26th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110156952 | Positioning System and Positioning Method - It is an object of the present invention to perform positioning at the proper positioning time and positioning precision in response to a requirement with respect to positioning. A positioning server | 2011-06-30 |
20110156953 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SHARING AN OSCILLATOR FOR PROCESSING CELLULAR RADIO SIGNALS AND GNSS RADIO DATA SIGNALS BY DEFERRING AFC CORRECTIONS - A global navigation satellite system (GNSS) enabled mobile device comprising a crystal oscillator and an automatic frequency correction (AFC) circuit may be operable to share the crystal oscillator between processing of cellular radio signals and processing of GNSS data messages. The GNSS enabled mobile device may be operable to enforce an AFC correction when the crystal oscillator drifts beyond a specific frequency error. The AFC correction may be allowed during time intervals corresponding to GNSS words at which decoding of these words is not required. The GNSS enabled mobile device may be operable to disable the AFC correction during time intervals associated with decoding of words while the crystal oscillator may drift within the specific frequency error range. After the decoding of one or more of words is completed, the AFC correction may be allowed during the time intervals corresponding to these words. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156954 | Position and Velocity Uncertainty Metrics in GNSS Receivers - A GNSS navigation system and navigation method for determining user position, user velocity, and improved uncertainty metrics for position and velocity. A measurement engine in an applications processor of the system determines pseudorange and delta range values over each time period for each received satellite signal, and also determines measurement noise variances for both pseudorange and delta range for the individual signals. The satellite-specific pseudorange and delta range measurement variances are used to determine the position and velocity uncertainties by a position engine, either by way of a least-squares linearization or by way of an enhanced Kalman filter. The uncertainties may be communicated to the system user, or used in generating an integrated position and velocity result from both the GNSS navigation function and an inertial navigation system result. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156955 | APPARATUS AND SENSOR FOR ADJUSTING VERTICAL SENSOR-ALIGNMENT - Disclosed are a sensor, the vertical alignment of which can be adjusted, and a vertical sensor-alignment adjustment apparatus using the same. In particular, in order to allow the vertical alignment to be adjusted, the sensor has a construction including a plurality of switchable transmitting antennas or a plurality of switchable receiving antennas or a construction including a tilting motor for adjusting an transmitting angle or a receiving angle. The vertical sensor-alignment adjustment apparatus employing such a sensor determines whether the sensor is misaligned in terms of its vertical alignment, and corrects the vertical misalignment of the sensor by executing variable switching to one of the transmitting antennas, by executing variable switching to one of the receiving antennas, or by controlling the tilting motor, so that the transmitting angle of sensor signals or the receiving angle of reflected waves for the sensor signals can be adjusted. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156956 | Subreflector Tracking Method, Apparatus and System for Reflector Antenna - A subreflector tracking method, apparatus and system incorporating sensor feedback of the precise subreflector angular position of a nutating subreflector. The subreflector nutation generated by coupling the subreflector, off center, to a rotating support. Monitoring of the received signal strength peak during a rotation of the subreflector generating an error vector designating a direction in which to move the subreflector to track the signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156957 | PRECISE POSITIONING USING A DISTRIBUTED SENSOR NETWORK - A method for determining the location and orientation of a transmitter object by measuring a set of complex electromagnetic field magnitude and phase strengths within a space using one or more receivers is provided. The method includes modeling a set of expected complex electromagnetic strengths to estimated position and orientation of the transmitter object. And estimating parameters related to the transmitter object position based on the residual error between the measured set of complex electromagnetic field values and a set of expected electromagnetic field values. Further embodiments include a method as above including a plurality of receivers with known positions within a limited space including the transmitter object. A sensor network including a plurality of receivers to perform the above method is also provided. The receivers may communicate using a wireless channel. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156958 | Mobile Communication Device - The present invention relates to a mobile communication device comprising a ground plane, a dielectric substrate, and an antenna. The antenna is disposed on one surface of the dielectric substrate and comprises a radiating portion, a feeding portion, and a shorting portion. The radiating portion comprises a first radiating portion and a second radiating portion. The first radiating portion has at least one bending. One end of the first radiating portion is left open. The second radiating portion is a shunt metal strip. Both ends of the second radiating portion are electrically connected to the first radiating portion such that the second radiating portion forms a closed loop with a segment of the first radiating portion. The feeding portion couples the electromagnetic energy to the radiating portion through a coupling gap, and one end of the feeding portion is the antenna's feeding point. One end of the shorting portion is electrically connected to the radiating portion, and the other end of the shorting portion is electrically connected to the ground plane. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156959 | Flexible Printed Antenna - A flexible printed antenna comprises a flexible substrate, a radiation conductor, a flexible feeder cable and a grounding member. The radiation conductor includes a primary conductor and at least one secondary conductor. The flexible substrate is interposed between the primary conductor and the secondary conductor. One end of the feeder cable connects with the primary conductor, and another end extends far away from the primary conductor and connects with the signal source. The present invention is characterized in adopting a flexible substrate made of a FPCB material and forming a radiation conductor and a flexible feeder cable on different surface of the flexible substrate. Thereby, the antenna module of the present invention has better flexibility and applies to various non-planar structures of various communication products. Further, the present invention can be fabricated into a multi-layer antenna structure to greatly reduce the thickness of the antenna. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156960 | ANTENNA MODULE - The disclosure provides an antenna module used for a portable device. The antenna module includes a first antenna part, a second antenna part, a third antenna part, a feed part, and a ground part. The first antenna part and the second antenna part are separated to encircle an adjustment space operable to adjust assembly of the antenna module. The third antenna part is disposed by the side of the first antenna part and the second antenna part. The feed part and the ground part are parallel to each other. The first antenna part and the second antenna part jointly connect with the feed part. The second antenna part and the third antenna part jointly connect with the ground part. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156961 | WIDE BAND ANTENNA - A wide band antenna includes a radiation element, a ground surface, a dielectric element, a connector; a first microstrip feeder and a second microstrip feeder. The radiation element is a rectangle shaped and includes a first side and a second side. The lengths of the first side and the second side are not equal. The dielectric element is positioned between the radiation element and the ground surface. One end of the first microstrip feeder is connected to the first side of the radiation element. One end of the second microstrip feeder is connected to the second side of the radiation element, the other ends of the first and second microstrip feeder are connected to the connector. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156962 | MOBILE TERMINAL - According to an embodiment of the present invention, the mobile terminal includes, a terminal body, a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the interior of the terminal body, and an internal antenna connected to the PCB, and configured to transmit and receive signals, wherein the internal antenna includes a ground formed on the PCB, a radiator connected to the ground and configured to be operable at a first band, and to feed the signals to the PCB, and a ground extension part extending in at least one direction from the ground, and configured to expand a ground surface of the ground in order for the internal antenna to include a second band, which is lower than a first band, as an operation band. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156963 | ANTENNA DEVICES HAVING FREQUENCY-DEPENDENT CONNECTION TO ELECTRICAL GROUND - Antenna devices and techniques that provide specific control of the spatial distributions of DC and RF signals at various positions in a wireless apparatus are disclosed. The wireless apparatus includes various device components each having specifications for achieving desired operations in antenna devices. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156964 | ANTENNA MODULE, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING THE ANTENNA MODULE AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING A PERFORMANCE FACTOR OF THE ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna module includes an antenna, a substrate defining a plurality of notches, and a plurality of filling blocks. The antenna is attached to the substrate. The filling blocks have a permittivity higher than the substrate and are received in a portion of the notches covered by the antenna to raise the permittivity of the substrate. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156965 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device includes a main body, a cover, a base board, an elastic member, and an antenna module. The cover is attached to the main body. The base board includes a feeding point and a grounding point. The elastic member is connected to one of the feeding point and the grounding point. The antenna module includes a first antenna and a second antenna connected to the other feeding point and the grounding point of the base board. The base board, the elastic and the antenna module are mounted in the cover. The elastic member selectively causes the first antenna or the second antenna to contact to the one of the feeding points and the grounding point of the base board when in an open or closed state. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156966 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a keyboard portion, a first antenna module, and a connection portion. The keyboard portion includes a base plate to support a plurality of key portions, and a reinforcing member having an electric conductivity to be stacked on and reinforce the base plate. The first antenna module includes an antenna electrode to generate an induced electric field, and a ground portion to electrically connect to the antenna electrode. The connection portion is electrically connected to the ground portion and the reinforcing member. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156967 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL ANTENNA OF MOBILE TERMINAL - A touch screen panel (TSP) antenna of a mobile terminal is provided. The TSP antenna includes an ITO film stacked in a TSP, an upper electrode line, a lower electrode line, a left electrode line, and a right electrode line formed at an upper or lower surface of the ITO film, an external surface, and an antenna pattern formed in at least one of an upper surface, a lower surface, a left surface, and a right surface of the external surface. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156968 | 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. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156969 | Printed Antenna - A printed antenna comprises an ink-printed layer, a hard substrate and a radiation conductor layer. The hard substrate has a surface, and the ink-printed layer is coated on the surface to form a non-transparent area. The uncoated region of the surface is a transparent area. The radiation conductor layer is formed on the ink-printed layer and does not exceed the non-transparent area of the hard substrate. In the present invention, a conductive ink is coated on the surface of a non-metallic plate, such as a glass plate, an acrylic plate or an LCD panel, to form the radiation conductor layer. Therefore, the printed antenna of the present invention is exempt from the complicated processes of fabricating the conventional metallic radiation conductors with the application field thereof expanded. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156970 | Folder-type Mobile Communication Device - The present invention is related to a folder-type mobile communication device. The device comprises a first dielectric substrate, a first ground plane disposed on the first dielectric substrate, a second dielectric substrate, a second ground plane disposed on the second dielectric substrate, an antenna element, a metal line, and a band-stop circuit. The antenna element is located near the first ground plane and is electrically connected to a source on the first dielectric substrate. The second ground plane is electrically connected to the first ground plane through the metal line. The band-stop circuit is located either on the first ground plane or on the second ground plane. The band-stop circuit includes a slit, a capacitive element, and an inductive element. The slit is near the metal line. The capacitive element is electrically connected to the two sides of the slit, and the inductive element is electrically connected to the two sides of the slit such that the inductive element and the capacitive element form a parallel LC resonant circuit. Therefore, the band-stop circuit generates a parallel resonance at a specified frequency. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156971 | WIDE BAND ANTENNA - A wide band antenna includes a radiation element, a ground surface, a dielectric element, and a RF connector. The radiation element is connected to the ground element and includes a first radiation part and a second radiation part. The first radiation part includes at least one slit for obtaining low frequency-bands. The second radiation part is for obtaining high frequency-bands. The dielectric element supports and spaces the radiation element and the ground element. The RF connector is connected to the second part of the antenna and the ground element. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156972 | LOOP RESONATOR APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED FIELD CONTROL - A radiating antenna element intended for portable radio devices and methods for designing manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, a loop resonator structure for enhanced field (e.g., electric field) is provided, the resonator having an inductive and a capacitive element forming a resonance in a first frequency band. The loop resonator structure is disposed substantially on the ground plane, thereby altering electrical energy distribution. The location of the resonant element is selected to reduce electric field strength proximate to one or more sensitive components, such as a mobile device earpiece, thereby improve hearing aid compliance. Capacitive tuning of the resonator, and the use of multiple resonator structures on the same device, are further described. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156973 | ANTENNA - An antenna has an antenna body having a plurality of first antenna elements situated along a first straight line. The antenna body includes a first conductive grounded surface and a second conductive grounded surface, the first and second grounded surfaces being situated essentially parallel to one another. A dielectric is situated between the first and second grounded surfaces. A signal conductor is also situated between the first and second grounded surfaces. The first antenna elements are designed as apertures situated above the signal conductor in the first grounded surface. Furthermore, the antenna is designed to emit a signal in a direction in space, depending on a frequency of the signal. At least two of the first antenna elements differ from one another in such a way that their power emissions are different. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156974 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TILTING BEAMS IN A MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK - An antenna array for a mobile communications network is disclosed which comprise mechanical devices for altering a direction of a first beam and electronic beam forming apparatus for shaping a second beam. A method for tilting radio beams in a mobile communications network using the antenna array is also disclosed. The method comprises mechanical tilting a first protocol radio beam and electronic tilting a second protocol radio beam. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156975 | SHAPED GROUND PLANE FOR RADIO APPARATUS - An antenna structure for a wireless device comprising a ground plane and an antenna element, wherein the ground plane has a slot with at least a short end, an open end and a length substantially close to a quarter wavelength. The feeding and ground connections of the antenna structure are placed at the two different sides of the slot and the distance of at least one of them to the short end of the slot is equal or smaller than an eighth of the wavelength. An antenna structure for a wireless device comprising a ground plane and an antenna element, wherein the ground plane has a slot with at least two short ends, and a length substantially close to half wavelength. The feeding and ground connections of the antenna structure are placed at the two different sides of said slot and the distance of at least one of them to a short end of the slot is equal or smaller than a quarter of the wavelength. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156976 | ARRAY ANTENNA - An array antenna with high suppression of cross-polarization has rectangular conductor sections, located successively side by side in a first plane, mutually separated by slots of constant width. A backing reflector transverse to said first plane. Feed structures extend through the backing reflector, the feed structures comprising pairs of parallel feed conductors, each pair comprising conductors coupled to the rectangular conductor sections on opposite sides of a respective one of the slots. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156977 | Antennas With Broadband Operating Bandwidths - Designs and operations of momentum antennas are presented. In some antenna designs, the terminating discontinuities are complementary with the opposite transmission line's discontinuity. In other antenna designs, the terminating discontinuities are intrinsically self-complementary. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156978 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device having a magnetic core to be surface-mounted on a circuit substrate includes a pair of coil portions spaced apart from each other at a predetermined interval. The coil portions are connected by a connecting conductor. An end of the magnetic core includes a curved or bent portion curved toward the circuit substrate. This structure defines an RFID antenna device having an improved receiving sensitivity that can be surface-mounted without increasing the thickness of a casing of a mobile electronic device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156979 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH REDUCED INTERFERING RF ENERGY INTO RF METAL SHIELD SECURED ON CIRCUIT BOARD - A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having RF circuitry comprising at least one RF component and plurality of other components mounted on the circuit board. An RF metal shield is secured to the circuit board and surrounds and isolates the at least one RF component and plurality of other components within the RF metal shield. An RF absorber is positioned adjacent an area of the RF component that radiates energy to aid in reducing energy radiated from the RF component into the RF metal shield. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156980 | COUPLER APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a coupler apparatus includes a coupling element and a ground plane. The coupling element is formed of a conductive material. The coupling element is subjected to power feeding to a reference point. The ground plane is formed of a conductive material. The ground plane faces the coupling element. The ground plane has a notch at a position facing at least a part of a portion of the coupling element except the reference point or near the position. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156981 | PLANAR WIDEBAND ANTENNA - An approximately planar wideband antenna can include a first conductive portion coupled to a dielectric portion and mechanically supported by the dielectric portion, the first conductive portion including at least one edge corresponding to a planar conic section, such as including one or more of an elliptic, a parabolic, or a hyperbolic shape. Such an antenna can be electrically coupled to a matching circuit, the matching circuit configured provide a specified input impedance corresponding to a specified range of frequencies. Such a range of frequencies can span at least an octave, or more. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156982 | SCREW FOR USE IN A RADIO WAVE RECEIVER, METHOD OF MAKING THE SCREW, AND RADIO WAVE RECEIVER USING THE SCREW - A screw for use in a radio wave receiver includes a metal screw body that includes a shank and a head, and an insulation resin layer formed on at least a back of the screw head. In the radio wave receiver, a back cover and a case are secured together firmly by a threaded engagement of a threaded part of the shank, on which no insulation resin layer is formed, with a screw hole formed in the case while the insulation resin layer is disposed therebetween. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156983 | Switching element, antenna switch circuit and radio frequency module using the same - A switching element is provided that realizes an stabilize a potential between the gates of the multi-gates without an increase in the insertion loss, and an antenna switch circuit and a radio frequency module each using the switch element. The switching element includes two ohmic electrodes | 2011-06-30 |
20110156984 | METHODS OF MODIFYING ERECT CONCEALED ANTENNA TOWERS AND ASSOCIATED MODIFIED TOWERS AND DEVICES THEREFOR - The disclosure describes installing an antenna canister in a portion of a concealed antenna pole at a location that is below a top of the pole while the antenna pole is erect and associated components to facilitate the procedure, as well as multi-piece vertical rods, pole mounting bracket assemblies and retrofit kits. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156985 | COMMUNICATION ANTENNA DEVICE - A communication antenna device for use in radio communication between a moving body and an access point comprises an antenna main body for transmitting and receiving a signal, a base side member of the moving body for supporting the antenna main body, and a damping mechanism provided between the base side member and the antenna main body and suppressing high frequency vibration of the antenna main body that has an impact on the radio communication. The damping mechanism includes an elastic member for absorbing high frequency vibration that has an impact on the radio communication. The elastic member has such characteristics as absorbing high frequency vibration of the antenna main body that makes changes in amplitude or frequency of a transmission signal from the antenna main body to the extent of inducing a demodulation error when the transmission signal is received at an antenna of the other party. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156986 | INTERLACED MULTIBAND ANTENNA ARRAYS - Antenna arrays which can work simultaneously in various frequency bands thanks to the physical disposition of the elements which constitute them, and also the multiband behaviour of some elements situated strategically in the array. The configuration of the array is described based on the juxtaposition or interleaving of various conventional mono-band arrays working in the different bands of interest. In those positions in which elements of different multiband arrays come together, a multiband antenna is employed which covers the different working frequency bands. The advantages with respect to the classic configuration of using one array for each frequency band are: saving in cost of the global radiating system and its installation (one array replaces several), and its size and visual and environmental impact are reduced in the case of base stations and repeater stations for communication systems. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156987 | Multilevel Leaky-Mode Resonant Optical Devices - Multilevel leaky-mode optical elements, including reflectors, polarizers, and beamsplitters. Some of the elements have a plurality of spatially modulated periodic layers coupled to a substrate. For infrared applications, the optical elements may have a bandwidth larger than 600 nanometers. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156988 | DISPLAY FOR AN IMAGE - A display for an image including: a first substrate having a cyan layer of the image thereon; a second substrate having a magenta layer of the image thereon; a third substrate having a yellow layer of the image thereon; a fourth substrate having a black layer of the image thereon; the substrate layers being aligned thereby displaying the complete image. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156989 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CARTRIDGE OF WELDING HELMET HAVING DISPLAY FUNCTION OF WELDING OPERATION TIME - Disclosed is a method for controlling a cartridge of a welding helmet having a function to display a welding operation time, which can protect the welder's face from intense light generated during a welding or cutting operation and also, enable automated light transmittance adjustment and operation time setting on a per operation basis, enabling a welding operation to be more efficiently performed. In the method including welding operation, cutting operation, grinding operation and X-mode operation steps, which are automatically performed in sequence according to preset conditions and a light transmittance and operation time of a liquid crystal screen of the cartridge, a control unit calculates an operation time of the liquid crystal screen indicating how long the liquid crystal screen is kept dark, and the calculated operation time is stored in a memory unit so as to be displayed on a display unit in a life mode step. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156990 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel for use in an organic light emitting display device capable of displaying an image of uniform brightness is provided. The pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor for controlling the amount of current supplied to the organic light emitting diode; a storage capacitor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the first transistor; a second transistor coupled between the gate electrode of the first transistor and a data line, and configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; a fourth transistor coupled between the first electrode of the first transistor and a first power source, and configured to be off during a period when a voltage is charged to the storage capacitor; and a third transistor coupled between the gate electrode and the first electrode of the first transistor. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156991 | DISPLAY UNIT - A display unit has an interlayer formed at least as one or more than one layers and arranged between a light-emitting layer and a diffractive element. The interlayer has a thickness not less than 500 nm and not more than 2,000 nm and an average refractive index greater than a refractive index of the light-emitting layer. The optical path length of the interlayer defined as a product of multiplication of its average refractive index by its thickness satisfies the requirement shown below: | 2011-06-30 |
