| 19th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 23 |
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| 20100117880 | Variable sized aperture window of an analog-to-digital converter - An improvement in sampling a high frequency input analog signal and converting it to a digital output signal is disclosed. This is accomplished by using a multitude of analog-to-digital converters in conjunction with a distributed sampling system. This combination of multiple converters and a distributed sampling system allows use of conventional device processing, such as that of 0.18 micron silicon, and also provides accurate sampling of very high frequency input signals. The distributed sampling system provides multiple samplings of the input signal by using multiple ADCs for multiple samplings, wherein each sampling is sequentially offset a fixed amount of time from the most recent preceding sampling. Each ADC has a designated central processing unit (CPU) to obtain sufficient data transfer capabilities. The samplings from the multitude of ADCs are a series of sequential digital output values. The digital output values could be the result of samplings all at the same frequency, or at different frequencies. Types of distributed sampling systems include a multitude of elongated trace patterns interconnected in series, a multitude of inverter pairs interconnected in series, a specific permittivity material device, and a sequencer or multiplier. A second enhanced sampling system includes a variable sized aperture window, wherein a width of a sample pulse is narrowed through a variable clock mechanism to produce a faster sampling rate. This variable sized aperture window system can be used by itself, or in combination with any of the presently described multiple ADC distributed sampling systems. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117881 | K-Delta-1-Sigma Modulator - A K-Delta-1-Sigma modulator filters or integrates (Sigma) the difference (Delta) between K-feedback paths and an input signal. By using K-feedback paths the topology enables sample rates that are K times the clock frequency of any one feedback path. The sigma block can be implemented in a number of ways including an active or passive integrator or a filter with specific characteristics. When implemented as an integrator, the sigma block is common to all the feedback paths, so that the modulation noise is pushed to a portion of the spectrum where it can be reduced by filtering. The delta block can be implemented in a number of ways including analog adders or switched capacitors. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117882 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor device includes a first switching device including a first electrode coupled with a first node, a second electrode coupled with a second node, and a first control electrode controlling connection between the first and second electrodes; a second switching device including a third electrode coupled with the second node, a fourth electrode coupled with the second node, and a second control electrode controlling the connection between the third electrode and the fourth electrode; and a first control circuit controlling a substrate voltage of the second switching device. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117883 | Cable Gateway Using A Charge-Domain Pipeline Analog to Digital Converter - A cable gateway, such as compatible with version 3.0 of the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications and other audiovisual standards, that uses an analog front end having a charge-domain analog-to-digital converter that uses a charge-domain pipeline of at least two stages. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117884 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING CONSISTENCY CHECKS FOR MULTIPLE SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM A TRANSMITTER - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for processing multiple navigation signal components received from multiple global navigation satellite systems (GNSS′). In a particular implementation, an energy detection in a first navigation signal component is classified based, at least in part, on information in a second navigation signal component. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117885 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SCANNING IMAGER - In one aspect, the present invention provides an imager, preferably portable, that includes a source of electromagnetic radiation capable of generating radiation with one or more frequencies in a range of about 1 GHz to about 2000 GHz. An optical system that is optically coupled to the source focuses radiation received therefrom onto an object plane, and directs at least a portion of the focused radiation propagating back from the object plane onto an image plane. The imager further includes a scan mechanism coupled to the optical system for controlling thereof so as to move the focused radiation over the object plane. A detector optically coupled to the lens at the image plane detects at least a portion of the radiation propagating back from a plurality of scanned locations in the object plane, thereby generating a detection signal. A processor that is in communication with the detector generates an image of at least a portion of the object plane based on the detection signal. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117886 | DISTRIBUTED AND CABLE REDUCED TCAS - A direction finding antenna system for determining the relative bearing of a second aircraft from a first aircraft in conjunction with Distance Measuring Equipment (DME). The system includes a first antenna and a second antenna located on a top surface of the first aircraft, spaced apart along a first axis, as well as a third antenna and a fourth antenna located on a bottom surface of the first aircraft, spaced apart along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. The system further includes a transmitting, receiving, and processing system coupled to the first, second, third, and fourth antennas, wherein the transmitting, receiving, and processing system is configured to transmit DME interrogations, receive DME replies, and process the DME replies to determine the relative bearing of the second aircraft from the first aircraft. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117887 | Multi-use bearing and range line | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117888 | Method and Apparatus for Defending Against Airborne Ammunition - A method and apparatus for defending against airborne assault ammunition. The assault ammunition is located with at least one position-locating device. The flight path of the assault ammunition is iteratively calculated using the determined ballistic coefficient of the assault ammunition. A firing control solution is determined for firing a fragmentation-type defense ammunition, which is fired with a large-caliber weapon, especially one having a caliber of at least 76 mm. A fuse of the defense ammunition is set after the firing and/or the defense ammunition is remotely detonated, and after the firing the defense ammunition is ignited or remotely ignited at an ignition time point T. Alternatively, the ignition of the defense ammunition is initiated by a proximity igniter disposed in the defense ammunition. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117889 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PERFORMANCE OF A SENSOR FIELD AT ALL POINTS WITHIN A GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF REGARD - A method for determining a path of travel of an intruder traversing an area of regard (AOR) to a predefined point, where the path of travel has a minimum probability of detection relative to other potential paths of travel of the intruder. The method may comprise: providing three dimensional terrain data concerning the AOR; providing the locations of a plurality of detection sensors implemented in the AOR, with each detection sensor having a known field of view; providing a predetermined single scan detection probability for each of the detection sensors; generating a grid of points that is laid over the AOR; and using the foregoing information to determine a particular path of travel, defined by selected arcs connecting specific ones of the grid of points, of the intruder to the predefined point that represents a minimum probability of detection of the intruder. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117890 | ANTENNA RECIPROCITY CALIBRATION - A method and a system for calibrating at least one antenna ( | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117891 | MICROWAVE/MILLIMETER WAVE SENSOR APPARATUS - A microwave/millimeter wave sensor apparatus including a planar radiation type oscillator substrate having an inner-layer GND interposed between a front surface side dielectric substrate and a rear surface side dielectric substrate and a pair of conductor patches in an axis-symmetric manner on the side of the front surface layer. A gate and drain of a microwave transistor are respectively connected to the conductor patches to supply power to the gate and the drain of the microwave transistor through a gate-side RF choke circuit and a drain-side RF choke circuit. An impedance line satisfying an oscillation condition is connected to a source and a transmit RF signal in an RF zone as a planar radiation type oscillator is transmitted and a receive RF signal as reflected waves is received from a measured object, thus obtaining an IF signal as the sensing information through homodyne mixing. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117892 | METHOD FOR RADAR MONITORING OF WAKE TURBULENCE - The present invention relates to a method for detecting and grading the state and the evolution of wake turbulence caused by an aircraft, on the basis of the radar signals reflected by this turbulence, these signals being analyzed through analysis cells of given dimension in terms of distance and bearing. This method mainly comprises:
