| 18th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 28 |
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| 20120105316 | Display Apparatus - The display apparatus has a displaying unit which displays an image, a first specifying unit which specifies direction of the person in the image captured by a plurality of imaging apparatuses arranged on different positions; a second specifying unit which specifies one of the plurality of imaging apparatuses for capturing and for displaying an image, in accordance with direction instructed by user and the direction specified by the first specifying unit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105317 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic includes a first display unit, a second display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The first display unit displays a first image. The second display unit displays a second image. To the input unit, an instruction is input. The control unit causes the second display unit to display the first image, as the second image, when a first period of time has passed since the first image is displayed by the first display unit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105318 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SELECTOR SYMBOL WITHIN AN IMAGE - A display system for controlling a selector symbol within an image includes, but is not limited to, a display screen that is configured to detect a touch of an operator on a surface of the display screen and that is further configured to display a three-dimensional image. The display system further includes a processor that is operatively coupled to the touch screen. The processor is configured to command the display screen to display a three-dimensional selector symbol within the three-dimensional image, and to command the display screen to move the selector symbol within the three-dimensional image in a manner that corresponds with the touch of the operator. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105319 | DEVICE FOR INPUT OF SIGNS, COMPRISING A BASE ZONE AND AT LEAST TWO PERIPHERAL ZONES, PROCESS AND PROGRAM THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to device for inputting at least one sign, including means for moving a cursor/pointer implemented by a user in an input space, and means for interpreting said movements in order to associate sets of movements with corresponding signs, wherein the input space comprises a base zone and at least two peripheral zones. The input method includes:—a step for moving the cursor/pointer from the base zone to a first peripheral zone,—a step for moving the cursor/pointer from said first peripheral zone to a last peripheral zone,—a step for moving the cursor/pointer from said last peripheral zone to said base zone. The method is preferably implemented by a computer program such as a smartphone application. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105320 | Image Signal Processing Apparatus and Method of Controlling the Same - According to one embodiment, an image signal processing apparatus includes a connecting module, a controller and a display controller. The connecting module is configured to be capable of being connected with a pointer operating device. The controller is configured to be controlled in a state of performing pointer operation with a remote control while being in a non-connected state of a pointer operating device to the connecting module and to be controlled in a state of performing pointer operation with the pointer operating device in a connected state of the pointer operating device to the connecting module. The display controller is configured to display a image which indicates the pointer operating device is connected to the connecting module on a screen during a time period of the connection of the pointer operating device. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105321 | METHOD UTILIZED IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINTING SYSTEM - A method utilized in a three-dimensional pointing system is provided according to the present invention. The three-dimensional pointing system includes a pointing device, a sensor array, and a display panel, wherein the sensor array is embedded within the display panel. The pointing device projects a pointer onto the display panel to form a projection image, and the sensor array accordingly generates a sensed image which includes the projection image. The method determines at least one space status information based on the sensed image. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105322 | DRAWING DEVICE AND DRAWING METHOD - A drawing device includes a pointer control section detecting each of operations performed by using a first pointer and a second pointer in a drawing region; a first generating section generating first drawing data that corresponds to a first drawing function specified for the first pointer and an operation performed in the drawing region by using the first pointer; a second generating section generating second drawing data that corresponds to a second drawing function specified for the second pointer and an operation performed in the drawing region by using the second pointer; and a drawing section generating drawing data obtained by combining the first drawing data and the second drawing data. With this, operability in the drawing is enhanced. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105323 | METHOD OF OPERATING A HANDHELD DEVICE FOR DIRECTIONAL INPUT - A directional input device for use in a handheld device is disclosed herein. The directional input device provides input to an element of the user interface in response to the inclination of the handheld. The input device can be embedded into any handheld communicating or computing device to provide directional input to an element of the user interface of the handheld without consuming space on the face of the device that could otherwise be used for a larger screen. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105324 | Finger Motion Virtual Object Indicator with Dual Image Sensor for Electronic Device - The virtual object indicator having dual image sensors for an electronic device comprises a housing to receive component therein. A user finger motion detecting device having the dual image sensors is attached on an upper surface of the housing for detection the motion of user finger. A controller is received in the housing for generating a control signal in responsive to the user finger motion detection, wherein the images captured by at least one of the dual image sensors is analyzed to drive a virtual object on a display of the electronic device, a communication interface is coupled to the controller for communication with the electronic device. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105325 | CAPACITIVE FINGER NAVIGATION INPUT DEVICE - A capacitive finger navigation input device uses a capacitive sensor array of capacitive sensing cells that includes only two capacitive sensing cells positioned along a linear direction. The capacitive finger navigation input device uses a drive circuit to drive at least one drive electrode of the capacitive sensor array and a sense circuit to sense mutual capacitance at each of the capacitive sensing cells of the capacitive sensor array to produce mutual capacitance signals, which are used to determine at least one of position and movement of a finger of a user with respect to the capacitive sensor array. The capacitive finger navigation input device may be used in a hand-held computing device and in a method for performing finger navigation. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105326 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING MOTION INFORMATION - Provided are a method and an apparatus for generating motion information relating to motion of an object to provide reaction of a user interface to the motion of the object. The method for generating the motion information includes: detecting depth information of the object using an image frame acquired by capturing the object through a sensor; generating the motion information by compensating a determined size of the motion of the object in the acquired image frame based on the detected depth information; and generating an event corresponding to the generated motion information. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105327 | REDUCED KEYBOARD CHARACTER SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system and method of selecting a letter for display in a communication device having a display and a reduced-key keyboard is provided. One of the plurality of keys on the reduced-key keyboard is selected and a default letter associated with the selected key is displayed. A backspace key is selected to display a cursor in the position of the default letter on the display. The key associated with the default letter is selected again and an alternate letter associated with the selected key is displayed in place of the default letter. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105328 | USER FRIENDLY ENTRY OF TEXT ITEMS - A system is described for predictive text entry. Initially, the items that may be entered by the user are displayed. The user can navigate through these items and enter one of them to a text string ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105329 | MOUSE DEVICE WITH FUNCTIONAL TURNTABLE - Provided is a human interactive interface device having a functional turntable. The interface device includes a housing unit, an interface circuit, a sensor unit, and a control unit. The housing unit has at least a left key, a right key, a mouse wheel, and a turntable. The turntable is disposed around the mouse wheel. The interface circuit is connected electrically to the turntable for generating a dial signal in accordance to a dial position of the turntable. The senor unit is located on the lower surface of the housing, and captures an image signal according to a reflex formed on a contact surface. The control unit is connected electrically to the interface circuit and the sensor unit, and is used for adjusting a coordinate axis positioning angle or a coordinate vector ratio of the sensor unit according to the dial signal, and further calculates a displacement according to the image signal. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105330 | MOUSE WITH ADJUSTABLE SWITCH - A mouse with adjustable switch is provided. The mouse includes a bottom cover, a switch assembly, a main board and a top cover. The switch assemblies are movably disposed on the bottom cover, where the switch assemblies may slide along a moving direction relative to the bottom cover. The main board is disposed on the bottom cover and electrically connected with the switch assemblies. The top cover is assembled with the bottom cover, and the switch assembly and the main board are accommodated between the top cover and the bottom cover. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105331 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a portable electronic device capable of suppressing incorrect inputs. A control unit of a cellular telephone device detects a distance between an object in proximity to a display unit and a display surface of the display unit, and a position on the display unit corresponding to the distance, causes the display unit to display a keyboard configured with a plurality of images displaying keys, and in response to a contact detecting unit having detected contact of an object to the display unit, the control unit accepts an input of a key corresponding to the image. The control unit causes the display unit to display images, which are displayed within a predetermined range from the position detected on the display unit, in an enlarged manner. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105332 | SURFACE COMPUTING DEVICE - A surface computing device including a display engine configured to selectively display images on a display surface, and a touch-detection engine configured to detect touch inputs directed to the display surface is provided. The surface computing device includes a front face with the display surface that is relatively larger than the rear face. The surface computing device further includes a beveled edge between the front face and the rear face. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105333 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC CONTROL - Haptic systems are disclosed which may provide increased resolution in tactile feedback. A tiered haptic system may be formed by stacking of haptic elements. One or more arrays of shape change elements such as, for example, piezoelectric elements may be used to actuate a screen surface. Arrays may also be used to sense tactile interactions and stimuli on a screen surface. An embedded haptic system may be formed by inserting haptic elements into a contoured elastic sheet. The embedded haptic system may provide tactile interactions to a user. In some embodiments, both tiered and embedded haptic arrangements may be used. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105334 | COMPUTING DEVICE WITH FLAT TOUCH SURFACE - A computing device includes a seamless front panel member extending across an entire front face of the computing device. The computing device further includes a display engine configured to selectively display images on a display window of the seamless front panel member and a touch-detection engine configured to detect touch inputs directed to the display window of the seamless front panel member. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105335 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY ASSEMBLY - A touch screen display assembly including, but not limited to, a touch sensitive screen, a bezel at least partly framing the touch sensitive screen, and a stabilizing member connected to the bezel and disposed proximate the touch sensitive screen. The stabilizing member is configured to stabilize a hand of an operator at multiple positions around a periphery of the touch sensitive screen when the operator interacts with the touch sensitive screen. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105336 | ELECTRONIC COSMETIC CASE WITH 3D FUNCTION - An electronic cosmetic case includes a stereo image display unit, and a pair of image capturing units. The pair of image capturing units is for simultaneously capturing facial image of a user from two different directions, and providing the captured images to the stereo image display unit. The stereo image display unit receives the two captured images and simultaneously displays one captured image to the left eye and displays the other captured image to the right eye, thus allowing the user to perceive a stereo image. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105337 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH BUILT-IN TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A liquid crystal display (LCD) having a built-in touch screen panel includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the pixels comprises a thin film transistor and a pixel electrode; a plurality of common electrode patterns corresponding to the pixel electrodes and spaced from each other along a second direction; a second substrate facing the first substrate, the second substrate having color filter patterns, wherein the color filter patterns are arranged to correspond to the pixels; a plurality of black matrix patterns between the color filter patterns, the plurality of black matrix patterns being spaced from each other along a first direction crossing the second direction; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, wherein the plurality of common electrode patterns and at least one of the black matrix patterns are used as driving electrodes and sensing electrodes, respectively. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105338 | SHIFT REGISTER AND TOUCH DEVICE - A touch device includes gate lines, pixels, sense control lines and sense units. Each pixel is connected to one of the gate lines and is decided whether to receive data according to a voltage on the gate line. Each the sense unit is connected to one of the sense control lines and is decided whether to perform a touch sense operation according to a voltage on the sense control line. The touch device further includes a shift register string including cascade-connected shift registers. Each shift register has first and second output terminals. The first output terminal provides an output to one of the gate lines according to a first clock signal to control the voltage on the gate line. The second output terminal provides an output to one of the sense control lines according to a second clock signal to control the voltage on the detection control line. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105339 | Flat panel display with built-in touch panel - A flat panel display with a built-in touch panel includes a display panel having a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a plurality of touch sensing patterns on the upper substrate. The plurality of touch sensing patterns includes a plurality of sensing cells on a bottom surface of the upper substrate that faces the lower substrate, a plurality of outer lines on the bottom surface of the upper substrate that connect lines of sensing cells of the plurality of sensing cells along at least one of a first direction or a second direction to a driving circuit, a plurality of connection lines that correspond to respective outer lines on the lower substrate. The plurality of outer lines are connected to the driving circuit via the plurality of connection lines on the lower substrate, and the plurality of outer lines are electrically connected to the corresponding connection lines. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105340 | Display device having a touch screen panel and manufacturing method thereof - A display device having a touch screen includes a touch screen panel defined by an active area in which an external input is sensed and a non-active area outside the active area. A display panel displays an image based on the sensing of the touch screen panel. A window covers the touch screen panel. A lower resin layer is formed on a rear surface of the touch screen panel to join the touch screen panel and the display panel to be joined together. An upper resin layer is formed on a front surface of the touch screen panel to join the touch screen panel and the window together. A lower dam or an upper dam is formed on the rear or front surface of the non-active area in the touch screen panel along a side circumference of the lower or upper resin layer, respectively. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105341 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY HAVING TOUCH SCREEN FUNCTION - An organic light emitting display having a touch screen function that includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the transparent substrate is disclosed. An anode electrode layer is formed above each of the plurality of thin film transistors to be connected to the thin film transistor. Red, green, blue and infrared light emitting layers are formed on adjacent anode electrode layers, respectively. A spacer is formed on the infrared light emitting layer, and the width of the spacer is widened as it approaches from the bottom to top of the spacer. A cathode electrode layer is stacked on the light emitting layers and the spacer. A sealing substrate is positioned above the cathode electrode layer. Accordingly, the organic light emitting display provides an image display function and a touch screen function at the same time. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105342 | Touch Panel, Display Device and Manufacturing Method of Touch Panel - A touch panel comprises a substrate and at least one touch pad positioned on the substrate and having an uneven surface. Each touch pad contacts the substrate, and comprises a plurality of first sub-touch pads arranged in a first direction, a first connector connecting adjacent first sub-touch pads to each other, a plurality of second sub-touch pads arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, a second connector positioned so as to correspond to the first connector and connecting adjacent second sub-touch pads to each other, and an insulating layer positioned between the first connector and the second connector. A manufacturing method of the touch panel comprises preparing a substrate, and forming at least one touch pad on the substrate, each touch pad having an uneven surface. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105343 | Touch Screen Panel and Display Device Having the Same - A touch screen panel comprises a first sensing pattern provided with first sensing cells arranged on one row along a first direction on a transparent substrate, and a first connection pattern through which adjacent first sensing cells are electrically connected to each other. A second sensing pattern is provided with second sensing cells arranged so as to be spaced apart from the first sensing cells on one column along a second direction on the transparent substrate, and a second connection pattern through which adjacent second sensing cells are electrically connected to each other. In the touch screen panel, the first connection pattern includes at least two pairs of metal patterns arranged so as to be spaced apart from one another, and a transparent pattern formed in the shape of an island in the second sensing pattern so as to be electrically connected to one or the other end of each of the metal patterns. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105344 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A flat panel display with an integrated touch screen panel includes upper and lower substrates each including a display area and first and second non-display areas around an outside of the display area. A plurality of sensing patterns are in the display area of the upper substrate. A plurality of sensing lines are in the first non-display area of the upper substrate and connected to the sensing patterns. A sealing member is between the second non-display areas of the upper and lower substrates. The upper substrate is a window substrate positioned as an uppermost one of a plurality of substrates provided in the flat panel display. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105345 | Portable Electronic Device and Method of Controlling Same - A method is provided for an electronic device with a processor and a touch-sensitive display, the touch-sensitive display including a display area and a non-display area. The method includes providing a boundary based on the display area and the non-display area. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105346 | ESTABLISHING AN AUTHENTICATED WIRELESS CONNECTION BETWEEN SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS TERMINALS MORE CONVENIENTLY - A method, system and computer program product for establishing a wireless connection based on a touch screen of a wireless device. The wireless device includes a slide-out processing section for determining, in response to a slide-out from an edge of the touch screen, a first slide-out parameter for determining by the other wireless device an object to be connected, and broadcasting the first slide-out parameter. The wireless device further includes a slide-in processing section for determining a slide-in parameter in response to a slide-in from the edge of the touch screen and reception of a second slide-out parameter directionally transmitted from the other wireless device. Furthermore, if the determined slide-in parameter matches the second slide-out parameter, then the slide-in processing section establishes a wireless connection between the wireless device and the other wireless device. As a result, an authenticated wireless connection between short-range wireless terminals can be established more conveniently. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105347 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY WITH BUILT-IN TOUCH SENSORS - A flat panel display with built-in touch sensors includes a first substrate having a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction and crossing the gate lines, and a plurality of pixels respectively formed in regions defined by the gate and data lines. A second substrate is joined together with the first substrate with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween. A plurality of touch sensors are at positions adjacent to the respective pixels between the first and second substrates. Each of the touch sensors includes a conductive column spacer on the second substrate, a semiconductor layer in a region on the first substrate, corresponding to the conductive column spacer, and first and second electrodes respectively overlapped with the semiconductor layer in regions at both ends on the semiconductor layer. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105348 | TECHNIQUES FOR INTERACTIVE INPUT TO PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Techniques for providing touch input to interactive and multitasking applications are disclosed. An input surface area receives input for multiple applications including interactive applications. The input received is directed to the appropriate application based on one or more locations of the input area effectively identified when input is received. In addition, the manner in which input is received can be used to determine which application should receive the input. Input can be provided in a simple and more intuitive manner by effectively allowing the user to interact with the input area in a way that mimics or approximates a desired action. Examples of such interaction include positional, directional (e.g., rotational), press or pressure input (or movement) which can easily be provided by a thumb or a finger, for example, on a touch screen. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105349 | Method for Displaying Information in a Motor Vehicle, and Display Device - In a method for displaying information with the aid of a display mounted in a motor vehicle, graphic data which actuate at least a subregion of the display are generated by a user interface device, such that in an operation state, information assigned to at least one operator step able to be executed by an input device are generated and in a display state, information not assigned to any operator steps is displayed, and it is detected when an object enters an operator control zone assigned to the input device, and when it leaves the operator control zone. The method is characterized in that the user interface device switches from the operating state to the display state when the object leaves the operator control zone and does not reenter the operator control zone within a defined time interval. A display device is adapted for executing this method. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105350 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A liquid crystal display device includes: a liquid crystal panel including first and second substrates facing each other and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates, each of the first and second substrates defining a central display region and a peripheral non-display regions; a cover glass integrated touch sensor on the liquid crystal panel, the touch sensor including a plurality of transparent first electrodes and second electrodes formed on a surface of the cover glass facing the liquid crystal panel, wherein the first electrodes and second electrodes cross each other; and a touch signal applicator at a side of the cover glass away from the display region of the liquid crystal panel. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105351 | Touch Pad Operable with Multi-Objects and Method of Operating same - The present invention provides a touch pad operable with multi-objects and a method of operating such a touch pad. The touch pad includes a touch structure for sensing touch points of a first and a second object and a controller for generating corresponding touching signals and related position coordinates. Moreover, the controller calculates at least two movement amount indexes according to coordinate differences between these position coordinates, thereby generating a movement amount control signal to control behaviors of a software object. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105352 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING CONFIRMATION OF INPUT, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - A letter confirmation system is provided on a handheld electronic device. The letter confirmation provides highlighting of various letters that have been input to the handheld electronic device during a string of member input actuations. The letter confirmation system can additionally provide predictive linguistic elements that would be appropriate next inputs. Various types of highlights can be provided in various combinations to provide various indications to a user. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105353 | Method and Device for Reducing Noise Interference in a Capacitive Touchscreen System - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of means and methods for reducing noise interference in a capacitive touchscreen system. Second noise signals related to first noise signals generated by an external noise source are provided to a touchscreen controller, which determines fundamental and harmonic frequencies associated with the first noise signals. In response to determining the fundamental and harmonic frequencies associated with the first noise signals, the touchscreen controller may shift the frequency at which drive signals generated thereby are provided to a capacitive touchscreen. As a result, undesired interference between the first noise signals and the drive signals is minimized or avoided. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105354 | Tactile Feedback Cover Lens for a Capacitive Touchscreen System - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a mobile electronic device and corresponding cover lens therefor. The device comprises a primary capacitive touchscreen or display comprising a primary touch region having principal capacitive touch sensors associated therewith. A cover lens comprising at least a first secondary touch region forms a portion of the device. At least one secondary capacitive touch sensor is associated with the first secondary touch region. The cover lens is disposed and extends over the secondary touch sensor, and the first secondary touch region is spaced apart from the primary touch region and extends over the secondary touch sensor. The first secondary touch region is configured to provide tactile feedback to a user through the user's finger or other pointing device when the user's finger or other pointing device is placed on or moved across the first secondary touch region. The first secondary touch region of the cover lens further has a thickness sufficiently small to permit detection of the user's finger or other pointing device therethrough by the secondary sensor when the user's finger or other pointing device is in physical contact with the first secondary touch region and placed thereon or moved thereacross. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105355 | Capacitive Touchscreen System with Touch Position Encoding during Analog-to-Digital Conversion - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of circuits and methods in a capacitive touchscreen system that eliminate the need to digitize an entire array of pixel signals obtained from a touchscreen. Instead, regions of interest, or projections of object or touch signal clusters, from touchscreen | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105356 | Capacitive Coupling of a Capacitive Touchscreen to a Printed Circuit and Controller - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of circuits and methods for capacitively coupling touchscreen electrode terminals to terminals of a flex circuit, printed circuit or printed circuit board, without physically attaching the touchscreen electrode terminals to the flex circuit, printed circuit or printed circuit board terminals by means of conventional electrical connection bonding materials or agents such as anisotropic conductive film or solder. The flex circuit, printed circuit or printed circuit board terminals are spaced apart from, or placed in physical contact with, corresponding ones of the touchscreen electrode terminals, but are not soldered or otherwise physically attached to the touchscreen electrode terminals by conventional electrical connection bonding materials or agents such as anisotropic conductive film or solder. The flex circuit, printed circuit or printed circuit board terminals are positioned with respect to the touchscreen electrode terminals such that the flex circuit, printed circuit or printed circuit board terminals are spaced part from, or in physical contact with, the touchscreen electrode terminals by gaps ranging between about 0.0 mm and about 1 mm. The gaps are sufficiently small to permit capacitive coupling of drive and sense signals provided by the touchscreen electrode terminals to the flex circuit, printed circuit or printed circuit board terminals. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105357 | Capacitive Touchscreen System with Reduced Power Consumption Using Modal Focused Scanning - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a capacitive touchscreen system that is capable of sensing finger touches made on a capacitive touchscreen according to various scanning modes that reduce power consumption of the capacitive touchscreen system. The disclosed power saving scanning modes are modally focused, and can be used not only to reduce system power consumption, but also to enhance the user experience with the capacitive touchscreen system. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105358 | FORCE SENSING TOUCH SCREEN - A computing device includes a touch screen display with a plurality of force sensors, each of which provides a signal in response to contact with the touch screen display. Using force signals from the plurality of force sensors, a characteristic of the contact is determined, such as the magnitude of the force, the centroid of force and the shear force. The characteristic of the contact is used to select a command which is processed to control the computing device. For example, the command may be related to manipulating data displayed on the touch screen display, e.g., by adjusting the scroll speed or the quantity of data selected in response to the magnitude of force, or related to an operation of an application on the computing device, such as selecting different focal ranges, producing an alarm, or adjusting the volume of a speaker in response to the magnitude of force. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105359 | RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a resistive touch screen, including: a lower substrate formed with a lower electrode pattern unit made of a conductive polymer and a lower electrode wiring unit connected to the lower electrode pattern unit; an upper substrate disposed on the upper side of the lower substrate and formed with an upper electrode pattern unit made of a conductive polymer and an upper electrode wiring unit connected to the upper electrode pattern unit, formed on an opposite surface thereto; a spacer disposed between the lower substrate and the upper substrate and provided with an opening formed therein; and a surface modifying layer covering at least any one of the lower electrode pattern unit and the upper electrode pattern unit and made of a material having a work function smaller than the conductive polymer. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105360 | WRIST-WORN ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH SENSITIVE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A wrist-worn electronic device includes a display panel having a convex viewing surface and displaying at least one selectable item. A touch panel is arranged over the display panel. A processing unit is to execute a preset operation corresponding to one of the at least one selectable item when the one selectable item is selected or an area of the touch panel surrounding the selectable item. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105361 | CAPACITIVE STYLUS WITH PALM REJECTION - A system comprising a sensing device and a capacitive sense array configured to detect a presence of a passive touch object and a stylus where the capacitive sense array receives a transmit signal from the stylus via capacitive coupling. The system further comprising a processing device configured to determine the stylus location on the capacitive sense array based on the transmit signal and to synchronize the stylus to the capacitive sense array. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105362 | SYNCHRONIZING A STYLUS WITH A CAPACITIVE SENSE ARRAY - A system and method for tracking a stylus on a capacitive sense array. The system comprising the capacitive sense array configured to detect a presence of the stylus, a processing device to generate a synchronization signal, and a transmitter to transmit the synchronization signal to the stylus to synchronize the stylus to the capacitive sense array. The system further comprises a magnetic antenna configured to inductively transmit the synchronization signal to the stylus, wherein the magnetic antenna is disposed around the outer edges of the capacitance sense array, according to an embodiment of the invention. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105363 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIEWING STACKED SCREEN DISPLAYS USING GESTURES - An intuitive technique for inputting user gestures into a handheld computing device is disclosed allowing a user to better manipulate different types of screen display presentations, such as desktops and application windows, when performing tasks thereon, wherein a window stack for application windows and/or desktops can be navigated and sequentially displayed according to the window stack ordering without disturbing or changing this ordering. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105364 | Communication Device and Method - A user interaction arrangement for interaction with a user using a pointing object, the arrangement comprising, a display comprising, at least one transmitter for generating a signal, at least one receiver for receiving the signal in response to a remote detection of the object, and an arrangement for modulating the transmitted signal to carry data to be received by said or other remote object. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105365 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of first electrode strings, and a plurality of second electrode strings is provided. The first electrode strings and the second electrode strings are disposed on the substrate. A plurality of first electrodes of each of the first electrode strings are extended along a first direction. Hollow areas of the first electrodes are varied along the first direction. A plurality of second electrodes of each of the second electrode strings are extended along a second direction. Hollow areas of the second electrodes are varied along the second direction. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105366 | POSITIONING ALGORITHM FOR EDGE PORTION OF TOUCH PANEL AND POSITIONING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A positioning algorithm for edge portion of touch panel is provided. Dummy sensing lines surrounding a touch panel are provided. The x-axis and y-axis coordinate ranges of x-axis and y-axis sensing lines of the touch panel are determined. When the touch panel is touched, an x-axis sensing line, a y-axis sensing line, and a dummy sensing capacitance generated by the dummy sensing lines are located. Whether the corresponding x-axis sensing capacitance of the x-axis sensing line is smaller than or equal to the x-axis dummy sensing capacitance is determined. If so, an x-axis coordinate value is obtained according to the x-axis sensing capacitance and the dummy sensing capacitance. Whether the corresponding y-axis sensing capacitance of the y-axis sensing line is smaller than or equal to y-axis dummy sensing capacitance is determined. If so, a y-axis coordinate value is obtained according to the y-axis sensing capacitance and the dummy sensing capacitance. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105367 | METHODS OF USING TACTILE FORCE SENSING FOR INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE - Described are novel methods of user interface for electronic devices using proportional force information. The new user interface is more intuitive, easier to use and requires less finger manipulations. The input device itself is configured for detecting at least one location of touch and measuring a force of touch at this location as in a capacitance sensing tactile pressure array. At least two events defining an output event of the input device are provided for a particular location. Selection of one event or the other is done based on a force of touch being either above or below a predetermined force of touch threshold. More than one force of touch threshold may be provided for one or more locations, along with a corresponding number of events—to further increase the functionality of the input device. The invention may be used in particular with laptop, tablet computers and smartphones. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105368 | DATA INPUT DEVICE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A data input device for an electronic device includes: a operation section having a plurality of capacitive touch sensors to detect a input operation; and a control circuit section that outputs output information corresponding to detected information of the input operation input from the operation section to the electronic device when it is determined that the input operation is performed, wherein the control circuit section is configured to configure arbitrarily a detection sensitivity of the touch sensor before determining whether the input operation is performed, wherein the control circuit section determines whether the input operation is performed in response to a magnitude of an input value of the detected information, based on the configured detection sensitivity, wherein, when it is determined that the input operation is performed, the control circuit section updates the detection sensitivity configured for the touch sensors based on the magnitude of the input value. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105369 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes a base material facing the outside and configured to serve as an operation surface of the input apparatus; a substrate arranged so as to be on the inner side, i.e., the opposite side to the operation surface of the input apparatus, and so as to face the base material; at least one first pad arranged on the substrate so as to face the base material via a dielectric member and configured to detect a capacitance; at least one second pad arranged on the substrate so as to face the base material with an air layer therebetween and configured to detect a capacitance; and a control section connected to the first and second pads, and configured to control the first and second pads. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105370 | Electroded Sheet for a Multitude of Products - eSheets create a multitude of different products. One embodiment is a projected capacitive touch sensor created by embedding orthogonal arrays of coated metal wires into the surface of a polymer sheet or onto the back of a projector screen. To increase the capacitance of the electrodes or pixels in the sensor, transparent conductive electrodes can be electrically connected to the wire electrodes. Another embodiment is a reflective, energy-efficient display formed by sandwiching a reflective cholesteric liquid crystal (Ch. LC) material between electroded sheet substrates. The eSheet Ch. LCD is pressure sensitive and can be written on using a finger or stylus. The eSheet Ch. LCD can then be read using the wire electrodes in the eSheet LCD. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105371 | MULTIPOINT TOUCHSCREEN - A touch panel having a transparent capacitive sensing medium configured to detect multiple touches or near touches that occur at the same time and at distinct locations in the plane of the touch panel and to produce distinct signals representative of the location of the touches on the plane of the touch panel for each of the multiple touches is disclosed. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105372 | Energy-efficient Touch Panel Device and Related Method - An energy-efficient touch panel control device includes a touch panel, a buffer memory, an analog to digital conversion unit, for converting analog output voltage to digital trace data and storing the digital trace data in the buffer memory, and according to a control signal, switching an operating mode, an operation unit, generating a detecting result according to the digital trace data, switching the operating mode according to an interrupt signal, and including a mode control unit, for generating the control signal according to the interrupt signal, and a host interface unit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105373 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH STATUS OF SURFACE OF INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT DEVICE THEREOF - A method for detecting a touch status of a surface of an input device, comprising: utilizing a first two-dimension (2D) image sensor disposed at a first location for capturing a first captured image of an object on the surface; and outputting a plurality of first positions of the object relative to the surface respectively by analyzing horizontal lines of the first captured image. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105374 | Touch device and touch method - A touch device to sense and compute the coordinate of a touch object is provided. The touch device comprises a panel, a light-emitting element, an image sensor, a reflective strip and a processing unit. The panel has a sensing area surrounded by first to fourth boundaries where the first and the third boundaries define an x direction and the other two boundaries defines y direction. The light-emitting element and the image sensor are located on the first boundary with a specific distance therebetween. The reflective strip is located on the second to fourth boundaries. When the touch object touches the sensing area, a first and a second light path from the light-emitting element to the image sensor are blocked to form a real and a virtual image such that the processing unit computes the coordinate of the touch object according to the real and the virtual images. A touch method is disclosed herein as well. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105375 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a housing; a touch surface exposed to the surface of the housing; a displacement detector; a rotational movement detector; a linear movement detector; a signal generator; and a control unit. The displacement detector detects a displacement of an object touching the touch surface. The rotational movement detector detects a rotational movement of the object based on the displacement. The linear movement detector detects a linear movement of the object based on the displacement. The signal generator generates an operation signal corresponding to the rotational movement and the linear movement. The control unit controls an operation to be performed based on the operation signal. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105376 | Method for Auto Angle Setting of Infrared Sensor Module and Display Device Having the Same Applied Thereto - The present invention relates to a method for auto angle setting of an infrared sensor module having a light emitting unit and a sensor unit arranged at least two corners of a display panel, includes the steps of selecting a peak detection mode or a slope detection mode; in the peak detection mode, setting a pixel of in the sensor unit which senses a light quantity as a reference point corresponding to a corner other infrared sensor module is arranged at; in the slope detection mode, analyzing the light quantities of a start pixel block and an end pixel block in the sensor unit and setting a pixel which forms a greatest slope as a start point or an end point; and setting an effective angle of view in the sensor unit with reference to the reference point, the start point, and the end point. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING COORDINATES - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting devices, a plurality of light-receiving devices, and a controller. The light-emitting devices and the light-receiving devices are arranged in an array along X direction. The controller forms a plurality of groups of light paths each formed by a plurality of light paths parallel to one another in a plane including the light-emitting devices and the light-receiving devices such that an angle of the light paths varies from group to group, identifies positions p and l of each of the groups in the X direction of the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device corresponding to the light path that passes through the center of a light shield region, and calculates coordinates of the center of the light shield region in the plane based on the identified positions p and l of each of the groups. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105378 | INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, an input apparatus comprises an input detector, a vibration detector, a controller, and a sensitivity adjustment unit. The input detector detects an input by the blockage of a light beam to scan a scan region. The vibration detector detects a vibration equal to or more than a set sensitivity applied to the input detector. The controller stops the light beam scanning when the input detector detects no inputs for a given length of time. The controller restores the light beam scanning when the vibration detector detects a vibration. The sensitivity adjustment unit changes the sensitivity of the vibration detector to be weaker than the set sensitivity when the input detector detects no inputs and the vibration detector continuously detects vibrations after the controller has restored the light beam scanning. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105379 | COORDINATE RECOGNITION APPARATUS AND COORDINATE RECOGNITION METHOD - According to one embodiment, a coordinate recognition apparatus includes a coordinate input unit, an adjustment unit, a judgment unit, a scan control unit, and a recognition unit. The adjustment unit adjusts an offset voltage of a sensor amplifier that amplifies a sensor signal output from the light-receiving element. The judgment unit judges whether disturbance light received by the light-receiving element has an influence. The scan control unit sets the number of scans with the light beam to scan the coordinate input unit when the judgment unit judges that the disturbance light has an influence to be greater than the number of scans when the judgment unit judges that the disturbance light has no influence. The recognition unit recognizes the coordinates input by the coordinate input unit in accordance with a change of the sensor signal output from the light-receiving element. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105380 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DETECTING CONTACT ON A DISPLAY - A system for detecting contact on a display is provided. The system comprises a planar medium associated with the display and includes at least one edge facet and opposing surfaces. The system also includes one or more optical sources operatively coupled to the at least one edge facet for transmitting an optical signal into the planar medium such that the transmitted optical signal is totally internally reflected between the at least one edge facet and opposing surfaces. An optical sensing device is positioned to substantially face at least a portion of the edge facet and adapted to detect at least one object contacting a first surface of the opposing surfaces. The optical sensing device is operative to detect a portion of the optical signal emitted from the first surface at a location corresponding to the object contacting the first surface. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105381 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A liquid crystal display with an integrated touch screen panel is disclosed. According to some aspects, conductive patterns or conducting patterns provided to the LCD are used as driving electrodes of the touch screen panel. A driving electrode of the touch screen panel may be formed on one surface of a polarizing plate or window attached to the LCD so as to be positioned close to a contact point, thereby improving touch sensitivity. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105382 | DISPLAY DEVICE, POSITION CORRECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A display device includes an operating body detection unit detecting an operating body disposed over a display screen, a position determination unit determining a three-dimensional position of the operating body from the detection result and outputting the three-dimensional position as position information for the operating body, a position designation unit designating a three-dimensional position over the display screen, a guide information generation unit generating guide information which requests a user to perform a predetermined action for an operating body around the designated three-dimensional position and then dispose the operating body at the designated three-dimensional position, a correction information generation unit generating correction information from an error between the designated three-dimensional position and a determination result of the three-dimensional position of the operating body disposed according to the guide information, and a position correction unit correcting a three-dimensional position of the operating body based on the correction information. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105383 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITIZING FREEHAND GRAPHICS AND SELECTING PROPERTIES THEREFOR - A method of digitizing a freehand graphic created by an electronic pen having a marking nib. The method includes the steps of: interacting with a surface using the electronic pen; generating digital ink representing interaction of the pen with the surface, the digital ink identifying positions of the pen on the surface; determining if the position is in a first area or a second area of the surface; if the identified position is in the first area of the surface, then interpreting the position as a point in a freehand graphic; and if the identified position is in the second area of the surface, then interpreting the position as a selection of a property for the freehand graphic. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105384 | DISPLAY WITH EMISSIVE AND REFLECTIVE LAYERS - A display comprising includes a reflective panel | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105385 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ROUGH SURFACES - This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for producing roughness in an electromechanical device by nucleation under plasma CVD conditions. In one aspect, a substrate and at least a first layer are provided. The disclosure further provides gas phase nucleating particles under plasma CVD conditions and depositing a first layer, where the particles are incorporated into the first layer to create roughness in the first layer. The roughness may be transferred to a second layer by conformal deposition of the second layer over the first layer. The roughness of the second layer corresponds to the roughness of the first layer, where the first layer has a roughness greater than or equal to about 20 Å root mean square (RMS). | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105386 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A printed circuit board electrically connected to a display includes a plurality of display control units, a plurality of first forward different signal lines, at least one second forward differential signal line, and a plurality of zero-ohm resistors. The display control units provide differential signals for the display through the differential signal lines and the zero-ohm resistors. Any two of the first forward differential signal lines are electrically connected together at one end to form a first node. One end of the second forward differential signal line is electrically connected to the first node. The other end is electrically connected to another first forward differential signal line to form a second node. The zero-ohm resistors are placed on the first forward differential signal lines and the second forward differential signal lines and are electrically connected between the display control units and the display. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105387 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic light emitting display capable of displaying an image with desired brightness. The organic light emitting display includes a scan driver for supplying a first scan signal to first scan lines, for supplying a second scan signal to second scan lines, and for supplying emission control signals to emission control lines, a data driver for supplying data signals to data lines, horizontal power source lines extending in parallel with the first scan lines at horizontal lines, and configured to receive a fourth voltage in a first period of a period in which the first scan signal is supplied, and configured to receive a third voltage that is lower than the fourth voltage in a second period excluding the first period, and pixels positioned at crossing regions of the first scan lines and the data lines. Each of the pixels includes an OLED, a first transistor, and a storage capacitor. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105388 | Organic Light Emitting Diode Display - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a switching thin film transistor including a switching gate electrode, a switching active layer, a switching source electrode, and a switching drain electrode; a driving thin film transistor including a driving gate electrode, a driving active layer, a driving source electrode, and a driving drain electrode; a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode and a second capacitor electrode; a scan line that is connected to the switching gate electrode of the switching thin film transistor; a data line that intersects the scan line and that is connected to the switching source electrode of the switching thin film transistor; a first power source line that is parallel to the data line and that is connected to the driving source electrode of the driving thin film transistor; a second power source line that is separated parallel to the data line and that is connected to the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor; and an organic light emitting diode that is connected to the driving drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105389 | ELECTROSTATIC PROTECTION ELEMENT - A electrostatic protection element ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105390 | Organic light emitting display and method of driving the same - The organic light emitting display includes a plurality of pixels positioned at intersections of scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines, a scan driver for sequentially supplying scan signals to the scan lines at a first driving frequency in order to select the pixels in units of horizontal lines, and an emission driver for sequentially supplying emission control signals to the emission control lines at a second driving frequency different from the first driving frequency in order to control emission of the pixels. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105391 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR A THREE-DIMENSIONAL LIQUID CRYSTAL LENS - A driving circuit for a three-dimensional liquid crystal lens provides a storage to store a high output value and a low output value of the channel output signal; the high and low output values are converted by a digital analog converter as the high output signal, the low output signal and the common signal which are driven by the driving circuit to produce the high driven output signal, the low driven output signal and the common output signal which are selectively output by the select logic circuit as the channel output signal according to the select signal; Thus, less operation amplifiers are needed, and the speed of response of the circuit can be enhanced. Power consumption can be reduced as well. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105392 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A drain layer lead line connecting an image signal line and a terminal of an IC driver is interrupted in the middle, and the gap is bridged by bridging ITO that is formed at the same time as pixel ITO. Thus, the difference in the length of the lead lines is adjusted such that the length of the bridging ITO in the lead line connected to the terminal in the center of the IC driver is longer than the length of the bridging ITO in the lead line connected to the terminal in the end of the IC driver to reduce the difference in the wiring resistance of the lead lines due to the difference in the length of the lead lines depending on the location. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105393 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, GATE DRIVING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a shift register unit, a gate driving device and a liquid crystal display, wherein the shift register unit includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor and a fourth thin film transistor, and further includes a pull-down unit and a driving unit. Since the shift register unit includes the pull-down unit and the driving unit, it is possible to assure that the output gate driving signal keeps at a low level stably when the shift register unit needs to output a low level, and the pull-down unit operates under the driving of an alternating current signal, which can prevent the threshold voltage of the thin film transistor of the pull-down unit from offsetting largely. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105394 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING BLACK MATRIX IN REGION OUTSIDE OF PIXEL REGION AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A color filter on thin film transistor (COT) type liquid crystal display device includes a pixel region having a plurality of unit pixels defined by intersections of gate and data lines, the gate and data lines formed on a first substrate, a pad region receiving driving signals and applying the driving signals to the gate and data lines, a seal pattern between the pad region and the pixel region, an outside region having a first black matrix, the outside region being between the seal pattern and the pixel region and the first black matrix formed on the first substrate, and an electrostatic discharge circuit between the pad region and the pixel region, the electrostatic discharge circuit formed on the first substrate. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105395 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A stage of the shift register has (i) a set-reset type flip-flop which receives an initialization signal and (ii) a signal generating circuit which receives a simultaneous selection signal and which generates an output signal by use of an output of the flip-flop. In at least one example embodiment, the output of the flip-flop becomes inactive regardless of whether a setting signal and a resetting signal are active or inactive, as long as the initialization signal is active. The initialization signal becomes active before the end of the simultaneous selection, and then becomes inactive after the end of the simultaneous selection. This makes it possible to stabilize operation of the shift register after the end of simultaneous selection of a plurality of signal lines carried out by the display driving circuit at a predetermined timing. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105396 | Scanning Signal Line Drive Circuit And Display Device Having The Same - A gate driver is provided with an odd-numbered stage shift register, an even-numbered stage shift register, and main lines including clock signal main lines. In at least one example embodiment, each stage of one of the shift registers receives the first clock and the second clock from the clock signal main lines, and the third clock and the fourth clock from an adjacently provided stage of the other shift register. Each stage of the shift register can receive the second clock from a different stage of the same shift register. With this, it is possible to reduce a picture-frame area of a panel in a display device provided with a scanning signal line drive circuit having the plurality of shift registers. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105397 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, GATE DRIVING DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention provides a shift register unit, a gate driving device and a liquid crystal display, wherein the shift register unit includes five thin film transistors. The drain of a first thin film transistor is connected to a first clock signal input terminal; the drain of a third thin film transistor is connected to the first clock signal input terminal, the gate thereof is connected to the gate of the first thin film transistor, and the source thereof is connected to a second signal output terminal. The shift register unit, the gate driving device and the liquid crystal display provided by the present invention separate the gate driving signal and the control signal for controlling the next neighboring shift register unit from each other, which can solve the problem that the accuracy of the gate driving signal is low due to the delay accumulation. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105398 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - Provided is a gate driving circuit including cascade-connected stages that output gate signals. An n-th one of the stages (“n” is a natural number) includes a pull-up part, a pull-up controller, a first pull-down part, a second pull-down part, and a pull-down controller. The pull-up part outputs a first clock signal as an output signal of the n-th stage. The pull-up controller selectively applies first and second powers to a control electrode of the pull-up part. The first pull-down part pulls down a voltage applied to the control electrode of the pull-up part to an off voltage. The second pull-down part pulls down a voltage applied to an output electrode of the pull-up part to the off voltage. The pull-down controller selectively applies the first and second powers to control electrodes of the first and second pull-down parts. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105399 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device for improving the yield and for reducing or minimizing manufacturing costs. The organic light emitting display device includes: a data driver coupled to data lines that are formed on the panel; a scan driver mounted on the panel and coupled to scan lines that are formed on the panel; input lines for receiving clock signals from the outside; first connecting lines overlapped with a cathode electrode and electrically coupled to the input lines and for supplying the clock signals to the scan driver; second connecting lines electrically coupled to the input lines; and third connecting lines for electrically coupling the first connecting lines to the second connecting lines. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105400 | CAMERA LENS STRUCTURES AND DISPLAY STRUCTURES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A camera may be mounted under a display in an electronic device. The display may include a polarizer layer, a color filter layer, and a thin-film-transistor layer. A layer of material such as a glass insert may be attached to an edge of the display. Openings may be formed in the layers of the display and the insert to accommodate the camera. A sleeve structure may be mounted within an opening. The camera may include lens structures formed from a stack of lens elements. One or more layers of the display may be interposed within the lens structures. The glass insert may be mounted within a notch in the color filter layer and thin-film transistor layer or along a straight edge of the color filter layer and thin-film transistor layer. The edge of the color filter layer may be recessed with respect to form a mounting shelf for the insert. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105401 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device including a display unit and a photoelectric conversion board is provided. The display unit includes a display surface and a back surface which are opposite to each other, and an edge of the photoelectric conversion board is rotatably connected to the back surface of the display unit. The photoelectric conversion board includes a substrate, a first photoelectric conversion unit, and a second photoelectric conversion unit. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other, the first photoelectric conversion unit is disposed on the first surface, the second photoelectric conversion unit is disposed on the second surface, and an absorption band of the first photoelectric conversion unit is different from an absorption band of the second photoelectric conversion unit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105402 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING LIGHT OUTPUT FROM A LIGHT SOURCE - A light adjusting system, system including a light guide adapted to collect light from a light source. A calibration value for the light source is stored in a memory. A light detector is coupled with the light guide. S controller is electrically connected to an output of the light detector and detachably connected to a driver for driving the light source. The controller is adapted to control the driver responsive to the output of the light detector. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105403 | OPTICAL SENSE-CONTROL SYSTEM - An optical sense-control system, for receiving a first and second lights, includes: a first and a second optical filters, wherein the transmission of the first light having a majority intensity in a first wave-length band is greater than the that of the second light having a majority intensity in a second wave-length band in the first optical filter, the first wave-length band is less than the second wave-length band, and the transmission of the second light is greater than the that of the first light in the second optical filter; and a optical detection module, arranged in a side of the first and the second optical filters, for creating a first control signal while detecting the first light emitting through the first optical filter at a first zone and creating a second control signal while detecting the second light emitting through the second optical filter at a second zone. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105404 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH LIGHT SENSORS - A recognition processing unit ( | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105405 | DISPLAY CLIP SYSTEM AND TIMING CLIP CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display clip system and a timing clip control method thereof are provided. The clip system is connected to a gate driver circuit, and includes a timing controller and a clip module. According to a system input signal and it's frame rates, the timing controller generates an enable signal, a clip trigger signal, and a base working signal. The clip module adjusts the base working signal by using the enable signal and the clip trigger signal. Then, the base working signal carries a first clip voltage to output to the gate driver circuit. When the frame rate changes, the timing controller adjusts trigger points and trigger time lengths of the enable signal and the clip trigger signal, and the clip module adjusts the base working signal. Then, the base working signal carries a second clip voltage equal to the first clip voltage to output to the gate driver circuit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105406 | Driving Circuit for Liquid Crystal Pixel Array and Liquid Crystal Display Using the Same - A driving circuit and a liquid crystal display using the same. In the driving circuit, a first switch and a second switch are provided in a VCOM driver thereof. The first switch is designed to be turned on to a ground a VCOM terminal of a display capacitor, and the second switch is designed to be turned on to couple a constant voltage level DC VCOM to the VCOM terminal of the display capacitor. In addition, a timing controller of the driving circuit is designed for reducing power consumption, which controls the statuses of the first and second switches and determines when to allow a positive polarity voltage to be coupled to the display capacitor to charge the display capacitor for positive polarity display. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105407 | METHOD OF DRIVING A DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of driving a display panel includes sequentially applying a gate signal to a plurality of gate lines of the display panel during each frame period of a plurality of frame periods, applying data voltages to a plurality of data lines of the display panel, and applying a common voltage to the display panel, a polarity of the common voltage being inverted periodically and asynchronously with a frame period of the frame periods. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105408 | Organic light emitting display - An organic light emitting display, in which one frame is divided into an initializing period, a compensation period, a scan period, and an emission period, includes pixels at intersections of scan lines and data lines, the pixels coupled to a first power source and a second power source, a scan driver simultaneously supplying scan signals to the scan lines for a partial period of the initializing period, the scan driver simultaneously supplying scan signals to the scan lines for the compensation period, and the scan driver sequentially supplying scan signals to the scan lines for the scan period, a data driver supplying data signals to the data lines in synchronization with the scan signals supplied for the scan period, and a first power source driver supplying the first power source, the first power source having different voltage levels for the initializing period, the scan period, and the emission period. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105409 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A 2D and 3D display device includes a display panel and a barrier panel. The barrier panel includes a first base, a first electrode layer, a first patterned electrode, a second base, a second electrode layer, a second patterned electrode and an electro-enabled material layer. The first electrode layer substantially completely covers the first base. The first patterned electrode is disposed on the first electrode layer and electrically insulated from the first electrode layer. The second base is disposed opposite to the first base. The second electrode layer substantially completely covers the second base. The second patterned electrode is disposed on the second electrode layer and electrically insulated from the second electrode layer, and an extending direction of the second patterned electrode substantially crosses over an extending direction of the first patterned electrode. The electro-enabled material layer is disposed between the first base and the second base. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105410 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A pixel capable of displaying an image with uniform brightness. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source coupled to a first electrode to the OLED, a second transistor coupled between a gate electrode of the first transistor and an initial power source to be turned on when a second scan signal is supplied to a second scan line, a first capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first power source, and a second capacitor whose first terminal is coupled to a first electrode of the first transistor. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105411 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display device including a first voltage generator, a second voltage generator, a timing controller, a level shifter and a display panel is provided. The first voltage generator is configured to generate a gate high voltage. During a first period, the gate high voltage is a first voltage. After the first period, the gate high voltage is a second voltage. The first voltage is higher than the second voltage. The second voltage generator is configured to generate a gate low voltage. According to the gate high voltage and the gate low voltage, the level shifter shifts the voltage levels of the start signal, the clock signal and the inverse signal produced by the timing controller for driving a plurality of shift registers disposed on a substrate of the display panel. The shift registers is configured to output scanning signals in sequence. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105412 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE EMITTING DISPLAY - An organic light emitting display capable of substantially preventing IR drop of a power source wiring line and coupling of data lines is disclosed. In one aspect, the organic light emitting display includes pairs of data lines between adjacent sub-pixels. The data lines are arranged to run parallel with a coupling blocking wiring line provided between each pair. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105413 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FLAT PANEL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A flat panel display apparatus includes a substrate, a display unit on the substrate, a sealing substrate facing the display unit, a sealing member between the substrate and the sealing substrate surrounding the display unit, a wiring unit between the substrate and the sealing substrate with an area overlapped with the sealing member, the wiring unit comprising a plurality of separate wiring members, and a leading unit comprising a main body unit, a connection unit, and an intermediate unit that are integrally formed and where the leading unit is configured to receive a voltage applied to the wiring unit from an external power source. The connection unit is connected to the wiring unit, the main body unit is connected to the external power source, the intermediate unit is arranged between the connection unit and the main body unit, and a width of the connection unit decreases away from the main body unit. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105414 | DRIVING METHOD AND DRIVING CIRCUIT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL - The present invention discloses a driving method and a driving circuit of a liquid crystal panel, which relates to the field of liquid crystal displaying technology, and solves the problem of the ion accumulation in a TFT channel. The driving method of a liquid crystal panel according to embodiments of the present invention comprises: inputting an offset pinch-off voltage to gate scan lines of each row within a vertical blanking period between two successive frames, the offset pinch-off voltage being an original pinch-off voltage plus a predetermined voltage offset; and inputting the original pinch-off voltage to the gate scan lines at the time other than a gate turn-on time and the vertical blanking period. The embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied to the field of displaying of liquid crystal panels. | 2012-05-03 |
| 20120105415 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - Power consumption required for charging and discharging a source signal line is reduced in an active matrix EL display device. A bipolar transistor (Bi | 2012-05-03 |
