27th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120169571 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH NETWORK COMMUNICATION FUNCTION - A display panel includes a display module accommodated in a housing and comprising an electric circuit mounted on the border the glass substrate thereof beyond the display zone and display driver IC chips electrically connected with the electric circuit, and a circuit board mounted in the housing at one side adjacent to the display driver IC chips and comprising a power processing unit for receiving and processing power supply to provide the circuit board and the display module with the necessary working power, a computing unit carrying therein an embedded system and electrically connected with the power processing unit for processing a network signal into a video signal and a connection module electrically connected with the computing unit for receiving an external network signal and running programmable digital signal transmission. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169572 | VIRTUAL VIEWFINDER ON FULL WINDSHIELD HEAD-UP DISPLAY - A method to dynamically register a view finder graphic on a driving scene of a vehicle utilizing a graphic projection display includes monitoring a user input indicated to a portion of the graphic projection display, generating a trace based on the monitored user input indicated to the portion of the graphic projection display, determining a view finder graphic representing a user-defined view finder, the user-defined view finder defined by the generated trace, dynamically registering a location of the view finder graphic upon the graphic projection display corresponding to the driving scene of the vehicle, and displaying the view finder graphic upon the graphic projection display. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169573 | METHOD OF ADJUSTING A DISPLAY OF BINOCULAR TYPE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SPECTACLES AND DISPLAY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS METHOD - The invention provides an adjustment method for adjusting a binocular display, the display comprising for each eye of the wearer, an optical imager for shaping light beams corresponding to an image emitted by a beam generator device and for directing them towards each of the wearer's eyes so as to enable information content contained in a virtual image to be viewed, the display being associated with a pair of eyeglasses having two lenses supported by a frame. According to the invention, the method consists in moving at least one said lens ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169574 | Organic Light Emitting Display - An organic light emitting display includes pixels at crossing regions of scan lines, data lines, and emission control lines, a display unit including the pixels and divided into at least i blocks, wherein i is a natural number greater than 1, each of the blocks including corresponding scan lines, scan drivers each coupled to a corresponding one of the blocks for supplying scan signals to the corresponding scan lines, emission drivers included in the blocks for supplying emission control signals to the emission control lines, each of the blocks includes corresponding emission control lines, a data driver for supplying data signals to the data lines, a timing controller for controlling the scan drivers, the emission drivers, and the data driver and for supplying emission block control signals to control light emission of the pixels, wherein the pixels are set in a non-emissive state when receiving the emission block control signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169575 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL FOR SOLVING COLOR SHIFT - A liquid crystal display panel for solving color shift includes a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel. The first pixel includes a first pixel electrode and a first storage electrode having a first common voltage. The first pixel electrode and the first storage electrode form a first storage capacitor. The second pixel includes a second pixel electrode and a second storage electrode having a second common voltage. The second pixel electrode and the second storage electrode form a second storage capacitor. The third pixel includes a third pixel electrode and a third storage electrode having a third common voltage. The third pixel electrode and the third storage electrode form a third storage capacitor. The first common voltage is not equal to at least one of the second common voltage and the third common voltage. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169576 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a pixel structure array, a common electrode layer, and spacers is provided. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate opposite thereto. The pixel structure array disposed on the first substrate is located between the liquid crystal layer and the first substrate and includes scan lines, data lines, active devices, and pixel electrodes. Each active device is connected to one scan line and one data line intersected therewith. Each pixel electrode crosses over one data line and one active device and is electrically connected to the corresponding one active device. The common electrode layer is disposed on the second substrate. The spacers disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate are located above the scan lines. The spacers are respectively located at centers of the pixel electrodes. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169577 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides an array substrate for a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD), comprising: a base substrate having gate lines and data lines intersecting with each other to define sub-pixel units, each comprising a thin film transistor, a common electrode, a first pixel region and a second pixel region, wherein the first pixel region includes a first pixel electrode connected to the common electrode and a second pixel electrode connected to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, and the first pixel electrode is on a same layer as and insulated from the second pixel electrode, and wherein the second pixel region includes a third pixel electrode connected to the common electrode and a fourth pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, which are on a same layer and spaced apart from each other by a second local opening. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169578 | Display Panel and Display Apparatus Having the Same - A display panel includes a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of dummy loads, a pad portion and a fanout portion. The data lines are disposed in a display area, on which a plurality of pixels are disposed. The gate lines are disposed in the display area and cross the data lines. The dummy loads are disposed in a peripheral area surrounding the display area. The pad portion is disposed in the peripheral area and includes signal pads and dummy pads. The fanout portion includes a first fanout line portion connecting the data lines to the signal pads, and a second fanout line portion connecting the dummy loads to the dummy pads. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169579 | MEMORY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH MEMORY DEVICE - A transistor (N1) has a gate terminal connected to a word line (Xi( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169580 | Liquid Crystal Display Device - A memory liquid crystal display device includes a transistor (N | 2012-07-05 |
20120169581 | SHIFT REGISTER AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A shift register includes a signal input unit for receiving and providing an input signal, a signal output unit for controlling whether outputting a clock signal according to the input signal provided by the signal input unit, and a plurality of stable modules. Each of the stable modules is electrically coupled to an output terminal of the signal input unit, an output terminal of the signal output unit, and a default potential. Each of the stable modules receives a corresponding operation signal and is enabled in a duty of the corresponding operation signal, such that both the output terminal of the signal input unit and the output terminal of the signal output unit are electrically coupled to the default potential when the input signal is disabled. Before one of the stable modules is disabled, another of the stable modules has already been enabled. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169582 | SYSTEM READY SWITCH FOR EYE TRACKING HUMAN MACHINE INTERACTION CONTROL SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system and method for activating a visual control interface, and in particular, for activating a visual control interface using an eye tracking system in a vehicle. A switch is used to activate and deactivate a control section of an eye tracking system in a human-machine interaction control system. The system allows a driver (or operator) of a vehicle to signal the system with selection of the switch to activate or deactivate the control section, thereby providing functional support to the driver when desired, but remaining inconspicuous otherwise. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169583 | SCENE PROFILES FOR NON-TACTILE USER INTERFACES - A method, including capturing an image of a scene including one or more users in proximity to a display coupled to a computer executing a non-tactile interface, and processing the image to generate a profile of the one or more users. Content is then selected for presentation on the display responsively to the profile. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169584 | AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air conditioning apparatus and a method for controlling an air conditioning apparatus are provided. The method may include turning on an image capturing device provided in an indoor device; recognizing a gesture identifier moved in front of the image capturing device; inputting a gesture according to a movement of the gesture identifier; analyzing the input gesture; extracting operating condition(s) corresponding to the analyzed gesture; and driving the indoor device according to the extracted operating condition(s). | 2012-07-05 |
