35th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 26 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140240197 | Methods And Devices For Protecting Antenna Components From Contaminants - Sealing portions of an orthomode transducer or another antenna component is accomplished by forming first and second receptacles or channels in one half or portion of the transducer and inserting first and second type of compressible sealing components into the receptacles. Upon attaching additional portions of the transducer the compressible sealing components may be compressed, but the compression is limited to an amount within a compression range to maintain a seal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240198 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR INTERFACE INVOKING - A method, device and electronic device for interface invoking are disclosed according to the embodiments of the invention. The method is applicable in a first electronic device having at least a display unit, and includes: judging whether a distance between the first electronic device and a second electronic device is not greater than a preset distance, to obtain a first judgment result; in a case that the first judgment result is positive, controlling an application in the first electronic device for manipulating the second electronic device to be in an on-state, and displaying an operating interface corresponding to the application on the display unit of the first electronic device; and in a case that the first judgment result is negative, controlling the operating interface to be in an off-state or hidden state. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240199 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a transmission processing section which performs short-range one-to-one communication with a communication partner device, a reception processing section, a received data processing section which acquires information obtained by communication with the communication partner device, a display section which displays the information, and a display processing section which executes processing of displaying the information based on a content of the information. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240200 | Transforming Modular Display Systems And Methods Of Using Same - Modular display monitor systems are disclosed that employ a multi-purpose base component that may be used in a first configuration as part of a stand riser assembly for supporting a display monitor component in an upright viewing position with a separate riser component, and that may be used in a second configuration together with a separate support arm as part of an arm mount assembly for attaching a display monitor component to a wall or desktop without the riser component. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240201 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR - There is provided an image display apparatus that configures, together with another image display apparatus, a multi-screen display system. The image display apparatus includes a light emitting unit, an acquiring unit configured to acquire information concerning light emission brightness of the light emitting unit of the image display apparatus and the other image display apparatus, and a correcting unit configured to correct, on the basis of the information acquired by the acquiring unit, at least one of the light emission brightness of the light emitting unit of the image display apparatus and the other image display apparatus to thereby determine the light emission brightnesses of the light emitting units of the image display apparatus and the other image display apparatus. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240202 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention provides information processing method and apparatus. The method includes detecting, at a first electronic device, whether a first operation for adjusting a first parameter of a first component of the first electronic device is received; generating an adjustment instruction based on the first operation; and executing the adjustment instruction and transmitting the adjustment instruction to a second electronic device capable of exchanging data with the first electronic device for multi-device cooperation, so as to enable the second electronic device to adjust the first parameter of a second component of the second electronic device by executing the adjustment instruction. The second component and the first component are of the same type. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240203 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A DISTRIBUTED MANIFESTATION IN AN ENVIRONMENT - The present invention concerns a projection system for providing a distributed manifestation within an environment. The projection system includes a data generator for generating a plurality of data sets of associated state data and spatial coordinate data. The projection system also includes a projector in communication with the data generator for receiving the data sets. The projector is provided with a signal generating module for generating a plurality of electromagnetic signals, and a projecting module for projecting each of the electromagnetic signals towards a target location within the environment. The projection system also includes a plurality of receiving units distributed within the environment, each receiving unit having a receiver for receiving one of the electromagnetic signals when the receiving unit is positioned in the corresponding target location, each receiving unit being adapted to perform a change of state in response to the state data. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240204 | HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE FOR A SMART PHONE - A head-up display device for a smart phone, which includes a satellite positioning module, a short-distance wireless transmission module, a base, a display module, a light sensor, and a semitransparent reflective film, wherein the short-distance wireless transmission is used to receive the related message data sent by the smart phone and the satellite positioning module, and the image is displayed on the semitransparent reflective film by mirror image method after displaying by the display module, to thereby avoid the danger of the driver lowering head for reading messages, to ensure road safety. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240205 | IMAGE DEVICE WITH PIXEL DOTS WITH MULTI-PRIMARY COLORS - An image device including a plurality of pixel groups. Each pixel group includes a plurality of dots arranged in a predetermined identical matrix form, and each pixel group has at least one first color dot, at least one second color dot, at least one third color dot and at least one fourth color dot. Any repeated sequence of consecutive color dots in a row direction and in a column direction comprise at least one first color dot, at least one second color dot, at least one third color dot, at least one fourth color dot. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240206 | EL DISPLAY PANEL, POWER SUPPLY LINE DRIVE APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is an electroluminescence display panel including a pixel circuit, a signal line, a scan line, a drive power supply line, a common power supply line, a power supply line drive circuit, a high-potential power supply line, and a low-potential power supply line. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240207 | LOW-POWER DISPLAY AND CORRESPONDING LIGHTING APPARATUS AND METHODS OF OPERATION - A display ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140240208 | VOLTAGE LEVEL CONVERSION CIRCUITS AND DISPLAY DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME - A voltage level conversion circuit includes a voltage switch circuit and a level shift circuit. The voltage switch circuit is configured to sequentially output an intermediate voltage and a conversion voltage in response to a switch signal. The level shift circuit is configured to latch a voltage level corresponding to an input signal using the intermediate voltage, and to convert the latched voltage level using the conversion voltage to generate an output signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240209 | SHIFT REGISTER, GATE DRIVER, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - Disclosed is a shift register, a gate driver and a display apparatus. The shift register comprises: a pulling-up transistor (M | 2014-08-28 |
