09th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 29 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110050472 | DELTA-SIGMA ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER (ADC) HAVING A SERIALIZED QUANTIZER OUTPUT - A delta-sigma analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having a serialized quantizer output has a data rate greater than a quantization rate of the delta-sigma modulator, but less than a bit rate determined by the product of the number of bits required to represent the input to a feedback digital-to-analog converter and the quantization rate. Additional information can be encoded in the serial bit stream by selection among redundant codes based on the value of the additional information. The serial bit stream may encode differences between successive quantizer output samples and the additional information may include the absolute value of the quantizer output, synchronization information and/or framing information for distinguishing data corresponding to multiple ADC input channels. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050473 | Analog-to-digital converters, and image sensors and image processing devices having the same - An analog-digital converter (ADC) includes a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit configured to perform CDS on each of a reset signal and an image signal output from a pixel to generate a correlated double sampled reset signal and a correlated double sampled image signal, respectively. A delta sigma (ΔΣ) ADC, also included in the ADC, is configured to output a difference between a first digital code that is generated by performing ΔΣ analog-digital conversion on the correlated double sampled reset signal and a second digital code that is generated by performing ΔΣ analog-digital conversion on the correlated double sampled image signal. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050474 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR CALIBRATING PHASE, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A method for calibrating a phase include comparing a phase of an in-phase output signal and a phase of a quadrature-phase output signal and generating a digital code corresponding to a comparison result, and controlling the phase of the in-phase output signal in response to quadrature-phase differential input signals and the digital code, and controlling the phase of the quadrature-phase output signal in response to in-phase differential input signals and the digital code, to make a phase difference between the in-phase output signal and the quadrature-phase output signal 90°. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050475 | ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER WITH DIGITAL FILTER - Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and techniques including analog to digital converters having at least one digital filter. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050476 | INTEGRATOR, RESONATOR, AND OVERSAMPLING A/D CONVERTER - An integrator includes an operational amplifier, a first filter connected to an inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier, and a second filter connected between the inverting input terminal and an output terminal of the operational amplifier. The first filter includes n resistive elements connected in series, and (n−1) capacitive elements each having one end connected to an interconnecting node of the resistive elements and the other end connected to ground. The second filter includes n capacitive elements connected in series, and (n−1) resistive elements each having one end connected to an interconnecting node of the capacitive elements and the other end connected to ground. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050477 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus, control method thereof, remote control apparatus that controls the electronic apparatus, and control method thereof. The remote control apparatus includes a communication unit which communicates with the electronic apparatus; a user input unit which receives a user button selection indicating an input button; a sensing unit which senses movement of the remote control apparatus; and a control unit which controls the communication unit to transmit information about the user button selection to perform a function corresponding to the input button if the remote control apparatus is in a button input mode, and to transmit information about the movement of the remote control apparatus to the electronic apparatus to control the electronic apparatus by the movement if the remote control apparatus is in a motion recognition mode. Accordingly, controlling a game or a multimedia content is easier, and the user is provided with a new and interesting experience. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050478 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING EXTERNAL DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROLLER THEREOF - A method for controlling devices connected together, and which includes determining a type of a first device when the first device is connected to a transmitting device, determining what key buttons on a remote controller are needed to operate the detetermined type of the first device, activating the key buttons on the remote controller that are needed to operate the determined type of the first device, receiving an input signal indicating a selection of at least one key button needed to operate the determined type of the first device, transmitting the received input signal to a second device that is different than the first device, generating, by the second device, a remote control signal corresponding to the received input signal, transmitting, by the second device, the generated remote control signal to the first device, and performing a function on the first device corresponding the input signal indicating the selection of said at least one key button on the remote controller. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050479 | STATIC RF IMAGING FOR INSIDE WALLS OF A PREMISES - A system includes a radar unit configured to provide raw data from scanning an exterior of a structure; and a signal processing and imaging module configured to: process the raw data into markers of interior locations of the structure; and display an image of interior structural features based on the markers. A method includes: scanning a building structure from the exterior of the structure using a radar unit to provide raw data; processing the raw data into markers of interior locations of the structure; estimating locations of interior structural features of the structure from the markers; and displaying an image of the interior structural features. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050480 | Method and Device For The Spatially Resolved Detection and Reconstruction of ObjectsBy Means of Microwaves - A method and a device for the spatially resolved detection and reconstruction of objects using microwaves is described, in which at least one object to be detected is subjected to microwaves that are generated by a plurality of microwave antennas and microwave fractions reflected by the object are detected and converted into microwave signals that can be analyzed, based on which an analysis for the spatially resolved object detection is carried out. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050481 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, RADAR DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A signal processing device performs object detection processing in which peak signals each representing a differential frequency between a transmitted signal in which a frequency thereof changes in a predetermined cycle and a received signal are derived in a first period where the frequency of the transmitted signal rises and a second period where the frequency of the transmitted signal falls, and the peak signals in the first period are paired with the peak signals in the second period to detect object information related to the peak signals. A range setting unit sets a frequency range in each of the first period and the second period on the basis of a frequency of an integer multiple of the peak signal related to the object information which has been detected in previous object detection processing. A signal setting unit sets a peak signal as a specific peak signal in a case where the peak signal is within the frequency range in each of the first period and the second period. A paring unit pairs the specific peak signal in the first period and the specific peak signal in the second period. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050482 | OBJECT DETECTING DEVICE - The present invention is directed to provide an object detecting device which can reduce the influence of an error caused by temporal displacement between a detection result by a radar and a detection result by image processing and thus, the precision of object detection can be improved. An object detecting unit of an object detecting device comprises an image portion search means which searches image data captured by an image capture unit, referring to detection point data detected by a radar detecting unit, and detects an image portion corresponding to a target object to be detected; a detection point extracting means which extracts, from the detection point data detected by the radar detecting unit, detection point data corresponding to the target object to be detected, and an image portion correcting means which corrects, in accordance with the detection point data extracted by the detection point extracting means, the position of the image portion detected by the image portion search means. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050483 | SYSTEM TO PREVENT TWO ROTATING ANTENNAS FROM ILLUMINATING EACH OTHER - An apparatus or a method for preventing radio-frequency (RF) interferences between rotating antennas. For example, the invention is particularly applicable to radar and communication systems on board naval ships. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050484 | Radar - A frequency spectrum of a beat signal of a transmission signal and a reception signal is determined. Whether or not the number of peaks exceeding a noise threshold in the frequency spectrum exceeds a predetermined number is determined. According to the determination result, presence or absence of interference on the beat signal is detected. If “interference exists”, the threshold for extraction of target peaks that appear on the frequency spectrum is increased. This allows detection of presence or absence of a spike noise to be superposed on the beat signal to be performed more certainly, thereby enabling processing according to presence or absence of interference. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050485 | METHOD FOR CROSS-RANGE ENHANCEMENT OF REAL-BEAM RADAR IMAGERY - Methods and apparatus for enhancing the resolution of a radar image in the cross-range direction. An example method includes receiving a plurality of received power samples in the cross-range dimension as the radar antenna scans and calculating a window function from the antenna beam response pattern. Then for each of a plurality of positions of the window function along the azimuth axis, multiplying the received response pattern by the window function at that position, yielding a product function for each position. Finally, the method includes calculating an estimated azimuth bin offset, resulting estimated target location, and a reflected power value corresponding to the integral of the product function from the product function of each position. A reconstructed azimuth bin array developed from the estimated target locations and reflected power values is substituted for the original received cross-range received power values, yielding a resolution-enhanced map image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050486 | DOPPLER RADAR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALCULATING DOPPLER VELOCITY - According to one embodiment, a Doppler radar apparatus includes a quadrature detection unit configured to quadrature-detect a received signal of a reflected pulse from an observation target, and generate time-series data including an in-phase component and a quadrature component, an interference judgment unit configured to judge whether an interference signal is mixed into the received signal based on the time-series data, a correction unit configured to correct a vector expressed by the in-phase component and the quadrature component such that variation with respect to time of a deviation angle of the vector continues when the interference judgment unit has judged that an interference signal is mixed into the received signal, and a calculation unit configured to calculate a Doppler velocity of the observation target based on an amount of variation with respect to time of the deviation angle of corrected vector. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050487 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING A REMOTE SOURCE AND ORIENTATION CONTROL - Systems and methods for tracking a remote source and monitoring and controlling the angular orientation of an antenna array, including a first antenna portion and a second antenna portion, are provided, including a sum-difference structure coupled to a first output of the first antenna portion and a second output of the second antenna portion, where the sum-difference structure provides both a sum power signal and a difference power signal, and where both the sum power signal and the difference power signal have associated RSSI values generated by an RSSI circuit. Systems and methods provided herein further include a sum-delta processor configured to utilize the RSSI values to generate an off-bore-sight angle of the antenna array relative to a position of a transmitting radiofrequency signal source. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050488 | POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A positioning method whereby inertial positioning data is calculated based upon measurements of an Inertial Navigation System. Virtual satellite ranging data is then generated based upon the inertial positioning data. The virtual satellite ranging data is then combined with received satellite ranging data from one or more satellites forming part of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). A GNSS positioning solution is then calculated based upon the combined received satellite ranging data and the virtual satellite ranging data. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050489 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM PSEUDORANGE MEASUREMENTS IN RECEIVERS HAVING CONTROLLED RECEPTION PATTERN ANTENNAS - Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) pseudorange measurements are compensated for receiver hardware and directionally dependent antenna errors to obtain desired accuracies for high precision GNSS positioning applications using a multiple element controlled reception pattern antenna (CRPA). Pseudorange errors are calibrated and stored in a sky map by azimuth, elevation, radio frequency (RF) channel, and frequency. Corrections are applied in real time to each pseudorange measurement by applying a combination of the stored errors. The coefficients of the errors in the combination are computed as a function of steering vectors and CRPA filter weights. This implements a generalized pseudorange correction able to compensate a GNSS CRPA sensor for channel dependent errors such as group delay for both the case of uniform weights for all frequencies and the more complex case of frequency-dependent weights. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050490 | POSITIONING DATA RECEIVER, ERROR CORRECTING DEVICE AND ERROR CORRECTING METHOD - A positioning data receiver for receiving positioning data transmitted from a positioning satellite, including an error judging unit for judging whether an error is contained in the positioning data on the basis of collation of parity bits contained in the positioning data; and an error correcting unit for determining which bit of the positioning data is an error bit on the basis of the collation of the parity bits and correcting a value of the error bit when it is judged by the error judging unit that an error is contained. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050491 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DATA STREAM ON THE BASIS OF DATA PACKETS PROVIDED WITH PACKET SEQUENCE MARKS, AND SATELLITE RECEIVERS FOR PROVIDING THE DATA STREAM - A device for determining a position of a satellite receiver on the basis of data packets that are received from the satellite receiver, include a satellite signal, and are provided with packet sequence marks includes a packet loss detector for detecting, while using the packet sequence marks, whether one or more data packets between two received data packets have been lost, and a data packet processor configured to replace the one or more lost packets by one or more fill-in packets so as to generate a data stream as a sequence of the received data packets and of the fill-in packets inserted in place of the lost data packets. The device further includes a correlator configured to correlate the data stream with a reference data sequence to obtain a correlation result, and a position determiner configured to determine the position of the satellite receiver by means of the correlation result. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050492 | Single Frequency User Ionosphere System and Technique - A method and apparatus for directly estimating depleted ionosphere delay in a GPS receiver and using the estimate for improved navigation precision in satellite based augmentation systems. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050493 | POSITION INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM INDOOR TRANSMITTER AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING POSITION INFORMATION - Provided is a position information providing system which can reduce a time required for acquiring position information. An indoor transmitter is adapted to provide position information by using a second positioning signal compatible with a first positioning signal which is a spread spectrum signal from each of a plurality of satellites. The indoor transmitter includes an EEPROM which stores therein position data for identifying an installation location thereof, an FPGA operable to generate a second positioning signal including the position data as a spread spectrum signal, and a transmitting section operable to transmit the spread spectrum signal. The second positioning signal is generated to repeat the same content in a cycle shorter than that of the first positioning signal. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050494 | Network and Method for Calculating Ionosphere Corrections - The invention relates to a network making it possible to calculate and provide ionospheric corrections to the users of a satellite navigation system, wherein the network also comprises: an aeronautical segment comprising an aeronautical user segment composed of a plurality of aircraft each one having an on-board RF receiver capable of measuring delays of the navigation signals transmitted by the satellites and an aeronautical data communication means between the plurality of aircraft and the ground segment in order to transmit said measurements of delays to the ground segment, and means, at the level of the ground segment, of receiving measurements of delays used for the calculation of the grid, the measurements of delays coming from the plurality of aircraft and from the plurality of ground stations. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050495 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING GNSS TIME IN A GNSS RECEIVER - A method for obtaining GNSS time in a GNSS receiver includes: obtaining a time relationship between a first clock signal and the received GNSS time; obtaining a clock value B | 2011-03-03 |
