10th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 17 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110057799 | HAND WASHING MONITORING SYSTEM - A hand cleansing monitoring system that electronically monitors and communicates hand washing frequency and procedures to management through a computer based system. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057800 | CAR ALCOHOL MONITORING SYSTEM - An alcohol monitoring system for monitoring a driver of a car includes a vapor analyzer system for detecting the amount of alcohol in a driver operating the car. A speed controller is provided for setting the maximum speed of the car to a predetermined level in the event that the amount of alcohol detected in the driver is above a predetermined threshold. A cell phone is configured to automatically call a remote call center, in the event that the amount of the alcohol detected in the driver is above the predetermined threshold. Furthermore, a location system is configured to provide the location of the car to said remote call center. A mapping database in said remote call center is configured to provide nearest resting locations to said car so as to guide the driver to drive the car to any one of said locations. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057801 | SPACE MONITORING SYSTEM WITH REMOTE REPORTING - An enclosed space monitoring system includes a controller and a plurality of sensors located within the enclosed space. The sensors may include a humidity sensor, a water presence sensor, a water pump operation sensor, a temperature sensor, a radon gas detector, a propane or natural gas detector, a smoke sensor, a carbon monoxide detector and a motion sensor. Environmental parameter data obtained by the sensors is stored within a memory connected to the controller. The controller sends the stored data to a remote facility when the data indicates a potential condition within the space needing attention or remediation. Further, the controller sends the data to the remote facility periodically. The sent data is stored at the remote facility and may be accessed by a technician or an owner of the space. Also, the data at the remote facility may be comparatively studied relative to earlier data from the same space and to data collected in similar spaces to discern a potential condition within the space needing attention or remediation. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057802 | IMAGE QUALITY MONITOR FOR DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM - A system for monitoring the state of calibration of a digital x-ray detector having a solid state sensor with a plurality of pixels, a scintillating screen and at least one embedded microprocessor, the system having means for capturing a digital image and a computer operable during normal diagnostic use of the detector, in cooperation with at least one embedded microprocessor, for performing pixelwise computations on the image and calculating a misregistration metric indicative of movement of the solid state sensor relative to the scintillating screen. A defect metric indicative of abnormal properties of pixels in the solid state sensor is calculated. It is then determined whether one or both of the misregistration metric and the defect metric exceeds a respective, preselected threshold value. The user of the system is alerted to conduct a calibration of the detector when either one or both of the respective threshold values have been exceeded. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057803 | TEMPERATURE PREDICTING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A temperature predicting apparatus for predicting possible abnormal temperature of air for cooling at least one of electronic devices mounted on a rack, the temperature predicting apparatus includes a storing section for storing temperature information related to at least one temperature measured by a temperature sensor provided on an intake side of the electronic device, and a controller for estimating a change tendency in the temperature on the intake side of the electronic device on the basis of the temperature information stored in the storing section, and predicting the possible abnormal temperature on the basis of the estimated change tendency. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057804 | SEARCH AND RESCUE USING ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION - A system for search and rescue includes a rescue beacon including a radiation source to emit radiation, at least a portion of which includes ultraviolet c-band radiation, and an ultraviolet c-band detector to detect the ultraviolet c-band radiation to enable locating of the rescue beacon. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057805 | SMOKE ALARM WITH TEMPORAL EVALUATION OF A BACKSCATTER SIGNAL, TEST METHOD FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CAPABILITY OF A SMOKE ALARM - A smoke alarm is described which comprises a base element ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057806 | Hazardous Condition Detector with Hardware Hush - A hazardous condition detector including a housing containing at least one sensor unit for sensing at least one ambient condition and a microprocessor contained within the housing operatively coupled to the sensor unit though a hardware interface. The hazardous condition detector also includes a memory means associated with the microprocessor, the memory means contains at least one alarm threshold value stored therein from which the microprocessor selects a single alarm threshold value, and user activated hardware control means operatively coupled to the microprocessor. The control means when activated by a user during an alarm condition reduces the sensitivity of the hazardous condition detector by changing the voltage across the sensor unit sensed by the microprocessor to a level that is within the range of a non alarm event defined by the single alarm threshold value selected by the microprocessor. During normal operation of the hazardous condition detector and during the hazardous condition detector's operation with reduced sensitivity, the hazardous condition detector employs the same alarm threshold value. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057807 | PORTABLE DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM - A portable device driven by a battery unit including a rechargeable battery which can be charged and discharged, the portable device includes an impact detecting part configured to detect an impact applied to the portable device; an abnormality determining part configured to determine whether an abnormality is generated in the battery unit based on status information indicating the status of the battery unit; and a display control part configured to control displaying by a displaying device of the portable device, wherein the abnormality determining part determines whether the abnormality is generated in the battery unit in a case where the impact is detected by the impact detecting part; and the display control part performs the displaying indicating the abnormality of the battery unit in a case where the abnormality determining part determines that the battery unit is abnormal. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057808 | OVERCURRENT PROTECTION CIRCUIT - An overcurrent protection circuit connected between a voltage input and a voltage output of an electronic device to protect against excessive current is disclosed. The overcurrent protection circuit includes first to fifth resistors, a relay comprising a coil and a normally closed switch, a pnp transistor, and a break-over element. When a current between the voltage input and the voltage output is greater or equal to a rated current of the electronic device, the npn transistor is turned on, while the coil is powered on to control the switch to be opened, therefore the voltage output cannot output voltage, which can protect against excessive current damaging the electronic device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057809 | PERSONAL ALERT DEVICE - A personal alert device for use with a wireless communications device is provided. In at least one embodiment, the personal includes: a housing configured for discreet, inconspicuous use by a wearer; a vibrator mechanism disposed within the housing; a processor disposed within the housing, the processor configured to pair uniquely and wirelessly communicate with a mobile communications device within a defined distance to the mobile communications device, operative to receive a mobile communications signal from the mobile communications device, and further configured to activate the vibrator mechanism to alert the wearer discreetly to the presence of the mobile communications signal; and a power source disposed within the housing. In at least one embodiment, the personal alert device is a fashion accessory article that is worn under an item of apparel and directly adjacent to the body of the wearer to remain unseen. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057810 | WIRED DRILL PIPE CONNECTION FOR SINGLE SHOULDERED APPLICATION AND BHA ELEMENTS - A method and apparatus for transmitting data across a tool joint connection. In one embodiment, the system includes a first data transmission element connected to a first downhole component, a second data transmission element connected to a second downhole component, and a biasing element biasing at least one of the first and second data transmission elements towards the other data transmission element such that the first and second data transmission elements are in data communication with each other. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057811 | PROJECTED INSTRUMENT DISPLAYS FOR FIELD MOUNTED PROCESS INSTRUMENTS - An industrial process transmitter includes a first process sensor, transmitter circuitry, a housing and an image projector. The first process sensor measures a process variable of an industrial process and generates a sensor signal. The transmitter circuitry is connected to the first process sensor and is configured to operate functions of the process transmitter. The housing includes a window and an image projector. The image projector is connected to the transmitter circuitry and is configured to project an image of information relating to functions of the process transmitter onto the window in the housing. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057812 | REMOTE MONITORING APPARATUS - Various sensors are provided inside control equipment, and it is determined whether environment inside the control equipment is abnormal or not, based on data obtained from the sensors. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057813 | Vehicle Park Assist System and Method for Parking a Vehicle Using Such System - A method for parking a vehicle in a parking spot comprises scanning objects to determine if a feasible parking space is available, the neighboring objects including at least one object either in front of or behind the vehicle and at least one object alongside the vehicle; determine whether there is a sufficient slot length in which to park the vehicle and to determine a height of the object alongside which the vehicle is to be parked in order to park the vehicle at a lateral distance from the object alongside the vehicle dependent upon the particular height of such object relative to a height of a bottom of a door; and parking the vehicle in the space wherein the vehicle is parked at the lateral distance from the object vehicle based upon the detected height of such object relative to the height of the bottom of the door. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057814 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING OBSTACLE IN PARKING - Disclosed are a system and method for recognizing an obstacle at the time of parking. The inventive system includes: at least one lateral side ultrasonic sensor for sensing lateral distance data between a user's vehicle and an obstacle positioned adjacent to a lateral side of the user's vehicle; a first course calculation unit for calculating lateral position data and a first course on the basis of the lateral distance data; at least one rear side ultrasonic sensor for sensing rear distance data indicating a distance between the user's vehicle and an obstacle positioned behind the rear side of the user's vehicle; a second course calculation unit for extracting rear position data for the obstacle positioned behind the user's vehicle on the basis of the rear distance data, and for extracting and calculating a final target parking position and a final course on the basis of the rear position data; and a control unit which receives information for the first course from the first course calculation unit so as to control the steering wheel of the user's vehicle, thereby moving the user's vehicle forward or backward along the first course, and receives information for the final target parking position and the final course from the second course calculation unit so as to control the steering wheel, thereby moving the user's vehicle is moved along the final course and automatically parked at the final target parking position. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057815 | PARKING METER COMMUNICATIONS FOR REMOTE PAYMENT WITH UPDATED DISPLAY - A parking meter receives data indicative of a remote payment being completed and displays an amount of time purchased by the remote payment for a parking session. The parking meter determines an amount of time remaining in the parking session and powers down at least a portion of a meter communication subsystem subsequent to receiving the data indicative of the remote payment being completed. The parking meter wakes up the powered down portion of the communication subsystem upon determining that the amount of time remaining is below a threshold time, and can receive an indication of additional time being paid for remotely, and can update the displayed time remaining to reflect the additional time. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057816 | SECURITY SYSTEMS - A vehicle detection system for detecting the presence of at least part of a vehicle in image data, the system comprising: an interface configured to receive image data; an identifier module configured to identify a plurality of linear regions in an image represented by the image data; a comparator configured to compare at least one of the number, cumulative size, and density of the linear regions with a respective threshold value; and an output configured to issue a signal indicating the detection of a vehicle based on the results of the comparison. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057817 | METHOD OF DETERMINING VEHICLE LOCATION FROM KEY FOB - A method of indicating a proximity value representative of the distance between a key fob ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057818 | Apparatus and Method for Encoding and Decoding Signal - Encoding and decoding apparatuses and encoding and decoding methods are provided. The decoding method includes extracting a plurality of encoded signals from an input bitstream, determining which of a plurality of decoding methods is to be used to decode each of the encoded signals, decoding the encoded signals using the determined decoding methods, and synthesizing the decoded signals. Accordingly, it is possible to encode signals having different characteristics at an optimum bitrate by classifying the signals into one or more classes according to the characteristics of the signals and encoding each of the signals using an encoding unit that can best serve the class where a corresponding signal belongs. In addition, it is possible to efficiently encode various signals including audio and speech signals. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057819 | Semiconductor device having plural semiconductor chips laminated to each other - In a stacked semiconductor device in which a plurality of through silicon vias used for data transfer are shared among a plurality of semiconductor chips, a first semiconductor chip included in the semiconductor chips holds through silicon via switching information for specifying a through silicon via among the through silicon vias to be used for data transfer, and transfers the through silicon via switching information to a second semiconductor chip included in the semiconductor chips. According to the present invention, because the through silicon via switching information is transferred from the first semiconductor chip to the second semiconductor chip, a circuit for storing the through silicon via switching information in a nonvolatile manner is not required in the second semiconductor chip. With this arrangement, a chip area of the second semiconductor chip can be reduced. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057820 | DATA SERIALIZER APPARATUS AND METHODS - Some embodiments include apparatus and methods having an output line, clock nodes to receive clock signals, the clock signals being out of phase with each other, and selector circuits to receive data in parallel. In at least one embodiment, the selector circuits are responsive to the clock signals to transfer the data serially to the output line. Such apparatus and methods can also include a control unit to influence a portion of a signal that represents at least a portion of the data at the output line. Additional apparatus and methods are described. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057821 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING ROTOR POSITION AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - Disclosed are an apparatus and method for sensing a rotor position, and an electric power steering system using the same. The rotor position sensing apparatus includes: an absolute position sensor for sensing absolute position information for a rotor; a pulse generator for generating increment pulses with a predetermined period; a rotor position estimating unit for calculating the rotor position using the absolute position information and the number of the increment pulses counted in synchronization with the absolute position information at the time of sampling, wherein the rotor position estimating unit re-calculates the calculated rotor position by adding one or more increment values to the number of the increment pulses if the number of the increment pulses equals to the number of increment pulses at the time of just previous sampling; and an output unit for generating a signal having information concerning the calculated rotor position or the re-calculated rotor position, wherein the increment value is proportional to the rotor rotation speed and the sampling period. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057822 | PULSE GENERATING DEVICE, ROTATOR MODULE, ROTATIONAL SPEED CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A pulse generating device includes a rotatable disc having a plurality of patterns that are formed on a surface of the rotatable disc in a circumferential direction of the rotatable disc, and three pulse generators to each detect the plurality of patterns formed on the rotatable disc and to respectively generate three pulse signals each corresponding to a rotational speed of the rotatable disc based on the detected patterns. The three pulse generators are evenly spaced at intervals of 120 degrees of angle with respect to a rotational axis of the rotatable disc in the circumferential direction of the rotatable disc. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057823 | Asynchronous SAR ADC - An asynchronous analog to digital convertor for converting an analog input signal into a digital output is presented. According to an embodiment, the analog to digital convertor comprises a clock input operable to receive an external clock signal having a clock period, a comparator operable to compare the analog input signal to a reference signal, a digital to analog converter operable to generate the reference signal corresponding to a state of a successive approximation register, and a control block connected to the comparator and to the digital to analog converter. The control block is operable to generate and receive a sequence of control signals according to a successive approximation algorithm, to perform a plurality of comparisons, and to update the state of the successive approximation register thereby generating the digital output. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057824 | Analog-to-digital converter having output data with reduced bit-width and related system and method - A circuit includes an analog-to-digital converter configured to receive an analog input signal and generate first digital values at a first sampling rate. The first digital values have a first bit-width. The circuit also includes an interpolator configured to receive the first digital values and generate second digital values at a second sampling rate higher than the first sampling rate. The second digital values have a second bit-width equal to or greater than the first bit-width. The circuit further includes a digital filter configured to receive the second digital values and perform bit-width reduction in a recoverable manner to generate third digital values. The third digital values have a third bit-width less than the first and second bit-widths. The circuit could optionally include a recovery circuit configured to process the third digital values to generate recovered digital values at the first sampling rate. The recovered digital values have the first bit-width. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057825 | Diode smart track - Systems and methods to achieve a logarithmic digital-to-analog converter (DAC), which is easy to be implemented, and requiring reduced chip space have been disclosed. The logarithmic DAC is created by a simple and easy to scale linear DAC, which is linearly scaling a predefined voltage range. The output voltage of the linear DAC is converted to a logarithmic current value directly by the voltage-current characteristic of an integrated diode. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057826 | MICRO-ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (MEMS), SYSTEMS, AND OPERATING METHODS THEREOF - A micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) includes a micro-mechanical structure that is capable of generating a first electrical signal. An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) is coupled with the micro-mechanical structure. The MEMS is free from including any amplifier between the micro-mechanical structure and the ADC. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057827 | Holographic Imaging Based on Time-Domain Data of Natural-Fiber-Containing Materials - Methods and apparatuses for imaging material properties in natural-fiber-containing materials can utilize time-domain data. In particular, images can be constructed that provide quantified measures of localized moisture content. For example, one or more antennas and at least one transceiver can be configured to collect time-domain data from radiation interacting with the natural-fiber-containing materials. The antennas and the transceivers are configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic radiation at one or more frequencies, which are between 50 MHz and 1 THz, according to a time-domain impulse function. A computing device is configured to transform the time-domain data to frequency-domain data, to apply a synthetic imaging algorithm for constructing a three-dimensional image of the natural-fiber-containing materials, and to provide a quantified measure of localized moisture content based on a pre-determined correlation of moisture content to frequency-domain data. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057828 | Mapping Method Implementing a Passive Radar - The invention relates to a mapping method implementing a radar used in passive mode. It is possible to use such a radar for locating an object likely to reflect an electromagnetic wave transmitted by a transmitter the position of which is known. Movable objects ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057829 | WIRELESS SENSOR DEVICE - A wireless sensor device includes a transmission signal generation unit that generates a frequency-spread high frequency transmission signal such that a transmission frequency is continuously increased and decreased with a predetermined period, a transmitter antenna that radiates the high frequency transmission signal, a receiver antenna that receives a reflected wave from an object having received the high frequency transmission signal, and outputs a frequency-spread high frequency reception signal, a mixer circuit that receives a part of the high frequency transmission signal as a first frequency-spread high frequency signal, receives the high frequency reception signal as a second frequency-spread high frequency signal, and outputs a DC beat signal by operating as a phase detector when frequencies of the first and second signals coincide with each other, and a DC component extraction circuit that extracts the DC beat signal from an output signal of the mixer circuit. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057830 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING AIRCRAFT TRAFFIC CONTROL DATA - A method for group travel and group communications, wherein the group travel parameters and group communications are combined for verifying and validating ADS-B data on aircraft. The full connectivity within a navigating group of aircraft allows all the group members to communicate spatial/temporal observations and collaborate in group protocols, e.g., majority voting protocol, which can determine if a received ADS-B message is corrupted or from a false target aircraft. Well-established distributed protocols based on group communications and majority voting exist for (1) detecting compromised members, i.e., false target aircraft, and (2) verifying message integrity, i.e., ADS-B data, given a minority fraction of members are compromised/colluding. Such protocols can be based on IP multicast communications over the IP networking data links available on the aircraft. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057831 | RADAR DEVICE - In a radar device including: a transmission antenna group having a plurality of transmission antennas; a reception antenna group having a plurality of reception antennas; and transmission switchover means to transmit transmission waves in a way that sequentially switches over the transmission antennas of the transmission antenna group, the reception antenna group receiving reflected waves, reflected from a target, of transmission waves of the transmission antennas when sequentially transmitting the transmission waves, is made to function as a virtual sub-array corresponding to the transmission antennas. The target is thus detected by executing a space averaging process based on a relative position, to the reception antenna group, of each of the transmission antennas undergoing the transmission switchover with respect to the virtual correlation values corresponding to the plurality of virtual sub-arrays. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057832 | Method for determining the angular aperture corresponding to the extent in a plane of an object seen by a radar antenna - The present invention relates to a method for determining the angular aperture corresponding to the extent in a plane of an object seen by a radar antenna, the object being situated at a given distance from the radar antenna. Echoes are measured in directions | 2011-03-10 |
