| 23rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
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| 20090140905 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVICES IN A HOME ENVIRONMENT - A system and method is provided for assigning services to users of a home entertainment system environment, wherein the home entertainment system environment includes a computing system ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140906 | GENERIC PICK-UP HORN FOR HIGH POWER THERMAL VACUUM TESTING OF SATELLITE PAYLOADS AT MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS AND AT MULTIPLE POLARIZATIONS - Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for high power thermal vacuum testing of satellite payloads using pick-up horns. Such pick-up horns can include at least one outer metal wall forming a metal body and at least one interior surface disposed in the metal body, forming at least one chamber in the metal body. The pick-up horn further includes a front metal surface disposed at a front end of the metal body, having at least one opening corresponding to the at least one chamber, and at least one high-power absorbing load disposed within the at least one chamber and in contact with the at least one interior surface. A pick-up horn may further include a serpentine coolant path disposed within the metal body between an outer surface of the at least one outer metal wall and the at least one high-power absorbing load. Related systems and methods are described. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140907 | DETECTION OF A CONCEALED OBJECT - Disclosed are systems, methods, devices, and apparatus to determine if a clothed individual is carrying a suspicious, concealed object. This determination includes establishing data corresponding to an image of the individual through interrogation with electromagnetic radiation in the 200 MHz to 1 THz range. In one form, image data corresponding to intensity of reflected radiation and differential depth of the reflecting surface is received and processed to detect the suspicious, concealed object. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140908 | SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYMENT OF A MILLIMETER WAVE CONCEALED OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM USING AN OUTDOOR PASSIVELY ILLUMINATED STRUCTURE - A system for deployment of a millimeter wave concealed object detection system using an outdoor passively illuminated structure is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the structure includes at least one sidewall with at least one louvered panel within the sidewall. The louvered panel is orientated to reflect millimeter energy into the structure that is used in part by a concealed object detection system for detecting concealed objects. The louvered panel includes a plurality of adjustable parallel slats for obtaining an optimum deployment angle. The structure further includes at least one detection lane for guiding a subject through the structure and is configured between a controlled entry barrier and an exit barrier of the structure. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140909 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING CONTACT CLUSTERS - Methods and apparatus for identifying a plurality of contacts from a signal return, defining a zone containing a number of contacts from the plurality of contacts, determining a centroid for the contacts in the zone, and tracking the contacts in the zone as a single contact based on the centroid. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140910 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR FILTERING TRACKS ORIGINATING FROM SEVERAL SOURCES AND INTENDED FOR SEVERAL CLIENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE SUPPLIED - The present invention concerns a method and a system for filtering tracks originating from several sources and intended for several clients to which they are supplied. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140911 | Radar apparatus and mounting structure for radar apparatus - The radar apparatus includes an antenna device including a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna, a main body which generates a radar wave, transmits the radar wave from the transmitting antenna, and receives the radar wave reflected from an obstacle to be detected by the receiving antenna, and a cover member covering the main body and the antenna device on a side of a transmission direction of the radar wave and located out of contact with the main body and the antenna device. The cover member has a transmission portion allowing the radar wave to pass therethrough, a surface of the transmission portion facing the antenna device being inclined by an angle greater than 3 degrees with respect to an antenna surface of the receiving antenna. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140912 | Radar apparatus and mounting structure for radar apparatus - The radar apparatus includes an antenna device including a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna, and a main body which generates an FMCW-modulated radar wave, transmits the radar wave from the transmitting antenna at a transmit timing, and receives the radar wave reflected from an obstacle by the receiving antenna at a receive timing, the transmit timing and the receive timing temporally overlap each other at least partially. The radar apparatus further includes a cover member covering the main body and the antenna device on a side of a transmission direction of the radar wave and located out of contact with the main body and the antenna device, the cover member having a transmission portion allowing the radar wave to pass therethrough, a surface of the transmission portion facing the antenna device being out of perpendicular alignment with the transmission direction. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140913 | Evaluation method, particularly for a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, for object detection using a radar sensor - An evaluation method, e.g., for a driver assistance system of a motor vehicle, is provided for object detection using a radar sensor, which synchronously emits at least two separate radar beam lobes, that cover an angular range to be scanned, and which receives respective target responses as measured values. At least two target responses of the at least two separate radar beam lobes of the radar sensor are arithmetically superposed in such a way that a synthetic radar beam lobe is created having at least one predetermined zero value in the scanned angular range. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140914 | GNSS post positioning with elongated dither sequence - A computer apparatus for post positioning with a selected precision. The apparatus includes a GNSS post processor to post process reference GNSS carrier phases from a reference system and rover GNSS carrier phases from a rover receiver to compute a secure position for the rover receiver not available to a user. The apparatus includes a random process generator to generate a sequence of offset vectors to dither the secure position according to a computed dither level to provide the selected precision for a user-available position for the rover receiver. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140915 | NETWORK AIDED TERRESTRIAL TRIANGULATION USING STARS (NATTS) - A method for determining a terrestrial location of an apparatus that is deployed in a generally known geographical region includes capturing, by the apparatus, an earthbound image of the sky from a terrestrial location at an identified time; communicating, by the apparatus, data representative of the captured earthbound image of the sky; and determining the terrestrial location of the apparatus based on the data communicated by the apparatus by comparing the captured earthbound image of the sky to a master mapping of the sky relative to the surface of the Earth. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140916 | Relative inter-vehicle position calculation apparatus, transmission apparatus and program for same - An on-board communication equipment on each of two vehicles receives a radio wave from two or more GPS satellites, and determines a carrier wave phase of the received radio wave. Then, the on-board communication equipment on one vehicle receives, from the other vehicle, information on the carrier wave phase observed in the other vehicle. Further, the on-board communication equipment calculates a relative position of a self vehicle relative to the other vehicle by a Carrier-Phase DGPS positioning based on a difference between two carrier wave phases (e.g., single difference, double difference or the like), that is, one from the self vehicle and one from the other vehicle, both having the same observation time, from among the available carrier wave phases. