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20110193791 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSITIVE OVERLAY INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME - A touch-sensitive overlay includes a substrate, and a capacitive touch sensor arrangement comprising a first touch sensor and a second touch sensor disposed on the substrate in a region and arranged and constructed such that a coordinate of the touch is determined based on a relation of signals from at least the first and the second touch sensors, wherein the first touch sensor is electrically isolated from the second touch sensor. | 08-11-2011 |
20120075201 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - A touch-sensitive input device includes a cover, a set of first conductors disposed between the cover and a substrate, the first conductors including at least two fingers connected at an end of the fingers, dummy conductors disposed between the first conductors and between the fingers of the first conductors, and a second set of conductors disposed on an opposite side of the substrate. | 03-29-2012 |
20120075232 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - A touch-sensitive input device includes a first set of conductors and a second set of conductors. The first set of conductors include a first conductor including a plurality of first fingers extending from a first spine, and a second conductor including a plurality of second fingers extending from a second spine, wherein the first fingers are interleaved with the second fingers. The second set of conductors are separated from the first set of conductors by a dielectric material and include a third conductor including a plurality of third fingers extending from a third spine, and a fourth conductor including a plurality of fourth fingers extending from a fourth spine, wherein the third fingers are interleaved with the fourth fingers. | 03-29-2012 |
20120169619 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, determining a distance between a first filtered touch location established based on a first detected touch location at a first time, and a second detected touch location at a second time, filtering noise from the second detected touch location to determine a second filtered touch location, wherein the filtering is based on the distance. | 07-05-2012 |
20120206381 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying information in a display area of a touch-sensitive display, receiving touch data from the display area and touch data from a non-display area where information is not displayed, and determining a touch location in the display area based on the touch data from the display area and the touch data from the non-display area. | 08-16-2012 |
20120293336 | APPARATUS, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD, FOR TESTING A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - An apparatus, and an associated method, tests for an anomaly, such as an open circuit or a short circuit, at a touch sensing device. An electrical characteristic sensor senses an electrical characteristic at an electrode of the touch sensing device. Responsive to the sensed electrical characteristic, a determination is made by a determiner as to whether a short or open circuit or other anomaly exists at the touch sensing device. | 11-22-2012 |
20130016059 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAYAANM LOWLES; Robert JamesAACI WaterlooAACO CAAAGP LOWLES; Robert James Waterloo CAAANM GOLOVCHENKO; MykolaAACI SunnyvaleAAST CAAACO USAAGP GOLOVCHENKO; Mykola Sunnyvale CA USAANM STACY; William TurlayAACI San JoseAAST CAAACO USAAGP STACY; William Turlay San Jose CA US - A device includes a substrate having a first side and second side, a first set of touch-sensing electrodes disposed on the first side of the substrate, a force-sensing electrode disposed on the second side of the substrate, and a display including a ground shield. A change in capacitance between the force sensing electrode and the ground shield is utilized to determine a value related to a force imparted on the device. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016060 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAYAANM GOLOVCHENKO; MykolaAACI SunnyvaleAAST CAAACO USAAGP GOLOVCHENKO; Mykola Sunnyvale CA USAANM STACY; William TurlayAACI San JoseAAST CAAACO USAAGP STACY; William Turlay San Jose CA US - A device includes a touch sensor, and at least one electrode spaced from touch sensor by an air gap, wherein a change in capacitance between the touch sensor and the electrode is utilized to determine a value related to a force imparted on the device. | 01-17-2013 |
20140104515 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE - A touch-sensitive input device includes a cover, a set of first conductors disposed between the cover and a substrate, the first conductors including at least two fingers connected at an end of the fingers, dummy conductors disposed between the first conductors and between the fingers of the first conductors, and a second set of conductors disposed on an opposite side of the substrate. | 04-17-2014 |
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20120293451 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes utilizing a plurality of electrodes of a capacitive touch-sensitive display to detect touches on the touch-sensitive display, concurrently driving a first group of the plurality of electrodes, and detecting an object spaced from the touch-sensitive display utilizing a second group of the plurality of electrodes while concurrently driving the first group of the plurality of electrodes. | 11-22-2012 |
