44th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120274527 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY UTILIZING METAL-DIELECTRIC STRUCTURES - An antenna assembly for a wireless communication device includes a substrate of dielectric material that has opposing first and second surfaces. A ground plane formed by a layer of electrically conductive material on the first surface. An antenna with a physical length is disposed on the substrate. At least one metal-dielectric structure is disposed on the substrate. The metal-dielectric structures resonate so as to interact with the antenna and thereby alter the effective electrical length of the antenna. That interaction causes the antenna to function as though it had a greater physical length. In one embodiment, that interaction enables an antenna, that is shorter than one-fourth the wavelength of a radio frequency signal applied thereto, to function as through the physical length of the antenna was one-fourth that wavelength. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274528 | HIGH PERFORMANCE LOW PROFILE ANTENNAS - A leaky travelling wave array of elements provide a broadband radio frequency antenna. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274529 | ANTENNA - An antenna is realized by a simple mechanism without use of a dedicated antenna element. An antenna includes a first conductor | 2012-11-01 |
20120274530 | COUPLER - According to one embodiment, a coupler includes a ground plane, a feed point connected to the ground plane, and an element having a unicursal-pattern. An electrical length of the element is not less than a wavelength corresponding to a central frequency of a desired frequency band, and is double the wavelength or less. The element includes a first segment disposed on a first plane, and a second segment disposed on the first plane or on a second plane which is opposed to the first plane with a gap and is parallel to the first plane, the second segment extending in parallel to the first segment. An electrical length of each of the first segment and the second segment is ½ of the wavelength or more, and is the wavelength or less. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274531 | ANTENNA ARRAY - A dipole array assembly, is disclosed which includes a plurality of poles arranged in a two-dimensional array to provide a plurality of dipoles, each pole being shaped such that adjacent edges of neighbouring poles that are from respective neighbouring dipoles are relatively long and relatively close to each other compared to the dimensions of the poles, thereby increasing coupling between different dipoles. A feed arrangement is provided in a plane that is at an angle to the plane of the dipoles wherein one or more baluns are integrated in the feed arrangement. Dual polarised operation can be performed independently between the two polarisations. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274532 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A disclosed antenna device includes a ground part, a first stub connected to the ground part, a first inverted-F antenna element including a first power feeder, a second stub connected to the ground part, and a second inverted-F antenna element including a second power feeder, wherein the ground part has a linear part between a first connecting part between the first stub part and the ground part and a second connecting part between the second stub part and the ground part. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274533 | Radio Wave Transmitting Device, Antenna and Spacecraft - A device for transmitting radio waves comprises an item of transmitting equipment for a telecommunications antenna, a membrane for thermally protecting the reflector, and means for attaching the thermal protection membrane to the item of equipment. The thermal protection membrane is furnished with a plurality of elastic tensioners designed to keep the thermal protection membrane stretched between a first active face of the item of transmitting equipment and space, irrespective of the thermal expansions of the membrane. The item of transmitting equipment occurs in a predetermined temperature range when the attachment means attach the membrane to the item of transmitting equipment. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274534 | DUAL-BAND ANTENNA AND RELATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - A dual-band antenna is disclosed including: a first antenna comprising: a first radiating portion including a plurality of separated radiating strips positioned on a first plane of a circuit board; a second radiating portion including a plurality of separated radiating strips positioned on a second plane of the circuit board; and a plurality of vias for coupling the plurality of radiating strips on the first plane with the plurality of radiating strips on the second plane to form a spiral radiating body; a second antenna having a radiating plane coupled with the first radiating portion or the second radiating portion; a shorting element coupled with the radiating plane and shared by the first and second antennas; and a feeding element coupled with the radiating plane and shared by the first and second antennas; wherein the width of part of the radiating plane gradually increases along a direction. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274535 | RFID Microstip Interrogator Antenna System - The present invention overcomes the above-described and other problems by providing an improved edge-fed microstrip patch antenna, a dielectric substrate with integrated ground plane and enclosure that with a printable surface. An RFID microstrip patch antenna ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274536 | MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT ANTENNA - A Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna on a substrate includes first and second antennas defined in axial symmetry, a coupling portion, and a grounding portion. The substrate includes a first surface and an opposite second surface. Each of the antennas includes a feeding portion, a radiating portion, and a matching portion. The feeding portion feeds electromagnetic signals to the antenna. The radiating portion radiates the electromagnetic signals, and is in a meandering “S” pattern. A length of the radiating portion is substantially equal to a quarter wavelength of the electromagnetic signals. The matching portion implements impedance matching between the feeding portion and the radiating portion. The coupling portion is located between the first antenna and the second antenna and is serpentine shape. A length of the coupling portion is substantially equal to a half wavelength of the electromagnetic signals. The grounding portion is located on both the first and second surface. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274537 | LOW-PROFILE WIDE-BANDWIDTH RADIO FREQUENCY ANTENNA - The present invention relates to an RF antenna structure that includes a planar structure and a loading plate, such that the planar structure is mounted between a ground plane and the loading plate to form an RF antenna. The loading plate may be about parallel to the ground plane and the planar structure may be about perpendicular to the loading plate and the ground plane. The loading plate may allow the height of the RF antenna structure above the ground plane to be relatively small. For example, the height may be significantly less than one-quarter of a wavelength of RF signals of interest. The planar structure may include two conductive matching elements to help increase the bandwidth of the RF antenna structure. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274538 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE EMPLOYING THE SAME - A multiband antenna in a wireless communication device includes a main antenna, a first parasitic portion, a second parasitic portion, a first switch, and a second switch, the first switch is used to control functioning of the first parasitic portion. The second switch is used to control functioning of the second parasitic portion. Therefore, the main antenna can resonate alone or in combination with the functioning first parasitic portion and/or the functioning second parasitic portion, the multiband antenna has different operating frequency bands and different operating SAR. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274539 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - It was necessary to prepare display data for the portrait and landscape display modes respectively, since the arrangement of the objects differs between the portrait and landscape display modes. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274540 | PORTABLE TERMINAL APPARATUS - A portable terminal apparatus is provided, which includes a first cabinet having a first display surface, a second cabinet having a second display surface, a support mechanism which supports the first and second cabinets to be switchable between first and second arrangement states which are different in a relative position between the first and second display surfaces, and a control unit which controls a display mode of the first and second display surfaces according to the switching between the first and second arrangement states. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274541 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A first cabinet comprising a first display module and a second cabinet comprising a second display module are provided. A switching is allowed between: a first state in which the first cabinet is placed on top of the second display module and the first display module faces outside, and a second state in which the first cabinet and the second cabinet are arranged next to each other and the first display module and the second display module face outside. A first screen to be displayed by the first display module and a second screen to be displayed by the second display module are stored and a screen switching operation is detected. Displaying of the first screen on the first display module is canceled and the second screen is displayed on the first display module, when the screen switching operation is detected in the first state. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274542 | DISPLAY DEVICE - An object is to provide a display device on which 3D images can be perceived from a large area. A parallax barrier panel includes a first substrate provided with a plurality of light-blocking layers and a plurality of light-transmitting layers, and a second substrate. The light-blocking layers and the light-transmitting layers are alternately provided in contact with one surface of the first substrate and are interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The refraction index of each of the light-transmitting layers is different from the refraction index of the first substrate or the refraction index of the second substrate. The parallax barrier panel is stacked with a display panel including a plurality of pairs of a pixel for the right eye and a pixel for the left eye. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274543 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, TELEVISION RECEIVER, AND DISPLAY METHOD FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - Provided is a liquid crystal display device which displays each halftone by changing the luminance of pixels during a cycle (F | 2012-11-01 |
20120274544 | TEMPERATURE ESTIMATING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS - A temperature estimating apparatus, which is provided for a backlight having a plurality of light source blocks each having one light source or a plurality of light sources so that light emission of the light source of each of the light source blocks can be regulated independently, comprises an acquiring unit which acquires a luminance of the light source for each of the light source blocks; a temperature sensor which measures a temperature of at least any one of an internal and external temperature of a casing of the image display apparatus having the backlight; and an estimating unit which estimates a temperature of the light source for each of the light source blocks on the basis of a measured value obtained by the temperature sensor and a luminance value of the light source of each of the light source blocks acquired by the acquiring unit. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274545 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes displaying a projected image from a display of a portable electronic device, detecting an object near the portable electronic device, and when the object is associated with the projected image, actuating an actuator to provide tactile feedback. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274546 | Data input glove with instantaneous chord detection - The invention describes a data glove input device that relies on a novel chording mechanism. The device is comprised of one or two gloves with conductive elements covering the finger tips and additional conductive elements on the palm and the thumb. The conductive elements are divided into two groups of opposite polarity. A chord is formed by when two or more conductive elements of the same polarity are held in contact with each other. The device generates an output when a conductive element or a chord of one polarity makes or breaks contact with a conductive element or chord of the opposite polarity. The innovation lies with the large number of key combinations supported using this chording mechanism in an easily accessible manner. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274547 | TECHNIQUES FOR CONTENT NAVIGATION USING PROXIMITY SENSING - Techniques for content navigation utilize proximity sensing so that user interaction with a graphical user interface is based at least in part on both contact with a surface and contactless interaction with the surface. A representation of an object detected as being proximate to and/or in contact with a surface appears on a display, which may be separate from the surface. The representation may appear at a location of the display that is determined according to a mapping of surface locations to display locations. The representation is updated based at least in part on movement of the object relative to the surface and one or more distances of the object from the surface. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274548 | PLIABLE FINGERTIP KEY DEPRESSOR FOR USE WITH SMALL KEYBOARDS - An apparatus for depressing keys on a small keyboard is disclosed. The apparatus includes a flexible substrate including a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, a first peripheral end portion, and a second peripheral end portion opposite the first end portion. An adhesive is coupled to the first surface of the flexible substrate such that the substrate may be attached to a digit on the user's hand, e.g., the user's thumb. When the apparatus is attached to a user's thumb, the first peripheral end portion does not touch the second peripheral end portion. Moreover, the apparatus includes a nodule that extends outwardly from the second surface of the flexible substrate such that when the substrate is attached to the user's thumb the nodule is outwardly positioned on the user's thumb, wherein the nodule is smaller than the tip of the user's thumb. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274549 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE IN A VEHICLE - In a method for providing a user interface in a vehicle, control objects and/or display objects can be displayed on a display surface ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274550 | GESTURE MAPPING FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a gesture mapping method for a computer system including a display and a database coupled to a processor. According to one embodiment, the method includes storing a plurality of two-dimensional gestures for operating the computer system, and detecting the presence of an object within a field of view of at least two three-dimensional optical sensors. Positional information is associated with movement of the object, and this information is mapped to one of the plurality of gestures stored in the database. Furthermore, the processor is configured to determine a control operation for the mapped gesture based on the positional information and a location of the object with respect to the display. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274551 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SCREEN CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCREEN CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, an electronic device includes a first display unit, a second display unit, a detecting unit, and a control unit. The first display unit displays a first object corresponding to a first function. The second display unit displays a second object corresponding to a second function. The detecting unit detects an operation. When the operation is detected by the detecting unit while the first object is displayed on the first display unit, the control unit dismisses the first object from the first display unit and displays information with respect to the first object on the second display unit. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274552 | INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention includes: receiving, from a terminal, display position information for specifying a display area | 2012-11-01 |