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140917 | High capacity serveilance system - The invention relates to a surveillance system wherein a localisation terminal TL and a surveillance terminal co-operate. Each terminal TL comprises: means for the acquisition R | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140918 | Supporting a Satellite Based Positioning - A satellite signal receiver | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140919 | POSITION/TIME DETECTING APPARATUS AND TIMEPIECE INCLUDING THE APPARATUS - The number of GPS satellites from which radio waves are received and the intensities of radio waves received from the GPS satellites are acquired. In a first state in which radio waves of a first signal intensity are received from four GPS satellites in a first predetermined time, orbit/time information are acquired from the respective GPS satellites. The time information indicates a radio-wave emission GMT clock time at the satellite when the radio waves were emitted from the satellite. In a second state in which radio waves of a second signal intensity lower than the first intensity are received from one or more GPS satellites within a second time longer than the first predetermined time, the time information is acquired from the respective GPS satellites. In the first state, a current time and a current position of the GPS timepiece is calculated based on the time/orbit information. In the second state, a current time is calculated based on the time information. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140920 | Dynamic radiation pattern antenna system - The present invention relates to a dynamic radiation pattern antenna system comprising a plurality of antenna units, a control unit and an electronic interface. The plurality of antenna units has electronically controllable radiation patterns. The control unit is dynamically controlling the radiation pattern of the plurality of antenna units and the electronic interface connects the plurality of antenna units to the control unit. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140921 | Radio Antenna Assembly and Apparatus for Controlling Transmission and Reception of RF Signals - An apparatus includes an antenna for transmitting RF radiation and being structured to enable the distribution of RF energy emitted therefrom to be varied in the vertical plane. The apparatus comprises a generator for generating an RF signal and to pass the signal to the antenna, and a controller arranged to control the distribution of RF energy emitted from the antenna in the vertical plane in response to positional information about an object. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140922 | BISTATIC RADIOFREQUENCY DEVICE FOR PRODUCING AN INTRUSION DETECTING BARRIER - The present invention relates to the field of protecting geographic areas against undesirable, even hostile, intrusions from threatening moving objects. The subject of the invention is a bistatic radiofrequency detection barrier having means for transmitting one or more waves through a directional antenna and means for receiving signals through a directional antenna pointing in the transmission direction. This antenna includes auxiliary means for transmitting a wave through a non-directional antenna and means for comparing the relative levels of the echos received from the wave transmitted by the main, directional transmission channel, and the echos originating from the wave transmitted by the auxiliary transmission channel. The result of the comparison makes it possible to identify the echos deriving from a wave transmitted in the direction of the side lobes of the directional transmission antenna, and so reduce the number of false intrusion alarms. The invention relates more particularly to the protection of areas where vulnerable equipment is implemented and being trialed, the destruction of which may prove hazardous to nearby populations. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140923 | Systems and methods for facilitating a first response mission at an incident scene using precision location - Systems and methods for facilitating a first response mission at an incident scene, such as an accident site, a natural or human-made disaster site, or any other first response site. One system is for locating a plurality of portable modules at an incident scene. The system comprises a plurality of receivers transportable to the incident scene. The system also comprises a processing entity configured to: determine a location of a first one of the portable modules based on first data derived from a wireless signal transmitted by the first one of the portable modules and received by at least three receivers of the plurality of receivers; and determine a location of a second one of the portable modules based on the location of the first one of the portable modules and second data derived from a wireless signal transmitted by the second one of the portable modules and received by the first one of the portable modules. For example, the system enables precision location of first responders, patients and equipment at the incident scene. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140924 | POSITIONING METHOD, POSITIONING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - A positioning method includes: executing a first positioning mode or a second positioning mode, a first positioning process that is performed using a least-square method based on a positioning signal and a second positioning process that is performed using a Kalman filter based on the positioning signal utilizing a positioning result obtained by the first positioning process as a base value being performed in the first positioning mode, and the second positioning process being further performed in the second positioning mode utilizing a positioning result obtained by the second positioning process as a base value; determining accuracy of a positioning result obtained by the second positioning process performed in the executed positioning mode; and changing the positioning mode to be executed to the first positioning mode or the second positioning mode corresponding to the accuracy. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140925 | Multilateration Enhancements for Noise and Operations Management - Multilateration techniques are used to provide accurate aircraft tracking data for aircraft on the ground and in the vicinity of an airport. From this data, aircraft noise and operations management may be enhanced. Aircraft noise may be calculated virtually using track data in real-time and provided to a user to determine noise violations. Tracking data may be used to control noise monitoring stations to gate out ambient noise. Aircraft emissions, both on the ground and in the air may be determined using tracking data. This and other data may be displayed in real time or generated in reports, and/or may be displayed on a website for viewing by airport operators and/or members of the public. The system may be readily installed in a compact package using a plurality of receivers and sensor packages located at shared wireless communication towers near an airport, and a central processing station located in or near the airport. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140926 | System and method for localization utilizing dynamically deployable beacons - A beacon-based localization system utilizes a mobile object with dynamically deployable beacons for guiding the mobile object. In one form, the localization system includes a mobile object, at least two beacons and preferably a plurality of beacons, and devices for deploying and retrieving beacons. The mobile object, as well as the beacons, includes location determination units for determining location of a beacon, and communications units for communicating with the mobile object and other beacons. The mobile object deploys beacons at various known and determined locations. Initially placed beacons can provide enough location information to establish an initial work area. After work is completed in the initial area, or to cover blocked portions of the initial area, the mobile object can retrieve one or more of the beacons and place them at a new location or strategically place additional beacons from the mobile object. After each placement of an additional beacon the location is stored for later use in the localization computations. Once the work area coverage has been expanded or improved, work can continue. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140927 | MICROSTRIP ANTENNA - A microstrip antenna that can be linear, co-circular, or dual-circularly polarized having co-planar radiating elements and operating at dual frequency bands wherein an inner radiating element is surrounded by and spaced from an outer radiating element. Each radiating element resonates at a different frequency. In one embodiment of the invention a feed network has a single, cross-shaped, feed line that is positioned between the inner and outer radiating elements and capacitively coupled to the inner and outer radiating elements. In another embodiment of the present invention, the radiating elements are fed separately by first and second feed networks each having a plurality of feed points. The radiating elements each have one active feed point that is either directly or indirectly coupled to its respective feed network. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140928 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG AND RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAG ANTENNA - An RFID tag includes an antenna and a chip, and the antenna includes a first polygonal dielectric material, first and second microstrip lines partially formed in the first dielectric material, a second polygonal dielectric material stacked on the first dielectric material, and a third microstrip line partially formed in the second dielectric material. According to the present invention, the RFID tag can efficiently receive electromagnetic waves to thereby maximize a readable range. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140929 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - There is provided with an antenna apparatus, including: a finite ground plane; planar elements arranged along and on both sides of a first gap line or a second gap line that is orthogonal to the first gap line; first linear elements connecting the ground plane with the planar elements; an antenna element including a second linear element placed in the first or second gap line and a third linear element placed such that one end of it is connected to one end of the second linear element and an other end of it faces the ground plane; and a feeding point supplying electric power to the other end of the third linear element, wherein a connection point between the second and third linear elements is positioned in an intersection area of the first and second gap lines, and the feeding point is provided in a vicinity of an edge of the ground plane. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140930 | Patch Antenna with Capacitive Elements - Disclosed is a micropatch antenna comprising a radiating element and a ground plane separated by an air gap. Small size, light weight, wide bandwidth, and wide directional pattern are achieved without the introduction of a high-permittivity dielectric substrate. Capacitive elements are configured along the perimeter of at least one of the radiating element and ground plane. Capacitive elements may comprise extended continuous structures or a series of localized structures. The geometry of the radiating element, ground plane, and capacitive elements may be varied to suit specific applications, such as linearly-polarized or circularly-polarized electromagnetic radiation. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140931 | Printed Circuit board having built-in antenna - A printed circuit board having a built-in antenna may include a first unit substrate, in which a ground and a first radiator are formed; a second unit substrate, which is stacked over the first unit substrate, and in which a second radiator having a frequency band different from a frequency band of the first radiator is formed; a pair of striplines, formed in the first unit substrate and connected with the ground; a first via, which connects the first radiator with the second radiator; a pair of second vias, each of which has one end connected with the pair of strip lines respectively; and a connection pattern, which connects the other ends of the pair of second vias to each other. The printed circuit board having a built-in antenna can utilize multiple frequency bands, and can be implemented in a compact size, to be applicable in compact communication devices. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140932 | Transmitting and receiving apparatus - A disclosed transmitting and receiving apparatus includes a UWB antenna having an element pattern and battery disposed on a side of the element pattern so that satisfactory antenna characteristics are obtained. The transmitting and receiving apparatus includes the UWB antenna having the element pattern, a ground pattern, and the battery disposed on a side of the element pattern. Preferably, the width and the height of the element pattern are about 16 mm and about 15 mm, respectively, and the distance between the element pattern and the battery is about 7 mm. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140933 | RADIO APPARATUS AND ANTENNA DEVICE INCLUDING MAGNETIC MATERIAL FOR ISOLATION - A radio apparatus having a printed board, an antenna element and an isolating member is provided. The antenna element is connected to the printed board. The isolating member is formed by layering a magnetic layer made of magnetic material and a dielectric layer made of dielectric material. The isolating member is folded and arranged in such a way that the magnetic layer is placed no less than twice between the printed board and the antenna element. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140934 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a circuit board that has a wireless communication module that is mounted thereon and a feed line that is formed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the wireless communication module; a planar member that is formed with an opening and has a flexible planar piece that is formed to protrude toward the circuit board from an edge of the opening; and an antenna pattern that includes an antenna part that is formed on the planar member and a feeder part that is formed on the flexible planar piece, wherein circuit board and the planar member are arranged to be in positions to flexibly bend the flexible planar piece by the circuit board to electrically connect the feeder part of the antenna pattern and the feed line formed on the circuit board. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140935 | Antenna device and electronic apparatus - According to one embodiment, there is provided an antenna device including a base substrate having a power-feeding pattern, and a stackable block stacked on the base substrate and fixed to the surface of the base substrate, the stackable block having an element pattern with one end connected to the power-feeding pattern and the other end extendible in a direction of stacking another stackable block on the stackable block. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140936 | ANTENNA DEVICE OF PORTABLE WIRELESS TERMINAL - An antenna device for a portable wireless terminal including a main built-in antenna for transmitting and receiving signals of one and more frequency bands is provided. The antenna device includes an external case on which a wireless terminal is disposed. The external case comprises an antenna radiator of at least one. In addition, the antenna device includes a control part for selectively controlling use of at least one of the at least one antenna radiator and a main built-in antenna of the wireless terminal. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140937 | Slot antenna used in a desktop computer - An antenna unit is used in a desktop computer ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140938 | Transparent Antenna for Vehicle and Vehicle Glass With Antenna - A transparent antenna for a vehicle, having transmittance property providing good visibility without worsening design and capable of realizing low resistance. The transparent antenna has an insulating sheet-like transparent base body ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140939 | Radio Antenna Assembly - An antenna assembly is provided for mounting on a predetermined support structure positioned on a surface, the support structure having a peripheral edge at an elevated position above the surface. The antenna assembly includes an antenna and a support for supporting the antenna at an elevated position above the surface when mounted on the support structure. The support is adapted to support the antenna at a sufficient height above the surface to provide a direct path for electromagnetic radiation from at least a portion of the antenna to a position on the surface external of the peripheral edge of less than or equal to about 4.5 meters from substantially any point on the peripheral edge, or to a position on the surface at a point positioned 3 meters from the front of the support structure and 3 meters from a side of the support structure. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140940 | Vehicle antenna - A vehicle antenna comprises a mast having proximal and distal portions, the proximal portion attached to the vehicle. A terminating member is provided at the distal portion of the mast and a first connector is affixed thereto. The first connector has a body formed to encompass the terminating member and an adjacent section of the mast and includes an eyelet projecting therefrom. Additionally, a decorative antenna kit comprises a first connector for encompassing a terminating member of an antenna mast and includes an eyelet projecting therefrom. Means are supplied for fixing the first connector to the mast. A second connector projects through the eyelet; the second connector having a first end and a second end, the first end being affixed to the first connector and the second end terminating in means for attaching an indicia device. A plurality of secondary eyelets and means for attaching the secondary eyelets to the mast is also provided. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140941 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR UPDATING ANTENNA BEAM ANGLES OF A DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA OF WIRELESS DEVICE - The invention relates to a method for updating antenna beam angles of one or more directional antennas of a wireless device to communicate with a plurality of other wireless devices, each one of the antenna beam angles being associated with one of the plurality of other wireless devices, said method being characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
