19th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110109492 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING PROGRAM - This disclosure provides a signal processing device, which includes a reception signal acquiring module for acquiring reception signals received by a radar antenna, an identifying module for identifying a kind of each reception signal, an extracting module for extracting the reception signal for each kind, and a kind-base signal processing module for performing individual signal processing for each kind of the extracted reception signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109493 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD UTILIZING THE SAME - A control device including a signal emitter, a signal receiver, and a processing unit is disclosed. The signal emitter emits an output signal including a first output component and a second output component. The signal receiver receives an input signal. The input signal includes a reflected component when the first output component is reflected by an object. The input signal includes an emitted component when the second output component is received by the signal receiver. The processing unit compares a first threshold value with the amplitude of the input signal and compares a second threshold value with the amplitude of the input signal when the input signal simultaneously includes the reflected component and the emitted component. The processing unit differentiates the reflected component and the emitted component and invalidates the emitted component according to the compared results. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109494 | RADAR APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an radar apparatus includes a signal processor, a transmitting unit, an antenna, a first receiving unit, and a second receiving unit. The signal processor generates first or second pulses, and generates a control signal having first or second states. The transmitting unit converts the first and second pulses into first and second transmission pulses. The antenna radiates the first and second transmission pulses and receives reflection pulses to generate a reception signal. The first receiving unit includes first and second receiving circuits which processes the reception signal to generate first and second processed signals, respectively, and outputs one of the first and second processed signals depending on the state of the control signal. The second receiving unit processes the one of the first and second processed signals. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109495 | RADAR APPARATUS - The present invention includes: an antenna | 2011-05-12 |
20110109496 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE SURFACES OF SLAG AND MOLTEN METAL IN A MOULD - A method for monitoring the surfaces of slag and molten metal in a mould of a continuous casting apparatus, using radar equipment is disclosed. The radar equipment emits a beam of electromagnetic waves having a bandwidth of at least 20 GHz. This also relates to an apparatus for using the method. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109497 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS - This disclosure provides an antenna device, which includes a waveguide having a rectangular cross-section and formed with a plurality of slots in at least one side face thereof. The plurality of slots are arranged in a tube axis direction. At least one of the plurality of slots is formed with a predetermined inclination angle from a plane perpendicular to a tube axis direction of the waveguide. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109498 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODED BROADCASTING AND ANTENNA RECEPTION, PARTICULARLY FOR RADAR - To reduce radar cells and to improve the detection of a radar system, particularly a high-frequency surface wave radar (HFSWR), the broadcast system (SEM) is capable of broadcasting basic orthogonal signals two by two and each orthogonal to itself, temporally shifted to form, respectively, broadcast radiation patterns, each including main radiation lobes (L | 2011-05-12 |
20110109499 | MODULAR DESIGN FOR A FILL-LEVEL-RADAR ANTENNA SYSTEM - A modular system is for assembling a fill-level radar antenna, a fill-level radar antenna, and o a fill level radar. The modular system comprises several modules that can be interconnected. In this way a host of different fill-level radar antennae may be produced that are optimally adapted to the corresponding conditions. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109500 | RADAR APPARATUS WITH AMPLIFIER DUPLEXER - An amplifier/duplexer for an antenna channel of a radar apparatus, comprises a first hybrid junction having two input/output ports for connection into the antenna channel, and two further ports each connected to a parallel combination comprising an amplifier and switching means switchable between a transmit condition in which it presents an open circuit and a receive condition in which it presents a short circuit so that a signal received in the antenna channel is applied to one of the input/output ports and reflected to the other input/output port each amplifier having an input connected to a respective output port of a further hybrid junction, an input port of the further hybrid junction being configured to receive a signal for transmission so that when the switching means is in the transmit condition the transmission signal is amplified by the amplifiers and delivered through the first hybrid junction to the antenna channel. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109501 | AUTOMATED BEAM PEAKING SATELLITE GROUND TERMINAL - This disclosure may relate generally to systems, devices, and methods for a phased array illuminated reflector dish RF antenna combining a phased array with a microwave reflector dish and using beam steering to align the antenna beam to maximize antenna performance. The phased array may be connected in communication with one of a transmitter, a receiver, and a transceiver. In various exemplary embodiments the phased array illuminated reflector dish RF antenna includes a boom arm supporting the microwave reflector dish and the phased array. In one exemplary embodiment, the phased array only communicates signals with a remote source of the signals via the microwave reflector dish (not directly). The RF antenna system may be configured to be rough pointed by mechanically aiming the RF antenna system, and the RF antenna system is configured to fine tune aim the beam of said RF antenna system by beam steering. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109502 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONSTRUCTION-RELATED DOCUMENTS - A mobile device for displaying construction-related documents, including at least one touch-sensitive display surface, at least one image capture device, a rugged casing, and at least one handle. The device may further include a processor, a storage medium, an optical drive, a global positioning sensor, at least one power source and a plurality of external connection ports. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109503 | Partial Ambiguity Fixing For Multi-Frequency Ionospheric Delay Estimation - A method is suggested for robust estimation of a subset of carrier phase integer ambiguities for precise ionospheric delay estimation. The advantages of this method are the precise estimation of receiver and satellite biases, an increase in the number of reliably fixable ambiguities, and an improved accuracy for the ionospheric delay estimation. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109504 | Alternative Geolocation Capabilities - A global positioning system (GPS) receiver receives signals from at least three or more high-definition television (HDTV) transmitters at HDTV transmitting power and frequency bands. The GPS receiver includes dynamic reconfigurable logic hardware to decode data patterns (i.e., dynamic algorithm patterns) in the received signals to compute and/or identify GPS receiver's physical location. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109505 | GNSS SATELLITE FREQUENCY IS IN GNSS ASSISTANCE DATA STANDARDS - Systems and methods are provided to allow for the use of existing satellite identification parameters generically, so as to allow for Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) identification. In addition, an optional or conditional parameter is linked to the satellite identification parameter for a frequency identification, where frequency identification is indicative of a Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) frequency value. Such a frequency identification parameter is optional as it is needed only for current GLONASS and/or near-future GLONASS (e.g., GLONASS-M) satellites. Hence, utilization of the frequency identification parameter maybe unnecessary and therefore, not included/not linked when considering next generation GLONASS satellites, e.g., GLONASS-K satellites. Additionally, signals supported by particular global positioning system (GPS) satellites can be indicated with the use of generic satellite identification. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109506 | Simulating Phase-Coherent GNSS Signals - A method and apparatus for simulating radio-frequency Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals that are carrier-phase and code-phase aligned with ambient GNSS signals at a user-specified location in the vicinity of the simulator. Such phase alignment allows the synthesized signals to be made to appear substantially the same as the authentic signals to a target receiver, allowing the target receiver to transition seamlessly between authentic and simulated signals. The method is embodied in a device, a phase-coherent GNSS signal simulator, which can be implemented on a digital signal processor for embedded applications. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109507 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED MODULAR PHASED ARRAY TILE CONFIGURATION - An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for phased array antenna communications. A phased array antenna tile includes a plurality of antenna elements. A beamformer module is integrated into the phased array antenna tile. The beamformer module is electrically coupled to each antenna element to process directional signals for the plurality of antenna elements. A plurality of cascadable connection points are disposed along a perimeter of the phased array antenna tile for connecting the phased array antenna tile to one or more additional phased array antenna tiles. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109508 | LOCATION PROOFS - A wireless computing device includes an antenna that is configured to transmit and receive wireless signals. The wireless computing device comprises a transmitter component that causes a first wireless signal to be transmitted to a wireless access point via the antenna, wherein the first wireless signal comprises a request for a location proof, wherein the request for the location proof comprises data that identifies the wireless computing device, and wherein the location proof comprises data that is indicative of a geographic location of the wireless access point. The system also includes a receiver component that receives, via the antenna, a second wireless signal from the wireless access point, wherein the second wireless signal is received by the receiver component subsequent to the transmitter component causing the first wireless signal to be transmitted to the wireless access point. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109509 | ANTENNA MODULE AND CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING THE SAME - An antenna module is adapted for receiving a radio frequency current signal, and includes a radiator unit, a connecting unit, and a ground unit. The radiator unit includes a radiator body, and a feed-in part for receiving the radio frequency current signal. The connecting unit extends from and extends substantially perpendicular to the radiator body, and has one end that is opposite to the radiator body. The ground unit includes first and second grounds parts. The first ground part extends from the one end of the connecting unit, extends parallel to the connecting unit, and has one end that is opposite to the connecting unit. The second ground part extends from the one end of the first ground part, and extends substantially perpendicular to the first ground part in a manner that the radiator body, the connecting unit, and the ground unit cooperate to form a receiving space. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109510 | ANTENNA - An antenna includes a board having a substrate and a ground electrode, electrodes provided on external surfaces of the substrate, a feeding element provided near an end surface of the board. The feeding element includes an electrically insulating base member and a feeding radiation electrode provided on the base member. A non-feeding element including a substantially line-shaped electrode is provided on the board and includes at least one end thereof connected to the ground electrode and electromagnetically coupled with the feeding element. At least part of the substantially line-shaped electrodes is provided on the end surface of the board. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109511 | ANTENNA DEVICE - Provided is an antenna device, including: a substrate formed using a material having a high dielectric constant; and an antenna conductor accommodated inside the substrate, in which the antenna conductor includes: a first metal strip in a plate shape, in which a flat surface shape thereof has two opposing sides; and a plurality of second metal strips extending, from the two opposing sides of the first metal strip, toward one flat surface side of the first metal strip so as to be orthogonal to a flat surface of the first metal strip. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109512 | ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An antenna includes an antenna element in which a predetermined electrode is provided on a dielectric base member and a substrate in which a predetermined electrode is provided on a base. A feed-terminal connecting electrode to which a feed terminal provided on the lower surface of the antenna element, an external-terminal connecting electrode to which an external electrode is connected, and a ground-terminal connecting electrode to which a ground terminal provided on the lower surface of the antenna element are provided on the upper surface of an ungrounded area of the substrate. A chip inductor is connected between the external-terminal connecting electrode and the feed-terminal connecting electrode, and a chip inductor is connected between the external-terminal connecting electrode and the ground-terminal connecting electrode. The shortcut of a current route achieved by each of the chip inductors enables the electrical length of the radiation electrode to be reduced and the resonant frequency in a fundamental mode to be specified independently of the resonant frequency in a harmonic mode. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109513 | MULTI-RESONANT ANTENNA - A multi-resonant antenna having three independent resonance characteristics for three frequency bands includes a first electrode having an open end formed on the top surface of a dielectric substrate of a rectangular plate shape so as to extend from a feeding portion in a first direction (e.g., counterclockwise) along the periphery of the rectangular area; a second electrode having an open end and extending from the feeding portion in a second direction (e.g., clockwise) along the periphery of the rectangular area; and a third electrode positioned such that an open end of the third electrode is closer to the open end of the first electrode than to the open end of the second electrode, and such that the open end of the third electrode is closer to the open end of the first electrode than to a midsection (i.e., half the length) of the first electrode in the longitudinal direction thereof. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109514 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL WITH A MULTI-BAND ANTENNA THAT EXTENDS BETWEEN SIDE SURFACES THEREOF - A wireless communications terminal can include a housing having an interior surface that is configured to enclose at least a controller circuit, a transceiver circuit, and a RF feed circuit and to at least partially enclose a display device and a user input interface. The housing extends between opposing top and bottom surfaces, between opposing first and second side surfaces, and between opposing front and back surfaces. A first radiator line is connected on distal ends to a feed node and to a ground node and extends in a loop across at least a majority of a width of the housing between the first and second side surfaces. The first radiator line resonates in a first frequency range responsive to first electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes. A second radiator line is connected to the feed node and extends away from an adjacent portion of the first radiator line, and resonates in a second frequency range responsive to second electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes. A third radiator line is connected to the first radiator line at a branch node that is spaced apart from the feed node and the ground node, and extends away from an adjacent portion of the first radiator line and resonates in a third frequency range responsive to third electromagnetic radiation coupled to the feed and ground nodes. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109515 | COMPACT MULTIPLE-BAND ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS DEVICES - A compact multiple-band antenna for wireless devices having a plurality of operating frequency bands is provided. In one embodiment, a multiple-band antenna for a wireless device, comprises a ground area; a first radiating member having a first end, an intermediate portion and a second end and cooperatively receiving and substantially radiating RF signals at a first, second and third resonant frequency, wherein said first end of said first radiating member is electrically connected to said ground area and said intermediate portion is electrically connected to a first feed point; a second radiating member having a first end and a second end and cooperatively receiving and substantially radiating RF signals at a first, second and third resonant frequency, wherein said first end of said second radiating member is electrically connected to said second end of said first radiating member; a third radiating member having a first end and a second end and cooperatively receiving and substantially radiating RF signals at a first, second and third resonant frequency, wherein said first end of said third radiating member is electrically connected to said second end of said second radiating member; and a fourth radiating member having a first end, an intermediate portion and a second end and providing a fourth resonant frequency, wherein said first end of said fourth radiating member is electrically connected to said second end of said third radiating member, said intermediate portion of said fourth radiating member is electrically connected to a second feed point and said second end of said fourth radiating member is unconnected. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109516 | Wireless Handheld Electronic Device - A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver circuitry may be connected to the resonating elements by transmission lines such as coaxial cables. Ferrules may be crimped to the coaxial cables. A bracket with extending members may be crimped over the ferrules to ground the coaxial cables to the housing and other conductive elements in the ground plane. The ground plane may contain an antenna slot. A dock connector and flex circuit may overlap the slot in a way that does not affect the resonant frequency of the slot. Electrical components may be isolated from the antenna using isolation elements such as inductors and resistors. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109517 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes multiple first antennas; at least one second antenna used in a different wireless communication system therefrom; a display panel for displaying an image; a panel casing covering the display panel, including the display panel; a placement frame having an upper-face portion disposed on the outer perimeter of the panel casing, and extended horizontally, and a pair of side-face portions, each protruding from a different side-edge portion of the upper-face portion in the direction orthogonal thereto; and an outer frame for covering the outer perimeter and the placement frame of the display panel from the display surface side of the display panel; wherein at least one first antenna is disposed on each of the upper-face portion and one side-face portion of the placement frame; and wherein at least one second antenna is disposed on the upper-face portion or the other side-face portion of the placement frame. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109518 | CAR REAR GLASS ANTENNA - The present invention features a car rear glass antenna which is preferably used for improving a vertical polarization radiation gain for the performance improvement of the vertical polarization radiation gain of the rear glass antenna and extending an antenna bandwidth. The car rear glass antenna preferably includes a plurality of horizontal lines and lattice lines formed in a vertical direction to the horizontal lines, wherein a conductive strip line is printed on a portion of the lattices to make current flow through the portion of the lattices. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109519 | SWITCHABLE MICROWAVE FLUIDIC POLARIZER - A switchable microwave fluidic polarizer is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a switchable polarizer for polarizing radio frequency (RF) signals associated with an antenna, the switchable polarizer including a plurality of radiating elements, an RF feed coupled to the plurality of radiating elements, an antenna input coupled to the RF feed, and an antenna cover disposed in proximity to the plurality of radiating elements, the antenna cover including a dielectric substrate including a plurality of channels for enclosing a liquid metal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109520 | ELECTROMECHANICAL POLARIZATION SWITCH - In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, a method and system for electro-mechanical polarization switching in an antenna system is presented. The antenna system may comprise an integrated waveguide in a transceiver housing, where the waveguide has at least four channels. In an exemplary embodiment, a sliding switch is incorporated into the waveguide. The sliding switch is configured to switch the polarization of the antenna system by physically realigning the waveguide channels. The sliding switch may be electro-magnetically controlled. Furthermore, the polarization switching may be performed to assist in load balancing for a particular frequency and/or polarization combination. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109521 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENT INTEGRATING AN ANTENNA - An electronic device includes a semiconductor component having a support substrate in the form of a wafer. On one side of this substrate integrated circuits including an RF circuit and an antenna connected to this RF circuit are formed. A metal layer is situated on the other side of the substrate, facing the antenna. At least on metal via is provided in a through-hole in the substrate, this via being connected at one end to the metal layer and at the other end to the RF circuit, at the same reference potential node as the antenna. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109522 | Multiband antenna with GPS digital output - A multiband antenna with GPS digital output comprising a housing, a GPS antenna provided in the housing, an AM/FM antenna provided on the housing, at least a GPS receiver provided in the housing and coupled to the GPS antenna and a serial network bus provided in the housing and coupled to the GPS receiver whereby AM/FM signals and GPS digital output is provided from the multiband antenna. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109523 | RADOME SANDWICH PANEL STRUCTURAL JOINT - A radome includes first and second panels disposed adjacent to each other and a fastener. Each panel of the first and second panels includes a core material disposed between first and second skin layers. The core of the first panel abuts the core of the second panel at respective edges. A first skin layer of the first panel extends past the edge of the first panel and overlaps a thinned portion of the second panel defined contiguous with the edge of the second panel. A first opening defined through the first skin layer of the first panel is in alignment with a second opening defined through the thinned portion of the second panel. The fastener extends through the first and second openings to secure the first panel to the second panel. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109524 | Patch Antenna Element Array - A communication network antenna array is described, which includes a first patch antenna element, a second patch antenna element, and a third patch antenna element, wherein the first patch antenna is adapted for transmission and/or reception of electromagnetic radiation polarized in a first direction, wherein the second patch antenna is adapted for transmission and/or reception of electromagnetic radiation polarized in a second direction, wherein the third patch antenna is adapted for transmission and/or reception of electromagnetic radiation polarized in a third direction, wherein the first, the second and the third patch antenna elements are arranged equidistant to a straight axis, and wherein the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction define an acute angle with the straight axis | 2011-05-12 |
20110109525 | Antenna device and wireless communication apparatus having the same - An antenna device includes a dielectric that has a first and a second substantially planar surfaces facing in substantially opposite directions. An inverted-L antenna is disposed at a side of the dielectric. A first conductive member forms a first loop that has a first gap. A planar side of the first loop is disposed facing the first substantially planar surface of the dielectric. A second conductive member forms a second loop that has a second gap. A planar side of the second loop is disposed facing the second substantially planar surface of the dielectric. Each of the first and second conductive members includes a plurality of member components and a plurality of switches, and each of the plurality of switches are provided between two adjacent member components to allow the plurality of member components to be electrically conducted or cut off. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109526 | MULTI-SCREEN IMAGE DISPLAY - Techniques are described for displaying information over multiple display panels. The appearance of multiple points-of-view may be used to display information that would not be displayed because the information corresponds to a gap between the display panels. The appearance of multiple points-of-view may be provided such that information not displayed in one point-of-view is displayed in another point-of-view. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109527 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display apparatus includes a first liquid-crystal display panel, a second liquid-crystal display panel, and a control unit that controls display of an image on the first and second liquid-crystal display panels, and the control unit includes a first image display part causing a first image including a low density part having a low density value and a high density part having a higher density value to be displayed on the first liquid-crystal display panel, and a second image display part causing a second image including a low density part having a low density value and a high density part having a higher density value to be displayed on the second liquid-crystal display panel. When image is observed from within a predetermined angular range with respect to a front surface of the first liquid-crystal display panel, the first and second images overlap to produce a predetermined composite image. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109528 | WEARABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A wearable display adopting a diffractive optical system includes a light source unit to emit light of a plurality of colors having wavelength bands which do not overlap each other; a light guide plate including a light guide portion to guide light incident from the light source unit by reflection, and a plurality of light output portions protruding from a surface of the light guide portion to output the light incident from the light source via a specular reflection as a surface light source. The light incident on a panel type optical modulation device from the light guide plate is modulated according to input image signals. The light emitted from the panel type optical modulation device is diffracted by a first diffractive device to be coupled to the waveguide and propagated by the waveguide. The light transferred through the waveguide is focused by an imaging device to form an enlarged image. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109529 | DISPLAY SYSTEMS HAVING SCREENS WITH OPTICAL FLUORESCENT MATERIALS - Fluorescent screens and display systems and devices based on such screens using at least one excitation optical beam to excite one or more fluorescent materials on a screen which emit light to form images. The fluorescent materials may include phosphor materials and non-phosphor materials such as quantum dots. A screen may include a multi-layer dichroic layer. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109530 | PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MONITORING DISCHARGE STATE IN PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICE - An object is to provide a plasma processing device capable of properly monitoring a state of plasma discharge and detecting a precursor to abnormal discharge, and a method of monitoring the state of discharge in the plasma processing device. In analysis processing for monitoring executed by detecting, by a signal analyzing portion | 2011-05-12 |
20110109531 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode including an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, where the cathode electrode is connected with a second power supply; a first transistor including a gate electrode, where the first transistor is connected between a first power supply and the organic light emitting diode, where the first transistor is configured to control an amount of current flowing from the first power supply through the organic light emitting diode to the second power supply; a second transistor connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode; a third transistor connected between the first transistor and the first power supply; and a storage capacitor connected between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a data line. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109532 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a method for manufacturing the same are described. An exemplary embodiment provides an OLED display including: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; a light emitting unit including an organic light emitting diode and a plurality of first thin film transistors, the light emitting unit being formed in each of the plurality of pixel areas; and a sensor unit including a photosensor and a plurality of second thin film transistors, the sensor unit being formed in at least some of the plurality of pixel areas. Each of the plurality of first thin film transistors and the plurality of second thin film transistors includes an oxide semiconductor layer, and the photosensor includes an oxide photoelectric conversion layer that are made of a same material on a same layer as the oxide semiconductor layer. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109533 | SURFACE LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY - There is provided a surface light source device having a configuration where light sources are arranged on both of a pair of side surfaces of a light guide plate and allowed to independently form nonuniform light emission intensity distributions in which light emission intensity is lower and higher at places closer to and farther from each of the light sources. Light guide control sections controlling guiding of light from light sources are arranged on a reflection surface of a light guide plate. The light guide control section is configured of concave sections, and the concave sections include inclined surfaces facing the light source and inclined surfaces facing the light source, respectively, and the heights of the concave sections increase with increasing distance from the light source. A nonuniform light emission intensity distribution in which light emission intensity is lower and higher at places closer to and farther from the light source is formed by lighting of the light source. As the inclined angles of the inclined surfaces are larger than the inclined angles of the inclined surfaces, an influence of the light guide control section on light from the light source is reduced. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109534 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided an electronic paper display device and a method of manufacturing the same. An electronic paper display device according to an aspect of the invention may include: first and second electrodes facing each other; an elastomer matrix provided between the first and second electrodes and having one or more protrusions spaced apart at predetermined intervals therebetween; and one or more rotary bodies having optical and electrical anisotropy and being disposed within each of the protrusions. An electronic paper display device according to an aspect of the invention includes rotary bodies being densely arranged with a small thickness, thereby improving a contrast ratio and requiring relatively low driving voltage. Furthermore, predetermined intervals within an elastomer matrix provide a space in which the elastomer matrix can be bent, thereby increasing flexibility. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109535 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A direct-viewing type display device includes: a display panel | 2011-05-12 |
20110109536 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR TESTING SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes an interface circuit configured to provide a test enable signal when the liquid crystal display is in a test mode; a timing control circuit configured to provide build in system test (BIST) data signals corresponding to at least one predetermined BIST image and a high voltage stress (HVS) start signal according to the test enable signal; a DC/DC converter configured to generate test-related voltages in response to the HVS starting signal; a data driver configured to provide a plurality of test gray voltage signals according to the BIST data signals and the test-related voltages; a scanning driver configured to provide a plurality of test scanning signals according to the test-related voltages; and a liquid crystal panel configured to receive the test gray voltage signals and test scanning signals. A method for testing an LCD is also provided. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109537 | BACKLIGHT CONTROL FOR DISPLAY DEVICES - A display device backlight comprises at least one LED and a control circuit for controlling the brightness of the LED, wherein the control circuit comprises a drive transistor for driving a current through the LED and a pulse width modulation circuit for controlling the timing of operation of the drive transistor. A compensation circuit provides a first boost current to the gate of the drive transistor during a rising edge of the current profile and provides a second boost current to the gate of the drive transistor during a falling edge of the current profile. This arrangement improves the switching response of the drive transistor by providing boost currents to/from the gate of the drive transistor during the rising and falling edges of the current through the drive transistor (in response to steps in the PWM control signal). | 2011-05-12 |
20110109538 | ENVIRONMENT SENSITIVE DISPLAY TAGS - This is directed to dynamic tags or screen savers for display on an electronic device. The tags can include several dynamic elements that move across the display. The particular characteristics of the elements can be controlled in part by the output of one or more sensors detecting the environment of the device. For example, the color scheme used for a tag can be selected based on the colors of an image captured by a camera, and the orientation of the movement can be selected from the output of a motion sensing component. The tag can adjust automatically based on the sensor outputs to provide an aesthetically pleasing display that a user can use as an fashion accessory. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109539 | BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD BY COMBINING IMAGE AND SPEECH - A behavior recognition system and method by combining an image and a speech are provided. The system includes a data analyzing module, a database, and a calculating module. A plurality of image-and-speech relation modules is stored in the database. Each image-and-speech relation module includes a feature extraction parameter and an image-and-speech relation parameter. The data analyzing module obtains a gesture image and a speech data corresponding to each other, and substitutes the gesture image and the speech data into each feature extraction parameter to generate image feature sequences and speech feature sequences. The data analyzing module uses each image-and-speech relation parameter to calculate image-and-speech status parameters. The calculating module uses the image-and-speech status parameters, the image feature sequences, and the speech feature sequences to calculate a recognition probability corresponding to each image-and-speech relation parameter, so as to take a maximum value among the recognition probabilities as a target parameter. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109540 | ACCELEROMETER-BASED TAPPING USER INTERFACE - A CE device for, e.g., displaying the time can incorporate an accelerometer to provide various features and enhancements. For example, tapping of the housing as sensed by the accelerometer may be used for controlling various application modes of the device. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109541 | Display control device for remote control device - A display control device for a remote control device is disclosed. The display control device is configured to have connection with a display device and a remote control device spaced apart from each other. The display device is configured to display an operation screen having multiple icons for accepting an operation directed to a control target apparatus. When display is switched from a first operation screen to a second operation screen having a different icon arrangement, the display control means shifts an icon selection state from one icon selected on the first operation screen to an initial selection icon pre-set on the second operation screen and causes the display device to display a visual effect indicative of a direction from position of the selected one icon to position of the initial selection icon. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109542 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - An image display device includes: a first audio signal input terminal to which a first audio signal is input from a microphone; and a control section adapted to control power supply from a power supply circuit to the microphone based on type information indicative of whether a type of the microphone to be connected to the first audio signal input terminal is a first type which is requiring power supply or a second type which is not requiring power supply. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109543 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING NAVIGATIONAL VIEWS ON A PORTABLE DEVICE - A portable device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109544 | Display control device for remote control device - A display control device for a remote control device is disclosed. The display control device is connected with a display device for displaying an operation screen having multiple icons and a remote control device spaced apart form the display device. The display control device performs display control in the following way. The display control device displays an identification display mark in association with one icon in a selection state. When an instruction of an operation direction is inputted, the display control device displays a visual presentation indicative of the operation direction on the operation screen by making a change in display manner of the identification display mark, with the identification display mark being displayed in association with the one icon in the selection state. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109545 | Pointer and controller based on spherical coordinates system and system for use - A hand-held pointing device for manipulating an object on a display is disclosed. The device is constructed from at least one accelerometer and at least one linear input element. The accelerometer or accelerometers generate a pitch signal and a roll signal. These pitch and roll signals are used to determine a position on a display. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109546 | ACCELEROMETER-BASED TOUCHSCREEN USER INTERFACE - A CE device for, e.g., displaying the time can incorporate an accelerometer to provide various features and enhancements. For example, tilting of the housing as sensed by the accelerometer may be used for controlling a volume output by an audio display, and/or for controlling a position of a screen cursor relative to underlying presentation on a visual display, and/or for controlling motion of a virtual object presented on the visual display; and/or for rotating a presentation on the visual display to always be oriented up and/or for determining that a person has tapped the housing based on signals from the accelerometer and in response thereto presenting an image of a rotatable object on the display. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109547 | POSITION REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WIDGET - A position remote control system for a widget is disclosed. The position remote control system is utilized for controlling positions of a plurality of widgets on a display device, and includes a remote controller for selecting one of the plurality of widgets and a corresponding target position and accordingly generating a remote control signal, and a display module including a first wireless device for receiving the remote control signal, an interpreter coupled to the first wireless device for interpreting the remote control signal to generate a first display signal, and a display unit coupled to the interpreter for displaying the widget window on a display area of the display device according to the first display signal. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109548 | Systems and methods for motion recognition with minimum delay - Techniques for performing motion recognition with minimum delay are disclosed. A processing unit is provided to receive motion signals from at least one motion sensing device, where the motion signal describes motions made by a user. The processing unit is configured to access a set of prototypes included in a motion recognizer to generate corresponding recognition signals from the motion signals in response to the motion recognizer without considering one or more of the prototypes completely in the motion recognizer. Movements of at least one of the objects in a virtual interactive environment is responsive to the recognition signals such that feedback from the motions to control the one of the objects is immediate and substantially correct no matter how much of the motion signals have been received. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109549 | Control System for a Remote Vehicle - A system for controlling a remote vehicle, the system comprising: a hand-held controller having a plurality of buttons; a display including a graphical user interface having soft buttons; and a processor in communication with the hand-held controller and the display. Buttons of the hand-held controller are mapped to soft buttons of the graphical user interface to allow actuation of soft buttons of the graphical user interface, and the hand-held controller is capable of switching between two or more button function modes, wherein each button function mode assigns different functions to one or more of the buttons of the hand-held controller. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109550 | KEYBOARD/MOUSE SET AND COMPUTER SYSTEM USING SAME - A computer system includes a host, a screen and a keyboard/mouse set. The host is used for controlling operations of the computer system. The display screen is used for showing an operating frame of the computer system. A cursor is shown on the operating frame. The mouse could control a motion of the cursor in multiple resolution modes. The keyboard includes a switch element, which is triggered to switch the resolution modes of the mouse. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109551 | PROMOTIONAL MOUSE PRE-LOADED TO LAUNCH PRE-SELECTED WEBSITE - The present invention provides a computer mouse that provides a one-touch access to a preselected website on the Internet. The computer mouse comprises a shell having a label or other indicia corresponding to a preselected website arranged on the shell, a communication interface for connecting with the computer, and a circuit part arranged in the shell, wherein the circuit part comprises a microprocessor. The mouse further comprises a touch-operated Internet access key provided on the shell for connecting the computer to the preselected website, and wherein the Internet key is connected with the microprocessor of the circuit part, whereby when the Internet key is touched, the microprocessor communicates with the computer to direct the computer to the preselected website. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109552 | MULTI-TOUCH MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MOUSE - A method for combining at least two touch signals in a computer system is disclosed. The method includes receiving touch signals from two touch pads and creating at least two touch signals having coordinates in the same coordinate system. Then, using these coordinates, a computer system generates a touch command message that is recognizable by a computer application program. Also disclosed is, a computer mouse having two touch pads disposed thereon. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109553 | WIRELESS TOUCHPAD MOUSE - A wireless touchpad mouse includes a housing defining a start-up region and a control module mounted in the housing. When the user touches a start-up region of the housing, a switch unit is switched on. When received the switching signal from the switch unit and a static signal from a touch panel, the microprocessor of the control module samples the resonance frequency of the sound wave detected by a sound wave sensor, and drives a transmitter module to transmit a displacement signal indicative of the movement of the housing to an external electronic device for cursor control after recognition of the resonance frequency to be within a predetermined reference value. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109554 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD, USING A DETECTION CAMERA AND OPTICAL POINTER - In an interactive display device and method, a video projector projects an image on a screen. An optical pointer includes a mouse click signal input button and a light source emitting a light beam for pointing to the screen to form a light mark. A detection camera acquires an image from the screen and detects an image from the light mark. A processing system calculates the position of the light mark in the detected image. The optical pointer includes: a contact or proximity detector capable of detecting a contact between one end of the optical pointer and the screen and generating a light mark presence signal; and moreover a radio transmitter capable of transmitting a light mark presence signal to a processing system. The treatment system compared the respective signals for detecting a light mark and light mark presence to deduce therefrom a validation signal for the light mark. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109555 | INTERFACE SYSTEM INCLUDING TRACKBALL - A user interface system includes a display, a user interface including a trackball, a brake assembly configured to cooperate with the trackball to limit rotational movement of the trackball to about predetermined axes, and a control system in electrical communication with the display, the user interface, and the brake assembly. The control system is configured to operate in at least one input status mode including a first input status mode and a second input status mode based on desired directional input of the trackball. The control system includes a trackball control module. When in the first input status mode, the trackball control module communicates with the brake assembly to restrict rotation of the trackball to about a first axis. When in the second input status mode, the trackball control module communicates with the brake assembly to restrict rotation of the trackball to about a second axis. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109556 | SPECIALIZED KEYS AND ARRANGEMENTS THEREOF FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Embodiments of the invention provide an electronic device, such as a laptop PC, with a keyboard having specialized keys. The specialized keys according to embodiments of the invention are chamfer-less, configured with a larger, “D” shaped striking surface having a concavity therein. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109557 | Automatic Enablement And Disablement Of A Cursor Mover - A computer system includes a keyboard having at least one cursor mover, and at least one sensor. The sensor can detect whether a hand is near the sensor. When the sensor fails to detect a hand near the sensor, at least one cursor mover is enabled. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109558 | BUTTON EXTENSION TYPE LETTER INPUT SYSTEM FOR TOUCH SCREEN - A method for inputting key-extension letters is provided. The method is adapted to a touch screen installed to a mobile device or a stationary communication device. The method includes: (1) allocating representative letters to 12 keys, including the number, * and # keys, or to a corresponding number of keys, respectively; (2) arranging, if one of the keys is pressed, keys to which numbers, consonants, vowels, letters, or symbols are allocated, around the pressed key, wherein the numbers, consonants, vowels, letters, or symbols (hereinafter called ‘first related letters’) are related to a representative letter assigned to the pressed key; (3) inputting, when an object (a user' s finger, etc.) moves from the pressed key to other keys to which the first related letters are assigned without losing the contact of the pressed key and then releases the pressing operation from the pressed key or a corresponding key, the representative letter or one of the first related letters assigned to the corresponding key to the touch screen; and (4) arranging, when the key to which one of the first related letters is assigned is pressed, keys to which second related letters, related to a first related letter assigned to the pressed first related-letter key, are assigned, around the first related letter key. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109559 | COMPUTER INPUT SYSTEM AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF - A computer input system and an input method thereof are disclosed. The computer input system includes a storage unit, a representative number obtaining module and a coding module. The storage unit stores four carry radices, and the four carry radix have one-to-one correspondences to an amount of initial consonants, an amount of head vowels, an amount of vowels and an amount of tones of a phonetic notation symbol, respectively. After the representative number obtaining module obtains four symbol representative numbers according to a Chinese character phonetic notation, the coding module generates a coding number of the Chinese character according to the symbol permutation order, the four carry radices and the four symbol representative numbers. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109560 | Audio/Visual Device Touch-Based User Interface - A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates one or both of a touch sensor having a touch surface on which is defined a racetrack surface having a ring shape and a display element on which is displayed a racetrack menu also having a ring shape, and where the user interface incorporates both, the ring shapes of the racetrack surface and the racetrack menu are structured to generally correspond such that the position of a marker on the racetrack menu is caused to correspond to the position at which a digit of a user's hand touches the racetrack surface. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109561 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes rendering an interface area for inputting a first plurality of characters associated with a plurality of locations on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device, detecting, by the touch-sensitive display, a first gesture in a first direction on the touch-sensitive display, associating a second set of characters with the plurality of locations in response to detecting the gesture. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109562 | DECORATING FRAME OF TOUCH PANEL - A decorating frame is formed to a touch panel having a touch sensing unit arranged insulated between a flexible top plate and a substrate. The sensing signal is conducted to a signal processing circuit through conducting wires arranged to edges of the touch sensing unit. The top plate, substrate, and touch sensing unit are transparent thin films. An opaque color frame formed to a peripheral of an upper surface of the top plate covers the conducting wires of the touch sensing unit. The color frame is made of organic or inorganic material by means of printing, to coating, or metal evaporating. The color frame can be also formed to a thin film substrate, and the thin film substrate is attached to the upper surface of the top plate. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109563 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTED TOUCH AREA - A method for adjusting at least a area of a touch screen is provided. The touch panel includes a first touch area and a second touch area, the first touch area is responsive to a stationary touch and corresponds to a first function, and the second touch area is responsive to a sliding touch and corresponds to a second function. The method includes: defining an overlapped touch area including at least part of the first touch area and at least part of the second touch area; receiving a touch input on the touch panel; when the touch input is started from the overlapped touch area, calculating a moving distance of the touch input and a touch time of the touch input; and when the touch time is within a threshold time, and the moving distance exceeds a threshold distance, setting the overlapped touch area to correspond to the second function. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109564 | TOUCH SCREEN INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed is a touch screen input device, which includes a window plate through which a signal is input, a conductive film applied on one surface of the window plate using a conductive polymer, a first adhesive layer applied on one surface of the conductive film, and an anti-noise film applied on one surface of the first adhesive layer using a conductive polymer and thus grounded, so that the conductive film is directly applied on the window plate, thus omitting bonding of an additional film coated with a conductive film to the window plate, thereby preventing the generation of foam and simplifying the manufacturing process. A method of manufacturing the touch screen input device is also provided. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109565 | CORDINATE LOCATING METHOD, COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE - A coordinate locating device capable of locating the coordinates of two or more objects is provided for a display apparatus. The coordinate locating device includes a first detector arranged together with a first light source at a first corner of the coordinate locating device, a second detector arranged together with a second light source at a second corner of the coordinate locating device, at least one reflector configured to reflect light from the first and second light sources, and a mirror arranged on a first edge of the coordinate locating device, configured to reflect mirrored images of two or more objects intruding the coordinate locating device, wherein the first and second detectors detect real images of the two or more objects, and at least one of the first and second detectors further detects the mirrored images of the two or more objects reflected by the mirror. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109566 | TOUCH PANEL WITH PDLC FILM AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE USING SAME - A touch panel and a touch-sensitive display device capable of providing three-dimensional contact detection are provided. The touch panel includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and an insulating layer between the first and second conductive layers. The insulating layer includes a polymer dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) film. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109567 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAYING DEVICE THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a displaying method thereof are provided. The mobile terminal includes a first touch screen which displays a first object, a second touch screen which displays a second object, and a controller which controls display of a virtual keypad on the second touch screen when a touch input is applied to the first touch screen. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109568 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display apparatus is disclosed. Without additional touch device, either the reversed AM structure or a conventional PM structure is provided to combine with the human body's conductive properties and the noise-immune sensing circuit design, thereby to achieve the purpose of displaying images and performing multi-touch detection simultaneously. Thus, the hardware cost and the power consumption are reduced. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109569 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF CONTROLLING LED BACKLIGHT MODULES AND METHOD THEREOF - A method for controlling light-emitting diode (LED) backlight modules applied in an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first display and a second display. The second display includes at least two display areas. Each display area corresponds to one LED backlight module, and each display area displays option icons of an option type. The method includes: determining the file type of a file currently displayed on the first display and determining which of the option types the determined file type corresponds to; determining which of the at least two LED backlight modules the at least one determine option type corresponds to; and outputting control signals to turn on at least one of the determined LED backlight modules. A related electronic device is also provided. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109570 | ELECTRONIC MESSAGE BOARD AND USER INTERFACE THEREFOR - A multi-user electronic message board includes a touch-sensor display screen and a processor. The processor is configured for organizing, storing and displaying data pertaining to time management of multiple household users, and for organizing, storing and displaying multiple lists of data related to the management of domestic life. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109571 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK APPARATUS - A haptic feedback screen device include a case, a screen assembled in the case and having a baffling section extending perpendicular from a surface thereof, a piezoelectric vibrator located in the case with two ends thereof fixed to the case being capable of vibrating parallel to the screen. The piezoelectric vibrator defines a projecting element opposed to the baffling section of the screen for being capable of abutting against the baffling section. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109572 | Touch-Based User Interface User Operation Accuracy Enhancement - A user interface for an audio/visual device incorporates a touch sensor having multiple adjacently positioned control surfaces defined thereon by a processing device in which adjacent ones of the control surfaces share boundaries by which a user may move a tip of a digit from one of the control surfaces directly to an adjacent one of the control surfaces by moving that tip across a boundary shared between them, and in which the surface area of whichever one of the control surfaces a user's finger overlies at a given moment is expanded in size to increase the distance by which the user must move that tip to reposition that tip from overlying that one of the control surfaces to overlying an adjacent one, and is reduced in size to a size corresponding to an absolute mapping when a person does so move that tip. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109573 | Touch-based user interface user selection accuracy enhancement - A user interface for an audio/visual device takes measurements of a touch sensor that are indicative of the current position of a tip of a finger of a user against a touch-sensitive surface of the touch sensor on a recurring basis, maintains a predetermined quantity of those measurements in a storage accessible to a processing device implementing at least a portion of the user interface, and employs measurements taken of the touch sensor at a predetermined amount of time into the past in response to an indication of the user having exerted increased pressure against the touch-sensitive surface via the tip to determine the position of that tip at a time relatively shortly before the user began to exert the increase in pressure. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109574 | Touch-Based User Interface Touch Sensor Power - An apparatus having a touch sensor able to detect the touch of a tip of a digit of a user, having a conductive ring able to detect the approach of the tip towards the touch sensor, having a motion sensor to sense movement of a casing the apparatus, and having components of a controller to place the apparatus in one of a lower power mode after a predetermined period of inactivity has elapsed, a partial power mode in response to an indication of the approach of a tip of a digit, and a higher power state to detect touching of the touch sensor by a tip of a digit. Other forms of proximity detectors may be employed in place of the conductive ring, or the conductive ring may be replaced by one or more elongate conductors positioned about one or more sides of the periphery of a touch-sensitive surface of the touch sensor. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109575 | METHOD FOR CURSOR MOTION CONTROL BY A TOUCHPAD TO MOVE A CURSOR ON A DISPLAY SCREEN - A cursor control method using a touchpad triggers an automatic movement signal for a cursor when an object moves from a first defined region into a second defined region of a two-dimensional touch sensor, or when an object stays in the second defined region for a preset duration after it moves from the first defined region into the second defined region, and define the automatic movement signal with the direction identical to that of the object moving into the second defined region, so that the cursor will keep moving in its last moving direction. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109576 | METHOD OF ADAPTING DISPLAY PARAMETERS OF A DISPLAY DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR AN ON-BOARD DISPLAY DEVICE IN AN AIRCRAFT - A method for adapting display parameters of a display device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109577 | Method and apparatus with proximity touch detection - An apparatus detecting a proximity touch efficiently identifies a gesture which a user uses in the user's daily life and performs an operation corresponding to the gesture. The apparatus detects a proximity touch of an object and generates a detection signal. The apparatus generates detection information including three-dimensional positional information about the object using the detection signal and generates tracking information by tracking the detection information. The apparatus identifies a gesture corresponding to the tracking information by retrieving the gesture from a storage unit and executes an operation corresponding to the gesture. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109578 | DISPLAY AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A display device ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109579 | Touch-Sensitive Display Panel - A touch-sensitive display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, an active pixel matrix, many driving circuits, many sensing electrodes and many color filter layers is provided. The active pixel matrix includes many pixels. The second substrate has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface faces the active pixel matrix. The driving circuits are corresponding to the edges of the pixels for forming many openings. Each driving circuit includes a first main line and a second main line. The first main line has a first end connected to the active pixel matrix and a second end connected to the first substrate. The second main line is connected to the second end of the first main line through the first substrate. The color filter layers are filled in the openings. The sensing electrodes and the driving circuits are used for detecting at least one touch point. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109580 | Wear-Resistant Touchpads - A touchpad for use with a computing device. The touchpad includes a touch-sensitive element, a cover layer that overlies the touch-sensitive element, and a durable protective coating that has been directly applied to an outer surface of the top layer. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109581 | DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF PERFORMING TOUCH-BASED IMAGE SCALING - A digital image processing device is provided that improves operability when performing a scaling up/scaling down operation. Based on a single trajectory when a touch position on a display screen of a display portion moves, a center point and ratio used to scale up or scale down the image are set. In this way, for example, it is possible to scale up and scale down the image by an easy touch operation of simply tracing the trajectory with a single finger (namely, by a single-touch operation). | 2011-05-12 |
