electrode disposed over the substrate and intersecting the first touch electrode. The first sub-electrode and the second sub-electrode are arranged in an extension direction of the first touch electrode. The first sub-electrode includes a first strip-shaped electrode. The second sub-electrode includes a second strip-shaped electrode. An angle between an extension direction of the first strip-shaped electrode and an extension direction of the second strip-shaped electrode is non-zero. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050077 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - The touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a first touch-sensing electrode structure, a second touch-sensing electrode structure, and a patterned metal layer. The transparent substrate has a touch-sensing region and a peripheral region adjacent to at least one edge of the touch-sensing region. The first touch-sensing electrode structure is disposed on the touch-sensing region of the transparent substrate. The second touch-sensing electrode structure is positioned over the touch-sensing region and is configured to form at least one capacitor with the first touch-sensing electrode structure. The patterned metal layer has a plurality of first through holes located in the peripheral region and is extended on a level the same as the first touch-sensing electrode structure or the second touch-sensing electrode structure. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050078 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device comprising: a display region including a first pixel and a second pixel arranged apart from each other, and a third pixel, and a touch sensor includes a first sensor electrode and a second sensor electrode, wherein the touch sensor overlaps the display region, the first sensor electrode has an opening part in a region overlapping the first pixel and the second pixel, and surrounding the first pixel and the second pixel, and the second sensor electrode overlapping the third pixel. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050079 | CALCULATION OF TOUCH COORDINATES USING MIXED PROCESSING OF MUTUAL CAPACITANCE SENSING DATA AND SELF CAPACITANCE SENSING DATA - A data frame in a touch capacitive sensing circuit includes both mutual capacitance data and self capacitance data. The mutual capacitance data and self capacitance data of the frame are filtered to define mutual capacitance and self capacitance islands. Centroids of the mutual capacitance and self capacitance islands are calculated and then processed in a weighted mixing operation to produce a hybrid centroid that more accurately locates the coordinates of a detected touch/hover. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050080 | Device for processing signals from a pressure-sensing touch panel | 2019-02-14 |
20190050081 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SYSTEM AND SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A capacitive touch system and a sensing method thereof are disclosed. The capacitive touch system includes a touch panel including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes; a touch control chip; and an external device configured to transmit data to the touch control chip. In a position detection mode, the touch control chip drives the driving electrodes, reads a sensing signal from the sensing electrodes, and determines a position of a touch according to the sensing signal. In a data receiving mode, the touch control chip receives the data transmitted by the external device after a time delay period. In the capacitive touch system and the sensing method thereof, the position detection mode and the data receiving mode can be sequentially performed by delaying the time period. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050082 | BIOMETRIC SENSOR - A biometric sensing apparatus is employed by a person in order to obtain biometric data. Transmitting and receiving antennas are used in order to transmit and receive signals. Measurements of the received signals are correlated with biological activity in order to provide biometric data. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050083 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a translucent base material having flexibility, translucent first electrode parts arranged in a sensing region on the base material in a first direction, translucent second electrode parts arranged in the sensing region on the base material in a second direction crossing the first direction, and lead wires that are electrically continuous to the first electrode parts and second electrode parts, the lead wires extending from the sensing region on the base material to a peripheral region allocated outside the sensing region. A bent portion is provided in the peripheral region on the base material. Each lead wire has a flexible conductive member on the bent portion. A covering material is provided so as cover at least part of the flexible conductive member on the base material. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050084 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTIONS AND WITH DRIVING ELECTRODES SHARED BY TWO MORE PIXELS IN THE SAME COLUMN, DRIVING METHOD FOR SAME, AND MOBILE DEVICE WITH SAME - A display apparatus with a substrate having a long side and a short side, a plurality of driving electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the long side of the substrate, a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged on the substrate parallel to the short side of the substrate, a control unit electrically coupled to each of the plurality of driving electrodes and which sequentially drives the plurality of driving electrodes, and a detection unit electrically coupled to each of the touch detection electrodes. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050085 | TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSOR - First electrodes are formed on an insulation surface in such a manner that the adjacent first electrodes are connected in a first direction and are separated in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Second electrodes are formed on an insulation surface in such a manner that the adjacent second electrodes are connected in the second direction and are separated in the first direction. Third electrodes are formed in regions in which the third electrodes overlap with the first electrodes and do not overlap with the second electrodes in such a manner that the adjacent third electrodes are connected in the second direction and are separated in the first direction. A flexible insulation layer is formed between the first electrodes and the third electrodes. An area of each of the third electrodes is less than an area of each of the first electrodes. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050086 | TOUCH DEVICE - A touch device is provided, including a first substrate, a touch sensing structure, a plurality of first electrodes, a first register mark and a circuit board. The touch sensing structure is disposed on the first substrate. The first electrodes are disposed on the first substrate and arranged along a first direction, wherein a portion of the first electrodes are electrically connected to the touch sensing structure. The first register mark is disposed on the first substrate. The circuit board is partially overlapping the first substrate in a vertical projection direction and electrically connected to the portion of the first electrodes. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050087 | COMMON MODE NOISE REDUCTION IN CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSING - The present disclosure is directed to a system and method to remove common mode noise projected onto a touch sensor array from a display. The system is configured to activate two rows of electrodes at the same time, while coupling remaining rows of electrodes to ground. A first one of the two activated rows is used for detection of a touch and a second one of the two activated rows is used to detect common mode noise from the display. The common mode noise detected by the second row is removed from signals received from a plurality of columns of the touch sensor array. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050088 | DETECTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A detection device includes a substrate; a plurality of first conductive thin wires provided in a plane parallel to the substrate and extending in a first direction; a plurality of second conductive thin wires provided in the same layer as that of the first conductive thin wires and extending in a second direction forming an angle with the first direction; first groups that are disposed in first strip-like regions respectively having a first width, each of the first groups including at least two of the first conductive thin wires displaced from one another in the second direction; and second groups that are disposed in second strip-like regions respectively having a second width, each of the second groups including at least two of the second conductive thin wires displaced from one another in the first direction. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050089 | DETECTING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a detecting apparatus includes: a touch detection electrode provided along a touch detection surface; a strain gauge integrated with the touch detection electrode. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050090 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes a plurality of drive electrodes that face a plurality of pixel electrodes in an orthogonal direction to the surface of the substrate, and extend in a direction parallel to the direction in which a plurality of signal lines extend. The display device with a touch detection function also includes a scan driving unit that applies a touch drive signal to a signal line that faces, in an overlapping manner in the orthogonal direction, a drive electrode to which the touch drive signal is applied. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050091 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND ARRAY SUBSTRATE - A method for manufacturing an array substrate and an array substrate are provided, which include a first insulating for forming a gate, a scan line, a first data line, and a second data line of the thin film transistor, wherein the first data line and the second data line are located near both sides of the scan line, and are not electrically connected with the scan line, and a second insulating layer for forming a source, a drain, a connecting line, and a touch signal line of the thin film transistor, wherein the connecting line is configured to electrically connect the first data line with the second data line. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050092 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A display control device including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire location information items representing locations of each of a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of status information items representing statuses of each of the plurality of vehicles, the plurality of vehicles being registered in advance in association with a user using a user terminal; a setting receiving unit configured to receive a display condition set by the user; and a display control unit configured to display a map image on the user terminal such that an icon image representing a vehicle whose status information item satisfies the display condition is positioned at the center of the map image and a position of the icon image of the vehicle in the map image corresponds to the location of the vehicle represented by the location information item. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050093 | IN CELL TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMMON VOLTAGE GENERATING METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides an in cell touch display device and a common voltage generating method thereof. The in cell touch display device includes a timing controller and a common voltage generator. The timing controller generates a control signal, divides a time section into a display scanning time section and a touch scanning time section according to the control signal, and divides the touch scanning time section into a touch start time section, a touch execution time section, and a touch end time section sequentially. The common voltage generator raises a common voltage to a first voltage in the touch start time section, provides a periodical pulse signal in the touch execution time section to generate the common voltage, and lowers the common voltage to a second voltage in the touch end time section, so as to improve the efficiency of touch scanning without affecting the efficiency of display scanning. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050094 | MOBILE TERMINAL TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal touch control display structure and a manufacturing method thereof, and a mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal touch control display structure comprises: a touch control display panel ( | 2019-02-14 |
20190050095 | DISPLAY AND DETECTION SYSTEM - A display and detection system including an image sensor, a display screen and an antireflection system covering the display screen and the image sensor, such an antireflection system including an electrically-controllable rectilinear polarizer. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050096 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY PANEL, PRODUCTION METHOD, DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present application provides an electroluminescent display panel, a production method, a driving method and a display apparatus. The electroluminescent display panel includes a light-emitting unit, a quarter-wave plate on the light-emitting unit, and a wire grid polarizer on a side of the quarter-wave plate opposite to the light-emitting unit. In particular, the light-emitting unit includes a driving backplane, a light-emitting layer and an electrode layer. The electrode layer includes a plurality of sub-electrodes extending along a first direction and insulated from each other. In addition, the wire grid polarizer includes a plurality of metal wires extending along a second direction. The second direction intersects with the first direction. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050097 | TOUCH PANEL-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch position on a touchscreen on which a water drop is present is accurately detected. A touchscreen-equipped display device ( | 2019-02-14 |