20120274553 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A method of controlling a display apparatus includes: displaying a pointer corresponding motion of a user, in which the user's motion is analyzed on the basis of images generated by sensing the user; and generating an input signal preset corresponding to the analyzed motion of the user. With this configuration, a user can input a command without using an additional physical device or being subject to spatial limitations. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274554 | BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD OF BODY MOVEMENT DETECTION DEVICE - A body movement detection device is provided with a main body unit, a display unit provided to the main body unit, a control unit, and a detection unit that detects acceleration of the main body unit, and the control unit includes a discriminating unit for discriminating a movement state of a user wearing the main body unit based on the acceleration detected by the detection unit, and a display control unit for switching a display state of the display unit based on discrimination of the movement state by the discriminating unit. Display can thereby be automatically switched to display appropriate to the state of physical activity. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274555 | TACTILE USER INTERFACE - An apparatus configured as a virtual user interface and including: a display screen; a masking element for concealing at least part of said screen and revealing at least one preselected display area; at least one user-actuated control element; and a controller responsive to said user-actuated control element and configured to display information on said display area operatively associated with said user-actuated control element. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274556 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - A display apparatus comprising a display panel including first and second display regions arranged in an alternating manner and respectively passing a first polarization component light and a second polarization component of incident light; a light source panel including first and second light sources arranged in an alternating manner and respectively emitting light of the first polarization component and light of the second polarization component to the back surface of the display panel; and a lenticular lens that is positioned between the display panel and the light source panel, refracts light from the first light sources in a direction of a first viewpoint to provide the first viewpoint with the light passed by the first display regions, and refracts light from the second light sources in a direction of a second viewpoint to provide the second viewpoint with the light passed by the second display regions. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274557 | Computer System With Digital Micromirror Device - Algorithms stored on one or more computer readable medium for interfacing an imaging display with an electronic-ink generating system are described. The algorithms includes instructions for capturing an electronic-ink image, instructions for converting the electronic ink image into control instructions for controlling an electromechanical aspect of the imaging display, and, instructions for providing the control instructions to control circuitry of the imaging display. Interfacing projection systems and methods of interfacing electronic-ink images are also described. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274558 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING A CURSOR MANIPULATION DEVICE AT MULTIPLE RESOLUTIONS - A method of using a cursor control signal from a cursor manipulation device to move a cursor in a composite display having a native portion controlled by a native computer system and at least one non-native portion apportioned to at least one other computer system. When the cursor is located in a non-native portion in which data is displayed at a resolution different from a resolution in the native portion, the cursor control signal is scaled. The scaled cursor control signal is provided to the computer system to which the non-native portion is apportioned, and the cursor is moved in the non-native portion in accordance with the scaled cursor control signal. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274559 | Diffusing light of a laser - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to diffusing light of a multi-mode laser. In one embodiment, the multi-mode laser projects a plurality of modes of light and a diffuser reflects the plurality of modes of light to output a single lobe of light. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274560 | POINTING DEVICE - An improved air pointing device which is capable of compensating for the roll angle imparted to said device by a user of said device. The device of the invention includes at least two gyrometers and two accelerometers, the latter being each used for different roll angles. The correction of the roll angle is effected by using the measurements of the first accelerometer, the output of the second accelerometer being simulated as an approximated function of the measurements of the first accelerometer, using a polynomial approximation of the relation between the output of the two accelerometers, the order of the polynomial being chosen as a function of the computing power which is available and the precision which is needed. In an embodiment of the invention, the first and second accelerometers are advantageously swapped at a value of the roll angle which is substantially equal to 45°. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274561 | OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEM USING INFRARED RAYS AND METHOD THEREOF - An operation control method is provided. The method is applied on an operation control system. The system includes an operation device and an electronic device. The operation device includes an infrared emitter to emit infrared rays. The electronic device includes a display unit and infrared receivers. The infrared ray creates a light/heat spot on the display unit. Infrared receivers receive the infrared ray emitted by the infrared emitter. The infrared receiver receiving one infrared ray generates a corresponding signal. The method includes receiving the signal generated by the infrared receiver, determining which infrared receivers generated the signal to determine the light spot on the display unit, and controlling the electronic device to execute the corresponding function according to signals created by the light spot or spots striking the display unit. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274562 | Method, Apparatus and Computer Program Product for Displaying Media Content - In accordance with an example embodiment a method and apparatus is provided. The method comprises receiving at least one face as an input. A presence of the at least one face in a media content is determined and a modified display of the media content is generated if the at least one face is determined to be present in the media content. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274563 | MAGNETIC THUMBSTICK USER INTERFACE DEVICES - A magnetic thumbstick device including a manual actuator assembly, a restorative element, a base assembly, one or more magnets, and one or more magnetic sensors is disclosed. The magnetic sensor is positioned to measure magnetic fields generated by movement of the magnet, which may be disposed in the manual actuator assembly, and sensed by the magnetic sensor, which may be disposed in the base assembly. These magnetic field signals may then be provided to a processing element where they may be used to determine position and/or motion of the magnet in relation to the magnetic sensor. The processing element may further generate output signals or commands usable by an electronic computing system such as personal computer, cellular phone, video game console, or other device. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274564 | Activity Sensing Using Piezoelectric Sensors for Ultra Low Power Operation of Devices with Significant Inactivity Time - A system and method for reducing power consumption in an inactive device. Based upon inputs received from one or more sensors, a processor in a device determines that the device has not moved or has been inactive for a predetermined period. One or more components of the device are placed in an inactive state or in a sleep mode when the device has been inactive for the predetermined period. The inactive state or sleep mode requires less power consumption by the components than an active mode of operation. A piezoelectric sensor in the device is used to detect movement. The piezoelectric sensor provides an input signal to the processor upon detecting movement of the device. The one or more components are placed in the active mode in response to the input signal. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274565 | Multitasking Portable Computer - A portable computer is provided having a first display panel in a display unit, a second display panel in a base unit, and a keyboard structure requiring less surface area than conventional keyboards. Keyboard keys are at least partially transparent, revealing an underlying display panel. The display panel can display a plurality of icons that may be alternatively associated with each key, such that keyboard input can be achieved using a reduced quantity of keys. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274566 | COMPUTER WITH REMOVABLE DISPLAY MODULE FOR CONVERSION TO SLATE-TYPE COMPUTER WHILE BEING WIRELESSLY CONTROLLED BY PROCESSOR IN DETACHED KEYBOARD MODULE - A computer includes a keyboard module bearing a key entry device and a processor in the keyboard module. The keyboard module also includes a keyboard transceiver electrically connected to the keyboard processor. The computer further includes a display module bearing a touch sensitive display which is detachably engageable with the keyboard module. A display transceiver electrically connected to the touch sensitive display wirelessly communicates with the keyboard transceiver both when the display module is mechanically engaged mechanically disengaged with the keyboard module. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274567 | TOUCH-ENABLED INPUT DEVICE - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a touch-enabled input device for a computing system. According to one embodiment, the touch enabled device includes a housing having an input surface and a plurality of identifiable key areas formed along the input surface. The input surface of the device is configured to detect individual presses of each key area in addition to touch-based input from a user. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274568 | COMPLETE DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE SENSOR-PROJECTOR COMPUTING UNIT - A hologram projecting system includes a coherent light source for emitting a reference beam onto a real object; and an image sensor for receiving the reference beam and a scattered beam reflected from the real object, and recording a Fourier image of the real object. Also included is a modulator for receiving the Fourier image. The reference beam is passed through the modulator, and configured to interact with the Fourier image to form a virtual image of the real object. The image sensor includes an n×m pixel array, where n and m are numbers of rows and columns, respectively. The modulator includes an n×m pixel array corresponding to the n×m pixel array of the image sensor. The pixels in the n×m pixel array of the image sensor control transmissivity of light in corresponding pixels of the n×m pixel array of the modulator. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274569 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH ENHANCED FEATURES - The invention is aimed at improvement of control variability of an electronic device. An electronic device, comprising a data output display or a data output and input display (O/I display), movable in one or two or more than two sides relative to the electronic device body, wherein when the electronic device takes at least one of spatial positions or when the user releases from the hand the electronic device or when the O/I display is moved or has been moved relative to the electronic device body or when the O/I display is fixed at least in one of spatial positions relative to the electronic device body on the O/I display and/or on the additional display and/or on touch screen display or display of a non-sensor type or partially touch screen display placed under the O/I display are changed layout of image into vertical layout of image and vice versa. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274570 | PORTABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS - Stacked panel housings are stretched to join displays to each other to form a single screen, the stacked panel housings are stretched and two displays are jointed to each other to form a single screen. Horizontal sliding means and vertical moving means can be provided so as to displace the stacked displays to be flush with each other. A portable display device is provided which has at least two panel housings vertically stacked and displays mounted on the panel housings, respectively, in which the displays horizontally slide and then vertically move so as for the displays of the panel housings to be contiguous to each other. When the displays are contiguous to each other, the distance between the displays is in the range of 0.1 mm to 5 mm and a joint between the displays is provided with a lid. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274571 | Matrix Sensor Network and Method for Selecting a Group of Rows and Reading Columns of the Matrix Sensor Network - An apparatus comprising: a sensor network comprising: a first plurality of rows, a second plurality of columns and a third plurality of sensor elements wherein each sensor element is associated with a unique combination of a row and a column but not every unique combination of row and column is associated with a sensor; selection circuitry configured to concurrently select a group of the first plurality of rows; reading circuitry configured to concurrently read columns during a concurrent selection; and control circuitry configured to determine the group of the first plurality of rows that are concurrently selected. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274572 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH TEXT DISAMBIGUATION AND SELECTIVE DISABLING OF FREQUENCY LEARNING - A handheld electronic device includes a reduced QWERTY keyboard and is enabled with disambiguation software. The device provides output in the form of a default output and a number of variants. The output is based largely upon the frequency, i.e., the likelihood that a user is likely to have intended a particular output, but various features of the device provide additional variants that are not based solely on frequency and rather are provided by various logic structures resident on the device. The device provides a learning function that allows the disambiguation function to adapt to provide a customized experience for the user. The learning function is disabled, however, when the relevant words are found to be in a special category for which frequency learning, i.e., frequency revision, is not employed. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274573 | KOREAN INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS USING TOUCH SCREEN, AND PORTABLE TERMINAL INCLUDING KEY INPUT APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for inputting Korean characters are provided. The method includes determining an initial consonant by making a first touch of a consonant input key displayed on a touch screen and determining a vowel by making a second touch while maintaining the first touch and making a dragging gesture continuing from the second touch. The method of inputting Korean characters provides a Korean input scheme that effectively uses a multi-touch feature capable of recognizing simultaneous touches on two or more points. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274574 | INPUT APPARATUS - An input apparatus | 2012-11-01 |
20120274575 | Display with curved area - Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to display device having a first display plane, a second display lane, and a curved area between the first and second display planes. The first and second planes and the curved area form a continuous display surface having four edges. Only three of the four edges are viewable by a user when viewing one of the first and second display planes. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274576 | INPUT DEVICE WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK - An input device includes an electrical isolator disposed on a base, the electrical isolator comprising at least a first element extending away from the base. A first actuator is disposed on the base and on a first side of the first element and is configured to provide first tactile feedback. A second actuator is disposed on the base and on a second side of the first element and is configured to provide second tactile feedback. A touch sensor is disposed with the first actuator and the second actuator and is arranged to provide touch data such that input is provided based on the touch data. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274577 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - An assembly includes a frame, a substrate coupled to the frame by a plurality of flexible members such that the substrate is moveable relative to the frame, and a piezoelectric device coupled to the substrate and configured to move the substrate relative to the frame. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274578 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes determining a time between selections utilizing a touch-sensitive display, identifying a tactile feedback based on the time, and providing the tactile feedback in response to a subsequent selection utilizing the touch-sensitive display. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274579 | Number Keypad - Embodiments provide methods, apparatuses, and articles of manufacture for arranging keys of a number keypad based on movement of another key. In various embodiments, a contact may be detected, and a key associated with the contact moved to a second location in accordance with movement of the contact. Based on the second location a second key may be arranged. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274580 | TRANSMIT/RECEIVE SWITCH FOR A TOUCH-SCREEN SYSTEM - An apparatus that is configurable to perform a forward scan, a row scan, and a column scan is disclosed. The apparatus includes a path selection module coupled to a transmitter and a receiver. The path selection module includes a row-transmit switch, a column-receive switch, a row-receive switch, and a column-transmit switch that are configurable to form various transmit paths and receive paths to perform the forward scan, a row scan, and a column scan. The row-transmit switch and the column-transmit switch cascades switching transistors to protect against large voltage swings present in an output of the transmitter, controls the gate voltage that is applied to these switching transistors to protect against the large voltage swings, and includes additional protection circuitry to ensure their reliability. The column-receive switch and the row-receive switch uses thick oxide transistors to protect thin oxide transistors against the large voltage swings and/or includes additional protection circuitry to ensure their reliability. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274581 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME - A display method in a mobile terminal includes displaying a plurality of menu items on a display of the mobile terminal, such that each of the plurality of menu items corresponds to a different function that is executable at the mobile terminal. Further operations include selecting a first menu item and a second menu item from the plurality of menu items, the selecting occurs responsive to user input, and displaying a first screen on the display, the first screen relating to the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item. Additional features include displaying first data and second data in the first screen, the first data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected first menu item, and the second data being data that is associated with the function that corresponds to the selected second menu item. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274582 | TOUCH SPOT DETECTING METHOD OF TOUCH PANEL - A touch panel includes a conductive film having anisotropic impedance, a plurality of first electrodes, and a plurality of second electrodes. In a method for detecting a touch spot, a plurality of actual detecting signals are obtained by the first electrodes and the second electrodes, thereby determining two first electrodes and two second electrodes closest to the touch spot. The conductive film between the two first electrodes and two second electrodes is defined as a corrective area. An ideal resistance of the corrective area is set. An arbitrary electrode from the two first electrodes and two second electrodes is defined as electrode i. The actual detecting signal S | 2012-11-01 |
20120274583 | Multimodal Touchscreen Interaction Apparatuses, Methods and Systems - The MULTIMODAL TOUCHSCREEN INTERACTION APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS (“MTI”) transform multi-user, multi-modal touchscreen input gestures via MTI components into user-customized computation result displays. In one implementation, the MTI obtains, from a touchscreen sensor, a sensor signal including information on a user touch event on a touchscreen. The MTI determines location coordinates of the user touch event from the sensor signal. The MTI identifies a touch type of the user touch event from the sensor signal, and determines a user touchscreen gesture using the touch type of the user touch event. The MTI queries a memory for a user command associated with the user touchscreen gesture, and executing the user command via a processor. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274584 | COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A communications device ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274585 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MULTI-TOUCH INTERACTION WITH VIRTUAL OBJECTS - A method is provided for enabling user interaction with virtual objects in a virtual world using a touchscreen device. A touch input within or across a region of the display is detected from the touchscreen device. After determining that the touch input exceeds a predetermined threshold, and further determining whether the touch input is of a single touch or multi-touch type based on a number of contacts detected in the touch input, a multi-touch type input is interpreted as a multi-touch attract or repel command with respect to a virtual object displayed on the display. The virtual object is then visibly moved or changed on the display in response. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274586 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS ON A SINGLE TOUCH PANEL - An operating room arrangement enables a central operating room control system having a central operating room controller, a central media router and a central touch panel to control a plurality of operating room devices including a remote touch panel controlled medical device having a medical device controller and a device touch panel. When the central operating room control system is placed in a touch panel controlled medical device operating mode, a device touch panel interface is provided through the media router for display as part of a video display image on the central touch panel, along with an additional indicia. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274587 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OBJECT CONTROL PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until, for example, a touch-off is determined to be a predetermined direction, the object is moved in a specific direction. Alternatively, an input direction is determined based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until a touch-off, and then, based on the input direction, the direction opposite to the input direction, for example, is determined to be a moving direction and the object is moved in the moving direction. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274588 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to aspect, a portable electronic apparatus includes a first display unit, a first operation detecting unit, a second display unit, a second operation detecting unit, and a control unit. The first and second display units display first and second screens, respectively. The first and second operation detecting units detect an operation for the first and second screens, respectively. When a period of time in which an operation for at least one of the first and second screens is not detected is longer than a threshold value, the control unit performs a power saving process. In the power saving process, the control unit changes a state of at least one of the first and second display units to a power-saving state in a varied manner depending on a type of program providing the screen for which no operation is detected for a longer period of time than the threshold value. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274589 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REMOTE INTERACTION WITH A COMPUTER DISPLAY OR COMPUTER VISUALIZATION OR OBJECT - An apparatus and a method for controlling a computer display screen, field of view, visualization overlaid upon a field of view, or object using the input of a non-viewed computer touch screen, touch-sensing surface, or non-physical-contact movement-capturing device interacting with a hand or stylus eliminating distraction away from the principal field of view employed in accomplishing the objective of use. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274590 | TOUCH SCREEN AND TOUCH SCREEN DRIVE METHOD - The present invention discloses a touch screen and a driving method for the same, the touch screen including: a touch detection area, a processing unit, emission tubes and reception tubes, the emission tubes and the reception tubes being located at the edge of the touch detection area to provide infrared to form a scanning grid, the touch screen also including a background light source which provides auxiliary light to the infrared. The present invention also discloses a corresponding driving method for the touch screen. The touch screen and the driving method for the same of the present invention may reduce the impact of the dark environment on the period required for the received signal in the touch screen to reach stability. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274591 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE CONTROLS - The use of pressure-sensitive controls is disclosed in which controls respond differently to different pressure applied by a stylus on a digitizer. Users interacting with displayed controls may modify the speed, increment, or other property of the control by pressing harder or softer. Devices that allow for the input of location and pressure information may use embodiments of the invention, including computers with pressure sensitive mice or digitizer tablets, PDAs, or tablet computers. Controls that may use pressure to augment their behavior include scrollbars, spinner controls, resize handles, buttons, drop down menus and so forth. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274592 | INTERPRETING AMBIGUOUS INPUTS ON A TOUCH-SCREEN - Methods are provided for interpreting a touch in relation to touch targets displayed on a touch-screen display, the touch targets associated with an application. A touch is detected at a first touch-screen location. The application is queried to determined a first touch target located within a predetermined touch region of the first touch-screen location. The application is then queries to determine whether a second touch target is located within the predetermined touch region. The touch is them disambiguated to determine whether the touch was intended for the first touch target or the second touch target. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274593 | Portable Communicating Electronic Device Having Transparent Display - The portable communicating device with transparent display includes a control unit; a communication module is coupled to the control unit, and a memory is coupled to the control unit. At least one image sensor is coupled to the control unit; a transparent display without an opaque shell is coupled to the control unit and wherein the transparent display includes two transparent substrates, each of the two transparent substrates includes a transparent electrodes, light emitting substances provided between the two transparent substrates; wherein the transparent display allow a user to see through the transparent display at least when the transparent display is not displayed. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274594 | GIMBALLED SCROLL WHEEL - An input device that includes both a movement detector, such as mechanical switch, and positional indicator, such as touch pad touch screen, and/or touch sensing housing is disclosed. These two input devices can be used substantially simultaneously to provide a command to the device. In this manner, different commands can be associated with depressing a moveable member in different areas and a single moveable member can perform like several buttons. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274595 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal including a terminal body having first and second regions on a front surface thereof, a touch screen part on the first region and configured to display visual information and perform an inputting operation in a tactile manner, and a touch pad part corresponding to the second region and configured to input information corresponding to a touch applied to a pre-set position on the second region. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274596 | USE OF ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE (OLED) DISPLAYS AS A HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL TACTILE SENSOR FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) USER INTERFACES - A finger-operated touch interface system is physically associated with a visual display. The system includes a processor executing a software algorithm and an array of transparent organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) communicating with the processor. The system operates a group of OLEDS from the OLED array in light sensing mode. These OLEDs detect light via photoelectric effect and communicate light detection measurements to the processor. The software algorithm produces tactile measurement information responsive to light reflected by a finger proximate to the OLED array, and reflected light is received by at least one OLED in the transparent OLED array and originates from a software-controlled light source. In one approach, the reflected light is modulated and the system is responsive to reflected modulated light. The processor generates a control signal responsive to the reflected light. The system can be used to implement an optical touchscreen without an RF capacitive matrix. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274597 | Portable Electronic Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Displaying Electronic Lists and Documents - In a computer-implemented method, a portion of an electronic document is displayed on the touch screen display. The displayed portion of the electronic document has a vertical position in the electronic document. An object is detected on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document. In response to detecting the object on or near the displayed portion of the electronic document, a vertical bar is displayed on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document. The vertical bar has a vertical position on top of the displayed portion of the electronic document that corresponds to the vertical position in the electronic document of the displayed portion of the electronic document. After a predetermined condition is met, display of the vertical bar is ceased. The vertical bar is displayed for a predetermined time period when the portion of the electronic document is initially displayed. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274598 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF FINGER IMPRESSIONS FOR MULTIPLE USERS - Described herein are an apparatus, system, and method for real-time identification of finger impressions for multiple users on a platform. The apparatus comprises a first logic unit to register finger impressions of corresponding multiple users, and to store the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users in a storage unit, wherein the finger impressions of the corresponding multiple users are received by a platform; and a second logic unit to identify in real-time active participants according to the registered finger impressions of each user among the multiple users, wherein the active participants are participants of an executing application. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274599 | INPUT DEVICE WITH FORCE SENSING AND HAPTIC RESPONSE - Devices and methods are provided that facilitate improved input device performance. The devices and methods utilize a first electrode disposed on a first substrate, a second electrode coupled to a first side of a piezoelectric material and a third electrode coupled to a second side of the piezoelectric material. The second electrode and the third electrode are configured to facilitate actuation of the piezoelectric material, while the first electrode and the second electrode define at least part of a variable capacitance that facilitates force determination. A spacing element is coupled to the first substrate and defines a spacing between the first electrode and the second electrode. A transmission element is coupled to the third electrode and configured such that a force biasing the transmission element causes the second electrode to deflect relative to the first electrode, thus changing the variable capacitance. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274600 | Portable Electronic Device and Method for Controlling the Same - A portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device comprises a portable electronic device body, a display device, at least one touch device and a controller. The display device is used for displaying a display. The at least one touch device is disposed on an outside of the portable electronic device body, the at least one touch device is used for receiving a touch signal, wherein the touch signal comprises a position information, and the controller is electrically connected with the at least one touch device; when the at least one touch device receives the touch signal, the display device displays a plurality of tags, wherein the position information corresponds to one of the positions of the plurality of tags, the controller chooses and executes one of the functions of the plurality of tags according to the touch signal. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274601 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH TRACE BASED ON RESISTIVE TOUCH PANEL - A method for detecting a touch trace is provided. A look up table, including a plurality of position coordinates and calibrating rules f corresponding to each of the plurality of position coordinates, is built. A touch trace including at least one touch point is received, wherein if an actual contact area A | 2012-11-01 |
20120274602 | WIRING AND PERIPHERY FOR INTEGRATED CAPACITIVE TOUCH DEVICES - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for a projected capacitive touch (PCT) sensor that may include thin sensor electrodes coated with additional layers to form an optical cavity that reinforces a wavelength range or color of incident light. The sensor electrodes and a cover glass border and/or decorations may be fabricated simultaneously. In some implementations, the thickness of the optical cavity will be selected such that the “color” of reflected light is black. The sensor electrodes may not be noticeable to a human observer. However, in some other implementations, the thickness of the optical cavity may be selected such that the sensor electrodes and/or the decorative portions will have another color. Routing wires of the touch sensor may be shielded by a grounded conductive layer in the border. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274603 | IN-CELL TYPE TOUCH PANEL - The present invention relates to an in-cell type touch panel includes first and second substrates opposite to each other, gate and data lines crossed each other to define a plurality of pixel regions, a pixel electrode at each of the pixel region, a pixel thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines, and a pixel overlapped with the pixel electrode to have a common electrode, formed in a surface of the first substrate, a sensor electrode on a back side of the second substrate, and a touch sensor between the sensor electrode and the pixel, and a capacitance change between the sensor electrode and a touch object over the sensor electrode. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274604 | Capacitive Touch Sensor, Display or Panel - There is disclosed a capacitive touch pad or device ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274605 | Display Device With Touch Panel - A touch panel includes X electrodes which extend in a same direction, and Y electrodes which extend in a direction different from the direction of the X electrodes. The X electrodes and the Y electrodes respectively include intersection portions each formed where the X electrodes and the Y electrodes overlap each other, and electrode portions each formed between the intersection portions, wherein the electrode portions of one of the X electrodes is smaller in area than the electrode portions of one of the Y electrodes, and wherein dummy electrodes are formed close to the electrode portion of one of the X electrode or the Y electrodes. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274606 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH OBJECT DETECTION - An optical finger navigation system with object detection is provided for preventing cursor movement if a user's finger has been lifted from the navigation surface. The optical finger navigation system may include a light source, an image sensor and an object detection engine. The object detection engine may be operatively coupled with the image sensor and the light source to selectively report motion data upon determining the presence of an object by comparing a scaled-up pixel value with a threshold value. The lift detection engine may be incorporated in a microcontroller, wherein the microcontroller may be added to a navigation system to provide an additional object detection feature. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274607 | OPTICAL FINGER NAVIGATION DEVICE - An optical finger navigation (OFN) device for use devices such as handheld portable devices is presented. The OFN device may include a lead frame, a light sensor, a clear mold compound encapsulating the light sensor and the lead frame so as to form the package. The mold compound may include a light guide system disposed thereon to direct light towards the light sensor. The OFN package may further include a light opaque material disposed on the mold compound to shield the light sensor against stray lights. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274608 | SIMPLIFIED LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT, LIGHT SENSING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT, METHOD OF DRIVING THE LIGHT SENSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS AND OPTICAL TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUS INCLUDING THE LIGHT SENSING APPARATUS - In a simplified light sensing circuit, a light sensing apparatus including the light sensing circuit, a method of driving the light sensing apparatus, and an image acquisition apparatus and optical touch screen apparatus including the light sensing apparatus, the light sensing circuit includes an oxide semiconductor transistor including a channel layer including an oxide semiconductor material, for each pixel. The oxide semiconductor transistor is configured to operate as a light sensing device that senses light and a switch that outputs light sensing data. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVE ULTRASONIC TOUCH DEVICES - A system for determining a user indication is disclosed. The system includes a communication interface configured to send a signal to be used to propagate a freely propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface and receive the freely propagating signal that has been disturbed by a disturbance on the surface. The system also includes a processor coupled to the communication interface and configured to process the received signal to determine a user indication associated with the disturbance. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274610 | INTERACTION SURFACES - An input apparatus has an interaction surface, an acoustic transmitter located adjacent the surface, an acoustic receiver located adjacent the surface and across the surface from the transmitter, and a processing environment. It is configured to transmit an acoustic signal(s) from the transmitter and to receive the signal or signals at the receiver. It detects the presence of an input object adjacent or touching the interaction surface by detecting an increase in the minimum time of flight, through air, of at least a part of the signal(s). | 2012-11-01 |
20120274611 | THIN FILM TRANSISTORS (TFT) ACTIVE-MATRIX IMOD PIXEL LAYOUT - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus relating to pixel designs for use in active matrix displays which employ poly-silicon (p-Si) thin-film transistors (TFTs) having dual gate structures to control the pixels. The poly-silicon island of the TFT is configured to take advantage of the black mask area attributable to other non-reflective display components, thus enhancing the fill factor of the display. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274612 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including: one or a plurality of pieces of first wiring having a main wiring section and a bifurcation wiring section; one or a plurality of pieces of second wiring having a trunk wiring section and a plurality of branch wiring sections within a gap region between the main wiring section and the bifurcation wiring section; one or a plurality of transistors each divided and formed into a plurality of pieces, the plurality of branch wiring sections individually functioning as a gate electrode and the one or plurality of transistors having a source region formed within the main wiring section and within the bifurcation wiring section and having a drain region formed between the plurality of branch wiring sections; and one or a plurality of pieces of third wiring electrically connected to the drain region of the one or plurality of transistors. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274613 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a first and a second display unit, a first and a second operation detection unit, and a control unit. The first and the second display unit display a first and second operation screen respectively. The first and the second operation detection unit detect an operation for the first and second display unit respectively. The control unit performs a switching control to switch between a first state and a second state. In the first state, a display of the second display unit is deactivated and an operation detected by the second operation detection unit is processed as an operation for the first operation screen. In the second state in, a display of the first display unit is deactivated and an operation detected by the first operation detection unit is processed as an operation for the second operation screen. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274614 | Driving Method of Display Device - In a display device in which one frame is divided into a plurality of subframes and a gray scale is expressed by a time gray scale method, there is a problem of pseudo contour. A gray scale is expressed by sequentially adding a weight of each subframe (light emission period, light emission time, and the like). Further, an erasing diode is provided in a pixel. By turning this erasing diode on, the signal stored in the pixel is erased, thereby a non-light emission period is provided. Accordingly, subframes with different light emission periods can be easily formed. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274615 | ACTIVE MATRIX TYPE MODULE AND DRIVING METHOD OF ACTIVE MATRIX TYPE MODULE - A data voltage error due to a feed-through effect is corrected without an increase in the number of transistors in capacitive memory cells. A display panel ( | 2012-11-01 |