20120169585 | ELECTRONIC SHELF LABEL AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING REMAINING BATTERY LIFE THEREOF - An electronic shelf label system is provided. There is provided a method in which an electronic shelf label periodically transmits its remaining battery capacity to a server in a electronic shelf label system according to the present invention, and the server converts the battery level into a remaining battery life (time) and provides the same, so that a manager can check the remaining battery life in a management mode of the server and a terminal, and easily manage an electronic shelf label using a battery. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169586 | VIRTUAL INTERFACE - A virtual interface including a virtual screen generator configured to produce a virtual display screen, a display generator configured to project at least one virtual display element onto the virtual display screen, and at least one sensor configured to detect interaction with the at least one virtual display element. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169587 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - An electronic device of the present invention includes an input acceptance section that accepts an input of a command that causes any one of a plurality of operation states to be selected; a function section ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169588 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FOR INPUT LATENCY IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with adjusting for input latency within an electronic are disclosed. An electronic device may receive a user input, such as a user actuation of a device key. A latency adjusted time of the input may be calculated based, at least in part, on a latency of the electronic device in determining the user actuation of the device key. The latency adjusted time may be used to determine a result of the user input. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169589 | Sphere-Like Input Device - Embodiments of the invention provide a human interface device including an inner sphere, wherein the inner sphere has a center point. The human interface device can further include an outer sphere, and the outer sphere may be compressible. The human interface device may also include a plurality of pressure sensors between the inner sphere and the outer sphere for detecting localized compression of the outer sphere, a first three-axis-accelerometer located within the inner sphere, and a second three-axis-accelerometer located within the inner sphere, wherein the first three-axis-accelerometer and the second three-axis-accelerometer-accelerometer are each located at least a predetermined distance from the center point. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169590 | INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - In an information-processing system shown in FIG. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169591 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - One embodiment provides a display device, including: a luminous flux generator which generates luminous flux including image information; a reflector plate which reflects the luminous flux generated by the luminous flux generator toward one eye of a viewer; a head detector which detects a head of the viewer by using at least two pairs of distance sensors; a controller which controls a position of the reflector plate based on an output from the head detector; and a driver which drives the reflector plate based on an output from the controller. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169592 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - Direction obtaining means ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169593 | DEFINITION AND HANDLING OF USER INPUT EVENTS IN A WEB BROWSER - Properties defining modes for handling user events such as cursor events and touch events on a computing device such as a touchscreen device are provided. One property determines, for an entire webpage or for elements thereof, whether received cursor events should be processed in accordance with default handling routines configured in the browser environment, or passed for handling by an event handler defined for the element. Another property determines, for the entire webpage or elements thereof, whether received touch events should be processed in accordance with default handling routines, passed for handling by an event handler, or converted to cursor events or mouse events for handling by an event handler. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169594 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BACKLIGHT CONTROL - An electronic device includes a display screen, a backlight for illuminating the display screen, and a timer for indicating the expiration of a given time period, wherein when the backlight is first turned on, the timer is initialized to indicate if the expiration of a first predetermined illumination time period occurs. An image capture component is operable to acquire one or more images of a scene in front of the display screen; and a processor is operable to analyze the one or more images to determine whether a user is present in front of the display screen, to control the timer if a user is determined to be present such that the timer is reset to indicate if the expiration of a second predetermined illumination time period occurs, and to control the backlight to dim it or turn it off if the timer indicates an expiration has occurred. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169595 | Operation control device - An operation control device includes a housing, a control module having a movable operating device carried on a carrier frame in the housing and partially exposed to the outside and rotatable and axially slidable by the user, a circuit module, which includes a rotation sensor module for sensing the direction and amount of rotation of the movable operating device and producing a respective control signal and magnetic sensors for sensing the direction and amount of axial displacement of the movable operating device in a non-contact manner. The human-friendly design of the operation control device facilitates cursor control, assuring high operation stability and comfort. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169596 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A FIXATION POINT BASED ON FACE DETECTION AND IMAGE MEASUREMENT - The present invention provides an apparatus for detecting a fixation point based on face detection and image measurement, comprising: a camera for capturing a face image of a user; a reference table acquiring unit for acquiring a reference table comprising relations between reference face images and line-of-sight directions of the user; and a calculating unit for performing image measurement based on the face image of the user captured by the camera and looking up the reference table in a reference table acquiring unit, so as to calculate the fixation point of the user on the screen. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169597 | PHYSICAL JOYSTICK FOR ELECTRONIC TABLET DEVICES - Embodiments are directed to a physical joystick input device for use with tablet computers that utilize touch screen technology to receive user input through virtual user input graphical elements. The physical joystick comprises a base that attaches to the touch screen surface through a suction cup and provides conductivity between the user and touch screen surface through conductive felt attached to a support ring of the joystick. The joystick can be configured to be placed over a virtual D-pad or other interface portion of a tablet to transmit physical user input of directional commands to the virtual touch-screen input interface. