24th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090146875 | Automatic dependant surveillance systems and methods - A communications system including an automated dependant surveillance-broadcast system and a global positioning system integrated into a single unit. A radio frequency receiver receives analog automated dependent surveillance-broadcast information at a selected transmission frequency and converts that information into digital form. A global positioning system receiver receives global positioning information including timing information. A processing subsystem decodes the digitized automated dependent surveillance-broadcast information in response to the timing information received by the global positioning system receiver. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146876 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A-GPS POSITIONING OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for estimating the position of a mobile device using information from a constellation of satellites. A first set of satellites of the constellation may be selected and then a second set of satellites of the constellation may be selected as a function of signals received from the first set of satellites. Data may be transmitted to the mobile device based on signals received from the second set of satellites, and a location of the device estimated based on the data. One embodiment may select the second set as a function of an intersection of coverage areas of ones of the first set of satellites. Another embodiment may select the second set as a function of one or more satellites that are not occluded by the Earth from one or more of the first set of satellites. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146877 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING A-GPS DEVICES FROM SEARCHING FOR SPECIFIC SATELLITES - A system and method for estimating the location of a wireless device. A set of satellites may be determined as a function of an approximate area in which the wireless device is located. Assistance data is transmitted to the device including information from the set of satellites, and a location of the device may be estimated from the information where the assistance data prevents the wireless device from searching for signals from one or more satellites in the set of satellites. The one or more satellites may be an operable satellite but signals therefrom cannot be measured or acquired by the wireless device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146878 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITION CALCULATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE - A system and method for determining a location of a device. Plural signals from a first plurality of satellites may be received a the device where an estimated location of the device is determined as a function of frequency information from the signals. A location of the device may then be determined as a function of the estimated location and/or as a function of phase information from the signals. A second plurality of satellites may also be determined as a function of any one of the determined locations. In such embodiments, assistance data may be transmitted to the device that includes information from the second plurality of satellites. Another location of the device may then be determined from this information. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146879 | Automatic Time Adjusting Device for GPS of Car Safety Control System - A car safety control system includes at least a car DVR, a GPS receiver and some other components such as image sensors, a speaker and a car display monitor to monitor vehicular safety. By way of a time zone setting unit, the value of the time difference between the GMT and each of 24 the time zones on earth is provided according to the GPS location information. A microprocessor calculates the value of the time difference and determines the current time data such as the values of year/month/day/hour/minute/second in accordance with the car location. The current time data and/or location information such as the latitude and longitude of vehicles are/is recorded and displayed synchronously in the digital image data of the car DVR or displayed on a display unit of the car DVR. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146880 | METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE IN A WIRELESS DEVICE - A method of reducing interference in a GPS-equipped wireless device having a transmitter, the method comprising: acquiring a GPS signal containing GPS data; decoding the GPS data; determining whether the GPS data is valid; when the GPS data is not valid due to the interference, determining a transmit power level of the transmitter; and when the transmit power is not zero, reducing the transmit power level by one step. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146881 | MULTI-PLATFORM PRECISION PASSIVE LOCATION OF CONTINUOUS WAVE EMITTERS - An apparatus comprises a first sensor mounted on a first platform for sampling a first portion of a continuous waveform occurring in a time window and for producing a first signal sample, a second sensor mounted on a second platform for sampling a second portion of the continuous waveform occurring in the time window for producing a second signal sample, and a processor for determining time difference of arrival measurements and for applying a maximum likelihood estimation process to combine multiple time difference of arrival measurements between multiple pairs of platforms, to estimate the location of an emitter of the continuous waveform. A method performed by the apparatus is also provided. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146882 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERIC POSITION SIGNALLING FOR CELLULAR NETWORKS - Systems and methods provide location support for assisted navigation systems, for example, with respect to assistance data specifications and protocols in systems without impacting a cellular system-specific control plane protocol. Location support for cellular systems can be introduced into only the user plane of a particular cellular system by including/introducing certain relevant information to existing parameters within the user plane. Additionally, support for new cellular systems is introduced into the user plane protocol by defining its “identification” to the protocol. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146883 | WIDEBAND PATCH ANTENNA - A patch antenna has a ground plane and a planar antenna plate that are parallel to and from each other. A pair of planar feed plates have feed edges electrically contacting a surface of the antenna plate to couple electromagnetic energy into and/or out of the antenna plate. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146884 | INTEGRATED ANTENNA FOR WORLDWIDE INTEROPERABILITY FOR MICROWAVE ACCESS (WIMAX) AND WLAN - The invention relates to an integrated antenna for worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMax) and wireless local area network (WLAN), which comprises a substrate, a grounding metal strip, a first radiating metal strip, and a second radiating metal strip. The first radiating metal strip is disposed on the substrate and is not connected to the grounding metal strip. The first radiating metal strip has a first portion and a second portion on two ends thereof. The first portion and the second portion are used to induce a first resonance mode and a second resonance mode, respectively. The second radiating metal strip is disposed on the substrate and is connected to the grounding metal strip. The second radiating metal strip is not connected to the first radiating metal strip. The second radiating metal strip is coupled to the first radiating metal strip to induce a third resonance mode. Therefore, the integrated antenna of the present invention is adapted to the frequencies of WiMax and WLAN. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146885 | Multi-frequency antenna - A multi-frequency antenna ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090146886 | ANTENNA DEVICE - A planar antenna device is mounted on a board including a dielectric layer and two conductor layers vertically sandwiching the dielectric layer. The upper conductor layer includes a first radiating element having an end portion connected through a via hole to a ground formed by the lower conductor layer, a second radiating element having an open end portion, first and second ground conductors connected to respective base portions of the first and second radiating elements via resistors, and a feeder line configured to feed power to the first and second radiating elements. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146887 | Reduced Volume Antennas - A device includes (a) a first wireless communications arrangement which is capable of at least one of transmitting and receiving. In addition, the device includes (b) a first antenna coupled to the first wireless communications arrangement and (c) a second wireless communications arrangement which is capable of at least one of transmitting and receiving. Furthermore, the device includes (d) a second antenna coupled to the second wireless communications arrangement. The second antenna acts as a parasitic element for the first antenna. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146888 | Monopole antenna and wireless network device having the same - The present invention discloses a monopole antenna adapted for a wireless network device. The antenna includes a base portion, a ground portion, a radiating portion and a signal portion. The ground portion extends a predetermined height upwardly from the base portion. The radiating portion is connected to an end of the ground portion away from the base portion and is substantially perpendicular to the ground portion. The signal portion is connected to the radiating portion and is substantially and respectively perpendicular to the signal portion and the ground portion. The signal portion has a feed terminal formed on an end thereof away from the radiating portion. A connecting side, where the ground portion and the base portion are connected, has a width that is smaller than a width of another connecting side, where the ground portion and the radiating portion are connected; and a connecting side, where the signal portion and the radiating portion are connected, has a width that is larger than a width of the end of signal portion away from the radiating portion. The antenna is a single component integrally formed by stamping an electrically conductive thin metal plate, which facilitates not only fabrication thereof, but also the assembly of the antenna to a substrate of the wireless network device and increases the gain and bandwidth of the wireless network device along a vertical direction as well. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146889 | LOW PROFILE FULL WAVELENGTH MEANDERING ANTENNA - A low profile antenna has a meander length based on the full electrical wavelength of the signal being transmitted or received. The antenna can have either an open-loop structure or a closed-loop structure with a matching network. The low profile enables the antenna to be used in a card for a device such as a personal computer, personal digital assistant, wireless telephone and so on with minimal risk of the antenna breaking off, as compared with a prior art antenna having a higher height and thus more likelihood of being broken from its card. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146890 | USING COULOMB FORCES TO FORM 3-D RECONFIGURABLE STRUCTURES - Coulomb forces are used to create various metallic shapes within substrates. These shapes are formed by coupling a plurality of substrates together where each substrate contains a metallic pattern. The substrates are assembled together on a mother substrate and the substrates can be positioned either parallel to a planar surface or perpendicular to an edge of the mother substrate. Thus, metallic shapes can be formed that are orthogonal to each other. Such a capability is a desirable feature for antenna construction. The various metal shapes can be used to construct: dipole, patch, Yagi, monopole, bow-tie, meanderline and MIMO antennas. Furthermore, the antenna can be reassembled to adjust the physical dimensions of the antenna while in the consumer product to better match the antenna to a different frequency band. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146891 | Method and Related Electronic Device for Adjustment of a Radio Frequency Circuit by Impedance Loading Features - A method for adjustment of a radio-frequency circuit by impedance loading features includes designing a plurality of test fixtures each corresponding to an impedance loading area according to a predefined operating frequency band, coupling each of the plurality of test fixtures to a test point of the radio-frequency circuit for measuring a plurality of radio-frequency characteristic sets, determining an optimal impedance loading area of the radio-frequency circuit according to the plurality of radio-frequency characteristic sets, and adjusting the radio-frequency circuit according to the optimal impedance loading area. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146892 | NON-CONTACT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF ADJUSTING RESONANCE FREQUENCY OF NON-CONTACT WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ANTENNA, AND MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A non-contact wireless communication apparatus and a mobile terminal apparatus are provided. The non-contact wireless communication apparatus includes a non-contact wireless communication antenna, a resonance capacitor, connected in parallel with the non-contact wireless communication antenna, for obtaining a predetermined resonance frequency with the non-contact wireless communication antenna, a resonance frequency adjustment unit for changing a resonance capacitance of the resonance capacitor to adjust the resonance frequency, a capacitance change amount control unit for controlling a change in resonance capacitance of the resonance capacitor in the resonance frequency adjustment unit, a resonance frequency shift unit for shifting the resonance frequency of the non-contact wireless communication antenna, and on/off control unit for performing on/off control of the resonance frequency shift unit in accordance with the amount of change in resonance capacitance of the resonance capacitor by the capacitance variation control unit. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146893 | Electrically small antenna devices, systems, apparatus, and methods - The utilization of small antennas for mobile devices and for low frequency (long wavelength) applications is desired. Further, efficient use of transmission power is desirable, especially in mobile applications. For this purpose, a system is provided that includes one or more of: a multiple-resonator transmitter/receiver, a high bandwidth electrically small antenna, a resonator with a variable feed location, a resonator with a variable reactive component load, and a method for estimating a resonator system response to a component configuration and selected excitation. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146894 | RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA STEERING PATTERNS - A method of configuring a reconfigurable antenna is disclosed. The method selects an antenna configuration pattern based on previously identified antenna configuration patterns where the previously identified antenna configuration patterns have known signal beam pattern characteristics. The method applies reconfigurable antenna steering patterns based on the selected configuration pattern to configure a reconfigurable antenna. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146895 | RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA PATTERN VERIFICATION - A method of verifying programmable antenna configurations is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a desired antenna configuration from a plurality of antenna configuration patterns, with the selected antenna configuration forming at least one reconfigurable antenna from reconfigurable antenna array elements. The method validates the formation of the selected antenna configuration to determine antenna performance of the at least one reconfigurable antenna. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146896 | ANTENNA SYSTEM - In some embodiments, the multiple antennas are cooperated in the system to provide simultaneous communication with multiple remote sites. Embodiments comprises a first variable inclined continuous transverse stub (VICTS) antenna that comprises a perimeter and an inactive region within the perimeter, a second VICTS antenna positioned at the inactive region of the first antenna, a first antenna control that steers the first antenna, and a second antenna control that steers the second antenna independent of the first antenna. In some embodiment, an antenna system is provided that comprises a first turntable having a perimeter, a first antenna having a perimeter, where the first antenna is secured on a first surface of the first turntable, a second antenna positioned proximate the first antenna and extending within the perimeter of the first turntable, where the second antenna is steerable independent of the first antenna. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146897 | MICROWAVE DEMULSIFICATION OF HYDROCARBON EMULSION - Recovery of hydrocarbons, such as petroleum products, from a liquid or solid substrate is facilitated by the use of microwave energy to energize and separate molecular bonds between the hydrocarbons and the substrate. A radio frequency (RF) applicator delivers microwave energy to a treatment volume containing an emulsion of a hydrocarbon and a substrate. Delivering the microwave energy to the emulsion facilitates separation of the hydrocarbon and substrate molecules into layers. Hydrocarbons and other products can then be recovered from their respective layers. The treatment volume may be located either above or below ground. The RF applicator may include an antenna body with slots formed substantially parallel to one another in a substantially horizontal orientation. The RF applicator efficiently delivers microwave energy into the treatment volume. Substantially all of the power supplied to the RF applicator is radiated, with very little power reflected internally within the RF applicator. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146898 | Antenna Module-Use Magnetic Core Member, Antenna Module, and Portable Information Terminal Having the Same - There are provided an antenna module-use magnetic core member, an antenna module and a portable information terminal provided with the same, capable of improving a communication distance without increasing a module thickness. In an antenna module ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090146899 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES WITH TAPERED LOOP ANTENNA ELEMENTS AND REFLECTORS - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of antenna assemblies. In one exemplary embodiment, an antenna assembly generally includes at least one antenna element having a generally annular shape with an opening. At least one reflector element is spaced-apart from the antenna element for reflecting electromagnetic waves generally towards the antenna element. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146900 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES WITH ANTENNA ELEMENTS AND REFLECTORS - According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of antenna assemblies. In one exemplary embodiment, an antenna assembly generally includes at least one antenna element having first and second electrical paths. The antenna assembly may also include at least one reflector element spaced-apart from the antenna element for reflecting electromagnetic waves generally towards the antenna element. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146901 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING CASE, ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELD BODY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONTAINING STRUCTURE - A main object of the present invention is to reliably perform radio communication in an electronic device containing case without spoiling an aesthetic aspect thereof. In order to achieve the object, an electromagnetic shield body is provided on a wall surface of the case for containing an electronic device capable of the radio communication. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146902 | Loop-Type Antenna and Antenna Array - A loop-type antenna for radio frequency identification includes a main body and a feed portion. The main body includes a loop member and at least one pair of coupled sections. The loop member has at least one gap. Each of the coupled sections is connected with one end of corresponding one of the at least one gap. The pair has identical extension direction. The feed portion is electrically connected with the loop member in the manner that the loop member is symmetrical in terms of the feed portion. An antenna array for radio frequency identification also is provided. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146903 | Single Port Dual Antenna - A system for transmitting radio frequency includes antenna elements configured to transmit radio frequency beams including a horizontal beam widths and vertical beam widths. The antenna elements are positioned to transmit radio frequency in directions to cover areas independent of each other. The system includes a port operatively coupled to the antenna elements to transmit power to the antenna elements to cause the antenna elements to transmit radio frequency in the respective directions. The antenna elements and the port form a distributed antenna system. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146904 | Partially overlapped sub-array antenna - An antenna formed of multiple sub-arrays, each having rows of interconnected radiating elements. One row of radiating elements is shared between two sub-arrays by a coupler which isolatingly couples one row of radiating elements to each of two sub-arrays allowing the feed to the two sub-arrays to be isolatingly applied to the shared row of radiating elements while suppressing grating lobe generation and providing high sub-array isolation. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146905 | ANTENNA AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A feeding radiation electrode and a non-feeding radiation electrode are provided extending from a front side surface to top surface of a dielectric base. In the feeding radiation electrode, a slit that extends from a feeding end in an inward direction is formed, and, in the non-feeding radiation electrode, a slit that extends from a ground end in an inward direction is formed. In addition, on the non-feeding radiation electrode, a branch electrode is formed so as to extend toward the side of the feeding radiation electrode. With this configuration, gain is obtained in two frequency bands by using a multi-resonance of fundamental wave resonances and harmonic resonances generated by the feeding radiation electrode and the non-feeding radiation electrode, and a good return loss characteristic caused by coupling of harmonic resonances is provided. In other embodiments, the feeding and non-feeding radiation electrodes may be formed on a flat substrate, or directly on a circuit board. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146906 | ANTENNA WITH INNER SPRING CONTACT - One aspect of the invention relates to an antenna for a wireless device having spring contact elements based on strips ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090146907 | Multiple Frequency Reflect Array - There is disclosed a reflect array which may include a dielectric substrate having first and second surfaces. The second surface may support a conductive layer. A first array of conductive phasing elements and a second array of conductive phasing elements may be supported by the first surface. The first array may have a first pitch and the second array may have a second pitch different from the first pitch. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146908 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVENT-DEPENDENT STATE ACTIVATION FOR A MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A method for event-dependent state activation for a mobile communication device, the device having an opened configuration and a closed configuration, the device having a primary display visible in the opened configuration and a secondary display visible in the closed configuration. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146909 | Integrated Display System For A Computer And A Portable Device - A display-based device includes a display assembly having a first viewing portion and a second viewing portion within the first viewing portion and a docking station that removably docks a portable device having an imaging apparatus that includes a display apparatus and/or an image capture apparatus. When docked, the portable device's imaging apparatus is positioned facing a rear side of the second viewing portion. The display-based device operates in a first mode, where data from the display-based device is displayed in the second viewing portion and backlighting for the second viewing portion is provided by the portable device, and operates in a second mode, where the second viewing portion is substantially transparent so that the display apparatus of the portable device can display data through the second viewing portion and/or the image capture apparatus can capture images through the second viewing portion. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146910 | Modular lighting and video apparatus - Modular flexible panels for mounting lighting strands. In certain embodiments, each individual panel is an integral unit comprised of cables and node holders that combine to create a flexible, scalable and modular lighting surface. One or more of the panel edges can connect to an edge of another panel (either directly or indirectly) to tile multiple panels together to form a modular multi-panel assembly. Each panel provides a surface to which strands of LEDs can be mounted, such as in a uniform pattern. The panel design allows for easy replacement and serviceability of individual lighting strands, and ensures that all of the LEDs face in the same direction. The resulting robust and flexible system can provide full-motion video, graphics and messaging in a transparent single or multi-panel design. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146911 | PRESENTATION APPARATUS HAVING DUAL DISPLAYS - Disclosed is a dual-display presentation apparatus. The dual-display presentation apparatus comprises an auxiliary member having a first display unit on a side thereof, a main body having a second display unit on a side thereof and having a support member and a depression for receiving the support member on the other side thereof, and a connection member, which is a hinge unit, combining the auxiliary member and the main body, in which locations of the auxiliary member and the main body can be adjusted by swiveling and tilting the connection member. Using the dual-display presentation apparatus, work efficiency and deal-making efficiency can be enhanced. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146912 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE - A display control device is provided with a switch for selecting whether to permit or not to permit an operation of displaying a second display source on a second display by an operational instruction of a first input device, and only when the switch is set to an operable condition, the display control device performs display control of the second display source on the second display by the operational instruction of the first input device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146913 | DISPLAY DEVICE - There is provided a display device capable of switching the display mode between liquid crystal display and electroluminescence display using a single display panel. The display device includes a driver that generates an EL pixel data pulse according to the brightness level represented by an input image signal during an EL display mode, while generating a liquid crystal pixel data pulse according to the brightness level during a liquid crystal display mode. Each pixel cell includes a dual display element having liquid crystal and EL display functions, and drive means for applying an EL drive voltage to the dual display element according to the EL pixel data pulse, and applying a liquid crystal drive voltage according to the liquid crystal pixel data pulse. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146914 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING 3-DIMENTIONAL IMAGE - A display apparatus and method for displaying a 3D image using a left-eye image signal and a right-eye image signal are provided. The display apparatus includes an image signal division unit which divides an image signal into a plurality of subfields, and a control unit which arranges the plurality of subfields according to luminance weights of the plurality of subfields. Accordingly, the user can be provided with 3D images having high tone and high image quality while preventing the occurrence of double images. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146915 | MULTIPLE VIEW DISPLAY DEVICE - A multiple view display device may employ an array of lenticular lenses to concurrently display a plurality of images at different viewing angles. The display device may include a plurality of pixels, one or more display drivers, and a lenticular lens array comprising a plurality of lenticular lenses. The pixels may be arranged in a matrix having rows and columns. A first display driver may display a first image using a first set of the columns, and a second display driver may display a second image using a second set of the columns. Each lenticular lens may be configured to direct, in a first direction, the light emitted by a first column of the first set of columns and to direct, in a second direction different than the first direction, the light emitted by a second column of the second set of columns. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146916 | Display Intented to be Mounted on a Pair of Spectacles - The invention relates to a display ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090146917 | Enumeration system and method for a led display - A system and method are provided for a pixel module to determine its location in a large scale LED display. The system and method determine the pixel module's location based upon the data received by the module and the identity of the module's port via which the data was received. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146918 | Large scale LED display - A large scale LED display has a cable and rigid link support structure for a number of LED modules. The cable and rigid link support structure is flexible but has sufficient structural integrity to prevent misalignment of the pixel modules. The LED modules are removable from the support structure individually and as a group so as to facilitate repair of the display. The LED modules are rugged so as to withstand harsh outdoor conditions and they provide sufficient luminescence for use in sunlight. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146919 | Large Scale LED Display - A large scale LED display has a number of display panels each having a cable and spacer support structure for a number of LED modules. Adjacent display panels are connected together by a number of seam links that snap onto one cable of one of the display panels and one cable of the adjacent display panel. The cables may include a number of seam link engagement members spaced along the length of the cable and onto which the seam links snap wherein each of the seam link engagement members locates an LED module on the support structure. The LED modules include top and bottom housing sections that snap together, wherein one of the housing sections includes a seat for an electrical connector. The seat locates the connector and a printed circuit assembly within the LED module. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146920 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A display device with reduced power consumption, high definition, and a slim bezel. Both of a writing operation and an erasing operation are performed by one gate driver that is mainly constituted by a shift register for selecting a row and a control circuit for switching between a writing operation and an erasing operation. The switching of the control circuit is performed using an output signal of the shift register of the row, an output signal of the control circuit of the previous row, and an externally inputted signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146921 | DISPLAY DEVICES - A display device in which pixels constituted by light emitting elements arranged on a substrate are arranged in a matrix, the substrate comprises: a canopy disposed at the upper or lower end of the pixels; and at least two kinds of anti-reflective components that are formed at a peripheral edge of the light emitting element and with different reflection angles with respect to incident light. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146922 | Image Display Device - An image display device includes a pair of sustain pulse generators for applying either a first sustain pulse or a second sustain pulse to the display electrodes. The first and second sustain pulses generate a sustain discharge twice and once, respectively, in discharge cells when the voltage applied between the display electrodes changes. The application of the first sustain pulse is performed by generating a first discharge by applying a voltage to one of the display electrodes using the clamp corresponding to the one of the display electrodes, and then generating a second discharge by applying a voltage to the other of the display electrodes using the clamp corresponding to the other of the display electrodes. The application of the second sustain pulse is performed by generating a first discharge by applying a voltage to each of the display electrodes using the clamps corresponding to each of the display electrodes. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146923 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - A PDP comprises an X electrode and a Y electrode forming a display electrode pair, and an address electrode. Upon a reset discharge for forming charges to all of a plurality of cells, the X electrode becomes a cathode and the Y electrode becomes an anode. On the other hand, upon a sustain discharge for forming a display image, the X electrode and the Y electrode alternately becomes the cathode or the anode so as to repeatedly perform discharges. Here, a distribution of visible light transmissivity inside a cell of a front surface substrate structure has a first region and a second region having a higher visible light transmissivity than the first region, and the first region includes a region superposed with an X transparent electrode in the thickness direction, and the second region includes a region superposed with a Y transparent electrode in the thickness direction. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146924 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus and a method use a driving signal containing plural types of waveforms. The display apparatus includes a display, a first waveform generating unit which generates a first waveform, a second waveform generating unit which generates a second waveform, a switching unit which switches to select one of the first and second waveforms generated at the first and second waveform generating units, and a control unit which controls the switching unit so that a driving signal containing the waveforms, which are selected through a plurality of number of switching operations at the switching unit, to the display. Since various types of voltage are applied to a system, without having to use a plurality of separate power sources and switching elements, an integrated circuit, and simpler design and components, are achieved. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146925 | ADDRESS DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING THE METHOD - A PDP address data processor, a method thereof, and a recording medium for storing a program used to perform the method. The address data processor generates subfield data corresponding to RGB input video data, divides them into two sets of subfield data, and stores them in a frame memory using rising and falling edges of a reference clock signal of a frame memory. The address data processor reads and arranges the stored subfield data using the rising and falling edges to generate address data for representing gray on the PDP. The address data processor uses an RGB mixing algorithm for selecting two different video data from among the RGB input video data to select video data, and generates the subfield data corresponding to the selected video data. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146926 | DRIVING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR AN ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE - A driving apparatus for an organic light emitting device including pixels with light-emitting devices and a method of making such apparatus are presented. The uniform values based on voltages for each frame corresponding to grays of input image signals are calculated and summed, and data voltages are increased when the sum exceeds a predetermined value. The apparatus helps maintain the desired brightness in an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device through the lifespan of the device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146927 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN FILM TRANSISTOR (TFT) AND OLED DISPLAY HAVING TFTS MANUFACTURED BY THE SAME - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and thin film transistor (TFT) manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. According to the present invention, poly-silicon layers for forming active areas of non-driving TFT (e.g. peripheral circuit TFT and switch TFT) and driving TFT used in the OLED display are respectively made by using standard laser crystallization method and non-laser crystallization method or low energy laser crystallization method. Therefore, the peripheral circuit TFT has excellent electrical performance such as high carrier mobility, while the OLED-driving TFT has good stability so that the resultant display can operate with improved luminance uniformity. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146928 | Organic Electroluminescence Display Device - Before a reset operation in which a threshold voltage Vth of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) driving thin film transistor (TFT) is compensated is performed by a first reset TFT switch, a second reset TFT switch is turned on to apply a reset reference potential to a gate of the OLED driving TFT. Accordingly, an operation point of the OLED driving TFT can be stably set even when a power supply is low. In the reset operation, it is unnecessary to close a lighting TFT switch and cause an OLED element to emit light, whereby constant can be improved. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146929 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - In an organic light emitting diode display comprising a first pixel and a second pixel that are associated with respective different colors, each of the first and second pixels being for displaying its associated color, each of the first and second pixels comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and a light emitting member formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein the light emitting member of the first pixel comprises: at least two light-emitting elements for emitting light of the color associated with the first pixel; and a charge generation layer between the at least two light-emitting elements; and wherein the second pixel has fewer light-emitting elements than the first pixel. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146930 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DISPLAY APPARATUS - Each TFT for driving each of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix-like configuration is configured using a stagger-type polycrystalline-Si TFT. A gate electrode, which is composed of a high-heat-resistant material capable of resisting high temperature at the time of polycrystalline-Si film formation, is disposed at a lower layer as compared with the polycrystalline-Si layer that forms a channel of each TFT. A gate line, which is composed of a low-resistance material, is disposed at an upper layer as compared with the polycrystalline-Si layer. The gate electrode and the gate line are connected to each other via a through-hole bored in a gate insulation film. Respective configuration components of each organic electro-luminescent element are partially co-used at the time of the line formation, thereby suppressing an increase in the steps, processes, and configuration components. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146931 | Large scale LED display system - A system distributes data in a robust manner to a large scale LED display formed of a number of display panels. The system includes a plurality of data hubs wherein each display panel is connected to at least two data hubs to receive redundant pixel data for each pixel of the panel. Each data hub is further connected to at least two panels of the display to provide pixel data for each pixel of the panels to which the data hub is connected. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146932 | APPARATUS FOR DRIVING LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENTS AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE EMPLOYING THE APPARATUS - An apparatus for driving light emitting elements includes a constant-current driver arranged for each of arrays of light emitting elements including a constant-current drive element and a current regulator; a first selector configured to select one having a highest signal level from among control signals of the constant-current drivers and output the selected control signal; a second selector configured to select a lowest one from among output voltages of the constant-current drivers and output a signal representative of the selected output voltage; a differential amplifier configured to output an amplified differential signal that is obtained by amplifying a difference between the signals output from the first and second selectors; and a power source circuit configured to control, according to the amplified differential signal, a voltage supplied to a second end of each of the arrays of light emitting elements. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146933 | HIGH CONTRAST LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display comprising first and second liquid crystal display panel ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090146934 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display and driving method thereof are disclosed. The liquid crystal display according to an embodiment of the invention includes a liquid crystal panel having liquid crystal cells in a matrix array at crossings of data lines and gate lines; a timing controller for receiving a digital video data and synchronous signals, and generating a source output enable signal, a first gate start pulse, a second gate start pulse having a pulse width different from that of the first gate start pulse, a gate shift clock, a first gate output enable signal and a second gate output enable signal; a data driving circuit for providing a data voltage to the data lines in response to a first logic value of the source output enable signal, and any one black gray voltage of a charge share voltage and a precharge voltage to the data lines in response to a second logic value of the source output enable signal; and a gate driving circuit for providing a first gate pulse in synchronization with the data voltage and a second gate pulse in synchronization with the black gray voltage to the gate lines, in response to the first gate start pulse, the second gate start pulse, the gate shift clock, the first gate output enable signal and the second gate output enable signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146935 | Liquid crystal display - The exemplary embodiment relates to a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display panel according to the exemplary embodiment includes: a liquid crystal display panel on which a plurality of data lines cross a plurality of gate lines; a source drive IC that supplies data voltages to the data lines; a gate drive IC that supplies gate pulses to the gate lines; a system board equipped with a scaler that transmits data from the scaler with a first interface specification; an interface board that receives the data according to the first interface specification, and transmitting the data with a second interface specification; and a control board equipped with a timing controller receiving the data in the second interface specification and supplying the data to the source drive IC, and controlling the operating timing of the source drive IC and the gate drive IC; wherein a number of the data transmitting lines required in the second interface specification is less than a number of data transmitting line required in the first interface specification. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146936 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display capable of improving its viewing angle characteristic of luminance is provided. The liquid crystal display includes: a pair of signal lines extending so as to intersect to each other; a pixel provided for the pair of signal lines and configured of a plurality of sub pixels, each sub pixel including a liquid crystal element and a capacitive element; a driving element provided for each of the plurality of sub pixels so as to be connected to a corresponding pair of signal lines assigned to the pixel, and performs display driving by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal element based on a video signal; and a capacitance line provided for each of the plurality of sub pixels so as to be connected to one end of the capacitive element. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146937 | COLOUR SEQUENTIAL LIQUID CRYSTAL MATRIX DISPLAY - A video system including a sequential color liquid crystal display with a panel of pixels arranged in rows and columns, including a mechanism that controls unit brightness levels on each pixel in the panel called grey levels, each grey level corresponding to a video information received at the input. The grey level controlled on a pixel is achieved with an analog voltage that varies monotonously depending on the row associated with the pixel and/or a color to be displayed. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146938 | Display device - In RGB time division drives, there is capacitor coupling due to the effects of fluctuation in the drain lines, and thus, the image quality deteriorates (lateral smearing), so that the display brightness becomes different from the desired display brightness due to delay in the convergence of the fluctuation of the common potential, and thus, it is a goal to prevent the image quality from deteriorating (lateral smearing). | 2009-06-11 |
