47th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100295697 | MULTIMEDIA DEVICE, REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE AND MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM - A multimedia device is disclosed. The multimedia device includes an operating circuit, a wireless receiver for wirelessly receiving a touch signal, a function determining unit coupled to the wireless receiver for determining a corresponding function and generating a determination result according to the touch signal, and a control unit coupled to the operating circuit and the function determining unit for controlling the operating circuit to perform the function according to the determination result. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295698 | Remote Control Setting Method and Device for Electronic Device and Remote Control System - A remote control setting method for an electronic device for setting a plurality of functions of the electronic device to be controlled by a plurality of keypads of a remote controller includes displaying an indication message according to a control signal, to indicate codes of a function of the plurality of functions and ask a user to press a keypad of the plurality of keypads, receiving a triggering signal generated by pressing the keypad, and storing codes including relation between the triggering signal and the function according to the control signal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295699 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND MONUMENT FOR LAND SURVEYING - A monument usable for locating stationary geographical positions and/or assets includes a housing, comprising a body and a cap; at least one permanent magnet mounted on or in the housing; and at least one electronic marker located on or in the housing. The magnet has a magnetic field of sufficient strength for its location to be readily identified from outside the housing using a portable magnetic locator and the electronic marker includes an electronic transceiver for receiving and/or transmitting electronic information unique to the geographical location and/or functional properties of the monument or an asset associated with the monument. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295700 | HVAC UNIT, A METHOD OF GENERATING A NETWORK ADDRESS FOR A HVAC UNIT AND A HVAC CONTROLLER THEREFOR - An HVAC controller, a method for operating a HVAC unit and a HVAC unit are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the HVAC controller includes: (1) a memory configured to store a unique default network address for the controller and (2) a processor configured to automatically generate the unique default network address based on a seed value that is uniquely associated with the HVAC unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295701 | Interconnection device for electronic circuits, notably microwave electronic circuits - Interconnection device for electronic circuits, notably microwave electronic circuits, characterized in that it comprises at least one transmission line coupled to an earth line, the two lines being made on a face of a dielectric substrate, at least one metallization surface forming on the other face of the dielectric substrate at least one coupling element disposed on a surface substantially equal in area to the surface occupied by the transmission line and the earth line, the interconnection being carried out substantially at the level of the ends of the transmission line and of the earth line. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295702 | High Speed Telemetry Full-Duplex Pre-Equalized OFDM Over Wireline for Downhole Communication - A Full-Duplex Pre-equalized OFDM system for high speed telemetry down-hole wire-line communication. The system compensates for the narrow bandwidth, high attenuation of, and noise in a downhole wireline using Trellis Code Modulation and Reed Solomon encoding. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295703 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIALIZATION OF A WELLBORE SURVEY TOOL - An apparatus for initializing a wellbore survey tool comprises a base portion and a first mounting portion mechanically coupled to the base portion. The first mounting portion can be adapted to be mechanically coupled to at least one directional reference system configured to provide data indicative of an orientation of the at least one directional reference system with respect to a reference direction. The apparatus of certain embodiments further comprises a second mounting portion mechanically coupled to the base portion, the second mounting portion configured to be mechanically coupled to a wellbore survey tool such that the wellbore survey tool has a predetermined orientation with respect to the at least one directional reference system. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295704 | NUMBER OF SONS MANAGEMENT IN A CELL NETWORK - The present technology relates to protocols relative to utility meters associated with an open operational framework. More particularly, the present subject matter relates to protocol subject matter for advanced metering infrastructure, adaptable to various international standards, while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field. The present subject matter supports meters within an ANSI standard C12.22/C12.19 system while economically supporting a 2-way mesh network solution in a wireless environment, such as for operating in a residential electricity meter field, all to permit cell-based adaptive insertion of C12.22 meters within an open framework. Cell isolation is provided through quasi-orthogonal sequences in a frequency hopping network. Additional features relate to apparatus and methodology subject matters relating to Number-of-sons' management. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295705 | METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN REFLECTORS ARRANGED ON THE ROADSIDE AND VEHICLE LIGHTS IN THE DARK - A method and a device for distinguishing between reflectors arranged on the roadside and vehicle lights and for identifying said reflectors and vehicle lights for use in an automatic light control system in a vehicle with a camera sensor oriented towards the surroundings of the vehicle. The method includes recording a sequence of images of the surroundings of the vehicle. Light spots are found and subjected to temporal tracking within the sequence of images. Afterwards, for each light spot, a decision is made whether the light source of the light spot is a vehicle light or a reflector. A statistical map for the entire camera image is determined from the position of the light spots found with the statistical map comprising regions that are predominantly occupied by reflectors and regions that are predominantly occupied by vehicles driving ahead or by oncoming vehicles. All light sources that are found within the regions occupied by reflectors are identified as potential reflectors and all light sources within the regions occupied by vehicle lights are identified as potential vehicle lights. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295706 | GAZE-BASED TOUCHDOWN POINT SELECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - Methods and apparatus are provided for selecting a touchdown point for a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The eye movements of a user are tracked relative to an image being rendered on a display screen. An updated touchdown point location is determined from the tracked eye movements, and an updated touchdown point is rendered at the updated touchdown point location on the display screen. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LANE DEPARTURE WARNING - Various methods and systems are disclosed for implementing warnings of various intensity using input from a warning system, such as a lane departure detection system, and a driver assessment system such as a driver impairment detection system. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295708 | ALERT AND WARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present inventions provide a system and method for providing a warning using at least one wireless communication link between an approaching object and the location where a warning is to be given based in part on the location of the object and its proximity to the warning location. One aspect of the inventions includes receiving a communication from an object, for example a vehicle, which includes location information, at an alert node, wirelessly communicating alert information to a warning node, and causing a warning device to generate a warning. Preferably the alert node communicates with a plurality of vehicles and a plurality of warning nodes and determines to which of the plurality of warning nodes to communicate alert information based in part on the location information received from at least one of the vehicles and the location of the warning device. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295709 | TOUCH SENSOR WITH SLIDING STRUCTURE - A touch sensor with a sliding structure is disclosed. The touch sensor includes a first touch detecting plate, a second touch detecting plate, and a capacitance-to-digital converter. The first touch detecting plate includes a first tilt portion, and the second touch detecting plate includes a second tilt portion, wherein a bevel edge of the second tilt portion is parallel to a bevel edge of the first tilt portion. The first touch detecting plate and the second touch detecting plate form a parallelogram slide detecting area. The first touch detecting plate transmits a first detected capacitance, and the second touch detecting plate transmits a second detected capacitance. The capacitance-to-digital converter generates a sliding state detected value according to the first detected capacitance and the second detected capacitance. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295710 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING BASED ON A LINEAR BLOCK CODE - A method and apparatus for encoding based on a linear block code, and a method and apparatus for generating a linear block code are provided. The method for encoding based on a linear block code includes: generating a linear block code; and encoding an information sequence with an encoding matrix of the linear block code to obtain a bit stream sequence. The linear block codes have a good minimum distance characteristic, so that the error correction performance is improved. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295711 | 17B/20B CODING SYSTEM - A method, apparatus and system employing a 17 B/20 B coder is disclosed. The 17 B/20 B coder to receive an incoming stream including a 17 B block and a 20 B block, and partition the 17 B block into first blocks, and partitioning the 20 B into second blocks. The coder is further to code 17 B to 20 B of memory using one or more serial lines for communication is performed, wherein coding includes coding the first blocks of the 17 B block and the second blocks of the 20 B block, wherein the coding of the first and second blocks is performed such that a maximum run length is maintained. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295712 | METHOD FOR CODING AND AN APPARATUS - The disclosure relates to variable length encoding and decoding. A symbol is variable length encoded by selecting a variable length code word table from a set of variable length code word tables based on a value of a variable; selecting a code word from the selected variable length code word table on the basis of said symbol; and updating the value of said variable by comparing the correspondence between said symbol and said variable. If the comparison indicates that the value of the variable is smaller than the symbol, the value of said variable is incremented; else if the comparison indicates that the value of the variable is greater than the symbol, the value of said variable is decremented; else the value of the variable is not amended. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295713 | CODING APPARATUS, DECODING APPARATUS, CODE TRANSFORMING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM - An coding apparatus includes a number-of-additional-bits calculating means | 2010-11-25 |
20100295714 | Pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter - A pipelined Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) comprising a number of stages, at least one of the stages includes a sample and hold circuit. The sample and hold circuit includes a first output connected to an input of a sub-ADC, an output of the sub-ADC connected to an input of a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC), an output of the DAC connected to a node, and a second output connected to the node. The sample and hold circuit is configured to independently scale a signal produced by the first output and a signal produced by the second output. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295715 | Jitter Insensitive Sigma-Delta Modulator - A sigma-delta modulator for forming a digital output signal representative of a voltage level of an input signal, the sigma delta modulator having a node arranged to receive a current flow that is representative of the voltage level of the input signal and on whose voltage the digital output signal is dependent, the sigma-delta modulator comprising a plurality of capacitive elements for smoothing the current flow, each capacitive element being connected at one end to the node and at its other end to a respective switch unit and a plurality of switch units, each switch unit being arranged to connect the respective one of the capacitive elements to either a first voltage level or a second voltage level in dependence on the voltage at the node so as to provide feedback that affects the voltage at the node. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295716 | INTERFERENCE REDUCTION DEVICE - An interference reduction device includes an analog to digital converter, a serial to parallel converter, a first FIR filter, a second FIR filters, a flip-flop, a decision unit, and a selector. The analog to digital converter performs A/D conversion. The serial to parallel converter performs a session of distribution processing in which a digital signal obtained by the A/D conversion. The first FIR outputs the signal after a filer operation at the desired output frequency. The second FIR filters each perform a filter operation, also each output the generated signals at the desired output frequency. The flip-flop samples the inputted digital signal. The decision unit decides which one of the FIR filters has the smallest influence of interference of the input digital signal. The selector outputs one of the signals outputted by the FIR filters. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295717 | WEAPON DETECTION AND ELIMINATION SYSTEM - A system for causing an electrical effect in a weapon. A system for detecting a location and a size of a weapon. A system for transmitting electromagnetic radiation towards the weapon at a frequency and a vector orientation to optimize generation of electrical effects in the weapon. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295718 | Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Device Detection - A system includes a multi-system approach to detecting concealed weapons and person borne improvised explosive devices (PBIED). A first and second radar system operate at different center frequencies to provide, respectively, isolation of a target of interest from clutter and fine detail information on the target, such as whether the target is a living person, whether a concealed object may be present, material composition of the object, and shape, size, and position of the target relative to the system. Circular polarized radar beam may be used to distinguish a suspect object from within a crowd of people. Radar image of the object may be overlaid on visual image of a person carrying the object. Radar tracking of the object is coordinated with visual tracking of the target provided by a camera system, with visual display and tracking of the target overlaid with the radar information. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295719 | System, Method, and Software for Performing Dual Hysteresis Target Association - In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving first track information comprising data for a particular aircraft track. The method further includes receiving a first radar plot comprising first location information corresponding to first aircraft identification information and first location information corresponding to second aircraft identification information. The method further includes associating the first aircraft identification information with the particular aircraft track. The method further includes accessing historical association information comprising a first association history variable corresponding to one or more previous associations between the first aircraft identification information and the particular aircraft track and a second association history variable corresponding to one or more previous associations between the second aircraft identification information and the particular aircraft track. The method further includes updating the first association history variable in response to the association of the first aircraft identification information with the particular aircraft track. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295720 | Integrated Reference Source And Target Designator System For High-Precision Guidance of Guided Munitions - A method for guidance of a moving object towards a target. The method including: providing reference signals from RF reference sources to illuminate RF sensors on the moving object; positioning the RF reference sources to form a reference coordinate system; determining position information designating a position of the target in the reference coordinate system by a forward observer; fixing at least one of the RF reference sources at the forward observer in the reference coordinate system; determining a position and orientation of the moving object in the reference coordinate system on board the moving object based on signals received at the RF sensors from the RF reference sources and based on the positions of the RF reference sources; and guiding the moving object to the target at least based on the determined position and orientation of the moving object and the determined position information of the designated target. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295721 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device has an antenna as well as a switching module, the switching module being designed to set an electric signal to be provided to the antenna in such a way that, depending on the switching, the antenna either emits a continuous modulated radar signal for a long range or a pulsed modulated radar signal for a short range. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295722 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AXIS DEVIATION OF RADAR - A radar, mounted on a vehicle, emits electromagnetic waves to a side area of a vehicle and receives reflected electromagnetic waves to detect a distance and a bearing of a physical object. A speed of the vehicle is detected. When the vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined value, it is determined whether multiple reflection occurs based on at least distances detected by the radar. If it is determined that the multiple reflection occurs, an axis deviation of the radar is determined based on a difference between the detected bearing of the multiple reflection waves and a reference bearing. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295723 | MULTIPLE OBJECT LOCALISATION WITH A NETWORK OF RECEIVERS - A technique is described for determining the correct locations of a plurality of objects by processing signals emitted by a transmitter and reflected by the objects to a plurality of receivers, No angle or elevation information is used. Object-receiver pair time difference of arrival measurements are made to calculate the time difference of arrival between the signals received at each pair of receivers from each object. Hyperbolic localisation is then performed to identify possible locations for each object. Direct-reflected signal time reception measurements are made for each receiver-object pair to calculate the time difference between the reception by the receiver of the direct signal from the transmitter and the signal reflected by the object. The direct-reflected signal time reception measurements are associated with the object-receiver pair time difference of arrival measurements, and the results are used to identify the correct object positions by associating the locations determined by the hyperbolic localisation to the direct-reflected signal time reception measurements. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295724 | SUB-MILLIMETER WAVE IMAGING SYSTEM - A system for detecting the amplitude of radio frequency energy includes: an antenna for receiving the radio frequency energy; a modulator, responsive to a reference frequency signal, for pulse modulating the received radio frequency energy at the reference frequency; a detector for converting such pulse modulated signal to a detector output signal having a low frequency component representative of the amplitude of the received radio frequency energy, in summation with DC bias current, and a high frequency component at the reference signal; and a high pass or band pass filter fed for the detector output signal for passing the high frequency components and for removing the low frequency component. A phase detector, with or without a subsequent IF amplifier, is fed by the reference frequency and the high frequency components for producing an output representative of the high frequency components. A low noise amplifier is fed by the antenna and has a bias fed by the reference frequency signal for modulating the received radio frequency energy at the reference frequency. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295725 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNTHETIC IMAGING - A method of synthetic imaging comprising the steps of: emitting a first electromagnetic signal having a first frequency from a first radiation source, emitting at least one second electromagnetic signal having a second frequency from a second radiation source, wherein the first and second frequencies are different from each other, substantially simultaneously receiving the first signal and the second signal with a first receiver, substantially simultaneously receiving the first signal and the second signal with at least one second receiver, arranging an object on the path of at least one electromagnetic signal between the radiation sources and the receivers, wherein the signals are reflected by the object before they meet the receivers, and computing an image of the object from the signals received by the receivers and a device for practicing the method. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295726 | GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM ERROR CORRECTION, VEHICLE TRACKING AND OBJECT LOCATION - A method and computer program for determining an error factor for a differential global positioning system is disclosed as well as a method of tracking a vehicle. In determining the error factor, estimated positional data is transmitted from a GPS via GPRS to a server. Since the GPS signals are being transmitted from a vehicle travelling along a known route, i.e. a road or rail track, the data can be matched to the route and a correction factor calculated. The error factor is then transmitted to differential GPS devices. For vehicle tracking a global positioning system sends, via GPRS, data a regular intervals relating only to its position. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295727 | PROCESSING RECEIVED SATELLITE RADIO SIGNALS - A method of processing received satellite radio signals is disclosed in which signals are received the signals from plural satellites through a common antenna. The received signals are digitised to produce a time-series of digitised signal samples and a plurality of replicas representing the signals of each of the plurality of satellites are obtained. At least one sample is selected from each of the replicas and the elements of a register are set equal to the selected replica samples. Thereafter, in turn, for each one of said digitised signal samples, the value of the digitised signal sample is combined with each of the values of the elements of the register to produce corresponding modified values; and the modified values corresponding to each of said register elements are accumulated. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295728 | ARRAY ANTENNA - The present invention discloses an array antenna, which comprises a first antenna, a second antenna, a phase shift unit and an impedance unit. The first antenna is arranged for receiving a satellite signal and has a first radiation field plane. The second antenna is arranged for receiving the satellite signal and has a second radiation field plane. The phase shift unit is connected to the first antenna and the second antenna, and the phase shift unit is provided for generating an orthogonal state of phase difference between the first antenna and the second antenna. The impedance unit is connected to the phase shift unit for matching the first antenna, the second antenna and the phase shift unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295729 | ARRAY ANTENNA, TAG COMMUNICATION DEVICE, TAG COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND BEAM CONTROL METHOD FOR ARRAY ANTENNA - Provided are an array antenna capable of miniaturizing an array antenna while reducing side lobes, a tag communication device and tag communication system provided with the array antenna, and a beam control method for the array antenna. When XY coordinates and a feeding phase of each antenna element ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295730 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING A SIGNAL IN A MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT SYSTEM, AND AN APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - A method for transmitting a signal in a MBVD system is disclosed. A method for transmitting a signal in Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) system includes, transmitting a training signal based on a predetermined sequence via at least one beamforming antenna group, the beamforming antenna group including a plurality of antennas, receiving first information indicating at least one available beamforming antenna group from among the beamforming antenna groups, and transmitting second information and antenna weight information, the second information indicating beamforming antenna group being determined on the basis of the first information, the antenna weight information being associated with a signal transmitted from the antenna group indicated by the second information. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295731 | METHOD FOR OPTIMUM BANDWIDTH SELECTION OF TIME-OF-ARRIVAL ESTIMATORS - A method determines an optimum bandwidth that minimizes ranging error in a geolocation application. The method ensures that an optimum bandwidth is selected under all channel conditions (i.e., both line-of-sight (LOS) and non-LOS (NLOS) conditions). Additionally, the method is generic and system-independent, such that it is applicable to both coherent receivers (e.g., match filter (MF) based receivers), non-coherent receivers (e.g., energy detector (ED) based receivers) and any types of time-of-arrival (TOA) estimators (e.g., whether peak-detection or threshold-based TOA estimator), regardless of the signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) under consideration. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295732 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CHANNEL PHASE ERROR IN A PHASE COMPARISON DIRECTION FINDER - System and method for removing channel phase error in a phase comparison direction finder. By using this system, the phase error, generated in the channel path in finding the direction by using the phase comparison direction finder, can be injected into the receiving channel and removed by using the frequency and intensity of the signal stored in the PDW table. Furthermore, the direction finding correction look-up table can be made using only radiation correction of the antenna unit of the direction finder and channel correction can be carried out without calibrating the direction finder for the direction finding correction look-up table when devices are replaced in the channel of receiving path of the direction finder. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295733 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING AN INDOOR OBJECT - A computer-implemented method for locating an indoor object includes: a) receiving an RF coordinate signal and a detecting signal; b) providing information of a located region with reference to the RF coordinate and the detecting signal; c) obtaining a motion sensor coordinate according to the information of the located region; d) providing weights for the RF coordinate and the motion sensor coordinate; e) applying the weights to the RF coordinate and the motion sensor coordinate; and f) combining the weighted RF coordinate and the weighted motion sensor coordinate to generate a fused coordinate corresponding to the position of the indoor object. A system for locating an indoor object is also disclosed. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295734 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF USING SOFT INFORMATION FOR ENHANCING ACCURACY OF POSITION ESTIMATION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method of enhancing accuracy of position estimation for a wireless communication system includes receiving a plurality of input measurements required for estimating a position of a target, and generating a plurality of Gaussian probability density functions corresponding to the plurality of input measurements, the plurality of Gaussian probability density functions being used for estimating the position of the target. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295735 | Broadband Antenna - The present invention discloses a broadband antenna, which comprises a radiation conductor, a grounding plane and a feeder cable. The radiation conductor has an inverse V shape. The radiation conductor has an elbow portion; a first leg and a second leg respectively extend from the elbow portion toward two different directions. A terminal of the second leg connects with the grounding plane. The feeder cable has a central wire and an external wire. The central wire connects with the second leg. The external wire connects with the grounding plane. The present invention is characterized in that only a single inverse V-shaped radiation conductor is enough to generate a baseband resonant mode and a frequency multiplication resonant mode for the antenna system, and that the present invention has a simple structure and needn't use a short-circuit member. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295736 | BUILT-IN MULTI-ANTENNA MODULE - A built-in multi-antenna module includes a grounding unit, a plurality of first radiating units and a plurality of second radiating units. The first and the second radiating units are disposed on the grounding unit. Each first radiating unit has a first radiating body, a first feeding pin extended downwards from the first radiating body, and a first shorting pin extended downwards from the first radiating body and connected to the grounding unit. Each second radiating unit has a second radiating body, a second feeding pin extended downwards from the second radiating body, and a second shorting pin extended downwards from the second radiating body and connected to the grounding unit. The first radiating units and the second radiating units are alternately and symmetrically arranged on the grounding unit, and many included angles respectively formed between each first radiating unit and each second radiating unit are the same. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295737 | Adjustable Multiband Antenna and Methods - An adjustable multi-band planar antenna especially applicable in mobile terminals and a radio device. The adjusting circuit ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295738 | Hands Free Cellular Communication Device Having a Deployable Antenna - Disclosed is a wireless communication device capable of being positioned in a wearable position adjacent a user's head and including a deployable planar antenna rotatably supported by the housing. The antenna is configured to assume a plurality of orientations with respect to the housing, the plurality of orientations including an orientation being substantially parallel to the housing and one or more orientations being at an angle with respect to the housing. In one embodiment, each of the plurality of orientations coincides with at least one of the plurality of states of the device. A disclosed method of the device includes deploying a low profile planar antenna rotatably supported by the housing, the antenna being configured assume a plurality of orientations with respect to the housing and operating the device in one of the plurality of states depending upon the orientation of the antenna with respect to the housing. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295739 | RADIATION PATTERN INSULATOR AND MULTIPLE ANTENNAE SYSTEM THEREOF AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE MULTIPLE ANTENNAE SYSTEM - A radiation pattern insulator and an antennae system thereof are proposed. The radiation pattern insulator includes a dielectric substrate and a plurality of radiation pattern insulation elements. The dielectric substrate allocated between a plurality of antennae includes a top surface and a bottom surface, and a normal direction of the dielectric substrate is substantially perpendicular to propagation directions of electromagnetic waves radiated from the antennae. In addition, the radiation pattern insulation elements are allocated on the top surface or the bottom surface of the dielectric substrate, or alternatively, all allocated on the top surface and the bottom surface. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295740 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An antenna device for use in a wireless communication device includes: a linear antenna element; a feeding portion including first and second feed terminals arranged apart face-to-face; a linear branch element which branches off from the linear antenna element at an intermediate position of the linear antenna element; and a ground conductor connected to an end of the linear branch element. The first feed terminal is connected to an end of the linear antenna element, and the second feed terminal is connected to a power supply unit. Alternatively, the antenna device may be provided with a capacitor which connects an end of the linear antenna element and a connection line connected to the power supply unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295741 | ARRAY ANTENNA APPARATUS SUFFICIENTLY SECURING ISOLATION BETWEEN FEEDING ELEMENTS AND OPERATING AT FREQUENCIES - An array antenna apparatus includes a first antenna element resonating at a first frequency and a second antenna element resonating at the first frequency, and includes a first connecting line that connects the first connection point located in the first antenna element with a third connection point located in the second antenna element, and a second connecting line that connects the second connection point located in the first antenna element with a fourth connection point located in the second antenna element. Electrical lengths of the first and second antenna elements and those of the first and second connecting lines are set so that a phase difference, between first and second high-frequency signals respectively propagating through first and second signal paths, becomes substantially 180 degrees at the first feeding point, and then, the array antenna apparatus resonances at the first frequency and the second frequency. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295742 | SATELLITE DISH HEATING SYSTEM - A two-part satellite dish heater for de-icing or anti-snow a home satellite dish, includes a single piece of circular, notched vinyl thermoplastic sheet having a shape generally corresponding to the shape of the dish and including a cutout portion (notch) to accommodate the dish mounting structure. The dual-wire heater cable can be adhesively applied to the rear surface of a home satellite dish. The heater includes a thermostat that activates or deactivates at a lower and higher temperature setting, respectively. The temperature range can be manually changed by the user or pre-programmed by the manufacturers. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295743 | Antenna Structure With Reconfigurable Pattern And Manufacturing Method Thereof - The invention provides an antenna structure with reconfigurable pattern, which comprises a grounded plane, at least an active antenna electrically connected to an RF signal source, at least a current dragger electrically connected to the grounded plane, and a controller. The at least an active antenna and the at least a current dragger are distributed on or near the grounded plane. The controller disables or enables the at least a current dragger at an operating frequency band to switch the RF current applied to the grounded plane to flow into or against the at least a current dragger, thereby a plurality of radiation patterns may be configured. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295744 | Waveguide Array - A lightweight convex waveguide lens for receiving and/or transmitting electromagnetic signals to/from one and/or multiple signal sources, with the ability to send and receive signals at the same time. This is achieved by assembling wave guiding channels (waveguides) in a structured array (super structure). The waveguides can be partly pre-assembled prior to assembly in the super structure. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295745 | DIELECTRIC ANTENNA - Described and shown is a dielectric antenna ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295746 | DUAL-BAND DIPOLE ANTENNA - A dual-band dipole antenna ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295747 | ANTENNA WITH DIVIDED GROUND PLANE - A transceiver, including a multi-layer printed circuit board including a layer that serves as a first ground plane, and an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio signals, a second ground plane, and at least one ground contact for connecting the first ground plane and the second ground plane, wherein the first ground plane is too short for the antenna to resonate at a desired frequency, but the first and second ground planes, when connected, provide a combined ground plane sufficient for the antenna to resonate at the desired frequency. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295748 | Top End Cap Improvement - A housing for an antenna has an end member having a radome seat and a back extension. The end member also has at least one actuator housing with an external opening and an internal opening. The end member has no through passage from its external side to its internal side, other than the opening of the actuator housing, such that upon assembly with a back and a radome, the antenna is water-tight. A retention assembly has an internal retaining member and an internal retaining member receiver. An actuator has an external actuation interface, and is mounted in the actuator housing to be water-tight. The retention assembly has a first position and a second position. The first position engages the internal retaining member with the internal retention receiver such as to maintain a closed water-tight engagement with the back and the radome. The retention assembly has a second, released position, that allows disengagement of the end member from a reflector tray. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295749 | Radome for tracking antenna - A radome for a tracking antenna system may include a dome for covering the tracking antenna, wherein the dome includes a dome wall having inner and outer skins sandwiching a low dielectric material layer therebetween, and wherein the dome wall includes a gel coat layer covering the outer skin to protect the dome in a marine environment. The inner and outer skins may have a thicknesses of approximately 0.007 to 0.027 inches, more preferably approximately 0.014 to 0.020 inches, and most preferably 0.017 inches. The low dielectric material layer may have a thickness of approximately 0.153 to 0.173 inches, more preferably approximately 0.160 to 0.166 inches, and most preferably 0.163 inches. The gel coat may have a thickness of approximately 0.010 to 0.030 inches, more preferably approximately 0.017 to 0.023 inches, and most preferably 0.020 inches. The tracking antenna system may include a tracking antenna having a resonant frequency of approximately 3 Hz to 5 Hz., and a radome including a base for supporting the tracking antenna and a dome secured to the base for enclosing the tracking antenna, wherein the base may have a resonant frequency above approximately 10 Hz. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295750 | ANTENNA FOR DIVERSITY APPLICATIONS - An antenna for ultra-wideband applications is disclosed. The antenna has a first radiating element shaped for defining a first notch, the first radiating element having a first feeding structure. The antenna further has a second radiating element operatively couplable to the first radiating element and shaped for defining a second notch. The second radiating element having a second feeding structure, the first and second feeding structures being substantially orthogonal to each other and the first and second radiating elements having an inter-displacement. More specifically, the first radiating element and the first feeding structure is substantially symmetrical to the second radiating element and the second feeding structure respectively about a line of symmetry passing through the inter-displacement between the first and second radiating elements for achieving orthogonal polarization and radiating pattern diversity between the first and second radiating elements. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295751 | Telescoping vertical antenna - The telescoping vertical antenna is a portable antenna that includes a hollow telescoping fiberglass pole that can be vertically erected to a height of about 31′ for use and collapsed to about 44″ for storage and transport. The device includes clamps that are used to attach the antenna to a mounting pole, ladder or any other secured objects on a motor home or car. The antenna can also be attached to a heavy-duty tripod. A flexible wire radiating element is attached on the inside of the hollow fiberglass pole, the radiating element extending along with the telescoping sections as they are pulled out. A clamp located on the bottom of the pole holds a coaxial cable connector for the antenna. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295752 | HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT, LOW NOISE BLOCK DOWN CONVERTER AND ANTENNA APPARATUS - A high-frequency circuit includes: a first earth pattern provided on a second main surface of a dielectric substrate; a signal pattern provided on a first main surface of the dielectric substrate and configuring a microstrip line together with the dielectric substrate and the first earth pattern; a second earth pattern provided on the first main surface and spaced from the signal pattern; a metal member electrically connected to the second earth pattern, and facing the signal pattern with a spacing therebetween; and a metal casing electrically connected to the first earth pattern and the second earth pattern, and housing the dielectric substrate, the microstrip line and the metal member. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295753 | REFLECTOR - A satellite antenna arrangement for a satellite communication system comprising: a reflector for producing a far field pattern with near-zero field strength at a predetermined location to reject unwanted signals from said predetermined location or minimise signal power transmitted to said predetermined location, the reflector having a surface comprising a stepped profile arranged to generate the near-zero field strength in the predetermined location. The stepped profile may comprise a radial step. The location of the near-zero field strength can be steered by moving the reflector or by adjusting the amplitude and phase of an additional beam that covers substantially the same region as the main beam reflected by the reflector. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295754 | SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND FAST METHODS FOR ALIGNING IMAGES TO EXTERNAL MARKERS IN NEAR-TO-EYE DISPLAY SYSTEMS - Provided are systems, apparatus, and methods for registering an image within a defined area within the confines of a user. The area is defined by one or more information markers that may be active or passive markers. A sensor operable to detect the information markers is rigidly attached to a motion tracker which is aligned and calibrated relative to the information markers and by detecting at least one of the information markers causes the virtual object image to appear to remain within the defined area. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295755 | DISPLAY - A display is provided having a public viewing mode and a private viewing mode. The display comprises a display device ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295756 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ACTIVE MATRIX SUBSTRATE - A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a liquid crystal layer between a TFT array substrate and a counter substrate. The TFT array substrate has photo sensor elements in pixels, and has transparent shield electrodes which cover the photo sensor elements provided. The transparent shield electrodes are electrically insulated from pixel electrodes. Therefore, in the liquid crystal display device, an effect of electric noise on the photo sensor elements can be reduced for avoiding deterioration of sensitivity of the photo sensor elements. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295757 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a scan electrode and a sustain electrode positioned parallel to each other. Each of the scan electrode and the sustain electrode includes a line portion crossing the address electrode, a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion that extend from the line portion in a direction parallel to the address electrode, a third projection that projects from the first connecting portion in a direction parallel to the line portion, and a fourth projection that projects from the second connecting portion in the direction parallel to the line portion. The third projection and the fourth projection are separated from each other. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295758 | PIXEL CIRCUIT - To efficiently execute threshold value compensation for a driving transistor for an electroluminescent element. A first storage capacitor has a first terminal connected to a data line. A first terminal of a switching transistor and a first terminal of a reset transistor are connected to a second terminal of the first storage capacitor. The first storage capacitor is formed overlapping a data line. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295759 | ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE DISPLAY DEVICE - A solid-sealed organic electroluminescence display device is provided with means of preventing the occurrence of a dark spot in the market, due to the degradation of an organic EL light emitting layer by water entering from a pinhole of a sealant. In order to prevent the degradation of the organic EL layer by water, a first inorganic film, an organic flattening film, and a second inorganic film are formed on an upper electrode. Water entering from the pinhole in the second inorganic film diffuses into the organic flattening film, and degrades the organic EL layer in several months, resulting in a defect in the market. In order to prevent this, a material capable of reacting with oxygen or water and exhibiting color is added to the organic flattening film. Then, the defective organic electroluminescence display device is picked up and eliminated prior to delivery to the market. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295760 | Advanced multi line addressing - A circuit for a flat panel display, capable of displaying images, is provided. The circuit includes an image storage and processing block for the images to be displayed, a display and timing controller block controlling the display operation, an image pixel matrix containing a multitude of rows and columns arranged pixel elements. The circuit also includes one or more controlled row driver blocks, one or more controlled column driver blocks, and a pixel display operation for displaying pixel elements employing an advanced multi line addressing operation applied to a row and/or column drive activated pixel element display operation. The advanced multi line addressing operation signifies that during every operating sequence a decomposition operation of image data is taking place by analyzing image data from multiple lines for common contents by pixel data comparison, separating common parts of the image data into a multi line data domain and residual parts of the image data into a single line data domain thus allowing for a display of these two data domains in separately activated pixel element display operations. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295761 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS COMPRISING COLLAPSIBLE DISPLAY WITH NON-DEFORMABLE ACTIVE AREAS - The invention relates to an electronic apparatus comprising a collapsible electronic display ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295762 | DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING AN OPTICAL PLATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A display apparatus including a display panel, a plurality of light sources provided below the display panel to emit light, and an optical plate provided between the display panel and the light sources to diffuse light are disclosed according to one or more embodiments. The optical plate comprises a base including a plurality of regions having different thicknesses, and a convex pattern formed on the base. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295763 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing device and a method thereof are provided. The image processing device includes a controller and an image processing unit. The controller generates a timing control signal according to an enabling signal. The image processing unit is coupled to the controller. The image processing unit receives a gray scale value of a pixel at a time and determines whether to change the gray scale value of the pixel at the time to a predetermined gray scale value according to the timing control signal. Thereby, the image quality is improved. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295764 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a substrate, gate lines, data lines, data signal links, and contact vias. The substrate includes a display region, and a peripheral region surrounding the display region. The gate lines, data lines, data signal links, and contact vias are disposed within the display region of the substrate. The gate lines cross the data lines. Each of the data signal links is disposed between adjacent gate lines. Each of the contact vias is disposed between each of the data signal links and a corresponding data line, such that each of the data signal links is electrically connected with the corresponding data line. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295765 | LCD DEVICE OF IMPROVEMENT OF FLICKER UPON SWITCHING FRAME RATE AND METHOD FOR THE SAME - A LCD Device of improvement of flicker upon switching frame rate and method for the same are proposed. The LCD device includes a pixel matrix, a timing controller and a gate driver. The timing controller outputs a first Gate-On-Enable signal to the gate driver, when the LCD device displays frame according to a first frame rate. When the first frame rate is switched to a second frame rate, the timing controller outputs a second Gate-On-Enable signal to the gate driver to cause a charge time of the pixel matrix unchanged. It is appreciated that a pulse width of the second Gate-On-Enable signal is equal to a summation of a pulse width of the first Gate-On-Enable signal and an adjusted pulse width. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295766 | WHITE BACKLIGHT FOR A DISPLAY - A display backlight is described which produces white light of a specified color point and from light sources of different chromaticities and in which the red wavelengths emitted by the light sources are emitted by light sources of two or more chromaticities from the group of at least three different chromaticities and arranged to be driven with the result that visible, red-colored artifacts are reduced at boundaries of high image contrast when the backlight is coupled to further display components and used for display of a grey scale image. The invention allows production of a display with an adjustable white color point but which also does not suffer from distracting red, fringe-like artefacts reported by users of displays comprising white backlights produced from red, green and blue light sources. A display incorporating the backlight is also described. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295767 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY BACKLIGHT CONTROL - To improve contrast ratio of the image on a backlit display plane such as a liquid crystal display (“LCD”), each area of the image that has separately controllable backlight may be given full backlight until an average or composite brightness of the image in that area is less than a threshold value at which light leakage through the image from full-strength backlight begins to be noticable by a viewer. For image areas with composite brightness less than that threshold, backlight brightness may be reduced in proportion to how much below the threshold the area's composite image brightness is. Backlight brightness may also be adjusted for other image aspects such as (1) the presence of bright pixels in an otherwise relatively dark area, (2) whether the area is adjacent to one or more other areas in which the image information is in motion, and/or (3) time-averaging of image information over several successive frames of such information. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295768 | Electronic paper display device and manufacturing method thereof - The present invention relates to a paper display device and a manufacturing method thereof. The electronic paper display device includes: a first electrode; a first partition wall which is disposed on the first electrode, and defines a number of cell regions; a second partition wall which faces the first partition wall, and defines the cell regions together with the first partition wall; a substrate including a second electrode, wherein the second electrode is disposed on the second partition wall, and faces the first electrode; dielectric fluid filled in at least each of the cell regions; and twist balls individually floating within the dielectric fluid of each of the cell regions. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295769 | Device for Controlling an External Unit - A device for controlling a click command controlled external unit including a portable head mounted frame, a click command detector mounted on the head mounted frame and adapted to sense tension changes of at least one muscle in the face of the user in order to detect when the user provide a click command, and a click command transmitter adapted to transmit information about detected click commands to the external unit. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295770 | CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING REMOTE COMPUTER - The present invention relates to a control method of efficiently controlling a computer at a remote place using a limited input/output device and a remote communication terminal with limited memory capacity even in a communication network environment where the data transmission rate is limited and the transmission cost is high. The control method in accordance with the present invention includes an input method optimized for a limited input device of a terminal, a screen display method optimized for a small screen of a terminal, and a screen data transmission function optimized for a communication network speed, a transmission cost, and a limited memory capacity of a terminal. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295771 | CONTROL OF DISPLAY OBJECTS - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for controlling display objects. Particularly, a body part of a user may move, and the movement detected by a capture device. The capture device may capture images or frames of the body part at different times. Based on the captured frames, velocities of the body part may be determined or at least estimated at the different times. A blend velocity for the body part may be determined based on the different velocities. Particularly, for example, the blend velocity may be an average of the velocities of the body part over a period of time. A display object may then be controlled or moved in accordance with the blend velocity. For example, an avatar's body part may be moved in the same direction as a recent captured frame of the user's body part, and at the blend velocity. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295772 | Electronic Device with Sensing Assembly and Method for Detecting Gestures of Geometric Shapes - A method for detecting a gesture in a geometric shape and controlling an electronic device includes providing a sensing assembly including at least one photoreceiver and a plurality of phototransmitters, wherein each phototransmitter emits infrared light away from the electronic device about a corresponding central transmission axis, wherein each central transmission axis is oriented in a different direction with respect to the others; and controlling the emission of infrared light by each of the phototransmitters during each of a plurality of time periods during movement of an external object in a geometric shape relative to the electronic device. For each of the plurality of phototransmitters and for each of the plurality of sequential time periods, a corresponding measured signal is generated which is indicative of a respective amount of infrared light which originated from that phototransmitter during that time period and was reflected by the external object prior to being received by the photoreceiver. The measured signals are evaluated over time to identify the geometric shape; and the electronic device is controlled in response to the identification of the geometric shape. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295773 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SENSING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INTERPRETING OFFSET GESTURES - A method for controlling an electronic device includes providing as part of the electronic device a display screen for displaying content and a sensing assembly including at least one photoreceiver and a plurality of phototransmitters, wherein each phototransmitter is positioned to emit infrared light away from the electronic device about a corresponding central transmission axis, wherein each central transmission axis is oriented in a different direction with respect to the others. Emission of infrared light by each of the phototransmitters is controlled during each of a plurality of time periods as an external object moves in a first specified pattern of movement and then moves in a second specified pattern of movement which is offset from a generally centered position with respect to the sensing assembly, and measured signals are generated. The measured signals are evaluated to identify the first specified pattern of movement of the object, to detect a reference offset location corresponding to an end of the first specified pattern of movement of the object, and to determine, for each of a group of time periods when the object is moving in the second specified pattern of movement, a corresponding location of the object during that time period. A centering operation is performed in response to the identification of the first specified pattern of movement, wherein the centering operation moves an indicator to an initial predetermined reference location on the display screen, wherein the predetermined reference location is then associated with the reference offset location; and sequential locations of the indicator on the display screen are controlled in accordance with the corresponding determined locations of the object relative to the reference offset location. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295774 | Method for Automatic Mapping of Eye Tracker Data to Hypermedia Content - A system for automatic mapping of eye-gaze data to hypermedia content utilizes high-level content-of-interest tags to identify regions of content-of-interest in hypermedia pages. User's computers are equipped with eye-gaze tracker equipment that is capable of determining the user's point-of-gaze on a displayed hypermedia page. A content tracker identifies the location of the content using the content-of-interest tags and a point-of-gaze to content-of-interest linker directly maps the user's point-of-gaze to the displayed content-of-interest. A visible-browser-identifier determines which browser window is being displayed and identifies which portions of the page are being displayed. Test data from plural users viewing test pages is collected, analyzed and reported. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295775 | INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An input system and method for enhancing an input interface of an electronic device includes a stylus with a signal transmitting module that sends an interrupt signal to an interrupt module of the electronic device when triggered. The interrupt module identifies the interrupt signal and relays the interrupt signal accordingly in order to perform operations of the electronic device. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295776 | ePaper Stamp - A method and apparatus are provided for stamping a piece of ePaper. A grid is positioned within a selected distance to a first side of the piece of ePaper. A grounding pin conductively connects a conductive backing plate located on a second side of the piece of ePaper. The grounding pin completes a voltage path from the grid through the piece of ePaper to the conductive backing plate. A voltage is supplied to the grid and supplying the voltage to the grid changes the appearance of the piece of ePaper to form a stamped image. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295777 | Automatic configuration method for control keys and a control device for display means, in particular for an aircraft - A control device is provided for display means comprising several screens adapted for displaying several formats. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295778 | POINTER CONTROLLING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND POINTER CONTROLLING PROGRAM - A pointer controlling apparatus, a control method, and a pointer controlling program are provided which can protect a button from erroneous operation without interrupting the operational flow or using excessive display area. The pointer controlling apparatus permits a pointer to move into a predetermined region after a predetermined period of time has elapsed from a point in time when the pointer comes into contact with a boundary line of the predetermined region. Accordingly, the predetermined area can be securely protected from a point in time at which the pointer comes into contact with the boundary line of the predetermined region for the predetermined amount of time. Furthermore, since the pointer is permitted to enter the predetermined region immediately after the predetermined time has elapsed, the predetermined region can be protected without interrupting the operational flow, and without using an excess of a display region. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295779 | GESTURE RECOGNITION - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295780 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAUSING DISPLAY OF A CURSOR - An apparatus, comprising a processor, memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, receive indication of a continuous stroke input associated with a contact region of a touch display, the continuous stroke input comprising at least a first input, and a second input, cause display of a cursor offset from the contact region in response to determining that the first input is a cursor mode initiation input, cause display of cursor to move so that the cursor remains offset from the contact region in response to determining that the second input relates to a movement input, and determine an operation based, at least in part, on position of at least part of a cursor. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295781 | Electronic Device with Sensing Assembly and Method for Interpreting Consecutive Gestures - A method for interpreting at least two consecutive gestures includes providing a sensing assembly having at least one photoreceiver and a plurality of phototransmitters, wherein each phototransmitter is positioned to emit infrared light away from the electronic device about a corresponding central transmission axis, wherein each central transmission axis is oriented in a different direction with respect to the others, and controlling emission of infrared light by each of the phototransmitters during each of a plurality of time periods. During each of the plurality of phototransmitters and for each of the plurality of time periods, a corresponding measured signal is generated which is indicative of a respective amount of infrared light which originated from that phototransmitter during that time period and was reflected by the external object prior to being received by a photoreceiver. The measured signals are evaluated to identity a first gesture, and the electronic device is controlled in response to identification of the first gesture according to a first mode of operation. A parameter of a second gesture is also determined, and the electronic device is controlled in response to the determined parameter of the second gesture according to a second mode of operation. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295782 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROL BASED ON FACE ORE HAND GESTURE DETECTION - System and method for control using face detection or hand gesture detection algorithms in a captured image. Based on the existence of a detected human face or a hand gesture in an image captured by a digital camera, a control signal is generated and provided to a device. The control may provide power or disconnect power supply to the device (or part of the device circuits). The location of the detected face in the image may be used to rotate a display screen to achieve a better line of sight with a viewing person. The difference between the location of the detected face and an optimum is the error to be corrected by rotating the display to the required angular position. A hand gesture detection can be used as a replacement to a remote control for the controlled unit, such as a television set. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295783 | GESTURE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS - A method and apparatus for performing gesture recognition. In one embodiment of the invention, the method includes the steps of receiving one or more raw frames from one or more cameras, each of the one or more raw frames representing a time sequence of images, determining one or more regions of the one or more received raw frames that comprise highly textured regions, segmenting the one or more determined highly textured regions in accordance textured features thereof to determine one or more segments thereof, determining one or more regions of the one or more received raw frames that comprise other than highly textured regions, and segmenting the one or more determined other than highly textured regions in accordance with color thereof to determine one or more segments thereof. One or more of the segments are then tracked through the one or more raw frames representing the time sequence of images. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295784 | DUAL-PEN: MASTER-SLAVE - There is disclosed an interactive display system comprising an interactive surface for displaying an image and for receiving inputs from remote devices, the system being adapted to detect the presence of at least two remote devices proximate the interactive surface. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295785 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - An integrative image system includes an image display, a first input device, a second input device and a host. When at least one key of the first input device is pressed, the first input device sends a control signal to the host to enable the host to compare a characteristic parameter detected by the second input device with a plurality of predetermined rules and to control the image display to execute a corresponding function according to the predetermined rule that the characteristic parameter matches. The present invention further provides an operating method of an interactive image system. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295786 | INPUT DEVICE - This invention provides an input device. The input device includes a first casing, a second casing, a button unit, and an expansion part. The second casing is pivotally connected to the first casing. The button unit is connected to the first casing. The expansion part is disposed at the first casing and the second casing. When the input device is in a using state, the first casing and the second casing are coplanar. When the input device is in a storage state, the second casing covers the first casing and the expansion part is compressed. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295787 | ERGONOMIC ADAPTIVE MOUSE WITHOUT ORIENTATION LIMITATION - An adaptive mouse is disclosed. In the adaptive mouse, a cover layer made of a moldable material covers a mouse body, and a plurality of sensors is disposed between the mouse body and the cover layer. The sensors are used to sense a hand shape of a user when the user holds the cover layer. The sensors under the left and right finger predicting areas are defined as a left button and a right buttons to allow the user to operate the mouse normally. Then, the displacement signal of the mouse is adjusted. The adaptive mouse may increase comfortableness and relieve fatigue, and it also may be adapted to any holding states without orientation limitation. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295788 | METHOD OF VISUALIZING AN INPUT LOCATION - One or more sensors to determine a location of an input. The data related to the location of the input, such as a character, may be displayed on an application on a display device. In addition, data that is related to the proximate areas of the location of the input may also be displayed, such as surrounding characters. If the user desires to enter the character into the application, the displayed character may be selected. If the user does not wish to select the character, the user may move the input to a new location and data related to the new location may be displayed on the application on the display device and the data related to the new location may be selected and entered in the application. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295789 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EDITING PAGES USED FOR A HOME SCREEN - Provided are a method and related mobile device for editing, in an integrated, convenient and quick manner, various menu pages selectively used for a home screen. In response to a given input signal, the mobile device outputs a page edit screen including a specific page displayed on the home screen. Then, in response to subsequent input signals, the mobile device may add a new page, delete a selected page, change a title of a selected page, move or remove a selected icon in a page, change a background image of a selected page, or change a positional order of pages. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295790 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAY SWITCHING IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for accurately determining whether or not to perform display switching in a portable terminal. The apparatus includes a controller for sensing an input for display switching, giving weights to a plurality of elements for display switching, combining the elements given the weights, judging whether to display switch or not dependent on a user's probable intention, and processing to switch a display. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295791 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL, CHARACTER DELIVERY METHOD; AND CHARACTER TEMPORARY STORAGE PROGRAM PRODUCT - A temporary storage control unit includes an input processor unit for performing a process of temporarily storing characters input through an operation unit into a volatile storage device, a display processor unit for performing a process of causing a display unit to display input characters, and an instruction acceptance unit for accepting a paste instruction related to a paste destination of characters temporarily stored. A paste control unit activates another program corresponding to a paste destination, and pastes the characters temporarily stored into a character input region according to the activated program. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295792 | OPTICAL ACTUATORS IN KEYPADS - The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and manufacturing method for optical protrusions (e.g., dome pins or actuators) attached to a light guide for providing backlight, actuation function and/or tactile feedback in keypad modules of electronic devices. Spatially and spectrally selective out-coupling of light from the light guide (e.g., a planar light guide plate) can be accomplished using these optical actuators integrated with the light guide for keypad illumination to control out-coupling efficiency and/or spectra of the out-coupled light to enable modification of the visual appearance (intensity, colored/white) of individual keys of the keypad. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295793 | Two stroke touch panel data entry system - A system of data entry on a surface coated with touch sensitive material is provided. This surface is referred herein as touch panel ( | 2010-11-25 |
20100295794 | Two Sided Slate Device - Embodiments of the present invention provide a dual-sided multi-touch computing device that offers the advantages of a keyboard in addition to the conveniences of a slate device. The dual-sided multi-touch computing device may be utilized in two orientations; one side is a multi-touch slate device, and the alternate side is a multi-touch display keyboard. The device is configured with an orientation-recognition device, so that it may be configured based on its orientation. The present invention may be utilized as a stand alone personal computer or as a peripheral device in conjunction with other devices. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295795 | Drop Target Gestures - Embodiments of drop target gestures are described. In various embodiments, a first input on a touch-screen is detected and determined as a selection of an object displayed on the touch-screen. A second input on the touch-screen is detected and determined as a selection of a target position to move the object, the second input being detected while the first input remains in contact with the touch-screen. The first input is then detected as no longer being in contact with the touch-screen, and a display of the object is initiated at the target position on the touch-screen giving the appearance that the object moves from a location of the first input to the second input. | 2010-11-25 |
20100295796 | DRAWING ON CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREENS - A device includes a memory to store multiple instructions, a touch-sensitive display, and a processor. The processor executes instructions in the memory to detect a touch on the touch-sensitive display, the touch having a path of movement. The processor further executes instructions in the memory to determine a dimension of the touch and to determine locations of the touch along the path of movement. The drawing tool is displayed, on the touch-sensitive display, at a fixed distance outside the dimension of the touch, the drawing tool having a path being associated with the path of movement of the touch. A fixed graphical image corresponding to the drawing tool path is generated. | 2010-11-25 |