20110109582 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a reflective type display device which can display handwritten image at a practical speed regardless of the handwriting input timing, without degrading the display characteristic of electrochemical display elements. The reflective type display device comprises: a first memory for storing a value X of the next display density to be displayed; a second memory for storing a value Y of the display density being displayed; and a driver for applying a write current to the respective electrochemical display element in accordance with a comparison result of the value X and Y. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109583 | Capacitive Touch Screen Panel - Provided is a capacitive touch-screen panel. The capacitive touch-screen panel includes a first substrate having a screen region and an inactive region, a first transparent electrode pattern unit disposed in the screen region of a first lateral surface of the first substrate, a first outer electrode interconnection formed in the inactive region of the first lateral surface of the first substrate and electrically connected to the first transparent electrode pattern unit, a second substrate having a first lateral surface bonded with a second lateral surface of the first substrate using an interlayer adhesive, the second substrate having a screen region and an inactive region, a second transparent electrode pattern unit disposed on the screen region of a second lateral surface of the second substrate, and a second outer electrode interconnection formed in the inactive region of a second lateral surface of the second substrate and electrically connected to the second transparent electrode pattern unit. The capacitive touch-screen panel is configured to sense a touched position with a variation in capacitance due to a contact with the first and second transparent electrode pattern units. As a result, malfunctions from occurring due to a state of contact with an upper portion of an electrode unit of a touch screen and malfunctions and damage from occurring due to scratches and static electricity during a contact with the touch screen may be prevented. Further, the fabrication cost of a touch screen may be efficiently reduced, and the fabrication process of a touch-screen panel may be greatly simplified. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109584 | TACTILE STIMULATION APPARATUS HAVING A COMPOSITE SECTION COMPRISING A SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL - Embodiments of tactile stimulation apparatuses and components of such apparatuses are generally described herein. For example, in one embodiment, a tactile stimulation apparatus is provided. This tactile stimulation apparatus has a composite section comprising an insulation region and a semiconducting region that is proximate to the insulation region. This insulation region is touchable by a body member. Additionally included is a voltage source proximate to the semiconducting region. Here, the voltage source is configured to charge the semiconducting region to an electric potential, which produces an electrosensory sensation on the body member. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109585 | TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR COMPENSATING SENSING CAPACITANCE VARIATIONS AND OFFSET VARIATIONS THEREOF - Provided are a touch screen and a method for compensating sensing capacitance variations and offset variations thereof. The touch screen includes: a touch panel where a plurality of driving lines and a plurality of sensing lines intersect and are wired; a driving unit for activating the driving lines sequentially; an input unit for measuring a sensing capacitance formed in a sensing line corresponding to an activated driving line; a multiplexer for serializing and outputting the measured sensing capacitance; an analog-to-digital converter for sampling the sensing capacitance outputted from the multiplexer by reflecting an initial sensing capacitance as an offset and performing analog-to-digital conversion for the sampling result; and a host processor for determining a touch event in response to the analog-to-digital conversion result. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109586 | Touch-Based User Interface Conductive Rings - An apparatus in which an outer conductive ring surrounds the periphery of a touch-sensitive surface of a touch sensor serving as a manually-operable control, wherein a portion of the outer conductive ring is also between the touch-sensitive surface and another manually-operable control that lacks the ability to sense the mere touch of a tip of a digit of a user. A processing device causes the level of capacitance of the outer conductive ring to be measured on a recurring basis for instances of an amount of additional capacitance above a minimum capacitance threshold, and employs such amounts of additional capacitance in a comparison to distinguish between the user interacting with a control surface defined on the touch-sensitive surface of the touch sensor or the other manually-operable control. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109587 | Touch-Based User Interface Corner Conductive Pad - A touch sensor employing capacitive sensing technology in which a series of conductive pads enabling the detection of levels of capacitance imparted to each of the conductive pads as a result of the close proximity of a tip of a digit of a user, in which adjacent pairs of the conductive pads form slider controls, in which one of the conductive pads is a corner-type conductive pad at which two adjacent slider controls formed by the corner-type conductive pad and each of two adjacent conductive pads forms a corner in the series of slider controls, and in which the series of slider controls perhaps forms a rectangular ring shape loop of slider controls in which there are four of the corner-type conductive pads at which four different pairs of slider controls meet at right angles. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109588 | TACTILE STIMULATION APPARATUS HAVING A COMPOSITE SECTION COMPRISING A SEMICONDUCTING MATERIAL - Embodiments of tactile stimulation apparatuses and components of such apparatuses are generally described herein. For example, in one embodiment, a tactile stimulation apparatus is provided. This tactile stimulation apparatus has a composite section comprising an insulation region and a semiconducting region that is proximate to the insulation region. This insulation region is touchable by a body member. Additionally included is a voltage source proximate to the semiconducting region. Here, the voltage source is configured to charge the semiconducting region to an electric potential, which produces an electrosensory sensation on the body member. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109589 | RESISTIVE FILM TYPE TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING CONTACT IN RESISTIVE FILM TYPE TOUCH PANEL DEVICE - The resistive film type touch panel device includes two resistive films ( | 2011-05-12 |
20110109590 | WINDOW PANEL INTEGRATED CAPACITIVE-TYPE TOUCH SENSOR AND A FABRICATION METHOD THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a capacitive touch sensor and, more particulaly, to a capacitive touch sensor integrated with window panel. The capacitive touch sensor integrated with window panel according to the present invention a transparent window panel substrate; a non-conductive opaque decorative layer formed on a surface of the substrate along the edges of the substrate to define a transparent window area (W) on the substrate; a transparent electrode pattern layer formed over the window area (W) of the substrate and the decorative; and a conductive wiring pattern layer formed at an edge of the transparent electrode pattern layer. The conductive wire pattern layer is disposed in such a manner that it is concealed by the opaque decorative layer. As the touch sensor of the present invention is integrated with the window panel, no additional substrate (PET) on which transparent electrodes are patterned is not required and the thickness of the touch sensor is can be reduced. Also, the touch sensor of the present invention does not require any adhesive for bonding to a separate substrate, which reduces its manufacturing costs. | 2011-05-12 |
20110109591 | TOUCH PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed is a touch panel including a plurality of pixels each including a display element and a photosensor. The display element includes a transistor having an oxide semiconductor layer. The photosensor includes a photodiode, a first transistor, and a second transistor, and the first and second transistors include an oxide semiconductor layer. A driving method of the touch panel is also disclosed by which high-speed imaging is realized. | 2011-05-12 |