20090146939 | DISPLAY DRIVE DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING SAME - A liquid crystal display apparatus to which the present invention is applied has a first data conversion circuit and a second data conversion circuit. The first data conversion circuit converts each predetermined number of display data included in prepared display data into pixel data in which the respective display data are arranged in a predetermined arranging order and in time-series. The second data conversion circuit is provided for each the predetermined number of signal lines included in the display apparatus and sequentially applies display signal voltages corresponding to the pixel data to the predetermined number of signal lines respectively. The liquid crystal display apparatus equalizes the amounts of charges to be written in respective display pixels by reversing the arranging order of the display data in the pixel data and the order of applying the display signal voltages to the signal lines per field period or per horizontal scanning period. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146940 | Liquid crystal display device - A display having a data driving integrated circuit includes N number of output channels (where N is an integer) having at least two regions including a first output channel and an Nth output channel, a data output channel group including M data output channels (where M is an integer less than N), the M data output channels supplying pixel data to a corresponding number of the data lines in accordance with a desired resolution of the display, wherein (N−M) output channels are not supplied with pixel data, and the (N−M) output channels are located between the first output channel and the Nth output channel, and a channel selector selecting the M data output channels. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146941 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS - A video with a display definition most suitable for the type of the video content to be displayed can be displayed. A liquid crystal display apparatus controls the luminance of the backlight light source according to the APL of the video signal measured by an APL measuring portion ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090146942 | BACKLIGHT APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A backlight apparatus includes a plurality of light source parts, a plurality of transformers and a scanning control part. The light source parts include at least one light source, respectively. The transformers provide the light source parts with power, respectively. The scanning control part drives a first transformer based on a vertical synchronization signal Vsync provided from an external device and sequentially driving at least one of remaining transformers based on a clock signal provided from the external device. Therefore, a light emitting time between light source groups may be made uniform even though an operating frequency corresponding to images is varied, so that a response time of a moving picture may be realized. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146943 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND A METHOD THEREOF - A light source module includes a plurality of light source units arranged in a matrix form and independently emitting light, and a light source control unit. The light source control unit includes a column control unit supplying a column control signal to a plurality of light source unit columns according to a brightness signal, a row control unit supplying a row control signal to a plurality of light source unit rows according to the brightness signal, and a brightness regulation unit supplying the brightness control signal to the column control unit and the row control unit. The plurality of light source units successively emit light for one frame in a light source column direction or a light source row direction, according to the brightness signal, the column control signal and the row control signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146944 | Variable Brightness LCD Backlight - A display for a computer system, such as an LCD, is configured to consume less power when compared to conventional designs. The display includes a screen and at least one backlight configured to illuminate the screen. An input to the at least one backlight is adjustable to produce a desired level of brightness. The input may be computed based on a generated source image and a defined constraint. An input to the display is computed based on the input to the at least one backlight and the source image. The input to the display modifies the level of brightness provided by the at least one backlight to produce a viewable image. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146945 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL TYPE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The upper substrate includes a first insulating substrate, a transparent conductive layer on the first insulating substrate, and a first polarizer on the transparent conductive layer. The lower substrate includes a second insulating substrate, a second polarizer on the second insulating substrate, and a thin film transistor layer. The second insulating substrate is between the thin film transistor layer and the second polarizer. The transparent conductive layer allows an electric field to be formed on the first polarizer, so that a position signal input unit, which contacts the first polarizer, is capacitively coupled with the transparent conductive layer. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146946 | DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display is provided. The display includes at least one display cell having a display circuit; at least one light receiving cell including a light receiving element; a light emitting section operative to radiate light to the side of a display surface; and at least one transparent plate disposed on the front side in the display relative to a region in which the light emitting section is disposed and regions in which the display cell and the light receiving cell are formed, wherein an antireflection layer is formed on a most face-side surface of the display. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146947 | UNIVERSAL WEARABLE INPUT AND AUTHENTICATION DEVICE - The object of the wearable input device is to provide the user with one data input device and authentication system that is portable and can be worn like a fashion accessory, such as a watch or bracelet, so as to be unobtrusive to daily activity. The wearable input device can be used to replace home and car lock and security systems, television/VCR/DVD remote controls, personal computer authentication system, credit card authentication systems, automatic teller machine authentication systems, among others. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146948 | Apparatus for Providing Sensing Information - The invention relates to an apparatus for providing sensing information which includes a surface-sensing information combiner for collecting tactile sensing information on a surface of an object and accompanying sensing information attendant on the tactile sensing information of the surface of the object to produce surface-sensing information or edit the produced surface-sensing information. The apparatus also includes a surface-sensing information board for providing an environment for the surface-sensing information of the object to allow a user to perceive the surface-sensing information of the object. The apparatus further includes a surface-sensing information reproducer for reproducing the tactile sensing information and the accompanying sensing information of the object to be sensed by the user. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146949 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An image processing apparatus includes: a display which displays an image through at least one screen; a processor which processes the image to be displayed on the display; a pointer adjuster which adjusts a pointer to select at least two points on the image displayed on the display; and a controller which sets a selection area by selecting a partial image displayed within a boundary including the at least two points from the image displayed on the display, and controls the processor to display the selection area on a predetermined region of the display. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146950 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF VISUALISATION, PROCESSING, AND INTEGRATED ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL IMAGES - The present invention concerns a method and a system for the management of a station of visualisation, processing and analysis of images based on not manuals commands, particularly optical and vocal, and able to provide a feedback to the user to direct the further exploration of the medical images. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146951 | User Interface Devices - A method and apparatus of user interface having multiple motion dots capable of detecting user inputs are disclosed. In one embodiment, a user interface (“UI”) device includes a first motion dot and a second motion dot. The first motion dot is capable of attaching to a first finger and the second motion dot is configured to attach to a second finger. The first finger, in one example, is a thumb and the second finger is an index finger. The first motion dot includes multiple accelerometers used for identifying the physical location of the first motion dot. The second motion dot, which is logically coupled to the first motion dot via a wireless communications network, is capable of detecting a user input in response to a relative physical position between the first and the second motion dots. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146952 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A display system includes a liquid crystal display apparatus and an operating device. The operating device can point a desired position on a display screen of the display apparatus and capture an image of the display apparatus to obtain the captured image including the desired position pointed by the operating device. The display system includes an image analyzing section for analyzing the captured image obtained by the capture to find reference light areas in the display apparatus and to detect the desired position on the display screen based on positions of the reference light areas in the captured image. The display apparatus also includes a blinking controlling section which controls blinking conditions of all the backlight units in the display apparatus to differ a blinking condition of two or more reference light area backlight units from that of the other backlight units. This allows properly detecting the desired position on the display screen pointed by the operating device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146953 | Methods for processing data from accelerometer in anticipating real-time cursor control movements - A method for controlling a display cursor includes a step of receiving and processing signals from an accelerometer included in a cursor control device by applying a low-pass filter for filtering out signals received from an accelerometer having a frequency higher than a cutoff frequency and adjusting the cutoff frequency depending on a speed of a cursor movement controlled by a speed of angular position change of the display cursor control device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146954 | Wireless Mouse with Companion Wireless Mouse Pad - A mouse pointer device has an outer shell having a shape to accommodate a user's hand, an inner body enclosing electronic components for the mouse, and having a scrolling wheel implemented at a forward portion of the inner body, and a linear translation interface implemented between the inner body and the outer shell enabling the inner body to be positioned at any point along the translation interface within the outer shell, such that the position of the scrolling wheel is changed relative to the position of the user's hand holding the outer shell. In one embodiment a mouse pad is also provided having a substantially flat surface for engaging a portion of a mouse pointer device and a charging station comprising a pair of upward-extending electrodes for engaging electrodes of a mouse pointer device for charging a power supply in the mouse device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146955 | MOUSE WITH A FINGER TRIGGERED SENSOR - A computer input device (e.g. a mouse) with a finger-triggered sensor is described. The sensor generates input signals in addition to the conventional mouse signals generated by click buttons, tracking device and scrolling wheel. The sensor may be an optical sensor, a touch-sensitive sensor or other types of sensors. The signals generated by the sensor, either alone or in combination with other signals generated by the buttons, tracking device or scrolling wheel, may be interpreted to generate various messages for the operating system and/or application programs. The interpretation may be performed by a circuit on the input device, by a driver program on the host computer, or both. The sensor may be provided on a mouse, a laptop keyboard that has a pointing device, an external keyboard equipped with a pointing device, or on a stand-alone device that can be electrically connected to a computer through its available ports. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146956 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device ( | 2009-06-11 |
20090146957 | Apparatus and method for providing adaptive on-screen keyboard - An apparatus and method for providing an adaptive on-screen keyboard are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor for detecting touch action of a user from a touch screen, a pattern recognizer for recognizing a touch pattern of the user using the detected touch action of the user, a rearrangement processor for reconstructing the key arrangement of the on-screen keyboard to be provided through the touch screen on the basis of the recognized touch pattern of the user, and a display for displaying the on-screen keyboard on the basis of information on the reconstructed key arrangement. Thus, the apparatus can increase the convenience of use when the user makes use of the on-screen keyboard. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146958 | Ergonomic Hand-Held Text Input Device - A hand-held text input device includes a game controller and a keyboard. The device comfortably accommodates the hands of a user while the thumbs and fingers are associated with actuators of the game controller and keys of the keyboard. The overall configuration of the device and the arrangement of the actuators and keys permit the user to operate all of the functions provided by the device while the forearms are in a neutral posture zone between pronation and supination of the forearm, while the wrists are minimally extended, and while the fingers are comfortably flexed. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146959 | Input Device for a Portable Terminal - A portable terminal includes an input device with five binary switching elements on a housing for the portable terminal and a display screen. The input device accesses telecommunications capabilities of the portable terminal. The display screen displays a graphical representation that can show an indication of the functions corresponding to the input device, a response to input received via the input device, and operation modes of the portable terminal. The operation modes of the portable terminal can be changed in response to receipt of input via the input device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146960 | COMPUTER KEYBOARD HAVING AN ENHANCED ERGONOMIC AND INTUITIVE DESIGN - A keyboard apparatus for use with a computing device is presented. The apparatus includes a plurality of alphanumeric keys grouped into at least a left group for use by a user's left hand and a right group for use by a user's right hand. A touchpad device for controlling a movement of a cursor displayed on the computing device by a touch movement on a surface of the touchpad is positioned between the left group and the right group for easy and intuitive access when using the alphanumeric keys. Designated keys for activating functions on the computing device when the touch movement is controlling the cursor are provided where minimal movement is required of the user's hands for the touch movement and the function activating | 2009-06-11 |
20090146961 | DIGITAL IMAGE EDITING INTERFACE - A digital image editing system includes a keyboard with keys each mapped to a digital image editing operation encoded by one or more digital image editing application macros and scripts. Keys that are mapped to digital image editing operations that are related to one another are located adjacent to one another. The keyboard is adapted for the use of a user's non-dominant hand, allowing the user's dominant hand to manipulate a cursor controlling device, such as a computer mouse, without switching back and forth between the keyboard and cursor controlling device. Macros and scripts have been developed to reduce the number of user commands, such as keystrokes and cursor events, required to perform a digital image editing operation. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146962 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND METHOD - A device including a display, a memory and a tap detector arranged to generate a detection signal upon detection of a tap command. The device is arranged to assume either an idle state, in which the display is inactive, or a second state, in which the display is active and displaying information stored in the memory. The device is arranged to transit from the idle state to the second state when a tap is detected i.e. upon generation of the detection signal. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146963 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING MULTIPLE TOUCH INPUTS ON A RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention provides a method for determining multiple touch inputs on a resistive touch screen, the method comprises determining a touching sequence between a first object and a second object when the first object and the second object touch the resistive touch screen respectively; calculating coordinate of a first point and coordinate of a actual point according to voltage drop in the resistive touch screen meanwhile the first object keeps touching the resistive touch screen; and determining a control instruction according to movement of the actual point. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146964 | TOUCH SENSING DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - In a touch sensing display device, a plurality of sensor scanning lines extend in a first direction and sequentially receive a first voltage, and a plurality of sensor data lines extend in a second, different, direction. A plurality of sensing elements are formed in regions defined by the sensor scanning lines and the sensor data lines, and each sensing element transmits the first voltage from a corresponding sensor scanning line to a corresponding sensor data line responsive to an external touch. A sensing signal processor converts voltages of the sensor data lines into sensing data, and, a touch determining unit processes the sensing data corresponding to the sensor scanning lines by at least one scanning line to determine positions of touch regions generated during at least one frame. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146965 | INTERACTIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING AN INTEGRATED KEY DRIVE SYSTEM - A device and method of connecting an interactive communication system to a processing device. The device is a cable system that includes first and second ends. The first end of the cable system has a leg connector, while the second end of the connector system has first and second arm connectors. The method implements the cable system to load or run software onto the processing device, and includes connecting the leg connector to an interactive communication system; connecting the first arm connector having a memory device to the processing device, wherein the memory device includes predetermined software; loading/running the software on the processing device; disconnecting the first arm connector having the memory device from the processing device; and connecting a second arm connector to the processing device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146966 | Device for scanning and detecting touch point of touch control panel and method thereof - A device for scanning and detecting a touch point of a touch control panel is disclosed, wherein a driving/scanning circuit carries out one-end-sequential-driving or both-end-sequential-driving for driving each elongate conductive strip of a first conductive layer of the touch control panel, and a scan sensing circuit carries out one-end-sequential-scanning, both-end-sequential-scanning or sequential both-end-simultaneous-scanning operation over each elongate conductive strips of a second conductive layer of the touch control panel. Based on the result of the scanning operation that the scan sensing circuit performs over the elongate conductive strips of the second conductive layer, at least one touch location can be detected on each elongate conductive strip of the second conductive layer with respect to each elongate conductive strip of the first conductive layer. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146967 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including a display section; a light radiating section; a plurality of light converging lenses; and a plurality of light receiving devices, wherein the display section includes pixel areas each used for creating a pixel section, and sensor areas each used for creating one of the light receiving devices; the light radiating section outputs light and radiates the output light to the display section from a particular-side surface of the display section; each of the light converging lenses is created in one of the sensor areas each located in the display section and converges light generated by the light radiating section on a focal point inside the display section, passing on the converged light to the other-side surface of the display section; and each of the light receiving devices is created in one of the sensor areas to serve as a device for receiving light which arrives at the other-side surface of the display section as light reflected by a subject of detection. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146968 | INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image acquisition section | 2009-06-11 |
20090146969 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING A DISPLAY SCREEN FOR LOCATING A DESIRED ITEM OF INFORMATION - A method and a system for navigating a display screen to search for a desired item of information stored in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a novel fly over user interface (FOUI) capable of receiving commands from a user to provide a zoom out view of the display screen. A user may commence a navigation session by touching the display screen in a non active area or by clicking on a specifically designated icon to activate the user interface. During the navigation session, the display screen is zoomed-out and a magnifying area may appear on the display screen. The user interface enables the user to scroll the zoomed-out display screen by dragging the magnifying area towards an edge of the display screen to find a desired item of information. The display screen may be a display screen of a digital device (e.g., portable computer, personal computer, a cellular telephone, a digital watch, etc). The user may terminate a navigation session by removing the pointer from the display screen. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146970 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND TOUCH SCREEN HAVING DISCRETE TOUCH-SENSITIVE AREAS - An electronic device includes a base, a touch screen display, and operational components. The touch screen display is connected to the base and includes a display device and a touch-sensitive overlay disposed on the display device. The touch-sensitive overlay comprises at least one capacitive touch sensor circuit layer disposed on a substrate and patterned with discrete circuits. Ones of the discrete circuits provide associated discrete touch-sensitive areas on an outer touch surface of the touch screen display. The operational components include a controller connected to the touch-sensitive overlay and a processor connected to the controller and the display device for providing a graphical user interface. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146971 | OPERATION DISPLAY DEVICE - An operation display device including: a display section capable of simultaneously displaying different operation screens in a plurality of directions; a touch panel provided on the display section; an operation direction detection section which detects, among the plurality of directions, an operation direction on which an operator operating the touch panel is present; a coordinate detection section that detects, on the touch panel, a coordinate of a location pressed down by the operator; and a control section that sets, for each of the operation screens, correlations between operation icons displayed on the respective operation screens and recognition regions on the touch panel, and that, based on the operation direction detected by the operation direction detection section and correlations between the operation icons and the recognition regions, determines that an operation icon that corresponds to a recognition region including the coordinate of the location pressed down, is pressed down. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146972 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A POINTER RELATIVE TO A TOUCH SURFACE - An apparatus for detecting a pointer relative to a touch surface includes at least two spaced imaging assemblies having overlapping fields of view encompassing the touch surface. The imaging assemblies see the touch surface in three-dimensions as a perspective view. The imaging assemblies acquire overlapping images from different locations. A processor receives and processes image data generated by at least one of the imaging assemblies to determine the location of the pointer relative to the touch surface. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146973 | DUAL MODE TOUCH SYSTEMS - An apparatus for detecting a pointer includes a waveguide and a touch surface over the waveguide on which pointer contacts are to be made. At least one reflecting device extends along a first side of the waveguide and touch surface. The reflecting device defines an optical path between the interior of the waveguide and the region of interest above the touch surface. At least one imaging device looks across the touch surface and into the waveguide. The imaging device captures images of the region of interest and within the waveguide including reflections from the reflecting device. | 2009-06-11 |
20090146974 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device including a main body, a first magnetic member and a stylus is provided. The main body has a containing slot and the first magnetic member is disposed at one side of the containing slot. The stylus is suitable for being inserted in the containing slot and includes a stylus body and a second magnetic member. The second magnetic member is disposed on the stylus body or embedded in the stylus body. When the stylus is contained within the containing slot, the stylus is kept within the containing slot due to magnetic force generated by the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member. | 2009-06-11 |