| 14th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
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| 20100085217 | INPUT KEY SUBASSEMBLY FOR MINIMIZING EMISSION OF LIGHT FROM UNINTENDED PATHS - An input key subassembly for a handheld communication device is dislosed herein. The input key subassembly includes a dome overlay panel and a lightguide panel. The dome overlay panel includes a dome overlay layer and a dome switch having a peak facing frontally. The dome overlay layer has a front face located adjacent to the backside of the lightguide panel. The lightguide panel has at least one keystem and is located above a respective dome switch. A recessed perimeter region about the keystem has a height relative to the backside of the lightguide panel that is less than a height between the front side of the lightguide panel and the backside of the lightguide panel. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085218 | COMBINATORIAL CODING/DECODING WITH SPECIFIED OCCURRENCES FOR ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Embodiments described herein may include example embodiments of a method, article and apparatus for compressing data utilizing combinatorial coding with specified occurrences which may be used for communicating between two or more components connected to an interconnection medium (e.g., a bus) within a single computer or digital data processing system, and/or for communication between computing platforms via a network or other interconnection medium. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085219 | COMBINATORIAL CODING/DECODING WITH SPECIFIED OCCURRENCES FOR ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Embodiments described herein may include example embodiments of a method, article and apparatus for compressing data utilizing combinatorial coding with specified occurrences which may be used for communicating between two or more components connected to an interconnection medium (e.g., a bus) within a single computer or digital data processing system, and/or for communication between computing platforms via a network or other interconnection medium. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085220 | LOW-POWER ASYNCHRONOUS COUNTER AND METHOD - Design techniques for a low-power asynchronous counter. In an exemplary embodiment, the clock inputs and signal outputs of a plurality of flip-flops are serially concatenated to implement an asynchronous counting mechanism. The signal outputs of the plurality of flip-flops are sampled by successively delayed versions of a reference signal. Further design techniques for generating successively delayed versions of the reference signal are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, the asynchronous counting techniques may be utilized in a high-speed counter for a digital-phase locked loop (DPLL). | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085221 | MODE SWITCHED ADAPTIVE COMBINATORIAL CODING/DECODING FOR ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Embodiments described herein may include example embodiments of a method, article and apparatus for compressing data utilizing adaptive combinatorial encoding with either specified occurrences or specified data length which may be used for communicating between two or more components connected to an interconnection medium (e.g., a bus) within a single computer or digital data processing system, and/or for communication between computing platforms via a network or other interconnection medium. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085222 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT - A computer-readable recording medium stores therein an information processing program that causes a computer to execute storing an aggregate of layers of nodes respectively having a pointer to an upper node, pointers to a leaf and/or a lower node and branches to lower nodes; obtaining a totaling result of appearance frequencies of character codes described in a file; classifying the character codes by layer, based on appearance probabilities thereof and the totaling result; calculating, based on a quantity of character codes in an ith layer and for the ith layer, a quantity of pointers pointing to leaves, and based on the quantity calculated and for the ith layer, further calculating a number of times nodes are used and a quantity of pointers pointing to lower nodes; generating, based on calculation results, a Huffman tree; and converting the Huffman tree into a node-less Huffman tree and storing the node-less Huffman tree. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085223 | VARIABLE LENGTH INTEGER ENCODING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Variable-length integer encoding and deciding systems and methods are provided herein. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085224 | ADAPTIVE COMBINATORIAL CODING/DECODING WITH SPECIFIED OCCURRENCES FOR ELECTRICAL COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS - Embodiments described herein may include example embodiments of a method, article and apparatus for compressing data utilizing a combinatorial encoder with specified occurrences which may be used for communicating between two or more components connected to an interconnection medium (e.g., a bus) within a single computer or digital data processing system, and/or for communication between computing platforms via a network or other interconnection medium. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085225 | SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION ADC WITH BINARY ERROR TOLERANCE MECHANISM - A successive approximation ADC is disclosed. A comparator receives and compares a sampled input signal and an output of a DAC. Non-binary successive approximation register (SAR) control logic controls sampling of the input signal and controls a sequence of comparisons based on comparison result of the comparator. The SAR control logic controls each comparison when signal or charge in the DAC has not been completely settled. A binary-error-tolerant corrector is then used to compensate the sampling error. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085226 | ANALOG CORRECTION OF A PHASE-MISMATCH IN HIGH-SAMPLE RATE TIME-INTERLEAVED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS - A method of phase mismatch correction in high-sample rate time-interleaved analog-to-digital converters (ADC) is provided. An ADC parallel array has an output signal that is processed by a phase-mismatch detector. The detector drives a clock generator control circuit for the ADC array. The clock generator includes a common mode logic (CML) buffer, a CMOS, a non-overlapping generator, a DAC and a decimating low-pass filter. The CML receives a reference clock signal providing source line control (SLC) to the CMOS, the CMOS provides SLC to the DAC that is controlled by the filter which receives a digital control signal from the phase mismatch detector. The DAC provides a corrected timing input to the CMOS that provides the corrected timing signal to the non-overlap generator, where a delay in the clock path is modified and the signal path is unaltered. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085227 | Stage-Resolution Scalable Opamp-Sharing Technique for Pipelined/Cyclic ADC - An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for pipelined ADCs or cyclic ADCs is disclosed. The ADC includes at least one pair of two stages connected in series, and the two stages have different bits of resolution. An amplifier is shared by the pair of two stages such that the two stages operate in an interleaved manner. Accordingly, this stage-resolution scalable opamp-sharing technique is adaptable for pipelined ADC or cyclic ADC, which substantially reduces power consumption and increases operating speed. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085228 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING AE MODULATOR, AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM - A semiconductor device comprises an overflow detection circuit ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085229 | ALGORITHMIC ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - Provided is an algorithmic analog-to-digital converter (ADC). In the algorithmic ADC, the number of preprocessing amplifiers used in a flash ADC is reduced by sharing the preprocessing amplifiers in the flash ADC, and thus chip size can be reduced. In addition, power consumption can be reduced by dynamically decreasing the bandwidth of an operational amplifier included in a multiplying digital-to-analog converter (MDAC) according to a required resolution. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085230 | SIGMA DELTA MODULATOR AND SIGMA DELTA A/D CONVERTER USING THE SAME - A sigma-delta modulator is provided. The sigma-delta modulator includes a differential amplifier which outputs a difference signal indicating a difference between an input analog signal and a feedback input analog signal, an integrator which integrates the difference signal, a band pass filter unit connected to the integrator in parallel which performs band pass filtering with respect to the difference signal, an adder which adds the band-pass filtered signal to the integrated signal, a comparator which compares a signal output from the adder with a predetermined reference value, converts the comparison result into a digital signal, and outputs the digital signal; and a digital-to-analog (D/A) which converts the digital signal output from the comparator into an analog signal and feeds the analog signal back to the differential amplifier. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085231 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE COMPRISING ADC UNIT | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085232 | PARALLEL ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH DUAL STATIC LADDER - The invention relates to fast, high resolution, analog digital converters, and more particularly those which possess at least one conversion stage of “flash” type. The converter according to the invention uses N differential amplifiers with four inputs. The amplifier of rank j receives the input voltage to be converted V | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085233 | Radar system for detecting the surroundings with compensation of interfering signals - The invention relates to a frequency-modulated radar system for detecting the surroundings with compensation of interfering effects, the compensation being achieved by varying one of the following sizes:
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| 20100085234 | MINE DETECTION - An integrated mine detection system includes a ground penetrating metal detector and a ground penetrating radar detector. The integrated mine detection system includes an integrated search device housing a radio-wave transmitter of the radar detector and a coil of the metal detector. The radio-wave transmitter includes an antenna. The integrated search device includes a radio-wave receiver in the form of a pair of receiving antennas. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085235 | RADAR SYSTEM FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE - A radar system comprises a transmitter antenna configured to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal, a first receiver antenna, and a second receiver antenna. Each of the first and second receiver antennas are configured to receive a reflection of the RF signal, wherein the first and second receiver antennas are synchronized and separated by a vertical distance. The radar system also comprises radar processing circuitry configured to control transmission of the RF signal from the transmitter antenna and to determine an elevation of an object reflecting the RF signal based on the phase difference between the reflected RF signal received by the first receiver antenna and the reflected RF signal received by the second receiver antenna; wherein the transmit antenna, first receiver antenna, and second receiver antenna are operable to continuously rotate 360 degrees along an azimuth angle without rotating along an elevation angle. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085236 | TRANSPONDER-BASED BEACON TRANSMITTER FOR SEE AND AVOID OF UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES - A transponder-based beacon transmitter system in an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided. The transponder-based beacon transmitter system comprises a global positioning system interface communicatively coupled to receive position information indicative of a current location of the unmanned aerial vehicle, a message formatter communicatively coupled to the global positioning system interface, and a transponder-based beacon transmitter. The message formatter formats vehicle identification of the unmanned aerial vehicle and the position information indicative of the current location of the unmanned aerial vehicle into an automatic dependent surveillance broadcast mode-select squitter message. The message formatter operates in one of a military mode, a National Airspace System mode, and a combined military/National Airspace System mode. The transponder-based beacon transmitter transmits the automatic dependent surveillance broadcast mode-select squitter messages from the unmanned aerial vehicle. Receivers in the vicinity of the unmanned aerial vehicle receive unsolicited vehicle identification and location of the unmanned aerial vehicle. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085237 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR LOCATING A MOBILE APPROACHING A SURFACE REFLECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - Device and a method for locating a mobile object approaching a surface reflecting electromagnetic waves. The location device includes an emission antenna and a reception antenna. The emission antenna has one or more emission positions emitting a detection signal toward the mobile object. The reception antenna has at least one column of one or more reception positions, receiving a signal transmitted by the mobile object. An emission of the detection signal is activated on each emission position. An emission position that produces a detection by the reception antenna, of the signal of maximum energy transmitted by the mobile object, is selected to track the mobile object. One or more signals of maximum energy, received by one or more reception positions, are used to angularly locate the mobile object. The invention can be used to determine the position of an aircraft in the final landing phase for a guidance device. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085238 | DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE PLAUSIBILITY OF OBJECTS - In a method for checking the plausibility of objects in driver assistance systems for motor vehicles is described, two measured variables are derived from position data from two object position-finding systems of the vehicle that operate independently of one another, for an object located by the two position-finding systems, one variable for each position-finding system, these variables representing one and the same physical parameter, and the two measured variables are then checked for consistency, which is characterized by the fact that the parameter is the time to collision of the vehicle with the object, which is calculated in advance. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085239 | Device and method for detecting a target using a high speed sampling device - Devices and methods for detecting a target using a logic circuit for increasing the accuracy and speed at which targets can be detected in security and surveillance applications. A commercially available field programmable gate array may be used as the logic device. In one embodiment, the Multigigabit Transfer port (MGT) of the field programmable gate array is locked to an external clock. The coupling of the MGT port to an external clock increases the rate at which the received signal is sampled, without having to use the device in the oversampling mode. By doing so, the field programmable gate array is able to sample at least eight times faster than the actual transfer rate, which increases the speed and accuracy by which a target can be detected. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085240 | RADAR APPARATUS - When super-resolution angle measuring processing is performed, due to intrusion of unnecessary other signals, an erroneous azimuth angle may be obtained. In a radar apparatus that measures an azimuth angle by use of a calculation device ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085241 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBSTACLE DETECTION AND WARNING - A obstacle detection system comprises a transmission antenna operable to radiate a radio frequency (RF) signal and a transmitter operable to control transmission of the RF signal from the antenna. The obstacle detection system also comprises a receiver antenna operable to receive a reflection of the RF signal; and processing circuitry operable to analyze a plurality of characteristics of a radar cross section (RCS) of the received reflection to identify an obstacle and one or more physical attributes of the obstacle. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085242 | METHOD OF SENSOR NETWORK LOCALIZATION THROUGH RECONSTRUCTION OF RADIATION PATTERN - Disclosed herein is a method of sensor network localization through reconstruction of a radiation pattern with a characteristic value of an antenna depending on orientation thereof. The method can minimize errors using an antenna characteristic value and a signal strength depending on the orientation. In addition, the method can minimize errors using an artificial neural network to characterize a distorted radiation pattern of an antenna and using it for the localization of a triangulation method. Furthermore, the method can increases the localization rate even in a passive localization method by characterizing an asymmetric antenna radiation pattern and constructing the antenna characteristic through an artificial neural network. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085243 | METHOD FOR THE MULTIPATH PASSIVE RADAR PROCESSING OF AN FM OPPORTUNITY SIGNAL - The present invention relates to the field of passive radars, and more particularly the field of the processing of the signals utilized by such radars. The signal processing method received according to one or more embodiments of the invention performs coherent processing, in order to purge spurious signals from the useful signal, including the reference signal and its multiple reflections, to regenerate the transmission signal and to perform a coherent integration of the signal received, by computing the cross-ambiguity between the signal received and the regenerated transmission signal. One or more embodiments of the invention also performs operations of non-coherent processing making it possible in particular to carry out extraction and Doppler distance purification operations making it possible to form blips and to eliminate the spurious blips present among the blips formed. The invention applies to passive radars operating on non-cooperating opportunity transmissions, such as FM transmissions intended for the public. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085244 | RADAR DEVICE AND RADAR DEVICE COMPONENT - A radar device includes an antenna for acquiring data, an image memory including pixel data groups each arranged in a rectangular coordinate system, for converting the acquired data in a polar coordinate system into pixel data in the rectangular coordinate system and storing the pixel data, a data write module for writing the pixel data in the memory such that, when image data is stored in a display mode, pixel blocks each including M×N pixel data are arranged on the same line in the memory, a scanning direction setting module for setting a raster-scan direction, and a data reading module for reading out the image data by reading out the pixel data arranged on the same line in the image memory according to the raster-scan direction. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085245 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SCALABLE PHASED ARRAY RADAR DATA DISTRIBUTION AND BEAMFORMING - A radar array antenna comprising: a plurality of analog to digital (A/D) converters for converting analog signals from the array to digital signals, the signals supplying input to one or more optical modulators having controllable wavelengths, each optical modulator connected to a corresponding multiplexer, the multiplexer providing outputs to a demultiplexer that distributes the signals to a beamformer. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085246 | Transceiver module for satellite antenna - A transceiver module for a satellite antenna comprises a base and a cover. The base includes a transducer extending between a first end plate and a second end plate in a first direction, a first filter portion including a number or first grooves extending in the first direction and arranged along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, and a waveguide to guide signals toward a third end plate. The cover serves as a second filter portion for the transceiver module and includes a number of second grooves arranged along the second direction. The base includes the transducer, the first filter portion and the waveguide as an integral member. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085247 | PROVIDING EPHEMERIS DATA AND CLOCK CORRECTIONS TO A SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEM RECEIVER - A device can access scaled values and scaling factors, which are used to convert the scaled values into coefficients and residuals. The coefficients and residuals can in turn be used with time-dependent functions to reconstruct predicted ephemeris data, including clock correction data, for satellite navigation system satellites. Ephemeris data that is broadcast from any of the satellites can be used to update the calculated ephemeris data. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085248 | Method of Compactly Communicating Ionospheric and Tropospheric Corrections in a Network of Global Navigation System Satellite Receivers - A method of communicating corrections for information related to satellite signals among global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers is described. An ionosphere correction for ionosphere signal path delay is determined for a first satellite. This ionosphere correction is then compared to an ionosphere correction for ionosphere signal path delay for a satellite assumed to be directly over the receiver. The receiver then sends a message which includes only the difference between the ionosphere correction for the actual observation and the ionosphere correction for a satellite assumed to be at the zenith. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085249 | Compact Transmission of GPS Information Using Compressed Measurement Record Format - A format for providing messages among GNSS apparatus includes providing a message identification block and a message body. The message identification block includes information specifying a message length and a message type block specifying a message type. Rather than sending all data from one apparatus to another, ambiguous observation data is sent to conserve bandwidth. At the sender a deconstruction of GNSS code and carrier observations using knowledge of the signal structure and constellation geometry, together with simplifications of atmospheric models, allows removal from the observation data of that information which can be implicitly understood or recreated by the recipient. This enables only the necessary information to be packed for transmission to the recipient. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085250 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING COMBINED NAVIGATION SIGNALS - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for processing multiple navigation signal components received from multiple global navigation satellite systems (GNSS′). In a particular implementation, a code phase in a first navigation signal component may be detected based, at least in part, on information in a second navigation signal component. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085251 | POSITIONING RECEIVER - A positioning receiver in which the circuit configuration of the receiving system corresponding to a plurality of positioning systems can be simplified and the current consumption and circuit size of which can be reduced. A positioning receiver ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085252 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING RADIONAVIGATION SIGNALS - The satellites of a constellation of satellites each transmit, on distinct frequencies, a first and a second radionavigation signal, respectively. Each station of a reference network from which a satellite is visible performs non-differentiated measurements of code and phase for each of the two signals originating from the satellite and deduces therefrom a raw value of the widelane ambiguity. An internal delay of the satellite and a whole value of the widelane ambiguity are determined, in the network, on the basis of this raw value. The method comprises the steps: -receiving the first and second radionavigation signals at the level of the reference receiver; -performing, with the aid of the reference receiver and for each of the first and second signals received, a non-differentiated measurement of code and a non-differentiated measurement of phase; -calculating the raw value of the widelane ambiguity on the basis of the non-differentiated measurements of code and phase; and -fixing the internal delay of the satellite and the whole value of the widelane ambiguity on the basis of the raw value for the reference receiver. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085253 | Continuous Tracking Counter for Enabling Cycle-slip Free Messages in a Network of Global Navigation System Satellite Receivers - A method of communicating satellite tracking information among a network of global navigation satellite system receivers is described. The method includes determining at a first GNSS receiver which satellites in a constellation of satellites have been continuously tracked over a preceding selected time period, and for each such satellite determining its elevation with respect to the zenith. Only the elevation value for the lowest satellite in the set of satellites for which all satellites of higher elevation values have been continuously tracked over the selected time period is then transmitted to the second GNSS receiver. That receiver can then reconstruct the set of satellites which have been continuously tracked. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085254 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION TO A GIMBAL MOUNTED DEVICE - A system and method wirelessly communicates signals between a device on a gimbal and a stationary transceiver. An exemplary system has a gimbal with a moveable portion, a device affixed to the moveable portion, a gimbal transceiver coupled to the moveable portion, and a stationary transceiver, wherein the gimbal transceiver and the stationary transceiver are configured to communicate with each other using a wireless signal. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085255 | Mobile Terminal - A mobile communication terminal includes a terminal body portion, a display portion mounted on the terminal body portion to be rotatable to a first display position and a second display position while being substantially parallel to a surface of the terminal body portion and a single satellite radio receiving antenna provided on the display portion to be integrally rotatable with the display portion and formed to be located on a first rotational position when the display portion is located on the first display position and to be located on a second rotational position when the display portion is located on the second display position, wherein a direction of directivity of the satellite radio receiving antenna is set to a direction inclined upward with respect to a display surface of the display portion by a prescribed angle. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085256 | KA/KU ANTENNA ALIGNMENT - A method, apparatus and system for aligning an antenna reflector with satellites in a satellite configuration. A system in accordance with the present invention comprises an alignment mechanism, coupled to the reflector, wherein the alignment mechanism comprises adjustments in azimuth, elevation, and skew, wherein the alignment mechanism is used to provide a first alignment to the satellite configuration, and a tool, used to access a database, wherein the database, comprises data related to satellite configuration positional data, including a position of at least one satellite in the satellite configuration at a given point in time, data related to the antenna, including at least data related to an alignment mechanism coupled to the antenna, data related to polarizations and frequencies of signals being transmitted by the satellite configuration, and data related to the geoposition of the antenna being aligned, wherein the database calculates at least one offset for the alignment of the reflector, wherein the at least one offset is used to reposition the antenna using the alignment mechanism. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085257 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DIRECTION FINDING USING A HANDHELD DEVICE - A system for indicating the relative direction of a target object or location as determined from the current position of a wireless communication device. The system employs Direction of Arrival determination using an antenna array for indicating the direction of a target device and includes facilities to activate a location-indicating transmission in a target device, the ability to request that a location-indicating transmission be activated in a remote target device, relevant information reception from a target device and the display of all potential target devices within effective transmission range of the wireless communication device. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085258 | ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MATERIAL, ANTENNA DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT MATERIAL - An electrical circuit material including a substrate and a bend section is provided. The substrate is formed to be planar. The substrate has a first face and a second face being back to back each other. The first face is provided with a first conductive pattern. The bend section is formed by a planar flexible material being bent or rounded and having a third face and a fourth face being back to back each other. The third face is provided with a second conductive pattern. The bend section is arranged with the substrate in such a way that a portion of the third face being in contact with the first face of the substrate and that the second conductive pattern is connected to the first conductive pattern. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085259 | PLANAR ANTENNA - The present invention provides a planar antenna, including an inverted F-shaped antenna module having a first resonance unit, a second resonance unit and a linear feed-in unit, and a linear ground unit, wherein the linear ground unit is perpendicularly connected to the first and second resonance units to form a rectangular resonance cavity, the two resonance units have the same signal feed-in end but different widths, thereby resulting in different route lengths for generation of two sets of signals with different frequency responses. Further, by adjusting frequency bands of the two sets of signals with optimal responses to achieve a signal coupling resonance effect, signals with frequencies matching the resonant frequencies achieve high gain and high radiation efficiency and signals with frequencies different from the resonant frequencies are suppressed and cannot be efficiently radiated. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085260 | Adaptively tunable antennas and method of operation therefore - An embodiment of the present invention is a method, comprising improving the radiated harmonic distortion of a transmitting antenna system by sensing the RF voltage present on a variable reactance network within the antenna system; controlling the bias signal presented to the variable reactance network; and maximizing the RF voltage present on the variable reactance network. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085261 | ANTENNA CONNECTOR - An automotive glazing, comprising an antenna connector is disclosed. The glazing comprises at least a first ply of a transparent glazing material, and a ply of a plastics material extending across the ply of glazing material and having a line-like electrical conductor in contact therewith, a portion of the electrical conductor line being configured to form an antenna conductor and a portion being configured to form a coupling region. In addition, a surface contact is provided on the surface of the first ply of glazing material situated away from the plastics material, in registration with the coupling region. The coupling region and the surface contact form a transmission line acting as a bandpass filter for a frequency band f, the portion of the electrical conductor forming the coupling region having a length approximately equal to an odd multiple of a quarter of a first effective wavelength λ | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085262 | SLOT ANTENNAS, INCLUDING MEANDER SLOT ANTENNAS, AND USE OF SAME IN CURRENT FED AND PHASED ARRAY CONFIGURATION - In one embodiment, a meander slot antenna includes a conducting sheet having a meander slot defined therein. The meander slot has a closed area defined by the conducting sheet. An electrical microstrip feed line crosses the meander slot. The electrical microstrip feed line and meander slot provide a magnetically coupled LC resonance element. A dielectric material has at least one conductive via therein. The at least one conductive via electrically connects the electrical microstrip feed line and the conducting sheet at a side of the meander slot. The dielectric material otherwise separates the conducting sheet from the electrical microstrip feed line. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085263 | Slot array antenna - A slot array antenna is provided, which has a high gain and a high efficiency, is controllable of side lobes, and is adaptable to various polarized waves. The slot array antenna includes a radiation waveguide | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085264 | Low Profile Antenna - A multi-band antenna is provided that operates in at least two non-harmonically related frequency bands. The antenna includes a ground plane, a cone-shaped relatively high frequency antenna element with a tip of the high frequency antenna disposed adjacent to but electrically isolated from the ground plane with a base of the cone-shaped antenna element extending away from the ground plane, and at least three relatively low frequency antenna elements electrically connected to and extending between the base of the cone-shaped antenna element and the ground plane. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085265 | ARRAY FOR INFLUENCING THE RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS OF A REFLECTOR ANTENNA, PARTICULARLY A CENTRALLY FOCUSED REFLECTOR ANTENNA - The invention relates to an array for influencing the radiation characteristics of a reflector antenna, particularly a centrally focused reflector antenna ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085266 | APPARATUS FOR AN ANTENNA SYSTEM - An apparatus for an antenna system comprising one or more blades for splitting the electromagnetic field received by an antenna into a plurality of sections corresponding to separate beams and redirecting said plurality of sections for detection by a plurality of detectors. The apparatus may comprise a plurality of blades for splitting the field into successively smaller and smaller portions. The plurality of detectors can be positioned outside the focal region of the antenna system. The apparatus may further comprise focusing means for focusing the sections of the field onto another blade or a detector. There is also provided an antenna system comprising a plurality of feed horns for producing a plurality of beams; and a plurality of elements for redirecting said beams towards a focal region of the antenna system so as to form a group of closely packed beams for transmission by the antenna system. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085267 | MONOPOLE ANTENNA - Provided is a small monopole antenna, which can generate a plurality of resonant frequencies, have a high antenna efficiency, and be easily installed. The antenna includes a first antenna element formed of a coaxial cable; a second antenna element sealing the first antenna element and sharing a feed point with the first antenna element; and a feeder cable for feeding electric power to the feed point. This antenna is applied as a small antenna. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085268 | ANTENNA - An antenna having a number of operating frequencies includes a feed element, a ground element, and a number of conductive antenna tracks. The conductive antenna tracks extend outward from the feed element and return back to the ground element. When the conductive antenna tracks are located in a same plane, areas defined by the conductive antenna tracks are not overlapped with one another. When parts of the conductive antenna tracks are located in different planes, multiple frequency bands are formed respectively by multiple resonant frequencies corresponding to the conductive antenna tracks. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085269 | Hidden Wideband Antenna - A low-cost compact wideband antenna ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085270 | BALANCED PIFA AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A balanced patched inverse F antenna comprises a radiation conductor and a balun circuit. The radiation conductor includes a main body, a first branch and a second branch. The balun circuit includes an unbalanced port, a balanced port, and first, second, third and fourth components, with the first, second, third and fourth components being serially connected. A feeding input of the unbalanced port is connected to the second and third components, a grounding wire of the unbalanced port is connected to the first and fourth components, an inverting terminal of the balanced port is connected to the first and second components, a non-inverting terminal of the balanced port is connected to the third and fourth components, and the inverting and non-inverting terminals are respectively connected to the first and second branches. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085271 | EMBLEM - An emblem includes a first thickness portion having a first thickness and a second thickness portion having a second thickness thinner than the first thickness. The first thickness is equal to an integral multiple of a half of an in-medium wavelength of the radar wave inside the first thickness portion. The second thickness is a thickness equal to an integral multiple of a half of the in-medium wavelength of the radar wave inside the second thickness portion. A difference between the first thickness and the second thickness is set to an integral multiple of a free-space wavelength of the radar wave. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085272 | Reflector Array and Antenna Comprising Such a Reflector Array - A reflector array comprises a plurality of individual radiating elements forming a reflecting surface with no abrupt transitions wherein each radiating element of the reflecting surface is selected from a set of predetermined consecutive radiating elements, called the pattern, the first and last elements of the pattern correspond to one and the same phase, modulo 360°, and are identical, and the radiating elements of the pattern have a radiating structure, of metal patch type and/or of radiating aperture type, that progressively changes from one radiating element to another adjacent radiating element, the change in the radiating structure comprising a succession of progressive growths of at least one metal patch and/or at least one aperture and appearances of at least one metal patch in an aperture and/or at least one aperture in a metal patch. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085273 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus has: a first image generator that defines each position between a predetermined start point and end point of a tubular structure as a first viewpoint and generates a first image obtained by observing an image of the inside of the tubular structure from each first viewpoint toward the end point; a second image generator that defines each position between the start point and the end point as a second viewpoint and generates a second image obtained by observing an image of the inside of the tubular structure from each second viewpoint toward the start point; and a user interface that is provided with an operation part, a monitor and a display controller and is configured so that, in response to an instruction from the operation part, the display controller makes the monitor display the first image and the second image. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085274 | MULTI-PANEL DEVICE WITH CONFIGURABLE INTERFACE - A multi-panel device with a configurable interface is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the device includes a hinge rotatably coupled to a first panel of the device via a first pin and rotatably coupled to a second panel of the device via a second pin. The first pin is engaged within a slot of the first panel to enable a lateral movement of the first panel relative to the second panel such that the first panel has a first range of motion relative to the second panel when the hinge is in an extended configuration and a second range of motion when the hinge is in a retracted configuration. The first range of motion is larger than the second range of motion. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085275 | DEVICE SELECTION CONTROL APPARATUS - Provided is a device selection control apparatus for selecting a specific target device for control from among a plurality of candidate devices. A device center position detection section ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085276 | HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEMS - This disclosure relates to methods, apparatus, and computer program code for the holographic display of images. We describe a method of displaying an image holographically. The method includes: dividing the image into a plurality of spatial tiles; and displaying, for each tile in rapid succession, at least one hologram to reproduce an image of the tile, to give the impression of the plurality of tiles together; and wherein the method also includes controlling a shutter spatial light modulator (SLM) in a replay field of the holograms such that when each tile is displayed light for the others of the plurality of tiles is substantially blocked. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085277 | E-paper display control based on conformation sequence status - A method for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information in response to the information associated with the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085278 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - In a plasma display panel, protective layer of front plate has base protective layer and particle layer. The base protective layer is formed of a thin film containing magnesium oxide. The particle layer is formed by sticking, to base protective layer, agglomerated particles in which a plurality of single-crystal particles of magnesium oxide are agglomerated. A panel driving circuit drives the panel in a manner that subfields are temporally disposed so that the luminance weight is monotonically decreased from the subfield in which an all-cell initializing operation is performed to the subfield immediately preceding the subfield in which the next all-cell initializing operation is performed. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085279 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY BRACELET - A bracelet worn by a user displays images, including direct advertisements, received from a remote device. Structurally, the bracelet forms a circumference about a void for receiving the user's wrist. Further, the bracelet includes a wireless communication receiver for receiving signals from the remote device. Also, the bracelet includes a display element positioned along the circumference for displaying images defined by the signals. Typically, the display element will comprise light-emitting diodes (LEDs), organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), liquid crystal display (LCD) panels, and/or fiber optics. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085280 | Display system and method therefor - A display system and method thereof are provided, wherein the system includes a display device configured to produce a display and a controller in communication with the display device. The display device includes a first portion and a second portion. The controller updates the first portion of the display device at a higher rate than the second portion of the display device. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085281 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PROJECTION DISPLAY - An electro-optical device includes an element substrate having a first signal line; a second signal line extending in a second direction crossing the first signal line; a first field-effect transistor including a first semiconductor layer extending in a direction crossing the second direction; a second field-effect transistor including a second semiconductor layer extending in the direction crossing the second direction; a first pixel electrode is adjacent to a second pixel electrode. The first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are displaced from each other in the second direction. An end of the first semiconductor layer facing toward the second pixel electrode is closer to the second pixel electrode than an end of the second semiconductor layer facing toward the first pixel electrode. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085282 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. The OLED display includes a display panel including a plurality of pairs of data lines, a plurality of gate line groups crossing the pairs of data lines, and a plurality of pixels each having a drive thin film transistor (TFT) and an organic light emitting diode at each of crossings of the pairs of data lines and the gate line groups, a timing controller generating a non-overlap signal, and a sample and hold block that removes an overlap period between adjacently generated first holding clocks using the non-overlap signal to generate second holding clocks that do not overlap each other, applies sampled threshold voltages of the drive TFTs of the pixels to an output node in response to the second holding clocks, and discharges the output node in the overlap period in response to the non-overlap signal. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085283 | Light-Emitting Device and Electric Appliance - An inexpensive light emitting device capable of displaying a bright image and an electric appliance using the light emitting device. In the light emitting device having a pixel portion and a driver circuit formed on one insulating member, all of semiconductor elements for the pixel portion and the driver circuit are formed by n-channel semiconductor elements, thereby enabling the manufacturing process to be simplified. Each of light-emitting elements provided in the pixel portion emits light in such a direction that most of the light travels away from the insulating member, so that substantially the whole of the pixel-forming segment electrode (corresponding to a cathode of an EL element) is formed as an effective light-emitting area. Therefore, a low-priced light-emitting device capable of displaying a bright image can be obtained. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085284 | Method of Driving Electro-Optic Display - A method of driving an electro-optic display includes the following steps. First, a first frame is displayed on pixels at a first time. Next, data of a second frame predetermined to be displayed on the pixels at a second time later than the first time is determined. Next, an eliminating frame showing a first extreme gray level or a second extreme gray level is displayed on the pixels at a third time. Afterwards, a medium frame is displayed on the pixels at a fourth time later than the third time. The third and fourth times are between the first and second times. The gray level shown by each pixel at the fourth time is close to the gray level predetermined to be shown by the same pixel at the second time. Thereafter, the second frame is displayed on the pixels at the second time. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085285 | Display apparatus, display data processing device, and display data processing method - A display apparatus includes: an edge processing section extracting an edge component of a display data signal; a display data signal processing section changing the display data signal according to a level conversion signal and adding the edge component thereto; a level conversion signal generating section changing the level conversion signal according to the display data signal and a signal output from the display data signal processing section; and a display section performing a display operation according to the signal output from the display data processing section. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085286 | ACTIVE MATRIX TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND PORTABLE MACHINE COMPRISING THE SAME - An active matrix type display device utilizing multi-bit memory in pixel technology, capable of displaying still and moving pictures are provided. A display device of an embodiment includes a plurality of pixels P | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085287 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal layer provided between a first substrate and a second substrate; first electrodes, which are formed above the first substrate as a first layer, each first electrode having a side which extends to incline toward a first direction in which the data line extends, that is, second direction, each first electrode electrically connected to corresponding data line via corresponding switching device; and a second electrode, which is formed above the first substrate as a second layer, having a slit in each part of the area overlapping with corresponding first electrode, at least one side of the slit extending in the second direction. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085288 | Liquid crystal display device and flicker prevention method for a liquid crystal display device - Provided is a liquid crystal display device including: an image signal line drive unit that supplies an image voltage depending on an output image to a plurality of image signal lines set in a matrix pattern on a liquid crystal panel constituted of a plurality of pixels; an offset direction detection unit that detects offset directions of offset voltages on the plurality of image signal lines; and an offset direction combination unit that collectively combines the offset directions of the offset voltages of the plurality of image signal lines into one direction based on the offset directions. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085289 | GRAYSCALE-BASED FIELD-SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY FOR LOW POWER OPERATION - A field-sequential display is operated in one of a color mode or a grayscale mode. In the color mode, a video source provides image content in the form of multiple-color image data having a frame rate of X Hz and a display controller uses the multiple-color image data to drive the field-sequential display so as provide multiple-color image content at the field-sequential display. In the grayscale mode, the display controller generates grayscale image data from the multiple-color image data and the display controller then drives the field-sequential display with the grayscale image data at a lower frame rate of Y Hz. While in the grayscale mode, the display controller can take advantage of the enhanced contrast provided by the grayscale image content to reduce or disable backlighting at the field-sequential display. The reduced timing requirements afforded by the lower frame rate, as well as the reduction or elimination of backlighting, can reduce power consumption compared to the color mode. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085290 | Use of on-chip frame buffer to improve LCD response time by overdriving - A method and system is disclosed for improving the response time of displays, such as liquid crystal displays (LCDs). The method includes receiving a target picture frame and comparing it to a current picture frame. If the comparison shows that a display may be unable to transition from a current pixel intensity level to a target pixel intensity level within a specified time period, then the pixels that correspond to those current pixel intensities that may not be reach target pixel intensities may be overdriven. This overdriving of one or more pixels may allow the pixel to reach the target pixel intensity within the specified time period. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085291 | LCD with two-dot inversion - An LCD with two-dot inversion includes plural gate lines for transmitting gate driving signals, plural data lines for transmitting data driving signals, and a pixel array. The pixel array includes plural pixels. The plural pixels display frames according to the received gate driving signals and data driving signals. A first data line of the plural data lines is coupled to a first column of pixels and a second column of pixels. The plural data lines are curves with several bends. The difference between the numbers of the first and the second columns is at least two. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085292 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING DUAL DATA SIGNAL GENERATION MECHANISM - A liquid crystal display having dual data signal generation mechanism is disclosed for simplifying the display structure and retaining high display quality. The liquid crystal display includes a dual data signal generator, a preliminary data line, a first data line, a second data line, and a pixel unit. The dual data signal generator functions to convert a preliminary data signal, received from the preliminary data line, into a first data signal and a second data signal. The first and second data signals are furnished to the first and second data lines respectively. The pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel unit and a second sub-pixel unit. The first sub-pixel unit is coupled to the first data line for receiving the first data signal. The second sub-pixel unit is coupled to the second data line for receiving the second data signal. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085293 | METHOD OF DRIVING DATA, DATA DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE DATA DRIVE CIRCUIT - The present invention discloses a data driving method, the method including receiving data corresponding to a plurality of pixels. Received data are converted into data voltages of an analog type to be output to a plurality of data lines. One of a first data voltage and a last data voltage of the data voltages is output to a dummy data line adjacent to the data lines. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085294 | SHIFT REGISTER, DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SHIFT REGISTER - A shift register comprises: a first output circuit controlled by a first clock signal to output a signal to a first output signal line; a second output circuit controlled by a second clock signal with a phase different from a phase of the first clock signal to output a signal to a second output signal line; a first control signal line connected to the first and second output circuits; and a second control signal line connected to the first and second output circuits. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085295 | FREQUENCY SYNTHESIS AND SYNCHRONIZATION FOR LED DRIVERS - A PWM generation module generates a PWM data signal used to control a light emitting diode (LED) driver for one or more strings of LEDs of a display device. The PWM data signal is synchronized with the frame boundaries of the video content being displayed. The PWM generation module can configure the PWM data signal such that a new PWM cycle is initiated at the start of each successive frame, and further whereby those PWM cycles that would be prematurely terminated at frame boundaries are instead driven at a constant reference level until the frame boundary. With this configuration, a substantially linear average light intensity can be achieved across frames, thereby reducing or eliminating display distortion that is often present in other PWM cycle synchronization techniques. The PWM generation module can use a self-learning process to make adjustments to the expected number of completeable PWM cycles per frame in response to dynamic changes in the frame rate, PWM frequency, or other related display parameters. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085296 | BACKLIGHT ASSEMBLY - A backlight assembly includes a light source unit, at least one block driving unit, a controller unit and a noise removing circuit. The light source unit includes a plurality of dimming blocks generating light. The block driving unit drives the dimming blocks. The controller unit controls the block driving unit. The noise removing circuit is connected to the block driving unit and the controller unit to prevent noise from being applied to a reset terminal of the block driving unit | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085297 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A DISPLAY SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a display system which comprises an LCD display panel (DP) for displaying video signals from a video source (VS), and a backlighting unit (BL) for backlighting the display panel (DP). Furthermore, a luminance analyzing unit (LA) is provided for analyzing the luminance of at least parts of the video signals from the video source (VS). A backlighting control unit (BC) is provided for controlling the operation of the backlighting unit (BL) based on at least a first or second color temperature of a white-point setting according to the analyzing results of the luminance analyzing unit (LA). | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085298 | E-paper display control based on conformation sequence status - A method for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and controlling display of one or more portions of one or more display layers of the electronic paper assembly regarding display of second information in response to the information associated with the one or more sequences of two or more conformations of the one or more portions of the one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085299 | ELECTRTO-OPTIC DISPLAY - An electro-optic display includes a first substrate provided thereon with a first electrode, a second substrate provided thereon with a second electrode forming an electric field in cooperation with the first electrode, and an electro-optic material interposed between the first and second substrates. The electro-optic material includes a non-polar solvent and a polar solvent dispersed in the non-polar solvent and controlled by the electric field. The first electrode is disposed on a non-display region of the first substrate including a plurality of pixels each of which having a display region, in which an image is displayed, and the non-display region adjacent to the display region. At least one of a reflective layer and a light sourcing layer defines an amount of light passed through the display area. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085300 | Bendable electronic interface external control system and method - A method includes, but is not limited to: obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of a bendable electronic interface and sending one or more application related information portions to the bendable electronic interface based upon the obtaining of the first information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085301 | Bendable electronic interface external control system and method - A system includes, but is not limited to: obtaining and one or more application information sending modules configured to direct sending one or more application related information portions to the bendable electronic interface based upon the obtaining of the first information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085302 | POINTING DEVICE AND METHOD WITH ERROR PREVENTION FEATURES - A pointing device and method include a pad occupying a region, a raised border at a perimeter of the region and an object slidably movable on the pad for contacting the border. A detecting device is configured to detect a physical contact by the object at any position on the border wherein contact with the border generates a signal indicating a contact position on the border. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085303 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device having a touch screen display moveable with respect to a base thereof. The method includes providing a graphical user interface having user-selectable features on the touch screen display, detecting a touch event at a first location on the touch screen display, rendering a navigation indicator at a first feature of the user-selectable features in the graphical user interface in response to detecting the touch event at the first location, determining if a confirmation of selection is received from release of a switch actuated as a result of movement of the touch screen display with respect to the base, and selecting the first feature in response to determination that the confirmation of selection is received with the touch event at the first location. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085304 | MODIFYING THE APPEARANCE OF A MOVABLE POSITION-MARKER ON A DISPLAY SCREEN OF A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Modifying the appearance of a movable position-marker on a display screen of an electronic device is disclosed. A graphical user interface program is run on a microprocessor module of the electronic device that controls display of images on a display screen. Designating a partial area of a page of displayed using an overlaid position marker which has a perimeter defining a highlighting area. The bounded area can be partially non-uniformly filled. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085305 | COMPUTER MOUSE WITH RETRACTABLE CABLE - A computer mouse with retractable cable is disclosed. The internal of the computer mouse contains coil spring, reeling disc, positioning bead and conductors. The lead wire once pulls, it is positioned and a second pull will restore back to its original position. The pulling of lead wire controls the required length of the mouse. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085306 | WHEEL MOUSE - A wheel mouse includes a first scroll wheel, a second scroll wheel, a first encoder, a second encoder and a control unit. The first encoder generates a first rotation signal according to the rotating condition of the first scroll wheel. The second encoder generates a second rotation signal according to the rotating condition of the second scroll wheel. The control unit is electrically connected to the first encoder and the second encoder for executing a corresponding function in response to the first rotation signal and the second rotation signal. The control unit executes a first function when only the first rotation signal is generated. The control unit executes a second function when only the second rotation signal is generated. The control unit executes a third function when the first rotation signal and the second rotation signal are simultaneously generated. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085307 | TOUCH CONTROL MOBILE PHONE AND ANTI-MISOPERATION METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION - A touch control mobile phone includes a plurality of touch keys, an error-detecting region, an inductor positioned in the error-detecting region, an IC electronically connected to the error-detecting region, and a CPU electronically connected to the IC. The inductor is capable of detecting a nearby object. When the inductor detects the nearby object, the error-detecting region is triggered to send a signal to the IC, the IC transmits the signal to the CPU to execute an instruction corresponding to the signal such that the plurality of touch keys are locked. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085308 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE INPUT APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR KEYBOARD SYSTEM AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE - The invention relates to a data processing device input apparatus ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085309 | KEYPAD DISPLAY METHOD OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal is provided including a keypad, a controller, and a display unit. The keypad is for inputting a search expression by sequentially entering characters. The controller is configured to search a memory to detect at least one expression that includes the search expression. The display unit is configured to display the keypad. The controller is configured to detect a set of characters. The detected set of characters include a character after each search expression in the detected at least one expression. The controller is configured to control the display unit to display the detected set of characters such that characters in the detected set of characters are emphasized over characters not in the detected set of characters. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085310 | METHOD AND INTERFACE DEVICE FOR OPERATING A SECURITY SYSTEM - An interface device includes at least one programmable device and a display portion coupled to the at least one programmable device. The display portion is configured to convey a hierarchical relationship of a plurality of screen images that at least partially overlap each other. The hierarchical relationship includes the plurality of screen images defined in a series of logically related, ordered, and ranked groupings. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085311 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD - An electronic device includes a keypad including a plurality of keys, a display screen, a user interface module, a storage module, a detection module, a timer, and a comparison module. The storage module stores a scrolling key input interval, and a plurality of predetermined key sequences and corresponding scrolling events. The detection module detects and temporarily stores key inputs. The timer times intervals between neighboring key inputs. The comparison module determines if the intervals between the neighboring key inputs exceed the scrolling key input interval and if the key inputs match with one of the plurality of predetermined key sequences. The user interface module scrolls a current image according to a scrolling event from the comparison module and controls the display screen to display the scrolled image. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085312 | Method and Apparatus for Dual Input Text Entry - A method and apparatus is provided for entering alphanumeric characters into a computing device. A user selects a row in a character array containing a plurality of alphanumeric characters using a first input device and selects a character in the row using a second user input device. A processor outputs the selected character to a display or to memory. The selected row may, in some embodiments, be displayed to the user on a display screen. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085313 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF SECONDARY CHARACTER RENDERING AND ENTRY - A method of secondary character rendering and entry in a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes rendering a virtual keyboard of a plurality of virtual input keys in a graphical user interface on the touch screen display; detecting a touch event at one of the virtual input keys on the touch screen display; detecting a continuation of the touch event at the one of the virtual input keys; rendering a secondary virtual keyboard of one or more secondary virtual input key on the touch screen display in response to detecting the continuation of the touch event, the secondary virtual keyboard being associated with the virtual input key; detecting a distinct and separate secondary touch event at the secondary virtual input key on the touch screen display; and rendering a secondary character associated with the secondary virtual input key on the touch screen display in response to detecting the secondary touch event. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085314 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display moveable relative to a base thereof. The method includes rendering a graphical user interface including selectable text, detecting a touch event on the touch screen display, detecting actuation of a switch caused by movement of the touch screen display relative to the base during the touch event and determining a first location of touch at the time of actuation, detecting release of the switch and determining a second location of touch at the time of release of the switch, and selecting text from the first location of touch to the second location of touch. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085315 | Flat touch panel - A flat touch panel has a top and bottom substrate, a top and bottom transparent conductive film formed on the corresponding first and second substrates and a FPC mounted on a bottom face of the bottom substrate. At least one top conductive line is formed on the top transparent conductive film. Multiple bottom conductive line is formed on the bottom face of the second substrate. The top conductive line is electronically connected to the corresponding terminal of the FPC through the conductive material in the first through holes. The bottom transparent conductive film is electronically connected to the corresponding terminals of the FPC through the second through holes with the material and the bottom conductive lines. Since the bottom conductive lines and the FPC are directly formed on the bottom face of the bottom substrate, the flatness of the touch panel is good and the visible area is increased. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100085316 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile terminal including a touchscreen display unit configured to display at least a first image and to receive touch inputs, a projector module configured to project the first image displayed on the touchscreen display unit as a second image on an external surface, and a controller configured to detect a touch input on the touchscreen display unit, and to control the projector module to alter the displayed second image based on the detected touch input. | 2010-04-08 |
