20th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090121926 | MULTI-SPOT INVERSE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR IMAGING - Providing multi-spot inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) imagery is disclosed. Embodiments of techniques in accordance with the present disclosure may advantageously improve multiple target discrimination, detection, identification, and tracking using ISAR imaging. In an embodiment, an inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) method for producing multiple ISAR images from a single waveform includes transmitting a chirp signal into a dwell surveyed by the antenna beamwidth. Multiple dechirp reference signals may be generated to demodulate return signals from the dwell at multiple selected intervals within a pulse repetition interval (PRI) to create demodulated signals. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121927 | Systems and Methods of Assisted GPS - Embodiments of an improved assisted global positioning system (GPS) method and system are described. Wireless access points send assistance data to GPS receivers that are integrated into cellular chipsets and other chipsets. The access points may also act as fixed location references for differential GPS (DGPS) mobile stations. Errors caused by multipath travel of the GPS signals are reduced by using fixed location reference receivers. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121928 | Suppression of Multipath Effects for Received SPS Signals - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to suppressing the effects of multipath signals. For an example, a signal comprising at least one binary offset carrier (BOC) modulation signal is received. The BOC modulation signal is modulated with a pseudorandom noise sequence comprising a plurality of chips, wherein each of the chips has a set interval. The received signal is correlated with portions of the plurality of chips to provide a power signal and to remove at least a portion of a multipath component in the received signal from the power signal. The portions of the chips are less than the set interval. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121929 | METHOD FOR TRACKING CONTAINERS USING A LOW-RATE WIRELESS PERSONAL AREA NETWORK SYSTEM - A method for tracking a plurality of containers each joined to an electronic tracking device having routing capabilities and a WPAN-enabled radio receiver/transmitter configured to attempt to connect to a pre-configured WPAN upon being activated comprises activating the radio receiver/transmitter of each tracking device joined to a container being loaded onto a cargo vessel; receiving an indication from each tracking device that fails to connect to the WPAN; intermittently performing a network scan to locate each WPAN-connected tracking device; intermittently configuring the WPAN to include each WPAN-connected tracking device in a hybrid tree-mesh network topology; intermittently configuring routing information stored on each WPAN-connected tracking device to maintain mutual communication with each WPAN-connected tracking device and enable mutual communication between each WPAN-connected tracking device; receiving transport-related data from each WPAN-connected tracking device; transmitting the transport-related data to a control station through a LAN on the vessel; broadcasting a request to be routed between the WPAN-connected tracking devices in a depth-first traversal of the network topology that directs each WPAN-connected tracking device to enter a low-power mode when the depth-first traversal backtracks from the tracking device; and receiving an acknowledgment of the request communicated from each WPAN-connected tracking device when the tracking device enters the low-power mode. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121930 | Personal locator and locating method - Disclosed are systems; apparatus and methods for tracking or locating a person that is lost or has an emergency. Personal locating apparatus is employed comprising a plurality of buttons, and/or a keypad and display, that define an on/off element, an OK element, a help element and a 911 emergency element, wherein the elements are used to select and deselect one of a predetermined number of operational modes. A global positioning system (GPS) receiver in the apparatus processes GPS signals received from GPS satellites to generate location data indicative of the location of the apparatus. A satellite transmitter is coupled to the processor that transmits the location data and a desired operational mode signal to a remotely located processing center via one or more communication satellites. A processor is coupled to the GPS receiver and the satellite transmitter that is programmed to respond to user selections to generate the desired operational mode signal, process the location signals from the GPS receiver, the desired operational mode signal, and optionally a user message, generate a signal for transmission to the processing center, and transmit the signal to the remotely located processing center via one or more communication satellites. The message is processed at the processing center and sent as an email message to one or more designated email addresses, as a short message service (SMS) message to one or more designated cell phones, or as a message to a 911 emergency center. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121931 | Wrist Worn Communication Device coupled with Antenna Extendable by the Arm - The present invention discloses a wrist-worn wireless communication device coupled with an RF antenna configured to operate folded or coiled in the device, or extended along the arm from wrist to elbow. A typical embodiment of the invention relates to an emergency radio beacon, particularly for satellite based systems such as a Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) for the Cospas-Sarsat system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121932 | MULTI-ANTENNA GNSS POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A multi-antenna GNSS system and method provide earth-referenced GNSS heading and position solutions. The system and method compensate for partial blocking of the antennas by using a known attitude or orientation of the structure, which can be determined by an orientation device or with GNSS measurements. Multiple receiver units can optionally be provided and can share a common clock signal for processing multiple GNSS signals in unison. The system can optionally be installed on fixed or slow-moving structures, such as dams and marine vessels, and on mobile structures such as terrestrial vehicles and aircraft. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121933 | PRECISION GPS DRIVEN UTILITY ASSET MANAGEMENT AND UTILITY DAMAGE PREVENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and apparatus, including software, for the development and operational use of precise utility location and utility asset management information. Field-usable data sets may be produced that meet standards of accuracy and usability that are sufficient for use by field operations personnel participating in damage prevention activities associated with ground penetrating projects (e.g., excavating, trenching, boring, driving, and tunneling) or other asset applications. Some embodiments relate to integrating utility asset data including coordinate location, and geographical information data using a consistently available and accurate coordinates reference for collecting the data and for aligning the geographical information data. Some embodiments relate to managing projects with equipment that provides real time images and the updating of the data as required with this desired accuracy. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121934 | ADAPTIVE ARRAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM, AND ADAPTIVE ARRAY PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND PROGRAM - [Object] To provide an adaptive array controlling method, a device, and a program, and an adaptive array processing method, a device, and a program, which are less influenced by frequency characteristics of input signals and directions of a target signal and interference, and capable of performing accurate coefficient update. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121935 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF WEIGHTED AVERAGING IN THE ESTIMATION OF ANTENNA BEAMFORMING COEFFICIENTS - A system and method of training transmit or receive antenna array is disclosed. The method includes: a) entering an antenna training mode, b) receiving a training sequence to form a channel matrix (Q), c) constructing an updated receive beamforming vector (w) via a weighted averaging method, the weighted averaging comprising: | 2009-05-14 |
