| 27th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
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| 20090167587 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a battery operated electronic device comprising the ADC. The ADC comprising an input switch; an array of binary-weighted capacitors, the array of capacitors receiving the input voltage signal via the input switch in an on state of the input switch; a plurality of switches, each switch connected in series with a respective one of the capacitors at an opposite side compared to the input switch, wherein a VDD signal is applied to each switch in one switching state and ground in another switching state; a comparator having as one input a voltage from the input switch side of the array of capacitors and as another input a voltage of VDD/2; and a switch control unit coupled to an output of the comparator for controlling the switches based on the output from the comparator. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167588 | Method, medium and apparatus for quantization encoding and de-quantization decoding using trellis - Provided are a method and apparatus for quantization encoding and de-quantization decoding using a trellis. Unlike a trellis coded quantization (TCQ) index, by classifying quantization levels to which cosets are allocated and allocating indexes to the quantization levels so that a coset corresponding to a specific branch in a predetermined state in the trellis can be selected with only indexes without encoding or decoding information on paths, quantization encoding and de-quantization decoding are performed by using a new index. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167589 | EARTH-PENETRATING RADAR WITH INHERENT NEAR-FIELD REJECTION - A ground-penetrating radar comprises a transmitter for launching pairs of widely separated and coherent continuous waves. Each pair is separated by a different amount, such as 10 MHz, 20 MHz, and 30 MHz. These are equivalent to modulation that have a phase range that starts at 0-degrees at the transmitter antenna which is near the ground surface. Deep reflectors at 90-degrees and 270-degrees will be illuminated with modulation signal peaks. Quadrature detection, mixing, and down-conversion result in 0-degree and 180-degree reflections effectively dropping out in demodulation. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167590 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENCE DETECTION - A method and system for presence detection within a detection volume delimited by an inner radius and an outer radius using microwave radiation. The outer radius of the detection volume is controlled by selecting the length of a first pulse controlling the transmit interval of a microwave transmitter and by selecting the length of a third pulse controlling the receive interval of a microwave receiver. The inner radius of the detection volume is controlled through selecting the length of a second pulse defining a predetermined time period between the first pulse and the third pulse. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167591 | PRECISION REGISTRATION FOR RADAR - A precision radar registration (PR | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167592 | METHOD FOR SMALL-SCALE FISHING BOAT EQUIPPED WITH RADAR RECEIVER TO AVOID SHIP COLLISION AND THE RADAR RECEIVER THEREFOR - A method for small-scale fishing boat to avoid ship collision includes the steps of: (1) equipping the small-scale fishing boat with a radar signal receiver for scanning and receiving radar signals transmitted by other ships within the receiving range of the radar signal receiver; (2) using a monitoring computer having a Marine Geographic Information System (Marine GIS) installed thereon to obtain at real time information about the distance, bearings, and etc. of other approaching ships in order to monitor the dynamic conditions of the approaching ships within the fishing boat's operating water area; and (3) actuating a collision warning mechanism based on the intensities of received radar signals when there is more than one approaching ship, so that the small-scale fishing boat can timely receive a collision warning to reduce the risk of collision and maintain safe and smooth voyage on the sea. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167593 | HANDHELD RADAR - The present invention relates to a handheld radar apparatus. The apparatus comprises an antenna ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167594 | Signal Processor and Signal Processing Method - Radiolocalization receiver for a satellite radiolocalization system like GPs, Galileo or the like, including a staged correlation and accumulation unit, in which the correlation data is biased in order lo be to always non-negative. Thanks to this feature, the accumulated data grow monotonically during the accumulation. Overflow rate of a rust correlation stage ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167595 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR 3D RADAR IMAGE RENDERING - A 3D rendered image of a radar-scanned terrain surface is provided from a radar return signal from the surface, wherein the return signal includes data indicative of azimuth, elevation, and range of a radar-illuminated area of the surface. The data are processed for transformation into X, Y, and Z coordinates. The X and Y coordinates corresponding to each illuminated area are triangulated so as to create a mesh of triangles representing the terrain surface, each of the triangles in the mesh being defined by a vertex triplet. 3D imaging information (grey scale shading and/or coloring information) is added to each triangle in the mesh, based on the amplitude of the radar return signal from the coordinates represented by each vertex in the triplet and the value of the Z coordinate at each vertex, so as to form the 3D rendered image. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167596 | METHOD OF PROCESSING A RADAR IMAGE - Embodiments of the invention process a radar image arising from a radar antenna, by reading the reflectivity information associated with each pixel forming the radar image, processing the reflectivity information, pixel by pixel, with the aid of a first procedure. The method further includes a second processing of the radar image using a second procedure that includes extracting objects from the radar image, then calculating the extent and the position of each object, with the aid of an angular aperture between two signals. For each part of the radar image processed by the first procedure, corresponding to an extracted object, pixel within the result of the first procedure are replaced by corresponding pixels of the radar image processed by the second procedure, if the reflectivity value associated with the second pixel is greater than the reflectivity value of the first pixel, the parts of the radar image corresponding to zones situated at a distance greater than a given threshold from the radar antenna. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167597 | SIGNAL INCONSISTENCY DETECTION OF SPOOFING - Methods and apparatus relating to signal inconsistency detection of spoofing (SIDS), i.e. the use of inconsistencies in signals received at a plurality of points in space to detect spoofing. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167598 | POSITIONING METHOD, POSITIONING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - [Problems to be Solved] The positioning system satisfying a required positioning accuracy cannot be realized with the conventional area design for aiming at positioning a reference point, being a position of a fixed radio appliance that is on a footing of being able to position a mobile radio appliance by transmitting or receiving a radio signal. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167599 | Location Based Services Information Storage and Transport - Methods, systems and computer program products for providing an adaptive active location information gathering algorithm are described. Specifically, significant information density gains can be achieved by using an adaptive active location information gathering algorithm. The adaptive algorithm may select a compression and decompression encoding appropriate to deliver maximum information density while being adjusted automatically to accommodate variations including velocity and duration changes within a defined reporting period to ensure versatility and maximum efficiency. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167600 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ASSISTED GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM DURING EMERGENCY SERVICE IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method for supporting an Assisted Global Positioning System (AGPS) during emergency service in a communication system are provided. The system includes a client, an integration location server, and a dual mode Mobile Station (MS). The client requests MS location information for emergency service. The integration location server receives MS access information and sends a location information request. The dual mode MS receives the location request, activates a second communication modem, and performs an AGPS operation with the integration location server. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167601 | GPS Baseband Architecture - A GPS baseband architecture provides flexibility and power consumption and chip area usage advantages. The GPS baseband architecture includes a first stage having a preamplifier coupled to a low noise amplifier, which is coupled to a mixer. A PLL provides the mixer with a frequency to convert a signal to a higher intermediate (IF) frequency. The output of the mixer is fed to a poly-phase filter. The output of the poly-phase filter is fed to a programmable gain amplifier (PGA), whose output is fed to an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to produce an output GPS signal. A saturation bit of the ADC is used to control the PGA through a digital amplifier gain control (AGC) circuit. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167602 | SIGNAL ACQUIRING METHOD OF GPS RECEIVER AND DIGITAL CAMERA THEREOF - A signal acquiring method of a GPS receiver and a digital camera thereof, suitable for accelerating a signal acquiring speed of the GPS receiver, are described. The signal acquiring method includes the following steps receiving a plurality of satellite signals; performing a discrete cosine transform (DCT) demodulation procedure, so as to parse a receiving time base of the satellite signals; next, transforming the satellite signals into a code information and a navigation frequency according to the receiving time base of the satellite signals; then, performing a correlation correction procedure to acquire a navigation information from the satellite signals according to the code information and the navigation frequency; which thus accelerates the processing speed on the signal acquiring flow through calculation characteristics of the DCT. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167603 | POSITIONING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, POSITIONING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A positioning method in a positioning device that calculates a location of the positioning device by executing Kalman filtering includes, acquiring a satellite signal from a positioning satellite; predicting a state vector including a velocity component of the positioning device, and error covariance of the state vector; correcting the velocity component using a difference between a measured value and a predicted value of the reception signal frequency from the positioning satellite; determining accuracy of the corrected velocity component based on the error covariance; setting a velocity condition based on the determined accuracy; judging a moving state of the positioning device by comparing the corrected velocity component and the velocity condition; and calculating the location by executing the Kalman filtering with a filter characteristic changed according to the judged moving state. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167604 | FAST TRAINING OF PHASED ARRAYS USING MULTILATERATION ESTIMATE OF THE TARGET DEVICE LOCATION - Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a phased array antenna may utilize Multilateration in order to implement beam steering with a phased antenna array. During a training phase, Multilateration equations may be utilized to determine a coordinate location of an antenna of a target device. The time difference of arrival of the training signal may be determined at selected antenna elements of the antenna array. The location of the antenna of the target device may then be calculated from which the propagation time may be determined. The propagation time may then be converted to relative phase shift values for each antenna element in the array with respect to a reference antenna element. A beam may then be directed toward the antenna of the target device by setting the elements of the antenna array with the calculated phase shifts. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167605 | Phased Array Antenna System with Two Dimensional Scanning - A phased array antenna system with two dimensional scanning includes a two dimensional array A of antenna elements A | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167606 | BEAM-FORMING ANTENNA WITH AMPLITUDE-CONTROLLED ANTENNA ELEMENTS - A beam-forming antenna for transmission and/or reception of an electromagnetic signal having a given wavelength in a surrounding medium includes a transmission line electromagnetically coupled to an array of individually controllable antenna elements, each of which is oscillated by the signal with a controllable amplitude. The antenna elements are arranged in a linear array and are spaced from each other by a distance that does not exceed one-third the signal's wavelength in the surrounding medium. The oscillation amplitude of each of the individual antenna elements is controlled by an amplitude controlling devices such as a switch, a gain-controlled amplifier, or a gain-controlled attenuator. The amplitude controlling devices, in turn, are controlled by a computer that receives as its input the desired beamshape, and that is programmed to operate the amplitude controlling devices in accordance with a set of stored amplitude values derived empirically for a set of desired beamshapes. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167607 | METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR LOCATING NON-COOPERATIVE OBJECTS - Measurements of the differential and/or absolute time-of-arrival of separable signals transmitted from a set of spatially-distributed (SD) transmitters are obtained by one or more receivers. The signals transmitted by each transmitter are made separable by encoding them in a manner that enables each signal to be distinguished from the others by the receiver or receivers. An accurate time-of-arrival of each signal at the receiver is determined, from which the path lengths from the transmitters to the receiver and from the receiver to the object are determined based on the known propagation speed of the signals. Any Doppler frequency shifts in each signal can also be determined from this information. From all of this information, the receiver is able to determine its own position, motion and orientation (roll, pitch and yaw), as well as the position and motion of the moving object being tracked by the receiver. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167608 | Soft plate antenna - A soft plate antenna, wherein the soft plate is provided with a conductive line: one end of the conductive line is electrode contact, the other end being the signal transceiving end. With a specially combined structure, the soft plate and soft circuit can be installed by means of twisted and affixed to the interior shell of a wide variety of electronic products and the plate surface can be provided with double-sided adhesive tapes to affix the plate firmly. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167609 | ANTENNA FOR WWAN - An antenna for WWAN is disclosed, which includes a first radiating metal strip, a second radiating metal strip, a first ground strip, a connecting metal strip and a second ground strip. The first radiating metal strip has a first portion and a second portion. The second radiating metal strip is independent. The first portion is coupled with the second radiating metal strip to induce a first resonance. The second portion cooperates with the second radiating metal strip to induce a second resonance. The connecting metal strip connects the first radiating metal strip to the first ground strip. The second ground strip is independent. The ground strips are used for grounding effect and can be selectively connected to a ground end of a wireless electronic device. Therefore, the antenna can be mounted in any place of the wireless electronic device, and has stable electrical characteristic. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167610 | Patch antenna and method of making the same - A patch antenna includes: a dielectric layer made of an insulation material, and having upper and lower surfaces, and a through hole; a radiation metal layer disposed on the upper surface of the dielectric layer, and having a first plate body, a first aperture aligned with the through hole, and a first protruding portion extending from a peripheral edge of the first aperture into the through hole; and a grounding metal layer disposed on the lower surface of the dielectric layer, and having a second plate body, a second aperture aligned with the through hole, and a second protruding portion extending from a peripheral edge of the second aperture into the through hole. The first and second protruding portions contact each other in the through hole so that the radiation and grounding metal layers are electrically connected. A method of making a patch antenna is also disclosed. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167611 | ASSEMBLY ANTENNA ARRAY - An assembly antenna array comprises a ground plate, a pair of first radiation conductors, a first transmission member, first support rods, a pair of second conductors, a second transmission member, and second support rods. The ground plate has an upper surface and a lower surface. The layout size of the assembly antenna array is reduced via arranging the arrayed first radiation conductors and the arrayed second radiation conductors vertically to each other. The mutual interference between the transmission members is inhibited via respectively arranging the transmission members and the feeding ends of the two pairs of radiation conductors on different surfaces. A feeder cable is connected to an appropriate position of each transmission member to enable each pair of radiation conductors to have a phase difference of 180 degrees, whereby cross-polarization is reduced, and the gain are increased. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167612 | MINIATURE ANTENNA HAVING A VOLUMETRIC STRUCTURE - A miniature antenna includes a radiating arm that defines a grid dimension curve. In one embodiment, the radiating arm includes a planar portion and at least one extruded portion. The planar portion of the radiating arm defines the grid dimension curve. The extruded portion of the radiating arm extends from the planar portion of the radiating arm to define a three-dimensional structure. In one embodiment, the miniature antenna includes a first radiating arm that defines a first grid dimension curve within a first plane and a second radiating arm that defines a second grid dimension curve within a second plane. In one embodiment, the miniature antenna includes a radiating arm that forms a non-planar structure. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167613 | WIRELESS DEVICE HAVING MOVABLE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESS MONITORING - A wireless device ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167614 | Antenna Device and Wireless Communication Apparatus Using the Same - [Problems] To realize an antenna device that can operate in wide bands (in a plurality of frequency bands) and can achieve an excellent antenna gain and maintain non-directivity of vertically polarized waves in each band in a space-saving manner, and also to provide a technique capable of maintaining mechanical reliability of the antenna device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167615 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH HIDDEN ANTENNA - An electronic apparatus with a hidden antenna comprises a metal frame and a substrate. The metal frame comprises a plurality of side walls and a notch is passed through at least one side wall. A feeding terminal is configured at a bottom side of the notch. A first shorting terminal and a second shorting terminal are configured at two lateral sides of the notch. A metal surface of the substrate is electrically connected to the first shorting terminal, the second shorting terminal and the side walls, and the notch is faced to the substrate. The metal frame receives or transmits an electromagnetic signal, and delivers the electromagnetic signal over the feeding terminal, and a length of the bottom side of the notch is one half of a wavelength of the electromagnetic signal. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167616 | Antenna Module, Speaker and Portable Electronic Device - An antenna module, a speaker and a portable electronic device are provided, wherein the portable electronic device comprises the antenna module, the speaker and a circuit board. The antenna module comprises a main portion and a connecting portion, wherein the main portion of the antenna module comprises at least one portion of a metal shield of the speaker, and the connecting portion electrically connects the circuit board and the main portion. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167617 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - There is provided with an antenna device includes a conductive ground plane; an antenna including a radiating element; at least one variable capacitor having one end connected to the conductive ground plane; a plurality of switch elements having one ends connected to the other end of said at least one variable capacitor and other ends connected to the antenna at different locations; a switch controlling unit configured to control an ON/OFF state of each of the switch elements; and a capacitor controlling unit configured to control a capacitance of said at least one variable capacitor. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167618 | RADIO CARD HAVING INDEPENDENT ANTENNA INTERFACE SUPPORTING ANTENNA DIVERSITY - A radio card, such as a PCMCIA card, received by an electronic device has a first interface coupling radio circuitry within the radio card to the electronic device. The radio card also has a second interface, independent of the first interface, that couples with an antenna disposed within the electronic device upon receipt of the radio card by the electronic device. The second interface may comprise a plurality of antenna contacts located along tracks of the electronic device used to aid reception of the radio card. A second and possibly external antenna may also automatically couple with the second interface upon insertion. By selective placement of the antenna contacts on the radio card, a specific one of the antennas may be selected. Otherwise, internal switching circuitry supports antenna diversity or simultaneous use of a plurality of antennas. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167619 | PLANAR MONOPOLE ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a planar monopole antenna including: a film formed of an insulating material; an antenna element which is a single-body planar conductor on the film; and a ground element which is a planar conductor on the film and kept at ground potential, wherein the antenna element includes: a first pole element which is formed of a planar body of a conductive material and has a feeding point; a capacitor element having a capacitor component and a coil element having a coil component, each of which is formed of a planar body of a conductive material and formed integral with the first pole element; and a second pole element which is formed of a planar body of a conductive material and formed integral with the capacitor element and the coil element. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167620 | ACCESSORY-TYPE ANTENNA FOR VEHICLE - An antenna for a built-in multimedia receiver in a vehicle to use a multimedia service such as HD radio, DMB, and the like. The antenna may function as a message board that may externally display a predetermined message, such as driver's phone number, as well as receive the multimedia signal. The antenna not only receives a multimedia service signal but also transmits the multimedia service signal to a basic multimedia reproduction device included in the vehicle, thus enabling efficient addition of another multimedia receiver to the vehicle with the minimum wiring. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167621 | Flat antenna - The present invention relates to antennas of a planar profile coupled to waveguides, and particularly to completely planar antennas, applicable in mobile telephony, radars and space communications, which base their operating on the transmission of electromagnetic waves, mainly in the range of microwaves and millimetric waves, through a thin opening of a height that is less than the wavelength, having corrugations around said opening such that maximized wave transmission as well as the collimation thereof in a defined direction towards leaky waves by means of a resonant coupling mechanism are obtained. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167622 | WIDE BAND ANTENNA - There is provided a low-cost wide band antenna having an ultra-wide band and high performance. The wide band antenna includes an antenna element to form a shape of a ridge waveguide open cross-section structure together with GND ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167623 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - A magnetic member is interposed and arranged between an antenna element and a printed circuit board, and an air member or a dielectric member is interposed between the antenna element and the magnetic member. The magnetic member is constituted of a nanogranular structure in which magnetic nanoparticles with ferromagnetism are three-dimensionally dispersed and arranged in an insulating matrix substrate. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167624 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - This invention provides an antenna apparatus ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167625 | MULTILEVEL ANTENNAE - An apparatus including a wireless communications device has an internal antenna system located within the wireless communications device. The internal antenna system includes a passive antenna set comprising at least one antenna element having at least one multilevel structure, a feeding point to the at least one antenna element and a ground plane. The feeding point and a point on the ground plane define an input/output port for said passive antenna set. The passive antenna set provides a similar impedance level and radiation pattern at two or more frequency bands such that the passive antenna set is capable of both transmitting and receiving wireless signals on selected channels. The selected channels are selectable from a plurality of channels throughout an entire frequency range within each of said two or more frequency bands. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167626 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEMS FOR ELECTRICALLY ISOLATING A RECEIVER FROM AN ANTENNA - Various embodiments of apparatus and systems are provided for electrically isolating two devices while transferring power and RF signals therebetween. An electrical isolation apparatus includes an isolation transformer that operates to transfer electrical power between first and second devices. The electrical isolation apparatus also includes a decoupling device that transfers radio frequency (RF) signals between the first and second devices. The isolation transformer and the opto-isolator cooperatively operate to electrically isolate the first device from the second device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167627 | Antenna Arrangement - An antenna arrangement comprising: a first antenna element; a second antenna element; a coupling element for electromagnetically coupling to the first antenna element and the second antenna element; and a switching mechanism, connected to the coupling element, for switching between a first electrical configuration and a second electrical configuration, wherein when the switching mechanism is in the first electrical configuration, the coupling element has a first impedance and when the switching mechanism is in the second electrical configuration, the coupling element has a second impedance. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167628 | Ballistic Protective Radome - A ballistic protective radome ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167629 | THREE-PRONG CLIP AND METHODS OF INSTALLATION - Various embodiments of a three-prong clip are described along with assemblies and methods of installation utilizing the three-prong clip. A three prong unitary clip has a central axis and a base and three separate prongs formed on opposing sides of the base. Each prong has a first portion extending from the base at a first angle towards the axis of the clip, a second portion extending from the first portion at a second angle away from the axis of the clip, and a retention tab formed between the first portion and the second portion. The prongs separate on the opposing sides of the base and each retention tab on each prong forms a clamping surface generally parallel to the axis of the clip on an element secured therebetween. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167630 | Dielectrically-Loaded Antenna - A dielectrically loaded multifilar helical antenna having an operating frequency in excess of 200 MHz has an electrically insulative core with a relative dielectric constant greater than 5 occupying the major part of the interior volume defined by a three dimensional antenna element structure having, in one embodiment, eight coextensive helical tracks and, in another embodiment, six such tracks. The antennas are backfire or endfire antennas, all helical elements being phased so as to contribute to a circular polarisation resonance at the operating frequency. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167631 | Electrical connector assembly with antenna function - An electrical connector assembly ( | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167632 | SYSTEMS HAVING TWIN DISPLAY MONITORS - Systems for displaying a plurality of images. A system includes: a hollow post that is adapted for connection to a support means and has a recessed portion; and a pair of pivot arms that include mounting protrusions pivotally mounted in the recessed portion. Each pivot arm is adapted to pivot about a first axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hollow post. The system also includes a pair of mounting assemblies respectively affixed to the pivot arms and a pair of monitors respectively secured to the mounting assemblies. Each mounting assembly is adapted to allow one of the monitors to rotate relative to one of the pivot arms about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167633 | Managing multiple display surfaces - Embodiments of systems and methods for managing multiple overlapping electronic displays are disclosed, including the electronic displays of electronic paper, electronic books, computer monitors, and other electronic display devices. In one embodiment, a method includes sensing an overlap area of a first display and a second display relative to a specified view location, determining a nearest unobstructed display to the specified view location, and displaying within the overlap area of the nearest unobstructed display a highest priority information from among first and second information. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167634 | SYSTEMS HAVING DETACHABLE TWIN DISPLAY MONITORS - Systems for displaying a plurality of images. A system includes: a hollow post having a recessed portion; and a pair of pivot arms that include mounting protrusions pivotally mounted in the recessed portion. Each pivot arm is adapted to pivot about a first axis parallel to a longitudinal axis of the hollow post. The system also includes a pair of mounting assemblies respectively affixed to the pivot arms and a pair of monitors respectively secured to the mounting assemblies. Each mounting assembly is adapted to allow one of the monitors to rotate relative to one of the pivot arms about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis and includes a first signal connector. Each monitor frame includes two second signal connectors configured to respectively engage the first signal connector at portrait and landscape orientations thereof relative to the post. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167635 | DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF APPENDING A DISPLAY OF A MOBILE DEVICE - Device, system, and method of appending a display of at least one mobile device. In some demonstrative embodiments, a mobile device may include a display; a wireless communication module to establish one or more wireless communication links with one or more or more other mobile devices having one or more other displays, respectively; a frame buffer having a first area allocated to buffer information to be displayed on the display; a frame buffer allocator to dynamically expand the frame buffer to include one or more additional areas allocated to buffer information to be displayed on the one or more other displays, respectively; and one or more remote-frame-buffer protocols to transfer the information from the one or more additional areas to the one or more mobile devices, respectively. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167636 | Mobile signal processing apparatus and wearable display - A proposition is to provide a mobile signal processing apparatus and a wearable display capable of reducing a trouble of a user relating to an audio quality setting and an image quality setting. A mobile signal processing apparatus includes an audio adjusting unit adjusting audio output from mobile acoustic devices, an image adjusting unit adjusting an image displayed on a mobile displaying device, and a deciding unit deciding a combination between a setting of the audio adjusting unit and a setting of the image adjusting unit in accordance with a usage status of the mobile acoustic devices and the mobile displaying device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167637 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH OPTICAL DISC DRIVE AND DIGITAL PHOTO FRAME - An exemplary electronic device includes an optical disc drive, a digital photo frame, and a connector mounted on the optical disc drive and cooperating with the optical disc drive to form two slide rails holding the digital photo frame in position. The digital photo frame includes a display panel for selectively displaying the digital photos or the video information, and a selection module. The selection module is for transmitting data corresponding to the digital photos to the display panel for display when the selection module does not receive the video information from the optical disc drive, and transmitting the video information to the display panel for display when the selection module receives the video information from the optical disc drive. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167638 | FLEXIBLE FILM AND DISPLAY DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME - A flexible film is provided. The flexible film includes a dielectric film; and a metal layer disposed on the dielectric film, wherein the dielectric film has a thermal expansion coefficient of about 3 to 25 ppm/° C. The flexible film is robust against temperature variations and has excellent thermal resistance and excellent dimension stability. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167639 | METHODS OF REDUCING PERCEIVED IMAGE CROSSTALK IN A MULTIVIEW DISPLAY - Methods of reducing perceived image crosstalk in a multiview display. One method includes providing an image stream to a display having a horizontal dimension that extends from a first side of the display to an opposing second side of the display. The image stream includes a temporal sequence of images where at least a first image view and then a second image view are displayed on the display in a time sequential manner. The temporal sequence of images are conditioned before being displayed in order to reduce perceived displayed image crosstalk between the first and second image views. The conditioning includes modifying a color intensity of at least selected pixels along the horizontal dimension based on a non-constant crosstalk correction function for the horizontal dimension. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167640 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL DRIVING METHOD AND PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - A plasma display panel driving method and a plasma display device capable of reducing initializing spots generated immediately after the start of driving the plasma display panel, and improving the quality of images to be displayed. A plurality of subfields, each including an initializing period, an address period, and a sustain period, are provided in one field. The one field includes at least one of the subfields in which a gently increasing ramp waveform voltage is applied to the scan electrodes in the initializing period thereof. The ramp waveform voltage to be applied to the scan electrodes for the first time after the start of driving the plasma display panel is generated so as to have a gentler slope than the other ramp waveform voltages have. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167641 | Optical Plate, Backlight Assembly and Display Device Including the Same - Provided is an optical plate that resolves white screen generation while maintaining emission brightness, a backlight assembly and a display device including the same. The optical plate is a light guide plate for a liquid crystal display. The light guide plate includes at least one plane in which a plurality of uneven patterns forming crests and valleys are formed. The plurality of uneven patterns is formed such that the crests rise to a plurality of different heights. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167642 | Method and apparatus for driving plasma display panel - Provided are a method and apparatus for driving a PDP for widening a driving margin and improving contrast. The method for driving a PDP includes a first step of forming wall charges in cells with a set-up discharge using a set-up signal in a first sub-field and erasing the wall charges with a set-down discharge using a first set-down signal to initialize the cells, and a second step of erasing the wall charges with a set-down discharge generated using a second set-down signal different from the first set-down signal in a second sub-field, to initialize the cells. The method and apparatus for driving a PDP uniformly initialize sub-fields to widen the driving margin of PDP and remove a set-up discharge in at least one sub-field to improve the contrast of PDP. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167643 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE - The initial color temperature setting can change when a plasma display panel (PDP) is driven for a long period of time. One cause is due to the non-uniform deterioration of red, green, and blue fluorescent materials due to the ultraviolet rays discharged during operation of the panel. Color temperature correction is performed by setting the numbers of discharge pulses for fluorescent materials in accordance with a discharge pulse number correction curve with respect to the cumulative elapsed driven time of the PDP. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167644 | RESETTING DRIVE TRANSISTORS IN ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS - A method for resetting drive transistors associated with subpixels in an electroluminescent display, comprising providing an electroluminescent display having a plurality of subpixels, each subpixel including an electroluminescent device and a drive circuit having a drive transistor for providing current through its associated electroluminescent device; providing a separate aging signal for each subpixel during operation of the electroluminescent display after a predetermined operating time period by responding as a function of the current passing through each of the subpixels or as a function of a voltage associated with each drive circuit; comparing each of the separate aging signals with a corresponding threshold level to produce a separate staleness signal for each subpixel representing whether or not the associated drive transistor should be reset; and resetting the associated drive transistors in response to staleness signals that indicate such drive transistors should be reset. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167645 | EL Display Device - A power source line | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167646 | Display device and electronic device - The present invention provides a display device includes: a pixel array section including a set of pixels arranged in a form of a matrix; and a driving section for driving the pixel array section. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167647 | Display device and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display device including a pixel array part configured to include scan lines disposed along rows, signal lines disposed along columns, and pixels that are disposed at intersections of the scan lines and the signal lines and arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels having at least a sampling transistor, a drive transistor, a switching transistor, a hold capacitor, and a light-emitting element; and a drive part configured to include a scanner and a driver, the driver supplying a video signal to the signal lines along the columns. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167648 | Luminescence display and driving method thereof - A OLED display and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The OLED display includes: an OLED display panel including: data lines to which data voltages are supplied; gate lines to which a gate voltage is sequentially supplied; luminescence control lines to which a luminescence control voltage is sequentially supplied, a driving power line to which a driving voltage is supplied; a compensation power line to which a compensation voltage having a first level and a second level different from the first level are supplied; a plurality of pixel cells each respectively in pixel areas defined by the data lines and the gate lines; a data driver having output lines whose number is smaller than the number of the data lines; and a demultiplexer unit formed between the data driver and the OLED display panel, the demultiplexer unit supplying the data voltages from the output lines to the data lines, wherein each of the pixel cells includes: a light emitting element; and a pixel driver that supplies a current corresponding to a corresponding one of the data voltages to the light emitting element based on the corresponding data voltage, the gate voltage, the luminescence control voltage, the driving voltage and the compensation voltage having the first level and that turns off the light emitting element when the compensation voltage has the second level. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167649 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREFOR - A display includes connection lines each of which is provided for the corresponding scanning line of the display and is connected to a light emission element driving circuit, a ramp voltage generating section for generating ramp voltage for varying the control electrode voltage of each of the driver transistors relative to the voltage of the other electrode of the corresponding driver transistor to change the emission state of the corresponding light emission element, and a ramp voltage driver for supplying the ramp voltage to each of the connection lines provided for the corresponding scanning line in response to the scanning. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167650 | ELECTRO-LUMINESCENCE DISPLAY - An electro-luminescence display device including red, green and blue reference gamma generators each having three digital analog converters or more in order to generate a reference gamma voltage of low gray level and a reference gamma voltage of high gray level, and at least one integrated circuit to generate a data signal in use of the reference gamma voltage of low gray level and the reference gamma voltage of high gray level. Each reference gamma generator includes a first digital analog converter to divide a voltage supplied to itself in order to generate i numbers of voltage levels, a second digital analog converter to divide a voltage supplied to itself in order to generate j numbers of voltage levels, and a third digital analog converter to receive two voltage levels from the second digital analog converter and to divides the two received voltage levels into j numbers of voltage levels. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167651 | ETENDUE-CONSERVING ILLUMINATION-OPTICS FOR BACKLIGHTS AND FRONTLIGHTS - Some embodiments provide luminance-preserving non-imaging backlights that comprise a luminous source emitting light, an input port that receives the light, an injector and a beam-expanding ejector. The injector includes the input port and a larger output port with a profile that expands away from the input port acting via total internal reflection to keep x-y angular width of the source image inversely proportional to its luminance. The injector is defined by a surface of revolution with an axis on the source and a swept profile that is a first portion of an upper half of a CPC tilted by its acceptance angle. The beam-expanding ejector comprising a planar waveguide optically coupled to the output port of the injector. The ejector includes a smooth upper surface, and a reflective lower surface comprising microstructured facets that refract upwardly reflected light into a collimated direction common to the facets. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167652 | Display device, method for driving same, and electronic apparatus - In an embodiment of the present invention, a signal driver employs a two-stage system in which the potential of a signal line (SL) is switched from a reference potential (Vofs) to an intermediate potential (Vofs | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167653 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display (LCD) includes an LCD panel, an orienting base, an imaging unit, an image processing unit, and a control unit. The LCD panel is configured for displaying information readable from any vantage point inside the viewing cone thereof. The orienting base is configured for supporting and orienting the LCD panel. The imaging unit is configured for capturing an image of an immediate area in front of the LCD panel. The image processing unit is configured for processing the captured images to detect whether the eyes of the viewer are within the immediate area but are outside the viewing cone of the LCD panel, and, if yes, to locate the eyes of the viewer. The control unit is configured for controlling the orienting base to orient the LCD panel to aim the viewing cone of the LCD panel to include the located eyes of the viewer. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167654 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, the non-display area having a link area and a pad area, array elements in the display area on the substrate, first to nth pads in the pad area (n is a natural number), first to nth link lines in the link area and connected to the first to nth pads, respectively, wherein the first to (n/2−1)th link lines are symmetrical with the nth to (n/2+1)th link lines with respect to (n/2)th link line, the first to (n/2−1)th link lines have inclined portions, and the inclined portions of the first to kth link lines have decreasing widths and decreasing lengths toward the kth link line from the first link line, wherein k is larger than 1 and smaller than (n/2). | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167655 | LIGHT EMISSION CONTROLLER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING LIGHT EMISSION CONTROLLER - According to one embodiment, a light emission controller has a light-value-change detector and a lighting controller. The lighting-value-change detector is configured to detect a change in a lighting value of a plurality of light sources. The lighting controller is configured to turn on the plurality of light sources at a plurality of lighting timings within a lighting period defined between an initial lighting timing and a final lighting timing of the plurality of lighting timings by pulse width modulation in accordance with the change in the lighting value, a number of the lighting timings in a later lighting period of the lighting period being greater than a number of the lighting timings in an earlier lighting period of the lighting period. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167656 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY TO WHICH INFRARED RAYS SOURCE IS APPLIED AND MULTI-TOUCH SYSTEM USING THE SAME - There are provided a liquid crystal display (LCD) to which infrared rays (IR) light sources are applied and a multi-touch system using the same. The LCD to which IR light sources are applied includes a back light in which a plurality of lamp light sources and a plurality of IR light sources are repeatedly arranged in column and row directions, a diffusion plate and a plurality of optical sheets arranged on the back light, and an LCD panel provided on the back light to display an image using light incident from the back light. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167657 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display device includes a pixel defined by at least four sub-pixels. The sub-pixels include at least one sub-pixel belonging to a first group and at least one sub-pixel belonging to a second group, the sub-pixel of the second group being different from that of the first group. The luminances of the sub-pixels are set such that if the colors represented by the pixel change from black into white while being kept achromatic, the first group of sub-pixel starts to increase in luminance first, and the second group of sub-pixel starts to increase in luminance when the luminance of the first group of sub-pixel reaches a predetermined value. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167658 | Image display device - In one embodiment of the present invention, luminance information of a video signal inputted thereto is weighted by a weighting section. An image characteristic value determination section, by one frame, takes an average of the weighted luminance information, thereby determining an image characteristic value of one frame. A backlight controlling section sets luminance of the backlight at a backlight luminance determination section in accordance with the image characteristic value determined by the image characteristic value determination section and performs luminance correction. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167659 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display including a plurality of pixels includes a gray voltage generator generating a plurality of gray voltages, a data driver supplying data voltages selected from the gray voltages corresponding to image data to the pixels, a gate driver supplying gate voltages to gate lines of the pixels, a signal controller supplying a first control signal to the gate driver and the image data and a second control signal to the data driver for controlling the image data and comprising a dimming controller, the dimming controller generating a dimming signal based on an average gray of the image data over at least one frame and a common voltage generator generating at least one common voltage based on the dimming signal and applying the common voltage to the pixels. Therefore, the variation of the pixel voltage depending on the gray of the image data is decreased to improve image quality of the LCD. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167660 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display and a control method thereof are disclosed. The pixel of the liquid crystal display comprises: a first switch element, a second switch element, a first storage capacitor, a second storage capacitor, a first liquid crystal capacitor, and a second liquid crystal capacitor. The control method comprises: providing a first sub-pixel charge stage, a second sub-pixel charge stage, and a normal display stage. The first sub-pixel charge stage comprises: turning on the first switch element and the second switch to input a first gray level signal to the first storage capacitor, the second storage capacitor, the first liquid crystal capacitor, and the second liquid crystal capacitor. The second sub-pixel charge stage comprises: turning off the second switch element and inputting a second gray level signal to the first storage capacitor and the first liquid crystal capacitor. The normal display stage comprises: turning off the first switch element. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167661 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel, a data drive circuit, a gate drive circuit, and a timing controller. The data drive circuit generates a pre-charge data voltage during pre-charge time and generates a real-charge voltage to be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel during real-charge time. The gate drive circuit supplies a first gate pulse synchronized with the pre-charge data voltage to the gate lines during the pre-charge time while shifting a gate pulse in a downward direction and an upward direction depending on an up/down signal, and then supplies a second gate pulse synchronized with the real-charge data voltage to the gate lines from a falling edge of the first gate pulse at intervals equal to or longer than scanning time of 1 line during the real-charge time. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167662 | POWER MOSFET INTEGRATION - A cellular transistor includes an N-type heavily doped (N+) buried layer (NBL), an N-well connected to the NBL, an N+ layer connected to the N-well and multiple drains. The N-well is formed after formation of the NBL. The N+ layer is formed after formation of the N-well. The multiple drains are connected to the NBL via the N-well and the N+ layer. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167663 | Liquid Crystal Display Apparatus and Bandgap Reference Circuit Thereof - A liquid crystal display apparatus comprises a system-on-glass (SOG) and a bandgap reference (BGR) circuit. The BGR circuit, which is formed on the SOG, comprises a current mirror set and a diode set. The current mirror set is configured to generate a plurality of fixed currents. The diode set, which is formed by a plurality of diode-connected thin film transistors (TFT), is configured to generate a BGR voltage according to the fixed currents. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167664 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display and a method for driving the same are disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a timing controller generating a polarity control signal. A logic inverting period of the polarity control signal during frame periods ranging from an Nth frame period among M frame periods to 2 to 4 frame periods following the Nth frame period is longer than a logic inverting period of the polarity control signal in the other frame periods, where N is an integer equal to or larger than 4 and M is larger than N. The liquid crystal cells in one frame period of the M frame periods are charged to the data voltage whose a polarity is opposite to a polarity of the data voltage in a previous frame period of one frame period. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167665 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A voltage having the positive polarity and a voltage having the negative polarity are alternately applied to a pixel between a counter electrode and a pixel electrode. A counter electrode voltage (Vcom) generating circuit or a source signal generating section is provided each of which controls effective voltages to be applied to the pixel for an identical tone so that an effective voltage having the positive polarity and an effective voltage having the negative polarity are asymmetrically applied to the pixel for all of the tones which can be displayed. The counter electrode voltage (Vcom) generating circuit or the source signal generating section shifts a counter electrode voltage Vcom-A or a source voltage by 0.3 V or more from a voltage causing the effective voltages to be symmetrically applied to the pixel. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167666 | LCD Driver IC and Method for Operating the Same - A LCD driver IC includes an operational amplifier configured to remove or reduce an offset voltage level by outputting offset voltages having different polarities according to a state of a clock while going through one frame. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167667 | SIGNAL-LINE DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTS - A signal-line driving circuit configured to supply a signal voltage having the positive or negative polarity to each of signal lines connected to display cells arranged to form a matrix as cells each to be subjected to a polarity inversion driving operation according to inversion of the polarity of the signal voltage, the signal-line driving circuit including an output buffer section, wherein the output buffer section employs a positive-polarity operating amplifier, a negative-polarity operating amplifier, a first output buffer, a second output buffer, and a switch group. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167668 | Shift Register - A shift register includes a plurality of scan stages to output scan pulses to a plurality of gate lines, a first dummy stage to output a first dummy scan pulse to a first of the plurality of scan stages, and a second dummy stage to output a second dummy scan pulse to a last of the plurality of scan stages. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167669 | Arrangement Comprising a Mobile Telephone and an LCD Display Module - In certain medical systems, such as modalities, it is not desirable to install a program for adjusting an image reproduction characteristic curve with respect to a reference characteristic curve. An arrangement which comprises a mobile telephone, an LCD display module and a look-up table to facilitate said adjustment is provided. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167670 | METHOD OF DETERMINING LUMINANCE VALUES FOR A BACKLIGHT OF AN LCD PANEL DISPLAYING AN IMAGE - A controller for a backlight for a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel has at least two methods for determining illumination value for the backlight. The controller selects between the two methods based on properties of the image being displayed. The properties of the image include its color and its intensity. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167671 | Methods and Systems for Display Source Light Illumination Level Selection - Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for selecting a display source light illumination level and calculating an image compensation process to compensate for source light illumination level changes. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167672 | Methods and Systems for Display Source Light Management with Histogram Manipulation - Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for generating, converting and using histograms in an image processing system. Aspects of some embodiments also relate to generation of a one-dimensional histogram based on luminance and compound color channel data. Some embodiments also relate to histogram dynamic range conversion. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167673 | Methods and Systems for Display Source Light Management with Variable Delay - Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for synchronizing a source light illumination level signal with an image compensation process with a delay process on the source light illumination level signal. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167674 | Light source system and display - A light source system includes: a light source having a plurality of lighting sections each including one or more light-emitting diodes and controllable independently of one another; a light-sensing device detecting light from the light source in which the lighting sections are allowed to illuminate independently of one another; and a light source control means for controlling the light source by changing at least light emission intensity of each lighting section on the basis of a detected light amount, wherein the light source control means adjusts light emission currents in each lighting section in consideration of variation, among the plurality of lighting sections, in light emission characteristics showing a relationship between light emission currents flowing through the light-emitting diodes in a lighting section that illuminates and the detected light amount, thereby the light source control means controls the light emission intensity of each lighting section. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167675 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display is disclosed with a reduced thickness. According to an embodiment, the liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including upper and lower substrates and divided into an effective display region and a non-display region adjacent to the effective display region; a backlight unit configured to supply light to the effective display region; a backlight driving unit configured to control an operation of the backlight unit; a driving IC configured to control data to be displayed in the effective display region; an illuminance sensor configured to sense light external to the liquid crystal display device; and a flexible printed circuit (FPC) on which the backlight driving unit is disposed, the driving IC and the illuminance sensor being disposed adjacent to each other in the non-display region over the lower substrate. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167676 | DISPLAY DEVICES WITH AMBIENT LIGHT SENSING - A method is provided of controlling an illumination source for a display device which comprises a display modulator for modulating the light provided by the illumination source. The method comprises using a light sensor arrangement to generate a first signal based on an ambient light level with first illumination source drive condition, and using the light sensor arrangement to generate a second signal based on the same ambient light level but with second illumination source drive condition different to the first drive condition. The first and second signals are processed to compensate for differences in the light sensor arrangement response characteristics when operating with the first and second illumination source drive conditions thereby to derive a compensated light sensor arrangement characteristic covering both the first and second illumination source drive conditions. Ambient light levels detected using this model of the characteristic are used to control the display device. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167677 | Method and Apparatus for Providing Communicatons with Haptic Cues - A method and apparatus of generating haptic cues for pacing and monitoring are disclosed. After sensing an event via a component, a process for generating haptic cues generates an input in response to the event. The component, in one example, may be a sensor or a combination of a sensor and a haptic actuator. Upon receipt of the input, the process retrieves a haptic signal from a tactile library in response to the input. A haptic feedback in response to the haptic signal is subsequently generated. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167678 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING A MOBILE DEVICE USER INTERFACE WITH A DIRECTIONAL SENSING DEVICE - An electronic mobile device includes a display, a tilt sensor and a processor. The display is for displaying a graphical element. The tilt sensor is configured to measure a tilt angle of the mobile device. The processor is configured to store the measured tilt angle as a reference tilt angle, subsequently determine a delta tilt angle as the difference between a currently measured tilt angle and the reference tilt angle, compare the delta tilt angle to different thresholds, and alter the position of the displayed element on the display at a rate that is based on the number of the thresholds the delta tilt angle has exceeded. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167679 | Pointing device and method - A system and method for identifying a pointing organ or a pointing device in a field of imaging of a 3-D imaging system and for calculating a line of pointing relative to this organ or device are disclosed. The method and system may be used to enable a user to communicate with computer programs, such as computer games, 3-D design programs and the like. The method and system may further employ a trigger-like mechanism to identify a movement of a user that may be interpreted as trigger activation. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167680 | Electronic Apparatus - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a first casing provided with a metal part, a pointing device and a circuit board, the pointing device being mounted on the circuit board, the circuit board being provided with a cover member for covering the pointing device; a second casing being joined to the first casing and having a hole made so as to expose a part of the cover member; a conductor being provided at a position opposed to a gap existing between the cover member and the second casing in the circuit board; and a conductive member for electrically connecting the conductor and the metal part. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167681 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a pointing device includes a detection IC mounted on a printed circuit board, a lens member provided to cover a top surface of the detection IC, and a finger guide member provided on the board to cover the detection IC and the lens member. The finger guide member includes a finger guide surface depressed lower than a top surface of a housing, and a close contact surface provided in the center of the finger guide surface, and protruding outwardly. The close contact surface is located at a position depressed lower than the top surface of the housing. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167682 | INPUT DEVICE AND ITS METHOD - In an input device capable of easily operating a touch panel at hand while viewing a forward display screen, the accuracy of sensing a hand shape and the accuracy of sensing a gesture are improved. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167683 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an optical position detection IC outputs, in accordance with movement of an object on a detection area including a light-transmissive area which is disposed on a top surface of a housing. A control module controls a movement direction and a movement amount of a cursor, which is displayed on a display screen of a display device, based on an attitude signal which indicates in which of two directions the optical position detection IC is disposed, and movement amount information which is output from the optical position detection IC. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167684 | Key Input Apparatus and Method Using Direction-Selector, and Character Input Method Using the Same - Provided are a key input apparatus and method using a direction-selector, and a character input method using the same. The apparatus includes: a direction selection input unit for receiving a direction signal and a selection signal from a user; a storing unit for storing a key value divided by a time and the number of the direction signal and the selection signal; and an operation sensing and determining unit for inquiring the key value divided by the time and the number of the inputted direction signal and selection signal in the storing unit. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167685 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A COMPUTER ENVIRONMENT FOR CHILDREN - A computer system for providing a simulated computer environment for young children. A console is coupled to a display, e.g., a television set, for storing and processing a plurality of user selectable programs. User selectable program may be stored on a cartridge and received by the console. The user selectable programs are child oriented, educational, interactive and provide feedback responsive to user interaction. A theme-able wireless keyboard adapted for use by young children with keys larger in size than an adult keyboard is coupled with the console, e.g., infrared. The keyboard excludes a subset of adult oriented function and punctuation keys. A theme-able mouse and a mouse pad that is detachably couple to either the left or the right side of the keyboard may be included. An animated character in a GUI and in the programs interacts, gives user instruction and is the focus of reward in reward oriented programs. | 2009-07-02 |
| 20090167686 | MOUSE WITH SCANNING MODULE - A mouse includes a body, and a scanner. The body includes a first surface, an opposite second surface, and a recess defined in the second surface. The scanner received in the recess includes a housing defining a scanning window, an optical scanning unit received in the housing and an imaging sensor package. The optical scanning unit includes a light source for emitting light through the scanning window towards an object to be scanned, a reflector for reflecting light from the object, and a lens module for focusing the reflected light from the object. The imaging sensor package is received in the housing and is configured for receiving the focused light and generating image data associated with the object. | 2009-07-02 |
