41st week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130265153 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SHOCK OR IMPACT DETECTION IN MOVEMENT OF CARGO, OPERATION OF EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTS - An apparatus includes a hardened case configured to be removably coupled to an object and at least one sensor configured to detect a movement, shock, or impact associated with the object. The apparatus also includes a control unit disposed within the hardened case and communicatively coupled to the at least one sensor. The control unit is configured to compare a value of the movement, shock, or impact to a threshold amount, and when the value of the movement, shock, or impact exceeds the threshold amount, transmit information associated with the movement, shock, or impact to an external device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265154 | TRAVELER HURRY STATUS MONITOR - A method, apparatus, and program product communicate a hurry status indication to a traveler to enable that traveler to determine when he or she should commence a trip, and in particular, a transfer segment of the trip from a first location where the traveler is currently located to a second location where a passenger vehicle, e.g., an airplane or train, is scheduled to depart to ensure that the traveler will be able to board and travel on the passenger vehicle. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265155 | LOCATION TRACKING WITH INTEGRATED IDENTIFICATION OF CARGO CARRIER CONTENTS AND RELATED SYSTEM AND METHOD - Various methods and devices are provided for integrating location tracking and cargo identification. For example, an identification of a cargo carrier can be provided, such as by an identification or tracking device associated with the cargo carrier. Also, an identification of a carried asset can be provided, such as by a tag or optical code associated with the carried asset. Further, a determination can be made whether the carried asset is being added to or removed from the cargo carrier. This could be done automatically or based on user input. This information can be collected and stored in association with each other so that location information about the carried asset can be provided to users. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265156 | Security film - A tamper indication device has a film attached and connected within the circuit that generates a signal in response to a tamper event. The tamper indication device can be incorporated into a bullet proof vest. The sensor circuit in the bullet proof vest does not only detect a bullet strike but also determines the location of the strike base in the sensor zone where the sensor zone has been struck. This circuitry includes a cell phone module with a built in GPS sensor for supplying GPS coordinates and communicating by dispatcher with the vest wearer's name and other identifying information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265157 | Footwear Products Including Data Transmission Capabilities - Footwear systems include an article of footwear and a data transmission system engaged with the article of footwear. The transmission system transmits data to a remote system, such as a display system, another data transmission system, a processing system, etc. Such footwear systems further may include activation systems for activating the transmission and/or display systems. The transmitted data may be used for various purposes, such as: (a) identifying a user of the article of footwear; (b) activating targeted advertising or product information; (c) confirming the user's presence at a specific location and/or at a specific time; (d) determining start, finish, and/or intermediate split times for specific user; (e) confirming athletic equipment usage; (f) providing data for a game or reward program; (g) registering the user for an event or competition; or the like. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265158 | Communicating Within A Wireless Security System - Techniques are provided that enable a wireless security system that is designed to detect and receive wireless transmissions in one protocol, to use sensor-transmitters that operate in a different protocol. The techniques involve, generally, the use of an integration device, and in some implementations, first enrolling sensor-transmitters of a first protocol into the integration device, along with device type information for the sensor-transmitters. Thereafter, during system operation, transmissions with message packets in the first message packet protocol are received by the integration device, recognized as having been previously enrolled, and a message packet in a second message packet protocol that includes device type information is then formulated and transmitted by the integration device, for receipt by a system control device for the wireless security system. In some scenarios, an enrollment process need not be done in the integration device, and the integration device is utilized in the communication process. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265159 | DEVICE TO REMOTELY CONTROL AN OUTDOOR GRILL OR AN INDOOR OVEN WITH A WEB-ENABLED COMPUTING DEVICE - A grill controller device, which remotely controls any type or grill or oven, comprises a circuit board, a plurality of connector, a power supply system, a control panel, a plurality of temperature control units, a plurality of temperature probes, and a speaker. The grill controller device is wirelessly connected with a graphic user interface so an user can wirelessly operate the grill controller device through the graphic user interface. The grill controller device externally attaches to existing grills and ovens. The plurality of temperature control units adjusts a grill temperature and a plurality of meat temperatures according to the user. A plurality of alerts is controlled by control software and the plurality of alerts comprises different functionality relative to different components. The user is able to control total functionality of the existing grills and ovens through the grill controller device while saving time. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265160 | Diagnostics of Hot-Standby/Redundant Owner System in an Ethernet/IP Adapter Device - Method, apparatuses, and software are described, in which an adapter in an EtherNet/IP network may determine whether a first redundant owner connection between the adapter and a first scanner is open. If it is determined that the first redundant owner connection is not open, then a network status light or other indicator of the adapter may be caused to emit a solid green color or otherwise indicate a first status if a second redundant owner connection between the adapter and a second scanner is open, and to emit a flashing red color or a flashing green color (or otherwise indicate a second or third status) if no redundant owner connection to the adapter is open. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265161 | Security Film - A tamper indication device has a film attached and connected within the circuit that generates a signal in response to a tamper event. The tamper indication device can be incorporated into a bullet proof vest. The sensor circuit in the bullet proof vest does not only detect a bullet strike but also determines the location of the strike base in the sensor zone where the sensor zone has been struck. This circuitry includes a cell phone module with a built in GPS sensor for supplying GPS coordinates and communicating by dispatcher with the vest wearer's name and other identifying information. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265162 | Large Gap Door/Window, High Security, Intrusion Detectors Using Magnetometers - A door, or window detector incorporates a magnet and a magnetometer. Dual loop processing can be provided for real-time signals from the magnetometer, as the magnet moves relative to it, to determine when at least one of small gap or large gap indicating alarms should be issued. Security can be substantially increased by randomizing the orientation of the magnet. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265163 | Magnetic Field Activated Intrusion Detection - In certain embodiments, an intrusion detection device includes a magnetic field activated sensor and a cascading circuit. The magnetic field activated sensor is operable to detect movement of a corresponding component by sensing a magnetic flux variation of a magnetic device coupled to the component and generate a signal indicating that the corresponding component has moved. The cascading circuit is coupled to the magnetic field activated sensor and is operable to receive the signal generated by the magnetic field activated sensor and to generate a tamper detection signal if the signal indicating that the corresponding component has moved is received or if another tamper detection signal generated by another intrusion detection device is received. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265164 | THEFT DETERRENT DEVICE - An apparatus to deter theft of a movable product is provided. In one aspect, the apparatus comprises a housing, a plug connected to the housing to insert into an electrical socket to receive power, a bracket connected to the housing and having an opening to receive a locking cable while the opening of the bracket protrudes from the housing. A switch, within the housing, responsive to protrusion of the opening of the bracket from the housing to receive the locking cable. An electrical circuitry, within the housing, responsive to the switch being in a first state, and absence of power at the plug to sound an alarm, and responsive to the switch being in a second state or the presence of power at the plug to prevent sounding of the alarm. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265165 | POSITION TRACKING APPARATUS FOR TRAINING ANIMAL - Disclosed is a position tracking apparatus for training an animal. When transmission data including an identification code of a training device is transmitted to a GPS device after the GPS device and the training device are attached to an animal, the GPS device receives the transmission data of the training device and transfers the received transmission data to the training device. Accordingly, it is possible to train the animal to desirably act through an operation of the training device attached to the animal even though the animal is far away from the master when the animal acts with undesirable behavior. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265166 | ELECTRIC APPARATUS - An electric apparatus including a display and a process unit is provided. The display has an active area and a peripheral area. The display panel including an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate opposite to the active device array substrate and a display medium between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate. The active device array substrate has a plurality of active devices disposed in the active area and a humidity sensor disposed in the peripheral area. The humidity sensor is a thin film transistor having a metal oxide semiconductor layer. The process unit is electrically connected to the humidity sensor. The process unit calculates a humidity value according to a sensing current from the humidity sensor. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265167 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUCING THE IMPACT OF AN UNDESIRED EVENT USING EVENT-BASED DISTRIBUTION OF CERTIFICATES - The present invention relates to a method and a system for reducing overflow caused by an appliance ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265168 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE CURRENT FLOW INDICATOR - An electric current flow indicator senses electrical current flowing through an electrical device and produces a visible feedback to indicate proper operation. The current flow indicator has a voltage and current regulation circuit having first and second inputs connected to first and second conductors, respectively. The circuit converts an AC line voltage carried by an electrical supply cord into a limited low voltage DC current. A toroidal core inductor coil and at least one current indicating LED are connected to the circuit. The first conductor passes through a center of the inductor coil. A transistor amplifier is connected to an output of the inductor coil for energizing the current indicating LED when an electrical current conducts through the first conductor. The flow indicator can be integrated into an electrical supply cord, a male or female electrical cord end, a single or duplex electrical outlet, or a universal plugin adapter. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265169 | Eyewear Device Configured To Track Head Movement - Disclosed is an eyewear device that includes eyeglass lenses and an eyewear frame configured to hold the eyeglass lenses. According to one example, the eyeglass frame may include a number of sensors configured to determine a position of the eyewear frame. The eyewear device may also include a transceiver configured to receive periodic radio frequency (RF) signals from a remote device and to transmit corresponding RF feedback signals to the remote device responsive to the received periodic RF signal and at least one operation indicator configured to initiate operation when the eyewear frame is moved outside of a predetermined position. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265170 | INDICATING UNIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - An electronic device includes a housing and an indicating unit. The indicating unit is received in an inner surface of the housing. The illumination element includes an illumination element and a cover. A symbol for indicating the state of the electronic device is provided on a surface of the cover. The light emitted from the illumination element passes through or around the symbol, reproducing the shape of the symbol on a translucent/transparent portion of the housing. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265171 | DATA TRANSMISSION IN DRILLING OPERATION ENVIRONMENTS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to transmit a data signal along a transmission line extending lengthwise along a drill string, the transmission line comprising an outer conductive path provided by a tubular wall of a drill pipe that extends along the drill string; and an internal conductive path extending along an interior passage that is bounded by a radially inner cylindrical surface of the drill pipe and along which drilling fluid is conveyed, the inner conductive path being substantially insulated from the outer conductive path. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are described. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265172 | Analyte Meter Including an RFID Reader - A glucose monitoring system, includes a glucose sensor strip or package of strips. The strip includes a substrate and a glucose monitoring circuit that has electrodes and a bodily fluid application portion of selected chemical composition. An antenna is integrated with the glucose sensor strip. A RFID sensor chip is coupled with the glucose sensor strip and the antenna. The chip has a memory containing digitally-encoded data representing calibration and/or expiration date information for the strip. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PORTABLE INSTRUMENTATION - A system and method for portable instrumentation is proposed, comprising a server computer and a portable instrument that is wirelessly connectable to the server computer. The portable instrument comprises sensors for performing respective physical or electrochemical measurements, and a hand-held computer that is operably connectable to the sensors. The hand-held computer is configured to record and transmit the measurements to the server computer. The hand-held computer evaluates a real-time wireless connection quality between the portable instrument and the server computer. When the wireless connection quality shows a declining trend, the hand-held computer determines a spatial boundary where the portable instrument reaches a dead zone with wireless connection quality below a predetermined threshold. The hand-held computer then requests pre-recorded data from the server computer to be forwarded to the portable instrument before the portable instrument reaches the spatial boundary. The efficiency and reliability of the measurements are thus improved. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265174 | PARKING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems for parking based route navigation and/or parking resource management are disclosed to facilitate navigation to parking spots associated with a destination and/or management of respective parking spots. Navigation may be provided to a parking spot based upon parking criteria (e.g., such as distance to a destination and/or costs associated with the parking spot). Additionally, navigation (e.g., instructions, alternate transport, such as public transit) from the parking spot to the destination may be provided. Parking spots may be reserved by a parking management system based upon reservations received through a parking based route navigation system. Travelers may be re-routed based upon parking factors (e.g., traffic around a parking location, parking density, etc.). Accordingly, travelers may be routed to a destination in a more efficient manner and/or a management system may price and/or allocate parking spots in a desired manner. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265175 | PARKING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ALARM THEREOF - The present invention relates to a vehicle alarm control technique. More particularly, the present invention relates to a parking control apparatus and a method for providing an alarm accurately as detecting a collision risk of a vehicle with an obstacle in advance during all the time while the vehicle moves under parking control. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265176 | Safety Directional Indicator - Provided is a safety directional indicator to improve highway safety. Embodiments of the invention include devices for guiding a driver of a vehicle in a desired direction, typically away from highway workers, pedestrians, curbs, and opposing lanes of traffic. Specifically included is a safety directional indicator system comprising a flexible belt with a plurality of light transmitting bars disposed along the belt and having a plurality of LEDs disposed at one elongated end of each light transmitting bar and in operable communication with a control system for illuminating the LEDs in a manner to indicate a direction for traffic. Safety devices according to the invention can be stand-alone devices, devices capable of being attached to objects or structures at a highway scene, or configured to be worn on a person's body. An object of the safety devices according to embodiments of the invention is to increase driver awareness of highway situations especially during conditions of restricted visibility. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265177 | MODULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR HELICOPTERS - The general field of the invention is that of helicopter cockpit display systems. The system according to the invention comprises at least a first mobile display screen. Depending on the mission and in order to optimise the vision of the external landscape, the mobile screen or screens are moved so that they are either in the field of vision of the pilot, or out of his field of vision. The symbologies displayed are adapted according to the mission and to the position of the screen. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265178 | VEHICLE-RELATED MESSAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Vehicle-related messaging methods and systems are disclosed herein. In one of the methods, a telematics unit disposed in a vehicle detects that the vehicle is no longer in operation. Upon making the detection, the telematics unit automatically transmits a message to a device, where the message includes a suggestion, a recommendation, an indication, or a notification pertaining to a vehicle utility. An application resident on the device, or on a cloud computing system in communication with the device, presents the message on the device by displaying i) the suggestion, the recommendation, the indication, or the notification and ii) a plurality of actionable items associated with the suggestion, the recommendation, the indication, or the notification. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265179 | DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP CIRCUITRY AND METHODS - Phase locked loop circuitry operates digitally, to at least a large extent, to select from a plurality of phase-distributed candidate clock signals the signal that is closest in phase to transitions in another signal such as a clock data recovery (“CDR”) signal. The circuitry is constructed and operated to avoid glitches in the output clock signal that might otherwise result from changes in selection of the candidate clock signal. Frequency division of the candidate clock signals may be used to help the circuitry support serial communication at bit rates below frequencies that an analog portion of the phase locked loop circuitry can economically provide. Over-transmission or over-sampling may be used on the transmit side for similar reasons. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265180 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - A successive approximation register A/D converter that obtains an output of N bits interrupts operation at a timing when the operation of the successive approximation register A/D converter is affected on the basis of circuit timing in an integrated circuit. The A/D converter performs a comparison between a sampling signal and a comparison reference voltage by a sampling period in which an analog signal is sampled, a comparison period of N states in which the sampled signal is sequentially compared with a comparison voltage for each bit, and a reserve period of M states following the comparison period. When an operation is temporarily interrupted, the A/D converter performs a comparison operation of a bit, whereas the comparison is not performed in the reserve period. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265181 | A/D CONVERTER CIRCUIT, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND A/D CONVERSION METHOD - An A/D converter circuit includes a comparison circuit that performs a process to compare an added signal of a sampled signal of an input signal and a code signal with a D/A output signal, or a process to compare the sampled signal with an added signal of the D/A output signal and the code signal, a control circuit that outputs output data obtained based on successive approximation result data and the code data as A/D conversion data of the input signal, a first D/A converter circuit that D/A converts the data for successive approximation, a second D/A converter circuit that D/A converts code data that changes over time, and a correction section that performs a correction process, to correct the successive approximation result data so as not to overflow due to code shifting using the code data. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265182 | TIME-INTERLEAVED ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER BANDWIDTH MATCHING - A time-interleaved Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC) includes a set of time multiplexed sub-ADC circuits, each sub-ADC circuit comprising a sample-and-hold circuit. Each sample-and-hold circuit includes a bootstrap circuit for maintaining a constant voltage level between an input terminal of a switch and a gate terminal of the switch, the switch for switching between a track mode and a hold mode, and a capacitor bank associated with the bootstrap circuit such that a setting of the capacitor bank affects the voltage level. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265183 | NOISE REDUCTION METHOD WITH CHOPPING FOR A MERGED MEMS ACCELEROMETER SENSOR - An apparatus includes a capacitance-to-voltage converter circuit configured to be electrically coupled to a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) sensor circuit. The capacitance-to-voltage converter circuit includes a differential chopping circuit path configured to receive a differential MEMS sensor output signal and invert a polarity of the differential chopping circuit path, and a differential sigma-delta analog to digital converter (ADC) circuit configured to sample the differential MEMS sensor output signal and provide a digital signal representative of a change in capacitance of the MEMS sensor. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265184 | AUDIO DEVICE SWITCHING WITH REDUCED POP AND CLICK - This document discusses, among other things, apparatus and methods including an analog-to-digital controller (ADC) configured to receive an enable signal and to provide an ADC output signal to control logic, wherein the control logic is configured to provide a control voltage to a control input of a switch. In an example, the control voltage includes the ADC output signal when the ADC output signal is below a first threshold or above a second threshold. In certain examples, the control logic is configured to transition the control voltage from the first threshold to the second threshold when the ADC output signal is between the first and second thresholds. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265185 | PROXIMITY WARNING SYSTEM FOR HELICOPTERS - A proximity warning system for a helicopter ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265186 | MODE S ANTI-REFLECTION ALGORITHM FOR ELIMINATING FALSE TRACKS DUE TO REFLECTED REPLIES IN GROUND RADAR SYSTEMS - A Mode S anti-reflection method for eliminating false tracks due to reflected replies in ground radar systems, wherein the information contribution of the replies (at the level of raw video) is analysed with the aim of calculating the position of the reflectors. The possible presence of ADS-B reports can be used, otherwise it will be effectuated a geometrical analysis of the distribution of the replies and will be compared with the plot(s) extracted by the radar sensor. The possibility of correlating along time the moving of the plots, their place of origin and average duration of the tracks generated by them will allow to understand whether the plot is relevant to a reflection or not. In the case of “reflection”, a reflectors map is updated automatically in order to avoid the enabling of the inizialization of the track in that area. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265187 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING ADS-B INTEGRITY OF DEPARTING AIRCRAFT - A system for ensuring Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast (ADS-B) integrity of an aircraft includes a designated aircraft interrogation area, an ADS-B receiver, and an alerting mechanism. The ADS-B receiver is configured to receive ADS-B data from the aircraft when the aircraft is located in the designated area and to send a signal to the alerting mechanism indicating that the aircraft is in the designated area. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265188 | RADAR DEVICE, RADAR POSITIONING SYSTEM, RADAR POSITIONING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA STORING RADAR POSITIONING PROGRAM - A radar device is provided. The radar device is installed in a movable body, transmits electromagnetic waves at a predetermined frequency, and receives response waves transmitted from a transponder device in response to the electromagnetic waves, respectively. The radar device includes a representative distance calculating module for calculating a representative distance from the radar device to the transponder device based on the response waves that are continuous over a predetermined azimuth angle range, a representative relative azimuth calculating module for calculating a representative relative azimuth of the transponder device from the radar device based on the continuous response waves, and a positioning module for calculating a location of the radar device based on positional information of the transponder device that is contained in each of the response waves, the calculated representative distance, and the calculated representative relative azimuth. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265189 | Systems and Methods for Determining a Radar Device Coverage Region - A system for determining a coverage region of a radar device is disclosed. The system may have one or more processors and a memory. The memory may store instructions that, when executed, enable the one or more processors to receive radar data generated by a radar device and lidar data generated by a lidar device. The radar data may include radar data points representing objects detected by the radar device and the lidar data may include lidar data points representing objects detected by the lidar device. The one or more processors may be further enabled to determine a radar coverage region for the radar device by comparing one or more radar data points to one or more lidar data points, and to generate data used to display a graphical representation of the radar coverage region. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265190 | NON-INVASIVE SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A non-invasive sensing system for monitoring the amount of content in at least one container includes a platform for supporting the at least one container, at least one holder associated with the at least one container supported by the platform, a source for generating a radio frequency signal, circuitry in communication with the at least one holder for transmitting the radio frequency signal through the at least one holder into the at least one container and receiving a portion of the radio frequency signal reflected at a content-air interface in the at least one container, and circuitry for processing the reflected radio frequency signal and determining the amount of content in the at least one container. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265191 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZING MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS TERMINALS - A method of determining a geographic position of a user terminal including a receiver of signals of a global navigation satellite system, the method including the user terminal: performing pseudo-range measurements related to a plurality of signals received from transmitters of the global navigation satellite system; calculating a first estimated position thereof by a weighted least square method; calculating post-fit residuals for the first estimated position; comparing the calculated post-fit residuals to a first threshold and: in case the first threshold is exceeded, calculating a second estimated position using a Monte-Carlo method, otherwise retaining the first estimated position as the geographic position of the mobile communications terminal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265192 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING POSITION USING DUAL REAL TIME KINEMATIC ENGINES - A method and system for estimating the position comprises measuring a first carrier phase of a first carrier signal and a second carrier phase of a second carrier signal received by a location-determining receiver. A primary real time kinematic (RTK) engine or receiver data processing system estimates a primary integer ambiguity set associated with at least one of the measured first carrier phase and the measured second carder phase. A quality evaluator determines if a primary integer ambiguity set is resolved correctly to the predefined reliability rate during an earlier evaluation period. A secondary real time kinematic (RTK) engine or receiver data processing system estimates a secondary integer ambiguity set associated with at least one of the measured first carrier phase and the measured second carrier phase during a later period following the earlier evaluation period. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265193 | PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT OF OPPORTUNITY GEOLOCATION/NAVIGATION SYSTEMS - A system and method of determining the location of a mobile device using signals of opportunity, derived time stamps and sharing of signal information with other mobile devices. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265194 | Navigation Bit Boundary Determination Apparatus and a Method Therefor - A navigation bit boundary determination apparatus and a method therefor. The navigation bit boundary determination apparatus includes a Beidou satellite signal receiving module, a position receiving and clock calibration module, a calculation module, and a determination module. The Beidou satellite signal receiving module receives a Beidou Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite signal, determines and records a local receiving time of the Beidou GEO satellite signal. The position receiving and clock calibration module receives a GPS time signal and a position of the navigation bit boundary determination apparatus. The calculation module calculates a transmitting time for the Beidou GEO satellite signal. The determination module determines a navigation bit boundary of the Beidou GEO satellite signal. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265195 | ANTENNA ARRAY - The present application relates to an antenna array that comprises a plurality of antenna elements and a plurality of amplifiers feeding the plurality of antenna elements. A first group of the plurality of antenna elements is arranged in a first column and a second group of the antenna elements is arranged in a second column. A first amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers has a first power rating and a second amplifier of the plurality of amplifiers has a second power rating, the first power rating being different than the second power rating. The first column is arranged symmetrical to the second column about an axis. Amplifiers feeding the first column have a substantially similar power rating to corresponding amplifiers feeding the second column. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265196 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS USEFUL IN CONNECTION WITH MULTIPATH - In accordance with one aspect of the present technology, information about multipath in an area is gained by occasionally switching the directivity of one or more of the involved antennas (transmitting or receiving). Based on resulting changes in signal strength, information about the multipath effects can be discerned, and corresponding action may thereafter be taken. Another aspect of the technology involves localizing sources of multipath by reference to multiple receiving stations, such as cellular receivers at cell towers in adjoining cells of a wireless network. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265197 | OMNI-DIRECTIONAL MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ANTENNA SYSTEM - Disclosed is an antenna system having an approximately omni-directional radiation pattern. The antenna system comprises an antenna comprising a plurality of columns disposed in parallel with equal spacing in a circular configuration. Each column comprises an elongated ground plane; an outwards-facing array comprising a plurality of antenna elements mounted on the ground plane iri a linear configuration parallel to the longitudinal edges of the ground plane, each antenna element comprises two feeds configured to produce orthogonally polarised radiation; a first input connected to the feeds configured for a first polarisation; and a second input connected to the feeds configured for a second, polarisation. The antenna system further comprises a feeding network comprising a first circuit network and a second circuit network. The first inputs of the columns are connected to respective outputs of the first circuit network, and the second inputs of the columns are connected to respective outputs of the second circuit network. Each circuit network is adapted to impart a phase shift to each of two inputs to the circuit network that increments between the outputs of the circuit network by a multiple of 360° divided by the number of columns. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265198 | COOPERATIVE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TDOA-BASED EMITTER LOCATION - Systems and methods that may be implemented to determine the location of an emitter of electromagnetic radiation having an unknown location, using a cooperative TDOA-based location methodology. The cooperative TDOA-based location methodology (e.g., such as TDOA/TDOA, TDOA/FDOA, etc.) may be implemented using at least one cooperative transmitter that transmits a cooperative electromagnetic (EM) signal from a known location that is received at multiple different EM sensing platforms that are also each of known location. The known geolocation of the cooperative transmitter may be used to resolve the signal arrival timing relationships between the different sensing platforms that is utilized to determine the location of another EM transmitter of unknown location. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265199 | COMPACT POLARIZED ANTENNA AND METHODS - A right-hand circular polarized antenna and associated methods. In one embodiment, a quarter-wave antenna configuration is used within a small form factor portable device (e.g. wristwatch). The antenna comprises a radiator element which operates in as a linear polarized antenna while the device is operating in free space. However, when the device is attached to a user (e.g. at a user's wrist), the antenna utilizes the loading of the user's body tissue in order to suppress unwanted signals (e.g. left hand polarized signals) to permit operation in circular polarized mode (e.g. right hand polarized mode), thereby allowing for increased sensitivity to received circularly polarized signals such as those emanated from global positioning satellites. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265200 | Position Determination Using Local Time Difference - Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for determining a position. In some examples, the method includes determining measured time receipt differences from associated local receipt times for each pair of plurality of signals; determining a range difference for each of the plurality of signals based on the measured time receipt differences for each of the pairs of the plurality of signals; determining hypothesized range differences based on a hypothesized user position; determining an estimation difference for each of the plurality of signals based on the range difference and the hypothesized range difference for each of the plurality of signals based on a figure of merit; minimizing the estimation difference for the figure of merit based on a plurality of hypothesized user positions and an optimization routine; and outputting a user position based on a hypothesized user position associated with the minimized figure of merit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265201 | Compact Broadband Antenna - A compact broadband antenna is disclosed. In various embodiments, the broadband antenna comprises a folded inverted F radiator. The folded inverted F radiator comprises a first L-shaped element comprising an arm portion and a rectangular portion, a feed element coupled to a feed source and to the L-shaped element and a shorting element coupled to ground. In some embodiments, the antenna further comprises a second L-shaped arm providing an additional current path to enhance performance of the antenna. In other embodiments, the antenna further comprises a capacitive coupling patch comprising a rectangular portion that is substantially coplanar with said rectangular portion of the L-shaped element. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265202 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND METHODS INVOLVING TUNABLE DIELECTRIC MATERIALS - Handheld electronic devices and methods involving tunable dielectric materials are provided. In this regard, a representative device includes: a transceiver operative to selectively transmit and receive electrical signals; an antenna assembly electrically connected to the transceiver, the antenna assembly having anisotropic dielectric material operative to exhibit a change in dielectric constant responsive to an applied electrical signal; and a dielectric tuning system operative to automatically and selectively apply a first signal to the antenna assembly to change the dielectric constant of the anisotropic dielectric material to alter a resonant frequency and efficiency tuning of the antenna. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265203 | Antenna Arrangement - An antenna arrangement is provided, which includes first and second antenna elements. A feeder line connects the first and second antenna elements for feeding a signal to and from the first and second antenna elements and the signal is inductively coupled between the feeder line and a calibration line so it can be fed to measurement equipment. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265204 | COMPACT FOUR-WAY TRANSDUCER FOR DUAL POLARIZATION COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - A compact four-way transducer (FWT) is provided for a microwave communications system. The compact FWT is a compact assembly that is configured to process microwave signals in dual-polarization antenna feeds and to provide single polarized signals for four communications channels. The compact FWT includes four terminals facing different directions at one end for receiving/sending single polarized signals, and a terminal at an opposite end for receiving/sending dual polarized signals. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265205 | FOLDED DIPOLE ANTENNA AND RF TAG USING THE FOLDED DIPOLE ANTENNA - The present invention relates to a folded dipole antenna comprising a magnetic material comprising a hexagonal Z-type ferrite and/or a hexagonal Y-type ferrite as a main component in which a radiation element and a reflection element each having a folded dipole structure are disposed, and an RF tag comprising the folded dipole antenna and an IC chip connected to the folded dipole antenna. The RF tag according to the present invention has a smaller size than that of the conventional RF tags and is not susceptible to adverse influence from ambient environments, and can be operated at an UHF band or surrounding frequency bands thereof. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265206 | CHOKES FOR ELECTRICAL CABLES - This disclosure relates to chokes for suppressing undesired signals such as such as common mode electromagnetic interference (EMI) and/or radio frequency interference (RFI). The chokes can include an electro-conductive sleeve disposed over an electrical cable and the sleeve can be configured to suppress an undesired signal. In some embodiments, the electro-conductive sleeve and have a half-wave sleeve, which can be electrically open at both ends. Additional insulating material can be included between the electrical cable and the sleeve. Multiple electro-conductive sleeves and be disposed substantially concentrically over the cable. The chokes can be configured to reduce passive intermodulation (PIM). The sleeve can have a longitudinal slot that extends the length of the sleeve. The sleeve can include multiple slots that separate the sleeve into multiple panels, which can be configured to suppress different signals. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265207 | ANTENNA-DEVICE SUBSTRATE AND ANTENNA DEVICE - Provided are an antenna-device substrate which is capable of flexibly adjusting multiple resonance frequencies and can also be made small and thin and an antenna device provided with the same. The present invention is provided with a substrate main body ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265208 | ANTENNA UNIT - An antenna unit includes a base having a base-side fitting portion, antenna elements disposed on the base, an inner case fixed to the base and covering the antenna elements, and an outer case mounted on the base covering the inner case. The outer case | 2013-10-10 |
20130265209 | In-Service Reconfigurable Antenna Reflector - The present invention relates to an in-service reconfigurable antenna reflector comprising a rigid support and a membrane, deformable and having radio-electric reflectivity properties. According to the invention, the reflector comprises a plurality of coupling means connecting the rigid support and the membrane, comprising a first link of finger ball joint type connected to the rigid support, and a second link of finger ball joint type connected to the membrane. Each coupling means furthermore comprises a linear actuator, comprising a rotary motor and a screw-nut assembly, connected to the two links of finger ball joint type, and able to generate, in an operational configuration, a translational motion allowing the deformation of the membrane. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265210 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing terminal includes a display unit and a control unit. The display unit includes a plurality of displays. The control unit can display screens on the displays in a plurality of display modes in which display forms on the displays are different. The control unit displays a display mode change-over switch within the screens. When the display mode change-over switch is designated, the control unit displays a list of only those display modes to which a current display mode can be changed so that each display mode can be designated. Further, the control unit displays, when one display mode is designated, the screens in the designated display mode. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265211 | NOTIFICATION BOARD AND LABELING APPARATUS - The present invention generally relates to a notification boards. Specifically, this invention relates to a notification board configured to organize and display papers, photographs and other documents for viewing. Embodiments of the present invention may include a labeling apparatus configured to describe or otherwise detail the displayed contents of the notification board. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265212 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND WIRELESS REMOTE CONTROLLER - A head-mounted display has a rear arm, an accommodating part attached to the rear arm, a display arm that is held in the accommodating part, a display part which is pivotably attached to a tip end of the display arm, and headphones which are disposed on both end parts of the rear arm. A flat cable which supplies a power source and signals to the image display device is led into the accommodating part via a wiring attachment part, and is fastened to the accommodating part by the wiring attachment part. In the accommodating part, the intermediate part of the flat cable is fastened by a wiring retainer. The flat cable enters the display arm from the rear end part of the display arm, and is further conducted to the image display device inside the display part via a spherical-surface coupling. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265213 | 3D DYNAMIC DISPLAYER - A 3D dynamic image display station includes left and right stationary towers ( | 2013-10-10 |