20090121936 | Adaptive antenna beamforming - Adaptive antenna beamforming may involve a maximum signal-to-noise ratio beamforming method, a correlation matrix based beamforming method, or a maximum ray beamforming method. The adaptive antenna beamforming may be used in a millimeter-wave wireless personal area network in one embodiment. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121937 | Band pass filter with tunable phase cancellation circuit - A phase cancellation circuit for a cavity filter including a sampler loop assembly arranged to receive an input signal, a variable loop assembly connected to the sampler loop assembly by a cable, wherein the variable loop assembly is arranged to transmit an output signal from cavity filter, wherein the sampler loop assembly samples a cancellation signal at an isolation frequency from the input signal and transmits the cancellation signal to the variable loop assembly via the cable, and, wherein the cable has a length equal to a multiple of a half-wavelength at the desired isolation frequency, wherein the cancellation signal undergoes a 180° phase shift by traveling through the cable, wherein the variable loop assembly combines the cancellation signal with the input signal to cancel the input signal at the isolation frequency due to the 180° phase shift for creating the output signal with a notch at the isolation frequency. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121938 | Automatic Tracking Camera - A tracking system includes an emitter array configured to emit radiation around a subject to be tracked in at least one dimension wherein each emitter or group of emitters is modulated to permit identification of a source of the radiation. A receiver is configured to receive the radiation from the emitter array, wherein one of the emitter array and the receiver are located on the subject to be tracked. A processor is configured to interpret changes in radiation and correlate the changes to a device position to output a device position control signal. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121939 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRIGGERED LOCATION INFORMATION - A system and a method for enabling a Home-SUPL Location Platform (H-SLP) to rapidly identify a currently available positioning method of a target SUPL-Enabled terminal (target SET) are provided. To this end, a message, including positioning capabilities (SET capabilities) which represent whether one or more positioning methods exist, to be transmitted from the target SET to the H-SLP is configured to additionally include information representing whether each positioning method is currently available. Accordingly, even if an electric wave environment of the target SET is changed or a positioning method is changed, the H-SLP can rapidly and efficiently perform a positioning because it always recognizes a currently available positioning method. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121940 | SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING POSITION OVER A NETWORK - A system to determine position, frequency and clock offsets over a network utilizing signals of opportunity transmitted by one or more transmitters with known locations, the system includes a base receiver with a clock and a known position that determines ranges to the transmitters, takes a series of samples of the signals of opportunity and time tags the series with times of receipt, calculated times of transmission based on the calculated ranges, or both. The base receiver transmits the time tagged series and, as appropriate, computed ranges to the remote receivers. A given remote receiver saves and time tags samples of the signals of opportunity, correlates the time-tagged series with the saved samples, and calculates a time offset as a time difference of the times of receipt at the remote receiver and either the time of receipt at the base receiver or the time of transmission calculated at the base receiver. The remote receiver calculates position based on the time offsets, and as appropriate, the ranges provided by the base receiver. The elevations of the remote receivers may be calculated as part of the position calculations, determined iteratively based on constraining the Z coordinate to an average elevation, or determined from differences in air pressure sensor readings at the base and remoter receivers. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121941 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE - An antenna structure includes a radiation element, a grounding element, a feeding point, and a connection element. The radiation element includes a first radiator and a second radiator. The second radiator includes a first end close to a first end of the first radiator. The grounding element is coupled to the first end of the second radiator. The feeding point is coupled to the first end of the first radiator and is close to the first end of the second radiator. The connection element is coupled between the feeding point and the grounding element. The radiation element, the grounding element, the feeding point, and the connection element are constructed by metal wire. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121942 | RFID TAG AND CERAMIC PATCH ANTENNA - This invention relates to a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and ceramic patch antenna for radio frequency identification systems. The radio frequency identification tag in accordance with this invention comprises; lower antenna member of which one end is formed with coupling projection for conjoining; upper antenna member of which one end is formed with coupling groove for conjoining; an RFID chip of which one end is conjoined with the coupling projection of the said lower antenna member and the other end is conjoined with the coupling groove of the said upper antenna member, containing the information of the objective management item which communicates with the terminal device; and a spacer which electrically isolates the said antenna members. The said antenna members are conjoined on the top and bottom sides of the said spacer in parallel direction. The RFID chip which is conjoined with the said antenna members is placed on the top or bottom side of the said spacer. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121943 | ANTENNA SYSTEM USING COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNIQUES - Apparatus, system, and method are described for a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit device having a first metal layer that includes a radiating element and a second metal layer that includes a first conductor coupled to the radiating element. The first conductor and the radiating element are mutually coupled to form an antenna to wirelessly communicate a signal. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121944 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA - The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement for a portable communication device as well as to such a portable communication device comprising such an antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement includes at least one first loop antenna element provided in a loop structure. The loop structure includes at least one section shaped as a loop and each loop antenna element in the loop structure has only one connection point to be connected to a signal connection point of a radio circuit. The antenna arrangement also includes a planar antenna element for connection to a grounding connection point of the radio circuit. The loop structure is displaced from the planar antenna element in the plane in which this planar antenna element is provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121945 | PORTABLE WIRE DEVICE - A portable wireless device is capable of maintaining performance of an antenna without being affected by the state of the housing fitted with the antenna even if the housing is rotated around a rotation axis thereof by a predetermined angle. A portable wireless device | 2009-05-14 |
20090121946 | TRAFFIC RECEIVER AND POWER ADAPTER FOR PORTABLE NAVIGATION DEVICES - An apparatus for providing power and information to an electronic device housed in a first housing. The apparatus may generally comprise a coupling element, a receiver operable to wirelessly receive information, and a cable. The coupling element is housed within a second housing that is operable to be at least partially inserted into an automobile cigarette lighter socket to acquire power therefrom. The cable extends from the second housing and is operable to couple with the electronic device or a mount associated with the electronic device to provide power from the coupling element and information from the receiver to the electronic device. The cable may generally include a first portion for housing an antenna that is operable to electrically couple with the receiver and a second portion for housing one or more wires. The one or more wires are operable to provide the power and the information to the electronic device or the mount associated with the electronic device. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121947 | Antenna Configurations for Compact Device Wireless Communication - A wireless communication device is configured to provide wireless communication to a host device when disposed in a mated position in a slot having a primary axis and formed in a side face of the host device. The wireless communication device includes a transceiver, a controller in communication with the transceiver, and a modem in communication with the controller. The wireless communication device also includes a balanced antenna in communication with the transceiver and having a polarization axis that is parallel to the side face and to the primary axis of the slot when the wireless communication device is in the mated position. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121948 | Antenna Configurations for Compact Device Wireless Communication - A duplex antenna system includes first and second antenna portions that are at least partially separated by a gap, a first feed line coupled to the first antenna portion, the first feed line being overlapped by the gap and the second antenna portion, and a second feed line coupled to the second antenna portion, the second feed line being overlapped by the gap and the first antenna portion. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121949 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, ANTENNA MODULE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A communication apparatus has a first communication section which makes contactless communication by means of magnetic field coupling and a second communication section which makes contactless communication by means of electric field coupling, and the second communication section generates an electric field which oscillates to a direction approximately parallel with an oscillation direction of a magnetic field on a position where the magnetic field crosses the second communication section. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121950 | OPTICAL FIBER COUPLED ANTENNA CURRENT MONITOR - A system for sensing the amplitude and phase of an RF current flowing in an antenna element of a directional antenna system that uses a sampling device such as a current sample loop that is connected to an antenna monitor with fiber optic cable. The system uses an interface at the current sample loop on each of the antenna elements to convert an RF current sample to an optical signal. The fiber optic cable transmits the optical signal to the antenna monitor where it is converted back to an electrical signal for appropriate phase and amplitude comparison with the RF currents sampled from other antenna elements in the directional antenna system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121951 | TUNABLE MICROSTRIP DEVICES - Tunable microstrip devices formed by capacitively coupled conductive strips are disclosed. Device parameters can be tuned by adjusting corresponding lengths of a resonator and a coupling section of the device by connecting one or more auxiliary segments to the conductive strips. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121952 | Slot Antenna - Impedance matching is achieved in a waveguide of a slot antenna, which is provided with an input waveguide that is fed power via an aperture plane; a stairway structure is provided in the input waveguide; the structure creates a step going upward toward a surface provided with a slot; the step difference and height of the step going upward are adjusted so that the impedance at a plane above the step and the impedance at the aperture plane match. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121953 | Transmitting/Receiving Antenna with Radiation Diversity - The present invention relates to a transmission/reception antenna with diversity of radiation comprising on a substrate at least a first and a second radiating elements connected by a network of feeder lines to a transmission/reception circuit of electromagnetic signals, wherein the network is constituted by a first feeder line connected to a first radiating element and by a set of two second feeder lines each connected by means of a switching element to the second radiating element in such a manner as to supply the two radiating elements in phase or in phase opposition, the set of the two second feeder lines being connected to the first feeder line by a third feeder line, the first and third feeder lines being connected by a feeder line common to the transmission/reception circuit of electromagnetic signals. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121954 | Device for Emitting and Receiving Electromagnetic Radiation - A device for emitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation, in particular microwave radiation, including at least one feed element, at least one hollow conductor and at least one rod radiator, the feed element being situated on a first end of the hollow conductor in such a way that the power emitted by the feed element is passed through the hollow conductor and/or the received power that is passed through the hollow conductor is injected into the feed element and the rod radiator is situated at a second end of the hollow conductor in such a way that the transmit power passed through the hollow conductor is bundled and emitted via the rod radiator and/or the incoming received power is bundled by the rod radiator and conducted into the hollow conductor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121955 | ANTENNA COIL AND ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna coil is obtained by winding a flexible substrate around a magnetic core. Conductors are provided on the flexible substrate, whereby a first coil portion and a second coil portion are provided on either side of the magnetic core except for in a middle portion. A non-winding portion including no conductors is provided between the first coil portion and the second coil portion on a main surface of the magnetic core. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121956 | ANTENNA DEVICE - Disclosed is an antenna device capable of reducing an input impedance and having a wideband characteristic. The antenna device includes: a first radiating plate of a flat shape; a second radiating plate of a flat shape; and an electric feeding section electrically connected to the first radiating plate and the second radiating plate, wherein the first radiating plate and the second radiating plate have different shapes in a plan view and are combined and provided, and both end corner portions of a side portion to which the electric feeding section is connected, of the first radiating plate, are formed in an arc shape. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121957 | ANTENNA - A plate-shaped radiating element of a shape having at least three planes is formed by bending a metal plate having a substantially rectangular shape. A first slit is provided from a lower edge of the plate-shaped radiating element up to a portion in the vicinity of an upper edge of the plate-shaped radiating element while passing through a center point of the plate-shaped radiating element, and forms plate-shaped dipole elements on both sides thereof. A second slit is provided parallel to the upper edge of the plate-shaped radiating element and forms a folded element on an upper side thereof. Feeding points are provided on both sides of the first slit at the lower edge of the plate-shaped radiating element. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121958 | MICROWAVE MOTION SENSOR WITH A REFLECTOR - A microwave motion sensor including a patch antenna having a plurality of microwave radiating elements for transmitting and receiving a microwave signal where each microwave radiating element is of the antenna in an array configuration. A reflector is disposed above the antenna for downward shaping the radiating signal, where the microwave radiating elements together with the reflector provide a radiation pattern where a main beam is transmitted in a direction orthogonal to a surface of said antenna and a sided lobe transmitted downward in amplitude below the microwave motion sensor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121959 | Impedance Matching Circuit and antenna Assembly using the same - An impedance matching circuit converts between an input impedance of an antenna and a characteristic impedance of a transmission line, such as a coaxial cable. The impedance matching circuit includes a transformer and a lumped circuit. The transformer has a primary side and a secondary side. The secondary side is configured to electrically connect with the antenna. The lumped circuit is electrically connected with the primary side, for converting the input impedance of the primary side to the characteristic impedance. An antenna assembly using the above-mentioned impedance matching circuit is also provided. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121960 | DUAL-FREQUENCY MATCHING CIRCUIT - The connection topology of input terminals ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121961 | DUAL-FREQUENCY MATCHING CIRCUIT - The connection topology of input terminals | 2009-05-14 |