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| 20090140942 | Internal antenna and methods - An internal antenna especially aimed at flat radio devices. The antenna ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140943 | SLOT ANTENNA FOR MM-WAVE SIGNALS - The present invention relates to an antenna ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140944 | ANTENNA AND RESONANT FREQUENCY TUNING METHOD THEREOF - A dual-band dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) is designed by splitting a rectilinear DR and carving notches and tunnels off the DR. The antenna comprises a substrate, a microstrip line, a ground plane and a resonant structure, wherein a first resonant part and a second resonant part of the resonant structure are separated by a gap. The proposed DRA can cover both the WiMAX (3.4-3.7 GHz) and the WLAN (5.15-5.35 GHz) bands by engraving notches and tunnels at different positions of the first resonant part and the second resonant part. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140945 | Radio communication apparatus and an associated method - An apparatus including: a conductive antenna; a conductive object; a connection having a complex electrical impedance between the antenna and the conductive object; and an element having a complex magnetic permeability located adjacent the conductive antenna, wherein, when the conductive antenna is energized, the connection and the element substantially reduce a phase difference between an electric current flowing in the conductive antenna and an induced electric current flowing in the conductive object. Methods and other apparatus are described and claimed. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140946 | EFFICIENT METAMATERIAL-INSPIRED ELECTRICALLY-SMALL ANTENNA - Planar (two-dimensional) and volumetric (three-dimensional), metamaterial-inspired, efficient electrically-small antennas. The electric-based and magnetic-based antenna systems are shown to be naturally matched to a source and are linearly scalable to a wide range of frequencies. The systems include a radiating element that is fed by the source through a finite ground plane via a feedline and an electrically-small, one-unit cell made of a metamaterial that is adapted to match the input impedance of the antenna. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140947 | Antenna Device and Radio-Communication System Using the Same - An antenna device comprising: a substrate; a ground conductor provided on the bottom surface of the substrate; a radiation conductor, with a partial cutout, provided on the top surface of the substrate; a ground terminal provided on the partial cutout of the radiation conductor; a conductor connecting the ground conductor with the ground terminal; and a feed terminal connected to the radiation conductor, wherein the ground terminal and the feed terminal are connected via an IC chip is provided. The configuration can realize an antenna device capable of feeding electric power through the IC chip, and of operating even on a metal plate fully well. A radio communication system using the antenna device is provided additionally. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140948 | Antenna device - A disclosed antenna device includes a ground section; and an element section projecting from the ground section. The length of the ground section in a direction orthogonal to a side of the ground section from which side the element section projects is less than approximately ¼ a corresponding wavelength. The ground section is configured to be disposed over and attached to a conductive section. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140949 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO IMPROVE RF SIMULATIONS | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140950 | Display device having multiple viewing zones and method of displaying multiple images - A display device having multiple viewing zones includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels in a matrix form, each pixel including red, green and blue sub-pixels arranged in a vertical direction; and a light guide panel guiding a first image emitted from the pixels in first columns among the plurality of pixels to a first viewing zone and a second image emitted from the pixels in second columns among the plurality of pixels to a second viewing zone, wherein the first column is adjacent to the second column. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140951 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A technology capable of stably maintaining the address discharge characteristics even in a long-term drive of a PDP is provided. A PDP has a structure where projecting portions are provided to a display electrode pair used for surface discharge so as to extend toward a reverse slit side in a cell region. Address discharge is performed between a scan electrode having the projecting portion and an address electrode. Since surface discharge in the display electrode pair and address discharge using the projecting portion are positionally separated from each other in this structure, address discharge characteristics are stabilized even if a protective layer is degraded due to the surface discharge. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140952 | Plasma display device, power supply thereof and associated methods - A plasma display device includes a scan electrode, a scan circuit configured to selectively apply a first voltage through a first input terminal and a second voltage, lower than the first voltage, through a second input terminal to the scan electrode during an address period, a transformer including a primary coil and a secondary coil, a capacitor including a first terminal and a second terminal respectively connected to the first input terminal and the second input terminal, the capacitor being charged with a third voltage corresponding to a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage in accordance with a current transmitted to the secondary coil, and a first switch connected between the second input terminal and a power source configured to supply the second voltage. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140953 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention sufficiently reduces unwanted radiation in a plasma display panel (PDP) display device. The display device includes a PDP having a pair of electrodes, a first, a second, and a third conductive member, and a pair of driving circuits used to apply a voltage to their respective electrodes. Each conductive member has substantially the same width and height as the PDP, and the first, second, third conductive members are disposed on the rear surface of the PDP, in this order on the rear side of the PDP. The PDP and the conductive members are connected electrically to one another in the end portions of these elements, either directly or via the driving circuits, so that the direction of the current flowing in the PDP during driving and discharge coincides with the direction of the current flowing in the third conductive member, and is opposite from the direction of the current flowing in the first conductive member and the second conductive member. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140954 | METHOD OF DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of driving a plasma display panel displaying an image in a frame including a plurality of subfields and a plasma display apparatus are disclosed. In the method, at least one of the plurality of subfields is a selective write subfield, and at least one of the other subfields is a selective erase subfield. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate including a scan electrode and a sustain electrode, a rear substrate positioned opposite the front substrate, and a phosphor layer between the front and rear substrates. The phosphor layer includes a phosphor material and an additive material. The additive material includes at least one of magnesium oxide (MgO), zinc oxide (ZnO), silicon oxide (SiO | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140955 | LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A light-emitting element that comprises a light emission layer that is deposited between first and second electrodes that lie opposite one another in parallel, an organic semiconductor layer that is deposited between the light emission layer and the first electrode, and an auxiliary electrode that is disposed via an insulation layer on the opposite side of the face of the first electrode opposite the second electrode, the light-emitting element further comprising a third electrode that is disposed inside the organic semiconductor layer. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140956 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting display and a driving method thereof capable of reducing power consumption. A driving transistor controls a current through an organic light emitting diode of the display. A voltage controller supplies a first voltage to the anode of the OLED of at least one specific pixel and controls the cathode voltage of the OLED in correspondence to a second current through the OLED, such that the cathode voltage corresponds to the first voltage supplied to the OLED. Thus, the driving transistor can be driven in saturation mode with consistent current in spite of process variations, with a reduced power consumption. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140957 | Pixel and organic light emitting display using the same - A pixel circuit with stable lamination is disclosed. A leakage current which would otherwise cause the voltage at the gate of the drive transistor to change, resulting in a change in the current to the OLED, is compensated for by an additional transistor. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140958 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a main display composed of an organic electronic luminescent including a light emitting layer and configured to display at least one instruction information in a first display area of a standby screen, and a control unit configured to perform such a control that an illumination time taken for transiting a lighting state of the main display from a first state to a second state is set, whether the illumination time elapses after the lighting state is set in the first state is determined, and when determined that the illumination time elapses after the lighting state is set in the first state, the lighting state is set from the first state to the second state, and in synchronism with this transition to the second state, the display of the instruction information displayed in the first display area on the main display is deleted. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140959 | Driving apparatus for organic electro-luminescence display device - Disclosed is an apparatus that prevents a degradation of image quality due to a deterioration of a driving apparatus in an organic electro-luminescence display device. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140960 | Communication Using Light-Emitting Device - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for communicating information. An event is detected. A light effect is emitted in response to the detected event. The emitted light effect simulates the detected event or a sensory output associated with the detected event. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140961 | Reflective Display - A reflective display device ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140962 | Display Device and Mobile Terminal Having the Same - Provided are a display device and a mobile terminal having the same. The display device includes a transflective liquid crystal panel, a first light unit on a rear side of the transflective liquid crystal panel, and a second light unit on a front side of the transflective liquid crystal panel. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140963 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device of the present invention comprises a casing including a front cabinet and a back cabinet, a liquid crystal display panel, a main circuit board for causing an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel and a power supply unit board. A recess is defined on a rear surface of the back cabinet and the main circuit board and the power supply unit board are placed in the recess. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140964 | METHOD OF PROCESSING LCD IMAGES ACCORDING TO CONTENT OF THE IMAGES - An LCD turns on the black image insertion function when displaying motion images for reducing motion blur, and turns off the black image insertion function when displaying still images to avoid a flicker. Further, the LCD utilizes a set of gamma curves for black image insertion. The LCD stores a plurality of successive frames to a frame memory, and analyzes content of preceding frames and following frames of each frame so as to generate a difference. When the difference is greater than a predetermined value, correspond the brightness of the first half period of the frame to a high gamma curve and the brightness of the second half period of the frame to a low gamma curve so as to reduce the flicker resulted from the black image insertion. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140965 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - This invention provides an image display system that includes an image display device having an overdrive processing circuit and allows reduction in memory cost as a whole. The image display system according to this invention includes an image generation device that generates image data, and an image display device that receives the image data from the image generation device, performs overdrive processing based on the received image data, and displays an image. The image generation device includes a rendering circuit that generates image data to be outputted to the image display device for every frame, a memory unit that holds the plural pieces of image data corresponding to at least two frames among the plural pieces of image data generated by the rendering circuit, and a transfer circuit that transfers the plural pieces of image data corresponding to two frames among the plural pieces of image data held by the memory unit to the image display device within one frame period. The image display device receives the plural pieces of image data corresponding to the two frames from the transfer circuit and performs the overdrive processing based on the received image data. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140966 | Panel adjustment method for increasing display quality - A panel adjustment method is executed on a host to adjust settings of a panel connected to the host through a serial bus. The method determines whether the panel is supported by the host. When the panel is supported by the host, the settings of the panel is read from a database of the host to accordingly set the panel. It is further determined whether the panel is correctly set or not. When the panel is correctly set, it is further determined whether the panel is of a frame buffer mode or not. When the panel is of a frame buffer mode, it is determined whether a header file generation is required or not. When the header file generation is required, the settings and a panel name are included in an include file. The include file is compiled to thereby generate a binary file which is loaded into the panel. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140967 | Data Recovery Architecture (CDR) for Low-Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) Video Transceiver Applications - The present invention discloses data recovery architecture (CDR) to improve a multi-link system's tolerance to delay mismatches (or skewing effect) in its different links. The architecture is entirely digital and usable in any multi-link transceiver implementation that makes use of a separate clock link and requires timing synchronization between the different data links. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140968 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECAYING RESIDUAL IMAGE THEREOF - By way of enabling a reset signal while turning off a liquid crystal display, a method for decaying residual image of the liquid crystal display is capable of setting the corresponding gate signal of each of a plurality of gate lines of the liquid crystal display based on the enabled reset signal. Accordingly, enhanced discharging processes on all the storage units of the liquid crystal display for fast decaying residual image can be performed via the data switches of the liquid crystal display turned on by the gate signals being set. The reset operation for performing discharging processes in response to the reset signal can be carried out based on a reset circuit for setting all the gate signals to become high-level signals, or based on a charging/discharging module for furnishing a high-level voltage directly to all the gate lines. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140969 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DRIVE CIRCUIT - This invention offers an LCD drive circuit that prevents conversion to a wrong duty driving state and an unintended display caused by taking in of serial data corresponding to the wrong duty driving state. The LCD drive circuit is provided with an LCD drive signal generation circuit that generates driving signals to turn LCD segments on and off based on serial data received by a serial data receiving circuit and is switchable between a ¼ duty driving state and a ⅓ duty driving state. The LCD drive circuit is also provided with a driving state setting circuit that sets the LCD drive signal generation circuit to the ¼ duty driving state based on identification data when the serial data receiving circuit receives the serial data corresponding to the ¼ duty driving state and thereafter forbids the LCD drive signal generation circuit to take in serial data corresponding to the ⅓ duty driving state when the serial data receiving circuit receives the serial data corresponding to the ⅓ duty driving state. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140970 | Methods and Systems for Weighted-Error-Vector-Based Source Light Selection - Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for selecting a display source light illumination level based on a histogram-weighted error value. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140971 | INTELLIGENT AUTOMATIC BACKLIGHT CONTROL SCHEME - A method of adjusting intensity of illumination of a device based on change in ambient light, the method comprising: measuring a first level of ambient light for a device, in response to detecting a change in ambient light; adjusting intensity of illumination for the device to a first illumination level, if an association between the first illumination level and the first level of ambient light is recorded in a data structure; monitoring user interaction with the device within a threshold period after detecting the change in ambient light to determine whether the user adjusts the intensity of illumination for the device to a second illumination level; and recording an association between the second illumination level and the first level of ambient light in the data structure | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140972 | LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLY, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLY - A light source assembly includes a light source which emits light; a detector which detects the light and generates a light signal based on a property of the light; an operator operably connected to the detector and which receives the light signal and calculates a color coordinate of the light source based on the light signal; a comparator operably connected to the operator and which compares the color coordinate of the light source to a predetermined reference color coordinate; and a control unit operably connected to the comparator and which controls a pulse width modulation signal transmitted to the light source based on a result of the comparison of the comparator. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140973 | Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device and a method for driving the same, which are capable of achieving an enhancement in display quality, are disclosed. The LCD device includes a display panel for displaying an image, a backlight unit comprising a plurality red light sources, a plurality of green light sources, and a plurality of blue light sources, a backlight driver for controlling a duty rate of a first drive signal to drive the red light sources, a duty rate of a second drive signal to drive the green light sources, and a duty rate of a third drive signal to drive the blue light sources, in accordance with a control signal including color coordinate information and luminance information, a luminance corrector for varying the luminance information of the control signal when the duty rate of one of the first to third drive signal is 100%, and a light sensor for sensing light beams from the light sources, generating light sensing signals based on the sensed light beams, and supplying the light sensing signals to the backlight driver and to the luminance corrector. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140974 | LIGHTING UNIT AND PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - The lighting unit includes the DMDs | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140975 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus includes: a luminance modification unit configured to modify the luminance setting value so as to make a luminance difference between adjacent partial regions of a back light smaller; a luminance distribution calculation unit configured to calculate a predicted value of luminance distribution of light incident on a liquid crystal panel from the back light on the basis of the modified luminance setting value; a liquid crystal transmittance correction unit configured to correct an optical transmittance of the image signal at each pixel of the liquid crystal panel on the basis of the image signal and the luminance distribution; a back light control unit configured to control the back light on the basis of the modified luminance setting value; and a liquid crystal control unit configured to control the liquid crystal panel so that the transmittance of the image signal becomes the corrected optical transmittance. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140976 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus, an interface unit receives N image signal groups each including i×j image signals from an external video system, wherein N is a natural number equal to or greater than 2. A display panel includes data lines, gate lines, and pixels to display images. The display panel includes N display areas each having a resolution of i×j, and the N display areas are extended along a vertical direction and sequentially arranged along a horizontal direction. The N display areas display the images corresponding to the N image signal groups input through the N interface units, respectively. Thus, although the display apparatus has an ultra high-definition resolution, a frequency for transmission of the image signals may be prevented from being increased, so that no additional memories are required. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140977 | Common User Interface Structure - A common user interface structure is described. In embodiment(s), a common user interface structure includes proportional geometry variables that can be adjusted such that the common user interface structure is scaled for display on media devices that each have different sized display screens. The common user interface structure includes a dimension control variable from which the proportional geometry variables are derived to scale the common user interface structure for display. The common user interface structure can also include menu item regions that include selectable content links to initiate rendering media content, and the menu item regions are scaled for display in the common user interface structure when the proportional geometry variables are adjusted. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140978 | Cursor transitions - Responsive to a trigger event, a first cursor state having a first visual appearance is transitioned into a second cursor state having a second visual appearance. A transition type and transition time can be specified so that the transition can be visually perceived by a user. The cursor states can be associated with different cursor types and/or cursor schemes. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140979 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing having an outer surface and an inner surface, a pointing device having a flat input surface and located in the housing with the input surface on the inner surface of the housing, an operation area provided in a position on the outer surface of the housing corresponding to at least a part of the pointing device, and a display section which illuminates at least a part of an outline of the operation area and displays a position of the operation area. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140980 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING POINTED POSITION - A plurality of infrared-light-emitting areas are displayed in a display screen of a liquid crystal display apparatus in a method that allows each of the infrared-light-emitting areas to be distinguished. Then, an image in a direction of a pointed position is captured by an operating device. Based on a result of distinguishing each of the infrared-light-emitting areas and a position of each of the infrared-light-emitting areas, a pointed position on the display screen is calculated. This makes it possible to properly detect the pointed position on the display screen pointed by the operating device, regardless of (i) a distance between the operating device and the display apparatus and (ii) a rotation angle of the operating device around an axis in an image capture direction of the operating device. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140981 | IMAGE SENSOR AND OPTICAL POINTING SYSTEM - Provided is an image sensor and optical pointing system using the same. The image sensor has a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photocell for receiving light and generating an analog signal having a voltage corresponding to a quantity of the received light, a comparator for, in response to a shutter control signal, comparing the analog signal of the photocell with an analog signal of an adjacent pixel to generate a digital signal for movement calculation, or comparing the analog signal of the photocell with a reference voltage to generate a digital signal for shutter control, and a switch for transferring the digital signal for movement calculation and the digital signal for shutter control in response to a pixel selection signal. The optical pointing system includes a reference voltage generation unit for generating a reference voltage, the image sensor, a signal selector for receiving the digital signal for movement calculation and the digital signal for shutter control, and selecting and outputting one of the digital signal for movement calculation and the digital signal for shutter control in response to a shutter control period selection signal, a movement calculation and shutter control unit for receiving the digital signal for movement calculation to obtain an image of an object and output a movement value of the optical pointing system and the shutter control period selection signal, and receiving the digital signal for shutter control to compare a high-level count value with a maximum count value and a minimum count value and output the shutter control signal. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140982 | NAVIGATION INPUT MECHANISM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING MODE THEREOF - A navigation input mechanism is provided. The navigation input mechanism is disposed on an electronic device. The navigation input mechanism further includes a switch sheet and a biometric recognition module. The switch sheet has a first penetrating hole and includes a plurality of switches. The switches are disposed on an upper surface of the switch sheet and surround a peripheral region of the first penetrating hole. The biometric recognition module includes a sensing unit. The sensing unit, capable of reading a biometric recognition signal, is accommodated in the first penetrating hole, and the upper surface of the sensing unit is exposed outside the first penetrating hole. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140983 | ERGONOMIC COMPUTER MOUSE - A computer mouse for use with a computing device is provided. The computer mouse may include a mouse body with an ulnar side digit support structure having a front concave region and a rear convex region formed proximate and behind the front concave region. The front concave region may include an overhang portion on a top side and an outwardly flared region on a bottom side. The front concave region may be sized to receive a distal end of a digit of a user, and the rear convex region may be sized to support a proximate end of a digit of a user. The mouse body may additionally include a radial side digit support structure that has a concave region with an outwardly flared region on a bottom side of the concavity. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140984 | SELF-CALIBRATING OPTICAL FEEDBACK SYSTEM IN A LASER MOUSE - A self-calibrating optical feedback system for an optical navigation device. The self-calibrating optical feedback system includes a light source, an illumination lens, a beam splitter, and an optical feedback device. The illumination lens is coupled relative to the light source. The light source emits light based on a programming current. The illumination lens directs the light towards a beam splitter. The beam splitter partially reflects the light directed from the illumination lens. The optical feedback device detects the partially reflected light from the beam splitter and generates a feedback signal to modify an intensity of the light emitted by the light source. Embodiments of the self-calibrating optical feedback system maintain the output intensity of a laser driven optical navigation device below an eye-safety level. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140985 | COMPUTING DEVICE THAT DETERMINES AND USES APPLIED PRESSURE FROM USER INTERACTION WITH AN INPUT INTERFACE - A computing device processes input by determining one or more inputs corresponding to a user interacting with an input interface. In an embodiment, the input interface may correspond to a button state or to a multi-state input interface. A value corresponding to an amount of pressure applied by the user is determined on the computing device. The value is determined during an instance or duration in which the user is interacting with the input interface. The value for the applied pressure is determined apart from the input. In one embodiment, the value is determined using a force sensor that is separate from the input interface. An operation is then performed that is responsive to the determined amount of pressure, as well as to the one or more inputs. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140986 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR TRANSFERRING FILES BETWEEN DEVICES VIA DRAG AND DROP - A method, apparatus, system and computer program product are provided for transferring files stored on a source device to a target device by dragging and dropping the file from the source device touchscreen to the target device touchscreen. When the source device detects that the user has dragged the file to the edge, or other predefined location, of the source device touchscreen, the source device will automatically identify and establish a connection with the target device. Once the connection has been established, an image or icon associated with the file can be transferred to the target device, so that the user of the target device can indicate the location to which the file should be transferred by dragging the icon to that location. Once the target device user drops the icon at the predefined location, the file can be transferred to that location. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140987 | DUPLEX TOUCH PANEL - A duplex touch panel comprising: a capacitive touch panel unit; a resistive touch panel unit which is overlapped to the capacitive touch panel unit to be formed as a plate body; a signal processing unit received sensing signals from the capacitive touch panel unit and resistive touch panel unit; a surface layer; a first axis sensing layer being a transparent film; the first axis sensing layer having a plurality of first axis sensing traces; an insulation layer being a transparent insulated film layer; a second axis sensing layer being a transparent film; a base substrate being a flexible highly transparent insulated film; and a first signal output wire bank having a plurality of conductive paths; wherein the first axis sensing traces and second axis sensing traces being arranged along different vertical directions so as to form as a matrix. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140988 | Touch Panel with Integrated Function Keys - A mobile unit comprises a housing, a display, and a touch panel. The display is at least partially dispose within the housing. The touch panel is disposed at least partially over at least a portion of the display receiving touch inputs. The touch panel is configured to incorporate a plurality of function keys. The plurality of function keys are disposed substantially around a perimeter of the display. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140989 | User interface - The invention relates to a user interface for controlling an electronic device. The user interface includes a sensor element that has a sensor surface and is arranged to form a location indicator that indicates a location of a spot of the sensor surface that is closest to an external object. A force sensor is arranged to form a force indicator that indicates strength of a force directed to the sensor surface. A processor unit is arranged to control the electronic device on the basis of the location indicator and the force indicator. A user of the electronic device is enabled to control the electronic device by using different levels of the force directed to the sensor surface. Therefore, the electronic device can be controlled with a smaller number of repetitive pressing and release actions. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140990 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a substrate, a conductive circuit layer, a resistive layer and a dielectric layer. The substrate has a touch area and a peripheral area surrounding the touch area. The conductive circuit layer is formed on the peripheral area of the substrate. The resistive layer covers the conductive circuit layer and the touch area of the substrate. The dielectric layer is formed on the resistive layer. The conductive circuit layer includes a plurality of signal terminals disposed on corner surfaces of the substrate as the corner electrodes of the conductive circuit layer. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140991 | INPUT DEVICE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - To provide the input device in the present invention, which allows comfortable operation with lightened mental and physical load, has at least one input key and includes: an association storage unit storing an array of plural information in association with the input key, the plural information each having an order; a selection unit selecting, from the array, predetermined information as input information; a touch detection unit detecting that an object touches a surface of the input key; and a movement relevant information detection unit detecting movement relevant information concerning a movement of a contact point between the surface of the input key and the object, the contact point being detected by the touch detection unit. The selection unit selects, from the array, information having a predetermined order stored in association with the input key on which the touch detection unit detects the touch by the object, based on the movement relevant information. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140992 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system including: providing a processor; enabling a touch screen, having a measurement grid, by the processor; pressing a hard key, a soft key, a function tab, a function soft key, the measurement grid, or a combination thereof for activating the touch screen; and displaying a user data on the measurement grid of the touch screen by the processor. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140993 | SENSATION SYSTEM - The present invention provides a sensation system comprising: a system housing; a haptic switching unit mounted at the system housing and having a haptic actuator for performing a haptic function in response to an electrical signal being inputted; a system control section electrically connected with the haptic switching unit for generating a control signal therefrom to control the haptic switching unit; and a light-emitting section electrically connected with the system control section for emitting light corresponding to each operation of the haptic switching unit in response to the control signal generated from the system control section in cooperation with the haptic switching unit. In addition, the present invention provides a sensation system comprising: a mode unit for performing a preset mode function in response to an electrical signal being inputted; a system control section electrically connected with the mode unit for generating a control signal therefrom to control the mode unit; and a light-emitting section electrically connected with the system control for emitting light corresponding to each operation of the mode unit in response to the control signal generated from the system control section in cooperation with the mode unit. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140994 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus includes: a display plate having a plurality of display sections; an electrostatic touch panel provided at a lower face of the display plate; an operation body on which the display plate and the electrostatic touch panel are placed; a plurality of light-emitting elements for illuminating the plurality of display sections of the display plate from a lower side of the display plate through the electrostatic touch panel; and a control section that is electrically connected to the electrostatic touch panel and the plurality of light-emitting elements, and that controls light emission of the plurality of light-emitting elements in accordance with touch operation to the electrostatic touch panel. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140995 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS IN PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN - A character input method and apparatus in a portable terminal having a touch screen using a virtual keypad in which a plurality of characters is allocated to each of at least one key area is provided. The character input method includes displaying, in a character input mode, a virtual keypad having at least one key area to which a plurality of characters is allocated, displaying a plurality of divided areas in a region surrounding the touched key area, if a touch is generated in one of the key areas of the virtual keypad, determining whether a drag is generated from the touch, and if a drag is generated, displaying a character mapped to the divided area in a point where the drag is released. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140996 | PRESS DETECTION SENSOR, INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A press detection sensor contains a base member having predetermined length and width and also having a predetermined shape, a first conductor having predetermined length and being arranged on the base member, and a second conductor that is arranged on the base member with the second conductor being faced to the first conductor. The press detection sensor also contains a conductive contact body that is arranged between the first conductor and the second conductor. The conductive contact body connects the first and second conductors electrically in response to an external force. The press detection sensor further contains a covering member that includes the contact body on the inside thereof. The covering member covers a top of the base member which includes the first and second conductors. The covering member contains at least one of flexibility and elasticity. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140997 | TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING FUCTION THEREIN - A terminal and a method for performing a function therein are provided. The method for performing a function in a terminal includes detecting touches in a first area and a second area of a touch screen in a specific mode, and performing a function corresponding to the first area with respect to an item corresponding to the second area. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140998 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS THROUGH THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a touch screen and a method of inputting characters through the touch screen of the mobile terminal. When a user inputs characters though a touch screen of a mobile terminal, he or she can copy already written characters, character strings or images, or paste the copied characters, character stings or images, through a drag operation. Therefore, a user is allowed to copy or paste characters through a drag operation, when inputting the characters through a touch screen of a mobile terminal. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090140999 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAMS USED THEREIN - In an information-processing apparatus employing a coordinate input unit such as a touch panel, processing of explicitly reporting the state of an operation carried out by the user to the user is carried out in order to present a result of the operation to the user. In the information-processing apparatus employing the coordinate input unit and a display unit integrated with the coordinate input unit, in accordance with the type of an operation carried out by the user on the coordinate input unit, the apparatus issues a notice for verifying the state of the operation as well as a result of the operation and avoiding an incorrect operation to the user. To put it concretely, in the configuration of the information-processing apparatus, by outputting a display detectable by the visual sense, a sound or a vibration pattern in accordance with the number of times contact with the coordinate input unit has been made during an operation or in accordance with the state of sustaining such contact, it is possible to verify whether a tap operation or a drag operation has been carried out as intended by the user. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141000 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL NAVIGATION USING HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED IMAGING LENS - A system and method for performing optical navigation uses an imaging lens, which is positioned between a target surface and an image sensor array, that is orientated to be substantially horizontal with respect to the target surface such that the optical axis of the imaging lens is substantially perpendicular to the target surface. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141001 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS, POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM AND POSITION DETECTION METHOD - Backlight of a backlight device ( | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141002 | Touch panel display device - A touch panel display device includes a liquid crystal panel to display an image by regulating transmittance of light supplied from a back light unit, and a touch sensing part provided on upper edges of the liquid crystal panel in order to detect a position touched by a user or an object. The touch sensing part includes infrared lamps to generate and emit infrared light, infrared light reflecting tubes mounted with the infrared lamps, and image sensors to sense the infrared light output from the light output regions of the infrared light reflecting tubes. Each of the infrared light reflecting tubes has light output regions and non-output regions evenly formed at a surface facing an upper surface of the liquid crystal panel so that the infrared light emitted from the infrared lamps is evenly irradiated on the upper surface of the liquid crystal panel. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141003 | Apparatus and method for operating a symmetric cipher engine in cipher-block chaining mode - An optical touch screen apparatus and method for manufacturing an optical touch screen apparatus are disclosed. The optical touch screen apparatus may comprise a touch screen plate having at least one pair of grooves formed on a front surface thereof; at least one pair of circuit boards disposed on the front surface of the touch screen plate, wherein each of the grooves respectively partially receives each of the circuit boards; an infrared emitting device for emitting an infrared beam, wherein the infrared emitting device is mounted on the first of the circuit boards; and an infrared receiving device for receiving the infrared beam, wherein the infrared receiving device is mounted on the second of the circuit boards and in optical communication with the infrared emitting device. | 2009-06-04 |
| 20090141004 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - To provide an input device including a display screen which has an image display function and a text information input function by using a display portion in which a pixel includes an optical sensor. An optical sensor is provided in each pixel of the display portion in order to detect position information. A transistor of a pixel circuit in the display portion and the optical sensor are formed using a single crystal semiconductor layer. By using the single crystal semiconductor layer, there is no variation in characteristics among pixels, and position detection with high accuracy is realized. Moreover, the display portion is formed using a substrate which is a light-transmitting substrate such as a glass substrate provided with a single crystal semiconductor layer separated from a single crystal semiconductor substrate. | 2009-06-04 |
