25th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130154865 | Method and System for Minimizing Variation of Converter Voltage Reference - A system for minimizing variation of a voltage reference includes a voltage reference generator and a power converter. The voltage reference generator is configured to generate a voltage reference from a supply voltage. The power converter, such as a flyback converter, is configured to supply an adjustable supply voltage to the voltage reference generator. The voltage reference generator generates the voltage reference from the adjustable supply voltage. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154866 | Method and System for Monitoring for Variation of Converter Voltage Reference - A method and system include a converter such as an analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”) and a controller. The converter is configured to receive a sensor signal, indicative of a physical measured quantity, and generate an output signal based on the sensor signal and the voltage reference. The converter is further configured to alternately receive a calibration voltage in lieu of the sensor signal and generate the output signal based on the calibration voltage and the voltage reference. The controller is configured to compare the output signal based on the calibration voltage and the voltage reference with an expected value of the output signal based on the calibration voltage and an assumed value of the voltage reference to detect variation of the voltage reference, and to compensate the output signal based on the sensor signal and the voltage reference as a function of the detected variation of the voltage reference. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154867 | A/D CONVERTER - An A/D converter having high accuracy and high throughput irrespective of characteristic variations of analog circuits is provided. The A/D converter includes a voltage-to-time converter configured to synchronize with a sampling clock signal and convert an input analog voltage to a time difference between two signals, and a plurality of time-to-digital converters each configured to convert the time difference between the two signals to a digital value. The plurality of time-to-digital converters operate in an interleaved manner. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154868 | System and Method for an RF Receiver - In accordance with an embodiment, a radio-frequency (RF) front-end for a radio configured to receive an RF signal at a first frequency includes an antenna port configured to be coupled to an antenna, and a notch filter having an input coupled to the antenna port. The notch filter is configured to reject one or more frequencies, such that the first frequency is a harmonic or intermodulation distortion product of the one or more frequencies. The RF front-end also includes a piezoelectric filter having an input coupled to an output of the notch filter and an output configured to be coupled to an RF amplifier. The piezoelectric filter has a pass band comprising the first frequency. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154869 | DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A LOAD FOR A TOWER CRANE - A tower crane load location determiner is disclosed. One example includes a load location measurer to provide load location measurement information for a load coupled with a tower crane. In addition, a load position determiner utilizes the load location measurement information to determine a location of the load. A user accessible load location provider provides the determined location of the load. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154870 | INTERNAL MULTI-AXIS G SENSING USED TO ALIGN AN AUTOMOTIVE FORWARD RADAR TO THE VEHICLE'S THRUST AXIS - A motor vehicle includes a vehicle floor, a tilt sensor attached to the vehicle floor and having an output, and a forward looking radar module attached to the vehicle. The radar module includes a radar, an accelerometer; and an output from the accelerometer, and a controller that averages the tilt sensor output and the accelerometer output and determines a difference between the output averages, the controller reporting when the differences changes more than a predetermined amount. A method of calibrating the forward looking radar module, when attached to a vehicle, comprises placing the vehicle on a flat surface to determine the accelerometer pitch. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154871 | TILT SENSING SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR - The present disclosure describes a method of aligning a forward looking radar module mounted to a vehicle. The forward looking radar module includes a radar, a tilt sensor, attached to the radar module, and a tilt sensor output. The method uses the tilt sensor output to check the radar's alignment with the vehicle's horizontal thrust direction. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154872 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR LOCATING AT LEAST ONE OBSTACLE IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, A CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM - A method and apparatus are provided for locating an obstacle between a transmitter and a receiver. The method includes: determining at least one elliptical ring in which the obstacle is situated, the elliptical ring being defined by two confocal ellipses, having their focuses corresponding to the transmitter and to the receiver, each elliptical ring being associated with a physical echo generated by an obstacle; estimating a distance between the obstacle and a focus as a function of the separation between the confocal ellipses at the obstacle in a plane normal to the axis defined by the focuses so as to obtain a set of potential location zones for the obstacle in the elliptical ring; and lifting the ambiguity between the various potential location zones of the obstacle so as to deliver a location zone of the obstacle. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154873 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING A DISTANCE WITH NARROWBAND RADAR - A system includes a radar antenna and a radar controller. The radar controller generates two narrowband radar signals, each narrowband radar signal having substantially constant frequency, the frequencies of the two narrowband radar signals differing from one another. The controller operates the radar antenna to transmit each of the generated narrowband radar signals as a transmitted signal, each transmitted signal being characterized by a transmitted power. The controller also measures a received power of received signals that are received by the radar antenna, each received signal including a portion of a corresponding one of the transmitted signals that was returned from an object or from a calibration surface at a known calibration range. A processor operating in accordance with programmed instructions calculates a range to the object on the basis of the transmitted and received powers. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154874 | HIGH EFFICIENCY MULTI-BEAM ANTENNA - A spacecraft has a high efficiency multi-beam antenna (MBA) system that serves a coverage region on the Earth. The coverage region subtends an angle, when viewed from the spacecraft, of at least ten degrees. The antenna system provides, within the coverage region, at least sixteen spot beams. A signal provided by the MBA system to each spot beam has a carrier to interference ratio (C/I) of no less than 20 dB. The system enables use of a three color frequency reuse scheme without recourse to signal encoding. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154875 | METHOD AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR CALCULATING SPEED DISTRIBUTIONS WITH MULTI-PRI AND SMPRF RADARS - A method and an arrangement are provided for producing a computed distribution of speeds of scatterers in a target volume ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130154876 | TARGET VELOCITY IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, TARGET VELOCITY IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM, AND TARGET VELOCITY IDENTIFICATION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to identify the velocity of a target with high precision and with a small amount of computation. A step size determination unit | 2013-06-20 |
20130154877 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND TIME SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD THEREOF - A method for acquiring and maintaining Global Positioning System (GPS) synchronization is provided for use in the wireless communication system. The method includes receiving, by at least one Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver, GPS absolute time information and GPS information from at least one GPS satellite; transmitting, from the at least one GPS receiver, to a base station, reference time information generated based on the GPS absolute time information; and generating, by the base station, base station absolute time information based on the reference time information. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154878 | Resampling a Signal to Perform Synchrophasor Measurement - Performing power quality and synchrophasor analysis on a resampled signal. A first signal may be initially received which corresponds to a power system. The first signal may have a plurality of cycles and may have a frequency that varies over time. One or more parameters may be determined from the first signal. Based on the one or more parameters, the first signal may be resampled to produce an even angle signal. Various power quality measurements may be performed on the even angle signal. Similarly, further processing may be performed to perform synchrophasor measurements, e.g., to determine phasor, frequency, and/or rate of frequency change for the first signal. In some embodiments, the resampling processing elements (e.g., circuitry, programmable hardware elements, processors and memories, etc.) may be shared between the two analyses. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154879 | APPARATUSES SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INFORMATION INTEGRITY MONITORING - Methods and integrated circuits for performing receiver autonomous integrity monitoring (RAIM) in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers are disclosed. In an embodiment, a first information comprising current position related information is accessed. A second information comprising predicted position related information is accessed based on previously received information. A solution is computed based on the first information and the second information and a presence of outlier information is determined in at least one of the first information and the second information based on the solution. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154880 | DIGITAL BEAMFORMING FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY MITIGATING WEAK AND STRONG INTERFERENCE IN A NAVIGATION SYSTEM - An adaptive cascaded electronic protection processing system for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) threat mitigation is provided. The system includes a precorrelation characterization component configured to provide at least one parameter characterizing a plurality of received signals. A correlator is configured to provide a plurality of correlation results, each representing one of the plurality of received signals. A spatial weight contribution component is configured to determine an optimal set of digital beam-forming weights via an optimization process according to the at least one parameter. A postcorrelation characterization component is configured to determine at least one constraint on the optimization process according to the plurality of correlation results. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154881 | POWER AMPLIFIER ADJUSTMENT FOR TRANSMIT BEAMFORMING IN MULTI-ANTENNA WIRELESS SYSTEMS - One or more beamsteering matrices are applied to one or more signals to be transmitted via multiple antennas. After the one or more beamsteering matrices are applied to the one or more signals, the plurality of signals is provided to a plurality of power amplifiers coupled to the multiple antennas. Signal energies are determined for the plurality of signals provided to the plurality of power amplifiers, and relative signal energies are determined based on the determined signal energies. Output power levels of the plurality of power amplifiers are adjusted based on the determined relative signal energies. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154882 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LIMITING REDUNDANT POSITIONING POLLING FROM A MOBILE DEVICE IN A REAL-TIME LOCATION SYSTEM (RTLS) - A method and apparatus for limiting redundant positioning polling from a mobile device in a Real-Time Location System (RTLS) is disclosed. The method comprises reading a current position of the mobile device, establishing a virtual perimeter around the mobile device, measuring a plurality of signal strengths from a plurality of access points within the virtual perimeter, determining whether the mobile device has moved outside of the virtual perimeter, and transmitting a plurality of signal strengths from a plurality of access points to a location server when the mobile device has moved outside of the virtual perimeter. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154883 | POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION DEVICE, POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION SYSTEM AND POSITIONING ERROR CALCULATION METHOD - Provided is a positioning error calculation device which enables provision of an appropriate positioning error value regarding position data obtained by base-station positioning regardless of the position where a positioning target exists. The positioning error calculation device includes: an element which stores therein positioning record information including first positioning result information corresponding to a position of a terminal device; an element which selects and acquires the positioning record information; an element which calculates a density of positioning records at each of predetermined places on the basis of the positioning record information; an element which calculates an estimated positioning error value by using a relational expression, on the basis of the density; and an element which acquires the estimated positioning error value at each of the places by acquiring the estimated positioning error value corresponding to the density at the each of the places. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154884 | BROADBAND PLANAR INVERTED-F ANTENNA - A broadband planar inverted-F antenna includes a first radiation conductor, a second radiation conductor and a third radiation conductor. The first radiation conductor includes a first inclined-plane portion and a feeding point. The feeding point is located at one end of the first inclined-plane portion. The second radiation conductor is connected to the first radiation conductor at the feeding point. The third radiation conductor is connected to the first radiation conductor, and includes a second inclined-plane portion and a ground point. The second inclined-plane portion is separated from and facing to the first inclined-plane portion. The ground point is located at one end of the second inclined-plane portion and facing to the feeding point, wherein the distance between the first inclined-plane portion and the second inclined-plane portion is gradually increased from the part near the feeding point along a direction departing from the feeding point. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154885 | MULTILAYERED FILM ELEMENT - The invention relates to a multilayered film element ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130154886 | LOOSELY-COUPLED RADIO ANTENNA APPARATUS AND METHODS - A multiband internal antenna apparatus and methods of tuning and utilizing the same. In one embodiment, the antenna configuration is used within a handheld mobile device (e.g., cellular telephone or smartphone). The device enclosure is fabricated from a conductive material and has two parts: the main portion, housing the device electronics and ground plane, and the antenna cap, which substantially envelops a directly fed radiator structure of the antenna. Electromagnetic coupling of the cap portion to the device feed effects formation of a parasitic antenna radiator in a lower frequency band. The cap portion is separated from the main portion by a narrow gap, extending along circumference of the device, and is grounded at a location selected to cause desired resonance and to widen antenna bandwidth. In one implementation, a second parasitic radiator is disposed proximate the directly feed radiator to further expand antenna frequency bands of operation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154887 | ANTENNA TESTING ENCLOSURES AND METHODS FOR TESTING ANTENNA SYSTEMS THEREWITH - Antenna enclosure apparatus are provided that may be used to verify the signal path integrity, amplitude and/or phase of a single antenna or multiple antennas of direction finding (DF) antenna array and associated electronics without interference of external signals such as ground interference signals present when an aircraft-based antenna is tested on the ground. An individual antenna test enclosure may in one embodiment be provided as an antenna hood having a cavity dimensioned for internally receiving an antenna, such as an aircraft external blade antenna. The cavity of the antenna enclosure may be lined with a RF absorbing material inside the enclosure to allow for RF path testing with substantially no “ringing”, so that accurate phase and gain testing of a received antenna and its RF signal path may be accomplished. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154888 | Tunable antenna and Related Radio-Frequency Device - A tunable antenna is disclosed. The tunable antenna includes a ground element for providing grounding, a signal feed-in terminal, a radiation unit electrically connected to the signal feed-in terminal and including a long side extended from the signal feed-in terminal along a first direction, a short side extended from the signal feed-in terminal along a second direction, and a branch electrically connected between the signal feed-in terminal and the ground element, a coupling unit for coupling to the long side, and a switch unit for connecting or disconnecting the coupling unit to/from the ground element to change a coupling relationship between the coupling unit and the long side, such that the tunable antenna respectively operates in a first frequency band and a second frequency band. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154889 | ACTIVE FRONT END MODULE USING A MODAL ANTENNA APPROACH FOR IMPROVED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM PERFORMANCE - This application describes a dynamically tuned front end module using a modal antenna approach for improved communication system performance. The front end module consists of power amplifiers, filters, switches and antennas along with tuning circuits integrated and controlled to provide an optimized system for RF transmission. Dynamic tuning provides the ability to maintain optimized system performance for a wide variety of use cases and environments that the wireless device is operated in. Several transmission modes are accessed in an algorithm to optimize the performance of multiple wireless devices in a cellular system, to include a power conservation mode, emergency transmission mode, and cell capacity optimization mode. Dynamic adjustment of correlation and isolation between multiple antennas is a benefit provided by this front end topology. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154890 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device is provided and includes a bottom, two monopole antennas, and a cover assembled with the bottom. A projection plane is defined perpendicular to the bottom. The two monopole antennas substantially symmetrically protrude from the bottom, and a gap is formed between the two monopole antennas. Projections of the two monopole antennas on the projection plane intersect with each other. Each of the two monopole antennas includes a first frequency receiving portion adjacent to the bottom, a second frequency receiving portion, and a connection portion located between the first frequency receiving portion and the second frequency receiving portion. A slot is formed through the connection portion to adjust a received frequency of the first or second frequency receiving portion. An accommodating space is formed between the cover and the bottom to accommodate the two monopole antennas. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154891 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - An antenna device or a communication terminal device including the antenna device includes ground conductor, which serves as a plate-shaped conductor and is provided in an inner layer of a circuit board. An antenna coil is mounted so that a first main surface of a magnetic core faces the circuit board. The antenna coil is arranged so that a first conductor portion of a coil conductor is at a position that is closer to the ground conductor than a second conductor portion. The antenna coil is arranged so that the first conductor portion of the coil conductor is positioned in the vicinity of a longitudinal direction end portion of a casing, and the first conductor portion of the coil conductor is bent in a direction toward the ground conductor. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154892 | ANTENNA WITH DIVIDED GROUND PLANE - A removable jacket for a modular communicator, including a connector for connecting the jacket to a modular communicator that includes an antenna and a ground plane for the antenna, wherein the jacket may be conveniently attached to and detached from the communicator, an extended ground plane for the antenna, and at least one ground contact, for connecting the extended ground plane to the ground plane of the communicator, wherein the ground plane of the communicator is too short for the antenna to resonate at a desired frequency, but the ground plane of the communicator when connected with the extended ground plane, provides a combined ground plane sufficient for the antenna to resonate at the desired frequency. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154893 | N-PORT FEEDING SYSTEM HAVING A STRUCTURE IN WHICH PATTERNS ARE DIVIDED WITH IN PARALLEL AND FEEDING ELEMENT INCLUDED IN THE SAME - A feeding system is provided, and it supplies a power using conductive patterns divided into pattern groups, e.g. patterns having U shape. The feeding system includes a first substrate, first patterns disposed on the first substrate, second patterns disposed on the first substrate, and connected electrically in parallel to the first patterns, a second substrate spaced from the first substrate, at least one third pattern disposed on the second substrate, and configured to correspond to the first patterns and one or more fourth pattern disposed on the second substrate, and configured to correspond to the second patterns. Here, the third pattern connects electrically corresponding first patterns, and the fourth pattern connects electrically corresponding second patterns. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154894 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR ADAPTIVELY CONTROLLING ANTENNA PARAMETERS TO ENHANCE EFFICIENCY AND MAINTAIN ANTENNA SIZE COMPACTNESS - A communications apparatus. The apparatus comprises a transmitting antenna, a receiving antenna, a first serial configuration of a first power amplifier and a first matching network for producing a first signal, the first power amplifier operating in a first frequency band, a second serial configuration of a second power amplifier and a second matching network for producing a second signal, the second power amplifier operating in a second frequency band, a first switching element for switchably supplying the first signal or the second signal to the transmitting antenna, a first and a second receiver; and a second switching element for switchably directing a signal received at the receiving antenna to the first receiver or the second receiver. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154895 | INTEGRATED ANTENNA STRUCTURE - Techniques for implementing an integrated antenna structure are described. In at least some embodiments, the integrated antenna structure includes an antenna that is folded and/or meandered in design to enable the antenna to be incorporated into a compact area. The integrated antenna structure further includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with a ground plane to which the antenna is connected. In implementations, the antenna and the PCB can be combined to form an integrated radiating structure that can be incorporated into a device to enable the device to transmit and/or receive wireless signals. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154896 | ANTENNALESS WIRELESS DEVICE CAPABLE OF OPERATION IN MULTIPLE FREQUENCY REGIONS - The present invention refers to an antennaless wireless handheld or portable device ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130154897 | Methods and Apparatus for Controlling Tunable Antenna Systems - An electronic device may include an adjustable power supply, at least one antenna, and associated antenna tuning circuitry. The antenna tuning circuitry may be an integral part of the antenna and may include a control circuit and at least one tunable element. The tunable element may include radio-frequency switches, continuously/semi-continuously adjustable components such as tunable resistors, inductors, and capacitors, and other load circuits that provide desired impedance characteristics. The power supply may provide power supply voltage signals to the antenna tuning circuitry via inductive coupling. The power supply voltage signals may be modulated according to a predetermined lookup table during device startup so that the control circuit is configured to generate desired control signals. These control signals adjust the tunable element so that the antenna can support wireless operation in desired frequency bands. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154898 | ANTENNA CONFIGURATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention relates to the field of data transmission. In one form, the invention relates to the transmission and/or reception of data modulated signals between various devices, including loads and/or antennas. In another form, the invention relates to the field of transponders (tags), such as Radio Frequency Identification Devices (RFID), interrogator devices/systems and the transmission of data between a tag and an interrogator. The present invention utilises antenna design to alleviate tag coupling. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154899 | APERIODIC DISTRIBUTION OF APERTURE ELEMENTS IN A DUAL BEAM ARRAY - An antenna array includes a plurality of apertures arranged within a uniform lattice and adapted to radiate at least two beams in different frequency bands in arbitrary pointing directions. A first aperture group and a second aperture group of the plurality of apertures are adapted to radiate a first beam and a second beam of the at least two beams, respectively. The first aperture group and the second aperture group are substantially coextensive, and the apertures of each of the first and second aperture groups are aperiodically distributed among the uniform lattice. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154900 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING METAL END PORTION OF HOUSING THEREOF - An exemplary wireless communication device includes a circuit board, a metal end portion, an antenna, and a connecting member. The antenna is positioned on the circuit board. The connecting member interconnects the circuit board and the end portion. The connecting member serves as a feeding point of the antenna. The end portion is a portion of a housing of the wireless communication device and further serves as a radiating portion of the antenna. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154901 | ARTIFICIAL MICROSTRUCTURE AND METAMATERIAL USING THE SAME - The present invention provides an artificial microstructure including a first metal wire, a second metal wire parallel to the first metal wire, at least one first metal wire branch and at least one second metal wire branch. The at least one first metal wire branch and the at least one second metal wire branch are distributed in an interlacement arrangement. One end of the at least one first metal wire branch is connected to the first metal wire; the other end is a free end facing towards the second metal wire. One end of the at least one second metal wire branch is connected to the second metal wire, and the other end of the at least one second metal wire is a free end facing towards the first metal wire. The present invention also discloses a metamaterial with the artificial microstructures. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154902 | ARTIFICIAL ELECTROMAGNETIC MATERIAL - An artificial electromagnetic material includes at least one material sheet. Each material sheet includes a substrate and a plurality of artificial microstructures attached to the substrate. Each substrate is virtually divided into multiple of substrate units arranged into an array. A pair of artificial microstructures is attached to each substrate. The pair of artificial microstructures includes a first artificial microstructure and a second artificial microstructure with different shapes. The dielectric constant of artificial electromagnetic materials gradually increases from zero in a certain frequency range, therefore the material has a low dielectric constant in the certain frequency range and can meet some needs of special situation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154903 | COLOR CORRECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLOR MATCH BETWEEN STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY DEVICES - The present disclosure relates to a color correcting method of a display device. A color correcting apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive an input image; an output unit configured to connect the color correcting apparatus with a reference sterosopic display device and a target stereoscopic display device; a user input unit configured to receive feedback data based on the difference in colors of the reference stereoscopic display device and the target stereoscopic display device; and a processor configured to convert colors of the input image using color profiles of the reference stereoscopic display device and the target stereoscopic display device and correct the colors of the target stereoscopic display device based on the feedback data to be consistent with the colors of the reference stereoscopic display device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154904 | AUTOMATIC DEVICE CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL DEVICE AND APPLICATION OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS SUCH AS COMPUTER - An automatic device control apparatus is provided for displaying display data on a display terminal apparatus. A device detecting section detects a corresponding device by detecting one of an event that an external storage device that stores the display data is connected to the information processing apparatus and an event that application software to display the display data is activated, and a device information acquiring section acquires information of a detected device. A communication device setting section extracts a communication device communicable with the display terminal apparatus, and generates information of the communication device, and a schedule managing section judges whether or not the detected device and the communication device are activated, and forms an execution processing schedule. A display terminal retrieving section retrieves the display terminal apparatus to be transmitted, and a display terminal connecting section performs connecting with the retrieved display terminal apparatus, and transmits the display data. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154905 | USB IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND DEVICE - A USB image transmission system is provided. The USB image transmission system may include a content source configured to be operatively coupled to a USB-enabled display device. Image data may be transmitted over the USB connection from the content source for display by the display device. In some embodiments, a USB collaboration hub may enable multiple content sources to be operatively linked through a USB connection to one or more USB-enabled display devices. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154906 | DETERMINING WHETHER A WEARABLE DEVICE IS IN USE - Systems and methods for selecting an action associated with a power state transition of a head-mounted display (HMD) in the form of eyeglasses are disclosed. A signal may be received from a sensor on a nose bridge of the eyeglasses indicating if the HMD is in use. Based on the received signal, a first powers state for the HMD may be determined. Responsive to the determined first power state, an action associated with a power state transition of the HMD from an existing power state to the first power state may be selected. The action may be selected from among a plurality of actions associated with a plurality of state transitions. Also, the action may be a sequence of functions performed by the HMD including modifying an operating state of a primary processing component of the HMD and a detector of the HMD configured to image an environment. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154907 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device includes an aggregate of convex lenses arranged on a surface thereof with a predetermined lens pitch P | 2013-06-20 |
20130154908 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus comprises: plural light emitting devices emitting light by plural kinds of colors; a driving circuit for each light emitting device; a scanning line selecting the driving circuit; a light emission control line causing the light emitting devices to emit light; and a data line supplying to the selected driving circuit a current signal according to brightness, wherein the driving circuit comprises a driving transistor supplying a current, a first-switch between a gate of the driving transistor and the data line, a second-switch between a drain of the driving transistor and the light emitting device, a first-capacitor having one end connected to the gate of the driving transistor and the other end potential-fixed, and a second-capacitor connected to the gate of the driving transistor and the light emission control line, and a capacitance ratio of the second-capacitor to first-capacitor varies according to the color of the emitted light. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154909 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A semiconductor device includes a plurality of thin film transistors of a single channel formed on an insulating substrate, and a buffer circuit including an outputting stage; a first inputting stage; a second inputting stage; a seventh thin film transistor; and an eighth thin film transistor. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154910 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel has a pixel array arranged with a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows. The display panel includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group arranged in the first row and adjacent to each other. The first pixel group and the second pixel group respectively include a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel, a third color sub-pixel, and a transparent sub-pixel. The arrangement of the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel, the third color sub-pixel, and the transparent sub-pixel of the first pixel group and the arrangement of the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel, the third color sub-pixel, and the transparent sub-pixel of the second pixel group are symmetric in mirror. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154911 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A display device includes a first, second and third sub-pixel areas allowing light of a first, second and third main wavelengths transmitting therethrough, respectively. The first, second and third sub-pixel areas have first, second and third ratios of first, second and third electrode widths to first, second and third electrode slits of first, second and third interdigitated electrodes, respectively. When the first main wavelength is larger than the second main wavelength and the second main wavelength is larger than the third main wavelength, a difference between any two of the first, second and third ratios is less than 0.2. A first electrode slit of the first interdigitated electrode is smaller than the second electrode slit of the second interdigitated electrode, and the second electrode slit of the second interdigitated electrode is smaller than the third electrode slit of the third interdigitated electrode. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154912 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A pixel electrode is formed on a TFT substrate, and a gate insulating film is formed thereon. On the gate insulating film, formed is an inorganic passivation film, on which a common electrode having slits is formed. Through-holes are formed in the gate insulating film at areas where the pixel electrode faces the common electrode, and the pixel electrode is not connected to a source electrode in the through-hole. The through-holes are filled with the inorganic passivation film, and the common electrode is formed on the inorganic passivation film at a position corresponding to each through-hole. The pixel electrode faces the common electrode at the position through not the gate insulating film but only the inorganic passivation film, and thus the pixel capacity can be increased. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent changes in the electric potential of the pixel electrode caused by ON/OFF operations. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154913 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A GAZE AND GESTURE INTERFACE - A system and methods for activating and interacting by a user with at least a 3D object displayed on a 3D computer display by at least the user's gestures which may be combined with a user's gaze at the 3D computer display. In a first instance the 3D object is a 3D CAD object. In a second instance the 3D object is a radial menu. A user's gaze is captured by ahead frame containing at least an endo camera and an exo camera worn by a user. A user's gesture is captured by a camera and is recognized from a plurality of gestures. User's gestures are captured by a sensor and are calibrated to the 3D computer display. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154914 | Casing - A casing, method and apparatus wherein the casing includes at least one user deformable portion; at least one sensor configured to detect deformation of the at least one user deformable portion; wherein the casing is configured to be removably coupled to an apparatus and is configured so that, in response to detecting the deformation of the user deformable portion of the casing, a control signal for control of the apparatus is provided. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154915 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR ENABLING USE OF REMOTE DEVICES WITH PRE-DEFINED GESTURES - Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for enabling use of external devices with pre-defined gestures. A method may include receiving operation information from a remote device, wherein the operation information indicates at least one operation that may be invoked by the remote device. The method may further include associating, by a processor, at least one pre-defined gesture with the at least one operation. The method may further include receiving user input. The method may further include determining that the user input corresponds to the at least one pre-defined gesture. The method may further include causing transmission of indication information to the remote device, wherein the indication information provides an indication to the remote device to perform the at least one operation associated with the pre-defined gesture. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154916 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CENTRALIZED NOTIFICATIONS TO AN ADMINISTRATOR - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a user interface that enables an administrator to monitor the status of one or more long-running processes executing on a system. According to one or more embodiments, information about the long-running processes is received, analyzed and converted into a single format. This information is then stored in a storage device in the single format. In response to a command request periodically received from a user interface, summary information about the one or more long-running processes is provided to, and displayed on, the user interface. Upon receipt of a user selection of at least a portion of the summary information, the user interface issues a second command request that is similar to the first command request, but includes additional parameters, to retrieve additional information about the selected summary information. Once the additional information is received, the additional information is presented on the user interface. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154917 | PAIRING A COMPUTING DEVICE TO A USER - A method for automatically pairing an input device to a user is provided herein. According to one embodiment, the method includes receiving an input from an unpaired input device within an observed scene, and calculating a position of the unpaired input device upon receiving the input. The method further includes detecting one or more users within the observed scene via a capture device, creating a candidate list of the one or more detected users determined to be within a vicinity of the unpaired input device, and assigning one detected user on the candidate list to the unpaired input device to initiate pairing. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154918 | ENHANCED USER EYE GAZE ESTIMATION - Systems, methods, and computer media for estimating user eye gaze are provided. A plurality of images of a user's eye are acquired. At least one image of at least part of the user's field of view is acquired. At least one gaze target area in the user's field of view is determined based on the plurality of images of the user's eye. An enhanced user eye gaze is then estimated by narrowing a database of eye information and corresponding known gaze lines to a subset of the eye information having gaze lines corresponding to a gaze target area. User eye information derived from the images of the user's eye is then compared with the narrowed subset of the eye information, and an enhanced estimated user eye gaze is identified as the known gaze line of a matching eye image. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154919 | USER CONTROL GESTURE DETECTION - The description relates to user control gestures. One example allows a speaker and a microphone to perform a first functionality. The example simultaneously utilizes the speaker and the microphone to perform a second functionality. The second functionality comprises capturing sound signals that originated from the speaker with the microphone and detecting Doppler shift in the sound signals. It correlates the Doppler shift with a user control gesture performed proximate to the computer and maps the user control gesture to a control function. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154920 | GUITAR INPUT AND OUTPUT DOCK FOR A TABLET COMPUTER - A guitar input and output dock for a tablet computer is disclosed. The guitar input and output dock includes a dock portion having a cavity configured and arranged to receive a tablet computer therein. The dock portion includes a guitar input, an audio output, and a foot pedal controller input. A foot pedal controller having a foot pedal is electrically connected to the foot pedal controller input. An electrical circuit in the dock portion is configured and arranged to transmit audio input from the guitar input and pedal press information from foot pedal controller to the tablet computer for audio processing and transmit the processed audio from the tablet computer to the audio output. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154921 | NAVIGATION DEVICE - An optical navigation device, including a radiation source capable of producing a beam of radiation; a sensor for receiving an image; and an optical element for identifying movement of an object on a first surface to thereby enable a control action to be carried out. The optical element is such that a whole of the imaged area of the first surface is substantially covered by the object in normal use. The device is operable to receive from the object on the first surface an input describing a pattern, to compare the received pattern to a stored reference pattern and to perform a predetermined function if the received pattern and stored reference pattern are substantially similar. The pattern may be a continuous line, the device being operable to store the continuous line as a set of turning points in chronological order. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154922 | CUSTOMIZABLE AND RECONFIGURABLE VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT PANEL - The invention provides an instrument control panel that is easily customized and reconfigured, and yet provides the familiar tactile sensation of physical knobs, sliders, and buttons. The instrument control panel comprises one or more interface components that are removably coupled to an interface display wherein the interface components communicate with one or more control components disposed behind the interface display. The present invention lends itself particularly well to an instrument panel. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154923 | Performing Searching for a List of Entries Using a Remote Control Device - System and method for user interfaces using remote control devices. More specifically, these user interfaces may be particularly useful for providing an intuitive and user friendly interaction between a user and a device or application using a display, e.g., at a “10 foot” interaction level. The user interfaces may be specifically designed for interaction using a simple remote control device having a limited number of inputs. For example, the simple remote control may include directional inputs (e.g., up, down, left, right), a confirmation input (e.g., ok), and possibly a mute input. These user interfaces may allow a user to quickly browse and filter lists of items, efficiently provide input (e.g., having multiple data types), customize directional and/or mute functionality of the remote control, perform camera control (e.g., for videoconferencing), etc. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154924 | METHOD OF RECOGNIZING A CONTROL COMMAND BASED ON FINGER MOTION - Provided is a method of recognizing a control command based on finger motion involving: (a) obtaining coordinate data of a pointer corresponding to a position of a finger in contact with a touch input device of a mobile terminal; (b) obtaining an input continuance time of the coordinate data, and setting values of timer variables based on the input continuance time; (c) setting logic values of a plurality of command logic variables whose logic values of True or False are based on values of the respective timer variables; and (d) recognizing an operation control command of the pointer based on the respective timer variable values and the command logic variable values. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154925 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic apparatus and a control method thereof are disclosed. The electronic apparatus includes a receiving module, a judging module, and a display module. The receiving module is used to receive a remote signal transmitted from a remote apparatus. The judging module judges whether the remote signal includes a homing command to generate a judgment result. The display module selectively homes an indicating object displayed on a screen of the display module to a default position on the screen according to the judgment result. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154926 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EXECUTING FUNCTION OF PORTABLE TERMINAL - A method for executing a plurality of functions in a portable terminal, includes: confirming a type of a motion experienced by the portable terminal when the motion experienced by the portable terminal is detected by a motion detector; confirming at least two functions preset to correspond to the confirmed type of the motion by referencing a motion mapping table that stores both the at least two functions and the type of motion corresponding to the at least two functions such that the at least two functions are continuously executed in response to a one motion experienced by the portable terminal; and sequentially executing the confirmed at least two functions. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154927 | HAND INTEGRATED OPERATIONS PLATFORM - One embodiment of a hand integrated mouse or operations platform remotely operates one or more computer applications while worn on the user's hand and the hand is also free to do other things such as keyboarding, driving, and flying. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154928 | Multilanguage Stroke Input System - A directional stroke input system has a display. A virtual key pad is displayed on the display, and the virtual keypad has an array of virtual keys. A cursor or a focus area placed on the virtual keypad at a selected key of the virtual keypad. A stroke recognition device includes a stroke sensing area. The stroke recognition device has eight straight directional strokes including: an up left stroke, an up stroke, an up right stroke, a left stroke, a right stroke, a down left stroke, a down stroke, and a down right stroke. The stroke recognition device has eight hook strokes including: an up left hook stroke, an up hook stroke, an up right hook stroke, a left hook stroke, a right hook stroke, a down left hook stroke, a down hook stroke, and a down right hook stroke. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154929 | MULTIPLE-LAYER POINTING POSITION DETERMINATION ON A MEDICAL DISPLAY - The invention relates to a medical display ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130154930 | GESTURE CONTROLLED AUDIO USER INTERFACE - A user interface, methods and article of manufacture each for selecting an audio cue presented in three-dimensional (3D) space are disclosed. The audio cues are audibly perceivable in a space about a user, where each of the audio cues may be perceived by the user as a directional sound at a distinct location from other audio cues in the space. Selection of a specific audio cue is made based on one or more user gestures. A portable electronic device may be configured to present the audio cues perceived by a user and detect certain user gestures to select audio cues. The audio cue selection can be used to control operation of the portable device and/or other associated devices. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154931 | MOUSE ASSEMBLY - A mouse assembly includes a pad, a mouse, and a wrist support. The mouse is attached to an end of the pad. A first fastening member is attached to a top surface of the pad, and a second fastening member is attached to a bottom surface of the wrist support to adjustably engage with the first fastening member. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154932 | TRANSFORMABLE CURSOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS - A transformable cursor controlling apparatus includes a pair of housings which are a first housing and a second housing. The first housing has a first joint surface, and two sockets received therein and exploded outside the first joint surface. The second housing has a second joint surface corresponding to the first joint surface of the first housing. The second housing has an electrical connector protruded from the second joint surface and selectively inserted into one of the two sockets. A cursor controlling module is disposed in one of the pair of housings for controlling a cursor of computer. When the second housing is rotated 180 degrees related to the first housing along an axil line on the first joint surface of the first housing, the electrical connector can be inserted in the other socket. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154933 | FORCE TOUCH MOUSE - Methods, systems and devices are described for operating an electronic device with a mouse, wherein the mouse includes a mouse movement sensor, a force sensor, and an input object position sensor. Operation of the mouse involves generating a first signal representing movement of the mouse relative to a working surface, generating a second signal representing force manually applied to the mouse, generating a third signal based on an input object in a sensing region of the mouse, and processing the first, second, and third signals to determine an interface action represented on a display of the electronic device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154934 | Electronic Family Tree Generation and Display System - An interactive electronic picture organization and display system stores pictures that include images of users' relatives and/or friends and enables the user to crop the images from the pictures into portraits of varying intimacy or social closeness values. The cropped portraits are stored with identification information and age indices and with specified preferred social proximities for the various individuals. Family trees are generated showing portraits of family tree members with appropriate age indices and preferred social closeness indices and are modified by simply mouse-clicking on displayed portraits. Collections of portraits of selected individuals exemplarily of different generations with an average generational age difference or the same age index (all as children, all as parents or grandparents, etc.) may be displayed. Life stories can be developed, collated to portraits of different age indices. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154935 | Adaptive Acceleration of Mouse Cursor - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for providing a user interface (UI) having a selector controllable by a physical input device. The response of the selector is adaptively adjusted to facilitate executing desired operations within the UI. A response factor defines how far the selector moves for a given movement of the physical input device. The response factor is increased so the selector can be moved a large distance, but is dynamically decreased to provide fine-tuned control of the selector for selecting densely grouped screen elements. Screen elements can be endowed with gravity, making them easy to select, or with anti-gravity, making them more difficult to select. The disclosure methods also provide tactile feedback such as vibration or braking of the physical input device to assist a user in executing desired operations. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154936 | Computer Equipment Comprising a Trackball and Method for Driving the Computer Equipment - A computer equipment comprises a trackball used to point to objects on a screen of the equipment. A method for driving the computer equipment is also provided. The trackball comprises a moving part and a body inside which the moving part can be displaced, the computer being configured to display at least one object and a pointer on the screen. The trackball comprises means making it possible to exert a tangential force on the moving part, means driven by the computer. The computer is configured to modulate the force according to the shape of the object displayed and the position of the pointer relative to the object. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154937 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CUSTOMIZED KEYBOARD USER INTERFACE - Provided are an apparatus and method for providing customized keyboard user interfaces (UIs) to various users. A terminal device generates keyboard UI request information for requesting keyboard UI data which is to be set in a user input device, transmits the keyboard UI request information to a keyboard UI providing server, receives keyboard UI data determined based on the keyboard UI request information from the keyboard UI providing server, and sets the received keyboard UI data in the user input device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154938 | COMBINED TOUCHPAD AND KEYPAD USING FORCE INPUT - Methods, systems and devices are described for determining positional information and force information for input objects using an input device. The various embodiments provide improved user interface functionality by detecting positional information and force information at a sensing surface having a configurable sub-region, and operating the input device in either a touchpad mode or a keypad mode based on whether the force information exceeds a threshold value. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154939 | BUTTON KEY ASSEMBLY, OPERATION PANEL, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A button key assembly of an operation panel includes button key units. Each button key unit includes button keys and a frame member. The button keys are arranged corresponding to switches on a substrate provided at the operation panel. The frame member supports the button keys via elastic arm members. The button key units are superposed one over the other to form the button key assembly. At least one of the button key units includes a supporting space having a width sufficient for supporting the button keys via the elastic arm members, and a vacant space disposed adjacent to the supporting space on a side closer to the elastic arm members and having a width narrower than the width of the supporting space. A button key of another button key unit superposed on the at least one button key unit is arranged in the vacant space. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154940 | Keyboard, Method of Driving and Assembling the Same, and Electronic Device - A keyboard, a driving method and an assembling method for the keyboard, and an electronic device are described. The keyboard includes a base plate, on which a first magnetic member and a second magnetic member are formed; a keycap, disposed above the base plate; and an X-shaped holder disposed between the base plate and the keycap for supporting the keycap, and a third permanent magnet is provided on the sliding end, wherein the keycap is movable between a first position and a second position lower than the first position along a direction substantially perpendicular to the base plate, and wherein the third permanent magnet is in a position substantially opposite to the second magnetic member when the keycap is in the first position, and the third permanent magnet slides to a position substantially opposite to the first magnetic member when the keycap is in the second position. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154941 | Enhanced Tablet Computer - A tablet computer ( | 2013-06-20 |