20120274616 | Electrophoretic Display Using Fibers Containing a Nanoparticle Suspension - A composite textile for generating an electrophoretically driven image. The textile has at least three layers. An outer (relative to an observer of the image) electrode layer is made from a transparent and electrically conductive material. A fibermat layer is under the outer electrode layer, and comprises a mat of one or more fibers, each fiber being transparent and dielectric and having a hollow core that contains a fluid suspension of particles (typically nanoparticles) of at least two color types. A pattern layer is under the fiber mat layer, and has an arrangement of features made from an electrically conductive material. When voltage is applied to the pattern layer, the particles respond by migrating toward the outer electrode or pattern layer, depending on their charge. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274617 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A light-emitting device including: an organic layer which is interposed between a first electrode and a second electrode and in which a first light-emitting layer and a second light-emitting layer emitting light of single colors or two or more different colors in a visible wavelength region are sequentially included at mutually separated positions in that order in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode; a first reflective interface which is provided on the side of the first electrode so as to reflect light emitted from the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer to be emitted from the side of the second electrode; and a second reflective interface and a third reflective interface which are sequentially provided on the side of the second electrode at mutually separated positions in that order in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274618 | Pixel Structure and a Driving Method Thereof - A pixel structure and its related driving method are proposed. The pixel structure comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a liquid crystal capacitor, a first storage capacitor, and a second storage capacitor. The first transistor comprises a gate coupled to a first scan line, a source coupled to a data line, and a drain coupled to the first storage capacitor. The first transistor is used for conducting the data line and the first storage capacitor. The second transistor comprises a gate coupled to a second scan line, a source coupled to the first storage capacitor, and a drain coupled to the second storage capacitor. A first polarity voltage applied on the data line is stored into the first storage capacitor during a first time period which the first transistor is turned on. The first storage capacitor discharges due to a connection between the first capacitor and the second capacitor during a second time period which the second transistor is turned on. By using such driving method, the difference in voltage between the liquid crystal capacitor and a common voltage is reduced from charge sharing for improving a color washout effect of the LCD panel. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274619 | ELECTRONIC PAPER DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed herein are an electronic paper display device and a driving method thereof. The electronic paper display device includes: rotating balls each having at least two display areas colored in different colors and including a portion charged with a positive charge and a portion charged with a negative charge; a driving controller generating a driving voltage for rotating the rotating balls; and an upper electrode and a lower electrode provided above and below the rotating balls, respectively, and receiving a driving voltage from the driving controller, wherein the driving controller may apply a first driving voltage for rotating the rotating balls between the upper electrode and the lower electrode for time duration T | 2012-11-01 |
20120274620 | DATA WRITING APPARATUS FOR E-PAPER AND DATA WRITING METHOD USING THE SAME - There is provided a data writing apparatus for e-paper including a base unit on which the e-paper is provided and which applies a driving voltage corresponding to input data to the e-paper through an electrode array, and a first roller that is rotated around a central axis in a predetermined direction on the base unit and presses a part of the e-paper to be in contact with the base unit, wherein when the e-paper is pressed to be in contact with the base unit by the first roller, the base unit applies the driving voltage to the e-paper and data are written in the e-paper. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274621 | DOOR PHONE APPARATUS FOR A DUAL MONITOR TYPE KITCHEN TELEVISION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a dual monitor type television (TV) door phone device for a kitchen, which has TV, radio, and door phone functions, and a method of operating the same. The dual monitor type TV door phone includes: a body panel including a first monitor for outputting an image on a front surface; an auxiliary panel including a second monitor for outputting the image on a front surface, and capable of foldable movement by being hinged to a bottom surface of the body panel; and a gravitational location sensor detecting a moved location of the auxiliary panel and controlling power supply to the second monitor according to the moved location. According to the dual monitor type TV door phone and the method, since a door phone image for displaying a visitor can be immediately checked through the first monitor installed in front of the body panel even when the foldable second monitor installed at the bottom surface of the body panel is horizontally folded below the body panel, not only utility convenience is increased but also a space occupied by the second monitor is removed, thereby increasing space usability. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274622 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE PIXEL CIRCUIT - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) pixel circuit includes a driving node, a pixel driving unit, an electroluminescent device, and a compensation unit. The pixel driving unit is coupled to a data line receiving a data voltage and provides a driving voltage to the driving node. The display electroluminescent device is coupled to the driving node for illuminating in response to the driving voltage, wherein the level of the driving voltage is related to an aging factor voltage, corresponding to a usage time of the display electroluminescent device. The compensation unit, including a compensation electroluminescent device, is couple to the driving node and drives the compensation electroluminescent device to illuminate in response to the driving voltage, so as to compensate the aging decay of the display electroluminescent device with the electroluminescent compensation unit. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274623 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - In a display apparatus having a plurality of pixel parts, each pixel part receives a data signal in response to a present gate signal and charges first and second pixel voltages having the same voltage level. A plurality of voltage controllers includes a level-down part to lower a voltage level of the second pixel voltage using a previous pixel voltage charged in a previous frame in response to a next gate signal and a level-up part to receive the lowered second pixel voltage in response to the next gate signal to boost up a voltage level of the first pixel voltage. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274624 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, and a common electrode. The first substrate includes a gate line, a data line insulated from the gate line while crossing the gate line, and a pixel electrode connected to the gate line and the data line. The second substrate faces the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The common electrode is disposed on at least one of the first substrate or the second substrate to form an electric field in cooperation with the pixel electrode. A data voltage applied to the pixel electrode has a polarity inverted every at least one frame with reference to a predetermined reference voltage, and a common voltage applied to the common electrode has a polarity inverted every at least two frames with reference to the reference voltage. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274625 | Method, System, and Computer-Readable Data Storage Device for Creating and Displaying Three-Dimensional Features on an Electronic Map Display - Methods, systems, and computer-readable data storage devices for generating and/or displaying a map with three-dimensional (3D) features are disclosed. For example, a method may comprise (i) defining a plurality of major three-dimensional regions (“major 3DRs”) and associating each major 3DR with a respective geographical area defined for a map stored in a computer-readable map database, and (ii) displaying, via a display device, one or more of the major 3DRs upon the map. Each major 3DR comprises a top, a bottom, and multiple sides. Each top, bottom, and side of each major 3DR comprises at least one surface. At least one surface of each major 3DR being displayed is textured with an image captured via an imaging device. The image textured onto each surface comprises an image captured by the imaging device when capturing images in a direction of that surface. | 2012-11-01 |
20120274626 | Stereoscopic Image Generating Apparatus and Method - A depth map generating device. A first depth information extractor extracts a first depth information from a main two dimensional (2D) image according to a first algorithm and generates a first depth map corresponding to the main 2D image. A second depth information extractor extracts a second depth information from a sub 2D image according to a second algorithm and generates a second depth map corresponding to the sub 2D image. A mixer mixes the first depth map and the second depth map according to adjustable weighting factors to generate a mixed depth map. The mixed depth map is utilized for converting the main 2D image to a set of three dimensional (3D) images. | 2012-11-01 |