20140240210 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY AND METHOD OF DRIVING AN ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY - An electrophoretic display includes a data driving circuit, a plurality of first electrodes, a gate driving circuit, a plurality of second electrodes and an electrophoretic layer. The data driving circuit is used for generating data signals. The first electrodes are used for receiving the data signals transmitted from the data driving circuit. The gate driving circuit is used for generating gate signals. The second electrodes are used for receiving the gate signals transmitted from the gate driving circuit. The electrophoretic layer is disposed between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. The gate driving circuit drives the second electrodes with a non-adjacent sequence. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240211 | Dual Particle Electrophoretic Display and Method of Manufacturing Same - A dual particle electrophoretic display and a method for manufacturing same are disclosed. The display comprises a back substrate and a transparent substrate forming a cavity therebetween. The transparent substrate including one or more cathode electrodes forming a plurality of electronically and selectively addressable pixels; one or more side walls extending from the transparent substrate, the side walls defining corresponding pixel cells, wherein a plurality of electrophoretic particles are contained in each cell and a substantially clear suspension fluid is distributed throughout the cavity by a gap formed between the site walls. A color or shade of the pixels within the display is determined by applying a driving voltage to the pixels of based on a desired level of Gray scale coding. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240212 | TRACKING DEVICE TILT CALIBRATION USING A VISION SYSTEM - A system and method for displaying digital graphics on a computer's display are disclosed. The method includes the steps of connecting a vision system to the computer, wherein the vision system is adapted to monitor a visual space. The method further includes the steps of detecting, by the vision system, a tracking object in the visual space, the tracking object having an at-rest tilt angle, and outputting, by the vision system to the computer, spacial coordinate data representative of the location of the tracking object within the visual space. The method further includes the steps of executing a graphics application program, mapping a horizontal and vertical portion of the spatial coordinate data to a display connected to the computer, and calibrating the tracking object to establish the at-rest tilt angle as a default value in the graphics application program. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240213 | MULTI-RESOLUTION GESTURE RECOGNITION - Systems and methods for detecting and analyzing bodies visible to an input source are disclosed herein. Analysis of detected bodies can be used in gesture recognition. In particular embodiments, detection and recognition of hand and portions thereof, including fingers and portions thereof (e.g., fingertips) can be performed to recognize gestures related to the hand. Recognition and analysis of bodies visible to an input source can occur using, for example, blob detection techniques, machine learning techniques, and various calculative techniques including statistical analysis, application-specific equations, and estimations related to bodies anticipated to be visible to the input source. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240214 | Glove Interface Apparatus for Computer-Based Devices - A glove interface apparatus for computer-based devices includes a glove having a plurality of contacts and a thumb contact that together render a completed electrical circuit when the thumb contact touches any of the plurality of contacts. Each of the resulting circuits is configured to present a unique voltage which is coupled to a processor which determines a character signal representative of the unique voltage and transmits that signal to a compatible computer-based device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240215 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A USER INTERFACE UTILITY USING A VISION SYSTEM - A method for controlling a user interface utility in a graphics application program executing on a computer is disclosed. The method includes a step of connecting a vision system to the computer, wherein the vision system is adapted to monitor a visual space. The method further includes a step of detecting, by the vision system, a tracking object in the visual space. The method further includes a step of executing, by the computer, a graphics application program, and outputting, by the vision system to the computer, spatial coordinate data representative of the location of the tracking object within the visual space. The method further includes a step of controlling, with the spatial coordinate data output by the vision system, the rendering of a user interface utility within the graphics application program to a display connected to the computer. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240216 | Devices And Methods For Displaying Data In Response To Detected Events - A method and a device is disclosed, whereby the device can be a first electronic device. The first electronic device is adapted to be coupled to a second electronic device. The method comprises at the first electronic device certain steps which can be performed by a processor of the first electronic device. In particular, there is a step of generating first data for display at the first electronic device pertaining to an application executable on the first electronic device. Also, there is the step of receiving a signal at the first electronic device from a second electronic device in response to an event detected at the second electronic device. Finally, in response to the received signal, there is modifying the first data, and generating second data for display at the second electronic device pertaining to the application and sending the second data to the second electronic device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240217 | SYSTEM COMPRISING AN OCULOMETER, METHOD IMPLEMENTED ON SUCH A SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - The invention relates to a system comprising an oculometer for measuring movements of at least one eye of an operator, wherein it comprises furthermore a display for displaying, for the eye, a frame of at least one point performing a blinking, so that the operator can perform at least one smooth tracking movement of the eye while looking at the display while operating. The invention also relates to a method implemented on such a system, and a corresponding computer program product. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240218 | HEAD TRACKING METHOD AND DEVICE - The invention extends to a tracking device for tracking a position of a moving object such as a human head or eyes, the device comprising a camera, a radiation source radiating electro-magnetic radiation, and a processor for calculating variables indicative of the position of an object relative to the camera, wherein the camera is adapted to capture images using illumination provided by the radiation source, wherein the radiation source comprises a source of infrared radiation and the camera comprises a monocular image input. Further aspects of the invention relate to an associated method for tracking a moving object; to quickly sorting a set of competing models of the users head; the use of threshold conversion to distinguish characteristics of captured images, and controlling the output of a three dimensional display in dependence on the tracked position of a user's head. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240219 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus and/or the method using the same which provide user interaction are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display body including an image display surface; and a photographing unit including a camera module to photograph a user to sense a user's gesture, and placed in a first position in which the photographing unit is accommodated in the display body when the photographing unit does not photograph, and placed in a second position in which the photographing unit protrudes out of the display body when the photographing unit photographs. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240220 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and apparatus for controlling an operation of an electronic device are provided. The method for controlling the operation of the electronic device includes, when an event for controlling an operation of the electronic device using a feature occurs, analyzing images being input from a camera in real-time, determining a reference position based on a position of the feature within at least one image among the images being input, determining a reference region for determining the movement or non-movement of the feature, based on the determined reference position, and changing the reference position according to a position of the feature moved within the reference region. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240221 | Electronic Apparatus And Method - An electronic apparatus and a method are disclosed. The electronic apparatus can be worn on a wrist of a user and can have established a data connection to a remote apparatus. The electronic apparatus includes a first image collecting unit for collecting an image; a storing unit for storing image collected by the first image collecting unit; a gesture detecting unit for detecting a gesture of the user; a data transmitting unit for transmitting data with the remote apparatus; a control unit for activating the first image collecting unit when it is determined that a first gesture of the user is detected; and activating the data transmitting unit to transmit the image stored in the storing unit to the remote apparatus when it is determined that a second gesture of the user is detected. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240222 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, a photographing image including a user region is acquired. The user region is detected from the photographing image. The user region in the photographing image is changed so that a user's direction in the user region cannot be decided, and the photographing image in which the user region is changed is acquired as a change image. A position of the user region in the photographing image is calculated. An image of a back side-cloth is compounded with the user region in the change image at the position. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING CAPACITIVE EMG AND IMU SENSOR SIGNALS FOR GESTURE CONTROL - There is disclosed a muscle interface device for use with controllable connected devices. In an embodiment, the muscle interface device comprises a sensor worn on the forearm of a user, and the sensor is adapted to recognize a plurality of gestures made by a user to interact with a controllable connected device. The muscle interface device utilizes a plurality of sensors, including one or more of capacitive EMG sensors and an IMU sensor, to detect gestures made by a user. Other types of sensors including MMG sensors may also be used. The detected user gestures from the sensors are processed into a control signal for allowing the user to interact with content displayed on the controllable connected device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240224 | Display Method And Eletronic Device - A display method and an electronic device are described. The display method is applied in an electronic device that includes a display unit and at least one sensing unit. The method includes obtaining first sensing data by a first sensing unit; determining first display information according to the first sensing data; judging whether a predetermined condition is met or not to obtain a judgment result; and selecting a first mode or a second mode to be used to determine a display position of the first display information on the display unit according to the judgment result, wherein the first mode is different from the second mode; and displaying the first display information at the display position. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240225 | METHOD FOR TOUCHLESS CONTROL OF A DEVICE - The invention relates to a system and method for computer vision based control of a device which includes, in one embodiment, obtaining a series of images of a field of view, the field of view including a user's hand; identifying a shape of the user's hand in an image from the series of images; identifying a location within the image of the user's hand in a pre-defined shape; and controlling the device based on an overlap of the location of the hand in the pre-defined and a location of an object in the image. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240226 | User Interface Apparatus - A user interface apparatus includes a support structure, a display, a memory, and a processor. The support structure is configured to be supported on the head of a user. The display is supported by the support structure. The memory is supported by the support structure and includes program instructions. The processor is supported by the support structure and is operably connected to the display and to the memory. The processor is configured to execute the program instructions to (i) establish a communication link with a configurable device, (ii) receive interface data from the configurable device, (iii) generate optimized display data using the received interface data, (iv) render the optimized display data on the display, (v) receive a user selection of the rendered optimized display data, and (vi) transmit a control signal to the configurable device based upon the received user selection. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240227 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A TRACKING OBJECT IN A VISION SYSTEM - A method for calibrating a tracking object for use in a graphics application program executing on a computer is disclosed. The method includes a step of connecting a vision system to the computer, wherein the vision system is adapted to monitor a visual space. The method further includes a step of detecting, by the vision system, a tracking object in the visual space. The tracking object has an arcuate motion when guided by a user. The method further includes a step of executing, by the computer, a graphics application program, and outputting, by the vision system to the computer, spatial coordinate data representative of the location of the tracking object within the visual space. The method further includes a step of calibrating the tracking object to compensate for the arcuate motion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240228 | USER INTERFACE DISPLAY DEVICE - An optical panel having an image-forming function is disposed in parallel with a virtual horizontal plane so that the optical axis thereof is orthogonal to the virtual horizontal plane. A flat panel display is disposed in offset relation below the optical panel such that a display surface of the flat panel display is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the virtual horizontal plane and faces upward. A light source for projecting light toward a hand, and a camera for imaging the reflection of the light from the hand are provided below or above a spatial image image-formed above the optical panel. This provides a user interface display device which does not include structure serving as an obstacle to manipulation around the spatial image projected in space to achieve an interaction with the spatial image by using the hand of the operator in a natural manner. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240229 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD AND TOUCH CONTROL APPARATUS - A computer readable recording media comprising at least one program code recorded thereon, a touch control method is performed when the program code is read and executed. The touch control method comprises the following steps: (a) detecting location data for an object relative to a detecting surface to generate at least one displacement data; (b) storing the displacement data to a storage apparatus and outputting the stored displacement data to a target apparatus from the storage apparatus after storing the displacement data for a predetermined time period, when the object touches the detecting surface; and (c) cleaning the stored displacement data when the object leaves the detecting surface. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240230 | CONTROL METHOD FOR POINTER THROUGH TOUCHPAD - An electronic device includes a touchpad and a display. The touchpad is divided into a central area and a lateral area. The lateral area surrounds the central area. A method for controlling a movement of a pointer across the display includes detecting a slide touch operation in the central area of the touchpad, moving the pointer across the display according to a direction of the slide touch operation, detecting a constant touch operation in the lateral area at an end point of the central area, and continuing to move the pointer across the display when the constant touch operation is detected. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240231 | PROCESSING TRACKING AND RECOGNITION DATA IN GESTURAL RECOGNITION SYSTEMS - Systems and methods are described for detecting an event of a source device, and generating at least one data sequence comprising device event data specifying the event and state information of the event. The device event data and state information are type-specific data having a type corresponding to an application of the source device. A data capsule is formed to include the at least one data sequence. The data capsule has a data structure comprising an application-independent representation of the at least one data sequence. The systems and methods detect poses and motion of an object, translate the poses and motion into a control signal using a gesture notation, and control a computer application using the control signal. The systems and methods automatically detect a gesture of a body, translate the gesture to a gesture signal, and control a component coupled to a computer in response to the gesture signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240232 | Automatic Cursor Rotation - A touch device is configured to display a touch activated cursor on a touch screen. The touch device is configured to automatically rotate the cursor depending on movement of the cursor on the touch screen. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240233 | APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A CURSOR IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND A METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus is provided including a controller configured to: detect whether a displayed object is an icon; detect whether a cursor is located inside an area surrounding the displayed object, when the displayed object is the icon; move the cursor to a first location within the displayed object, when the cursor is located inside the area; and hold the cursor still after the cursor is moved to the first location, wherein the cursor is held still for a waiting time period. