35th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130222183 | RF BASEBAND BEAMFORMING - Exemplary embodiments are directed to beamforming. A device may include a plurality of mixers, wherein each mixer is configured to receive at least one of a quadrature signal and an in-phase signal. The device may further include at least one RF phase rotator coupled to an output of each of the plurality of mixers and configured for rotating an envelope of the at least one of the quadrature signal and the in-phase signal to generate at least one of a rotated in-phase signal and a rotated quadrature signal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222184 | RECEIVE ONLY SMART GROUND-TERMINAL ANTENNA FOR GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES IN SLIGHTLY INCLINED ORBITS - A receive-only smart antenna with a directional-point command capability for communication with geostationary satellites, allowing autonomous detection of received signals in order to allow steerage of multiple beams. An array feed is used to illuminate a parabolic reflector, with each feed element of the smart antenna associated with a unique beam-pointing direction. As the receiver switches to different feed elements, the far-field beam is scanned, making it possible to track a geostationary satellite in slightly inclined orbits, eliminating the need for mechanical tracking mechanisms while maintaining high antenna gain in the direction of the satellite. The receive-only smart antenna also features capabilities for forming multiple simultaneous beams supporting operations of multiple geo-satellites closely space in slightly inclined orbits. The designs can support orthogonal beams for enhanced bandwidth capacity via multiple beams with excellent spatial isolation. In addition, the use of toroidal reflectors with multiple linear array feeds spaced in the azimuth direction enables multi-beam operation, allowing multiple geostationary satellites spaced up to ±15 beam-widths of the terminal in azimuth, to be tracked simultaneously and independently. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222185 | Method and System for Using Indirect Paths of Ultra Wideband Signals to Localize a Wireless Communication Node on a Body. - A method and a system are provided which are able to utilize indirect paths of signals of UWB type to locate a wireless communication node possessed by a body. The present method and system can notably apply to cooperative body networks implementing several wireless nodes able to communicate with one another. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222186 | HIGH ISOLATION SINGLE LAMBDA ANTENNA FOR DUAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - An antenna system includes an antenna element having two antenna feeds and a shared connection to a ground plane. A first antenna portion has a first resonant frequency length of at least one first wavelength formed from a first feed together with the shared ground connection. A second antenna portion has a second resonant frequency length formed from a second feed together with the shared ground connection. First and second slots are respectively positioned between the shared ground connection and the respective first and second feeds such that the slots create inductances. At least a portion of the ground plane is located directly beneath at least a portion of the first and second slots. The first and second slot inductances together with the ground plane capacitances form one or more filter components to isolate the first and second resonant frequencies in the antenna element. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222187 | ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna module capable includes a substrate unit and an antenna unit. The substrate unit includes at least one carrier substrate having a dielectric constant substantially between 7 and 13. The carrier substrate includes a dielectric body and a plurality of nano-scale microparticle structures distributed inside the dielectric body, and each nano-scale microparticle structure includes at least one nano-scale carbon particle and a nano-scale insulating encapsulation layer for totally encapsulating the nano-scale carbon particle. The antenna unit includes at least one antenna track disposed on the carrier substrate. The antenna track has an antenna usage volume that is adjustable within a predetermined volume range according to the VSWR value and the antenna efficiency maintained within a first and a second predetermined ranges, and the antenna track has at least one feeding portion and at least one grounding portion. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222188 | BALANCED DUAL-BAND EMBEDDED ANTENNA - A planar antenna, such as included as a portion of a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, can include a dielectric layer and a first conductive layer mechanically coupled to the dielectric layer. In an example, the first conductive layer can include a first arm having a shape defined by a first outer border comprising a first conic section and a first inner border comprising a second conic section, a feed line coupled to the first arm at a feedpoint location at or near a central axis of the first arm, and a second arm offset from the first arm along the central axis of the first arm, the second arm defined by a shape at least in part mirroring a shape of the first arm. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222189 | FILM-LIKE MEMBER AND ATTACHING METHOD THEREOF - An attaching method of attaching a film-like member shaped like a plane face to a member having a surface shaped like a curved face including a first step of determining, by an analysis, a region where stress higher than that in a case where the film-like member is shaped like the plane face is generated when the film-like member is attached to the member shaped like the curved face, a second step of forming a slit at the region where the stress higher than that in the case where the film-like member is shaped like the plane face is generated, and a third step of attaching the film-like member having the formed slit to the member having the surface shaped like the curved face. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222190 | ANTENNA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An antenna module and an electronic apparatus are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a housing and the antenna module. The housing has an inner surface. The antenna module includes a circuit board, a proximity sensor and a sensing antenna patch. The circuit board is disposed in the housing, and has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface. The circuit board has a communication antenna pattern on the top surface. The proximity sensor is mounted on the bottom surface. The sensing antenna patch is assembled on the inner surface of the housing and electrically connected to the proximity sensor. An orthogonal projection of the communication antenna pattern on the inner surface overlaps the sensing antenna patch on the inner surface. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222191 | MOBILE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - According to one embodiment, a mobile apparatus including a housing having a region in which a nonconductive member is formed in at least a portion of the region, an antenna installed in the region in which the nonconductive member is formed, and a conductive material containing paint applied on the nonconductive member in a direction to suppress output of a radio wave with respect to a position of the antenna. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222192 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal which can be made light, slim, short, and small is provided. The portable terminal includes an antenna mounted to an inner side surface of a body of the portable terminal, and a rear case covering at least a portion of an inner side of the body and having a battery mounting space. The antenna and the rear case are separably coupled to a rear surface of the body to be exposed to outside the rear surface of the body. The portable terminal may include a speaker module provided at an upper end of a body of the portable terminal within the body, a mounting plate mounted to one side of the speaker module within the body, and a microphone holder fixed to one surface of the mounting plate. The portable terminal can be miniaturized by reducing installation widths of parts disposed parallel to a speaker module. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222193 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CASE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL, CASE FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a case for a mobile communications terminal, includes disposing an antenna pattern inside a mold having a shape of a case for a mobile communications terminal, the mold including one or more magnets, and injecting a molding material into the mold and molding a case for a mobile communications terminal in which the antenna pattern is embedded. The antenna pattern is fixed by a magnetic force of the one or more magnets formed within the mold, and prevented from being deformed or moved while the molding material is injected. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222194 | Fire Hydrant Marker Repeater - A system includes a fire hydrant; a gain antenna operatively connected to the fire hydrant; at least one battery operatively connected to the fire hydrant; and a radio repeater operatively connected to the fire hydrant. The gain antenna includes any of a vertical monopole and a dipole antenna. The battery may include a lithium thionyl battery. The battery powers the radio repeater. The radio repeater includes a microprocessor; a memory component; and a radio transceiver. The system may further include a non-metallic enclosure that houses the radio repeater. The gain antenna may be operatively connected to the radio repeater inside the non-metallic enclosure. The radio repeater may further include an electronic voltage reference source that provides a stable voltage reference level that is lower than a lowest battery operating voltage of the at least one battery. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222195 | HYBRID ANTENNAS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES - A portable electronic device is provided that has a hybrid antenna. The hybrid antenna may include a slot antenna structure and an inverted-F antenna structure. The slot antenna portion of the hybrid antenna may be used to provide antenna coverage in a first communications band and the inverted-F antenna portion of the hybrid antenna may be used to provide antenna coverage in a second communications band. The second communications band need not be harmonically related to the first communications band. The electronic device may be formed from two portions. One portion may contain conductive structures that define the shape of the antenna slot. One or more dielectric-filled gaps in the slot may be bridged using conductive structures on another portion of the electronic device. A conductive trim member may be inserted into an antenna slot to trim the resonant frequency of the slot antenna portion of the hybrid antenna. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222196 | WIRELESS DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE DEVICE INCLUDING THE WIRELESS DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a wireless device includes a circuit board, a semiconductor chip, a sealing resin, a conductive film, and an antenna element. The semiconductor chip includes a transmitting/receiving circuit and is mounted on the circuit board. The sealing resin seals the semiconductor chip. The conductive film covers a first surface portion of the sealing resin. An aperture is formed in a portion of the conductive film that corresponds to a second surface portion of the sealing resin other than the first surface portion, and the second surface portion is included in a side surface of the sealing resin and closest to an antenna terminal connected to the antenna element. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222197 | PLANAR ARRAY ANTENNA HAVING ANTENNA ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN A PLURALITY OF PLANES - A planar array antenna for radar sensors includes: a plurality of base antenna elements situated in a common plane on a printed circuit board; and additional antenna elements, which are situated in an offset plane, in each case over one of the base antenna elements. Each additional antenna element is situated individually on an associated carrier, and the printed circuit board is equipped with the individual carriers. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222198 | ANTENNA MODULE, MAGNETIC MATERIAL SHEET AND DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE SPACER, AND METHODS FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An antenna module and methods for manufacturing an antenna module, the antenna module including a magnetic material sheet for focusing a magnetic flux, an antenna conductor deposited on the magnetic material sheet and formed in a predetermined pattern, and a protection layer deposited on the antenna conductor for protecting the antenna conductor. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222199 | STACKED BOW TIE ARRAY WITH REFLECTOR - A stacked bow tie antenna array structure is placed within, for example a rectangular reflector. Spaces between the bow tie elements and the reflector are filled with close spaced conductive plates. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222200 | HIGH-GAIN WIDEBAND ANTENNA APPARATUS - Disclosed is a high-gain wideband antenna apparatus. The high-gain wideband antenna apparatus, includes: a feeding antenna configured to radiate a signal; a cover configured to be disposed on a front surface of the feeding antenna based on a radiation direction of the signal and including a conductor pattern formed in a specific shape; and a ground surface configured to be disposed on the feeding antenna based on the radiation direction of the signal. By this configuration, the conductor patterns are approximately configured on both surfaces of a dielectric material to control a phase of a reflection coefficient in a specific frequency band, thereby increasing a gain and a bandwidth of an antenna and metal surfaces are additionally mounted on sides of a feeding antenna, thereby improving a front back ratio of the antenna. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222201 | Active Antenna System (AAS) Radio Frequency (RF) Module with Heat Sink Integrated Antenna Reflector - On-board heat dissipation can be achieved in radio frequency (RF) modules by integrating a heat sink into the RF module's antenna reflector. Said integration achieves a compact and aesthetically pleasing RF module design that reduces the overall footprint of modular active antenna systems (AASs). Embodiment antenna reflectors include portions that are perforated and/or exposed to free flowing air to provide enhanced heat dissipation capability. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222202 | MINIATURE ANTI-JAM GPS ANTENNA ARRAY USING METAMATERIAL - Antennae are described. The antennae may be GPS antennae configured to receive GPS signals at both the L1 and L2 frequencies. The antennae may include patches and polarizers which allow the antennae to receive right-hand circularly polarized GPS signals from GPS satellites. In some situations, the polarizers may include a meta-material. The meta-material may in some situations include circuit components formed on a suitable substrate. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222203 | COMMUNICATION MEDIUM - A communication medium includes: a first sheet conductor portion; a second sheet conductor portion that is arranged facing the first sheet conductor portion; and a conductor portion that surrounds an end part of the first sheet conductor portion and an end part of the second sheet conductor portion. The second sheet conductor portion includes: a shield part that has no opening part; a communication power feed part that has opening parts; and a matched line part that is provided between the shield part and the communication power feed part, and impedance of which matches with the shield part and the communication power feed part. The conductor portion surrounds the end part of the shield part. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222204 | ARRAY ANTENNA FOR RADAR SENSORS - An array antenna for radar sensors has a supply line, a plurality of antenna elements each connected to the supply line via a feed line, and circuit elements for distributing power to the antenna elements, in which the supply line is made reflective at one end and the circuit elements for power distribution are situated exclusively in the feed lines. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222205 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNING ANTENNAS IN A COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a matching network for a communication device having first and second antennas, where the matching network includes a first variable component connectable and a detector. The first variable component can be connectable along a first path between the first antenna and a front end module of the communication device, where the first antenna is configured for transmit and receive operation. The detector can be connectable along a second path between the second antenna and the front end module of the communication device, where the detector obtains an RF voltage associated with the second path, where the second antenna is configured for a diversity receive operation, and where the first variable component is adjusted based on the detected RF voltage to tune the matching network. Additional embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222206 | MULTIBAND PORTABLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOF - A portable terminal includes a first antenna unit including a low-frequency band antenna to service a low-frequency band; a second antenna unit including a high-frequency band antenna to service a high-frequency band; a first sub-antenna to support the low-frequency band antenna during communication; and a second sub-antenna to support the high-frequency band antenna during communication. A portable terminal includes a first antenna unit including a low-frequency band antenna to service a low-frequency band; a second antenna unit including a high-frequency band antenna to service a high-frequency band, in which the first antenna unit is disposed at a first portion of the portable terminal and the second antenna unit is disposed at a second portion of the portable terminal. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222207 | FLEXIBLE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CONTINUOUS SCREEN OF FLEXIBLE DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A terminal includes a flexible display including a first screen and a second screen on which images are displayed, the first screen and second screen being disposed on opposite sides of the flexible display, and a control unit to calculate an overlapping region of the second screen, to map coordinates of the first screen to the second screen with respect to the overlapping region, and to display a portion of the image on the second screen, in which the overlapping region of the second screen overlaps at least a portion of the first screen | 2013-08-29 |