20130100041 | SYSTEM FOR A SINGLE-LAYER SENSOR HAVING REDUCED NUMBER OF INTERCONNECT PADS FOR THE INTERCONNECT PERIPHERY OF THE SENSOR PANEL - The structure disclosed reduces the number of bonding pads and interconnect traces in the opaque portion of a single-layer touch panel. By sharing and multiplexing the bonding pads in the opaque portion of panel, half as many pads are needed to provide the interconnection bases for the traces in the opaque portion of the panel that extend to the control electronics subsystem. Further, by connecting the ground plane structures that are adjacent to each TCO column electrode, all ground planes are made part of a common ground-plane electrode. That single common ground-plane electrode can be connected to the appropriate trace and control electronic subsystem using a single pad, rather than several individual ground-plane pads. | 04-25-2013 |
20130220672 | Single Layer Touch-Control Sensor Structure With Reduced Coupling To Proximate Ground Structures - The invention is a structure and method for creating areas of non-conducting or isolated conducting surfaces within an area of conducting surfaces such that the capacitance of said conducting surface is reduced relative to a proximate, essentially parallel, conducting surface. | 08-29-2013 |
20130321324 | SYSTEM FOR REDUCING FINGER-COUPLED NOISE IN CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSORS - The invention is a system for reducing finger-coupling capacitance of a touch-sensor panel such that finger-coupled noise signals do not overwhelm the sensing circuit and render the panel unable to detect the finger position. | 12-05-2013 |
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20150189337 | DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD - A device for transmitting a packet includes a first processor configured to generate a first packet based on a first content; a second processor configured to generate a second packet independently from the first processor based on a second content; a signaling processor configured to generate a signaling packet based on the first content and the second content; and a communication interface configured to transmit the first packet, the second packet, and the signaling packet, wherein the first processor, the second processor, and the signaling processor respectively generate the first packet, the second packet, and the signaling packet in parallel. | 07-02-2015 |
20150194986 | DATA ENCODING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - A method and electronic device for encoding data are provided. The method includes acquiring sets x | 07-09-2015 |
20150200684 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING PARAMETER OF DATA CHANNEL MODEL IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A method and a system for estimating a parameter in a communication system are provided. The method includes estimating a parameter of a data channel model in a communication system, decoding a packet received through a determined noise channel to convert the packet into data indicating one of a success and failure of a reception of the packet, configuring a prototype channel having at least one unknown parameter, estimating the at least one unknown parameter using the data indicating the one of the success and the failure of the reception of the packet, and determining the size of a parity field of a forward error correction (FEC) symbol, using the estimated at least one unknown parameter. | 07-16-2015 |
20150200689 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and an apparatus for encoding and decoding in an electronic device are provided. In a decoding method, at least one parity symbol is received. A Cauchy matrix is generated using the at least one parity symbol. A Cauchy submatrix is configured from the Cauchy matrix based on the number of at least one lost data symbol and an inverse matrix of the Cauchy submatrix is calculated. At least one parity symbol corresponding to the at least one lost data symbol is updated. The at least one lost data symbol is recovered using the updated at least one parity symbol. | 07-16-2015 |
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20090314529 | AQUEOUS PRINTABLE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS (XINK) - An aqueous printable electrical conductor (APEC) is defined as a dispersion comprising metal powder (with specific surface properties) dispersed into an aqueous acrylic, styrene/acrylic, urethane/acrylic, natural polymers vehicle (gelatine, soy protein, casein, starch or similar) or in a film forming reactive fatty acids mixture without a binder resin. The aqueous printable dispersion can be applied to substrates through different printing processes such as flexography, gravure, screen, dry offset or others. Exemplary substrates include: (1) coated paper, (2) uncoated paper, and (3) a variety of plastics with treated and untreated surfaces. When printed at a thickness of 1-8 μm, heating to cure is not required as the dispersion cures at ambient temperatures. When the dispersion is used for any of the above applications it will provide sufficient electrical conductivity to produce electrical circuits for intelligent and active packaging, sensors, radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antennae, and other electronic applications. | 12-24-2009 |
20100030497 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHARACTERISATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - There is presented a system and method for characterizing an integrated circuit (IC) for comparison with a pre-defined system-level characteristic related to an aspect of IC operation, wherein a test procedure on the IC that invokes this aspect is executed, while at least one operational bottleneck is invoked to constrain operation of the IC to exhibit a system-level operation thereof related to the aspect. Data generated via the test procedure in response to the bottleneck is collected and the system-level operation exhibited thereby is compared for consistency with the pre-defined system-level characteristic. | 02-04-2010 |
