40th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 27 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110241947 | ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110241948 | CAVITY-BACKED SLOT ANTENNA WITH NEAR-FIELD-COUPLED PARASITIC SLOT - Electronic devices may be provided with antennas. The antennas may include conductive antenna cavities. Antenna resonating elements may be mounted in the antenna cavities to form cavity antennas. An antenna cavity may be formed from metal structures with curved edges that define a curved cavity opening. A flexible printed circuit substrate may be coated with a layer of metal. Slot antenna structures such as a directly fed antenna slot and a parasitic antenna slot may be formed from openings in the metal layer. The flexible printed circuit substrate may be flexed so that the antenna resonating element forms a non-planar curved shape that mates with the opening of the antenna cavity. A ring of solder may be used to electrically seal the edges of the cavity opening to the metal layer in the antenna resonating element. The curved opening may be aligned with curved housing walls in an electronic device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241949 | MULTIBAND ANTENNAS FORMED FROM BEZEL BANDS WITH GAPS - Electronic devices are provided that contain wireless communications circuitry. The wireless communications circuitry may include radio-frequency transceiver circuitry and antenna structures. An inverted-F antenna may have first and second short circuit legs and a feed leg. The first and second short circuit legs and the feed leg may be connected to a folded antenna resonating element arm. The antenna resonating element arm and the first short circuit leg may be formed from portions of a conductive electronic device bezel. The folded antenna resonating element arm may have a bend. The bezel may have a gap that is located at the bend. Part of the folded resonating element arm may be formed from a conductive trace on a dielectric member. A spring may be used in connecting the conductive trace to the electronic device bezel portion of the antenna resonating element arm. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241950 | COMBINATION ANTENNA AND METHODS - An antenna combination especially intended for small radio devices. It comprises a main antenna, the radiator ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110241951 | PORTABLE WIRELESS APPARATUS - Disclosed is a portable wireless apparatus that can be miniaturised and reduced in thickness without increasing in manufacturing costs and that can prevent degradation of reception sensitivity when placed on a metal plate, without impairing design characteristics. In this apparatus, a conductive hinge ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110241952 | Antenna Apparatus with a Modified Surface - The invention is directed toward antenna apparatus of the type for use in receiving broadcast data signals, such as those transmitted from one or more satellites and also, in certain embodiments the antenna apparatus is capable of transmitting data signals. The antenna apparatus includes at least one component which is provided with a surface, typically an external surface, which is provided with hydrophobic properties such that the gathering of water, condensation and/or snow is reduced hence improving the performance of the antenna and reducing data loss from the data signals. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241953 | HYBRID MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ANTENNA MODULE AND SYSTEM OF USING THE SAME - The hybrid multiple-input multiple-output antenna module includes a grounding unit, a plurality of radiating units, loop units and filter units. The radiating units and the loop units are arranged around a geometric center of the grounding unit and are alternately and symmetrically arranged on the grounding unit. The loop units are arranged along the outer peripheral side of the grounding unit. The filter units are respectively electrically connected to the loop units. The present invention not only has some advantages such as small size, low profile, good isolation, high antenna gain and good radiation properties, but also can replace the external dual-band access-point antenna of the prior art for 2.4/5 GHz operation with no need of an extra diplexer. In addition, the hybrid multiple-input multiple-output antenna module can be hidden in the wireless communication device in order to enhance the appearance of the product. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241954 | RF TILT SENSING USING MEMS ACCELEROMETERS - A physical angle of a portion of a variable element, such as a phase shifter, is used to determine a desired antenna beam attribute, such as beam downtilt. In one example, a variable element includes a stationary circuit board and a rotatable circuit board. The stationary circuit board has at least one transmission line having a first output and a second output. The rotatable circuit board includes an input and a coupling section, the coupling section located to capacitively couple an input signal to the at least one transmission line between the first output and the second output, and the accelerometer being oriented such that it provides a signal indicative of a physical angle of the rotatable circuit board with respect to vertical. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241955 | ANTENNA AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR - Provided is an antenna capable of establishing electrical conductivity between a flange-like short-circuit section of a power supply section and a thin metal plate even in a harsh temperature environment in a space environment. Under a state in which an apical portion of a power supply section is inserted from an outer side of a face plate into a hole for the power supply section of a thin metal plate, a dielectric plate, and a metal plate, a plurality of screws are inserted from the outer side of a flange-like short-circuit section through a plurality of insertion holes of the flange-like short-circuit section, the thin metal plate, and the dielectric plate, and the plurality of screws are threadingly inserted into a plurality of tapped holes of the metal plate so that electrical conductivity between the flange-like short-circuit section and the thin metal plate is established through direct contact. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241956 | CASSEGRAIN ANTENNA FOR HIGH GAIN - Provided is a high gain Cassegrain antenna. The antenna includes a feed unit that radiates radio waves, a subreflector that faces a radiation surface of the feed unit and reflects the radiated radio waves, and a main reflector that has a plurality of hole scatterers of different depths facing the subreflector and reflecting again the radio waves reflected from the subreflector. Accordingly, it is possible to manufacture a high-gain broadband antenna at low costs. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241957 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes a core portion made of a magnetic material, and a coil including a conductive wire wound on the core portion. The coil includes a winding portion, and an inductance adjuster portion wound at a larger pitch than the winding portion. The coil has an inductance changing according to a position of the inductance adjuster portion. This antenna device has a resonance frequency which is adjustable in a wide range. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241958 | ANTENNA COIL TO BE MOUNTED ON A CIRCUIT BOARD AND ANTENNA DEVICE - In an antenna coil including a first magnetic core, a second magnetic core, and a flexible board, coil conductors are provided on a surface of the flexible board. By winding the flexible board around the first magnetic core and the second magnetic core, a first coil portion is disposed around the first magnetic core, and a second coil portion is disposed around the second magnetic core. The winding direction of the second coil portion is opposite to that of the first coil portion. The first coil portion and the second coil portion are connected to define one coil as a whole. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241959 | SENSOR DEVICE WITH HELICAL ANTENNA AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - An apparatus includes a sensor that receives a first electrical signal and provides a second electrical signal in response to the first electrical signal. The second electrical signal is based on at least one parameter monitored by the sensor. The apparatus also includes an antenna that converts first wireless signals into the first electrical signal and that converts the second electrical signal into second wireless signals. The antenna includes a substrate, conductive traces, and conductive interconnects. The conductive traces are formed on first and second surfaces of the substrate. The conductive interconnects couple the conductive traces, and the conductive interconnects and the conductive traces form at least one helical arm of the antenna. The conductive traces could be formed in various ways, such as by etching or direct printing. The conductive interconnects could also be formed in various ways, such as by filling vias in the substrate or direct printing. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241960 | STACKED ANTENNA - A stacked antenna includes a first dielectric substrate, a second dielectric substrate, at least one vertical conductive structure, at least one transmission line structure, a driven element, at least one reflector and a director. The second dielectric substrate is stacked on the first dielectric substrate. The conductive structure penetrates the first dielectric substrate or the second dielectric substrate. The transmission line structure is disposed between the first and second dielectric substrates. The driven element is disposed between the first and second dielectric substrates and is electrically connected to the conductive structure through the transmission line structure. The reflector is spaced from the driven element by the first dielectric substrate and is disposed under the first dielectric substrate. The director is spaced from the driven element by the second dielectric substrate. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241961 | PATCH ANTENNA, ANTENNA UNIT AND ANTENNA APPARATUS - Provided is a patch antenna, an antenna unit and an antenna apparatus that can increase the directional gain of a patch antenna at a high angle of elevation and that can make the directional gain of a patch antenna at a given angle of elevation uniform at all azimuth angles. Patch antenna | 2011-10-06 |
