31st week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140210676 | Portable Electronic Device with Protection Against Electrostatic Discharge - The present invention relates to a portable electronic device with static charge protection, which is particularly suitable for use in areas exposed to explosion hazards and not limited in its functions therein. The portable electronic device comprises a transmission module having an antenna, and a housing, accommodating the transmission module and the antenna, wherein at least part of the housing has such a frame structure of frame elements of anti-static material with areas of another material placed there in-between that the radiation of the antenna goes essentially through the areas and not through the frame elements of anti-static material. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210677 | Integrated Circuit for Remote Keyless Entry System - An integrated circuit for use in remote keyless entry (RKE) applications is disclosed that integrates two drivers with a shared dual mode antenna. The drivers may be integrated on a single integrated circuit chip using high voltage (HV) complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processes. In immobilizer mode of operation, an immobilizer driver coupled to the dual mode antenna is configured to drive the dual mode antenna, while an LF mode driver coupled to the dual mode antenna is configured to be idle. In LF mode of operation, the LF mode driver is configured to drive the dual mode antenna, while the immobilizer driver is configured to be idle. In some implementations, the drivers are coupled to a common node coupled to the dual mode antenna and are selectively biased with different supply voltages based on the current mode of operation to prevent current leakage and component damage. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210678 | COMPACT DUAL BAND GNSS ANTENNA DESIGN - An antenna structure comprising a dielectric substrate layer and a patch layer laminated on top of the dielectric substrate layer, wherein the antenna structure is adapted to provide dual band coverage by combining a patch mode and a slot mode configuration. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210679 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND FEEDING STRUCTURE THEREOF - Disclosed are an antenna apparatus and a feeding structure thereof. An antenna apparatus includes: a radiator; a feeding structure including a feeding unit to provide a signal to the radiator, a ground unit to ground the radiator, and a resonance applying part between the feeding unit and the ground unit; and a contact part to connect the radiator with the feeding structure. The antenna apparatus may include the contact part to easily adjust at least one of the resonance bands and a space in the antenna apparatus can be efficiently used. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210680 | MULTIBAND HYBRID ANTENNA - An antenna including a high band generating assembly having a first end and a second end, the high band generating assembly including a feed point and a bifurcated conductive element coupled to the feed point and having an angularly bent tip, the feed point defining the first end of the high band generating assembly, the angularly bent tip defining the second end of the high band generating assembly, at least one low band generating assembly, the at least one low band generating assembly including the high band generating assembly and at least one pair of dipole arms extending from the bifurcated conductive element, and a balun portion coupled to the feed point. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210681 | PATTERN SHAPING OF RF EMISSION PATTERNS - A metallic shaping plate located in the interior housing of a wireless device is disclosed. The metallic shaping plate may influence a radiation pattern being generated by a horizontal antenna array. The result may be an increase in the gain of the array. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210682 | ANTENNA - An antenna device is provided. The antenna includes a feeding end, a grounding end, a loop metal portion and a protruded metal portion. The grounding end is electrically connected to a ground plane. The loop metal portion extends from the feeding end to the grounding end to form a loop antenna structure. The protruded metal portion is electrically connected to the loop metal portion, wherein the distance between the protruded metal portion and the grounding end is shorter than the distance between the protruded metal portion and the feeding end. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210683 | CALIBRATING A RETRO-DIRECTIVE ARRAY FOR AN ASYMMETRIC WIRELESS LINK - The disclosed embodiments relate to a technique for calibrating a retro-directive array. During the calibration process, the system measures a gain g | 2014-07-31 |
20140210684 | MODULE - A module includes: a duplexer including an antenna terminal; a first wiring connecting the antenna terminal to an antenna; a second wiring coupled to the antenna terminal without the first wiring; and an inductor coupled to the second wiring. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210685 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ANTENNA CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device including a first body and a second body is disclosed. The first body includes a first system circuit board, a first grounding element, and a primary antenna. The first grounding element is disposed on the first system circuit board. The primary antenna is disposed on the first system circuit board and electrically connected to the first grounding element. The primary antenna transmits/receives at least one radio frequency (RF) signal. The second body includes a second system circuit board and a clearance area. The clearance area is on the second system circuit board, and no circuit exists in the clearance area. When the first body and the second body are stacked by parallelizing the first system circuit board and the second system circuit board, the clearance area is corresponding to the primary antenna. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210686 | DYNAMIC REAL-TIME CALIBRATION FOR ANTENNA MATCHING IN A RADIO FREQUENCY RECEIVER SYSTEM - Real-time calibration of a tunable matching network that matches the dynamic impedance of an antenna in a radio frequency receiver system. The radio frequency receiver system includes two non-linear equations that may be solved to determine the reflection coefficient of the antenna. The tunable matching network is repeatedly perturbed and the power received by the antenna is measured after each perturbation at the same node in the matching network. The measured power values are used by an optimizer in converging to a solution that provides the reflection coefficient of the antenna. The reflection coefficient of the antenna may be used to determine the input impedance of the antenna. The elements of the matching circuit are then adjusted to match the input impedance of the antenna. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210687 | ELECTRONIC PACKAGE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An electronic package is provided, which includes: a substrate; at least an electronic element disposed on the substrate; an antenna structure disposed on the substrate; and an encapsulant formed on the substrate for encapsulating the electronic element and the antenna structure. Therein, the antenna structure has an extension portion and a plurality of support portions connected to the extension portion for supporting the extension portion over the substrate so as to save the surface area of the substrate, thereby meeting the miniaturization requirement of the electronic package. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210688 | ANTENNA SHEATH - An antenna sheath includes a tubular member and a base unit. One end of the tubular member is formed with two lateral boards corresponding to each other, an opening is formed between the two lateral boards, each of the lateral boards is formed with a shaft hole, and the inner periphery of at least one of the two shaft holes is formed with at least one first convex tooth; the base unit is installed with a connector inserted in the opening and formed with two lateral surfaces corresponding to each other, the two lateral surfaces are respectively installed with a rotation shaft correspondingly pivoted in the shaft hole, the outer periphery of at least one of the two rotation shafts is formed with plural second convex teeth annularly arranged, and the first convex teeth is engaged between any two of the adjacent second convex teeth. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210689 | GLASSES AND MEDIA PLAYING FUNCTION - A pair of eyeglasses includes an eyeglass frame, a left lens, a right lens, a processor, a memory, an orientation sensor, and a location tracker. The eyeglasses contain left and right display screens. The memory stores image files, each image file is marked so as to be associated with a preset location information. The location tracker identifies a current location of the orientation sensor and transmits information as to a current location information of a user to the orientation sensor. The orientation sensor transmits the current location information to the processor, the processor presents for a set period a sequence of image files displayed on the display screens within the left and the right lenses. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210690 | REAL-TIME MULTITASK OPERATING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A real-time multitask operating method for an electronic device. The electronic device has a first display device and a second display device. The first display device and the second display device are respectively disposed on two surfaces of the electronic device corresponding to each other. In the method, a signal is received when a first function is executed by the electronic device to display a first frame corresponding to the first function by the first display device. The first frame and a second frame corresponding to the signal are displayed on the first display device and the second display device according to the signal when the first function is still executed. The first frame and the second frame are displayed on different display devices. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210691 | SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH A PLURALITY OF DISPLAY DEVICES - An image processing apparatus includes display panels included in each of an operation unit | 2014-07-31 |
