08th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140049414 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING AN OFFSET AT AN OUTPUT OF A DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER - A system including a converter, a buffer, and an offset adjust circuit. The converter is configured to provide, based on a digital input signal, a first output current. The buffer is configured to provide, based on the first output current, a second output current to an output pin. The offset adjust circuit is in communication with the first output current and is configured to, based on the second current at the output pin, adjust the first output current to compensate for a current offset at the output pin. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049415 | TESTING OF DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTERS IN SERIAL INTERFACES - A system and method for testing digital to analog converters (DAC) in a serial interface having a comparator to receive an input signal and a local offset signal is disclosed. A first DAC selectably provides one of a global offset to the input signal during a normal mode of operation and a first test signal to the comparator during a test mode of operation. A second DAC selectably provides one of the local offset signals to the comparator during the normal mode of operation and a second test signal to the comparator during the test mode of operation. A test module may cause the first DAC to determine a first test signal to provide to the local offset input of the comparator and may cause the second DAC to incrementally change a test signal provided to the comparator. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049416 | Analogue to Digital Converter - Measures are provided for performing direct radio-frequency to digital conversion. A radio-frequency input signal is compared with a plurality of reference voltages to generate a plurality of comparison signals, each comparison signal corresponding to one of the plurality of reference voltages. One or more of the plurality of generated comparison signals are first filtered to generate a first filtered signal. One or more of the plurality of generated comparison signals are second filtered to generate a second filtered signal. A digital output signal is generated at least on the basis of the first filtered signal and the second filtered signal. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049417 | WIRELESS MOTION ACTIVATED COMMAND TRANSFER DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A device, system or method may optionally control a function of a secondary device and include a body-wearable user device including a wireless transmitter configured to communicate directly with a wireless receiver associated with a secondary device, a sensor configured to sense a physical motion of at least one of the user device and a body part of a user of the user device and output a signal based on the physical motion, and a processor, communicatively coupled to the transceiver and the sensor, configured to generate a command to control a function of the secondary device based, at least in part, on the signal based on the physical motion from the sensor. The transceiver is configured to transmit the command to the secondary device. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049418 | Realization of Time-Domain Ultra Wideband Ground-Penetrating Radar Using High Speed Accumulation and Interpolated Sampling - Embodiments of the disclosed technology use high-speed interpolated (interdigitated) sampling for the specific purpose of GPR (Ground-Penetrating RADAR). This technology solves several issues associated with high-speed sampling in GPR which included 1) dynamic range limitations, 2) regulatory compliance issues, 3) sampler core offset error, and 4) timing errors. High-speed interpolated sampling GPR is implemented using a high-speed ADC in combination with trigger logic (such as an FPGA) and a programmable delay generator. The FPGA or other trigger logic generates a series of randomly dithered trigger pulses. A variable delay generator (or “Vernier”) is synchronously controlled in order to produce the fractional timing. The timing of the pulses is randomly or pseudo-randomly dithered, and the phase of the interpolation is shuffled in order to avoid producing discrete spectral lines in the radiated RADAR signal. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049419 | Method for Classifying Moving Vehicles by Tracking a Position Value of the Vehicle - Method in which vehicles are measured repeatedly while traveling through a radar cone, and specific position values are formed so as to be associated with the measurement times. This can be a specific radial distance or a specific object angle. The change over time is analyzed with respect to a section of discontinuity. The length of this section depends upon the length of the vehicle and makes classification possible. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049420 | Method for Classifying Moving Vehicles - A method for classifying vehicles in which an angle-resolving radar device yields measurement signals which have frequencies corresponding to a Doppler shift and which originate from measured vehicles and from which radial distances, object angles and radial velocities can be derived. The frequencies of the acquired measurement signals are stored as functions over the measurement time period, and a spectrogram is formed for every vehicle therefrom. Subsequently, the spectrograms are checked for assessment regions with maximum bandwidth of the frequency. These assessment regions are compared with assessment regions of stored spectrograms for different vehicle classes and associated with the most similar such that the measured vehicles are classified. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049421 | BACKSCATTER RFID SENSOR WITH A BEND TRANSDUCER - A bend sensor for use in wirelessly sensing an amount of bend of a joint or other monitored object. The sensor includes a radio frequency (RF) antenna and an integrated circuit linked to the antenna. The integrated circuit or chip is passive and responds to, or is powered by, a read signal received by the antenna to transmit a reflected signal via the antenna such as to an RFID reader. The sensor also includes a transducer linked to the integrated circuit. The transducer defines reflecting impedance, which modulates amplitude and phase of the reflected signal. The transducer has impedance varying with deformation or bend. In one example, the transducer includes an upper conductor, and the amount of the deformation is defined by a bend radius of the upper conductor. The read signal may be at 5 GHz or higher such with the antenna and the transducer being microwave structures. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049422 | WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM WITH CAPACITIVE PROXIMITY SENSING - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for tuning a transmit coil for operation in a plurality of frequency bands. In one aspect, a method of wireless power transmission is provided. The method includes exciting a first part of a wireless power transmission system, via a wireless power transmitter. The method further includes detecting, in the presence of a non-charging object, a first change in a first parameter. The first parameter is indicative of a coupling between the non-charging object and the first part. The method further includes varying a characteristic of the wireless power transmission based on said first change. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049423 | FMCW RADAR SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE TRANSMITTERS AND BEAT FREQUENCY MULTIPLEX - Frequency swept radar signals are transmitted from a plurality of transmitter antennas with predetermined timing offsets between the frequency sweeps of respective ones of the transmitters. A combination of reflections of the transmitted frequency swept radar signals is received. A filter bank separates a plurality of beat signals from respective frequency bands in the received combination of reflections. Transmitter antennas at respective different spatial locations may be used and intermediate signals derived from the separated beat signals may be summed to form a synthetic aperture radar image. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049424 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A SATELLITE POSITIONING SYSTEM TO DETECT MOVED WLAN ACCESS POINTS - In one embodiment, an area in which a mobile device may be located is determined using a satellite-based positioning system (SPS). An area in which the mobile device may be located is determined using a wireless local area network based positioning system(WLAN-PS). The area determined using the SPS is compared to the area determined using the WLAN-PS. In response to the area determined using the SPS being remote from the area determined using the WLAN-PS, it is concluded that the one or more WLAN APs have been moved to be about the area determined using the SPS. One or more locations of the one or more WLAN APs are updated in the reference database. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049425 | SIGNAL SOURCE DEVICE PROVIDING MULTI-POLARITY SIGNALS - A signal source simultaneously emits horizontally polarized and vertically polarized signals and includes an enclosure, a power source and a signal generator received in the enclosure, and a first antenna and a second antenna set on an outer surface of the enclosure. The second antenna is perpendicular to the first antenna. The signal generator generates a comb-shaped signal having a predetermined frequency and the comb-shaped signal is split to two sub-signals of equal power by the signal generator, and the sub-signals are transmitted into a test environment via the first antenna and the second antenna. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049426 | ELECTRICALLY STEERABLE ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - An electrically steerable antenna arrangement comprising at least a first antenna function and a second antenna function, each antenna function comprising at least one antenna element, the antenna functions having at least one main radiation lobe that is electrically steerable, where each antenna function comprises at least one signal altering means arranged for altering the time characteristics and/or phase characteristics and/or frequency characteristics of a signal fed through the signal altering means, the electrically steerable antenna arrangement comprising a control unit arranged for feeding a signal comprising control information to the antenna functions via a control connection, the signal altering means being arranged to take certain settings in dependence of the control information, such that for certain settings of the signal altering means, a certain angular direction of said main radiation lobe in relation to an antenna reference plane is acquired. The electrically steerable antenna arrangement further comprises a first monitoring unit connected to the control connection, and a second monitoring unit connected to the antenna functions, the first monitoring unit being arranged to analyze the control information fed to the signal altering means and trigger a first alert via a first alert connection if there is a deviation which exceeds a first threshold, where furthermore the antenna functions are arranged to send signal information to the second monitoring unit regarding the resulting signal fed to said antenna elements, the second monitoring unit being arranged to analyze said signal information and to trigger a second alert via a second alert connection if there is a deviation which exceeds a second threshold. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049427 | RADAR-TRANSPARENT COATING - The invention relates to a radar-transparent component comprising a plastic body. Said component is characterized in that at least parts of the surface have a coating with a thickness of between 10 nm and 100 nm that comprises a semiconductor. Said coating gives the plastic body the desired metallic appearance without the body losing the characteristic of a radar-transparent component. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049428 | DIRECTIONAL RADIO SIGNAL DETECTION APPARATUS USING A SENSE AND LOOP ANTENNAS - An apparatus for direction finding a received radio signal is enclosed. The receiving apparatus selectively receives on a predetermined frequency to match the transmitter frequency. The receiving apparatus is comprised of one non directional antenna and two or more loop antennas. The loop antennas modify the field of the incident radio signal by absorbing the incident radio frequency energy to create a non-ambiguous gain pattern on the sense antenna that can be used to determine the direction of the incident RF signal. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049429 | Collaborative Spatial Positioning - Disparate positional data derived from one or more positional determinative resources are fused with peer-to-peer relational data to provide an object with a collaborative positional awareness. An object collects positional determinative information from one or more positional resources so to independently determine its spatial location. That determination is thereafter augmented by peer-to-peer relational information that can be used to enhance positional determination and modify behavioral outcomes. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049430 | 3-Dimensional Antenna - The system and method of the present application includes a 3-dimensional spherically-shaped antenna having multiple elements of various size based on self-similarity of repeated patterns, i.e., fractal antenna. This antenna provides a wide-band response to efficiently capture ambient electromagnetic energy that may be further processed and used to generate electricity. The antenna may also be tuned to provide a more accurate and efficient antenna capable of capturing a specific band of frequencies. The electricity collected may then be used to power various loads including electrical and electronic devices such as computers, cell phones, audio and video equipment, medical equipment, electrical appliances, lights, and numerous other devices. This may be particularly useful in remote locations, and can also compliment renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, thermal, and others. The antenna also provides increased reception for wireless communication applications, and may utilize fractal and non-fractal antennas. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049431 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - An antenna includes a grounding portion with a grounding feed point, a radiating plane and a coaxial cable. The grounding portion extends in a lengthwise direction defining two ends opposite to each other in the lengthwise direction. The radiating plane extends upwardly from a lengthwise edge of the grounding portion. The radiating plane includes a first arm extending from one end of the lengthwise edge and a second arm extending from the opposite end. The first arm defines a signal feed point and a first radiating portion while the second arm is defined as a second radiating portion. The coaxial cable includes a core linking to the signal feed point and a shielding layer linking to the grounding feed point. The second arm surrounds the first arm in the radiating plane. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049432 | ANTENNAS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains wireless communications circuitry. The handheld electronic device may have a housing and a display. The display may be attached to the housing a conductive bezel. The handheld electronic device may have one or more antennas for supporting wireless communications. A ground plane in the handheld electronic device may serve as ground for one or more of the antennas. The ground plane and bezel may define an opening. A rectangular slot antenna or other suitable slot antenna may be formed from or within the opening. One or more antenna resonating elements may be formed above the slot. An electrical switch that bridges the slot may be used to modify the perimeter of the slot so as to tune the communications bands of the handheld electronic device. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049433 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING RF TESTING - A method for performing RF testing of an electronic device. An RF antenna is received in a base plate. The base plate defines a grid of grooves. One or more guides are received for connection to the base plate for securing the electronic device above the RF antenna. The electronic device is secured on the base plate utilizing the one or more guides to perform the RF testing. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a tuning system for a communication device having an antenna, where the tuning system includes at least one first tunable element connected with at least one radiating element of the antenna for tuning the antenna where the adjusting of the at least one first tunable element is based on at least one of a use case associated with the communication device and location information associated with the communication device, and a matching network having at least one second tunable element coupled at a feed point of the antenna, wherein the matching network receives control signals for adjusting the at least one second tunable element to tune the matching network. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049435 | UNIVERSAL MICROWAVE WAVEGUIDE JOINT AND MECHANICALLY STEERABLE MICROWAVE TRANSMITTER - A universal joint comprising a pair of circular waveguide ball-joints and a slip-joint allows for simultaneous 3-axis rotation and 3-dimensional translation between an antenna and a stationary source. As such, the universal joint does not have to be physically aligned with the azimuth, and elevation, rotation axis of the antenna and mounted on the gimbal support, greatly simplifying the antenna steering mechanism. The universal joint allows the antenna to be mass-balanced in relation to the azimuth and elevation axis without adding any additional counter weights, thus reducing the size and power requirements of the azimuth and elevation rotation drive systems. Additional ball-joints may be provided to increase the allowed range of motion of the antenna. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049436 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL APPARATUS - An antenna device includes a first coil wound in one direction and a second coil disposed adjacent to the first coil and wound in a direction opposite to the winding direction of the first coil and having conductor openings at the centers of wound coils, and a magnetic core. The magnetic core is inserted into the conductor opening of the first coil and the conductor opening of the second coil. A portion of a conductor line forming the first coil positioned farther away from the second coil than a portion of the conductor line forming the first coil positioned closer to the second coil, and a portion of a conductor line forming the second coil positioned farther away from the first coil than a portion of the conductor line forming the second coil positioned closer to the first coil, are disposed along the first main surface of the magnetic core. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049437 | MULTI-INPUT MULTI-OUTPUT ANTENNA WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND-GAP STRUCTURE - A MIMO (Multi-Input Multi-Output) antenna includes a system ground plane, an antenna ground plane, an EBG (Electromagnetic Band-Gap) structure, a first antenna element, and a second antenna element. The antenna ground plane overlaps a first portion of the system ground plane. The EBG structure is formed on a second portion of the system ground plane. The first antenna element and the second antenna element are both disposed in proximity to the EBG structure, but substantially extend in different directions. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049438 | DISTRIBUTED COUPLING ANTENNA - An antenna including a ground plane region, a feed element having associated with it a first reactance and a coupling element having associated with it a second reactance, the second reactance being of opposite sign to the first reactance, the coupling element being coupled to the feed element and to the ground plane region and being located in close proximity to the ground plane region, wherein an impedance and hence a resonant frequency of the antenna depend on the first and second reactances. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049439 | COMPACT DUAL-POLARIZED MULTIPLE DIRECTLY FED & EM COUPLED STEPPED PROBE ELEMENT FOR ULTRA WIDEBAND PERFORMANCE - A compact antenna element and assembly using a directly fed and electromagnetically coupled step probe element for ultra wideband application. It achieves very good impedance match, isolation and pattern stability across a wide frequency band. The compact ultra wideband radiating element covers all known radio frequency bands in the mobile base station industry to date. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049440 | COUPLING DEGREE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT, ANTENNA DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A dielectric body includes a first radiating element on a first side and a second radiating element on a second side. The first radiating element and the second radiating element are linear conductors that each extend from a first end to a second end (an open end), and are parallel or substantially parallel to each other in a direction from the first end to the second end. The first end of the first radiating element is connected to a first port of a coupling degree adjustment circuit, and the first end of the second radiating element is connected to a second port of the coupling degree adjustment circuit. The first radiating element and the second radiating element are mainly coupled to each other in the coupling degree adjustment circuit. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049441 | SIGNAL CONVERTING CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF REDUCING/AVOIDING SIGNAL LEAKAGE AND RELATED SIGNAL CONVERTING METHOD - A signal converting circuit includes: a first switching circuit; a second switching circuit; and a first balance-unbalance circuit (Balun) having a first signal terminal coupled to an antenna, a second signal terminal coupled to the first switching circuit, and a third signal terminal coupled to the second switching circuit; wherein when the first balance-unbalance circuit operates in a first signal converting mode, the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit are arranged to couple the second signal terminal and the third signal terminal, respectively, to a first signal processing circuit, and when the first balance-unbalance circuit does not operate in the first signal converting mode, the first switching circuit and the second switching circuit are arranged to couple the second signal terminal and the third signal terminal, respectively, to a reference voltage. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049442 | TUNABLE IMPEDANCE MATCHING CIRCUIT - A tunable impedance matching circuit is provided for matching a signal source to an impedance of an antenna. The tunable impedance matching circuit includes two terminals, a series path, and two shunt paths. The first terminal is coupled to the signal source, and the second terminal is coupled to the antenna. The series path is coupled between the first terminal and the second terminal and includes a first tunable capacitor and at least one tunable inductor. One of the two shunt paths is coupled between the first terminal and a ground end, and the other one of the two shunt paths is coupled between the second terminal and the ground end. Each of the shunt paths includes a second tunable capacitor. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049443 | Extendable Loop Antenna for Portable Communication Device - The present invention discloses a wireless communication device with an extendable planar antenna. The antenna is made of a radiating loop, and a ground plane, wherein the loop is parallel to the ground plane and the distance between the loop and the ground plane is configurable, attaining at least two positions: a stowed position where the loop is close to the ground plane, and an operational position where the loop moves apart from the ground plane, to improve the antenna radiation properties. According to one embodiment, this wireless device is a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) for Search and Rescue (SAR) of people in distress, configured to be wrist worn. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049444 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR POSITIONING ANTENNAS OF SUCH DEVICES - A representative device includes: a housing; and an antenna assembly mounted to the housing, the antenna assembly having a first antenna and a second antenna, the first antenna and the second antenna being movable between respective stowed and extended positions; in the stowed positions, the first antenna and the second antenna being positioned substantially within an outer periphery defined by the housing. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049445 | DUAL FREQUENCY ANTENNA MODULE - A dual frequency antenna module is disposed on a substrate. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The dual frequency antenna module includes a first antenna, a second antenna, a first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion. The antennas are in symmetry about a central line of the antenna module and disposed on the first surface. Each antenna includes a radiation portion and a feeding portion. The connecting portions are disposed on the first surface and connected to each other in symmetry. A width of each microstrip transmission line of the connecting portions is less than a width of each microstrip transmission line of the antennas. A wavelength of electromagnetic waves transmissible through the microstrip transmission lines of the connecting portions is equal to one half of a wavelength of electromagnetic waves transmissible through the microstrip transmission lines of the first and second antennas | 2014-02-20 |
20140049446 | 3D DIPOLE ANTENNA OF SPIRAL SEGMENTS - A three dimensional (3D) dipole antenna system with spiral leg is described used to measure oscillatory electric field strengths. The system relies on spiral dipole leg segments of limited length attached to a cylinder. It is designed to improve the sensitivity to oscillatory electric signals in the range of 0.01 Hz to 10,000 Hz. The antenna system is connected to an object (a survey platform) that is stationary or moving in an area of interest in air, over land, on water or under water. Such antenna system is generally used as part of a prospecting survey system for water, minerals or hydrocarbons. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049447 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE - A method and an apparatus for displaying an image are provided. The image display method of the electronic device includes displaying an image, detecting at least one other electronic device, if the electronic device and the detected at least one other electronic device are located within a first threshold distance, transmitting the image and display control information to the at least one other electronic device to request for display of the image to the at least one other electronic device, and, if the electronic device and the detected at least one other electronic device are located within a second threshold distance, displaying the split image on the basis of the number of detected at least one other electronic device and the display control information. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049448 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OMNIDIRECTIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY - The invention generally relates to the display of images viewable from any direction and devices therefor. In some aspects, the invention provides an apparatus for displaying a hologram-like image. The apparatus includes an inverted, truncated pyramid bearing semi-reflective facets visible from outside of the apparatus in all horizontal directions. A base frame supports the truncated pyramid, houses an imaging system, and provides image source surfaces that display images beneath each of the facets to be reflected by each of the facets. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049449 | DUAL-DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A dual-display device includes a flexible substrate comprising first and second surfaces opposing each other, the first surface comprising a first area and a second area, the flexible substrate being bent to allow the first and second areas of the first surface to face each other, the second surface comprising first and second areas opposing the first and second areas of the first surface, respectively. The device further includes a first display unit formed over the first area of the second surface of the bent flexible substrate, and realizing an image; a second display unit formed over second area that is opposite to the first area of the second surface of the bent flexible substrate, electrically connected to the first display unit via lines, and realizing another image; and a common driver unit electrically connected to a pad area that extends from the first display unit, and configured to transmit at least a signal to drive the first display unit and the second display unit. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049450 | FOLDING MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY DEVICE - Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049451 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display device includes a light source which outputs laser light, an illumination optical system which emits the laser light as illumination light, a spatial modulation element which diffracts the illumination light by displaying a diffraction pattern, a diffraction pattern acquiring unit which acquires a basic diffraction pattern generated based on an image, and a diffraction pattern process unit which uses the basic diffraction pattern and a correction diffraction pattern for correcting the basic diffraction pattern to generate, as the diffraction pattern to be displayed on the spatial modulation element, a combined diffraction pattern obtained by correcting the basic diffraction pattern by the correction diffraction pattern. The spatial modulation element displays diffracted light, which is diffracted by displaying the combined diffraction pattern, to a user as a fictive image. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049452 | EYE GAZE USER INTERFACE AND CALIBRATION METHOD - A software controlled user interface and calibration method for an eye gaze controlled device, designed to accommodate angular accuracy versus time averaging tradeoffs for eye gaze direction sensors. The method can scale between displaying a small to large number of different eye gaze target symbols at any given time, yet still transmit a large array of different symbols to outside devices with minimal user training. At least part of the method may be implemented by way of a virtual window onto the surface of a virtual cylinder, with eye gaze sensitive symbols that can be rotated by eye gaze thus bringing various groups of symbols into view, and then selected by continual gazing. Specific examples of use of this interface and method on an eyeglasses-like head-mountable, vision-controlled, device are disclosed, along with various operation examples including sending and receiving text messages, control of robotic devices and control of remote vehicles. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049453 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a display area including a plurality of pixels, and a peripheral area defining a non-display area. The display area includes a first light blocking member including a plurality of first openings, and the peripheral area includes a second light blocking member including a plurality of second openings. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049454 | Pixel and Organic Light Emitting Display Using the Same - A pixel capable of increasing a contrast ratio includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first node coupled to a first electrode thereof to the OLED coupled to a second electrode thereof so as to correspond to a voltage applied to a second node, a second transistor coupled between the second electrode of the first transistor and the OLED and turned off when an emission control signal is supplied to an emission control line, and a capacitor coupled between the second electrode of the first transistor and the emission control line. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049455 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display including a substrate, a scan line transferring a scan signal, a compensation control line transferring a compensation control signal, an operation control line applying an operation control signal, a data line and a driving voltage line transferring a data signal and a driving voltage, respectively, a switching thin film transistor (TFT) connected to the scan line and the data line, a compensation TFT and an initialization TFT connected to the compensation control line, an operation control TFT connected to the operation control line and the switching TFT, a driving TFT connected to the driving voltage line, an organic light emitting diode connected to a drain electrode of the driving TFT, and a hold capacitor connected between a source electrode of the operation control TFT and a gate electrode of the initialization TFT. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049456 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT - A display device including: a pixel array section; power supply lines; and auxiliary electrodes, wherein each pixel has an auxiliary capacitance, and one of electrodes of the auxiliary capacitance is connected to the source electrode of the drive transistor, and another electrode is connected to the auxiliary electrode for the pixel. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049457 | ORGANIC DISPLAY UNIT AND DISPLAY HAVING THE SAME - The present invention provides an organic display unit and the applied display thereof. Each light emitting diode in the organic display unit corresponds to one light unit. Each driving circuit in the organic display unit controls at least two light emitting diodes to lighten and then controls the light unit correspondent to the light emitting diodes to lighten. The present invention reduces numbers of driving circuits to increase the aperture rate of a light unit to meet the high resolution need of a panel | 2014-02-20 |
20140049458 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes: a first switching element which transmits a first data voltage; a second switching element which transmits a second data voltage; a driving transistor connected to the first switching element and the second switching element, where the driving transistor is driven based on the first data voltage and the second data voltage; and an organic light emitting diode connected to the driving transistor, where the organic light emitting diode emits light based on an output of the driving transistor, and a driving method thereof. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049459 | AREA-SAVING DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY PANEL - The present invention relates to an area-saving driving circuit for a display panel, which comprises a plurality of digital-to-analog converting circuits convert input data, respectively, and produce a pixel signal. A plurality of driving units are coupled to the plurality of digital-to-analog converting circuits, respectively. They produce a driving signal according to the pixel signal and transmit the driving signal to the display panel for displaying. A plurality of voltage booster units are coupled to the plurality of driving units, respectively, and produce a supply voltage according to a control signal. Then the supply voltage is provided to the plurality of driving units. Thereby, by providing the supply voltage to the plurality of driving units of the display panel by means of the plurality of voltage booster units, the area of the external storage capacitor is reduced. Alternative, the external storage capacitor can be even not required. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049460 | Backlight module and driving method thereof - A backlight module for a display device includes a determination module for generating a determination result according to a display content of the display device, a storage module for storing a plurality of on time duty signals, and an output module coupled to the determination module and the storage module for outputting one of the plurality of on time duty signals according to the determination result, to stably display the display content of the display device. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049461 | FULLY AUTOMATIC SIMULATION SYSTEM OF AN INPUT DEVICE - A fully automatic simulation system for an input device permits storage in advance of executable applications and associated simulation setting flies into a database, and then combination of the detection, automatic data searching and matching, transmission and conversion, enabling rapid and convenient operation by the users, whenever they operate various applications or whether they adopt a keyboard, mouse or joystick as the simulation controller. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049462 | USER INTERFACE ELEMENT FOCUS BASED ON USER'S GAZE - A computerized method, system for, and computer-readable medium operable to: determine a set of coordinates corresponding to a user's gaze; determine a user interface (UI) element corresponding to the set of coordinates; return that UI element as being detected and again repeating the determination of the set of coordinates corresponding to the user's gaze; determine if the UI element being returned is the same for a predetermined threshold of time according to a started timer; if the UI element is not the same, reset the started timer and again repeating the determination of the set of coordinates corresponding to the user's gaze; and if the UI element is the same, making the UI element active without requiring any additional action from the user and currently selecting the UI element to receive input. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049463 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND FEEDBACK PROVIDING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense bending of the flexible display apparatus, a feedback provider configured to provide feedback according to the sensed bending, and a controller configured to control the feedback provider to provide the feedback when a degree of the sensed bending exceeds a threshold value. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049464 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus is provided. The flexible display apparatus includes a display configured to display content on a screen, a sensor configured to detect bending of the display from a first form to a second form, and a controller configured to reconstruct the content based on the bending and to display the reconstructed content in a first screen generated in one region of the display when it is determined that the display is restored to the first form. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049465 | GESTURE OPERATED CONTROL FOR MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS - The embodiments described herein relates to systems, methods and apparatuses for facilitating gesture-based control of an electronic device for displaying medical information. According to some aspects, there is provided a gesture recognition apparatus comprising at least one processor configured receive image data and depth data from at least one camera; extract at least one gesture from the image data and the depth data that is indicative of an activity of an operator within a volume of recognition, the volume of recognition being indicative of a sterile space proximate to the operator; generate at least one command that is compatible with the at least one electronic device based on the extracted at least one gesture; and provide the at least one compatible command to at least one electronic device as an input command. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049466 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTACTLESSLY CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICES ACCORDING TO SIGNALS FROM A DIGITAL CAMERA AND A SENSOR MODULE - An embodiment of a method for contactlessly controlling an electronic apparatus, performed by a processor of the electronic apparatus. A camera module of the electronic apparatus is turned on to capture a series of images upon detecting that an object is in close proximity to the electronic apparatus. A contactless control procedure is performed while the camera module thereof is in use. The control operation comprises determining a control operation according to the captured images; performing the control operation to an electronic device of the electronic apparatus upon obtaining an instruction based on analyzing the captured images; and turning off the camera module responsive to not obtaining an instruction within a predetermined time period. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049467 | INPUT DEVICE USING INPUT MODE DATA FROM A CONTROLLED DEVICE - Systems and methods for determining input modes for an input device may be based upon input mode data transmitted from a controlled device. The input mode data may be associated with a first visual content displayed by the controlled device and may provide an appropriate input mode with which the user can interact with the input device. Based upon a user's interaction with the input device and the associated input mode, a second visual content may be displayed by controlled device and a second input mode data can be transmitted to input device. The second input mode data may provide a second, different input mode based upon the second visual content with which the user can interact with the input device. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049468 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING INPUT CONTROL APPLICATION - An electronic device having an input control application is disclosed. The input control application is used for enabling the electronic device to execute the following actions: obtaining a member group comprising members lined up orderly and a member as a selection member; pressing a key to generate a first signal for excluding members after the selection member, then determining if only one member left in the member group, if “No”, determining the member of the member group in the middle as the new selection member, if “Yes”, executing the input operation; pressing another key to generate a second signal for excluding the members before the current selection member, then determining if only one last member in the current member group, if No”, determining the member of the member group in the middle as the new selection member, if “Yes”, executing the input operation. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049469 | EXTERNAL SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MOBILE DEVICES - An external support system and method for a mobile device are disclosed. The external support system can include, but is not limited to, processing support for computational intensive tasks such as graphics processing, additional memory for data storage and communications support (e.g., 4G LTE) to augment the mobile device capabilities. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049470 | OPTICAL TOUCH CONTROL APPARATUS AND ADJUSTABLE LIGHT GUIDE APPARATUS - An optical touch control apparatus, for detecting displacement between an object and the optical touch control apparatus. The optical touch control apparatus comprises: an object detecting apparatus, for detecting the object to generate an object image, having a first detecting area in a first mode and having a second detecting area in a second mode, wherein the first detecting area is larger than the second detecting area; an image sensor, for capturing at least one frame of the object image; and a control unit, for adjusting an image capturing area of the image sensor, according which one of the first detecting area and the second detecting area the object detecting apparatus utilizes. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049471 | Adjustment of an Optical Tracking Device - Architecture for managing clutch height in an optical navigational device such as a computer mouse. In one embodiment for a mouse, a feature can be molded into the bottom case that limits the clutch height by occluding the reflected light to the image sensor when the device is lifted from the tracking surface. Tracking is disabled when the clutch height threshold is exceeded, and re-enabled when the device is brought under the distance clutch height threshold. The device includes firmware controlled algorithm adjustments to one or more correlation parameters. User interfaces may also be employed to implement various aspects of the embodiments discussed herein. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049472 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING TOUCH KEYBOARD ON TOUCH SCREEN OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - In a method of displaying a touch keyboard on a touch screen of an electronic device, one or more control instructions for displaying different keyboard layouts of the touch keyboard on the touch screen are determined. The method determines a keyboard layout of the touch keyboard corresponding to each of the control instructions. When a control instruction is touched on the touch screen, the touch screen displays a keyboard layout of the touch keyboard according to the obtained control instruction. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049473 | USER-CONTROLLED KEYPAD ADVERTISING SYSTEM - A computing device is described that is configured to incorporate a user-controlled keypad user interface that facilitates user-controlled focused advertising within a portion of the keypad. The device includes a keypad user interface comprising at least four sets of keys. Each of four sets of keys is separate and distinct from the each of the other sets of keys and includes: a first set of keypad-state determination keys, a second set of keypad-state determination keys, a set of keypad external action directive keys, and a set of advertising keys. Data structures store values and data for the keypad, and a combined selection from the first set of keypad-state determination keys and the second set of keypad-state determination keys determines values of both the keypad action keys and the advertising keys by setting index values for retrieving the values and data for the sets of keys from the keypad data structures. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049474 | Systems And Methods For Processing Data Entered Using An Eye-Tracking System - A method for processing data entered using a keyboard and a keyboard capable of implementing the method is described. In one embodiment, the keyboard includes keys associated with at least one input data value and at least one multi-value key associated with at least two input data values. Each key includes a unit and each multi-value key includes a plurality of units and each input data value corresponds to at least one unit. The keyboard also includes an eye-tracking system that determines an area where a user is gazing by monitoring eye movements of the user, and an input value selection module coupled to units and to the eye-tracking system. The input value selection module determines probabilistically which input data value was entered based on a value received from at least one unit and on the area where the user is gazing. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049475 | ACTIONABLE-OBJECT CONTROLLER AND DATA-ENTRY ATTACHMENT FOR TOUCHSCREEN- BASED ELECTRONICS - A touchscreen-controller and data-entry ensemble are attached conterminously or proximately to a touchscreen device. A touchscreen-controller attachment device has one or more input ends and one or more output ends. The input and output ends may be opposite ends of unitary elements and/or may be remote from one another and connected by wire or wirelessly. Each input end of a unitary conductive element is connected to a respective output end and the plurality of output ends, residing in an attachment base, are in a position of contact with or in close proximity to the soft buttons, keys or controller(s) of a touchscreen. The output ends thus activate the touchscreen when the input ends are manipulated. A base maintains the input and/or output ends in fixed position during use. Input and output elements can be spring-mounted. New controllers offer the user haptic ability. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049476 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE INPUT - Disclosed is a case for an electronic device such as a wireless phone, tablet computer, media player electronic book reader or the like. The case can include a body portion configured to receive the electronic device and provide a removable cover for the electronic device. The case can also include at least one touch sensitive input device disposed on an exterior surface of the body portion. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049477 | Systems and Methods for Touch-Based Two-Stage Text Input - Embodiments relate to systems and methods for touch-based two-stage text input. An electronic device ( | 2014-02-20 |
