29th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 21 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110175735 | MEDICATION REGIMEN COMPLIANCE MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A system for monitoring compliance with a medication regimen comprises a patch. The patch includes an RFID apparatus and a sensor. The patch is configured to be removably securable to a body of a biological organism. The sensor is in electrical communication with the RFID apparatus and is configured to inspect a biological material of a biological organism for the presence of a detectable agent. The RFID apparatus is configured to communicate a result of the inspection to an RFID transceiver and/or a communication device. Methods are also provided. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175736 | SYSTEM FOR MEASURING BODY BALANCE SIGNALS AND A METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE SAME - A human body balance signals measuring system and the method of analysis thereof that has a measuring device, a filter amplifier, an A/D convertor (analog to digital convertor), a signal receiving module, and a data analyze module. The measuring device is linked with the filter amplifier. The filter amplifier can detect and collect the voltage signals caused by pressure change and then filter and amplify the signals. The signals are send to the A/D convertor to convert the analog circuit signals into digital signals for the receiving module to use these voltage change values for human body center of gravity offset evaluation to obtain the COP (center of pressure) offset and COP offset velocity. The data analyze module uses the measured body center of gravity offset for MSE (multiscale entropy) to quantitative the dynamic of human body center of gravity and verify the accuracy of this measuring system. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175737 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING HEATED LIQUID BATHS - The invention relates to a method for operating a heated liquid bath heated by a heating device, particularly an electric resistance heater, particularly for monitoring overheating and/or a decrease in the liquid level, wherein by means of a temperature sensor an actual temperature is determined and, as a function of the actual temperature measured with the temperature sensor, an alarm and/or control signal is emitted, wherein by means of the temperature sensor the actual temperature of the heating device or in the region of the heating device is determined. The invention further relates to a device for carrying out said method. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175738 | SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETECTING AND/OR TRACKING A SURVEILLANCE OBJECT - The invention relates to a monitoring system ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175739 | ANTI-THEFT ALARM FOR A LIQUID STORAGE TANK - An anti-theft alarm for a liquid storage tank, said alarm comprising a housing having means for securing the housing to the storage tank, said housing containing a motion and/or vibration sensor for detecting tampering with the liquid storage tank, an alarm means and a control means for activating the alarm means in response to a signal from the motion/vibration sensor. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175740 | LIQUID LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM - A liquid level monitoring system is configured for a wood-stemmed plant in which the stem is receivable by a reservoir configured to hold a liquid. The system includes a housing attachable to the stem of the plant. The housing may include an aperture for receiving some of the liquid in the reservoir. A circuit board is coupled to or positioned within the housing and includes a microprocessor. A sensor may be located within the housing or attached externally thereto. The sensor is operable to transmit a signal to the processor when the sensor becomes exposed primarily to air instead of the liquid in the reservoir. And, an indicator is in communication with the processor to provide at least one human perceptible signal that correlates with a liquid level in the reservoir. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175741 | Electro/Optical Smoke Analyzer - A system for analyzing smoke has a plurality of units, wherein each unit includes an optical emitter for alternately directing horizontally and vertically polarized light along a beam path, and into a smoke cloud, to generate scattered light. A horizontally polarized detector and a vertically polarized detector are positioned at different locations, but at a same distance and scattering angle relative to the beam path. Each unit has a different wavelength. A computer receives signals from the detectors of all units, in response to each emitter, for analysis of the smoke. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175742 | REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A refrigerator and a control method of the refrigerator are discussed. According to an embodiment, a control method of a refrigerator connected to an electric power management network comprises steps of receiving power-rate information via the electric power management network; setting an over-cooling period and a power-saving period based on the received power-rate information; controlling at east one storage chamber to be over-cooled by over-cooling cold air during the over-cooling period; and controlling the other storage chamber to be over-cooled by the over-cooled cold air during the power-saving period. According to the present invention, the functions of the refrigerator are provided with minimal use of electricity and/or with reduced electricity charges. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175743 | TOWER ELEVATOR ALARM SYSTEM - An elevator within a tower, such as a wind tower, includes a traction or drum type hoist powered by an electric motor where the hoist provides the mechanism to cause the vertical ascent or descent of the elevator. An aspect of the invention is to allow the descent of the elevator to drive the electric motor arranged to act as a generator and provide regenerative braking as well as power to drive an alarm device or devices. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175744 | Systems and Method for the Mobile Evaluation of Cushioning Properties of Shoes - Shoe having at least one pressure sensor provided in the shoe cushioning element, as well as system components for emitting, receiving and evaluating the signals of the sensor. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175745 | EMBEDDED ARM STRAIN SENSORS - A portable articulated arm coordinate measurement machine (AACMM) can include a manually positionable articulated arm portion, a measurement device attached to the first end, a structural component of the AACMM, wherein the structural component has an axial direction, at least three strain gage sensors, each having a sensitive axis, coupled to the structural component, wherein the sensitive axis of each strain gage sensor is oriented approximately parallel to the axial direction, each strain gage sensor is approximately intersected by a transverse plane perpendicular to the axial direction, each strain gage sensor produces an analog strain gage signal, and the strain gage sensors are disposed to provide data sufficient to determine a bending strain at any point residing on both the structural component and the transverse plane and an electronic circuit that receives the position signal and provides data corresponding to a position of the measurement device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175746 | SCANNER FOR VIBRATION MAPPING - A method of detecting motion in components that form part of a structure. The method includes flooding a first component with transmitted radio frequency signals and receiving reflected radio frequency signals from the first component with an antenna. The method further includes generating a first set of intermediate frequency signals based on differences between the transmitted radio frequency signals and the reflected radio frequency signals and measuring the first set of intermediate frequency signals. The method further includes flooding a second component with transmitted radio frequency signals and receiving reflected radio frequency signals from the second component with an antenna. The method further includes generating a second set of intermediate frequency signals based on differences between the transmitted radio frequency signals and the additional reflected radio frequency signals and measuring the second set of intermediate frequency. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175747 | Interactive Electronic Device Shell - An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175748 | Element Mapping to Control Illumination of a Device Shell - An interactive electronic device shell and light source may enable personalization and increased functionality of an electronic device. The shell may at least partially cover a light source and attach to an electronic device. The shell includes at least some transparent or translucent portions (e.g., light stencils) that enable light from a matrix of the light source to emit through the shell, thus causing a display of light from the shell. In some aspects, the electronic device may be linked with the shell and/or the light source to control light emission through the shell. In various aspects, an illumined portion of the shell may have significance, such as revealing an artistic design or indicating a message based on activity of the electronic device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175749 | PLANAR DISTRIBUTED ELEMENT ANTENNA ISOLATION BOARD - An antenna isolation circuit, meter reading device, and method of manufacturing an antenna isolation circuit are disclosed herein. A multilayer planar structure antenna isolation circuit uses distributed elements to provide high voltage isolation and RF coupling functions. The distributed elements may be implemented, for example, as multilayer distributed capacitors. In other embodiments, the distributed elements may be implemented as a distributed transformer. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175750 | Decision Support Control Centers - The disclosed subject matter relates to an integrated decision support “cockpit” or control center for displaying, analyzing, and/or responding to, various events and contingencies that can occur within an electrical grid. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175751 | Navigation Device and Method for Providing Warnings for a Speed Trap - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a navigation device for providing warnings when a detection point of a speed trap is approached, including a processor unit arranged to communicate with memory unit and to receive positional information from a positioning device. The memory unit may include a speed trap database, including at least one detection point of a location of a speed trap. The navigation device of at least one embodiment is arranged to provide a warning when one of the at least one detection point is approached. The memory unit is further arranged to include at least a further detection point associated with at least one of the stored detection points, both relating to a same point to point speed trap. In at least one embodiment, the navigation device is arranged to provide a warning when the further detection point is approached or has been passed. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175752 | Methods and Apparatuses for Informing an Occupant of a Vehicle of Surroundings of the Vehicle - Methods and apparatuses for informing an occupant of a vehicle of surroundings of the vehicle are provided. A recording unit of the vehicle generates at least two images, which contain different road sections of a road plane in the surroundings of the vehicle. The at least two images are processed by an image processing unit, which generates a depiction in which the at least two images are imaged on a virtual road plane that is displayed in perspective. The depiction is displayed on a display unit in the interior of the vehicle. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175753 | Robotic influenced self scheduling F.L.O.W. trafic management system - A traffic management system is disclosed that tells motorist how fast to go in order to make it through a traffic signal while it is in green phase. A Fast Lane On Warning (FLOW) sequencer is in synchronization with traffic phases sequencer (sequencing Red, Green, Yellow, Left Turn and the like) with both sequencers having service cycle period ‘Pi’ . The start times of both sequences are appropriately offset from one another. Sensors up road from the signal provide data on approaching vehicles number per time to a processor that synthesizes the data for one or more “fast” lanes in one or more directions. Using that data, the processor influences the signal and FLOW sequencers as well as emplaced and/or mobile on-board readouts to optimize phase openings and traffic distribution and traffic activity including:
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20110175754 | Dynamic dashboard display - This invention relates to an electronic instrument panel for vehicles consisting of information display that provides on-demand imaging where instruments are not in static, fixed position, but rather change in location, dimension, information presented based on conditions and environment the vehicle is in, and based on user or factory preferences and settings. The display can change colors, be self dimming and offer wide array of telemetry, entertainment, vehicle data, climate control, instrumentation, and powertrain information. The instrument panel will be online through wireless connectivity and provide the occupants real-time on-demand information about the vehicle and its surroundings through electronic display and human voice. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175755 | VEHICLE LOCATION DETECTION DEVICE AND VEHICLE LOCATION DETECTION METHOD - The vehicle location detection device includes: a sound source location specifying unit which calculates an attenuation amount of a sound pressure of a vehicle sound by subtracting a sound pressure detected by a sound pressure detecting unit from a sound pressure indicated by vehicle sound pressure information stored in a sound pressure information storage unit, and specifies a location where another vehicle emitting a vehicle sound is predicted to be present, by specifying a sound source location of a sound diffracted by an obstacle which is specified by a diffraction location specifying unit and serves as a diffraction point, based on the calculated attenuation amount, a rule indicating an attenuation amount dependent on a propagation distance of the sound, and a relationship indicated by diffraction information stored in a diffraction information storage unit; and a presentation unit which presents the specified location. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175756 | Methods And Devices For Providing Route Information - Route information for at least a first route and a second route is displayed using display indicators assigned to each route. The routes may be decomposed into discrete segments, some of which may be shared among the routes. Upon determining which segments are shared by routes, the shared segments may be displayed using an interleaved pattern of the display indicators associated with the routes. The interleaved pattern may comprise an alternating pattern of the display indicators associated with the routes. Shared segments may also be displayed in a cycling pattern that includes the respective display indicators of the shared routes. Non-shared segments may be displayed with the respective display indicators for the routes that use that segment. The width of the patterns along the shared segments may be substantially the same as the width of the non-shared segments. In one embodiment, the routes may be fixed. Targets associated with each route may be displayed on the routes. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175757 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING KEY SCAN PERFORMANCE USING INVERTER CIRCUIT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and a method for key scan in a portable terminal, more specifically, an apparatus and a method for enhancing a key scan process which recognizes a user's key press by defining key inputs corresponding to state of a plurality of input signals and allowing a plurality of key scans with a limited number of General Purpose Input/Outputs (GPIOs) are provided. The apparatus includes a controller for setting one or more intervals for a key scan process, for classifying a state of a signal input in each interval as one of a first state and a second state, and for setting one of a plurality of different functions according to the state and the interval of the input signal, and a key input determiner for, when detecting a key input of a user during the key scan process, recognizing one of a plurality of different key inputs according to the state of the input signal, and for determining a function corresponding to the recognized key input. The controller performs the determined function. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175758 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOVING GLITCHES FROM A BIT STREAM - A bit stream is received and each bit corresponding to the bit stream is over-sampled to generate a first set of data samples. Each data sample from the first set of data samples is compared with a corresponding immediate previous data sample to generate a second set of data samples. The second set of data samples is compared with bit masks, and accordingly, some of the data samples in the first set of data samples are identified for replacement. Further, a substitute data sample is selected from the first set of data samples based on a predefined criterion and some of the data samples in the first set of data samples are replaced with the substitute data sample. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175759 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER AND PIPELINE AD CONVERTER - A differential voltage interconnect (W | 2011-07-21 |
