31st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130194156 | LTE ANTENNA PAIR FOR MIMO/DIVERSITY OPERATION IN THE LTE/GSM BANDS - There is disclosed a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna system comprising first and second folded or compacted loop antennas ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130194157 | ANTENNA FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN A TYRE - An antenna includes a core and is intended to be integrated into a rubber compound for a tyre. The antenna further includes an electromagnetic-signal conduction layer, which is made of copper and coats the core, and a chemical isolation layer, which coats the conduction layer and is intended to chemically isolate the rubber compound from an object coated by the isolation layer. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194158 | DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE-PROTECTED CMOS SWITCHES - Disclosed are devices and methods related to a CMOS switch for radio-frequency (RF) applications. In some embodiments, the switch can be configured to include a resistive body-floating circuit to provide improved power handling capability. The switch can further include an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit disposed relative to the switch to provide ESD protection for the switch. Such a switch can be implemented for different switching applications in wireless devices such as cell phones, including band-selection switching and transmit/receive switching. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194159 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SPIRAL ANTENNA AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF - A three-dimensional spiral antenna includes a substrate, a spiral antenna element, and a feed point. The substrate includes a three-dimensional shaped region. The spiral antenna element is supported by and conforms to the three-dimensional shaped region such that the spiral antenna element has an overall shape approximating a three-dimensional shape. The feed point is coupled to a connection point of the spiral antenna element. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194160 | COMPACT, ULTRA-BROADBAND ANTENNA WITH DOUGHNUT-LIKE RADIATION PATTERN - A compact, ultra-broadband antenna with doughnut-like radiation pattern is provided as including a first assembly having first and second ends; a second assembly having first and second ends, the first and second ends each configured to have a substantially hemispherical shape; and a cable configured to extend through the first and second assemblies and out each of the first and second ends. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194161 | Artificial magnetic mirror cell and applications thereof - An artificial magnetic minor (AMM) cell includes a conductive element and an impedance element. The conductive element forms a lumped resistor-inductor-capacitor (RLC) circuit. The impedance element is coupled to the conductive element. The impedance of the impedance element and the impedance of the RLC circuit establish an electromagnetic property for the AMM cell within a given frequency range that contributes to the AMC. The AMM cell along with other AMM cells collectively produce an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) having a geometric shape for an electromagnetic signal in the given frequency range. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194162 | DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention relates to a display device designed like a tower comprising display panels ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130194163 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and a control method thereof are provided. Contents displayed in a mobile terminal may be optimized for and displayed on a different mobile terminal in communication therewith. The method for controlling a mobile terminal includes: outputting previously stored contents to a first mobile terminal; and controlling a transmission of the contents being outputted based on characteristic information of a second mobile terminal that is to receive at least a portion of the contents being outputted, wherein there is a difference between the contents being outputted to the first mobile terminal and the contents the second mobile terminal is to receive and output. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194164 | EXECUTABLE VIRTUAL OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH REAL OBJECTS - Embodiments for interacting with an executable virtual object associated with a real object are disclosed. In one example, a method for interacting with an executable virtual object associated with a real object includes receiving sensor input from one or more sensors attached to the portable see-through display device, and obtaining information regarding a location of the user based on the sensor input. The method also includes, if the location includes a real object comprising an associated executable virtual object, then determining an intent of the user to interact with the executable virtual object, and if the intent to interact is determined, then interacting with the executable object. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194165 | LIGHT-EMITTING PANEL AND HEAD UP DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SAME - A light-emitting panel includes semiconductor light-emitting devices each having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being placed on a surface of a substrate; lenses each provided in close contact with at least a center portion of the second surface of a corresponding semiconductor light-emitting device. The light-emitting panel further includes a connection wiring being in contact with a region around the center portions while having openings corresponding to the respective center portions. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194166 | Optical filter security - An Optical Filter Security Invention incorporating an interactive system into a user authentication process (user name and password) and adding an additional simple layer of security that makes it much safer to perform online communications and transactions. It relates to the capability of the human eye to process information using a unique filter, such as a hand held card or a smart phone application, and the user's feedback of a security code into the computer for certification and protection of information. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194167 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY PANEL, AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus, a display panel, and a display method are provided. The display apparatus includes: a first panel which displays an object by using a self-emission device formed of a transparent material; a second panel which is disposed on a back surface of the first panel; and a controller which switches a state of the second panel to one of a transparent state and an opaque state. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194168 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display (“LCD”) includes; a gate line, a plurality of pairs of a first data line and a second data line which border a plurality of pixel regions and are disposed respectively on both sides of each pixel region, a plurality of pairs of first and second thin-film transistors (“TFTs”) which are connected to the gate line and a pair of the first and second data lines, and a first and second subpixel electrode disposed in each pixel region and connected to the first and second TFTs, respectively, wherein the pixel regions include first through third pixel regions arranged in the first direction, wherein at least one of the first and second TFTs of the second pixel region is disposed on a same side of an adjacent data line as the first and second subpixel electrodes of one of the first and third pixel regions. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194169 | SCREEN LIGHT COMPUTATION DEVICE OR METHOD - In a screen light computation device, a first polarizing filter ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130194170 | DISPLAY DEVICE - Each pixel ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130194171 | Apparatus and Method for Mapping User-Supplied Data Sets to Reference Data Sets in a Variable Data Campaign - In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, apparatus are provided that allow for the automatic categorization of the subsets of a user-supplied data set, for example recipient lists for a multivariable distribution campaign. A user interface is disclosed that facilitates the uploading of the user's recipient list. A categorizer is disclosed which categorizes subsets of the user-supplied data. A storage mechanism is disclosed which stores reference categories of data expected by the multi-variable campaign logic. A mapper is disclosed which maps the user supplied data categorized by the categorizer to the reference categories stored by the storage mechanism. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194172 | DISABLING AUTOMATIC DISPLAY SHUTOFF FUNCTION USING FACE DETECTION - Techniques and equipment for disabling an automatic display shutoff function of a mobile device based on face detection are disclosed. The automatic display shutoff function generally disables or deactivates the display after a predetermined period of time, during which there is no input from a user of the mobile device. An image captured using a front facing camera of the mobile device may be used to detect at least a portion of the user's face and thus, override the automatic display shutoff function before expiration of the period of time without detecting any user input and during execution of an application program associated with the display of information for a time longer than the predetermined period of time. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194173 | TOUCH FREE CONTROL OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - Various embodiments of electronic systems and associated methods of hands-free operation are described. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring an image of a user's finger and/or an object associated with the user's finger with a camera, recognizing a gesture of the user's finger or the object based on the acquired image, and determining if the recognized gesture correlates to a command or a mode change for a processor. If the monitored gesture correlates to a command for a processor, the method includes determining if the processor is currently in a standby mode or in a control mode. If the processor is in the control mode, the method includes executing the command for the processor; otherwise, the method includes reverting to monitoring a gesture of the user's finger. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194174 | INPUT UNIT - There is provided an input unit adapted for non-contact input manipulation, which permits a user to smoothly accomplish an intended input manipulation. The input unit includes: a position detecting portion for detecting a position of a manipulating object such as a user's hand manipulating the input unit; a position change detecting portion for detecting a change in the position of a point on the manipulating object based on a detection output from the position detecting portion, the point being the closest to the position detecting portion; and an image display section. The position change detecting portion detects the change in the position of the point closest to the position detecting portion in a predetermined area. The image display section changes the display image according to a detection output from the position change detecting portion. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194175 | MOVEMENT CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A MOVEMENT CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A movement restriction unit restricts a movement of a movement subject within a display screen or a virtual space in a case where a numerical value indicating a magnitude of a displacement between a position of a hand or the like of a user and a reference position or a reference direction is smaller than the first reference value. A first movement control unit moves the movement subject at a first speed in a case where the above-mentioned numerical value is equal to or larger than the first reference value and smaller than a second reference value that is larger than the first reference value. A second movement control unit moves the movement subject at a second speed that is faster than the first speed in a case where the above-mentioned numerical value is equal to or larger than the second reference value. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194176 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING DISPLAY MANNER OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device includes a display screen, a gravity sensor, at least one sensor provided at a side of the portable electronic device and a processor. The gravity sensor detects gravity information of the portable electronic device and generates a sensing value. The at least one sensor senses a holding position. The processor determines a holding manner according to sensing signals of the at least one sensor and determines a display mode of the display screen according to the sensing value and the holding manner. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194177 | PRESENTATION CONTROL DEVICE AND PRESENTATION CONTROL METHOD - A presentation control device casually presents information to the user based on how the user is watching a content item. In presenting the information to the user, the presentation control device: presents a sensory stimulus element having a first stimulation degree; changes a stimulation degree of the sensory stimulus element from the first stimulation degree, based on the magnitude of the reaction determined by the user reaction analyzing unit, and presents the sensory stimulus element; and, in the case where the magnitude of the reaction to the sensory stimulus element is smaller than a predetermined threshold, causes a sensory stimulus control unit to decrease the stimulation degree of the sensory stimulus element or stop presenting the sensory stimulus element. The reaction is observed within a predetermined time period which begins when the sensory stimulus element having the first stimulation degree is presented. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194178 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display device including a display unit that displays an image; an operation detection unit that detects designated positions on the display unit respectively designated by two or more fingers of an operator; an operation analysis unit that determines, when the operation detection unit detects that the designated positions are moving in parallel in a first region of the display unit, a position of a second region newly generated in the first region and a display direction of an image displayed in the second region, based on the designated positions and a direction of movement of the designated positions; and a display control unit that controls the display unit to display an image in the second region, according to the position of the second region and the display direction of the image displayed in the second region determined by the operation analysis unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194179 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - An information processing device that stores an execution environment of a personal computer when a capture is made, and associates the captured execution environment, a dot pattern, and a screen shot. A control unit of the information processing device executes steps of: storing an image that is displayed on a display unit connected with the information processing device in a storage unit of the information processing device, and, storing an execution environment of the information processing device at a moment of storing the image, in the storage unit; superimposedly forming a dot pattern and the image; acquiring the code value and coordinate values from an optical reading unit that read the dot pattern; and restoring the execution environment corresponding to the code value and coordinate values by identifying the execution environment based on the identification information that is defined in at least part of the acquired code value. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194180 | DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A device and a method of controlling the device are provided. The device includes a sensing unit, and a controller configured to generate a display signal displaying at least one pointer, to generate a display signal so that the a movement of the at least one pointer depending on a first gesture is performed based on a first set value when obtaining the first gesture through the sensing unit, and to generate a display signal so that the movement of the at least one pointer depending on the first gesture is performed based on a second set value when the first set value changes to the second set value. Accordingly, it may be possible to effectively control movement of the pointer by enabling the pointer to be moved based on a predetermined set value. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194181 | POINTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING POINTING DEVICE - A pointing device includes: a film that includes a protruding portion which protrudes upward, and a plane portion which extends from the protruding portion; a first conducting layer that is disposed under the film; a second conducting layer that is disposed on a base material and is opposed to the first conducting layer; and a plurality of spacers that are formed on any one of a lower portion of the first conducting layer and an upper portion of the second conducting layer, and are arranged, between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, so as to be spaced mutually; wherein an interval between the spacers in an area of the plane portion is formed so as to become narrower than an interval between the spacers in an area of the protruding portion. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194182 | GAME DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR A GAME DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM - A position information acquiring unit acquires position information relating to positions of a plurality of body parts of a player. A determination unit determines whether or not the at least one of the plurality of body parts exists within a determination region including the reference position at a time point corresponding to the reference time. A body part information acquiring unit acquires body part information relating to a kind of the at least one of the plurality of body parts determined to exist within the determination region. An evaluation unit evaluates gameplay of the player based on the kind of the at least one of the plurality of body parts acquired by the body part information acquiring unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194183 | COMPUTER MOUSE PERIPHERAL - A computer pointing device including: a base portion with a lower surface adapted for sliding across a work surface, a spine portion, projecting substantially upward from said base portion and having a thumb-engaging surface on a first lateral side of the spine and at least one index fingertip and/or middle fingertip-engaging surface on a second lateral side of the spine opposing said first lateral side. A keyboard with an altered arrangement of function of keys, such as an enlarged or truncated or no spacebar or capable of an altered appearance in accordance with keys being re-mapped to sensors on a pointing device. A keyboard with a virtual screen display, which may be made semi-transparent by activating a sensor on a pointing device. A computer with a recess capable of accommodating a mouse device. A locked scrolling or zooming means, using any pointing device, in which scrolling or zooming in a defined direction is proportional to the distance travelled by the device, irrespective of direction of movement of the device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194184 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL USING USER INTERACTION - A method and apparatus for controlling a mobile terminal through use of user interaction are provided. The method includes operating in a vision recognition mode that generates a vision recognition image through use of a signal output from a second plurality of pixels designated as vision pixels from among a plurality of pixels of an image sensor included in the mobile terminal; determining whether a predetermined object in the vision recognition image corresponds to a person; determining a gesture of the predetermined object when the predetermined object corresponds to the person; and performing a control function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the gesture of the predetermined object. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194185 | MULTI-SENSOR INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes a top panel including a top portion and side portions, a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) configured to detect the presence of a touch object on the top panel and generate a touch signal based on the presence of the touch object on the top panel, and a first flexible adhesive material disposed below top panel and above the flexible PCB, the first flexible adhesive material coupling flexible PCB to the top panel. In certain embodiments, the top panel is seamless. The flexible PCB can detect the presence of the touch object over the top portion of the top panel where the top portion of the top panel has no dead spots. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194186 | POINTING DEVICE HAVING DIRECTIONAL SENSOR AND NON-DIRECTIONAL SENSOR, AND POINTING DATA INPUT METHOD USING IT - Provided is a pointing data input method using a pointing device having a directional sensor for inputting pointing data accurately in an intended direction regardless of the bearing of the device, and a non-directional sensor. A device ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130194187 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method includes displaying keys of a keyboard in a keyboard area on a touch-sensitive display, at least one of the keys being associated with multiple letter characters, the keyboard area located adjacent to a first side of the touch-sensitive display, detecting a touch in a keyboard area of the touch-sensitive display, the touch being associated with a character input, detecting a gesture in a gesture input area of a touch-sensitive display, the gesture area located adjacent to a second side of the touch-sensitive display, the second side opposite to the first side; wherein the gesture is associated with a keyboard-related function at the processor and the keyboard-related function is operable on the character input or a next character input. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194188 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FACILITATING INPUT AT A SECOND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method includes: receiving, at a processor of a first electronic device, an input indicating an object is proximate to an input device of the first electronic device; determining, at the processor, a location of the object relative to the input device; and sending data for displaying a visual representation of the object relative to the input device at an output device of a second electronic device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194189 | MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICES CAPABLE OF AMBIDEXTROUS OPERATION - Mobile computing devices such as tablet computers can include multiple input devices mounted on a housing. The input devices are arranged in a first array located near a first side of the housing, and in a second array that is substantially identical to the first array and is located near a second side of the housing. Each of the input devices is operable to generate an output when actuated. The output of each input device corresponds to a function. The computing devices are configured so that each of the input devices in the first array is functionally equivalent to a corresponding one of the input devices located at the same relative location the second array, so that the functions can be activated by the user using either the left or right hand regardless of how the mobile computing device is being held. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194190 | DEVICE FOR TYPING AND INPUTTING SYMBOLS INTO PORTABLE COMMUNICATION MEANS - The device for typing and inputting symbols into portable communication means can be used in an application with communicators, pocket PCs, mobile telephones and other similar devices. The device comprises input elements in the form of keys under a user's finger, some of which keys are arranged on the rear side of the device body. The device is characterized in that each of the keys arranged on the rear side of the device body is intended for one finger only and is capable of registering four types of action by the finger: bending, unbending and shifting of the finger in two perpendicular directions. The device is aimed from the outset at direct typing rather than chorded typing, and has a large number of actions which can be carried out by fingers on the rear panel of the device, which should result in easier learning of typing and in more rapid typing. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194191 | EXPLICIT CHARACTER FILTERING OF AMBIGUOUS TEXT ENTRY - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for explicit filtering in ambiguous text entry. The invention provides embodiments including various explicit text entry methodologies, such as 2-key and long pressing. The invention also provides means for matching words in a database using build around methodology, stem locking methodology, word completion methodology, and n-gram searches. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194192 | SURFACE SCANNING WITH A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A scanning capability for capacitive touch screen devices is disclosed. Images, such as text, barcodes, or the like are printed on printed objects, such as business cards, information cards, and the like using electrically conductive ink that has had electrical properties imparted thereon such that, when the printed object comes in contact with the touch screen of a capacitive touch screen device, the imparted electrical properties are sufficient to cause variances in capacitance to the touch screen that are detectable by the device. Using these detected touches, the scanning system analyzes any patterns created by the detected touches to determine information represented by those patterns and corresponding to the information represented by the images printed on the printed object. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194193 | ADAPTIVE GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNSTABLE WORK ENVIRONMENTS - Methods and apparatus for correcting gesture-based input commands supplied by a user to a gesture-based touch screen display include using one or more sensors to detect that at least one of the touch screen display or the user is being subjected to an instability. Corrections to gesture-based input commands supplied to the touch screen display by the user are at least selectively supplied, in a processor, based upon the detected instability. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194194 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes detecting a touch at a first location on a touch-sensitive display, detecting the touch at a second location on the touch-sensitive display, calculating a third location based on the first location and the second location, and displaying information utilizing the third location. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194195 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display, determining a time of a display update of the touch-sensitive display, and adjusting a scanning rate of scanning electrodes of the touch-sensitive display based on the time of the display update. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194196 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An assembly includes a substrate, scanning electrodes and sense electrodes disposed on the substrate, and color filter and black matrix disposed in an arrangement on the scanning electrodes and sense electrodes. The scanning electrodes and sense electrodes are disposed between the substrate and the arrangement. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194197 | Electronic Apparatus With Touch Panel and the Operating Method Therefor - The invention relates to an electronic apparatus with touch panel comprising a touch panel, a detecting module and a processing module. The detecting module coupled to the touch panel is used for detecting at least one first touch point and at least one second touch point on the touch panel and further detecting a vector difference between the at least one touch point and the at least one second touch point. The processing module coupled to the detecting module is used for executing a first command according to the at least one first touch point and executing a second command according to the vector difference and the first command. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194198 | Thin Dielectric Layer For Touch Sensor Stack - In one embodiment, a method for forming a touch sensor is provided. The method includes forming a substrate and a plurality of electrodes comprising one or more conductive materials on a first surface of the substrate. The method further includes forming a dielectric layer that is less than 40 microns thick over the plurality of electrodes and at least a portion of the first surface of the substrate, with no adhesive layer placed between the dielectric layer and the plurality of electrodes. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194199 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY HAVING PHOTODIODES - Systems, methods, and devices are provided in which photodetectors disposed throughout a display are used to control the display brightness. The photodetectors are to be used for ambient light sensing, proximity sensing, or to compensate for aging OLEDs. In some embodiments, photodiodes are fabricated with OLEDs during the TFT fabrication process. In some embodiments, the photodetectors may be disposed throughout the display in zones containing OLEDs. The photodetectors are used to control the display brightness and color for the OLEDs in areas around each photodetector based on ambient light, aging, and/or nearby objects. A controller makes driving strength adjustments to the OLEDs in each zone independent of other zones. Photodetectors disposed throughout the display may improve proximity sensing and provide additional functionality to the device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROCKING FINGER AND STATIC FINGER DETECTION ON AN INPUT DEVICE - A method of reducing the power consumption of an input device includes operating the input device at a first power level, detecting the presence of a touch object on a touch surface of the input device, determining that the presence of the touch object on the touch surface is static for a predetermined period of time, operating the input device at a second power level, maintaining the input device at the second power level, determining that the presence of the touch object on the touch surface is not static, and operating the input device at the first power level. In some cases, the touch object is a finger. The touch object is static if the touch object's position on the touch surface remains within a predetermined region, where the predetermined region is an area centered around the presence of the touch object on the touch surface. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194201 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPURIOUS SIGNAL DETECTION AND COMPENSATION ON AN INPUT DEVICE - A method for applying a first or second set of threshold values for touch sensor gesture recognition based on the presence of one of a plurality of predetermined conditions is described herein. The plurality of predetermined conditions can include one or more of a lift detection, a speed threshold detection, and a button press detection. Lift detection can be detected by one or more of an optical sensor, gyroscope, or accelerometer. Speed detection can be detected by one or more of an optical sensor, gyroscope, or accelerometer. Button detection can be detected by a mechanical button, pressure sensitive button, or a touch sensor. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194202 | Tool and method for authenticating transactions - This invention relates to a hardware tool for interacting with an “intelligent device” such as a “smart phone,” e.g., Apple Corporation's “iPhone”, or other devices with certain comparable capabilities, such as the Apple “iPad” tablet computer, and to a method for authorizing transactions based on successful interaction. More specifically, the invention relates to employment of a hardware tool having contact members for contacting the touch-sensitive screens of such devices at plural locations in specific spatial relation to one another. The device, running an application program or “app”, then detects the locations at which the screen has been thus contacted, and compares those locations to stored locations specific to a particular type of transaction, and, if the detected locations match a set of stored locations, authorizes the transaction to proceed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194203 | ADAPTIVE SENSING APPARATUS - An adaptive sensing apparatus, including: a sensor array, having N sensing points, wherein N is a positive integer; a driver unit, coupled with the sensor array; and a control unit, coupled with the driver unit; wherein the control unit has at least one adaptive sampling modes for controlling the driver unit to drive the sensor array and derive M sensed data, wherein M is a positive integer and M2013-08-01 | |
20130194204 | DISPLAY DEVICE INTEGRATED WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device integrated with a touch screen panel includes top and bottom substrates, each being divided into a display region, a first region on an outline of the display region, and a second region on an outline of the first region, pixels in the display region of the bottom substrate, pads in the second region of the bottom substrate, signal lines in the first region of the bottom substrate electrically coupling the pixels to the pads, sensing patterns in the display region of the top substrate, sensing lines in the first region of the top substrate and coupled to the sensing patterns, an auxiliary display unit in the first region of the top substrate that overlaps the sensing lines, and a window on a top surface of the top substrate that includes a decoration layer overlapping only a second region of the top substrate. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194205 | TOUCH PANELS AND DISPLAY DEVICES HAVING TOUCH PANELS - A display device including a touch panel arranged on a display panel, the touch panel including at least one phase retardation layer, a polarization plate arranged on the at least one phase retardation layer, a touch sensing structure including at least one sensing pattern arranged directly on at least one of at least one face of the phase retardation layer and at least one face of the polarization plate, an adhesion layer arranged on the polarization plate and a window arranged on the adhesion layer. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194206 | SWITCHING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A switching method for an electronic device having sensing regions is mentioned. The switching method is configured to detect signals received by the electronic device, so as to switch the states of the electronic device. The switching method comprises receiving a first signal at a first moment and receiving a second signal at a second moment, wherein the first signal is generated by touching a first sensing region and the second signal is generated by touching a second sensing region; measuring a triggering duration and determining whether the triggering duration is consistent with a predetermined duration, when the first signal and the second signal are inputted simultaneously; switching the electronic device from a first state to a second state, if the triggering duration is consistent with the predetermined duration; and maintaining the electronic device in the first state, if the triggering duration is not consistent with the predetermined duration. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194207 | Contortion of an Electronic Apparatus - An apparatus including a body configured for resilient contortion from a neutral equilibrium shape by a user, the body having an exterior surface that resiliently contorts in response to user actuation and defines at least part of an exterior surface of the apparatus; and electronic circuitry including at least a processor and a display, controlled by the processor on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the body. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194208 | INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - An information terminal device according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of sensor units configured to detect a finger for inputting operation to at least the information terminal device; a holding hand detection unit configured to detect a holding hand position that is a position of a holding hand for holding the information terminal device; and a control unit configured to select, based on the holding hand position detected by the holding hand detection unit, at least one sensor unit which detects the finger from among the sensor units. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194209 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a detection part configured to detect a contact position of a substance with a touch panel having a first area and a second area, the second area being set to an invalidation area in which an operation of touching the first area with a substance is disabled by a contact of a substance, a determination part configured to determine whether the contact position is present within the first area, and a setting part configured to set the second area to a validation area in which an operation of touching the first area with a substance is enabled by a contact of a substance, in a case where the determination part determines that the contact position is present within the first area. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194210 | Touch Surface And Microprocessor Assembly - A method of operating a touch assembly having a touch surface, a haptic feedback device and a switch is provided. The method includes activating the haptic feedback device in response to the switch deactivating. The method also includes monitoring and adjusting the monitoring of the switch in response to the switch deactivating to prevent continued deactivation of the switch by the haptic feedback. A method of operating a touch assembly having a touch surface, a base, a haptic feedback device and a switch is also provided. The method includes sensing the location of a touch force on the touch surface and deactivating a switch in response to the touch force moving the touch surface relative to the base. The method proceeds with transmitting a signal only in response to the location of the touch force being sensed and the at least one switch being in the deactivated configuration. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194211 | OPTICAL LAYERED BODY, POLARIZER AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is an optical layered body that includes a polyester base, a primer layer formed thereon, and a hard coat layer formed on the primer. The polyester has a retardation of not less than 8000 nm, and a difference (nx−ny) of 0.07 to 0.20 between a refractive index (nx) in a slow axis direction that is a high refractive index direction and a refractive index (ny) of a fast axis direction that is orthogonal to the slow axis direction, a refractive index (np) of the primer, the refractive index (nx) in the slow axis direction of the polyester, and the refractive index (ny) in the fast axis direction of the polyester satisfy ny2013-08-01 | |
20130194212 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure proposes a mobile terminal including a display, a window to cover the display, the window having a central region and an edge region, a touch pattern unit on a surface of the window, the touch pattern unit to define a sensing channel for a touch input applied to the window, and a signal transfer unit to cover at least a portion of the edge region of the window, the signal transfer unit to electrically connect to the touch pattern unit and provide a signal transfer path, and the signal transfer unit is formed of a colored material and is outwardly exposed from the edge region. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194213 | TOUCH-SENSING PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch-sensing panel including a substrate, a plurality of first electrode series, a plurality of second electrode series, and a plurality of first floating patterns is provided. Each of the first electrode series includes a plurality of first touch-sensing pads and a plurality of first bridge patterns. The second electrode series are disposed on the substrate and electrically insulated from each other. The second sensing series are intersected with and electrically insulated from the first sensing series. Each of the second electrode series includes a plurality of second touch-sensing pads and a plurality of second bridge patterns. The first floating patterns are disposed between the first sensing series and the second sensing series. Each of the first touch-sensing pads includes at least one extending portion. In addition, there is no first floating pattern located between the extending portion and the second electrode series adjacent thereto. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194214 | INPUT DEVICE WITH TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - An input device with touch input function has an input member which is operable to input at least one of shifting operation and pushing operation. The input member has a touch input device which is responsive to touch of a user. The input device has an operation sensor which detects the operation on the input member. The input member and the operation sensor provides an input unit which is supported by a support member in a manner that the input unit is movable among a lock position and an unlock position with respect to a base member on which the input unit is supported. The input device has a lock mechanism which locks the input member in inoperable condition at the lock position and which releases the input member in operable condition at the unlock position. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194215 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND CONTINUOUS SHOOTING IMAGING METHODS USING A CONTINUOUS TOUCH USER INPUT - An imaging apparatus includes an imaging part for capturing a subject image, a touch panel for acquiring a touch position input by a user, and a control part for controlling an imaging operation performed by the imaging part. The control part acquires the touch position to cause the imaging part to perform the imaging operation each time the touch position is displaced on the touch panel by a predetermined amount repeatedly during a continuous touch user input. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194216 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus for, in response to a user's sliding operation on an operation surface, inputting a coordinate point in the operation surface to move a pointing image to a target button image is disclosed. The apparatus acquires the coordinate point in the operation surface and sets, as a characteristic line, a tendency of trace of the coordinate point in the user's sliding operation directed to a lateral direction or a longitudinal direction of the operation surface. The apparatus corrects the coordinate point with reference to the set characteristic line so that the trace of the coordinate point is corrected to be a horizontal line or a vertical line. The apparatus outputs the corrected coordinate point for moving the pointing image. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194217 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an electronic device and a method of controlling the same. The present invention provides a new user interface for selecting, executing and controlling an item displayed on a touch screen included in the electronic device. Particularly, the present invention provides an electronic device and a method of controlling the same to manipulate the touch screen included in the electronic device while hardly changing the positions of the hands of a user when the touch screen is manipulated with both hands of the user. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194218 | Deferring Alerts - It is presented a method including: presenting an alert on a display; detecting a user input associated with said alert, said user input having a momentum; and deferring said alert to be presented again at a new alert time, said new alert time being calculated as a time in the future using said user input momentum. A corresponding device, computer program product and user interface are also presented. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194219 | Systems and Methods for Providing Haptic Feedback At Multiple Resonance Frequencies - Systems and methods for providing haptic feedback at multiple resonance frequencies are disclosed. For example, one disclosed apparatus includes a resonator with a base and a plurality of projections, a first projection of the plurality of projections having a first resonance frequency and a second projection of the plurality of projections having a second resonance frequency, and a piezoelectric actuator coupled to the resonator and operable to output a haptic feedback effect at the first resonance frequency and at the second resonance frequency. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194220 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel according to the embodiment includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; an intermediate layer on the first surface of the substrate; and a transparent electrode on the intermediate layer. A touch panel according to another embodiment includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a transparent electrode on the first surface of the substrate; and an anti-reflective layer on the transparent electrode. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194221 | RESIN FILM WITH PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE LAYER, LAMINATED FILM, AND TOUCH PANEL - A resin film with pressure-sensitive adhesive layer of the invention includes a first transparent resin film, an oligomer blocking layer, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer laminated in this order, wherein the oligomer blocking layer is a cured layer formed by curing a composition containing a curable compound and inorganic oxide particles, the oligomer blocking layer has a thickness of 120 nm or more, the oligomer blocking layer has a refractive index difference of 0.04 or less from the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and an anchoring strength between the oligomer blocking layer and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer is 1 N/25 mm or more. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOTION-BASED USER INTERFACE - A method and apparatus for controlling a motion-based user interface are provided. The apparatus includes a touch screen for displaying an image and for receiving input of a user touch on at least one spot of the touch screen, a sensor unit for sensing a motion of the apparatus, a motion calculator for calculating a degree of the motion of the apparatus, when sensing the motion of the apparatus at the sensor unit, and a controller for, when the at least one spot is touched on the touch screen, determining the number of touched spots, for receiving information about the degree of the motion of the apparatus from the motion calculator, and for determining whether to change the size of the image or the position of the image according to the number of touched spots. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194223 | SENSOR MANAGED APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An apparatus, method and computer program product provide a simplified method for unlocking an electronic device that uses soft keys, such as capacitive touch keys, or proximity detection areas and patterns. The keys may be implemented in the form of areas of a sensor, and a processing circuit observes a touch pattern (or proximity pattern, or characteristic pattern such as a capacitance pattern of a user's finger) and compares the same with the registered pattern to determine if there is a likeness. In doing so, the electronic device is operated at a low power state, and in that low power state observes whether a predetermined pattern is observed and when it is, unlocks the electronic device for interaction with a user at a fully operational state. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194224 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A touch-sensitive display includes a substrate, pixel electrodes disposed on the substrate, scanning electrodes interspersed with the pixel electrodes, sense electrodes spaced from the scanning electrodes, and a display material disposed between the scanning electrodes and the sense electrodes. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194225 | TOUCH PANEL EXCITATION USING A DRIVE SIGNAL HAVING TIME-VARYING CHARACTERISTICS - A capacitive touch panel may include a driver and a drive electrode configured to be connected to the driver. The driver is configured to power the drive electrode with a drive signal having a first signal characteristic during a first time interval, and a second signal characteristic different from the first signal characteristic during a second time interval subsequent to the first time interval. The first signal characteristic may comprise one or more of a first frequency, a first phase, or a first amplitude during the first time interval, and the second signal characteristic may comprise one or more of a second frequency, a second phase, or a second amplitude, where one or more of the first frequency, first phase, or first amplitude may be different from one or more of the second frequency, second phase, or second amplitude, respectively. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194226 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A USER'S TOUCH GESTURE - The invention relates to a device, in particular, a touch sensitive device, and more in particular, a single-touch sensitive device configured to recognize gestures, such as zoom, rotate, flick, using specific characteristics based on a single-touch localization system. The invention also relates to a method for recognizing/identifying gestures, such as zoom, rotate, flick, in a low-end device equipped with such as a single-touch sensitive device which is able to recognize one single point at a time. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION THROUGH TOUCH SCREENS - The invention discloses a system and method for communication through touch screens that uses a first touch screen and a second touch screen for communication to form a communication system. The first and the second touch screens have a detecting mode for detecting an approach or touch of an external conductive object. In addition, the first and the second touch screens have a communication mode in which capacitively coupled communications between the first and the second touch screens are performed in order to exchange or communicate a message. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194228 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE - The invention relates to a combined display and input device for a vehicle, wherein a virtual first input unit is provided, which is designed as a touch-sensitive screen for operating a plurality of functions and for displaying information. According to the invention, a physical second input unit is provided, wherein the functions can be selected by means of the first input unit and/or the second input unit, and target values of the functions can be set by means of the first input unit and/or the second input unit, wherein the functions and/or target values can be displayed on the touch-sensitive screen. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194229 | NOISE-ADAPTING TOUCH SENSING WINDOW - Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device with display screens that periodically update (refresh) the screen by selectively driving electrodes corresponding to pixels in a display line, while also using the display screen as a touch area for capacitive sensing. To do this, the input device uses common electrodes for both updating the display and performing capacitive sensing, and interleaves periods of capacitive sensing between periods of updating the display lines (and pixels) based on a display frame. To avoid noise and mitigate interference during capacitive sensing, the input device may switch which windows of time in a display frame are used as capacitive sensing periods based on measurements of interference. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194230 | SENSOR DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A sensor device includes a capacitive element and an input operation unit. The capacitive element has a first surface and is configured to change a capacitance thereof by an approach of an operating element to the first surface. The input operation unit is arranged on the first surface. The input operation unit has a second surface on which an operation of the operating element is received and is configured to allow the operating element brought into contact with the second surface to move toward the first surface. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194231 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING TOUCH SCREEN ON DISPLAY PANEL AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS - A method for implementing a touch screen on a display panel and associated apparatus is provided. Cross locations of source lines and gate lines of the display panel are arranged for sensing a user touch control. In a sensing phase for sensing touch control, capacitance changes due to the touch control are sensed via the source lines. In a display phase, driving electricity is transmitted via the source lines for driving the display panel to display. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194232 | TOUCH SCREEN, TOUCH PANEL, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - In a touch screen, the number of dummy column block region patterns is made smaller than the number of plurality of detection block region patterns. The plurality of detection block region pattern are obtained as a result of dividing a crossing region where a column direction wire bunch and a row direction wire bunch cross each other. The dummy column block region patterns are obtained as a result of dividing a crossing region where a dummy column direction wire bunch and a row direction wire bunch cross each other. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194233 | Display Device With Touch Panel - A touch panel includes a substrate having a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction on the substrate, and a plurality of second electrodes three-dimensionally intersecting the plurality of first electrodes. Each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a first portion formed on a layer different from a layer of the plurality of second electrodes to three-dimensionally intersect one of the plurality of second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as the layer of the plurality of second electrodes to be separated from the plurality of second electrodes. An insulating film made of negative resist is formed between the first portion and the second portion, and the first portion is electrically connected to the second portion via a contact portion formed through the insulating film. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194234 | SENSING CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A sensing method and circuit for a capacitive touch panel sense the capacitance variation of a lateral capacitor formed at the intersection of two traces of the capacitive touch panel, to distinguish a real point from a ghost point. A sensing cycle includes two non-overlapping clock phases. In the first clock phase, the voltages across the lateral capacitor and across a sensing capacitor are set. In the second clock phase, the voltage at a first, terminal of the lateral capacitor is changed, and a second terminal of the lateral capacitor is connected to a first terminal of the sensing capacitor, causing a voltage variation at a second terminal of the sensing capacitor. This voltage variation is used to determine whether the intersection is touched. The sensing method and circuit reflect the status of the lateral capacitor in real-time and prevent the location of the touch point from being misjudged. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194235 | Multi-sensor input device - A method of calibration including powering up an input device that includes a touch sensor and placing the touch sensor in a normal mode of operation. The input device scans the touch sensor to detect a user input data and determines whether the user input is detected within a predetermined time period. If no user input is received during the predetermined time period, the method includes placing the touch sensor in a calibration mode of operation, performing a calibration process for the touch sensor, and returning the touch sensor to the normal mode of operation. Typically, the predetermined time period is greater than or equal to 30 seconds. In certain embodiments, the calibration process is performed a single time after powering up the input device. In some embodiments, the method further includes detecting a user input on one or more additional sensors within the predetermined time period. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194236 | OPTICAL INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT DETECTION THEREOF - An optical input device integrates functions of fingerprint recognition, movement detection, and physiological analysis, and has a touch surface for receiving touch input of a finger. When a finger contacts the touch surface, the optical input device captures images from the touch surface, detects movement of the finger to generate a movement signal, extracts a fingerprint feature and a vessel blood changing feature from the images, analyzes and compares the fingerprint feature for identity recognition, and performs calculation according to the vessel blood changing feature to generate a physiological signal. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194237 | PRESSURE SENSOR AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING PRESSURE AND TOUCH SCREEN INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a film or a panel that may measure pressure while interacting with an electronic device. A pressure sensor according to the present invention includes: a light source unit to generate light; an optical waveguide to transfer, to a light receiving unit, the light that is generated by the light source unit; and the light receiving unit to receive the light that is transferred through the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a pressure sensing unit to adjust the quantity of light that is transferred through the optical waveguide based on a pressure. The light receiving unit senses the pressure based on the change in the quantity of light that is generated by the light source unit and is transferred through the optical waveguide. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194238 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a display unit; an object image obtaining unit configured to obtain images of objects to be displayed on the screen of the display unit; a real size obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to the real size of the objects to be displayed on the screen of the display unit; and a calculating unit configured to process the images of the objects, based on the real size of the objects obtained by the real size obtaining unit. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194239 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PICKUP DISPLAY SYSTEM - An image pickup device includes a sensor substrate. The sensor substrate includes: plural photoelectric conversion elements and driving elements for the plural photoelectric conversion elements which are formed on a substrate; wirings electrically connected to the driving elements; and a shield electrode disposed in a region between the plural photoelectric conversion elements and the wirings in a layer different from that of the wirings. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194240 | Optical Input Devices with Sensors - Methods and apparatus relating to input devices are described. In one embodiment, an optical or an infrared sensor may be used to detect rays focused by a lens. A touch location (e.g., associated with location of a finger, a pen, a surface contact (with a table or mouse pad, for example), etc.) may be determined based on the detected rays. Other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194241 | MIMO Sonic Touch Panel and MIMO Smart Sound Potential Server - A multi input and multi output (MIMO) sonic touch panel includes at least a sonic touch module and a display module. The sonic touch module includes a first carrier layer, a first vibrating layer and a first conducting layer. The first vibrating layer is disposed at the first carrier layer. The first conducting layer is disposed at the first carrier layer or the first vibrating layer and coupled with the first vibrating layer. The first conducting layer and the first vibrating layer are located at the same side or the opposite side of the first carrier layer. The display module is disposed opposite to the sound touch module. Besides, a MIMO smart sound potential server is also disclosed. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194242 | MULTI-TIP STYLUS PEN FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - In a multi-tip stylus pen for a touch-screen device includes an elongated body member which may be capped with a hollow cap member. The hollow cap member has a first stylus tip member disposed at one of the cap ends without an opening. The first stylus tip member includes a first rounded tip of a material and shape suitable for contact with the touch-screen. The elongated body member has a second stylus tip member disposed at a first end. The second stylus tip member comprises a second stylus tip having a second rounded tip of a material and shape suitable for contact with the touch-screen. A third stylus tip member may be disposed at a second end of the body member. The third stylus tip comprises a third rounded tip of a material and shape suitable for contact with the touch-screen. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194243 | DISPLAY DRIVE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A display drive integrated circuit includes a single full frame memory having a first half frame memory region and a second half frame memory region, a mode determination unit and a control unit. The mode determination unit determines the received image data type (still image or video) and accordingly selects a normal mode or an enhance mode associated with a display quality. The control unit operates in the normal mode or the enhance mode in response to an output of the mode determination unit. In an enhance mode, the control unit divides the single full frame memory into a first half frame memory region and a second half frame memory region to store compressed image data of a current frame in the first half frame memory region and compressed image data of a previous frame in the second half frame memory region. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194244 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES OF EYE ADAPTATION SUPPORT - A device for reducing the brightness level of a portion of a display area of an imaging unit. The device comprises a gaze tracking unit adapted to assess eye gazing direction of an observer, a controllable transparency panel adapted to be mounted in front of a display area of an imaging unit and to display a changeable brightness reduction pattern having a original display brightness portion and a darkening portion therearound, and a controller which instructs the controllable transparency panel to change the brightness reduction pattern according to the eye gazing direction in real time so that the location of the original display brightness portion being correlated with the location of at least one fovea of the observer in real time. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194245 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display capable of improving data charging time, includes pixels at crossing regions between scan and data lines and configured to control an amount of current supplied from a first to a second power source, a charge unit adjacent to an adjacent pixel of the pixels and coupled to the same data line as the adjacent pixel, a scan driver for supplying scan signals to the scan lines, a data driver for supplying data signals to the data lines in synchronization with the scan signals, and a comparison unit in a channel of the data driver to compare a data signal supplied to a current line with a data signal supplied to a previous line and to control coupling between the charge unit and the data line according to a comparison result in a partial period of a period in which the scan signals are supplied. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194246 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, UPGRADE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - Embodiments disclose a display apparatus including: an image processing device which processes an image signal; a display device which displays an image based on the processed image signal; a connection device which connects to an upgrade apparatus which processes the image signal; a power supply device which supplies power to each component of the display apparatus and the upgrade apparatus through the connection device; and a first controller which controls the connection device to receive the processed image signal from the upgrade apparatus when the upgrade apparatus is connected through the connection device, wherein the power supply device is controlled by the upgrade apparatus connected through the connection device. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194247 | DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - There is offered a driving circuit for an electrophoretic display device directed to avoiding a problem that clearing display on a display unit is not performed when the power supply is lost and a wrong display such as wrong time display is left unchanged. In the driving circuit for the electrophoretic display device, either a display clearing signal or a display retaining signal is set in a display setting register in advance. When the loss of the power supply is detected by a low voltage detection circuit while the display clearing signal is retained in the display setting register, the display on the display unit is cleared or retained in accordance with the setting in the display setting register. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194248 | Pixel Circuit, Method of Driving the Same, and Organic Light Emitting Display Device Having the Same - A method of driving a pixel circuit includes initializing a driving transistor and a storage capacitor by simultaneously applying an initialization voltage and a first power voltage to a gate electrode of the driving transistor and the storage capacitor, respectively, diode-coupling the driving transistor, applying a data voltage to the storage capacitor, applying the data voltage to the gate electrode of the driving transistor by a coupling of a compensation capacitor coupled between the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the storage capacitor, and applying a current corresponding to the first power voltage and the data voltage to an organic light emitting diode that is coupled to the driving transistor. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194249 | VIDEO PROCESSING CIRCUIT, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A video processing circuit includes a boundary detection unit which detects a boundary between a first pixel in which an application voltage which is designated by a video signal Vid-in is lower than a first voltage and a second pixel which exceeds a second voltage in which the application voltage is higher than the first voltage in a normally black mode; and a correction unit which corrects a video signal in which an application voltage to a liquid crystal element corresponding to the first pixel which comes into contact with a boundary detected by the boundary detection unit is designated to be a video signal in which a correction voltage which is higher than the application voltage is designated in a part of period of one frame period, and a correction voltage which is lower than the application voltage is designated in other periods of the one frame period. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194250 | METHODS FOR DRIVING ELECTRO-OPTIC DISPLAYS - A variety of methods for driving electro-optic displays so as to reduce visible artifacts are described. Such methods include (a) applying a first drive scheme to a non-zero minor proportion of the pixels of the display and a second drive scheme to the remaining pixels, the pixels using the first drive scheme being changed at each transition; (b) using two different drive schemes on different groups of pixels so that pixels in differing groups undergoing the same transition will not experience the same waveform; (c) applying either a balanced pulse pair or a top-off pulse to a pixel undergoing a white-to-white transition and lying adjacent a pixel undergoing a visible transition; (d) driving extra pixels where the boundary between a driven and undriven area would otherwise fall along a straight line; and (e) driving a display with both DC balanced and DC imbalanced drive schemes, maintaining an impulse bank value for the DC imbalance and modifying transitions to reduce the impulse bank value. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194251 | PANEL DRIVING DEVICE HAVING A SOURCE DRIVING CIRCUIT, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus includes: multiple differential amplifier stages each of which is operable to generate, according to a bias current and an input voltage, an output voltage having a magnitude and a slew rate that correspond respectively to the input voltage and a magnitude of the bias current, and serving as a data voltage of a corresponding pixel unit of an LCD panel; multiple current sources controllable to generate and provide a plurality of the bias currents to the differential amplifier stages, respectively; and a bias voltage generating unit connected electrically to the current sources in a current mirror configuration for generating an input bias current and controlling the current sources to generate the bias currents according to a latch pulse signal. The slew rate of the output voltage corresponds to a logic state of the input bias current. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194252 | AUTOSTEREOSCOPIC THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE USING EXTENSION OF VIEWING ZONE WIDTH - An autostereoscopic 3D image display device using time division is provided. The image display device includes a backlight, an image display panel, a controller, and a viewer position tracking system. The backlight includes a plurality of line sources which are disposed at certain intervals. The image display panel displays a 3D image. The controller controls the backlight and a viewing-point image of the image display panel. The viewer position tracking system determines pupil position of a viewer and transfers position information to the controller. The image display panel provides two or more viewing points. The line sources configure three or more line source sets that are separately driven. The controller adjusts a viewing-point width of a unit viewing point and the distance between adjacent viewing points to be 1.5 or more times the distance between both eyes of a viewer. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194253 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A 3D tablet terminal ( | 2013-08-01 |
20130194254 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - Appropriate lighting is easily performed corresponding to a virtual subject position. An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes a surrounding environment three-dimensional shape data generation unit configured to generate surrounding environment three-dimensional shape data from environment map data having two or more viewpoints, and a virtual subject combining unit configured to combine a virtual subject with background image data, by setting the surrounding environment three-dimensional shape data as a light source. | 2013-08-01 |
20130194255 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D VIDEO - An image processing method and apparatus for three-dimensional (3D) video is provided. The image processing method may include identifying a first depth image, and upsampling the first depth image to a second depth image having expanded foreground area than the first depth image. | 2013-08-01 |