20090121962 | DUAL-FREQUENCY MATCHING CIRCUIT - The connection topology of input terminals ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121963 | TUNING MATCHING CIRCUITS FOR TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER BANDS AS A FUNCTION OF TRANSMITTER METRICS - A tunable matching circuit is adjusted primarily based on transmitter oriented metrics and is then applied to attain a desired tuning for transmitter and receiver operation. In a TDM system, this is accomplished by identifying an optimal tuning for the transmitter and then applying an empirically derived adjustment to the tuning circuit in receiver mode. In an FDM system, this is accomplished by identifying a target operation that is a compromise between transmitter performance and receiver performance, and then adjusting the tuning circuit as a function of transmitter metrics and the current tuning values to achieve the desired compromised performance. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121964 | ANTENNA DEVICE, RADIO TAG READER AND ARTICLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - There is provided with an antenna device includes; a first antenna element which is either a spiral antenna element or a loop-like antenna element; and a first feed point provided at a first end of the first antenna element, the first end being an outer end of the spiral antenna element or an one end of the loop-like antenna element, wherein a length from an second end of the first antenna element to the first end of the first antenna element along the first antenna element is about one half wavelength of operating frequency, the second end being an inner end of the spiral antenna element or the other end of the loop-like antenna element. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121965 | SPHERICAL ANTENNA - An antenna comprises a first circular coil, a second circular coil, and a third circular coil, and a housing unit including a sending/receiving interrogator chip. The first, second, and third coil are each connected to the housing unit at two points on each of the first, second, and third coil, and the first, second, and third coil are connected substantially in parallel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121966 | MULTIMODE ANTENNA - A multimode antenna that integrates antennae of at least three modes includes antenna radiation elements of at least three modes and a common ground element. In conventional wireless communication devices, in order to achieve the multiplexing effect, a plurality of antennae is built therein, which cannot meet the requirements for both multiplexing and small size. The multimode antenna integrates antennae of a plurality of modes together and shares one ground element, which not only reduces the volume of the antenna, but also achieves a multimode antenna for a multiplex device. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121967 | Dual Polarized Antenna - In one embodiment according to the teachings of the present disclosure, an antenna generally includes a first, second, and third elements. The first and second elements form a first electro-magnetic radiator that is operable to transmit or receive a first signal having a first sense of polarization. The first and third elements form a second electro-magnetic radiator that is operable to transmit or receive a second signal having a second sense of polarization that is different than the first sense of polarization. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121968 | Electronic Device - An electronic device includes first display means that displays an image in monochrome, first control means that controls the display of the monochrome image, and interface means that is used to communicate with the first control means. When second control means that controls second display means is connected to the interface means, the first control means communicates with the second control means via the interface means. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121969 | Multi-display system for displaying identical information on multiple display screens situated in different viewing planes for monitoring or demonstrating the activity of the input device's operator - A multi-display screen device including a plurality of display screens with each display screen situated in alternative directions and each display screen displaying identical images. This device can be used with any input device. The preferred embodiment is a two panel display device in which the screen of each panel faces opposite directions. The described system would allow teachers, parents, and employers to inexpensively monitor computer use. The described system can also be used as a teaching and/or demonstration device to allow a person sitting at a different angle from the computer operator to view material on the operator's display screen. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121970 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - This invention relates to a household appliance ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121971 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus which comprises an image module for generating an image, a spectacle-like frame which carries the image module, and wherein the spectacle-like frame comprises a front portion with a nose support, as well as two lateral temples mounted to the front portion. At least one of the temples has shiftably mounted to it a holding element. The holding element comprises a first portion extending downwards from the temple, and a second portion connected with the lower end of the first portion, the second portion extending from the lower end of the first portion in a direction pointing away from the front portion. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121972 | CRT display having a single plane sheath beam bender and video correction - There are provided CRT display systems. A CRT display system includes an electron gun assembly, a single plane sheath beam bender, and a digital processor. The electron gun assembly is configured to emit electron beams. The single plane sheath beam bender is configured to apply a deflection force to the electron beams. The digital processor is configured to receive and process an incoming video signal stream to provide signals there from to be delivered to individual cathodes of the electron gun assembly. The provided signals have a distortion applied thereto to effect a predetermined converged image. The applied distortion at least relates to a blue-bow convergence error. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121973 | Display device and method of fabricating the same - A display device includes a pixel unit, the pixel unit including at least one pixel having a control line coupled thereto, the control line being configured to supply a control signal to the pixel, a data line configured to supply a data signal to the pixel, and at least one buffer circuit disposed in the pixel unit and coupled to the control line. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121974 | Display device, method for driving the same, and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a display device including: a pixel array part configured to include scan lines disposed along rows, signal lines disposed along columns, and pixels that are disposed at intersections of the scan lines and the signal lines and are arranged in a matrix; and a drive part configured to have at least a write scanner that sequentially supplies a control signal to the scan lines to thereby carry out line-sequential scanning and a signal selector that supplies a video signal to the signal lines in matching with the line-sequential scanning. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121975 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes: a plurality of line switching units which corresponds to a plurality of image signals and selectively transmits the plurality of image signals; an output switching unit which selectively outputs one of the plurality of image signals transmitted by the plurality of line switching units; and a controller which controls the line switching units and the output switching unit to output one of the plurality of image signals. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121976 | Plasma display device and driving method thereof - Wall charges of a turn-off cell selected from among a plurality of discharge cells are erased by applying an address voltage to a third electrode corresponding to the turn-off cell in an address period, and first and second pulse strings are respectively applied to first electrodes and second electrodes in a sustain period, where the first pulse string alternates between a first voltage and a second voltage higher than the first voltage, and the second pulse string has the same pattern as, but a different alternating timing from, the first pulse string. The sustain period includes an overlapping duration in which voltages of the first and second pulse strings are simultaneously higher than the first voltage. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121977 | Plasma display and driving method thereof - A plasma display device includes a plurality of scan lines, each scan line corresponding to a plurality of discharge cells, a controller and a driver. The controller may be adapted to determine, for at least one of the plurality of scan lines, a width of a scan pulse to be applied based on a load ratio of the respective scan line. The driver may be adapted to sequentially apply the respective scan pulse of the determined width to the plurality of scan lines. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121978 | Plasma display device and driving method thereof - A plasma display device includes a plurality of scan lines for selecting a plurality of discharge cells and extending in a row direction. The plasma display device sequentially applies a scan pulse to the plurality of scan lines. The plasma display device calculates a data similarity ratio of two adjacent scan lines by using subfield data of each discharge cell disposed on the two adjacent scan lines among the plurality of scan lines, and overlaps the scan pulses applied to the two adjacent scan lines when the data similarity ratio of two adjacent scan lines is greater than a predetermined ratio. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121979 | Method of driving plasma display panel - A method of driving a plasma display panel (PDP) capable of improving gray scale display comprises the steps of applying pulses having a first voltage to first electrodes and second electrodes during a sustain period of at least one subfield and reducing a voltage of the first electrodes to a voltage of no more than one-half of the first voltage while maintaining a voltage of the second electrode at a second voltage. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121980 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A display apparatus has a plurality of column-current generating circuits for supplying signal currents respectively to the corresponding columns of a plurality of EL devices that are arranged two-dimensionally. Each of the column-current generating circuits includes two or more transistor devices the gates, sources and drains of which are respectively connected in parallel so as to function as a single transistor. The transistor devices are arranged at a pitch equal to or n-times of the alignment period in the row direction of the EL devices and at a constant pitch equal to the alignment period in the column direction of the EL devices. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121981 | Organic light emitting display device and driving method using the same - An organic light emitting display device is disclosed. The pixels of the display emit light which is independent of the threshold voltage of the drive transistor for the pixel. The pixel is reset before each time new data is written thereto, and the luminance data stored in the pixel includes the threshold voltage of the drive transistor. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121982 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting device according to one or more embodiments includes a gate line, a data line intersecting the gate line, a switching thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line, a driving thin film transistor connected to the switching thin film transistor, and a light emitting diode (LED) connected to the driving thin film transistor. The switching thin film transistor includes a control electrode connected to the gate line, a crystalline semiconductor overlapping the control electrode, and an input electrode and an output electrode are spaced apart from each other on the crystalline semiconductor, wherein the control electrode and the gate line are respectively disposed under and on the crystalline semiconductor and include different materials. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121983 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An organic light emitting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of first, second, and third pixels for displaying different colors, wherein the plurality of first and second pixels are alternately arranged in a first column, the plurality of third pixels are continuously arranged in a second column, and an interval between the third pixels is larger than an interval between the first pixel and the second pixel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121984 | Electroluminescent display panel and electronic device - An EL display panel including: a pixel array section in which EL display elements whose light emission state is controlled by an active matrix driving system are arranged in a form of a matrix; a first writing control line driving section and a second writing control line driving section configured to drive each writing control line from both sides of the pixel array section; and a first power supply line driving section and a second power supply line driving section configured to drive a power supply line disposed along a direction of a horizontal line from both sides of the pixel array section, the first power supply line driving section and the second power supply line driving section being respectively arranged between the first writing control line driving section and the pixel array section and between the second writing control line driving section and the pixel array section. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121985 | Organic light emitting display and driving method thereof - A translucent organic light emitting display having high image quality is disclosed. The display includes a substantially transparent organic light emitting display (OLED) panel, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The pixels in the OLED panel overlap the pixels in the LCD panel. The LCD panel pixels are configured to be opaque when the corresponding pixels of the OLED display do not emit light. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121986 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH SOLID STATE LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTS - A display apparatus includes a display system and a control system. The display system includes pixel units and a network interface based on a network protocol. The pixel units are arranged in a matrix and each of the pixel units includes solid state light emitting elements. The control system includes a control module, an input module, and an output module. The output module is electronically coupled to the network interface. The control system is configured to receive an input signal through the input module, generate a corresponding control signal by the control module, and output the control signal by the output module to the display system via the network interface according to the network protocol to control the display contents of the display system. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121987 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided, which includes a liquid crystal element including a pixel electrode, a counter electrode, and a liquid crystal disposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode, a light source, a comparing circuit configured to compare a potential of the pixel electrode and a reference potential, and supply an output potential in accordance with the result of the comparison, and a control circuit configured to switch turning-on and turning-off of the light source in accordance with the output potential supplied from the comparing circuit. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121988 | LARGE SCALE FLEXIBLE LED VIDEO DISPLAY AND CONTROL SYSTEM THEREFOR - A flexible display for displaying images comprises a plurality of columns of pixel elements, each pixel element having display elements, a pixel driver for processing an output signal from a preceding adjacent pixel element in the same column and generating and transmitting an output signal to a succeeding adjacent pixel element in the same column; electrical conductors extending between pixel elements of each column for electrically connecting the pixel driver of the preceding adjacent pixel element to the pixel driver of the succeeding adjacent pixel element; an image signal processor for generating and delivering pixel element actuating signals to a first pixel element of each the column; and support connectors extending between adjacent pixel elements in the same column and between adjacent pixel elements of adjacent columns and permitting relative movement of the adjacent pixel elements. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121989 | ACTIVE MATRIX DEVICE, ELECTROOPTIC DISPLAY, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An active matrix device includes: a plurality of pixel electrodes provided above a surface of the substrate; a plurality of switching elements provided so as to correspond to the pixel electrodes, each switching element including: a fixed electrode coupled to one of the pixel electrodes; a movable electrode provided so as to come into contact with or depart from the fixed electrode; and a drive electrode provided so as to be opposed to the movable electrode with an electrostatic gap therebetween; a plurality of first wiring lines coupled to the movable electrodes; and a plurality of second wiring lines coupled to the drive electrodes. Application of a voltage between the movable electrode and the drive electrode generates electrostatic attraction therebetween. The movable electrode is moved by the electrostatic attraction so that the movable electrode comes into contact with the fixed electrode so as to establish continuity between the first wiring line and the corresponding pixel electrode. At least space between the movable electrode and the drive electrode of each of the switching elements is filled with liquid crystal. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121990 | Display Apparatus - The present invention relates to liquid crystal display devices. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121991 | Array Substrate and Liquid Crystal Display - An array substrate of liquid crystal display having a novel pixel structure comprises data lines; scanning lines, the scanning lines and the data lines being arranged across each other and defining a number of pixel regions; a dielectric layer disposed on the scanning lines; pixel electrodes in the pixel regions; storage capacitor electrode lines for forming storage capacitors together with the pixel electrodes, and a conductive section disposed on the dielectric layer above a part of a scanning line that corresponds to a pixel region and in electrical communication with the storage capacitor electrode lines. According to the invention, the disposition of a conduction section can significantly reduce the electric field effect between scanning lines and common transparent electrodes. The invention can decrease the inductive electric charge, avoid the influence of the inductive electric charge on the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules, and thus markedly improve the display quality. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121992 | Color Display Apparatus - A color display apparatus is of the type wherein a unit pixel is constituted by at least three subpixels including first to third subpixels, and at each subpixel, a medium for changing an optical property depending on a voltage applied thereto is disposed. The color display apparatus includes means for applying a voltage, to each of the first to third subpixels, for changing the optical property of the medium within a brightness change range in which light passing through the medium is changed in brightness and a hue change range in which the light passing through the medium assumes chromatic color and a hue of the chromatic color is changed while including combinations of red and green, red and blue, and green and blue for the first to third subpixels, respectively. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121993 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING SAME - A color field-sequential liquid crystal display device comprising: a liquid crystal panel; a planar light-source unit for emitting light toward the liquid crystal panel; and a signal processor connected to the liquid crystal panel and to the planar light-source unit; wherein the signal processing includes: a comparing unit that compares video signals included in subframes of at least one identical color in each frame of two mutually adjacent video frames; and a polarity reversing unit that reverses the polarities of video signals in mutually adjacent subframes within the same frame, deciding whether or not to reverse the polarities of all video signals of one frame based upon the result of the comparison by the comparing unit, and outputting a video signal having the decided polarity to the liquid crystal panel. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121994 | Display Device, Liquid Crystal Monitor, Liquid Crystal Television Receiver, and Display Method - In one embodiment of the present invention, a display device is disclosed wherein if a frame luminance is less than a maximum value, the device creates a difference between luminance outputs in the two subframes and sets the luminance difference to a value less than a sub-maximum luminance which is a maximum luminance output in one subframe. With the arrangement, no complete switching of the subframes in which luminance outputs are made occurs at a grayscale level where low luminance replaces high luminance or vice versa. Thus, the grayscale level-luminance curve continues smoothly. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121995 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display (LCD) and method for driving the LCD using one or more polarity inversion methods is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method of driving an LCD comprising a liquid crystal panel partitioned by a plurality of gate lines and data lines and including a plurality of liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix and auxiliary lines adjacent to and parallel to the gate lines, the auxiliary lines coupled with the plurality of liquid crystal cells, the method including supplying an auxiliary voltage that increases from a low level to a high level on a first pair of auxiliary lines adjacent to each other for a jth frame period, supplying an auxiliary voltage that decreases from a high level to a low level on a second pair of auxiliary lines adjacent to each other for the jth frame period, supplying the auxiliary voltages at levels opposite to the levels of the jth frame period on the first and second pairs of auxiliary lines in a (j+1)th frame period. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121996 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device is provided with: a number of gate signal lines and a number of drain signal lines formed so as to cross the gate signal lines provided on the surface of one of a pair of substrates provided so as to face each other with liquid crystal in between on the liquid crystal side; and thin film transistors connected to a gate signal line and a drain signal line, pixel electrodes to which a video signal is supplied from a drain signal line via a thin film transistor, and a counter electrode to which a reference signal which becomes a reference for the video signal is supplied via a counter voltage signal line provided in pixel regions surrounded by a pair of adjacent gate signal lines and a pair of adjacent drain signal lines, and is characterized in that the above described counter electrodes are formed of a transparent conductive film, the above described pixel electrodes are formed of a transparent conductive film and on the liquid crystal side relative to the above described counter electrodes via an insulating film, and the above described counter voltage signal lines are formed in the direction in which the above described gate signal lines run so as to overlap with the above described gate signal lines via the above described insulating film and be electrically connected to the above described counter electrodes via contact holes created in the above described insulating film. | 2009-05-14 |
20090121997 | Display device - In accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention, a display device includes a timing controller that generates a control signal and a data signal for displaying an image, a memory that records the data signal, and an I | 2009-05-14 |
20090121998 | Display Apparatus and Method For Driving The Same - A liquid crystal display apparatus ( | 2009-05-14 |
20090121999 | TEMPERATURE SENSOR FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A temperature sensing apparatus for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The apparatus can measure the device temperature without the existence of a conventional PN junction. The temperature sensing apparatus comprises at least one thin-film transistor (TFT) cell, a variable current source, a buffer and a sensing circuit. Each TFT cell has its respective drain and gate coupled together and a source coupled to a ground The variable current source is coupled to the drain of the TFT cell. The buffer has an input coupled to the drain of the TFT cell. The sensing circuit has an input coupled to an output of the buffer and an output to produce a voltage output signal. The temperature of the TFT cell is determined by inputting two currents at a sub-saturation region of the TFT cell and measuring voltage output signal difference. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122000 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF BACKLIGHT ILLUMINATION CONTROL AND DEVICE USING THE SAME - An image processing method of backlight illumination control is provided herein. First, an image including a plurality of pixels is received, wherein a first function is a relation between a gray-level value of one of the pixels and a displaying illumination of a backlight. The first function is compared with a characteristic function to obtain the specific function, wherein the characteristic function is a relation between the gray-level value and a predetermined displaying illumination of the backlight, and the specific function is a relation between the gray-level value and a remapped gray-level value. The specific function is utilized to remap the gray-level -value so as to adjust the displaying illumination. Therefore, the present invention enhances the displaying illumination for better visual quality. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122001 | Method and apparatus for image display with backlight illumination - An LCD display apparatus arranged to display image on an image display surface at an image frame rate of M image frames per second, the apparatus including a backlight arrangement comprising an LED backlight device for providing backlight illumination to said image display surface and a backlight controller for controlling the generation of backlight and intensity distribution of backlight illumination on said image display surface; wherein the backlight controller comprises a processor configured to generate a set of backlight illumination data with reference to the intensity distribution characteristics of the image content of said image frame according to a predetermined relationship, wherein said set of backlight illumination data contains information on the required intensity distribution of backlight on said image display surface for said image frame; and to generate a plurality of backlight illumination frames for each said image frame during the duration of said image frame based on said set of backlight illumination data; wherein the intensity aggregate of said plurality of backlight illumination frames generated during the duration of said image frame is equivalent to the required intensity distribution of backlight on said image display surface for said image frame. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122002 | Method for Driving Field Sequential LCD Backlight - The present invention provides a method for driving a backlight module of a liquid crystal display. The backlight module includes three light sources, a first light source, a second light source, and a third light source, that illuminate different color light respectively. The method includes sequentially turning on the three light sources, wherein the first light source and the second light source are turned on twice and the third light source is turned on once. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122003 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR BACKLIGHT MODULE AND DISPLAY DEVICE THEREOF - A display device and a driving device for driving a backlight module are provided. The driving device includes a power conversion circuit (PCC), a PWM generator, a current control unit (CCU) and a voltage feedback compensation circuit (VFCC). The PCC is used for converting an input voltage into an adjustable voltage supplied to the backlight module. The CCU is used for controlling current flowing through the backlight module. The VFCC is used for receiving an output voltage from the backlight module and providing a feedback voltage to the PWM generator, so that the PWM generator adjusts the adjustable voltage accordingly. Therefore, the driving device submitted by the present invention can be reduced the entire power consumption of the display device and further avoided the current control unit happened damage also. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122004 | LIGHT SOURCE SYSTEM FOR A COLOR FLAT PANEL DISPLAY - A system for operating a color flat panel display (FPD) is provided that includes a color FPD, a light source, and a display processing device. The color FPD has an adjustable color depth and is configured to reflect ambient light. The light source transmits light through the bottom surface of the color FPD. The display processing device is coupled to the color FPD and decreases the color depth of the color FPD when the light source is activated and increases the color depth of the color FPD when the light source is turned off. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122005 | Liquid crystal display device and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display device and a driving method thereof for reducing the number of data lines and the number of data drive integrated circuits corresponding thereto are disclosed. In the device, a plurality of gate lines is provided in a direction crossing a plurality of data lines. First and second control lines are provided in a direction being parallel to the gate lines. First liquid crystal cells are provided at one side on a basis of the data lines. Second liquid crystal cells are provided at other side on a basis of the data lines. A first switching part is provided for each first liquid crystal cell to apply video signals supplied from the data lines to the first liquid crystal cells under control of the first control line and the gate line. A second switching part is provided for each second liquid crystal cell to apply video signals supplied from the data lines to the second liquid crystal cells under control of the second control line and the gate line. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122006 | ENHANCED PROTOCOL AND ARCHITECTURE FOR LOW BANDWIDTH FORCE FEEDBACK GAME CONTROLLER - Haptic features are stored in a haptic device by preloading or otherwise downloading them, e.g., wirelessly, into the haptic device at the time of manufacture, immediately prior to game play, during game play, and/or at any other time. Haptic features may be activated, deactivated, modified or replaced at any time. All or a subset of the haptic features may be selected as an active play list, which may be modified as necessary. A host may manage some or all device memory and the haptic features stored therein. Haptic features stored in haptic devices and control information provided by the host are used by the haptic device to execute haptic effects. The haptic device may sustain haptic effects between control messages from the host. New communication messages may be added to an underlying communication protocol to support haptic effects. New messages may use header portions of communication packets as payload portions. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122007 | INPUT DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF INPUT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Disclosed herein is an input device including, a target creating section a performing section, and a height information generating section wherein the target creating section generates the information on the target to which information the height information is added, and the performing section performs predetermined processing on a basis of the height information added to the information on the target. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122008 | Probe With A Virtual Marker - A probe for use in a coordinate digitizing system includes an indicator, such as a pointing tip or crosshairs, and a marker, the location of which can be determined by a marker tracking system relative to a coordinate system. The probe is configured to effectively place the marker's virtual image—as seen by the tracker—at the same location as the indicator without blocking a user's view of the indicator. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122009 | System and Method for Controlling Cursor Movement - A system and method are provided for controlling the movement of a cursor relative to an image displayed in a video screen display by way of an operating element that is rotatable about its longitudinal axis, while being moveable is at least two additional degrees of freedom transverse to the longitudinal axis thereof from an initial position. The cursor can be moved in two mutually perpendicular directions, and, in the case of an additional rotation of the operating element, during the transverse movement of the cursor, the cursor can be moved in a direction diagonal thereto. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122010 | Apparatus for operating objects and a method for identifying markers from digital image frame data - An input apparatus other than mice is provided that supports an input to a computer by fingers or a mouth. An apparatus for operating objects according to the present invention operates an object on a screen based on an imaged operating element. The apparatus includes a computing apparatus; a display apparatus connected to the computing apparatus; and an imaging apparatus connected to the computing apparatus. The imaging apparatus images a predetermined operating element. The computing apparatus displays, as a marker, an image of the imaged operating element on the display apparatus. The object on the screen of the display apparatus is operated by movement of the marker. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122011 | EFFICIENT MODE SWITCHING IN A VIDEO PROCESSOR SYSTEM - Methods and apparatus are provided for efficiently controlling source computers connected to a display system. A control computer is connected to one or more source computers and video output is shown on a display system. A mouse and associated input devices may operate in video processor mode or source computer mode based on mouse x-coordinate and y-coordinate position information. Other modes such as control computer mode are also possible. In particular instances, a mouse and associated input devices operate in source computer mode to control a particular source computer when the mouse pointer position resides within one of the source computer windows. A mode of operation may switch based on a change in mouse position. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122012 | USER INPUT DEVICE WITH RING-SHAPED SCROLL WHEEL - A user input device including a ring-shaped scroll wheel for use with a computing device is provided. The user input device includes a housing and a scroll wheel assembly coupled to the housing. The scroll wheel assembly includes a scroll wheel having a ring-shaped body and a scroll wheel support structure. The body of the scroll wheel may include a surface including an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface that bounds a hollow interior. The scroll wheel may be configured to extend through an opening of the housing. The scroll wheel support structure may include a frame and a plurality of supports mounted to the frame and contacting the surface of the scroll wheel. The plurality of supports may be configured to rotatably secure the scroll wheel to the scroll wheel support structure. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122013 | Keyboard Device and Keyboard Cover - A label having an identifier | 2009-05-14 |