20110175760 | METHOD FOR CALIBRATING ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTING CIRCUITS - A method for calibrating at least one analog-to-digital converting circuit includes: during a wafer level probe testing, inputting at least one calibration signal provided by a wafer level testing machine into the analog-to-digital converting circuit to generate at least one digital signal; and calibrating the analog-to-digital converting circuit according to at least the digital signal. The analog-to-digital converting circuit is applied to a video system or an audio system. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175761 | DELTA SIGMA ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL CONVERTER - A delta sigma analogue to digital converter comprising: an integrator having first and second differential inputs for receiving an input analogue signal, the integrator having differential outputs; a quantiser having first and second differential inputs which receive signals output by the integrator, and an output which provides a digital output signal of the delta sigma analogue to digital converter, and a digital to analogue converter. The digital to analogue converter has an input which is connected to an output of the delta sigma analogue to digital converter, and first and second differential outputs. The first output of the digital to analogue converter is connected to the first input of the integrator such that if the second output of the digital to analogue converter is not connected to the second input of the integrator and the second input of the integrator is connected to a fixed reference voltage the delta sigma analogue to digital converter is able to operate in a single-ended mode. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175762 | SECOND ORDER NOISE COUPLING WITH ZERO OPTIMIZATION MODULATOR AND METHOD - A method and apparatus for a modified noise-coupled modulator using zero optimization technique is disclosed. By realizing the resonator coefficient as a part of branches other than those of the main transfer function, the problem of improving SQNR without degrading other specifications is solved. Second order noise coupling is used to implement zeros without using feedback branches going into the first integrator. Embodiments use a first-order modulator, second-order noise coupling and a resonator. It allows lower power consumption and smaller size by removing small capacitor values and gain factors and reducing the number of amplifiers. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175763 | DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTER - The present invention relates to a digital-to-analog converter comprising a differentiation circuit, a conversion circuit, and an integration circuit. The differentiation circuit receives and differentiates a digital signal for producing a differentiation signal. The conversion circuit is coupled to the differentiation circuit. It receives the differentiation signal and produces a conversion signal according to a clock signal and the differentiation signal. The integration circuit is coupled to the conversion circuit. It receives and integrates the conversion signal for producing an analog signal. Thereby, the purpose of reducing distortion noises can be achieved. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175764 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BANDPASS DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERSION - The disclosed embodiments provide method and apparatus for digital to analog conversion of a signal that may be limited to a bandpass frequency. In an exemplary embodiment, a bandpass DAC is disclosed which includes a plurality of gates. Each gate receives a carrier signal and one of a plurality of input bits of a digital data. A combiner network is provided which includes a plurality of lossless elements corresponding to each of the plurality of gates. The combiner network receives the gate outputs and provides a digitally weighted signal. A resonating element connected to the combiner network resonates the combiner network and provides a filtered output signal which is linearly combined. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175765 | Device for Detecting Objects, Notably Dangerous Objects - The present invention relates to a device for detecting objects. The device comprises at least one microwave-frequency transmitter and one microwave-frequency receiver. The receiver makes a relative rotary movement about the transmitter, a signal being transmitted toward an individual for several positions of the receiver on the circle of relative rotation, the signals reflected by points of an object and received by the receiver at the positions being supplied to processing means in order to form a radar image. The receiver and the transmitter can be installed on a disk with a very low moment of inertia. The invention applies notably for the detection of weapons or explosives carried by persons. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175766 | THREE DIMENSIONAL NONCONTACT MOTION SENSOR - A non-contact motion sensor comprising a radar detector that includes a first antenna, a second antenna that is orthogonal to the first antenna and a third antenna that is orthogonal to the first antenna and the second antenna. The non-contact motion sensor further includes a control that collects and analyzes signals that are received from the radar detector. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175767 | RADAR APPARATUS, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD USED IN THE RADAR APPARATUS - The present invention provides a radar apparatus capable of changing a characteristic of filter processing while considering also a relative velocity of an object. A measurement section measures a relative position and a relative velocity of an object such as another vehicle, a pedestrian, and an object placed on a road. The radar apparatus calculates a time until the object and an own vehicle collide with each other, based on the relative position and relative velocity of the object measured by the measurement section, and changes, based on the calculated time, a filter coefficient to be used when filter processing is performed on a measured position converted from the measured relative position of the object, thereby changing a characteristic of the filter processing to be performed on the measured position, between stability and responsiveness. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175768 | RELATIVE VIBRATION MEASUREMENT - A method of detecting motion in a load bearing member on a machine. The method includes positioning a Doppler radar detector on the machine and orienting the Doppler radar detector such that the Doppler radar detector floods the load bearing member transmitted radio frequency signals. The method further includes receiving reflected radio frequency signals from the load bearing member with an antenna and generating intermediate frequency signals based on differences between the transmitted radio frequency signals and the reflected radio frequency signals. The method further includes measuring the intermediate frequency signals. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175769 | Microwave Sensor - Microwave sensor includes an oscillator for generating microwave signals, a power divider for dividing the microwave signals, an antenna for transmitting the divided microwave signals to an outside of the microwave sensor and receiving microwave signals reflected from an object, and a mixer for detecting differences between the microwave signals received through the antenna and the signals input from the power divider and outputting Intermediate Frequency (IF) signals. The antenna includes a ground plate, an antenna pin located at a center of the ground plate, and a metallic wall formed along a circumference of the ground plate. Accordingly, the microwave sensor is advantageous in that it has uniform gain characteristics regardless of an azimuth angle by using a single antenna, functioning as both transmitting and receiving antennas, and a circuit for operating the antenna. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175770 | High Resolution SAR Imaging Using Non-Uniform Pulse Timing - A synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system includes a non-uniform pulse generator, and an echo receiver. A SAR image is reconstructed from samples of received echoes, wherein transmitted pulses and reflected echoes overlap in time. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175771 | Synthetic Aperture Radar Hybrid-Quadrature-Polarity Method and Architecture for Obtaining the Stokes Parameters of Radar Backscatter - A synthetic aperture radar hybrid-quadrature-polarity method and architecture comprising transmitting both left and right circular polarizations (by alternately driving, at the minimum (Nyquist) sampling rate, orthogonal linear feeds simultaneously by two identical waveforms, +/−90° out of phase), and receiving two orthogonal linear polarizations, coherently. Once calibrated, the single-look complex amplitude data are sufficient to form all Stokes parameters, which fully characterize the radar backscatter. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175772 | POSITIONING DEVICE, POSITIONING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a positioning request is made, position measurement using a positioning satellite is executed, and when the position measurement is executed, positioning result data is obtained as position data responded to the positioning request. On the other hand, when the position measurement using the positioning satellite is not executed, position measurement result data based on the measurement of a moving direction and a moving amount is obtained as position data responded to the positioning request. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175773 | MANAGING THE MEASUREMENT OF SIGNALS - For managing measurements on signals, a quality of received signals, for which a measurement circuit provides measurement results, is monitored. In the case that the quality does not exceed a set quality before Receive and monitor signal measurements an end of a reporting period, a reporting of measurement results that are available at the end of the reporting period is caused. In the case that the quality exceeds the set quality at a measurement instant before the end of the reporting period, the measurement circuit is put to a sleep mode and a reporting of extrapolated measurement results is caused, the extrapolated measurement results being measurement results from a measurement instant before the measurement circuit was put to a sleep mode extrapolated to the end of the reporting period. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175774 | BUILT-IN FM TRANSMITTING ANTENNA APPLIED TO A MOBILE DEVICE - A built-in FM transmitting antenna applied to a mobile device, includes a substrate unit, a first antenna unit, a conducting unit and a second antenna unit. The substrate unit has a circuit substrate, at least one grounding layer disposed on the circuit substrate, and a plurality of conducting pads disposed on the circuit substrate. The first antenna unit is disposed above the substrate unit and substantially parallel to the substrate unit. The conducting unit is electrically connected between the substrate unit and the first antenna unit. The second antenna unit is directly disposed on the edge of the top surface of the circuit substrate. The second antenna unit has two ends electrically connected between two of the conducting pads, respectively. The two ends of the second antenna unit are electrically connected to an FM chip module and the conducting unit through the two of the conducting pads, respectively. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175775 | ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna module includes first, second, and third conductor arms. The second conductor arm has first and second end portions, and is coupled to an end portion of the first conductor arm to form a substantially T-shaped connection. The third conductor arm is spaced apart from the first and second conductor arms by first and second gaps, respectively, and is disposed parallel to the first conductor arm. The first end portion of the second conductor arm and the third conductor arm are electrically coupled to a coaxial cable for receiving two signals therefrom, respectively. The second end portion of the second conductor arm is electrically coupled to a ground cable for grounding. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175776 | ANTENNA SET, PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE, AND USE OF A CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT FOR TUNING THE GROUND-PLANE OF THE ANTENNA SET - An antenna set comprising at least one antenna element and a ground plane, is complemented by a conductive element coupled to the ground plane, so as to modify the frequency performance of the antenna set, adding an operating band to the antenna set, and/or increasing the bandwidth of one operating band of the antenna set, and/or enhancing voltage standing wave ration, efficiency and/or gain of the antenna set. Thus, the conductive element can be used to tune the antenna set in accordance with specific requirements concerning, for example, compatibility with different wireless services. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175777 | MULTILEVEL ANTENNAE - An apparatus including a wireless communications device has an internal antenna system located within the wireless communications device. The internal antenna system includes a passive antenna set comprising at least one antenna element having at least one multilevel structure, a feeding point to the at least one antenna element and a ground plane. The feeding point and a point on the ground plane define an input/output port for said passive antenna set. The passive antenna set provides a similar impedance level and radiation pattern at two or more frequency bands such that the passive antenna set is capable of both transmitting and receiving wireless signals on selected channels. The selected channels are selectable from a plurality of channels throughout an entire frequency range within each of said two or more frequency bands. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175778 | TYRE HAVING A MEMBER WITH AN OFFSET ANTENNA - A motor-vehicle tyre includes a sidewall and a member with an electronic device, a generally and substantially linear-shaped rectilinear wire antenna, and means of electrical connection between the wire antenna and the electronic device. The member is embedded in the sidewall in an arrangement such that the antenna is oriented circumferentially with respect to the tyre and the connection means is oriented in a radial direction of the tyre. The wire antenna is integrally offset radially on one side of the electronic device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175779 | CONDUCTIVE STRUCTURE FOR HIGH GAIN ANTENNA AND ANTENNA - Provided are a conductive structure for a high gain antenna and an antenna. A plurality of conductive patterns (512) of the conductive structure are formed on top and bottom surfaces of a dielectric substrate (511) positioned above the antenna and separated from an antenna body (500). A conductive upper structure of the antenna (510) is positioned above the antenna opposite to a ground plane (530) to which the antenna body is fed, separated from the antenna body. A conductive unit structure comprising a plurality of conductive patterns (512) formed on top and bottom surfaces of the dielectric substrate (511) is arranged in a plurality of layers. The conductive structure for a high gain antenna and the antenna can be readily produced by using low cost printed circuit board (PCB) technology, and a gain of the antenna can be increased regardless of a resonance distance between the ground plane of the antenna and the conductive structure disposed above the antenna. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175780 | FLAT SCANNING ANTENNA - The present invention relates to a flat scanning antenna ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175781 | MULTIPLE BAND ANTENNAS OPERATING WITH A SINGLE STABILIZED PLATFORM - An antenna system includes: a single steering platform automatically pointing the antenna system at a specified target; a first antenna coupled to the single steering platform and operable in a first band; a second antenna operable in a second band that is coupled with the first antenna; a controller operably coupled with the single steering platform for switching between the first band and the second band such that the first antenna operates when the first band is available and the second antenna operates when the second band is available. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175782 | DUAL-BAND DUAL-POLARIZED ANTENNA OF BASE STATION FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATION - Disclosed is a dual-band dual-polarized antenna of a base station for mobile communication, the dual-band dual-polarized antenna including: a reflection plate; one or more first radiating element modules formed on the reflection plate to transmit and receive two linear orthogonal polarized waves for a first frequency band, the one or more first radiating element modules including a plurality of dipoles installed in a general ‘X’ shape; and one or more second radiating element modules for a second frequency band, which are interleaved between the first radiating element modules on the reflection. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175783 | MULTILAYER ANTENNA - The present invention relates to a multilayer antenna which is capable of improving communication performance by reducing an antenna size and increasing an antenna gain by improving performance of a plurality of antenna elements disposed adjacent to each other using a coupling. The multilayer antenna includes an antenna plate for coupling is arranged over plurality of antenna strips in a manner to be isolated from the antenna strips. With this configuration, the multilayer antenna is capable of increasing channel capacity and data transfer rate by reducing an antenna size and intercepting mutual interference and noise between the antenna elements. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175784 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING RADIATOR ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN DIFFERENT PLANES AND ANTENNA THEREOF - A method for installing radiator elements arranged on different planes and an antenna having the radiator elements are provided, in which a first-position radiator element is placed on one plane, a second-position radiator element is placed on another plane, and power supply cables are connected to the first-position radiator element and the second-position radiator element. The power supply cables are designed to compensate for a phase difference between signals radiated in the air from the first-position radiator element and the second-position radiator element by a phase difference between signals propagated via the power supply cables. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175785 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION ANTENNA - Disclosed herein is an RFID antenna, including, a dipole antenna pattern, and a matching pattern containing a pair of first pattern parts, each part being discretely and protrusively disposed at one side of the dipole antenna pattern and a second pattern part connecting each distal end of the pair of first pattern parts, wherein a ratio of an inner length of the pair of first pattern parts vs an inner length of the second pattern part is substantially larger than 1:8. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175786 | Data Receiving Apparatus - This invention is directed toward a data signal receiving means including an antenna and a plurality of Low Noise Blocks (LNB's). A reflective filtering means is provided and located with respect to the LNBs and antenna such that data signals received at a first frequency or frequency range pass through the reflective filter means to a first LNB and data signals at second frequency or frequency range are deflected by the reflective filtering means and do not pass therethrough and pass to the second LNB. In this way a single antenna can be used to receive and process multiple data signals received at different frequencies or frequency ranges. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175787 | FILTERED ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - An antenna assembly for a wireless communications device has an antenna, a filter circuit, and a connector constructed to engage a wireless communications device. A filter circuit includes a band-pass filter and a first notch filter disposed in serial electrical communication with the band-pass filter, the band-pass filter operable to permit the passage of oscillatory electrical signals in a first frequency range, the first notch filter operable to impede the passage of oscillatory electrical signals in a second frequency range, the second frequency range residing within the first frequency range. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175788 | POWER DIVISION NETWORK DEVICE - The embodiment of the present disclosure discloses a power division network device, which comprises a shielding house and a circuit board. Two opposite surface layers of the circuit board are respectively provided with a signal transmission line and a coupling line. The signal transmission line and the coupling line are suspended in the shielding house. The coupling line comprises a coupling area, and a load interface and an output signal interface connected at the two ends of the coupling area. The projection of the coupling area on the surface layer where the signal transmission line is located falls onto the signal transmission line and forms thereon a projection area. The length of the projection area in the longitudinal direction of the signal transmission line is one quarter wavelength. Broadside coupling by way of making the projection of the coupling line fall onto the signal transmission line can realize the allocation and sampling of the signals transmitted in the signal transmission line. The coupling flatness is relatively good, and both strong and weak couplings can be attained. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175789 | RF MODULE AND ANTENNA SYSTEMS - Architectures and implementations of a transceiver system for wireless communications are presented, the system including one or more antennas supporting a single frequency band or multiple frequency bands, a transmit circuit, a receive circuit, and an isolation circuit that is coupled to the one or more antennas and the transmit and receive circuits and provides adequate isolation between the transmit circuit and the receive circuit. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175790 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication device whose impedance can be matched with an arbitrary load impedance and that can be broadened in operating frequency band even when choosing an input impedance of an IC chip freely is not possible. The wireless communication device includes: a first conductor; a second conductor disposed substantially parallel to the first conductor; a hole formed in the second conductor; a capacitive coupling mechanism disposed adjacent to the hole; and a communication circuit which has at least one of a radio wave transmitting function and a radio wave receiving function. The communication circuit is connected through the capacitive coupling mechanism to two sites on the second conductor that are near borders between the second conductor and the hole. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175791 | MULTI-BEAM, POLARIZATION DIVERSITY NARROW-BAND COGNITIVE ANTENNA - A multi-beam, polarization diversity, narrow-band cognitive antenna system is disclosed. The antenna system includes a plurality of antenna elements, switching elements, and transmission feed lines disposed on a PCB substrate, inside or on the enclosure of a consumer wireless device, on the airframe of an air vehicle, or on the surface of a ground vehicle. The plurality of switching elements are arranged with the antenna elements and transmission feed lines to, when selectively closed, electrically couple selected ones of the antenna elements and transmission feed lines to one another to generate an antenna configuration selected from a plurality of antenna configurations. A non-volatile memory is configured to store data representing at least some of the plurality of antenna configurations. A control arrangement operatively coupled to the plurality of switching elements and configured to close selected ones of the switching elements as a function of the data stored in said memory. Means are provided to selectively update the data on a function of previously selected antenna configurations. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175792 | APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE ANTENNAS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus for multiple antennas having a low coupling coefficient in a wide frequency bandwidth in a wireless communication system is provided. To obtain the low coupling coefficient in the wide frequency bandwidth by minimizing interference between antennas which are close to each other, without an additional device, in the wireless communication system, the apparatus includes a transceiver and a line for decreasing a coupling coefficient. The transmitter includes a first antenna and a second antenna for transmitting and receiving signals over a radio channel and the line is indirectly connected the first antenna and the second antenna using a physically disconnected line. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175793 | HIGH-FREQUENCY CIRCUIT PACKAGE AND SENSOR MODULE - Shielding of high-frequency circuits is achieved using a simple and inexpensive configuration not using any lid. A high-frequency circuit mounting substrate ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175794 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A multi-band antenna ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175795 | Metamaterial - A metamaterial includes a plurality of first coiled resonators and a plurality of second coiled resonators, and an outer covering for fixing the positions of the first coiled resonators and the second coiled resonators. Each of the first coiled resonators and each of the second coiled resonators are disposed such that the central axes thereof differ from each other by 90 degrees. At the same time, adjacent first coiled resonators and second coiled resonators are disposed so as to be alternately linked in the shape of a chain. The first coiled resonators are disposed in a spatially continuous manner. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175796 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING A PANORAMIC VIEW TO AN OPERATOR - A method for displaying to an operator a rectangular image having a wide field of view of a scene, includes forming a virtual cylinder from the rectangular image, as if it was first printed on a transparent sheet such that it is visible from both sides of the sheet, and then rolled to form the cylinder. A perspective view of the cylinder is provided, vertically dividing the cylinder into two halves. One of the cylinder halves is vertically shifted until there is no overlap between the two halves. The ellipse which is formed between the two halves following the shifting step is defined as an orientation plane. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175797 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - An image display device | 2011-07-21 |