20100125026 | Wireless game controller for strength training and physiotherapy - Wireless game controller can provide variable resistance during strength training exercise and is coupled with off the shelf video gaming system such as Nintendo WII or personal computer by bluetooth or WiFI connection. The resistance is provided by a motor/generator. Electrical recuperation occurs between eccentric and concentric steps of the exercise, electrical energy is stored in a super capacitor between the steps. Video gaming system is configurable to run exercise software that provide reinforcing game experience, coaching, and physical therapy to the user. Exercise software tracks user's pose using fiduciary marks on the controller and data from 3d accelerometer embedded in the controller. The resistance is computed as a function of one or more the following: exercise type, position, velocity, user profile, and repetition number. | 05-20-2010 |
20110125337 | Household appliance adapted to work with time of use electricity rates - An electrical appliance with reduced operating costs is described. The appliance incorporates electrical storage which is charged from the grid during periods of low electricity pricing and discharged during periods of high pricing. Storage cycles are engineered to minimize energy losses and reduce appliance operating costs. Energy losses are minimized by only charging the storage to a portion of full capacity and only discharging to a specified value. In one embodiment the storage consists of a battery and a capacitor. The capacitor provides additional current during high demand intervals. In another embodiment the external supply provides this. Storage lifetime is improved by maintenance cycles. The appliance computes the cost of an operation for multiple scenarios and either selects the optimal scenario or allows user selection. The appliance can communicate with a home energy server to manage multiple appliances and communicate with ancillary grid services. | 05-26-2011 |
20110251021 | Method and apparatus for facilitating strength training - Strength training exercise is facilitated by a video gaming system (VGS). VGS communicates information about the exercise resistance force with an exercise device. Strength training machine coupled with the VGS and acts as a game controller. The machine provides resistance by an electrical motor. Resistance can be adjusted using data send from the VGS. Further, the resistance can pulsate during an exercise motion, providing internal muscle massage. The video gaming system uses a non-contact method to monitor a physiological parameter of the user. For example, a video camera is used to detect heart rate. Pose tracking information is used to detect the level of user exhaustion. Those and other monitored parameters are used to adjust the regime for either current or future exercises. The regime is optimized to increase workout efficiency. An activity not directly related to exercise, for example game, is unlocked if exercise performance is on track. | 10-13-2011 |
20110311307 | Method and material for repairing of cracks in pavement and other surfaces - The present invention relates to a method of repairing cracks and holes in pavement surfaces. This method involves filling a crack or hole in a paved surface with a flexible crack filler mix until the mix fills up the site and overlaps the edges of the aperture to a predetermined amount. Thereafter, the method includes the step of applying a zig-zag shaped mesh tape on top of the filled crack. The extra layer of a crack filler mix gets applied on top the zig-zag shaped mesh tape. Also disclosed is a material for repairing a crack in a paved surface. | 12-22-2011 |
20120136469 | PRINTING PRESS CONTROL SYSTEM (XINK) - A system for controlling the operation of a printing press used to apply an aqueous printable electrically conductive ink onto a substrate to create electrically conductive traces of such ink includes a probe for contacting the electrical traces and for obtaining a resistance measurement therefrom. A computer receives the resistance measurement, compares such measurement with pre-selected data correlating resistance with acceptable performance criteria for such traces, determines whether such resistance measurement signifies acceptable performance, and signals an appropriate mechanism for identifying those electrical traces which do not meet the acceptable performance criteria. Unacceptable traces are removed from the press prior to further processing. The computer can also signal an ink replenishment or conditioning system, contained in a replaceable cartridge, to correct any abnormalities in the ink properties. | 05-31-2012 |
20130065680 | Method and apparatus for facilitating strength training - Strength training exercise is facilitated by a video gaming system (VGS). VGS communicates information about the exercise resistance force with an exercise device. Strength training machine coupled with the VGS and acts as a game controller. The machine provides resistance by an electrical motor. Resistance can be adjusted using data send from the VGS. Further, the resistance can pulsate during an exercise motion, providing internal muscle massage. The video gaming system interacts with exercise professional using Internet. Exercise professional monitors exercise progress, setup exercise parameters. | 03-14-2013 |
20150048796 | EXTENDED LIFE BATTERY - Methods and apparatuses are described for use in preserving and/or recovering the lifetime and charge storage capacity of batteries. The methods include pulse charging, energy juggling, energy leveling, all resulting in extended battery life. Methods of storing batteries for maintaining their capacity at their nominal level for extended periods of time are also presented. | 02-19-2015 |