20090122014 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING CHARACTER-INPUT - Provided are a method and apparatus for processing character-input. The processing method includes receiving a first signal representing a classification of a character to be input and a second signal representing a key selected from a plurality of keys to which a character of the classification is assigned, requesting an external device for a first character code representing the character corresponding to the first signal and the second signal, receiving the first character code from the external device, and displaying the character corresponding to the first signal and the second signal based on the received first character code. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122015 | MOBILE TERMINALS HAVING A MOVABLE KEYBOARD AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME - Mobile terminals are provided including a portable housing. A display is rotatably coupled to the portable housing for movement between a closed position proximate the housing to an open position extending from the housing. A keypad moveably coupled to the portable housing. A coupling mechanism couples to the display and to the keypad and translates rotational movement of the display between the open and closed position to a selected displacement of the keypad. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122016 | Keypad Panel Assembly Having Laterally-Illuminated Keypad Surface - A keypad panel assembly having a laterally-illuminated keypad surface is arranged on an electronic device. The keypad panel includes a light-guiding plate and a panel. The light-guiding plate has a carrier thereon. One side surface of the carrier is provided with a plurality of protruding strips. Each protruding strip is provided with a plurality of light-guiding particles at positions corresponding to the other side surface of the carrier. The top surface of the protruding strip is provided with a reflective layer. The panel is arranged on one side surface of the carrier, and is provided thereon with a plurality of rectangular keypads. One side surface of each keypad is provided with an icon, and a plurality of hollowed portions is provided between each keypad and the panel. Each hollowed portion encloses a rectangular shape and corresponds to the protruding strip of the carrier. After the protruding strip passes through the hollowed portion, the height of the protruding strip is larger than those of the keypad and the icon. After the light generated by a backlight source of the electronic device is introduced from one side of the light-guiding plate, the light-guiding particles focus the light on the protruding strip. Then, the light illuminates the keypad surface from both sides of the protruding strip, so that a user can see the icon displayed on the keypad surface clearly. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122017 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING CAPACITIVE SENSOR WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY ISOLATION AREAS AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - A mobile electronic device and corresponding method have a user interface for receiving a touch input. The mobile electronic device includes a capacitive sensor having an electrode layer with non-etched away portions and etched away portions, and having isolation areas formed in the etched away portions, and a segmented optical shutter disposed on a side of the capacitive sensor, the optical shutter including a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a top absorbing polarizer and a bottom absorbing polarizer, and including a reflectance increasing element disposed between the liquid crystal layer and the bottom absorbing polarizer. A reflectance of the reflectance increasing element is selected to reduce a ratio of a reflectance through the non-etched away portions to a reflectance through the etched away portions to make an appearance of the user interface substantially uniform in an off state. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122018 | User Interface for Touchscreen Device - A free-flowing user interface for a touchscreen device of a mobile electronic device provides touch-sensitive application icons and a touch-sensitive hotspot having an optional activation radius surrounding the hotspot. A user can launch a selected application by touching the hotspot and then touching and dragging the application icon corresponding to the selected application onto the hotspot or at least partially into the activation radius surrounding the hotspot. Alternatively, an application can be launched by dragging the hotspot and its surrounding activation zone such that the hotspot or activation zone at least partially overlaps the application icon of the application to be launched. The free-flowing interface can be optionally enhanced by displacing icons onscreen, when dragged or when collisions occur between icons, based on at least one of a virtual inertia parameter, a virtual friction parameter and a virtual collision-elasticity parameter to create more realistic onscreen motion for the icons. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122019 | Display For Information Handling System - An information handling system includes a chassis. A first display is coupled to the chassis. A card slot is defined by the chassis. A window is defined by the chassis immediately adjacent the card slot, and a card including a second display may be positioned in the card slot such that the second display may be viewed through the window. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122020 | TOUCH PAD SYSTEM - Radiation guided by Total Internal Reflection inside a solid element from a point of engagement of a reflecting/emitting/scattering object and toward a detector reaches an area of the solid element on which the surface has areas preventing reflection of the radiation back into the element. This provides a spatial modulation of the radiation reaching the detector through one of the surfaces of the solid element. From this spatial modulation, the position of engagement may be determined. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122021 | Touch screen display with electric field shielding layer - Disclosed is a touch screen display with an electric field shielding layer arranged between a liquid crystal layer of an LCD device and a glass substrate, having a touch sensing layer arranged on a top surface thereof, so that the electric field shielding layer isolates signal interference between the touch sensing layer and the liquid crystal layer. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122022 | METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CONTENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A method of displaying content and an electronic apparatus using the same, the method of displaying content of an electronic apparatus using an touchscreen including: dividing the touchscreen into a viewable area and an un-viewable area according to a touching of the touchscreen; and displaying the content on the viewable area. Accordingly, a user more conveniantly manipulates an electronic apparatus. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122023 | INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An original image is displayed on a display screen. Here, when a sub-screen input mode is set, a sub-screen that is obtained by reducing an entire screen displayed on the display screen is displayed on an image display portion. The user uses an electronic pen to select an optional input area within the sub-screen. An area corresponding to the selected input area is displayed on the entire screen. At this timer the reduced image of the entire screen is switched to an image of the input area on the sub-screen. Then, the user uses the electronic pen to perform an editing work on the sub-screen. The sub-screen is set within reach of the user, and editing on an area out of reach on the entire screen can be also performed on the sub-screen. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122024 | Display Device Provided With Optical Input Function - In a display device, an object approaching a display unit is detected by referring to an image picked up by the display unit. An alternating current drive circuit drives an alternating current signal to the display unit, so that a detection circuit detects an amplitude change or a phase shift. Alternatively, a liquid crystal panel is vibrated at a predetermined frequency, so that the strength of the frequency of the vibration sound is detected. This makes it possible to more accurately detect the timing when the object touches the display unit. | 2009-05-14 |
20090122025 | Terminal with touch screen and method for inputting message therein - A terminal with a touch screen and a method for inputting a message therein are provided. The method includes: arranging at least two letters allocated to a key area of the touch screen in a message input mode and displaying the letters in the key area; determining whether a touch-flick is sensed in the key area of the touch screen; and displaying, if a touch-flick is sensed, a letter arranged in the key area in a direction of the touch-flick, in a message display area. Accordingly, a user can compose a message by inputting a desired letter without requiring multiple touches. | 2009-05-14 |