23rd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130141290 | ANTENNA DEVICE - Both ends of a feeder and both ends of a reflector of an antenna device are connected using a pair of diodes. When the diodes are turned on, a loop antenna is formed which loops the feeder, the diode, the reflector, a capacitor, and the diode, and the antenna device operates as the loop antenna. When the diodes are turned off, the antenna device operates as a Yagi-Uda antenna which is formed of the feeder, the reflector, and a wave guide. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141291 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENTS FOR COVERING FREQUENCY BANDS - An exemplary embodiment of an antenna arrangement generally includes a board including a ground plane, a radiating element, and a first parasitic element. The radiating element is dimensioned for providing resonance at a first frequency. The radiating element is arranged at a first edge of the board. The first parasitic element is arranged at a second edge of the board opposite the first edge. The first parasitic element is dimensioned for providing resonance at another frequency near the first frequency for providing coverage of a first frequency band. A major extension of the first parasitic element is along the second edge of the board. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141292 | MULTI-ANTENNA MODULE CONTAINING ACTIVE ELEMENTS AND CONTROL CIRCUITS FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS - An antenna system is provided for use in wireless communication, the antenna system is contained in a modular structure. The antenna system includes a plurality of co-located antennas, including at least one active modal antenna, each of the antennas being adapted for operation at a distinct frequency band. The antenna system further includes an active tuning module for tuning a frequency response of the co-located antennas. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141293 | SUPERIMPOSED MULTIMODE ANTENNA FOR ENHANCED SYSTEM FILTERING - In a typical system a combination of filters (BAW, SAW, etc) and an antenna are configured to achieve frequency filtering effect and efficient transmission and reception of communication signals. Wireless communication systems require specific bandwidth and out-of-band rejection; typically this metric is characterized in frequency roll-off in units of dB/MHz. This number is distributed between the antenna and filter, with the antenna contributing little to date to the filtering effect. Loss and cost penalties are incurred when multi-mode systems are designed which require additional rejection from the filter elements. Described here is a method of designing antennas to reduce the amount of rejection and complexity from the filter system. A superposition of a symmetrical frequency response from the antenna structure coupled with a non-symmetrical frequency response from a counterpoise structure generates increased rejection of out-of-band components. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141294 | Active Antennas for Multiple Bands in Wireless Portable Devices - Wireless devices, and particularly mobile devices such as cellphones, PDAs, computers, navigation devices, etc., as well as other devices which transmit or receive data or other signals at multiple frequency bands utilize at least one antenna to transmit and receive and a plurality of different bands (e.g., GSM cellular communication band; Bluetooth short range communication band; ultrawideband (UWB) communications, etc.). These wireless devices can simultaneously transmit or receive at a plurality of different bands, or simultaneously transmit and receive at different bands. The wireless devices have the ability to use a single physical structure (e.g., an antenna) for transmission and reception of many different bands. The antenna can be either actively tuned or passively tuned using one or more elements. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141295 | MINIATURIZED AND RECONFIGURABLE CPW SQUARE-RING SLOT ANTENNA INCLUDING FERROELECTRIC BST VARACTORS - A coplanar waveguide (CPW) square-ring slot antenna for use in wireless communication systems is miniaturized and reconfigurable by the integration of ferroelectric (FE) BST (barium strontium titanate) thin film varactors therein. The slot antenna device includes a sapphire substrate, top and bottom metal layers, and a thin ferroelectric BST film layer, where the FE BST varactors are integrated at the back edge of the antenna on the top metal layer. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141296 | CAVITY BACKED CROSS-SLOT ANTENNA APPARATUS AND METHOD - An antenna apparatus and method includes an orthogonal slot antenna which overcomes the limitations associated with RF choke between the adjacent slots through various feed techniques. A cavity backed cross-slot antenna includes a horizontal slot antenna, a vertical slot antenna sharing a center portion with the horizontal slot antenna, a first feed for the horizontal slot antenna, and a second feed for the vertical slot antenna, the first feed and the second feed provided to the shared center portion. Another cavity backed cross-slot antenna includes a horizontal slot antenna, a vertical slot antenna, the horizontal slot antenna and the vertical slot antenna share a center portion therebetween, a first feed feeding both halves of the horizontal slot antenna, and a second feed feeding both halves of the vertical slot antenna. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141297 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - The invention provides a multi-band antenna comprising a planar substrate which in use is intended for vertical mounting, and has a bottom edge and a top edge. A conductor pattern is printed on one side of the substrate with three slots. A first slot is a U or J shape facing downwardly and a second is a U or J shape facing upwardly. A third slot extends in the vertical direction and is open at the top. A first antenna feed is coupled to a horizontal track of the second slot and a second antenna feed is coupled to the third slot. The three slots together provide multi-band performance in three bands. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141298 | PENTA-BAND INTERNAL ANTENNA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL THEREOF - A penta-band internal antenna and a mobile communication terminal may include: a first high-frequency branch, a second high-frequency branch, and a low-frequency branch of an antenna radiating element, and a first slotted hole and a second slotted hole arranged on a printed circuit board. The first slotted hole may be arranged along a direction substantially perpendicular to the current flow direction of the printed circuit board. The open-circuit end of the low-frequency branch may be fitted into the first slotted hole and the open-circuit end of the second high-frequency branch may be fitted into the second slotted hole. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141299 | HORN ANTENNA INCLUDING INTEGRATED ELECTRONICS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD - An antenna device includes a housing having a plurality of printed circuit board (PCB) panels connected together with folded joints therebetween to define a polyhedral shape having a first open end. Each of the PCB panels includes a dielectric substrate and an electrically conductive layer thereon inside of the housing. Wireless communication circuitry is mounted on at least one of the plurality of PCB panels outside the housing, and an antenna feed is connected to the wireless communication circuitry adjacent a second end opposite the first open end of the housing. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141300 | DUAL-CIRCULAR POLARIZED ANTENNA SYSTEM - In an example embodiment, an azimuth combiner comprises: a septum layer comprising a plurality of septum dividers; first and second housing layers attached to first and second sides of the septum layer; a linear array of ports on a first end of the combiner; wherein the first and second housing layers each comprise waveguide H-plane T-junctions; wherein the waveguide T-junctions can be configured to perform power dividing/combining; and wherein the septum layer evenly bisects each port of the linear array of ports. A stack of such azimuth combiners can form a two dimensional planar array of ports to which can be added a horn aperture layer, and a grid layer, to form a dual-polarized, dual-BFN, dual-band antenna array. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141301 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE - An antenna structure includes a circuit board and at least one antenna circuit. The circuit board includes a ground area and an antenna area. The antenna area is substantially rectangular-shaped and arranged between the ground area and the periphery of the circuit board. The antenna circuit is formed within the antenna area and includes a feeding segment, a border segment and at least one ground segment. The feeding segment is connected to the border segment and the distance from the border segment to the periphery of the circuit board ranges from 0 to 3 millimeters; a substantially 90° bent-structure is formed within the border segment. One end portion of the ground segment is connected to the ground area. Thus an antenna structure which enables the antenna circuit to be formed within the remaining space on the periphery of the circuit board is provided. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141302 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A non-feeding element is provided with a proximity-providing gap from a feeding element, and a resonant state is generated there by capacitive coupling. The non-feeding element resonates at a frequency different from a resonant frequency of the feeding element. The feeding element and the non-feeding element have alongside-ground-terminal extending portions spaced from an edge surface at one end of a ground surface formed on the circuit board and to extend in a direction along the edge surface at the one end of the ground surface. The feeding element and/or the non-feeding element is formed three-dimensionally with a plurality of bending portions so that at least parts of the alongside-ground-terminal extending portion of the feeding element and the ground-terminal extending portion of the non-feeding element have substantially the same amount of spacing from the ground surface. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141303 | Low Profile Multi-Band Antennas and Related Wireless Communications Devices - Low-profile antenna systems are provided including a ground plane; an upper antenna element parallel to and spaced apart from the ground plane; at least one vertical plate configured to vertically connect the upper antenna element and the ground plane; first and second metallic wings each connected at one end to respective sides of the at least one vertical plate and spaced apart from both the ground plane and the upper antenna element; an electrically floating plate on a same plane as the upper antenna element and spaced apart from the upper antenna element to provide a gap therebetween; and a metallic feed plate parallel to and between the upper antenna element and the ground plane and extending beneath the gap between the electrically floating plate and the upper antenna element. Related wireless communications devices are also provided. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141304 | THREE-FEED LOW-PROFILE ANTENNA STRUCTURE OFFERING HIGH PORT-TO-PORT ISOLATION AND MULTIBAND OPERATION - A three-feed, low-profile antenna offers high port-to-port isolation and multiband operation. Applications for the antenna include, but are not limited to, USB dongle, netbook, notebook, tablet, laptop, and set-top box applications requiring 3-feed MIMO or diversity protocols. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141305 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a terminal body, a multi-layered circuit board mounted onto the terminal body and having a first ground and a second ground laminated on each other, a first antenna device connected to the first ground, and a second antenna device connected to the second ground, whereby antennas can be implemented more efficiently within a small space with maintaining performance of the antennas, resulting in size reduction of the mobile terminal. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141306 | MIXED ANTENNA SYSTEM DRIVING METHOD - A mixed antenna system driving method for driving a mixed antenna consisting of a control IC, a sensor module and an antenna is disclosed. The control IC switches the antenna to a capacitive proximity sensor of the sensor module for enabling the capacitive proximity sensor to sense the approaching of an external object by means of the antenna, and then switches the antenna away from the capacitive proximity sensor to an electromagnetic wave generating circuit of the sensor module for enabling the electromagnetic wave generating circuit to perform an induction operation by means of the antenna after received a sensed signal from the capacitive proximity sensor, and switches the antenna back to the capacitive proximity sensor after the induction operation of the electromagnetic wave generating circuit. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141307 | Deployable Satellite Reflector with a Low Passive Intermodulation Design - A passive intermodulation modulation reducing structure for a multicarrier reflector system, including a plurality of flexible reflector gores, each gore having a thin layer of conductive metal, a first layer of dielectric material laminated to one face of the conductive metal, and a second layer of dielectric material laminated to an opposite face of the conductive metal. Capacitive coupling joins the reflector's RF components. The structure can be a deployable parabolic reflector for a satellite antenna. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141308 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MULTI-PANEL INTERFACE DISPLAYING METHOD - An electronic device supporting multi-panel interface displaying is provided. The electronic device has: a processing unit configured to provide an operating interface, wherein the operating interface has a plurality of interface components; and a multi-device group communication unit configured to perform a device coordination process between the electronic device and at least one other electronic device, wherein the at least one other electronic device has a corresponding processing unit and a corresponding multi-device group communication unit, and the processing unit adjusts at least one of the interface components displayed on the electronic device according to a number of devices in the device coordination process between the electronic device and the at least one other electronic device. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141309 | SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM AND SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - An information acquiring unit acquires from a server the same type of information to be shown correspondingly in vehicle-mounted apparatuses with respect to one content, and information display units cause their displays to show the information to be shown correspondingly in the apparatuses from the same type of information acquired by the information acquiring unit. An operation for a content acquisition request by one of the plurality of vehicle-mounted apparatuses may only be required for showing the same type of information in synchronization on displays of the vehicle-mounted apparatuses, without separate operations for a content acquisition request in the vehicle-mounted apparatuses. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141310 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAYS IN MOBILE TERMINAL - An apparatus performs a method to control displays in a mobile terminal including a first display and a second display positioned over the first display. In the method, first information whose output via the first display is allowed and second information whose output via the second display is allowed are identified using output information. The first information is output via the first display. The second information is output via the second display. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141311 | HEAD UP DISPLAY (HUD) - A Head Up Display (HUD), comprising: an image display unit, to generate input images; a virtual image generation unit, to receive said input images and generate at least a virtual image; a rotation mechanism, used to make said virtual image generation unit to change its projection angle, to project virtual images to a plurality of transmission mirrors; and a plurality of transmission mirrors, used to receive said virtual images and reflect them into a large area virtual image. Advantage of said HUD is that, size of lens and mirrors is reduced, so said HUD is miniaturized, while realizing large area image display, such that information frame of vehicle match that of outside view, hereby solving problems of single optical route display device of the prior art, that is only capable of displaying a small area image rather than a large area image. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141312 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TARGET DESIGNATION - The invention relates to a method and a presentation device for presenting information about the angle to a target to a wearer ( | 2013-06-06 |
20130141313 | WEARABLE PERSONAL DIGITAL EYEGLASS DEVICE - Provided are a wearable personal digital eyeglass device and a method for interfacing a user with a wearable personal digital eyeglass device. The wearable personal digital eyeglass device may comprise a right earpiece and a left earpiece connected by a cable, a nosepiece portion consisting of a right nosepiece and a left nosepiece connected to each other by a connector, a display, a transceiver, an earphone, and a sensor. The right nosepiece may be connected to the right earpiece, and the left nosepiece may be connected to the left earpiece of the wearable personal digital eyeglass device. The transceiver may be configured to receive data from a control device, receive one or more commands of the user, and transmit the data and the one or more commands to the control device. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141314 | DETECTING METHOD OF DEFECTS OF LINE AND DEMULTIPLEXER, DEFECT DETECTING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY PANEL INCLUDING THE DEFECT DETECTING DEVICE - Embodiments relate to a defect detecting method of a line and a demultiplexer, a defect detecting device, and a display panel including the defect detecting device. A demultiplexer may connect a plurality of data lines to a plurality of corresponding lines. The defect detecting device includes DC lines supplied with respective DC voltages, first switches connected to the DC lines and configured to transmit the respective DC voltages to the corresponding first data lines among a plurality of data lines according to a first gate signal, and second switches connected to the first to third DC lines and configured to transmit one of the respective DC voltages to corresponding second data lines among a plurality of data lines according to a second gate signal. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141315 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY, SHIFT REGISTER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SHIFT REGISTER - A shift register includes shift register units, in which at least one shift register unit is coupled to a forestage shift register unit and a post-stage shift register unit, where the at least one shift register unit includes a signal input circuit, a signal output circuit, a pull down circuit and a switching circuit. The signal input circuit electrically coupled to the forestage shift register unit can receive a logic signal from the forestage shift register. The signal output circuit is electrically coupled to the signal input circuit via a control signal terminal and is electrically coupled to the post-stage shift register unit. The signal output to circuit can receive a first clock signal. The pull down circuit is electrically coupled to or electrically isolated from the control signal terminal through the switching circuit. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141316 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device and a method of driving the same are provided. A time point at which each of transistors is turned on is controlled without using an additional transistor so that a node connected to a source electrode of a driver transistor can be floated, and a node connected to a gate electrode of the driver transistor can be initialized to an initialization voltage level. Thus, initialization characteristics can be improved to enhance degradation of response characteristics and luminance, and a threshold voltage of the driver transistor and occurrence of a ripple at a high-potential voltage terminal can be compensated. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141317 | ELECTRO-WETTING DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electro-wetting display substrate includes a base substrate including a gate line extending in a first direction and a data line extending in a second direction, where the first direction is different from the second direction, a switching element electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element, a notch electrode disposed adjacent to the switching element and overlapping the pixel electrode, and a water-repellent layer disposed over the pixel electrode. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141318 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit is provided which includes a plurality of stages cascade-connected with each other and outputting a plurality of gate signals. An n-th (n is a natural number) stage includes a gate output part, a first node control part and a carry part. The gate output part includes a first transistor. The first transistor outputs a high voltage of a clock signal to a high voltage of an n-th gate signal in response to a high voltage of a control node. The first node control part is connected to the control node to control a signal of the control node and includes at least one transistor having a channel longer than the channel length of the first transistor. The carry part outputs the high voltage of the clock signal to an n-th carry signal in response to the signal of the control node. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141319 | Pixel Structure, Array Substrate and Liquid Crystal Display - The present invention relates to a pixel structure, an array substrate and a liquid crystal display. A pixel structure, comprising a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each pixel region comprises a pixel electrode and at least one pair of first thin-film transistor and second thin-film transistor; the first thin-film transistor and the second thin-film transistor in each pair are symmetrically arranged, and the drain electrodes of the first thin-film transistor and the second thin-film transistor are electrically connected with the pixel electrode. Each pixel structure of the liquid crystal display comprises a first thin-film transistor and a second thin-film transistor. Since the first thin-film transistor and the second thin-film transistor are symmetrically arranged, the total parasitic capacitance of each pixel structure would not be changed due to the poor accuracy of an exposure machine and a manufacturing process in actual manufacture. Therefore, the total parasitic capacitance of each pixel structure of the liquid crystal display is constant, thus the poor effect of display due to the deficiency of data lines and thin-film transistors is overcame, and a better effect of display is achieved. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141320 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display generates k DEMUX control signals for controlling the turn-on time of the DEMUX switches so as not to overlap with each other, and generates at least some of the DEMUX control signals every 2 horizontal periods, and makes 1 pulse sustaining period of the DEMUX control signals generated every 2 horizontal periods to overlap with a tail portion of the preceding horizontal period and a front portion of the subsequent horizontal period, among two neighboring horizontal periods. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141321 | Driving Circuit, Liquid Crystal Panel, LCD, And Driving Method - The invention discloses a driving circuit, a liquid crystal panel, a liquid crystal display (LCD), and a driving method. A data driving circuit of a liquid crystal panel comprises a plurality of data driving chips. A plurality of first sub-voltage dividing circuits and second controllable sub-voltage dividing circuits are connected in series between said data driving chips and the common electrode of the liquid crystal panel, and each first sub-voltage dividing circuit and each second sub-voltage dividing circuit are connected by a data line of the liquid crystal panel. In the invention, two control voltages can be obtained only by controlling the second sub-voltage dividing circuit, which is only one distortion correction (Gamma) circuit used, thereby simplifying the circuit structure, saving PCB space, and reducing the cost. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141322 | EFFICIENT BACKLIGHT SHORT CIRCUIT PROTECTION - Systems, methods, and devices are provided for detecting short circuits in a backlight assembly without a resistor-based current sensor. For example, an electronic display according to the present disclosure may include a display panel and a backlight assembly to illuminate the display panel. The backlight assembly may drive a backlight element to illuminate the display panel and may include backlight short-circuit detection circuitry. The backlight short-circuit protection circuitry may detect a feedback voltage associated with the backlight element and determine when a short circuit has occurred based at least in part on the feedback voltage. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141323 | ELECTOPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - An electrophoretic display device includes: a first substrate having a plurality of pixels formed in a plurality of vertical pixel rows and a plurality of horizontal pixel rows; a plurality of data lines formed at every vertical pixel row of the first substrate; a thin film transistor (TFT) formed at each pixel of the first substrate and including a source electrode, a drain electrode, an organic semiconductor layer, and a gate electrode; a passivation layer formed on the TFTs and the data lines of the first substrate and including a first contact hole exposing the drain electrode of the TFT and a second contact hole exposing the gate electrode of the TFT; a pixel electrode formed on the passivation layer at each pixel of the first substrate and connected with the drain electrode of the TFT via the first contact hole of the passivation layer; a plurality of gate lines formed on the passivation layer at every horizontal pixel row of the first substrate and connected with the gate electrode of the TFT via the second contact hole of the passivation layer; a second substrate attached to the first substrate in a facing manner; a common electrode formed on the second substrate; and an electrophoretic film formed between the first and second substrates. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141324 | USER INTERFACE CONTROL BASED ON HEAD ORIENTATION - Embodiments distinguish among user interface elements based on head orientation. Coordinates representing a set of at least three reference points in an image of a subject gazing on the user interface elements are received by a computing device. The set includes a first reference point and a second reference point located on opposite sides of a third reference point. A first distance between the first reference point and the third reference point is determined. A second distance between the second reference point and the third reference point is determined. The computing device compares the first distance to the second distance to calculate a head orientation value. The computing device selects at least one of the user interface elements based on the head orientation value. In some embodiments, the head orientation value enables the user to navigate a user interface menu or control a character in a game. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141325 | PORTABLE DEVICE PAIRING WITH A TRACKING SYSTEM - In embodiments of portable device pairing with a tracking system, a pairing system includes a portable device that generates device acceleration gesture data responsive to a series of motion gestures of the portable device. The pairing system also includes a tracking system that is configured for pairing with the portable device. The tracking system recognizes the series of motion gestures of the portable device and generates tracked object position gesture data. A pairing service can then determine that the series of motion gestures of the portable device corresponds to the series of motion gestures recognized by the tracking system, and communicate a pairing match notification to both the tracking system and the portable device to establish the pairing. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141326 | GESTURE DETECTING METHOD, GESTURE DETECTING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A gesture detecting method includes steps of defining an initial reference point in a screen of an electronic device; dividing the screen into N areas radially according to the initial reference point; when a gesture corresponding object moves in the screen and a trajectory of the gesture corresponding object crosses M of the N areas, selecting a sample point from each of the M areas so as to obtain M sample points; and calculating a center and a radius of the trajectory of the gesture corresponding object according to P of the M sample points so as to determine a circular or curved trajectory input. Accordingly, the invention is capable of providing a center, a radius, a direction and an arc angle corresponding to a gesture in real-time without establishing a gesture model. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141327 | GESTURE INPUT METHOD AND SYSTEM - A gesture input method is provided. The method is used in a gesture input system to control a content of a display. The method includes: capturing, by a first image capturing device, a hand of a user and generating a first grayscale image; capturing, by a second image capturing device, the hand of the user and generating a second grayscale image; detecting, by an object detection unit, the first and second grayscale images to obtain a first imaging position and a second imaging position corresponding to the first and second grayscale images, respectively; calculating, by a triangulation unit, a three-dimensional space coordinate of the hand according to the first imaging position and the second imaging position; recording, by a memory unit, a motion track of the hand formed by the three-dimensional space coordinate; and recognizing, by a gesture determining unit, the motion track and generating a gesture command. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141328 | Dynamic Interpretation of User Input in a Portable Electronic Device - The embodiments describe both the interpreting and modifying the interpretation of an input event to an electronic device having limited user input resources. The input event interpretation can be based in part on a connection state of the device. In some cases, the interpretation of the input event can also be based upon an indication of a current operating state of the device in addition to or exclusive of the connection state. Furthermore, in some embodiments, an operating state of the portable electronic device can be resolved based in part on the connection state of the portable electronic device. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141329 | Exchanging Information Between Devices In A Medical Environment - A medical device including an operation determiner for determining operations to be performed by the medical device in response to a gesture of the device with respect to the medical device, and an operation data accessor for accessing operation data for the operation performed by the medical device. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141330 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An object of the present invention is to provide a novel stereoscopic display device that allows the viewer to properly view a stereoscopic image. The device includes: a display configured to display an image for stereoscopic viewing; an imaging unit configured to image a face of a viewer; a position information acquisition unit configured to acquire position information regarding the face imaged by the imaging unit; an operation unit configured to be operated by the viewer when the viewer is in an optimal position from where the image for stereoscopic viewing displayed on the display can be properly viewed as a stereoscopic image; an optimal position information storage unit configured to store position information provided when the operation unit is operated as position information on the optimal position; and a positional relationship notification unit configured to notify the viewer of the positional relationship between the current position of the viewer and the optimal position. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141331 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING WIRELESS DISPLAY CONTROL, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A method and apparatus for performing wireless display control and an associated computer program product are provided, where the method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: detecting whether a wireless display control agent device corresponding to the electronic device exists, wherein the wireless display control agent device is utilized as an agent for the electronic device to perform wireless display control on a display device electrically connected to the wireless display control agent device; and when it is detected that the wireless display control agent device exists, providing a user with a user interface, allowing the user to utilize a specific operating gesture to start an automatic wireless configuration of the electronic device without performing any manual wireless configuration of the electronic device, wherein based upon the automatic wireless configuration, a wireless connection between the electronic device and the wireless display control agent device is automatically established. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141332 | HYBRID POINTING DEVICE - The present invention discloses a hybrid pointing device including an optical navigation module and a pointing module. The optical navigation module is configured to replace the conventional buttons of a convention pointing device, such as an optical mouse or a trackball mouse. The optical navigation module is configured to sense gestures of at least one object operated by a user to activate commands associated with particular programs running on the host. Since the optical navigation module is only configured to sense gestures of the object but not the movement of the hybrid pointing device relative to a surface, the resolution thereof is aimed to be sufficiently high enough for sensing gestures and no need to be relatively high. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141333 | MOUSE DEVICE - A mouse device includes a shell, a circuit board, an electrical switch, a button and a push block. The circuit board is disposed within the shell, and the electrical switch is electrically disposed on the electrical board. The button is disposed on the shell and faces the electrical switch on the electrical board and is configured to move with respect to the shell and optionally trigger the electrical switch. The push block is disposed on the button facing the electrical switch, wherein hardness of the push block is substantially greater than that of the button. While the button triggers the electrical switch, the push block presses the electrical switch, thereby preventing an unintentional contact of the button with the electrical switch. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141334 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING MOUSE OPERATION MODE - A system for switching a computer mouse operation mode includes a mouse and a computer, wherein the mouse comprises a first button, a second button, a control unit, and a delivery unit. The control unit determines whether a pressing time of a button reaches a predetermined time, and sets the value of a flag to different values according the pressed button. The computer running an operation system comprises a receiving unit configured to receive the flag output from the delivery unit. The drive unit sets the mouse operation mode according the value of the flag. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141335 | MOUSE - A mouse includes a main body, a scroll-wheel ring, an embedded shaft, a ball, and an elastic member. The scroll-wheel ring is rotatably disposed in the main body and has a ring-shaped gear portion. The ring-shaped gear portion has a plurality of gear teeth and tooth spaces alternately formed thereon. The embedded shaft is fixed to the main body and embedded into the scroll-wheel ring. The embedded shaft has a containing space opening toward the ring-shaped gear portion. The ball is disposed in the containing space and contacts the ring-shaped gear portion. The elastic member is disposed in the containing space. Two ends of the elastic member abut against an inner wall of the containing space and the ball respectively. When the scroll-wheel ring is rotated, the gear teeth and the elastic member drive the ball to switch between different tooth spaces with rotation of the scroll-wheel ring. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141336 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LINEAR AND ANGULAR MEASUREMENTS OF A MOVING OBJECT - A system and method for measuring linear and angular displacement of a moving object, such as an autonomous moving object. In one embodiment, the system comprises at least one optical mouse sensor mounted adjacent to and at a predetermined distance from a surface of the autonomous moving object or a working surface. A processor on the autonomous moving object is operatively coupled to the optical mouse sensor. The optical mouse sensor outputs linear and angular displacement values to the processor during movement of the autonomous moving object to determine a direction and distance traveled by the autonomous moving object. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141337 | KEYPAD FASTENING APPARATUS - A keypad fastening apparatus for a portable terminal includes: a housing; a keypad positioned on the housing; and a fastening arrangement configured to fasten the keypad to the housing, the fastening arrangement being positioned along the periphery of the keypad. In the fastening arrangement, a plurality of fasteners are attached to the housing and positioned at least in a part of the periphery of the keypad, in which each of the fasteners is provided with an anti-release part configured to prevent the vertical escaping of the keypad, which is caused when the keypad is pushed. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141338 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTACT AND PERCOLATION HYBRID MODE TRANSPARENT FORCE SENSOR - A method and system for a touch screen having a contact and percolation hybrid operating mode includes a top layer, an intermediate layer, and a bottom layer. The top layer has a top side receiving a touch input. The intermediate layer is disposed beneath the top layer. The intermediate layer measures pressure data where the pressure data is indicative of distinguishing the touch input between a first touch and a second touch. The first touch has a first pressure less than a second pressure of the second touch. The bottom layer is disposed beneath the intermediate layer and receives at least one of position data, time data, and the pressure data of the touch input. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141339 | System For Detecting Touch Types - In one embodiment, a system includes a touch sensor, a motion module, and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic. The logic is operable when executed to receive first information from the touch sensor and third information from the motion module corresponding to a first touch. The logic is operable to receive second information from the touch sensor and fourth information from the motion module corresponding to a second touch. The logic is operable to determine a first set of coordinates corresponding to the first touch and determine a second set of coordinates corresponding to the second touch. The logic is operable to determine whether the first touch corresponds to a first touch type based on the third information and determine whether the second touch corresponds to a second touch type based on the fourth information. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141340 | Multi-Surface Touch Sensor - In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first substrate area with a first touch sensor disposed on it configured for a first surface of a device. The apparatus further includes a second substrate area with a second touch sensor disposed on it configured for a second surface of the device. An edge between the first and second surfaces of the device may comprise an angle of deviation between the first and second surfaces of at least approximately 45°. The apparatus may further include a flexible printed circuit (FPC) bonded to the first and second substrate areas, the FPC being configured to bend at the edge between the first and second surfaces. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141341 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device including a housing, a display panel and a backlight module is provided. The housing has a display opening and a transparent region located outside of the display opening. The display panel is disposed in the display opening. The backlight module is disposed in the housing. The backlight module has a light emitting region which is located under the display panel, adapted to provide a plane light source to the display panel. The light emitting region further extends to outside of the display panel so that a part of the plane light source is sent out the housing through the transparent region. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141342 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE BUTTON WITH TWO LEVELS - A touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds is provided. When the button is depressed to a first depression threshold, the touch sensor can be switched from a low-power, non-sensing state to a sensing state. When the button is depressed to a second depression threshold, the touch sensor can sense the touch context and input can be generated based on the depression and the touch context. In this way, the touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds can facilitate timely switching of the touch sensor to a sensing state. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141343 | COMMON ELECTRODE CONNECTIONS IN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS - Common electrodes (Vcom) of integrated touch screens can be segmented into electrically isolated Vcom portions that can be operated as drive lines and/or sense lines of a touch sensing system. The touch screen can include high-resistivity connections between Vcom portions. The resistivity of the high-resistivity connections can be high enough so that touch sensing and image display can be performed by the touch screen, and the high-resistivity connections can provide an added functionality by allowing a charge build up on one of the Vcom portions to be spread to other Vcom portions and/or discharged from system by allowing charge to leak through the high-resistivity connections. In this way, for example, visual artifacts that result from charge build up on a Vcom portion can be reduced or eliminated. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141344 | Labeling Touch Regions of a Display Device - The embodiments herein relate to a method and device for labeling a touch region, in which adjacent raw data are labeled in groups for reducing a labeling time period as well as a memory size for storing the labeled data. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141345 | REWORKABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND THERMAL DISASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A reworkable electronic apparatus is provided, which includes a display module, a frame, an adhesive for adhering the display module to the frame, and at least one shape memory metal piece. The shape memory metal piece is disposed between the display module and the frame. The shape memory metal piece is deformable by heat to lift the display module away from the frame. A thermal disassembling method for the reworkable electronic apparatus is also provided. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141346 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING TOUCH SENSING PARAMETERS - A method and an apparatus for configuring touch sensing parameters are provided. The method for configuring touch sensing parameters in a mobile terminal includes sensing an environmental condition, extracting values of touch sensing parameters corresponding to the sensed environmental condition, setting the touch sensing parameters to the extracted values of touch sensing parameters, and performing touch sensing according to the set touch sensing parameters. A mobile terminal supporting the method may configure touch sensing parameters so as to enhance sensing of user touch input while preventing influence of a noise signal. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141347 | LAMINATED STRUCTURE, A TOUCH DISPLAY HAVING A LAMINATED STRUCTURE, AND A LAMINATING METHOD THEREOF - A touch display having a laminated structure is provided in present disclosure. The touch display comprises a touch panel, a display module, and a step-shaped gasket element. The display module has a step-shaped structure formed due to a height difference, wherein the step-shaped structure is located in an edge area of the display module. The gasket element inosculates with the step-shaped structure of the display module to fill the height difference in the edge area of the display module. In accordance with present disclosure, the gasket element is not in a suspended state usually caused when the gasket element is not being supported by display module and is effectively laminated to an outer frame of display module, thereby enhancing the reliability of lamination of touch panel and display module. Moreover, a laminated structure and a laminating method for touch display having, the laminated structure are provided in present disclosure. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141348 | COMMON ELECTRODE CONNECTIONS IN INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREENS - Common electrodes (Vcom) of integrated touch screens can be segmented into electrically isolated Vcom portions that can be operated as drive lines and/or sense lines of a touch sensing system. The touch screen can include high-resistivity connections between Vcom portions. The resistivity of the high-resistivity connections can be high enough so that touch sensing and image display can be performed by the touch screen, and the high-resistivity connections can provide an added functionality by allowing a charge build up on one of the Vcom portions to be spread to other Vcom portions and/or discharged from system by allowing charge to leak through the high-resistivity connections. In this way, for example, visual artifacts that result from charge build up on a Vcom portion can be reduced or eliminated. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141349 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes displaying an e-book content on a touchscreen, determining whether a touch lock prerequisite for setting the touchscreen to a touch lock mode is met, and if the touch lock prerequisite is met, setting the touchscreen to the touch lock mode. If the touchscreen is set to the touch lock mode, the touchscreen maintains a locked status for a touch action except a specifically provided touch action. And, the touchscreen set to the touch lock mode is set to display the e-book content. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141350 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a browsing log recorder, a first display module, a second display module, an operation input module and a controller. The browsing log recorder is configured to record a browsing log of e-books. The controller is configured to cause the first display module to display the interrupted page of the most recently interrupted e-book or to cause the second display module to display the list of interrupted e-books in accordance with an operation of the operation input module. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141351 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BRIGHTNESS CONTROL - According to one embodiment, a portable electronic device includes a housing with a built-in processor, a touchscreen display arranged on a surface of the housing, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature within the housing, a brightness adjustment module, and a brightness control module. The brightness adjustment module adjusts a brightness of the touchscreen display so as to set the touchscreen display to a brightness value specified by user operation. If the detected temperature is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, the brightness control module reduces an upper limit value of a brightness range applicable to the touchscreen display. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141352 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND TOUCH SENSITVIE DISPLAY UNLOCKING METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a touch sensitive display configured to receive touches from a user and a processing unit. The processing unit controls a plurality of icons to be displayed when the touch sensitive display is in a locked state, detects whether a sequence of touches on certain icons of the plurality of icons matches one of at least one predefined sequences, and unlocks the touch sensitive display if the detection module detects that the sequence of touches matches a predefined sequence. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141353 | METHOD FOR UNLOCKING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for unlocking an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit, the storage unit stores a relationship table which defines a number of touch modes, each touch mode includes touch icons needing to be touched, touch duration corresponding to each touch icon, a touch sequence of the touch icons and a touch order of each touch icon in the touch sequence. The method includes: selecting an touch mode from the touch modes defined in the relationship table when in a situation where the electronic device needs to be unlocked; displaying the touch icons corresponding to the touch mode on the touch screen; determining whether touches on the touch icons match the requirements of the selected touch mode; and unlocking the electronic device if the touches on the touch icons match the requirements of the selected touch mode. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141354 | IMAGE-CAPTURING TOUCH PANEL - An image-capturing touch panel is disclosed, which comprises: a display device; a touch device locating at one side of the display device; and an image-capturing device locating at the other side of the display device, and the image-capturing device comprises multiple light-sensor units; wherein the display device and the image-capturing device are both in a shape of sheet and substantially have the same area, the light-sensor units are uniformly distributed in the image-capturing device, the display device and the image-capturing device are stacked to form a stack, and the display device and the image-capturing device are a transparent display device and a transparent image-capturing device respectively. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141355 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electronic device includes a touch sensitive display module. The touch sensitive display module includes a securing structure to secure a touch panel, a front frame and a display panel together. The securing structure includes an elongated securing member and double-faced adhesive tapes. The securing member includes a sidewall, and an elongated tab and an angled portion protruding from two edges of the sidewall of the securing member. The elongated tab is sandwiched between the display panel and the touch panel. The sidewall of the securing structure is sandwiched between a limiting element of the front frame and the display panel, and the limiting element of the front frame rests on the angled portion. The double-faced adhesive tape adhere the touch panel to the supporting surface of the front frame and the elongated tab, and adhere the elongated tab to the display panel. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141356 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes: a substrate; a transparent conductive layer located on a surface of the substrate; a number of sensing electrodes electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer and spaced from each other. The touch panel comprises a touch-view area and a trace area. A conductive trace located on the trace area, for transmitting an electrical signal between the transparent conductive layer and an external controller. The touch-view area includes at least one first touch-view area, the number of the plurality of sensing electrodes in per unit area located on the at least one first touch-view area is greater than the number of the plurality of sensing electrodes in per unit area located on the rest of the touch-view area. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141357 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a first substrate, a plurality of driving lines, and a plurality of sensing lines is provided. The driving lines are respectively extended along a first direction. Each driving line includes a plurality of first pads and a plurality of first interconnecting portions. Any adjacent two first pads are connected through a first interconnecting portion, and the width of each first interconnecting portion is smaller than the width of each first pad. The sensing lines are respectively extended along a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. The vertical projection of any one of the sensing lines on the first substrate intersects a first interconnecting portion of each driving line to form an overlapped area, and the length of the overlapped area in the second direction is smaller than or equal to the length of the overlapped area in the first direction. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141358 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SWITCHING BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF USER INTERFACES - An electronic device includes a physical touch pad having a touch sensor, a processing unit, and a display unit. The display unit displays a plurality of user interfaces having different ranks and switches from displaying one user interface having a rank that is lower than or higher than a rank of other user interface by one rank to displaying the other user interface. The user interface having a highest rank is defined as a last user interface. The touch sensor generates a first touch control signal when the touch sensor detects that a first slide operation is executed on a current user interface. The processing unit controls the display unit to switch from displaying the current user interface having the rank that is lower than the rank of the last user interface by more than one rank to displaying the last user interface according to the first touch control signal. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141359 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN AND PAGE FLIPPING METHOD - A page flipping method for an electronic device is provided. An exemplary method includes the following steps: displaying an interface comprising a page preview region and a page flipping region; displaying a page on the page flipping region, and displaying an icon group comprising a plurality of icons on the page preview region; determining whether a flipping gesture is applied on the page flipping region; determining the type of the flipping gesture; determining a page flipping manner according to the determined result of the gesture and a function table, and retrieving a corresponding target page according to the determined page flipping manner; creating a new icon group according to the retrieved target page; and displaying the target page on the page flipping region, and displaying the created new icon group on the page preview region. An electronic device using the page processing method is also provided. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141360 | Head Mounted Display For Viewing Three Dimensional Images - A head mounted display device that displays three dimensional images from a mobile device, which includes a strap that secures the head mounted display to the head of a viewer, a viewing assembly connected to the strap, that includes a housing, a mobile device holder, connected to the housing, a reflecting surface, connected to the housing, that reflects images displayed by the mobile device; and an eyepiece, connected to the housing, onto which the reflecting surface reflects the images. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141361 | TERMINAL DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus including a display; a touch panel stacked on or integrally formed with the display; and a controller that receives an output from the touch panel indicating that first gesture input is detected that substantially encloses a region of the display, and controls the display to expand an image displayed by the display based on a size of the region. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141362 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus that includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject, a display, provided on a first surface of the information processing apparatus, that displays the image of the subject, and a touch panel, provided on a second surface of the information processing apparatus, that detects a touch input, the second surface being a surface opposite to the first surface. The information processing apparatus further including a controller that receives an output from the touch panel corresponding to the touch input and outputs a command to control at least one of the imaging unit and the display based on the touch input. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141363 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE AND APPARATUS AND TOUCH SENSING METHOD - A touch sensing device is provided. The touch sensing device includes a multiplexer and a control unit, and is electrically connected to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of first-direction electrodes; a plurality of second-direction electrodes; and a dielectric layer, for generating at least one electric field change corresponding to at least one touch point in response to the at least one touch point. The at least one electric field change is generated at an overlapping region of the first-direction and second-direction electrodes. The multiplexer is electrically connected to the touch panel via the first-direction and second-direction electrodes, and selectively performs voltage driving or voltage sensing for the first-direction and second-direction electrodes. In response to an operating mode change, the control unit changes a control signal to be transmitted to the multiplexer and receives a sense signal from the multiplexer. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141364 | USER INTERFACE INTERACTION USING TOUCH INPUT FORCE - Providing a user interface interaction is disclosed. A first set of one or more indicators associated with a first location on a touch input surface and a first force intensity of a touch input provided on the touch input surface is received. A user interface object associated with the first location is determined. A second set of one or more indicators associated with a second location on the touch input surface and a second force intensity of the touch input that has been in continuous contact with the touch input surface at least since the touch input was provided at the first location is received. The user interface interaction based at least in part on the user interface object, the first set of indicators, and the second set of indicators is provided. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141365 | DETECTING TOUCH INPUT FORCE - Detecting a touch input force is disclosed. A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface is sent. The propagating signal that has been disturbed by a touch input with an amount of force on the surface is received. The received signal is processed to determine an identifier associated with the amount of force. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141366 | MEDICAL IMAGE-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEM AND MOBILE MULTITOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - Methods, systems, and techniques for an medical image-based information system are provided. The medical image-based information system comprises: a processing unit for providing medical image data and interactive functions for interacting with the medical image data; one or more image data display devices for displaying the medical image data provided by the processing unit; and a mobile multi-touch display device. The medical image-based information system is adapted to display the medical image data provided by the processing unit on an image data display device of the one or more image data display devices and to make the interactive functions provided by the processing unit available to a user via the mobile multi-touch display device. The medical image-based information system can be operated in a simple, flexible and space-saving manner via the mobile multi-touch display device. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141367 | ADAPTIVE TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY - An aspect of the invention includes a display device that operates controls on a display surface independent of a size of the display surface. A touch panel displays a screen on a display surface and inputs a user operation point on the display surface. An extracting part extracts controls that receive a touch operation of a user from content to be displayed on the display surface. A display controller displays auxiliary buttons for providing instructions for input of an extracted control, together with the content on the display surface. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141368 | Multi-touch Positioning Method - A multi-touch positioning method for a touch control device is disclosed. The touch control device includes a plurality of sensing channels, and each of the plurality of sensing channels is interlaced by a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode. The multi-touch positioning method includes retrieving a first touch sensing value and a second touch sensing value respectively corresponding to the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, adding the first touch sensing value and the second touch sensing value to generate a sensing sum value, determining a touch sensing channel having a local maximum value according to the plurality of sensing sum values of the plurality of sensing channels, so as to define a touch point on the touch sensing channel, and calculating a coordinate of the touch point according to the touch sensing channel and its neighboring sensing channels. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141369 | SYSTEMS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES - A system for displaying images is provided. The system includes a touch sensor device including a substrate having a sensing region. The sensing region includes a central portion. A sensing electrode layer is disposed on the substrate in the sensing region and includes a plurality of sensing electrode patterns corresponding to the central portion. Each sensing electrode pattern includes at least one non-linear edge, such that the adjacent sensing electrode patterns are wedged with each other. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141370 | TOUCH KEYPAD MODULE AND INPUT PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A touch keypad module comprises a touch input panel, which includes a touch input surface and physically shows a plurality of input areas. The input areas are defined as the areas on the touch input surface capable of generating effective inputs in a key input mode. The touch input panel operates in the key input mode or a track input mode according to a mode control signal, and processes at least an input signal inputted through the touch input surface. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141371 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN RESPONSE TO A GESTURE - A method includes displaying, on a display of an electronic device, first information; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, which gesture indicates a request to display inbox information; and in response to detecting the gesture, gradually displaying the inbox information while reducing display of the first information along with movement of the gesture. When the gesture is detected within a predetermined time of the electronic device receiving a message, the inbox information comprises a plurality of inbox entries. When no message is received by the electronic device within the predetermined time of detecting the gesture, the inbox information comprises last displayed information of an inbox sourcing the inbox information. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141372 | TOUCH SCREEN SENSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen sensing device includes a touch screen including touch sensors formed at crossings of Tx lines and Rx lines, a Tx driving circuit supplying a driving pulse to each of the Tx lines N times, and an Rx driving circuit which samples a signal voltage of the touch sensors received through the Rx lines and converts the sampled signal voltage into digital data. The Rx driving circuit includes a differential amplifier differentially amplifying signals received through the Rx lines, a low pass filter removing a radio frequency noise from an output of the differential amplifier, an amplifier amplifying an output of the low pass filter, and an integrator accumulating signal voltages which are successively output from the amplifier. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141373 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM TO BE EXECUTED BY COMPUTER OF INFORMATION PROCESSOR - An information processing program stored in a storage medium allows the computer ( | 2013-06-06 |
20130141374 | TOUCHPAD OPERATING AS A HYBRID TABLET - A method for enabling a touchpad, a relative position device, to operate as if it were a tablet, or absolute position device, so as to provide the same type of input that can be provided by a tablet, wherein a surface of the touchpad is mapped to a surface of the display screen, a finger is detected by the touchpad before it makes contact, the finger may move over the surface of the touchpad causing some visual feedback to occur on the display that indicates the absolute position of the finger as it moves over the touchpad, and making contact with the touchpad to thereby cause selection of an object. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141375 | GESTEME (GESTURE PRIMITIVE) RECOGNITION FOR ADVANCED TOUCH USER INTERFACES - This invention relates to signal space architectures for generalized gesture capture. Embodiments of the invention includes a gesture-primitive approach involving families of “gesteme” from which gestures can be constructed, recognized, and modulated via prosody operations. Gestemes can be associated with signals in a signal space. Prosody operations can include temporal execution modulation, shape modulation, and modulations of other aspects of gestures and gestemes. The approaches can be used for advanced touch user interfaces such as High-Dimensional Touch Pad (HDTP) in touchpad and touchscreen forms, video camera hand-gesture user interfaces, eye-tracking user interfaces, etc. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141376 | HAND HELD SELF-ORIENTATING TARGETING GAME - A self-orientating hand held game unit includes a display screen, a game piece illustrated on the screen, and a touch sensitive system to detect the movement of a finger across the screen and operate the game piece to launch a projectile toward a target on the screen. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141377 | CONTACT DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a contact detecting device including: a contact responding section configured to produce an electric change in response to an object to be detected coming into contact with or proximity to a detecting surface; and a contact driving scanning section configured to scan application of driving voltage to the contact responding section in one direction within the detecting surface, and control output of the electric change in time series, wherein the contact driving scanning section performs a plurality of scans of different regions of the contact responding section in parallel with each other, and outputs a plurality of the electric changes in parallel with each other. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141378 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An exemplary electronic device includes: a display section for displaying display information; a touch panel arranged on a display surface side of the display section; a display information position detection section for detecting a position of the display information displayed; a display control section for controlling a movement of the display information based on an operation by a user on the touch panel; a vibrating section for vibrating the touch panel; and a vibration control section for controlling a vibration pattern of the vibrating section. When the user operates the display information on the touch panel, the display control section controls the movement of the display information based on the position of the display information detected by the display information position detection section, and the vibration control section controls the vibrating section in association with the movement of the display information. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141379 | CONTACT DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a contact detecting device including: a contact responding section configured to produce an electric change in response to an object to be detected coming into contact with or proximity to a detecting surface; and a contact driving scanning section configured to scan application of driving voltage to the contact responding section in one direction within the detecting surface, and control output of the electric change in time series, wherein the contact driving scanning section performs a plurality of scans of different regions of the contact responding section in parallel with each other, and outputs a plurality of the electric changes in parallel with each other. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141380 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a substrate, a decorative layer, a touch-sensing structure, a media layer and an insulation layer. The decorative layer is disposed on the substrate, the touch-sensing structure is disposed on the substrate, and a part of the touch-sensing structure overlaps the decorative layer. The media layer is disposed at least between the part of the touch-sensing structure and the decorative layer, and the insulation layer is disposed on the substrate and covers the touch-sensing structure. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141381 | Surface Coverage Touch - In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a touch sensor of a device, signals corresponding to touch or proximity inputs within a touch-sensitive area of the touch sensor. The touch-sensitive area has periphery areas. The method also includes determining, based on the signals, whether the touch or proximity inputs were simultaneously sensed within the periphery areas; and if the touch or proximity inputs were simultaneously sensed within the periphery areas, then initiating a pre-determined function of the device. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141382 | Touch Sensor With Force Sensing - In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a panel, a plurality of sense electrodes underlying the panel, a plane of known potential underlying the plurality of sense electrodes, and a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of sense electrodes. The controller is configured to determine whether an object has pressed the panel by: measuring capacitances at each of a plurality of sense electrodes across the panel, the capacitances associated with a distance between the plurality of sense electrodes and the plane of known potential, comparing the measured capacitances across the panel with one or more criteria associated with a deformation of the panel, and determining, based on the comparison, whether an object has pressed the panel. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141383 | Touch Sensing Using Motion Information - In one embodiment, a system includes a touch sensor, a motion module, and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic. The logic is operable, when executed, to receive information from the touch sensor and receive information from the motion module. The logic is further operable to determine whether a touch input to the system has occurred based on the information from the motion module. The logic is further operable to determine coordinates associated with the touch input based on the information received from the touch sensor. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141384 | COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TOUCH SENSITIVE DEVICES USING THE HUMAN BODY AS A CONDUIT - Touch sensitive devices and processes for communicating between touch sensitive devices are disclosed. A capacitive touch sensitive device can be configured to communicate with a neighboring touch sensitive device by driving one or more drive lines or electrodes of the device's touch sensor with a communication signal. The communication signal can be transmitted to the neighboring touch sensitive device through the body of a user in contact with both devices. The neighboring device can receive the communication signal from the body of the user using the sense lines or electrodes of its touch sensor. The communication signal can include identification information of the device that can be used by the neighboring device to wirelessly pair with the device. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141385 | Capacitive Touch Panel - An integrally-formed capacitive touch panel is disclosed including: a singular lens substrate, a mask layer, and a sensing circuit integrally coupled with said singular lens substrate. Said singular lens substrate, said mask layer, and said sensing circuit are integrally formed. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141386 | Capacitive Touch Panel - An integrally-formed capacitive touch panel is disclosed including: a singular lens substrate, a mask layer, and a sensing circuit integrally coupled with said singular lens substrate. Said singular lens substrate, said mask layer, and said sensing circuit are integrally formed. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141387 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN A WET ENVIRONMENT - A controller for use in a wet environment, such as a controller for a pool or spa, includes a sensor element that generates an electric field having an active region. For the controller, at least one flexible layer is positioned to overlay the sensor element and surround the active region. With this arrangement, a pocket is established between the flexible layer and sensor element. A control circuit that is responsive to the capacitance between the sensor element and the flexible layer is provided. When the flexible layer is deformed, the capacitance changes and the control circuit generates an output signal that corresponds to a particular switch state for a connected device (e.g. pump or heater). For the controller, the control circuit is designed and/or calibrated to maintain a current switch state output in response to the presence of water on the controller and near the active region. | 2013-06-06 |
20130141388 | HETEROGENEOUS TACTILE SENSING VIA MULTIPLE SENSOR TYPES - This invention relates to sensor arrangements and signal processing architectures for touch-based user interfaces comprising multiple sensor types and other arrangements so as to create user interface output signals responsive to the touch of at least one human finger. Sensor types and other arrangements can include capacitive tactile sensor arrays, optical tactile sensor arrays, proximity sensor arrays, pressure sensor arrays, and video cameras. At least one software algorithm comprises at least one of a functional partition (wherein some user interface output signals are derived only from a pre-specified sensor), decision-based selection (wherein some user interface output signals are selectively derived from a selected sensor), or sensor-fusing (wherein user interface output signals are obtained from threshold testing, conditional testing, vector quantization, algorithms employing parameterized calculations, algorithms employing compensation calculations and operations, artificial neural networks, etc.) | 2013-06-06 |
20130141389 | PORTABLE OPTICAL TOUCH SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A portable optical touch system is disclosed in the present invention. The portable optical touch system includes two camera devices movably connected with each other and respectively disposed on two corners of a plane. Each camera device includes an imaging module for capturing an image of an object on the screen, an adjusting module connected to the imaging module for determining whether the two imaging modules are positioned on the same plane, and a measuring module connected to the imaging module for calculating a distance between the two imaging modules. The portable optical touch system further includes a controlling unit electrically connected to the camera device for calculating a coordinates of the object on the plane by analyzing the distance between the imaging modules and the images captured by the imaging modules. | 2013-06-06 |