20110156992 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - In a display apparatus, a plurality of pixels are arranged in first and second directions, and each pixel includes at least one dot. A plurality of data lines are provided between two adjacent dots while extending in the first direction. A plurality of gate lines are provided between two adjacent dots while extending in the second direction. Among dots arranged in the first direction between an m | 2011-06-30 |
20110156993 | PIXEL ARRAY, POLYMER STABILIZED ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL, AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL APPARATUS - A pixel array including a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of sub-pixel is provided. Each of the sub-pixel arranged in the n | 2011-06-30 |
20110156994 | DISPLAY DEVICE - To provide a display device which can realize multi-gray scale display by reducing voltage fluctuation of a pixel, a display device includes a plurality of source signal lines, a plurality of gate signal lines which is provided so as to intersect with the source signal lines, and a pixel electrode to which a signal voltage of the source signal line is applied through a transistor including an oxide semiconductor, which is provided near an intersection portion of the source signal line and the gate signal line; in which in the pixel electrode which is provided between a pair of the adjacent source signal lines, edge portions thereof overlap with edge portions of the source signal lines and an overlapped area with one of the source signal lines is substantially equal to an overlapped area with the other source signal line. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156995 | THIN FILM TRANSISTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND FABRICATING METHODS THEREOF - A thin film transistor array substrate includes a substrate, a gate line and a data line arranged to cross each other and to define a pixel region on the substrate, a first common line disposed to be parallel to the gate line and to cross the data line, a switch element disposed at an intersection of the gate line and data line, a first pixel electrode formed to overlap the first common line, and a second pixel electrode branched from the first pixel electrode in a plurality of strips, a second common line opposite to the first common line in the center of the pixel region, a second common electrode branched from the second common line toward the pixel region into a plurality of strips, and a third common electrode branched to overlap the data line from the second common line, and a first storage electrode branched from the first common line into the pixel region, and a second storage electrode extended to overlap the first storage electrode from the first pixel electrode. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156996 | IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE - An image input/output device is provided that can instantaneously write an image by applying an optical pattern and that can acquire information on the written image as image data. This image input/output device includes a TFT ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110156997 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND SHIFT REGISTER - An array substrate and a shift register directly fabricated thereon are provided. The shift register comprises a plurality of shift register units each connected to respective one of gate lines of the array substrate. The plurality of shift register units are divided into three groups. As to any two adjacent shift register units of each group, a signal output terminal of the following shift register unit is connected to a reset signal input terminal of the preceding shift register unit, and a signal output terminal of the preceding shift register unit is connected to a start voltage timing signal input terminal of the following shift register unit. Each group of shift register units are controlled by two clock signals, and the two clock signals alternately control two adjacent shift register units of each group. Both the first shift register unit and the third shift register unit are connected to a first start voltage timing signal input terminal, and the second shift register unit is connected to a second start voltage timing signal input terminal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156998 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING TO DISPLAY THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND DIGITAL DISPLAY SYSTEM - A method for switching to display three-dimensional (3D) images and a digital display system are provided. In the method, a digital display is activated to receive image data comprising at least one image and to detect a triggering signal, which is generated by detecting whether a 3D glasses is being used through a software means or a hardware means. According to the triggering signal, the digital display switches between formats of two-dimensional (2D) image and 3D image, so as to display the images. | 2011-06-30 |
20110156999 | GESTURE RECOGNITION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Gesture recognition methods and systems are provided. First, a plurality of gesture templates are provided, wherein each gesture template defines a first gesture characteristic and a corresponding specific gesture. Then, a plurality of images is obtained, and a multi-background model is generated accordingly. At least one object image is obtained according to the multi-background model, wherein the object image includes at least an object having a plurality of edges. The included angles of any two adjacent edges of the object image are gathered as statistics to obtain a second gesture characteristic corresponding to the object image. The second gesture characteristic of the object image is compared with the first gesture characteristic of each gesture template. The specific gesture corresponding to the first gesture characteristic is obtained, when the second gesture characteristic is similar to the first gesture characteristic. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157000 | PROJECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A projection system includes first and second cameras, a projector, and a processing unit. The first camera captures an object to obtain an image of the object. The projector projects the image of the object and a number of symbols to a projection region. The symbols in the projection region forms controlling symbols. The second camera captures the projection region to obtain an image of the projection region. The image of the projection region is detected to determine whether one controlling symbol is selected. If a controlling symbol is selected, the processing unit controls the first camera, the second camera, or the projector correspondingly. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157001 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAY FRAMEBUFFER PROCESSING - Various methods for display framebuffer processing are provided. One example method include determining, via a processor, that update criteria associated with a display region has been satisfied, and comparing current frame data for the display region to subsequent frame data for the display region to determine frame data changes associated with the display region. In this regard, the comparing is performed in response to the update criteria being satisfied. The example method may also include facilitating presentation of the frame data changes within the display region on a display. Similar and related example methods and example apparatuses are also provided. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157002 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE - A haptic feedback device includes a screen and a piezoelectric vibrator partially connected with the screen. The screen includes a display viewing area and a frame surrounding the display viewing area. The piezoelectric vibrator engaged with the screen defines a moving portion having a projecting portion extending toward the screen. The screen defines a cavity and the projecting portion of the piezoelectric vibrator is at least partially accommodated in the cavity. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157003 | HAPTIC FEEDBACK DEVICE - A haptic feedback apparatus includes a screen and a piezoelectric vibrator partially connected with the screen. The screen comprises a display viewing area and a frame surrounding the display viewing area. The piezoelectric vibrator engaged with the screen defines a moving portion having a projecting portion extending from one distal end of the moving portion toward the screen. Wherein, the screen defines a cavity and the projecting portion of the piezoelectric vibrator is at least partially accommodated in the cavity. The manufacture of the haptic feedback apparatus is simple and low-cost. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157004 | Information processing apparatus,information processing method, program, control target device, and information processing system - There is provided a remote commander including an acquisition section which acquires layout information having one or a plurality of pieces of object information from a control target device via a communication section, the object information being formed by associating command identification information for identifying a command with respect to the control target device, object identification information for identifying an object, and coordinate information indicating a position of the object on a screen with each other, and a display control section which causes the object to be displayed at the position on the screen indicated by the coordinate information, the object being identified by the object identification information with respect to each of the pieces of object information that the layout information acquired by the acquisition section has. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157005 | HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A head-mounted display includes detection means that is mounted on the body of a user for detecting coordinates of input, which are coordinates written/drawn the user into a two-dimensional detection area, coordinates conversion means for detecting start position coordinates of the input by the user in the two-dimensional detection area based on the coordinates of input, converting the start position coordinates into initial position coordinates in a display area of an image display, and determining trajectory coordinates in the display area by using the initial position coordinates and a positional relationship between the coordinates of input and the start position coordinates, and the trajectory image generation means for generating a trajectory image of the input based on the trajectory coordinates and outputting to the image display. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157006 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detection section configured to detect an operating body in proximity to a display screen, an identification section configured to identify whether the operating body detected by the detection section is in proximity to a selection item included in the display screen, and a display control section configured to temporarily superimpose and display a region including selection item content of the selection item over a previously displayed display region when the identification section identifies the operating body as being in proximity to the selection item and configured to end a display of the region including the selection item content of the selection item when the detection section no longer detects the operating body as being in proximity to the display screen. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157007 | OPTICAL PEN AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME - An optical pen comprises a housing, a pen body, a pen tip, a switch and a control unit. The pen body, disposed inside the housing, has a hinge mechanism allowing the pivoting of the pen body. The pen tip is disposed at a front end of the pen body and protruded from the housing. When the pen tip touches a projection surface, the pen body is rotated through the hinge mechanism to trigger the switch. The switch disposed inside the housing is electrically connected to the control unit. When the switch is triggered, the control unit outputs an electrical signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157008 | DEVICE-CONTROL SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND DEVICE - A device-control system includes a device operated by a remote controller and a terminal apparatus displaying an image. The device-control system controls the device via a network. The terminal apparatus includes an output section, a terminal's receiver for receiving an image similar to the appearance of the remote controller for operating the device, a terminal's output processor for controlling the output section to output the image received by the terminal's receiver, and a terminal's transmitter for transmitting operational information generated by an operation performed by use of the terminal apparatus with respect to the image outputted by the output section. The device includes a device's processor for performing processing in accordance with the operational information. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157009 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A display device and a control method thereof are provided. The display device comprises a camera obtaining an image including a gesture of a user and a controller extracting the image of the gesture from the obtained image and executing a function mapped to the extracted gesture when the range of the gesture exceeds a threshold corresponding to the user. The method of controlling the display device executes functions respectively corresponding to specific gestures of users when the gestures exceed thresholds respectively corresponding to the users to operate the display device in a manner most suitable for the range of the gesture of each user. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157010 | ELECTROMECHANICAL DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - MEMS devices include materials which are used in LCD or OLED fabrication to facilitate fabrication on the same manufacturing systems. Where possible, the same or similar materials are used for multiple layers in the MEMS device, and use of transparent conductors for partially transparent electrodes can be avoided to minimize the number of materials needed and minimize fabrication costs. Certain layers comprise alloys selected to achieve desired properties. Intermediate treatment of deposited layers during the manufacturing process can be used to provide layers having desired properties. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157011 | USER-OPERATED DIRECTIONAL CONTROLLER FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments of the invention provide a user-operated directional controller for an electronic device. One embodiment provides an apparatus that includes a pointing device which receives raw signal data in an electronic device, one or more processors, and logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution by the one or more processors and when executed operable to: determine a first coordinate value for a cursor position by reading x, y coordinate values from a directional controller; determine a remainder value associated with the first coordinate value; store the remainder value; determine a second coordinate value for a second cursor position by reading x, y coordinates from the directional controller; compute the second coordinate value by using a residual value, wherein the residual value is derived from the stored remainder value from a previous calibration operation; and store the subsequent remainder value. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157012 | RECOGNIZING INTERACTIVE MEDIA INPUT - Techniques and systems for inputting data to interactive media devices are disclosed herein. In some aspects, a sensing device senses an object as it moves in a trajectory indicative of a desired input to an interactive media device. Recognition software may be used to translate the trajectory into various suggested characters or navigational commands. The suggested characters may be ranked based on a likelihood of being an intended input. The suggested characters may be displayed on a user interface at least in part based on the rank and made available for selection as the intended input. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157013 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A free direction input area, a lateral direction input area, and a longitudinal direction input area are provided on an input surface of a touch panel. When a user performs a slide operation whose starting point is within the free direction input area, movement of a virtual camera is controlled based on a change amount of a touch position with respect to X- and Y-axis directions. When the user performs a slide operation whose starting point is within the lateral direction input area, movement of the virtual camera is controlled based on a change amount of a touch position only with respect to the X-axis direction. When the user performs a slide operation whose starting point is within the longitudinal direction input area, movement of the virtual camera is controlled based on a change amount of a touch position only with respect to the Y-axis direction. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157014 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND POINTING CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a touch screen display, a display controller, a copy screen image display module and a pointing module. The display controller is configured to control the touch screen display and an external display. The copy screen image display module is configured to display on a screen of the touch screen display a copy screen image which is obtained by copying a screen image which is displayed on a screen of the external display. The pointing module is configured to designate a position on the screen image of the external display, the position corresponding to a touch position on the copy screen image, based on a relative position of the touch position in relation to the copy screen image. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157015 | METHOD OF GENERATING MULTI-TOUCH SIGNAL, DONGLE FOR GENERATING MULTI-TOUCH SIGNAL, AND RELATED CONTROL SYSTEM - A dongle includes: a receiver, for receiving a control signal which is not generated from a multi-touch panel; a processing unit, coupled to the receiver, for generating a multi-touch output signal corresponding to a multi-touch event according to the control signal; and a data port, coupled to the processing unit, for outputting the multi-touch output signal. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157016 | GESTURE RECOGNITION INPUT DEVICE - A gesture recognition based input device includes a number of finger wear components and image capture modules, and an image capture module. Each finger wear component dedicatedly reflects light of a unique wavelength. Each image capture module dedicatedly picks up light reflected by a corresponding finger wear component and thereby dedicatedly captures images of the corresponding finger wear component. The image recognition module recognizes movements of the finger wear components from the images and interprets the movements of the finger wear components into control signals. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157017 | PORTABLE DATA PROCESSING APPARTATUS - A portable data processing apparatus is provided. It has at least one data processing function which depends on detected motion of the apparatus. The apparatus comprises a video camera operable to capture successive images of a part of the real environment around the apparatus; a video motion detector operable to detect motion of the apparatus by analysis of image motion between pairs of captured images; a hardware motion detector operable to detect motion of the apparatus, whereby the data processing function depends on motion detected by the hardware motion detector; and a controller operable to adjust the operation of the hardware motion detector if the motion detected by the video motion detector and the motion detected by the hardware motion detector differ by at least a threshold difference. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157018 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes: a casing; and an operating module exposed on an external surface of the casing at a nearer side than a keyboard in a depth direction of the casing, the operating module including a pointer operating module receiving an operation to move a pointer on a screen, a first click operating module receiving a click operation associated with a position of the pointer, and a second click operating module receiving a click operation associated with the position of the pointer, wherein among the pointer operating module, and the first and second click operating modules, the pointer operating module is t a nearest side in the depth direction, the first click operating module is at a farther side than the pointer operating module, and the second click operating module is at a farther side than the first click operating module in the depth direction. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157019 | POINTING DEVICE AND WIRELESS TERMINAL - A pointing device includes a displacement detection section that detects an amount of displacement and a direction of displacement of the self-pointing device; a wireless communication section that transmits information of the amount of displacement and the direction of displacement which are detected by the displacement detection section as a radio signal; one or a plurality of contact detection sections that detect the presence or the absence of a contact; and a power source control section that, while at least one of the contact detection sections detects any contact, supplies electric power to the wireless communication section and the displacement detection section, and that, while none of the contact detection sections detects any contact, does not supply electric power to the wireless communication section and the displacement detection section. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157020 | TOUCH-CONTROLLED CURSOR OPERATED HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Proposed is a touch-controlled cursor operated handheld electronic device, including a main housing, a display screen disposed on the main housing, and a touch-control member disposed on the main housing at a position opposite to the display screen with respect to the main housing. The display screen displays a touch-control interface including application program activating icons and a cursor. The cursor is configured to at least touch-control the application program activating icons of the touch-control interface. The application program activating icons are configured to start and execute associated application programs. The cursor on the touch-control interface is touch-controlled and operated by the touch-control member. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157021 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD ENABLING THE OUTPUT OF NON-ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS IN A DISAMBIGUATION ENVIRONMENT - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with text disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device includes a number of non-alphabetic characters that are assigned to keys and that can be accessed directly by the text disambiguation software without the need to active a non-alphabetic input routine or to additionally actuate and key or an key, for instance. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157022 | Bracelets for wearing by a user - A bracelet for wearing by a user has a hollow body; an electrical or electronic device; and a user-operated control for controlling the device by a user. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157023 | MULTI-TOUCH DETECTION METHOD - A multi-touch detection method is applicable for operating a touch panel with a single button-patterned transparent conductive layer. A system employing the touch panel receives simultaneous inputs of a first button and a second button. Two time series of inputs are obtained from sequential pressing of certain buttons respectively adjacent to the first button and the second button. The positional changes of the two time series of inputs are tracked, and compared with each other so as to recognize a gesture input. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157024 | SYSTEM-EXPANDABLE REMOTE CONTROL WITH TOUCH PANEL, AND METHOD FOR EXPANDING SYSTEMS - Provided is a remote control with touch panel and an operating system, and the remote control is a system-expandable device. In accordance with an embodiment, the remote control at least includes a data processing unit, a display unit for displaying the virtual control interface, and accompanied with a touch-panel screen provided for user's manipulation. The remote control further has a communication unit for expanding the remote-control program modules via a network, and a memory unit for storing the modules supporting various devices to be controlled. In addition to the stored modules inside the memory unit, the expanding method is further provided for supporting the various devices to be controlled by downloading the remote-control program modules regarding unsupported devices via network. The remote-control program module, more particularly, includes a virtualized remote-control interface, remote-control key definition, and a remote-control instruction set. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157025 | HAND POSTURE MODE CONSTRAINTS ON TOUCH INPUT - A method of controlling a virtual object within a virtual workspace includes recognizing a hand posture of an initial touch gesture directed to a touch-input receptor, and a mode constraint is set based on the hand posture. The mode constraint specifies a constrained parameter of a virtual object that is to be maintained responsive to a subsequent touch gesture. The method further includes recognizing a subsequent touch gesture directed to the touch-input receptor. An unconstrained parameter of the virtual object is modulated responsive to the subsequent touch gesture while the constrained parameter of the virtual object is maintained in accordance with the mode constraint. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157026 | COORDINATE LOCATING METHOD, COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE COORDINATE LOCATING DEVICE - A coordinate locating device for a display apparatus is provided, which can have lower manufacturing costs and can locate the coordinates of a single or multiple objects. The coordinate locating device includes a light source configured to emit light, wherein said light source comprises a light emitting device, at least one reflector configured to reflect the light from the light source, and a detector configured to detect the light reflected by the at least one reflector, wherein the light source and the detector are disposed at different positions on the same edge of the coordinate locating device. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157027 | Method and Apparatus for Performing an Operation on a User Interface Object - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising dividing at least a part of a user interface object into a grid comprising multiple cells, associating an operation with a cell in the grid and in response to detecting an action on the cell performing the associated operation on the user interface object. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157028 | TEXT ENTRY FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - A device includes a memory to store multiple instructions, a touch-sensitive display, and a processor. The processor executes instructions in the memory to present, on the touch-sensitive display, an application display window; detect a touch on the application display window; display a handwriting input window based on the touch on the application display window, where the handwriting input window includes a magnified view of a portion of the application display window and where the handwriting input window is substantially centered at the location of the touch; detect a touch path input within the handwriting input window; display the touch path input within the handwriting input window; recognize that the touch path input has been removed from the handwriting input window; and present, on the touch-sensitive display, the application display window including the displayed touch path input, after the handwriting input window has been removed. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157029 | TOUCH SENSOR AND TOUCHSCREEN USER INPUT COMBINATION - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products. A swiping action between a touch sensor and a touchscreen of a computing device is identified. The identification includes determining, while the computing device is in a state that provides a first graphical display, that the touch sensor has been physically contacted by a user. The identification includes determining that the physical contact with the touch sensor has ended. The identification includes determining, within a predetermined time period of the end of the physical contact, that a dragging motion across the touchscreen has originated at a peripheral edge of the touchscreen. In response to the identifying, a predetermined computerized routine is invoked that replaces the first graphical display with a second graphical display, wherein user interaction with the touch sensor or touchscreen individually do not invoke the predetermined computerized routine. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157030 | Methods and Systems for Data Serialization - A method for detecting one or more objects on a touch screen, wherein the touch screen has a plurality of transmitters and receivers, comprises the following steps: serializing data signals into a group data signal corresponding to the transmitters and the receivers of the touch screen; transmitting and deserializing the group data signal to the transmitters and the receivers; receiving receiver data indicative of the detection of one or more objects on the touch screen; serializing the receiver data into serialized common data signal; and outputting the common data signal, wherein the common data signal is indicative of the detected objects on the touch screen. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157031 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRAWING LINES IN ELECTRONIC BOOK USING ELECTRONIC BOOK READER - An e-book reader includes a touch screen, a touch screen control module connected to the touch screen, and a drawing line module. The drawing line module includes a transparent window unit and a line trace recording unit. The line trace recording unit is connected to the touch screen control module for recording lines drawn on the touch screen. The transparent window unit includes a transparent window which is displayed on the touch screen. The lines are shown in the transparent window by the transparent window unit. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157032 | Writing Apparatus with Electronic Soft Pen Brush - A writing apparatus with electronic soft brush pen is disclosed herein. The writing apparatus includes an electronic soft pen brush, an all point addressable (APA) touch panel, a scanning circuit and a controlling circuit. The electronic soft pen brush is configured to generate a plurality of touch points on the touch panel simultaneously. The scanning circuit is configured to detect the touch positions of the touch points simultaneously. The controlling circuit is configured to determine the touch region, the touch area and size and generate an output signal in accordance with the touch region, the touch area and the touch positions. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157033 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING MOVABLE PARTS - An electronic apparatus includes a display panel ( | 2011-06-30 |
20110157034 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SOLAR CHARGING FUNCTION - An exemplary portable electronic device with solar charging function includes a main body, a display module, and solar converting device. The display module and the solar converting device are installed in the main body. The main body includes a circuit board, and the display module and the solar converting device are electrically connected to the circuit board. The solar converting device is fixedly disposed at one side of the display module, and capable of absorbing solar energy and converting the solar energy into electrical energy to power the portable electronic device with solar charging function. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157035 | ACTUATOR MODULE - Disclosed herein is an actuator module that improves vibration of a touch screen pad. More specifically, the actuator module is configured to include a plate that is positioned at the lower part of a touch display module in which an image display unit is coupled to the lower part of a touch screen panel, a vibration generator that is positioned at the lower part of the plate and is mechanically deformed by compression or contraction when voltage is applied, and an adhesive layer that bonds the touch display module to the plate and the plate to the vibration generator and generates bending moment by the mechanical deformation of the vibration generator, thereby making it possible to transfer the vibration by the vibration generator directly to the touch screen panel and be designed in an ultra-thin type. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157036 | DUAL-DISPLAY ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A dual-display electronic device includes a housing, a first type of display panel mounted on the housing, and a second type of display unit received in the housing. The housing defines a receiving space therein and an opening communicating with the receiving space. The second type of display unit is slidably received in the receiving space and includes an second type of display panel. A first magnet is mounted on the second type of display unit, a second magnet and an electromagnet are mounted on the housing respectively. When the electromagnet is powered off, the second magnet attracts the first magnet to keep the second type of display panel hiding in the receiving space. When the electromagnet is powered on, the electromagnet attracts the first magnet to make the second type of display panel slide out of the receiving space. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157037 | TOUCHSCREEN OVERLAY - An overlay for electronic devices having a touchscreen display includes a plurality of raised regions which, when the overlay is assembled to the touchscreen display, are at predetermined positions relative to the plurality of virtual keys on the touchscreen display. Alternatively, the overlay may include a plurality of recesses which, when the overlay is in assembled position on the touchscreen display, are in registry with the plurality of virtual keys on the touchscreen display. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157038 | TOUCH PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A touch panel includes a substrate, an adhesive layer, and a transparent conductive layer fixed on the substrate by the adhesive layer. The conductive layer includes a carbon nanotube layer with a surface roughness Ra thereof less than or equal to about 0.1 μm. A fabrication method for a touch panel includes reducing the surface roughness Ra of the carbon nanotube layer to less than or equal to about 0.1 μm by applying pressure on the carbon nanotube layer via a press tool with a flat surface. A surface roughness Ra of the flat surface is less than or equal to about 0.1 μm. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157039 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device includes: a first auxiliary line connected to the blocking pattern and below a gate line; a second auxiliary line in each touch block, and located at the same layer as, the first auxiliary line being made of the same material as the gate line; a first connection pattern contacting the first and second auxiliary lines; a common electrode in each touch block; x and y sensing lines on the common line and overlapping the gate and data lines, respectively; a pixel electrode in each pixel region, connected to a drain electrode through a drain contact hole, and including a plurality of openings; and a second connection pattern contacting the first connection pattern and the x sensing line through first and second contact holes, respectively. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157040 | TOUCHPANEL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR THE DEVICE - A touchpanel device includes an approach determining unit configured to determine whether an object has approached to a touchscreen; an area presuming unit, if it is determined that the object has approached to the touchscreen, configured to presume an area of contact on the touchscreen; and a display controller, based on a presumed area of contact, configured to control a size of a part of graphical user interface, the part being displayed on the touchscreen. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157041 | RECOGNIZING MULTIPLE INPUT POINT GESTURES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for recognizing multiple input point gestures. A recognition module receives an ordered set of points indicating that contacts have been detected in a specified order at multiple different locations on a multi-touch input surface. The recognition module determines the position of subsequently detected locations (e.g., third detected location) relative to (e.g., to the left of right of) line segments connecting previously detected locations (e.g., connecting first and second detected locations). The gesture module also detects whether line segments connecting subsequently detected locations (e.g., connecting third and fourth detected locations) intersect line segments connecting previously detected locations (e.g., connecting first and second detected locations). The gesture module recognizes an input gesture based on the relative positions and whether or not line segments intersect. The gesture module then identifies a corresponding input operation (e.g., cut, paste, etc.) to be performed. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157042 | TOUCH SCREEN RESPONSE METHOD AND DEVICE - A device and method are provided for increasing touch screen response. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157043 | ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL - An active device array substrate including an active device array and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes is provided. The active device array is disposed on a substrate. The touch sensing electrodes are disposed on the substrate, and the active device array and the touch sensing electrodes are insulated with each other so as to form a sensing capacitance between the active device array and the touch sensing electrodes. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157044 | OPTICAL TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTABLISHING REFERENCE IN THE SAME - A method of establishing a reference in an optical touch input system and a corresponding display panel, includes emitting light by emitters located at respective first, second, and third corners of the display panel, and receiving direct light by a detector located at a fourth corner of the display panel, the detector at the fourth corner detecting respective first, second, and third impulse signals generated by the direct light of the emitters located at the respective first, second, and third corners, the respective first, second, and third impulse signals corresponding to pixel positions of the detectors located at the fourth corner and correlating the respective pixel positions of the respective first, second, and third impulse signals with respective predetermined first, second, and third reference angles of the display panel. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157045 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes a detector configured to detect an operation body approaching a display screen, a determination unit configured to determine whether or not the operation body detected by the detector approaches a first region of the display screen, a display controller configured to display display content included in the first region in a second region that is different from the first region when the operation body is determined by the determination unit to be approaching the first region, and an operation controller configured to regard an operation performed by the operation body in the first region as an operation for the display content displayed in the second region by the display controller. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157046 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a circle type display and a method for controlling the same is disclosed herein. A scroll bar is provided at an edge of the circle type display in response to a user input. The user may control the mobile terminal and the circle type display through touch inputs on the scroll bar. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157047 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - An information processing apparatus acquires a plurality of touching positions on a locus of touching operations, determines an operation direction of an operation by using a determination condition set based on the plurality of acquired touching positions, and performs an action predetermined in association with the determined operation direction. In addition, the information processing apparatus stores the determined operation direction on a memory and changes the determination condition based on the operation direction stored on the memory to determine an operation direction of a touching operation executed after the operation for which the operation direction has been determined and stored. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157048 | INPUT APPARATUS THAT ACCURATELY DETERMINES INPUT OPERATION, CONTROL METHOD FOR INPUT APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An input apparatus that accurately determines an input operation intended by a user without erroneously determining an operation including no move as an operation including move. Touch positions in a time period from touch-down to touch-up by an input operation performed on a touch panel by the user are recorded in chronological order. A statistical variance of the touch positions is calculated based on the obtained touch positions. Whether the input operation is an operation including no move or an operation including move is determined based on the calculated variance. When the calculated variance is smaller than a threshold value, it is determined that the input operation is the operation including no move, and when the calculated variance is not smaller than the threshold value, it is determined that the input operation is the operation including move. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157049 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VIBRATIONS IN WIRELESS TERMINAL - Provided is an apparatus and method for generating vibrations in a wireless terminal, in which vibrations of strengths corresponding to respective regions are generated by using a plurality of piezos. The apparatus includes a plurality of piezos, a touch screen portion including a plurality of regions, and a controller for, upon detection of a touch on a predetermined region among the plurality of regions of the touch screen portion, generating vibrations of strengths according to power frequencies and power polarities of the plurality of piezos with respect to the touched region. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157050 | ASSEMBLY HAVING DISPLAY PANEL AND OPTICAL SENSING FRAME AND DISPLAY SYSTEM USING THE SAME - An assembly includes a display panel having four corners, an optical sensing frame having at least three optical modules mounted adjacent a surface of the display panel, where the optical modules are located at the corners of the display panel and optical reflectors extending substantially along an entire length of each of four sides of the display panel, an optical sensing frame controller driving the optical sensing frame, and a display panel controller on a single circuit board with the optical sensing frame controller. | 2011-06-30 |
20110157051 | MULTILAYER DISPLAY DEVICE - A multilayer display device has: a plurality of display screens which are arranged in layers; a touch panel which is arranged frontward of the display screens; and a setting portion which, according to an operation made with respect to the touch panel, sets one of the display screens as a operation screen. | 2011-06-30 |