07th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120038513 | CENTRALIZED ANTENNA INTERFACE FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS - An antenna interface system, device, method and program allow access to a centralized antenna interface by establishing connection to a server via a first network connection, wherein the server includes a user interface configured to establish a communication connection between the antenna interface system and the user of the access device. The server also includes one or more antenna control programs which when executed provide the command signals, and a second network connection establishes a communication connection between the server and converters that transmit the command signals from the server to the antennas. Each converter is located in the vicinity of one or more antennas and the antennas are connected to the converters so as to receive the command signals. The command signals are used for making adjustments to and gathering information for antenna parameters of the antennas. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038514 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ANTENNA USING SINTERING OF METAL AND ANTENNA MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - A method of manufacturing an antenna includes forming a base including a synthetic resin, forming a conductive pattern on the base and forming a circuit pattern by sintering the conductive pattern by applying heat. The conductive pattern includes a conductive paste and a binding material binding the base and the conductive pattern. The conductive paste includes a metal. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038515 | ARM-WORN RFID READER - An RFID reader is configured to be worn on the arm of a user and includes a housing with a bottom surface for facing the arm of a user and a top surface facing away from the arm. A securement structure engages the arm of the user to secure the housing. An antenna is mounted within the housing and is angled with respect to the bottom surface of the housing for providing an RF field at an angle to the arm of a user to direct the RF field toward an item held by the arm. The antenna includes an indexing structure with multiple angular positions for orientation of the antenna. A key structure is positioned in the housing and configured for engaging the indexing structure at an angular position around the antenna to orient the antenna at a desired rotational orientation in the housing to tune the antenna. Grip structures are formed along the top surface of the housing for gripping an item held by a user that contains an RFID tag that is read by the RFID reader. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038516 | Portable Electronic Device - A portable electronic device is provided. The portable electronic device includes a housing, a circuit board, an amplifier, an antenna and a short element. The circuit board is disposed in the housing, wherein the circuit board includes a first edge and a second edge, and the first edge is opposite to the second edge. The amplifier is disposed on the circuit board and adjacent to the first edge. The antenna is disposed on the second edge of the circuit board, wherein the antenna transmits a wireless signal. The short element is disposed on the second edge of the circuit board, wherein the short element is separated from the antenna, and the short element couples with the antenna to reduce Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) value around the amplifier. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038517 | ANTENNA MODULE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - An antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna which work at the same frequency. The first antenna includes a first feed portion, a first radiation portion, and a first ground portion. The second antenna includes a second feed portion and a second radiation portion. The first radiation portion is arc-shaped. The second radiation portion includes an arced edge and is coupled to the first radiation portion via the arced edge. The first feed portion and the second feed portion are connected to a signal terminal of a printed circuit board of a communication device and configured for feeding in electromagnetic waves. The ground portion is connected to a ground of the printed circuit board. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038518 | HOUSING OF PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A housing includes a base and an antenna radiator. The base includes a first injection layer and a second injection layer. The first and second injection layers are formed by injecting of moldable plastic and combining to each other. The antenna radiator is sandwiched between the first and second injection layers by insert molding. The antenna radiator is at least partly covered by the first and second injection layer. The antenna radiator includes a plurality of hills and a plurality of valleys defined between adjacent hills. The antenna radiator includes at least two conducting layers and at least one dielectric layer, and adjacent conducting layers electrically are connected to each other and are separated by the dielectric layer. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038519 | MULTI-LOOP ANTENNA SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A multi-loop antenna system includes a substrate having opposite first and second surfaces, a first loop antenna disposed on the first surface, and a second loop antenna disposed on one of the first and second surfaces. Each of the first and second loop antennas is operable in a corresponding one of first and second frequency bands, and includes a signal-feed portion and a grounding portion that are disposed adjacent to each other and that are disposed proximate to a respective one of peripheral edges of the substrate, and a radiator portion that has opposite ends connected electrically and respectively to the signal-feed and grounding portions and that cooperates therewith to form a loop. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038520 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - A wireless device having an improved antenna system is disclosed comprising one or more antenna, preferably circularly polarized antenna, for transmitting or receiving a signal, and one or more floating ground planes, wherein the floating ground plane preferably is electrically isolated from and in sufficient proximity to the antenna so that it is inductively coupled to the antenna. The floating ground plane may comprise one or more of a strip, band, foil, plate, block, wire mesh, sheet or coating of conductive material and, for example, may be a relatively thin copper strip, band, foil or coating. The circularly polarized antenna, preferably comprises a flat planar shaped radiating element sized and configured to resonate at a predetermined, desired frequency, frequencies or band of frequencies, and a flat planar shaped antenna ground, both radiating element and antenna ground formed on the same printed circuit board. The radiating element is electrically isolated from the antenna ground but sufficiently close to resonate at the desired frequencies. Preferably the floating ground plane is larger than or more massive than the antenna ground, and preferably larger than or more massive than the radiating element. In a further embodiment the wireless device comprises a housing for interfacing with a user, the housing comprising a conductive contact exposed to the exterior of the housing and configured to be contacted by a user, wherein the conductive contact is electrically connected to the floating ground plane, preferably so that the user is coupled to the antenna and becomes part of the antenna system. The floating ground plane may also preferably be configured to substantially cover or overlap the antenna, and may also be configured to distribute and propagate the electromagnetic signals away from the head of the user. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038521 | Configurable common rerfernce signal port for reference signal received power in distributed antenna systems - A method of determining reference signal received power (RSRP) by user equipment (UE) associated with a distributed antenna system (DAS) may include detecting at least three different reference signals in one or more common reference signals (CRSs) that are associated with different antennas in the DAS. The method may also include determining at least three different RSRPs corresponding to the at least three different reference signals. The at least three different RSRPs may be level 3 filtered to produce at least three corresponding filtered powers. The UE may report a maximum of the at least three corresponding filtered powers to the distributed antenna system. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038522 | ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING SYSTEM AND ANTENNA CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING METHOD - There is provided an antenna characteristic measuring system which includes a measuring point scanner to scan a measuring point, an antenna gain measuring device which measures an antenna gain of a measured antenna at a plurality of the measuring points, determines a reference point among the plurality of the measuring points, and obtains antenna gain difference values between the antenna gain at the reference point and each of the antenna gain at the plurality of the measuring points other than the reference point, and an antenna characteristic measuring device which measures a reference antenna characteristic of the measured antenna at the reference point and obtains an antenna characteristic of the measured antenna at each of the plurality of the measuring points other than the reference point by correcting the reference antenna characteristic with each of the difference values. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038523 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING METHOD, IMPEDANCE MATCHING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME, AND RECORD MEDIUM - Disclosed are an impedance matching method, an impedance matching apparatus for the same, and a record medium. The impedance matching apparatus includes a storage part to store information about an impedance matching point according a state of an obstacle, an impedance matching part connected to an antenna and including at least one variable element, a detector to detect transmit power and reflected power reflected by the antenna, and a controller to search for an impedance matching point within a variation range of the variable element by using at least one of the transmit power and the reflected power, and to detect a state of a surrounding obstacle by comparing information about the searched impedance matching point with the stored information about the impedance matching point. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038524 | Impedance Matching Method, Impedance Matching Apparatus For The Same, and Record Medium - Disclosed are an impedance matching method, an impedance matching apparatus for the same, and a record medium. The impedance matching apparatus includes an impedance matching part connected to an antenna to transmit/receive a radio wave and including at least one variable capacitor, a detector to detect transmit power and reflected power reflected by the antenna, and a controller to set a first searching region within a whole variation range of the variable capacitor, to detect an optimal impedance matching point within the first searching region by using at least one of the transmit power and the reflected power, and to set a next searching region about the optimal impedance matching point to search for a final impedance matching point within the whole variation range of the variable capacitor. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038525 | FLUSH-MOUNTED LOW-PROFILE RESONANT HOLE ANTENNA - The invention relates to a flush-mounted aircraft, UAV or missile antenna system, which is an integral part of the fuselage ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120038526 | LOW-PROFILE ANTENNA RECEIVING VERTICAL POLARIZED SIGNAL - A low-profile antenna is provided. A laminated substrate is formed into a structure in which a plurality of substrates having different permittivities are stacked, and a radiator consists of a plurality of unit patches disposed on an upper surface of the laminated substrate and generates an electric field perpendicular to the upper surface of the laminated substrate. Ground vias are formed from the respective unit patches to a ground plane disposed on a lower surface of the laminated substrate through the substrates constituting the laminated substrate. In the low-profile antenna, the radiator consisting of the plurality of patches is disposed on the upper surface of the laminated substrate having a structure in which the plurality of substrates are stacked to generate a magnetic loop around the patches, so that vertical polarized signals can be received due to a magnetic field perpendicular to the upper surface of the laminated substrate. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038527 | GLASS ANTENNA - Disclosed is a glass antenna wherein two antennas, which are formed on a glass surface and have different receiving frequency bands, are integrated. In the glass antenna ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120038528 | TUNABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE HAVING A VARIABLE CAPACITOR - A tunable antenna structure having a variable capacitor includes a substrate, a first metal strip, a second metal strip and a third metal strip formed on the substrate, a variable capacitor element located between the first metal strip and the second metal strip, an inductor element located between the second metal strip and the third metal strip, a first capacitor element located between the first metal strip and the third metal strip, and a second capacitor element located on the third metal strip. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038529 | PATCH ANTENNA - A patch antenna is disclosed. The disclosed patch antenna may include: a first radiator configured to generate a circular polarized wave; a first dielectric substrate equipped under the first radiator; a second radiator, placed under the first radiator at a designated distance from the first radiator, and configured to generate a linear polarized wave; a second dielectric substrate equipped under the second radiator; and a reflecting plate equipped under the second radiator at a designated distance from the second radiator; where the first dielectric substrate, the second radiator, the second dielectric substrate, and the reflecting plate are connected through at least one via. A patch antenna according to the present invention has the advantages of being able to generate linear polarized waves and circular polarized waves simultaneously, and of having a small size while still having a high design frequency band. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038530 | Dual Polarized Waveguide Slot Array and Antenna - A dual polarized waveguide slot array includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The first waveguide includes major and minor cross-sectional axes and extends along a common longitudinal axis. The first waveguide further includes a plurality of slots disposed thereon for radiating or receiving signals of a first polarization. The second waveguide is coupled to the first waveguide, extending along the common longitudinal axis and having major and minor cross-sectional axes. The major cross-sectional axis of the second waveguide oriented substantially orthogonally to the cross-sectional axis of the first waveguide, and the second waveguide includes a plurality of slots disposed thereon for radiating or receiving signals of a second polarization substantially orthogonal to the first polarization. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038531 | ANTENNA APPARATUS HAVING DEVICE CARRIER WITH MAGNETODIELECTRIC MATERIAL - An antenna apparatus having a device carrier made of a magneto-dielectric material is provided. The antenna apparatus includes a device carrier having a magnetic carrier made of a magneto-dielectric material, and an antenna device connectable to a power source through a feeding point of one end portion and extended from the feeding point to pass through a surface of the magnetic carrier and operable in a resonant frequency band when power is supplied through the feeding point. Therefore, by forming at least a portion of the device carrier with a magnetic carrier, an operating performance of the antenna apparatus can be improved. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038532 | CORE-SHELL MAGNETIC MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CORE-SHELL MAGNETIC MATERIAL, DEVICE, AND ANTENNA DEVICE - A core-shell magnetic material having an excellent characteristic in a high-frequency band, in particular a GHz-band and a high environment resistance is provided. The core-shell magnetic material includes: a magnetic member in which plural core-shell magnetic particles are bound by a binder made of a first resin; and a coating layer that is made of a second resin different from the first resin, a surface of the magnetic member being covered with the coating layer. The core-shell magnetic material is characterized in that the core-shell magnetic particle includes a magnetic metallic particle and a covering layer that covers at least part of a surface of the magnetic metallic particle, the magnetic metallic particle contains at least one magnetic metal selected from a group consisting of Fe, Co, and Ni, and the covering layer is made of an oxide, a nitride, or a carbide that contains at least one magnetic metal. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038533 | BROADBAND ANTENNA AND RADIATION DEVICE INCLUDED IN THE SAME - An antenna for realizing broadband and/or multi-band using branch members is disclosed. The antenna includes a reflection plate and a radiation device disposed on the reflection plate. Here, the radiation device includes a first feeding point and a first dipole member electrically connected to the first feeding point. At least one first branch member is formed to one side of the first dipole member, and one or more second branch member is formed to another side of the first dipole member. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038534 | LOOP ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - An antenna device includes: a substrate; micro-strip and grounding portions that are respectively disposed on opposite first and second surfaces of the substrate, the former including a signal-feed section for feeding of signals and a plurality of first connecting sections electrically connected to the signal-feed section; and a plurality of first loop antennas arranged along a peripheral edge of the grounding portion, each including a first radiator portion disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to a respective one of the first connecting sections, and a second radiator portion disposed on the second surface, electrically interconnecting the first radiator portion and the grounding portion, and cooperating with the first radiator portion to form a loop. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038535 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed is a multiband antenna, comprising: an antenna element section which is fed from a feeding point; and a ground element section which is connected to a ground of the feeding point; wherein the antenna element section includes: a pole element which includes the feeding point, and has a length at which the pole element resonates at a first frequency; an L-shaped folded-back element which is connected to an end of the pole element, and resonates at a second frequency together with the pole element; and an L-shaped added element which is connected to the pole element; wherein a length from the feeding point to an end of the added element is a length at which the added element resonates at the first frequency. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038536 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE WITH A GROUND PLANE SHAPED AS A LOOP - This invention refers to an antenna structure for a wireless device comprising a ground plane and an antenna element, wherein the ground plane has the shape of an open loop. The invention further refers to an antenna structure for a wireless device, such as alight switch or a wristsensor or wristwatch, comprising an open loop ground plane having a first end portion and a second end portion, the open loop ground plane defining an opening between the first end portion and the second end portion; and an antenna component positioned within the opening defined between the first end portion and the second end portion and overlapping at least one of the first end portion or the second end portion. Further the invention refers to a corresponding wireless device and to a method for integrating such an antenna structure in a wireless device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038537 | ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided is an antenna including a planar conductor to be grounded, and a three-dimensional linear conductor having at least a linear conductor, another linear conductor, and still another linear conductor that are integrally formed. The linear conductor is provided perpendicularly to the major surface of the planar conductor. The another linear conductor is parallel to the major surface. Still another linear conductor is parallel to the major surface, and is provided perpendicularly to the another linear conductor. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038538 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes: a plurality of loop metal wires that form loops out of metal wires and that are radially arranged around a center line; a power feeding portion that feeds power to the loop metal wires or a power receiving portion that receives power from the loop metal wires and that is provided on the center line; and a variable impedance element that is inserted in each of the loop metal wires. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038539 | Integrated Window For A Conformal Hybrid EO/RF Aperture - An integrated radio frequency (RF)/optical window includes an RF radome portion provided from a composite material substantially transparent to RF energy disposed about an optical window configured for use with an optical phased array. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038540 | DEVICE FOR COUPLING AND FASTENING A RADIATING ELEMENT OF AN ANTENNA AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AN ANTENNA - The panel type antenna contains a flat conductive mount including at least one orifice, at least one radiating element containing a base mounted beneath a dipole and a device for coupling and fixing the radiating element to the support. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038541 | MOBILE TERMINAL, DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal including a first display unit, an interface unit configured to be connected to an external display device having a second display unit, and a controller configured to receive a connection signal indicating a connection of the mobile terminal to the external display device, to play a multimedia content on the first display unit, and to provide video information of the multimedia content to the external display device and to control the external display device to display the multimedia content on the second display unit only when the mobile terminal has a forwarding authority authorizing the mobile terminal to forward the multimedia content to the external display device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038542 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Program - An apparatus and method provide logic for processing information. In one implementation, an information processing device includes a housing and a display unit configured to display at least a portion of a first content to a user. A projection unit is configured to project at least a portion of a second content onto a projection surface. A detection unit configured to detect a displacement between the projection surface and a portion of the housing, the housing being configured to support the display unit, the projection unit, and the detection unit. The detection unit is further configured to determine whether the displacement falls within a threshold distance. The projection unit is further configured to project the second portion of the content onto the projection surface, when the displacement falls within the threshold distance. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038543 | Method and Apparatus to Support Miniature Image Displays - A secure, comfortable, lightweight, and adjustable mounting platform to suspend miniature image displays in front a viewer's eyes without contacting the viewer's nose bridge, cheeks or ears. The mounting platform maintains airflow so as not to cause localized heating or fogging near the retained display devices. The mounting is to be flexible to allow the user to adjust the line of sight of the retained device along at least 4 degrees of freedom—lateral, elevation, depth and entering viewing angle for personal viewing preference, while being rigid enough to securely hold the imaging device when the user moves their head. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038544 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A BACKLIGHT LEVEL FOR A DISPLAY ON AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The disclosure describes a device and method for adjusting a backlight for a display for an electronic device. The method comprises: identifying a highest brightness value for a pixel in an image to be generated on the display; determining a brightness headroom value for the image based on a difference between the highest brightness value and a maximum brightness level for the display; and if the brightness headroom value is determined to be larger than a predetermined threshold, then when an adjusted image based on the image is generated on the display having a brightness based on the brightness headroom, generating an adjusted backlight level for the backlight, the adjusted backlight level being based on a ratio of the highest brightness value to the maximum brightness level. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038545 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH PERIODICAL CHANGED VOLTAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DATA VOLTAGE AND COMMON VOLTAGE - An exemplary liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixel units each including a pixel electrode for receiving data voltages and a common electrode for receiving a common voltage having a constant value. The data voltages applied to each pixel electrodes are equal a sum of a main data voltage having a square waveform and an auxiliary voltage that is periodically changed at intervals each formed by four continuous frames. An absolute value of the auxiliary voltage is less than a voltage difference between the main data voltage and the common voltage. A sum of the auxiliary voltage is zero in a minimum period. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038546 | GESTURE CONTROL - An apparatus includes sensor circuitry configured to sense spatial phenomena; application circuitry configured to respond to sensation of a spatial phenomenon by the sensor circuitry where a pre-existing relationship exists between the spatial phenomenon and the response of the application circuitry; and regulation circuitry configured to regulate the response of the application circuitry to the spatial phenomenon based at least in part on sensation of a different spatial phenomenon by the sensor circuitry. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038547 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USER INTERFACE COMMUNICATION WITH AN IMAGE MANIPULATOR - A system, and method for use thereof, for image manipulation. The system may generate an original image in a three dimensional coordinate system. A sensing system may sense a user interaction with the image. The sensed user interaction may be correlated with the three dimensional coordinate system. The correlated user interaction may be used to project an updated image, where the updated image may be a distorted version of the original image. The image distortion may be in the form of a twisting, bending, cutting, displacement, or squeezing. The system may be used for interconnecting or communicating between two or more components connected to an interconnection medium (e.g., a bus) within a single computer or digital data processing system. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038548 | HANDHELD FIELD MAINTENANCE DEVICE WITH IMPROVED USER INTERFACE - A handheld field maintenance tool is provided. The handheld field maintenance tool includes a process communication module configured to communicate with a field device. The handheld field maintenance tool also includes a display and a user input device. A controller is coupled to the process communication module, the user input device and the display and is configured to generate a listing of task-based field maintenance operations on the display and receive a user input selecting a task-based field maintenance operation. The controller is configured to automatically traverse a menu of the field device using a fast-key sequence relative to the selected task. A method of creating a task-based field maintenance operation is provided. A method of interacting with a field device menu is also provided. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038549 | Deriving input from six degrees of freedom interfaces - The present invention relates to interfaces and methods for producing input for software applications based on the absolute pose of an item manipulated or worn by a user in a three-dimensional environment. Absolute pose in the sense of the present invention means both the position and the orientation of the item as described in a stable frame defined in that three-dimensional environment. The invention describes how to recover the absolute pose with optical hardware and methods, and how to map at least one of the recovered absolute pose parameters to the three translational and three rotational degrees of freedom available to the item to generate useful input. The applications that can most benefit from the interfaces and methods of the invention involve 3D virtual spaces including augmented reality and mixed reality environments. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038550 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED MULTI-SENSOR GESTURE PROCESSING - The techniques discussed herein contemplate methods and systems for providing, for example, interactive virtual experiences that are initiated or controlled using user gestures. In embodiments, the techniques provide for gestures performed by users holding devices to be recognized and processed in a cloud computing environment such that the gestures produce a predefined desired result. According to one embodiment, a server communicates with a first device in a cloud computing environment, wherein the first device can detect surrounding devices, and an application program is executable by the server, wherein the application program is controlled by the first device and the output of the application program is directed by the server to one of the devices detected by the first device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038551 | Apparatus and method for controlling object - An object controlling apparatus and method are provided. An object of a virtual world may be more intuitively and readily manipulated by controlling an operation, a state, a shape, and the like of the object based on transform information associated with the object and a pointing signal for manipulating the virtual that is received from an input device. In addition, by manipulating the object based on information matching the input pointing signal between internal transform information and total transform information, a unique transform operation may be assigned to each object and thus, the user may be provided with a variety of functions. Here, the internal transform information is uniquely set for each object and the total transform information is set to be commonly applied to all the objects of the virtual world. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038552 | UTILIZATION OF INTERACTIVE DEVICE-ADJACENT AMBIENTLY DISPLAYED IMAGES - A telecommunication device configured to project an ambiently displayed image at a location proximate to the telecommunication device on a surface that is substantially parallel to a plane formed by a body of the telecommunication device is described herein. The telecommunication device is further configured to detect an interaction with the ambiently displayed image and perform an action based on the detected interaction. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038553 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL INPUT AND SIMULATION APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a three-dimensional virtual input and simulation apparatus, and more particularly to an apparatus comprising a plurality of point light sources, a plurality of optical positioning devices with a visual axis tracking function, and a control analysis procedure. The invention is characterized in that the plurality of optical positioning devices with the visual axis tracking function are provided for measuring and analyzing 3D movements of the plurality of point light sources to achieve the effect of a virtual input and simulator. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038554 | LIFT DETECTION METHOD FOR OPTICAL MOUSE AND OPTICAL MOUSE WITH LIFT DETECTION FUNCTION - A lift detection method for an optical mouse and an optical mouse with a lift detection function are presented. An average brightness value of pixels captured by part of sensing units of an image sensor is computed after each scanning, and two average brightness values obtained from two adjacent times of scanning are compared, to determine a brightness change of the pixels in each scanning, thereby acquiring a placing state of the optical mouse accordingly. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038555 | Method and Electronic Device With Motion Compensation - A method and electronic device with motion compensation are described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for operating an electronic device, comprising: detecting motion of the electronic device; receiving an input signal from an input device of the electronic device; selectively ignoring the input signal received from the input device in response to the detecting. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038556 | DEVICE, METHODS, AND USER INTERFACE FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED ENTRY OF ALPHANUMERIC TEXT - The present invention includes a device, method, and user interface for providing optimized entry of alphanumeric text. In one form, a method for providing selectable characters within a user interface includes determining an operating mode of a communication device and receiving an input associated with a selected input key. The method determines a group of characters associated with the selected key based on the operating mode and displays the group of characters within the user interface. The user interface may display a first character of the group of characters within a first portion of the user interface and the group of characters proximal to the first character within a second portion of the user interface. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038557 | Method and Electronic Device With Motion Compensation - A method and electronic device with motion compensation are described. In accordance with one embodiment, there is provided a method for operating an electronic device, comprising: determining a velocity of the electronic device; changing a duration of actuation for registering an input for an input device of the portable electronic device in response to the determining. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038558 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An electronic device includes a base, a touch-sensitive display moveable relative to the base, piezo actuators disposed between the base and the touch-sensitive display, the piezo actuators including a first piezo actuator and a second piezo actuator spaced from the first piezo actuator, and a controller configured to control the piezo actuators to alternately actuate the first piezo actuator and the second piezo actuator and apply forces to the touch-sensitive display, thereby causing the touch-sensitive display to pivot relative to the base. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038559 | Generating Perceptible Touch Stimulus - Apparatus including a first surface electrode and an arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes; a display configured to display an image; and a controller configured to apply a potential difference between the first surface electrode and the arrangement of second insulated surface electrodes and configured to control at least a variation in the applied potential difference in dependence upon the displayed image. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038560 | Projected capacitive panel - A projected capacitive touch panel has a substrate, an X-axis electrode layer formed on a top of the substrate and a Y-axis electrode layer formed on a bottom of the substrate. The X-axis and the Y-axis electrode layers respectively have a plurality of X-axis electrodes and Y-axis electrodes arranged in a matrix form and respectively connected with a plurality of X-axis and Y-axis signal transmission lines. Each of the X-axis signal transmission lines and the Y-axis signal transmission lines is connected with a conversion module. The conversion modules is mounted to be adjacent to the X-axis and Y-axis signal transmission lines, converts analog signals into relatively stable digital signals, and transmits the digital signals to an external controller to determine coordinates being touch. Accordingly, lengths of the X-axis and Y-axis signal transmission lines can be shortened and the size of a control area of the touch panel can be enlarged. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING - A display method, which recognizes touch input information input to respective displays as multi-touch input, includes: displaying an image on a plurality of touch screens; receiving a plurality of pieces of touch input information from the plurality of touch screens; if respective pieces of the plurality of pieces of touch input information are received from different touch screens among the plurality of touch screens, performing a multi-touch operation with respect to the image. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038562 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND ACTUATOR FOR PROVIDING TACTILE FEEDBACK - An electronic device includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display exposed by a front of the housing, an actuator disposed between a back and the front of the housing and configured to move the touch-sensitive display and the front of the housing relative to the back when actuated, and functional components comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the touch-sensitive display. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038563 | TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a touch panel and an electronic device including the same. The touch panel includes a pair of upper and lower substrates spaced apart from each other by a gap, wherein the upper substrate has a user touch surface. Electro-rheological fluid fills the gap between the upper and lower substrates. The touch panel includes a determining unit which senses a contact or pressing operation on the user contact surface to determine an input type, and which sets a predetermined activation force value according to the input type to determine whether an input occurs. The touch panel may further include a controller which applies a driving voltage, when the determining unit determines that an input according to a corresponding input type occurs. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038564 | Touch Screen and Method of Manufacturing the Same - In an embodiment of the present invention, a touch screen is provided, the touch screen characterized by: an indium tin oxide (ITO) film deposited on a top surface of a flexible plastic film; a first metal layer deposited on the ITO film, and a second metal layer plated on the first metal layer. According to the embodiment of the present invention, the touch screen and the method of manufacturing the same having the excellent sensitivity while securing durability may be provided. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038565 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a display panel, a plurality of horizontal sensing lines, a plurality of vertical sensing lines, a horizontal voltage selector, a vertical voltage selector, and a control chip. The display panel includes a plurality of sensing elements arranged in matrix form, and the plurality of the horizontal sensing lines and the plurality of vertical sensing lines are connected with the plurality of the sensing elements, respectively. The horizontal voltage selector is configured to receive a plurality of horizontal sensing signals from the plurality of horizontal sensing lines, and the vertical voltage selector is configured to receive a plurality of vertical sensing signals from the plurality of vertical sensing lines. The control chip is configured to output a plurality of horizontal control signals to the horizontal voltage selector and output a plurality of vertical control signals to the vertical voltage selector, whereby the horizontal voltage selector outputs one of the plurality of horizontal sensing signals to the control chip based on the plurality of horizontal control signals, and the vertical voltage selector outputs one of the plurality of vertical sensing signals to the control chip based on the plurality of vertical control signals. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038566 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device is provided. The touch display device includes a display panel, a plurality of horizontal sensing lines, a plurality of vertical sensing lines, a horizontal encoder, a vertical encoder, and a control chip. The display panel includes a plurality of sensing elements arranged in matrix form, and the plurality of the horizontal sensing lines and the plurality of vertical sensing lines are connected with the plurality of the sensing elements, respectively. The horizontal encoder receives and encodes a plurality of horizontal sensing signals from the plurality of horizontal sensing lines and thereby forms a plurality of horizontal encoded signals whose number is less than that of the horizontal sensing signals. The vertical encoder receives and encodes a plurality of vertical sensing signals from the plurality of vertical sensing lines and thereby forms a plurality of vertical encoded signals whose number is less than that of the vertical sensing signals. The control chip receives and processes the horizontal encoded signals and the vertical encoded signals to obtain coordinates of a touch position on the display panel. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038567 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A touch display panel may include a display unit and a touch unit. The display unit may include a first base substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes, a second base substrate including a common electrode disposed on a first face of the second base substrate, and an electro optical layer disposed between the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. The first face faces the first base substrate. The touch unit includes a color filter layer including a plurality of color filters and a first electrode part including first electrodes disposed on a second face of the second base substrate, and a third base substrate including a second electrode part extended along a direction crossing the first electrodes. The first electrodes may be disposed on a boundary area of the color filters having different colors from each other, so that mixing of the colors is prevented. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038568 | Touch Sensitive Device - A method of making a touch-sensitive data entry screen of the kind arranged to provide haptic response to a user via at least one electromechanical exciter coupled to the screen, comprising analysing the mechanical and electromechanical coupled system represented by the data entry screen and the at least one exciter, and selecting values of parameters of the coupled system to provide a required displacement and acceleration of the screen at low frequency in response to human touch. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038569 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD FOR INPUT DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - There is provided an input device that includes: a display configured to display information on a screen; a detector configured to detect a user input operation in a detectable region of the detector and acquire position coordinates of the user input operation, wherein the detectable region is larger than a display region of the display, and the display region is included in the detectable region; and a controller configured to transform the position coordinates of the user input operation, wherein when the detector detects the user input operation in the detectable region other than the display region and acquires position coordinates of the user input operation, the controller transforms the position coordinates into position coordinates corresponding to a certain position in the display region. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038570 | RECONFIGURABLE TOUCH SCREEN COMPUTING DEVICE - A reconfigurable touch screen computing device with folding configurations and an alignment locking mechanism. The touch screen display is made up of segments coupled to a flexible circuit and can be reconfigured from a compact state to an expanded state. The form factor of the compact state is roughly the size of a typical handheld phone, with an integrated speaker and microphone. The form factor of the expanded state is roughly the size of a tablet computer which may also include the mechanical functionality of a laptop. Both states provide a configuration which includes a touch screen display on a front side and a protective housing on a back side. The computing device may further include sensors to indicate the state of configuration. In one embodiment, a module attached to, situated within, or otherwise associated with at least one segment may contain all or substantially all processing and memory, along with a communications system, all of which may be used in either state. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038571 | System and Method for Dynamically Resizing an Active Screen of a Handheld Device - A handheld computing device having a first side with a touch screen configured to determine if contact with a user is an intended interaction with an application running on the touch screen or the user holding the device. The touch screen is configured to create an inactive screen portion and reconfigure an active screen portion upon determining contact is a user holding the device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038572 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING TOUCH MALFUNCTION IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method is provided that prevents touch malfunction in a mobile device that includes touch keys mapped to corresponding functions and a touch screen adjacent to the touch keys. The method includes displaying a Graphic User Interface (GUI) screen; and disabling part of the area of the touch screen that is adjacent to the touch keys, so that part of the area of the touch screen cannot detect a touch gesture on the GUI screen. Therefore, the system and method can prevent the execution of an undesired function caused by a user's simultaneous and unintentional touch on a touch panel. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038573 | Touch Input Device and Scanning Method Thereof - A touch panel includes a plurality of X-directional sensing lines and a plurality of Y-directional sensing lines. The X-directional sensing lines and the Y-directional sensing lines are arranged in a staggered manner, and a plurality of mutual capacitors are formed between every X-directional sensing line and every Y-directional sensing line. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the scanning method first selects the number of sensing lines to be measured to determine a measurement channel. Driving signals are applied to other sensing lines excluding the measurement channel in scanning procedures. After the driving signals are applied, two voltages at nodes of the measurement channel are detected to obtain a touch position on the touch panel. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038574 | DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING TOUCH EVENT ON TOUCH PANEL BY SELECTING NON-ADJACENT SENSING AXIS AS REFERENCE AXIS - A detection method for detecting a touch event on a touch panel includes a plurality of first sensing axes on a first dimension, and a plurality of second sensing axes on a second dimension. The detection method includes: regarding each first sensing axis, choosing another first sensing not neighboring with the first sensing axis as a first reference axis, and utilizing the first sensing axis and the first reference axis to derive a first sensing data corresponding to the first sensing axis; utilizing the second axes to derive a second sensing data corresponding to each second sensing axis; and utilizing first sensing data respectively corresponding to the first sensing axes and second sensing data respectively corresponding to the second sensing axes to derive a touch event detection result. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038575 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS - Disclosed is a method and a device by which a user can rapidly input characters through multi-input using both hands. When a touch or a drag is generated while input of a key, in which a consonant is arranged, is maintained in a touch screen unit, a switch is made to a multi-input mode for activating the touch screen unit as a virtual area for inputting a vowel, and a vowel input through a touch or a drag on the virtual area is combined with the consonant and the combined character is displayed in the multi-input mode. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038576 | Method and device for inputting characters - Disclosed is a method and a device by which a user can rapidly input characters through multi-input using both hands. When a touch or a drag is generated while input of a key, in which a consonant is arranged, is maintained in a touch screen unit, a switch is made to a multi-input mode for activating the touch screen unit as a virtual area for inputting a vowel, and a vowel input through a touch or a drag on the virtual area is combined with the consonant and the combined character is displayed in the multi-input mode. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038577 | FLOATING PLANE TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD - A touch input device and method for manufacturing a touch input device are described. Each embodiment includes a touch surface, a mounting fixture, a sensing-suspension system, and a locating system. The touch surface may be an integral component of a host system, such as a display, which would result in a touch screen, or a touchpad input device. The touch surface is a floating plane, where the suspension positions, attaches and motion-enables the touch surface within the host system, and where the force exerted on the touch surface causes displacement of the touch surface, which motion is interpreted to calculate a touch location. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038578 | Touch Screen Input Method and Device - A touch panel is constructed by a display/sensor unit which is slightly larger than a display screen of an LCD and a sensor unit which is projected to the outside from one side, for example, from one side on the right. A finger of the user is touched to a selection item such as desired button, icon, or the like on the display/sensor unit and vertically moved on the sensor unit. A selection display constructed by a plurality of buttons is displayed along the side of the display screen by the LCD. A button beside the finger is highlighted. When the finger is released, the highlighted button is selected. If there are no buttons adjacent to the finger, the button is not highlighted. Even if the finger is released, the state is not changed. When finger is moved to the display/sensor unit, the selection display disappears. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038579 | INPUT APPRATUS - Provided is an input apparatus capable of handling operation mistakes (erroneous operations) unintentionally performed by a user. An input apparatus | 2012-02-16 |
20120038580 | INPUT APPRATUS - Provided is an input apparatus capable of handling operation mistakes (erroneous operations) unintentionally performed by a user. An input apparatus | 2012-02-16 |
20120038581 | FRONT-END SIGNAL COMPENSATION - A touch surface device having improved sensitivity and dynamic range is disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch surface device includes a touch-sensitive panel having at least one sense node for providing an output signal indicative of a touch or no-touch condition on the panel; a compensation circuit, coupled to the at least one sense node, for generating a compensation signal that when summed with the output signal removes an undesired portion of the output signal so as to generated a compensated output signal; and an amplifier having an inverting input coupled to the output of the compensation circuit and a non-inverting input coupled to a known reference voltage. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038582 | Systems and Methods for Providing Haptic Feedback to Touch-Sensitive Input Devices - Systems and methods for providing haptic feedback to touch-sensitive input devices are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes an input device having a housing having an exterior surface; a touch-sensitive surface configured to transmit a contact signal indicating a contact with the touch-sensitive surface; a sensor disposed within the housing, the sensor configured to sense movement of the input device and to transmit a sensor signal indicating movement of the input device; an actuator disposed within the housing, the actuator configured to output a haptic effect based on an actuator signal, the actuator signal based at least in part on the contact signal. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038583 | FORCE AND TRUE CAPACITIVE TOUCH MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES FOR CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSORS - Methods, systems, and apparatus relate to touch sensors that are configured to measure a true capacitive touch and a force applied to the sensor from a user. Some implementations involve the measurement of force and true capacitive touch simultaneously in a touch capacitive sensor. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038584 | TOUCH PANEL FOR DETERMINING REAL COORDINATES OF THE MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS AND METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel for determining real coordinates of multiple touch points is provided. The touch panel for determining real coordinates of multiple touch points comprises a sensing path layer having a plurality of first paths and a plurality of second paths for detecting the raw coordinates of said multiple touch points, and an Eliminating Path Layer having a plurality of third paths for eliminating ghost coordinates of said multiple touch points from said raw coordinates to output said real coordinates of said multiple touch points. The method of determining real coordinates of multiple touch points on the touch panel is also provided. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038585 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSOR EMBEDDED THEREIN, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device having touch sensors embedded therein. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal layer interposed between upper and lower substrates, pixels, each of which includes pixel and common electrodes applying a horizontal electric field to the liquid crystal layer, a pixel thin film transistor to drive the pixel electrode, and a common thin film transistor to drive the common electrode, touch sensors, each of which forms a sensing capacitor between an object and the common electrode, sensor power lines, readout lines, and sensor gate lines. Each touch sensor includes the common electrode, a first sensor thin film transistor charging the common electrode with the sensing driving voltage in response to control of the previous sensor gate line, and a second sensor thin film transistor outputting the sensing signal to the readout line in response to control of the current sensor gate line. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038586 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOVING OBJECT THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method for moving an object thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display which displays an object; a proximate sensor which senses a proximate input to the display; a touch sensor which senses a touch input to the display; a coordinates calculator which calculates coordinates corresponding to one of the proximate input sensed by the proximate sensor and the touch input sensed by the touch sensor; and a controller which controls the display to move the object to the calculated coordinates. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038587 | TOUCH RESPONSIVE PRIVACY PARTITION - An aircraft passenger seat privacy partition including a screen selectively switchable between an opaque optical state and a substantially transparent optical state in response to a change in voltage applied to the screen, and a touch-responsive switch embedded in the screen for detecting a change in capacitance in the screen and applying the voltage change to the screen to selectively switch between the opaque and substantially transparent optical states. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038588 | Optical Position Input System And Method - Optical position input systems and methods determine positions of at least one pointing objects within an active touch area. At least three imager modules form images of at least one pointing objects within the active touch area. A processor computes a position of each of the at least one pointing object based upon the images formed by the at least three imager modules. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038589 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CONTACT AREAS WITHIN A TOUCH SENSING REGION - The invention determines the location of multiple, simultaneous contact areas on a touch sensing region using a light source and several light detectors. The invention is robust against occlusion and many of the ambiguities that can arise with multiple, simultaneous contact areas. Generally, the light source is positioned such that light emanating the light source passes across the touch sensing region, and the light detector are positioned such that at least a portion of the light source is within the field of view of each light detector. The contact areas are determined by identifying positive fans corresponding to an angular sector of the field of view of a light detector in which the view of the light source is occluded and negative fans corresponding to an angular sector of the field of view of a light detector in which the view of the light source is not occluded. The positive fans and negative fans are then additively and subtractively combined, respectively, to determine the contact areas. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038590 | TABLETOP INTERFACE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a tabletop interface system. A tabletop input device diffuses an infrared light emitted based on at least one touch input from a user. A tabletop output device allows the diffused infrared light to pass therethrough to display content information corresponding to at least one touch point. The tabletop recognition device recognizes the at least one touch point by generating a touch image data based on the infrared light passing through the tabletop output device and generates touch point information by using the touch image data. The content server transmits the content information, which corresponds to the touch point information received from the tabletop recognition device, to at least one content client application. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038591 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL AND COORDINATE INFORMATION CORRECTION METHOD AND DETECTING DEVICE THEREFOR - A coordinate information correction method for an optical touch panel includes: a) determining a set of to-be-corrected included angle values according to output signals received from light detectors, each of the to-be-corrected included angle values representing an included angle between a base line and a connecting line that extends from a respective one of the light detectors to a location of an object in a light curtain region; b) calculating a set of correction values, each of which is a finite order function of a respective one of the to-be-corrected included angle values; c) calculating a set of corrected included angle values from the set of to-be-corrected included angle values and the set of correction values; and d) generating corrected coordinate information associated with the location of the object in the light curtain region from the corrected included angle values. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038592 | INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND HUMAN-MACHINE INTERACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An input/output device and human-machine interaction system and method thereof are provided. The input/output device includes a projection module, an image capturing module and a processing module. The projection module is capable of receiving an image provided by a mobile computing device and projecting the image onto a surface. The image capturing module is capable of capturing a user's operation action on a projected image on the surface to thereby provide operation information. The processing module is electrically connected with the image capturing module for receiving and processing the operation information to thereby generate an operation command to correspondingly control the mobile computing device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038593 | USER INPUT ARRANGEMENT AND RELATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - Arrangement ( | 2012-02-16 |
20120038594 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device, including: a first transparent electrode formed on one surface of a first transparent substrate to sense a touched input; a second transparent electrode formed on one surface of a second transparent substrate formed to be opposite to the first transparent electrode to sense a touched input; a display formed on the other surface of the second transparent substrate; a first adhesive layer bonding the first transparent substrate to the second transparent substrate; and a second adhesive layer bonding a first connection part formed on an outer side of first transparent substrate to a second connection part formed on an outer side of the display. The touch screen device directly bonds the first transparent substrate to the display, thereby making it possible to provide a high definition image to a user and to reduce infiltration of moisture or the like. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038595 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate; first detection cells and second detection cells alternately disposed on an active touch area of one surface of the transparent substrate in such a manner that the first detection cells are connected to each other along a first direction and second detection cells are connected to each other along a second direction; a driving/shield electrode formed throughout the other surface of the transparent substrate in such a manner that ends of the driving/shield electrode are located at an inner side of the transparent substrate while being spaced apart from a boundary line of the transparent substrate by a predetermined interval; and a first insulation layer formed throughout the other surface of the transparent substrate, on which the driving/shield electrode is formed, to cover an exposed surface of the driving/shield electrode, inclusive of sides of the driving/shield electrode. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038596 | STATIC VISUAL FIELD SCANNING APPARATUS - A static visual field scanning apparatus including: visual field scanning screen generating means; fixation image displaying and controlling means; scan line setting means; scanning point setting means; visual target displaying and controlling means; the first detection means; the second detection means; visual field mapping screen generating means; immediate post first detection scan continuation means; immediate post second detection scan continuation means; response waiting means; visual target display coordinates storing means; visual target perception inability symbol mapping means; the first completion judgement means; the second completion judgement means; post first completion judgement the next scanning point calculation means; and post second completion judgement the next scanning point calculation means. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038597 | PRE-PROGRAMMING OF IN-PIXEL NON-VOLATILE MEMORY - A display device includes a liquid crystal display having a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a corresponding pixel electrode. Each pixel also includes a volatile memory (VM) cell and a non-volatile memory (NVM) cell. The VM cell includes a VM cell input for receiving data to be stored in the VM cell and a VM cell output for outputting data stored in the VM cell. The NVM cell includes an NVM program input operatively coupled to the VM cell output, and an NVM data output for providing data stored in the first NVM cell to the pixel electrode. The display device also includes programming logic operatively coupled to each of the plurality of pixels, wherein the programming logic is configured to substantially simultaneously program each pixel's first NVM cell with data provided by each pixel's VM cell. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038598 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - An electrophoretic display device includes an electrophoretic displaying layer, a photoconductive layer and a top electrode layer. The electrophoretic displaying layer includes a number of pixels. The top electrode layer and the photoconductive layer are respectively disposed at two opposite sides of the electrophoretic displaying layer. The photoconductive layer includes a number of photoconductive units spaced apart from each other. Each of the pixels corresponds to at least one photoconductive units. The present invention also provides a method for manufacturing the electrophoretic display device and a method for driving the electrophoretic display device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038599 | SOURCE DRIVER AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A source driver includes a first output buffer, a second output buffer, a first output switch, a second output switch, a third output switch, a fourth output switch, a first resistor, a second resistor, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, a first charge-sharing switch. The first and the second output buffer respectively enhances a first and a second pixel signal and respectively outputs a first and a second enhanced pixel signal to a display panel. The first output switch and the first resistor connected in series and the second output switch and the second resistor connected in series are connected in parallel between the first output buffer and the display panel. The third output switch and the third resistor connected in series and the fourth output switch and the fourth resistor connected in series are connected in parallel between the second output buffer and the display panel. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038600 | Synchronization of Video Wall Movement with Content on the Wall - A controlling console and media server, and winch moving console all work together. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038601 | METHOD OF REPAIRING PIXEL STRUCTURE, REPAIRED PIXEL STRUCTURE AND PIXEL ARRAY - A method of repairing a pixel structure is provided. In the method, the pixel structure on a substrate is provided and includes a scan line, a data line, an active device, an insulating layer, and a pixel electrode. The scan line and the data line are located on the substrate. The active device is located on the substrate and electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The insulating layer covers the scan line, the data line, and the active device and has a contact opening. The pixel electrode is located on the insulating layer and fills the contact opening to electrically connect the active device. A laser removing process is performed to remove the pixel electrode in the contact opening, such that the pixel electrode is electrically insulated from the active device. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038602 | ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD - In an advertisement display method, a plurality of reference images of an object to be advertised are captured and stored in a storage system of a computing device to create an image database of the object. Real-time scene images around a billboard are captured by the image capturing unit, and analyzed to detect whether there are people nearby the billboard. When a person is detected nearby the billboard, image data of the person are extracted from one of the scene images in which the person is detected and temporarily stored in the storage system, and a position of the person is determined according to the image data. A reference image of the object is selected from the image database according to the position of the person, and is displayed on a corresponding area of the billboard towards the position of the person. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038603 | SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT - A shift register circuit includes plural stages of shift registers. Each stage of shift register includes a pull-up circuit, a control signal generator and a voltage-stabilizing circuit. The pull-up circuit is used for charging a first node. The control signal generator is electrically connected with the first node. According to a voltage level of the first node, a corresponding control signal is outputted from an output terminal of the control signal generator. The voltage-stabilizing circuit is electrically connected with the output terminal of the control signal generator for stabilizing the control signal from the control signal generator. Some circuits of some other shift registers are controlled according to the control signal. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038604 | Display Device Having Memory In Pixels - The present invention relates to a memory circuit integrated in each pixel of a display device includes a switching circuit and a memory unit. The switching circuit includes a first transistor having a gate configured to receive a switching control signal, a source and a drain electrically coupled to a liquid crystal capacitor of the pixel, and a second transistor having a gate configured to receive a switching control signal, a source electrically coupled to a storage capacitor of the pixel, and a drain electrically coupled to the liquid crystal capacitor. The memory unit is electrically coupled between the source of first transistor and the storage capacitor. The switching control signal is configured such that in the normal mode, the first transistor is turned off, while the second transistor is turned on, so that the storage capacitor is electrically coupled to the liquid crystal capacitor in parallel and the memory unit is bypassed, and in the still mode, the first transistor is turned on, while the second transistor is turned off, so that the storage capacitor controls the memory unit to supply a stored data to the liquid crystal capacitor. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038605 | Pixel and Organic Light Emitting Display Device Using the Same - A pixel, for displaying an image of desired brightness, includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED); a first transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a first node as a gate electrode of the first transistor; a plurality of second transistors coupled between a second node as a second terminal of the capacitor and a data line and turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; another capacitor having a terminal coupled to the second node; and for compensating inferiority of the OLED in displaying an image of desired brightness, a compensator coupled to the plurality of second transistors and a predetermined power source and turned off when a light emission control signal is supplied to a light emission control line. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038606 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display includes a pixel unit having pixels coupled to scan lines, first control lines, second control lines, data lines, and first and second power sources, a control line driver for providing a first control signal and a second control signal to the pixels through the first control lines and the second control lines, a scan driver for providing scan signals to the pixels through the scan lines, and a data driver for providing data signals to the pixels through data lines. The scan driver simultaneously supplies a first scan signal to the pixels through the scan signals. In the organic light emitting display, deviation in the threshold voltages of the driving transistors included in the pixels is compensated without a power swing so as to display an image with uniform brightness. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038607 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display includes a pixel unit including pixels coupled to scan lines, control lines, data lines, and first and second power sources, a control line driver for providing control signals to the pixels through the control lines, a scan driver for providing scan signals to the pixels through the scan lines, a data driver for providing data signals to the pixels through data lines, and a first power source driver for applying the first power source to the pixels. The first power source driver sets the first power source as a voltage in a low level in a first period in one frame period. The first power source is set as a high level voltage in second and third periods in one frame period. Therefore, it is possible to compensate for deviation in the threshold voltages generated between the driving transistors included in the pixels. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038608 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - An organic light emitting diode display that includes a pixel unit including a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines, a plurality of first control lines, a plurality of second control lines, a first power source, a second power source and a third power source, a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels connected to the scanning lines, the data lines, the first control lines, the second control lines, the first power source, the second power source, and the third power source, a control line driving unit configured to provide each of said pixels with a first control signal and a second control signal through the first control lines and the second control lines respectively, a scan driving unit configured to provide each of said pixels with scanning signals through the scanning lines and a data driving unit configured to provide each of said pixels with data signals through the data lines. The scan driving unit is configured to provide each scanning line with a first scanning signal and a second scanning signal during a single frame period. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038609 | Driver and Display Device Using the Same - A driving device comprises: a first driver driven by a first input signal and generating a first interim output signal controlled by a first clock signal; a second driver driven by a second input signal and generating a second interim output signal controlled by a second clock signal; and a plurality of shift registers including a buffer driven by the first interim output signal and the second interim output signal and generating an output signal controllable by the first clock signal and the second clock signal. The buffer includes a second transistor connected to a gate electrode of a first transistor for transmitting a voltage with a first level with the output signal and transmitting a voltage with a second level for turning off the first transistor. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038610 | GATE PULSE MODULATING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A gate pulse modulating circuit includes a timing controller capable of generating an output enable signal and a plurality of timing control signals; a high gate voltage generating unit, electrically connected to the timing controller for receiving the timing control signals, capable of generating a high gate voltage with a waveform including a plurality of cutting edges in response to the timing control signals; a low gate voltage generating unit capable of generating a low gate voltage; and a gate driver, electrically connected to the timing controller for receiving the output enable signal and the high gate voltage generating unit for receiving the high gate voltage and the low gate voltage generating unit for receiving the low gate voltage, capable of generating a plurality of gate pulses in response to a plurality of enable periods of the output enable signal; wherein a waveform of the gate pulses includes a plurality of cutting edges. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038611 | Level shifter circuit and display driver circuit - A level shifter circuit according to the present invention includes a first voltage conversion circuit and a second voltage conversion circuit. The first voltage conversion circuit receives an input signal having an amplitude ranging between a power supply potential GND and a power supply potential VDDL, a power supply potential VDDH which is higher than the power supply potential VDDL is supplied. Further, a current limiting circuit is provided that limits a current supplied from a power supply line of the power supply potential VDDH, and outputs a voltage signal with a larger amplitude than that of the input signal according to the input signal. The second voltage conversion circuit is supplied with the power supply potential VDDH, and outputs an output signal with an amplitude ranging between the power supply potential GND and the power supply potential VDDH. | 2012-02-16 |
20120038612 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display includes: pixels located at crossing regions between scan lines and data lines; a first control line and a second control line commonly coupled to the pixels; a control line driver configured to supply a first control signal to the first control line for a reset period and to supply a second control signal to the second control line during the reset period and a compensation period. Each pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor configured to control an amount of current supplied from a first power source coupled to a first electrode to a second power source via the organic light emitting diode; a second transistor configured to be turned on when the second control signal is supplied; and a fourth transistor configured to supply an initial voltage to a second electrode of the first transistor when the first control signal is supplied. | 2012-02-16 |