20110057833 | SELECTING RAW MEASUREMENTS FOR USE IN POSITION COMPUTATION - Raw measurements for a plurality of GNSS satellites are pruned based on signal to noise ratio (SNR) and elevation; with remaining unpruned raw measurements sorted by SNR into a sorted list of raw measurements. A first dilution of precision (DOP) based selecting process is performed to select an initial candidate list of raw measurements. The first DOP selecting process begins by using at least those of said pruned list of raw measurements which exceed an SNR quality threshold. The initial candidate list of raw measurements is sorted by elevation angle. A second DOP selecting process is performed to select a final candidate list of raw measurements. The second DOP selecting process begins by using at least those of the sorted initial candidate list which an elevation quality threshold. The final candidate list is used in position computation for a present epoch. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057834 | MULTI-FREQUENCY GNSS RECEIVER BASEBAND DSP - A dual-frequency DSP correlator receives I and Q signal components from a down convertor in a GNSS receiver system. The signal components are cross-wiped (de-spread) for noise cancellation and can be combined for use in a processor. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057835 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING A HYBRID SOLUTION - A method and device for location determination includes receiving at least one signal from a first transmitter and receiving at least one signal from a second signal transmitter. The first transmitter transmits a first type of signal and the second transmitter transmits a second type of signal different from the first type of signal. Location determination further includes assessing a signal quality of the signals received from at least one of the first signal transmitter and second signal transmitter and determining a location of a device using the received first and second type of signals at least from both the first signal transmitter and from the second signal transmitter. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057836 | Position Estimation Assistance Information For Mobile Station - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to providing assistance information to a mobile station for performing position estimation operations. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057837 | SINGLE LOCAL OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY BAND TO RECEIVE DUAL-BAND SIGNALS - A dual-band GPS receiver and method and apparatus for downconversion of dual-band GPS signals. A dual-band GPS receiver in accordance with the present invention comprises an antenna, a Radio Frequency (RF) section, coupled to the antenna, and a baseband section, coupled to the RF section, wherein the RF section comprises a receiver, the receiver receiving signals from a first GPS frequency band and a second GPS frequency band, a local oscillator having a local oscillator frequency, and a mixer, coupled to the receiver and the local oscillator, for selectively mixing the local oscillator frequency with the first GPS frequency band and a second GPS frequency band, wherein the local oscillator frequency downconverts the first GPS frequency band and the second GPS frequency band into a common downconversion frequency band. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057838 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNMENT WITH A REMOTE SOURCE - Systems and methods for monitoring, testing, and controlling alignment are provided, including an antenna assembly with an antenna and a receiver, the antenna configured to receive signals from a remote source, the receiver coupled to the antenna and configured to generate signal strength values associated with the signals from the remote source, and where the antenna assembly exhibits an azimuthal alignment relative to an axis determined by the antenna assembly and the remote source. Systems and methods provided herein further generate a first coarse-grained signal strength value from set of signal strength values generated by the receiver while the antenna assembly is at a first azimuthal alignment offset, and generate a measure that the first azimuthal alignment offset is at least one of: less than a predetermined azimuthal alignment offset, approximately equal to the predetermined azimuthal alignment offset, and greater than the predetermined azimuthal alignment magnitude. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057839 | Method and apparatus for passive geolocation using synthetic-aperture processing - Using in-phase and quadrature components of a received signal, spatial and temporal information is utilized to generate a maximum likelihood coefficient from the measured data to geolocate an emitter of unknown frequency. In one embodiment an iso-Doppler contour is generated having regions of high correlation to estimate location in which the maximum likelihood calculation uses two factors, one derived from a single aperture and one derived from bearing estimates, with the region of highest correlation corresponding to emitter location. Hypothesized in-phase and quadrature signals corresponding to an emitter location describe what the signals received at the aperture should be if the emitter is of a predetermined frequency and at a predetermined location, with these estimates used in the maximum likelihood algorithm. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057840 | Method of Positioning RFID Tags - A method of positioning a RFID tag by using four antennas associated with an algorithm is disclosed. A diagram is depicted, which is about relationships between the RSSI and distance according to environment of the space. Next, four antennas are arranged in the space. Four measured distances analyzed from the RSSI curve are measured. Thereafter, a position of the RFID tag is assumed at the center of space. The position is served as an initial coordinate. Subsequently, the root mean square error (RMSE) is determined. If the RMSE is small than or equal to termination criteria, the coordinate is regarded as the position of the RFID tag, otherwise the initial 3-D coordinate is updated by adding some correcting values at each measuring weight. This process is repeated till the RMSE meets the assigned condition. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057841 | COMPACT ANTENNA - An antenna | 2011-03-10 |
20110057842 | OVERSIZED ANTENNA FLEX - This is directed to an antenna for use in an electronic device. The antenna can be constructed from a flex and printed trace, such that the flex is originally defined to be as large or nearly as large as possible to fit within portion of the electronic device dedicated to the antenna. This can allow the antenna trace to vary as the antenna is tuned without requiring a new flex having a different shape. In addition, this can allow the antenna design to be decoupled from the mechanical considerations related to mounting the antenna within the electronic device. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057843 | Apparatus for wireless communication - Apparatus including a ground member oriented in a first orientation; and an antenna including a first portion having a non-overlaying arrangement with the ground member, the first portion being oriented in a second orientation, different to the first orientation. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057844 | ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAME - An antenna according to the present invention comprises: a conductor plate with an axisymmetrical shape; a slot formed on the conductor plate; and a feeding point provided on the axisymmetrical axis of the conductor plate, in which the conductor plate is folded along two locations that are parallel to the axisymmetrical axis toward mutually different directions. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057845 | Planar Broadband Antenna - A planar antenna comprising a planarly configured inner radiation element that is surrounded by an outer radiation element, wherein the inner and outer radiation elements each have a feed point. A continuous or discontinuous modification of the distance, which is equal in relation to a symmetrical axis of the inner radiation element, exists between the inner radiation element and the outer radiation element. The distance between the outer and the inner radiation element is different in the area of the two feed points from that in the area facing away from the feed points. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057846 | SPATIAL STRUCTURE WITH A TRANSPONDER AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A spatial structure having a transponder comprising a planar antenna ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057847 | MOBILE WIRELESS DEVICE - There is provided a mobile wireless device capable of preventing antenna characteristics from degrading by feeding electric power at a position hardly affected by a human body such as a hand or other body part. In the mobile wireless device, a first circuit board ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057848 | Antenna apparatus and methods of use therefor - Antenna apparatus and methods of using the same that employ a broadband, planar, single feed ultra high frequency satellite communication (UHF SATCOM) antenna device which may be mounted on composite or other non-metallic and non-electrically conductive surfaces. The antenna apparatus may be implemented using a single antenna feed and impedance matching network with a low profile antenna shape that optimizes over-the-horizon gain, with no requirement for a ground plane. The antenna apparatus may also be implemented to cover the entire UHF SATCOM frequency band using a single antenna feed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057849 | DYNAMIC POLARIZATION ADJUSTMENT FOR A GROUND STATION ANTENNA - A ground station antenna includes a LNB with at least one dipole, a feed horn, a waveguide between the LNB and the feed horn, and a rotation mechanism. By rotating a portion of the waveguide, the polarization of an electromagnetic wave propagating between the LNB and a satellite is transformed to match the polarization to (one of) the dipole(s) and to an antenna on the satellite. Another ground station antenna includes a main waveguide, two mutually orthogonal branch waveguides, a coupling mechanism for coupling two orthogonal antenna dipoles to the proximal end of the waveguide, and a transformation mechanism that transforms the polarization of an electromagnetic wave propagating between the branch waveguides and a satellite via the antenna dipoles to match the polarization to one of the branch waveguides and to an antenna on the satellite. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057850 | PRINTED ANTENNA - A printed antenna includes a feed portion and a radiating portion. The feed portion feeds electromagnetic signals, and includes a feed end and a connection end. A width of the feed portion is gradually increased from the feed end to the connection end. The radiating portion includes a first radiator and a second radiator. The first radiator is elongated, and connects to the connection end of the feed portion. One end of the second radiator is connected to the first radiator, and the other end is free. The free end is bend and bent along the feeding portion, and defines a slot between the second radiator and the first radiator and the feeding portion. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057851 | PLANAR ANTENNA AND ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAP STRUCTURE THEREOF - An electromagnetic band-gap structure includes a circuit board, a ground plane and a plurality of electromagnetic band-gap units. The circuit board includes a first side and a second surface, and the ground plane disposed on the first side. The plurality of electromagnetic band-gap units are located on both the first surface and the second surface and connected to each other along an edge of the ground plane. Every electromagnetic band-gap unit includes a first strip line, a second strip line and a via. The first strip line is located on the first side, including a first relative long strip line and a first relative short strip line connected to the ground. The second strip line is located on the second side. The second strip line is connected to the first strip line of the adjacent electromagnetic band-gap unit through the via. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057852 | Modular Wideband Antenna Array - A modular wideband antenna element for connection to a feed network. There is a ground plane, and first and second flared fins above the ground plane. The fins each define a connection location that is relatively close to the ground plane and tapering to a free end located farther from the ground plane. The connection location of the first fin is electrically coupled to the feed network and the connection location of the second fin is electrically coupled to the ground plane. There are one or more additional first traces electrically connecting the first fin to the ground plane and one or more additional second traces electrically connecting the second fin to the ground plane. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057853 | PATCH ANTENNA WITH WIDE BANDWIDTH AT MILLIMETER WAVE BAND - Provided is a millimeter wave band patch antenna. The patch antenna includes a multi-layer substrate, at least one metal pattern layer, an antenna patch, a ground layer, and a plurality of vias. In the multi-layer substrate, a plurality of dielectric layers are stacked. The metal pattern layer is disposed between the dielectric layers except for a center region of the multi-layer substrate. The antenna patch is disposed on an upper surface of the multi-layer substrate in the center region. The ground layer is disposed on a lower surface of the multi-layer substrate opposing to the upper surface. The vias is disposed around the center region through the dielectric layers for electrically connecting the metal pattern layer to the ground layer. The center region, which is surrounded by the ground layer and the vias, functions as a resonator. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057854 | Identification Tag for Identifying Objects with a Metal Surface - The invention relates to a device for identifying an object ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057855 | SURFACE-INDEPENDENT BODY MOUNT CONFORMAL ANTENNA - A surface-independent antenna that operates consistently and independently of a material of its mounting surface. The antenna includes a ground plane having an outer perimeter, an antenna element having a floating portion and a non-floating portion. The non-floating portion is affixed in a generally parallel orientation above an end of the ground plane, and the floating portion extends beyond the outer perimeter of the ground plane. The antenna also includes a housing including a top portion and a bottom portion, the housing sized to generally encapsulate the ground plane and the antenna element. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057856 | ANTENNA FEEDING NETWORK - An antenna feeding network, including at least one antenna feeding line, each antenna feeding line comprising a coaxial line having a central inner conductor and a surrounding outer conductor. The outer conductor ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057857 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND PORTABLE RADIO APPARATUS - A small antenna system which is incorporated in a portable radio apparatus and can ensure high antenna performance in a wide frequency band without impairing the design property or the operability and a portable radio apparatus are provided. An antenna device includes an antenna A | 2011-03-10 |
20110057858 | DEVICE HOUSING - A device housing comprises a main body and a three-dimensional antenna. The main body comprises a first molded body and a second molded body formed on the first molding body. The first molded body is made of plastic, the second molded body is made of plastic mixed with laser activatable additives. The second molded body has a predefined activating region formed by laser activation. The three-dimensional antenna is an electroplated coating and is formed on the predefined activating region of the second molding body. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057859 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND PORTABLE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - An antenna assembly includes a patch coupled to a first board, a conductive pattern coupled to a second board, a first connector electrically coupled to the patch, and a second connector to couple the conductive pattern to a circuit of the first board. The patch has a first section adjacent a first surface and a second section adjacent an opposing second surface of the second board, and the first connector electrically couples the first section to the second section of the patch. The assembly may include a plurality of antennas, and portable terminal may use the assembly to communicate in different frequency bands. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057860 | TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION MODULE - A transmission and reception module according to one embodiment of the present invention includes an antenna, a transmission circuit, a wave detection circuit, a high-frequency switch, a small-signal high-frequency diode limiter circuit, and a first power amplifier. The antenna transmits a transmission wave, or receives a reception wave. The transmission circuit is connected to the antenna via a circulator and supplies the transmission wave to the antenna. The wave detection circuit is connected to the antenna via the circulator and branches the reception wave received by the antenna to generate a control signal based on one branched reception wave. The high-frequency switch is connected to the wave detection circuit and suppresses a power of the other branched reception wave when the control signal is input thereto. The small-signal high-frequency diode limiter circuit is connected to the high-frequency switch and further suppresses the power of the other branched reception wave output from the high-frequency switch. The first power amplifier is connected to the small-signal high-frequency diode limiter circuit and amplifies the power of the other branched reception wave whose power has been suppressed by the small-signal high-frequency diode limiter circuit. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057861 | TILED DISPLAY WITH OVERLAPPING FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES - A tiled display apparatus includes at least five functionally identical transparent partially-overlapped display tiles arranged in two dimensions, each display tile including pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, and the display tiles being disposed so that light emitted by pixels located beneath a neighboring display tile at the edge of the pixel array passes through the neighboring display tile. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057862 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device is disclosed. The image display device includes: an image processing unit; a projecting system; a head-mounted display; and a switch mirror disposed between the projecting system and the head-mounted display for switching lights projected from the image processing unit to the head-mounted display or the projecting system. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057863 | Spectacles-type image display device - A spectacles-type image display device comprises an image output unit for outputting image light of images to be displayed and a reflection unit disposed in a field of view of at least one eyeball of a viewer. The reflection unit is adapted to reflect the image light output from the image output unit toward the eyeball of the viewer so that the viewer can see virtual images of the images. The minimum value of a width of a projection cross-section of the reflection unit in an output direction of the image light to the eyeball is smaller than a dark-adapted pupil diameter of human and is larger than a light-adapted pupil diameter of human. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057864 | Emission control driver and organic light emitting display using the same - An emission control driver including a plurality of stages, each including a first unit adapted to generate a first output signal at a first node thereof based on an input signal, a clock signal, a inverted input signal, first and second power source voltages, a second unit adapted to output an emission control signal based on the first output signal and the input signal, a third unit adapted to transmit the first or second power source to the first unit based on the emission control signal, a inverted clock signal and an inverted emission control signal when a first path between the first power source and the first node and a second path between the second power source and the first node are blocked by the clock signal, and a fourth unit adapted to output a inverted emission control signal based on the emission control signal and the first output signal. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057865 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - The display device includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel each including a first transistor, a second transistor, and a light-emitting element. In each of the first to third pixels, a first terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a signal line, a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, a first terminal of the second transistor is electrically connected to a power supply line and a second terminal of the first transistor is electrically connected to the light-emitting element. A gate of the first transistor in the first pixel is electrically connected to a first scan line. A gate of the first transistor in the second pixel is electrically connected to a second scan line. A gate of the first transistor in the third pixel is electrically connected to a third scan line. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057866 | Active Matrix Emissive Display and Optical Scanner System - An active matrix emissive display (ED) is disclosed that also includes optical scanning capability. Each display pixel is independently addressable and independently internally driven for light generation. Each display pixel is also given the ability to be coupled to detection circuitry in order to sense currents or voltages that are optically generated or leaked by its internal LED when exposed to light (and thus acting in a photodiode capacity). Since the intensity of the light illuminating the diode determines the magnitude of generated currents and/or voltages or leakage current through the diode (when reverse biased), these sensed currents or voltages give an indication of the intensity of the light striking the pixel. In this manner, active matrix ED pixels are configured to serve the dual purpose of being able to generate and detect light. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057867 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display includes; a first substrate, a plurality of pixels arranged substantially in a matrix-shape on the first substrate; a plurality of gate lines disposed on the first substrate and which transmit gate signals to the pixels, and a plurality of data lines which intersect the gate lines and which transmit data voltages to the pixels, wherein at least two adjacent gate lines are electrically connected to each other. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057868 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CAPABLE OF SWITCHING COMMON VOLTAGE - A liquid crystal display capable of switching the common voltage includes a display panel and a printed circuit board. The display panel includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a transistor, a storage capacitor, and a liquid crystal capacitor. The first ends of the storage capacitor and the liquid crystal capacitor are electrically connected to the transistor. The second end of the liquid crystal capacitor is electrically connected to a common voltage source. The printed circuit board includes a switcher for switching the second end of the storage capacitor electrically connecting to common voltage source, an analog voltage source, or a ground. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057869 | MOBILE WRITER FOR ERASABLE MEDIA - A mobile imaging system includes an erasable medium and an imaging device. The erasable medium can be a UV imageable photochromic medium. The imaging device includes an input for generating imageable content in the device, a sensor for detecting and interpreting interaction of the device with respect to an imageable surface of the erasable medium, and an imaging component, responsive to the sensor, for outputting the generated content onto the imageable surface of the erasable medium. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057870 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY PANEL - An electrophoretic display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a partition wall, first electrodes, a second electrode, a dispersant, positively-charged particles, negatively-charged particles, weakly-charged particles, switching thin film transistors, scanning lines, and signal lines. Pixel spaces are surrounded by the partition wall, the first substrate and the second substrate. Two of the first electrodes are formed on the first substrate in each pixel. The second electrode facing the first electrodes is formed on the second substrate. The dispersant with the positively-charged particles, the negatively-charged particles, and weakly-charged particles is contained in the pixel spaces. The switching thin film transistors are connected to the first electrode, and the signal line. The scanning lines supply scanning signals to gate electrodes of the switching thin film transistors. The signal lines input a data signal to the switching thin film transistors. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057871 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An electrophoretic display apparatus includes a display unit, a signal voltage application circuit, and a common voltage application circuit. The display unit includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a partition wall, a first electrode formed on the first substrate, a second electrode formed on the second substrate. A pixel space which is surrounded by the partition wall, the first substrate, and the second substrate contains dispersant suspending positively-charged particles and negatively-charged particles. The signal voltage application, circuit applies a signal voltage to the first electrode. The signal voltage includes a write signal voltage to display an image on the display unit, and a post-write signal voltage which gradually changes from the write signal voltage to a hold signal voltage, the hold signal voltage maintaining a display state of the display unit. The common voltage application circuit applies a common voltage to the second electrode. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057872 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device has a display part ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057873 | FLEXIBLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE CONTROL THEREOFF - The present invention relates to a flexible electronic device ( | 2011-03-10 |
20110057874 | Methods and Systems for Lingual Movement to Manipulate an Object - An intra-oral system is disclosed for assisting an individual in developing intra-oral muscle control and strength, and for facilitating typing of alphanumeric characters on a virtual keyboard. The system may also be used to enable an individual having limited use of the upper extremities to control an electrical apparatus such as a wheelchair, a bed or a light fixture. The intra-oral system includes a mouthpiece having a plurality of cells embedded therein. The cells are configured to receive pressure applied by the tongue of an individual. Movement of the tongue over and against the cells causes an object to be moved over a display. In one embodiment, the object is moved through an obstacle course or over a simulated track as part of a therapeutic regimen. In another embodiment, the object is moved over alphanumeric characters on a digital keyboard, and selected characters are typed by operation of the mouthpiece. In this manner, textual matter may be produced and stored by the user, and then sent via electronic means using a wired or wireless communication network. In yet another embodiment, a character or icon on the display is selected and activated to manipulate an electrical apparatus. A method for moving an electrical apparatus using a mouthpiece controlled through lingual movement is also provided. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057875 | Display control apparatus, display control method, and display control program - A display control apparatus includes a recognizing unit configured to recognize a position of an operator and a position of a hand or the like of the operator, a calculating unit configured to regard a position of the operator in a screen coordinate system set on a screen as an origin of an operator coordinate system and multiply a position of the hand or the like with respect to the origin of the operator coordinate system by a predetermined function, thereby calculating a position of display information corresponding to the hand or the like in the screen coordinate system, and a control unit configured to cause the display information to be displayed at the position in the screen coordinate system calculated by the calculating unit. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057876 | POINTING DEVICE - A pointing device includes a first ground potential electrode; a second electrode for applying a voltage; a third electrode for measuring an electrical potential; a printed circuit board on which the first through the third electrodes are provided; a location pointing driving body that is provided on the printed circuit board and that is configured with a conductive part and that contacts the first and second electrodes, and a spherical part; a slide member that is located to cover a top part of the location pointing driving body and that is configured to drive the location pointing driving body by being slidable within a plane parallel to the printed circuit board; and a pressing force restriction member that is configured to restrict pressing force from the spherical part to the printed circuit board by receiving force from the slide member in the pressing direction. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057877 | Feeling Applicator and Electronic Device - Disclosed is a feeling applicator including a rotation controller for receiving a rotating operation of an operator so as to rotate around an axis, a rotation detection unit for detecting a rotation of the rotation controller, a rotation drive unit for applying a rotary force to the rotation controller and a rotation control unit for applying a predetermined tactile feeling to the operator via the rotation controller by applying the rotary force to the rotation controller by executing at least one of an application of the rotary force in a normal rotation direction or an application of the rotary force in a reverse rotation direction to the rotation controller by the rotation drive unit in conjunction with a screen display in a display screen of a display unit when the rotation of the rotation controller is detected by the rotation detection unit. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057878 | System and Method for Presenting a Dynamically Ordered Presentation - A computer-implemented method for presenting information includes a plurality of graphics that can be presented in an order determined by a presenter during the presentation. The method includes creating a presentation including a plurality of graphics, each graphic including at least one of static images, animations and video, wherein the graphics can be displayed in an order determined by the presenter during the presentation through selection of a launch area, tracking a presenter during presentation of the presentation to determine a location of the presenter's hand, and receiving a selection from the presenter during the presentation of the presentation indicating a selection of one of the multiple launch area graphics to be displayed, allowing the presenter to present the plurality of graphics in any order. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057879 | Image Projection System with Adjustable Cursor Brightness - An image projection system is disclosed. The system comprises a projector, a user input device and a computing device. The micro-mirror based projector projects an image including a cursor on a display plane. The present invention discloses various embodiments for the system and method of adjusting the brightness of the cursor to improve effects of a presentation. According to one embodiment, the brightness of the cursor is adjusted by modifying the on/off time ratio of the mirrors by which the cursor is formed. According to another embodiment, the projector comprises a first and a second micro-mirror array. The second array is dedicated for projecting the cursor image. The brightness of the cursor may be adjusted by changing the number of micro-mirrors by which the cursor is formed from the second array. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057880 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information display apparatus including: a tilt detection unit that detects a basic position of a casing and detects a tilt from the basic position of the casing; a display unit that is mounted on the casing and displays information on a display screen; a touch detection unit that is mounted on the casing and detects a touch of an operating body on the casing; and a control unit that after movement of information displayed on the display screen of the display unit is started based on the tilt of the casing detected by the tilt detection unit and when a touch of an operating body is detected by the touch detection unit, stops the movement of the information displayed on the display screen. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057881 | KVM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ADAPTABLE SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL - Disclosed is a KVM management system and method of providing synchronization signal adaptable depending one user's demand. The KVM management system includes a first module and a second module. The first module converts a first type of synchronization signal selected from a first group of synchronization signal combinations into a transitional signal. The second module converts the transitional signal into a second type of synchronization signal selected from a second group of synchronization signal combinations for the display. The transitional signal may be a composite synchronization signal combines one of red, green, blue video signals from the computer and carried on at least one pair of wire in an Ethernet network cable. The type of transitional signal can be predetermined by adjusting a first register stored in the first module. The second type of synchronization signal can be predetermined by adjusting a second register stored in the second module. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057882 | COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY SCROLLING - A computer input device includes a body and a trace-detecting module coupled to the body. The body has a micro control unit (MCU), and the trace-detecting module has at least a light pervious area, and a trace-detecting unit. The trace-detecting unit further has at least a light source and a sensor. The sensor senses a reflected light beam caused by movement of a user's digit movement on the light pervious area at a velocity which can be sensed by the sensor. If the velocity exceeds a threshold stored in the MCU, the MCU executes automatically scrolling. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057883 | ELECTRONIC SCRATCH SYSTEM AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING ELECTRONIC SCRATCH - The invention discloses an electronic scratch system and method. The electronic scratch system includes an electronic device and a storage device for storing a first accessible image. The electronic device includes a receiving unit, a storage unit, a display unit and a processing unit. The receiving unit is used for receiving the first accessible image from the storage device, and the storage unit is used for storing a second accessible image. The processing unit is used for combining the first accessible image with the second accessible image to produce a recognizable image and further displaying the recognizable image on the display unit. The electronic scratch system not only decreases attrition rate of materials but provides an interactive platform. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057884 | STROKE AND IMAGE AGGREGATION AND ANALYTICS - The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art with a system for stroke and image aggregation and analytics. The system is particularly advantageous because it provides a system for distributing page images such as worksheets, examinations or forms to multiple devices. The system allows independent paging and writing on the distributed materials; collection of the strokes added to the distributed pages images; and aggregating and displaying those strokes or summary information in a useful manner. For example, an instructor might receive the current work of the students for a particular examination question and view those strokes in a parallel manner or a combined manner. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057885 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING A MENU ITEM - An apparatus, having a processor, and a memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receive indication of a first touch input, determine that the first touch input comprises a rotationally pivoting touch input, provide for display of a plurality of menu items based at least in part on the first touch input, receive indication of a second touch input associated with at least one of the menu items, and perform selection of at least one of the menu items based at least in part on the second touch input is disclosed. A corresponding method, computer readable medium and computer program product are also disclosed. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057886 | DYNAMIC SIZING OF IDENTIFIER ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - An identifier is displayed on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device. When the touch-sensitive display detects a touch, a size of a contact area is determined. The identifier displayed on the touch-sensitive display is dynamically sized based on the size of the contact area. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057887 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate, a plurality of first sensing series, and a plurality of second sensing series is provided. The first sensing series and the second sensing series are disposed on the substrate. The first sensing series extend along a first direction and are electrically insulated from each other. Each of the first sensing series includes a plurality of first sensing pads and a plurality of first bridge portions connected between the first sensing pads. The second sensing series extend along a second direction and are electrically insulated from each other. Each of the second sensing series includes a plurality of second sensing pads and a plurality of second bridge portions connected between the second sensing pads. Each of the first bridge portions and one of the second bridge portions are intersected, and at least one of the second bridge portions has at least one electrostatic discharge tip. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057888 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device. In the touch screen device, a touch screen panel receives an external input signal. An image display is provided under the touch screen panel to convert an electric signal into an image signal. A rigid body which vibrates is provided under the image display. A first connector connects the image display to the rigid body. A vibration unit is mounted to the rigid body to generate vibrations. A weight is mounted to the rigid body to increase the mass of the rigid body. An elastic member is mounted to the rigid body to increase the vibrational displacement of the rigid body. A lower support is provided under the rigid body. A second connector connects the rigid body to the lower support. A third connector connects the touch screen panel to the lower support. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057889 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - The present invention provides a portable terminal device that can enhance reproducibility of an operation output from a touch pad or an input device typified by the touch pad for detecting a press, thereby improving ease of intuitive operation or elaborate operation of the input device. The portable terminal device of the present invention has a display section | 2011-03-10 |
20110057890 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND COUPLING-NOISE ELIMINATING METHOD - A display device includes; a touch panel device including; a touch panel and a touch controller connected to the touch panel, the touch controller including; a sampling unit which samples a sensing output signal input thereto from the touch panel to generate a sampled signal, and an analog/digital converter which converts the sampled signal to generate contact information, and a display panel device including; a display panel, a gate driver which applies a gate signal to the display panel, and a data driver which applies a data voltage to the display panel, wherein the sampling unit samples a portion of the sensing output signal which does not include a coupling noise. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057891 | WIRELESS POWER DISPLAY DEVICE - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a display device for conveying wireless power. A device may comprise a display surface for placement of one or more chargeable devices and for displaying data associated therewith. The device may further include at least one transmit antenna proximate the display surface for transmitting wireless power within an associated charging region. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057892 | Flat panel display integrated with touch screen panel - A flat panel display integrated with a touch screen panel comprises a lower substrate, an upper substrate having a display area and first and second non-display areas corresponding to a display area, first and second non-display areas of the lower substrate, respectively, sense patterns on the display area of the upper substrate, sense lines on the first non-display area of the upper substrate, metal patterns on areas between the sense lines and on an outer side of the sense lines, pixels on the display area of the lower substrate, a driving circuit configured to drive the pixels, and sealant disposed on the second non-display area of the lower substrate so as to bond the upper substrate to the lower substrate. The first and second non-display areas of the lower substrate are outside the display area. The driving circuit is on the first non-display area of the lower substrate. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057893 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel comprises a glass substrate having a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of sense patterns on the display area, a plurality of metal pads on a periphery of the display area and on the non-display area, a plurality of sense lines on the non-display area, and dummy patterns on an area between the plurality of sense lines on the non-display area. The non-display area is outside a periphery of the display area. Each of the plurality of the sense lines is coupled to one of the plurality of metal pads. The display area and non-display area of the glass substrate respectively correspond to a display area and non-display area of an image display device to which the touch screen panel is provided. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057894 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - An information processing device includes: a casing including a side surface having an opening part and a bottom surface orthogonal to the side surface; a frame provided at the bottom surface; a disk drive main body capable of being attached to and detached from the frame through the opening part; a disk tray which is operable to hold a disk, is capable of being inserted into and drawn out of the disk drive main body through the opening part, and has a hatch operable to close the opening part when the disk tray is inserted in the disk drive main body; and a coupling part through which the frame and the disk drive main body are coupled to each other in the vicinity of the opening part. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057895 | Portable Communication Device Having an Extension Display - A portable communication device includes a control unit, a main display and an extension display coupled to the control unit. The display area of the extension is larger than the one of the main display for displaying at least a part of the web page information or image (video) information. A detector is formed and coupled to the control unit to detect the web or video information, a switch is responsive to the detector to switch between the main and the extension displays. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057896 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOBILE TERMINAL - A method for controlling an input touch in a mobile terminal includes: upon generation of a touch input on a touch screen, displaying a pointer at coordinates recognized by the touch screen with respect to the generated touch input and displaying a pointer-controller comprising the pointer, determining whether the pointer-controller is moved, and moving and displaying the pointer according to the movement of the pointer-controller, upon generation of an input indicating completion of the pointer to a desired location, recognizing that the touch input has been generated at the desired location, and performing an operation corresponding to the recognized touch input. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057897 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY - A touch panel includes a cover glass, a first base plate and a second electrode layer. A first electrode layer is formed on a surface of the cover glass, and the first base plate is disposed on one side of the first electrode layer opposite the cover glass. The second electrode layer is formed on a surface of the first base plate opposite the first electrode layer. | 2011-03-10 |
20110057898 | TOUCH-SENSING STRUCTURE FOR TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH-SENSING METHOD THEREOF - In a touch-sensing structure for a touch panel and a touch-sensing method thereof, the touch-sensing structure includes a plurality of first conducting wires paralleled to each other and a first conductor. A terminal of each first conducting wire is electrically coupled to the first conductor, so as to divide the conductor into a plurality of first line segments. The resistance of each first conducting wire is smaller than that of each first line segment. Wherein, when the displaying area of the touch panel receives an external force, a first conducting wire corresponding to the position designated by the external force is electrically coupled to a reference potential. | 2011-03-10 |