20140049478 | ACTIVE STYLUS WITH PASSIVE MUTUAL MEASUREMENTS - An apparatus includes a sense unit operable to sense a plurality of first signals transmitted on one or more vertical lines and one or more horizontal lines of a touch sensor, the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines operable to drive the plurality of first signals. The apparatus also includes a drive unit operable to transmit, in response to the sense unit sensing at least one of the plurality of first signals, a second signal to the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines, the second signal changing an effective charge of the one or more vertical lines and the one or more horizontal lines. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049479 | SMUDGE EFFECT FOR ELECTRONIC DRAWING APPLICATION - An electronic device, computer-readable medium and method provide for line smudging in electronic drawing. The electronic device has a touch sensitive display screen that is responsive to user touch and stylus input. A graphics module is operable to render a line on the touch sensitive display screen in response to motion of the stylus. If a trajectory of the touch input intersects with the line within a set time period after the line is rendered, the line is replaced by a representation of a smudged line. The electronic device may be controllable by instructions stored on a computer-readable medium. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049480 | SCALABLE TOUCHSCREEN PROCESSING WITH REALTIME ROALE NEGOTIATION AMONG ASYMMETRIC PROCESSING CORES - A method for determining touch input data complexity and negotiating the processing of touch inputs from a touchscreen controller to a host processor. As touch input data is received from a touchscreen, the data may be evaluated by the touchscreen controller to determine the data's complexity. When the touchscreen controller determines the received touch input data is too complex for touchscreen controller processing, the host processor may be requested to process the data. The touchscreen controller may resume processing touch input data based on low complexity or host processor availability. Complexity may be determined based on evaluations of the number and frequency of touch inputs. Additionally, the touch input data may be evaluated to determine whether it represents multi-touch input. In an aspect, the touchscreen controller may disregard received touch input data determined to be noise. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049481 | Tactile Interface System For Manipulation Of A Touch Screen - An interface system that allows for tactile manipulation of a touch screen for people with disabilities and which provides appropriate tactile marking for the action they wish to carry out and that may afford a sensation that a button is being pressed to a user, is provided. The system includes a touch screen and a tactile button assembly that extends over at least a portion of the touch screen. The tactile button assembly includes tactile buttons with tactile indicia that can be felt by a user. The tactile buttons are arranged with respect to the touch screen so that when a tactile button is pressed by a user, a contact end of the tactile button contacts a button on the touch screen to perform a predetermined task associated with pressing such button on the touch screen. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049482 | TOUCH DETECTION STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A touch detection structure and a touch display device using same are disclosed. The touch detection structure includes a frame, a plurality of transmitters, and a plurality of receivers. A printed circuit layer is directly formed on one surface of the frame by way of mechanical processing to electrically connect to the transmitters and the receivers. With the printed circuit layer being directly formed on the frame of the touch detection structure, the touch display device using such touch detection structure can save the costs for using and manufacturing circuit boards and has reduced overall thickness to enable convenient assembling thereof. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049483 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a display device and a method for controlling the same. Herein, the method for controlling the display device includes the steps of displaying a first object and a second object, wherein the first object is displayed so that at least a portion can overlay a first region of the second object, determining a first pressure condition being required for controlling the first object within the first region of the second object, detecting a first touch input touching a region in which the first object is displayed, detecting a second touch input controlling the first object, controlling the first object corresponding to the second touch input, when a pressure level of the first touch input satisfies the first pressure condition, and allowing the second touch input to bypass the first object, when the pressure level does not satisfy the first pressure condition. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049484 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a substrate; a black matrix formed on the substrate and defining a pixel area; a first electrode formed on the black matrix; a color filter layer formed in the pixel area on the substrate; and a second electrode formed on the color filter layer. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049485 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; an electrode formed in a mesh pattern on the transparent substrate; and a wiring formed in a wavy pattern on the transparent substrate and connected to the electrode, the wiring having curve shape of first peaks and second peaks alternately continuing along a longitudinal direction. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049486 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device including a touch screen and method of driving the same are provided. In a method of driving display device including a touch screen, the display device including a panel including a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of gate lines, the method includes: applying, by a display driving unit, a gate signal to a subset of the plurality of gate lines, applying, by a touch sensing unit: a common voltage to a first subset of the plurality of electrodes corresponding to the subset of the plurality of gate lines, and the touch scan signal to a second subset of the plurality of electrodes, other than the first subset of the plurality of electrodes. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049487 | INTERACTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR CLOTHING DISPLAYS - Techniques are disclosed for providing a user interface on a flexible display integrated on and/or into clothing. All or a portion of an article of clothing can function as a flexible display, enabling a user interface to be provided to a wearer of the article of clothing in a customized manner. The customized manner can be based on the type of information provided in the user interface and/or a triggering event invoking the user interface. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049488 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING COORDINATES OF TOUCH POINT ON TOUCH PANEL - A method for sampling coordinates of a touched point on a touch panel, includes the steps of: (a1)) detecting a touched point at a low detection frequency to obtain two touch coordinates sequentially in time series; (a2) calculating a distance between the two touch coordinates; (a3) determining whether the distance between the two touch coordinates is greater than a first threshold distance; (a4) detecting a touched point at a high detection frequency to obtain a subsequent touch coordinate in time series; (a5) calculating a distance between two touch coordinates sequentially in time series at the high detection frequency; (a6) determining whether the distance obtained in the step (a5) is less than a second threshold distance; and (a7) detecting a touched point on the touch panel at the low detection frequency when the distance is less than the second threshold distance in the step (a6). | 2014-02-20 |