20130154942 | INPUT DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - An input device includes a substrate, a key top, a magnet, magnetic sensors, and electromagnetic converters. The substrate includes first and second surfaces. The key top is arranged on a first surface side, slides from a reference position in directions parallel to the substrate, and moves in a perpendicular direction. The magnet is fixed on a substrate side, and moves together with the key top. The magnetic sensors are fixed on the second surface, are respectively arranged apart in different directions parallel to the substrate, and detect a position of the magnet. The electromagnetic converters are fixed on the second surface, are respectively arranged apart in different directions parallel to the substrate, are arranged at positions different from the magnetic sensors, and generate magnetic force in a direction in which the magnet is away from the substrate in the perpendicular direction, in accordance with a supply of electrical power. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154943 | COMBINATION GAME CONTROLLER AND INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE - An apparatus generally directed to a combination game controller and information input device. The combination preferably includes a tablet computer providing a plurality of sides, in which each of the sides are disposed between an electronic display screen and a back of the tablet computer. The combination further preferably includes an input device in electronic communication with the tablet computer, the input device providing side structures adjacent to and confining the tablet computer on at least two opposing sides of the tablet computer. The input device further preferably providing input module apertures, each input module aperture selectively accepts either a game control module or a removable keyboard module. The input module apertures are preferably adjacent each of the at least two opposing sides of the tablet computer, and a camera communicating with each the input device and the tablet computer, the camera selectively capturing either still or video images. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154944 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ENABLING TEXT INPUT IN A LANGUAGE EMPLOYING NON-ROMAN CHARACTERS - A handheld device includes a plurality of input members, a first set of which each have a Roman character assigned thereto, a least some of which have a first non-Roman and a second non-Roman character assigned thereto. In response to an actuation of a first one of the input members, a first one of the non-Roman characters that is assigned to the first one of the input members is displayed. Based on one or more rules which govern permissible character sequences in the subject language, the display of a second one of the non-Roman characters in response to an actuation of a second one of the input members having the second one of the non-Roman characters assigned thereto immediately following the actuation of said first one of the input members is prevented. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154945 | INPUT APPARATUS USING ALL FINGERS OF ONE HAND - The present invention relates to an input method for a device such as a cellular phone or a smart phone. According to the present invention, the positions of input buttons are harmonized with the movement or flow of each finger so that all fingers of one hand holding a device can be used, thereby achieving the efficient and convenient input actions. Furthermore, the other hand, which is not used to hold the device, can be set free. The region of a display screen is so separate from the region of buttons as to accomplish the maximum display screen. The method according to the present invention also contributes to the health of a user because it can allow the user to do away with a computer keyboard. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154946 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY BOARD APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DISPLAY BOARD APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DISPLAY BOARD APPARATUS CONTROL SYSTEM - An electronic display board apparatus configured to provide an operation key, includes a display with a touch panel function on which an application image is displayed; a mode change accepting unit which accepts an operation mode for the touch panel function, the operation mode including a simple operation mode; an image analyzing unit which detects an operational image associated with an operational function from the application image displayed on the display at the simple operation mode; a key allocation unit which allocates the operation key to the operational image detected by the image analyzing unit so that an operation of the allocated operation key is treated as an operation to the operational image at the simple operation mode; and a touch panel control unit which suppresses the touch panel function of at least a part where the operational image is displayed at the simple operation mode. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154947 | DETERMINING A PREFERRED SCREEN ORIENTATION BASED ON KNOWN HAND POSITIONS - Determining a display orientation on a screen of a portable device includes detecting a current hand position of a user on a touch sensitive surface that is applied to an entire body of the portable device; comparing the current hand position to pre-stored hand position templates that are each associated with a preferred display orientation; determining a matching hand position template; configuring the display orientation of the screen to match the preferred display orientation associated with the matching hand position template; learning hand position patterns of the user by monitoring whether the user changes the display orientation of the screen within a predetermined amount of time after the configuring of the display orientation; and modifying the preferred display orientation associated with the matching hand position template based on the learned hand position patterns of the user. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154948 | FORCE SENSING INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FORCE INFORMATION - The embodiments described herein provide devices, systems and methods that facilitate improved performance in an input device. The input device, for example, may include an input surface configured to rotate about a first axis, a proximity sensor configured to sense an input object in a sensing region proximate to the input surface of the input device, a force sensor configured to sense a force applied to the input surface of the input device, and a processing system communicatively coupled to the proximity sensor and the force sensor. The processing system may be configured to determine a position of the input object in the sensing region, and determine force information for the input object based upon the position of the input object, the force applied to the input surface, and a location of the force sensor relative to the first axis. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154949 | Displays with Light-Curable Sealant - An electronic device may have a display such as a liquid crystal display. The display may include a layer of liquid crystal material interposed between a color filter layer and a thin-film transistor layer. The thin-film transistor layer may be provided with capacitive touch sensor electrodes. Wide metal lines on the thin-film transistor layer may be used to inhibit parasitic capacitances during touch sensor mode. The color filter layer may include a layer of black masking material that surrounds the active display area. A light-curable adhesive may used to attach the color filter layer to the thin-film transistor layer. Openings may be formed in the black masking material and in the metal lines on the thin-film transistor layer. The adhesive may be cured by applying ultraviolet light to the adhesive through the openings in the black masking material and through the openings in the metal lines. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154950 | APPARATUS AND METHOD PERTAINING TO DISPLAY ORIENTATION - A control circuit detects a touch-based user interaction with a touch-responsive portion of a display and responsively alters a display modality of the display. This touch-responsive portion of the display may be visually non-specific as regards any corresponding touch-based functionality. This touch-responsive portion can comprise a touch-responsive periphery of the display. The touch-based user interaction can comprise a gesture that begins and/or concludes in the touch-responsive portion. The resultant alteration of the display modality can comprise rotating the display about a center point. This rotation can comprise, by one approach, switching from a landscape modality to a portrait modality or vice versa. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154951 | Performing a Function - A method, apparatus, and computer product for: receiving a first user input indicative of a movement of a device; receiving a second user input indicative of a touch gesture entered on the device; determining that a combination of the first and second user inputs is associated with a function having at least first and second parameters; determining the first parameter based upon at least the first user input; determining the second parameter based upon at least the second user input; and causing the function to be performed according to the determined first and second parameters. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154952 | GESTURE COMBINING MULTI-TOUCH AND MOVEMENT - Functionality is described herein for interpreting gestures made by a user in the course of interacting with a handheld computing device. The functionality operates by: (a) receiving a touch input event from at least one touch input mechanism; (b) receiving a movement input event from at least one movement input mechanism in response to movement of the computing device; and (c) determining whether the touch input event and the movement input event indicate that a user has made a multi-touch-movement (MTM) gesture. A user performs a MTM gesture by touching a surface of the touch input mechanism to establish two or more contacts in conjunction with moving the computing device in a prescribed manner. The functionality can define an action space in response to the MTM gesture and perform an action which affects the action space. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154953 | TOUCH CONTROL DEVICE - A touch control device is provided, comprising a touch control module, a display module, a connecting member, and a ventilation film. The connecting member connects the touch control module with the display module, wherein a chamber is formed between the connecting member, the touch control module, and the display module. Specifically, the connecting member comprises a protruding portion forming a passage and a hole, wherein the passage communicates the chamber with the hole. Additionally, the ventilation film is disposed on the protruding portion and covers the hole, wherein the air in the chamber is exhausted from the touch control device through the passage and the hole. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154954 | Touch Control Panel Structure Having A Dummy Pattern - A touch control panel structure includes a substrate, a plurality of first transparent conductive regions, a plurality of first dummy patterns, an insulating layer, a plurality of second transparent conductive regions, a plurality of second dummy patterns, and an optical coating layer. The first transparent conductive regions and the first dummy patterns are disposed on the substrate and covered by the insulating layer. The second transparent conductive regions and the second dummy patterns are disposed on the insulating layer and covered by the optical coating layer. The first and second transparent conductive regions are respectively arranged in a first and a second direction. The first and second dummy patterns are respectively aligned with the corresponding second and first transparent conductive regions. The color difference is not visually perceptible when light is emitted upward from the bottom of the substrate, thereby improving the display image quality. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154955 | Multi-Surface Touch Sensor Device With Mode of Operation Selection - In one embodiment, a method includes entering a device into a first mode of operation. At least one touch is detected at at least one surface of the device that is distinct from the front surface of the device. A hold position of the device is determined based at least in part on the at least one touch at the at least one surface. A second mode of operation is determined based at least in part on the detected hold position of the device and the device is entered into the second mode of operation. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154956 | Stylus Device - Various embodiments for inserting data are disclosed. One embodiment is a system that comprises a stylus device and a computing device. The stylus device comprises an input device configured to capture data, memory configured to store the captured data, and logic for transmitting the stored data. The computing device comprises a touchscreen display, a stylus interface for receiving the transmitted capture data, and an application executable in the computing device, where the application comprises logic that inserts the data received by the stylus interface on the touchscreen display. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154957 | SNAP TO CENTER USER INTERFACE NAVIGATION - Systems, methods and products directed toward snap to center user interface navigation are presented herein. One aspect includes executing an ultra-mobile user interface displayed on a display device accessible by an information handling device, the ultra-mobile user interface being comprised of one or more landing zones; ascertaining a user selected position within the ultra-mobile user interface based on user input communicated through one or more input devices operatively coupled with the information handling device; and selecting one of the one or more landing zones determined to be in closest proximity to the user selected position. Other embodiments are described herein. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154958 | CONTENT SYSTEM WITH SECONDARY TOUCH CONTROLLER - A controller for a content presentation and interaction system which includes a primary content presentation device. The controller includes a tactile control input and a touch screen control input. The tactile control input is responsive to the inputs of a first user and communicatively coupled to the content presentation device. The controller a plurality of tactile input mechanisms and provides a first set of the plurality of control inputs manipulating content. The controller includes a touch screen control input responsive to the inputs of the first user and communicatively coupled to the content presentation device. The second controller is proximate the first controller and provides a second set of the plurality of control inputs. The second set of control inputs includes alternative inputs for at least some of the controls and additional inputs not available using the tactile input mechanisms. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154959 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method and system are provided for controlling an electronic device. The method includes detecting a gesture on a touch-sensitive input mechanism of the electronic device, the gesture comprising an origin point and an end point, and executing a command associated with the gesture, the command comprising a back command if the end point is located left of the origin point with respect to an orientation of the electronic device or comprising a forward command if the end point is located right of the origin point with respect to the orientation of the electronic device, wherein a dedicated non-gesture input mechanism to input the command is absent from the electronic device. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154960 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF TO STOP ACCIDENTAL PROGRAM - A touch display device includes a touch display, a touch driver, and a processor. The touch display displays a first control interface having a plurality of program icons. The touch display is configured to receive touch operations having a slide touch with a sliding distance. The touch driver generates an execution command when that the sliding distance is shorter than or equal to a predetermined distance, and generates a sliding command when that the sliding distance is longer than the predetermined distance. The processor receives the execution command and the sliding command The processor controls the touch display to display the second control interface according to the sliding command The processor loads a selected program into a RAM according to the execution command. The processor stops loading the selected program when the touch display receives a predetermined touch operation in the period of loading the selected program. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154961 | TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel and a touch display device are disclosed, in which the touch panel includes a substrate, a touch component layer and a shielding-electrode film. The substrate has a surface. The touch component layer is disposed on the surface of the substrate and includes a metallic layer, an electrode layer, a protection layer and a hard coat layer. The protection layer is disposed between the metallic layer and the electrode layer. The hard coat layer at least covers the metallic layer and the electrode layer. The shielding-electrode film is disposed on the hard coat layer of the touch component layer, wherein the touch component layer is located between the substrate and the shielding-electrode film, and a resistance of the shielding-electrode film is greater than a resistance of the electrode layer. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154962 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DETAILED INFORMATION DISPLAY FOR SELECTED AREA USING DYNAMIC TOUCH INTERACTION - A method and apparatus configured to control the level of detailed information displayed for a selected area using a dynamic touch interaction in a mobile terminal including a touch screen, are provided. The apparatus include a memory that stores contents to be output through the touch screen as data, a touch interaction module that analyzes a user's touch input through the touch screen and recognizes a stipulated touch interaction, and a control unit that controls an overall operation of the apparatus according to the user's input through the touch screen. The control unit also controls the level of subordinate detailed information displayed in an area, which is designated by the user through a stipulated touch input, to be displayed when the stipulated touch input is recognized through the touch interaction module, based on the data stored in the memory. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154963 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING IMAGE EFFECTS OF PERSON IMAGES - In a method for configuring image effects of person images using an electronic device, an image configuration file and one or more image effect templates are stored in a storage system of the electronic device. A still person image is obtained from an image library stored in the storage system and displayed on a touch screen of the electronic device, and a face area of the still person image is identified according to a preset face characteristic value. The method detects a touch operation on the touch screen when the face area the still person image is touched, and selects one of the image effect templates from the storage system according to the touch operation. The selected image effect template is appended to the still person image to generate an animated person image, and the animated person image is displayed on the touch screen. | 2013-06-20 |
20130154964 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a touch-sensitive device and a fabricating method thereof, and more particularly, to a touch-sensitive display device and the method for fabricating the same. The touch-sensitive display device including a display panel, a touch-sensitive panel, and a plurality of supporting bumps is located between the display panel and a touch-sensitive panel. The supporting bumps have elasticity to keep the touch-sensitive panel separated from the display panel. | 2013-06-20 |