20130222208 | DEVICE WITH DISPLAY SCREEN - There is provided a bar form factor display device comprising front and back major faces, the front major face arranged to present a first display screen and the back major face arranged to present a second display screen different to the first display screen. In one example, the back face screen is a bi-stable screen. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222209 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display control apparatus includes a communication module, a detector and a display. The communication module is configured to communicate with an external display control apparatus. The detector is configured to detect a positional relationship of the external display control apparatus with respect to the display control apparatus. The display controller is configured to control a setting of extended display for a display screen of the external display control apparatus, based on the detected positional relationship. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222210 | FRAME CAPTURE AND BUFFERING AT SOURCE DEVICE IN WIRELESS DISPLAY SYSTEM - This disclosure describes techniques to improve a user experience in a Wireless Display (WD) system. The WD system includes a source device that provides media data to one or more sink devices. The techniques are directed toward reducing end-to-end latency in the WD system while improving video playback quality at the sink devices. More specifically, the techniques include low latency screen capture and buffering at the source device. For example, a processing pipeline of the source device may be configured to include minimum-size buffers between processing steps to reduce latency. The techniques include buffering a most recent frame update captured from the media data in the minimum-size buffers and dropping older frame updates when the minimum-size buffers are full. In addition, the processing pipeline may be configured to use hardware acceleration to retrieve the frame updates from the buffers for processing. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222211 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, STORAGE DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP METHOD - In one embodiment, an image display device comprises a first USB port, a writing unit, and a display unit. The writing unit writes a wireless setup information of the image display device to a predetermined USB memory if the predetermined USB memory is attached to the first USB port. The display unit displays a predetermined message if the writing unit finishes writing the wireless setup information to the predetermined USB memory. The display unit displays an image data sent from an image supply device using the wireless setup information read by the image display device from the predetermined USB memory, if the predetermined USB memory is attached to a second USB port of the image supply device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222212 | Motor Vehicle Having a Device for Influencing the Viewing Direction of the Driver - A motor vehicle with a device for influencing the viewing direction of the driver has a hazard detection and warning output device and a display unit for displaying information contents and/or entertainment contents. The display unit is arranged essentially centrally in the dashboard of the motor vehicle. The passenger compartment of the motor vehicle has a lighting device that is suitable for outputting a dynamic light animation and extends essentially from the display unit to the driver's field of vision on the windshield of the motor vehicle. A light animation that constitutes a movement of light in the direction of the driver's field of vision can be outputted, in order to output a warning about a hazard that relates to or could relate to what is happening on the road in front of the motor vehicle. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222213 | MODULAR HEADS-UP DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A Heads-Up Display (HUD) system for mounting on a pair of goggles comprises a processing unit configured to be coupled to a strap of the goggles, a display unit connectable to the processing unit and comprising a display configured to display images under control of the processing unit, and a display mount configured to be coupled to the goggles and adjustably receive the display unit. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222214 | VIRTUAL IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE - A light emitting device, which is a main body, is arranged to be located closer to the nose NS side than the eye EY of a wearer during wearing of a virtual image display device. Therefore, the light emitting device is prevented from excessively projecting to the side of the face of the wearer. The light emitting device is arranged between the eye EY of the wearer and the virtual-image forming member. Therefore, the light emitting device is prevented from excessively projecting further to the front side than the virtual image forming member, i.e., the front side of the face of the wearer. Further, a combined-light forming unit is a unit small in size and light in weight. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the center of gravity of the entire virtual image forming member from deviating to the side and the front side. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222215 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - A head mounted display includes an external world information acquisition unit that acquires external world information, a visual effect unit that generates an effect image for visual effect in response to the acquired external world information, and an image display unit that superimposes and displays an outside view on the generated effect image. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222216 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a first selector, and a second selector. The first pixel includes first sub-pixels connected to a first gate line and respectively connected to corresponding data lines included in a first data line group and the second pixel includes second sub-pixels connected to a second gate line adjacent to the first gate line and respectively connected to corresponding data lines, one of which is included in a second data line group different from the first data line group. The first selector applies first data signals to one of odd-numbered data lines, and the second selector applies second data signals having a different polarity from the second data signals to one of even-numbered data lines. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222217 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting display device according to an embodiment includes a substrate having a plurality of sub-pixels including first, second and third sub-pixels, the first and second sub-pixels disposed along a first direction and the third sub-pixel disposed adjacent to the first and second sub-pixels along a second direction; and a plurality of driving sub-pixels formed on the substrate, each of the driving sub-pixels including at least a driving transistor and a switching unit, wherein each of the driving sub-pixels corresponds to at least two sub-pixels among the plurality of sub-pixels. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222218 | DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAME - In a method of driving a display panel which includes a unit pixel including a first liquid crystal capacitor and a second liquid crystal capacitor, the first liquid crystal capacitor and the second liquid crystal capacitor are respectively charged with a high voltage and a low voltage which is less than the high voltage, during a first interval of a frame. The first liquid crystal capacitor and the second liquid crystal capacitor are both charged with a voltage between the high voltage and the low voltage, during a second interval of the frame after the first interval of the frame. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222219 | THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY DEVICE PROVIDED WITH SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR SUBSTRATE - In at least one operation control TFT ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130222220 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, SHIFT REGISTER CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An electro-optical device is configured to be capable of using a region of a gate line drive circuit efficiently and preventing rising speed of a gate line selection signal from decreasing (rising delay), and a shift register circuit is composed of a single conductivity type transistor which is suitable for the device. The gate line drive circuit including an odd driver to drive odd rows of a plurality of gate lines, and an even driver to drive even rows thereof. Each unit shift register in the odd and even drivers receives a selection signal in the second previous row and activates its own selection signal two horizontal periods later. A start pulse of the even driver is delayed in phase by one horizontal period with respect to a start pulse of the odd driver. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222221 | BACKLIGHT DIMMING METHOD AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY USING THE SAME - A backlight dimming method and a liquid crystal display using the same are disclosed. The backlight dimming method includes producing a first backlight dimming value controlling a backlight luminance of a liquid crystal display panel, producing a convex gain which has less value in a peripheral part of a screen of the liquid crystal display panel than a central part of the screen, reducing the first backlight dimming value to be applied to the peripheral part of the screen using the convex gain to produce a second backlight dimming value, and controlling the backlight luminance of the liquid crystal display panel using the second backlight dimming value. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222222 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF AN IMAGE DEPENDENT UPON THE SHAPE OF A DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to cause different multi-dimensional representations of an image to be presented upon a display and to facilitate changing from one multi-dimensional representation of the image to another multi-dimensional representation of the image, such as in response to a change in the shape of the display. In the context of a method, a first, multi-dimensional representation of an image is caused to be presented upon the display while the display has a first shape. The method also causes a second, multi-dimensional representation of the image, different than the first, multi-dimensional representation of the image, to be presented upon the display while the display has a second shape, different than the first shape. The method also determines the shape of the display such that the corresponding representation of the image is caused to be presented in response thereto. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222223 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPRETING A GESTURE - A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to facilitate user interaction with a display that is capable of presenting at least portions of the user interfaces of multiple devices, such as by recognizing and interpreting a gesture as providing input to one of the devices. In the context of a method, an identification of one or more valid gestures of at least a first device is received in an instance in which a plurality of devices interact such that portions of the respective user interfaces are capable of being presented upon a display. The method also includes receiving information indicative of a gesture and determining whether the gesture is valid. Depending upon whether the gesture is a valid gesture, the method also includes causing an indication of the gesture to be provided to the first device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222224 | Device, System and Method for Generating Display Data - Device for generating display data comprises memory configured to store application data, including application data pertaining to a first application executable on the device; an input interface configured to receive input; a processor in communication with the memory and input interface. The processor is configured to communicate with first and second display devices, generate and output first display data for display on the first display device, and generate and output second display data for display on the second display device, in accordance with the input. In a first mode, the processor is configured to generate the first and second display data based on the application data pertaining to the first application. In a second mode, the processor is configured to generate the first display data based on the application data, and to generate the second display data so as to include preconfigured display data for display on the second device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222225 | Device, System and Method for Generating Display Data - A device for generating display data comprises memory configured to store application data defining one or more display objects; an input interface configured to receive input; and a processor in communication with the memory and input interface and configured to output display data in accordance with the input. The processor is further configured to modify the application data according to a predetermined code to symbolise an operating status of the device in the display data; and to generate the display data including components which are representative of the display objects defined by the modified application data before outputting the display data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222226 | USER INTERFACES AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - An apparatus including at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: in response to detecting a particular non-selecting user input spatially associated with a tactile user interface of an electronic device, provide for changing a region of the tactile user interface from a first configuration to a second configuration, the tactile user interface region comprising one or more user interface elements, wherein when the tactile user interface region is in the second configuration, the user interface elements of the tactile user interface region have a different depth aspect than when the tactile user interface region is in the first configuration. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222227 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device connected to a plurality of other devices. The electronic device comprises a display and an input device for receiving user input. The method comprises receiving a predefined user input at the electronic device, causing the display of information at the plurality of connected devices in response to receiving the predefined user input, and preventing the plurality of connected devices from causing the information to not be displayed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222228 | AUTOMATIC PROJECTOR BEHAVIOUR CHANGES BASED ON PROJECTION DISTANCE - There is disclosed one or more methods, systems and components therefor for varying the behaviour of a projector. The operations for varying the behaviour from a first behaviour to a second behaviour responsive to a change in projection distance from a first distance to a second distance, the behaviours comprising a control mode or a presentation mode. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222229 | DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a control method for an electronic device includes: encoding image data displayed on a first screen of a display; first transmitting the image data encoded; generating operation image data, displayed on a screen of another device, corresponding to data in response to an input operation performed on an operation module provided on the first screen in an overlapping manner; and second transmitting the operation image data generated, wherein the generating includes generating first operation image data, indicative of an input operation at a second point later than a first point in time, displayed in a superposed manner on a first image displayed on the first screen at the first point, and second operation image data, indicative of an input operation at the second point, displayed in a superposed manner on a second image displayed on the first screen at the second point. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222230 | MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING EXTERNAL INPUT - A. mobile device includes a plurality of microphones to recognize a sound generated from an external input, a sensor to recognize an impulse generated from the external input, and a processor. The processor determines multiple regions around the mobile device, determines whether the external input is generated in a region among the multiple regions based on the recognized sound and the impulse, and executes an instruction corresponding to the region. A method that uses a processor to recognize an external input includes recognizing a sound generated from an external input, recognizing an impulse generated from the external input, determining, using the processor, a location of the external input around a mobile device based on the recognized sound and the impulse, and executing an instruction corresponding to the location of the external input. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222231 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH NOTIFICATION MESSAGE VIEWING - Displaying information related to a message on a display screen of a handheld electronic device. In response to a movement of the handheld electronic device from an initial position to a first orientation, displaying on the display screen a first notice related to the message. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222232 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - A device and a method having a gesture recognition operation at a distance are provided. The device to recognize a gesture of a user includes an image capture unit to capture a gesture to acquire image information, a control unit to determine a distance between the device and the user based on the image information, and to determine a mode of the device according to the determined distance. The method for recognizing a gesture for a device includes capturing a gesture of a user as image information, determining a distance between the device and the user based on the image information, and determining a mode of operation according to the determined distance. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222233 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING 3-DIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACE - A system for implementing a 3-dimensional (3D) user interface includes an input device configured to collect position and normal direction information of a plurality of points located on a 3D object, a calculation device configured to process the position and normal direction information collected by the input device, and an output device configured to output a 3D virtual space set by the calculation device. The calculation device processes the position and normal direction information of the plurality of points, sets a plurality of virtual points corresponding to the plurality of points in the virtual space, and forms a 3D selection region including the plurality of virtual points in the virtual space, and the shape of the selection region is changed in correspondence with change in the position and normal direction of the plurality of virtual points according to shape change of the 3D object. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222234 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure realizes an image display apparatus that can make the emission angle range of emitted light bilaterally symmetrical, at low cost, irrespective of the material refractive index of a prism composing a liquid crystal prism. An image display apparatus | 2013-08-29 |
20130222235 | GAZE DETECTING HEADS-UP DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A display system for a head-mounted device comprising a display for displaying information. The display system includes a glance detector comprising a light source, disposed proximate the display, for transmitting light toward an eye of a user of the head-mounted device, a light detector, disposed proximate the light source, for detecting light reflected from the eye of the user and generating a voltage based on the detected light. The display system also includes a processor operably coupled to the display, and the gaze detector and configured to control the display to turn-on the display based on the voltage received from the glance detector. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222236 | HANDHELD DEVICE WITH NOTIFICATION MESSAGE VIEWING - Displaying information related to a message on a display screen of a handheld electronic device. In response to a movement of the handheld electronic device from an initial position to a first orientation, displaying on the display screen a first notice related to the message. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222237 | INTERACTIVE POLARIZATION-PRESERVING PROJECTION DISPLAY - The disclosure generally relates to optical devices, such as interactive displays, and in particular to interactive projection displays having passive input devices. The present disclosure also provides a passive interactive input device having the ability to overcome problematic ambient interference signals in an interactive display, such as an interactive projection display. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222238 | HANDWRITTEN INFORMATION INPUTTING DEVICE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING HANDWRITTEN INFORMATION INPUTTING DEVICE - A handwritten information inputting device includes an inputting region into which handwritten information is inputted with a pointer such as an electronic pen or a finger. The device also includes a function disposition region in which a plurality of operational elements (e.g., graphic icons) are disposed, each assigned a process related to the inputted handwritten information such as enlarging or rotating the inputted handwritten information. In response to a continuous operation for a defined period of time of any of the operational elements, operational element disposition information regarding the operational elements disposed in the function disposition region is displayed on an external display apparatus, to which the handwritten information inputting device is connected. Also, the operated (selected) operational element is displayed visually distinguishable from the rest of the operational elements. Thus, an operator can confirm his operation of the operational elements without taking his eyes off the external display apparatus. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222239 | ASYMMETRIC MAPPING FOR TACTILE AND NON-TACTILE USER INTERFACES - A method, including receiving, by a computer, a sequence of signals indicating a motion of a hand of a user within a predefined area, and segmenting the area into multiple regions. Responsively to the signals, a region is identified in which the hand is located, and a mapping ration is assigned to the motion of the hand based on a direction of the motion and the region in which the hand is located. Using the assigned mapping ratio, a cursor on a display is presented responsively to the indicated motion of the hand. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222240 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CURSOR THEREOF - A portable terminal including a touch screen and method for displaying a cursor thereof are provided. The method includes determining whether a capacitance is equal to or greater than a first critical value and is less than a second critical value, if the change of the capacitance is sensed in the touch screen, displaying a cursor in an area where the change of the capacitance is sensed, if the capacitance is equal to or greater than the first critical value and is less than the second critical value, and performing a function corresponding to the area where the cursor is displayed, if the capacitance sensed in the area where the cursor is displayed is equal to or greater than the second critical value. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222241 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MOTION RECOGNITION OPERATION - Provided is an apparatus and method for managing a motion recognition operation. The apparatus includes a sensor unit to detect a motion; and a motion recognition processing unit to determine a motion event corresponding to the detected motion, to determine an execution event corresponding to the motion event, and to perform the execution event. The method includes detecting a motion using a sensor; determining a motion event corresponding to the detected motion; converting the motion event into an execution event with respect to an application operating in a foreground; and transmitting the execution event to the application. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222242 | VIRTUAL INTERFACE AND CONTROL DEVICE - An input device for a computer or other programmable device translates the proximity of an object to one or more antennae into an electronic signal. The antennae generate a first frequency and a second frequency. When an object, such as a hand, is placed in proximity to the antenna, the object causes the first and second frequencies to heterodyne, which creates a third frequency, also referred to as a beat frequency or pulse frequency. A receiver interprets the pulse frequency and translates it into an electronic signal that can be used to command a computer or other programmable device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222243 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCROLLING A SCREEN IN A DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method of scrolling a screen in a display apparatus includes initiating a screen-scroll according to a speed of a currently generated flick input when the flick input is generated, comparing a tilt of an axis of a corresponding apparatus with an initial location at a time of generation of the flick input to determine whether a change amount of a change is within a reference value, maintaining a current screen-scroll speed if the change amount deviates from the reference value, and stopping a screen-scroll operation when a scroll stop condition is met. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222244 | HANDLING OF TOUCH EVENTS IN A BROWSER ENVIRONMENT - Handling of touch events in a browser environment is disclosed. An example method includes, while a document is displayed on a touchscreen display of a device, detecting a touch event at the touchscreen display, and selectively processing the detected touch event using one of a default hander, a touch event handler, and a conversion to one or more mouse events, according to a touch event handling property defined for the document. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222245 | Alphanumeric Keys of an Input Component - An input component for a computing device including alphanumeric keys with a first set of commands for the computing device, a controller to lock a subset of the alphanumeric keys to a second set of commands if a modifier key of the input component is accessed for a predetermined amount of time, and an illumination component included within a chassis of the input component to illuminate the modifier key if the subset of alphanumeric keys are locked to the second set of commands. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222246 | NAVIGATION APPROACHES FOR MULTI-DIMENSIONAL INPUT - Multi-dimensional gesture input to a computing device can be improved by providing a mechanism to lock or reduce the effects of motion in unintended directions. In one example, a user can navigate in two dimensions, then provide a selection action through motion in a third dimension. If a computing device analyzing the gesture is able to detect the selection action, the device can limit motion outside the corresponding third dimension in order to ensure that the proper selection action is performed. Various thresholds, values, or motions can be used to limit motion in one or more axes for any appropriate purpose as discussed herein. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222247 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD ADJUSTMENT BASED ON USER INPUT OFFSET - Example embodiments relate to adjustment of a virtual keyboard based on an offset of user input. In example embodiments, a computing device displays a virtual keyboard including a number of virtual keys selectable based on touch input. The device may then receive touch user inputs, where each user input corresponds to a selection of a particular virtual key. In response, the device may adjust a position and/or size of at least a given virtual key based on an offset with respect to the virtual key of each user input corresponding to the virtual key. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222248 | KEYBOARD INPUT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for processing input from a keyboard of a hand-held computing device includes receiving a plurality of key input events and, from the plurality of key input events, determining whether there is a double selection event corresponding to a specified key from the keyboard. Further, the method includes, when it is determined that there is the double selection event corresponding to the specified key, determining a key selection offset between a first and second key selection action of the double selection. The method also includes deciding whether the key selection offset is substantially equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold and, when it is decided that the key selection offset is substantially equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, using at least a first key as key input of the double selection event. The first key and the specified key are different. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222249 | TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD PROVIDING WORD PREDICTIONS IN PARTITIONS OF THE TOUCHSCREEN KEYBOARD IN PROXIMATE ASSOCIATION WITH CANDIDATE LETTERS - A method including receiving an input of a character from a virtual keyboard displayed on a display, generating a set of predicted input characters based on the input character, and displaying the generated set of characters in partitions of the virtual keyboard in proximate association with candidate letters is disclosed. An electronic device and a keyboard configured to perform the method are also disclosed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222250 | KEYBOARD INPUT CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method for processing input from a keyboard of a hand-held computing device includes receiving a plurality of key input events and, from the plurality of key input events, determining whether there is a double selection event corresponding to a specified key from the keyboard. Further, the method includes, when it is determined that there is the double selection event corresponding to the specified key, determining a key selection offset between a first and second key selection action of the double selection. The method also includes deciding whether the key selection offset is substantially equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold and, when it is decided that the key selection offset is substantially equal to or greater than the predetermined threshold, using at least a first key as key input of the double selection event. The first key and the specified key are different. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222251 | TERMINAL DEVICE - An information processing apparatus that detects, by a touch panel disposed on or formed integrally with a display, a contact input and a contactless input of an object; determines a position corresponding to an input based on an output from the touch panel; detects a change in distance between a top surface of the touch panel and the object based on the output from the touch panel; and controls the display to display a candidate word list on the display based on the determined position and the detected change in distance. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222252 | MORE USEFUL MAN MACHINE INTERFACES AND APPLICATIONS - A method for enhancing a well-being of a small child or baby utilizes at least one TV camera positioned to observe one or more points on the child or an object associated with the child. Signals from the TV camera are outputted to a computer, which analyzes the output signals to determine a position or movement of the child or child associated object. The determined position or movement is then compared to preprogrammed criteria in the computer to determine a correlation or importance, and thereby to provide data to the child. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222253 | INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING INPUT INFORMATION FROM EXPOSURE - An input device and method for protecting input information from exposure, in which the time of input of information is determined using a tactile output to protect the input information from being exposed. The input device for protecting input information from exposure includes a user-input module for receiving predetermined input information from a user, a control module for setting the information inputted in association with a tactile signal among the input information as user-input information, and a tactile-output-generation module for generating and providing the tactile signal to the user-input module under the control of the control module. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222254 | Smart keyboard for computer and compact devices - This document proposes a new type of keyboard concept, Smart Keyboard, which creates a compact keyboard that can make the overall size of the keyboard smaller. It also makes it more efficient for text input on computer or other compact electronic devices, such as notebooks, tablets or even smart phones and game devices. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222255 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying a first keyboard on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting a touch on the first keyboard, and when the touch is associated with a keyboard transformation function, changing the first keyboard into a second keyboard by moving keys of the first keyboard relative to other keys of the first keyboard, from first locations, along respective key paths, to second locations on the touch-sensitive display. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222256 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying a first keyboard on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, detecting a moving touch on the first keyboard, and, as the touch moves, changing the first keyboard into a second keyboard by moving keys of the first keyboard relative to other keys of the first keyboard, from first locations, along respective key paths, to second locations on the touch-sensitive display. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222257 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF HANDING A TOUCH INPUT IN A TERMINAL - A method and an apparatus for operating a portable terminal are provided. The method includes searching for a view including a touch region among two or more views displayed, determining whether a bypass function is set for the searched view, and determining whether to execute a command corresponding to the view according to whether the bypass function is set. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222258 | MOBILE TERMINAL COMPRISING A CASING COMPRISING TWO MUTUALLY MOBILE PARTS - A mobile terminal ( | 2013-08-29 |
