05th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120026038 | GNSS Signal Processing Methods and Apparatus - Methods and apparatus are provided for processing a set of GNSS signal data derived from observations of GNSS signals of multiple transmitters over multiple epochs, the GNSS signals having a first signal and a second signal in a first band which can be tracked as a single wide-band signal and each of which can be tracked separately, comprising: obtaining carrier-phase observations of the first signal, obtaining carrier-phase observations of the second signal, obtaining code observations of the wide-band signal, and estimating from a set of observables comprising the carrier-phase observations of the first signal, the carrier-phase observations of the second signal and the code observations of the wide-band signal values for a set of parameters comprising: position of a receiver of the GNSS signals, clock error of a receiver of the GNSS signals, and an array of ambiguities comprising an ambiguity for each transmitter from which carrier-phase observations of the first signal are obtained and an ambiguity for each transmitter from which carrier-phase observations of the second signal are obtained. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026039 | SINGLE RF RECEIVER CHAIN ARCHITECTURE FOR GPS, GALILEO AND GLONASS NAVIGATION SYSTEMS, AND OTHER CIRCUITS, SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES - A wireless receiver for multiple frequency bands reception includes a single receive radio frequency (RF) circuit ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120026040 | Method, Apparatus, Computer Program and a Computer Readable Storage Medium - A method including calculating a parameter for controlling a main lobe of a radiation pattern of an antenna array, the calculation using a direction of a location relative to the antenna array, the direction determined from information including a position of the location; determining a parameter for controlling the main lobe of the radiation pattern of the antenna array from a signal received at the antenna array from the location; and determining an offset using the parameter calculated from the determined direction and the parameter determined from the received signal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026041 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING A TARGET IN A GPS-DENIED ENVIRONMENT - A system for locating an object in a GPS-denied environment includes first and second stationary nodes of a network and an object out of synchronization with a common time base of the network. The system includes one or more processors that are configured to estimate distances between the first stationary node and the object and a distance between the second stationary node and the object by comparing time-stamps of messages relayed between the object and the nodes. A position of the object can then be trilaterated using a location of each of the first and second stationary nodes and the measured distances between the object and each of the first and second stationary nodes. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026042 | Near-Vertical Direction Finding and Geolocation System - A system and method for geolocating an RF emitter disposed on or near the ground includes receiving a signal from the RF emitter at each antenna of an array of N non-collinear antennas, wherein N is an integer greater than 2; routing the signal received at each of the antennas to one of a bank of N corresponding receivers; downconverting the N received signals to N downconverted signals; digitizing the N downconverted signals to digitized signals on N corresponding channels; using a processor to determine phase and amplitude variations across the N channels and to determine a Direction Vector corresponding to the signal received from the RF emitter; using a 2-dimensional pre-determined calibration table to look up a best match to the Direction Vector to determine a Bearing Vector to the RF emitter; transforming the Bearing Vector into locally level reference frame; and geolocating the RF emitter by determining an intersection between the locally level reference frame Bearing Vector and a dataset containing local terrain data. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026043 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ARRAY ANTENNA ON A SUBSTRATE WITH ENHANCED BACKLOBE SUPPRESSION FOR MM-WAVE AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS - A multilayer antenna including a first microstrip patch positioned along a first plane, a second microstrip patch positioned along a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane, and a ground plane having a slot formed therein. The multilayer antenna also includes a microstrip feeding line for propagating signals through the slot in the ground plane and to the second microstrip patch and a backlobe suppression reflector for receiving some of the signals and reflecting the signals to the slot in the ground plane. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026044 | MODIFICATION ON MONOPOLE ANTENNA - A monopole antenna is disposed on a substrate including a first surface and a second surface. The monopole antenna includes a feeding point, a radiation unit, and a reflecting element. The radiation unit is disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and includes a feeding section, a first radiation section, a second radiation section, and a third radiation section. The feeding section, the first radiation section, and the second radiation section are connected sequentially. The feeding point is electrically connected to the feeding section. The second radiation section and the feeding section are respectively placed at two sides of a longitudinal axis of the first radiation section. The third radiation section is electrically connected to the first radiation section. The reflecting element is disposed on the second surface of the substrate, and corresponds to a position of the second radiation section. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026045 | ANTENNA WITH ONE OR MORE HOLES - A new type of multihole antenna which is mainly suitable for mobile communications or in general to any other application where the integration of telecom systems or applications in a single antenna is important. The antenna includes a radiating element which at least includes one hole. By means of this configuration, the antenna provides a broadband and multiband performance, and hence it features a similar behaviour through different frequency bands. Also, the antenna features a smaller size with respect to other prior art antennas operating at the same frequency. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026046 | ANTENNA INTEGRATED WITH A PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio is presented in which a short-range antenna, along with a speaker, is contained within a non-conductive speaker bracket. The antenna is a PIFA that is bent and extends through the speaker bracket so that the distance between the free end of the PIFA and various metallic components of the radio including the chassis and speaker is maximized. The structure containing the PIFA is flexible and also contains a contact area where feed/ground contact for the PIFA is made as well as contact for audio components including a speaker and microphone. A flexible cable and extension portion of the flexible structure routes the signals to the audio components far enough away from the PIFA so that the amount of crosstalk is insignificant. The free end of the PIFA and launch pad where feed/ground contact for the PIFA is made are non-planar. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026047 | MONOPOLE ANTENNA, ANTENNA ASSEMBLY, AND VEHICLE - A monopole antenna ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120026048 | CLUTCH BARREL ANTENNA FOR WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICES - Wireless portable electronic devices such as laptop computers are provided with antennas. An antenna may be provided within a clutch barrel in a laptop computer. The clutch barrel may have a dielectric cover. Antenna elements may be mounted within the clutch barrel cover on an antenna support structure. There may be two or more antenna elements mounted to the antenna support structure. These antenna elements may be of different types. A first antenna element for the clutch barrel antenna may be formed from a dual band antenna element having a closed slot and an open slot. A second antenna element for the clutch barrel antenna may be formed from a dual band antenna element of a hybrid type having a planar resonating element arm and a slot resonating element. Flex circuit structures may be used in implanting the first and second antenna elements for the clutch barrel antenna. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026049 | MULTIBAND DISMOUNT ANTENNA - Antennas and methods for controlling antennas for producing electromagnetic radiation in a desired direction over a wide range of wavelengths. A current distribution is controlled in one or more conductive radiating elements of an antenna to form, at every wavelength within a pattern wavelength range, an antenna radiation pattern having a peak in a direction substantially orthogonal to a length of an elongated conductive radiating element or elements. By careful control of the current distribution, the pattern wavelength range is made exceptionally broad. In the case of a dipole antenna, the pattern wavelength can range from about ⅓l to at least about 8l, where l is an approximate combined length of a pair of elongated elements forming a dipole antenna. Alternatively, in the case of a monopole antenna, the pattern wavelength range can extend from about ⅙l to at least about 4l, where l is an approximate overall length of the monopole antenna. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026050 | Antenna Device - An antenna device includes: an antenna base plate having a shape of a flat plate; a capacity loading plate of a top capacity loaded type monopole antenna, the capacity loading plate arranged in parallel with the antenna base plate; and a planar antenna arranged between the antenna base plate and the capacity loading plate. A size of at least a part of the capacity loading plate in a direction of width of the capacity loading plate is less than about ¼ wavelength of receiving frequency of the planar antenna, and edges of the capacity loading plate in the direction of width of the capacity loading plate are folded back so that the capacity loading plate has a meander shape extending in a direction of length of the capacity loading plate. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026051 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY HAVING REDUCED PACKAGING SIZE - An antenna assembly is provided, including a first radiative element. The first radiative element is oriented such that a first end of the radiative element is operatively connected to an antenna feed and at least a portion of the radiative element includes a first conical, helical coil. The first conical, helical coil reaches a maximum diameter at a point farthest from the antenna feed. A counterpoise structure includes one of an electrically conductive ground structure operatively connected to a ground associated with the antenna feed and a second radiative element operatively connected to the antenna feed and the first radiative element at the antenna feed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026052 | ANTENNAS WITH PERIODIC SHUNT INDUCTORS - An antenna may be formed from conductive regions that define a gap that is bridged by shunt inductors. The inductors may have equal inductances and may be located equidistant from each other to form a scatter-type antenna structure. The inductors may also have unequal inductances and may be located along the length of the gap with unequal inductor-to-inductor spacings, thereby creating a decreasing shunt inductance at increasing distances from a feed for the antenna. This type of antenna structure functions as a horn-type antenna. One or more scatter-type antenna structures may be cascaded to form a multiband antenna. Antenna gaps may be formed in conductive device housings. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026053 | ANTENNA - An antenna has an antenna body having a plurality of first antenna elements, which are disposed along a first straight line. A hollow conductor, which extends between the first antenna elements, is disposed in the antenna body. The first antenna elements are developed as openings running between the hollow conductor and a surface of the antenna body. The antenna is designed to radiate a signal in a spatial direction that is a function of a frequency of the signal. The antenna body has an electrically insulating material that is coated with a conductive material. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026054 | Compact Patch Antenna Array - A compact patch antenna array for mobile terminal applications comprising: a plurality of radiators mounted on one surface of a dielectric, with a ground plane being mounted on the other side of the dielectric. Beneath the ground plane, another dielectric with feeding network is placed. Other embodiments are described and shown in FIG. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026055 | RADIO ANTENNA - The invention concerns a radio antenna for a space satellite, including a reflector and means of support of this reflector. The reflector includes a front skin able to reflect radio waves, a rigid rear structure supported by the means of support, and a layer of elastic material interposed between said front skin and said rigid rear structure, able to dampen the vibrations of the front skin. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026056 | RADIO ANTENNA WITH IMPROVED DECOUPLING ANGLES - A radio antenna, particularly for a spacecraft, including a reflector and means of support of this reflector, where the reflector includes a body able to reflect radio waves, and a rigid rear structure supported by the means of support and connected to the body by decoupling angles, wherein each of said decoupling angles includes, at one at least of its ends, a layer of elastic material able to dampen at least one axial component of vibrations of the body. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026057 | ANTENNA DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an antenna device includes a linear first antenna element, a linear second antenna element and a linear third antenna element. One end of the first antenna element is connected to a feeding point. One end of the second antenna element is connected to the feeding point. A length of the second antenna element is shorter than a length of the first antenna element. One end of the third antenna element is connected onto the first antenna element. A length of the third antenna element is shorter than the length of the first antenna element. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026058 | MULTILEVEL AND SPACE-FILLING GROUND-PLANES FOR MINIATURE AND MULTIBAND ANTENNAS - An antenna system includes one or more conductive elements acting as radiating elements, and a multilevel or space-filling ground-plane, wherein said ground-plane has a particular geometry which affects the operating characteristics of the antenna. The return loss, bandwidth, gain, radiation efficiency, and frequency performance can be controlled through multilevel and space-filling ground-plane design. Also, said ground-plane can be reduced compared to those of antennas with solid ground-planes. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026059 | ANTENNA DEVICE - A circularly polarized antenna device can reduce degradation of radiation characteristics. The antenna device includes a rectangular ground plate having long sides and short sides and an antenna element disposed in the vicinity of a corner of the ground plate. The antenna element is disposed such that a longitudinal direction thereof is along an edge of the ground plate. When the long side of the ground plate has an electrical length given by L and the short side of the ground plate has an electrical length given by W, the ratio (L/W) is in the range of 1.73 to 2.75. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026060 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device that radiates or receives a radio wave includes: a first wire line: a second wire line that is parallel to the first wire line; a power feeding/receiving point that is provided at proximal portions of the first wire line and second wire line; and a terminal resistance that is provided at distal end portions of the first wire line and second wire line. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026061 | EMBEDDED PRINTED EDGE-BALUN ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - An antenna module having a side-edge balance-to-unbalance (BALUN). The antenna module may include a flexible substrate with one or more layers that may be configured to receive one first and second conductive patterns, the substrate may have opposed first and second ends which may define a longitudinal length and/or opposed side edges situated between the first and second ends. The first conductive pattern may form an antenna loop situated adjacent to the first end of the flexible substrate and be suitable for transmitting or receiving signals at one or more frequencies. The second conductive pattern may form at least part of the BALUN and may include one or more of a center portion, side portions which may extend from the center portion at opposite sides of the center portion, and electrically neutral slots situated between a corresponding side portion and the center portion. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026062 | Flat folding hinged antenna - A multi-band antenna including a first antenna portion extending generally in a first plane, a second antenna portion, extending generally in a second plane and a hinged coupling providing coupling between the first antenna portion and the second antenna portion and permitting the second antenna portion to be folded over the first antenna portion such that the first plane and the second plane lie generally parallel. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026063 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MATCHING IMPEDANCE USING STANDING WAVE RATIO INFORMATION - An apparatus and method for matching impedance of an antenna by using Standing Wave Ratio (SWR) information is provided. While the impedance of the impedance matching unit is controlled, a region of a Smith chart in which initial total impedance of the impedance matching unit and the antenna is located by using an SWR calculated by an SWR operation unit, and the impedance of the impedance matching unit is controlled according to the determined region, thus correctly matching the impedance of the antenna. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026064 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA USING COUPLING MATCHING - A wide-band antenna using coupling matching is disclosed. The antenna may include a first conductive element, which is electrically connected with a ground; a second conductive element, which is electrically connected with a power feed point and formed parallel to the first conductive element with a particular distance in-between; and a third conductive element for emitting an RF signal that extends from the first conductive element, where the first conductive element and the second conductive element have a particular length such that progressive waves are generated and sufficient coupling is achieved. According to certain aspects of the present invention, a internal type multi-band antenna having wide-band characteristics can be provided, by using coupling matching for multi-band design. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026065 | Antenna Device Whose Vertical and Horizontal Positions can be adjusted - An antenna device includes a support pole, a fixing seat mounted on the support pole, at least one clamping member mounted on the support pole and combined with the fixing seat by at least one locking bolt, and an antenna box mounted on the fixing seat. The fixing seat is provided with a square mounting sleeve which has a mounting chamber and two opposite fixing holes. The antenna box has a square insertion block inserted into the mounting chamber. The insertion block has a plurality of adjusting holes. Thus, the orientation of the antenna box is adjustable so that the antenna box can be disposed at a horizontal position or a vertical position so as to receive a wireless signal exactly and clearly. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026066 | Antenna - An antenna for circularly polarised radiation at an operating frequency in excess of 200 MHz has a substrate in the form of a disc-shaped dielectric tile with parallel planar surfaces. The upper surface bears a conductive pattern including a resonant ring and a number of open-circuit radiating elements each having an electrical length of a quarterwave at the resonant frequency of the ring. The radiating elements extend outwardly from the ring and are joined to the ring at uniformly spaced locations. Each radiating element extends in a direction which has both a radial component and a tangential component and follows a generally spiral path. A pair of central feed nodes are coupled to the inside of the ring by a pair of feed tracks lying on a diameter. Dual-frequency and dual-polarisation variants are also disclosed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026067 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING SOLAR CELL ANTENNA ELEMENT AND RELATED METHODS - An antenna may include a ground plane and a solar cell spaced above the ground plane. The solar cell may have first and second power output terminals. The antenna may include a coaxial antenna feed line including an inner conductor coupled to the first power output terminal, and an outer conductor coupled to the ground plane so that the solar cell also serves as a patch antenna element. The antenna may further include a drive shunt conductor extending between the first terminal and the ground plane. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026068 | TUNABLE FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE - An apparatus and methods for operating a frequency selective surface are disclosed. The apparatus can be tuned to an on/off state or transmit/reflect electromagnetic energy in any frequency. The methods disclosed teach how to tune the frequency selective surface to an on/off state or transmit/reflect electromagnetic energy in any frequency. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026069 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM AND MULTIPLE DISPLAY SCREEN CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A mobile terminal device comprises: a first main display unit that has a first display screen; a second main display unit that has a second display screen which can display equivalent to the first display screen, the second main display unit being connected so as to be capable of being juxtaposed to the first main display unit; a display state detection unit that detects whether or not both the first display screen and the second display screen are in a state where simultaneous display is possible; an operation target screen selection unit that executes a function to select, among the first display screen and the second display screen, a screen that is a target for operation; and an operation target screen switching icon display unit that executes a function to display an operation target screen switching icon at least on the screen selected by the operation target screen selection unit, when the display state detection unit detects that both the first display screen and the second display screen are in a state in which display is possible; wherein the operation target screen selection unit switches an operation target screen when the operation target screen switching icon is selected. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026070 | PROJECTION DISPLAY APPARATUS - A projection display apparatus displays an image on a projection surface in cooperation with a second projection display apparatus. The projection display apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects the position of the second projection display apparatus; and a switching unit that performs switching between a stack display mode and a tile display mode on the basis of the position of the second projection display apparatus. In the stack display mode, an image projected by the projection display apparatus and an image projected by the second projection display apparatus are displayed on a projection surface in a stacked manner. In the tile display mode, an image projected by the projection display apparatus and an image projected by the second projection display apparatus are displayed on a projection surface in a side-by-side manner. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026071 | PORTABLE AUGMENTED-REALITY HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE - A portable optical device ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120026072 | ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY PANEL AND REPAIR METHOD - A display panel, a repair method, and an active device array substrate including a substrate, first and second signal lines, active devices, pixel electrodes, a bus line, and a switch device are provided. The bus line and the switch device are disposed outside a display region of the active device array substrate. The switch device has a gate coupled to the bus line, a first electrode coupled to a signal source, and a second electrode coupled to one of the first signal lines. The first and second electrodes are comb-shaped. The first electrode includes first fingers parallel to one another and a first connection portion connected to the first fingers. The second electrode includes second fingers parallel to one another and a second connection portion connected to the second fingers. The first and second fingers are arranged alternately. A portion of the first electrode is located outside the gate. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026073 | PLASMA DISPLAY APPARATUS - A plasma display device has a plasma display panel (PDP), a first driver circuit, and a first flexible cable. The PDP has a first plate on which a plurality of first and second electrodes extending in a first direction are provided and a second plate facing the first plate via a discharge space. Here, the first driver circuit is a circuit which applies a voltage to the first electrodes. Further, the first flexible cable has one end coupled to the first electrodes in a circumference part of the plasma display panel, and has the other end coupled to the first driver circuit inside a circumference of the plasma display panel without folding back the first flexible cable. Consequently, disconnection between the PDP and the driver circuit can be prevented, and reliability of the PDP device can be improved. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026074 | Display device and organic light emitting diode display - A display device includes: a display substrate; a display unit formed on the display substrate and a sealing substrate affixed to the display substrate by an adhering layer that surrounds the display unit. The sealing substrate includes a composite member including a resin and a plurality of carbon fibers and an insulating member attached to the composite member. The insulating member includes a through hole. A metal film is disposed at one side of the sealing substrate, facing the display substrate; and a conductive connection portion contact the metal film through the through hole. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026075 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CREATING A CROWD-BASED VISUAL DISPLAY WITH PIXELS THAT MOVE INDEPENDENTLY - The present invention provides a light-emitting apparatus and a method by which a crowd-based display is created wherein each light-emitting apparatus represents one of many independently moving pixels in the crowd-based display. This invention also provides methods, both internal and external to the light-emitting apparatus, by which the visual display sequence is controlled to provide various forms of colorful illumination. This invention discloses a shock wave method, a time-synchronized playback method, and a laser-based actuation method for creating the visual displays of illumination. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026076 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD FOR REPAIRING SIGNAL LINE THEREOF - A display panel and a method for repairing signal lines thereof are disclosed. The display panel includes at least one shorting bar, switches, and auxiliary repair lines. The switches are electrically coupled respectively to signal lines and the at least one shorting bar. Both ends of each of the auxiliary repair lines overlap one of connections between the switches and the at least one shorting bar. When a signal line is damaged, the method for repairing includes: breaking off each of the connections between the switches and the at least one shorting bar by cutting; and welding both ends of one of the auxiliary repair lines which correspond to the damaged signal line with both sides of one of the connections which correspond to the damaged signal line. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026077 | MAPPING TRACKPAD OPERATIONS TO TOUCHSCREEN EVENTS - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for mapping trackpad interactions and operations to touchscreen events without the use of a touchscreen user interface. In one example, a method includes receiving, via a trackpad device coupled to a computing device, touch-based input comprising one or more gestures, wherein the trackpad device is physically distinct from a display device coupled to the computing device. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, a trackpad operation based upon the touch-based input, and determining, by the computing device, a touchscreen event based upon a mapping of the trackpad operation to the touchscreen event, wherein the touchscreen event is determined without receiving any user input from a touchscreen device. The method further includes generating, by the computing device, the touchscreen event for processing by an application executing on the computing device, wherein the application is designed to process touchscreen events initiated by touchscreen devices. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026078 | Interactive Projector Device - An interactive device includes a first sensor, a first button, an accelerometer, a processor, and a transmitter. The first sensor is configured to receive coordinate information from a coordinate projection of a projector. The first button is configured to transmit an erase signal when the first button is pressed. The accelerometer is configured to provide angle information for the interactive device. The processor is in communication with the first sensor, with the first button, and with the accelerometer. The processor configured to receive the coordinate information from the first sensor, to receive the erase signal from the first button, to receive the angle information from the accelerometer, and to generate erase information based on the coordinate information, the erase signal, and the angle information. The transmitter is in communication with the processor, and is configured to transmit a delete request including the erase information received from the processor to the projector. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026079 | USING A DISPLAY ABSTRACTION TO CONTROL A DISPLAY - The disclosed embodiments relate to a system for controlling a display. This system includes a generic display-control interface which facilitates controlling the display, and a pluggable display-control module including code that implements a standardized set of display-control commands. The system also includes a plug-in framework that houses the pluggable display-control module and enables the generic display-control interface to communicate with the pluggable display-control module. In some embodiments, the system also includes a generic transport interface which facilitates communicating with the display, and a pluggable transport module including code that implements a standardized transport protocol. In these embodiments, the plug-in framework houses the pluggable transport module and enables the pluggable display-control module to communicate with the pluggable transport module. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026080 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device and a method enables an unlock operation of the electronic device. When the electronic device in a lock state is moved for the unlock operation, the electronic device receives a three-axis acceleration vector of the electronic device from an accelerometer. The electronic device analyzes three movement directions of the electronic device along three coordinate axes. The electronic device determines whether the analyzed three movement directions are the same as three predetermined movement directions along the three coordinate axes. If the analyzed three movement directions are the same as the three predetermined movement directions along the three coordinate axes, the electronic device is changed from the lock state to an unlock state. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026081 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING PAPER AS AN INTERFACE TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - A system and method for using paper to interface with handwritten annotations and/or pre-defined templates with one or more computer applications is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes imaging content in the paper including pre-defined handwritten commands, associated syntax, one or more computer application identifiers and pointed data which is already existing on the paper, analyzing the imaged content to identify the pre-defined handwritten commands, the one or more computer applications associated with the one or more computer application identifiers, the associated syntax and the pointed data, extracting the pointed data into a specified format associated with the one or more computer applications, executing the one or more computer applications based on the identified pre-defined handwritten commands, the one or more computer application identifiers and the associated syntax, and importing the extracted pointed data into the one or more executed computer applications. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026082 | DISPLAY DEVICE - In order to maintain a high visual image quality and save power, a display device includes: R sub-pixels, G sub-pixels, B sub-pixels, and W sub-pixels; and a human detection sensor ( | 2012-02-02 |
20120026083 | INTERFACE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A DEVICE - A specific site of a user's body is detected from an input image, it is detected on the basis of a moving speed and a moving direction of the specific site whether the specific site makes a feeding motion in which the specific site moves in any direction, and when the feeding motion is detected, a control command for a device is changed. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026084 | SIGNALING DEVICE POSITION DETERMINATION - A system and method for providing user input to a device. A system includes a light source, a user positioned signaling device, an image capture device, and an image processor. The user positioned signaling device includes a retroreflective structure and a polarization retarder. The image capture device captures images of the signaling device. The image processor processes the captured images and determines a position of the signaling device based, at least in part, on light polarized and reflected by the signaling device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026085 | IMAGE CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT IN DEPTH SENSOR - Embodiments related to the enhancement of contrast in an image pattern in a structured light depth sensor are disclosed. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides, in a structured light depth sensor system comprising a structured light depth sensor, a method comprising projecting a light pattern onto an object, detecting via an image sensor an image of the light pattern as reflected from the object, increasing a contrast of the light pattern relative to ambient light present in the image of the light pattern as reflected from the object to form a contrast-enhanced image of the light pattern as reflected from the object, and based upon a motion of the object as detected via the contrast-enhanced image of the light pattern, controlling an application that is providing output to a display. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026086 | ELECTRONIC READING APPARATUS AND INPUT METHOD THEREOF - An electronic reading apparatus comprises an input unit receiving input operations, a detect unit detecting and capturing images reflected by the input unit and a processing unit configured to receive the images to generate interruption signals; determine whether the number of the interruption signals reaches a pre-determined value in a pre-determined time; calculate a movement direction and a distance of the object on the input unit if the number of the interruption signals reaches the pre-determined value in the pre-determined time; determine a cursor displacement on the display unit and display a movement track of the cursor on a display unit. An input method for previewing files is also provided. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026087 | MOVABLE OPERATION PLATE MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE SAME - An electronic device with a moveable operation plate is provided. The electronic device includes a body, an operation plate and a sensing module. The body includes a disposing portion. The operation plate is moveably disposed on the body and electrically connected with the body. The sensing module is disposed on the body for sensing the movement of the operation plate to generate a moving signal, and the moving signal is transmitted to the body via the electrically connection and make the body execute a corresponding instruction. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026088 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH PROJECTED USER INTERFACE AND INTERACTIVE IMAGE - Systems and methods for a device with a user interactive image projector disposed in a distal end of the device from the user are described. In one aspect, the device is operatively configured to project at least a portion of a user interactive image on a projection surface separate from the device. The device locks at least a portion of the projected user interactive image with respect to the projection surface. Responsive to receiving user input, the device allows the user to navigate the user interactive image in accordance with the user input. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026089 | Center Device - To provide a center device for accommodating a variety of situations which may occur when a home-use game machine, or the like, is used, in which a plurality of users use their own controller devices such as an input device. A center device communicates between a plurality of controller devices, receives an instructing operation carried out by the user of each controller device, and executes processing according to the instructing operation. The center device selects at least one of the controller devices as a controller device to be authenticated from among the plurality of controller devices by utilizing communication with each of the plurality of controller devices, and conducts authentication processing relative to each of the controller devices while communicating with each of the selected controller device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026090 | SCROLLING INERTIA - A computer mouse notifies a mouse driver whenever a scroll event occurs as a result of rotation of a scroll wheel. In response to receiving a notification of a scroll event, the mouse driver adjusts a stored value that represents inertia calculated based on elapsed time between scroll events. The computer scrolls a number of lines on a display, the number being based on the stored value. When the stored value does not represent zero inertia and upon a predetermined amount of time elapsing without occurrence of a scroll event, the computer scrolls a second number of lines on the display. The second number is based on the stored value. The mouse driver adjusts the stored value so as to represent a decrease in inertia. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026091 | PEN-TYPE MOUSE - A pen-type mouse includes a shoe that is movable with respect to a flat surface, an elongated body, and a joint connecting the shoe and the body such that the body is at least partially rotatable with respect to the shoe about a first axis that is generally parallel to the flat surface and about a second axis that is also generally parallel to the flat surface, but is prevented from rotating about a third axis that is generally perpendicular to the flat surface. The pen-type mouse can include a position detection module for determining a position of the shoe at each of a plurality of times as the shoe is moved, and a link for communicating the determined positions to a computing device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026092 | TOUCH MOUSE OPERATION METHOD - Used in a touch mouse having housed in a touch mouse for transmitting a control signal to a computer for cursor control, the touch mouse having a touch-control circuit board bonded to the inner surface thereof, the touch-control circuit board comprising two deepest main notches and at least one sub-notch on the periphery thereof to provide multiple touch control induction zones. When a user touches the touch mouse to produce a touch signal, the location of the touch signal is calculated and then processed through a comparison procedure to determine whether or not the touch signal falls upon multiple touch control induction zones, and then it is to enter a first touch-control operation mode when positive, or to determined whether or not the touch signal falls upon one single touch control induction zone when negative. When the touch signal falls upon one single touch-control induction zone, it is to enter a second touch-control operation mode. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026093 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to an optical navigation device based on production on wafer scale, in which both the illumination path and the imaging lens system are integrated on a common carrier structure. The optical navigation devices according to the invention are used for controlling a cursor on an image output device or in the field of finger navigation. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026094 | KEYBOARD ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A keyboard assembly includes a keyboard disposed inside a sunken part of a housing of a portable computer, a magnetic metal component combined with the housing, and a magnetic component connected to the keyboard for attracting the magnetic metal component so as to fix the keyboard inside the sunken part of the housing. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026095 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a display panel unit and a top plate. The display panel unit has a first surface with a display screen and a second surface opposed to the first surface. The top plate has a third surface in contact with the second surface, a fourth surface opposed to the third surface, and a fifth surface connecting an end portion of the third surface and an end portion of the fourth surface, the top plate containing a fluorescent dye to collect light toward the fifth surface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026096 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS INTEGRATED WITH COMBINED TOUCH INPUT MODULE - A keyboard apparatus integrated with a combined touch input module is disclosed. The combined touch input module having a touchpad module and a tablet module conducts a handwriting mode and a cursor mode for the keyboard apparatus. According to one of the embodiments, a keyboard controller for processing and transferring keystroke signals is included. The keyboard controller also performs the interpretation of the signals generated in the touch input module, which is integrated into the keyboard for providing both touching and handwriting functions. Further, a mode switching circuit, in response to user's operation, is used to switch the touch input module to the handwriting mode or the cursor mode. A micro controller within the touch input module is included to process the input signals generated by the touchpad and tablet modules. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026097 | Reconfiguring Remote Control Behavior - Aspects of the disclosure relate to a remote control which may include one or more buttons configured to provide input to the remote control upon being activated, a transmitter for transmitting data, a receiver for receiving data, a processor and memory storing computer executable instructions that, when executed, cause the two-way remote control to perform a method for configuring repeat transmission behavior of one or more of the buttons of the two-way remote control. Further, the receiver may be configured to receive data from a device configured to be controlled by the remote control and the data may include instructions for configuring the repeat transmission behavior of the one or more buttons of the two-way remote control. Additionally, the two-way remote control may configure the repeat transmission behavior of the one or more buttons of the two-way remote control based on the data received from the device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026098 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TABLETOP MODE - A portable electronic device for facilitating user input, the portable electronic device having a display screen on a front face thereof, a side edge substantially orthogonal to the front face, and a side input button located on the side edge having an associated input function. When a predetermined trigger condition is detected, a user input interface accessible on the front face of the device is enabled to provide the input function associated with the side input button. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026099 | Fabrication of Touch Sensor Panel Using Laser Ablation - Fabrication of a touch sensor panel using laser ablation is disclosed. The fabricated touch sensor panel can have its touch sensors formed from conductive layers disposed on a surface such as an undersurface of the panel's cover substrate. A fabrication method can include ablating a first conductive layer to define the first part of the touch sensors and then ablating a second conductive layer proximate to the first conductive layer to define the second part of the touch sensors. The touch sensor panel can be incorporated into a mobile telephone, a digital media player, or a personal computer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026100 | Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Aligning and Distributing Objects - At a multifunction device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface, a plurality of objects are displayed on the display. The device detects a first contact on the touch-sensitive surface. While detecting the first contact, the device detects a first gesture that includes movement of a second contact and a third contact on the touch-sensitive surface. In response to detecting the first gesture, the device determines a contact axis based on a location of the second contact relative to a location of the third contact on the touch-sensitive surface. The device determines an object-alignment axis based on the contact axis, and repositions one or more of the objects so as to align at least a subset of the objects on the display along the object-alignment axis. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026101 | ELECTRIC PAPER ASSOCIATED WITH TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is an electronic paper associated with a touch panel. The electronic paper | 2012-02-02 |
