20th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100123591 | Universal process transmitter connector - An electrical connector apparatus for use with a field device includes a housing having a first end and a second end, an electrical feedthrough subassembly, and a visual indicator viewable from outside the housing. The first end of the housing is configured to mechanically connect to the field device. The electrical feedthrough subassembly extends through at least a portion of the housing and includes a plurality of electrical conductors configured to provide a removable electrical connection at the second end of the housing and a flameproof barrier disposed between the first and second ends of the housing. The visual indicator has a plurality of illumination modes indicative of a power state of the electrical feedthrough subassembly. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123592 | Warning system for breaking touch screen or display - Disclosed herein are apparatus, method, and computer program whereby a signal generated by a touch screen device is received in response to a tactile input from a user on an input surface of the touch screen panel. In response, presenting information to a user, the information comprising a warning that the user is exerting an excessive amount of force on a surface of the touch screen panel. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123593 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A JUMP LANDING AREA - A jump safety system and method for monitoring a jump landing area is described. The system of examining a landing area associated with the jump includes a camera, a memory, a processor, an image processing module, and a light emitting output. The camera is positioned to generate a camera output that displays the landing area. The landing area has a declining slope angle that reduces a landing force in relation to the slope angle. The image processing module, which is controlled by the processor, determines a landing area clear status by analyzing the camera output and determining the landing area is clear of obstructions. A landing area obstruction status is determined by identifying that there is an obstruction in the landing area. The light emitting output communicates either the landing area clear status or the landing area obstruction status. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123594 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO INFORMATION PRESENTED VIA ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS TO PROCESS PLANT OPERATORS - Example methods and apparatus to draw attention to information presented via electronic displays to process plant operators are disclosed. A disclosed example method to draw attention to information presented to a process plant operator comprises presenting an electronic process plant display, collecting process plant data, processing the process plant data to identify a portion of a process plant, and modifying the electronic process plant display to at least partially obscure substantially all of the process plant display except for the identified portion. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123595 | AUDIBLE, PIEZOELECTRIC SIGNAL WITH INTEGRAL VISUAL SIGNAL - A combined and integrated audible and visual signal. A signal case is constructed of a light transmissive material. The case includes an exposed front end cover with one or more sound transmitting apertures for transmitting of sound out of the case. The case also has a tubular wall extending transversely from the exposed end cover for extending through a hole in a mounting panel. A piezoelectric transducer is mounted within the tubular wall and includes a diaphragm that is spaced from the exposed cover a distance to form an audio enhancing cavity between the diaphragm and the cover. A circuit board is also mounted within the tubular wall and spaced from the diaphragm on the opposite side of the diaphragm from the cover. Light sources are mounted to a surface of the circuit board facing the diaphragm. The tubular wall in the region between the cover and a plane transverse to the tubular wall through the diaphragm is, in the axial direction, smoothly continuous with no angled bends. More preferably, the smoothly continuous wall that has no angled bends extends from the cover all the way to the circuit board and most preferably extends in the axial direction along a straight line. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123596 | Mather Line Monitor - The invention of the line monitor system is illustrated in the drawings labeled FIG. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123597 | FEEDBACK WITH FRONT LIGHT - In one embodiment, a method for providing feedback for a page turn requested on a device is provided. The device may be an electronic book (e-book) device or another device that is configured to display electronic documents. A movement on the display of the device is detected. The method determines that a page turn of the document is being requested based on the movement on the display. The method determines a light-based feedback to indicate that a page turn is being processed. The computing time to process a page turn and display a new page may be slow as perceived by the user. Accordingly, the light-based feedback is used to indicate to the user that the page turn has been received. A plurality of light sources are used to provide the light-based feedback based on a location of the movement. For example as a user swipes his/her finger across a display, light sources that follow the motion of the finger are illuminated to simulate a page turn | 2010-05-20 |
20100123598 | System and Method for Capturing Remote Control Device Command Signals - Methods, systems, and apparatus for identifying protocols. In one aspect, a method includes comparing characteristics of a wireless signal received from a remote control to characteristics associated with a set of protocols. The method also includes assigning a score, based upon the comparison, to each protocol included in the plurality of protocols. The method also includes identifying a protocol from the set of protocols based upon the assigned scores. The identified protocol is substantially similar to a protocol associated with the wireless signal. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123599 | AIRCRAFT COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM - A system for monitoring a volume of space surrounding an aircraft having a plurality of extremity portions includes a plurality of sensors. Each sensor is disposed at a respective corresponding one of the aircraft extremity portions. Each sensor is configured to generate an image of a monitored area covering a predetermined distance from the extremity portion at which the sensor is disposed. A processing device is configured to determine, from an image generated by a first sensor of the plurality, a characteristic of an object within the monitored area covering the predetermined distance from the extremity portion at which the first sensor is disposed. The processing device is further configured to generate a signal in response to determining the object characteristic. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123600 | LED SIGNAL LIGHT - A signal is described that includes one or more LEDs that emit light and a lens that receives and collimates the light from the LED array. A distribution optic receives light from the collimating lens and distributes the light in a predetermined pattern according to a specification. A light absorbing/reflecting element is located in an area proximate the one or more LEDs to minimize light received from an external source from exiting the signal. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123601 | SMALL VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM - A small vehicle detector for determining a size of a vehicle entering a particular area and assigning a rate of charge based on the determined size of vehicle including an entrance for a vehicle to enter the area. The small vehicle detector further includes a vehicle size detector system for determining size of the vehicle. The small vehicle detector also includes a ticket dispenser for dispensing a ticket with the assigned rate of charge based on the size determined by the vehicle size detector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123602 | SMALL VEHICLE DETECTION SYSTEM - A small vehicle detector for determining a size of a vehicle entering a particular area and assigning a rate of charge based on the determined size of vehicle including an entrance for a vehicle to enter the area. The small vehicle detector further includes a vehicle size detector system for determining size of the vehicle. The small vehicle detector also includes a ticket dispenser for dispensing a ticket with the assigned rate of charge based on the size determined by the vehicle size detector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123603 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING THE FUNCTION OF A SAFETY UNIT - A method for monitoring a function of a safety unit, in particular of a bilge blower of a boat with a combustion engine, connected via a manually operated switch to a voltage supply. The current flowing through the safety unit is measured and an acoustic alarm is triggered, if a sensor voltage derived from the measured current falls below a reference voltage. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123604 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT USING MULTIPLE WIRELESS DEVICES - A system and method for controlling a body-scanning device using multiple wireless devices is disclosed. The method includes communicating a secure wireless signal from a footswitch enclosure to a footswitch receiver coupled to the body scanning device in response to an actuation of a substantially flat footswitch zone carried on a footswitch enclosure. Additionally, a wireless signal is communicated from a handswitch enclosure in response to an actuation of a handswitch zone and communicated to a handswitch receiver located in the footswitch enclosure. The wireless signal is then communicated from the footswitch enclosure to the footswitch receiver coupled to the body-scanning device to enable an operator to control the body-scanning device using the handswitch or the footswitch. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123605 | System and method for determining 3D orientation of a pointing device - The present invention is directed toward a system and process that controls a group of networked electronic components using a multimodal integration scheme in which inputs from a speech recognition subsystem, gesture recognition subsystem employing a wireless pointing device and pointing analysis subsystem also employing the pointing device, are combined to determine what component a user wants to control and what control action is desired. In this multimodal integration scheme, the desired action concerning an electronic component is decomposed into a command and a referent pair. The referent can be identified using the pointing device to identify the component by pointing at the component or an object associated with it, by using speech recognition, or both. The command may be specified by pressing a button on the pointing device, by a gesture performed with the pointing device, by a speech recognition event, or by any combination of these inputs. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123606 | KEYBOARD - A keyboard includes a plurality of key tops having areas where light is transmitted; a gear link part provided below the key top and configured to vertically move the key top, a housing part provided below the key top, the housing part being configured to hold the gear link part; a rubber actuator configured to provide a reaction force based on vertical motion of the key top; a membrane sheet provided below the rubber actuator and having a contact, the contact being configured to open and close based on the vertical motion of the key top; a support panel provided below the membrane sheet, the support panel being configured to fix the gear link part with the housing part; a light guide plate provided below the support panel; and a light emitting diode configured to emit the light to a side surface of the light guide plate. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT DATA TRANSMISSION WITH SERVER SIDE DE-DUPLICATION - The invention provides a method and system for reducing redundant data blocks. The method includes encoding a first data block having a first length into a bitstream having a second length, transmitting the bitstream to a server device, and reducing redundant data blocks by decoding the first data block from a first plurality of data blocks and the bitstream where each block in the first plurality of data blocks has a length equal to the first length. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123608 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CODING AND DECODING USING BIT-PRECISION - Discussed are a method and an apparatus of encoding/decoding by using a bit precision. In accordance to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to encoding and decoding an image or a video by using a bit precision. Accordingly, compression efficiency can be improved and the decoding complexity can be reduced by encoding/decoding video data by use of the bit precision. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123609 | Parallel to Serial Conversion Circuit - A parallel to serial conversion circuit includes a plurality of switching units and a voltage output unit providing an operating voltage for the switching units. Each of the plurality of switching units is operable to receive a first clock signal and a second clock signal which have the same frequency, a phase shift exists between the first clock signal and the second clock signal for each of the switching units, and a phase difference exists between the first clock signals received by adjacent two switching units of the plurality of switching units. The plurality of switching units receive data bits of parallel data in sequence according to the phase difference, particularly, each of the plurality of switching units receives one data bit within a time window corresponding to the phase shift. In comparison with the prior art, the inventive solution implement the parallel to serial conversion using a single system clock frequency, so that the complexity and power consumption of the system is reduced. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123610 | DEVICES INCLUDING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS FOR INTERNAL DATA STORAGE LOCATIONS - A device that includes an internal data storage location coupled to an electrical conductor and an analog-to-digital converter coupled to the internal data storage location via the electrical conductor. In some embodiments, the analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator having an input coupled to the electrical conductor and a switch coupled to the electrical conductor. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123611 | SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATION REGISTER ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A successive approximation register (SAR) analog-digital converter (ADC) and a method of driving the same are provided. The SAR ADC includes a first converting unit including a bit capacitor array corresponding to the number of bits and a correction capacitor array, a comparator outputting a high or low voltage corresponding to each capacitor according to an output voltage of the converting unit, and a correction unit correcting the output of the bit capacitor according to the output of the correction capacitor array among the high or low output of the comparator. Therefore, two bits having the same capacitance as a least significant bit (LSB) enable a digital output error to be corrected, so that a spurious free dynamic range (SFDR) of the signal converter is increased, and a signal to noise and distortion ratio (SNDR) of an output signal is improved. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123612 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND DEVICE - An analog-to-digital conversion circuit and device having an input stage arranged to receive an input signal and to provide an output analog signal as a function of the input signal; an analog-to-digital conversion block arranged to receive the output analog signal and to provide a respective output digital signal. The input stage includes a first voltage buffer arranged to provide the output analog signal to the conversion block as the translation of the input signal of an amount equal to a translation voltage; a second voltage buffer arranged to provide a first reference signal to the conversion block that is representative of the translation of a first reference voltage of an amount equal to the translation voltage, so that the conversion block stores the input signal as the difference of the input signal and the first reference voltage regardless of the translation voltage. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123613 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RAPID CONFIGURATION OF A UNIVERSAL CONTROLLING DEVICE - A universal controlling device is provided with one or more buttons which, when activated in a set up mode, serves to initiate a rapid configuration of the controlling device to utilize one of a group of pre-selected command data sets. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123614 | ENERGY STORAGE UNIT FOR A RADAR LEVEL GAUGE SYSTEM - A radar level gauge system comprising power management circuitry for regulating operating power to be used by a microwave unit and a processing circuitry of the radar level gauge system. The power management circuitry comprises a DC-DC converter having an input terminal connected to the interface, an output terminal connected to the microwave unit and the processing circuitry, and a reference terminal connected to an electrical reference point, wherein a first voltage level at the input terminal and a second voltage level at the output terminal relates to a reference voltage level at the electrical reference point. The power management circuitry further comprises an energy storage capacitor connected between the input and output terminals of the DC-DC converter. According to this design, the capacitance of the power management circuitry gets reduced due to that the capacitance is originating from a series capacitance. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123615 | Potential Separation for Filling Level Radar - For safety reasons the potential of an electrical supply line of a radar sensor should be separate from the potential of the filling level container. An arrangement for potential separation for a filling level radar is provided, which arrangement comprises a separation element for insulating the waveguide from the antenna. The separation element, corresponding to the cross section of the waveguide, is ring shaped. In this way rotatability between the sensor housing and the antenna subassembly is provided without influencing the signal line between the antenna and the waveguide. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123616 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device including: a reception antenna that receives radio waves, includes at least three antennas and is arranged so that the phase center points thereof form an isosceles triangle; an arrival direction detection unit that detects an arrival direction of the radio waves by a phase monopulse method; and a phase correction unit that corrects a phase difference between phases of radio waves respectively received by two adjacent antennas among the three antennas based on the relationship of the phases of the radio waves respectively received by the three antennas. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123617 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONOPULSE RADAR TARGET ANGLE DETERMINATION - A method for determining target angles based on data received from a monopulse radar array antenna includes receiving from a beamformer that generates beams from signals generated by the monopulse radar antenna signals having data indicative of a sum beam, an azimuth difference beam, an elevation difference beam, and a delta-delta beam; based on the received signals, determining by the processor an azimuth monopulse ratio, an elevation monopulse ratio, a first complementary monopulse ratio based on the ratio of the delta-delta beam to the delta elevation beam, and a second complementary monopulse ratio based on the ratio of the delta-delta beam to the delta azimuth beam; determining an azimuth angle by the processor based on the azimuth monopulse ratio and the first complementary monopulse ratio; determining an elevation angle by the processor based on the elevation monopulse ratio and the second complementary monopulse ratio; providing an output signal indicative of the azimuth angle; and providing an output signal indicative of the elevation angle. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123618 | CLOSED LOOP PHASE CONTROL BETWEEN DISTANT POINTS - Methods for compensating for phase shifts of a communication signal. The methods involve determining a first reference signal (V | 2010-05-20 |
