08th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 36 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200057450 | AUTOMATIC ROBOTICALLY STEERED CAMERA FOR TARGETED HIGH PERFORMANCE PERCEPTION AND VEHICLE CONTROL - Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable media that control an autonomous vehicle via at least two sensors. One aspect includes capturing an image of a scene ahead of the vehicle with a first sensor, identifying an object in the scene at a confidence level based on the image, determining the confidence level of the identifying is below a threshold, in response to the confidence level being below the threshold, directing a second sensor having a field of view smaller than the first sensor to generate a second image including a location of the identified object, further identifying the object in the scene based on the second image, controlling the vehicle based on the further identification of the object. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057451 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION MAP FOR A VEHICLE - The method of preparing a navigation autonomy map for a vehicle covering a zone including path segments, comprising the following steps: identifying the path segments for which the map needs to be prepared; for each path segment, calculating a primary autonomy index in accordance with at least two distinct functions; and calculating for each path segment a final autonomy index by taking a weighted average of the primary autonomy indices. An autonomy map, an application of the autonomy map, and a vehicle using such an autonomy map. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057452 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AND METHODS OF ZONE DRIVING - Autonomous vehicles are capable of executing missions that abide by on-street rules or regulations, while also being able to seamlessly transition to and from “zones,” including off-street zones, with their our set(s) of rules or regulations. An on-board memory stores roadgraph information. An on-board computer is operative to execute commanded driving missions using the roadgraph information, including missions with one or more zones, each zone being defined by a sub-roadgraph with its own set of zone-specific driving rules and parameters. A mission may be coordinated with one or more payload operations, including zone with “free drive paths” as in a warehouse facility with loading and unloading zones to pick up payloads and place them down, or zone staging or entry points to one or more points of payload acquisition or placement. The vehicle may be a warehousing vehicle such as a forklift. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057453 | CONTROL OF AUTOMATED FOLLOWING IN VEHICLE CONVOYS - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for automated following behind a lead vehicle. The lead vehicle navigates a path from a starting point to a destination. The lead vehicle and the following vehicle are connected via V2V communication, allowing one or more following vehicles to detect the path taken by the lead vehicle. A computerized control system on the following vehicle (a Follow-the-Leader, or FTL, system) allows the following vehicle to mimic the behavior of the lead vehicle, with the FTL system controlling steering to guide the following vehicle along the path previously navigated by the lead vehicle. In some embodiments, the lead vehicle and following vehicle may both use Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) position coordinates. In some embodiments, the following vehicle may also have a system of sensors to maintain a gap between the following and lead vehicles. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057454 | UNMANNED AIRCRAFT - In order to provide an unmanned aircraft capable of minimizing damage due to a crash caused by malfunction or the like during flight, a flight route is set on map information including a fall avoidance area, control is performed such that the aircraft flies on a set flight route, and information at each position during flight on the flight route is acquired in relation to the map information in real time to determine whether or not the aircraft is approaching the fall avoidance area. In a case where it is determined that the aircraft is approaching the fall avoidance area, control is performed so as to increase a flight speed. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057455 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED, LIGHTER-THAN-AIR AIRBORNE PLATFORM - Embodiments disclosed herein enable routine autonomous execution of at least some major phases of aerostat operation in response to commands from human or automated external operators, a built-in decision-making capacity, or both. Various embodiments combine one or more actively controlled tethers, aerodynamic aerostat control surfaces, mechanical assistive devices (e.g., jointed arms attached to a ground station), and/or active propulsors attached to the aerostat to govern aerostat behavior during launch, flight, and landing phases of operation. Some embodiments enable automatic autonomous performance of all phases of routine post-commissioning aerostat operation, including launch, flight, and landing, without any routine need for availability of a human crew. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057456 | GUIDING DEVICE, FLYING OBJECT AND GUIDING METHOD - In a guiding device, a communication device receives a signal containing detection data of a target, and a processing unit. In the processing unit, a course setting section sets a flight course for a lofted flight based on the detection data, and a guiding section determines a progressing direction based on the flight course and outputs a guidance signal containing the progressing direction. The course setting section sets a first flight course when the flying object is launched. Also, the course setting section changes the first flight course to a second flight course based on the detection data after launching of the flying object. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057457 | METHOD OF GENERATING CONTROLLED FLOW EVENT IN PIPES TO REGULATE HYDRAULIC CONDITIONS - A device for generating a controlled flow event to regulate a hydraulic condition of a piping system of a building is an electrically-powered fluid pump or fluid valve, having a fluid inlet and fluid outlet. The fluid inlet is configured to be in fluidic communication with a tank of a toilet or is supplied water from the piping system of the building. The fluid outlet is in fluidic communication with either: i) a bowl of the toilet; ii) an overflow tube of the toilet tank; or iii) the tank of the toilet; iv) or a drain. An electronic controller controls the operation of the device and is configured to repeatedly turn on and off the electrically-powered fluid pump for a predetermined elapsed time when the hydraulic condition is identified. The hydraulic condition may be a potential freezing condition or an overly high pressure of the piping system of the building. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057458 | CONTROL VALVE FOR VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT COMPRESSOR - A control valve of a variable displacement compressor capable of preventing a decrease in control accuracy is provided. In a control valve | 2020-02-20 |
20200057459 | VEHICLE BATTERY DEVICE - A vehicle battery device includes: a battery cell mounting part accommodating a battery cell group constituted by a plurality of laminated battery cells and having a temperature control solution passage along a lamination direction of the battery cells; and an interface box, wherein the battery cell mounting part is connected to at least one of two side surfaces of the interface box; the interface box has, on any outer surface other than the side surface connected with the battery cell mounting part, a power interface part transmitting and receiving electricity and a temperature control solution interface part transmitting and receiving a temperature control solution; the battery cell group is electrically connected to the power interface part; and the temperature control solution passage is connected to the temperature control solution interface part so as to be capable of circulating the temperature control solution. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057460 | TECHNIQUE FOR CONTROLLING EQUIPMENT BASED ON BIOMETRIC INFORMATION - This disclosure relates to technologies for a sensor network, machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, machine type communication (MTC), and Internet of Things (IoT). This disclosure can be utilized in intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail sales, security and safety related services, etc. This disclosure relates to a method for generating an instruction for controlling equipment on the basis of biometric information, comprising: a step of obtaining at least one biometric information; a step of determining whether to calculate a calorific value by using stored biometric information and the obtained biometric information, and calculating the calorific value by using the stored biometric information and the obtained biometric information according to the determined result; and generating an instruction for controlling the equipment on the basis of the calculated calorific value. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057461 | Current Control Apparatus - An apparatus for a load tap changer includes a first primary winding electrically connected to a first contact, the first contact configured to connect to one of a plurality of taps in a load tap changer; a second contact, the second contact configured to connect to one of the plurality of taps in the load tap changer; a magnetic core; and a control circuit including: a secondary winding configured to magnetically couple to the first primary winding and the magnetic core; and an electrical network electrically connected to the secondary winding, the electrical network being configured to prevent magnetic saturation of the magnetic core during switching of the first or second contact. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057462 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AMPLITUDE SHIFT KEYING MODULATION OF A DIGITAL DATA SIGNAL ONTO RADIO FREQUENCY POWER - An amplitude shift keying (ASK) modulation system includes a linear regulator circuit powered by input direct current (DC) power at a first voltage level and that generates regulated DC power at a second voltage level tracking the first voltage level. The system also includes an intermediate DC power switching circuit that receives a digital data signal and selectively couples an intermediate power node with the input DC power at the first voltage level when the digital data signal represents a first binary value, and with the regulated DC power at the second voltage level when the digital data signal represents a second binary value. The ASK modulation system also includes a radio frequency (RF) driver circuit powered by intermediate DC power received at the intermediate power node and that delivers RF output power representative of the digital data signal to a load at an RF carrier frequency. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057463 | PROPULSIVE DEVICES THAT COMPRISE SELECTIVELY REFLECTIVE EPITAXIAL SURFACES - A dynamic Casimir effect device for moving reflective surfaces rapidly comprising: an epitaxial stack of a plurality of closely spaced semiconductor lamina; each lamina having a band gap within a range of band gaps between a low band gap value a high band gap value; and a variable voltage source capable of producing a range of output voltages that is electrically connected to the plurality of lamina; wherein each said semiconductor lamina is connected to said voltage source such that said variable voltage source can apply a range of voltages to the plurality of semiconductor lamina and wherein each said semiconductor lamina becomes a reflecting conductor when said variable voltage source applies a specific semiconductor band gap dependent voltage within said range of output voltages to said semiconductor lamina. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057464 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATOR CIRCUIT GENERATING REFERENCE VOLTAGE BASED ON BAND GAP BY CONTROLLING CURRENTS FLOWING IN FIRST AND SECOND VOLTAGE GENERATOR CIRCUITS - A reference voltage generator circuit is provided with a first voltage generator circuit that generates a first direct-current voltage; a second voltage generator circuit that generates a second direct-current voltage; and an operational amplifier that generates a voltage difference between the first and second direct-current voltages. The reference voltage generator circuit generates a reference voltage based on a band gap by controlling currents flowing in the first and second voltage generator circuits based on the voltage difference, and includes a third voltage generator circuit including a PNP bipolar transistor, which is connected in parallel with the first voltage generator circuit. The third voltage generator circuit generates a third direct-current voltage corresponding to a base current flowing in the PNP bipolar transistor, and applies it to the operational amplifier with the first direct-current voltage. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057465 | CLOCK DUTY CYCLE ADJUSTMENT AND CALIBRATION CIRCUIT AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A clock circuit includes a set of level shifters, and adjustment circuit and a calibration circuit. The set of level shifters is configured to output a first set of phase clock signals having a first duty cycle, and is coupled to the adjustment circuit. The adjustment circuit is configured to generate a first clock output signal responsive to a first phase clock signal and a second phase clock signal of the first set of phase clock signals, and adjust the first clock output signal and a second duty cycle of the first clock output signal responsive to a set of control signals. The calibration circuit is coupled to the adjustment circuit, and configured to perform a duty cycle calibration of the second duty cycle of the first clock output signal based on an input duty cycle, and to generate the set of control signals responsive to the duty cycle calibration. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057466 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - To improve a timing error detection accuracy in a semiconductor integrated circuit provided with storage devices operating in synchronization with a clock signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057467 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING BIOMETRIC SENSOR INTEGRATED IN DISPLAY - Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an electronic device comprising a biometric sensor disposed in a display, and the electronic device comprises: a transparent cover; a display module located under the transparent cover, wherein the display module comprises a display layer in which pixels are formed and one or more additional layers formed under the display layer, and an opening is formed in at least a partial region of at least one layer among the one or more layers; a first printed circuit board having a biometric sensor module, which is disposed under the display module and makes contact with the opening; and a second printed circuit board electrically connected to the first printed circuit board and the display module, wherein a pressure sensor module can be disposed in the surrounding region of the biometric sensor module under the display module in the second printed circuit board. In addition, other embodiments are possible. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057468 | MID-FRAME MEMBERS - Aspects relating to a mid-frame member ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200057469 | BLOWER AND DOCKING DEVICE COMPRISING BLOWER - According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a docking device to mount an electronic device may include a blowing device to generate and output wind, and a stand device to support the blowing device. The blowing device may include a front cover, which includes a main body at least partially making contact with the electronic device, a guard that surrounds the main body and is spaced apart from the main body by a specific distance, and a plurality of through holes that are disposed at a rim of the main body, a rear cover coupled to the front cover to slide on the stand device based on physical force applied onto the front cover, and a fan interposed between the front cover and the rear cover. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057470 | SCREEN PROTECTOR COMPRISING A GLASS-BASED SUBSTRATE AND AN ADHESIVE - A screen protector comprises a glass-based substrate and an adhesive. The glass-based substrate comprises a first major surface, a second major surface, a thickness, and an edge. The first major surface comprises a first planar portion and a peripheral portion extending outwardly from the first planar portion. The second major surface comprises a second planar portion opposite the first planar portion and is parallel to the first planar portion. The edge comprises an outer peripheral surface that intersects the peripheral portion of the first major surface. The adhesive comprises a first major surface, a second major surface, a thickness, and an edge. The first major surface of the adhesive is adhered to the second major surface of the glass-based substrate. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057471 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display module including a plurality of non-folding portions arranged along a first direction, and a folding portion disposed between the non-folding portions; a support part facing each of the non-folding portions and the folding portion; an adhesive between the support part and each of the non-folding portions, respectively; and a sub-support part between the folding portion and the support part. Along a second direction crossing the first direction, a first width of the sub-support part is less than a second width of the display module. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057472 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A display device includes a display module including a bending area at which the display module is bent, and a non-bending area which extends from the bending area; a driving control module connected to the bending area of the display module; and a protective cover removably attachable to the display module, the protective cover including a cover portion and a support protrusion which protrudes from the cover portion. The display module bent at the bending area thereof disposes the driving control module facing a rear surface of the display module, and the protective cover attached to the display module bent at the bending area thereof disposes each of: the cover portion of the protective cover corresponding to the bending area of the display module and to the driving control module facing the rear surface of the display module, and the support protrusion corresponding to the driving control module. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057473 | ROUTING OF FLEX CIRCUIT FOR TOUCH PANEL - A device includes: a sensor component; and a touch panel comprising: touch-registration circuitry; a mesh comprising conductors, wherein at least some of the conductors are routed to a junction; and a flex circuit coupled between the junction and the touch-registration circuitry, wherein the flex circuit is longer than a distance between the junction and the touch-registration circuitry to accommodate routing of the flex circuit past the sensor component. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057474 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus communicable with a measurement apparatus includes a power supplier and control circuitry. The power supplier is configured to supply power by an electromagnetic wave. The control circuitry is configured to receive first information on a wireless signal measured by the measurement apparatus and control the electromagnetic wave for power supply based on both the first information and a position of the measurement apparatus. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057475 | SOUND GENERATOR, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A sound generator for a display device, including: a first vibration generation unit having a first electrode and a second electrode; a second vibration generation unit having a third electrode and a fourth electrode; and a vibration layer including: a first sub-vibration layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a second sub-vibration layer disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, wherein the first vibration generation unit is configured to contract and expand the first sub-vibration layer based on a first driving voltage applied to the first electrode and a second driving voltage applied to the second electrode, and wherein the second vibration generation unit is configured to contract and expand the second sub-vibration layer based on a third driving voltage applied to the third electrode and a fourth driving voltage applied to the fourth electrode. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057476 | DETERMINING POSITION AND ORIENTATION OF A USER'S TORSO FOR A DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system includes a head-mountable 3D display device including at least one sensor to sense an absolute position and orientation of the 3D display device. The display system includes an accessory wearable by a user. The accessory includes at least one sensor to sense a relative position and orientation of the 3D display device relative to the accessory. An absolute position and orientation of a torso of the user may be determined based on the sensed absolute position and orientation of the 3D display device and the sensed relative position and orientation of the 3D display device relative to the accessory. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057477 | NOTEBOOK COMPUTER D-CASE VAPOR CHAMBER - Techniques of managing heat within an electronic device include providing a vapor chamber as an external surface of an electronic device. For example, when the electronic device includes a thin notebook computer (e.g., an “ultrabook”), the vapor chamber may be, in its entirety or at least a part of, the d-case (i.e., the bottom cover or exterior surface of the laptop, opposite the keyboard and/or trackpad when the notebook computer is open). Such a vapor chamber may be very thin (as thin as 0.3 mm), while being about 50% more stiff and 50× more thermally conductive as aluminum, which may be used as the d-case in conventional notebook computers. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057478 | CONTROL METHOD FOR DATA STORAGE SYSTEM, DATA STORAGE MODULE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A control method for data storage system includes obtaining a correlation coefficient corresponding to storage devices using a control device, and adjusting the link speed of one of the storage devices using the control device. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057479 | CHIP TRANSIENT TEMPERATURE PREDICTOR - An integrated circuit (IC) includes: a plurality of hardware performance counters; a thermal sensor; and a micro-controller. The micro-controller generates a plurality of thermal predictors based on values of the counters and temperatures sensed by the thermal sensor. The thermal predictors include first and second rising thermal delta predictors to predict rising temperature deltas and first and second falling thermal delta predictors to predict falling temperature deltas. The micro-controller predicts a future temperature of the IC based on an idle temperature of the IC and a selected one of the temperature deltas. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057480 | System, Apparatus And Method For Loose Lock-Step Redundancy Power Management - In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores, at least two of which may execute redundantly, a configuration register to store a first synchronization domain indicator to indicate that a first core and a second core are associated with a first synchronization domain, and a power controller having a synchronization circuit to cause a dynamic adjustment to a frequency of at least one of the first and second cores to cause these cores to operate at a common frequency, based at least in part on the first synchronization domain indicator. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057481 | System, Apparatus And Method For Loose Lock-Step Redundancy Power Management - In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of cores, at least two of which may execute redundantly, a configuration register to store a first synchronization domain indicator to indicate that a first core and a second core are associated with a first synchronization domain, and a power controller having a synchronization circuit to cause a dynamic adjustment to a frequency of at least one of the first and second cores to cause these cores to operate at a common frequency, based at least in part on the first synchronization domain indicator. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057482 | SERVER POWER SAVING SYSTEM AND SERVER POWER SAVING METHOD - A server power saving system includes a motherboard and a backplane. The motherboard includes a CPLD, a basic I/O control chip electrically connected with the CPLD, and a clock chip electrically connected with the CPLD. The basic I/O control chip includes a basic I/O control program The backplane includes a HD microcontroller electrically connected with the CPLD and a HD connection port electrically connected with the HD microcontroller and the clock chip. The HD microcontroller sends clock enable signal to the CPLD when a HD is electrically connected with the HD connection port. The CPLD transmits clock enable signal to the basic I/O control chip. The basic I/O control chip sends confirmation signal to the CPLD according to clock enable signal, and the CPLD determines whether to drive the clock chip to send clock signal to the HD connection port according to a content of confirmation signal. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057483 | DELIVERING POWER TO PRINTING FUNCTIONS - A power management technique for a printer includes detecting a change in a state of operation of a printing device. The amount of power available to operate all functions of the printing device is calculated. Next, power is delivered to specified functions of the printing device based on the calculated amount of power available, wherein the specified functions are a subset of all functions of the printing device. Then, it is determined whether the specified functions operate correctly. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057484 | CORRELATED DOUBLE SAMPLING AMPLIFIER FOR LOW POWER - A signal acquisition or conditioning amplifier can be configured and controlled to use correlated doubling sampling (CDS) of a differential input signal, and a storage capacitor in a capacitive or other feedback network, a low power operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) capable of being powered down between CDS samplings, and which can be operated in a manner that provides good performance characteristics while still providing low or efficient power consumption. The amplifier and other signal processing circuitry can allow power to be scaled down, when less signal measurement throughput is needed, and to be scaled up, when more signal measurement throughput is needed. Such flexibility can help make the present approach useful for a wide range of signal acquisition and measurement applications. Precharging via buffer amplifiers can provide improved signal acquisition circuitry effective input impedance. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057485 | MEMORY DEVICES AND CONTROL METHODS THEREOF - A memory device includes a power supply device, a power-on-reset device, a memory array, and a memory controller. The power supply device converts the external supply voltage into an internal supply voltage. When the external supply voltage exceeds a first threshold, the power-on-reset device generates a reset signal. The power-on-reset device further raises the first threshold to a second threshold according to a deep-sleep signal. The memory array is supplied with the internal supply voltage. The memory controller is supplied with the internal supply voltage, accesses the memory array, and is reset according to the reset signal. When the memory controller operates in a deep-sleep mode, the memory controller generates the deep-sleep mode. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057486 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To provide an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of grasping a user intention more accurately. An information processing apparatus includes: an accuracy acquisition unit configured to acquire accuracy information regarding a user intention to a target, the accuracy information being estimated on the basis of an action-recognition result of a user; and a response-induction control unit configured to perform response-induction control of imparting an effect according to the acquired accuracy information, to the target. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057487 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO EVALUATE, CORRECT, AND MONITOR USER ATTENTIVENESS - In an aspect, a system for using artificial intelligence to evaluate, correct, and monitor user attentiveness includes a forward-facing camera, the forward-facing camera configured to capture a video feed of a field of vision on a digital screen, at least a user alert mechanism configured to output a directional alert to a user, a processing unit in communication with the forward-facing camera and the at least a user alert mechanism, a screen location to spatial location map operating on the processing unit, and a motion detection analyzer operating on the processing unit, the motion detection analyzer designed and configured to detect, on the digital screen, a rapid parameter change, determine a screen location on the digital screen of the rapid parameter change, retrieve, from the screen location to spatial location map, a spatial location based on the screen location, and generate, using the spatial location, the directional alert. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057488 | VIDEO AND IMAGE CHART FUSION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods for providing a fused image that combines image data of a scene received from an imaging system with a chart to aid in the navigation of a mobile structure. Specifically, the fused image may be generated by superimposing various image elements extracted from an image onto various locations on the chart that correlate to the actual positions of the objects within the scene. In some embodiments, one or more non-water objects may be detected within the image, image representations of the non-water objects may be extracted from the image feed, and the extracted image representations may be superimposed onto locations on the chart that are determined to correlate to the actual positions of the non-water objects within the scene. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057489 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a storage, a communicator comprising communication circuitry, and a processor configured to render a virtual reality (VR) image including a first object corresponding to a first display device based on VR image information stored in the storage, wherein the processor is further configured to receive motion information of a second display device from the second display device through the communicator, to render one area of the VR image including the first object based the first object being included in a view of a second object corresponding to the second display device based on the motion information of the second display device, and to control the communicator to transmit the rendered one area of the VR image to the second display device. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057490 | Compensating for High Head Movement in Head-Mounted Displays - When the speed of head movement exceeds the processing capability of the system, a reduced depiction is displayed. As one example, the resolution may be reduced using coarse pixel shading in order to create a new depiction at the speed of head movement. In accordance with another embodiment, only the region the user is looking at is processed in full resolution and the remainder of the depiction is processed at lower resolution. In still another embodiment, the background depictions may be blurred or grayed out to reduce processing time. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057491 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT APPLIED TO THE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A display system includes an image sensor, a display panel, and a driver integrated circuit (IC). The image sensor is arranged to capture a gaze direction of an observer. The display panel includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a pixel array, and a first conductive lines coupled to a first transistor in a gaze zone in the pixel array. The first conductive line is arranged to carry signal to the first transistor. The driver IC is coupled to the image sensor and the display panel, and includes a selecting circuit. The selecting circuit is arranged to selectively transmit a first signal to the first transistor in the gaze zone via the first conductive line according to the gaze direction. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057492 | VIRTUAL RAY TRACING METHOD AND DYNAMIC LIGHT FIELD REFOCUSING DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a virtual ray tracing method and dynamic light field refocusing display system, ray information collection, or random retrieval for pixels on a full focus image, so as to reduce ray collection total; and/or simplifying cross point retrieval where an object surface is regarded smooth. The system includes a virtual reality content processor, a virtual reality monitor, an eyeball tracker, an eyeball tracing processor, and a ray refocusing processor. The present invention reduces computational complexity, enables automatic replacement of erroneous sampling, causes to achieve real and accurate refocusing. The present invention may enable dynamic refocusing along a gazing direction of the human eye, and enable focusing by a user to objects of variable distance, to be consistent with viewing characteristics of the human eye. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057493 | RENDERING CONTENT - A method comprising: rendering, in a first state, any portion of content for rendering that is not defined as restricted content and rendering, in a second state, different to the first state, any portion of the content for rendering that is defined as restricted content; and using a combination of a user perception direction and an observation field of perception to define restricted content. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057494 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device according to the present application includes a display and a controller configured to determine a user's gaze position in a display area of the display based on user's gaze movement. In a state where a first image as an object is displayed in the display area, the controller is configured to hide the first image as the object when the gaze position separates from an area of the first image by a predetermined distance in a direction away from the first image as the object. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057495 | EYE-BRAIN INTERFACE (EBI) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME - Methods and systems for calibrating an eye-brain interface (EBI) system controlled on the basis of eye movements and brain waves according to one embodiment of the present invention are disclosed. A method includes: providing an eye-brain calibration (EBC) interface for calibrating eye movements and brain waves simultaneously, wherein the EBC interface includes a visual object and instructs a user to gaze into the visual object in a particular cognitive state; acquiring eye movements and brain waves of the user for the visual object included in the EBC interface; mapping the visual object and eye movements of the user; and mapping the particular cognitive state instructed to the user and brain waves of the user. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057496 | IMMERSIVE HEADSET SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An immersive headset system includes a headset device and a displaying device. The headset device includes a pupillary sensor for determining an interpupillary distance value. The displaying device is communicated with the headset device. The displaying device includes a display panel for displaying an immersive content. The immersive content includes a right visual window and a left visual window. The right visual window and the left visual window are displayed synchronously at different positions on the display panel. When the displaying device receives the interpupillary distance value from the headset device, the right visual window and the left visual window of the immersive content are allocated by the displaying device according to the interpupillary distance value. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057497 | TERMINAL DEVICE, PROGRAM, METHOD, AND SYSTEM - A terminal device including: an input interface configured to receive an operation input by a user; an external communication interface configured to receive intention information of the user who performs the operation input from a sensor device, the sensor device being configured to detect intention of the user with respect to the operation input; a memory configured to store computer-readable instructions; and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions so as to: identify the operation input which the user is going to perform based on the intention information before the input interface receives the operation input; start a process corresponding to the identified operation input; and perform a process corresponding to the operation input received by the input interface by using information relating to the already started process corresponding to the identified operation input when the input interference receives the operation input. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057498 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A HYBRID BRAIN INTERFACE FOR ROBOTIC SWARMS USING EEG SIGNALS AND AN INPUT DEVICE - A system and a method for hybrid brain computer interface for controlling a robotic swarm are disclosed. The system comprises: a control interface for defining a plurality of electrodes configured for accessing a plurality of brain signals associated with a plurality of channels located over a sensorimotor cortex; a processor, in operative communication with the control interface, configured to: train a machine learning model to associate a brain state with data defining a brain signal, decode a control signal of the plurality of brain signals to generate control data, apply the control data to the machine learning model to identify the brain state, and transmit instructions to a plurality of robotic devices to modify a density of the plurality of robotic devices based on the brain state; and an input device, in operable communication with the processor, for generating input data, the input data utilized by the processor to modify a position of the plurality of robotic devices. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057499 | A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING A CONTROL COMMAND - A computer system for acquiring a control command. The system includes one or more processors in communication with non-transitory data storage media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to perform particular steps. The steps include: receiving, at an electroencephalogram (EEG) receiver, baseline EEG data; and acquiring, using a normalisation module, one or more normalisation factors from the baseline EEG data. The steps further include: receiving, at the EEG receiver, stimulated EEG data sensed by one or more EEG sensors; and correlating the stimulated EEG data across the one or more EEG sensors, using a correlation module, to generate one or more correlation coefficients corresponding to one or more stimulation frequencies, each of the one or more stimulation frequencies corresponding to a respective candidate control command. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057500 | Systems and Methods for Haptically-Enabled Neural Interfaces - One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a processor configured to receive a sensor signal from a neural interface configured to detect an electrical signal associated with a nervous system. The processor is also configured to determine an interaction in with a virtual object in a virtual environment based on the sensor signal. The processor is also configured to determine a haptic effect based at least in part on the interaction with the virtual object in the virtual environment. The processor is also configured to transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. The illustrative system further includes a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057501 | System, devices, and methods for remote projection of haptic effects - Systems, devices, and methods for remote projection of haptic effects are provided. The systems and devices include ultrasonic arrays, positioning devices, and target sensors. The target sensors detect the presence, location, and movement of potential haptic targets. The positioning devices are configured to orient the ultrasonic arrays towards the haptic targets detected by the target sensors. The ultrasonic arrays are configured to produce an ultrasonic beam configured to project a haptic effect at a remote location. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057502 | HAPTIC OUTPUT SYSTEMS - The application describes systems for deriving haptic and audio drive signals from an input signal received via a single channel such as an audio channel. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057503 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display panel; a first force sensor and a second force sensor disposed below the display panel; and a first vibration generator and a second vibration generator disposed below the display panel. The first vibration generator vibrates when a force is applied to the first force sensor, and the second vibration generator vibrates when a force is applied to the second force sensor. The vibration of the first vibration generator is different from the vibration of the second vibration generator. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057504 | SMARTPHONE-BASED RADAR SYSTEM DETECTING USER GESTURES USING COHERENT MULTI-LOOK RADAR PROCESSING - Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement a smartphone-based radar system capable of detecting user gestures using coherent multi-look radar processing. Different approaches use a multi-look interferometer or a multi-look beamformer to coherently average multiple looks of a distributed target across two or more receive channels according to a window that spans one or more dimensions in time, range, or Doppler frequency. By coherently averaging the multiple looks, a radar system generates radar data with higher gain and less noise. This enables the radar system to achieve higher accuracies and be implemented within a variety of different devices. With these accuracies, the radar system can support a variety of different applications, including gesture recognition or presence detection. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057505 | FIRST PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR FACILITATING A PROXIMITY BASED INTERACTION WITH A SECOND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON A PLURALITY OF GESTURE - Disclosed is a first portable electronic device for facilitating a proximity based interaction with a second portable electronic device based on a plurality of gestures. The first portable electronic device includes at least one first sensor device configured to generate at least one of a first sensor data, a second sensor data, and a third sensor data, a first transceiver configured for communicating with a second transceiver associated with the second portable electronic device, and a first processor configured for detecting a pre-tap gesture based on the first sensor data, entering the first portable electronic device in an interaction mode based on the detecting of the pre-tap gesture, detecting a proximity based event based on the second sensor data, performing a predetermined action, detecting a post-tap gesture, determining if the post-tap gesture is detected within a predetermined time period, and performing one of an acceptance and a rejection of the predetermined action based on the determining | 2020-02-20 |
20200057506 | Systems and Methods for User Generated Content Authoring - Systems and methods for user generated content authoring are disclosed. One illustrative method disclosure herein includes: receiving a video signal; displaying a user interface associated with haptic authoring; detecting a gesture associated with a haptic effect; determining a haptic effect based in part on the gesture; associating the haptic effect with a location in the video signal; and storing the video signal and the associated haptic effect. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057507 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel; a conductive sheet disposed below the display panel; a force concentration bump disposed below the conductive sheet and disposed adjacent to a first edge of the display panel; and a force sensor disposed below the conductive sheet, extending in a first direction along the first edge of the display panel, the force sensor includes a sensing region, wherein the force concentration bump overlaps the sensing region, and the force concentration bump and the conductive sheet are made of a same material. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057508 | SECURED KVM SWITCHING DEVICE WITH UNIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS - A unidirectional KVM device, comprising: a device emulator connected to a keyboard interface and a pointing device interface of a computer, and a video connection connected to a video interface from said computer, said device emulator receives keyboard and pointing device communication signals through an optical fiber and transmits keyboard signals and pointing device signals to said keyboard interface and pointing device interface, said video connection receives video stream from video interface of said computer and transmits said video streaming through an optical fiber, a controller-and-host-emulator coupled with a keyboard interface and a pointing device interface; a serial-to-HDMI unit receives the video stream from said computer through said optical fiber, and transmits said serial video stream via said video interface to the user display device, said controller-and-host-emulator receives keyboard and pointing device communication signals, and transmit said communication signals to said device emulator through an optical fiber. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057509 | USER-INPUT DEVICES - In an example, a user-input device includes a first keyboard having a plurality of movable pushbuttons on a first side and a display input device on a second side. The example user-input device also includes an orientation sensor and an orientation analyzer to determine an orientation of the user-input device. The user-input device includes a communication node to communicate a determined orientation of the user-input device to an external system. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057510 | Multilingual Character Input Device - Disclosed is a multilingual character input device. The multilingual character input device comprising a keyboard unit for displaying character phonemes converted from characters per language in a software-selected country on a key and selectively receiving the input of the displayed character phonemes; a display unit for displaying the received input character on a display; a storage unit for storing character phonemes, a list of data and a program; and, a control unit for controlling the keyboard unit and the display unit, wherein, the keyboard unit comprises: a numeric/symbol keys section for displaying numbers and symbols disposed at an upper part; an F keys section disposed below the numeric/symbol keys section for displaying functions, characters or preset functions and plurality of F keys are addible; a character keys section disposed below the F keys section for displaying basic phonemes of each language, and; a plurality of additional keys in the character keys section for displaying variant phonemes or preset symbols, wherein if language conversion is performed through a language conversion key of the keyboard unit, a language exceeding the phoneme number of the character keys section is assigned to the F keys section and the plurality of additional keys so as to display all character phonemes, so that the input of the characters for each language is received by one key stroke. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057511 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR QUANTIFYING BUTTON CLICK FORCE - A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for adjusting feedback parameters are provided. The apparatus may determine a duration of pressing a button of an input device based on a signal associated with the button. To determine the duration of pressing the button, the apparatus may calculate the duration based on a start time and an end time. The start time may be a first time instance at which the button is pressed and the end time may be a second time instance at which the pressed button is released. The apparatus may classify the press force applied on the button of the input device into a category of a plurality of categories based on the duration. The apparatus may adjust a parameter of a feedback corresponding to the press force based on the category. The apparatus may control the feedback based on the parameter. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057512 | STYLUS AND SENSOR CONTROLLER - A stylus is provided, which includes a core body, an electrode disposed adjacent to the core body, a transmitter that sends a downlink signal including switch information SW | 2020-02-20 |
20200057513 | WEARABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL - A wearable information terminal that can be worn by a user is provided with: a main body; a display that is incorporated in the main body and includes a screen; a controller that is incorporated in the main body and executes display processing onto the screen; and an operation detector that detects input operation executed by the user with respect to the controller. The operation detector is disposed at a different position in the main body from the position of the screen. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057514 | TOUCH PANEL AND DESIGN STRUCTURE PROVIDED WITH SAME - A first member of a cover member includes an operation portion disposed so as to correspond to a position where a sensor body is attached and having a sensor region (T) of substantially the same size as a sensor unit on the front side of the operation portion, and a design connection portion that is continuous with a side part of the operation portion and that has a surface formed so as to be continuous with a contoured surface of a wall and curved with a smaller radius of curvature than a surface shape of the operation portion. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057515 | INCELL TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Provided are an incell touch display panel and a driving method thereof. The incell touch display panel includes: a driving circuit, a light emitting device, an integrated circuit and a plurality of cathodes; the driving circuit is connected to a signal input end of the light emitting device for driving the light emitting device to emit light; the cathode is connected to a signal output end of the light emitting device, and the cathode is configured to form a first capacitor with a sensed finger; the integrated circuit is connected to the cathode for receiving an electrical signal from the cathode, and for calculating a capacitance of the first capacitor, and determining a position of the first capacitor according to the capacitance of the first capacitor, or connecting the cathode to a common ground voltage signal. A thickness of a touch display panel can be reduced. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057516 | FREE FORM TOUCH DEVICE - A free form touch device includes a substrate, a first switching device, a first touch electrode, a second switching device, and a second touch electrode. The first switching device includes a first channel layer, a first gate, a first source, and a first drain. An overlapping width of the first gate and the first channel layer is W | 2020-02-20 |
20200057517 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE FILM, TOUCH PANEL, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - One aspect of the present invention provides an electroconductive film | 2020-02-20 |
20200057518 | SMART TOUCH PAD DEVICE - A smart touch pad device includes: a main body unit; a touch pad unit that is disposed on the main body unit to recognize a touch signal and a motion signal generated by contact of a user; a mouse unit that recognizes an operation signal generated by movement of the main body unit; a controller that extracts movement information from a touch signal or an operation signal or extract motion information that can perform a predetermined function from a touch signal; and a transceiver unit that transmits/receives movement information and motion information to/from a computer or a mobile communication device. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057519 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The present disclosure provides an array substrate including a base substrate and a touch control electrode layer formed on the base substrate. The touch control electrode layer includes a plurality of touch control electrode insulated from each other. The touch control electrodes are electrically connected to a driving circuit by a plurality of touch control lines. The touch control lines formed in two adjacent touch control electrodes are electrically connected to each other by at least one bridge. The touch control lines and the touch control electrodes are formed in a same layer. The bridge and the touch control electrodes are formed in different layers. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057520 | ANTI-REFLECTIVE INTEGRATED TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - An anti-reflective integrated touch display panel includes an anti-reflective structure and touch electrodes. The anti-reflective structure includes a first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, a conducting layer disposed on the second insulating layer, a third insulating layer disposed on the second insulating layer, and a fourth insulating layer disposed on the third insulating layer. The first insulating layer includes silicon oxide or silicon nitride, and has a thickness of 0.1 to 2 micrometers. The second insulating layer includes silicon oxide or strontium oxide, and has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.1 micrometer. The conducting layer includes molybdenum, and has a thickness of 0.01 to 0.05 micrometer. The fourth insulating layer includes silicon nitride, and has a thickness of 0.001 to 0.3 micrometer. The touch electrodes are disposed between the third insulating layer and the fourth insulating layer. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057521 | TOUCH DISPLAY INCLUDING ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - Various embodiments may provide an electronic device comprising a touch display, wherein the touch display comprises: a substrate; a plurality of common electrodes arranged at predetermined intervals on the substrate and used for both liquid crystal alignment and touch wiring; a liquid crystal layer disposed on the common electrodes; and a color filter disposed on the liquid crystal layer and including a plurality of unit pixels arranged at predetermined intervals by using a low-resistance black matrix (BM) layer disposed on the rear surface thereof, wherein the BM layer is formed of a low-resistance material, and at least a partial region of the BM layer is electrically connected to the ground of the substrate. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057522 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display panel; a first force sensor disposed under the display panel; and a first waterproof member disposed under the display panel and disposed on an outer side of the first force sensor, wherein a height of the first waterproof member is larger than a height of the first force sensor. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057523 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a display panel; a pressure sensor disposed under the display panel and including a first protrusion at one side thereof; and a waterproofing member disposed under the display panel and including a first accommodation portion at one side thereof facing the one side. The protrusion of the pressure sensor is disposed to face the first accommodation portion of the waterproofing member, and the first protrusion is inserted in the first accommodation portion. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057524 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch sensing device includes an amplifier, a charge measurer, and a comparator. The amplifier has an input terminal and an output terminal. The charge measurer is electrically connected to the input terminal of the amplifier, configured to measure a volume of charges on the input terminal of the amplifier with different measuring basis. The comparator is configured to compare an output voltage on the output terminal of the amplifier with a reference voltage. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057525 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH GLASS ENCLOSURE - An electronic device includes a six-sided glass enclosure defining an interior volume and comprising a first glass member and a second glass member. The first glass member defines at least a portion of a first major side of the six-sided glass enclosure, at least a portion of a peripheral side of the six-sided glass enclosure, a first region along the peripheral side and having a first thickness, and a second region along the peripheral side and having a second thickness different from the first thickness. The second glass member is attached to the first glass member and defines at least a portion of a second major side of the six-sided glass enclosure. The electronic device further includes a touchscreen display within the interior volume and positioned adjacent at least a portion of each of the six sides of the six-sided glass enclosure. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057526 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A flexible display device includes a bendable touch display panel, a touch detector, a screen divider, and a panel driver. The touch display panel includes at least one touch sensor. The touch detector detects a curved portion of the touch display panel and touch information corresponding to a touch applied to the touch display panel based on a sensing result from the at least one touch sensor. The screen divider divides a display area of the touch display panel into a plurality of divided areas with respect to the curved portion, and defines the divided areas as a display divided area and a non-display divided area, respectively, based on the touch information. The panel driver activates at least a portion of the display divided area and deactivate the non-display divided area. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057527 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICULAR USER INTERFACE UNDER DRIVING CONDITION - A method for controlling an in-vehicle user interface includes: providing a vehicle window that serves as an input/output module engaged with at least one of a computing device, a camera and a multimedia device; monitoring whether a change of an air pressure at a neighboring area of the vehicle window is beyond a predetermined threshold range; sensing a touch input via the vehicle window; and generating, in response to the change of the air pressure and the touch input, a control signal of the input/output module. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057528 | TOUCH MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch module includes a touch panel unit, a conductive adhesive layer and a circuit board. The touch panel unit includes a substrate, a touch sensing structure disposed on the substrate, a signal transmitting structure disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the touch sensing structure, and a protection layer covering a part of a surface of the signal transmitting structure. The protection layer and the substrate are disposed at two opposite sides of the signal transmitting structure. The conductive adhesive layer has a main portion which covers a region of the signal transmitting structure on which the protection layer is not disposed, and a cover portion which extends from the main portion and covers the protection layer. The circuit board is disposed on the conductive adhesive layer, and the circuit board and the signal transmitting structure are disposed at two opposite sides of the conductive adhesive layer. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057529 | TOUCH PANEL, METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The disclosure discloses a touch panel, a method for fabricating the same, and a touch device; where the touch panel includes: a buffer layer with protrusions, overlapping components, a first insulation layer, and touch electrodes, which are arranged on a substrate in that order, where the touch electrodes overlap with the overlapping components through via-holes extending through the first insulation layer, and at least portions, of the overlapping components, overlapping with the touch electrodes are on the protrusions. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057530 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a plurality of row electrodes including first and second row electrodes, which have first and second lengths, respectively, in a first direction, and a plurality of column electrodes including first and second column electrodes, which are adjacent to each other in the first direction and have third and fourth lengths, respectively, in a second direction. The device further includes a plurality of first lines connected to ends of the row electrodes, respectively, a plurality of second lines connected to ends of the column electrodes, respectively, and a plurality of third lines connected to opposite ends of the column electrodes, respectively. The second and fourth lengths are longer than the first and third lengths, respectively, and the first to third lines are spaced apart from each other when viewed in a plan view. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057531 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH DEFORMABLE MATERIAL - A single volume soft sensor capable of sensing real-time continuous contact and stretching. An electrical impedance tomography (EIT) technique with support vector machine (SVM) learning is employed to estimate changes of resistance distribution on the sensor caused by fingertip contact even during sensor deformation events. A deformation switch is incorporated to maintain the localization during deformation events. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057532 | TOUCH SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch substrate and a touch display device are provided. The touch substrate includes a plurality of electrodes, at least one of the plurality of electrodes including a plurality hollowed-out structures and a plurality body portions arranged alternately, the plurality hollowed-out structures and a plurality body portions having substantially a same shape and size. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057533 | TOTALING SYSTEM, TERMINAL SYSTEM, SERVER, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND TOTALING METHOD - The present invention enables making a response that (i) increases a user's motivation to cheer for an event and (ii) motivates the user to visit an event site to cheer. A totalizing system ( | 2020-02-20 |
20200057534 | DESTINATION LIST ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPLICATION LAUNCHER - A computer application launcher can be displayed. In response to receiving a first user input associated with the launcher while a computer application indicated by the launcher is not running, a destination list can be displayed. The destination list can include one or more destinations indicating one or more items that can be performed by a computer application. In response to a second user input associated with the destination list and indicating selection of a destination on the destination list, the application can be launched and instructed to perform an item indicated by the selected destination. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057535 | RADIO SYSTEM FOR LONG-RANGE HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - One embodiment of the present invention provides a radio assembly. The radio assembly includes an antenna housing unit that houses a pair of reflectors which are situated on a front side of the antenna housing unit, a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes at least a transmitter and a receiver, and a backside cover. The PCB is situated within a cavity at a backside of the antenna housing unit and the backside cover covers the cavity, thereby enclosing the PCB within the antenna housing unit. One embodiment of the present invention provides a user interface for configuring a radio. The user interface includes a display and a number of selectable tabs presented on the display. A selection of a respective tab results in a number of user-editable fields being displayed, thereby facilitating a user in configuring and monitoring operations of the radio. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057536 | Method of selecting a time-based subset of information elements - An aspect of the invention hereby presented provides a means to display a first set of, for instance, documents in conjunction with a second set of documents when the second set of documents would not necessarily fit in the query used to select the documents of the first set of documents and/or would not necessarily fit the collation of the first set of documents. The second set of documents so located in relationship with the first set of documents having a beneficial effect for the understanding of the first set of documents. A system and a GUI thereof is also hereby presented. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057537 | METHOD OF SELECTING A TIME-BASED SUBSET OF INFORMATION ELEMENTS - An aspect of the invention hereby presented provides a means to display a first set of, for instance, documents in conjunction with a second set of documents when the second set of documents would not necessarily fit in the query used to select the documents of the first set of documents and/or would not necessarily fit the collation of the first set of documents. The second set of documents so located in relationship with the first set of documents having a beneficial effect for the understanding of the first set of documents. A system and a GUI thereof is also hereby presented. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057538 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING DATA ELEMENT AXES - An aspect of the invention hereby presented provides a means to display a first set of, for instance, documents in conjunction with a second set of documents when the second set of documents would not necessarily fit in the query used to select the documents of the first set of documents and/or would not necessarily fit the collation of the first set of documents. The second set of documents so located in relationship with the first set of documents having a beneficial effect for the understanding of the first set of documents. A system and a GUI thereof is also hereby presented. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057539 | MULTIPLE PORTABLE CONTROL PANELS IN AIRCRAFT CARGO HANDLING SYSTEM - Embodiments include techniques for managing multiple portable control panels in aircraft cargo handling system are provided. The embodiments include a master control panel (MCP), and a plurality of wireless coordinators in communication with the MCP. The embodiments also include a plurality of zones of a cargo storage area, wherein each zone of the plurality of zones is defined by a portion of the cargo storage area that is controlled by a wireless coordinator of the plurality of wireless coordinators and includes at least one of power drive units (PDU) and turntables, and a plurality of portable control panels (PCP) in communication with the wireless coordinators, the PCP configured to operate and monitor states of the PDU and turntables. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057540 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ANIMATION'S PROCESS RUNNING ON ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Method for controlling animation's process running on electronic devices having a processor adapted to execute instructions stored in a memory, the method including: interpreting an input method to generate an initial velocity; executing a routine projection using the initial velocity and a current GUI position to generate a factor; executing an adaptive routine using the factor to calculate a new modulated position/velocity value; executing a physics model iteration using the modulated position/velocity value to generate an updated position/velocity value; updating the graphical user interface with the updated position/velocity value and executing the control methods from the new set of position/velocity values, in which the control methods are a progressive forecasting method or an accurate modulation method. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057541 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATED TASK SHORTCUTS FOR USER INTERACTIONS WITH OPERATING SYSTEM USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS - A method includes outputting a first graphical user interface including application information associated with a particular application of a plurality of applications executable by the computing device. The method also includes receiving an indication of a user input corresponding to a command associated with an operating system. The method further includes generating, based at least in part on the application information displayed as part of the first graphical user interface, at least one task shortcut to an action performable by one or more respective applications of the plurality of applications executable by the computing device. The method includes outputting a second graphical user interface including a graphical element corresponding to the at least one task shortcut. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057542 | SCROLL FOCUS - Nesting information indicative of a nested arrangement of a set of scrollable areas within an environment is obtained. Focus information indicative of which of the set of scrollable areas is in focus within the environment is obtained. A visualization scheme is applied to each of the set of scrollable areas other than the scrollable area in focus. The visualization scheme adjusts at least one display property of each other scrollable area by each of a function of a relative position of each other scrollable area relative to the scrollable area in focus within the nested arrangement and a function of a relative distance of each other scrollable area from the scrollable area in focus. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057543 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - An electronic device includes a first screen, a second screen, and a cotroller. The first screen displays a number of icons and detects touch operations. Each of the icons corresponds to a different user interface. The controller starts up the second screen and control the second screen to display the corresponding user interface of a selected one of the icons selected by a touch operation. The second screen is in a turned off state prior to being started up by the controller. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057544 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING MOVING GRAPHIC ANIMATIONS IN INACTIVE AND ACTIVE STATES - A method and system for providing absolute and zone coordinate mapping with graphic animations include presenting a user interface in an inactive state, wherein a background graphic animation and a user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an inactive format. The method and system also include determining that a touch input is provided on a touchpad to map a selected user interface object presented on the user interface based on an absolute mapped position of the touch input received on the touchpad. The method and system additionally include presenting the user interface in an active state, wherein the background graphic animation and the user interface object graphic animation are presented on the user interface in an active format. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057545 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device including a first pressure sensor disposed under a display panel that includes an upper surface, a first upper curved portion extended from a first edge of the upper surface, and a first side surface extended from the first upper curved portion. The first pressure sensor is disposed in the first upper curved portion. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057546 | USER INTERFACE AND METHODS FOR INPUTTING AND OUTPUTTING INFORMATION IN A VEHICLE - A user interface and method for inputting and outputting information in a vehicle provides a user interface with a three-dimensional operating element. A laser projection unit generates at least one virtual three-dimensional operating element. A means for gesture recognition as a means for detection of an input are arranged in the interior of a vehicle. At least one virtual three-dimensional operating element is projected in the visual range of a driver by means of a laser projection arrangement. A gesture of the driver is detected by a gesture recognition means. A position of a hand of the driver is detected by means of the gesture recognition that coincides with an area of the virtual operating element. A signal for controlling a vehicle system or a function of a vehicle system is generated by the central control and evaluation unit and is output to the corresponding vehicle system. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057547 | Systems and Methods for Resource Consumption Analytics - The systems and methods described herein are directed to resource monitoring and resource consumption analytics. Resource usage is tracked through a gateway device monitoring resources using remote input sensors, and usage data is transmitted to a central processing unit whereby the data is interpreted and compared with usage over time and site conditions such as weather. For example, incoming usage data is compared with resource signatures in a signature library representing an ideal usage or historical usage for given site condition. This data is interpreted into simple command displays with alerts, alarms, thereby reporting and alerting to an end-user via multiple delivery mechanisms, of potential sources of resource waste or loss. Further, the alerts or alarms can include easily interpreted recommendations to allow a non-skilled worker to take corrective procedures to maximize efficient use of the consumable resources. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057548 | HANDLING GESTURES FOR CHANGING FOCUS - Embodiments are described for handling focus when a gesture is input in a multi-screen device. In embodiments, if the gesture is incomplete a focus is maintained on a screen, display area, or displayed image that has the focus. If the gesture is determined to be complete, then the focus is changed to a different screen, display area, or displayed image. | 2020-02-20 |
20200057549 | ANALYSIS DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTROL THEREOF, AND PROGRAM - In the touch panel device, when a slide operation in an oblique direction by a user is performed, out of a content displayed on the display screen | 2020-02-20 |