20130222259 | WORD COMPLETION IN A HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for enabling generation of text on a handheld electronic device which has a plurality of input members, at least some of which have a number of linguistic elements assigned thereto, and a memory having language objects stored therein. The method comprises enabling detection of a number of input member actuations corresponding with an ambiguous input, making at least one of a determination that the number of actuations exceeds a first threshold and a determination that a quantity of predicted language objects corresponding with the ambiguous input is less than a second threshold, generating prefix objects corresponding with the ambiguous input and predicted language objects corresponding with the ambiguous input, each predicted language object comprising a prefix object portion and a completion portion, and providing at a text input location an output comprising a prefix object and a completion portion of a first predicted language object. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222260 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A WATERPROOF KEYPAD - A portable electronic device including a waterproof keypad and a keypad assembly for the waterproof keypad are described. In one embodiment, the keypad assembly comprises: an embossed keypad including a top and bottom surface, the embossed keypad including a plurality of embossed keys on the top surface; a capacitive sensor layer located below the bottom surface of the embossed keypad; an actuator located below the capacitive sensor layer and moveable between a first position and a second position; and a driver configured to cause the actuator to move between the first position and the second position in response to the detection of the presence of an object near to or touching an embossed key in the embossed keypad. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222261 | TOUCH-ZONE KOREAN-LANGUAGE INPUT PANEL - The current application is directed to an intuitive, easily manipulated, and fully functional soft-input panel (“SIP”) and hardware input panels (“HIPs”), or physical keyboards, for mobile telephones, tablet computers, and other electronic devices that provides for input of Korean-language text. One implementation of the touch-zone Korean-language SIP to which the current application is directed includes 4 regions, or zones, each containing three input keys, for input of Hangul characters and control directives, including backspace, space, and enter commands. A fifth region includes two consonant-composition features, and sixth and seventh regions each include an alternate SIP toggle. The input features of this particular implementation allow for input of all Hangul Korean-language characters as well as cursor control, text-entry control, and alternate-SIP toggles. Neither this section nor the sections which follow are intended to either limit the scope of the claims which follow or define the scope of those claims. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222262 | KOREAN-LANGUAGE INPUT PANEL - The current application is directed to intuitive, easily manipulated, and fully functional soft-input panels (“SIPs”) and hardware input panels (“HIPs”), or physical keyboards, for mobile telephones, tablet computers, and other electronic devices that provide for input of Korean-language text. One implementation of the Korean-language SIP to which the current application is directed includes 16 different displayed input features arranged in four columns and four rows. The 16 input features of this particular implementation allow for input of all Hangul Korean-language characters as well as cursor control, text-entry control, and alternate-SIP toggles. Neither this section nor the sections which follow are intended to either limit the scope of the claims which follow or define the scope of those claims. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222263 | CONTROLLING VIEWS IN DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH SCREEN - A display device including a display having a touch screen, and a controller for controlling the display to simultaneously provide a selected number of display areas in the display, with each of the display areas being for displaying information from information sources. The controller controls the display to include R display areas when the touch screen is tapped simultaneously R times, and S display areas when the touch screen is tapped simultaneously T times followed by T simultaneous drags on the touch screen, followed by U simultaneous taps on the touch screen, wherein R, S, T and U are integers, R is a selected one of 2, 3 or 4, S>R and T+U=S. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222264 | NAVIGATION OF CONTENT MEDIA DISPLAYED ON A TOUCH SCREEN OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present disclosure provides for a user of a touch screen electronic device to readily and naturally navigate displayed content media using the touch screen. A user can place and then hold a finger or thumb on the touch screen to create a temporary finger bookmark while simultaneously flipping through screens or pages of the displayed content media with other finger(s). The user can flip as many screen pages as desired in either a backwards or a forward direction and return at any time to the temporary finger bookmark by simply removing the finger that is holding the temporary bookmark. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222265 | Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Drawing Chemical Structures Using Touch and Gestures - Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided that allow a user to draw and edit a chemical structure using one or more gestures performed on an input interface, such as a touch pad or touch screen. For example, the user may assign an atom label to a chemical structure representation by performing a press and tap gesture, change a chemical bond characteristic in the chemical structure representation by performing a tap gesture, and/or lengthen a molecular chain in the chemical structure representation by performing a drag gesture. The user may also rotate the chemical structure representation in the graphical display by performing one or more rotation gestures. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222266 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERCONNECTED DEVICES - A computer implemented method performed by an electronic device comprising a display and an input device for receiving user input. The method comprises maintaining a representation of at least one other electronic device and its position relative to the electronic device and receiving a user input indicative of a direction and associated with a function requiring a target device. In response to said user input, the direction indicated by the user input and the representation of the relative position of the at least one other electronic device are utilised to determine the target device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222267 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting touches on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, actuating an actuator to provide tactile feedback for the touches, determining values associated with force applied by the actuator during actuation of the actuator, and changing an attribute of actuation of the actuator based on the values associated with force. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222268 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Processing Incoming Calls - A control circuit provides an incoming-call response-initiation zone on a touch-screen display in response to an incoming call. The control circuit then takes an incoming-call processing action in response to detecting a user's swipe-based gesture that begins in that incoming-call response-initiation zone. So configured, a user can begin a swipe in the incoming-call response-initiation zone that extends in a first direction that corresponds to accepting the call. When the user begins the swipe in the incoming-call response-initiation zone but extends that swipe in a second direction (that is, for example, opposite to the first direction) a different incoming call processing action results (such as “ignoring” the incoming call). | 2013-08-29 |
20130222269 | Method and Apparatus Pertaining to Depicting a Plurality of Contact Addresses - A control circuit provides a list of contacts on a touch-screen display and then, in response to detecting a touch-based selection of a particular contact, responsively depicts a plurality of contact addresses as correspond to that particular contact. A most frequently utilized contact address is placed at a location on the touch-screen display that corresponds to the touch-based selection of the particular contact. So configured, the user need likely not move their touching finger to locate the desired contact address. The most frequently utilized contact address can comprise a most frequently called telephone number since any new telephone number was last added to the plurality of telephone numbers for this particular contact. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222270 | Wearable display device, corresponding systems, and method for presenting output on the same - An electronic device can include detectors for altering the presentation of data on one or more displays. In a wearable electronic device, a flexible housing can be configured to enfold about an appendage of a user, such as a user's wrist. A display can disposed along a major face of the flexible housing. A control circuit can be operable with the display. A gaze detector can be included to detect a gaze direction, and optionally a gaze cone. An orientation detector can be configured to detect an orientation of the electronic device relative to the user. The control circuit can alter a presentation of data on the display in response to a detected gaze direction, in response to detected orientation of the wearable electronic device relative to the user, in response to touch or gesture input, or combinations thereof. Secondary displays can be hingedly coupled to the electronic device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222271 | Methods and Apparatuses for Operating a Display in an Electronic Device - An electronic device can include detectors for altering the presentation of data on one or more displays. In a wearable electronic device, a flexible housing can be configured to enfold about an appendage of a user, such as a user's wrist. A display can disposed along a major face of the flexible housing. A control circuit can be operable with the display. A gaze detector can be included to detect a gaze direction, and optionally a gaze cone. An orientation detector can be configured to detect an orientation of the electronic device relative to the user. The control circuit can alter a presentation of data on the display in response to a detected gaze direction, in response to detected orientation of the wearable electronic device relative to the user, in response to touch or gesture input, or combinations thereof. Secondary displays can be hingedly coupled to the electronic device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222272 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE NAVIGATION IN A TAB-BASED APPLICATION INTERFACE - A method is provided for navigation in a tab-based application interface on a touch-sensitive display of a portable electronic device. A start of a touch contact initiating proximate to a first edge of the touch-sensitive display is detected. An end of the touch contact terminating proximate to a second edge of the touch sensitive display is detected. An angular gesture can then be determined when the start of the touch contact and the end of the touch contact are from the first edge being perpendicular to the second edge of the touch-sensitive display. Content associated with a tab on the touch-sensitive display in the tab-based application interface in response to the angular gesture is then displayed. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222273 | Systems and Methods For Presenting Visual Interface Content - A method for presenting visual interface content comprising adjunct visual interface content during application program execution, and the adjunct visual interface content provides visual information associated with application program execution. The method comprising displaying the adjunct visual interface content using a first interface, displaying the adjunct visual interface content using a second interface, and displaying the updated adjunct visual interface content on the at least one of the first and second interfaces based on actuation of the first and second interfaces. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222274 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method, computer readable storage medium, and electronic device are provided which operates on hierarchical data having a plurality of levels by detecting one of a plurality of gestures on a touch-sensitive input mechanism of the electronic device. Each of the plurality of gestures is associated with a different level in the hierarchical data. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222275 | TWO-FACTOR ROTATION INPUT ON A TOUCHSCREEN DEVICE - An electronic device and method are provided for rotating an object displayed at or by the device. The object may be an entire displayed region of a display screen, such as a window, frame, or other region or subregion, or a block element or other type of content component such as an image or map. A first input defining a reference point for the object is detected at a first user interface mechanism. After commencement of the detected first input, a second input at a second user interface mechanism, such as a touchscreen display, is detected. In response to the second input, a rotation transformation is applied to the object, the rotation transformation center being defined by the reference point, and the rotation transformation angle being defined by the second input. The object may be displayed by the touchscreen display, or by a display device external to the electronic device. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222276 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device is provided that includes a display unit including a first region and a second region and a control unit configured to receive a first touch stroke through the first region, to receive a second touch stroke through the second region, to generate a third touch stroke corresponding to the first and second touch strokes when a relationship between the first and second touch strokes satisfies to a predetermined condition, and to perform an operation corresponding to the third touch stroke. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222277 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A USER OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Systems and methods for identifying a user of an electronic device are disclosed. An example method includes capturing a physical characteristic of a hand of a user via a sensor on a computing device. The characteristic is captured as the user touches the computing device for a purpose different from user identification. The example method includes determining an identifier associated with the user based on the captured characteristic. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222278 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SETTING EDITING TOOLS OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device acquires first character data of a hand, and displays an outline diagram of the hand on a touch screen display according to the first character data, in response to a user placing his/her hand on the touch screen display. The electronic device sets associations between editing tools and fingers of the hand in the outline diagram. Then, the electronic device detects second character data of a finger of the hand in response to the user touching the touch screen display with the finger, and compares the second character data with the first character data, to determine which editing tool is associated with that finger according to the set associations, and replaces a present available editing tool on the touch screen display with the determined editing tool. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222279 | TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - A touch display apparatus including a display panel, a touch panel, a gate driver and a touch sensor is provided. The touch panel is disposed corresponding to the display panel. The gate driver is coupled to the display panel and the touch panel so as to sequentially output a plurality of scan signals to the display panel and sequentially output a plurality of driver signals to the touch panel. Here, the output time of the scan signals and the output time of the driver signals are not overlapped. The touch sensor is coupled to the touch panel and calculates a touch position according to a sensor signal outputted by the touch panel. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222280 | INTEGRATING SENSATION FUNCTIONALITIES INTO A MOBILE DEVICE USING A HAPTIC SLEEVE - Methods, apparatuses, systems, and computer-readable media for integrating sensation functionalities into a mobile device using a haptic sleeve are presented. According to one or more aspects of the disclosure, a computing device may receive, via a haptic sleeve, sensation input captured by one or more haptic components of the haptic sleeve. Subsequently, the computing device may store haptic data corresponding to the received sensation input. For example, in storing such haptic data, the computing device may store information describing one or more electrical signals received via the one or more haptic components of the haptic sleeve during a period of time corresponding to a particular event, and this stored information may reflect various characteristics of the sensation input received by the computing device in connection with the particular event, such as the magnitude(s), position(s), duration, and/or type(s) of sensation(s) captured during the period of time. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222281 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a touch controller, periodically providing a touch sensing signal in a touch sensing period to a touch display panel for touch detection; a control core, periodically switching a level of a parallax switching signal; a parallax switching barrier, for respectively barricading a right-eye display zone and a left-eye display zone on the touch display panel in a left-eye display period and a right-eye display period in response to the parallax display switching signal; and an interference shielding module, for delaying the level switching of the parallax switching signal of the control core when a starting point of the touch sensing signal is detected, so as to prevent the level switching of the parallax switching signal from being triggered in the touch sensing period. | 2013-08-29 |
20130222282 | Structure of Wet-coating Transparent Conductive Film and the Application Thereof - This invention discloses a structure of wet-coating transparent conductive film and the application thereof. The wet-coating transparent conductive film comprises a substrate layer, and a transparent conductive layer. The wet-coating transparent conductive film can further comprise an index matching layer between the substrate layer and the transparent conductive layer. The index matching layer and the transparent conductive layer can be formed by wet-coating process. Preferably, the mentioned wet-coating transparent conductive film can be widely applied in touch control module or touch control displaying device. | 2013-08-29 |