20110175798 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A display device for a vehicle is provided in which when a first image and a second image are projected from a single projection means ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175799 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - A video image display device ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175800 | METHOD FOR TESTING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE | 2011-07-21 |
20110175801 | Directed Performance In Motion Capture System - Techniques for enhancing the use of a motion capture system are provided. A motion capture system tracks movement and audio inputs from a person in a physical space, and provides the inputs to an application, which displays a virtual space on a display. Bodily movements can be used to define traits of an avatar in the virtual space. The person can be directed to perform the movements by a coaching avatar, or visual or audio cues in the virtual space. The application can respond to the detected movements and voice commands or voice volume of the person to define avatar traits and initiate pre-scripted audio-visual events in the virtual space to provide an entertaining experience. A performance in the virtual space can be captured and played back with automatic modifications, such as alterations to the avatar's voice or appearance, or modifications made by another person. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175802 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPERATING ELECTRIC APPARATUS - A method and a system for operating an electric apparatus are provided. In the present invention, first, an image capturing unit is enabled for capturing an image. Next, a palm component on the image is detected. Afterwards, a center of mass in the palm component is calculated according to a principal component analysis (PCA) algorithm, so as to use the center of mass to simulate a cursor. Then, a width of the palm of the palm component is calculated. Finally, the width of the palm is compared with a threshold so as to execute a click action if the width of the palm is greater than the threshold. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175803 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SCREEN MANIPULATION USING HAPTIC ENABLE CONTROLLER - An interface system and a method for manipulating a display are disclosed. The interface system includes a display having a scroll area and a cursor presented thereon, a controller for manipulating a position of the cursor on the display, and a haptic device for generating a plurality of tactile feedbacks to a user through the controller, wherein a movement of the cursor across a peripheral edge of the scroll area of the display results in the haptic device generating a first tactile feedback of the plurality of tactile feedbacks representing a scroll mode, and wherein a movement of the cursor while the cursor is positioned within the scroll area of the display results in the haptic device generating a second tactile feedback of the plurality of tactile feedbacks representing a scroll rate of a visual feedback presented on the display. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175804 | EVENT GENERATION BASED ON PRINT PORTION IDENTIFICATION - An optical scanner is configured to scan multiple print portions of a body part such as a finger. The optical scanner identifies a first one of the print portions in an area of an optical surface. An event such as launching an application is generated based on identifying the first print portion in the area of the optical surface. In addition, various events can be generated based on different combinations of print portions in different areas of the optical surface. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175805 | MOTION CONTROLLABLE DUAL DISPLAY PORTABLE MEDIA DEVICE - Methods and apparatus of interaction with and control of a portable media device through applied motion. In the embodiments described herein, the portable media device can include at least two displays arranged such that only one can be presented at a time. The portable media device can be configured to operate as a electronic book (e-book) having at least one electrophoretic type display having a refresh time less than an amount of time to rotate the e-book to view the refreshed display. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175806 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR USE IN MOTION DETECTION AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING RESULTANT DEVIATION THEREOF - An electronic device utilizing a nine-axis motion sensor module, capable of accurately outputting a resultant deviation including deviation angles in a 3D reference frame is provided. The present invention provides a novel comparison and compensation to accurately obtain a resultant deviation including deviation angles of the electronic device under the presence of external and/or internal interferences including the ones caused by undesirable electromagnetic fields and the ones associated with undesirable external forces and axial accelerations. The output of the nine-axis motion sensor module of the present invention including a rotation sensor, an accelerometer and a magnetometer can be advantageously obtained and compensated with a comparison comparing different states of the motion sensor module such that an updated state associated with the output and the resultant deviation angles of the nine-axis motion sensor module are preferably obtained in an absolute manner with the undesirable external interferences being effectively excluded. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175807 | DETECTION OF A ROLLING MOTION OR SLIDING MOTION OF A BODY PART ON A SURFACE - An optical scanner scans a first portion of a print of a body part such as a finger in a first area of an optical surface. The optical scanner detects a motion of the body part to a second area of the optical surface. This can be done in various ways. One way is for the optical scanner to detect a sliding motion of the body part to determine if most of the first portion of the print is in the second area. Another way is for the optical scanner to determine a rolling motion of the print based on a continuity of the print from the first area to the second area. A similar system and method is disclosed which detects a rolling motion of a body part by using a sleeve with multiple properties. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175808 | POINTING DEVICE - A pointing device is provided. The pointing device is configured to output a movement instruction signal for moving a cursor on a display in an instructed direction and includes: a pointing stick; a cursor movement including a +X sensor, −X sensor, +Y sensor and −Y sensor configured to sense a cursor movement instruction signal for instructing the cursor to move in +X direction, −X direction, +Y direction and −Y direction, respectively, according to an operation to the pointing stick; and a stick Z direction operation detector configured to determine that an instruction signal according to an operation to the pointing stick is different from the cursor movement instruction signals when each of outputs from the +X sensor, −X sensor, +Y and −Y sensor is changed by a corresponding predetermined first threshold value or greater within a predetermined time period. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175809 | Tracking Groups Of Users In Motion Capture System - In a motion capture system, a unitary input is provided to an application based on detected movement and/or location of a group of people. Audio information from the group can also be used as an input. The application can provide real-time feedback to the person or group via a display and audio output. The group can control the movement of an avatar in a virtual space based on the movement of each person in the group, such as in a steering or balancing game. To avoid a discontinuous or confusing output by the application, missing data can be generated for a person who is occluded or partially out of the field of view. A wait time can be set for activating a new person and deactivating a currently-active person. The wait time can be adaptive based on a first detected position or a last detected position of the person. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175810 | Recognizing User Intent In Motion Capture System - Techniques for facilitating interaction with an application in a motion capture system allow a person to easily begin interacting without manual setup. A depth camera system tracks a person in physical space and evaluates the person's intent to engage with the application. Factors such as location, stance, movement and voice data can be evaluated. Absolute location in a field of view of the depth camera, and location relative to another person, can be evaluated. Stance can include facing a depth camera, indicating a willingness to interact. Movements can include moving toward or away from a central area in the physical space, walking through the field of view, and movements which occur while standing generally in one location, such as moving one's arms around, gesturing, or shifting weight from one foot to another. Voice data can include volume as well as words which are detected by speech recognition. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175811 | CONTOURED KEYBOARD WITH JOYSTICK MOUSE DEVICE - This disclosure describes an ergonomic computer keyboard with an integrated joystick pointing device. The keyboard incorporates a palm support and a key orientation that enables a user to rest his hand on the palm support and access keys. The joystick pointing device is situated on a portion of the keyboard that is closest to the user such that the user can manipulate the joystick pointing device without removing his hands from the keyboard. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175812 | Radio-frequency mouse - A radio-frequency mouse is used for receiving an electromagnetic wave transmitted by an electronic device. The radio-frequency mouse includes a RF transceiver, a sensor, a micro-controller, a battery, and a power management circuit. The RF transceiver receives and converts an electromagnetic wave into a RF power. The sensor outputs an operation signal according to an operating condition of the RF mouse. The micro-controller transfers an operation signal to the RF transceiver, and the RF transceiver transmits the operation signal to the electronic device. The power management circuit receives the RF power, and selectively supplies the RF power or the battery power of the battery to the sensor and the micro-controller according to RF power. Thus, when the RF power is higher than a preset value, the RF mouse is supplied with power, thereby saving the battery power of the RF mouse and improving a battery life of the RF mouse. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175813 | PIEZO-BASED ACOUSTIC AND CAPACITIVE DETECTION - One particular implementation conforming to aspects of the present disclosure takes the form of an input device for a computing system. The input device includes a input surface on which one or more input characters are shown and one or more sensors to detect which input character is pressed or selected by the user. In one example, the input device may include one or more piezo-electric sensors that detect an acoustic pulse created when the user taps on the input surface to indicate a selected input. Each character of the input surface of the input device creates a different acoustic pulse signature when tapped such that, upon detection and receiving of the acoustic pulse at the piezo-electric sensors, the input device or computer system may compare the received pulse to a database of stored pulse signatures to determine which character on the surface of the input device was tapped by the user. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175814 | KEYBOARD WITH MULTI-ANGLE SUPPORT - A keyboard includes a main body and a support in the main body. The main body includes a bottom defining two slots and two opposite sidewalls each defining a receiving hole. The slots communicate with the receiving holes, respectively. The support includes a rotation member, two driving members and two connecting members received in the two slots, respectively. Each connecting member includes a first arm and a second arm, wherein two ends of the first arm are rotatably connected to the rotation member and the second arm, respectively, the second arm is further rotatably connected to one of the driving members, and the second arm moves together with the one of the two driving members, causing the connecting ends of the first arm and the second arm to extend out of one of the two slots. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175815 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD AND SYSTEM AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND KEYBOARD THEREOF - The invention discloses an electronic character input method and a system. The method comprises imaging the text message with an optical imaging device, converting the pointed text information in the text image into character text through an optical character recognition module; and inputting the recognized character text into a current text in process. In addition, modification can be made by, inputting the modified character text into the current text in process. A user can utilize a built-in camera to take a text image for characters to be input, obtain a character text corresponding to the text image through recognition and conversion, input the character text into the text which is currently processed by the intelligent device without inputting the characters in the text image one by one on a keyboard or a touch screen, thereby saving labor and time. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175816 | MULTI-TOUCH CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A multi-touch character input method includes the steps of: (a) preparing a character table in which characters are discriminated and arranged according to multi-touch attributes; (b) detecting a touch occurring on a touch input surface; (c) recognizing a first attribute based on the number of touch points by the touch; (d) recognizing a first character corresponding to the first attribute in the character table; and (e) detecting a change in the first attribute, and recognizing a second character induced from the first character in the character table in correspondence to a second attribute based on the change of the first attribute. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175817 | MOBILE TERMINAL - Portable terminal ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175818 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a mobile electronic device capable of reflecting a user's intention. While an initial screen ( | 2011-07-21 |
20110175819 | ALPHABETIC CHARACTER INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - There is provided an alphabetic character input apparatus including a data storage unit configured to store therein alphabetic character assignment information of each of keys in an alphabetic character input section and a program for inputting an alphabetic character; a key input unit configured to detect a key manipulation signal of a user to select an alphabetic character assigned to each of the keys; and a memory configured to store therein alphabetic character assignment information of a key corresponding to a key manipulation signal lately input by the user such that the alphabetic character assignment information of the key is assigned to a clone key. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175820 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES, CHARACTER INPUT SCREEN DISPLAY METHODS, AND PROGRAMS - A portable telephone determines whether or not an entry that serves to select a particular character input mode has been accepted. If the portable telephone determines that the entry that serves to select the particular character input mode has been accepted, the portable telephone displays a list screen on which lists of particular types of characters are categorized and are indicated using tabs corresponding to the types at a part of a character input screen. Thereafter, if the portable telephone accepts an entry from the user that serves to select a tab, the portable telephone selects a tab corresponding to the entry from the list screen and displays a list screen of the particular type of character corresponding to the selected tab on a character input screen. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175821 | Virtual Drafting Tools - Techniques for using virtual tools are disclosed. In one aspect, a user interface is presented. A first touch input including touch inputs at two or more locations is received, and a virtual tool corresponding to the relative positions of the two or more locations is identified. A second touch input interacting with the virtual tool is received, and a graphical object corresponding to the identified virtual tool and the second touch input is presented. In another aspect, an input activating a drafting mode of a device is received, and a drafting user interface is presented. A second touch input including touch inputs at two or more locations is received, and a third touch input is received. A graphical object corresponding to the third touch input and a virtual drafting tool corresponding to the second touch input is generated and presented. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175822 | USING A GESTURE TO TRANSFER AN OBJECT ACROSS MULTIPLE MULTI-TOUCH DEVICES - In an example embodiment, predefined gestures are used to provide an intuitive way to transfer objects between multi-touch devices. A first gesture, such as a pinching motion is used to select an object to transfer from a source device. A second gesture, such as a de-pinching gesture, is used to designate a destination for the object on a second device. Data associated with the initiator of the transfer, such as data representative of a fingerprint scan may be employed to match the source device with the destination device. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175823 | Negative Pixel Compensation - Negative pixel compensation in a touch sensor panel is disclosed. A method can compensate for a negative pixel effect in touch signal outputs due to poor grounding of an object touching the panel. To do so, the method can include determining at least one bound for a negative pixel compensation factor based on touch signal values, estimating the compensation factor within the determined bound based on the touch signal values that are negative, where the negative values indicate the presence of the negative pixel effect, and applying the estimated compensation factor to the touch signal outputs to compensate the touch signal values for the negative pixel effect. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175824 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PANEL MODULE INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL AND DISPLAY PANEL - A control apparatus for controlling a panel module including a touch panel and a display panel is provided. The control apparatus includes: a display driver, coupled to the display panel, for controlling display operations of the display panel according to a plurality of driving signals; and a touch controller, coupled to the touch panel and the display driver, for referring to a level transition of at least one driving signal of the driving signals to generate a touch control signal corresponding to a touch sensing output generated by the touch panel. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175825 | Touch Control System and Touch Control Method and Computer System of the Same - The present invention discloses a touch control system for a computer system with high compatibility. The touch control system includes an touch sensing device for detecting a touch event to generate a plurality of sensed signals conformed to a first format, and an embedded controller coupled to the touch sensing device for determining a user instruction according to the plurality of sensed signals and generating a plurality of control signals conformed to a second format to the computer system. An internal driving program in the computer system can only identify signals conformed to the second format. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175826 | Automatically Displaying and Hiding an On-screen Keyboard - A method and system for displaying an on-screen keyboard. An on-screen keyboard and a plurality of input fields are displayed on the touch-sensitive display. Each input field has an associated input interface and the on-screen keyboard is associated with a first input field. A subsequent contact with the touch-sensitive display that corresponds to a second input field is detected. The second input field is associated with a second input interface that is distinct from the on-screen keyboard and the second input interface is compatible with text input form the on-screen keyboard. The second input interface is concurrently displayed with the on-screen keyboard in response to the detected subsequent contact with the second input field. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175827 | Filtering Input Streams in a Multi-Touch System - Once a first touch has been initiated on a multi-touch input device, the device ignores any additional touches which are initiated on the device while the first touch is still occurring. For example, although hardware in the device may detect such additional touches, the hardware may opt not to provide input representing such additional touches to software (such as device drivers) executing on the device. Alternatively, the hardware may provide input representing such additional touches to software executing on the device, but such software may ignore such input, such as by not associating the input with any touch input streams maintained by the software. In summary, although the device has the inherent ability to process multiple simultaneous touches, the device may be configured to operate in a “first come, first served” mode, in which the device acts only on touches initiated while no other touch is still occurring. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175828 | EMBEDDED TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an embedded touch sensitive display, which includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), a touch sensing layer, a touch signal transfer circuit and a conductive media. The liquid crystal display comprises a top substrate, a bottom substrate, and a liquid crystal layer which is configured between the top substrate and the bottom substrate. The touch sensing layer is disposed below the top substrate of the LCD for generating touch signals after sensing an outside touch action, and the touch signal transfer circuit is disposed above the bottom substrate of the LCD. The conductive media is disposed between the touch sensing layer and the touch signal transfer circuit for transferring the touch signals between the touch sensing layer and the touch signal transfer circuit. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175829 | Information processing device, operation input method and operation input program - Disclosed herein is an information processing device including a contact detection unit configured to detect a contact operation for an operation surface, an approach detection unit configured to detect an approach operation for the operation surface, and a control unit configured to recognize the contact operation and the approach operation as a series of operation inputs when the contact operation and the approach operation are continuously detected. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175830 | Display control apparatus, display control method and display control program - A display control apparatus may include a proximity detector to detect proximity of an indicator to a display surface, and a touch detector to detect touch of the indicator against the display surface. A control unit may control display of an indicant on the display surface when the proximity detector detects that the indicator is in proximity to the display surface, and may determine whether the indicant is selected based on detection of the touch of the indicator against the display surface by the touch detector. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175831 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT OPERATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INPUT OPERATION DETERMINATION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit determining whether the touch of the instruction object is a predetermined input operation based on the detection result, which is obtained by the touch detection unit when the touch detection unit detects the touch of the instruction object, and at least one of the detection results, which are obtained by the proximity detection unit before and after the touch of the instruction object. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175832 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION PREDICTION METHOD, AND OPERATION PREDICTION PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus includes: a touch detection unit detecting touch of an instruction object on an operation surface; a proximity detection unit detecting proximity of the instruction object to the operation surface; and a control unit detecting movement of the instruction object on or to the operation surface based on the detection result of the touch detection unit and the detection result of the proximity detection unit and starting a process corresponding to an input operation predicted from the detected movement of the instruction object. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175833 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM - One object is to provide a new electronic device which is configured so that a user can read data regardless of a location, input data by directly touching a keyboard displayed on a screen or indirectly touching the keyboard with a stylus pen or the like, and use the input data. A first transistor electrically connected to a reflective electrode and a photo sensor are included over one substrate. A touch-input button displayed on a first screen region of the display portion is displayed as a still image, and a video signal is output so that a moving image is displayed on a second screen region of the display portion. A video signal processing portion supplying different signals between the case where a still image is displayed on the display portion and the case where a moving image is displayed on the display portion is included. | 2011-07-21 |
20110175834 | TOUCH PANEL AND INPUT RECOGNITION DEVICE USING THE TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel is provided including at least one first electrode pattern including a plurality of electrode lines arranged in a first direction; and at least one second electrode pattern including a plurality of second electrode lines arranged in a second direction to intersect the first electrode lines; wherein the first electrode lines are spaced apart at different intervals from one another in the first direction. | 2011-07-21 |