20140210692 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC SHELF DISPLAY MODULES - An electronic display system for use, for example, in a retail outlet comprises a plurality of small display module commonly known as electronic shelf labels. The system also comprises a plurality of base stations for transmitting, to the display modules, representations of images to be displayed. This disclosure teaches an electronic display system wherein base stations are connected directly to the Internet. A single processor can transmit data, metadata and commands to base stations located in different retail outlets. Thus, a single processor can remotely manage display modules in a plurality of different retail outlets that are located at different geographical locations. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210693 | CONNECTIONLESS TRANSPORT FOR USER INPUT CONTROL FOR WIRELESS DISPLAY DEVICES - A sink device in a Wireless Display (WD) system may establish a user input device control communication channel between a source device and sink device in a WD system to allow the sink device to send device control inputs to the source device. The user input device control communication channel may include a reverse channel architecture referred to as the Wi-Fi User Input Back Channel (UIBC) that has been modified to transport one or more additional input types over UDP. For example, UIBC may be extended to transport voice input and VNC input types. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210694 | Electronic Apparatus And Method For Storing Data - An electronic apparatus and a method for storing data include an object storing unit for storing at least one target object set in advance; an image pick-up unit for picking up a first image; a recognizing unit for determining whether one or more of target objects appear in the first image and generating a first recognition result; an image storing unit for storing the first image in which the target object appears as object image of the target object for each target object; a receiving unit for receiving an input from a user; a first acquiring unit for determining the target object indicated by a search input, and acquiring object image corresponding to the target object indicated by the search input; and a display unit for displaying the acquired object image. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210695 | SECURING INFORMATION - A method for securing information displayed on an electronic device is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure. The electronic device obtains second information corresponding to first information. The first information has a plurality of original frames, and the second information has a plurality of pairs of frames each pair comprising an original frame included in the first information and a corresponding compensated frame. The second information is displayed on a screen of the electronic device. A filter associated with the electronic device can remove the compensated frames included in the second information. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210696 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a scan driver for supplying first scan signals to first scan lines and supplying second scan signals to second scan lines and a data driver for supplying voltage data signals to first data lines in synchronization with the second scan signals. The OLED display also includes a current sink unit for supplying current data signals to second data lines in synchronization with the first scan signals, and pixels coupled to the first scan lines, the second scan lines, the first data lines, and the second data lines, having amounts of currents controlled to correspond to the current data signals, and having emission times controlled to correspond to the voltage data signals. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210697 | Display Circuitry with Dynamic Pixel Backlight and Backlight Sloping Control - A system may include a processor, a graphics controller, and a display. The graphics controller may generate video data to be presented on the display. The display may include a display panel, a backlight unit for providing the display panel with backlight, and a display timing controller for communicating with the graphics controller. The display may be used in non-movie mode and movie mode. The backlight unit may be operated in fixed backlight mode during the non-movie display mode and may be operated in dynamic pixel backlight (DPB) mode during the movie display mode. Backlight level adjustments may be sloped only during the non-movie mode. Backlight level sloping can be handled internally within the backlight unit, can be controlled using pulse width modulation with the display timing controller, and implemented using incremental backlight level adjustments with the processor. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210698 | DRIVING METHOD FOR REDUCING EMI AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - A driving method for reducing EMI in a driving device includes detecting a voltage difference between a first display voltage and a second display voltage which correspond to the same pixel, for generating a detecting signal; and adjusting an operating method of a charge sharing switch utilized for performing charge sharing in the driving device according to the detecting signal. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210699 | LCD DEVICE BASED ON DUAL SOURCE DRIVERS WITH DATA WRITING SYNCHRONOUS CONTROL MECHANISM AND RELATED DRIVING METHOD - An LCD device having dual source drivers and related driving method are disclosed for performing data signal driving operation by making use of a data writing synchronous control mechanism. The operation of the data writing synchronous control mechanism includes furnishing all image data signals to both the first and second source drivers, latching odd and even image data signals by the first and second source drivers respectively, performing a signal processing process on the odd image data signals for generating a first set of analog data signals by the first source driver, performing a signal processing process on the even image data signals for generating a second set of analog data signals by the second source driver, writing the first set of analog data signals into a plurality of first pixel units, and writing the second set of analog data signals into a plurality of second pixel units. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210700 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel including gate lines, data lines, and pixels connected to the gate line and the data lines, a gate driver driving the gate lines, a level shifter applying a gate clock signal to the gate driver, a data driver driving the data lines, a timing controller generating control signals to control the level shifter, the gate driver, and the data driver, and a backlight unit providing light to the display panel. The level shifter sets a voltage level of a gate-on voltage of the gate clock signal to a voltage level of a first gate-on voltage or a voltage level of a second gate-on voltage higher than the first gate-on voltage in response to a gate-on control signal. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210701 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - An electrophoretic display includes an electrophoretic panel and a plurality of first scan lines. The electrophoretic panel has a first axis direction. The plurality of first scan lines are installed on the first axis direction. A coupled line parallel to the first axis direction is installed between each two adjacent first scan lines, and the coupled line is coupled to ground. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210702 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING MESSAGES BASED ON USER ENGAGEMENT WITH A USER DEVICE - Methods and systems are described herein for presenting messages to a user based on user engagement with a user device. A message is received for presentation to a user on the user device. A value indicating an attentiveness level of the user is generated with the user device. The value indicating the attentiveness level of the user is compared with an attentiveness level threshold value. In response to determining the value indicating the attentiveness level of the user does not exceed the attentiveness level threshold value, presentation of the message is delayed until the value indicating the attentiveness level of the user exceeds the attentiveness level threshold value. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210703 | METHOD OF UNLOCKING AND SUBSEQUENT APPLICATION LAUNCH IN PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE VIA ORIENTATION SENSING - An apparatus and method for unlocking in a portable electronic device via orientation sensing are provided. The device includes a display screen and at least one orientation sensor. The method includes displaying at least one moveable object on the display screen, sensing a change in an orientation of the device, moving the moveable object in accordance with the sensed change in orientation, and unlocking the device if the moveable object moves in accordance with a predetermined movement. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210704 | GESTURE RECOGNIZING AND CONTROLLING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF - A gesture recognizing and controlling method and device thereof are provided. The gesture recognizing and controlling method includes the following steps. First, a pending image having depth information is captured, in which the pending image includes a human form image. The human form image is analyzed so as to obtain hand skeleton information having a first skeleton and a second skeleton. It is determined whether the first skeleton and the second skeleton have an intersection point. If yes, it is determined whether an included angle formed by the first skeleton and the second skeleton is within a predetermined angle range. When the included angle is within the predetermined angle range, a controlling signal is output accordingly. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210705 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Screen by Tracking Head of User Through Camera Module, and Computer-Readable Recording Medium Therefor - Controlling a screen by tracking user's head using a camera module is described, comprising: (a) when a request for displaying contents is received, displaying a plurality of content regions on a screen and tracking the head of the user looking at the screen through the camera module; and (b) when it is determined in the tracking that the head of the user moves in a specific direction in a state where information on a first content is displayed in a central content region among the plurality of content regions, displaying, in the central content region, information on a second content which was displayed in a peripheral content region, the peripheral content region being positioned in the specific direction or in a direction opposite to the specific direction from the central content region. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210706 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE EMPLOYING A FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device to which a flexible display is applied and an operating method thereof. The content display method for viewing simple content such as a current time, a date, or the number of received massages without unfolding the folded flexible display, when a flexible display is folded for carrying. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210707 | IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM AND METHOD - An example of an image capture system includes a support structure and a sensor arrangement, mounted to the support structure, including an image sensor, a lens, and a drive device. The image sensor has a sensor surface with a sensor surface area. The lens forms a focused image generally on the sensor surface. The area of the focused image is larger than the sensor surface area. The drive device is operably coupled to a chosen one of the lens and the image sensor for movement of the chosen one along a path parallel to the focused image. A portion of the viewing area including the object can be imaged onto the sensor surface and image data of the object, useful to determine information about the object, can be created by the image sensor to determine information regarding the object. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210708 | ELECTRONIC SYSTEM WITH DISPLAY MODE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An electronic system includes: a control unit configured to: detect a motion applied to a device with a display in a mode; select another mode of the display based on the device motion; and a user interface, coupled to the control unit, configured to apply a screen motion to the another mode of the display. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210709 | BIO SIGNAL BASED MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATIONS - Techniques for providing bio signal based mobile device applications are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system for bio signal based mobile device applications includes a bio signal sensor (e.g., biosensor) or multiple biosensors (e.g., multiple biosensors for EEG detection, or multiple biosensors that can each detect different types of bio signals), a bio signal processing unit, the mobile device, and a software application(s) that utilize the bio signal information for various applications (e.g., practical applications, entertainment applications, social networking applications, and/or other applications). | 2014-07-31 |
20140210710 | METHOD FOR GENERATING AN AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT AND TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A method for generating augmented reality content includes receiving an augmented reality mode execution request for generating augmented reality content based on electronic book content, activating a camera in response to the request to provide a preview image, loading book data of the electronic book on the preview image, detecting an event occurring in the augmented reality mode, retrieving reaction data pre-mapped to the event, and loading the reaction data on the preview image. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210711 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH APPARATUS - A touch panel, suitable for sensing a battery-free wireless cursor component, includes a display unit, a touch unit, a processor unit, and an antenna unit. The display unit has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The touch unit, disposed on the first side of the display unit, receives a cursor signal generated by the battery-free wireless cursor component to generate a touch signal. The processor unit, coupled with the touch unit, receives the touch signal, calculates coordinates of the battery-free wireless cursor component based on the received touch signal, and generates a control signal based on the calculated coordinates. The antenna unit, disposed on the second side of the display unit and coupled with the processor unit, receives the control signal and transmits a frequency signal based on the control signal. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210712 | OPTICAL POINTING SYSTEM - There is provided an optical pointing system including at least one reference beacon, an image sensor, a storage unit and a processing unit. The image sensor is configured to capture an image frame containing a beacon image associated with the at least one reference beacon. The storage unit is configured to save image data of at least one object image in the image frame. The processing unit is configured to sequentially process every pixel of the image frame for identifying the object image and real-timely remove or merge the image data, saved in the storage unit, associated with two object images within a pixel range of the image frame thereby reducing the used memory space. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210713 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF POINTER AND DISPLAYING THE POINTER, AND APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method of displaying a pointer on an external device sharing an output video with a terminal, and an apparatus thereof. A method of controlling display of a pointer by a terminal so that the pointer is displayed on an external device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes transmitting an output video of the terminal to the external device, if a predetermined request exists; detecting a sensing value according to a input performed on a display area; generating a pointer displaying signal used for displaying a pointer at a position corresponding to a position where the detected sensing value is detected on the external device based on the detected sensing value; and transmitting the generated pointer displaying signal to the external device. According to the present invention, since a pointer is displayed on an external device sharing an output video with a terminal, the user may execute a desired function by looking at the external device, without looking at the terminal. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210714 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating an image display apparatus includes displaying a home screen including at least one card object including a content list, displaying a dynamic screen on the home screen if dynamic screen display input is received, and moving and displaying the dynamic screen on the home screen if dynamic screen movement input is received. Therefore, it is possible to increase user convenience. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210715 | GESTURE DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING HOVERING AND CLICK - There is provided a gesture detection device including two linear image sensor arrays and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to compare sizes of pointer images in the image frames captured by the two linear image sensor arrays in the same period or different periods so as to identify a click event. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210716 | GESTURE DETECTION DEVICE FOR DETECTING HOVERING AND CLICK - There is provided a gesture detection device including two linear image sensor arrays and a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to compare sizes of pointer images in the image frames captured by the two linear image sensor arrays in the same period or different periods so as to identify a click event. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210717 | HIGH-SENSITIVITY INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a base, a handle and a motion sensor. The handle is configured to be gripped by a hand of a user and moved relative to the base. The motion sensor is fitted in an interior of the handle and is configured to translate a movement of the handle by the user into one or more electrical signals. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210718 | COMPUTER MOUSE WITH ADJUSTABLE DECORATIVE WING - A computer mouse with adjustable decorative wing includes a main housing, a bottom board covered on the bottom surface of the main housing, a decorative wing disposed on one side of the main housing and a distance-adjusting mechanism. The decorative wing has a fastening end fixed to the main housing, and a movable end. There is a adjustable distance between the movable end and the main housing. The distance-adjusting mechanism is disposed on the main housing and contacts the movable end of the decorative wings for adjusting the distance of the movable end and the main housing of the decorative wings. A width of the computer mouse therefore is changed. The decorative wings on two sides of the computer mouse of the present invention can be expanded to support fingers for suiting to different users' palms. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210719 | WIRELESS INPUT DEVICE - The wireless input device comprises a mouse body, a radio receiver and a transmission line. The mouse body provides a charging battery and a first connector, the charging battery is sited in the mouse body, the first connector is electrically connected with the charging battery; the radio receiver has a plug connector and a second connector, the second connector is electrically connected with the plug connector; and the transmission line has a first transmission connector and a second transmission connector; wherein the radio receiver receives wirelessly an input signal outputted from the mouse body, and the input signal is transferred to an electronic apparatus connected with the plug connector; the radio receiver receives charging power through the plug connector supplied from the electronic apparatus, and transfers the charging power to the mouse body via the transmission line, so as to charge the charging battery in the mouse body. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210720 | MOUSE DEVICE - A mouse device includes a case member, a battery storage box for accommodating a battery, and a ring-shaped cover. The battery storage box is disposed within the case member. Moreover, the battery storage box has an entrance. The entrance is formed in a sidewall of the battery storage box. The ring-shaped cover is connected with the case member from a rear side and a bottom side of the case member for covering the entrance. Due to the structure of the ring-shaped cover, the mouse device has no rotating shaft at the rear end of the case member. Consequently, the length of the case member of the present mouse device is shorter, and the overall volume of the present mouse device is reduced. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210721 | MOUSE DEVICE - A mouse device includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a circuit board, a first switch, a second switch, and a triggering element. The circuit board is fixed between the upper cover and the lower cover. The first switch and the second switch are disposed on a bottom surface of the circuit board. The triggering element is pivotally coupled to the lower cover and protruded through a bottom side of the lower cover. When a first side or a second side of the upper cover is depressed, the upper cover, the lower cover and the circuit board are rotated relative to the triggering element. Consequently, the first switch or the second switch is correspondingly triggered. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210722 | OPTICAL MOUSE APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING EXPOSURE OF SENSED IMAGE OUTPUT AND RELATED METHOD THEREOF - A method used in an optical mouse apparatus includes: generating and emitting a light signal which is emitted to a surface so as to reflect and generate a light reflected signal; generating sensed image(s) according to the light reflected signal wherein the sensed image(s) are used for estimating an offset of the optical mouse apparatus; dynamically adjusting photometric exposure for the sensed image(s) according to a quality parameter, a moving speed, or an output offset number per unit time of the sensed image(s). | 2014-07-31 |
20140210723 | OPTICAL MOUSE APPARATUS AND DATA COMPRESSION METHOD USED IN OPTICAL MOUSE APPARATUS - An optical mouse apparatus includes a light source circuit, a sensing circuit, and a processing circuit. The light source circuit is used for generating and emitting a light signal onto a surface so as to generate a light reflected signal. The sensing circuit is used for estimating an image offset of the optical mouse apparatus. The processing circuit is coupled to the light source circuit and the sensing circuit and used for generating and outputting a control signal to a terminal according to the image offset outputted by the sensing circuit. The sensing circuit is further used for detecting at least one of a moving speed or an offset direction of the image offset of the optical mouse apparatus, so as to dynamically determine whether to compress data of the image offset outputted to the processing circuit, for reducing data amount read by the processing circuit. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210724 | CONTROL SYSTEM, MOUSE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control system, a mouse and a control method thereof are provided. The control system comprises a dongle and the mouse. The dongle is wiredly connected to a host and has a first light source for emitting a first light. The mouse is wirelessly connected to the dongle and has a transmitter, a second light source for emitting a second light, an optical sensor and a processor. The optical sensor senses the first light at a first time interval to generate a first sensing signal and then also, senses the second light at a second time interval to generate a second sensing signal. The processor generates a first control signal and a second control signal according to the first sensing signal and the second sensing signal, respectively, and transmits them to the dongle via the transmitter so that the host receives the first and second control signals via the dongle. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210725 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - An optical navigation apparatus, an optical navigation method, and a non-transitory computer readable medium thereof are provided. The optical navigation apparatus includes a light source unit, an image sensing unit, and a processing unit. The processing unit is electrically connected to the light source unit and the image sensing unit. The light source unit provides a beam of light. The image sensing unit captures a first image at a first time instant when the light is projected onto a reflection surface. The processing unit calculates an image quality index of the first image and determines a matching block size between the first image and a second image according to the image quality index. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210726 | DATA INPUTTING APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A data inputting apparatus includes a plurality of keyswitches, an optical module, a sensing module and a processing module. The keyswitches are disposed on the data inputting apparatus. The optical module is disposed on a first side of the data inputting apparatus and is used for emitting a plurality of lights along a first direction, and the lights are corresponding to the keyswitches respectively. The sensing module is disposed on a second side opposite to the first side and is used for receiving the lights and generating a sensing result. The processing module is coupled to the sensing module. When one of the keyswitches is pressed, one of the lights is blocked by the pressed keyswitch resulting in the sensing module adjusting the sensing result, and the position of the pressed keyswitch is determined by the processing module based on the sensing result. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210727 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH-BASED DEACTIVATION OF TOUCH INPUT SIGNALING - To enhance user interaction with an electronic device having a touch screen, the electronic device permits touch-based user input even if the user inadvertently rests a thumb or finger on the touch screen. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210728 | FINGERPRINT DRIVEN PROFILING - A method, performed by a computer device, may include detecting a finger on a touchscreen and determining a finger pattern based on a contact area of the finger with the touchscreen. The method may further include selecting content based on the determined finger pattern and presenting the selected content on the touchscreen. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210729 | GESTURE BASED USER INTERFACE FOR USE IN AN EYES-FREE MODE - Techniques are disclosed for facilitating the use of an electronic device having a user interface that is sensitive to a user's gestures. An “eyes-free” mode is provided in which the user can control the device without looking at the device display. Once the eyes-free mode is engaged, the user can control the device by performing gestures that are detected by the device, wherein a gesture is interpreted by the device without regard to a specific location where the gesture is made. The eyes-free mode can be used, for example, to look up a dictionary definition of a word in an e-book or to navigate through and select options from a hierarchical menu of settings on a tablet. The eyes-free mode advantageously allows a user to interact with the user interface in situations where the user has little or no ability to establish concentrated visual contact with the device display. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210730 | STYLUS BASED OBJECT MODIFICATION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A stylus is used to modify the appearance of objects rendered on a touch-sensitive display. One of a plurality of objects on the display is selected by making contacting the object with the stylus. The stylus tilt and stylus contact pressure are determined. The appearance of the selected object is modified in response to the stylus tilt of the stylus and the stylus contact pressure. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210731 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DETECTING TOUCHES - An electronic device includes a touch-sensitive display. The touch-sensitive includes a first set of drive electrodes and a first set of sense electrodes configured to detect touches on a first area of the touch-sensitive display, and a second set of drive electrodes and a second set of sense electrodes configured to detect touches on a second area of the touch-sensitive display. At least one controller is operably coupled to the first set of drive electrodes, the first set of sense electrodes, the second set of drive electrodes, and the second set of sense electrodes, and is configured to drive electrodes of the first set of drive electrodes while driving electrodes of the second set of drive electrodes. The first area is different from the second area. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210732 | Control Method of Touch Control Device - Disclosed is a control method of touch control device provided for instinctively controlling a touch control device in various manners. The control method includes steps as follows. While a touching movement is sensed on a touch panel of the touch control device, detecting a sliding trace of the touching movement; obtaining a determined result by distinguishing whether the sliding trace passes through a boundary component or not and by distinguishing whether the sliding trace passes through a edge portion of the boundary component or not; executing a presetting action according to the determined result. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210733 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A portable communication device is provided. According to one embodiment of the disclosure, the portable communication device includes a first casing comprising a first input unit, and a second casing attached to the first casing. When the second casing is attached to the first casing, a space for the placement of a processing unit can be defined. The second casing further includes a second input unit electrically connected to a processing unit, and the second input unit further includes at least one touch zone. When the at least one touch zone is touched, a sensing signal indicative of the at least one touch zone being touched is delivered to the processing unit. The processing unit controls the portable communication device to operate according to the sensing signal indicating the touched state of the at least one touch zone. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210734 | METHOD FOR CONDUCTING A COLLABORATIVE EVENT AND SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - A method of conducting a collaborative event, comprising receives input from at least one participant computing device joined to the collaborative event, categorizing the input according to two or more categories defined within the collaborative event, and displaying the input according to the two or more categories. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210735 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE WITH BUTTON FUNCTION - A touch input device with a button function is provided. The touch input device includes a touch module, a triggering switch, a coupling module, and plural movable pads. The plural movable pads are disposed on the coupling module. The coupling module is disposed on the touch module. In addition, the coupling module may be swung relative to the touch module. When the touch module is depressed, the coupling module is pushed by the plural movable pads. Consequently, the coupling module is swung to push the triggering switch that is disposed over the coupling module. Since the plural movable pads are directly disposed on the coupling module, the force to push the triggering switch is directly transmitted from the plural movable pads to the coupling module. Under this circumstance, the touch input device can provide an enhanced tactile feel to the user. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210736 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - An organic light emitting display can be integrated with a touch screen panel, in which control lines arranged in the touch screen panel are used as driving electrodes of a mutual capacitive touch screen panel, and a signal applied to the control lines in a touch recognition operation is input in synchronization with the signal applied to a display panel without having influence on the display. The control lines used as driving electrodes of the touch screen panel can be electrically connected to auxiliary lines arranged close to sensing electrodes of the touch screen panel, thereby improving touch recognition sensitivity. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210737 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A mobile device including a first display, a second display, a foldable coupling portion for coupling the first display to the second display, an angle sensing unit for sensing a folding angle between the first display and the second display, a direction-of-sight sensing unit for sensing a direction of sight of a user, and a controller for determining whether to use a touch input sensed by either the first display or the second display based on the sensed folding angle and the sensed direction of sight. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210738 | DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - Provided is a display device integrated with a touch screen panel including a display unit including a plurality of pixels at a sealed region between a lower substrate and an upper substrate; first touch electrodes extending in a first direction on the upper substrate in the sealed region, wherein one ends of the first touch electrodes extend to a non-sealed region on the lower substrate; and a sloped portion beneath the first touch electrodes at a boundary between the sealed region and the non-sealed region. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210739 | OPERATION RECEIVER - An operation receiver includes a first detector and a second detector each of which detects an object. A detection range for the first detector and another detection range for the second detector are located next to each other. The first detector detects a state of the object. A controller makes a judgment as to whether the operation by the object has been carried out to the first detector or to the second detector. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210740 | PORTABLE APPARATUS HAVING PLURALITY OF TOUCH SCREENS AND SOUND OUTPUT METHOD THEREOF - A portable apparatus having a plurality of touch screens and a plurality of speakers outputs sounds in the plurality of speakers according to an output mode of a plurality of output modes determined according to an input angle between the plurality of touch screens and attributes of a plurality of applications executed in the plurality of touch screens, and provides a user haptic feedback corresponding to the sound output. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210741 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND TOUCH PANEL PARAMETER CORRECTING METHOD - An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel; an item to get a screen previous to a present screen to be displayed on the touch panel, and a control unit to execute process of storing, when a tap operation on the touch panel or an operation to the item is performed, operation history information indicating a type and time of the performed operation on a storage unit; specifying an operation sequence in which a time interval between a first operation and a second operation is equal to or smaller than a specified period, and the first operation is the tap operation, the second operation is the operation to the item and a third operation is the tap operation are conducted on the basis of operation history information on the storage unit, and updating a correction quantity of tap coordinates on the basis of the specified operation sequence. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210742 | EMULATING PRESSURE SENSITIVITY ON MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES - A method, device, and/or computer program product operates a touch-screen device. A first touch at a location on a touch-screen is detected. A second touch on the touch-screen, which occurs simultaneously with the first touch on the touch-screen, is detected. A pressure of the detected second touch is calculated and assigned to the detected first touch. A specific touch-screen output is generated according to the location and assigned calculated pressure of the detected first touch. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210743 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, AND DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - According to an aspect, a touch detection device has a detection surface for detecting a position of an external proximity object which is in contact therewith or in proximity thereto. The touch detection device includes: a drive electrode layer that has a plurality of drive electrodes; a plurality of touch detection electrodes that face the drive electrodes; a drive electrode driver for applying a driving signal to the drive electrodes; and a plurality of wirings for electrically coupling the plurality of drive electrodes with the drive circuit. In the drive electrode layer, a specific drive electrode coupled via the wiring with a longest distance has an overlapped area smaller than an average of the overlapped areas of the other drive electrodes. The overlapped area is an area that is overlapped with the wiring. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210744 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a prescribed function of the mobile terminal can be performed through a button manipulation of a stylus pen and a touch input. The present invention includes a short range communication unit configured to receive a plurality of different signals from a stylus pen, a touchscreen, and a controller performing a prescribed function by combining a type of a signal received from the stylus pen among a plurality of the different signals and a touch pattern of the stylus pen recognized on the touchscreen. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210745 | Using Neural Signals to Drive Touch Screen Devices - Methods and apparatus for using are provided for using neural signals to drive touch screen devices. An electromyography (EMG) device can receive neural based on electrical activity of one or more voluntary muscles of a user of the EMG device. The EMG device can filter the neural signals to generate a plurality of channel signals. A touch event can be determined based on the plurality of channel signals. The touch event can relates to user input for a touch-based interface of a touch-enabled device. The touch-enabled device can receive an indication of the touch event. The touch-enabled device can determine a touch operation for the touch-enabled device based on the touch event and then perform the touch operation. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210746 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY ORIENTATION USING THE SAME - The present invention relates generally to a display device and method for adjusting display orientation using the same, and more particularly, to a display device and method for adjusting display orientation of a displayed object based on user position. According to one aspect of the present invention, a display device may be provided, comprising: a display; a touch sensitive module detecting touches on the display; and a controller configured to: display, via the display, at least one object, receive, via the touch sensitive module, a multi-touch on a specific object among the at least one object, determine a user position based on positional relationship among touch points of the multi-touch, and adjust display orientation of the specific object based on the user position. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210747 | METHOD FOR SENSING TOUCH PRESSURE AND DIGIAL DEVICE USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a method for sensing touch pressure on a digital device by using image data sensed by a camera unit. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210748 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - An information processing apparatus | 2014-07-31 |
20140210749 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel, including: a transparent substrate; an insulating pattern formed on the transparent substrate; and an electrode pattern formed on the insulating pattern in a pattern corresponding to the insulating pattern and having an aperture ratio larger than that of the insulating pattern. According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to improve the visibility of the touch panel by reducing the user's recognition of the electrode pattern. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210750 | TOUCH PANEL CONTROLLER AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - The touch panel controller activates a touch panel having a detection plane superposed on a display plane of a display device, and performs a touch detection. The touch panel controller uses a cycle of 1/n (n is a positive integer) of a display frame cycle on the display plane as the detection frame cycle of the detection plane. The touch panel controller decides an order of driving the detection-scan electrodes in each detection frame cycle according to predetermined phase-delay and phase-advance positions with respect to a display-scan electrode drive position of the display device so as to correspond to an order of the detection-scan electrode array of the touch panel. The touch panel controller makes possible to avoid the coincidence of display-scan and touch-detection positions without thinning touch detections even with the detection frame cycle of a touch sensor shorter than the display frame cycle of a liquid crystal panel. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210751 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device including a display driving circuit that drives a display panel, a touch detection signal driving circuit that applies a touch detection signal to a touch sensor, and a touch state detection circuit that receives a signal obtained by observing the touch sensor is configured as follows. A connection switching circuit that switches connection between a terminal and an internal circuit is included therein. The connection switching circuit switches connection with the terminal by selecting one of at least two of the display driving circuit, the touch detection signal driving circuit and the touch state detection circuit. A protection circuit which is capable of changing a protection voltage level is connected to the terminal, and the protection voltage level varies depending on the signal amplitude of the circuit selected by the connection switching circuit. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210752 | DISPLAY DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix; a plurality of signal lines that extend in a second direction in the display region; a vertical drive circuit that is coupled to first ends of the scanning lines and applies a vertical scanning pulse to the first ends to select each row of the pixels in the display region; a horizontal drive circuit that performs a display operation of supplying an image signal to each of the pixels in the row selected by the vertical drive circuit through the signal lines; and a plurality of switches that are coupled to second ends of the scanning lines respectively. Each of the switches supplies the same potential as that supplied to the first ends by the vertical drive circuit to the second end corresponding thereto in an idle period. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTITASKING - A method for multitasking in an electronic device is provided, the method including: displaying a first one of a plurality of function execution screens as a top layer screen on a display unit of the electronic device; receiving, by the electronic device, a first touch input; and displaying, in response to the first touch input, a first layer separation object for causing a second one of the plurality of function execution screens to be at least partially displayed as the top layer screen on the display unit; wherein the first layer separation object is displayed concurrently with the first function execution screen. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210754 | METHOD OF PERFORMING FUNCTION OF DEVICE AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - A method of performing a function of a device based on motion information of the device in a standby mode of the device, a device for performing the method are provided. The device includes a sensor configured to detect movement of the device in a standby mode of the device; a storage configured to store motion information based on information related to the movement and at least one piece of function information corresponding to the motion information; and a processor configured to control the device to perform a function corresponding to the motion information in the standby mode based on the information related to the movement, the motion information, and the at least one piece of function information. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210755 | DEVICE FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A control device for remotely controlling an electronic apparatus includes a communication part configured to communicate with the electronic apparatus; a position sensor configured to sense a position of the control device; and a controller configured to determine a first input interface on a first plate surface or a second input interface on a second plate surface that is directed toward a first direction and determine a first end part or a second end part that is directed toward a second direction according to position sensing by the position sensor, provide the first or the second input interface that is determined to be directed toward the first direction in a display direction determined based on the first or the second end part that is directed toward the second direction, and disable the first or the second input interface which is determined to be not directed toward the first direction. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210756 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HAPTIC FEEDBACK - Methods and a mobile terminal for providing visual and haptic feedback are provided. At least one first touch made to an object displayed on a touch screen is detected. The object is transformed and displayed in response to movement of the first touch. At least one second touch made to the displayed object is detected. Visual feedback is displayed on the touch screen in response to the second touch, and haptic feedback corresponding to a predetermined haptic pattern is output using a vibration motor. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210757 | METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for controlling an electronic device. The method includes: detecting whether a flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape; detecting a handwriting motion according to movement of the flexible display by using at least one sensor when the flexible display is rolled up into a pen-like shape; and displaying a locus according to the handwriting motion of the flexible display on the flexible display. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210758 | MOBILE TERMINAL FOR GENERATING HAPTIC PATTERN AND METHOD THEREFOR - Provided are a portable terminal that generates a haptic pattern and a method thereof. The method includes displaying a menu on a touch screen, receiving an input for generating a haptic pattern through the displayed menu, detecting, using a sensor module, a haptic input provided through the portable terminal, and generating the haptic pattern based on the provided haptic input. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210759 | INFORMATION DISPLAYING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION, INFORMATION DISPLAYING SYSTEM, AND SERVER APPARATUS AND TERMINAL DEVICE - An information displaying apparatus having a touch-panel display unit is provided. An information obtaining unit obtains explanation information of a direction word specified by user, and displays the obtained explanation information of the direction word on the touch-panel displaying unit. When the user touches on the touch-panel display unit, a multi-touch detecting unit detects touch positions on the touch-panel display unit. A shift judging unit judges whether a distance between the detected touch positions has increased or decreased, when the user shifts the touch positions on the touch-panel display unit. A display-information controlling unit displays detailed explanation information of the direction word, when the shift judging unit determines that the distance between the touch positions has increased, and displays simplified explanation information of the direction word, when the shift judging unit determines that the distance between the touch positions has decreased. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210760 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A TOUCH SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE - A method for operating a touch sensitive user interface is provided. The touch sensitive user interface comprises a touch sensitive surface ( | 2014-07-31 |
20140210761 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR RAISED TOUCH SCREENS - A touch sensitive display assembly includes a touch screen and a button array. The touch screen is configured to display one or more input keys. The button array includes one or more buttons corresponding to the one or more input keys. The button array is formed by a substrate attached to a button membrane thereby creating a set of button cavities corresponding to the input keys. The button cavities are configured to be inflated and deflated by a pump coupled to a fluid reservoir. The cavities can be inflated/deflated together, in subsets, and/or individually. In some embodiments, the button array is sandwiched between a touch sensing layer and a display of the touch screen. In other embodiments, the button array can be located either above or below the touch screen. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210762 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - When detection section ( | 2014-07-31 |
20140210763 | TOUCH SCREEN IMAGING SENSOR - Provided are systems and methods for detecting and associating location information with changes in capacitance on a capacitance sensor assembly of a computing device. Enhancing capacitance detection to include location information can enable generation of image data for display to user showing properties of a concealed object. Rates of change in capacitance drain detected at the sensor assembly coupled with location information can be stored in a derivative image format. The derivative image format of a concealed object can be transformed into an approximation of a conventional camera image. Further processing can be executed to define properties of the concealed object, and identify the concealed object. Further processing can also include model-based analysis and/or property matching to known objects. Image displays can also be correlated to subsequent positions of the device, allowing “x-ray” views of concealed objects | 2014-07-31 |
20140210764 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device comprises a first and second pluralities of capacitive sensor electrodes. The first plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes is oriented along a first axis, disposed in a first layer, and configured to update a display screen of the input device. The second plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes is oriented along a second axis that differs from the first axis. A display region of the display screen has a first dimension along the first axis and a second dimension the second axis. At least one sensor electrode of the first plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes extends fully across the first dimension of the display region. Individual sensor electrodes of the second plurality of capacitive sensor electrodes do not extend fully across the second dimension of the display region. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210765 | Capacitive Single Layer Multi-Touch Panel Having Improved Response Characteristics - An apparatus is provided. A substrate and a cover plate are provided. A sensor layer is formed on at least one of the substrate and the cover plate. The sensor layer includes a plurality of row electrodes and a plurality of column electrodes interleaved with the plurality of row electrodes, where each row electrode and each column electrode is formed of a plurality of stair-stepped diamonds. An insulator is also included so as to electrically isolate the plurality of row electrodes and the plurality of column electrodes, where the insulator is substantially transparent to visible spectrum light. The apparatus employs mirror symmetric row sensor routing placement. The routing placement provides reduction of row bonding pads by 50% to enhance manufacturing yield. Rearranging unit cells on the same layout results in a decrease of RC parasitics by 50%. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210766 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel includes a substrate comprising a major surface and divided into an active area and a non-active area when viewed in a viewing direction perpendicular to the major surface; a plurality of driving electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and generally arranged along a first direction; a plurality of first sensing electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and generally arranged along a second direction; and a plurality of second sensing electrodes formed over the active area of the substrate and arranged along the second direction. The shapes of the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode are different from each other. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210767 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch screen display device includes a first touch electrode, a second touch electrode and a conductive pattern. The first touch electrode receives a touch driving signal. The second touch electrode is positioned so as to be spaced apart from the first touch electrode. The conductive pattern is positioned so as to overlap with the first touch electrode, and receives a boost signal for boosting the touch driving signal. Accordingly, the touch driving signal is boosted, thereby improving touch sensitivity. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210768 | Single Layer Touch Sensor - According to an exemplary implementation, a touch sensor includes a plurality of traces situated between first and second columns of transmitter pads on a substrate. Each trace in the plurality of traces is routed from one extremity of the substrate and ends at a corresponding transmitter pad thereby creating an available area between the first and second columns of transmitter pads for one or more remaining traces of the plurality of traces. In some implementations, for at least one trace in the plurality of traces, each of the one or more remaining traces have an expanded width in the available area. Furthermore, at least one dummy pad can be situated in the available area for at least one trace in the plurality of traces. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210769 | SCANNING METHOD, APPARATUS, CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE BASED ON IN-CELL TECHNIQUE - A scanning method, apparatus, controller and electronic device based on an in-cell technique is provided according to the embodiments of the present invention. The scanning method includes: scanning a first region of a liquid crystal display (LCD) during a first period of a scanning cycle; scanning the full screen of a capacitive touch panel (CTP) during a second period of the scanning cycle; scanning a second region of the LCD during a third period of the scanning cycle. By scanning at least two regions of the LCD in a time-sharing manner and by scanning the CTP and the LCD alternatively, according to the embodiments of the present invention, the technical effect of scanning the LCD and the CTP uniformly can be achieved, in the case that there is not the without mutual interference between the scanning of the LCD and the scanning of the CTP. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210770 | PRESSURE SENSING TOUCH SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Pressure-sensing touch systems and methods are disclosed for sensing the occurrence of a touch event based on pressure applied at a touch location. The touch system includes a light-source system and a detector system operably adjacent respective input and output edges of a waveguide. Pressure at a touch location on the waveguide gives rise to a touch event causes the waveguide to bend or flex. The waveguide bending causes a change in the optical paths of light traveling by FTIR, causing the light distribution in the output light to change. The changes are detected and are used to determine whether a touch event occurred, as well as the time-evolution of the touch event. The changes in the output light can include polarization changes caused by birefringence induced in the waveguide by the applied pressure applied. Various detector configurations are disclosed for sensing the location and pressure of a touch event. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210771 | DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - Disclosed are a display device integrated with a touch screen and a method of driving the same, the display device comprising: a touch panel comprising a touch electrode which is disposed in each of a plurality of pixels defined by intersections between a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines; a display driver supplying data voltages for displaying an image to the respective pixels during a display period, and supplying an initialization data voltage for initializing a capacitance of the touch electrode to each pixel during a touch sensing period; and a touch driver sensing the capacitance of the touch electrode to detect a touched position during the touch sensing period. The display device integrated with the touch screen and the method of driving the same according to the present invention initialize capacitances of the touch electrodes to the same value irrespective of image data of the pixels being changed from black to white during the display period, thus preventing the occurrence of a touch error due to a screen change. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210772 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL, SENSING METHOD THEREOF, TOUCH DEVICE USING THE SAME, AND INPUT APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides a capacitive touch panel, a sensing method thereof, a touch device using the same, and an input apparatus. The capacitive touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first scan lines, and a plurality of second scan lines. The first scan lines and the second scan lines are respectively formed on the substrate wherein the first scan lines and the second scan lines are interlaced with each other. The first scan lines and the second scan lines are capacitively coupled to each other forming a plurality of sensing regions. Moreover, any one of the second scan lines can formed a sensing region with one or more first scan lines. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210773 | TOUCH BAR AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a touch bar and a mobile terminal apparatus. An interface module of the touch bar is connected to a touch panel; the interface module is connected in a matching manner to an interface on the mobile terminal; the touch panel is configured to sense a touch operation, generate a corresponding sensing signal, and transmit it to a processor in the mobile terminal by using the interface module, so that the processor controls the mobile terminal according to the sensing signal and content currently displayed on a display interface of the mobile terminal. Functions such as flicking a browser page up and down, turning pages of an ebook, and adjusting volume are implemented effectively; the operability is enhanced, and the user experience is prevented from being affected because the screen is blocked due to a tap operation or flick operation, improving the user experience effectively. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210774 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING TOUCH ELECTRODE - Disclosed is a display apparatus which facilitates to improve touch sensitivity by decreasing parasitic capacitance between a common electrode and gate/data lines, and decreasing delay on touch sensing and displaying driving, wherein the display apparatus may include a lower panel including a pixel electrode; an upper panel including the common electrode, wherein the common electrode together with the pixel electrode forms an electric field for displaying an image for a displaying driving mode, and the common electrode senses a capacitance change in accordance with a user's touch for a touch sensing mode; and a liquid crystal layer of VA mode formed between the lower and upper panels, and changed in accordance with the electric field between the pixel and common electrodes. | 2014-07-31 |
20140210775 | TOUCH-DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND PERSONAL DATA ASSISTANT - Provided are a touch display control device and an information terminal device, which are arranged so that the noise resulting from the actions for activation and display on a display panel, and the noise caused by the actions of activation and detection on a touch sensor never affects each other, and are useful for suppressing the elicitation of the difference in brightness attributed to non-display in a display frame. | 2014-07-31 |