20110241962 | PLANAR ANTENNA AND HANDHELD DEVICE - A planar antenna and a handheld device are provided. The handheld device includes the planar antenna and a system ground plane. The planar antenna has a first feed point, a first ground point, a second feed point, and a second ground point. The first ground point and the second ground point are located between the first feed point and the second feed point. The system ground plane is electrically connected to the first feed point, the first ground point, the second feed point, and the second ground point. Thereby, the performance in radio signal transceiving is improved. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241963 | INTERNAL ANTENNA SUPPORTING WIDEBAND IMPEDANCE MATCHING - An internal antenna providing impedance matching for a wide band is disclosed. The disclosed antenna may include: a substrate; an impedance matching/feeding unit comprising a feeding member, separated from the substrate at a designated distance, configured to receive RF signals, and of a designated length in a first direction, and a ground member, separated from the substrate at a designated distance, separated from the feeding member at a designated in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and of a designated length in the first direction; and a radiator extending from the ground member; wherein the impedance matching/feeding unit performs impedance matching by way of coupling between the feeding member and the ground member, and the radiator receives coupling feeding from the feeding member. The disclosed antenna has the advantages of overcoming the narrow band problem of a planar inverted-F antenna, and of allowing more efficient utilization of space in an internal antenna. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241964 | BUILT-IN ANTENNA WHICH SUPPORTS BROADBAND IMPEDANCE MATCHING AND HAS FEEDING PATCH COUPLED TO SUBSTRATE - Disclosed is an internal antenna providing impedance matching for a wide band where a feeding patch is placed on a substrate. The disclosed antenna may include: a substrate; an impedance matching/feeding unit including a feeding patch, which is formed on the substrate and electrically connected to a feeding point, and a ground patch, which is electrically connected to a ground and formed above the feeding patch separated at a designated distance from the feeding patch; and a radiator formed extending from the ground patch, where the impedance matching/feeding unit performs impedance matching by way of coupling between the feeding patch and the ground patch, and the radiator receives coupling feeding from the feeding patch. The disclosed antenna has the advantages of overcoming the narrow band problem of a planar inverted-F antenna, and of allowing more efficient utilization of space in an internal antenna for a wide band using coupling matching and coupling feeding. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241965 | CAPACITIVE GROUNDED RF COAXIAL CABLE TO AIRSTRIP TRANSITION, AND ANTENNA THEREOF - The present invention provides a capacitive grounded RF coaxial cable to airstrip transition which comprises a conductive ground plane, an insulating gasket, a reflector plate and an insulating fixing component. The conductive ground plane, the insulating gasket and the reflector plate are attached uniformly and tightly in sequence and fixed together by the insulating fixing component. The outer surface of the conductive ground plane is connected conductively with the outer conductor of the RF coaxial cable. Preferably, the conductive ground plane is a metal plate and the insulating gasket is a plastic gasket. The capacitive grounded RF coaxial cable to airstrip transition further comprises at least one perforation penetrating the conductive ground plane, the insulating gasket and the reflector plate in sequence. The insulating fixing component includes at least one insulating rivet and at least one conductive supporting piece is arranged on the outer surface of the conductive ground plane. The present invention further provides an antenna comprising this transition. Therefore the present invention is designed skillfully, simple in structure, simple and convenient to assemble, has a low cost, avoids metals' direct contact to obviate the difficulty of maintaining the constant surface pressure, and realizes the grounding without producing third-order intermodulation, to completely eliminate unstable factors, and therefore is suitable for large-scale popularization. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241966 | ANTENNA HOUSING FOR SUPRESSING BACKWARD RADIATION - An antenna housing includes a primary reflector attached to a PCB having a radiation device pattern formed on the PCB; and a secondary reflector positioned behind the primary reflector so as to maintain a predetermined distance from the primary reflector. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241967 | Antenna Assemblies For Use With Portable Communications Devices - An antenna assembly generally includes an antenna element, an amplifier, and an electronics protection system coupled generally between the antenna element and the amplifier. In operation, the electronics protection system may filter cross-talk, protect against electrostatic discharge, and/or suppress radiated spurious emissions. The electronics protection system may include first and second inductors disposed in series generally between the antenna element and the amplifier. First and second diodes may be disposed generally between the first and second inductors. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241968 | MULTI-BEAM ANTENNA DEVICE - Provided is a multi-beam antenna device capable of suppressing an increase in loss of a Rotman lens so as to achieve enhanced gain. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241969 | GRID ARRAY ANTENNAS AND AN INTEGRATION STRUCTURE - A grid array antenna configured to operate with millimetre wavelength signals, the grid array antenna comprising a plurality of mesh elements and at least one radiation element; each mesh element comprising at least one long side and at least one short side operatively connected to the at least one long side; at least one of: the at least one radiating element, the at least one short side, and the at least one long side having compensation for improved antenna output for improved antenna radiation. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241970 | Holding Device With An Antenna And Method For Assembling The Same - A holding device having a printed circuit board includes a base having a securing recess at a top surface thereof, a securing connector fixed in the securing recess and connected with the printed circuit board, a holding shell rotatably covered to the securing connector, and a flexible antenna of flat plate shape. The antenna has a rectangular radiating body, and a strip-shaped connecting portion extended outwards from a side of the radiating body. A free end of the connecting portion is held by the holding shell and rotated to connect with the securing connector electrically and detachably. An exposed portion of the connecting portion is bent so that the radiating body is attached to the top surface of the base. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241971 | APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR A DOUBLE GIMBAL STABILIZATION PLATFORM - An apparatus and system are disclosed for a double gimbal stabilization platform. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a base and a first pivot joint connected to the base. The apparatus also includes a bent gimbal structure connected to the first pivot joint. The first pivot joint may rotate the bent gimbal structure about a first axis of rotation. The apparatus includes a second pivot joint connected to the bent gimbal structure. The apparatus includes a platform connected to the second pivot joint. The second pivot joint may rotate the platform around a second axis of rotation and the second axis of rotation may be orthogonal to the first axis of rotation. Furthermore, a center of mass for a combination of the bent gimbal structure and the platform may be between the base and the first axis of rotation. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241972 | LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNA - A leaky-wave antenna includes a sheet arrangement having first, second and third metalized sheets that are arranged on top of and in parallel with one another and are separated by two di-electric layers, the first metalized sheet having a first two-dimensionally periodic metalization structure, the second metalized sheet having a second two-dimensionally periodic metalization structure, and the third metalized sheet having a continuous metalization area, and an excitation structure above the first metalized sheet for exciting a leaky-wave mode in the sheet arrangement at a working frequency f | 2011-10-06 |
