53rd week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090322577 | LOW-POWER COLUMN PARALLEL CYCLIC ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER - A low-power column parallel cyclic analog-to-digital converter and an imaging device using the same. The analog-to-digital converter comprises one stage and is optimized to reduce power, noise and capacitor settling time. The one stage analog-to-digital converter comprises a multiplying circuit for performing a multiplication operation during conversion phases and a sub-analog-to-digital converter connected to receive analog output signals from the multiplying circuit. The sub-analog-to-digital converter converts, during the conversion phases, the analog output signals into portions of an N-bit digital code. The multiplying circuit switches configurations between conversion phases and uses the portions of the digital code during the conversion phases to generate new analog output signals for subseQuent conversion by the sub-analog-to-digital converter. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322578 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DIRECT QUADRATURE SAMPLING - Methods and apparatuses are provided for performing direct quadrature sampling. One method for sampling quadrature baseband components of a bandpass signal includes receiving a bandpass signal, sampling the bandpass signal using a first sampling clock and a second sampling clock, where the first and the second sampling clocks have the same frequency and are offset by a predetermined phase, and aligning the sampled signals temporally to produce in-phase and quadrature samples corresponding to baseband in-phase and quadrature components. An apparatus for directly sampling baseband quadrature components of a bandpass signal is also presented, which includes a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to receive a bandpass signal, a second ADC configured to receive the bandpass signal, where the second ADC has a clock having a phase offset with respect to clock signal of the first ADC, and an interpolator coupled to the first ADC configured provide coincident samples. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322579 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A/D CONVERSION - An A/D conversion apparatus includes an A/D conversion circuit and a reference voltage generating circuit which includes a first switch circuit configured to switch between a state in which the inputs of an operational amplifier are swapped and a state in which these inputs are not swapped, and a second switch circuit configured to switch between a state in which the output voltage of the operational amplifier is output as having a normal phase and a state in which the output voltage is output as having a reversed phase. The A/D conversion circuit obtains a first digital value by setting the first and second switch circuits to a first state, and obtains a second digital value by setting the first and second switch circuits to a second state different from the first state, followed by producing a result of A/D conversion computed from the first and second digital values. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322580 | ANALOG FILTER WITH PASSIVE COMPONENTS FOR DISCRETE TIME SIGNALS - A filter intended to receive a discrete time signal at a sampling dock frequency, comprising a determined number, greater than 2, of filtering units, each filtering unit comprising head capacitors in a number equal to the determined number, assembled in parallel between an input terminal and the terminal of an integration capacitor; and means for connecting, in successive clock cycles in a number equal to the determined number, successively each head capacitor to the input terminal, and for then simultaneously connecting the head capacitors to the integration capacitor, and in which the successive dock cycles during which the head capacitors of a filtering unit are connected to the input terminal are offset by one dock cycle from one filtering unit to the next one. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322581 | REMOTE CONTROLLER FOR PORTABLE MOBILE NETWORK DEVICE - An exemplary remote controller for a mobile internet device includes a remote control module, a center control module, and a wireless transmitter. The mobile internet device includes a wireless receiver disposed therein. The remote control module generates a control signal. The center control module determines whether the control signal is legal. The transmitter reads out a wireless data from the control signal and transmits to the wireless receiver. A remote control system and method thereof are also provided. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322582 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL MEDIA CONTROL OF REMOTE DEVICES - A remote for controlling devices and communicating data to and from such devices using both IR and RF signals. The remote control may transmit a first signal to one or more devices which, in turn may each transmit a reply signal to the remote. Each reply signal typically, although not necessarily, contains an identification of the transmitting device and the signal strength of the first signal, as detected at the device. The remote may employ this information to determine which device is closest and transmit commands accordingly. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322583 | Systems and Methods for Remote Control Setup - A remote control device may include: first circuitry to control a function of a first electronic device; second circuitry to be set to control a function of a second electronic device; and a setup controller to set the second circuitry to control a function of a target electronic device based on a code received from a separate device. An electronic device to be controlled by a remote control device may include: an input device to receive a signal from the remote control device; an output device to send a signal to the remote control device; and a processor coupled to the input and output devices, and configured to access a database of codes and to selectively provide codes from the database to the remote control device, the codes configured to set circuitry of the remote control device to control a function of the electronic device and/or an auxiliary electronic device. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322584 | THREAT PRIORITIZATION USING ENGAGEMENT TIMELINE - A method for prioritizing threats to an aircraft is disclosed. The method can include providing threat attribute information including a threat engagement timeline and a threat lethality metric and obtaining a threat track indication that indicates a threat is tracking the aircraft. The method can also include determining a historical position estimate of the aircraft at which the threat track began, a time estimate at which the threat track began and determining a period of time during which the threat track has been possible. The method can also include determining a time to engagement based on the threat attribute information and the time period and calculating a priority value for the threat based on the time to engagement and the threat lethality metric. The method can include outputting a prioritized threat list including the priority value calculated for the threat. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322585 | Surveillance satellite image denial system - A satellite surveillance countermeasure system uses an airborne platform to position a coherent radiation source above a substantial portion of the Earth's atmosphere. The coherent radiation source provides coherent radiation that is directed toward an enemy surveillance satellite, so as to reversibly deny the satellite the ability to image. By positioning the coherent radiation source at such an altitude, atmospheric attenuation and distortion are mitigated. Thus, a smaller, less powerful and less costly coherent radiation source can be utilized. The use of an airborne platform also makes the system more portable and affordable. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322586 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING INTERFEROMETRY TO PREVENT SPOOFING OF ADS-B TARGETS - Methods and apparatus for preventing spoofing of targets, such as aircraft, in an air traffic control system. In one embodiment, first and second antennas at respective ground stations can be used to receive a signal transmitted by an aircraft from which a phase signal can be generated. A position of the aircraft generate can be generated from peaks and troughs in the phase signal due to movement of the aircraft. The determined position can be compared to a position reported by the aircraft to identify spoofing of the target. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322587 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ATC OVERLAY DATA LINK - Embodiments of the present invention disclose systems and methods for providing an ATC Overlay data link. Through embodiments of the present invention, existing ATC (or other) modulated signals using existing standard frequencies may be utilized to transmit (e.g., from an aircraft transponder) additional information in a manner that does not render the transmitted signal unrecognizable by legacy ATC equipment. Legacy equipment will be able to demodulate and decode information that was encoded in the transmitted signal in accordance with preexisting standard modulation formats, and updated equipment can also extract the additional information that was overlaid on transmitted signals. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322588 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING ADS-B WITH MODE S SSR AND/OR HAVING SINGLE LINK COMMUNICATION - Methods and apparatus for an ADS-B system having a single link for communication and/or ADS-B/Mode-S coordination. With this arrangement, the system communication is efficiently used. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322589 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF UNIQUE AIRCRAFT ADDRESSES FOR TIS-B SERVICES - Methods and apparatus for assigning a pseudo address to an aircraft not equipped with an ADS-B transponder and maintaining the assigned pseudo address over a number of regions each supported by different TIS-B systems. In an exemplary embodiment, each TIS-B system is assigned a range of addresses particular to the region in which the TIS-B system is located. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322590 | METHOD WITH A SYSTEM FOR ASCERTAINING AND PREDICTING A MOTION OF A TARGET OBJECT - Method, tracking system, and intercept missile for tracking highly maneuverable target objects. The method includes estimating the motion of the at least one target object via a mathematical method that includes a filter method relating to a model assumption for estimating at least one of the motion and an orientation of the target object. The filter method includes a semi-martingale algorithm for estimating motion. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322591 | RADAR DEVICE - A radar device of FM pulse system, in which a pulsed radio wave with frequency modulated is transmitted or received, to calculate a distance to a target | 2009-12-31 |
20090322592 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar apparatus includes a DBF process portion for grouping reception signals over plural channels into plural groups and performing DBF on each group, a summing portion for summing amplitudes or power of frequency components obtained by the DBF performed by the DBF process portion on each group, a peak detecting portion for detecting a peak frequency of a signal of the electric wave reflected by a target from results of the summation at the summing portion, a distance/speed calculating portion for calculating the distance and speed of the target based on the peak frequency, and an angle calculating portion for extracting a frequency component of the peak frequency detected by the peak detecting portion to calculate the angle of the electric wave reflected by the target. Thus, the amount of DBF calculation can be reduced, and a highly accurate positional information of the target can be obtained. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322593 | RADAR LEVEL GAUGING SYSTEM WITH GALVANICALLY ISOLATING COMMUNICATION LINK - A radar level gauging system for determining a level of a surface of a product in a tank, comprising a propagation device arranged to allow microwave signals to propagate towards the surface, and to return a reflection of the microwave signals from the surface and at least two radar level gauge (RLG) units. Each RLG unit includes transceiver circuitry, processing circuitry connected to the transceiver circuitry and adapted to determine the level based on a relation between transmitted and received signals, and a communication interface. The system further comprises a communication link interconnecting the RLG units, for communicating control data between the RLG units, the communication link comprising an isolating interface, ensuring galvanic isolation between the RLG units. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322594 | DISPLAY OF HIGH-CRUISE-ALTITUDE WEATHER - A method implementable in a weather-radar system of an aircraft, the weather-radar system configured to generate to a display device, in response to radar return information indicating reflectivity levels below a predetermined reflectivity threshold, an image in a first presentation format. The method includes determining if the altitude of the aircraft is above a predetermined threshold altitude, and, if the altitude of the aircraft is above the threshold altitude, displaying, in response to radar return information indicating reflectivity levels below the predetermined reflectivity threshold, the image in a second presentation format different from the first presentation format. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322595 | Portable communication terminal with gps function - This invention aims to provide a Mobile Communications Terminal (MCT) equipped with a GPS function that automatically transmits the information on the current position of the MCT after the power of the MCT is turned off. The MCT comprises a GPS Receiver Unit | 2009-12-31 |
20090322596 | Multiple Radio Device Having Adaptable Mode Navigation Radio - Methods and Apparatuses are provided for selectively specifying a mode of operation of a navigation radio within a device based, at least in part, on at least one operative condition associated with at least one other radio within the device. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322597 | LOCATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND LOCATABLE PORTABLE DEVICE - Location method for locating a portable device ( | 2009-12-31 |
20090322598 | INTEGRITY OF DIFFERENTIAL GPS CORRECTIONS IN NAVIGATION DEVICES USING MILITARY TYPE GPS RECEIVERS - A method and apparatus for calculating corrections to a navigation solution based on differential GPS data includes receiving GPS ephemeris from at least three GPS satellites. A PVT solution is resolved from the GPS ephemeris. The PVT solution includes a Circular Error Probable (CEP). Differential GPS data for calculating the corrections to the PVT solution is received. A corrected PVT solution is then based upon the differential GPS data. The corrected PVT solution is compared to an area defined by the CEP. Where the corrected PVT solution is not within the area, the corrected PVT solution is rejected in favor of the PVT solution for determining an accurate navigational solution. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322599 | SATELLITE NAVIGATIO RECEIVER HAVING CONFIGURABLE ACQUISITION AND TRACKING ENGINES - A satellite navigation receiver having a flexible acquisition and tracking engine architecture. The flexible acquisition engine has a reconfigurable delay line that can be used either as a single entity or divided into different sections. Consequently, it can be configured to search different satellite vehicles, a single Doppler frequency, and full CA code in parallel. When configuring the delay line into different sections, each section is used to search a partial CA code. In this configuration, multiple Doppler mode, multiple satellite vehicles, multiple Doppler frequencies, and partial CA code can be searched in parallel. Furthermore, the different sections of the CA code can be time-multiplexed into a correlator, which can then be over clocked to achieve full CA code correlation. The flexible tracking engine includes a number of parallel tracking channels, whereby each individual channel has a number of taps or fingers, which can be used to lock onto different delays. During tracking, one of the taps can be used to lock on to the center of the peak. This leaves the other taps free to be used to perform other functions, such as determining the shape of the peak, detecting earlier arrivals for line of sight component, and obtaining an estimate of the noise floor. The flexible tracking engine is configurable to help acquisition functions, such as fine acquisition, false trigger detection, and/or fast reacquisition. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322600 | METHOD AND SYSTEM USING GNSS PHASE MEASUREMENTS FOR RELATIVE POSITIONING - A method for locating GNSS-defined points, distances, directional attitudes and closed geometric shapes includes the steps of providing a base with a base GNSS antenna and providing a rover with a rover GNSS antenna and receiver. The receiver is connected to the rover GNSS antenna and is connected to the base GNSS antenna by an RF cable. The receiver thereby simultaneously processes signals received at the antennas. The method includes determining a vector directional arrow from the differential positions of the antennas and calculating a distance between the antennas, which can be sequentially chained together for determining a cumulative distance in a “digital tape measure” mode of operation. A localized RTK surveying method uses the rover antenna for determining relative or absolute point locations. A system includes a base with an antenna, a rover with an antenna and a receiver, with the receiver being connected to the antennas. A processor is provided for computing positions, directional vectors, areas and other related tasks. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322601 | GNSS RECEIVER USING SIGNALS OF OPPORTUNITY AND ASSISTANCE INFORMATION TO REDUCE THE TIME TO FIRST FIX - A GNSS receiver reduces the time to first fix by utilizing the properties of existing radiated signals of opportunity, such as AM or FM radio signals, television signals and so forth, to reduce the uncertainties associated with oscillator frequency and phase , and further utilizing an Almanac and battery backed-up date and time to determine the satellites in view and reduce the uncertainties associated with Doppler. The receiver may use multiple signals of opportunity to determine the city or local area in which the receiver is located based on the set of frequencies of the signals, and also to reduce search uncertainties for oscillator frequency by estimating an offset based on the differences between the frequencies of the respective signals of opportunity at the receiver and the nominal broadcast frequencies of the signals. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322602 | INTEGRATED POSITIONING SOLUTION FOR GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS - The invention includes a process for one's own global navigation satellite system and at least one other global navigation satellite system including the following: Receiving ranging signals and navigation messages or ranging signals only from the at least one other global navigation satellite system, and processing the received ranging signals and navigation messages in a similar way as the ranging signals and navigation messages of the owned global navigation satellite system. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322603 | Method and system for locating a geographical position using broadcast frequency modulation signals - A method and system for locating and positioning using broadcast frequency modulation (FM) signals, is provided. One implementation involves receiving FM stereo signals from three FM stations at one or more receivers, each stereo signal including a modulated 19 KHz FM pilot tone; and determining a geographical position at each receiver based on the phase difference of the demodulated pilot tones in the received FM signals. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322604 | Method and Apparatus for Mitigating the Effects of Cross Correlation in a GPS Receiver - A positioning system receiver that mitigates cross correlation of received signals from positioning system satellite vehicles by generating the strong satellite vehicle signal and subtracting it from the received signal before correlation while eliminating the need for cross correlation signature without changing the C/A code. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322605 | Methods And Apparatuses For Use With Mode-Switchable Navigation Radio - Methods and apparatuses are provided for use with mode switchable navigation radios and the like. The methods and apparatuses may be implemented to selectively switch between certain operating modes based, at least in part, a mode-switching test that takes into consideration one or more non-timed test conditions to determine if mode-switching may be enabled. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322606 | Method and Apparatus for Real Time Clock (RTC) Brownout Detection - A method and apparatus for real time clock brownout detection. A low power real time clock (RTC) operates continuously to keep time in a global positioning system (GPS) receiver while some receiver components are powered down. In various embodiments, a brownout detector circuit detects a loss of RTC clock cycles. If a loss of RTC clock cycles exceeds a predetermined threshold such that the RTC is not reliable for GPS navigation, an RTC status signal so indicates. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322607 | POSITIONING METHOD - A reception environment is determined to be a multipath environment when the difference (positioning altitude difference) between the maximum value (maximum altitude) and the minimum value (minimum altitude) of the altitudes of candidate present positions P of respective satellite sets exceeds a given threshold value (e.g., 200 m), and is determined to be an open-sky environment when the positioning altitude difference is equal to or less than the given threshold value. When the reception environment is the open-sky environment, an evaluation point E of each satellite set is calculated using a known evaluation method based on the number of satellites, a PDOP value, and the like. When the reception environment is the multipath environment, the evaluation point E of each satellite set is calculated in the same manner as in the open-sky environment, and a change amount ΔE corresponding to the difference (altitude difference) between the altitude corresponding to the preceding located position acquired from an altitude table and the altitude of the candidate present position of the target satellite set is subtracted from the evaluation point E. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322608 | ANTENNA SYSTEM - Embodiments of the invention are concerned with improvements to antenna systems, in particular beamforming antenna systems. Embodiments provide an improved beamformer arrangement for receiving and transmitting of signals by antenna elements. Embodiments are particularly well suited to use for transceiving of radio signals by base stations, such as are commonly found in cellular networks. In one aspect, embodiments provide a beamformer for use in processing signals received, or transmitted, by a first antenna element, the beamformer comprising a first set of ports and a second set of ports, wherein the first set of ports is connected to at least two antenna elements including said first antenna element and the second set of ports is connected to a connecting port, wherein the beamformer is arranged to generate at least first and second output beams from signals received from the at least two antenna elements and to transform signals received via the second set of ports into signals for transmission by the at least two antenna elements, wherein the beamformer is arranged to combine said generated at least first and second output beams at the connecting port such that said signals from said first antenna element are constructively combined at the connecting port, and to combine said at least first and second output beams at the connecting port such that signals from antenna elements other than the first antenna element are destructively combined at the connecting port, wherein the connecting port is arranged so as to provide access to individual said signals received, or transmitted, by said at least two antenna elements. In particularly preferred arrangements the first set of ports is connected to three or four antenna elements. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322609 | Beamformer using cascade multi-order factors, and a signal receiving system incorporating the same - A beamformer includes a number (T) of consecutive combining stages. A T | 2009-12-31 |
20090322610 | PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH ELECTRICAL TILT CONTROL - A phased array antenna system with electrical tilt control incorporates a tilt controller ( | 2009-12-31 |
20090322611 | ELECTRONICALLY-CONTROLLED MONOLITHIC ARRAY ANTENNA - An electronically controlled monolithic array antenna includes a transmission line through which an electromagnetic signal may be propagated, and a metal antenna element defining an evanescent coupling edge located so as to permit evanescent coupling of the signal between the transmission line and the antenna element. The antenna element includes a conductive ground plate; an array of conductive edge elements defining the coupling edge, each of the edge elements being electrically connected to a control signal source, and each of the edge elements being electrically isolated from the ground plate by an insulative isolation gap; and a plurality of switches, each of which is selectively operable in response to the control signal to electrically connect selected edge elements to the ground plate across the insulative isolation gap so as to provide a selectively variable electromagnetic coupling geometry of the coupling edge. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322612 | METHODS AND APPLICATIONS UTILIZING SIGNAL SOURCE MEMORY SPACE COMPRESSION AND SIGNAL PROCESSOR COMPUTATIONAL TIME COMPRESSION - A method and apparatus for a simplified approach for determining the output of a total covariance signal processor. A single set of offline calculations is performed and then used to estimate the output of the total covariance signal processor. A simplified approach for performing matrix inversion may also be used in determining the output of the total covariance processor. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322613 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT SINGLE USER (SU) AND MULTIUSER (MU) BEAMFORMING WITH ANTENNA ARRAY GROUPS - A method and apparatus are used to support single user (SU) and multiuser (MU) beamforming with antenna array groups. The method and apparatus are used to precode a plurality of data streams, beamform each of the data streams, and provide each of the beamformed data streams to one of a plurality of antenna array groups. An alternate method and apparatus are used to select a beamforming vector from a codebook, transmit a common reference signal (RS) based on the selection, receive an antenna configuration responsive to the common RS, estimate channels based on the antenna configuration, determine beamforming vectors for a plurality of antenna array groups, and transmit the beamforming vectors. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322614 | ORTHOGONAL/PARTIAL ORTHOGONAL BEAMFORMING WEIGHT GENERATION FOR MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - Techniques are provided for computing beamforming weight vectors useful for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless transmission of multiple signals streams from a first device to a second device. The techniques involve computing a plurality of candidate beamforming weight vectors based on the one or more signals received at the plurality of antennas of the first device. A sequence of orthogonal/partially orthogonal beamforming weight vectors are computed from the plurality of candidate beamforming weight vectors. The sequence of orthogonal/partially orthogonal beamforming weight vectors are applied to multiple signal streams for simultaneous transmission to the second device via the plurality of antennas of the first device. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322615 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRAVEL TIME-BASED LOCATION IDENTIFICATION WITH THE AID OF A TRIGGERED OR SELF-TRIGGERING REFERENCE SIGNAL - A method for the detection of an object by the TDOA principle is provided. The object transmits a signal, which is received by a plurality of stations having known positions. The stations' clocks can have different unknown time delays in relation to each other. An additional stationary reference station having a known position relative to the stations and transmitting a signal that is received by the stations is provided. An unknown transmission delay can be generated between the emission of the signal from the object and the emission of the signal from the reference station. For each station the difference in travel time between receipt of the signal from the object and the signal from the reference station and the difference of the travel time differences between the stations are determined. Mathematical algorithms for determining the location are performed. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322616 | Radar echolocater with audio output - The echolocater device described herein incorporates the features of integrated sampling radar technology to create a unique device that provides, for example, the visually impaired with an excellent new tool to help navigate the world. Much like a bat using its bio-sonar, the visually impaired will be able to hear subtle differences in audio-replicated radar echoes. In one preferred embodiment of the invention, two integrated-sampling type radar receivers are spaced some convenient distance apart. A single transmitter centered between two receivers transmits pulses of an RF carrier. Audio “IF” output from each receiver is processed and sent to a small speaker worn near each ear. With practice the user of this invention will be able to discern the range, location and motion of individual objects, and may also be able to distinguish particular echo characteristics of differing objects. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322617 | Thin antenna and an electronic device having the thin antenna - A thin antenna for wireless signal transmission of an electronic device is disclosed. The thin antenna comprises a base board, a first radiation area, a first ground area and a feeding plane. The base board has a first plane and a second plane. The first radiation area is printed on the second plane. The first ground area is printed on the first plane. The feeding plane is printed on the first plane. The feeding plane has a feeding point. Wherein the area of the feeding plane is smaller than the area of the first radiation area, and the area of the feeding plane is partly covered by the region which is projected from the first radiation area corresponding to the first plane. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322618 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA AND RADIO COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - A multiband antenna includes at least two antenna elements for use in a low frequency band and a high frequency band, a feeding point unit configured to be shared by both of the antenna elements for use in the low frequency band and the high frequency band and an impedance matching unit configured to be inserted into and connected to a position between an end of the antenna element for use in the high frequency band on the side of the feeding point unit and an open end thereof. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322619 | PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF ANTENNAS - The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement, an adaptive system comprising such arrangement, a portable electronic device comprising such arrangement or adaptive system, a method of manufacturing such an arrangement, and a computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for performing such method. The antenna arrangement can comprise at least one antenna element ( | 2009-12-31 |
20090322620 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH EDGE SURFACE ANTENNA ELEMENTS AND RELATED METHODS - An electronic device may include a multilayer circuit board having opposing major surfaces and edge surfaces extending between the opposing major surfaces, wireless processing circuitry on at least one of the opposing major surfaces, and an antenna element on at least one of the edge surfaces. The multilayer circuit board may include a conductive trace coupling the antenna element to the wireless processing circuitry. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322621 | ANTENNA ARRAY CONFIGURATIONS FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT MIMO WLAN SYSTEMS - The present disclosure provides techniques for configuring multi-element antenna arrays. Such antenna arrays may be designed with slot pairs separated by λ/2 along perpendicular axes (e.g., x and y-directions). One such array may have four or more co-located antenna element pairs formed with cross slots having the same rotational orientation. Another such array may have four or more co-located antenna element pairs formed with some cross slots having the same rotational orientation and other cross slots having a different rotational orientation. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322622 | Varying angle antenna for electromagnetic radiation dissipation device - The present invention is a varying angle antenna design to be used with an electromagnetic radiation dissipation device that reduces exposure to undesirable electromagnetic radiation. The dissipation device uses a varying angle antenna to capture radiation from an active emission source, such as a cellular telephone when it is transmitting. The device converts the captured radiation into an electric current and dissipates the collected current by spending it to operate a thermal, mechanical, or electrical device. The varying angle antenna is a printed circuit board trace antenna comprising a microstrip having several serially connected meandering segments. One or more meandering segments include 90-degree bends in the microstrip, and one or more meandering segments include bends of more and less than 90 degrees. Portions of the microstrip that are horizontally oriented are all parallel, while portions of the microstrip that are vertically oriented can be parallel or angled, depending on the bend angle. Additionally, near the center of the varying angle antenna, the microstrip segments are narrower than the microstrip segments near the ends of the antenna. In general, the meandering segments include varying angles, which maximizes the operation of the antenna for absorbing undesirable electromagnetic radiation from cellular telephones. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322623 | Antenna arrangement - An antenna arrangement for radio communication in a first radio communication band and for communication in a second radio communication band including a multiple-resonance antenna element having a feed for connection to radio frequency circuitry; and a load connected to the feed and comprising a plurality of reactive components including a first reactive component that controls the impedance of the load for the first radio communication band and a second reactive component, separate from the first reactive component, that controls the impedance of the load for the second radio communication band wherein the plurality of reactive components of the load are configured to provide an impedance that changes between being inductive at a first frequency in the first radio communication band to being capacitive at a second frequency in the first radio communication band and that changes between being inductive at a third frequency in the second radio communication band to being capacitive at a fourth frequency in the second radio communication band. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322624 | FILM TYPE ANTENNA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - There are provided a film type antenna and a mobile communication terminal having the same. A film type antenna according to an aspect of the invention may include: a first carrier film having a conductive pattern on at least one surface thereof; an adhesion strengthening layer provided on the first carrier film; and a second carrier film laminated on the adhesion strengthening layer. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322625 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an antenna incorporated in an electronic apparatus includes an antenna element formed of a metal thin film and provided on the inner surface of a side wall of a housing, an antenna ground formed of a metal thin film and provided on the inner surface of the bottom wall of the housing, and a conductor portion formed of a metal thin film, provided at least on the inner surface of the bottom wall and connecting the antenna element to the antenna ground. The feed pin of a feed terminal mounted on a printed circuit board is kept in contact with the conductor portion on the bottom wall to feed power from a wireless module to the antenna. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322626 | Electronic Apparatus - An electronic apparatus that includes a housing for housing an electronic component and an antenna body, the housing having a base body formed of a plate section and a side surface section, and a cover for covering an edge of the base body, the plate section including an antenna housing section and a protruding section, whereas the side surface section including an opening for communicating to the outside of the housing, and the antenna body having a plate piece-like shape with a length to be housed in the antenna housing section, having an antenna for radio communications and a bearing section with an insertion hole which penetrates front and back surfaces of the antenna body to receive insertion of the protruding section, the antenna body being housed in the antenna housing section between the plate section and the cover, and protruding from the housing when being rotated. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322627 | Electronic apparatus - An electronic apparatus includes an antenna housing groove extending in an extension direction of one end surface of a housing; and the housing having a boss protruding in the antenna housing groove in a width direction of the antenna housing groove; and a metal plate member that is passed through the boss and is sandwiched between the housing and the antenna body to interact with the bearing member, that is locked in both locked positions of a housed position in which the antenna body is housed in the antenna housing groove and in a protruding position in which the antenna body is rotated from the housed position by a predetermined angle and protrudes from the housing so that the metal plate member holds the positions of the antenna body, and that releases the lock upon reception of a force in a rotational direction of the antenna body. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322628 | ANTENNA ENCLOSURE - Methods and apparatus for an antenna enclosure. An enclosure through which satellite signals from satellite positioning services may be received may include an antenna to receive the satellite signals and relay the signals to a receiver, and the enclosure may be coupled to a device to disguise the enclosure as a component of construction equipment. The enclosure may include a receiver device to process received satellite signals. The device may be a work light. The enclosure may include mounting hardware to mount the enclosure to a construction vehicle, such as an excavator, articulated truck, compact track loader, compaction equipment, crawler dozer, forklift, loader/backhoe, loader/tool carrier, motor grader, skid steer loader, telescopic handler, or wheel loader. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322629 | COVER FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The invention provides a cover adapted to a communication device, a communication device including the same and a method for manufacturing the same. The cover according to the invention includes a cover body and an antenna. The cover body has a bottom surface. Particularly, the antenna is fixed at a predetermined position on the bottom surface by an insert molding process. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322630 | BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL MEASUREMENT AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION UNIT - Described and illustrated herein are various embodiments of a blood glucose level measuring unit provided with wireless communication which both is small in dimensions and has radiation characteristics which substantially direction independent especially at small distances. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322631 | ANTENNA AND ASSOCIATED MEASUREMENT SENSOR - An antenna which comprises four elementary IFA antennae, each elementary IFA antenna comprising a ground plane ( | 2009-12-31 |
20090322632 | PHYSICALLY SMALL TUNABLE NARROW BAND ANTENNA - A narrow band, tunable antenna uses a series of small inductors wired in series to produce different resonant frequencies from a single antenna across a wide frequency spectrum. Radio Frequency (RF) switches are positioned in parallel with the inductors and are capable of shunting a selected inductor out of the antenna circuit thereby changing the electrical length of the antenna and consequently, the resonant frequency. The RF switch control circuitry is isolated from the RF current in the antenna. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322633 | SMALL MONOPOLE ANTENNA HAVING LOOP ELEMENT INCLUDED FEEDER - Provided is a small monopole antenna having a loop feeder. The small monopole antenna having a loop feeder includes: a loop element forming a loop along a predetermined plane and having a loop feeder at the center thereof; a non-feeding type monopole antenna element including one end connected to a wire of the loop element and other end connected to a ground unit by being bended at the center of the loop element; a ground unit for grounding other end of the non-feeding type monopole antenna; and a first connecting unit for connecting the non-feeding type monopole antenna to an external device for feeding the loop feeder of the loop element through the non-feeding type monopole antenna. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322634 | LOOP ANTENNA - Provided is a loop antenna. The loop antenna includes a first antenna element embodied as a coaxial cable, a second antenna element embodied as a line and connected to one end of the first antenna element in series, a third antenna eLement embodied as a line, having one end connected to a ground plane and the other end connected to the other end of the first antenna element in series, and a power feeding cable for supplying power to the second antenna element. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322635 | DUAL REFLECTOR MECHANICAL POINTING LOW PROFILE ANTENNA - Dual reflector offset mechanical pointing low profile telecommunication antenna, to be used above all on vehicles, even high-speed ones. Its reduced physical dimensions facilitate its use, with respect to the known solutions, as it allows its connecting to the receiving system, such as a satellite, though installed on a train or on an aircraft. The invention lies within the technical field of telecommunications and the applicative field of stationary, movable antennas of reduced dimensions, and accordingly within that of telecommunications in general. The original dual reflector antenna is obtained from a second-order polynomial that configurates it in the Cartesian space XYZ. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322636 | NOTCH ANTENNA HAVING A LOW PROFILE STRIPLINE FEED - Described are a notch antenna and an array antenna based on a low profile stripline feed. The notch antenna includes a planar dielectric substrate having upper and lower surfaces. Each surface has a conductive layer with an opening therein. A notch antenna element is disposed on the conductive layer of the upper surface at the opening. A stripline embedded in the planar dielectric substrate extends under the notch antenna element. The stripline is adapted to couple an RF signal between the stripline and the notch antenna element. A conductive via is electrically coupled to the stripline and extends from the stripline to the opening in the conductive layer on the lower surface so that the RF signal is accessible at the lower surface. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322637 | WIDE BAND LONG SLOT ARRAY ANTENNA USING SIMPLE BALUN-LESS FEED ELEMENTS - In one embodiment, a wide bandwidth, reduced depth transmit/receive antenna array includes unit cells having continuous slots, a transceiver, unbalanced feeds, impedance transformers, and exciters. The continuous slots are formed in a conductive antenna plane, and the transceiver generates and/or receives electrical signals. The unbalanced feeds may be electrically connected between the transceiver and impedance transformers which match the impedance between feed lines and the exciter. They may be located in a plane perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the radiation, and also may be arranged between the conductive antenna plane and a backplane. The exciter spans a continuous slot, and emits and/or receives radiation from the slot. The antenna array is capable of operating without a radome or balun. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322638 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA - A multiband antenna includes a conductive sheet, a feeding point, and a grounding point. The conductive sheet defines a first slot, a second slot, a third slot, a fourth slot, a fifth slot, a sixth slot, and a seventh slot thereon. The second slot and the third slot extend from a same short side of the first slot and are parallel to each other. The fourth slot, the fifth slot, the sixth slot, and the seventh slot extend perpendicularly from a short side of the third slot away from the first slot in sequence. The feeding point is formed on the conductive sheet at a long side of the first slot away from the third slot. The grounding point is formed on the conductive sheet at a margin of the slots different from the location of the feeding point. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322639 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus including a metal layer, a first planar antenna, a second planar antenna and a conducting wire is provided. The first planar antenna has a first ground terminal electrically connected to the metal layer. The second planar antenna has a second ground terminal electrically connected to the metal layer. The conducting wire is connected between the first planar antenna and the second planar antenna. In the whole operation, electromagnetic signals transmitted by the first planar antenna and the second planar antenna are in the same frequency band, and the coupling effect of the first planar antenna and the second planar antenna is reduced along with the formation of a current loop of the conducting wire. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322640 | MAGNETIC ANTENNA APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A MAGNETIC FIELD - The present invention relates to a magnetic transmit antenna apparatus comprising: a toroidal core transformer having a primary winding inductively coupled to a secondary winding supplying a low voltage and high current to a magnetic transmit antenna wherein the magnetic transmit antenna includes a wire loop having multiple turns for generating a magnetic field. The toroidal core transformer includes a primary winding that operates in association with the secondary winding to match the impedance of a signal source to the magnetic transmit antenna. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322641 | Electrically small antenna - An antenna system, with a loop antenna and a loop current, is provided for transmitting an electromagnetic signal through a medium. The loop antenna has an E field transducer that generates an E field, and an H field transducer that generates an H field. The E and H fields are orthogonal in space and have at least one of a magnitude and phase relationship that is matched to an intrinsic impedance of a medium to generate a propagating wave. In an insulating medium the loop current lags an E field plate voltage by 90° to produce in phase E and H fields. In a conductive medium current is applied to the loop with a 135° phase lag with respect to a voltage across the E field plates. The H field is generated by the current component and leads current by 90°. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322642 | RESONANT CAP LOADED HIGH GAIN PATCH ANTENNA - An antenna architecture containing a broadband resonant cap positioned over a radiating patch is disclosed. The resonant cap consists of a rectangular resonant patch at the center with parasitic patches in close proximity of the four edges of the resonant patch. The parasitic patches may be coplanar with the resonant patch or may be mounted at an angle with respect to the vertical axis of the resonant patch. The resonant cap reduces the HPBW of the emitted radiation and improves emission directivity. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322643 | Integrated high performance package systems for mm-wave array applications - Embodiments of integrated high performance package systems for millimeter-wave array applications are described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322644 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE BETWEEN ANTENNA ELEMENT AND COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR, AND ANTENNA APPATATUS INCLUDING THE CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A connection structure which electrically connects a connection terminal of an antenna element mounted on a mounting plate to a connection terminal of a coaxial cable connector mounted on the mounting plate, includes a plate-shaped electric connection member which includes an element connection end part electrically connected to the connection terminal of the antenna element and a cable connector connection end part extending away from the element connection end part and having a tapered shape. The connection structure further includes a bar-shaped electric connection member which extends along the cable connector connection end part of the plate-shaped electric connection member and which is electrically connected to the cable connector connection end part. Both the cable connector connection end part of the plate-shaped electric connection member and the bar-shaped electric connection member are electrically connected to the connection terminal of the coaxial cable connector. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322645 | Structure of an antenna holder - A structure of an antenna holder is disclosed. The antenna holder is used to protect an antenna. The antenna holder comprises a base, a holder, and a housing. The holder is disposed on the base. The holder has an engaging part. The housing comprises a first cover and a second cover. The first cover and the second cover are used to covering the antenna, wherein the second cover has a spindle. The spindle is used to insert the engaging part and let the housing fix with the holder and is able to be rotated. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322646 | RECONFIGURABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC ANTENNA - A reconfigurable electromagnetic antenna which comprises a radiating element consisting of a fluid substance that conducts electricity, the volume of the fluid substance being variable and that also comprises a matrix of electrodes on which the fluid substance is moved by electro-wetting. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322647 | Articulating dual antenna - A method and apparatus for deploying a multi-element antenna system on a portable television signal processing apparatus. The system utilizes a plurality of spring loaded racks engaged in a pinion restrained by a rotational damper and a manual release mechanism. Each individual rack is attached to a rotational mechanism used to rotate an antenna element around an axis. The springs are compressed when the antenna is in its stored state and released via the manual release mechanism. The released rack and pinion system biases a plurality of rotational mechanisms which respectively extend the antenna elements into their deployed configuration. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322648 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY HAVING MULTIPLE ANTENNA ELEMENTS WITH HEMISPHERICAL COVERAGE - An antenna assembly includes a cable assembly having at least one wire and a circuit board assembly having a ground plane and a plurality of mounting locations. The wire(s) is electrically connected to corresponding mounting locations. A plurality of antenna elements are mounted to the circuit board at corresponding mounting locations. Each antenna element has a feed finger and a ground finger, where the ground finger is electrically connected to the ground plane and the feed finger is electrically connected to the corresponding wire. Each antenna element has a first portion extending from the circuit board along a first plane and a second portion extending from the first portion along a second plane that is transverse to the first plane. Each antenna element provides hemispherical coverage and wide frequency bandwidth. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322649 | TILED ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A tiled display comprising: a plurality of display tiles aligned so that they provide the emissive image area; each display tile including: a plurality of light-emitting pixels arranged in groups of pixels; a plurality of sequentially arranged pixel drive circuits and each pixel drive circuit being electrically connected to a particular group of pixels for controlling the light emission of such pixels; one or more signal communication line(s) for providing data for controlling the operation of each pixel drive circuit; and each pixel drive circuit controlling the light emission of its corresponding group of pixels and providing information to the next sequential pixel drive circuit to cause such next sequential pixel drive circuit to respond to its corresponding data to control the operation of its group of light-emitting pixels and repeating this operation until a predetermined number of pixel drive circuits have caused the desired light emission. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322650 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD - To provide a technology of moving and displaying an object concealed on a first display unit to and on a second display unit. An electronic device including a first display unit and a second display unit displays an object as a graphical user interface on the first display unit, detects that the object gets concealed, determines whether or not the concealed object is coincident with a predetermined condition, and displays the object coincident with the predetermined condition on the second display unit. When a detection unit detects that the object does not get concealed, the display of the object is deleted from on the second display unit. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322651 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR THE PRESENTATION OF VISUAL CONTENT - The invention relates to a display device for the presentation of visual content at big events and to a display method for the presentation of such content. The device comprises a plurality of display elements ( | 2009-12-31 |
