| 23rd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
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| 20120139802 | Multi-band antenna - A multi-band antenna includes a loop conductor, a first conductor arm, and a second conductor arm. The loop conductor is configured to resonate in a first frequency band and includes a feed-in end for feeding of signals and a main body that extends from the feed-in end, and that has a grounding point disposed adjacent to the feed-in end. The first conductor arm is configured to resonate in a second frequency band and extends from the feed-in end. The second conductor arm is configured to resonate in a third frequency band and extends from the feed-in end. At least one of the loop conductor, the first conductor arm, and the second conductor arm is bent so as to be disposed in different planes. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139803 | ANTENNA, ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN WHICH THE ANTENNA IS IMPLEMENTED - An antenna used in wireless communication, comprises: a dielectric substrate; a ground conductor portion arranged upon the dielectric substrate; an antenna element including a radiating conductor portion arranged upon the dielectric substrate opposite to the ground conductor portion, a shorted conductor portion that connects the radiating conductor portion and the ground conductor portion, and a power supply unit adapted to supply a high-frequency current to the radiating conductor portion; and an open conductor portion connected at high frequencies to the ground conductor portion, wherein the open conductor portion is connected to the dielectric substrate so as to protrude by a predetermined length from the location of the ground conductor portion in a diagonal direction from the location where the ground conductor portion and the shorted conductor portion are connected. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139804 | Low-Profile Multiple-Beam Lens Antenna - An antenna is provided for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic energy. A circular-shaped lens is disposed within a volume that has a first surface, a second surface, and a center, has an axis of rotation that passes substantially through the first surface, the second surface and the center. A plurality of feed elements are positioned at a plurality of focal points of the circular-shaped lens along at least a portion of a circle which is centered substantially on the axis of rotation. The thickness of the antenna is ⅓ or less of the diameter of the antenna. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139805 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND MULTI-BEAM ANTENNA ARRAY USING THE SAME - An antenna structure comprises a substrate, a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit. The substrate comprises a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface. The first antenna unit is disposed on the first surface, and comprises at least a first slot with a wider inside and narrower outside at the edge of the first antenna unit. The second antenna unit is disposed on the second surface, and is connected to the first antenna unit through a hole in the substrate. The radius of the at least one first slot is one-fourth the wavelength of the central frequency of the antenna structure. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139806 | IFS BEAMFORMING ANTENNA FOR IEEE 802.11n MIMO APPLICATIONS - An antenna that is capable of accommodating both IEEE 802.11b/g traffic and IEEE 802.11n traffic is provided. The antenna includes a ground plane member, a plurality of inverted F slot antenna elements disposed at equidistant positions along a periphery of the ground plane member, and a plurality of slot elements disposed at equidistant positions along the periphery of the ground plane member is provided. First and second slot elements can be disposed on respective first and second sides of each inverted F slot antenna element, and each inverted F slot antenna element can operate in a first frequency band and in a second frequency band. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139807 | Electrically large stepped-wall and smooth-wall horns for spot beam applications - Electrically large, stepped-wall or smooth-wall, direct-radiating horn antenna apparatus that may preferably be used in satellite spot beam applications. Exemplary electrically large smooth-wall horn antenna apparatus comprises one or more input ports, an electrically large output port, and a smooth-wall or stepped-wall tapered section having a spline-shaped profile extending from the input port(s) to the output port of the apparatus. The spline-shaped profile is preferably monotonic and is preferably configured to generate a spot beam. The spline-shaped profile may be configured to support multiple frequency bands, and dual simultaneous polarization having either linear or circular polarization. The spline-shaped profile is defined by spline knots, and, the knot radii form a nondecreasing sequence. Preferably, the spline-shaped profile comprises a piecewise cubic Hermite interpolating polynomial spline that interpolates the shape of curves between the spline knots. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139808 | ANTENNA FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM - A Global Positioning System (GPS) antenna apparatus in a wireless communication device is provided. The GPS antenna apparatus includes a GPS antenna radiator and at least one blocking layer. The GPS antenna radiator receives a GPS signal. The at least one blocking layer is installed proximate to the GPS antenna radiator so as to block an external noise introduced to the GPS antenna radiator. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139809 | ANTENNA, ADJUSTMENT METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN WHICH THE ANTENNA IS MOUNTED - An antenna used in wireless communication, provided with an antenna element and a GND portion on a dielectric board and mounted in an electronic device, includes a open conductor having a high-frequency connection to the GND portion at an end of the dielectric board in the opposing corner direction from a power supply point of the antenna element. The length of the GND portion in the vertical direction relative to the propagation direction of a high-frequency signal is less than ¼ the wavelength of the operating frequency of the antenna element. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139810 | MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) ANTENNA SYSTEM - An antenna system includes a multi-port antenna with an active feeding network coupled thereto. The active feeding network applies complex weights to signals received from and transmitted to each port of the multi-port antenna. The complex weights are applied according to eigenvectors corresponding to a Hermitian matrix representation of the multi-port antenna. The Hermitian matrix may be base on such multi-port antenna parameters such as power dissipation, power radiation, real-power flow, volumetric storage of electromagnetic energy, and/or volumetric dissipation of electromagnetic energy. The multi-port antenna yields orthogonal electromagnetic fields in volumes or surfaces of interest in response to the active feeding network excitation. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139811 | LOW-PROFILE ANTENNA AND FEED STRUCTURE - An antenna subsystem includes an antenna and a radio frequency (RF) feed structure. The antenna subsystem includes a signal layer, a ground plane layer, and a middle layer arranged therebetween. The RF feed includes a substrate, a port, and a conductive layer. The port is arranged and configured for selective coupling with a transmission line. A conductive layer includes a first portion electrically connected to the port, which transfers an RF signal between the transmission line and a signal layer. The conductive layer also includes a second portion electrically connected to the port, which electrically couples a ground conductor of the transmission line to the ground plane. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139812 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - An antenna device includes a first antenna element resonating at a frequency in a first frequency band, a first matching circuit attaining matching between a first radio frequency circuit and the first antenna element, a second antenna element resonating at a frequency in a second frequency band, a second matching circuit attaining matching between a second radio frequency circuit and the second antenna element, a first band-pass circuit connected with the second antenna element and the second matching circuit to selectively conduct a signal in the second frequency band and a second band-pass circuit connected with the second antenna element and grounded to selectively conduct a signal in the first frequency band, wherein the second antenna element is utilized as a parasitic element for the first antenna element. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139813 | WIRELESS DEVICE PROVIDING OPERABILITY FOR BROADCAST STANDARDS AND METHOD ENABLING SUCH OPERABILITY - The invention refer to a wireless handheld or portable device including an antenna system ( | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139814 | FREQUENCY STABILIZATION CIRCUIT, ANTENNA DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - A frequency stabilization circuit includes four coiled conductors, the first coiled conductor and the second coiled conductor are connected in series to each other to define a first series circuit, the third coiled conductor and the fourth coiled conductor are connected in series to each other to define a second series circuit, the first series circuit is connected between an antenna port and a power feeding port, and the second series circuit is connected between the antenna port and the ground. The first coiled conductor and the second coiled conductor are wound so that a first closed magnetic circuit is provided, and the third coiled conductor and the fourth coiled conductor are wound so that a second closed magnetic circuit is provided. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139815 | PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM THEREOF - An information processing device including a plurality of rectangular-shaped casings each including a first principal surface, and a second principal surface opposing the first principal surface and including a display panel having a predetermined aspect ratio. The information processing device including a connecting portion connecting each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings in a closed state in which each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings are mutually overlaid and a display panel of at least one of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings is externally exposed, and in an open state in which wall portions of mutually adjacent rectangular-shaped casings abut and the display panels of each of the plurality of rectangular-shaped casings face a similar direction. The information processing device further includes a terminal state detecting unit that detects the closed state and the opened state, and a display control unit that controls display of each of the display panels. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139816 | IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A system and method for displaying information within a vehicle is described. The system includes at least one sensing device detecting a set of data associated with the vehicle, driver, or surroundings, which is processed using a processing unit for identifying a set of information to be displayed. The system also includes a set of display devices coupled to the vehicle. A router selects one or more display devices for displaying the display element based on a set of conditions. A display control unit generates an appropriate display element for the set of information identified and the selected display. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139817 | HEAD UP DISPLAY SYSTEM - A head up display apparatus is disclosed for projecting an image upon a screen. The apparatus comprises a signal processing system, comprising an image projector for projecting an image to a partially reflective screen, the screen being configured substantially in front of an eye of a user of the display apparatus. The apparatus further comprises a beam steering arrangement for steering the projected image substantially at an exit pupil of the system, upon the screen, and a pupil tracking arrangement for tracking a pupil of the users eye such that the projected image remains directed at the pupil of the user as the user adjusts their line of sight. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139818 | FACE PANEL FOR COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, PANEL FOR COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND COLOR IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display panel includes a face plate having a transparent substrate, a plurality of phosphor layers disposed on the transparent substrate for emitting different color lights, and a plurality of transmittance adjustment layers interposed between the transparent substrate and the plurality of phosphor layers. Each transmittance adjustment layer corresponds to each phosphor layer for adjusting the transmittances of the lights emitted from the plurality of phosphor layers, and the transmittance adjustment layers have a filtering function with an approximately constant transmittance in the visible light wavelength region. In addition, a rear plate has a plurality of display elements each corresponding to each phosphor layer, wherein the face plate and the rear plate are disposed so that the phosphor layers formed on the face plate are opposite to the display elements formed on the rear plate. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139819 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PIXEL ARRAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) pixel array includes a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, and a plurality of pixel array units. The pixel array units are arranged in array on a substrate. Each of the pixel array units includes a plurality of OLED pixels. The OLED pixels are connected to the same first signal line and respectively connected to a first portion and a second portion of the second signal lines. At least two of the OLED pixels are located between the first portion and the second portion. A transmittance region is surrounded by the first portion, the second portion, and the OLED pixels, and the first portion and the second portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the transmittance region. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139820 | Organic light emitting display device and driving method thereof - An organic light emitting display device of the present embodiments includes: a plurality of pixels positioned at intersections of scan lines, data lines, and emission control lines; a pixel unit, including the plurality of pixels, and divided into two or more blocks; a scan driver sequentially supplying scan signals to the scan lines; a data driver supplying data signals to the data lines in synchronization with the scan signals; and two or more emission drivers connected with emission control lines in the blocks, in which each emission driver supplies emission control signals to emission control lines connected thereto, and at least one or more emission control signals are supplied in each block simultaneously. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139821 | Organic Light Emitting Display Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same - The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The present disclosure suggests an organic light emitting display device including an organic layer; a display element layer including a display area representing video data and a pad area extended from the display area, on the organic layer; film elements formed on the display element layer; a film type printed circuit board connected to the pad area; and a reinforcing adhesive filling a space between the film type printed circuit board and the film elements | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139822 | CONTROL APPARATUS - A control apparatus specifies a response time required for a pre-change transmittance specified by image data of an image to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel to become a post-change transmittance specified by image data of a subsequent image, subsequent to the image, to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel, for each pixel of the liquid crystal display panel, based on the pre-change transmittance and on the post-change transmittance; derives a representative response time defined as a response time of an image in a frame, based on the response time specified for each of the pixels; and sets an unlit time period of the backlight, between display of the image and the subsequent image, according to the representative response time. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139823 | DRIVER DEVICE, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight unit according to the present invention includes a plurality of LED drivers ( | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139824 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND INFORMATION APPARATUS - A disclosed electrochromic display element includes a display substrate, a counter substrate facing the display substrate, display electrodes arranged between the display substrate and the counter substrate, electrochromic layers formed on the respective display electrodes, a plurality of drive elements arranged on the counter substrate at predetermined intervals, a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged on the drive elements, a charge retention layer formed over the pixel electrodes as a continuous layer, the charge retention layer being formed of a mixed film including a polymer and one of electric conductive microparticles and semiconductor microparticles, and an electrolyte layer sandwitched between the display substrate and the charge retention layer. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139825 | ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrochromic display device includes a display substrate, a counter substrate facing the display substrate, counter electrodes arranged on the counter substrate, an electrolyte layer arranged between the display substrate and the counter electrodes, display electrodes separately arranged from one another between the display substrate and the counter electrodes, electrochromic layers to develop or reduce a color by redox reactions, the electrochromic layers being formed on the respective display electrodes arranged such that the electrochromic layers face the set of the counter electrodes, a voltage applying unit to select one of the display electrodes to connect the selected display electrode and the counter electrodes to apply a voltage between the connected display electrode and counter electrodes, a disconnecting unit to disconnect the unselected display electrodes from the counter electrodes, and an interelectrode connecting unit to connect the display electrodes. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139826 | User Control of the Display of Matrix Codes - An electronic device determines to transmit an image including a matrix code to a display, receives input specifying to alter the matrix code, generates an updated image according to the input, and transmits the updated image to the display. The device may alter a size and/or position of the matrix code, a display duration and/or complexity of the matrix code, and so on. The device may generate the matrix code and modify it in response to input, receive different matrix code versions and select a different version in response to input, receive the image including the matrix code and generate a replacement to overlay over the image, and so on Additionally, independent of input, the device may receive an image, detect an included first matrix code, generate a second matrix code based on the first, and generate an updated image by adding the second matrix code to the image. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139827 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERACTING WITH PROJECTED DISPLAYS USING SHADOWS - A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for interacting with a projected image using a shadow are disclosed. For example, the method projects an image of a processing device to create the projected image, and detects a shadow on the projected image. The method interprets the shadow as a display formatting manipulation command and sends the display formatting manipulation command to an application of the processing device to manipulate a display format of the projected image. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139828 | Communication And Skills Training Using Interactive Virtual Humans - A system for providing interaction between a virtual human and a user, the system comprising: a tangible interface providing a physical interface between the user and the virtual human, an imaging system directed towards the physical interface to provide images of the user interacting with the tangible interface; a tracking system tracking at least one position or the user; a microphone capturing speech from the user; a simulation system receiving inputs from the tangible interface, the imaging system, the tracking system and the microphone, the simulation system generating output signals corresponding to the virtual human; and a display presenting the output signals to the user. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139829 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A technique that can simply determine pass/failure of signal interconnects for chipping or cracking of a substrate without increase in the number of manufacturing steps. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139830 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AVATAR USING EXPRESSION CONTROL POINT - An apparatus and method for controlling an avatar using expression control points are provided. The apparatus may track positions of feature points and a head movement from an expression of a user, remove the head movement from the positions of the feature points, and generate expression control points. Accordingly, the expression of the user may be reflected to a face of the avatar. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139831 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SWITCHING INPUT METHODS OF A MOBILE TERMINAL - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for switching input methods of a mobile terminal, the method comprises: Step A: receiving an operation instruction from a key to call out an input method selecting interface; Step B: reading a selection of an input method in the input method selecting interface; Step C: entering an editing environment of the selected input method; Step D: judging whether a plurality of input characters, which are not yet interpreted before switching the input method, are meaningful to the input method after switching; and Step E: if the plurality of input characters are meaningful, then interpreting the input character which is not yet interpreted by using the input method after switching. A user can input information into a mobile terminal more conveniently and rapidly through the present invention, and the input speed and user experience are improved. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139832 | Head Pose Assessment Methods And Systems - Improvements are provided to effectively assess a user's face and head pose such that a computer or like device can track the user's attention towards a display device(s). Then the region of the display or graphical user interface that the user is turned towards can be automatically selected without requiring the user to provide further inputs. A frontal face detector is applied to detect the user's frontal face and then key facial points such as left/right eye center, left/right mouth corner, nose tip, etc., are detected by component detectors. The system then tracks the user's head by an image tracker and determines yaw, tilt and roll angle and other pose information of the user's head through a coarse to fine process according to key facial points and/or confidence outputs by pose estimator. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139833 | HANDWRITING INPUT DEVICE - A handwriting input device includes a vibration sensor, a motion sensor, a communication unit, and a microcontroller. The vibration sensor is tuned to a range of frequencies that includes the expected vibration frequency generated by a finger wearing the device when the finger writes on a surface. The motion sensor senses movement of the device. The microcontroller generates cursor control signals according to the movement sensed by the motion sensor and generates handwriting activation signals when a frequency of vibration detected by the vibration sensor falls within the range of frequencies, and transmits the cursor control signals and the handwriting activation signals to an external electronic device communicating with the device through the communication unit to signal the external electronic device to control movement of a displayed cursor and displays the track of the movement of the displayed cursor. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139834 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OBJECTS - An apparatus and method for controlling an object are provided. The object control apparatus includes a detection module to detect deformation of a flexible display device, a storage module to store a first table including feature information regarding deformation of the flexible display device, and pattern information regarding deformation patterns of the flexible display device, the pattern information matching the feature information, and a control module to generate the feature information from deformation information regarding the detected deformation, to extract the pattern information corresponding to the generated feature information from the first table, and control at least one of a pointer and an object based on the extracted pattern information. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139835 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive input system comprises a display panel; a first illumination source providing illumination across an outer surface of the display panel such that when a pointer is brought into proximity with the outer surface, the pointer reflects illumination from the first illumination source through the display panel; at least one imaging device having a field of view aimed at an opposite outer surface of the display panel, the at least one imaging device capturing images including illumination reflected by the pointer through the display panel; and processing structure in communication with the at least one imaging device, said processing structure processing the captured images to determine a location of the pointer relative to the outer surface. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139836 | INFORMATION PROVIDING DEVICE - An information providing apparatus equipped with a camera includes: an imaging unit configured to take an image of a preset area with the camera and obtain the taken image; a display output module configured to display the taken image as a displayed image on an image display device; a receiver configured to wirelessly receive operating information, which regards a user's operation performed via a pointing device and includes at least coordinates-related information, from the pointing device; and an operating information processor configured to perform processing based on the received operating information and display result of the processing to be superimposed on the displayed image, wherein the imaging unit, the display output module, the receiver and the operating information processor are all accommodated in a single housing. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139837 | ENHANCED INPUT USING FLASHING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION - Enhanced input using flashing electromagnetic radiation, in which first and second images of an object are accessed. The first image being captured while the object is illuminated with projected electromagnetic radiation, and the second image being captured while the projected electromagnetic radiation is extinguished. A position of the object relative to the screen based on comparing the first and second images is determined. An application is controlled based on the determined position. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139838 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONTACTLESS GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE - Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for providing a contactless Graphical User Interface (GUI). The apparatus for providing a contactless GUI includes a basic information management unit, a pointer tracking unit, and a mouse event management unit. The basic information management unit receives finger image information, and generates basic pointer information for a mouse pointer service. The pointer tracking unit analyzes the finger image information based on the basic pointer information, and generates a mouse operation event by tracking a mouse operation in order to control a mouse pointer based on results of the analysis. The mouse event management unit analyzes the mouse operation event, and generates an operation message corresponding to the mouse operation. The pointer tracking unit tracks the mouse operation by calculating the movement distance of the tips of a thumb and an index finger based on the finger image information. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139839 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA ANNOTATION, SELECTION AND DISPLAY OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A REGION OF INTEREST IN VIDEO CONTENT - Methods, systems, and processor-readable media for selecting a region within a particular frame of video content to access additional information about an area of interest associated with the region within the particular frame, and displaying the additional information, in response to selecting the region associated with the particular frame of video content to access the additional information about the area of interest associated with the region within the particular frame. A selection packed can be generated, which includes frame selection data associated with the particular frame of video content. The frame selection data can include data that is sufficient to identify the particular frame of video content. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139840 | INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM WITH KEYBOARD VIDEO MOUSE (KVM) - Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently controlling source computers connected to a display system. A control computer, source computers, and a video processor are connected over a control network. Input signals such as keyboard and mouse input signals are provided to the video processor and the source computers through the control network. The source computers are also connected to the video processor through a video interface, such as multiple Digital Video Interface (DVI) lines. The use of a hybrid system allows flexibility in configuring and using the control network while providing high throughput and low latency for video sent to the video processor. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139841 | User Interface Device With Actuated Buttons - A user interface device with actuated buttons is described. In an embodiment, the user interface device comprises two or more buttons and the motion of the buttons is controlled by actuators under software control such that their motion is inter-related. The position or motion of the buttons may provide a user with feedback about the current state of a software program they are using or provide them with enhanced user input functionality. In another embodiment, the ability to move the buttons is used to reconfigure the user interface buttons and this may be performed dynamically, based on the current state of the software program, or may be performed dependent upon the software program being used. The user interface device may be a peripheral device, such as a mouse or keyboard, or may be integrated within a computing device such as a games device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139842 | Adjustable Ergonomic Keyboard - An adjustable keyboard having a number of keys is formed in at least two segments which are mutually movable relative- to one another using a hinge or joint. Each of the segments of the keyboard has keys mounted thereon. The adjustable nature of the keyboard reduces stress and discomfort to the user by reducing contortion to the user's wrists. More particularly, discomfort to the user caused by pronation of the wrists and/or ulnar deviation of the wrists is reduced. The hinge or joint is in the form of a ball and socket-type joint with a locking mechanism, which preferably includes a pivoted handle, in the form of a lever, used for locking and unlocking the hinge or joint. The surface of at least one of the ball and socket of the joint define a plurality of recesses or a plurality of projections, to provide increased resistance to joint movement. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139843 | Illuminated keyboard - A light guide is provided for illuminating innumerable constructions, but which is ideally suited for illuminating the keys of a keyboard. The light guide includes a translucent planar plate having a top, a bottom and sides. Further, the light guide includes one or more cavities which project upwardly into the translucent plate from its bottom surface. The cavities are hollow or filled with a translucent material so that the translucent plate and the one or more cavities form translucent interfaces where the cavities interface with the plate. The light guide also includes a reflector which covers the plate bottom and cavity openings. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139844 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK ASSISTED TEXT MANIPULATION - A system with a touchscreen generates haptic effects in response to a manipulation of text displayed on the touchscreen. The system senses a touch within the text, and determines if the touch is a manipulation of the text, and determines the type of the manipulation. The system then generates a type of haptic event that is based at least in part on the type of the manipulation that was determined. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139845 | SOFT KEY WITH MAIN FUNCTION AND LOGICALLY RELATED SUB-FUNCTIONS FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A portable electronic device that has a touch-sensitive display with one or more soft keys. Each soft key has associated thereto a main function with a default input parameter and one or more sub-functions. Each sub-function is an instance of the main function but with a modified input parameter. Each sub-function can be launched by performing two or more actions on the touch-sensitive display. One of the action is to be performed on the soft key itself. The function and the sub-function serve to process displayed content. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139846 | NOISE REDUCTION FOR TOUCH CONTROLLER - A touch controller having noise reduction circuitry is disclosed. The touch controller can include a transmit section for generating stimulation signals to drive a touch display to sense a touch or hover event. The touch controller can also include a receive section for processing touch signals from the touch display indicative of the touch or hover event. The touch controller can reduce noise introduced into the stimulation signals and propagated through the touch display into the touch signals, thereby interfering with touch and hover sensing. To reduce the noise, the transmit section's noise reduction circuitry can isolate and subtract the noise from the stimulation signals. In addition or alternatively, the receive section's noise reduction circuitry can isolate and subtract the noise from the touch signals. In addition or alternatively, the transmit section's noise reduction circuitry can isolate and subtract some of the noise from the stimulation signals, while the receive section's noise reduction circuitry to isolate and subtract the remainder of the noise from the touch signals. In additional to a touch display, the touch controller can be similarly employed with a touch sensor panel. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139847 | User Interface For A Remote Control Device - One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for controlling the operations of a consumer electronic (CE) device. A system includes a display device, CE device, and a remote controller with a touchpad. The CE device is configured to output a context-specific user interface for display by the display device. The particular user interface varies based on the operational context of the CE device. The remote controller sends signals that are detected by the CE device and control operations performed by the CE device. More specifically, the remote controller is used as a handheld pointing device to select operations through interactions with the context-specific user interface. A user may apply gestures to the touchpad that are interpreted based on the context-specific user interface to control the CE device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139848 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel includes a glass substrate having reinforcing layers on a first side and a second side, sensing patterns in an active area on the first side of the glass substrate, a black matrix in a non-active area adjacent to the active area, and an overcoat layer covering sides of the black matrix. The touch screen panel includes an insulating layer extending to a cut-side of the glass substrate and covering the overcoat layer, sensing lines partially overlapping the black matrix and connected to the sensing patterns, and the cut-side of the glass substrate having an exposed non-reinforced surface that is a rounded edge. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139849 | METHOD OF A TOUCH PANEL DETERMINING MULTI-TOUCH - In a method of a touch panel determining multi-touch, the touch panel can determine if a sensing channel having a local minimum of a sensing value is the last sensing channel having the sensing value, or determine if sensing channels having the sensing value larger than a threshold generated according to a maximum are successive sensing channels, so as to determine the number of touch points on the touch panel. In addition, the touch panel can find a first local maximum and a second local maximum from the sensing values of the sensing channels, and compare the first local maximum and the second local maximum with a first reference and a second reference, so as to confirm the number of touch points on the touch panel. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139850 | HAPTIC DRIVING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - There is provided a haptic driving assembly capable of providing more uniform haptic feedback, and an electronic device using the same. The haptic driving assembly includes: at least one actuator; and a vibration transferring part disposed to contact at least one surface of the actuator and transferring vibrations generated in the actuator to the outside through a liquid phase medium. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139851 | HAPTIC DRIVING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - There are provided a haptic driving assembly capable of providing stronger and more accurate vibration feedback, and an electronic device using the same. The haptic driving assembly includes: a support plate having a plate shape; and at least one actuator having one end thereof coupled to the support plate in order that the other end thereof is spaced apart from an upper surface of the support plate by a predetermined interval. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139852 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL HAVING THE SAME - A touch panel and a touch display panel having the same are provided. The touch panel includes a cover plate, a decoration layer, a plurality of first sensing series, a plurality of second sensing series, and a plurality of third sensing series. The cover plate has a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The decoration layer is disposed on the non-display area of the cover plate. Each of the first sensing series includes a plurality of first sensing pads, a plurality of display-area first bridge lines, and a plurality of non display-area first bridge lines. The display-area first bridge lines bridge the first sensing pads located in the display area in a first direction. The non display-area first bridge lines bridge the first sensing pads located in the non-display area in the first direction, wherein the material of the non display-area first bridge lines is metal. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139853 | Information Input Device and Information Input Method - An information input device includes: a touch screen; a manipulation information acquiring module configured to extract a keyword from a text based on position information that is input to the touch screen externally; a storage module configured to store a preset keyword selection font size; and a picture generator configured to put the touch screen into a keyword selection state based on manipulation information that is input externally, and configured to perform a control in the keyword selection state so that a text is displayed on the touch screen with the keyword selection font size. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139854 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE DATA - A method for processing data received from at least one input device associated with a computer, the method comprising: determining if received data is associated with a location-aware event, and in dependence on said data being associated with a non-location-aware event, forwarding the data to be processed by an operating system of the computer; and in dependence on said data being associated with a location-aware event, forwarding the data to be processed by an application running on the computer; on receipt of the data at the application, determining if the event is coincident with the location of a displayed window associated with the application, and in dependence on the event not being coincident with the application window, transmitting the data for delivery to the operating system; and in dependence on the event being coincident with the application window, processing the data at the application. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139855 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH INFORMATION AND PROXIMITY INFORMATION IN DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting touch information and proximity information in a display apparatus. The apparatus for detecting the touch information and the proximity information in the display apparatus may detect the touch information and the proximity information by obtaining an image area associated with touch sensing and an image area associated with proximity sensing with respect to an obtained image in the display apparatus. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139856 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A display control apparatus, comprises a display unit including a touch panel type display device and is movably connected to a body; a drawing unit for drawing a display object based on coordinates touched in freehand drawing as a touch operation for the display device; a detection unit for detecting a positional relationship of the display unit with respect to the body; and a control unit for controlling, when the detection unit detects that the display unit has been moved to have a given positional relationship such that a display surface of the display device is arranged at a touchable position and the body supports the display unit not to be moved by a force acting on the display surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the display surface, to display a display item for receiving the freehand drawing on the display device. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139857 | Gesture On Touch Sensitive Input Devices For Closing A Window Or An Application - A method for closing an active window or an application on a user device via detection of a user input gesture on a touch sensitive input device of said user device comprises a step of detecting touch input data with respect to the touch sensitive input device, a step of interpreting said touch input data , such that, in case said touch input data is recognized as corresponding to a gesture of forming an X-shape on said touch sensitive input device with said touch sensitive input device being oriented in a normal reading position, the active window or running application will be closed. A user device on which said method is implemented is disclosed as well. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139858 | DUAL TOUCH PAD INTERFACE FOR A COMPUTING DEVICE - A computing device has a dual touch pad interface that includes a graphical user interface. Further, the computing device includes a first touch pad, which is operably connected to the computing device, that has a plurality of first touch pad sensors arranged in at least one first touch pad shaped layout such that each of the plurality of first touch pad sensors corresponds to a letter from a first subset of a set of letters in an alphabet. In addition, the computing device has a second touch pad, which is operably connected to the computing device, that has a plurality of second touch pad sensors arranged in at least one second touch pad shaped layout such that each of the plurality of second touch pad sensors corresponds to a letter from a second subset of the set of letters in the alphabet. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139859 | INFORMATION SEARCH APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an information search apparatus includes a generation unit, a selection unit, a search unit and a display unit. The generation unit generates recognition candidate character strings based on shapes of strokes and combinations of the shapes. The selection unit calculates reliability values for the recognition candidate character strings and selects search keys from the recognition candidate character strings. The search unit searches a database for second character strings including the search keys, and obtains one or more result character strings indicating search results of each of the search keys. The display displays the one or more result character strings corresponding to each of the search keys distinctively. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139860 | MULTI-TOUCH SKINS SPANNING THREE DIMENSIONS - One or more multi-touch skins can placed along three dimensions of an object. The one or more multi-touch skins enable multi-touch inputs during the operation of the object. The multi-touch inputs can be tracked to monitor the operation of the object and provide feedback to the operator of the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can further enable gestures for configuring and operating the object. The one or more multi-touch skins can also be used to implement any number of GUI interface objects and actions. A multi-touch skin that measures the force of a touch in one or more directions is also provided. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139861 | MUSIC COMPOSITION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING TOUCHSCREEN - A music composition method and system is provided for composing a music piece using a touch interaction with a touchscreen-enabled portable device. A music composition method includes setting an accompaniment with chords varying according to the progress of a unit play time; playing the accompaniment; displaying, when a series of touches are detected, a trace of the touches; playing a melody of tones mapped to positions of the touches and matching notes of a note scale defined by chords of the accompaniment playing at the times when the touches are detected; and saving the trace, melody, and accompaniment as a music piece as an ensemble. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139862 | DISPLAY INTERFACE UPDATING METHOD FOR TOUCH SCREEN AND MULTIMEDIA ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An interface updating method for touch screen and a multimedia electronic device are provided, which are used for solving the problem of how to update a display interface of a touch screen according to the slide operating characteristics of a controller. When the controller slides on the touch screen, the operating characteristics of the controller are determined based on the predetermined number of pixel point samples that the slide trail of the controller goes through at last. The interface is updated according to the operating characteristics of the controller. The interface adjustment visually obtains an effect corresponding to the movement of the controller. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139863 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING WRITING INFORMATION ACCORDING TO WRITING PATTERN - Provided are a method and apparatus for inputting handwriting in a digital electronic apparatus. Various patterns defining methods of generating pressure information according to handwriting input are stored in advance, and a user selects a pattern similar to a pattern of the user or selects a desired handwriting pattern to perform the handwriting, so that pressure information is generated according to the handwriting pattern and the handwriting is displaying with a thickness corresponding to the pressure information. Therefore, it is possible to solve a problem of monotonous handwriting input in the related art where only the position is input and the handwriting is output with the same thickness. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139864 | POSITION-SENSING AND FORCE DETECTION PANEL - Disclosed is a touch position sensor. Force detection circuitry can be included with the position sensor, for example, to determine an amount of force applied to a touch panel of the sensor. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139865 | TOUCH DEVICE COMMUNICATION - A system for data communication between a plurality of touch devices is disclosed. The system can include a first touch device having a first touch surface, and at least one other touch device having at least one other touch surface. The first touch device and the at least one other touch device can include a touch controller detecting communications coupling between the first touch surface and the least one other touch surface. The first touch device and the at least one other touch device can include a communication unit communicating data between the first touch device and the at least one other touch device, via the first touch surface and the at least one other touch surface, when the communications coupling is detected. The communications coupling can be detected when a coupling conduit contacts, or is proximate to, the first touch surface and at least one other touch surface. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139866 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND TOUCH-DETECTING DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display substrate includes a pixel switching element, a pixel electrode, a reference line, a control switching element, a bias line, a light sensing element, a sensing capacitor and a light blocking filter pattern. The pixel switching element is connected to a data line and a gate line, includes a first semiconductor pattern. The pixel electrode is connected to the pixel switching element. The reference line is in parallel with the data line. The control switching element is connected to the reference line and the gate line, includes a second semiconductor pattern. The bias line is in parallel with the gate line. The light sensing element is connected to the bias line and the control switching element, includes a third semiconductor pattern. The sensing capacitor is connected to the light sensing element and a storage line. The light blocking filter pattern transmits a first light, and blocks a second light. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139867 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH APPARATUS - A capacitive touch apparatus includes a first touch unit, a first voltage difference retrieving unit, a first feedback signal generating unit, and a control unit. The first touch unit has a touch substrate and a first conductive layer. The first voltage difference retrieving unit is electrically connected with the first conductive layer and outputs a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal. The first feedback signal generating unit outputs a first feedback signal according to the variation of the voltage difference between the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal. The control unit receives the first feedback signal for computing the touch position and outputs a power signal to the first voltage difference retrieving unit. Hence, the capacitive touch apparatus improves the sensing speed and reduces the manufacturing cost by the simple circuit design. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139868 | TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel includes a scanning circuit portion for inputting a drive voltage to each scanning electrode sequentially in 1st to n-th sub detection periods, a capacitance detection circuit portion for detecting a capacitance detection signal of the each detecting electrode in the 1st to n-th groups, and a control circuit portion for calculating a capacitance detection signal change amount from the capacitance detection signals of a plurality of the detecting electrodes detected by the capacitance detection circuit portion, and calculating coordinates of a touch position based on the capacitance detection signal change amounts. The control circuit portion determines, in consecutive sub detection periods, the capacitance detection signal change amount of the each detecting electrode in two groups from which the capacitance detection signals are detected in the consecutive sub detection periods, based on the capacitance detection signals consecutively detected from at least one same detecting electrode. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139869 | REATTACHABLE TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A reattachable touch input device is for use with an electronic device. The reattachable touch input device includes a touch sensing layer and a reattachable attachment member. The touch sensing layer is operable to generate a touch position signal in response to at least one touch action detected thereby. The reattachable attachment member is disposed under the touch sensing layer and is configured for releasable attachment of the reattachable touch input device to a surface. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139870 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PAD CONFIGURED FOR PROXIMITY DETECTION - The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling a touch pad, comprising an object locate mode for locating an object on the touch pad comprising steps of: determining a measurement of capacitance of each of the pairs of electrodes of the touch pad, each pair comprising a row electrode and a column electrode transverse to the row electrode, comparing each measurement with a first detection threshold, and if the comparison of at least one measurement with the first threshold reveals the presence of an object on the touch pad, locating the object on the touch pad according to the capacitance measurements, the method comprising a proximity detection mode comprising steps of: determining a measurement representative of the capacitance between one or two electrodes and one or two other electrodes of the touch pad, and comparing a measurement obtained with a second detection threshold different from the first threshold. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139871 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY TYPE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel for display apparatus is provided, which includes a substrate; an electrode forming part including a plurality of first electrode serials and a plurality of second electrode serials arranged to cross over the plurality of first electrode serials; a routing wire forming part including a plurality of first routing wires connected to the plurality of first electrode serials, respectively and a plurality of second routing wires connected to the plurality of second electrode serials, respectively; a plurality of first insulation patterns formed at a cross region of the first and second electrode serials to insulate the first electrode serial from the second electrode serial; and at least one buffer pattern to be positioned at least one side of each of the first insulation patterns, and be spaced at a predetermined distance from the first insulation pattern. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139872 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A variable capacitor is formed from a pair of electrodes and a dielectric interposed between the electrodes over a substrate, and an external input is detected by changing capacitance of the variable capacitor by a physical or electrical force. Specifically, a variable capacitor and a sense amplifier are provided over the same substrate, and the sense amplifier reads the change of capacitance of the variable capacitor and transmits a signal in accordance with the input to a control circuit. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139873 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND RELATED CONTROL METHOD - A touch-controlled electronic apparatus includes a touch screen, and the touch screen includes a first area used as touch buttons and a second area used for displaying images. A method for controlling the touch-controlled electronic apparatus includes the steps of: detecting whether the touch screen receives a touch signal; when detecting that the touch screen receives the touch signal, determining whether a touched position of the touch signal is located on the first area to generate a determining result; and determining to trigger a first interrupt request or a second interrupt request according to the determining result. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139874 | INPUT-FUNCTION INTEGRATED LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - It is characterized in that there is provided a liquid crystal panel including a pair of transparent substrates having electrodes for liquid crystal display disposed thereon, respectively, the electrodes for liquid crystal display being made of a transparent conductive film and serving as electrodes for liquid crystal display, and a liquid crystal sandwiched between the pair of transparent substrates; and that one of the pair of transparent substrates has an electrode for a projection capacitive sensor disposed on a side thereof with the electrode for liquid crystal display disposed thereon, the electrode for a projection capacitive sensor being made of the same conductive film as the electrode for liquid crystal display and serving as an electrode for a projection capacitive sensor. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139875 | OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE CAPABLE OF INCREASING LIGHT EMITTING ANGLE OF LIGHT EMITTING UNIT - An optical touch module includes a screen and at least one optical positioning device disposed on the screen. The optical positioning device includes a case, at least one light emitting unit, a circuit board, a transparent diffusing part and an image capturing unit. The light emitting unit is disposed on case for emitting invisible light. The circuit board is electrically connected to the light emitting unit for controlling the light emitting unit. The transparent diffusing part is disposed at a light emitting side of the light emitting unit. A bar structure is formed on a light entrance surface of the transparent diffusing part for scattering the invisible light to be distributed over a touch surface of the screen. The image capturing unit is disposed on the case to capture an optical image for a touch object on the touch surface when the touch object is illuminated by the invisible light. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139876 | Light Sensing Circuit, Method Of Manufacturing The Same, And Optical Touch Panel Including The Light Sensing Circuit - A light sensing circuit using an oxide semiconductor transistor, a method of manufacturing the light sensing circuit, and an optical touch panel including the light sensing circuit. Because the light sensing circuit includes only one light sensor transistor and one switch transistor formed on the same substrate, a structure of the light sensing circuit is simplified. Furthermore, because the light sensor transistor and the switch transistor have the same structure, a method of manufacturing the light sensing circuit is also simplified. Also, since an optical touch panel or an image acquisition apparatus using the light sensing circuit uses the light sensing circuit having a simple structure and does not use a capacitor, the optical touch panel or the image acquisition apparatus may be made thinner and larger. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139877 | PROXIMITY SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A proximity sensor ( | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139878 | TOUCH MODULE AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch module and a touch display apparatus are provided. The touch module includes an image capturing unit, a distance detection unit, and a calculation unit. The image capturing unit determines a touch angle according to a captured detection image. The distance detection unit includes a detection signal generator and a receiver. The detection signal generator supplies a scattered detection signal. The receiver receives the reflected detection signal and determines a first touch distance according to the detection signal. The calculation unit is coupled to the image capturing unit and the distance detection unit. The calculation unit calculates a touch position according to the touch angle and the first touch distance. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139879 | CAPACITIVE STYLUS PEN - A capacitive stylus pen for a portable terminal includes a body portion formed of a synthetic resin material extending in a longitudinal direction; a sensing member provided in an inner side of the body portion to sense a current of a human's body; a transferring member formed of a conductive material and provided in an end of the body portion to be connected to the sensing member, and a manipulating member provided in an end of the transferring member, wherein the manipulating member is manufactured of conductive rubber and contacts a touch screen according to user's manipulation, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) is embedded in the body portion to perform wireless communication with the portable terminal, thereby configuring a wireless headset with the capacitive stylus pen. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139880 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS ADAPTED TO OPERATION USING A PLURALITY OF OPERATION ELEMENTS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus capable of discriminating between an operation of turning an operation member and an operation of moving a finger alone and switching between detections of the two operations according to the situation to thereby provide a simple and intuitive user interface. A first detection unit detects a finger movement on a sub electronic dial. A second detection unit detects a turn of the sub electronic dial. When the finger movement has been detected, but the turn of the sub electronic dial has not, a first detection function is executed. When the turn of the sub electronic dial has been detected, a second detection function different from the first detection function is executed without executing the first detection function, irrespective of whether or not the finger movement has been detected. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139881 | DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a substrate and a display area and a peripheral area on the substrate. The peripheral area is outside the display area, and a gate driving circuit is disposed in the peripheral area. The gate driving circuit includes a first stage coupled to a first gate line and a second stage coupled to a second gate line, and the first stage and the second stage are configured as mirror images of each other. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139882 | METHOD FOR RESTORING A TIMING CONTROLLER AND DRIVING DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of restoring a timing controller includes generating an error condition signal from a timing controller by checking abnormality of an image signal and a control signal provided from an image board, feeding back the error condition signal to the image board, and restoring the timing controller based on the error condition signal. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139883 | GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate drive circuit includes a shift register in which plural stages are cascade-connected to each other. In an n-th stage, a pull-up part outputs a high voltage of a clock signal to an output node as a high voltage of an n-th gate signal in response to a high voltage on a first node. A pull-down part pulls the high voltage of the n-th gate signal down to a first low voltage in response to an (n+1)th carry signal. A discharging part discharges the first node to a second low voltage level lower than the first low voltage level in response to the (n+1)th carry signal. A carry part outputs the high voltage of the clock signal as an n-th carry signal (mirroring the n-th gate signal) in response to a high voltage on the first node. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139884 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are an electronic paper display device and a method for manufacturing the same. The electronic paper display device including an electronic paper panel and various components, includes: a substrate made of an insulating material and being provided with wirings on a surface thereof and therein; and a driving IC bonded to the substrate and controlling the electronic paper panel to display an image, whereby it be manufactured by a more simplified process as compared to that of the related art and can remarkably reduce product costs by using more inexpensive components that are necessary as compared to those of the related art. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139885 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to the present invention, area control of a liquid crystal display device prevents luminance insufficiency attributing to leaking of illumination light between adjacent areas. A peak luminance detector detects a peak luminance area in which a luminance level is equal to or higher than a first threshold. A peripheral luminance detector detects luminance levels of peripheral areas located adjacent to the peak luminance area. When the average of the luminance levels of the peripheral areas is equal to or lower than a second threshold, a peak luminance corrector increases a light source luminance level of a backlight cell that corresponds to the peak luminance area. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139886 | Display device and driving method thereof - A display device may have a plurality of pixels of a first group connected to a plurality of first gate lines and first common voltage lines and a plurality of pixels of a second group connected to a plurality of second gate lines and second common voltage lines. The display device drives the first common voltage lines and the second common voltage lines in synchronization with a first clock signal; and drives the plurality of first gate lines and the plurality of second gate lines in synchronization with a second clock signal. I-th first and second common voltage lines (i is a positive integer) are driven to one of a first common voltage and a common reference voltage, and (i+1)-th first and second common voltage lines are driven to one of a second common voltage and the common reference voltage. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139887 | CURRENT SENSING CIRCUIT - A current sensing circuit includes a current sensing unit, a feedback control unit and a digital output unit. The current sensing unit senses a current and produces a pulse signal according to at least one reference signal and at least one feedback signal. The current sensing unit includes a first capacitor set and a second capacitor set. The current sensing unit selects at least one capacitor in the first capacitor set and at least one capacitor in the second capacitor set according to the current value so as to adjust the precision of the current sensing circuit. The feedback control unit is coupled to the current sensing unit and produces the feedback signals according to a clock signal and the pulse signal. The digital output unit is coupled to the current sensing unit and outputs a digital signal according to the pulse signal. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139888 | DISPLAY SYSTEM - A display system has a solar cell; a battery unit storing an electric power; a display apparatus which displays image; a controller which controls the power supply of the electricity generated by the solar cell to the display apparatus and the battery unit, the controller further controls the power supply from the battery unit to the display apparatus, and a receiving unit which receives a weather information, wherein the controller controls the percentage among the power supplying to the display apparatus and the battery unit according to the weather information received by the receiving unit. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139889 | IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS - An image projection apparatus is disclosed which projects an image having a good color by reducing the influence of a lateral electric field in a liquid crystal display element (LCD). The apparatus includes three LCDs, each including two opposite electrodes. As the voltage applied to a liquid crystal layer is increased, retardation provided for light in each color band is increased. A controller controls an electrode application voltage in the first LCD such that, in a white display state, a liquid crystal application voltage (LCAV) in the first LCD is lower than the LCAVs in the second and third LCDs, and such that, in a black display state, the LCAV in the first LCD is higher than the LCAVs in the second and third LCDs and has a value from 1% to 30% of the LCAV in the first LCD in the white display state. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139890 | Organic light emitting display device - A display device includes a plurality of pixels connected with scan lines, emission control lines, and data lines; a plurality of switches connected between respective data lines and a data driver; a first power driver supplying an initial voltage for an initialization period, a reference voltage higher than the initial voltage for a compensation period, and a first high voltage higher than the reference voltage for a emission period, the first high voltage used as a first power supply; a second power driver supplying a second high voltage as a second power supply for the initialization period, the compensation period, and the charge period, and supplying a low voltage lower than the second high voltage for the emission period; a scan driver driving the scan lines and the emission control lines; and the data driver supplying data signals to the data lines for the charge period. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139891 | Driving Method of Electrophoretic Display Device, Electrophoretic Display Device and Electronic Apparatus - An image rewriting process of rewriting an image displayed by applying any one of a first electric potential or a second electric potential to each of a plurality of pixel electrodes and by moving electrophoretic particles by an electric field generated between the pixel electrodes and a common electrode includes a temperature determining process, and includes a first pulse application process which uses the driving pulse signal with the pulse width being a first width, a low temperature pulse application process, and a second pulse application process which uses the driving pulse signal with the pulse width being a second width, performed at the end. The low temperature pulse application process uses the driving pulse signal with the pulse width being the first width. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139892 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display is provided comprising an LCD panel including data lines formed along a column direction, gate lines formed along a row direction perpendicular to the column direction, and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern at intersections of the data lines and the gate lines, a data driver that supplies data voltages to the data lines, and a gate driver that sequentially supplies gate pulses to the gate lines. Subpixels of each of the pixels share one data line through which a data voltage is sequentially charged to the subpixels in a time-division manner. A column-directional length of each of the subpixels is longer than a row-directional length of each of the subpixels. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139893 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DRIVING A LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A source driver comprising a first DAC with a positive polarity (PDAC), a second DAC with a negative polarity (NDAC), first and second operational amplifiers. Each operational amplifier is characterized with a 1st & 2nd stage and an output stage. The PDAC and NDAC are coupled to the first and second operational amplifiers through a first pair of switches. The 1st & 2nd and output stages of the first operational amplifier are coupled to the 1st & 2nd and output stages of the second operational amplifier through a second pair of switches. The first and second operational amplifiers are coupled to odd data lines and even data line through a third pair of switches. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139894 | VOLTAGE-PROGRAMMING SCHEME FOR CURRENT-DRIVEN AMOLED DISPLAYS - A system and method for driving an AMOLED display is provided. The AMOLED display includes a plurality of pixel circuits. A voltage-programming scheme, a current-programming scheme or a combination thereof is applied to drive the display. Threshold shift information, and/or voltage necessary to obtain hybrid driving circuit may be acquired. A data sampling may be implemented to acquire a current/voltage relationship. A feedback operation may be implemented to correct the brightness of the pixel. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139895 | TIMING CONTROLLER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A timing controller and a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) using the same are discussed. The timing controller according to an embodiment includes a reception unit which receives a video signal and a timing signal from a system; a control signal generation unit which generates a gate control signal and a data control signal with the timing signal, and outputs the gate control signal and the data control signal to a gate driver and a data driver, respectively; an image signal generation unit which realigns the video signal to output a realigned image signal; and a delay compensation unit which performs delay compensation for the realigned image signal with a circuit recombined according to a delay compensation value between each data drive Integrated Chip (IC) of the data driver and the image signal generation unit, and outputs the delay-compensated image signal to each data drive IC. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139896 | Driving Method of Electrophoretic Display Device, Electrophoretic Display Device and Electronic Apparatus - An image rewriting process includes a first pulse application process for using a driving pulse signal with the pulse width of a first electric potential being a first width; a driving stop process for stopping generation of an electric field between pixel electrodes and a common electrode, performed after the first pulse application process; and a second pulse application process for using the driving pulse signal with the pulse width of the first electric potential being a second width, performed after the driving stop process. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139897 | Tabletop Display Providing Multiple Views to Users - A tabletop display providing multiple views to users is described. In an embodiment the display comprises a rotatable view-angle restrictive filter and a display system. The display system displays a sequence of images synchronized with the rotation of the filter to provide multiple views according to viewing angle. These multiple views provide a user with a 3D display or with personalized content which is not visible to a user at a sufficiently different viewing angle. In some embodiments, the display comprises a diffuser layer on which the sequence of images are displayed. In further embodiments, the diffuser is switchable between a diffuse state when images are displayed and a transparent state when imaging beyond the surface can be performed. The device may form part of a tabletop comprising with a touch-sensitive surface. Detected touch events and images captured through the surface may be used to modify the images being displayed. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139898 | LIGHT DIFFUSION OF VISIBLE EDGE LINES IN A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MODULAR DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention provide light diffusion into edge lines of a modular display, and thus provide a modular display that is capable of displaying a single, continuous image without visible edge lines between individual display modules. One display module includes a multitude of pixels that contain red, green, blue, and white light sources. The replacement of an edge line blocking dam with the light diffusion edge line of the individual display module can provide a single, continuous image to be displayed thereon without visible, image-quality-reducing edge lines. With various heights of the buffer layer, the light can concentrate on the edge line in modular display. The individual display modules can be light emitting diode (LED), organic LED (OLED), UV LED, RGB LED, Phosphor-based LED, Quantum dot LED, or displays based upon a combination thereof. Furthermore, the variable height buffer layer allows for a modular display image in 2-dimensional or 3-dimensional formats. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139899 | Semantic Rigging of Avatars - Techniques are described herein that are capable of generating a virtual rig for animation of a virtual 3D representation (e.g., an avatar) of an object. Semantic identifiers are associated with vertices of the virtual 3D representation. Each of the semantic identifiers specifies a respective feature of the object. The virtual rig is generated based on association of the semantic identifiers with the respective vertices. The virtual rig is capable of maneuvering the mesh to multiple configurations to animate the virtual 3D representation. In an example, the semantic identifiers may be used to generate and/or place virtual items in combination with the mesh. In another example, the semantic identifiers may be used to define reference elements. The reference elements serve as references for maneuvering respective portions of the mesh and/or virtual items that are associated with those portions. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139900 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE EDITING APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE EDITING METHOD - A stereoscopic image editing apparatus and method, in which a stereoscopic image having a stereoscopic effect desired by the user can be obtained, are provided. The stereoscopic image editing apparatus includes a storage section for storing the stereoscopic image, a compression/decompression section for converting the stereoscopic image to a format displayable on a display, an operation section for allowing the user to specify a crop-edit region and set the fiducial disparity, which is the disparity of the frame of the crop-edit region, with respect to a left-eye and a right-eye images of the stereoscopic image, and a cropping and editing section for cropping and editing the left-eye and the right-eye images of the stereoscopic image, based on the crop-edit region, and a crop-edit region correcting section for correcting the crop-edit region, based on the fiducial disparity with respect to the cropped and edited left-eye and right-eye images. | 2012-06-07 |
| 20120139901 | Pixel, stereopsis display device, and driving method thereof - The stereopsis display device comprises: a scan driver, transmitting a plurality of scan signals to a plurality of scan lines; a gate driver, transmitting a plurality of gate signals to a plurality of gate lines; a data driver, transmitting a plurality of data signals to a plurality of data lines; a controller controlling the scan driver, the gate driver, and the data driver, generating image data signals corresponding to a left-eye image period and a right-eye image period respectively, during one frame, and supplying them to the data driver; and a display unit, including a plurality of pixels, connected to a corresponding scan line, among the plurality of scan lines, the plurality of gate lines, and a corresponding data line, among the plurality of data lines. | 2012-06-07 |