20190050098 | SENSOR UNIT AND INPUT DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SENSOR UNIT - A sensor base material and a photic base material such as a polarizing plate are stacked together. An opening is formed in the photic base material. Although the joining part of a flexible wiring board is joined to the sensor base material, a large portion of an opposing edge facing a display and input region, the opposing edge being part of the joining part, is positioned in the opening, so bubbles along the opposing edge are less likely to be generated, making the display quality of the display and input region less likely to be affected. In addition, since the both-side substrate ends of the joining part are sandwiched between the sensor base material and the photic base material, the joining part is less likely to be deformed, making it easy to prevent damage to the sensor base material. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050099 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes a cover layer and a display panel disposed under the cover layer. A PCB disposed under the display panel is mounted on a circuit for operation of the display panel, and a pressure sensor is integrally formed at the PCB. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050100 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided are an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The array substrate includes a base substrate, scanning lines extending along first direction and data lines extending along second direction disposed on base substrate, pixel units arranged in an array along first direction and second direction; touch electrodes and touch traces disposed on base substrate, and a first insulating layer disposed between the touch traces and the touch electrodes in a direction perpendicular to base substrate. Each touch trace is connected to the touch electrodes via a first through hole in the first insulating layer. Two scanning lines are disposed between two adjacent pixel units in the second direction, and each scanning line controls its adjacent pixel unit. An orthographic projection of the first through hole on the base substrate is located between the two scanning lines and does not overlap with them. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050101 | TOUCHSCREEN INCLUDING FORCE SENSORS - Computing devices and at least one machine readable medium for controlling the functioning of a touch screen are described herein. The computing device includes a touchscreen having one or more force sensors. The computing device also includes first logic to detect a force applied to the touchscreen via the one or more force sensors and second logic to control a functioning of the touchscreen in response to the applied force. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050102 | SENSOR DEVICE AND SENSING METHOD BASED ON AN ELECTROACTIVE MATERIAL - A sensor device comprising a passive matrix array of electroactive sensor elements arranged in rows and columns. In one example, each sensor element generates a binary sensor signal such that a total signal at each row and at each column enables any pattern of external inputs to be determined. This provides a first way to determine a pattern of sensor elements which are sensing an input using a passive matrix addressing scheme. In another example, each sensor element generates a sensor signal with a different frequency characteristic. This provides another way to enable any pattern of external inputs to be determined. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050103 | IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM TOUCH USER INTERACTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - Apparatuses, methods and storage media associated with user interactions with an IVI system are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for providing infotainment system may include a plurality of signal sources to generate a plurality of signals to correspondingly propagate along a plurality of signal paths; and a plurality of sensors complementarily arranged to the plurality of signal sources to receive the signals, defining terminuses of the signal paths except when one or more of the signals are blocked or interfered with, preventing the one or more signals from reaching the sensors. The signals sources and the sensors may be further complementarily arranged to a touch sensitive screen of an IVI system. Further, blockage or inference of the signals may be used to determine or at least contribute in a determination of whether the touch sensitive screen is being interacted from a first side or a second side of the vehicle. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050104 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a display member including a plurality of display elements and a sensing member including a first sensing pattern disposed on the display member and a second sensing pattern disposed on the display member and capacitively coupled to the first sensing pattern. Each of the first and second sensing patterns includes a plurality of mesh lines to define a plurality of openings. Each of the first and second sensing patterns includes a unit mesh pattern including a central opening and a plurality of peripheral openings surrounding the central opening. A plurality of cutting lines, each of which opens at least two adjacent openings of the plurality of peripheral openings to each other, are defined in the unit mesh pattern. The cutting lines are arranged in a direction surrounding the central opening. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050105 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device with a touch panel includes a display panel, and a touch panel formed above the display panel. The touch panel includes X electrodes which extend in a first direction, and Y electrodes which extend in a second direction different from the first direction. The X electrodes and the Y electrodes respectively include intersection portions each formed where the X electrodes and the Y electrodes overlap each other, and electrode portions each formed between the intersection portions, wherein the electrode portions of one of the X electrodes is smaller in area than the electrode portions of one of the Y electrodes, and wherein floating electrodes are formed close to the electrode portion of the one of the X electrodes or Y electrodes, and over a reduced portion of the X electrode. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050106 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME IN TWO MODES - A display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The touch panel calculates coordinate information of an input position by an electrostatic capacitive method in a first mode and calculates the coordinate information of the input position by an electromagnetic induction method in a second mode. The touch panel includes scan line groups and source line groups, which are operated as touch electrodes or touch coils on the basis of the operating mode thereof. In addition, the touch panel includes touch electrodes and touch coils, which are individually operated on the basis of the operating mode thereof. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050107 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION, AND COVERING MEMBER - According to an aspect, a touch detection device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate opposed to the first substrate; a cover base material opposed to the second substrate; a plurality of first electrodes overlapping a display region on a plane parallel with the first substrate; and a second electrode arranged at the cover base material and overlapping a frame region outside the display region. Proximity or contact of an object with respect to the frame region is detected based on capacitance between the first electrodes and the second electrode. The second electrode extends along a side of the frame region. | 2019-02-14 |
20190050108 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED INPUT SENSING USING A DISPLAY PROCESSOR REFERENCE SIGNAL - Embodiments of the invention generally provide a method and apparatus that is configured to reduce the effects of interference that is undesirably provided to a transmitter signal that is delivered from a transmitter signal generating device to a sensor processor to determine if an input object is disposed within a touch sensing region of a touch sensing device. In one embodiment, the sensor processor includes a receiver channel that has circuitry that is configured to separately receive a transmitter signal delivered from a display processor and a sensor processor reference signal that is based on a display processor reference signal to reliably sense the presence of an object. Embodiments of the invention described herein thus provide an improved apparatus and method for reliably sensing the presence of an object by a touch sensing device. | 2019-02-14 |