20090322652 | SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING USER INPUT ON MULTIPLE THIRD PARTY VIEWABLE SCREENS SIMULTANEOUSLY - An inventive system and method for projecting user input on multiple third party viewable screens simultaneously is presented. The method comprises establishing an identity on the network and associating the identity with an identifier, uploading content onto the network using an apparatus, associating the content with the identifier, and distributing and projecting the uploaded content and the identifier to a plurality of devices simultaneously. The apparatus can be a mobile device, a game controller, iTV, or a computer. The devices can be mobile devices, game controllers, iTVs, TVs, event big screens, and computers. The user input can be text, SMS, email, and voice message. In one embodiment, establishing an identity includes logging-in to the network, registering, and selecting the identifier. Users of the devices can respond to the distributed content. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322653 | COMPACT VIRTUAL DISPLAY - Provided is a compact virtual display in which an image displayed on an image display device is separated into a plurality of regions, selectively reflected in an image receiving optical system, and selectively transmitted in synchronization with the selective reflection of the image receiving optical system. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322654 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROLLER - The head-mounted display has a rear arm, an accommodating part that is attached to the rear arm, a display arm that is held in the accommodating part so that this display arm can be accommodated, a display part which is attached to the tip end of the display arm so that this display part can pivot, and headphones which are disposed on both end parts of the rear arm, as main parts. A flat cable which supplies a power source and signals to the image display device is led into the accommodating part via a wiring attachment part, and is fastened to the accommodating part by the wiring attachment part. In the accommodating part, the intermediate part of the flat cable is fastened by a wiring retainer. Then, this flat cable enters the display arm from the rear end part of the display arm, and is further conducted to the image display device inside the display part via a spherical-surface coupling. As a result, a head-mounted display can be obtained in which there is no interference with human activity by the wiring, and in which no feeling of bother is created. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322655 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING AN INTENSITY OF A CATHODE RAY TUBE STROKE SIGNAL WITHIN A DIGITAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - Systems and methods for modifying an intensity of a CRT stroke signal provided to a digital display displaying a stroke image are provided. One apparatus includes a velocity module for determining a vector velocity of the stroke image and an encoder for modifying the intensity of the stroke signal based on the vector velocity. A system includes a deflection input from multiple axes, a multiplexer for outputting the stroke signal, and a velocity intensity module (VIM). The VIM is configured to receive the stoke signal, determine a vector velocity of the stroke image based on the deflection inputs, and modify the stroke signal intensity based on the vector velocity. One method includes receiving first and second deflection inputs for the stroke image, determining a vector velocity for the stroke image based on the first and second deflection inputs, and modifying the stroke signal intensity based on the vector velocity. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322656 | PLASMA TUBE ARRAY-TYPE DISPLAY DEVICE AND LUMINANCE CORRECTING METHOD - This invention provides a plasma tube array-type display device and a luminance correcting method realizing reduced variations in luminance values of a plasma tube array. A gradient of the luminance value in the longitudinal direction of one plasma tube is calculated on the basis of the obtained luminance value at a plurality of positions in the longitudinal direction of at least one plasma tube. A difference of the luminance value of each plasma tube obtained at the same relative position. On the basis of the gradient of the luminance value and the difference of the luminance value of each plasma tube at the same relative position, a correction luminance value in each discharge cell in the longitudinal direction of each of the plurality of plasma tubes is calculated. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322657 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A flat panel display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a transistor disposed on a substrate, a planarizing layer having a trench, which includes a bottom surface and a side surface, disposed on the transistor, a reflective film disposed in the trench, a pixel electrode disposed on the reflective film and connected to the transistor, a partition wall having an opening to expose a portion of the pixel electrode, an organic light emitting member disposed on the reflective film, and a common electrode disposed on the organic light emitting member. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322658 | Information Processing Apparatus - According to the invention, an information processing apparatus includes: a non-self-emission type display panel; a light source configured to apply light to the display panel; a light source driver configured to control luminance of the light source and provided independently from the display panel; and a flexible printed circuit board that connects the light source and the light source driver and has a plurality of terminals connected to the light source driver, wherein the terminals includes a plurality of cathode terminals and a plurality of anode terminals, the number of the cathode terminals being a multiple of three times of the number of the anode terminals. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322659 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a liquid crystal layer, an alignment layer, a polymer layer, scan lines, data lines, pixel structures, first capacitor bottom electrodes and second capacitor bottom electrodes, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. Each pixel structure has a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode. Each first capacitor bottom electrode is disposed between the first pixel electrode and the first substrate. Each second capacitor bottom electrode disposed between the second pixel electrode and the first substrate includes a first pattern and a plurality of second patterns. The first pattern extends from a first side to an opposite second side of the second pixel electrode. The second patterns connected to the first pattern are disposed on the first side and the second side. The second pattern at least partly overlaps a region between the second pixel electrode and the data line. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322660 | LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal display, and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal panel comprises scanning lines, data lines, and a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including a TFT, a pixel electrode, a first common electrode, and a second common electrode. The first common electrodes of first pixels of the plurality of pixels are electrically connected via a first common line, the first common electrodes of second pixels of the plurality of pixels are electrically connected via a second common line, and the second common electrodes of the plurality of pixels are electrically connected. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322661 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a plurality of frame rate controllers that generate a motion interpolated intermediate image. The frame rate controllers exchange image information with adjacent frame rate controllers. According to the display apparatus, each frame rate controller displays the intermediate image on a corresponding display area based on the image information provided from the adjacent frame rate controller. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322662 | MULTI PRIMARY COLOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-primary-color display device includes a number of pixels, each of which includes a first subset including red, green and cyan subpixels and a second subset including blue and yellow subpixels. In each pixel, the subpixels included in the first subset are arranged in series in one direction, while the subpixels included in the second subset are arranged in series in the same direction as the subpixels of the first subset. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322663 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device with low power consumption capable of canceling the collapse of gradation and skip of gradation in a high gradation part and a low gradation part and of displaying an even gradation in a wide range has been disclosed. The display device comprises a display element of dot matrix type having a display material with memory properties, a drive circuit that drives a pixel of the display element, and a control circuit that controls the drive circuit, wherein the control circuit executes an initialization step for applying a voltage pulse to initialize a pixel to be rewritten to bring the pixel into an initialization state and a gradation step for applying a voltage pulse to change the gradation state of a pixel, and in the gradation step, an alternating voltage pulse is formed in a pixel to be rewritten and the period and voltage of the alternating voltage pulse are varied in accordance with a gradation to be written. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322664 | System and method for optimizing LCD displays - A method and system for determining the Vcom for a liquid crystal display by using a light diffusing unit. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322665 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY ELEMENT, METHOD OF DRIVING THE ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC PAPER UTILIZING THE ELEMENT - A method of driving a liquid crystal display element includes: applying a scan signal voltage to N scan electrodes simultaneously selected from among a plurality of scan electrodes formed in parallel on an inner surface of one of a pair of substrates between which a cholesteric liquid crystal selectively reflecting light having a predetermined wavelength is enclosed for a selection time T and applying a reset voltage for resetting the liquid crystal to a plurality of data electrodes formed on an inner surface of the other of the pair of substrates so as to intersect the plurality of scan electrodes when viewed in the normal direction of a substrate surface. The reset voltage is applied in synchronism with the application of the scan signal voltage. The step is repeated while shifting the N simultaneously selected scan electrodes sequentially to perform a display reset for putting the liquid crystal in a homeotropic state by applying the reset voltage to each pixel on each of the scan electrodes N times consecutively. The display reset is performed using such a selection time T and a simultaneously selected electrode count N that the product T×N satisfies T×N>τ where τ represents a response time required for the liquid crystal to change from a planar state to the homeotropic state. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322666 | Driving Scheme for Multiple-fold Gate LCD - A driving scheme for a multiple-fold gate liquid crystal display (LCD), such as a double gate LCD, is disclosed. A forward driving sequence is provided to drive bank A and bank B of pixel electrodes in a number of rows. Subsequently, a reverse driving sequence is obtained to drive the bank A and the bank B in a number of neighboring rows. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322667 | Data driver - A data driver includes two data processing circuits for respectively providing positive and negative pixel voltages according to first and second pixel data, and a multiplexer circuit including multiplexer units. Each multiplexer unit has first and second input terminals respectively receiving the positive and negative pixel voltages, and an output terminal coupled to a data line. A first switching device has first and second switches serially coupled between the first input and output terminals. A node between the first and second switches is selectively grounded via a third switch. A second switching device has fourth and fifth switches serially coupled between the second input and output terminals. A node between the fourth and fifth switches is selectively grounded via a sixth switch. When the first and second switches turn on, the sixth switch turns on. When the fourth and fifth switches turn on, the third switch turns on. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322668 | MONOCHROMATIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display comprises a back light emitting monochromatic light, a liquid crystal display element comprising, a pair of opposing substrates, a nematic liquid crystal layer placed between the pair of opposing substrates, an electrode pattern formed on a nematic liquid crystal layer side of each substrate, a pair of polarizers placed outside the pair of substrates, and a controller which controls light emission of the back light and a voltage applied to the liquid crystal display element, wherein the controller restrain change in retardation of the liquid crystal display element by lowering non-selection voltage applied to the liquid crystal display element when environmental temperature increases and increasing non-selection voltage applied to the liquid crystal display element when environmental temperature decreases. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322669 | Novel Systems, Methods and Compositions Relating to Display Elements - A display element is described. The display element includes: a network; a continuous phase; and a discontinuous mobile phase, which is capable of responding to an externally applied electric field such that under influence of the externally applied electric field, without effecting bulk movement of the continuous phase, the mobile phase displaces from one location to another location through or within the network. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322670 | Color bistable display - A capsule for a color display includes an outer shell ( | 2009-12-31 |
20090322671 | TOUCH SCREEN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM AND METHOD - An improved augmented reality (AR) system integrates a human interface and computing system into a single, hand-held device. A touch-screen display and a rear-mounted camera allows a user interact the AR content in a more intuitive way. A database storing graphical images or textual information about objects to be augmented. A processor is operative to analyze the imagery from the camera to locate one or more fiducials associated with a real object, determine the pose of the camera based upon the position or orientation of the fiducials, search the database to find Graphical images or textual information associated with the real object, and display graphical images or textual information in overlying registration with the imagery from the camera. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322672 | INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - An interactive display ( | 2009-12-31 |
20090322673 | FREE FINGERS TYPING TECHNOLOGY - The present invention provides the Free Fingers Typing Technology by fingers tapping on a surface, a technology that allows the user to type, point/select (on the display of a computer or computer-based-device) or play music with bare fingers without keyboard, without display pointing/selecting device and even without computer. The invention provides at least: one methodology to execute the finger movements, one convention to code the finger movements, two techniques to recognize the finger movements, a family of apparatus to optically monitor and recognize finger movements as well as the specifications of a plurality of related computer programmes all used with the objective of interpreting finger-surface taps and converting them into computer characters, keyboard key strokes, functions of display-pointing/selecting device, music notes etc. . . . The invention provides means for free fingers typing, pointing/selecting and music playing suitable for all devices requiring a keyboard such as computers, personal digital assistants, cellular phones, gaming devices, musical instruments or other keyboard or display pointing/selecting based devices | 2009-12-31 |
20090322674 | Switch, image transmission apparatus, image transmission method, image display method, image transmitting program product, and image displaying program product - A switch selectively switches terminals to which a computer is connected, and can be remotely operated by a remote-control computer connected to a predetermined network. This switch includes: an information acquiring unit that acquires cursor location information from the remote-control computer; an image extracting unit that extracts a cursor peripheral image from an image storing unit that stores an image obtained from the computer, based on the cursor location information acquired by the information acquiring unit; and a cursor image transmitting unit that transmits the cursor peripheral image, extracted by the image extracting unit, to the remote-control computer. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322675 | METHOD AND DEVICE TO CONTROL A COMPUTER SYSTEM UTILIZING A FLUID FLOW - A device, to facilitate a user control of a computer system, includes a movable portion movable by a fluid flow of a generated by a user of the device, and a converter to convert movement of the movable portion into an electrical signal to facilitate control of the computer system. | 2009-12-31 |
20090322676 | GUI APPLICATIONS FOR USE WITH 3D REMOTE CONTROLLER - A remote wand for controlling the operations of a media system is provided. The wand may be operative to control the movement of a cursor displayed on screen by the position and orientation at which the wand is held. As the user moves the wand, the on-screen cursor may move. The user may use the wand to control a plurality of operations and applications that may be available from the media system, including for example zoom operations, a keyboard application, an image application, an illustration application, and a media application. | 2009-12-31 |