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240234 | Input Device - An example method for inputting data into a device in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes detecting, by a sensor, an object in an area on an input device, generating input device data indicating a function responsive to the detected object, and providing the input device data to an output device. The output device displays a digital input device in response to receiving the input device data, and the digital input device has a specified area corresponding to the area on the input device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240235 | FOLDABLE KEYBOARD WITH ADJUSTABLE ERGONOMIC FEATURES - An input system includes a first base portion including a keying surface and a second base portion including a keying surface. For example, the input system may be a keyboard with a first keyboard segment and a second keyboard segment. A base portion manipulation mechanism couples the first base portion to the second base portion. The base portion manipulation mechanism includes a first moveable coupling that is configured to allow relative movement of the first base portion and the second base portion into at least one of a side-by-side tented orientation and a side-by-side splayed orientation. For example, the first base portion and the second base portion may be moved into an ergonomic, side-by-side, tented and splayed orientation. A second moveable coupling is configured to allow relative movement of the first base portion and the second base portion into a stacked orientation for storage and travel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240236 | ADJUSTABLE ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD - An input system includes a first base portion and a second base portion that each include a keying surface. A base portion manipulation mechanism couples the first base portion to the second base portion. The base portion manipulation mechanism includes a moveable coupling that is configured to allow relative movement of the first base portion and the second base portion into at least one of a tented orientation and a splayed orientation. A locking mechanism provides a biasing force that causes an engagement between portions of the moveable coupling that resists relative movement of the first base portion and the second base portion absent an unlocking force, wherein the locking mechanism is responsive to the unlocking force that overcomes the biasing force to allow relative movement of the first base portion and the second base portion into the at least one of the tented orientation and the splayed orientation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240237 | CHARACTER INPUT METHOD BASED ON SIZE ADJUSTMENT OF PREDICTED INPUT KEY AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device having an input unit and a display unit which displays an input screen corresponding to the input unit. When a user's input is received through the input unit, the device predicts the next input, based on the received input, and then adjusts a size of a key region for receiving the next input in the input unit. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240238 | ADJUSTABLE ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD - An input system includes at least one base portion. A plurality of multi-function keys, a function lock key, and a function activation key are located on the at least one base portion and coupled to a key function engine. The key function engine is configured to provide the plurality of multi-function keys in a first function mode. The key function engine may then change the function mode of the plurality of multi-function keys from the first function mode to a second function mode in response to receiving a first input through the function activation key that is followed by a second input that is received through the function lock key. The key function engine may then change the function mode of the plurality of multi-function keys between the second function mode and the first function mode in response to each subsequent input that is received through the function activation key. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240239 | CLIENT DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A touch input device that includes a touch panel stacked with a display or integrally disposed with a display, and a controller. During a state of the display displaying a designated image, upon detecting that a specific location in the image has been touched with the touch panel, the controller detects a velocity by which a touch position changes and a direction in which the touch position changes while the touch continues, and determines an input instruction. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240240 | Method for Selecting Waveforms on Electronic Test Equipment - A method for operating a data processing system having a touch enabled display screen that displays a plurality of waveforms to alter the display of one of the waveforms without altering the display of the remaining waveforms is disclosed. The method includes determining a selected waveform in response to a user touching the display screen in a first location thereby defining a touch area that determines the selected waveform. An operation that is to be performed on the selected waveform is then defined by a gesture on the screen. The selected waveform is determined by a touch area that is defined by the user touching the screen. If more than one waveform is defined by the touch area, the possible waveforms are sequentially selected until the correct one is presented to the user in response to the user repeating the touching that defines the touch area. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240241 | Monitor for Mobile Phone - Provided is a monitor comprising a touch screen and electronics for receiving and transmitting data from and to a mobile phone, wherein the monitor acts as if it is an actual monitor for the mobile phone by displaying what would have been displayed on the mobile phone's touch screen. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240242 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A TOUCH SCREEN INTERFACE UTILIZING A HOVER GESTURE CONTROLLER - A system and method are provided for employing a hover gesture controller to reduce inadvertent interactions with a touch screen. The hover gesture controller recognizes the user's interaction intentionality before physical contact is made with the touch screen. This reduces inadvertent user interactions and offloads a portion of computation cost involved in post touch intentionality reorganization. The hover gesture controller utilizes a touch screen interface onboard an aircraft coupled to a processor and configured to (a) detect a weighted hover interaction; and (b) compare the weighted hover interaction to a threshold value to determine if a subsequent touch is acceptable. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240243 | PROVIDING META INFORMATION IN WRIST DEVICE - A method, apparatus, and computer program for providing meta information in a wrist-worn training computer. The method includes displaying, by the wrist-worn training computer, a first display view comprising at least one display element on a touch-sensitive display screen of the wrist-worn training computer, wherein the display element is associated with a function of the wrist-worn training computer; indicating, by an output of the wrist-worn training computer, availability of meta information associated with the function of the wrist-worn training computer; and displaying, in a second display view by the wrist-worn training computer, the meta information on the touch-sensitive display screen upon detection of a sweep touch input from the user through a touch-sensitive part of the touch-sensitive display screen. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240244 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM - An electronic device, a controlling method thereof, and a non-transitory storage medium are provided. The method includes displaying a first user interface of a first mode in a first area of a touch screen of the electronic device and one or more snapshots of a second user interface of a second mode in a second area of the touch screen while the electronic device is in the first mode. The method also includes detecting a first sliding gesture on or near the touch screen. The method further includes switching the electronic device from the first mode into the second mode if the first sliding gesture complies with a predetermined switching condition. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240245 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SELECTIVELY OUTPUTTING TACTILE FEEDBACK AND VISUAL FEEDBACK AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display device for selectively outputting a tactile feedback and a visual feedback and a method for controlling the display device are disclosed. The method for controlling the display device includes outputting at least one of a first visual feedback and a first tactile feedback of a first User Interface (UI) on a UI unit, detecting a user's gaze toward the UI unit through a camera unit, sensing a contact making a movement on the first UI through a sensor unit, outputting a second visual feedback of a second UI in correspondence with the contact making a movement on the first UI, upon detection of the user's gaze, and outputting the first tactile feedback of the first UI in correspondence with the contact making a movement on the first UI, if the user's gaze is not detected. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240246 | Display Device And Touch Sensing Method Thereof - Disclosed is a display device capable of improving touch sensitivity by removing noise from a user's touch signal through compensation of display touch crosstalk, and a touch sensing method thereof, wherein the display device may include a timing controller for driving one frame by a time division method to alternately perform a displaying driving mode and a touch sensing mode; and a touch sensor for determining a DTX compensation block including at least one touch sensing block corresponding to a unit for sensing a user's touch; calculating a compensation representative value and a sensing block average value; and sensing a user's touch by compensating for touch data in accordance with a difference between the compensation representative value and the sensing block average value. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240247 | METHOD FOR PRESENTING A PHOTO GALLERY AND TERMINAL DEVICE THEREOF - Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for presenting a photo gallery in a terminal device and the terminal device thereof The method may comprise: detecting a sliding path of a touch operation on a screen of a terminal device; and performing an operation on a predetermined area and presenting pictures of the photo gallery according to a photo gallery operation mode to which the sliding path corresponds. When the photo gallery is initiated to display the pictures, the predetermined area may be automatically hidden according to the sliding path generated on the screen of the terminal device by a user, thereby increases display area for the pictures in the photo gallery, reduces the amount of sliding actions for presenting the pictures, saves time taken for processing the pictures, and improves user experience. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240248 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING PROXIMITY MOTION USING SENSORS - An apparatus for recognizing a proximity motion using sensors may include a first sensor to sense a first input region, a second sensor to sense a second input region distinct from the first input region, and an information transfer controller to transfer information related to a transition, between the first sensor and the second sensor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240249 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANALYZING INPUT ON TOUCH PANEL - The system and method of analyzing input on touch panel are provided. The system includes an electrical device, including a touch panel, wherein plurality of patterns on the touch panel are generated by a manufacturing process; and an input device, including a photograph unit and a processing unit and configured to input a message to the electrical device, wherein when the message is inputted to the electrical device, the input device photographs one or more of the patterns by the photograph unit for generating an image data, analyzes a location information included in the image data by the first processing unit for generating a coordinate information, and transmits the coordinate information to the electrical device through a wireless transmission. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240250 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electronic apparatus includes a touch-control socket device and a display device. The touch-control socket device includes a socket and a touch-control glass. The socket has a seat, a frame extended from the seat, and a connecting module disposed in the seat. The seat has a first insertable opening and a second insertable opening respectively facing two different directions. The touch-control glass is fixed on the frame and electrically connected to the connecting module. The touch-control glass has a first surface and an opposite second surface. When an electrical connector of the display device inserts into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the first surface is used as a touch-control interface. When the electrical connector of the display device inserts into the connecting module through the second insertable opening, the second surface is served as a touch interface. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240251 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a planar display unit, and a touch panel which is disposed so as to overlap the display unit and is capable of detecting a vertical distance between two-dimensional coordinates along a surface of the display unit and a finger. Resolution of the two-dimensional coordinates becomes finer as the vertical distance decreases. Thus, even when the operating finger is immobilized in a state where the electronic device is fixed, a display of a pointer is not wobbled or a display of a screen is not wobbled. In addition, when a line is drawn using a drawing mode, the line is not displayed jaggedly. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240252 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic apparatus includes a user interface (UI) which displays a first screen on the touch screen, a sensor which senses a grip of a user on the touch screen, and a controller which, if the grip of the user on the touch screen is sensed, controls to display a second screen having a non-screen area. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240253 | METHOD OF DETECTING PROTECTION CASE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting at least one conductive materials attached to a protection case, identifying a combination of the detected at least one conductive material corresponding to an arrangement of the at least one conductive material, mapping the combination of the detected at least one conductive material to an operational function of the electronic device according to user control, and storing a mapping result. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240254 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION METHOD - An electronic device includes a base member and a display member rotatably coupled to the base member. A keyboard and a touchpad are located on a working surface of the base member. When two spaced points of the touchpad are pressed and the touchpad simultaneously detects a slide touch made along a direction substantially perpendicular to a straight line determined by the two spaced points of the touchpad, the touchpad recognizes the slide touch as a scroll operation on a scroll wheel of a mouse. A human-computer interaction method is also provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240255 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FEEDBACK IN RESPONSE TO A USER INPUT AND A TERMINAL IMPLEMENTING THE SAME - A method and a terminal for providing a feedback in response to a user input related to a touch panel are provided. The method includes displaying an object on the screen, detecting a hovering of a touch input means with respect to the object, and providing a visual feedback corresponding to a distance between the object and the touch input means in response to the hovering. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240256 | DIGITAL FILTER, TOUCH SENSE DEVICE INCLUDING THE DIGITAL FILTER, AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE DIGITAL FILTERING - A touch sensing device including digital filter is provided. The touch sensing device includes a touch panel and a touch sensor configured to sensing a touch through the touch panel. The touch sensor includes a plurality of sensing units connected to the touch panel through a plurality of sensing lines. Each of the plurality of sensing units includes a digital filter configured to generate a valid filtered value at a time and invalid filtered value at other times by performing an operation on a plurality of input digital samples and a plurality of filter coefficients. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240257 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING TOUCH-SENSITIVE USER INTERFACE AND RELATED OPERATING METHOD - A method and electronic device are provided to process a touch screen event detected from a touch screen and to process an input key event detected from an input key installed near the touch screen panel. The electronic device detects an input key event from an input key, detects a touch screen event from the touch screen within a given time after the detection of the input key event, and performs a function corresponding to the touch screen event while ignoring the input key event. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240258 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING USER INPUT APPLYING TEXTURE OF BACKGROUND IMAGE - A method of processing an image is provided. The method includes identifying edge components of a background image by a unit of a predetermined size, identifying input coordinate points of a touch input which is input on a touch screen, determining distorted coordinate points by applying the edge components to the input coordinate points, and displaying a drawing image formed by connecting the distorted coordinate points, on the background image. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240259 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method and device for detecting a touch input in an electronic device are provided. The method includes determining a scanning segment and detecting a proximity touch event during the scanning segment, according to a horizontal synchronization (H-sync) signal of a display. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240260 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus are provided for providing a user interface. At least one object is displayed on a touch screen. Hovering of at least one input medium over the touch screen is detected. A first visual effect is provided based on where the input medium hovers over the touch screen and based on an attribute of the at least one object. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240261 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING TOUCH INPUT OBJECT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A method for determining a touch input object in a touchscreen based electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a touch, and determining the touch input object based on two or more of a touch sensitivity, a touched area, and a touch duration time for the detected touch. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240262 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING VOICE SERVICE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL FOR VISUALLY DISABLED PEOPLE - A method is provided including outputting, by a communications terminal, a first voice message identifying a first screen that is displayed on a touchscreen of the communications terminal; and executing a command in response to a touch input being received at the touchscreen. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240263 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, INPUT APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a display apparatus, an input apparatus, and control methods thereof, the display apparatus including: a display to display an image; a communicator to communicate with an input apparatus including a touch sensor to receive a user touch input; and a controller to set an input area of the touch sensor to correspond to a second region that is part of a first region of a screen displayed on the display, the second region being a variable region within the first region. Thus, errors in touch input by an input apparatus are reduced and user's convenience can be improved. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240264 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING EVENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF - A flexible display is applied to a method of controlling an event and an electronic device thereof, and in the electronic device having the flexible display, a method of controlling an intuitive event according to a user's intention and an electronic device thereof are provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240265 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING VIRTUAL KEYPAD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR - An apparatus and method for controlling a virtual keypad in an electronic device. The method includes determining whether a touch is sensed, determining whether the touch is held during a reference time when the touch is sensed, determining whether a coordinate of the touch is included in a reference region when the touch is held during the reference time, and displaying the virtual keypad based on the coordinate of the touch when the coordinate of the touch is included in the reference region. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240266 | INPUT METHOD AND INPUT APPARATUS - There is provided an apparatus including a circuitry configured to initiate an operation command in response to a first moving operation of a first operator on a first operation surface provided on a first surface of a housing body, wherein the first surface is provided on a substantially opposite side of the housing body from a second surface on which a display is provided, and wherein the display is configured to display a result of the initiated operation command. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240267 | Method Using a Finger Above a Touchpad for Controlling a Computerized System - A method for controlling an input from a user to a computerized system including a touchpad is presented. The method includes obtaining data from the touchpad. The data is associated with the location and movement of a finger and/or a hand of the user and not associated with an image of the finger from an image sensor, when the user operates the computerized system using the touchpad. The method further includes communicating the data from the touchpad to the computerized system and analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand. The method further includes determining, using the model, that at least one finger of the user is positioned above but not touching a first control region of the touchpad. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240268 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH VARIABLE FRAME FREQUENCY - An active matrix includes an array of pixels individually addressable over a first frame-frequency range and over a second, higher frame-frequency range. The active matrix also includes, for each pixel of the array, a charging circuit through which that pixel is addressed. Each charging circuit includes an adjustable storage capacitance and is configured such that the storage capacitance is maintained at a first level over the first frame-frequency range, and at a second, lower level over the second frame-frequency range. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240269 | Interactive Color Center Display Apparatus - A display unit comprising a plurality of display modules arranged in a row and having an upper display section and a lower display section. One of the display modules includes an interactive Kiosk, and a second of the display modules includes at least one computer controlled card reading video station. A consumer may pass a coded paint color sample card past a code reader in the video station and is thereafter presented with a display of a color present on the sample card followed by a selectable sequence of video display screens, which may comprise part of a color selection application program. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240270 | Method For Providing An Individual Increased Accessibility To A Touch Screen - A method is defined for providing an individual increased accessibility to a touch screen displaying first and second elements. The individual initially engages the touch screen with a contact point at a first location. The contact point is dragged across the touch screen into engagement with the first element and the first element is highlighted in response thereto. Thereafter, the individual may drag the contact point across the touch screen from the first element into engagement with the second element whereby the second element is highlighted on the touch screen and the highlight is removed from the first element. Audible announcements may accompany the contacting of the first or second elements with the contact point. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240271 | STORING BASELINE INFORMATION IN EEPROM - Pre-stored no-touch or no-hover (no-event) sensor output values can initially be used when a sensor panel subsystem is first booted up to establish an initial baseline of sensor output values unaffected by fingers or other objects touching or hovering over the sensor panel during boot-up. This initial baseline can then be normalized so that each sensor generates the same output value for a given amount of touch or hover, providing a uniform response across the sensor panel and enabling subsequent touch or hover events to be more easily detected. After the initial normalization process is complete, the pre-stored baseline can be discarded in favor of a newly captured no-event baseline that may be more accurate than the pre-stored baseline due to temperature or other variations. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240272 | Dual Display/Dual-Touch Screens/Dual-Core CPU Electronic Schoolbag - A dual-display/dual-touch screen/dual-core CPU electronic schoolbag including central processors, display modules, two displays communicated with the central processors via the display modules, and an I/O interface and a storage respectively communicated with the central processors. The number of both of the displays modules and the central processors is two. Each display communicates with one of the central processors via one of the display modules. The two central processors directly communicate with each other. The two displays are an electronic paper and a liquid display, respectively. An electronic schoolbag capable of supporting multimedia and rapidly and effectively acquiring resources from external networks or servers is fulfilled by using a soft enhancing method on the network structure according to the present invention and possesses characteristics of strong interaction and rapid/effective acquisition of resources. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240273 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH A USER - An apparatus and method for interacting with a user are provided. The apparatus includes a display device operable to display a user interface where the user interface is overlaid on a two-way reflective mirror. The apparatus further includes at least one capacitive sensor coupled to the two-way reflective mirror where the at least one capacitive sensor is operable to generate one or more proximity signals in response to detection of a touchless interaction of an object with the two-way reflective mirror. Further, the apparatus includes one or more processors communicatively coupled to the at least one capacitive sensor where the one or more processors are operable to determine whether one or more values of the generated one or more proximity signals are greater than one or more predefined threshold values. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240274 | Single-layer capacitive touch panel for multi-point sensing - The present invention provides a single-layer capacitive touch panel for multi-point sensing. The capacitive touch panel includes a single patterned touch-sensing layer. When a touch occurs at a certain point on the capacitive touch panel, the generated coupling signal passes through the patterned touch-sensing layer along a determined path so that the coupling signal and thus the location of the certain touch point can be precisely detected. At least two touch points on the capacitive touch panel can be simultaneously detected by enforcing asynchronous scanning at four detecting points at four corners of the capacitive touch panel. Additionally, the single-layer capacitive touch panel can be partitioned into N blocks so as to accomplish the simultaneous sensing of 2×N touch points on the touch panel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240275 | TOUCH CIRCUIT CHIP AND TOUCH APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A touch circuit chip includes a load adjustment unit and a comparator. The load adjustment unit adjusts a determined impedance value according to an impedance matching signal. The first comparator has a first end electrically coupled to a first load and from which to receive a sensing signal, a second end electrically coupled to a second load via the load adjustment unit and from which to receive a reference signal, and an output end. The comparator compares the received sensing signal with the received reference signal and accordingly output a comparison result. The touch circuit chip determines whether there exists a change of a capacitance value of a coupling capacitor between the first and second loads according to the comparison result, wherein the determined impedance value is matched to the impedance value of the coupling capacitor and the first load. A touch apparatus is also provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240276 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal includes a body, and an input part on a side of the body, the input part having a changeable position. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240277 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) DISPLAY DEVICE FOR PROVIDING INPUT-OUTPUT INTERFACE USING DYNAMIC MAGNETIC FIELD CONTROL AND METHOD THEREOF - A three-dimensional (3D) display device for providing an input-output interface using a dynamic magnetic field control is disclosed, the device including a display unit to display a 3D image, a magnetic field generation unit to generate a magnetic field, and a control unit to dynamically control the magnetic field generation unit to generate a 3D magnetic field associated with the 3D image. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240278 | OPERATIONAL AMPLIFIER AND TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A touch sensing apparatus is provided. The touch sensing apparatus includes a touch panel and a touch sensor configured to control the touch panel and sense a touch through the touch panel. The touch sensor includes a plurality of sensing units connected to the touch panel through a plurality of sensing lines respectively. Each of the plurality of sensing units includes at least an operational amplifier whose polarity varies in response to a clock signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240279 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN - Discussed is a display device with integrated touch screen. The display device includes a panel configured to include a plurality of electrodes and a display driver IC that applies a common voltage to the plurality of electrodes, a touch IC configured to generate a touch scan signal, and apply the touch scan signal to the display driver IC, a plurality of first link lines configured to connect the plurality of electrodes to the display driver IC in a first direction, and a plurality of second link lines respectively connected to the plurality of electrodes to extend in a second direction opposite to the first direction to contact a distal end of the panel. The display driver IC applies the common voltage or the touch scan signal to the plurality of electrodes through the plurality of first link lines according to a driving mode of the panel. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240280 | TOUCH PANEL SENSOR HAVING DUAL-MODE CAPACITIVE SENSING FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT - An apparatus configured to determine an approximate position of an object utilizing mutual-capacitance sensing capabilities during a first mode of operation and determining one or more attributes of the object utilizing self-capacitance sensing capabilities during a second mode of operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch panel controller configured to operatively couple to a touch panel sensor. The touch panel sensor includes a plurality of drive electrodes and at least one sense electrode. A plurality of nodes are formed at the intersections of the plurality of drive electrodes and the at least one sense electrode. The touch panel controller is configured to determine an approximate position of an object performing a touch event over the touch panel sensor during the first mode of operation and to determine one or more attributes of the object during the second mode of operation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240281 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL INPUT DETECTION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a touch panel input device and a touch input detection method in accordance with the present invention, which include a plurality of intervals in which a driving signal is simultaneously driven to at least two of a plurality of driving signal lines and the driving signal is not driven to the at least one driving signal line. A combination of the driving signal line to which the driving signal is driven in one of the plurality of the intervals and the driving signal line to which the driving signal is not driven in the one interval may be different from a combination of the driving signal line to which the driving signal is driven in an interval different from the one interval and the driving signal line to which the driving signal is not driven in the different interval. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240282 | METHOD FOR DRIVING TOUCH PANEL - A method for driving a touch panel including driving lines, sensing lines, and node capacitors between neighboring and/or overlapping driving lines and sensing lines is disclosed. The method includes selecting two or more of the driving lines, and simultaneously driving the selected driving lines with driving signals. Each driving signal has three or more voltages of different levels. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240283 | PROTECTING PHYSICAL SIGNAL PATHS USING CAPACITIVE SENSING TECHNIQUES - A system and method for detecting the presence of a probe on or near an electrode that may transmit secure data by detecting a change in capacitance on the electrode, and wherein action may be taken to stop transmission on the electrode if a probe is detected. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240284 | SYSTEM FOR USING SYNCHRONIZED TIMED ORTHOGONAL MEASUREMENT PATTERNS TO ENABLE HIGH UPDATE REPORT RATES ON A LARGE CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - A system and method for increasing a report rate on a capacitive touch sensor to thereby provide a real-time display of the position of all the objects on a touch screen that is using synchronized timed orthogonal measurement stimulus patterns to determine the position of objects on the touch sensor, by updating an image of the reported positions of objects on the touch sensor each time that a measurement is taken on each of the sensor electrodes instead of waiting for a complete scan of all the sensor electrodes in a sensor electrode array. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240285 | Detecting Presence of an Object in the Vicinity of a Touch Interface of a Device - In an embodiment, a system includes a controller situated on a circuit board and a touch sensor coupled to the controller. The touch sensor includes a plurality of electrodes configured to capacitively coupled to a surface. The system also includes a drive element that is coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to send a drive signal to the drive element and, after sending the drive signal to the drive element, receive a set of sense signals from the touch sensor. The controller is further configured to determine whether an object that is not contact with the surface is in a vicinity of the surface the set of sense signals. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240286 | INTEGRATED TOUCH PANEL FOR A TFT DISPLAY - This relates to displays for which the use of dual function capacitive elements does not result in any decreases of the aperture of the display. Thus, touch sensitive displays that have aperture ratios that are no worse than similar non-touch sensing displays can be manufactured. More specifically, this relates to placing touch sensing opaque elements so as to ensure that they are substantially overlapped by display related opaque elements, thus ensuring that the addition of the touch sensing elements does not substantially reduce the aperture ratio. The touch sensing display elements can be, for example, common lines that connect various capacitive elements that are configured to operate collectively as an element of the touch sensing system. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240287 | TOUCH DETECTION USING MULTIPLE SIMULTANEOUS FREQUENCIES - The use of multiple stimulation frequencies and phases to generate an image of touch on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a column in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers. Each mixer in the sense channel can utilize a circuit capable generating a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency. At each of multiple steps, various phases of selected frequencies can be used to simultaneously stimulate the rows of the touch sensor panel, and the multiple mixers in each sense channel can be configured to demodulate the signal received from the column connected to each sense channel using the selected frequencies. After all steps have been completed, the demodulated signals from the multiple mixers can be used in calculations to determine an image of touch for the touch sensor panel at each frequency. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240288 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING INDIVIDUAL FORCE IN MULTI-OBJECT SENSING - An input device is provided that facilitates improved user interface functionality by determining force information for each of multiple objects in a sensing region. The input device includes a processing system, a sensor configured to sense objects in a sensing region proximate a surface, and a plurality of force sensors. The plurality of force sensors are coupled to the surface to provide a plurality of measures of force applied to the surface. The processing system is configured to determine positional information for each the multiple objects sensed by the sensor in the sensing region. Furthermore, the processing system is configured to determine force information for each of the multiple objects from the positional information and the plurality of measures of force applied to the surface. Thus, device and method provides the ability to determine both positional information and force information for each of multiple objects in a sensing region. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240289 | Electronic Devices With Sidewall Displays - Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240290 | ELECTRONIC-BOOK PAGE TURNING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MOBILE DEVICE - Disclosed are an electronic-book page turning method and apparatus, and a mobile device. The electronic-book page turning method comprises: a touched area of a touch screen of a terminal device is detected; according to the touched area, the page turning speed of an electronic book displayed on the touch screen is determined. The disclosure can solve the problem of the page turning in the prior art that the turning speed cannot be controlled and the page number cannot be precisely located while implementing fast page turning. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240291 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A TOUCH - There is disclosed an apparatus for detecting touch including a touch element comprising a plurality of touch detecting electrodes arranged therein, a touch element controller for acquiring detection signals from the touch detection electrodes and determining presence of touch in the touch element, wherein the touch element controller includes a receiving unit for receiving the detection signals from the touch detection electrodes and grouping the detection signals into one or more detection signal groups, a memory for storing a detection signal value limit, a signal extracting unit for extracting the maximum detection value out of the detection signal values of the detection for each of the detection signals, a calculating unit for calculating an adjustment variable by deducting the detection signal value limit from the maximum detection signal value for each of the detection groups, and a touch determination unit for determining presence of touch in the touch element, using the adjustment variable. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240292 | Static Elimination Method for a Touch Screen - The present invention relates to A static eliminating method for a touch screen comprising: detecting if the touch screen departs from an object by using said photo sensor, and counting the number of communication failures between the touch screen and a control chip or detecting if the touch screen of a hand-held device is switched from the state of facing down into the state of facing up by using a gravity sensor, counting the number of failures of communication between the touch screen and the control chip; executing the reset operation of turning off and then turning on if the number of failures exceeds a communication failure set value; or executing the reset operation of resetting the register software of the touch screen/turning off and then turning on touch screen if the number of failures is smaller than a communication failure set value and the number of touch events in the same area of the touch screen in a set time exceeds a false report set value.(executing the reset operation of resetting the register software of the touch screen in a preferable embodiment) By using this method, the touch screen can be quickly reset to recover normal service if the touch screen is affected by static. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240293 | Touch Sensitive Display Devices - A touch sensitive device, the device comprising: a touch sensor light source to project a plane of light above a surface: a camera directed to capture a touch sense image from a region including at least a portion of said plane of light, said touch sense image comprising light scattered from said plane of light by a plurality of said objects simultaneously approaching or touching said surface; a signal processor coupled to said camera, to process a said touch sense image from said camera to identify a lateral location of each of said objects; and an output object position output, to provide output object positions for said plurality of objects; and wherein said signal processor is further configured to: input a succession of said touch sense images; process each said touch sense image to identify a plurality of candidate object touch positions; and filter said candidate object touch positions from said successive touch sense images to link said candidate object touch positions to previously identified output object positions for said plurality of objects; and update said previously identified output object positions using said linked candidate object touch positions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240294 | PHOTODETECTOR - Influence of external light is suppressed. With a photodetector including a photodetector circuit which generates a data signal in accordance with illuminance of incident light and a light unit which overlaps with the photodetector circuit, a first data signal is generated by the photodetector circuit when the light unit is in an ON state, a second data signal is formed by the photodetector circuit when the light unit is in an OFF state, and the first data signal and the second data signal are compared, so that a difference data signal that is data of a difference between the two compared data signals is generated. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240295 | INPUT TOOLS HAVING VIOBRO-ACOUSTICALLY DISTINCT REGIONS AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR USE WITH THE SAME - An input tool includes a body in the form of a stylus with plurality of vibro-acoustically distinct regions. The vibro-acoustically distinct regions produce vibro-acoustic responses when the regions touch the surface of the touch screen. The vibro-acoustic responses are used in a computing device to detect what region of the input tool was used. | 2014-08-28 |
20140240296 | ACOUSTIC PULSE RECOGNITION WITH INCREASED ACCURACY BY LOCALIZING CONTACT AREA OF PLATE - A keypad with a plate and distinct keys that move relative to the plate to generate an acoustic signal for acoustic pulse recognition (APR). Each key represents an input value and is structured to contact the plate at a region smaller than an upper surface of the key where a finger or a thumb comes into touch. The contact region of the plate coming into contact with an individual key is small relative the upper surface of the key, and hence, acoustic signals generated in response to the touch of the same key has less variance compared to acoustic signals generated in response to a direct touch of the plate by a finger or a thumb. As a result, the localization of the touch using APR can be more accurate compared to direct touch of the plate by a figure or a thumb. | 2014-08-28 |