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| 20100117893 | Reflector Antenna for the Reception and Transmission of Signals From and to Satellites - A reflector antenna, in particular for the reception and/or transmission of signals from and/or to satellites. The reflector antenna according to the invention comprises a reflector arrangement for focusing antenna radiation in a focal plane together with an antenna array arranged in the focal plane, or in the vicinity of the focal plane, with a plurality of antenna elements. A control device is provided with a beamforming means. Through the control device, sub-arrays, comprising one or a plurality of antenna elements of the antenna array for the reception and/or transmission of antenna radiation, can be activated and deactivated. In the operation of the reflector antenna, a radiation lobe pattern is formed by means of the beamforming means for the reception and/or transmission of antenna radiation for a particular activated sub-array. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117894 | Gps-based measurement of roll rate and roll angle of spinning platforms - A system and method for determining the roll rate and roll angle of a spinning platform, using the measured phase differences between the GPS satellite signals received on two or more antennas. The measured phase differences and the navigation solution from a GPS receiver are processed in a Kalman filter to obtain the desired information. Data from non-GPS measurement sources is optionally provided to update the navigation solution. Although of wide applicability, the invention is uniquely suited to the measurement of roll rates and roll angles of fast spinning platforms with small baselines, in which the antennas are separated from each other by distances that are a fraction of the GPS signal wavelength. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117895 | POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND POSITION CALCULATING DEVICE - A position calculating method includes: calculating a position of a mobile body based on a positioning signal from a positioning satellite; determining the moving condition of the mobile body based on a detection result of a sensor unit including at least one of an acceleration sensor, an angular speed sensor, and an azimuth sensor; changing an error parameter used for a predetermined Kalman filter process according to the determined moving condition; and correcting the calculated position by the Kalman filter process. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117896 | Global Satellite Positioning System Gunfire Detection System - A GPS gunfire detection system, which includes a plurality of detectors, each of which is provided with several microphones, disposed on an object, and a GPS tracker is located close to the object. The detectors detect circumstances regarding the object being hit by bullets and collect gunshot sounds, the detected information and gunshot sounds being transmitted to the GPS tracker. A GPS receiving circuit of the GPS tracker receives geographic positioning satellite coordinate signals, which are matched with an internal prestored geographic data base to obtain the object position, which is then transmitted to a microprocessor of the GPS tracker, from where information on the object position, circumstances surrounding the gunfire and gunshot sounds are transmitted to a remote server using a signal transmission circuit to enable calculating the location of the gunfire and notifying relevant authorities, thereby enabling speeding up emergency aid to personnel and rescue of casualties. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117897 | METHOD FOR POSITION DETERMINATION WITH MEASUREMENT STITCHING - A mobile communications device uses a method for determining position that involves a positioning filter, such as a Kalman filter, which is initialized with measurements from reference stations such as satellite vehicles and/or base stations which may be acquired during different epochs. Accordingly, the positioning filter may be used for position estimation without the need to first acquire at least three different signals during the same measurement epoch. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117898 | DETERMINING POSITIONING OF WIRELESS TERMINAL IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - In one of its aspects the technology concerns a method of determining a position of a wireless terminal in a radio access network using information of the travel time of radio waves between a base station and the wireless terminal, the travel time information being retrieved in a way consistent with SUPL positioning. The method comprises performing, at the wireless terminal, a time of arrival measurement for a respective downlink radio frame received from a node associated with a cell of a radio access network. The method thereafter uses the time of arrival measurement and an estimated time of downlink transmission from the node to make a determination of a distance between the wireless terminal and the node. The distance so determined can be used to generate an ellipsoid arc for describing a round trip time positioning of the wireless terminal. As an optional enhancement, the method further includes generating a thickness dimension of the ellipsoid arc, the thickness dimension of the ellipsoid arc reflecting clock uncertainty. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117899 | METHOD TO SECURE GNSS BASED LOCATIONS IN A DEVICE HAVING GNSS RECEIVER - A method to detect at a GNSS receiver whether the received GNSS signals and navigation messages are the product of an attack. If there is evidence, as provided by the method described here, that the received signals and messages originate from adversarial devices, then receiver equipped with an instantiation of the method notifies the user or the computing platform that integrates the GNSS receiver that the calculated via the GNSS functionality position and time correction are not trustworthy. In other words, our method enables any GNSS receiver, for example, GPS, GLONAS, or Galileo, or any other GNSS system, to detect if the received navigation messages are the legitimate ones (from the satellites) or not (e.g., from attacker devices that generate fake messages that overwrite the legitimate messages). Based on this detection, neither the user and nor any application running in the computing platform is misled to utilize erroneous position information. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117900 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAINTAINING A GNSS RECEIVER IN A HOT-START STATE - Aspects of a method and system for maintaining a GNSS receiver in a hot-start state are provided. A GNSS receiver in a standby mode may transition from a sleep state to a wakeup state to acquire ephemeris from, for example, GPS signals, GALILEO signals, and/or GLONASS signals. The acquired ephemeris may be stored and utilized for the GNSS receiver to generate a navigation solution in a normal mode. The GNSS receiver may transition from the normal mode to the sleep state or the wakeup state in standby mode. A sleep period and a wakeup period for the full sleep-wakeup cycle in the standby mode may be predetermined or dynamically adjusted based on required QoS, quality of satellite signals, and/or user inputs. The sleep period and the wakeup period may be selected in a way to ensure a valid and complete ephemeris to be acquired. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117901 | POSITION CALCULATING METHOD AND POSITION CALCULATING DEVICE - A position calculating method includes: determining a positioning satellite used for position calculation on the basis of at least reliability of satellite orbits in a prediction target period corresponding to a position calculation point, the reliability of satellite orbits being set in long-term predicted orbit data in which satellite orbits of positioning satellites and reliability of the satellite orbits are associated for each prediction target period; and calculating a position on the basis of a positioning signal received from the determined positioning satellite. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117902 | SLOT ANTENNA AND RFID METHOD - The invention relates to a slot antenna, more particularly to a transmitting antenna for RFID, comprising an antenna contour board having a plurality of antenna slots and at least one control circuit for enabling the antenna contour board to transmit and/or receive electromagnetic radiation. The slot antenna is characterized in that in at least one antenna slot of the antenna contour board there is inserted a circuit board carrying a control circuit. The invention further relates to an RFID method involving the use of the slot antenna of the invention. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117903 | ITERATIVE ANTENNA BEAM FORMING SYSTEMS/METHODS - Methods of operating a transceiver including an antenna having a plurality of antenna feed elements are presented. The methods include defining a plurality of antenna gain constraint values g | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117904 | MULTI-ANTENNA SIGNAL RECEIVING DEVICE PROCESSING MULTI-PATH INTERFERENCE - Described herein is a multi-antenna signal receiving device that includes a plurality of reception antennas that is capable of maximizing a diversity gain while eliminating a multi-path interference (MPI). The device receives a first received signal of a first antenna that includes components corresponding to a plurality of first paths and the device receives a second received signal of a second antenna that includes components corresponding to a plurality of second paths. The multi-antenna signal receiving device detects a component corresponding to a first path among the plurality of first paths, and a component corresponding to a second path among the plurality of second paths. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117905 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ISOLATING AND REDUCING GRATING LOBE INTERFERENCE - This invention relates to the use of a sufficiently-sampled auxiliary array in combination with one or more under-sampled sub-arrays. The sufficiently-sampled auxiliary array is used to create a signal-free reference (SFR) beam that contains grating lobe interference. The SFR may be used to cancel the interfering grating lobe in an under-sampled main beam by coherently eliminating or subtracting the SFR from the main beam. Exemplary aspects of the invention thus support significant under population of the full aperture and avoid the problems and limitations of previous solution, with consequent savings in sensor hardware cost and weight. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117906 | Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Providing and Detecting Information Regarding a Person, Location, or Object - An apparatus for providing and detecting information regarding a person, location, or object includes a power supply, a helicoil dipole antenna, a transmitter, a receiver configured to receive signals from remote transmitters at a designated frequency, a computer processor, and a memory device configured to store an identifier associated with the apparatus. Logic instructions embedded on the memory device are configured to compare an identifier decoded from received signals to the identifier associated with the apparatus. When the identifier decoded matches the identifier associated with the apparatus, the instructions decode a return frequency from the signal, and generate return signals. The return signals include the identifier associated with the apparatus, the transmitter is activated only when the transmitter transmits the return signals at the return frequency. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117907 | DUAL-BAND ANTENNA - A dual-band antenna includes a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion and a third radiating portion. The second radiating portion includes a first section extending perpendicularly from a free end of the first radiating portion, and a second section extending substantially perpendicular to the first section and opposite to the first radiating portion from the first section. The third radiating portion includes a first segment extending in alignment with the first radiating portion from the free end of the first radiating portion, a second segment extending perpendicularly towards the second section from the first segment and spaced away from the first section and a third segment extending perpendicularly back to the first section from the second segment and spaced away from the second section. A feeding point is disposed at a junction of the first, second and third radiating portion. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117908 | MULTI-METAMATERIAL-ANTENNA SYSTEMS WITH DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS - Examples of apparatus and techniques for providing metamaterial (MTM) multi-antenna array systems with directional couplers for various applications. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117909 | BENT MONOPOLE ANTENNA WITH SHARED SEGMENTS - A bent monopole antenna with shared segments is capable of tri-band communication. In an example embodiment, an antenna assembly includes a substrate, a first bent monopole, a second bent monopole, and a third bent monopole. The first, second, and third bent monopoles are disposed on the substrate. The first bent monopole includes a feedline segment and a first segment. The second bent monopole includes the feedline segment and the first segment. The third bent monopole includes the feedline segment and a second segment. The first, second, and third bent monopoles share the feedline segment, while the first and second bent monopoles also share the first segment. A T-junction is formed by the feedline segment, the first segment, and the second segment. In an example implementation, the first segment has a first width, and the second segment has a second width, with the first width being greater than the second width. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117910 | RADIO CONTROLLED TIMEPIECE - A radio controlled timepiece comprising: a housing and an antenna structure encased within the housing. The antenna structure includes a bar shaped core and a coil wound around the core, for receiving radio waves to set a current time. The housing comprises a short hollow cylindrical metal case and a metal back cover engaged with one end of the case for closing purpose. The housing further comprises: a housing fixing structure provided only on one of two parts of the housing divided by an axis of the bar shaped core. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117911 | UHF DIGITAL BOOSTER KIT FOR A TELEVISION ANTENNA AND METHOD - An aftermarket UHF parasitic antenna kit and method for a mobile television antenna includes: a base having an engagement surface and an extending boom; rivet holes in the engagement surface that correspond in size and location to a corresponding number of holes in the bottom of the mobile television antenna; push rivets that engage the rivet and bottom holes to hold the base to the bottom of the mobile television antenna; base foot holes in the engagement surface and boom; resilient base feet that engage the base foot holes; and at least one parasitic antenna element connected to the boom. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117912 | ANTENNA WITH A METALLIC HOLDER DISPOSED BETWEEN AN ANTENNA ELEMENT AND A CIRCUIT BOARD - An antenna includes an antenna element, a circuit board, and a planer metallic holder disposed between the antenna element and the circuit board. The metallic holder supports the antenna element on a base. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117913 | MULTI-MODE ANTENNA AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING MODE OF THE ANTENNA - Provided is an antenna for a base station and a repeater capable of electrically or mechanically controlling the individual operation of an element antenna constituting an array antenna or a sub-array antenna so as to adaptively cope with the change in the communication environment, and having an economic and high performance transmitting and receiving function, and a method of controlling a mode of the antenna. The multi-mode antenna includes a radiation portion having one or more array antenna and capable of selectively changing an antenna effective opening surface and changing a resistance direction of an antenna beam pattern, an active channel portion connected to the array antennas and including switches, transmission and receiving channels, and a signal combiner and splitter, and a modem and control portion connected to the active channel portion and having a control portion and a modem. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117914 | GNSS ANTENNA WITH SELECTABLE GAIN PATTERN, METHOD OF RECEIVING GNSS SIGNALS AND ANTENNA MANUFACTURING METHOD - An antenna is provided for GNSS and other applications and includes an adjustable-height vertical support PCB mounted on a ground plane and mounting a crossed-dipole radiating arm element assembly. The gain pattern of the antenna can be varied by constructing the vertical support PCB with different heights or adjusting the height and gain pattern in the field. Vehicles with significant pitch and roll can be provided with low-horizon tracking capability by providing a high-profile antenna configuration. Alternatively, low-profile configurations provide steeper gain pattern rolloff at the horizon for maximal multipath rejection and high accuracy. The droop angles of the radiating arm elements are also adjustable for varying the gain pattern and beamwidth. A matching and phasing network is connected to the radiating arm elements and provides a relatively constant input impedance for the various antenna configurations. Alternative aspects of the invention have different configurations of the radiating arm elements and ground planes. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117915 | Weight-Tapered IL Antenna With Slot Meander - An antenna including a main span extending in a first direction, a first arm extending from the main span in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, a second arm extending from the main span in a third direction substantially opposite the second direction, a disc portion with a center substantially disposed at an intersection of the main span and the second arm, and a slot having a plurality of portions. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117916 | POLARIZATION DEPENDENT BEAMWIDTH ADJUSTER - The invention provides a dual polarized antenna or antenna array with a first and second radiation pattern having a first and second polarization, a method for adjustment of said antenna or antenna array and a wireless communication system comprising said antenna or antenna array. The antenna or antenna array comprises a main radiating antenna element or array of main radiating antenna elements arranged above a conductive frame. Then invention further provides an antenna or antenna array wherein a combination of conductive parasitic strips and chokes are arranged in association with the main radiating antenna element to achieve means for independently controlling beamwidths of the first and second radiation pattern a method for adjustment to achieve a desired beamwidth for each polarization, wherein the beamwidth adjustment for first and second radiation pattern is made independently of each other a wireless communication system including base stations equipped with a dual polarized antenna or antenna array according to the invention. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117917 | WAVELENGTH-SCALED ULTRA-WIDEBAND ANTENNA ARRAY - An ultra-wideband antenna array architecture includes a first array of radiating elements, a second array of radiating elements, and a third array of radiating elements, with their respective element widths proportionately ascending in size. In one configuration, the first array radiating element width is half a wavelength at the highest frequency of operation, the second array element width is twice the first width, and the third array element width is twice the second width. The first, second, and third arrays are positioned in a wavelength-scaled lattice wherein the wavelength scaling is based on design operative frequencies and whereby adjacent actively-radiating elements for an operative frequency are aligned so as to produce constructive interference when powered up. Feed means such as a diplexer with a selected-band frequency control then provides power to each array. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117918 | DUAL-BAND ANTENNA - A dual-band antenna adapted for an Ultra-mobile Personal Computer has a grounding element including a first grounding portion of elongated plate shape and a second grounding portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first grounding portion from a long edge of the first grounding portion. A connecting element is connected with the second grounding portion. An installing element is connected with the second grounding portion and spaced away from the connecting portion. A radiating element includes a low frequency resonator extending from the connecting element, a high frequency resonator extending opposite to the low frequency resonator and towards the installing element from the connecting element, and an enhancing frequency resonator extending from an edge of the installing element back to the high frequency resonator. The low, high and enhancing frequency resonators are substantially aligned with each other and parallel to the second grounding portion. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117919 | RFID READER/WRITER ANTENNA - There are provided a plurality of connection auxiliary means | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117920 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA DEVICE - A multiband antenna device includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a switch. The switch is connected with the first antenna and the second antenna, respectively, and it controls a conducting state between the first antenna and the second antenna. When the switch turns off, the multiband antenna device receives and transmits a first frequency band signal by the first antenna. When the switch turns on, the multiband antenna device receives and transmits a second frequency band signal by the first antenna and the second antenna. In the invention, signals in different frequency bands can be received, and the volume of a design circuit can be reduced. Reflecting energy of the signals feeding in the antennas can be reduced by adjusting impedance values of the antennas to make the multiband antenna device achieve an optimized receiving and transmitting state. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117921 | ORGANIC CONNECTING APPARATUS OF RECEIVING SET FOR A CAR - Disclosed herein is an integrated connection apparatus for the receivers of a car. The integrated connection apparatus for the receivers of a car, in which two or more receivers are installed in the car, a number of antennas equal to the number of the receivers are installed, and the receivers and the antennas are electrically connected to each other, includes an antenna filtering unit connected to the plurality of antennas and configured to filter radio wave signals, received through the respective antennas, for respective frequency bands, an integrated cable connected to the filtering unit, and configured to provide a path for collecting signals obtained through filtering and transmitting the signals to a receiver side, and a receiver filtering unit connected to the integrated cable, and configured to classify the signals, transmitted through the integrated cable, into signals suitable for the respective receivers and transmit them. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117922 | ARRAY ANTENNA, RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND ARRAY ANTENNA CONTROL METHOD - An array antenna includes a group of antenna elements and a switching section. The group of antenna elements has a configuration in which a plurality of antenna elements is arranged. The switching section has a plurality of switch elements capable of individually switching the feeding points of the antenna elements included in the group of antenna elements. By switching of the switch elements, the group of antenna elements is converted into an antenna for MIMO communication to transmit and receive a plurality of signals in parallel, or into a directional array antenna to control the directivity towards the direction at which the signals arrive. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117923 | Antenna Assembly - An antenna assembly is provided that may include an antenna element having first and second opposed sides. The antenna element may be configured to transmit or receive signals of a desired wavelength. The antenna assembly may also include a first conductive surface disposed proximate the first side of the antenna element and lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the antenna element, and a second conductive surface disposed proximate the second side of the antenna element and lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the first antenna element. The second conductive surface may be substantially parallel to, and spaced apart from, the plane in which the first conductive surface lies. Collectively the first and second conductive surfaces may be configured to excite wave propagation modes of a higher order than a fundamental propagation mode for reception or transmission of signals of the desired wavelength by the antenna element. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117924 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING AN ANTENNA THROUGH AN APERTURE OF A SURFACE - A system for mounting an antenna through the aperture of a surface. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are apparatuses comprising a housing with an interior cavity comprising a first end, a circular second end, a plurality of fingers that extend from the circular second end, and a compression member that threadingly couples to the circular second end, the compression member configured to compress the plurality of fingers. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117925 | MOBILE TELEVISION ANTENNA WITH INTEGRATED UHF DIGITAL BOOSTER - A mobile television antenna having an antenna element outwardly extending from opposing ends of a housing. An UHF digital booster extends perpendicularly from one side of the housing between the opposing ends carrying the antenna element. At least one UHF parasitic antenna element is connected on a boom which is integrally connected to the mobile television antenna housing. The ultra high frequency parasitic antenna element is held in a plane near the plane in which the antenna element is held by the housing. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117926 | WIRELESS ANTENNA FOR EMITTING CONICAL RADIATION - An antenna described herein includes a driven patch that is configured to emit radiation in a broadside direction in response to receiving excitation current, wherein the driven patch has a first radiating edge and a second radiating edge that are approximately parallel to one another. The antenna also includes a reflector element that is configured to reflect radiation emitted from the first radiating edge in a quasi-endfire direction. The antenna can also include two director elements that are configured to direct radiation emitted from the second radiating edge of the driven patch in a quasi-endfire direction. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117927 | Dual-Display Computer - A portable computer having a primary and secondary displays is disclosed. The portable computer includes a step value storage device for storing a set of manipulation step values for simultaneously controlling the luminance of the primary and secondary displays. The portable computer also includes a first luminance table and a second luminance table. The first luminance table stores a set of first control step values that corresponds to a luminance value to be set to the primary display for each of the manipulation step values. The second luminance table stores a set of second control step values that corresponds to a luminance value to be set to the secondary display for each of the manipulation step values so that the luminance values set for the secondary display becomes substantially identical to the luminance values set for the primary display within a range of a predetermined number of consecutive manipulation step values. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117928 | MULTI-DISPLAY APPARATUS - A multi-display apparatus includes; a first display panel including a first display device, and a second display panel including a second display device, wherein pixels of the first display panel are vertically aligned with pixels of the second display panel in an area where the first display panel and the second display panel overlap. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117929 | MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSOR, AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD IN MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM - A multi-display system includes: a plurality of image display devices; and an information processor that outputs image data to the plurality of image display devices, wherein the information processor includes a composite image data generation unit that combines partial image data to generate composite image data having a higher resolution than that of each of the image display devices, and an image data output unit that outputs the composite image data, and each of the image display devices includes an image data input unit that receives the composite image data, a partial image data generation unit that cuts out partial image data corresponding to an partial image to be displayed by the image display device from the composite image data, and an image display unit that displays the partial image based on the partial image data cut out in the partial image data generation unit. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117930 | HEADS-UP VISUALIZATION DEVICE FOR AIRCRAFT COMPRISING MEANS OF DISPLAYING A SYMBOLOGY DEDICATED TO OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE - The general field of the invention is, within the framework of terrain anti-collision systems for aircraft, the presentation in the Head-Up sight of a simplified symbology suited to these critical situations. It essentially comprises two identical vertical parallel bars of angular dimension substantially equal to the vertical angular field of the Head-Up visualization device, the positions of said bars in the horizontal plane being representative of the limits of the aircraft's clearance path and a horizontal bar disposed between the two vertical parallel bars so as to form an H, the position in the vertical plane of said horizontal bar being representative of the floor altitude that must be maintained by the aircraft. Other symbols supplement this piloting aid symbology. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117931 | FUNCTIONAL IMAGE REPRESENTATION - A display apparatus described herein includes a display screen and a display processor. The display processor includes a plurality of function units that comprise functions that are representative of data that is desirably displayed on the display screen. The display processor is configured to receive configurations, compositions, and/or parameters for the plurality of function units. In addition, the display processor displays data on the display screen based at least in part upon output of the plurality of function units. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117932 | Display device and electronic product - A display device includes: a screen unit; a drive unit; and a signal processing unit, wherein the screen unit includes rows of scanning lines, columns of signal lines, matrix-state pixel circuits and a light sensor, the drive unit includes a scanner supplying a control signal to the scanning lines and a driver supplying a video signal to the signal lines, the screen unit is sectioned into plural regions each having plural pixel circuits, the pixel circuit emits light in accordance with the video signal, the light sensor is arranged with respect to each region and outputs a luminance signal in accordance with the light emission; and the signal processing unit corrects the video signal in accordance with the luminance signal and supplies the signal to the driver. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117933 | HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER OPERATED DIGITAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A high definition and high resolution digital display system, which is computer operated and preferably in the form of a plasma operated display system. More preferably the display system may adopt the form of a television system. The computer controls the generation of the display on the display screen with X-Y coordinate signals such that the computer provides for generation of the display on the plasma screen. The display system may have those features which allow for a high resolution display system with high definition, if desired. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117934 | Moving Lights forming Pixels of a Video - A video is divided into portions, and the portions are used to control moving lights. A video is displayed where each moving light becomes a superpixel of the eventual displayed video. The superpixels themselves may be formed of pixels. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117935 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. The OLED display includes a display panel, a gate drive circuit, a data converter that divides video data corresponding to 1 frame into a plurality of bit-planes each having a different bitrate, maps bit-planes having a relatively large value of assigned time to first subfields, and maps bit-planes having a relatively small value of assigned time to second subfields arranged between the first subfields, so that time assigned values of successively arranged subfields have a zigzag pattern and a last subfield of the successively arranged subfields has a maximum time assigned value, and a data drive circuit. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117936 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate on which first, second and third pixel units are arranged in row and column directions. To simplify manufacturing and reduce defects, the first, second and third pixel units are arranged so that each column of the display is formed of only one of the first, second, and third pixel units. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117937 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE - An OLED device is disclosed. The OLED device disposes a voltage divider and a switch unit in the output stage of a power supplier, thereby lowering the level of a supply voltage VDD, which is applied to a driver IC in an emission interval, below that of the supply voltage which is applied to the driver IC in a non-emission interval. Accordingly, the OLED device can reduce electric power consumption. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117938 | Pixel circuit, display device, and electroinc appliance - A pixel circuit provided on a substrate on which a signal line, first and second scanning lines supplying first and second control pulse signals, a fixed power line, and a variable power line are arranged includes a capacitance element, a sampling transistor connected between the signal line and one of ends of the capacitance element, where the gate of the sampling transistor is connected to the first scanning line, a drive transistor of which gate is connected to the other end, where one of a drain and a source of the drive transistor is connected to the fixed power line, an initializing transistor of which gate is connected to the second scanning line, which is connected between the other end and the other of the drain and the source, and a light emitting element connected between the variable power line and the other of the drain and the source. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117939 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device includes a display unit including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scan lines, and pixels at crossing regions of the data lines and scan lines, wherein the plurality of data lines are arranged into a plurality of groups; a data driver for supplying data signals to the data lines; a first demultiplexer at a first side of the display unit for associating the groups to first corresponding output channels of the data driver, and for coupling the output channels to the data lines in the first corresponding groups in accordance with control signals; a second demultiplexer at a second side of the display unit opposite the first side for associating the groups to second corresponding output channels of the data driver, and for coupling the output channels to the data lines in the second corresponding groups in accordance with the control signals. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117940 | TRANSREFLECTIVE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A driving method and a transreflective display apparatus are provided herein. In the driving method, a plurality of voltage-to-transparency curves are provided. An ambient light intensity of the display apparatus is detected for determining a display mode, wherein the display mode is either a transmissive mode or a reflective mode. Next, one of the voltage-to-transparency curves is selected according to the display mode and the ambient light intensity for driving the display apparatus. Therefore, by referring a proper voltage-to-transparency curve to drive the display apparatus, the display quality of the display apparatus can be enhanced. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117941 | COLOR-CONTROLLED BACKLIT DISPLAY DEVICE - A device and method are described for a color-controlled backlit display device ( | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117942 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A first sub-pixel allows at least first primary color light and second primary color light to pass therethrough, and a second sub-pixel allows at least the second primary color light and third primary color light to pass therethrough. In a first drive period, a drive section drives a light source section to separately emit the first primary color light and the third primary color light, and the drive section drives the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in response to a picture signal for the first primary color light and a picture signal for the third primary color light, respectively, and in a second drive period, the drive section drives the light source section to emit the second primary color light, and the drive section drives the first and second sub-pixels in response to a picture signal for the second primary color light. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117943 | Liquid Crystal Display, Estimating Method of Ambient Light and Driving Method of Liquid Crystal Display - Provided are a liquid crystal display, a method of estimating ambient light, and a driving method of the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a first electrode and a second electrode generating an electric field, liquid crystal molecules the orientation state of which is changed by the generated electric field, and a photodetector sensing the light passing through the liquid crystal molecules. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117944 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A liquid crystal display panel includes a display region, a periphery circuit region, a joint obligate region, a plurality of first test thin-film transistors (TFTs), a plurality of second TFTs, a plurality of first lines, a plurality of second lines, a blank region, and at least one first adjustment TFT. The first and second test TFTs are disposed on the joint obligate region according to a regular distance. Each of the first and second test TFTs has a transistor width. The first adjustment TFT is disposed on the blank region. The width of the blank region is not smaller than the sum of the twice regular distance and the transistor width. Thereby, the present invention can prevent the band mura of the liquid crystal display panel effectively when the liquid crystal display panel is in testing. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117945 | COLOR SEQUENCE OFFSET MODULATION METHOD AND DEVICE - The present invention discloses a color sequence offset modulation method and device, which modulates the colored backlights of a multi-color backlight source to have a dark interval in the time points of shifting the colored backlights and makes the dark interval coincide with the close delay interval caused by the delayed response of liquid crystal, whereby the latter colored backlight will not mix with the former colored backlight during the close delay interval, wherefore the present invention can avoid the color deviation caused by color mixing and can present the designed colors correctly. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117946 | BRIGHTNESS ADJUSTABLE ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - A brightness adjustable electrical apparatus is disclosed. The electrical apparatus comprises a lighting module, a control unit and at least one light emitting diode (LED). The control unit is electrically connected to the lighting module for lighting control. The LED is electrically connected to the control unit, wherein the LED has an indicating mode to indicate the working state of the electrical apparatus and a detecting mode to detect the surrounding light intensity. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117947 | Light Source Module and Display Apparatus Having the Same - A light source module includes first and second light sources. The first light source includes a blue light-emitting body emitting blue light and a red fluorescent material disposed around the blue light-emitting body emitting red light by virtue of being excited by the blue light. The second light source is disposed adjacent to the first light source, and includes a green light-emitting body emitting green light. The blue and green light-emitting materials may include a light-emitting diode (LED) chip including substantially the same material. Accordingly, since a variation of light efficiency of the light source module with respect to temperature is small, a color feedback system may be omitted, and color reproducibility may be high. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117948 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a display control apparatus and method, and a program with which a luminance deficiency by a back light can be suppressed. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117949 | CONTROL METHOD FOR BACKLIGHT MODULE OF LCD AND APPLICATION THEREOF - A control method for a backlight module of a liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. The control method for the backlight module of the LCD includes following steps: capturing an image in front of the LCD by a camera periodically; recording time at which the image is captured when there is no human face detected in the image; calculating elapsed time, which there has been no human face detected in the image for, according to the recorded times; turning off the backlight module of the LCD when the elapsed time is longer than turn-off time for backlight. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117950 | CASCADE SEQUENTIAL BUS STRUCTURE - An image data bus comprises an input port, an output port, and an image register with two ends thereof respectively coupled to the output port and the input port. The image register connects with an LCD driver. A plurality of image data buses is cascaded via using a plurality of cascading signal cables to connect the output ports and the input ports of the image data buses. Image data is sequentially transposed in a first-in-first-out way and transferred from the output port of the front-stage image data bus to the input port of the rear-stage image data bus. The present invention can facilitate flexibly constructing different-size assembled LCD billboards. Further, the present invention can reduce the cables used in wiring an assembled LCD billboard and effectively lower material cost thereof. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117951 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SPACER FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoretic display device includes: a transparent substrate positioned at a display side and having a transparent front electrode; a wiring substrate disposed to face the transparent substrate and having a field applying unit; a spacer disposed between the transparent substrate and the wiring substrate and having a plurality of accommodating holes with upper and lower portions open; and a plurality of microcapsules respectively positioned in the plurality of accommodating holes and including a dispersion solvent encapsulated with a plurality of charged particles contained therein, wherein the accommodating holes comprise upper holes with a width for receiving the microcapsules and lower holes allowing the microcapsules to be mounted thereon. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117952 | Self assembly of elements for displays - Various embodiments of methods and systems for designing and constructing displays from multiple light emitting elements are disclosed. Display elements having different light emitting and self-organizing characteristics may be used during display assembly. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117953 | Hand-worn interface device - A Hand-Worn Ambidextrous Interface Device for use with interfacing with a computer or similar device includes in some preferred embodiments a Housing, an Angled Face, a plurality of Switches and a Removable Three-Axis Joystick. In some preferred embodiments the Removable Three-Axis Joystick may control the cursor on the monitor or screen of the computer or related device to which it is communicating. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117954 | E-paper display control based on conformation sequence status - A method for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to: obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly and sending one or more electronic paper assembly physical status related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117955 | E-paper display control based on conformation sequence status - A system for one or more portions of one or more regions of an electronic paper assembly having one or more display layers includes, but is not limited to:one or more position obtaining modules configured to direct obtaining first information regarding one or more positions of one or more portions of one or more regions of the electronic paper assembly and one or more physical status sending modules configured to direct sending one or more electronic paper assembly physical status related information portions to the electronic paper assembly based upon the obtaining of the first information. In addition to the foregoing, other related method/system aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117956 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ON-SCREEN DISPLAY WITHIN A DISPLAY SCREEN - A display system is used for controlling an on-screen display within a display device. The on-screen display is a text information including a literal string formed by combining several numbers of letters. The display system includes a memory device for storing pieces of letter information, a controller to download a coding chart upon initialization of the display device. The coding chart includes string-forming codes and letter-forming codes. The coding chart further includes groups of string-forming codes for encoding different literal strings. The string-forming codes and the letter-forming codes correspond to the letter information in the memory. Upon receipt of an external command corresponding to a specific string-forming code, the controller fetches a letter-forming code from the coding chart based on the specific string-forming code and letter information from the memory device based on the respective letter-forming code, thereby encoding and displaying the literal string over the display screen. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117957 | Remote control apparatus for vehicle - A remote control apparatus mountable on a vehicle includes an operation input device operable to point a position in a predetermined operation area, a lighting device for illuminating the operation input device, and a controller for controlling a brightness of the lighting device. The remote control apparatus has a self-diagnostic mode for diagnosing a fault in the operation input device. The controller controls the brightness of the lighting device such that the lighting device produces a illumination pattern corresponding to the position pointed by the operation input device, when the self-diagnostic mode is set. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117958 | INFORMATION INPUT PANEL USING LIGHT EMITTED DIODE MATRIX - The present invention relates to an information input panel using the light emitted diode (LED) matrix. The panel includes the LED matrix and a control circuit. The LED matrix includes N×M LEDs. The control circuit includes N pieces of first terminal and M pieces of second terminal, wherein the i | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117959 | MOTION SENSOR-BASED USER MOTION RECOGNITION METHOD AND PORTABLE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A motion sensor-based user motion recognition method and portable terminal having a motion sensor is disclosed. The method recognizes user motions in a portable terminal. At least one parameter value is extracted from at least one user motion applied to the portable terminal. A reference parameter value serving as a user motion recognition reference is established according to at least one extracted parameter value. The established reference parameter value is stored. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117960 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH MOTION-CONTROLLED CURSOR - A handheld electronic device of the present invention includes a display, a memory, a motion sensor, and a controller. The memory is configured for storing a viewable output of at least one software application. The controller is in communication with the display, the memory, and the motion sensor. The controller includes a first control logic that generates a first image on the display representative of a portion of the viewable output of the software application. The first image has a field of view (FOV), where the viewable output includes an inner region and an outer region. A second control logic adjusts the FOV of the first image based upon movement of the handheld device. A third control logic displays a second image of a cursor in the inner region. A fourth control logic displays the second image of the cursor in the outer region. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117961 | DETECTING A PALM TOUCH ON A SURFACE - The detection of a palm touch on a touch surface, such as a mouse surface, is disclosed. A palm touch can be determined as the touch on the touch surface that has a radius exceeding a predetermined palm touch radius. Alternatively, a palm touch can be determined as the touch on the touch surface located beyond the expected distance between finger touches. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117962 | Suppressing Errant Motion Using Integrated Mouse and Touch Information - The suppression of errant motion regarding a mouse is disclosed. Mouse and touch information can be integrated to determine whether a gesture made on a surface of the mouse is errant, such as when a mouse is being moved and the fingers holding the mouse inadvertently move on the mouse surface. A gesture motion that is small relative to mouse motion can be considered errant and therefore at least partially suppressed, while a gesture motion that is large relative to mouse motion can be considered an intended gesture and therefore processed. Similarly, mouse and touch information can be integrated to determine whether a mouse motion is errant, such as when a robust gesture being made on the mouse surface inadvertently moves the mouse. A mouse motion that is small relative to gesture motion can be considered errant and therefore at least partially suppressed, while a mouse motion that is large relative to gesture motion can be considered an intended motion and therefore processed. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117963 | Generating Gestures Tailored to a Hand Resting on a Surface - The generation of gestures tailored to a hand resting on a mouse surface is disclosed. Gestures to be made on the mouse surface can be generated based on the natural pose of a hand resting on the mouse surface so that the gestures are comfortable. Fingers that are appropriately posed on the mouse surface to make a gesture can be identified for that gesture. Alternatively, gestures to be made on the mouse surface can be generated based on a user's preference. The user can identify the fingers that the user wishes to use to make a gesture. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117964 | SILENT MOUSE - A computer mouse includes a casing, a skidding pad and a cushion member. The casing has a bottom surface and a side surface adjacent to a peripheral of the bottom surface. The skidding pad is applied on the bottom surface of the casing for sliding upon a working surface. The cushion member is formed at a corner defined between the bottom surface and the side surface of the casing. Additionally, when the computer mouse is stand still on the working surface, only the skidding pad is in contact with the working surface. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117965 | POINTING DEVICE WITH SECURING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING THE SAME - Embodiments of pointing devices with securing mechanism and related methods are described herein. Other embodiments and related methods are also disclosed herein. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117966 | KEYBOARD CONTROL MEANS - This invention relates to methods of using a sensor or sensors on an input device to produce a data character, control or function by activating a sensor once and to produce a second programmed data character, control or function by activating said same sensor once for a longer preset length of time. Moving a sensor on an input device in one direction produces a data character, control or function and moving said same sensor in said same direction and holding said same sensor in said same direction for a preset length of time produces a second programmed data character, control or function. Moving said same sensor in said same direction and then activating said same sensor in a downward direction or activating said same sensor in a downward direction for a preset length of time also produces a second programmed data character, control or function. Sequentially activating a sensor more than once produces a data character, control or function and sequentially activating said same sensor more than once where the last activation is activated for a longer preset length of time produces a data character, control or function. Simultaneously activating sensors once produces a data character, control or function and simultaneously activating said same sensors once for a longer preset length of time produces a data character, control or function producing a second programmed data character, control or function. Non-activation of a sensor for a preset length of time produces the “Enter” function. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117967 | KEYBOARD MODULE - A keyboard module, including a base plate, a membrane circuit, keys and a frame set, is provided. The membrane circuit is disposed on the base plate and has touch portions. The keys are assembled to the base plate and correspond to the touch portions respectively. The frame set is assembled to the base plate and includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame has a plurality of first ribs disposed in a staggered way. The second frame is connected to the first frame and located between the first frame and the base plate. The second frame has a plurality of second ribs disposed in a staggered way, wherein a width of a portion of the second ribs is smaller than a width of the corresponding first ribs, and the keys pass through the second frame and the first frame in sequence to protrude above the frame set. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117968 | DATA INPUT APPARATUS - The present invention describes a data input apparatus and a data input method that implement a large number of key values with a small number of switches to improve a text input and implement an efficient text input with small volume. The data input apparatus of the present invention is configured of press switches including touch sensors on a plate and forms a unit cell configured of neighboring switches, each cell and neighboring unit cells shares the switches. The data input step selects the unit cell by a simultaneous touch of two touch switches positioned at each diagonal direction in the unit cell, activates the selected unit cell on the display, and inputs the corresponding key values by means of any one switch of four switches included in the selected unit cell. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117969 | MONITORING ASSEMBLY EMBEDDED TO A PERSONAL COMPUTER FOR INCREASING OPERATION SPACE - A personal computer monitoring assembly by embedding a touch-controlling retaining seat to a personal computer for increasing a touch-controlling operation space includes following components. A retaining seat needs a least one receiving slot of a casing panel of a personal computer in installation. Each of two sides of the retaining seat is extended with an extension portion. A front end of the retaining seat has an opening and a back side of thereof is installed with a locking unit. A circuit substrate is formed with locking holes and a front side of the circuit substrate is installed with a monitoring display panel. A wire bus is extended from the circuit substrate and is connected to a touch panel, and a circuit interface is arranged to be connected to a computer mother board. A touch panel has a plurality of micro switch touch sensitive points. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117970 | Methods of Operating Electronic Devices Using Touch Sensitive Interfaces with Contact and Proximity Detection and Related Devices and Computer Program Products - A method of operating an electronic device using a touch sensitive user interface may include detecting contact between a first finger and the touch sensitive user interface, and detecting non-contact proximity of a second finger to the touch sensitive user interface. Responsive to detecting contact between the first finger and the touch sensitive user interface and responsive to detecting non-contact proximity of the second finger to the touch sensitive user interface, one of a plurality of operations may be selected. Responsive to selecting one of the plurality of operations, the selected operation may be performed. Related devices and computer program products are also discussed. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117971 | Data Input Method - A data input method is adapted to be implemented in an electronic device equipped with a touch panel. The data input method includes following sequential steps: defining a plurality of linear directions; determining an operation of moving along one of the linear directions on the touch panel as an input data; and when the direction of moving changes, determining a subsequent operation of moving along one of the linear directions on the touch panel as another input data. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117972 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INFRARED TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - An electronic device with infrared touch input function is provided. The electronic device includes a display unit defining an information display area; an infrared input device including a circuit board having two pairs of oppositely disposed sides defining an open area corresponding in size and shape to the information display area, at least one light emitting device; a linear array of light detecting devices faced to light emitting devices, connected together via first resistances respectively to form a node; an analog/digital (A/D) converter configured to convert a voltage across the node into digital values; a micro-processing unit for determining an infrared light path being obstructed; and the CPU configured for controlling the display unit displaying a plurality of menu options, determining the menu option being touched; and performing functions corresponding to the menu option. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117973 | FUNCTION SELECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Function selection system and method for use in an electronic device are provided. The system includes a display unit and a processing unit. The display unit has a display area, and displays a specific region within the display area. The processing unit selects one of a plurality of functions according to a position of the specific region in the display area. The specific region is removable, and used to display data generated by the selected function. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117974 | TRANSPARENT MULTI-TACTILE SENSOR - The disclosure relates to a transparent multi-tactile sensor including a transparent semi-conducting active layer provided between two transparent conducting layers arranged as an array of cells formed by the intersection of rows and columns, characterised in that it comprises a control circuit successively supplying each semi-conducting portion corresponding to a cell, said control circuit including a means for analyzing the variation in the electrical characteristics due to the deformation of one or more sensor areas, each area including one or more cells, the semi-conducting characteristic of said intermediate layer making said cells independent from the measuring circuit. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117975 | MOBILE TERMINAL USING FLEXIBLE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a body and a display module, which is flexible and is capable of receiving a touch input and a method of controlling the mobile terminal are provided. The method includes setting the touch sensitivity of a display module to a first level; if the display module is bent or folded, setting the touch sensitivity of a bent or folded portion of the display module to a second level; and if the display module is unbent or unfolded and thus returns to its original shape, setting the touch sensitivity of the bent or folded portion of the display module back to the first level. Accordingly, it is possible to adaptively adjust the touch sensitivity of the display module according to whether and how the display module is bent or folded. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117976 | RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL - A resistive touch panel including a first-direction first electrode group and a first-direction second electrode group is provided. The first-direction first electrode group includes an electrode having N unit length. The first-direction second electrode group includes N electrodes each of which has one unit length. Two ends of multiple first-group strip-shaped layers are connected between the first-direction first electrode group and the first-direction second electrode group. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117977 | Fluorescent Display Tube And Fluorescent Display Device Having Touch Switch Portion - In a fluorescent display tube having an electrostatic capacitor type touch switch portion on a front plate, a shield electrode is provided between a filament cathode and the touch switch portion. Electrons emitted from the filament cathode are prevented from irradiating on the touch switch portion and the touch switch portion and a neighbor thereof are prevented from being charged up, thereby an operation of the electrostatic capacitor type touch switch becomes stable. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117978 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TOUCHING BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A touching behavior recognition apparatus includes a contact point acquiring unit configured to acquire pressure information items and position information items in a plurality of contact points, a clustering unit configured to perform clustering on the contact points on the basis of information regarding pressure deviations and position deviations of the contact points based on the information items acquired by the contact point acquiring unit to form contact point groups each including contact points associated with each other as a touching behavior, and a touching behavior identifying unit configured to identify a touching behavior for each contact point group. | 2010-05-13 |
| 20100117979 | BOUNDING BOX GESTURE RECOGNITION ON A TOUCH DETECTING INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - The invention provides a method and apparatus for identifying gestures performed by a user to control an interactive display. The gestures are identified based on a bounding box enclosing the points at which a user contacts a touch sensor corresponding with the display surface. The invention thus permits the use of inexpensive and highly reliable grid-based touch sensors that provide a bounding box to describe contact information. In identifying the gestures, the position, motion, shape, and deformation of the bounding box may all be considered. In particular, the center, width, height, aspect ratio, length of the diagonal, and orientation of the diagonal of the bounding box may be determined. A stretch factor, defined as the maximum of the ratio of the height of the bounding box to the width of the bounding box and the ratio of the width of the bounding box to the height of the bounding box, may also be computed. Finally, gestures may be identified based on the changes in time of these characteristics and quantities. | 2010-05-13 |