20130265214 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An electroluminescent display panel has pixel circuits for an active matrix driving system. At least one of the pixel circuits has a thin-film transistor in which a portion of a pattern of a metal wiring material above a channel layer of the thin-film transistor is disposed to shield the channel region of the thin-film transistor. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265215 | LIGHT-EMITTING COMPONENT DRIVING CIRCUIT AND RELATED PIXEL CIRCUIT - A pixel circuit relating to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is provided by the invention, and if the circuit configuration (5T1C) thereof collocates with suitable operation waveforms, the current flowing through an OLED in the OLED pixel circuit is not varied along with the variation of the conducting voltage (Voled_th) of the OLED in a long time driving current stress, and is not varied with the threshold voltage (Vth) shift of a TFT used for driving the OLED. Accordingly, not only the brightness decay of the OLED in the long time stress is mitigated or compensated, but also the brightness uniformity of the applied OLED display is substantially improved. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265216 | MULTI-STATE IMOD WITH RGB ABSORBERS - A display apparatus may include a multi-state IMOD, such as an analog IMOD (AIMOD), a 3-state IMOD (such as having a white state, a black state and one colored state) or a 5-state IMOD (such as having a white state, a black state and three colored states). The multi-state IMOD may include a movable reflective layer and an absorber stack. The absorber stack may include a first absorber layer having a first absorption coefficient and a first absorption peak at a first wavelength, a second absorber layer having a second absorption coefficient and a second absorption peak at a second wavelength, and a third absorber layer having a third absorption coefficient and a third absorption peak at a third wavelength. The first, second and third absorption layers may have absorption levels that drop to nearly zero at the center of each neighboring absorber layer's absorption peak. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265217 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS - While an example terminal device is being held with its long sides extending horizontally, when a left-right direction is inputted by using a right analog stick, a first virtual camera is directed to a left-right direction in a virtual space. On the other hand, while the terminal device is being held with its long side extending vertically, when an apparent left-right direction, that is, an up-down direction in the state where the terminal device is held with its long sides extending horizontally, is inputted by using a right analog stick, the first virtual camera is directed to the left-right direction in the virtual space. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265218 | GESTURE RECOGNITION DEVICES AND METHODS - Devices and related methods are disclosed herein that generally involve detecting and interpreting gestures made by a user to generate user input information for use by a digital data processing system. In one embodiment, a device includes first and second sensors that observe a workspace in which user gestures are performed. The device can be set to a keyboard input mode, a number pad input mode, or a mouse input mode based on the positioning of the user's hands. Subsequent gestures made by the user can be interpreted as keyboard inputs, mouse inputs, etc., using observed characteristics of the user's hands and various motion properties of the user's hands. These observed characteristics can also be used to implement a security protocol, for example by identifying authorized users by the anatomical properties of their hands or the behavioral properties exhibited by the user while gesturing. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265219 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - According to an illustrative embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit; and an image generation unit to generate a display image based on a distance between the imaging unit and an object, wherein the distance is detected by using a plurality of images obtained by the imaging unit at respective focus distances. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265220 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TRACKING WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY FOR A USER INTERFACE - Systems and methods for combining three-dimensional tracking of a user's movements with a three-dimensional user interface display is described. A tracking module processes depth data of a user performing movements, for example, movements of the user's hand and fingers. The tracked movements are used to animate a representation of the hand and fingers, and the animated representation is displayed to the user using a three-dimensional display. Also displayed are one or more virtual objects with which the user can interact. In some embodiments, the interaction of the user with the virtual objects controls an electronic device. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265221 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING UI THEREOF - A flexible display apparatus and control method thereof is provided. The flexible display apparatus may include a display, a sensor that senses one of a first deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus and a second deformed shape of the flexible display apparatus, and a controller which controls the display to display a first user interface (UI) corresponding to the first sensed shape in response to sensing the first shape and a second user interface corresponding to the second sensed shape in response to sensing the second shape, receives an input on the displayed UI, and transmits a control signal to a controlled apparatus that instructs the controlled apparatus to execute a function of the controlled apparatus corresponding to the input. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265222 | Zoom-based gesture user interface - A method includes arranging, by a computer, multiple interactive objects as a hierarchical data structure, each node of the hierarchical data structure associated with a respective one of the multiple interactive objects, and presenting, on a display coupled to the computer, a first subset of the multiple interactive objects that are associated with one or more child nodes of one of the multiple interactive objects. A sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps including at least part of a hand of a user positioned in proximity to the display is received, and the hand performing a transverse gesture followed by a grab gesture followed by a longitudinal gesture followed by an execute gesture is identified in the sequence of three-dimensional (3D) maps, and an operation associated with the selected object is accordingly performed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265223 | DATA SERVICES BASED ON GESTURE AND LOCATION INFORMATION OF DEVICE - With the addition of directional information and gesture based input in a location based services environment, a variety of service(s) can be provided on top of user identification or interaction with specific object(s) of interest. For instance, when a user gestures at or points at a particular item, or gestures at a particular location or place, this creates an opportunity, e.g., an advertising opportunity, for anyone having an interest in that particular item or place to communicate with the user regarding that item or related items at a point in time when the user's focus is on the particular item. User context for the interaction can also be taken into account to supplement the provision of one or more interactive direction based services. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265224 | DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND PHARMACEUTICAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In a display system, a remote control has a first signal production component for producing a first image switching signal, which is a command signal to switch between first image data, which includes confidential information and second image data, which is non-confidential information, in response to a manipulation component being manipulated by a specific user. A display device has a first image switching component that directs switching between the first image data and the second image data displayed on the display device, according to the first image switching signal received from the remote control. When the first image switching signal is inputted, the first image switching component executes first image switching control in which the first image data displayed on the display device is switched to the second image data and the second image data displayed on the display device is switched to the first image data. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265225 | CONTROLLING AND ACCESSING CONTENT USING MOTION PROCESSING ON MOBILE DEVICES - Handheld electronic devices including motion sensing and processing. In one aspect, a handheld electronic device includes a set of motion sensors provided on a single sensor wafer, including at least one gyroscope sensing rotational rate of the device around at least three axes and at least one accelerometer sensing gravity and linear acceleration of the device along the at least three axes. Memory stores sensor data derived from the at least one gyroscope and accelerometer, where the sensor data describes movement of the device including a rotation of the device around at least one of the three axes of the device, the rotation causing interaction with the device. The memory is provided on an electronics wafer positioned vertically with respect to the sensor wafer and substantially parallel to the sensor wafer. The electronics wafer is vertically bonded to and electrically connected to the sensor wafer. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265226 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING FEEDBACK FOR GESTURES THEREOF - An image display device is provided. The image display device comprises a speaker, a camera for receiving a user's gesture, and a controller for outputting sound of the speaker to the user's position. Thereby, feedback for a gesture of the image display device can be efficiently provided. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265227 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUNTERACTING A PERCEPTUAL FADING OF A MOVABLE INDICATOR - Systems and methods are provided for altering the position or visual appearance of a movable indicator in a GUI that is controlled by eye tracking to counteract a perceptual fading of the movable indicator with respect to the GUI. The position of the user's point of gaze may be tracked, the movable indicator may be rendering at a position associated with the user's point of gaze, and the position or visual appearance of the movable indicator may be altered when an event, such as a passage of time or a blinking of the user's eyes, is detected. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265228 | INPUT DEVICE, DISPLAY SYSTEM AND INPUT METHOD - A projector detects a first input operation and a second input operation using an operation detection section, detects an operation position of the input operation in an operation area in which the input operation can be detected, and notifies the first operation and the operation position when the second operation is not detected within a predetermined time from when the first input operation is detected. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265229 | CONTROL OF REMOTE DEVICE BASED ON GESTURES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward controlling electronic devices based on hand gestures detected by detecting the topography of a portion of a user's body. For example, pressure data indicative of a user's bone and tissue position corresponding to a certain movement, position, and/or pose of a user's hand may be detected. An electromyographic (EMG) sensor coupled to the user's skin can also be used to determine gestures made by the user. These sensors can be coupled to a camera that can be used to capture images, based on recognized gestures, of a device. The device can then be identified and controlled. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265230 | IMAGE POSITIONING METHOD AND INTERACTIVE IMAGING SYSTEM USING THE SAME - There is provided an image positioning method including the steps of: capturing an image frame with an image sensor; identifying at least on object image in the image frame; comparing an object image size of the object image with a size threshold and identifying the object image having the object image size larger than the size threshold as a reference point image; and positioning the reference point image. There is further provided an interactive imaging system. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265231 | Gaze Based Communications for Locked-In Hospital Patients - Effective patient-centered care in a hospital relies heavily on the ability of patients to communicate their physical needs to care givers. If a patient is unable to speak, he has limited means of communicating at a time when he needs it the most. The embodiments presented here, generally referred to as EyeVoice, include unobtrusive eye-operated communication systems for locked-in hospital patients who cannot speak or gesture. EyeVoice provides an alternate means of communication, allowing hospital patients to communicate with their care givers using their eyes in place of their voices. Simply by looking at images and cells displayed on a computer screen placed in front of them, patients are able to: answer questions posed by caregivers; specify locations, types and degrees of pain and discomfort; request specific forms of assistance; ask or answer care related questions, and help direct his own care. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265232 | TRANSPARENT DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A transparent display apparatus and method for displaying information thereon includes sensing a position of an object, sensing a position of a user, determining an area of the transparent display through which the object is viewable by the user, and displaying the information on the transparent display based on the area. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265233 | Multi-Axis Input Apparatus - The inventive technology, in its various embodiments, relates to improved multi-axis input devices such as joysticks, and associated multi-axis optical displacement measurement means. Certain embodiments of the input devices may comprise elements movable with respect to each other in at least, e.g., three degrees of freedom and comprise ionically conductive elements that are utilized to generate a position signal in, e.g., at least three, or at least six degrees of freedom. Various ergonomic configurations of six axis joystick embodiments which may be facilitated by the compact design of the transducer means are disclosed. Certain embodiments of the input device technology may provide feedback (e.g., relative to force applied to an item whose position is controlled by an operator) to the operatore. Means for dynamically adjusting coordinate transformations for construction machinery control are also disclosed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265234 | CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND COMPUTER ASSEMBLY USING SAME - A control circuit for a display device includes a group of keys, a video graphics array (VGA), and a control unit. The VGA port is electronically connected to the display device via a VGA bus. The control unit is electronically connected to the group of keys, and is electronically connected to the VGA port via an inter-integrated circuit (I2C) bus. The control unit outputs control signals when at least one key is actuated, and then the control signals is transmitted to the display device via the VGA port. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265235 | FLOATING NAVIGATIONAL CONTROLS IN A TABLET COMPUTER - Aspects relate to placement of navigational controls on the left bottom position, the right bottom position, or both the left bottom and right bottom position on a tablet computer display. The placement selection of the navigational controls can be a function of orientation of a user's thumb(s). A navigational area can be defined with respect to a range of movement of the user's thumb(s) and/or size of the user's thumb(s). Further, the navigational controls can be switched between left-hand control and right-hand control as a function of a user preference. When the display is switched between portrait and landscape mode, the navigational controls can be automatically adjusted as a function of the navigational area and the display mode. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265236 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS TO A DISPLAY DEVICE VIA A REMOTE CONTROL DEVICE - A system and method for inputting characters to a display device via a remote control device includes units for inputting one or more characters via one key. The character input system and method reduces the number of times that the user inputs characters and allows users to input the same character successively without wait time. The character input method includes operating a numeric key in a character key zone, selecting a group of characters allocated to the operated numeric key, operating a shortcut key in a shortcut key zone, and inputting a character included in the group of characters, corresponding to the shortcut key. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265237 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING CONTENT DISPLAY SIZE - A system and method for modifying content display size on an electronic device that includes a touchscreen are provided. A multi-tap interaction with a touchscreen of the electronic device, the multi-tap interaction including plural presses, where each press of the plural presses occurs at a different time, such that a previous of the plural presses completes before a subsequent of the plural presses begins, is detected on the touchscreen electronic device. A determination of whether the last of the plural presses is maintained for at least a predetermined amount of time is made. In case where the last press is maintained for at least the predetermined amount of time, modification of the content display size for the touchscreen is activated, a slide interaction with the touchscreen is detected, and content display size for the touchscreen is modified in response to the detected slide interaction with the touchscreen. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265238 | Communication Device and Method for Visual Speed Dial - A communication device for visual speed dial is described. The communication device comprises a user interface, a display and a transmitter. The user interface detects activation of a speed dial mode. The display provides virtual keys in response to detecting activation of the speed dial mode. The virtual keys include characters associated with one or more phone numbers. One or more keys are associated with a particular phone number and a photographic image associated with the particular phone number. The user interface detects selection of the key or keys associated with the particular phone number and the photographic image. The transmitter communicates with a remote device in response to detecting selection of the key or keys. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265239 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF INFORMATION ON A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY - A method includes detecting a touch on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, displaying information on the touch-sensitive display utilizing touch data of the detected touch, filtering the touch data to produce filtered data, and updating the information displayed based on the filtered data. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING A VIRTUAL TOUCHSCREEN - A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for generating a virtual touchscreen according to a first relative position between a plurality of member parts of a user and according to a second relative position of at least one member part of the user and a body surface of the user, tracking a location of the user, and positioning the virtual touchscreen according to the location of the user. Other embodiments are disclosed. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265241 | SKIN INPUT VIA TACTILE TAGS - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for determining an input instruction based on a touch associated with a tactile tag. An exemplary method includes detecting, by a device in contact with a user's body, a touch on the user's skin by a tactile tag. The tactile tag comprises a three-dimensional pattern, and the three-dimensional pattern causes a vibration in the user's body when a surface of the tactile tag touches the user's skin. The method additionally includes determining at least one characteristic associated with the touch; and determining an input instruction based at least partially on the at least one characteristic associated with the touch. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265242 | TOUCH SENSOR COMMON MODE NOISE RECOVERY - A touch sensor panel configured to minimize the effect on touch or proximity event detection caused by a common mode noise event. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that works to minimize the amount of time that the touch sensor panel is unable to accurately sense touch and proximity events due to a common mode noise event. The touch sensor panel can also re-acquire data that was collected during the time that the sensor panel was unable to accurately detect touch and proximity events, when a common mode noise event is detected. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265243 | ADAPTIVE POWER ADJUSTMENT FOR A TOUCHSCREEN - Adaptive power adjustment for a touch screen. A first level of voltage can be selectively applied to at least a first portion of a plurality of touch sensors of the touchscreen. A second level of voltage can be selectively applied to at least a second portion of the plurality of touch sensors, wherein the second level of voltage is lower than the first level of voltage and greater than 0 volts, or the second portion of the plurality of touch sensors can be deactivated. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265244 | DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH SENSOR - A display device includes a first substrate including a first surface, on which a touch by an external object occurs, and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of driving signal lines positioned on the second surface of the first substrate, where the plurality of driving signal lines transmits a driving signal for displaying an image, a plurality of pixels including a plurality of switching elements connected to the plurality of driving signal lines, a sensing signal line positioned on one of the first surface and the second surface of the first substrate, where the sensing signal line transmits a sensing signal generated based on the touch by the external object, and a touch sensor unit including a sensing capacitor defined by at least one driving signal line of the plurality of driving signal lines and the sensing signal line. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265245 | TOUCH DEVICE AND TOUCH PROJECTION SYSTEM USING THE SAME - A touch device including a light guide unit, a light emitting unit, an invisible light filter and an invisible light detector is provided. The light guide unit has at least one light incident surface and a first surface connected to the light incident surface. The light emitting unit is disposed beside the light incident surface and is capable of emitting an invisible light beam. The invisible light filter is contacted tightly with the first surface. The light guide unit is disposed between the invisible light filter and the invisible light detector. Moreover, a touch projection system including the touch device is also provided. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265246 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal including a touch screen, and a controller configured to designate a plurality of areas on the touch screen, each area including text information, receive a multi touch action on the touch screen, select a specific area from the plurality of designated areas regardless of areas touched in the multi touch action, determine at least one touch in the multi touch action is moving, and adjust a magnification rate of the text information included in the selected specific area in correspondence with the at least one touch moving. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265247 | TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel including a substrate and a sensing array is provided. The sensing array is disposed on the substrate and includes a plurality of sensing units. Each sensing unit has a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode which are arranged in a staggered manner and are electrically insulated from each other. The first sensing electrode includes two parallel first sensing pads and a first connection portion. The second sensing electrode includes two parallel second sensing pads and a second connection portion. The first sensing pads, the first connection portion, the second sensing pads, and the second connection portion are in rectangular shapes, and short sides of the first connection portion and the second connection portion are electrically connected to middle portions of long sides of the first sensing pads and the second sensing pads respectively. The second connection portion and the first connection portion intersect each other. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265248 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a display and a proximity sensor arranged near a display surface of the display and configured to provide an output signal corresponding to a degree of proximity of an object to the display surface, and provides a position of the approaching object in a direction horizontal to the display surface. A user interface control unit has a first operational mode and a second operational mode, where in the first operation mode, the proximity of a user's hand from the display surface is monitored based on the output signal of the proximity sensor. In the second operational mode, a position of the user's hand in a direction horizontal to the display surface is detected within a detection target range and a user's operation is accepted according to the detected position of the user's hand. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265249 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE - A touch input device includes: a touch surface that has a three-dimensional structure, and identifies a touch coordinate of a point touched by an object; and a controller that defines a first direction in the touch surface as a first direction in an output coordinate, and outputs information about the output coordinate, wherein the three-dimensional structure has a size and a height at least one of which is changed so that the first direction in the touch surface and a second direction in the touch surface intersecting with the first direction in the touch surface can be recognized. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265250 | DEVICE, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a device includes: a display unit for displaying a screen; a sensor for detecting an inclination of the display unit; an operating unit for detecting an operation; and a controller. The controller changes an orientation of the screen depending upon the inclination detected through the sensor and the operation detected through the operation unit. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265251 | DISPLAY INPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING TOUCH PANEL PORTION - A display input device includes a display portion and a touch panel portion. When an object to be transferred is determined by touching two points on the touch panel portion, the display portion displays transfer destination designation information indicating which object is designated as a transfer destination among objects that can be a transfer destination of the object to be transferred. When the touch panel portion has accepted a transfer destination switching operation performed while one or more of the two touched points keep being touched, the display portion switches the object designated as a transfer destination by the transfer destination designation information. After the display portion has displayed the transfer destination designation information, when the touching operation has been released, the touch panel portion accepts the object designated as a transfer destination when the touching operation has been released, as a transfer destination of the object to be transferred. | 2013-10-10 |
20130265252 | DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DISPLAY/INPUT DEVICE - A display/input device includes a display section, a touch panel, and a control section. The display section displays an image. The touch panel detects touch with a display surface of the display section. When the touch panel detects touch of two points of which a positional relationship indicates a first direction, the control section allows the display section to display a plurality of images in a second direction different from the first direction. The control section changes a selected state of an image of the plurality of images according to move of one of the two points. | 2013-10-10 |