20110241973 | FOLDING MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY DEVICE - Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241974 | FOLDING MULTIMEDIA DISPLAY DEVICE - Various configurations of an electronic display, and devices incorporating the display, are provided. The display may have multiple portions connected along one or more axes, lines, points, or other connecting areas. The portions are movable about the connections. In various configurations, the display portions emulate different media and/or communication and computing devices. Two or more of the display devices may be coupled in an array. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241975 | HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - There is provided a head mounted display including a glasses-type frame to be worn on a head of an observer; two optical modules including two image creation devices, and two light guides having two light guide plates coupled one-to-one with the two image creation devices and placed closer to a center of a face of the observer than the image creation devices are as a whole, that guide light beams output from the image creation devices and output the light beams toward pupils of the observer; and an optical plate supporting the two light guides, wherein the optical plate is attached to a center part of the frame. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241976 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERSONAL VIEWING DEVICES - Images are overlaid using a personal viewing device, such as a head mounted display. The personal viewing device includes a mount, an electronic display, a lens, and an electronic circuit. The electronic display, lens, and electronic circuit are physically attached to the mount. The electronic display and lens are positioned by the mount so that an eye views the electronic display through the lens. The electronic circuit overlays a first image with a second image to produce an overlaid image. The electronic circuit then displays the overlaid image on the electronic display. The electronic circuit can include an image generating device. The image generating device can generate the first image and/or the second image. The image generating device can be a video player or a processor. The personal viewing device can further include a wireless transceiver attached to the mount. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241977 | ENHANCED VIEWING BRIGHTNESS FOR SURFACE DISPLAY - A display panel includes an array of refractive elements arranged on a substrate. The array is positioned to receive light of a first intensity profile and configured to transmit in a second intensity profile at least some of the light received. The display panel also includes a diffuser positioned to receive the light transmitted by the array of refractive elements and configured to transmit in a third intensity profile at least some of the light received. The second intensity profile has a lower relative intensity normal to the substrate than has the first intensity profile. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241978 | OPTICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD, ACTIVE AND PASSIVE DITHERING USING BIREFRINGENCE, COLOR IMAGE SUPERPOSITIONING AND DISPLAY ENHANCEMENT WITH PHASE COORDINATED POLARIZATION SWITCHING - A display apparatus includes a passive display, a light source, and a video signal input, in operation in response to a video signal the passive display modulates light from the light source to provide an image, and the intensity of the light source is controlled by the video signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241979 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A liquid crystal display having specific dispositions of pixels of a liquid crystal display so as to prevent the coupling defect and the stripe defect in high speed driving. The liquid crystal display includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix shape, a switching element connected to each pixel, data lines and gate lines connected to the switching elements, and a data driver generating data voltages and applying the data voltages to the data lines. The data lines are disposed at both sides of the pixels in pairs, and data voltages of the same magnitude with different polarities are applied to the pairs of data lines. In this manner, preventing the coupling defect and the stripe defect, high speed driving can be performed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241980 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The embodiments provide a backlight unit including
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20110241981 | Input Routing for Simultaneous USB Connections of Similar Device Types - Methods and devices for accommodating a plurality of interface devices via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) that include: (a) receiving a set of settings for an interface device; (b) generating an input/output (I/O) device handle associated with the interface device; (c) comparing the received interface device settings set with one or more entries of a device-matching criteria database; and (d) if the received set of interface device settings matches an entry of the device matching criteria database, then: (i) generating a device manager handle associated with the interface device; and (ii) spawning a device manager thread based on the generated I/O device handle. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241982 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING FILE DISPLAYED ON DISPLAY AND METHOD THEREOF - An adjusting method for adjusting a file includes determining a position of a first point of focus on the display and recording the content displayed at the position of the first point of focus when the electronic device is in a steady state, determining a position of a second point of focus according to the movement of the electronic device and the position of the first point of focus on the display, and adjusting the content by moving the content displayed on the first point of focus to the position of the second point of focus. An electronic device for implementing the adjusting method is also provided. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241983 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH PRIVACY FUNCTION, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PRIVACY TO A DISPLAY DEVICE - A method is adapted for providing privacy to a display device. The display device is adapted to display a normal image that can be viewed in a user area within which a user is situated. The method includes the steps of: a) configuring the display device to generate information of an interference image; b) configuring a display panel of the display device to display the normal image and the interference image; and c) configuring the display device to direct the interference image toward areas outside the user area. Accordingly, the user situated in the user area is able to view the normal image, while a viewer outside the user area is able to view the interference image, thereby achieving a privacy effect. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241984 | ILLUMINATION STRUCTURE FOR AN INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM - An illumination structure for an interactive input system having a display surface and a light source for backlighting the display surface is provided. The illumination structure includes at least one redirection structure positioned with respect to the display surface to receive excess light produced by the light source and to redirect the excess light generally across the display surface for backlighting one or more pointers. A method is provided for determining the location of at least one pointer in an interactive input system. The method includes capturing images generally across a display surface of a region of interest and a reflection of the region of interest; examining the images to determine at least one first potential target location for at least one pointer that is within the region of interest; analyzing the at least one first potential target location to resolve at least one first true target location associated with the at least one pointer; and calculating a first location for the at least one pointer corresponding to the at least one first true target location. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241985 | METHOD OF DISPLAYING APPLICATIONS IN A MULTI-MONITOR COMPUTER SYSTEM AND MULTI-MONITOR COMPUTER SYSTEM EMPLOYING THE METHOD - A multi-monitor computer system includes a plurality of display devices communicating with at least one computing device executing an application management procedure. The application management procedure enables an application window available on one display device to be moved entirely to another display device by selecting the other display device from a dialog box displayed in response to a pointer-dragging input gesture on the application window. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241986 | INTERACTIVE PROJECTION DEVICE - The subject invention relates to an interactive projection device. The interactive projection device includes a light source configured to emit an input light beam, wherein the light source comprises a visible light emitting device; a first beam splitter configured to split the input light beam into first and second split light beams; a second beam splitter configured to split a scattered light beam received from a surface into third and fourth split light beams; an image forming device configured to produce an image light beam based on the first split light beam and emit the image light beam onto the surface through the first and second splitters, thereby generating a projection image on the surface; and a detector configured to detect the invisible light of the third split light beam, thereby acquiring a scattering image from the surface. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241987 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD THEREFOR - An interactive input system comprises at least one light source configured for emitting radiation into a region of interest, a bezel at least partially surrounding the region of interest and having a surface in the field of view of the at least one imaging device, where the surface absorbs the emitted radiation and at least one imaging device having a field of view looking through a filter and into the region of interest and capturing image frames. The filter has a passband comprising a wavelength of the emitted radiation. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241988 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND INFORMATION INPUT METHOD THEREFOR - An interactive input system includes at least one imaging device having a field of view looking into a region of interest and capturing images; at least one pen tool comprising an accelerometer configured to measure acceleration of the pen tool and to generate acceleration data, the pen tool configured to wirelessly transmit the acceleration data; and processing structure configured to process the images and acceleration data to determine the location of at least one pointer in the region of interest. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241989 | Remote touch panel using light sensor and remote touch screen apparatus having the same - A remote touch panel includes a plurality of light sensor cells arranged in two dimensions. Each light sensor cell may include a light-sensitive semiconductor layer and first and second electrodes electrically connected to the light-sensitive semiconductor layer. The remote touch panel may be controlled at a remote distance. For example, a large display apparatus can be easily controlled by using a simple light source device, for example, a laser pointer. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241990 | PROJECTION APPARATUS AND LOCATION METHOD FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF A LIGHT POINT ON A PROJECTION IMAGE - A projection apparatus and a location method for determining a position of a light point on a projection image of the projection apparatus are provided. The projection apparatus comprises a lens, a light detector, a light guide module and a processing circuit. The light guide module is configured to receive the light point via the lens, and to guide the light point into the light detector. The light detector outputs a detection signal to the processing circuit according to the light point within a detection period. The processing circuit determines the position of the light point on the projection image according to the detection signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241991 | TRACKING OBJECT SELECTION APPARATUS, METHOD, PROGRAM AND CIRCUIT - Provided is a tracking object selection apparatus ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110241992 | CUSTOM GRIP ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A custom grip assembly that includes an attachment member for connection to a joystick assembly. The attachment assembly is made from deformable material that when originally gripped by a user deforms to the custom shape of the user's grip. The deformable material then remains in that shape and hardens to present a permanent grip assembly for the user. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241993 | Computer mouse with display - A computer mouse includes an image display unit comprising an image processing unit, a top LCD, a work memory, and first, second, and third image buttons on top, all being electrically connected together; a control unit comprising a microprocessor, an optical sensor, left and right buttons, and a scroll wheel, all being electrically connected together; and an interface unit comprising a USB hub and a USB control electrically connected together. The second image button controls on and off of the image display unit. The USB hub is electrically connected to the image processing unit and the microprocessor respectively. The USB control is electrically connected a USB connector at one end of mouse cord. The first image button is operable to store an image in the work memory. The third image button is operable to transfer an image stored in the work memory to the display. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241994 | TRACKBALL DEVICE AND ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, there is provided a trackball device provided for an operation panel of a predetermined computer, the device includes a first casing including a housing portion, a ball rotatably housed in the housing portion, a detector provided in the housing portion and configured to detect input information based on rotation of the ball, and a second casing including an opening portion and mounted on the first casing to restrain the ball in the housing portion while part of the ball is exposed from the opening portion, wherein the second casing further comprises a ring portion which is provided along the opening portion and exposed from the operation panel when the trackball device is provided on the operation panel, and is configured to be detachable from the first casing upon application of a dynamic action to the ring portion. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241995 | TRACKBALL MODULE - A trackball module ( | 2011-10-06 |
20110241996 | STATE-DRIVEN SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL - A state-driven self-service terminal is described. The terminal comprises: (i) a state information table; (ii) a screen dictionary; (iii) a monitoring component arranged to ascertain status information relating to a condition of the terminal; and (iv) a screen control component. The screen dictionary comprises (a) a unique value corresponding to a unique key parameter, and (b) a control sequence including a prompt associated with that unique key parameter. The screen control component is arranged to receive the ascertained status information, and in response thereto, (a) to populate a screen with those prompts from the screen dictionary that are consistent with the ascertained status information and (b) to enable those keys corresponding to key parameters that are consistent with the status information. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241997 | KEYBOARD HAVING TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A keyboard having a touch input device includes a keyboard body and a touch input device. The touch input device is disposed on the keyboard body and is used in a digital input mode. The touch input device has a touch pad and a pattern layer. The pattern layer is bonded to a surface of the touch pad, and has a plurality of key indication areas. Each key indication area is corresponding to a key used in the digital input mode, for being recognized and selected by a user. In addition, through a switching module disposed on the keyboard, the digital input mode can be switched to a cursor control mode, a gesture control mode, or a handwriting input mode, thereby achieving a wide range of applications. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241998 | FLEXIBLE PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A portable communication device includes a housing having at least three housing portions where a first housing portion is rotatably connected to a second housing portion and the second housing portion is rotatably connected to a third housing portion. A flexible display screen is connected to the first, second, and third housing portions to form a continuous surface having a first screen portion connected to the first housing portion, a second screen portion connected to the second housing portion and a third screen portion connected to the third housing portion. The portable communication device is configurable into at least three configurations including an open position where the entire screen surface is exposed and visible to the user and a closed position where the housing portions are folded to each other such that the entire screen surface is unexposed. A partially closed position allows the user to view a portion of the display screen. | 2011-10-06 |