20110050496 | Energy Domain Based Peak Reconstruction Methods And Apparatuses - Methods and apparatus are provided for use in devices enabled to perform waveform correlation processing of satellite positioning system (SPS) signals, including peak reconstruction. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050497 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRECTING GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM CARRIER PHASE MEASUREMENTS IN RECEIVERS HAVING CONTROLLED RECEPTION PATTERN ANTENNAS - This invention discloses a method for enhancing a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), such as Global Positioning System (GPS), location calculation by supplying carrier phase corrections within a GNSS receiver used with a multiple element Controlled Reception Pattern Antenna (CRPA) receiver. GNSS carrier phase measurements should be compensated for receiver hardware and directionally dependent antenna errors to obtain desired accuracies for high precision GNSS positioning applications. One technique successfully employed in Fixed Reception Pattern Antenna (FRPA) GPS sensors applies a simple directionally dependent set of correction factors to the measurement outputs. For the complex case of a GNSS receiver employing a CRPA and dynamic beam steering, however, the multiplicity of combinations of antenna element outputs makes the FRPA compensation technique impractical. Compensation of carrier phase measurements is a problem not addressed in previous GPS CRPA beam steering sensors. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050498 | CLOSED SHAPE BEAM FORMING NETWORK - The invention concerns a network for distributing a plurality of input microwave signals into a plurality of output signals having a Gaussian amplitude and in-phase distribution per said input signal, the network comprising: a plurality of N input ports providing N different input signals; a plurality of M output ports, M being a multiple number of N; a plurality of P layers disposed between the inputs ports and the outputs ports, the input signals being distributed through these layers, each layer comprising an arrangement of power combiners (C) and/or power dividers (D), the arrangement is self similar with an angular rotation of k2ρ/N radian around the symmetry axis (AA′) of the polygonal closed shape formed by said input ports, k being an integer comprised between 1 and N. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050499 | SENSING DEVICE HAVING MULTI BEAM ANTENNA ARRAY - Provided is a sensing device having a multi beam antenna array. The sensing device includes an antenna array including a plurality of antennas, a plurality of low noise amplifiers respectively connected to the antennas to amplify radio frequency signals received from the respective antennas, a delay line box including a plurality of delay lines, each delay line delaying the signals amplified by the low noise amplifiers for a predetermined time, and a detector detecting the output signals of the delay ling box. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050500 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A method includes generating a correlation vector of baseband-signal vectors based upon signals received from a plurality of sensor devices, generating a generalized Hankel matrix R representing a covariance matrix to which a spatial averaging is applied based upon the correlation vector, generating a kernel matrix Ω | 2011-03-03 |
20110050501 | LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH A FIBER OPTIC LINK - A TDOA (time difference of arrival) location system, in which mobile wireless devices broadcast wireless signals which are received by two or more transceivers deployed in the vicinity of the mobile wireless device. Each transceiver measures the TOA (time of arrival) of the received broadcasted signal and reports the TOA to a central server. The central server then calculates the mobile device position using multi-lateration of TDOA values. The system uses fiber optic links between the antennas and the transceivers deployed in the location area to provide unique advantages that couldn't be achieved using RF coaxial cables. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050502 | Three Dimensional RF Search System - An RF signal detection process by incorporating direction detection of the RF signal along with energy detection to arrive at a signal of interest (SOI). The SOI is identified by matching direction detections and energy detections. Low-level and noise-like signals can be reevaluated for unresolved direction detections or energy detections. The RF signal detections can be filtered based on valid direction detections very early on in the processing chain to reduce the amount down-stream processing required. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050503 | POWER SAVING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE - A mobile computing device includes a housing, a processor provided within the housing, and a location-determining system configured to determine a current location of the mobile computing device at a first rate. The location determining system may be configured to adjust the first rate to a different second rate based on a threshold distance value and a distance from the current location to an anticipated future location of the mobile computing device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050504 | Multiple-connected microstrip lines and the design methods thereof - This invention discloses a new structure, multiple-connected-microstrip-line, based on microstrip line and the design methods of using this new structure for various electromagnetic components, which transmit, feed-in/feed-out, store/release, and radiate/receive electromagnetic signals with improved characteristics, such as Quality factor, broadband impedance matching, interference immunity, and radiation patterns in the applications, such as transmission lines, impedance transformers, inductors, antennas etc. Comparing with traditional microstrip line, the additional topological parameters of multiple-connected microstrip line allow the designers to improve broadband characteristics without increasing the size of the electromagnetic components. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050505 | Simply fabricable small zeroth-order resonant antenna with extended bandwidth and high efficiency - Provided is a simply fabricable small zeroth-order resonant antenna with extended bandwidth and high efficiency. The zeroth-order resonant antenna includes a feeding patch, a transmission line, and a pair of ground patches. The feeding patch is disposed on a top surface of a substrate having a mono-layer structure, and is configured to receive a signal from the outside. The transmission line includes a unit cell disposed on the top surface of the substrate and is configured to transmit a signal delivered from the feeding patch. The pair of ground patches is longitudinally disposed on the top surface of the substrate in the same direction as a longitudinal direction of the transmission line around the transmission line. The unit cell includes an upper patch and an inductor unit. The upper patch is disposed on the top surface of the substrate and is configured to receive a signal. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050506 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT - The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement with a printed circuit board, which has an upper side and a lower side, and an antenna supported by the printed circuit board, in particular ring antenna, which comprises at least one electrically conductive antenna section which is arranged on a narrow side of the printed circuit board adjoining the upper side and/or the lower side. The invention also relates to a process for producing an antenna arrangement which comprises a printed circuit board with an upper side and a lower side and an antenna supported by the printed circuit board, in which process for forming at least one antenna section, an electrically conductive material is attached to a narrow side of the printed circuit board which adjoins the upper side and/or the lower side. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050507 | RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A radio communication device according to the present invention which is inserted into an expansion slot of an electronic device, includes: a printed circuit board having a rectangular shape, and provided with a connection terminal on one short side that connects to the expansion slot; an antenna element provided on the printed circuit board extending in a direction orthogonal thereto in the vicinity of an other short side of the printed circuit board, and having a substantially ¼ λ electrical length; and a radial line extending on the printed circuit board with a position where the antenna element is arranged as an end point. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050508 | DUAL-BAND CAVITY-BACKED ANTENNA FOR INTEGRATED DESKTOP COMPUTER - An electronic device may have a housing with conductive housing walls. A dielectric antenna window may be formed in an opening in one of the conductive housing walls. A dielectric logo may form the dielectric antenna window. A dielectric support structure may have an outline that matches the dielectric logo. An antenna resonating element for an antenna may be formed on the dielectric support structure. An antenna cavity for the antenna may be formed by a conductive cavity structure. A pattern of voids in the dielectric support structure may reduce dielectric loading for the antenna. The conductive cavity structure may be formed from solderable plated metal. The conductive cavity structure may have a planar lip that is attached to the conductive housing walls using conductive adhesive. Rear wall portions of the conductive cavity structure may be oriented at a non-perpendicular non-zero angle with respect to the planar lip. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050509 | CAVITY-BACKED ANTENNA FOR TABLET DEVICE - An electronic device may have a cavity antenna. The cavity antenna may have a logo-shaped dielectric window. An antenna resonating element for the cavity antenna may be formed from conductive traces on a printed circuit board. An antenna resonating element may be formed from the traces. The antenna resonating element may be mounted on an antenna support structure. A conductive cavity structure for the cavity antenna may have a planar lip that is mounted flush with an interior surface of a conductive housing wall. The cavity structure may have more than one depth. Shallower planar portions of the cavity structure may lie in a plane. The antenna resonating element may be located between the plane of the shallow cavity walls and an external surface of the conductive housing wall. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050510 | ANTENNA MODULE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An antenna module includes a frequency modulation radiator and a T-coil radiator electronically connecting to the frequency modulation radiator. The T-coil radiator and the frequency modulation radiator are made of conductive nano material. The present further discloses a wireless communication device using the antenna module. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050511 | DEVICE HOUSING - A device housing comprises a main body and an three-dimensional antenna formed on the main body. The main body is made of non-conductive plastic. The three-dimensional antenna is made of conductive plastic. The main body and the three-dimensional antenna are formed by a two-shot injection molding process. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050512 | MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile terminal device includes: a first casing having a first antenna element; a second casing having a second antenna element; and a joint for rotatably joining the first casing and the second casing, the joint having third antenna element for electrically connecting the first antenna element and the second antenna element. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050513 | ANTENNAS FOR HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH CONDUCTIVE BEZELS - A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains wireless communications circuitry. The handheld electronic device may have a housing and a display. The display may be attached to the housing a conductive bezel. The handheld electronic device may have one or more antennas for supporting wireless communications. A ground plane in the handheld electronic device may serve as ground for one or more of the antennas. The ground plane and bezel may define a opening. A rectangular slot antenna or other suitable slot antenna may be formed from or within the opening. One or more antenna resonating elements may be formed above the slot. An electrical switch that bridges the slot may be used to modify the perimeter of the slot so as to tune the communications bands of the handheld electronic device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050514 | REMOVABLE MOUNTING DEVICE FOR ATENNA - A mounting device for an antenna device and its method for mounting, and removing the antenna utilizes a dock unit and a base unit. In addition to providing a mounting mechanism, the capture or mounting of the device incorporates a storage feature for the antenna cable to make it transportable. The apparatus provides a means for connecting an antenna to a housing, storing a cable in the housing, and capturing the housing to a docking mechanism while allowing for easy removal of the antenna, and cable storage feature. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050515 | CALCULATING ANTENNA PERFORMANCE - A system and method for detecting the performance of a bi-polarized antenna including two antennas in a wireless communication system is provided. The system may include at least one directional coupler connected to the bi-polarized antenna configured to couple a transmitting signal of the first antenna and another signal from the bi-polarized antenna; a power detector connected to the at least one directional coupler and configured to measure the power of the transmitting signal and the another signal as analog results, respectively; an analog-digital converter connected to the power detector and configured to convert the analog results into digital results; and a processing unit connected to the analog-digital converter and configured to calculate the difference of the digital results. The performance of the bi-polarized antenna can be accessed by the above-measured polarization isolation. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050516 | RADOMES, AIRCRAFT AND SPACECRAFT INCLUDING SUCH RADOMES, AND METHODS OF FORMING RADOMES - Radomes include an outer wall having a first average thickness and an inner wall having a second average thickness that is different from the first average thickness. At least a major portion of the inner wall is separated from at least a major portion of the outer wall by a space therebetween. The outer wall may comprise a layer of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material. Aircraft and spacecraft include such radomes. Methods of forming radomes include forming an outer wall having a first average thickness, forming an inner wall having a different second average thickness, and coupling together the inner wall and the outer wall in such a manner as to provide a space between at least a major portion of the outer wall and at least a major portion of the inner wall. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050517 | AIRCRAFT ANTENNA - A wireless communication device for an aircraft that includes at least one antenna, for example a wide-band antenna, and a transparent multilayered substrate, for example a side glazing, a front glazing or a porthole of the aircraft, adapted for receiving the at least one antenna. At least a portion of one layer of the substrate is at least partially reflective to electromagnetic waves transmitted or received by the at least one antenna, wherein the at least one portion of the layer of the substrate is located at least partially opposite the at least one antenna. The at least one portion of the layer of the substrate can be a de-icing or defogging heating film. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050518 | VEHICLE ANTENNA UNIT - A vehicle includes a vehicle frame, a dielectric panel mounted to the vehicle frame, an antenna unit mounted on the dielectric panel, an electrically conductive bracket connected with the antenna unit, and a resilient ground plate connected with the bracket and the vehicle frame. The dielectric panel can be interposed between the antenna unit and the bracket. The resilient ground plate can facilitate grounding the antenna unit to the vehicle frame. A vehicle antenna unit and an antenna mount for the vehicle antenna unit are also disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050519 | VEHICLE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - A vehicle antenna assembly includes an element coil, a holder, and a retainer. The element coil can have a polygonal configuration in a cross-section taken normal to a coil access. The holder can include rails. The retainer can engage the rails and apply a compressive load on the element coil to fix the element coil with respect to the holder. A method for holding an antenna element is also disclosed. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050520 | Planar Antenna Array and Article of Manufacture Using Same - A planar antenna array and articles of manufacture using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, close-packed antenna elements, disposed on a substrate, number N where N=3x and x is a positive integer. Each of the close-packed antenna elements includes a substantially continuous photonic transducer arranged as an outwardly expanding generally logarithmic spiral having six turns. Each of the outwardly expanding generally logarithmic spirals may be a golden spiral. As an article of manufacture, the planar antenna array may be incorporated into a chip, such as a cell phone, or an article of clothing, for example. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050521 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR GARMENTS - A portable antenna system includes an antenna that is substantially defined by one or more portions that include electrically conductive self-similar extensions. The system also includes an article of clothing in which the antenna is attached to a surface of the article of clothing such that electrically conductive self-similar extensions extend across the surface of the article of clothing. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050522 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA APPARATUS - A multi-band antenna apparatus is provided. The multi-band antenna apparatus comprises a circuit board, a planar printed antenna with a feed-in point and a telescopic antenna. The planar printed antenna is printed on the circuit board. The telescopic antenna is coupled to the circuit board through the feed-in point. The planar printed antenna receives a first radio frequency signal, and then transmits the first radio frequency signal to the circuit board through the feed-in point. The telescopic antenna receives a second radio frequency signal and then transmits the second radio frequency to the circuit board. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050523 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL DUAL-BAND ANTENNA - A three-dimensional dual-band antenna including a first radiation portion, a second radiation portion, a connection portion, an impedance matching portion and a feeding portion is provided. The second radiation portion is located under the radiation portion and parallel with the first radiation portion. The connection portion is connected to the first side of the first radiation portion and extended downward vertically, for connecting the first radiation portion and the second radiation portion. The impedance matching portion is connected to a second side of the first radiation portion and extended downward vertically. The first side and the second side are opposite. The feeding portion is connected to the second side and extended downward vertically. The feeding portion receives a feeding signal. The first and the second radiation portion are operated at the first and the second bandwidth respectively, wherein the second bandwidth is in higher frequency than the first bandwidth. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050524 | RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA USING ADDRESSABLE CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES - An antenna made up of small addressable conductive segments, or pixel elements, located in a dielectric space positioned over a two-dimensional pixel element actuator is presented. The small pixel elements can be actuated in less than a millisecond by the actuator to form patterns that create an array of patch antennas and associated transmission lines on the upper surface of the dielectric space. The pixel elements can be formed using small movable conductive particles such as metal flakes or metal chips | 2011-03-03 |
20110050525 | RADAR DEVICE AND ANTENNA ANGLE ADJUSTING METHOD - A radar device is provided. A planar antenna is tiltably provided with respect to a housing. A detecting section detects a tilt angle of the planar antenna with respect to the gravity direction. A moving section moves the planar antenna to adjust the tilt angle of the planar antenna. A storage section stores a history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and a tiltable range of the planar antenna with respect to the housing. The moving section moves the planar antenna by a first angle to adjust the tilt angle of the planar antenna to a reference angle if the sum of the history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and the first angle is within the tiltable range of the planar antenna. The moving section does not move the planar antenna by the first angle if the sum of the history of the tilt angle of the planar antenna and the first angle is beyond the tillable range of the planar antenna. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050526 | Thermal Compensating Subreflector Tracking Assembly and Method of Use - A thermal compensating subreflector tracking assembly for a reflector antenna and methods of use. The subreflector tracking assembly provided with a base, an intermediate support and a subreflector mount. The intermediate support coupled to the base, movable normal to the base and the subreflector mount coupled to the intermediate support, movable orthogonal to the intermediate support. The movement in the Z, Y and or Z-axis enabling electrical performance optimizing reflector antenna beam alignment and/or focus adjustments resulting from asymmetric thermal distortion of the reflector antenna. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050527 | Broadband/Multi-Band Horn Antenna With Compact Integrated Feed - A dual polarization multi-band antenna may include a waveguide horn, a low band feed section, a transition section, and a high band feed section coupled in series. The waveguide horn may be configured to support propagation of electromagnetic waves in a low band and a high band. The low band feed section may include horizontal and vertical feeds and may be configured to support propagation of electromagnetic waves in the low band and the high band. The high band feed section may include horizontal and vertical feeds and may be configured to support propagation of electromagnetic waves in the high band but not in the low band. The transition section may be configured to couple electromagnetic waves in the high band from the high band feed section to the low band feed section and to constructively reflect electromagnetic waves in the low band. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050528 | HIGH ISOLATION ANTENNA SYSTEM - An antenna system supports a common resonance mode and differential resonance mode, each with approximately equal radiation resistance and bandwidth at a given operating frequency band. The antenna system includes a resonant antenna section, a counterpoise, and two antenna ports. The resonant antenna section includes two spaced-apart poles and a distributed network therebetween. Each of the poles has a proximal end connected to the distributed network and an opposite distal end. The distal ends of the poles are separated from each other by a distance of ⅓ to ⅔ of the electrical wavelength at the given operating frequency. Each of the two antenna ports is defined by a pair of feed terminals with one feed terminal located on the counterpoise and the other feed terminal located on a different one of the poles of the resonant antenna section. The resonant antenna section, counterpoise, and ports are configured such that a signal within the given operating frequency band applied to one port is isolated from the other port. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050529 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ELECTROMEGNETIC SIGNALS - An antenna device for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals. The antenna device includes a ground plane and a radiator arranged at an radiator distance above the ground plane. In addition, the antenna device includes a plurality of parasitic elements arranged, on the ground plane, around the radiator in a radially symmetric manner, the parasitic elements being electrically connected to the ground plane. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050530 | CONTROL OF PASSIVE INTERMODULATION ON AIRCRAFTS - There is described a Passive Intermodulation (PIM) shield for use with an aircraft for reducing PIM sources, the PIM shield comprising: a conductive material adapted to be placed between an antenna and a fuselage of the aircraft for preventing undesired Radio Frequency (RF) signals resulting from a combination of RF signals transmitted from and to the antenna and generated by non-linear junctions or material between the antenna and the fuselage of the aircraft, the conductive material having a thickness based on an RF skin-depth related to an operating frequency of the antenna. There is described a method for determining an operating frequency of an antenna, determining an RF skin-depth related to the operating frequency of the antenna, and providing the PIM shield. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050531 | ANTENNA UNIT AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An antenna unit includes a loop antenna | 2011-03-03 |
20110050532 | ANTENNA AND PORTABLE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - A portable wireless communication device includes a base circuit board, an antenna, and a switch. The base circuit board is a printed circuit board including a feed point and a ground point. The antenna is disposed on the base circuit board including a radiating portion, a feed portion, and a plurality of ground portions. The feed portion electrically connected to the feed point. The switch is electrically connected between the ground point and the plurality of ground portions to choose one ground portion to electrically connect to the ground point and obtain wide working frequency bands. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050533 | GROUND STRUCTURE OF ANTENNA OF MOBILE TERMINAL - An antenna ground structure of a mobile terminal is disclosed. The antenna ground structure of a mobile terminal is arranged to provide the ground pattern on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) adjacent to the antenna and to electrically connect the ground pattern to the ground unit of the antenna, so that the area of the ground of the antenna may be expanded to improve Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) and communication performance. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050534 | TRIPLATE LINE INTER-LAYER CONNECTOR, AND PLANAR ARRAY ANTENNA - Provided is a triplate line inter-layer connector having excellent loss suppression capability and allowing for inter-layer connection at any position, and a planar array antenna having uniform frequency characteristics in a beam direction. The triplate line inter-layer connector has an electrical connection structure between a first triplate line and a second triplate line. A first patch pattern is formed at a connection-side terminal end of a first feeder line. A first feed substrate has a first shield spacer disposed therebeneath, and a second shield spacer disposed just thereabove. Each of the first and second shield spacers has a hollow portion hollowed out to a size encompassing the first feeder line and the first patch pattern so as to define a corresponding one of first and second dielectrics in a respective one of the positions beneath and just above the first feed substrate. A second feeder line is provided on a second feed substrate together with a second patch pattern to extend in two directions from the second patch pattern to respective two output ends of the second feeder line, and a second ground conductor has a first slit formed in a portion thereof located approximately intermediate between the first and second patch patterns. The planar array antenna has a multi-layer structure comprising an antenna section and a transmission line section. The antenna section includes an antenna substrate and a first ground conductor having a slit. The antenna substrate has an antenna region which comprises a feeder line connected to respective radiation elements of the radiation element array. The feeder line, the slit and the patch pattern are provided at respective positions approximately corresponding to each other. Respective shapes and positions of the slit and the feeder line in a thicknesswise direction of the planar array antenna are adjusted to satisfy the following relation: d | 2011-03-03 |