20120026102 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A method of fabricating an electronic apparatus having an active region and a peripheral region surrounding the active region is described. A first main device and a second main device are provided. An optical clear liquid adhesive (OCLA) is applied between the first main device and the second main device and within the active region. A photo-mask having a transparent region and an opaque region is provided above the second main device, and the transparent region corresponds to the peripheral region. An OCLA diffusion process is performed such that the OCLA diffuses from the active region to the peripheral region. During the OCLA diffusion process, a first irradiating process with the photo-mask is performed, such that the OCLA diffusing to the peripheral region is partially cured. After removing the photo-mask, a second irradiating process is performed, such that the OCLA is completely cured. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026103 | Vibration generator and electronic device including the same - Disclosed are a vibration generator, which can increase the vibration force of a vibration plate by additionally applying the mass of a mass body to the vibration plate, and an electronic device including the same. The vibration generator includes at least one piezoelectric element mounted inside the case and subjected to compression and expansion in response to input power, a vibration plate including a body elongated in a preset lengthwise direction and having the at least one piezoelectric element mounted thereon, and generating vibrations by the compression and expansion of the at least one piezoelectric element, and at least one mass part adding a preset magnitude of mass to the vibration plate. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026104 | TRACK COMPENSATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICES - Track compensation methods and systems for touch-sensitive input devices are provided. First, a track corresponding to an input tool on a touch-sensitive device of an electronic device is detected. At least one motion attitude information corresponding to the touch-sensitive device is obtained. Then, the track is compensated for according to the at least one motion attitude information corresponding to the touch-sensitive device. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026105 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF FOR TRANSMITTING DATA - An electronic device includes a touch screen, a storage unit storing a plurality of electronic files and relationships between display contacts and functions, and a processing unit. The touch screen produces contact signals in response to user's display contacts. The processing unit detects the user's display contacts according to the contact signals, determines a function corresponding to the user's display contact according to the relationships, and determines the function is a data transmitting function when the display contact is a pre-defined corresponding contact. The processing unit further determines an electronic file displayed on the touch screen and transmits the determined electronic file, when determining the function is the data transmitting function. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026106 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY - Disclosed herein is an electronic paper display. The electronic paper display includes an electronic paper panel, a light guide structure, and a light source. The light guide structure is disposed over the electronic paper panel for reflecting and scattering light. The light source that is disposed on one lateral side of the light guide structure is operable to generate light, wherein the light generated by the light source, after being reflected and scattered by the light guide, illuminates the electronic paper panel. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026107 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - Disclosed is a touch screen panel that can easily implement various colors along edges of the touch screen panel. A touch screen panel according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a transparent substrate; conductive sensing cells formed in a touch active region on one side of the transparent substrate; and a decoration film attached to the other side of the transparent substrate and having a decoration layer overlapping a touch inactive region outside the touch active region. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026108 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION - According to one embodiment, an information display apparatus includes a display unit, a storage unit, a view point calculation unit, a region estimation unit, and an extraction unit. A scene surrounding the display unit is visible through the display unit. The storage unit is configured to store a location and a guide of each object existing in the scene. The view point calculation unit is configured to calculate a view point of a user observing the scene through the display unit. The region estimation unit is configured to estimate a region observed by the user in the scene, based on the view point. The extraction unit is configured to search an object existing in the region based on the location of the object, and to extract the guide of the object from the storage unit. The display unit displays the guide extracted. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026109 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A mobile terminal device includes: a touch panel in which one of a plurality of segment areas is adjacent to the other segment areas different in at least three directions; a pattern storing unit that associates and stores any of functions of the mobile terminal device with a registered pattern formed of the plurality of adjacent segment areas of the segment areas of the touch panel; a pattern recognizing unit that recognizes the plurality of segment areas continuously touched by a user, as an input pattern; and a function activating unit that compares the input pattern recognized by the pattern recognizing unit with the registered pattern stored in the pattern storing unit, and activates the function corresponding to the registered pattern when the input pattern matches the registered pattern. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026110 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic apparatus includes a casing, a movement detection sensor that detects a movement of the casing, an input unit having an input operation surface, a pressing force detection sensor that detects a pressing force applied to the input unit through the input operation surface, and a control unit. The input unit is provided to the casing and capable of detecting an input operation position within the input operation surface. The control unit judges whether one of the pressing force detected and an amount of a change based on the change in the pressing force exceeds a first threshold value, performs a process of an input determination in a case where the one of the pressing force and the amount of the change in the pressing force exceeds the first threshold value, and changes the first threshold value in accordance with a degree of the movement of the casing detected. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026111 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides an information processing apparatus including, a detection unit configured to detect the position of an operating body relative to a display surface of a display unit displaying an object group made up of a plurality of objects each being related to a content, and a display change portion configured to change a focus position of the objects making up the object group based on a result of the detection performed by the detection unit, wherein if the result of the detection by the detection unit has detected the operating body moving linearly in a predetermined operating direction thereof substantially parallel to the display surface, then the display change portion changes the focus position of the objects spread out circularly to make up the object group, in a manner moving the focus position in the spread-out direction. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026112 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided are a stereographic image display apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof. The stereographic image display apparatus includes an image display unit and a touch sensing unit which is positioned on the image display unit and is configured to interpose a lens array between a first transparent electrode layer and a second transparent electrode layer. The manufacturing method of the stereographic image display apparatus includes: allowing a transparent conductive material to be deposited on both surfaces of a lens array; forming first and second transparent electrode layers by etching the transparent conductive material deposited on the both surfaces of the lens array thereby generating a touch sensing unit; and adhering the touch sensing unit to an upper surface of an image display unit. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026113 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A method is provided for controlling devices. The method includes detecting an operating member placed in proximity to a display device. The method further includes changing a display formation of a plurality of objects displayed on the display device based on the detected operating member, and displaying the objects on the display device according to the changed display formation. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026114 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING FEEDBACK ON USER INPUT - An apparatus for providing feedback on a user input and a method of providing the same are provided. The apparatus includes: a user input receiver which receives a user input; a signal generator which generates a composite signal including at least one of a sound signal and a vibration signal; a thin film speaker which is attached under the user input receiver and generates a feedback signal on the user input according to the composite signal generated by the signal generator; and a controller which controls the signal generator to compose the sound signal and the vibration signal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026115 | Character Input Device and Portable Device - A character input device according to the present invention includes a control portion. When users' finger or a touch panel operating portion slides on a touch panel with the users' finger or the touch panel operating portion being in contact with the touch panel, one of data items in a data entry image is selected in accordance with the slide movement. After the slide movement, when the users' finger or the touch panel operating portion is moved out of contact with the touch panel, the control portion determines the data entry of one of data items selected in accordance with the slide movement in another data entry image. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026116 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a display device configured to display an image, a touch area detector configured to detect a touched area of the image displayed by the display unit, and a processor configured to change a tone of the touched area of the image. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026117 | Device And Method Of Controlling A Computer Using Centroids - A computer control system and a method of controlling a computer are disclosed. One such system includes an area-array sensor and a processor. The processor may have a navigation mode, and when set to this mode, the processor is configured to execute certain tasks. Those tasks may include acquiring a first information set and acquiring a second information set from the sensor. The first information set may represent reflected energy received by the sensor at the first time and the second information set may represent reflected energy received by the sensor at the second time. The first information set indicates a first contact area corresponding to that portion of an indicator object (such as a finger or stylus) which contacts the platen at the first time, and the second information set indicates a second contact area corresponding to that portion of the indicator object which contacts the platen at the second time. Centroids of the contact areas are used to determine a navigation control measurement that may be used to control a computer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026118 | MAPPING TRACKPAD OPERATIONS TO TOUCHSCREEN EVENTS - In general, this disclosure describes techniques for mapping trackpad interactions and operations to touchscreen events without the use of a touchscreen user interface. In one example, a method includes receiving, via a trackpad device coupled to a computing device, touch-based input comprising one or more gestures, wherein the trackpad device is physically distinct from a display device coupled to the computing device. The method further includes determining, by the computing device, a trackpad operation based upon the touch-based input, and determining, by the computing device, a touchscreen event based upon a mapping of the trackpad operation to the touchscreen event, wherein the touchscreen event is determined without receiving any user input from a touchscreen device. The method further includes generating, by the computing device, the touchscreen event for processing by an application executing on the computing device, wherein the application is designed to process touchscreen events initiated by touchscreen devices. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOTE PATIENT MONITORING - A system includes a local patient monitor and a plurality of remote patient monitors. The local patient monitor may display a plurality of physiological parameters for a local patient. The local patient monitor may further display a remote monitoring interface with the local patient's physiological parameters. The remote monitoring interface may include a plurality of status icons respectively representing the plurality of remote patient monitors. In one embodiment, the local patient monitor receives alarm information from a first remote patient monitor indicating that one or more physiological parameters for a remote patient are outside of a determined range. The alarm information may include, for example, location information for the remote patient and an alarm condition indicated by the one or more physiological parameters. The local patient monitor may display the alarm information within the remote monitoring interface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026120 | FORCE SENSOR INTEGRATED CABLE MODULE AND AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention is directed to an integrated cable module for force sensors adaptable to a pressure-sensitive touch panel. The module includes an integrated cable and a cable frame. Specifically, the integrated cable has signal lines for transferring sense signals of the force sensors. The integrated cable has a number of branches, and an assembling part that assembles the branches. The cable frame has an opening window, and has a groove used for placing the integrated cable. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026121 | SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GRIP AND PROXIMITY DETECTION - An electrical hand-held device is provided with improved proximity detection, which can be placed on a surface and has at least one transmission electrode, at least one reception electrode and at least one compensation electrode arranged between transmission electrode and reception electrode. The transmission electrode and the compensation electrode can be supplied with an electric switching signal of predetermined signal frequency and predetermined signal amplitude. Switching electric signal at the compensation electrode is phase-delayed with respect to the switching electric signal at the transmission electrode. Alternating electric fields radiated at the transmission electrode and the compensation electrode generate a current in the reception electrode, which is representative of an approach of a hand to the hand-held device. The transmission electrode and the reception electrode are arranged in such a way, that the impedance between the transmission electrode and the reception electrode exceeds a predetermined value, which is suitable to keep the current generated in the reception electrode under a predetermined value. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026122 | TOUCH SENSITIVE SCREEN CONFIGURATIONS - Examples of arrangements of electrodes on a touch sensitive screen provide one or more advantages, such as reduced cross coupling, for example, when a person is using both thumbs or several fingers at substantially the same time to control the touch screen. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026123 | Compensation for Capacitance Change in Touch Sensing Device - This relates to compensation for undesirable capacitance changes in a touch sensing device, where the capacitance changes are not indicative of a touch at the device. The touch sensing device can include a touch sensor panel having touch sensors for sensing a touch at the panel, a flexible circuit for transmitting the sensed touch signal from the panel, and a touch controller for receiving and processing the transmitted signal. To compensate for the capacitance changes, the touch sensing device can include one or more reference conductive traces decoupled from touch sensors of the device to measure non-touch capacitances in the device. The touch sensing device can then adjust a touch signal from the touch sensors using the non-touch capacitance measurements to substantially reduce or eliminate the non-touch capacitances from the signal. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026124 | TOUCH SCREEN RENDERING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A touch-screen display apparatus, the apparatus may include first and second sheets having opposed major surfaces and a size and shape defined by a periphery. The periphery may be defined by opposed ends and opposed edges. The first and second sheets may each have a conductive pattern including a pair of opposed busbars and a plurality of traces electrically coupled to, and extending between, corresponding pairs of opposed busbars. The transparent force sensing (TFS) sheet may have opposed major surfaces and a variable resistance which is related to a force exerted upon one or more of its major surfaces. The TFS sheet may be situated between the first and second sheets. The apparatus may also include one or more separation portions situated between the TFS sheet and the first or second sheet to bias the TFS sheet apart from the first or second sheet. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026125 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel, operated by a magnetic stylus, including: a display panel, having a display plane and an interface plane, the interface plane underlying the display plane; and a sensing assembly, underlying the display panel, having a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a plurality of insulating spacers, the first conductive layer underlying the interface plane, and the insulating spacers being placed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer to divide the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer into a plurality of first conductive segments and a plurality of second conductive segments respectively, wherein one of the second conductive segments will be bent upward by a magnetic force to electrically connect with one of the first conductive segments when the magnetic stylus is applied thereto. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026126 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - Disclosed herein is a capacitive touch screen, including: a base member; a plurality of electrode patterns formed on one surface of the base member and made of a conductive polymer; and electrode wirings connected to the electrode patterns and sensing a change in capacitance, wherein a color of the base member corresponds to a unique color of the conductive polymer. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026127 | STYLUS PEN FOR CAPACITIVE TYPE TOUCH PANEL - A stylus pen for a capacitive touch screen that allows delicate input. The stylus pen for the capacitive touch panel includes: a pen having a body extending longitudinally and an input portion positioned at one end of the body to provide touch input to the capacitive type touch panel, wherein the input portion comprises: a center conductor having a connection portion that is combined with the body and a tip portion having a cross-sectional area that is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the connection portion that is connected to the body; and a transparent electrode plate that is connected to an end of the tip portion of the center conductor opposite an end connected to the connection portion, wherein the transparent electrode plate has a cross-sectional area larger than the tip portion while defining a touch surface. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026128 | DISPLAY SYSTEM HAVING A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHODS OF THE SAME - A display system having a capacitive touch panel is described. The capacitive touch panel includes an electrode circuit formed on a substrate. The electrode circuit has a first electrode including a plurality of first conducting patterns and a second electrode including a plurality of second conducting patterns. The first conducting patterns are electrically connected to each other. A plurality of signal wires is formed on the substrate. A dielectric layer covers the electrode circuit. An electrode bridge structure is formed on the dielectric layer and is electrically connected to the second conducting patterns of the electric circuit, such that the second conducting patterns are electrically connected to each other. The electrode bridge structure having uniform thickness is formed by the metal open repair technique. A method of manufacturing a display system is also described. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026129 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication device includes an electrode, a communication unit configured to process a communication signal that is transmitted from/received by the electrode, and a control unit configured to control a communication operation in the electrode and the communication unit depending on a communication state. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026130 | LINEARITY IMPROVEMENT OF A CAPACITIVE TOUCH PAD - A capacitive touchpad includes a first trace established by a string of first rhombic sensing cells successively in a first direction and a plurality of singular second rhombic sensing cells branched in a second direction from the string of first rhombic sensing cells, and a second trace established by a string of third rhombic sensing cells successively in the first direction and a plurality of singular fourth rhombic sensing cells branched in the second direction from the string of third rhombic sensing cells, and the second rhombic sensing cells are interleaved with the fourth rhombic sensing cells in the first direction. The capacitive touchpad is thus improved in its linearity. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026131 | REDUCING NOISE SUSCEPTIBILITY IN A MUTUAL CAPACITANCE TOUCHPAD THROUGH AXIS SWAPPING - A system and method for reducing noise on a touchpad that uses mutual capacitance on an X axis and Y axis grid of transverse electrodes that function as stimulus or drive electrodes on one axis and function as inputs or sense electrodes on a different axis, wherein there is significant noise that can affect operation of the touchpad, and wherein it is desirable to minimize the effects of this noise by simultaneously sampling a group of sense electrodes, wherein by sampling the sense electrodes at the same time, the level of noise on each sense electrode should be similar and can therefore be subtracted out of measured sense signals to therefore more accurately determine a position of a sensed object or objects on the touchpad. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026132 | INTEGRATED IN-PLANE SWITCHING - This relates to adding multi-touch functionality to a display without the need of a separate multi-touch panel or layer overlaying the display. Instead, embodiments of the invention can advantageously utilize existing display circuitry to provide multi-touch functionality while adding relatively little circuitry that is specific to the multi-touch functionality. Thus, by sharing circuitry for the display and the multi-touch functionalities, embodiments of the invention can be implemented at a lower cost than the alternative of superimposing additional multi-touch related layers onto an existing display panel. Furthermore, since the display and multi-touch functionality can be implemented on the same circuit, they can be synchronized so that noise resulting from the display functionality does not detrimentally affect the multi-touch functionality and vice versa. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026133 | ANTENNA INCLUDING ELEMENTS OF AN INDUCTIVE TOUCH SCREEN AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR USE THEREWITH - An antenna includes an antenna section and a ground plane. The ground plane includes a plurality of inductors that provide a high impedance at the operating frequency of the antenna. The plurality of inductors are implemented via a plurality of inductive elements of an inductive touch screen. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026134 | UNIFIED INPUT AND DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A unified input and display system and method for enabling sensing interferences made by a user (such as touch or hovering) using multiple interference techniques and instruments. One system comprises: a touch screen that enables emitting and guiding light to enable a user to input drawings by physically interfering the light emitted therefrom and displaying of the interference therethrough; a sensing system comprising a multiplicity of optical sensors arranged according to a predefined layout positioned in relation to the touch screen in a manner that allows the sensors to sense light arriving from the touch screen and translate the sensing into frames each including a pixilated image data of the sensed light; and a screen unification module enabling to unify frames sensed by the sensors at a given moment into a single screen reading comprising a unified whole-screen pixilated image data. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026135 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING USER INPUT LOCATION BASED ON DEVICE SUPPORT CONFIGURATION - Methods and devices are provided for determining location of an input on a surface of a device using a plurality of acoustic sensing elements. An exemplary method comprises determining a current support configuration of the device, selecting a device acoustic signature corresponding to the current support configuration, measuring acoustic response corresponding to the input at each acoustic sensing element of the plurality of acoustic sensing elements, and determining the location of the input based on the measured acoustic responses and the selected device acoustic signature for the current support configuration. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026136 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixel groups. At least a pixel group is surrounded by a first scan line, a second scan line, a first data line, and a second data line. Each pixel group includes a first transistor, a first subpixel, a second transistor, a second subpixel, a third transistor, a third subpixel, a fourth transistor, and a fourth subpixel. The first transistor is electrically connected with the first scan line and the first data line. The second transistor is electrically connected with the first scan line and the second data line. The third transistor is electrically connected with the second scan line and the first data line. The fourth transistor is electrically connected with the second scan line and the second data line. | 2012-02-02 |
20120026137 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving apparatus of a display device includes a signal controller including a plurality of driving circuit blocks, where the signal controller receives an image signal, input control signals from an outside and a data driver which receives data driving signals output from the signal controller, where a data transmission clock input to at least one of the plurality of driving circuit blocks of the signal controller is inactive during a blank period of at least one of the input control signals. | 2012-02-02 |