20110241999 | KEYBOARDS FOR TOUCH-OPERATED DEVICES WITH CAPACITIVE DISPLAYS - The instant application provides a keyboard for a touch-operated device. In one embodiment, a band is provided that includes two keyboards, one for portrait mode and one for landscape mode; the band can be slipped onto the touch-operated device as needed. In another embodiment a sleeve is provided that includes front and back faces, each with a respective viewing window and keyboard to support landscape mode and portrait mode operations, respectively. Another embodiment sleeve includes a single window and two detachable keyboards, one for portrait mode and one for landscape mode, that may be affixed to the sleeve as needed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242000 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZATION OF SOFT KEYBOARDS FOR MULTIPLE LANGUAGES - A method, and program product for optimizing soft keyboards with multiple languages is disclosed. The text of multiple languages may be analyzed for optimization. Constraints may be chosen for key positions on the keyboard. A mean time of inputting a character in each of the multiple languages may be calculated, which may result in mean times for inputting the character in the languages. The average of the mean times may be determined and minimized. The keys on a soft keyboard may be arranged in a manner for optimal input on the soft keyboard for the multiple languages. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242001 | Simplified Mechanical Design for an Acoustic Touch Screen - A simplified touch screen system that can sense when an object is held in continuous direct or indirect contact with a transparent substrate of the touch screen system as well as determine a location (e.g., X, Y coordinates) of the object in relation to the transparent substrate. The touch screen system employs capacitance technology to sense whether the object is held in contact with the transparent substrate and acoustic sensing technology to determine a position of the object that is contacting the transparent substrate. The touch screen system requires a reduced number of shielding and isolation layers to be deposited upon the transparent substrate, partially because the touch screen system utilizes a bezel associated with an underlying display to provide shielding against electromagnetic radiation emitted by the display. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242002 | HAND-HELD DEVICE WITH A TOUCH SCREEN AND A TOUCH STRIP - A computing device that includes a display configured to display a first video and a touch strip configured to receive user input. The computing device further includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to determine that the user input comprises a drag input defined by sliding at least one finger along the touch strip, and, in response to the drag input, cause a second video to be displayed on the display. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242003 | Reverse Touchpad for Portable Computers - A portable computer is described including a reverse-mounted touchpad and associated buttons where the touchpad is mounted on the reverse surface of the panel containing the portable computer's display and facing away from the user. One or more associated buttons are mounted on the surface of the display panel facing the user and function as the buttons normally associated with a touchpad, traditionally called the “mouse buttons”. The buttons are mounted in close proximity to the reverse-mounted touchpad such that the user can operate both the touchpad and the buttons simultaneously with a finger and the thumb of the same hand. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242004 | Touchpad with Reverse-Mounted Buttons - An assembly for attachment to a portable computer is described including a touchpad and associated buttons where the touchpad is mounted on one surface of the assembly and the associated “mouse” buttons are mounted on the reverse surface, the two surfaces facing in substantially opposite directions. The buttons are mounted in close proximity to the reverse-mounted touchpad such that the user can operate both the touchpad and the buttons simultaneously with the thumb and one or more fingers of the same hand. In one embodiment, the touchpad faces away from the user and is operated by a finger that is not the user's thumb. In another embodiment, the touchpad faces the user and is operated by the user's thumb. For all embodiments, the associated “mouse buttons” are mounted facing in the reverse direction relative to the touchpad. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242005 | INTERACTIVE INPUT DEVICE WITH PALM REJECT CAPABILITIES - An interactive input device comprises a panel formed of energy transmissive material and having an input surface, energy dispersing structure associated with the panel, the energy dispersing structure dispersing energy emitted by a pointer that enters the panel via the input surface and at least one imaging assembly, at least some of the dispersed energy being directed towards the at least one imaging assembly. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242006 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND PEN TOOL THEREFOR - A pen tool for use with a machine vision interactive input system comprises an elongate body and a tip arrangement at one end of the body, an end surface of the body at least partially about the tip arrangement carrying light reflective material that is visible to at least one imaging assembly of the interactive input system when the pen tool is angled. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242007 | E-Book with User-Manipulatable Graphical Objects - A method and apparatus of providing graphics in an e-book page includes displaying an e-book page of an e-book on a display, wherein the e-book page includes an embedded moving image object, receiving a multi-touch user input via a multi-touch touchscreen associated with the display, wherein the multi-touch user input corresponds to a user input command to animate the moving image object, and animating the moving image object in place in the e-book page in response to the multi-touch user input. The embedded moving object may be one of a plurality of embedded moving image objects included in the e-book page and the method and apparatus may receive a plurality of multi-touch user inputs via the multi-touch touchscreen associated with the display, with each multi-touch user input corresponding to a respective user input command to animate a respective moving image object. The method and apparatus may then animate each of the plurality of moving image objects in place in the e-book page in response to the plurality of multi-touch user inputs. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242008 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIATING A USER INTERFACE - An application for a device or television has a detector capable of determining the location of a viewer in a range of the device or television. In response to the viewer coming within a pre-determined distance of the device/television, a touch-screen user interface is presented for the viewer to interact using a touch-screen interface integrated into a display of the device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242009 | ENERGY EFFICIENT INTERACTIVE DISPLAY WITH ENERGY REGENERATIVE KEYBOARD - An electronic device including an interactive display having an interactive mode and a non-interactive mode. The interactive display includes an image display device that displays a user-interactive imaged keypad in at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the interactive mode and that displays other image data in the at least a portion of the image display device when the interactive display is in the non-interactive mode, a substantially transparent physical keypad that provides tactile feedback to a user indicating location of keys within the imaged keypad, one or more permanent magnets disposed within the physical keypad, and one or more charged electrical circuit elements oriented so that movement of the one or more permanent magnets relative to the one or more charged electrical circuit elements results in generation of electricity. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242010 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL DEVICE - A mobile communication terminal device includes a display unit, a sensing unit, a carrier disposed on the display unit and covering the sensing unit, a data processing unit connected with both the sensing unit and the display unit, and a handheld housing for accommodating the aforementioned units therein while exposing the carrier therefrom, wherein the carrier is adapted to carry and convey an external force to the sensing unit such that the data processing unit is enabled to receive and then calculate the magnitude of the external force sensed by the sensing unit and thereby provide an external force sensing function to the device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242011 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes a substrate and a plurality of touch-sensing strips. The substrate has a flat surface. The touch-sensing strips are all disposed side by side on the flat surface. Each touch-sensing strip includes a plurality of sensing electrodes electrically connected to one another in series. Each sensing electrode has a top surface, and the areas of the top surfaces in at least two sensing electrodes of each touch-sensing strip are not equal to each other. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242012 | ORGANIC ELECTRO-LUMINESCENT DEVICE PACKAGE AND FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF - An organic electro-luminescent device package includes an organic electro-luminescent device array substrate, a transparent cover, and a fit. The organic electro-luminescent device array substrate includes a first substrate and a plurality of organic electro-luminescent devices arranged on the first substrate in an array. The transparent cover is disposed over the organic electro-luminescent device array substrate. The transparent cover includes a second substrate and a conductive layer disposed on the second substrate. The organic electro-luminescent devices are located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The frit is disposed between the organic electro-luminescent device array substrate and the transparent cover to surround the organic electro-luminescent devices. The fit is located between the first substrate and a portion of the conductive layer, and the portion of the conductive layer corresponding to the frit is transparent. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242013 | INPUT DEVICE, MOUSE, REMOTER, CONTROL CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD - An input device comprises a base, an upper shell, a sensor array and a processing module. The upper shell covers the base, and has a plurality of operation areas. The sensor array has a plurality of sensors under the upper shell at array, and each of the sensors is configured for detecting a corresponding one of the operation areas. When any one of the operation areas is touched, a sensor corresponding to a touched operation area is enabled to output a detection signal with a first status to the processing module. At the moment, the processing module generates a corresponding operation instruction. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242014 | DISPLAY PANEL - A display panel is provided. The display panel comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a display control circuit and a force sensing circuit. The display control circuit is disposed on the first substrate between the first substrate and the second substrate for controlling the display panel to display an image through the second substrate. The force sensing circuit is disposed side by side with the display control circuit on the first substrate between the first substrate and second substrate, wherein the force sensing circuit comprises a plurality of force sensing elements for sensing at least one external force and correspondingly generate a plurality of force signals respectively to transform at least one touch signal corresponding to the at least one external force. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242015 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device, includes a touch panel, a number of slave touch detection circuits, and a master touch detection circuit. The touch panel is divided to a number of sub-panels and each sub-panel has a reference position. Each of the slave touch detection circuits is connected to one of the sub-panels and is configured for detecting user touch of one of the sub-panels, and producing a touch signal including the touch position of the one of the sub-panels in response to the users touch. The master touch detection circuit is connected to the number of slave touch detection circuits, and is configured for receiving the touch signals from the slave touch detection circuits and determining a touch position of the touch panel according to the touch signals and the reference position of the sub-panel connected to the slave touch detection circuit producing the touch signal. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242016 | TOUCH SCREEN - A touch screen includes a touch unit, a driver integrated circuit (IC), and a processor unit. The touch unit includes a plurality of touch members, and each touch member is a single-touch screen. The driver IC is electrically connected to all the touch members. The processor unit is electrically connected to the driver IC and all the touch members. The processor unit controls all the touch members to cooperatively display a menu or other image using the driver IC. Each touch member independently generates an indicating electric signal when it is touched, the processor unit detects the touched parts of all touched touch members according to the indicating electric signals, thereby detecting options selected in the menu corresponding to the touched parts of all touched touch members and performing the detected options. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242017 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate and an anti-scatter film disposed opposite to each other, a plurality of first sensing cells, the plurality of first sensing cells being disposed at a side of the transparent substrate that faces the anti-scatter film, the first sensing cells being connected along a first direction, a plurality of second sensing cells, the plurality of second sensing cells being disposed at a side of the anti-scatter film that faces the transparent substrate, the second sensing cells being connected along a second direction that intersects with the first direction, and an adhesive layer positioned between the transparent substrate and the anti-scatter film for bonding therebetween. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242018 | Touch screen panel and fabricating method thereof - A method of fabricating a touch screen panel, a touch screen panel, and a display device, the method including performing a reinforcing process on whole surfaces of a glass substrate in preparation for forming a plurality of touch screen panels; cutting the reinforced glass substrate into unit cells; performing a healing process on an unreinforced cutting section of the glass substrate exposed after the cutting; and forming the touch screen panels in the unit cells. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242019 | Touch screen panel - A touch screen panel includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of first sensing cells on the transparent substrate, the plurality of first sensing cells being connected in a first direction, a plurality of second sensing cells between the first sensing cells and insulated from the first sensing cells, the plurality of second sensing cells being connected in a second direction, a plurality of first connecting patterns connecting the first sensing cells in the first direction, a plurality of second connecting patterns intersecting the first connecting patterns and connecting the second sensing cells in the second direction, and insulating layers between the first and second connecting patterns, the insulating layers including edges with protrusions, the edges overlapping the second connecting patterns, and one or more protrusions at the edges protruding toward adjacent second sensing cells. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242020 | Touch screen panel and display device having the same - A touch screen panel includes first and second substrates disposed to face each other, conductive sensing cells in a touch active area on a first surface of the first substrate that faces the second substrate, a black matrix in a non-touch active area on a first surface of the second substrate that faces the first substrate, the non-touch active area being positioned outside the touch active area, an adhesive layer between the first and second substrates, the adhesive layer joining the first and second substrates together, and an insulating layer in the touch active area on the first substrate, the insulating layer covering the conductive sensing cells and overlapping a concave portion formed on the first surface of the second substrate by the black matrix. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242021 | FLAT PANEL DISPLAY INTEGRATED TOUCH SCREEN PANEL AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - A structure for forming a touch screen panel directly on an upper substrate of a flat panel display device, and more particularly a touch screen panel integrated flat panel display device in which an insulating layer formed on the touch screen panel is implemented by a spin on glass (SOG layer having stable thermal property suitable for high temperature plastic process of a sealing material for encapsulating the upper substrate and a lower substrate of the flat panel display device, and a method of fabricating the same. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242022 | Touch Determining Method and Determining Method of Touch Gesture on a Touch Panel - A determining method of touch gesture on a touch panel is provided to avoid misjudgment of determination of a multi-finger touch as a single-finger touch. The method includes determining whether a first valid touch is present on the touch panel; determining whether a second valid touch is present on the touch panel within a predetermined time period when the first valid touch is continuously present within the predetermined time period; generating a first hand gesture instruction when the second valid touch is not detected during the predetermined time period; and generating a second hand gesture instruction when the second valid touch is detected within the predetermined time period. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242023 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A touch screen panel is provided. The touch screen panel includes an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) sensor glass layer, a window glass layer mounted above the ITO sensor glass layer by means of an Optical Clear Adhesive (OCA), a conductive layer disposed between a surface of the window glass layer and a surface of the ITO sensor glass layer that includes an electrode pattern, and a touch screen control unit mounted on one of the window glass layer surface and the ITO sensor glass layer surface on which the conductive layer is mounted. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242024 | OPERATION CONSOLE ENABLING APPROPRIATE SELECTION OF OPERATIONAL MODE BY THE USER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE OPERATION CONSOLE, AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE OPERATION CONSOLE - In order to enable appropriate selection of one operational mode from a plurality of operational modes by the user, on a home screen image allowing selection of an operational mode of an image forming apparatus, displayed are: an icon for selecting a copy mode related to image formation at the center; an icon for selecting a FAX mode with priority as a frequently selected mode related to image transmission; and icons allowing direct selection of other operational modes related to image transmission. On a condition setting screen image of a mode related to image transmission, a software button or buttons allowing transition to another mode related to image transmission are displayed. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242025 | Hand Gesture Recognition Method for Touch Panel and Associated Apparatus - A hand gesture recognition method according to the present disclosure is applied to a touch panel comprising a plurality of sensors, each of which generating a sensing value according to a touch operation. The method includes providing a first reference value and a second reference value; generating a count value by counting a quantity of the sensing values that are greater than a threshold; determining the touch operation as a first hand gesture when the count value is greater than the first reference value but smaller than the second reference value; and determining the touch operation as a second hand gesture when the count value is greater than the second reference value. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242026 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND SEARCH CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes an acquisition module, an output module, an input module, and a search result display. The acquisition module is configured to acquire information indicative of an object designated on a first screen displayed by a program. The output module is configured to output to a search process module a search request relating to the information. The input module is configured to input a search result by the search process module in connection with the search request. The search result display is configured to display the search result on a second screen. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242027 | DISPLAY WITH IN-CELL TOUCH SENSOR - The present invention discloses a display with in-cell touch sensors comprising a first substrate, a second substrate, and a touch sensor disposed on the second substrate. A thin-film transistor (TFT) array is disposed on a surface of the first substrate, and a color pixel array is disposed on a surface of the second substrate. The TFT array faces and is aligned with the color pixel array. The touch sensor comprises a plurality of electrodes, a plurality of first leads, and a plurality of first pads. Each of the first leads is connected to one of the electrodes and one of the first pads. There are a plurality of second pads, a plurality of second leads, a plurality of connecting wires, and a plurality of terminal pads. Each of the second leads connects one of the second pads and one of the connecting wires. At least one of the connecting wires simultaneously and electrically connects several of the second leads. Each of the connecting wires electrically connects at least one of the terminal pads. Each of the first pads electrically connects one of the second pads. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242028 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING ELECTRODE PATTERN ON TOUCH PANEL - A touch sense panel includes a first set of individual sensing units for sensing a location along a first axis. The first set of individual sensing units includes a first plurality of strings of individual sensing units, each string including at least two of the individual sensing units of the first set. The at least two individual sensing units are electrically connected to each other and arranged in a direction perpendicular to the first axis. A first individual sensing unit of a first string of the first plurality of strings is electrically connected to a first individual sensing unit of a second string of the first plurality of strings, the second string adjacent to the first string, such that the first string and the second string form a single, first electrode. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242029 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a touch panel configured to detect a position of a user input. The apparatus may also include a force sensor physically separated from the touch panel and configured to detect a magnitude of a force. Additionally, the apparatus may include a controller configured to determine an operation based on the detected position and the detected magnitude. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242030 | METHOD OF OUTPUTTING INPUT POSITION OF TOUCH PANEL - A method of outputting an input position of a touch panel is provided which can output an input position intended by an operator even if two or more different input positions are detected. When an input operation on a position different from a first input position is detected in a scan cycle after output of the first input position, the input position where the new input operation is detected is output as a second input position. Even if input operations on two or more different positions are simultaneously detected, only one input position is output. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242031 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH FUNCTION AND 2D SENSING METHOD THEREOF - A display device with a touch function is provided. The display device includes a display panel and a touch panel. The display panel has a plurality of image scan lines, and the image scan lines are respectively activated by a plurality of scan signals generated by a gate driver according to a time sequence. The touch panel has a plurality of touch scan lines and a plurality of touch sensing lines, wherein the touch scan lines and the touch sensing lines are disposed crossing each other for sensing a touched position. The gate driver also provides a plurality of touch scan signals to the touch scan lines according to a time sequence. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242032 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TOUCH INPUT IN PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for touch input in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes a pattern determining unit and an input determining unit. The pattern determining unit determines an input pattern of a user by analyzing a touch input generated at a point outside an input region set to input data. The input determining unit determines candidate input regions in a vicinity of coordinates of the touch input point, and estimates a desired input region of the user among the candidate input regions on a basis of an input pattern of the user. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242033 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING USER INPUT PATTERN IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method determine a user input pattern in a portable terminal even in a situation of a wide luminance range. Sensing information is acquired through a sensing unit that includes a plurality of sensors of different luminance sensing ranges. A luminance situation of a current environment is determined based on the sensing information. A touch input is detected based on the sensing information. And the user input pattern is determined based on sensing information of at least one luminance sensor that corresponds to the luminance situation of the current environment. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242034 | TWO-WAY TOUCH-SCREEN BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Embodiments of the disclosure generally set forth a two-way touch screen based communication system. One example method may include receiving an order for a food item submitted by the first touch screen device via a first network, wherein the order is associated with a first identification for a merchant, a second identification for the customer, and a negotiable parameter reflective of a preference of the customer. The method may also include making available the order for a second touch screen device of the merchant to retrieve via a second network and to display and prior to completing processing of the order, transmitting a first response to the preference of the customer to the first touch screen device via the first network, wherein the first response is submitted by the second touch screen device. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242035 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR SWITCHING OPERATING MODES, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A mobile phone handset includes a mode switching unit and a configuration detection sensor, so that the operating mode of the mobile phone handset can be switched. The mode switching unit has a switching program installed, and is a computer for executing a prescribed process in accordance with the switching program when a signal is input from the configuration detection sensor. The configuration detection sensor is a sensor for detecting the configuration of the mobile phone handset, and for example may use an angular sensor for detecting the relative angle about a rotation axis between a first casing and a second casing. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242036 | OPERATION ACCEPTING DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An operation accepting device specifies a contact part of a hand of an operator contacted with a touch panel section on the basis of light intensity of ambient light passing through the touch panel section. The operation accepting device specify, on the basis of the specified contact part, at least one operation out of a circular palm sliding operation, a linear palm sliding operation, a circular fingertip sliding operation and a linear fingertip sliding operation. The operation accepting device accepts the specified operation on the basis of the contact part detected by the touch panel section. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242037 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A SELECTED OBJECT DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN - A system and method is described for controlling a selected input object displayed on a screen using at least one object. The three-dimensional position of the input object relative to a plane is monitored. The position of the input object parallel to the plane defines coordinates for the position of the selected object on the screen, and the display of the selected object on the screen changes in accordance with the position of the input object in a direction perpendicular to the plane. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242038 | INPUT DEVICE, INPUT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ACCEPTING TOUCHING OPERATION INFORMATION - An input method for accepting input information by a touching operation performed on a touch target, includes: acquiring information about the touched region in which the touching operation is performed on the touch target; determining a display mode of an operation target indicator displayed with the touching operation according to the information about the touched region; outputting a display instruction for displaying the operation target indicator in the determined display mode; moving the displayed operation target indicator according to the movement of the touched region; and accepting the input information corresponding to a display position of the operation target indicator when the touching operation is finished. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242039 | DISPLAY MODULE FOR A TOUCHSCREEN DISPLAY - A display module for use in a touchscreen display of an electronic device. The display module includes a display screen, support structure for the display screen, and LEDs or other light sources for backlighting one or more touch-sensitive fixed icons on a touch panel positioned over the display module. The light sources are sandwiched between an inactive border area of the display screen and the support structure. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242040 | TOUCH SCREEN SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A COMMANDED SYSTEM REQUIRING HIGH INTEGRITY - A touch screen system is provided herein for use with a commanded system requiring high integrity. The touch screen system includes, but is not limited to, a display screen configured to present information to an operator. A sensor array is arranged proximate the display screen to detect a touch on the display screen and to generate a set of touch position coordinates corresponding to a location of the touch. A processor is operatively coupled to the display screen and is configured to command the display screen to arrange a plurality of touch target images such one of the touch target images is a high integrity touch target image. The high integrity touch target image has a unique X-coordinate that is not shared by any other touch target image and a unique Y-coordinate that is not shared by any other touch target image. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242041 | Method and Apparatus for Performing a Function - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprises an element having at least one elongated member, the at least one elongated member having at least one conductive end and being extendable from a retracted position to at least one extended position; a component coupled with said element, the component having at least one conductive surface at least partially opposing a side of said at least one conductive end when said at least one elongated member is in said at least one extended position; and a dielectric disposed on at least one of said at least one conductive end and said at least one conductive surface. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242042 | Touch Panel Having Joystick Capabilities - A method for operating a touch panel comprises the steps of: sensing an object in proximity to the touch panel; determining a location on the touch panel corresponding to the sensed object; determining a contact metric indicative of an amount of pressure applied on the touch panel by the sensed object; and operating the touch panel as a function of the location and the contact metric. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242043 | DEVICE WITH CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN PANEL AND METHOD FOR POWER MANAGEMENT - Embodiments of a device having a touchscreen panel and method for reducing power consumption are generally described herein. The touch-sensing capability of the touchscreen panel is activated when user interaction with the touchscreen panel is detected. The touch-sensing capability of the touchscreen panel is deactivated when no user interaction is detected. In some embodiments, the device includes a touch-event detector to sense motion or vibration, and processing circuitry to either activate or deactivate touch-sensing capability of the touchscreen panel based at least in part on input from the touch-event detector. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242044 | IN-CELL TOUCH SENSING PANEL - The present invention in one aspect relates to an in-cell touch panel. In one embodiment, the in-cell touch panel includes at least one touch sensing device configured such that when a touch occurs, it responsively generates a first sensing signal and a second sensing signal that is different from the first sensing signal, and at least one reverse amplification circuit electrically coupled to the at least one touch sensing device for amplifying the difference between the first and second sensing signals. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242045 | NOISE BLOCKING IN A CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICE - A touch controller to be used by a touch screen device to provide a touch position is disclosed, including a plurality of capacitance sensing channels that each provide an analog signal responsive to a touch on a screen; a channel multiplexer to select at least one of the plurality of channels; an analog-to-digital converter to change the analog signal of the selected capacitance sensing channel to a digital signal; a noise detecting channel coupled to a noise analog-to-digital converter to generate a noise digital signal; a noise blocking timing generation block that combines a time shifted digital signal and a blocking signal, wherein the time shifted digital signal is formed by time shifting the digital signal and the blocking signal is related to the noise signal; a capacitance calculating block coupled to the noise blocking time generation block to calculate capacitance values for each of the capacitance sensing channels; and a position calculation unit to find the touch position on the screen based on the capacitance values for each of the capacitance sensing channels. | 2011-10-06 |
20110242046 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH PANEL - A display device includes a touch panel. The touch panel includes at least one transparent conductive layer. The at least one transparent conductive layer is a carbon nanotube layer including a plurality of carbon nanotubes, and the plurality of carbon nanotubes are substantially arranged along the same axis, and the density of the carbon nanotube layer is not constant. | 2011-10-06 |