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169598 | Multi-Touch Integrated Desktop Environment - A technique for integrating a multi-touch surface into a desktop environment is disclosed. One or more multi-touch display devices are placed on the horizontal surface surrounding or beneath a keyboard or mouse. At least one region on the multi-touch surface is defined to display one or more user interface tools on the multi-touch surface. The one or more user interface tools displayed via the multi-touch surface may control or display information associated with desktop applications displayed via a primary display device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169599 | WIRELESS MOUSE - A wireless mouse includes a case, a mouse circuit received in the case, and a battery control circuit to power the mouse circuit. The battery control circuit includes a battery, a touch switch positioned on the case, and a switch circuit connected to the battery, the touch switch, and the mouse circuit. When the touch switch is touched, the touch switch is turned on, the switch circuit outputs a high level signal to the mouse circuit. When the touch switch is not touched, the touch switch is turned off, the switch circuit outputs a low level signal to the mouse circuit. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169600 | FOLDABLE MOUSE - A foldable mouse including a first bottom plate, a second bottom plate, a first top plate, a second top plate, and two flexible side edge covers is provided. The first bottom plate and the second bottom plate are partially stacked together, and are suitable for relative movement. The first top plate has a first end and a second end, in which the first end pivots to a side of the first bottom plate away from the second bottom plate. The second top plate has a third end and a fourth end, in which the fourth end pivots to a side of the second bottom plate away from the first bottom plate. The two flexible side edge covers are connected to two side edges of the first top plate and the second top plate and two side edges of the first bottom plate and the second bottom plate. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169601 | WIRELESS MOUSE AND CHARGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A wireless mouse and a charging system using the same are provided. The wireless mouse includes a main body, an intermediary unit, a battery and a wireless transmitting unit. The main body has a bottom surface. The intermediary unit includes a frame, a first connector and a second connector. The frame is connected to the bottom surface of the main body. The first and second connectors are accommodated in the frame. The battery is disposed in the main body and electrically connected to the intermediary unit. The wireless transmitting unit is disposed on one side of the intermediary unit with the intermediary unit located between the wireless transmitting unit and the main body. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169602 | MOUSE DEVICE - A mouse device including a main body, a transmission cable set, and a pliable covering member is provided. The main body has a top portion, a bottom portion, and a necking portion interlaid between the top portion and the bottom portion. An orthogonal projection of the necking portion to the bottom portion is located within the bottom portion, and an orthogonal projection of the necking portion to the top portion is located within the top portion. The transmission cable set is wound around the body along the necking portion. The pliable covering member is arranged to surround the necking portion. The pliable covering member is adapted to be opened or closed in relative to the main body to cover or expose the transmission cable set wound around the necking portion. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169603 | LEVELED TOUCHSURFACE WITH PLANAR TRANSLATIONAL RESPONSIVENESS TO VERTICAL TRAVEL - Described herein are techniques related to a leveled touchsurface with planar translational responsiveness to vertical travel. Examples of a touchsurface include a key of a keyboard, touchpad of a laptop, or a touchscreen of a smartphone or tablet computer. With the techniques described herein, the touchsurface is constrained to remain in a level orientation during planar translational movement between depressed and unpressed positions along a diagonal line with respect to a vertical axis. Also, with the techniques described herein, a planar-translation-effecting mechanism imparts a planar translation to the touchsurface while it travels vertically (e.g., downward) as the user presses the touchsurface. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169604 | METHOD FOR PREVENTING MIS-TOUCH OF A TOUCH KEYBOARD AND TOUCH CONTROL ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A method for preventing mis-touch of a touch keyboard includes triggering a timer when the touch keyboard is touched. A key code corresponding to the touched position is obtained and stored in a storage unit. When the touched position discontinues being touched, the timer is stopped and a touched time of the touch keyboard is obtained from the timer. The touched time is compared with a touched-time upper bound. If the touched time is less than the touched-time upper bound, the stored key code is output. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169605 | REAL-TIME INFORMATION TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM - In a real-time information transmission and reception system, a transmission device includes a light emitter driven by a modulated control signal generated by a modulation controller based on a code sequence, which is encoded from an input signal generated by an input unit and corresponding to information to be transmitted, to emit light. The modulated control signal has a constant average power, and various frequencies greater than 60 Hz. A reception device includes a photoelectric sensor for sensing the light emitted by the light emitter to generate a current signal that is demodulated and processed to generate a data output corresponding to the information and received by a display unit for displaying the information thereon. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169606 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a character input method, device and system, which relate to the field of remote control technologies and the field of communications technologies, and solve the problem of low efficiency during character input through a remote control device in the prior art. According to the embodiment of the present invention, a soft keyboard is enabled, where the soft keyboard is divided into at least two subareas by using different marks, and each subarea has a focus; a confirmation signal is received; and a character indicated by the corresponding focus according to the received confirmation signal is input. The embodiments of the present invention are mainly applicable to the scenario of character input. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169607 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Apparatus comprising at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform the following: display a portion of a target area and a corresponding indicium on a touch screen when a scriber is not interacting with the touch screen, the displayed portion of the target area being offset from the corresponding indicium such that the indicia is still to be visible when a scriber interacts with the displayed portion of the target area; receive scriber input at the target area; and enable performance of a function associated with the target area based on the received scriber input. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169608 | EXTENDING BATTERY LIFE OF A PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A particular method includes determining a battery charge value of a battery at a particular time and comparing the battery charge value at the particular time to a threshold battery charge value of a battery usage profile associated with the particular time, where the threshold battery charge value varies over time (e.g., a dynamic threshold). When the battery charge value does not satisfy the threshold battery charge value, the method includes prompting a user to select a power save mode. For example, the power save mode may include activating a different backlight element of a plurality of backlight elements of a display device in response to a motion sensor of a portable electronic device detecting movement of the portable electronic device from a first orientation to a second orientation. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169609 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING CONTENT NAVIGATION - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating content navigation. A method may include receiving an indication of flexing of a flexible display. The method may further include receiving an indication of a touch gesture input to a control area. The touch gesture may be input to the control area concurrent with flexing of the flexible display. The method may additionally include, responsive to flexing of the flexible display and the concurrent touch gesture, causing navigation through content. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169610 | VIRTUAL CONTROLLER FOR TOUCH DISPLAY - Systems and methods are provided for use with a computing device having a touch sensitive display including a touch sensor configured to detect touches of a digit of a user. The method may include detecting an initial digit down position on the display via the touch sensor, and establishing a neutral position for a virtual controller at the digit down position. The method may further include detecting a subsequent movement of the digit relative to the initial digit down position, and determining a controller input parameter based on the subsequent movement of the digit relative to the initial digit down position. The method may further include generating a controller input message indicating the determined controller input parameter. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169611 | SMART TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARD - A touch screen keyboard is described. Consistent with some embodiments, the touch screen keyboard derives a data pair representing the position of a detected finger press on a touch screen display relative to the position of a detected palm. This relative data is then compared against a set of reference data to identify an intended key press. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A TOUCH AND NUDGE INTERFACE - An apparatus can include an apparatus housing, a substantially planar touch surface coupled to the apparatus housing, and a plurality of oblique sensors coupled to the touch surface. Each oblique sensor of the plurality of oblique sensors can have a sensor surface substantially oblique to the touch surface. The plurality of oblique sensors can detect a touch force parallel to the touch surface. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169613 | ADAPTIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAYS AND METHODS - Described are a system and method for modifying an element displayed on a touch-sensitive device. A user input associated with a first element is displayed on a touch-sensitive device. An input error is detected based on the user input. A rule is applied that determines an action to be directed to a second element on the touch-sensitive device in response to the user input error. The action is applied to the second element in response to the applied rule. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169614 | Computer Terminal with User Replaceable Front Panel - A computer terminal with a removable front panel having one or more user interfaces, such as a touch sensitive display and a keypad or keyboard. The front panel can be removably attached to the computer terminal, for example using a multitude of screws or other mechanical fasteners. The computer terminal can include an electrical connector that engages an electrical connector of the front panel to facilitate signal flow between components of the front panel and components of the computer terminal. Supply power also can be provided to components of the front panel via the electrical connectors. The removable front panel can be replaced in a quick and simple manner, for example when a user interface is damaged or rendered inoperable. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169615 | Sensing Device for Sensing a Touch Panel - A sensing device for sensing a touch panel. The sensing device includes a touch sensor and a touch controller. The touch sensor senses touch events on the touch panel to generate raw data representing sensed values of the pixels on the touch panel, and further filters the raw data to generate filtered data. The data size of the filtered data is smaller than the data size of the raw data. The touch controller receives the filtered data from the touch sensor and processes the filtered data so as to determine positions of the touch events on the touch panel. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169616 | Method For Operating A Lighting Control Console - A method for operating a lighting control console ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169617 | CONTROLLING OF USER INPUT DEVICE - Locking or unlocking of a user input of a portable device is detected from the way in which a user has stroked her finger on a touch screen. The stroke is checked for two different determinations which require that the touch screen is touched according to a predetermined track and with a force pattern that has at least one substantial change so as to avoid the need to provide the apparatus with any mechanical buttons at all while providing user-reproducible indication of locking or unlocking of the user input with the touch screen. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169618 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GESTURE INPUT IN A DYNAMICALLY ZONED ENVIRONMENT - An apparatus and method are disclosed for dynamically zoning a touch screen environment. The apparatus includes an identification module detecting a number of users around a perimeter of a display, a zoning module generating, via a processor, a plurality of user zones in response to the number of users detected, and a positioning module orienting a gesture zone, within each of the plurality of user zones, in relation to a corresponding user. The method includes detecting a number of users around a perimeter of a display, generating, via a processor, a plurality of user zones in response to the number of users detected, and orienting a gesture zone, within each of the plurality of user zones, in relation to a corresponding user. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169619 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, determining a distance between a first filtered touch location established based on a first detected touch location at a first time, and a second detected touch location at a second time, filtering noise from the second detected touch location to determine a second filtered touch location, wherein the filtering is based on the distance. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169620 | User Interface and Method for Locating an Interactive Element Associated with a Touch Sensitive Interface - A user interface for an electronic device and method for locating an interactive element having a position along an interactive surface of a touch sensitive interface of an electronic device are provided. The user interface has a touch sensitive interface, which includes one or more interactive elements having a position along an interactive surface, and a surface sensor, the surface sensor being adapted for receiving from a user a pattern of interaction with the touch sensitive interface at a location along the interactive surface. The user interface further includes an alert device and a controller. The controller includes a user interaction detection module, which is adapted for detecting the location of the pattern of interaction and comparing the location to the position of the one or more interactive elements. The controller further includes a feedback module, which is adapted for actuating the alert device for producing a user perceivable alert signal having a level of alert which is a function of the distance between the location of the pattern of interaction and the position of a closest one of the one or more interactive elements, wherein as the distance between the location of the pattern of interaction and the position of the closest one of the one or more interactive elements changes, the level of the alert changes. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169621 | Multi-Touch Integrated Desktop Environment - A technique for integrating a multi-touch surface into a desktop environment is disclosed. One or more multi-touch display devices are placed on the horizontal surface surrounding or beneath a keyboard or mouse. At least one region on the multi-touch surface is defined to display one or more user interface tools on the multi-touch surface. The one or more user interface tools displayed via the multi-touch surface may control or display information associated with desktop applications displayed via a primary display device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169622 | Multi-Touch Integrated Desktop Environment - A technique for integrating a multi-touch surface into a desktop environment is disclosed. One or more multi-touch display devices are placed on the horizontal surface surrounding or beneath a keyboard or mouse. At least one region on the multi-touch surface is defined to display one or more user interface tools on the multi-touch surface. The one or more user interface tools displayed via the multi-touch surface may control or display information associated with desktop applications displayed via a primary display device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169623 | Multi-Touch Integrated Desktop Environment - A technique for integrating a multi-touch surface into a desktop environment is disclosed. One or more multi-touch display devices are placed on the horizontal surface surrounding or beneath a keyboard or mouse. At least one region on the multi-touch surface is defined to display one or more user interface tools on the multi-touch surface. The one or more user interface tools displayed via the multi-touch surface may control or display information associated with desktop applications displayed via a primary display device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169624 | STAGED ACCESS POINTS - Various embodiments are described herein that relate to determining an intent of a user to initiate an action on an interactive display system. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a method of initiating an action on an interactive display device, the interactive display device including a touch-sensitive display. In this example, the method comprises displaying an initiation control at a launch region of the display, receiving an initiation input via the initiation control, displaying a confirmation target in a confirmation region of the display in response to receiving the initiation input, receiving a confirmation input via the confirmation target, and performing an action responsive to the confirmation input. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169625 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A fabrication method of a touch panel is provided. In the fabrication method, the two substrates are provided, and a plurality of touch units are formed on each of the substrates. A sealant and a plurality of first spacers are provided between the substrates, and the substrates are bonded through the sealant, so that the touch units are sealed between the substrates. The touch units and the first spacers are surrounded by the sealant. The substrates are thinned. The thinned substrates are cut into a plurality of sub-mounts separated from one another. Each of the sub-mounts has one of the touch units thereon. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169626 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of driving electrode series and a plurality of sensing electrode series is provided. The plurality of driving electrode series extending along a first direction is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of sensing electrode series extending along a second direction different from the first direction is disposed on the substrate. The plurality of driving electrode series and the plurality of sensing electrode series are intersected to constitute a plurality of sensing units, in which each sensing unit has a center region and a surrounding region. A first electrode spacing is formed between the driving electrode series and the sensing electrode series disposed in the center region, and a second electrode spacing is formed between the driving electrode series and the sensing electrode series disposed in the surrounding region. The second electrode spacing is smaller than the first electrode spacing. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169627 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a storage unit storing a number of electronic files and relationships between touch contacts and functions, and a processing unit. The touch screen produces contact signals in response to user's touch contacts. The processing unit detects the according to the contact signals, determines a function corresponding to the user's touch contact according to the relationships. In addition, determines the function is a data transmitting function when the contact track of the user is slid on the touch screen toward an edge of the touch screen and the contact pressure is changed from heavy to light. The processing unit further determines an electronic file currently activated and transmits the determined electronic file, when determining the function is the data transmitting function. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169628 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes an insulating base, a plurality of first sensing electrodes, a plurality of second sensing electrodes and a plurality of third sensing electrodes. The insulating base has a first surface and a second surface. The first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes are disposed on the first surface of the insulating base, and electrically isolated from each other. The third sensing electrodes are disposed on the second surface of the insulating base, and each third sensing electrode at least partially overlaps a portion of the first sensing electrodes and a portion of the second sensing electrodes. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169629 | Display panel and operation method thereof - A display panel comprises a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of display pixels. The scan lines are enabled for a corresponding scan period in sequence. Each of the display pixels is electrically coupled to a corresponding scan line and a corresponding data line respectively, and each of the display pixels is controlled by the corresponding scan line to determine whether receiving data provided from the corresponding data line. At least one of the display pixels is also used as a touch pixel. The scan period is divided into a touch period and a display period. A data line corresponding to the touch pixel provides touch-charging data to the touch pixel in the touch period, and provides image-displaying data to the touch pixel in the display period. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169630 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a substrate, scan lines, data output lines, a signal processing unit and touch sensing units. Each touch sensing unit includes a sensing electrode, a reference capacitor, an output circuit and a reset circuit. The sensing electrode is disposed in a breach of the sensing electrode. The reference capacitor, the output circuit and the reset circuit are disposed on the substrate and in the breach. The output circuit, the reset circuit, the reference capacitor and the sensing electrode are electrically coupled to a reference point. The output circuit is configured to output touch signals to the corresponding data output line. The signal processing unit is configured to obtain electric potential of the data output line and perform a corresponding processing step. When the touch sensing unit is out of working, the reference point is reset to a predetermined electric potential. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169631 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of driving electrodes including first driving patterns and second driving patterns and arranged on the substrate along a first direction; and a plurality of sensing electrodes including first sensing patterns and second sensing patterns and arranged on the substrate along a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein first sensing cells are formed of the first driving patterns and the first sensing patterns and second sensing cells are formed of the second driving patterns and the second sensing patterns. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169632 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING PROCESSES IN A USER EQUIPMENT BY USING TOUCH PATTERNS - A method and apparatus for performing processes in a user equipment by using touch patterns. A touch pattern may be received through a touch input unit of the user equipment. A memory of the user equipment may be searched for a touch pattern data corresponding to the received touch pattern. The touch pattern data may be loaded from the memory, and the operation that corresponds to the received touch pattern may be performed based on the loaded touch pattern data. The touch pattern data may include at least one of a touch pattern field for storing information on the received touch pattern, an application information field for storing information on the operation to be performed in response to the received touch pattern, and a touch pattern input area information field for storing information on a touch pattern input area of the received touch pattern. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169633 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive display device includes a liquid crystal display module and a touch-sensitive element. The touch-sensitive element is attached to a surface of the liquid crystal display module. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MOUSE RIGHT CLICK FUNCTION IN TOUCH SCREEN TERMINAL - A method and apparatus for providing a mouse right click function in a touch screen terminal are provided. The method includes detecting occurrence of a first touch, detecting occurrence of a second touch in a status where the first touch is maintained, and displaying an option menu including a plurality of functions on a screen. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169635 | TOUCHABLE SENSING MATRIX UNIT, A CO-CONSTRUCTED ACTIVE ARRAY SUBSTRATE HAVING THE TOUCHABLE SENSING MATRIX UNIT AND A DISPLAY HAVING THE CO-CONSTRUCTED ACTIVE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a touchable sensing matrix unit, a co-constructed active array substrate having the touchable sensing matrix unit and a display having the co-constructed active array substrate. The touchable sensing matrix unit is formed on the co-constructed active array substrate and has multiple first sensing and transmitting wires and multiple second sensing and transmitting wires. The first and second sensing and transmitting wires are conductive and cyclic, intersect to form an angle, and sandwich an insulation layer formed therebetween. The touchable sensing matrix unit has at least one set of wires of the co-constructed active array substrate and an improved design using the at least one set of wires. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169636 | TOUCHABLE SENSING MATRIX UNIT, A CO-CONSTRUCTED ACTIVE ARRAY SUBSTRATE HAVING THE TOUCHABLE SENSING MATRIX UNIT AND A DISPLAY HAVING THE CO-CONSTRUCTED ACTIVE ARRAY SUBSTRATE - The present invention relates to a touchable sensing matrix unit, a co-constructed active array substrate having the touchable sensing matrix unit and a display having the co-constructed active array substrate. The touchable sensing matrix unit is formed on the co-constructed active array substrate and has multiple first sensing and transmitting wires and multiple second sensing and transmitting wires. The first and second sensing and transmitting wires are conductive and cyclic, intersect to form an angle, and sandwich an insulation layer formed therebetween. The touchable sensing matrix unit has at least one set of wires of the co-constructed active array substrate and an improved design using the at least one set of wires. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169637 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION IN MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for reducing power consumption in a mobile terminal includes displaying an application during a Power Saving (PS) mode; and determining a type of each signal included in a video signal of the displayed application, differentially correcting an Red-Green-Blue (RGB) value for the determined signal type according to a predetermined criteria depending on whether a user input occurs within a preset time period, or on an object type, and displaying the RGB-corrected video signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169638 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING DATA IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - A device and method for transmitting data can conveniently perform data transmission between two portable terminals. The device preferably includes a first portable terminal transmitting data on which a drag operation has occurred to a second portable terminal when the second portable terminal is coupled to the first portable terminal using a time and a moving speed of the drag operation when the drag operation occurs from the first terminal to the second portable terminal. The second portable terminal receives the data from the first portable terminal using the time and the moving speed of the drag operation when the drag operation occurs from the first portable terminal to the second portable terminal coupled to the first portable terminal through near field communication. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169639 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch panel device includes a display module with a touch function and an anti-solar radiation film. The anti-solar radiation film is disposed on a side of the display module and in the touch panel device, so as to prevent solar radiation that passes through the display module to increase an inside temperature of a housing of the touch panel device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169640 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to an electronic device and a control method thereof. The control method includes the following steps of: determining whether a touch object contacts a touch surface; and determining whether the touch object contacts one touch area or sequentially contacts at least two touch areas. If the touch object contacts one touch area, an operation of the touch area is activated. If the touch object sequentially contacts at least two touch areas, a predetermined special function is activated. Accordingly, time for selecting the functions can be reduced and convenience can be enhanced during operation. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169641 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A touch sensing apparatus includes a logic control module, a plurality of storage capacitors, at least one decoding control module, and at least one differential amplifier. The logic control module generates a plurality of control signals having different control timings, wherein the control signals comprise a decoding control signal. The decoding control module is coupled with the logic control module and the storage capacitors and decodes according to a decoding control timing of a decoding control signal and outputs a first sensing voltage and a second sensing voltage of the storage capacitors. The differential amplifier is coupled with the decoding control module and calculates a voltage variance between the first sensing voltage and the second sensing voltage to output an amplified analog data. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169642 | DIGITIZER-INTEGRATED DISPLAY MODULE - To provide a rigid digitizer-integrated display module, the display module includes a display panel for forming an image, a digitizer module formed on the bottom side of the display panel to detect electromagnetic type digitizer input, and a non-magnetic metal structure enclosing the bottom sides of the mold frame and the digitizer and the outer periphery of the mold frame. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169643 | GESTURE DETERMINATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF SAME - A gesture determination device ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169644 | Input Device and Display Device Equipped with Same - An input device includes a substrate having a first main surface and a second main surface located opposite to the first main surface; a protective member having an opposed surface opposite to the first main surface; a bonding member configured to bond the first main surface and the opposed surface to each other; a first coloring member disposed between the first main surface and the opposed surface, the first coloring member being in contact with the bonding member; and a second coloring member disposed on the second main surface and having a color different from a color of the first coloring member. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169645 | SENSING STRUCTURE AND DISPLAYER COMPRISING THE SAME - A sensing structure and a displayer comprising the same are provided. The displayer further comprises a substrate and a panel disposed opposite to the substrate. The sensing structure comprises a plurality of sensing elements, a conductive assembly, and a process module. Each of the sensing elements has a position data corresponding to the panel. Every several adjacent ones of the sensing elements form a plurality of sensing areas. The process module is electrically connected to the sensing elements via the conductive assembly. Each of the sensing elements generates a touch voltage in response to a touch on the sensing areas. The process module receives the touch voltages, and calculates a touch position of the one touch corresponding to the panel according to the position data and the touch voltages. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169646 | TOUCH EVENT ANTICIPATION IN A COMPUTING DEVICE - Systems and methods for anticipation of touch events in a computing device are provided. The computing device may include a multi-touch sensitive display including a sensor configured to sense a position and/or movement of a hand. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be displayed, having a state including a plurality of possible touch inputs. The computing device may further include a touch event prediction module configured to compute one or more anticipated touch inputs based on the sensed hand position and/or movement, and the state of the GUI with the plurality of possible user inputs. The computing device may further include a preprocessing module configured to preprocess data for each anticipated touch input, and upon the detection of an actual touch input received from the user that matches one of the anticipated touch inputs, displaying the preprocessed data for the actual touch input on the GUI. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169647 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - A capacitive touch display panel includes a display panel, an outer substrate, and a capacitive touch device. The capacitive touch device is disposed between the outer substrate and the display panel. The capacitive touch device includes a plurality of first transparent electrodes, at least one transparent bridge line, a plurality of second transparent electrodes, at least one non-transparent bridge line, and at least one patterned low reflective layer. The patterned low reflective layer is disposed on an opposite side of the non-transparent bridge line with respect to the display panel. The patterned low reflective layer and the non-transparent bridge line are overlapped to each other in a vertical projective direction. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169648 | TOUCH SCREEN 2D/3D DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A display device is provided. The display device includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel for displaying images, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer coupled to the first electrode layer. The display device also includes a first driving circuit configured to provide a first driving signal and a second driving circuit configured to provide a second driving signal. Further, the display device includes a coupling unit coupled to the first driving circuit and the second driving circuit and configured to couple the first driving signal and the second driving signal, and to provide the coupled signal of the first driving signal and second driving signal to both of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer such that the first driving signal drives the LCD panel for displaying the images, and the second driving signal drives the LCD panel for being touch-sensitive. The display device also includes a signal separation unit coupled to at least one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer to receive a feedback signal indicating a capacitance change corresponding to a touch on the LCD panel. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169649 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen. The conductive strip pattern allows that, when a touch range of each external conductive object on the mutual capacitive multi-touch screen is larger than a predetermined condition, capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and first conductive strip is greater than capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and second conductive strip, such that the proportion of a driving signal flowing out of the first conductive strip via at least one first external conductive object in the external conductive objects and into the second conductive strip via at least one second external conductive object in the external conductive objects decreases as the number of second external conductive objects increases. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169650 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen, which includes a guarding pattern and a conductive strip pattern exposed from each other. The conductive strip pattern includes a plurality of first conductive strips provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips for providing mutual capacitive coupling signals, and the guarding pattern is provided with a DC signal when driving signal is provided. In addition, when the driving signal is not provided and an approach or a touch of at least one external conductive object is detected, the conductive strip pattern or the guarding pattern is provided with a skin stimulated signal in response to the approach or the touch of the external conductive object. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169651 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR WRITING ON CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR - The present invention provides a method and device for writing on a capacitive touch screen, which includes a guarding pattern and a conductive strip pattern exposed from each other, and a stylus. The conductive strip pattern includes a plurality of first conductive strips provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips that provide mutual capacitive coupling signals, and the guarding pattern is provided with a DC signal. The stylus has a conductive pen head and a pen body. When the human body holding the pen body is not electrically coupled to the conductive pen head, the location of the conductive pen head can be determined by sufficient change in capacitive coupling caused by the conductive pen head capacitively coupling to the guarding pattern and the conductive strip pattern. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169652 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen, which includes a guarding pattern and a conductive strip pattern exposed from each other. The conductive strip pattern includes a plurality of first conductive strips provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips for providing mutual capacitive coupling signals, and the guarding pattern is provided with a DC signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169653 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen, which includes a guarding pattern and a conductive strip pattern exposed from each other. The conductive strip pattern includes a plurality of first conductive strips provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips for providing mutual capacitive coupling signals, and the guarding pattern is provided with a DC signal. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169654 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A touch sensing apparatus includes a plurality of pins, a logic control module, and at least one driving/sensing module. The driving/sensing control module is coupled with the pins and the logic control module. The driving/sensing control module controls the pins to execute a driving function according to a driving control signal at high voltage level and output a high voltage to a conductive thin film sensor. The driving/sensing control module includes an isolating switch, a high voltage device, and a medium/low voltage device, wherein the isolating switch is coupled with the high voltage device and the medium/low voltage device. The driving/sensing control module activates the isolating switch according to a isolating control signal at high voltage level to isolate the medium/low voltage device from the high voltage device for avoiding the high voltage from entering into the medium/low device that results in the damage of the medium/low voltage device. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169655 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen, which includes a guarding pattern and a conductive strip pattern exposed from each other. The conductive strip pattern includes a plurality of first conductive strips provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips for providing mutual capacitive coupling signals, and the guarding pattern is provided with a DC signal. The guarding pattern allows that, when a touch range of each external conductive object is larger than a predetermined condition, capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and the guarding pattern or capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and the first conductive strips and the guarding pattern is greater than capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and the second conductive strips. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169656 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a mutual capacitive multi-touch screen, which includes a guarding pattern and a conductive strip pattern exposed from each other. The conductive strip pattern includes a plurality of first conductive strips provided with a driving signal and a plurality of second conductive strips for providing mutual capacitive coupling signals, and the guarding pattern is provided with a DC signal. The guarding pattern allows that, when a touch range of each external conductive object is larger than a predetermined condition, capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and the guarding pattern or capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and the first conductive strips and the guarding pattern is greater than capacitive coupling between each external conductive object and the second conductive strips. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169657 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - The present invention provides a touch sensing apparatus including a plurality of pins, a logic control module, and at least one driving/sensing control module. The logic control module generates a plurality of control signals having different control timings. Each driving/sensing control module is coupled with the logic control module and the pins, wherein the driving/sensing control module receives a first control signal of the control signals from the logic control module and controls the pins to execute a plurality of pin functions according to a first control timing of the first control signal, so that the pins simultaneously sense a plurality of analog data from a conductive thin film sensor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169658 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes an upper electrode substrate having an upper conductive film formed thereon, a lower electrode substrate having a lower conductive film formed thereon, the upper conductive film and the lower conductive film being arranged to face each other, a spacer disposed between the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate along four sides of the upper electrode substrate and the lower electrode substrate, and at least one conductive part having a predetermined height and disposed in a vicinity of the spacer on an inner side thereof on at least one of the lower conductive film and the upper conductive film. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169659 | APPARATUS FOR CAPACITANCE SENSOR WITH INTERFERENCE REJECTION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A method for interfacing with a capacitive touch screen is disclosed. The method includes charging an internal capacitor in the touch screen, which internal capacitor is disposed proximate a fixed location on the touch screen and is capable of changing in response to a touch at that location on the touch screen. After charging, value of the charge on the internal capacitor is determined in a manner to reduce effects of interference. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169660 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING TOUCH SENSOR - Disclosed is an apparatus and method for driving a touch sensor in which a group sensing method per region or a local channel sensing method in a selected region is used depending upon whether touch is made, thereby reducing touch calculation time and power consumption. An apparatus for driving a touch sensor, including a plurality of first conduction lines and a plurality of second conduction lines, includes a touch controller to divide the touch sensor into a plurality of regions, to periodically sense whether touch has been made per region using a group sensing mode, to select a touch region when the touch region is detected, and to sense whether touch has been made per channel using a channel sensing mode only in the selected region. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169661 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed. The touch sensing apparatus includes a logic control module, at least one storage control module, and at least one decoding control module. The logic control module is used to generate a plurality of control signals having different control timings. The plurality of control signals includes a storage control signal and a decoding control signal. Each storage control module includes a plurality of storage capacitors, and respectively stores each of sensed voltages in different storage capacitors at different times according to a storage control timing of the storage control signal. The sensed voltages are analog data sensed from scan lines of an ITO sensor. The decoding control module is used to decode the sensed voltages stored in the storage capacitors according to a decoding control timing of the decoding control signal to output the decoded analog data. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169662 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed. The touch sensing apparatus includes a logic control module, at least one storage control module, and at least one decoding control module. The logic control module is used to generate a plurality of control signals having different control timings. The plurality of control signals includes a storage control signal and a decoding control signal. Each storage control module includes a plurality of storage capacitors, and respectively stores each of sensed voltages in different storage capacitors at different times according to a storage control timing of the storage control signal. The sensed voltages are analog data sensed from scan lines of an ITO sensor. The decoding control module performs analog adding process to the sensed voltages stored in the storage capacitors according to a decoding control timing of the decoding control signal to output decoded analog data with high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). | 2012-07-05 |
20120169663 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING INPUT ERROR IN INPUT APPARATUS - Methods and apparatus are provided for correcting an input error in an input apparatus capable of touch inputs of a first touch input scheme and a second touch input scheme. Upon detecting a touch input of the first touch input scheme, an activity corresponding to the detected touch input is executed and activity execution information corresponding to the activity is stored. The activity executed in accordance with the touch input of the first touch input scheme is cancelled, when a touch input of the second touch input scheme occurs before the touch input of the first touch input scheme is released or before a preset timer expires. The first touch input scheme and the second touch input scheme are different schemes. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169664 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANELS - An apparatus for laser scribing two transparent electrically conductive layers ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169665 | TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - Provided is a touch panel wherein, by a simple configuration, touch electrodes formed on a transparent insulating substrate can be prevented from being visible. A touch panel ( | 2012-07-05 |
20120169666 | OPTICAL TOUCH-SENSING LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, OPTICAL TOUCH-SENSING PANEL AND METHOD OF DETERMINING TOUCH POSITION - An optical touch-sensing liquid crystal panel including a backlight, a liquid crystal display panel, a first reflector, a second reflector and a plurality of photo sensors is provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel array and a plurality of output light-valves, wherein the output light-valves are located outside the pixel array. The first reflector is disposed above the output light-valves. The photo sensors are disposed under the second reflector. The output light-valves and the photo sensors are respectively turned on by turns. When each of the output light-valves is turned on, the invisible light provided by the backlight passes through the output light-valves, the invisible light is then reflected by the first reflector as well as the second reflector in sequence and is captured by the corresponding photo sensor. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169667 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND POWER CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a main control system, a power key, a touch screen, and a touch screen control unit. The touch screen includes a plurality of infrared emitters, a plurality of infrared receivers and an infrared light grid comprising an infrared light beam passing through the power key. The touch screen control unit includes a scan controlling module, a detecting module, and a power controlling module. The scan controlling module periodically scans the infrared light beam passing through the power key. The detecting module determines whether a blocked time of the infrared light beam passing through the power key reaches a first predetermined time period. The power controlling module powers on or off the main control system when a time of blocking the infrared light beam passing through the power key being blocked reaches the first predetermined time period. A related method is also provided. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169668 | DISPLAY - A display is provided. The display includes a frame, a display module, and a bendable cover. The frame includes a bottom surface and a lateral surface, the display module is disposed on the frame, and the bendable cover has a surface layer and an adhesive layer, the adhesive layer is located on the surface layer, a part of the surface layer is adhered to the display module through the adhesive layer, another part of the surface layer is attached to the lateral surface of the frame and adhered to the bottom surface of the frame through the adhesive layer. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169669 | PANEL CAMERA, AND OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN AND DISPLAY APPARATUS EMPLOYING THE PANEL CAMERA - A panel camera, and an optical touch screen and a display apparatus employing the panel camera. The panel camera includes a lens panel comprising a plurality of narrow-angle lenses arranged in a two-dimensional (2D) array and a light-detection panel comprising a plurality of light detectors which are arranged in a 2D array to respectively correspond to the plurality of narrow-angle lenses to receive lights passing through the plurality of narrow-angle lenses from outside and obtain a remote image. | 2012-07-05 |
20120169670 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND TOUCH RECOGNIZING METHOD THEREIN - A mobile terminal and touch recognizing method therein are disclosed, by which a multi-touch can be recognized. The present invention includes receiving a plurality of touches simultaneously using a touchscreen, consecutively receiving a plurality of images including a plurality of the received touches for a predetermined time using a camera provided under the touchscreen, determining patterns and pattern changes of a plurality of the touches included in a plurality of the images, respectively, and recognizing a gesture by a plurality of the touches in accordance with a result of the determining step. Moreover, the touch pattern includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a touch number, a touch point, a touch size and a touch figure. | 2012-07-05 |