20110050535 | ANTENNA, ANTENNA UNIT, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THEM - An antenna has a base substrate | 2011-03-03 |
20110050536 | Low-Profile Tunable Wide-Range Loop-Slot Antenna - The Loop-Slot Antenna design provides a large range of tunable frequencies for transceiving while maintaining a small profile perfect for mounting on vehicles or other objects where a large antenna is impractical or infeasible. As compared with known vertical polarization antennas that have considerable height, for instance quarter-wave and half-wave vertical stubs of h=λ/4 or h=λ/2, the antenna of this invention has height of h=λ/100. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050537 | Antenna Formed Inside Film - An antenna formed inside a film comprises a thin film, a radiation conductor, a supporter, a conductive paste and at least one contact terminal. The radiation conductor is arranged on the thin film. The supporter is arranged on the radiation conductor with at least one trench formed thereon. The contact terminal has a recession with a hole. The recession is inserted into the trench. The conductive paste is injected into the trench via the hole to have such a thickness that the top of the conductive paste exactly contacts the bottom of the recession. The present invention is characterized in that a conductive paste is used as a conduction medium and a buffer between the contact terminal and the radiation conductor. Thereby, the present invention can overcome the conventional problem that the radiation conductor and thin film are likely to be damaged in the fabrication process. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050538 | DUAL-BAND ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - A dual-band antenna assembly is positioned on a substrate, and includes an insulation body, a plane antenna and a microstrip antenna. The insulation body includes a plane surface paralleled to the substrate, and a side surface perpendicularly extending from edges of the plane surface to the substrate. The plane antenna includes a first feed portion and a first radiator. The first feed portion passes through the substrate to the plane surface of the insulation body. The first radiator is substantially positioned on a center of the plane surface of the insulation body, and electrically connected to the first feed portion. The microstrip antenna includes a second feed portion and a second radiator. The second radiator is a microstrip, electrically connected to the second feed portion and positioned on the side surface of the insulation body. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050539 | MONOPOLE ANTENNA - A monopole antenna includes a substrate, a feed portion, a radiating portion, and a position ring. The substrate defines a via hole. The feed portion feeds electromagnetic signals by way of the via hole. The radiating portion is L-shaped, and includes a first radiator and a second radiator. One end of the first radiator is connected to the feed portion, and perpendicular to the substrate. One end of the second radiator is perpendicularly connected to the other end of the first radiator, and the other end of the second radiator is free. The position ring is configured between the feed portion and the substrate, to securely position the radiating portion on the substrate. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050540 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE DIRECTOR ELEMENT AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050541 | DUAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a dual display device in which angle between the two display panels can be freely varied. A dual display device includes: a first display panel having a first display screen; a second display panel having a second display screen; and a connecting frame which connecting the first display panel and the second display panel such that the first display panel and the second display panel can be rotatable to one another so that angle between the first display screen and the second display screen can be varied. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050542 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A computer system which displays screens on a display unit for observing proper positioning and on an auxiliary display device and a method of controlling the same. A computer system including: a display unit; a plurality of ports connectable with at least one auxiliary display device; and a controller displaying a main screen on the display unit and an auxiliary screen corresponding to a position of a port coupled to the auxiliary display device from among the ports in the auxiliary display device. The computer system permits improved convenience when arranging displaying screens on a mounted display unit and in an auxiliary display device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050543 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE DISPLAY SCREENS - The present invention provides a mobile device with multiple display screens, which incorporates three display screens onto a common laptop with a single display screen; the mobile device at least includes: a first display screen, which is assembled at inner side of an upper cover; and one side adjacent to the second display screen is linked to the base; a second display screen, which is placed on the base; one side is abutted against the first display screen, and the other side abutted against the third display screen; the second display screen can also shift directionally in parallel with the base; and a third display screen, which is placed at inner side of the keyboard; the other side adjacent to the second display screen is linked to the base. The first display screen can be rotatably covered in tune with the second display screen, whilst the third display screen can be rotatably covered in tune with the second display screen. Hence, three display screens can be incorporated onto a mobile device, e.g. laptop, thereby improving its operational flexibility. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050544 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICES - An image display system includes a plurality of electronic paper display devices, each displaying an image thereon, a first determining unit that determines positions of the plurality of electronic paper display devices relative to each other, and a control unit that controls each of the electronic paper display devices in accordance with the positions determined by the determining unit such that the plurality of electronic paper display devices together display a single image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050545 | OVERLAYED DISPLAY - A display ( | 2011-03-03 |
20110050546 | EYEWEAR FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW VISION OR IMPAIRED VISION - The device is eyewear that aids people with low or impaired vision. The eyewear consists of miniature cameras and thin-film transistor (TFT) screens which are powered by a portable battery pack. These items (cameras and TFTs) are imbedded into the eyewear frames. The person with low or impaired vision wears the eyewear like regular eyeglasses, the cameras collect the images, and the TFTs display them in a manner in which the person can easily view the images in a light controlled environment. The eyewear is portable and can be folded like regular eyeglasses. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050547 | Image display apparatus and head mounted display - An image display apparatus includes: (A) an image forming device; (B) an optical system that converts light emitted from the image forming device into parallel light; (C) an optical device to which the light beams converted into the parallel light by the optical system enter, in which the light beams are guided, and from which the light beams are emitted; and (D) a supporting member that pivotally supports at least the image forming device with respect to the optical device, wherein an assembly of at least the image forming device and the supporting member has the center of gravity at a position apart from the pivoting central axis of the supporting member, and at least the image forming device is pivoted with respect to the optical device by gravity, whereby the image forming device is horizontally held. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050548 | HEAD UP DISPLAY UTILIZING AN LCD AND A DIFFUSER - Head up display (HUD) for displaying a combined image of a scene image of a scene and an informative image, for an observer, the HUD including an image source, an optical relay, a low physical height horizontally expanding optical assembly and a planar optical module, the image source for producing a substantially small narrow angle informative image, the optical relay for producing a substantially large narrow angle informative image, by enlarging the substantially small narrow angle informative image, received from the image source, the low physical height horizontally expanding optical assembly for producing a horizontally expanded image, by horizontally expanding the substantially large narrow angle informative image, received from the optical relay, and the planar optical module for producing a substantially large informative image, by vertically expanding the horizontally expanded image, and further producing the combined image, by combining the substantially large informative image with the scene image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050549 | Image Display Device - Provided is an image display device which displays corresponding images corresponding to image data items classified into categories. In particular, the image display device preferentially displays a corresponding image corresponding to an image data item which belongs to a representative category selected from the categories. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050550 | Pixel driving circuit for light emitting display panel - A display panel has a plurality of OLED pixels arranged in rows and columns. The pixel driving circuit has two or more current paths through a plurality of switching elements for providing the necessary current to the OLEDs in a pixel. The control end of each switching element is connected to the control end of the other switching elements, but each switching element has a separate power source which can be separately adjustable. In some embodiments, in a pixel or sub-pixel, one switching element is located at one end and one switching element is located at the other end of a pixel length, and each pixel is adjacent to a first power source line and a second power source line along the pixel length for separately providing the electrical power to two switching elements. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050551 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes: substrates arranged opposite to each other with a liquid crystal layer therebetween. One of the substrates includes scanning and signal lines arranged in a matrix in a display area, a common wiring line along a peripheral edge portion of the display area, an interlayer resin film at least over the whole display area, and lower and upper electrodes arranged opposite to each other with an inter-electrode insulating film therebetween. The upper electrode includes slits in each pixel area sectioned by the scanning and signal lines. One of the upper and lower electrodes is formed over the whole display area and connected to the common wiring line and operates as a common electrode. In the display area, a common line is formed in parallel to the scanning line, the electrode operating as the common electrode is connected to the common line through a contact hole and the common line is connected to the common wiring line at the peripheral edge portion. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050552 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - The manufacturing method of a liquid crystal display device includes a step of forming the scanning signal lines including a step in which a photosensitive material film is exposed using an exposure device having a spatial light modulating element which generates an exposure pattern by a numerical control based on drawing data prepared based on the layout data. The drawing data is prepared by correction such that a shape of a portion of the scanning signal line in the layout data which is overlapped to a source electrode has an area corresponding to the distribution of a film thickness of an insulation layer interposed between the scanning signal line and the source electrode. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050553 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device employing a dot inversion drive method includes a pixel array, a data driver circuit, a short circuit, and a scanning circuit. The short circuit is disposed for respective outputs of the data driver circuit, and includes a switching element for connecting each of the outputs to a precharge voltage different from an output voltage. The short circuit includes the switching element disposed in one of a first switching group and a second switching group; the switching element of one of the first switching group and the second switching group is connected to respective pairs of pixel column units including an odd-numbered pixel column and an even-numbered pixel column which are adjacent to each other; and the pairs of pixel column units which are adjacent to each other are each connected to the switching element disposed in respective switching groups different from each other. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050554 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND BACKLIGHT CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device includes a panel, a receiving interface, a timing control module, a backlight module and a backlight driving unit. The receiving interface receives a first data signal and a first backlight control signal with a first timing. The timing control module converts the first data signal into a second data signal and then outputs the second data signal to the panel. Furthermore, based on the second data signal, the timing control module converts the first backlight control signal into a second backlight control signal with a second timing different from the first timing and then outputs the second backlight control signal. After receiving the second backlight control signal from the timing control module, the backlight driving unit is controlled by the second backlight control signal to output an output voltage signal to the backlight module. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050555 | LCD PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE UTILIZING THE SAME - A LCD display device includes a LCD panel including a plurality of LCD units with trapezoid structure, and three sides of the LCD unit all include three liquid crystal molecules (LCM), the LCMs of all of the first side of the LCD unit constitute a first LCM array and form a first display interface, the LCMs of all of the second side constitute a second LCM array and form a second display interface, and the LCMs of all of the third side constitute a third LCM array and form a third display interface. The LCD display device also includes three signal conversion modules configured to convert three display signals into three control signals respectively, and three driving modules configured to drive the three LCM arrays according to the control signals and cause the first, the second, and the third display interface to display corresponding images. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050556 | OPTICAL ASSEMBLY, BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS THEREOF - The present invention relates to an optical assembly, a backlight unit, and a display apparatus thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, an optical assembly includes a first layer, a plurality of light sources disposed over the first layer, a second layer that is disposed above the first layer and covering the plurality of light sources, and at least one reflection layer between the first layer and the second layer, wherein the reflection layer includes at least a first portion and a second portion having different reflectances. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050557 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A backlight unit may be provided that includes a substrate, light sources, and a light guide plate. The light sources are arrayed on the substrate, and emit light with a predetermined orientation angle with respect to a first direction, and include first through third light sources adjacent to each other. The light guide plate may include a light incident part having a light incident surface to which streaks of light respectively emitted from the light sources are laterally incident, and a light emitting part emitting the incident streaks of light upward and having a side adjacent and connected to the light incident part. A first distance between the first light source and the second light source is less than a second distance between the second light source and third light source. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050558 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A backlight unit and a display device including the backlight unit are discussed. According to an embodiment, the invention provides a light generating device comprising: a first layer; a plurality of light source devices disposed on the first layer and configured to emit light, at least one of the light source devices including a light emitting diode for generating the light; a reflection layer disposed on the first layer and configured to reflect the light emitted from the light source devices; a second layer covering the light source devices and the reflection layer and configured to propagate the light reflected by the reflection layer, the second layer including a plurality of depressed portions, at least one of the depressed portions disposed between two adjacent light source devices among the plurality of light source devices; and at least one third layer disposed on the second layer and configured to diffuse the light propagated by the second layer. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050559 | FIELD SEQUENTIAL DISPLAY OF COLOR IMAGES WITH COLOR SELECTION - A color display has a monochrome modulator. An active area of the modulator is illuminated by an array of light sources. The light sources include light sources of three or more colors. The intensities of the light sources may be adjusted to project desired luminance patterns on an active area of the modulator. In a fast field sequential method different colors are projected sequentially. The modulator is set to modulate the projected luminance patterns to display a desired image. In a slow field sequential method, colors are projected simultaneously and the modulator is set to modulate most important colors in the image. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050560 | Thin Electronic Reader Device - A thin electronic reader device is provided. The electronic reader device may have a reduced thickness. The device may comprise a top case housing having a front side and a back side. The device may also comprise a bottom case housing having a front side and a back side. The front side of the bottom case housing may be removably attached to the back side of the top case housing. The device may further comprise an electronic paper display nested within the top case housing. The electronic paper display may be adapted to display viewable images. The device may additionally comprise an interactive screen that may be affixed to the front side of the top case housing. The interactive screen may be adapted to overlie the electronic paper display. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050561 | Color Electrophoretic Display and Display Method Thereof - A color electrophoretic display and a display method thereof are provided. First, three primary color display data is generated according to a color image data, and whether or not to display a color image is determined. When it is determined not to display the color image, the three primary color display data is converted into gray display data according to a gray gamut look up table to display a gray picture on the electrophoretic display. When it is determined to display the color image, the color gamut of the three primary color display data is adjusted according to a color gamut look up table to display a color picture on the electrophoretic display. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050562 | VISUALIZATION CONTROLS - Implementations of visualization controls are described. Some techniques described herein enable a user to interact with a geoscience object on display. In one possible embodiment, simultaneous movements of two or more user-controlled points are tracked using a motion monitoring system, such as cameras. The movement of the points is then interpreted as an interaction with the geoscience object and results in a corresponding alteration of the display of the geoscience object. One example interaction includes a compound manipulation (i.e. translation, rotation, scaling and/or skewing) of the geoscience object. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050563 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MOTION COMPENSATED INPUT DEVICE - A method and system for a motion compensated input device are provided. The motion compensated input device includes an input device configured to receive a physical input from a user and convert the physical input into a physical input signal representative of the physical input, a motion sensing device configured to sense acceleration forces of at least one of the input device and the user, the acceleration forces introducing an error into the physical input, and an input compensator configured to adjust the physical input signal using the acceleration forces to generate a compensated input signal representative of the physical input. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050564 | Dynamic Picture Frame in Electronic Handset - A portable electronic device configured to operate in a image presentation mode that presents a sequence of images on a display component. A controller is configured to determine a context of the portable electronic device and to vary a presentation time period of images in a subset of images in the sequence relative to the presentation time period of images not in the subset, wherein the images in the subset are associated with the context of the portable electronic device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050565 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A computer system and a method for controlling the same, even while the case of the electronic device is closed by making the device capable of using various functions by a simple and convenient input method. The computer system comprises at least one device unit; a housing in which the device unit(s) is provided; a motion sensing unit configured to sense a user motion taken at an outer side of the housing; and a controller configured to control the device unit(s) to perform an operation corresponding to the user motion sensed by the motion sensing unit. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050566 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus according to the present invention including a detection unit for detecting a moving direction and a moving amount of a finger on an operation panel, and a moving control unit for changing the moving amount of an object on a display unit for a finger's unit moving amount depending on the moving direction of the finger which moves the object displayed on the display unit. According to the present invention, the moving amount of the object within a display region changes based on the moving direction of the finger to be operated on the operation panel. In this manner, the object moving amount is corrected depending on the finger moving direction, thereby eliminating the factors for reducing the operability during the object moving operation and improving the operability. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050567 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including an attention object selection section which selects, from pieces of object position information, information indicating the closest position from a position indicated by new cursor position information as new attention object position information indicating a position of an object that is to be newly attended to, and a focus position control section which causes a focus to be displayed at a position on a display surface indicated by the object position information specified by attention information, and also causes the focus to move to a position on the display surface indicated by the new attention object position information. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050568 | HEAD POSE ASSESSMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Improvements are provided to effectively assess a user's face and head pose such that a computer or like device can track the user's attention towards a display device(s). Then the region of the display or graphical user interface that the user is turned towards can be automatically selected without requiring the user to provide further inputs. A frontal face detector is applied to detect the user's frontal face and then key facial points such as left/right eye center, left/right mouth corner, nose tip, etc., are detected by component detectors. The system then tracks the user's head by an image tracker and determines yaw, tilt and roll angle and other pose information of the user's head through a coarse to fine process according to key facial points and/or confidence outputs by pose estimator. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050569 | Motion Controlled Remote Controller - A handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image indicating a currently controlled remote device and a gesture database maintaining a plurality of remote command gestures. Each remote command gesture is defined by a motion of the device with respect to a first position of the handheld device. The device includes a gesture mapping database comprising a mapping of each of the remote command gestures to an associated command for controlling operation of the remote device and a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the handheld device within three dimensions and to identify components of the motion in relation to the viewable surface. The device includes a control module operable to track movement of the handheld device using the motion detection module, to compare the tracked movement against the remote command gestures to determine a matching gesture, and to identify the one of the commands corresponding to the matching gesture. The device also includes a wireless interface operable to transmit the identified command to a remote receiver for delivery to the remote device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050570 | Orientation-Sensitive Signal Output - Orientation-sensitive signal output, in which a neutral position of a device is automatically determined in relation to at least a first axis, an angular displacement of the device is measured about at least the first axis, and shaking of the device is detected. A selection of the first control is received, and an output signal is output based at least upon the selection and the angular displacement or based upon detecting the shaking of the device. | 2011-03-03 |
20110050571 | REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTER - A remote control system for a computer includes a transmitting apparatus generating move instructions and key-press instructions. A receiving apparatus is connected to the computer, to receive the move instructions and key-press instructions and send the move instructions and key-press instructions to the computer. The receiving apparatus includes an infrared-house module transmitting an infrared to the transmitting apparatus and an infrared camera module capturing a location and a move state of the transmitting apparatus according to a reflected infrared from the transmitting apparatus and converting the captured location and move state to images and sending the images to the computer. The computer converts the key-press instructions to key-press data and converts the key-press data into key-press actions of a cursor of the computer, and converts the images to movement data and converts the move data into movement actions of the cursor of the computer. | 2011-03-03 |