20140049489 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ICON - An electronic device capable of being controlled by a remote device can present a display of relevant buttons. Each button on the remote device has at least one characteristic of appearance, and at least one function. The electronic device includes a displaying unit, a storing unit and a controlling unit. The storing unit stores at least one characteristic of appearance (first feature) and at least one button function (second feature). A controlling unit obtains the first and second features, and controls the displaying unit to display the first and second features together as a generated icon corresponding to the one of the buttons on the remote device. A method for displaying such icons is also provided. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049490 | TOUCH SENSING UNIT AND A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL WITH THE SAME - A touch sensing unit includes a detection electrode, a switch and a boosting and discharging unit. The detection electrode detects the touch from an external object. The switch is connected to the detection electrode for generating a touch voltage. The boosting and discharging unit is connected to the detection electrode and the switch for discharging the detection electrode or boosting the voltage of the detection electrode. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049491 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERCEIVING IMAGES WITH MULTIMODAL FEEDBACK - A method, system and computer-readable medium for providing feedback effects for an image. The method includes identifying one or more features in an area of the image. The method also includes mapping the one or more identified features to at least one of multiple modalities of feedback effects. Additionally, the method includes generating parameters for feedback effect output and storing the generated parameters in association with the image such that, in response to coordinates of an input of a user corresponding to the area of the image, a user interface associated with the image is configured to provide at least one of the multiple modalities of feedback effects to the user. The multiple modalities of feedback effects include one or more visual feedback effects, one or more haptic feedback effects and one or more audio feedback effects. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049492 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CHANGING AN OBJECT ACCORDING TO A BENDING STATE - An electronic device and a method for changing an object according to a bending state. The method includes analyzing coordinates of touch areas to set an arbitrary area; checking that at least one object is included in the set area; and controlling a layout of the at least one object included in the set area according to a bending state. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049493 | INFORMATION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information device includes a touch-sensitive panel that is used for display and operation; an operation check portion configured to check whether operation performed on the information device is first operation that is predefined operation or second operation other than the first operation; and a luminance setting portion configured to, when a luminance set value of the touch-sensitive panel is set at a low luminance value that is set for a case of power saving, and when the operation check portion checks that the operation performed on the information device is the first operation, remain the luminance set value unchanged, and, when the luminance set value is set at the low luminance value, and when the operation check portion checks that the operation performed on the information device is the second operation, set, as the luminance set value, a high luminance value greater than the low luminance value. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049494 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ACCIDENTAL TOUCH OPERATION - Method and apparatus for preventing an accidental touch operation. The method includes determining, when detecting a touch point in a display area on a touch screen, whether the touch point is within an invalid touch area based on the detected touch point in the display area; and making a response to the touch point only if it is determined that the touch point is not within the invalid touch area. If it is determined that the touch point is within the invalid touch area, no response to the touch point is made. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049495 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT DISCRIMINATION - Techniques for identifying and discriminating between different types of contacts to a multi-touch touch-screen device are described. Illustrative contact types include fingertips, thumbs, palms and cheeks. By way of example, thumb contacts may be distinguished from fingertip contacts using a patch eccentricity parameter. In addition, by non-linearly deemphasizing pixels in a touch-surface image, a reliable means of distinguishing between large objects (e.g., palms) from smaller objects (e.g., fingertips, thumbs and a stylus) is described. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049496 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY FOR SAME - An electronic device is described herein. The device can include a frame that has a perimeter and can include a display module that may be configured to display images. The device may also have a sensor that may be configured to detect touches from one or more objects in relation to the images displayed by the display module. In addition, the device can have a cover that may sit over the sensor and the display module and can be in contact with at least a portion of the frame. In one arrangement, the perimeter of the frame can be configured to force at least a portion of the cover into a convex position with respect to the display module. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049497 | TOUCH CONTROLLER WITH IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS CALIBRATION AND COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT - A touch controller with improved diagnostics calibration and communication support includes a data capture register configured to sample data from one or a plurality of touch panel sense channels at an output of an analog to digital (A/D) converter. The sampled data is bit packed, and a demodulation waveform is captured, correlated with the sampled data. The contents of the data capture register, including the sampled data and the demodulation waveform, are transferred to a memory configured to create one or more records from the transferred contents. A processor can be used to extract the one or more records captured in the memory to display to a user for diagnostics or calibration. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049498 | METHOD AND MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE FOR IMAGE OPERATION - Methods and mobile terminal devices for image operation are disclosed. In an exemplary method, an image viewing request from a user can be obtained. The image viewing request can include image identification. The mobile terminal can switch to an image mode from a current interface to display an image corresponding to the image identification on a main interface of the image mode. The mobile terminal can obtain a first operation request from the user and enter a first operation interface under the image mode to perform a first operation on the image and to generate a first operation image. The mobile terminal can obtain a second operation request from the user and enter a second operation interface to perform a second operation on the first operation image. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049499 | TOUCH SCREEN SELECTION - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to touch screen selection. A device displays a plurality of touch elements on a touch-enabled display. The device receives a touch input via the touch-enabled display. Further, the device determines an ambiguity based on the touch selection input. The device magnifies an area associated with the touch selection input based on the ambiguity determination. Moreover, the area includes a set of the touch elements associated with the ambiguity termination. The device receives another touch input at the area via the touch-enabled display. Then, the device determines one of the touch dements based on the other touch input. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049500 | Display With Bent Inactive Edge Regions - An electronic device may be provided with a display having substrate layers such as a glass color filter layer substrate and a glass thin-film-transistor layer substrate. Display layers such as first and second layers of polymer, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the layers of polymer, color filter elements, and thin-film-transistor circuitry may be formed between the color filter layer substrate and the thin-film-transistor layer substrate. Flexible inactive portions of the display layers may protrude outward from between the color filter layer substrate and the thin-film-transistor substrate. Touch sensor circuitry may be formed from a flexible polymer substrate. The touch sensor circuitry may include conductive touch sensor lines and capacitive electrodes. Each conductive line may be coupled to only a single end of a respective one of the capacitive electrodes. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049501 | SENSELINE DATA ADJUSTMENT METHOD, CIRCUIT, AND SYSTEM TO REDUCE THE DETECTION OF FALSE TOUCHES IN A TOUCH SCREEN - A touch controller processes a captured data frame and detects the presence of touch points in the data frame. The data frame includes a plurality of digital capacitance values organized as groups of sense line data and the touch controller determines for each digital capacitance value in a group of sense line data the difference between the digital capacitance value and an associated no-touch threshold to generate a baseline delta value for each digital capacitance value in the group. The touch controller selects the minimum baseline delta and adjusts each digital capacitance value in the group by the minimum baseline delta to generate adjusted sense line data. The touch control generates adjusted sense line data for each group of sense line data in the data frame and thereafter processes the groups of adjusted sense line data to detect the presence of touch points in the data frame. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049502 | TOUCH FILTERING THROUGH VIRTUAL AREAS ON A TOUCH SCREEN - According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a touch controller includes a touch frame processing component adapted to receive sensor signals containing information about a touch point on a touch screen. The touch frame processing component processes the sensor signals to generate touch information associated with each touch point. A touch coordinate processing component is coupled to receive touch information from the touch frame processing component and includes virtual area parameters that define a plurality of virtual areas on the touch screen. The touch coordinate processing component is operable to identify which one of the plurality of virtual areas contains the current touch point and to report or filter the current touch point as a function of the identified virtual area. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049503 | PIXEL-ALIGNED MICRO-WIRE ELECTRODE DEVICE - A display device includes a display having an array of pixels, the pixels separated by inter-pixel gaps in at least one dimension and an electrode having a length and width located over the display and extending across at least a portion of the array of pixels, the electrode including a plurality of electrically connected micro-wires formed in a micro-pattern. The micro-pattern includes gap micro-wires located between the pixels in the inter-pixel gaps and substantially extending continuously along the electrode length. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049504 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PIXEL-ALIGNED MICRO-WIRE ELECTRODE - A display apparatus includes a display having an array of pixels formed in rows and columns, the pixels in a row separated by column inter-pixel gaps and the pixels in a column separated by row inter-pixel gaps. A touch screen includes a dielectric layer located over the display with row electrodes and column electrodes formed on opposite sides of the dielectric layer. The row electrodes include a plurality of electrically connected row micro-wires formed in a row micro-pattern over the array of pixels, the row micro-wires located between the pixels in the row inter-pixel gaps and substantially extending continuously along the row electrode length. The column electrodes include a plurality of electrically connected column micro-wires formed in a column micro-pattern over the array of pixels, the column micro-wires located between the pixels in the column inter-pixel gaps and substantially extending continuously along the column electrode length. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049505 | Apparatus and Associated Methods - An apparatus including a plurality of adjacent repeated base units, each base unit formed from an active electrode of first, second and third touch sensor arrays, the first, second and third touch sensor arrays each including a plurality of active electrodes connected to a respective common terminal of the touch sensor array, wherein each base unit includes an active electrode of the second touch sensor array interlaced between an active electrode of the first touch sensor array and an active electrode of the third touch sensor array such that a swipe touch gesture applied to two or more adjacent active electrodes of the apparatus generates signalling at the respective common terminals of the corresponding touch sensor arrays which allows the direction of the swipe touch gesture to be determined. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049506 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A touch panel and a method of manufacturing same are disclosed. The touch panel includes a backlight module, an LCD display unit disposed in a receiving space enclosed in a raised wall portion of the backlight module, a capacitive sensing layer arranged on one side of a first glass substrate of the LCD display unit, and a transparent substrate bonded by an adhesive layer to one side of the LCD display unit opposite to the backlight module. Any extra amount of the adhesive layer flowing out from between the LCD display unit and the transparent substrate forms an overflowed adhesive portion, which is also located in the receiving space and shielded by the raised wall portion of the backlight module. Therefore, the step of removing the overflowed adhesive portion can be saved to reduce the labor and time cost for assembling the touch panel. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049507 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE FOR A DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING AN INTEGRATED SENSING DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device with display screens that periodically update (refresh) the screen by selectively driving electrodes corresponding to pixels in a display line. In addition to updating the display, the input device may perform capacitive sensing using the display screen as a touch area. To do this, the input device uses common electrodes for both updating the display and performing capacitive sensing, and interleaves periods of capacitive sensing between periods of updating the display lines (and pixels) based on a display frame. To avoid noise and mitigate interference during capacitive sensing, the input device may change the capacitive frame rate relative to the display frame rate based on measurements of interference. The changed capacitive frame rate may result in re-timed periods of capacitive sensing based on each display frame. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049508 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device including a touch screen and method of driving the same are provided. In a method of driving display device including a touch screen, the display device including a panel including a plurality of gate lines, and a plurality of electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of gate lines, the method includes: applying, by a touch sensing unit, a touch scan signal to a display driving unit, applying, by the display driving unit: a gate signal to a subset of the plurality of gate lines, a common voltage to a first subset of the plurality of electrodes, corresponding to the subset of the plurality of gate lines, and a touch scan signal to a second subset of the plurality of electrodes, other than the first subset of the plurality of electrodes. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049509 | METHOD FOR DRIVING TOUCH SENSOR TO ACHIEVE FASTER SENSOR SETTLING - A method and system for driving capacitive pixels in a touch sensor device using a multi-level drive scheme. The drive scheme includes driving a transmitter electrode with a boosted voltage for a first period, and driving the transmitter electrode with a second voltage for a second period. The multi-level transmitter signal is determined based on different settling responses associated with the capacitive pixels of the touch sensor device. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049510 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEM - A capacitive touch control system includes a sensing matrix, a comparator and a control unit. The control unit is configured to couple the sensing matrix to at least one of two input terminals of the comparator, to provide at least one variable voltage to at least one of the two input terminals of the comparator and to adjust the at least one variable voltage according to a comparison result of the comparator so as to balance the two input terminals of the comparator to accordingly identify a touch event and a contact extent. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049511 | TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND FABRICATION METHOD OF A TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM - A touch panel system includes a touch panel and a processor. The touch panel includes at least one single-layer touch unit row. The processor is installed in a first axis of the at least one single-layer touch unit row for receiving and processing signals generating by the at least one single-layer touch unit row, and executing a corresponding operation accordingly. First wires coupled to a first single-layer touch unit row of the at least one single-layer touch unit row are extended to the processor along the first axis. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049512 | DRIVING METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN - A driving method for a touch screen is disclosed. The touch screen includes a display panel, a touch panel, and a control circuit. Each of a plurality of display cycles includes at least two first time sequences and at least two second time sequences. The method includes, during each of the first time sequences, generating a plurality of scanning control signals for a display scanning line driving circuit, and, in response to the scanning control signals, delivering a plurality of scanning signals to different display scanning lines. The method also includes, during each of the second time sequences, generating a plurality of scanning control signals for the touch scanning line driving circuit, and, in response to the scanning control signals for the touch scanning line driving circuit, sequentially delivering scanning signals to all of the touch scanning lines of the touch panel. | 2014-02-20 |
20140049513 | Terminal and method for inputting to terminal using two opposite ends of stylus - The disclosure discloses a terminal including a terminal body and a stylus, wherein the stylus has two opposite ends that are different from each other, and the terminal body includes: a setting unit configured to set corresponding operation information; an identifying unit configured to obtain identifying information; a touch screen controlling unit configured to obtain movement information of the stylus; a processing unit configured to respond with an operation corresponding to the contacting end of the stylus according to the corresponding operation information, the identifying information and the movement information of the stylus; and a displaying unit configured to display a result of the operation corresponding to the contacting end of the stylus. The disclosure further discloses a method for inputting to a terminal using two opposite ends of a stylus. The solution of the disclosure solves a problem that the two opposite ends of an existing stylus fail to operate in different modes, leading to more fun in using the stylus as well as an enhanced user experience. | 2014-02-20 |