20100123619 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADAR APPARATUS - An antenna device includes subarray antennas including antenna elements and feeding interfaces. Each feeding interface is connected to each of subarray antennas. The subarray antennas are arranged parallel to each other with an interval on a plane to be symmetrical about a central axis. The interval is less or equal than a free-space wavelength. The central axis is along with the center of two adjacent subarray antennas arranged at middle of the subarray antennas when the number of the subarray antennas is even. Moreover, the central axis is along with one subarray antenna arranged at the middle of the subarray antennas when the number of the subarray antennas is odd. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123620 | NGSO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS FOR EXTENDING OPERATION TIME AND REDUCING NUMBER OF SATELLITES USING ATC, AND ATC AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a non geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) communication apparatus that extends an operation time using an ancillary territory component (ATC) and reduces a number of satellites, and an ATC and an operating method thereof. The NGSO communication apparatus for extending an operation time using an ATC and reducing a number of satellites may include a first ATC that communicates with a mobile earth station (MES), and a second ATC that communicate with the first ATC to relay data between the MES and the satellite when the first ATC is unable to communication with the satellite revolving along an orbit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123621 | Active interference suppression in a satellite communication system - The invention relates to active interference suppression in a satellite communication system, particularly but not exclusively to an apparatus and method for using active interference suppression in order to suppress co-channel interference between user signals in the communication system. The communication system includes a receive or transmit antenna having a plurality of antenna elements, each antenna element associated with a respective antenna element signal. The method includes the steps of calculating complex weighting values for one or more of a plurality of beam signals, adjusting the beam signals in accordance with the calculated complex weighting values and cancelling co-channel interference in at least one of the beam signals using the one or more adjusted derived beam signals to provide an interference suppressed output signal. The complex weighting values can be calculated based on a constant modulus algorithm. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123622 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for determining the location of a mobile device. A first set of signals from a plurality of radio frequency (“RF”) sources may be received at a mobile device and then downconverted into a second set of signals. The mobile device may then time stamp the second set of signals and transmit the time stamped signals to a location determining system. The location of the mobile device may be determined at the location determining system as a function of the time stamped signals. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123623 | Method for adjusting a measurement cycle in a satellite positioning system signal receiver - A method for adjusting a measurement cycle in a satellite signal receiver is described. The method includes adjusting a measurement cycle in a satellite signal receiver by computing a position state comprising at least one of a velocity and a heading of the satellite signal receiver, detecting a change in the position state, and automatically adjusting a frequency of said measurement cycle in response to the change in the position state. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123624 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ELEMENT PHASE CENTER LOCATIONS FOR AN ARRAY OF ANTENNA ELEMENTS - A method for operating a communications system is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of signals at a plurality of antenna elements, the plurality of signals arriving at the array of antenna elements at a plurality of angles of arrival (AOAs) with respect to a reference location. The method also includes calculating a plurality of differential distance vectors between the plurality of antenna elements and the reference location, each of the plurality of differential distance vectors associated with one of the plurality of AOAs and at least one of the pluralities of signals. The method further includes obtaining a plurality of actual phase center locations for the plurality of antenna elements based on the plurality of differential distance vectors and the plurality of AOAs and providing a correction to configuration data for the array of antenna elements based at least on the plurality of actual phase center locations. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123625 | COMPENSATION OF BEAMFORMING ERRORS IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM HAVING WIDELY SPACED ANTENNA ELEMENTS - Systems and methods for operating a communications system. The methods involve computing one or more complex weights to be applied to transmit signals and receive signals by beamformers. The complex weights are based at least on configuration data for the communications system. The methods also involve applying a first plurality of weight corrections to the complex weights based on phasing errors occurring in a communication path inclusive of a control system and antenna elements. The methods further involve applying a second plurality of weight corrections to the complex weights based on phase differences at the antenna elements relative to a reference location for the receive signals. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123626 | MOBILE STATION POSITION LOCATING METHOD, POSITION LOCATING BASE-STATION SELECTING METHOD AND MOBILE STATION POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM - A mobile station position locating system is provided in which having a provisional position locating section sets base station set and locate a position of a mobile station as a provisional position locating result using the base station set. A provisional position locating result-group extracting section extracts a provisional position locating result associated with the base station set not including a specified base station, among provisional position locating results. A variation calculating section calculates a variation σ of a provisional position locating result group with each base station being assigned to a specified base station, and a position locating base-station setting section sets a position locating base station excluding the base station assigned to the specified base station, among the provisional position locating result groups with the least variations. A mobile station position locating section locates the position of the mobile station based on position locating results using the base station set constituted of the position locating base stations. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123627 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING SIGNAL QUALITY IN A GEOLOCATION SYSTEM - In a geolocation system for determining a geolocation of a target emitter, a method for determining the geolocation. The method comprises receiving a signal transmitted from the target emitter at each one of a plurality of sensors; determining whether signals received at n sensors, from among the plurality of sensors, satisfy one or more threshold values related to a condition of the received signals; if signals received at n sensors satisfy the threshold value, commanding m of the n sensors to transmit the signal received thereat or information related to the signal received thereat to a processor; at the processor, determining time difference estimates for the m received signals and determining the geolocation of the target emitter from the time difference estimates. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123628 | Multi-Band Antenna - A multi-band antenna has a base plate which defines a slot longitudinally extending and penetrating through one edge of the base plate to divide the base plate into a feeding portion and a grounding portion. A first radiating portion extends substantially perpendicularly from the feeding portion. A second radiating portion includes a connecting section substantially perpendicularly extending from the first radiating portion and substantially parallel and adjacent to the base plate and a radiating part connected with the connecting section and opposite to the base plate. The radiating part has a first radiating strip, a second radiating strip, a third radiating strip and an extended radiating strip, all of which shows a substantial stair-shape in combination. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123629 | Dual-Polarized Antenna - A dual-polarized antenna includes a grounding plate, a vertically polarized portion and a horizontally polarized portion. The vertically polarized portion has a first connecting portion extending from one edge of the grounding plate, a vertical radiating element spaced at the edge for forming a simulation capacitance therebetween, and a first feeding portion connected to the first connecting portion and the vertical radiating element. The horizontally polarized portion has a second connecting portion extending from another edge of the grounding plate substantially perpendicular to the edge of the grounding plate, a horizontal radiating element spaced at the another edge for forming another simulation capacitance therebetween, and a second feeding portion connected to the second connecting portion and the horizontal radiating element. The two simulation capacitances help to adjust bandwidth and input impedance of the dual-polarized antenna for improving the gain of the dual-polarized antenna. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123630 | MINIATURE ANTENNA - The present invention discloses a miniature antenna that has a simple structure, compact dimension and high efficiency. The miniature antenna is comprised of a dielectric element made of a dielectric material, having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a first electrode layer being laid on the first surface, and a second electrode layer being laid on the second surface. The first electrode layer connected to a signal feeding line and the second electrode layer, connected to a ground plane, are partially overlapped to form a region that functions as a capacitor. Thereby, the miniature antenna can transmit and receive signals. The capacitance and resonant frequency of the miniature antenna can be adjusted via varying the pattern of the electrode layers, varying the thickness or permittivity of the dielectric element or via varying the size of the overlapping areas of the two electrode layers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123631 | Multi-band Antenna for a Wireless Communication Device - A multi-band antenna for a wireless communication device includes a grounding unit coupled to a ground, a first radiating unit, a connecting unit having a first terminal coupled to the first radiating unit and a second terminal, a feeding unit coupled between the second terminal of the connecting unit and the grounding unit for receiving feeding signals, a shorting unit coupled between the second terminal of the connecting unit and the grounding unit, a second radiating unit coupled to the shorting unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123632 | MULTIBAND HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE SLOT ANTENNA - An electronic device such as a portable electronic device may have an antenna and associated wireless communications circuitry. The antenna may be a slot antenna having a dielectric slot opening. The slot opening may have a shape such as a U shape or an L shape in which elongated regions of the slot run parallel to the edges of the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device may have a housing with conductive sidewalls. The conductive sidewalls may help define the shape of the slot. Antenna feed arrangements may be used to feed the slot antenna in a way that excites harmonic frequencies and that supports multiband operation while being shielded from proximity effects. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123633 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AN APPARATUS - An apparatus and method of providing an apparatus, the apparatus including a conductive cover portion defining at least a portion of an external surface of the apparatus; a feed element configured to capacitively couple radio circuitry to the conductive cover portion at a feed point; a ground plane galvanically connected to the conductive cover portion at a ground point; wherein the feed point and the ground point are separated along a length of the conductive cover portion and configure the conductive cover portion to resonate at a first resonant frequency so as to be operable as an antenna in a first frequency band and wherein the first resonant frequency of the conductive cover portion is controlled by the separation between the feed point and the ground point. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123634 | Broadband antenna and an electronic device having the broadband antenna - A broadband antenna for wireless signal transmission of an electronic device comprises a base board, a radiating element, a grounding element, a shorting element, and a feeding point. The radiating element, the grounding element, and the shorting element are disposed on the base board. The radiating element comprises a first slot and a second slot. The second slot is connected to the first slot substantially. The first slot and the second slot are used to adjust the operating band of the broadband antenna. The grounding element is used to ground the broadband antenna. The shorting element is used to connect the radiating element and the grounding element. The feeding point is disposed between an edge of the base board and the shorting element, and the horizontal extended range of the first slot does not exceed the position of the feeding point. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123635 | Tunable Metamaterial Antenna Structures - Apparatus and techniques that provide tuning elements in antenna devices to tune frequencies of the antenna devices, including composite right and left handed (CRLH) metamaterial (MTM) antenna devices. Examples of the tuning elements for CRLH MTM antenna devices include feed line tuning elements, cell patch tuning elements, meandered stub tuning elements, via line tuning elements, and via pad tuning elements tuning elements that formed near corresponding antenna elements such as the feed line, cell patch, meander stub, via line and via pad, respectively. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123636 | COMPACT ANTENNA FEED ASSEMBLY AND SUPPORT ARM WITH INTEGRATED WAVEGUIDE - A streamlined feed assembly and feed support arm for parabolic antennas with circular or linear polarization is disclosed and claimed. The feed assembly contains a septum polarizer with parallel transmit and receive ports, or a similarly configured ortho-mode transducer. Through a common waveguide transition, the ports connect to transmit and receive filters joined together in parallel to form a square-profile structure that serves as the feed support arm. The receive filter terminates in a low noise block downconverter while the transmit filter connects to a waveguide flange at the base of the reflector, which is the output port of an up-converter/power amplifier mounted behind the reflector. Alternatively, the power amplifier is integrated into the feed support arm, connecting to the rest of the transmitter behind the reflector. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123637 | ANTENNA - An antenna includes a substrate, a signal feed portion, and a plurality of radiation units. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface. The signal feed portion is located on the substrate. The plurality of radiation units is located on the substrate, connected to the signal feed portion, and arranged in a radial shape. Each of the radiation units includes a radiation portion and a ground portion. The radiation portion is located on the first surface with one end connected to the signal feed portion. The ground portion is located on the second surface in symmetry with the radiation portion, with one end connected to the signal feed portion. A plurality of dipole antennas connected in parallel to the signal feed portion, so as to avoid a zero point generated on the single dipole antenna, such that a wave width of the antenna radiation has a large angle. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123638 | MONOPOLE ANTENNA - The invention discloses a monopole antenna for assembly within a wireless communication device to transmit and exchange data signals. The monopole antenna includes a main body, a feed portion, a grounding portion, a first transmitting body and a second transmitting body. The feed portion and the grounding portion are disposed on the main body. A first transmitting body is a high frequency path extending outwardly from the main body and a second transmitting body is a low frequency path extending outwardly from the main body. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123639 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY WITH THREE-DIMENSION CONNECTING ELEMENT - An antenna assembly includes a grounding element with a first edge and a second edge, a first antenna and a second antenna. The first antenna and the second antenna respectively extend from the first side edge and the second side edge of the grounding element, and each includes a connecting element with an opening, a radiating element upward extending from the connecting element and a feeding line. The two openings of the two antennas respectively face two opposite directions. The radiating element of the first antenna is above the second side edge of the grounding element, and the radiating element of the second antenna is above the first side edge of the grounding element. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123640 | Apparatus, method and computer program for wireless communication - An apparatus comprising: a ground plane configured to receive an antenna, operable in a first resonant frequency band, at a first end of the ground plane; and a member configured to electromagnetically couple with the antenna, provide the ground plane with an electrical dimension, in combination with the antenna, having a resonant mode at the first resonant frequency band, and to reduce current distribution at a second end of the ground plane, different to the first end. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123641 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA - A multiband antenna includes a first antenna unit for receiving/sending wireless signals having higher frequencies and a second antenna unit for receiving/sending wireless signals having lower frequencies than those frequencies received/sent by the first antenna unit. The first antenna unit includes a first main portion, a first resonating portion and a first connecting portion connected in order and positioned in a same plane. The second antenna unit includes a second connecting portion, a second resonating portion and a second main portion connected in order. The second connecting portion is coplanar with the first connecting portion, the second resonating portion is perpendicular to the second connecting portion, and the second main portion is perpendicular to both the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123642 | MULTI-BAND MONOPOLE ANTENNA FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A multi-band monopole antenna for a mobile communications device includes a common conductor coupled to both a first radiating arm and a second radiating arm. The common conductor includes a feeding port for coupling the antenna to communications circuitry in a mobile communications device. In one embodiment, the first radiating arm includes a space-filling curve. In another embodiment, the first radiating arm includes a meandering section extending from the common conductor in a first direction and a contiguous extended section extending from the meandering section in a second direction. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123643 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH SECONDARY SCREEN FOR SOFT KEY DESCRIPTORS - A handheld electronic device, including a first device including a keypad including at least one soft key, the functionalities of the at least one soft key being indicated by corresponding at least one soft key descriptor, and a second device, insertable within the first device, including a processor for operating in cooperation with the keypad, when the second device is fully inserted within the first device, and a soft key screen for displaying the at least one soft key descriptor, wherein each of the at least one soft key descriptor is displayed proximate the location of its corresponding soft key on the keypad, when the second device is fully inserted within the first device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123644 | APPARATUS INCORPORATING AN ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - Apparatus comprises an electronic display, a processor coupled to the electronic display and configured by software to divide the electronic display into first and second display portions, a frame member including at least two surround members and a divider member. The frame member is secured adjacent the electronic display so that the surround members provide a surround to at least two opposite edges of the electronic display and such that the first display portion of the electronic display is on an opposite side of the divider member to the second display portion of the electronic display, and wherein the processor is configured by software to control the display to provide a first image in the first display portion and a second image in the second display portion, the second image being independent of the first image. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123645 | UNIFIED NETWORK OF DISPARATE DISPLAY NETWORKS - A unified network of disparate display networks for displaying content provided by content providers through a service provider. Properties of disparate display network providers are defined by a service provider. Contents are then received from content providers. Further, the contents are filtered according to a set of predefined criteria and permissible display contents are selected based on the predefined criteria. These permissible display contents are displayed on display devices associated with disparate display networks of disparate display network providers. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123646 | Handheld device with a user interface - A handheld device has a first body part with a first user interface element and a second body part with a second user interface element, and a link mechanism configured to interconnect the first body part and the second body part movably by a user between a first configuration and a second configuration. The first body part and the second body part being stacked in a first order in the first configuration and in a second order opposite to the first order in the second configuration. Each body part has a user interface on its upper surface so that either one can be exposed to a user by changing between the first and second configurations. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123647 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes: a display panel including gate lines, data lines and pixels; a gate driver connected to the gate lines and which transmits a first gate signal and a second gate signal to the gate lines; and a data driver connected to the data lines and which transmits a normal data signal and an impulsive data signal to the data lines. The pixels receive the normal data signal in response to the first gate signal and receive the impulsive data signal in response to the second gate signal. The gate lines are divided into a first group and a second group adjacent to the first group. An order in which the first gate signal is transmitted to the gate lines in the first group is different from an order in which the first gate signal is transmitted to the gate lines in the second group. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123648 | TONESCALE COMPRESSION FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY - A method for controlling an electroluminescent display to produce an image for display that has reduced luminance to reduce burn-in on the display while maintaining visible contrast, includes providing the electroluminescent (EL) display having a plurality of EL emitters, the luminance of the light produced by each EL emitter being responsive to a respective drive signal; receiving a respective input image signal for each EL emitter; and transforming the input image signals to a plurality of drive signals that have a reduced peak frame luminance value but maintains contrast in the displayed image to reduce burn-in by adjusting the drive signals to have reduced luminance provided by each pixel with the luminance decrease in a shadow range being less than the luminance decrease in a non-shadow range. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123649 | COMPENSATED DRIVE SIGNAL FOR ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY - Compensation is performed for initial nonuniformity or aging of drive transistors and electroluminescent (EL) emitters in 3T1C EL subpixels of an EL display, such as an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. A readout transistor connected to the EL emitter is used to readout the voltage of the emitter and compensation for ΔV | 2010-05-20 |
20100123650 | Portable Electronic Device - A portable electronic device used for connecting to a remote server includes an identification module, a signal transceiver module, an electro-phoretic display (EPD) and a power supply module. The signal transceiver module is used for transmitting an identified data received by the identification module to the remote server and receiving a data signal from the remote server. The EPD is used for displaying the data signal received by the signal transceiver module. The power supply module is electrically connected to the identification module, the signal transceiver module and the EPD for supplying power to them. The portable electronic device may connect to different financial locations according to user choices, so the latest financial information of user may be provided by the portable electronic device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123651 | METHOD FOR DIMMING ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY - A method for controlling an electroluminescent display to produce first and second images for display wherein the second image has reduced luminance to reduce burn-in on the display, includes providing the electroluminescent (EL) display having a plurality of EL emitters, the luminance of the light produced by each EL emitter being responsive to a respective drive signal; receiving a respective input image signal for each EL emitter for each of a plurality of frames; transforming the input image signals for a first frame to provide a plurality of first drive signals to produce an image on the display; and transforming the input image signals for a second frame to a plurality of second drive signals using a dimming transform that operates on the input image signals for each frame to provide a peak frame luminance value for the second frame wherein the dimming transform includes an exponential function. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123652 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and an LCD panel thereof are provided. The structure of the pixel array of the present LCD panel is the half source driving (HSD) structure, and by which skillfully layout the coupled relationship between each pixel and each data line, and thereupon the present LCD panel adopting the driving manner of the column inversion can be achieved the display effect of the dot inversion. Therefore, the present invention can substantially reduce the power consumption of the source driver. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123653 | Apparatus for Providing Grayscale Voltages and Display Device Using the Same - An apparatus for providing grayscale voltages and a display device using the same are provided. The display device includes a grayscale voltage provider that provides grayscale voltages using a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage in accordance with a selection signal. A data driver applies data voltages to data lines using the grayscale voltages and an image signal. A gate driver successively provides a gate-on voltage to the gate lines. A display panel displays an image for each frame using the data voltages and the gate-on voltage. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123654 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - To suppress a malfunction of a circuit due to deterioration in a transistor. In a transistor which continuously outputs signals having certain levels (e.g., L-level signals) in a pixel or a circuit, the direction of current flowing through the transistor is changed (inverted). That is, by changing the level of voltage applied to a first terminal and a second terminal (terminals serving as a source and a drain) every given period, the source and the drain are switched every given period. Specifically, in a portion which successively outputs signals having certain levels (e.g., L-level signals) in a circuit including a transistor, L-level signals having a plurality of different potentials (L-level signals whose potentials are changed every given period) are used as the signals having certain levels. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123655 | Optical trace detecting module - An optical trace detecting module is disposed in a computer input device. The computer input device is able to displace on a plane relatively, and has a light-pervious plate used for an object to contact with and move on a surface thereof. The optical trace detecting module includes a circuit board, a first projection set, a second projection set, and at least one optical path diverting element. An optical sensor is electrically disposed on the circuit board. The first projection set is opposite to the light-pervious plate. The second projection set is opposite to the plane. The optical path diverting element is disposed between the two projection sets and the optical sensor, so as to direct the sensing beams emitted by the two projection sets to reach the optical sensor, thereby generating corresponding control signals. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123656 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INPUTTING FORCE INTENSITY AND ROTATION INTENSITY BASED ON MOTION SENSING - Provided is an input device for operating in a three-dimensional space and inputting user instructions. The input device includes a first operation unit that calculates a first rotation angle in a coordinate system independent of the attitude of the device based on the output value of a first sensor, a second operation unit that calculates a second rotation angle in the coordinate system based on the output value of a second sensor, an attitude angle measuring unit that calculates the attitude angle of the input device by combining the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle, and an intensity calculation unit that calculates force intensity in the coordinate system using acceleration of the input device and the attitude angle of the input device obtained in the attitude measuring unit. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123657 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus executes a variety of processing operations in accordance with a user's operation detected by an operation detection device. The apparatus generates a data set from a data group in accordance with a predetermined condition. The apparatus determines the content of processing corresponding to the motion detected by the operation detection device. The apparatus adjusts the data set by increasing or decreasing data included in the data set generated, based on the determined processing. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123658 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE WITH NON-LINEAR ACTIVE AREAS - A portable communication device includes a touch-sensitive input device that is configured to include a substantially V-shaped active area. The portable communication device is configured to facilitate character selection and navigation by sensing the user's thumb position on and movement along the substantially V-shaped active area. The portable communication device is configured to provide keypad functionality via the touch-sensitive input device without a graphical representation of character keys and/or navigation keys represented on the touch-sensitive input device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123659 | IN-AIR CURSOR CONTROL - Embodiments related to in-air cursor control solutions are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of moving a cursor on a display. The method comprises receiving an external motion signal from an image sensor that is external to a handheld cursor control device, receiving an internal motion signal from a motion detector internal to the handheld cursor control device, and sending an output signal to the display to change a location of the cursor on the display based upon the external motion signal and the internal motion signal. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123660 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INPUTTING A USER'S INSTRUCTIONS BASED ON MOVEMENT SENSING - Provided is a user instruction input device operating in a three-dimensional space. The user instruction input device includes a first sensor that senses the angular rate of the device centering on at least one axis, a second sensor that senses the acceleration of the device at least for one direction, and a processing unit that calculates a first rotation angle in a coordinate system independent of the attitude of the first device from the output value of the first sensor, calculates a second rotation angle in the coordinate system from the output value of the second sensor, and calculates the final attitude angle by combining the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123661 | SLIDE PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PERFORMING THE SAME - A slide presentation system and a method of performing the same which are capable of providing a real-time interaction among conference presenter and attendees are disclosed. When a projector projects at least one slide to as map a screened image generated from a host, an image identifying unit identifies a pointer after an image capturing unit imaging the content expressed on the projected slide. After the pointer is identified, an orienting unit detects a two-dimension coordinate value with reference to where the pointer is pointed on the projected slide as the same as the screened image of the host. Then, the two-dimension coordinate values are transmitted to the host for determining an action of the pointer according to the two-dimension coordinate value with reference to the screened image of the host. By the present invention, the pointer pointing on the projected slide can be directly implemented as functioning a mouse. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE ON A MOBILE DEVICE - An approach provides for a user interface on a mobile device. A keystroke combination is detected between at least a modification key and a particular key of a keypad. An associated input is determined based on the step of detecting. The modification key is included on a first face of the mobile device and the keypad is included on a second face of the mobile device, the first face and the second face substantially face opposite directions. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123663 | Wireless keyboard base and portable electronic device - A wireless keyboard base includes a base, a wireless keyboard and a plurality of magnets. The base has a groove to accommodate an edge of an electronic device. The wireless keyboard is disposed on the base and has a wireless communication module to exchange information data with the electronic device. The plurality of magnets are disposed within the groove to magnetically attract the edge of the electronic device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123664 | METHOD FOR OPERATING USER INTERFACE BASED ON MOTION SENSOR AND A MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE USER INTERFACE - The present invention relates to a method of operating a user interface (UI) based on a motion sensor and a mobile terminal using the same. The method of operating a UI of a mobile terminal including a touch sensor and a motion sensor includes identifying an input of a mode conversion key, activating the motion sensor, and converting a UI mode to a motion mode. The mobile terminal having a touch sensor and motion sensor may include a display unit and a controller. The display unit may display an application execution screen. The controller may activate the motion sensor if mode conversion is requested in an activated state of the touch sensor, and may activate the touch sensor if mode conversion is requested in an activated state of the motion sensor. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123665 | Displays for Mobile Devices that Detect User Inputs Using Touch and Tracking of User Input Objects - A mobile device includes a touch-sensitive display screen including an array of electromagnetic radiation detectors. The array of electromagnetic radiation detectors is configured to generate an image of a user input object when the user input object is spaced apart from the display, and the touch-sensitive display is further configured to generate a touch signal in response to the display screen being touched by the user input object. The mobile device further includes a controller configured to identify use input gesture from a combination of the image of the user input object and the touch signal. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123666 | USER-MODIFIABLE CASING FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The invention relates to a casing for a portable communication device, comprising at least one layer of an electrical conducting material adapted to change its appearance. The layer is connected to an outer surface of the casing. A control unit is adapted to receive an input signal and as a result produce a control signal where the layer is adapted to receive the control signal and to change its appearance depending on the control signal, and thereby change the appearance of said casing. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123667 | Touch input device, portable device using the same and method of controlling the same - Provided are a touch input device capable of acquiring information on whether a pointing object touches a touch panel, information on a touch point of the pointing object touching the touch panel and information on the magnitude of touch force of the pointing object and a method of controlling the same. The touch input device includes a touch panel having a plurality of electrically separated upper electrode strips formed on one side thereof and touched by a pointing object, a first switch electrically connecting the plurality of upper electrode strips to form a single electrode or two electrodes, and an information generator generating at least one of information on a touch point of the pointing object and information on the magnitude of touch force of the pointing object and information on whether the pointing object approaches the touch panel on the basis of a signal received from the touch panel according to a switched state of the first switch. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123669 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE DATA - A wireless communication terminal is provided. The wireless communication terminal includes a display that includes a touch screen configured to recognize touch inputs; a memory configured to store image data; and a controller configured to communicate with the memory, the display, and the touch screen. The controller is further configured to display at least a portion of the image having a first scale in the display, wherein the controller defines a reference line associated with the displayed portion of the image and recognizes a first touch input to define a manipulation region associated with the reference line where a portion of the image in the manipulation region is gradually removed or reinstated in response to a movement of the first touch input relative to the reference line, while maintaining the same first scale of the image that is displayed outside of the manipulation region. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123670 | Touch Screen Sensor - A two-dimensional touch sensor comprising a plurality of electrodes arranged in a mesh pattern on a substrate. Each electrode is formed by interconnected metal traces, the metal being intrinsically opaque, but the metal traces being sufficiently narrow to be practically invisible. The metal traces have a width less than or equal to 10 μm and occupy less than or equal to 5% of the area of each electrode. The electrodes can be deposited additively via a printing process, for example using copper as the metal. The narrow width of the tracks allows the film to be highly transparent, since the electric field used in capacitive touch screens can be made to propagate with very low metal densities. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123671 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A touch panel includes a transparent base board, a mesh-shaped sensor portion formed on the base board and made of piezoelectric materials, a mesh-shaped black matrix formed on the sensor portion; and a pixel portion formed on portions of the base board exposed from the sensor portion and the black matrix for displaying images. When the base board is touched, the sensor portion transforms the pressure on the base board into piezoelectric signals for inputting operating instruction. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123672 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting unit on the substrate; a sealing substrate sealing the organic light emitting unit; and a touch panel on the sealing substrate, and configured for polarizing light, wherein the touch panel includes a first film on the sealing substrate and a second film spaced from the first film and on the first resistive layer. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123673 | TOUCH TYPE ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch type electrophoretic display device includes: a first substrate on which a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines cross to define a plurality of pixels; a plurality of sensing signal lines formed to be parallel to the data lines on the first substrate; a plurality of first touch driving voltage lines formed to be parallel to the gate lines; a driving thin film transistor (TFT) formed at each pixel so as to be connected to the gate lines and the data lines; a pixel electrode formed at each pixel so as to be connected to the driving TFT; a switching TFT formed at each pixel so as to be connected to the sensing signal lines and the gate lines; a lo photo TFT formed in each pixel so as to be connected to the first touch driving voltage lines and the switching TFT and serving to recognize an applied touch; a second substrate attached to the first substrate in a facing manner; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; an electrophoretic film formed between the first and second substrates; a lead-out driver for detecting a position of the photo TFT when a sensing signal is transferred via the switching TFT in a corresponding pixel and the sensing signal lines according to an operation of the photo TFT, and outputting touch data; a gate control signal generating unit for outputting a second gate control signal indicating a touch mode operation when touch data is not inputted from the lead-out driver, and outputting a first gate control signal indicating a driving mode operation for converting an image if it is determined that a touch has been applied upon receiving touch data from the lead-out driver; and a gate driver for driving the gate lines upon receiving the first or second gate control signal from the gate control signal generating unit, wherein a timing at which each gate line is turned on and off when the gate driver receives the first gate control signal and a timing at which each gate line is turned on and off when the second gate control signal is received are different. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123674 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including at least a first sensing string and at least a second sensing string is provided. The first sensing string arranged in a first direction includes first sensing pads electrically connecting with each other and at least a first connecting pattern. The first connecting patterns are located between two adjacent first sensing pads. The second sensing string does not contact the first sensing string and is arranged in a second direction which crosses with the first direction. The second sensing string includes second sensing pads and at least a second connecting pattern. The second sensing pads electrically connected with one another are located among the first sensing pads. The second connecting pattern is located between two adjacent second sensing pads. Resistivities of the first connecting pattern and the second connecting pattern are lower than those of the first sensing pad and the second sensing pad respectively. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123675 | TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a transparent conductive layer disposed on the second surface of the substrate. The transparent conductive layer is disposed in a pattern so that the transparent conductive layer includes a plurality of discrete conductive pads, with the pads being conductively connected to at least one connecting region of the substrate via respective conductive traces. The pads are associated with respective buttons of a display device disposed at the substrate, such that the user may touch or approach the substrate and pads at selected areas in response to the displayed buttons as viewed by the user through the pads and substrate. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123676 | DUAL INPUT KEYPAD FOR A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A keypad input device includes a plurality of dual-input keys. One input is a capacitive input that may sense an input instrument proximate the key. The other input is a tactile input that responds to physical pressing of the key. The capacitive input typically may be used for navigation type functions. The tactile input may be employed for inputs typically associated with a particular input key. A user may manually select either a tactile input mode or capacitive input mode depending upon the user input preference. The device also may have an auto mode that automatically selects the capacitive or tactile input mode based on the operational state of the device or based on a characteristic of the input. Key inputs are executed commensurate with the automatically determined or user selected input mode. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123677 | USER INTERFACES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - Apparatus comprising one or more inputs configured to receive a configurable control signal from a configurable signal generator; and a non-calibrated touch input signal from a touch sensor. Said non-calibrated touch input signal generated by detecting both internal and external forces applied to the touch sensor. The apparatus also comprises a calibrator configured to process the non-calibrated touch input signal and the configurable control signal to remove the contribution of the internal forces from the non-calibrated signal to generate a calibrated signal, the calibrated signal for use in the detection of an external force applied to the touch sensor. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123678 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING CONTACT LOCATION AND INTENSITY OF FORCE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a touch input device and a method of acquiring a contact location and the intensity of force using the same. The touch input device may include a touch panel with which a pointing object is brought in contact, a location-processing unit for receiving a signal regarding a contact location from the touch panel and processing information about the contact location of the pointing object, an intensity-processing unit for receiving a signal regarding a change in capacitance between an upper electrode layer of the touch panel and the pointing object from the touch panel and processing information about an intensity of force of the pointing object, and a switching unit for selectively electrically connecting the location-processing unit and the intensity-processing unit to the touch panel, so that information about the location and the intensity of force, of the pointing object, can be acquired. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123679 | INPUT MODULE WITH CAPACITANCE SENSORS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE INPUT MODULE AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING ALGORITHM FOR PROCESSING TOUCH INPUT APPLIED TO THE INPUT MODULE - Disclosed herein are a mouse with capacitance sensors, a method for manufacturing the mouse and a method for constructing an algorithm for processing an input corresponding to force applied by a user's finger to the mouse. The mouse with capacitance sensors includes a bottom plate having a center point, a plurality of electrodes formed at regular intervals on the top face of the bottom plate and arranged apart from the center point of the bottom plate by an equal distance, a top plate bonded to the top faces of the electrodes and deformed by force applied by a pointing object, and an adhesive layer formed around the top plate and the bottom plate to combine the top plate and the bottom plate. When the pointing object touches the top plate, capacitance sensors are formed between the pointing object and the electrodes to recognize a travel distance, a travel direction and a moving speed of a cursor through the magnitude and direction of force applied by the pointing object. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123680 | SENSING ELECTRODE LAYER AND DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a display medium. The display medium is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate has a pixel array. The second substrate includes first sensing electrodes arranged in a first direction and second sensing electrodes arranged in a second direction. Each of the first sensing electrodes is formed by alternately arranging first upper sensing electrode patterns and first lower shading electrode patterns. Each of the first upper sensing electrode patterns is electrically connected to the adjacent first lower shading electrode patterns. Each of the second sensing electrodes is formed by alternately arranging second upper sensing electrode patterns and second lower shading electrode patterns. Each of the second upper sensing electrode patterns is electrically connected to the adjacent second lower shading electrode patterns. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123681 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch panel and a touch display panel are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate on which a touch layer and a color filter layer are disposed. The touch layer includes touch electrodes, signal lines, and a shielding layer. Each signal line is electrically connected only to one touch electrode. The touch display panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate having a touch area and a non-touch area, and a liquid crystal layer. The color filter substrate includes touch electrodes, signal lines, color filter patterns, and a shielding layer which has transparent areas. The touch electrodes are disposed in the touch area and above the shielding layer. The signal lines are disposed above the shielding layer. Each signal line is connected only to one touch electrode. The color filter patterns are disposed above the touch electrode and correspond to the transparent areas of the shielding layer. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123682 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel | 2010-05-20 |
20100123683 | WAVEGUARD TOUCH PANEL - A method and apparatus are provided for detecting activation of a touch panel ( | 2010-05-20 |
20100123684 | SENSING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A sensing circuit includes: a data generating section for generating data representing the amount of light received by a plurality of optical detection circuits, which are provided in a detection region, for each unit period on the basis of detection signals output from the plurality of optical detection circuits; a setting section for variably setting a differential unit period number which is the number of unit periods between two unit periods having a difference to be acquired; a difference data generating section for sequentially generating difference data between the data, which is generated by the data generating section in the current unit period, and the data, which is generated by the data generating section in the unit period previous to the current unit period by the differential unit period number, for each of a plurality of the unit periods; and an approach detecting section for detecting whether or not an object is approaching the detection region on the basis of the difference data generated by the difference data generating section. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123685 | TACTILE PRESENTATION TOUCH SCREEN AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - A tactile presentation touch screen and a display device having the same is disclosed. The tactile presentation touch screen in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes a transparent piezoelectric body, a plurality of transparent electrodes, which are coupled to the transparent piezoelectric body such that the transparent piezoelectric body is divided into grids, and a touch screen unit, which is coupled to one surface of the transparent piezoelectric body. Thus, the tactility of the touch screen can be improved by deforming the transparent piezoelectric body corresponding to an area pressed by the user. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123686 | PIEZORESISTIVE FORCE SENSOR INTEGRATED IN A DISPLAY - A device may include a substrate including an input device on a substrate and at least one piezoresistive sensor formed on the substrate outside the area of the input device. A device may include a display formed on a substrate, at least one piezoresistive sensor formed on the substrate, and a processor to calculate an applied force and activate a force response based on the calculated applied force. A method may include monitoring resistance associated with one or more piezoresistive sensors to detect changes in a force applied to a display device, detecting a change in resistance associated with the one or more piezoresistive sensors, calculate a force applied to the display device based on the detected change in resistance, activating a force response in proportion to the change in resistance detected, and displaying a result of the force response via the display device. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123687 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes: an acquisition portion that acquires position/direction information indicative of a position and a direction of a projection device; a selection portion that selects at least one piece of drawing data from a plurality of pieces of drawing data relating to parts provided in an object; a generation portion that generates a projection drawing from the drawing data selected by the selection portion; a conversion portion that calculates a distance between the object and the projection device, and a direction of the projection device from the position/direction information, and converts the projection drawing into a perspective drawing by using the calculated distance and the calculated direction; and a control portion that controls the projection device so as to project the perspective drawing onto the object. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123688 | TOUCH PEN AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A portable electronic device includes a touch pen comprising a main body, a first pen head, a first elastic member, and a first sleeve. The first elastic member interconnects the main body and the first pen head. The first sleeve is slidably sleeved on the main body or the first elastic member so as to expose at least a part of the first elastic member. The first elastic member is bendable. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123689 | E-paper external control system and method - A method for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to: obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly and sending one or more application related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123690 | SOURCE DRIVER FOR DISPLAY DEVICES - A source driver for display devices includes line pair driving blocks. Each of the line pair driving blocks includes a de-multiplexing portion for de-multiplexing first and second digital data to generate first and second de-multiplexing data, a decoding portion for decoding the first and second de-multiplexing data to generate first and second analog data, and a multiplexing portion for multiplexing the first and second analog data to generate first and second gradation voltages. In the source driver, the de-multiplexing portion is controlled by signals having information of loading timing for the digital data and information of polarity for the gradation voltages. | 2010-05-20 |
20100123691 | DRIVING CIRCUIT, RECORDING HEAD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving circuit includes: pixel driving circuits, each including: a driven element formed of a three-terminal light-emitting element, a control element formed of a three-terminal element and configured to control the driven element, a driving element formed of a three-terminal element and configured to drive the driven element, and a charge holding element configured to hold a charge of the driven element; a first designating circuit configured to output a first designating signal to the control element, the first designating signal designating one of the pixel driving circuits; and a second designating circuit configured to output a second designating signal to the control element, the second designating signal designating a driving state of the driven element. | 2010-05-20 |