| 52nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
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| 20120326912 | PULSE RADAR APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a pulse radar apparatus, and a control method thereof, that permits to readily downsize and to lower its cost and allows information on an object to be detected in high precision by removing an influence of noise when a gain of a variable gain amplifier is discontinuously changed corresponding to detected distance, with a simple configuration. A variable gain amplifier | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326913 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING VEHICLE WHEELS - A method for detecting the wheels of a vehicle that is traveling on a roadway in a travel direction and whose wheels project downward from the vehicle body and are at least partially exposed laterally at the level of the vehicle body, with the steps: emitting a concentrated electromagnetic measurement beam with a known temporal progression of frequency from the side of the roadway onto an area a predetermined distance above the roadway and at a slant with respect to the travel direction, receiving the measurement beam reflected by a passing vehicle and recording the temporal progression, relative to the known progression, of its frequency, and detecting a rectangular pulse occurring in the recorded progression within the time period when the vehicle body passes, as a wheel. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326914 | Method and Apparatus for Detecting Vehicle Wheels - Method for detecting wheels of a vehicle that is traveling on a roadway in a travel direction and the wheels of which are at least partially exposed laterally. The method including: emitting an electromagnetic measurement beam lobe with a known temporal progression of frequency from the side of the roadway onto an area of the roadway and at a slant with respect to the travel direction, receiving the measurement beam lobe reflected by a passing vehicle and recording the temporal progression, relative to the known progression, of all of its frequencies, and during the passage of a vehicle, detecting a frequency spread appearing in the recorded progression and exceeding a predetermined spread magnitude, as a wheel. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326915 | HOUSING FOR AIRCRAFT MOUNTED COMPONENTS - A traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) device is provided. The device includes a radome having an antenna. A chassis is bonded to said radome about a periphery by a skirt layer. A housing is adhesively bonded to the radome, the skirt layer and the chassis. The housing has a substantially flat bottom portion with a wall extended about a periphery, the wall forming a lap joint with the chassis and radome. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326916 | Location of a Transponder Center Point - In a radio location system for vehicles moving along a guideway, a transmitter for energizes a transponder beside the guideway. A first detector for detects a response signal from the energized transponder to determine the transponder identification. A second detector detects a positional signal received from the transponder that is decoupled from the first signal and contains precise positional information. In one embodiment, the second detector picks up a crossover signal from a crossover antenna. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326917 | ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM AND A VEHICLE INCLUDING THE ACCIDENT PREVENTION SYSTEM - A vehicle with an accident prevention system is disclosed. The vehicle also has a foot brake for stopping the vehicle. The system includes a sensor arrangement for sensing an object behind a rear end of the vehicle that generates an object recognition signal when it senses an object within range behind the vehicle. The sensor arrangement includes passive IR sensors or reflected pulse sensors such as sonar or radar sensors on the rear end. A controller generates an accident prevention response signal on receiving an object recognition signal from the sensor arrangement. A brake applicator is operatively coupled to the brake to stop the vehicle when the controller generates a response signal. Conveniently the system includes an alarm for sounding an alarm signal. A method for preventing an accident where a vehicle which is reversing at low speed collides with a person is also disclosed. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326918 | MOTION-BASED ADAPTIVE FREQUENCY ESTIMATION OF A DOPPLER VELOCITY SENSOR - A system and method for motion-based adaptive frequency estimation of a Doppler sensor is provided. The system comprises a Doppler sensor configured to output a digitized Doppler data signal, and a Doppler velocity estimation module operatively coupled to the Doppler sensor to receive the Doppler data signal. An inertial navigation system is operatively coupled to the Doppler velocity estimation module, and one or more inertial sensors is operatively coupled to the inertial navigation system. The inertial sensors are configured to transmit inertial navigation data to the inertial navigation system. The Doppler velocity estimation module calculates a speed or velocity estimate based on the Doppler data signal and the inertial navigation data. The speed or velocity estimate is then transmitted to the inertial navigation system. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326919 | RADAR SENSOR HAVING INTERFERENCE SIGNAL COMPENSATION - Radar sensor having a mixer for mixing a received signal with a reference signal and having a device for compensating interference signals which would overload the mixer, wherein the device for compensating the interference signals has an adjustable reflection point at the reference input of the mixer. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326920 | NON DOPPLER-TOLERANT PULSE COMPRESSION IN RADAR SYSTEMS - A method for processing return radar waveforms in response to transmitted radar waveforms. The method includes receiving, with a processor, a return radar waveform having a Doppler shift larger than Doppler tolerance. The method also includes separating, with the processor, the return radar waveform into a plurality of shortened waveforms. The method also includes compressing, with the processor, each of the plurality of shortened waveforms with a shortened form of the return radar waveform. The method also includes summing, with the processor, the plurality of compressed, shortened waveforms by computing a Doppler Fourier transform for each radar range bin of the return radar waveform using the plurality of compressed, shortened waveforms. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326921 | Antenna Apparatus - The invention relates to apparatus and a method for the provision of an antenna reflector which is provided in the form of a substantially circular parabolic dish provided to receive and/or transmit signals over known frequency ranges. The reflector can be moved between storage and in-use positions by the movement of segments of the reflector manually, but more typically by drive means connected thereto. The apparatus can also be provided with alignment means which allow the reflector to be positioned to receive signals from a known satellite when at a particular known location. The invention allows the use of a reflector to be achieved quickly and efficiently in potentially hazardous geographical locations. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326922 | GPS AND MEMS HYBRID LOCATION-DETECTION ARCHITECTURE - The present application describes a computer-implemented method and system for obtaining position information for a moving mobile device with increased accuracy and reduced power consumption. The subject of the present application combines information from a GPS location sensor with information from MEMS devices such as an acceleration detector and a gyroscope using statistical analysis techniques such as a Kalman filter to estimate the location of the device with greater accuracy while using numerical methods such as the Newton-Raphson Method to minimize power consumption. Minimizing power consumption is possible because GPS signals sampled at a lower rate can conserve power, while GPS sampled at a lower rate and working together with MEMS devices can achieve the same level of location prediction accuracy as a GPS alone sampled at a higher rate. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326923 | Near Field Navigation System - A near field navigation system is equipped with a base segment provided on a base structure. The base segment includes at least four transmitters. Each transmitter is provided with a base antenna and the base antennas are positioned relative to each other at known distances. A user segment is provided on a user structure, the user segment including at least one receiver, at least one user antenna connected to the receiver, and a processing unit connected to the receiver. The receiver and each of the transmitters together form distance measuring units and the processing unit is adapted to calculate the relative three-dimensional position data of the user structure with respect to the base structure on the basis of distance data obtained from the distance measuring units. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326924 | Vehicle Localization System - A localization system for a vehicle running on a guideway including portions obscured from satellite view has a number of GNSS receivers placed at strategic locations along the guideway in view of navigation satellites. GNSS transmitters retransmit received GNSS signals along an obscured portion of the guideway. Coded targets are placed at known locations along the guideway. A GNSS receiver on the vehicle picks up GNSS signals directly from the navigation satellites or retransmitted from the GNSS transmitters when on an obscured portion of the guideway. A proximity sensor on the vehicle detects the coded targets. An on-board computer synchronizes the location obtained from the GNSS signals with the location obtained from the proximity sensor. The vehicle is thus able to determine its position even in an obscured portion, such as a tunnel. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326925 | DIGITAL BEAM-FORMING APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUE FOR A MULTI-BEAM GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) RECEIVER - An advanced multiple-beam GPS receiving system is achieved that is capable of simultaneously tracking multiple GPS satellites independently, detecting multiple interference signals individually, and suppressing directional gain in the antenna pattern of each beam in the interference directions. The GPS receiving system can be used for both planar and non-planar receiving arrays, including arrays that are conformally applied to the surface of a platform such as an aircraft. The GPS receiver combines spatial filtering and acquisition code correlation for enhanced rejection of interfering sources. Enhanced gain in the direction of GPS satellites and the ability to shape the beam patterns to suppress gain in the direction of interfering sources make the GPS receiving system largely insensitive to interfering and jamming signals that plague conventional GPS receivers. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326926 | HIGH SENSITIVITY GPS/GNSS RECEIVER - The GPS/GNSS receiver and method disclosed herein improves the GPS/GNSS receiver tracking sensitivity for detecting low signal-to-noise (SNR) GPS/GNSS signals through improved vector tracking, multibit correlation, improved extended range code-phase discrimination, and discrimination and navigation filter measurement via Probabilistic Data Association, individually or in combination. The solution is achieved without any external data aiding, such as from an inertial measurement unit, other wireless infrastructure source, or communication of GPS/GNSS satellite vehicle (SV) subframe data to the GPS/GNSS receiver over a data link. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326927 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENHANCING WIRELESS MESH NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS - A wireless mesh network includes at least one data collection device. The wireless mesh network also includes a plurality of directional antennas operatively coupled to each other and the at least one data collection device. The wireless mesh network is configured to transmit information with a data rate of approximately 250 Kilobits per second (Kbits/sec) or less, and at a frequency of approximately 2.4 GigaHertz (GHz) or less. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326928 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM NODE COMPRISING A TRANSFORMATION MATRIX - The present invention relates to a node ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326929 | Method, and Apparatus for Determining the Position Using Radio Signals - A method, comprising: detecting, at an apparatus, one or more radio signals from a first location; using the one or more detected radio signals to estimate a bearing from the first location; and using the bearing estimate to determine whether further detection of one or more radio signals is required before positioning the apparatus; and positioning of the apparatus using a bearing and constraint information. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326930 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PORTABLE DEVICE LOCATION - Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which relate to a network of RFID readers which detect a location of an RFID transmitter coupled to a portable device. The network of RFID readers transmits the location to a user. The RFID transmitter couples to any personal device and broadcasts a unique ID. The nearest RFID reader(s) receive the unique ID and alert a server in communication with the network of RFID readers. The server calculates the distance of the RFID transmitter from each RFID reader receiving the unique ID. The server triangulates the location of the RFID transmitter when three or more RFID readers are receiving the unique ID. The server then securely transmits the location of the RFID transmitter to the user of the portable device. The user receives the transmission through a secure receiver. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326931 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A wireless communication module and a wireless communication device that are less likely to become detached even when attached to a flexible base substrate and have a reduced height includes a flexible multilayer substrate including a plurality of stacked flexible base materials and a cavity provided therein, a wireless IC chip arranged in the cavity, and a sealant filled in the cavity so as to cover the wireless IC chip. The sealant is a material that is harder than the flexible base materials. The flexible multilayer substrate includes a loop-shaped electrode defined by coil patterns. The loop-shaped electrode is electrically connected to the wireless IC chip. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326932 | RECEIVING DEVICE FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM AND ANTENNA STRUCTURE THEREOF - A receiving device for a global positioning system and an antenna structure thereof. The receiving device includes a housing, a circuit board and the antenna structure. The circuit board is disposed inside the housing and has a ground portion and a signal feeding portion. The antenna structure is disposed inside the housing and includes a metal plate, a first electric conducting element and a second electric conducting element. The metal plate is used for receiving a GPS signal. The first electric conducting element has one end coupled to the metal plate, and the other end coupled to the ground portion of the circuit board. The second electric conducting element for feeding the GPS signal to the circuit board has one end coupled to the metal plate, and the other end coupled to the signal feeding portion of the circuit board. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326933 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE STRENGTH OF AN ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD - There is disclosed an apparatus for measuring the strength of an electromagnetic field. The apparatus comprises a plurality of antennas arranged such that the field is received from all directions, each antenna supplying an RF signal as output. The apparatus also comprises a plurality of transforming modules, each of said modules being fed with the RF signal supplied by one of the antennas, each of said modules transforming the impedance of the RF signal it receives as input, so as to supply another RF signal as output. The apparatus also comprises a plurality of converting modules, each of said modules being fed with the RF signal supplied by one of the transforming modules, each of said modules converting the RF signal it receives as input into a DC current it supplies as output, said DC current varying substantially as a logarithmic function of the said RF signal. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326934 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus that can suppress sensitivity degradation as much as possible to receive AM broadcasts and FM broadcasts even if an antenna height is decreased to 70 mm or less. An antenna board is vertically mounted on a planar antenna base, and a top portion is disposed to stride over the antenna board. An antenna element includes the top portion and an antenna pattern formed on the antenna board. A distance between the antenna base and a lower edge of the top portion is not less than 10 mm, and the lower edge of the top portion is bent downward. The top portion is configured such that an antenna capacitance of the antenna element becomes about 3 pF or more. A received signal from the antenna element is guided to an amplifier board through a connecting wire and amplified. An antenna case is fitted in the antenna base. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326935 | BROADCASTING ANTENNA FOR VEHICLE AND SHARK FIN ANTENNA APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A broadcasting antenna for a vehicle and a shark fin antenna apparatus having the same are provided. The broadcasting antenna includes a main board on which a feeder circuit and a ground plane are formed, a helical radiation unit which includes a plurality of helical radiators that are electrically connected to the feeder circuit and the ground plane of the main board, that are formed in a first direction, and that are coupled apart from each other by a predetermined interval, and which has a coupling feed structure, and an extended radiation unit which includes a plurality of top loaders that are electrically connected to ends of the plurality of helical radiators, respectively, that are formed in a second direction, and that are coupled to each other. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326936 | MONOPOLE SLOT ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A monopole slot antenna structure including a dielectric substrate, a monopole slot antenna and a feed element is provided. The monopole slot antenna is disposed on one side of the dielectric substrate and has a slot including a first slot section, a tuning slot section and a second slot section. One end of the first slot section is located at one edge of the monopole slot antenna with the other end of the first slot section being extended towards internal portions of the monopole slot antenna and being connected to the tuning slot section. One end of the second slot section is connected to the tuning slot section with the other end of the second slot section being extended away from the first slot section. The feed element is disposed correspondingly to the second slot section, and excites the monopole slot antenna to generate two operating frequency bands. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326937 | Deformable Apparatus - An apparatus comprising: a deformable antenna configured to operate in a first physical configuration and configured to operate in a second physical configuration that is deformed relative to the first physical configuration; and magnetic material located in close proximity to the deformable antenna and configured to have a first physical configuration when the deformable antenna is in its first physical configuration and configured to have a second physical configuration that is deformed relative to the first physical configuration when the deformable antenna is in its second physical configuration, wherein the magnetic material when in its first physical configuration has a first magnetic permeability and when in its second physical configuration has a second magnetic permeability. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326938 | ANTENNA CONFIGURATION - Antenna apparatuses and methods used in wireless communication devices are disclosed. The antenna includes a first portion configured to be coupled to a communication device. The antenna also includes a second portion configured to be coupled to the first portion. The first portion and second portion are coupled by overlapping the first portion and second portion so as to produce an omnidirectional radiation pattern and a vertical radiation pattern. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326939 | BEAM SHAPING OF RF FEED ENERGY FOR REFLECTOR-BASED ANTENNAS - A beam-shaping element is provided to shape RF feed energy for reflector-based antennas. The RF beam-shaping element is located between the primary reflector and the antenna feed and configured to direct RF energy from the feed away from a blockage created by the feed itself towards unblocked regions of the primary reflector. The beam-shaping element allows for a simplified feed design. The feed may comprise one or more feed elements, each comprising a radiating element and a feed to the radiating element such as a cavity-backed slot radiator and stripline trace. In a monopulse tracking system, each quadrant may include only a single feed element. In common aperture systems, the RF beam-shaping element may be formed on only the rear surface of the secondary reflector that allows transmission at the predefined RF wavelength while reflecting energy of a second predetermined wavelength to another sensor. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326940 | MULTI-BAND ANTENNA AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A multi-band antenna includes an antenna substrate, an antenna ground, an antenna unit, and a matching conductor. The antenna ground has a signal ground terminal and at least one bend. The antenna unit is adjacent to the antenna ground. The matching conductor is electrically coupled to the antenna ground, and an angle exists between the matching conductor and the antenna ground. A length of the first matching conductor is about a quarter of the wavelength corresponding to a frequency of the first operating band. The antenna unit includes a coupling conductor, a feeding conductor, a radiating conductor, and a shorting conductor. The feeding conductor has a signal feeding terminal One end of the radiating conductor is facing to the antenna ground, and a distance exists between the feeding conductor the antenna ground. Two ends of the shorting conductor are respectively electrically coupled to the antenna ground and the coupling conductor. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326941 | Capacitive Loop Antenna and Electronic Device - A capacitive loop antenna is disclosed. The capacitive loop antenna comprises a shorting-to-ground terminal, for providing grounding, a feeding terminal, for receiving a first radio frequency feeding signal, and a first capacitive loop. The first capacitive loop comprises a first connection element, a first radiator, comprising an end electrically connected to the feeding terminal via the first connection element, to feed the first radio frequency feeding signal to the first radiator, a second connection element, and a second radiator, comprising an end electrically connected to the shorting-to-ground terminal via the second connection element. A first section of another end of the first radiator is capacitively coupled with the second radiator. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326942 | Sectorized Antenna - Provided is a sectorized antenna. For example, there is a sectorized antenna including a plurality of antenna elements situated radially around a central axis, where each of the plurality of antenna elements corresponds to at least one of another plurality of sectors of the antenna. A first switch of the sectorized antenna is configured to selectively couple a first transceiver circuit to each antenna element in a first group of the plurality of antenna elements, where the selective coupling provides a configurable directionality for the antenna. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326943 | ORTHOGONAL MODULAR EMBEDDED ANTENNA, WITH METHOD OF MANUFACTURE AND KITS THEREFOR - Described herein are antenna designs and configurations that provide flexible solutions for creating compact antennas with multiple-band capabilities. For example, a hybrid PIFA-monopole antenna configuration and design is described. As another example, non-planar (e.g., orthogonal) and composite radiating structures incorporating various radiating element and ground plane configurations are described. Connective structures are also described for providing physical rigidity and ground plane connectivity to composite radiation elements. In embodiments described herein of composite radiating structures, multiple antennas may be included through passive radiating elements potentially combined with active circuitry. Composite radiating structures with multiple antennas may be used in multiple-in and multiple-out (MIMO) antenna applications. For example, multiple different antennas within the composite radiating structures may be created using radiating elements on one or more of the vertical and/or horizontal portions of the composite radiating structure. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326944 | METAMATERIAL STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME - Provided are a metamaterial structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The metamaterial structure includes a dielectric layer, nanowires penetrating the dielectric layer and arranged in a spacing having negative refraction with respect to an electromagnetic wave incident on the dielectric layer, and coating layers formed between the nanowires and the dielectric layer. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326945 | SYSTEM FOR SWITCHING DISPLAYS BASED ON THE VIEWING DIRECTION OF A USER - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system, and computer program product for automatically assigning a display as a primary display in a multi-display computer. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for configuring a primary display in a multi-display environment is provided and can include tracking eye movements of an end user interacting with a multi-display computer. A display principally viewed by the end user , can be identified based upon the eye movements amongst at least two displays of the multi-display computing environment. Thereafter, the identified display can be configured as a primary display in the multi-display computing environment in response to determining that the end user has viewed the identified display for a threshold period of time. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326946 | Three dimensional imaging system - A display system comprising first and second panels, where the second panel is maintained at a different orientation with respect to the first panel such that the first panel is non-coplanar with the second panel. The display system projecting the image onto the first and second display panels in such a manner so as to reduce geometric distortions of a viewer when viewing the image. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An information processing terminal includes a plurality of displays, each displaying an application screen, and control means. The control means determines a display on which a new application is to be started from the plurality of displays on the basis of the amount of the resources consumed by the information processing terminal. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326948 | ENVIRONMENTAL-LIGHT FILTER FOR SEE-THROUGH HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE - An environmental-light filter removably coupled to an optical see-through head-mounted display (HMD) device is disclosed. The environmental-light filter couples to the HMD device between a display component and a real-world scene. Coupling features are provided to allow the filter to be easily and removably attached to the HMD device when desired by a user. The filter increases the primacy of a provided augmented-reality image with respect to a real-world scene and reduces brightness and power consumption requirements for presenting the augmented-reality image. A plurality of filters of varied light transmissivity may be provided from which to select a desired filter based on environmental lighting conditions and user preference. The light transmissivity of the filter may be about 70% light transmissive to substantially or completely opaque. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326949 | Device For Presenting Information Near The Eyes - The invention relates to a device for presenting information near the eyes, comprising a support ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326950 | DISPLAY PANELS - A display panel includes: a first base substrate on which a plurality of pixel areas are defined; a color filter layer including a plurality of color filters respectively in the plurality of pixel areas of the first base substrate, where four color filters having different colors are respectively in four pixel areas adjacent to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes on the color filter layer, respectively in the plurality of pixel areas and electrically insulated from each other; a first area including a contact point at which the four adjacent pixel areas meet; a second base substrate which is combined with the first base substrate and faces the second base substrate; and a reference electrode on one of the first and second base substrates. At least one color filter among the four adjacent color filters includes a protruding part which overlaps the first area. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326951 | Display Device - To provide a display device with little signal delay and a display device that can operate with low power consumption, parasitic capacitance between a common wiring that applies a common potential to a plurality of pixels and signal lines that input signals for driving the pixels is avoided. Specifically, the common wiring is routed outwardly with respect to an external input terminal to which a signal is input from the, outside, to avoid intersections of the signal lines and the common wiring. Thus, parasitic capacitance between the common wiring and the signal lines is avoided, so that the display device can operate at high speed with low power consumption. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326952 | DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A display apparatus includes a plurality of pixels each including an electro-optic element, a writing transistor writing a video signal into the pixel, a holding capacitor holding the video signal written by the writing transistor, and a driving transistor driving the electro-optic element based on the video signal held in the holding capacitor. The driving transistor includes a channel region, a gate electrode disposed opposite to the channel region, a first source/drain region closer to a power source, a second source/drain region closer to the electro-optic element, and impurity regions disposed between the channel region and the first and second source/drain regions and having a lower concentration than that of the corresponding source/drain region. The impurity region disposed between the channel region and the first source/drain region is formed in a region other than a region facing the gate electrode. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326953 | DISPLAY DEVICE, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device displays images with a plurality of signal lines and includes spare lines, each being arranged to be connectable to the signal lines so as to be used for recovery of the signal lines from disconnection. Each of the spare lines has constricted sections for cutting. With this arrangement, it is possible to easily and properly recover the signal lines from disconnection. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326954 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention is to provide a liquid crystal display device which hardly causes image sticking even when there is a difference in the pixel areas. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes a pair of substrates, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the pair of substrates, and is configured such that a pixel is formed by picture elements of a plurality of colors. The liquid crystal display device of the present invention is featured in that one of the pair of substrates includes scanning lines, signal lines, and storage capacitor lines, a thin film transistor connected to each of the scanning line and the signal line, and a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor, in that the other of the pair of substrates includes an opposed electrode, in that the pixel electrode is arranged for each of the picture elements, and in that the pixel electrode having a larger area among the plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in one pixel is connected to the thin film transistor having a larger channel width among the plurality of the thin film transistors arranged in the one pixel. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326955 | SHIFT REGISTER - Provided is a shift register configured by cascade-connecting unit circuits | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326956 | DISPLAY ELEMENT, AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE USING SAME - A display element includes an upper substrate (first substrate), a lower substrate (second substrate), an effective display region and a non-effective display region that are defined with respect to a display space formed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate, and a polar liquid that is movably sealed in the display space. In the display element, a common electrode (first electrode) and a pixel electrode (second electrode) are provided. The effective display region and the non-effective display region are defined so that the polar liquid is moved along the up-and-down direction in the display space. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326957 | FULL COLOR REFLECTIVE DISPLAY WITH MULTICHROMATIC SUB PIXELS - A full color, reflective display having superior saturation and brightness is achieved with a novel display element comprising multichromatic elements. In one embodiment a capsule includes more than three species of particles which differ visually. One embodiment of the invention employs three sub-pixels, each sub-pixel comprising capsules including three species of particles which differ visually. Another embodiment of the invention employs color filters to provide different visual states to the user. The display element provides a visual display in response to the application of an electrical signal to at least one of the capsules. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326958 | DISPLAY AND USER INTERFACE - A touchless method for registering commands from a display (e.g. reconfigurable display) may include any of various components. The method may use a light sensor in front of or behind the display to detect light reflected by a user's finger approaching a control option displayed on the display. Light used to display images may be provided at a frequency and/or time that can be identified by a processor connected to the light sensor, or can possess some other unique property (e.g. color) which may be distinguished by the processor. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326959 | REGION OF INTEREST SEGMENTATION - A sensor manager provides dynamic input fusion using thermal imaging to identify and segment a region of interest. Thermal overlay is used to focus heterogeneous sensors on regions of interest according to optimal sensor ranges and to reduce ambiguity of objects of interest. In one implementation, a thermal imaging sensor locates a region of interest that includes an object of interest within predetermined wavelengths. Based on the thermal imaging sensor input, the regions each of the plurality of sensors are focused on and the parameters each sensor employs to capture data from a region of interest are dynamically adjusted. The thermal imaging sensor input may be used during data pre-processing to dynamically eliminate or reduce unnecessary data and to dynamically focus data processing on sensor input corresponding to a region of interest. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326960 | SCANNING TECHNOLOGY - Scanning technology, in which one or more electronic communications that designate a scan area of an object are received from an input apparatus. A preview scan area is displayed based on the received one or more electronic communications that designate the scan area of the object. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326961 | GESTURE BASED USER INTERFACE FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - Technologies are generally described for systems and methods effective to provide a gesture keyboard that can be utilized with a virtual display. In an example, the method includes receiving sensory information associated with an object in proximity to, or in contact with, an input device including receiving at least one level of interaction differentiation detected from at least three levels of interaction differentiation, interpreting a command from the sensory information as a function of the at least one level of interaction differentiation, and outputting an action indication based on the command. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326962 | Data Processing Device - When a first device and a first attribute are specified, a data processing device registers the first device in association with first attribute and transmits an instruction to perform a process relating to the first attribute to the first device. If the first device possesses the second attribute, the data processing device registers the first device in association with the second attribute. The data processing device displays, on a display unit, a first image representing identification data of the first device when the second attribute is specified and the first device is registered in association with the second attribute. When the first image is selected, the data processing device transmits an instruction to perform a process relating to the second attribute to the first device corresponding to the selected first image. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326963 | FAST FINGERTIP DETECTION FOR INITIALIZING A VISION-BASED HAND TRACKER - Systems and methods for initializing real-time, vision-based hand tracking systems are described. The systems and methods for initializing the vision-based hand tracking systems image a body and receive gesture data that is absolute three-space data of an instantaneous state of the body at a point in time and space, and at least one of determine an orientation of the body using an appendage of the body and track the body using at least one of the orientation and the gesture data. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326964 | INPUT DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING PROGRAM EXECUTED BY THE INPUT DEVICE - A character input device, including: a display control section to display, in a first region, an operational-element group composed of operational elements corresponding to characters and to display, in a second region, another operational-element group composed of operational elements corresponding to characters, the characters corresponding to the respective operational-element groups displayed in the first and the second regions being different in type; a first input processing section to perform, upon detection of an operation on the first region, input processing of a character specified by the operation, among the characters to which the operational elements of the operational-element group displayed in the first region correspond; and a second input processing section to perform, upon detection of an operation on the second region, input processing of a character specified by the operation, among the characters to which the operational elements of the operational-element group displayed in the second region correspond. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326965 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING COMBINATIONS OF KINEMATICAL INPUTS - Methods and apparatus for processing combinations of force and velocity data generated over a given period of time. In one embodiment, an input device comprising one or more force sensors and one or more motion sensors is manipulated relative to a surface. A receiving system is adapted to receive input sequences or “gestures” which are triggered upon the occurrence of one or more conditions detected by the input device. An application executing in the receiving system may be implemented such that the system responds differently to each specific gesture provided by the user. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326966 | GESTURE-CONTROLLED TECHNIQUE TO EXPAND INTERACTION RADIUS IN COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONS - The invention describes a method and apparatus to expand a radius of the interaction in computer vision applications with the real world within the field of view of a display unit of a device. The radius of interaction is expanded using a gesture in front of an input sensory unit, such as a camera that signals the device to allow a user the capability of extending and interacting further into the real and augmented world with finer granularity. In one embodiment, the device electronically detects the gesture generated by the user's extremity as obtained by the camera coupled to the device. In response to detecting the gesture, the device changes the shape of a visual cue on the display unit coupled to the device, and updates the visual cue displayed on the display unit. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326967 | VEHICULAR GLANCE LIGHTING APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - The present invention provides a vehicular glance lighting apparatus which provides a driver with vehicle-running information as light of a background screen and includes a driver attention function through prompt information delivery such that the driver visually recognizes as a background screen the vehicle-running information needed essentially or minimally for running the vehicle without requiring the driver's attention to avoid dissipation of the driver's sight, thereby preventing the driver's driving attention from being diverted, and a method for controlling the same. The vehicle-running information related with the running of a vehicle to be outputted in the form of light as a background screen, so that a driver can perceive the vehicle-running information without diverting or obstructing the driver's driving attention, thereby enhancing the driver's ability to cope with a vehicle travel risk during the traveling of the vehicle. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326968 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to a control apparatus and a method, a recording medium and a program, which enable to control at least one first device more efficiently and quickly through the use of a second device. The control apparatus detects the at least one first device, requests at least one first operation panel information corresponding to the at least one first device from the second device; displays the at least one first operation panel; and controls the at least one first device. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326969 | IMAGE SLIDESHOW BASED ON GAZE OF A USER - Provided is a method to enable an image slideshow based on gaze of a user. The method displays an image to a user for viewing, wherein, invisible to the user, each image is divided into a grid of tiles. While the user is viewing the image, the method detects the gaze of the user to identify regions of the image that are of interest to the user. The identified regions of interest are mapped to the grid of tiles on the image, to recognize tiles of interest to the user. The tiles of interest for the image are calculated and another image is presented to the user for viewing when the number of tiles of interest exceeds a threshold value previously computed for the user. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326970 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF ELECTRONIC FILES - An electronic device displays electronic files on a display device. When a user views the electronic device, a video camera captures a real-time video consisting of a plurality of frames of the user. The electronic device recognizes a face region in each frame and a lip outline in the face region of the frame, and generates a lip shape variation video of a lip of the user according to the lip outline in each frame and a capturing time of each frame. Furthermore, the electronic device searches a preset lip-language video that are pre-stored in a storage device and matches the lip shape variation video, and controls display of the electronic files by executing an voice command associated with the matched preset lip-language video. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326971 | PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL AND SCREEN DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD - A portable information terminal includes: a first housing including display section; a second housing connected to the first housing, an open angle that is an angle formed by the second housing and a plane of display section being changeable; angle detection section whose output value changes according to a operation in which the first housing and the second housing are opened or closed; and control section that causes display section to execute a first display process if the output value of angle detection section is equal to or greater than a threshold and to execute a second display process if the output value is less than the threshold. One of the first display process and the second display process includes a process that causes information displayed on display section to become illegible compared to information displayed on display section that executes the other display process. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326972 | MULTI-TASK INTERACTIVE WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - A portable wireless telecommunications device has electronic computer visual display includes at least one central display screen and at least two additional screens respectively disposed foldably to the right and left of said central screen, for displaying simultaneous, multiple images to a user in a super video graphics array (SVGA). The foldable display has at least two mutually connected foldable sub-display units, and it includes a user attachable and detachable connector, for user-assembling of the sub-display units into mutual connection with each other. Each of the two sub-display units have user-deployable supports (e.g. a rigid angular support member) for maintaining the sub-display units in an upwardly projecting disposition during use. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326973 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A portable phone ( | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326974 | TERMINAL DEVICE, METHOD FOR SETTING SAME, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A terminal device includes reading means and setting means. The reading means reads setup information added to image data from the image data. The setting means implements a setting on the basis of the setup information read by the reading means. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326975 | INPUT DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - The present invention discloses an input device and an input method. The input device comprises: an image acquiring device for acquire sequence of images when an object moves in front of the field of view of the image acquiring device; and a processor for generating a rotation signal according to the rotation status of the object. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326976 | Directed Performance In Motion Capture System - Techniques for enhancing the use of a motion capture system are provided. A motion capture system tracks movement and audio inputs from a person in a physical space, and provides the inputs to an application, which displays a virtual space on a display. Bodily movements can be used to define traits of an avatar in the virtual space. The person can be directed to perform the movements by a coaching avatar, or visual or audio cues in the virtual space. The application can respond to the detected movements and voice commands or voice volume of the person to define avatar traits and initiate pre-scripted audio-visual events in the virtual space to provide an entertaining experience. A performance in the virtual space can be captured and played back with automatic modifications, such as alterations to the avatar's voice or appearance, or modifications made by another person. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326977 | Hybrid Control Of Haptic Feedback For Host Computer And Interface Device - A hybrid haptic feedback system in which a host computer and haptic feedback device share processing loads to various degrees in the output of haptic sensations, and features for efficient output of haptic sensations in such a system. A haptic feedback interface device in communication with a host computer includes a device microcontroller outputting force values to the actuator to control output forces. In various embodiments, the microcontroller can determine force values for one type of force effect while receiving force values computed by the host computer for a different type of force effect. For example, the microcontroller can determine closed loop effect values and receive computed open loop effect values from the host; or the microcontroller can determine high frequency open loop effect values and receive low frequency open loop effect values from the host. Various features allow the host to efficiently stream computed force values to the device. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326978 | CURSOR CONTROL APPARATUS, CURSOR CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING CURSOR CONTROL PROGRAM - A apparatus which manages a virtual-coordinate space including a first and a second display area, the apparatus includes a memory that stores a display coordinate at which a cursor is displayed, the display coordinate being defined in the virtual-coordinate space, and a processor that executes a process including acquiring a touched coordinate at which a touch panel on the first display area is touched, calculating a displacement vector of the touched coordinate, identifying which is a display area displaying the cursor among the first and the second display areas, and updating the display coordinate with a coordinate corresponding to the touched coordinate when the cursor is determined to be displayed in the first display area, and updating the display coordinate with a coordinate displaced from the display coordinate stored in the memory using the displacement vector when the cursor is determined to be displayed in the second display area. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326979 | REMOTE CONTROLLING OF MOUSE CURSOR FUNCTIONS OF A COMPUTER DEVICE - A method is provided for remote controlling of mouse cursor functions of a computer device is disclosed. The method includes: tracking movement of a handheld pointing device in a three dimensional monitoring space based on a directional carrier sent by the handheld pointing device; modulating the directional carrier with a pulse pattern based on a corresponding manual operation action at the handheld pointing device; converting the tracked movement of the handheld pointing device in corresponding movement information; converting the movement information of the handheld pointing device in valid desktop coordinates for the computer device and moving a mouse cursor to these coordinates; demodulating the directional carrier and evaluating the pulse pattern in order to determine a corresponding manual operating action at the handheld pointing device; and taking corresponding action if a defined manual operating action at the handheld pointing device is determined. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326980 | COMMUNICATION OF USER INPUT - A keyboard application operably configured to facilitate user inputs through a keyboard displayed within a screen or other user-viewable interface by way of signaling received from a remote control. The application may be configured to facilitate user selection of one or more keys with the use of shortcuts buttons on the remote control that allow the user to navigate to different areas of the keyboard in a more efficient manner. The application may be operable with an interactive television (iTV) system to facilitate interfacing user requests with an output device and other system associated with a multiple system operator (MSO), such as to support interfacing user inputs required to enable product purchasing, navigation of an electronic programming guide (EPG), instigation of video on demand (VOD), textual messaging, web browsing, etc. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, TERMINAL OPERATION METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - One of a function as a direction key and a function as a confirmation key is executed by a user pressing a display with a finger. When a pressing force detector detects perpendicular movement of the display to a side of an upper surface of the information processing terminal body and a sensor detects sliding of the display in any direction of a side wall surface of the information processing terminal body, the function as the direction key is executed when the moving distance detected by the sensor exceeds a predetermined movement threshold, and the function as the confirmation key is executed when the moving distance is within the movement threshold. Accordingly, it is possible to allow the user to operate the display more intuitively and easily, and to prevent malfunction without disturbing compactness and the like while securing a maximum screen area. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326982 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION DEVICE WITH HAPTIC FEEDBACK - An optical joystick is connected to a vibratory transducer such as a piezoelectric transducer, where the vibratory transducer produces vibration which may be perceived upon a surface of the optical joystick. The vibration is perceived primarily at the surface of the optical joystick, and not upon a case of the computing device, and is distinguishable from other vibrations which may be induced in the computing device. Vibrations are created to indicate scrolled items in a list, selected items, or navigation within certain displayed zones. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326983 | INTEGRATED PROJECTOR - An integrated projector is provided. The integrated projector includes a keyboard, a projector, a data processing unit, and a housing. The data processing unit is electrically connected to the projector to provide information to the projector to project. The housing includes a cover and a base. The cover is attached to the base. The keyboard is fixed on the cover. The base defines a first receiving space to receive the host and a second receiving space to receive a projector. A sidewall further defines an open end communicating with the second receiving space. The projector is capable of moving out of or into of the second receiving space through the open end. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326984 | FEATURES OF A DATA ENTRY SYSTEM - A data entry system, having an input interface adapted to identify a plurality of user interactions. The system includes a processor adapted to associate user interactions identified by the input interface with a plurality of letters of the alphabet, such that all the letters of the alphabet are assigned to at most eight user interactions. Most of the letters are assigned to specific user interactions according to one or more features of their shape in their printed form, such that most of the letters assigned to each user interaction have the same shape feature. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326985 | DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR A KEYBOARD, FOR DATA OR COMMAND ENTRY - A device, in particular a keyboard, for data or command entry is disclosed. The device is suitable for entering data or commands into an electronic processing system, in particular, into an electronic system or apparatus for controlling a respective installation, such as an entertainment centre such as a bowling centre. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326986 | Keyboard Adaptive Haptic Response - Various embodiments provide a keyboard that adaptively provides haptic feedback to a user. In at least some embodiments, an actuation of a key or keyboard element of the keyboard is detected. This can be accomplished by detecting the closure of an associated switch caused by a user depressing the key or keyboard element. In response to detecting the actuation, an electrically-deformable material is utilized as an actuating mechanism to impart single or multi-vectored movement to the key or keyboard element according to drive parameters. This movement produces a perceived acceleration of the key or keyboard element, thus providing haptic feedback which simulates a “snapover” effect. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326987 | LIGHT ACTUATOR FOR MOVABLE BUTTONS ON A KEYPAD - A keypad for use in conjunction with a touch-sensitive panel, the keypad including a frame surrounding a touch-sensitive panel, including a plurality of buttons suspended by the frame above the touch-sensitive panel, each of the buttons including a rigid member that is lowered through the frame when pressure is applied from above, and a resilient body attached to the rigid member and to the frame for raising the rigid member when the pressure from above is released, wherein the rigid members are exposed below the frame. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326988 | MULTILINGUAL KEY INPUT APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is a multilingual key input apparatus and method capable of inputting a plurality of keys and outputting a character corresponding to a combination of the input keys. Upon a reference key being input, at least one associated key including inputtable characters is displayed on a screen. When the input of the associated key is detected within a preset time, a character selected by the detected reference key and associated key or a character selected by using the selected character as a reference key and recursively using the succeeding key as an associated key is output as a target character. The key input includes an actual key input, a touch and a touch & drag, and especially, displaying and outputting a character is controlled according to a dragged position and direction of the touch & drag. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326989 | INFRASTRUCTURAL HAPTICS ON WALL SCALE INTERACTIVE DISPLAYS - An interactive wall provides tactile feedback based on detected touch and displayed content on the wall surface. Upon detecting a touch on the wall surface, the interactive wall provides real time tactile feedback corresponding to the touch employing one or more actuators. The interactive wall itself may serve as projection surface for the display or a wall-size display be affixed to the wall trans-conducting tactile feedback to the user. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326990 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT ROUTING - Flexible circuits for routing signals of a device, such as a touch sensor panel of a touch sensitive device, are provided. The flexible circuit can include a first set of traces for routing a first set of lines and a second set of traces for routing a second set of lines. The first set of traces can couple together the ends of at least a portion of the first set of lines. Additionally, the first set of traces can be non-intersecting or non-overlapping with the second set of traces. The flexible circuit can have a T-shape configuration and can be incorporated within a touch sensitive device, display device, printed circuit board, or the like. The flexible circuit can be placed over another flexible circuit, and can extend onto the device. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326991 | PORTABLE DATA TERMINAL HOUSING HAVING A ROTATABLE MEMBER FOR RETENTION OF A STYLUS - A portable data terminal includes a housing, a touch screen coupled to the housing, and a stylus for activating the touch screen. The housing includes a receptacle defining a passageway configured to receive at least a portion of the stylus therein. A rotatable member is operably rotatably disposed in the housing with a portion of the rotatable member protruding into the passageway of the receptacle. When the stylus is inserted and removed from the receptacle, the stylus engages the protruding portion of the rotatable member to rotate the rotatable member. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326992 | Touch Panel for Providing a Shield Against Noise - A touch panel includes a first substrate, first conductive circuits, second conductive circuits, and a shield circuit. The first conductive circuits are disposed on a first surface of the first substrate. Each of the first conductive circuits includes first electrodes. The second conductive circuits are disposed on the second first substrate. Each of the second conductive circuits includes second electrodes. The shield circuit is disposed on the second surface of the first substrate. The shield circuit for blocking out noise includes a transparent conducting layer and a conductive ring disposed on the transparent conducting layer. The conductive ring is electrically connected to a voltage supply. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326993 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING CONTEXT SENSITIVE INTERACTIVE OVERLAYS FOR VIDEO - When children watch videos on a touch screen device, their instincts are to touch the screen while the video is being played and they are disappointed when nothing happens when they do. The present invention provides an interactive graphical overlay responsive to touch input or other sensors. The overlay and various parameters are specified by metadata and synchronized with the video playout so that the interactive graphical overlay is appropriate to the context in which it appears. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326994 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - An information processing apparatus may include a display, a touch acquisition unit, a rotation acquisition unit, and a display control unit. The touch acquisition unit may be configured to receive a proximity signal indicative of a user input to a touch panel of the information processing apparatus. The rotation acquisition unit may be configured to receive a rotation signal indicative of a rotation of the information processing apparatus. The display control unit may be configured to generate a first signal to cause the display to display an image. Additionally, the display control unit may be configured to, when the rotation signal indicates a rotation while the proximity signal indicates a user input, generate a second signal to cause the display to change the image. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326995 | VIRTUAL TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND INTERACTIVE MODE AUTO-SWITCHING METHOD - Disclosed are a virtual touch panel system and an interactive mode auto-switching method. The virtual touch panel system comprises a projector configured to project an image on a projection surface; a depth map camera configured to obtain depth information of an environment containing a touch operation area; a depth map processing unit configured to generate an initial depth map, and to determine the touch operation area based on the initial depth map; an object detecting unit configured to detect, from each of plural images continuously obtained by the depth map camera after the initial circumstance, a candidate blob of at least one object located within a predetermined distance from the determined touch operation area; and a tracking unit configured to insert each of the blobs into a corresponding point sequence according to a relationship of the geometric centers of the blobs detected in adjacent two of the obtained images. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326996 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an information processing method for displaying a plurality of virtual key buttons on a touchscreen including one or more touch input nodes generating a touch signal corresponding to touch; receiving a touch signal corresponding to virtual key buttons displayed on the touchscreen; and outputting a key value of at least one of the plurality of virtual key buttons as a key value corresponding to the received touch signal according to touch data calculated based on the received touch signal, wherein the touch data is calculated by expanding the touch signal to a virtual touch input node in proximity to touch input nodes generating the touch signal from among the one or more one touch input nodes. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326997 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND COORDINATION PROCESSING METHOD - Provided is an information processing apparatus including a position determination unit for determining whether or not a position of an information input area included in a display area of a first application and a position of an information output area included in a display area of a second application satisfy a predetermined first positional relationship, and a coordination processing unit for inputting, in a case it is determined that the predetermined first positional relationship is satisfied, output information of the second application that is associated with the information output area to the first application as input information associated with the information input area. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326998 | MOBILE TOUCH-GENERATING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION WITH A TOUCHSCREEN - A mobile touch-generating device having logic and a touch-generating system. The touch-generating system includes one or more touch-generating elements. The touch-generating system is operatively coupled to the logic to generate touch events via the one or more touch-generating elements, the touch events detectable by a touchscreen, such as, a capacitive sensing touchscreen. Also provided are: (i) a method of bidirectional communication between a mobile touch-generating device and a touchscreen device; and (ii) a computer readable non-transitory medium containing a computer program which, when executed, causes a computer to execute the steps of the above method. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120326999 | TOUCH INTERFACE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING LATERAL FORCES ON A HUMAN APPENDAGE - A touch interface device includes a touch surface configured to be engaged by an object, first and second actuator assemblies operably connected to the touch surface, and a controller operably connected with the first and second actuator assemblies. The first actuator assembly displaces the touch surface in one or more lateral directions along the touch surface at a first frequency. The second actuator assembly displaces the touch surface in an angled direction that is one of at least obliquely or perpendicularly angled to the touch surface at a second frequency. The controller operates the first and second actuator assemblies so that the touch surface varies in engagement with the object to impart a force on the object that is along the touch surface. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327000 | MIXER FOR USE IN TOUCH PANEL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREOCESSING SIGNALS IN THE MIXER - A mixer of a touch panel system includes a first switch configured to switch a sensing signal in accordance with a reference signal; a second switch configured to switch the sensing signal in accordance with a phase-inverted reference signal from the reference signal. Further, the mixer of the touch panel system includes a first low pass filter configured to perform low-pass filtering on a first output signal produced from the first switch; and a second low pass filter configured to perform low-pass filtering on a second output signal produced from the second switch. Furthermore, the mixer of the touch panel system includes a differentiator configured to differentiate signals produced from the first low pass filter and the second low pass filter, to thereby produce a signal of constant level as the sensing signal. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327001 | MULTI-GESTURE TRAMPOLINE KEYS - Composite structure trampoline key structures are described for use on top of a touchscreen or other touch, pressure, motion or gesture sensitive components. The aforementioned touch screen may be referred to as a pressure sensitive layer or PSL. The composite structure trampoline key array comprises a frame of one or more physical materials comprising of a perimeter structure and an internal array structure, the frame's function being to position the composite overlay in position in relation to the PSL and to hold a flexible fingertip material in place above the PSL and at a specified surface tension, and (2) a flexible fingertip material integral or attached to the frame which flexible fingertip material stretches in the open areas of the frame's array thereby providing the location for fingertip presses to activate the underlying PSL at specific locations. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327002 | CONTROL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING SAME - The control device comprises at least one emitter-receiver pair, a display and a controller. The emitter-receiver pair comprises a radiation emitter and a receiver for receiving radiation emitted by the emitter and reflected by a moving body located at a distance from the pair. The receiver is positioned within the emitter's emission field and provides an electrical signal representative of the radiation received from the emitter. At least one symbol identifying an action, opposite an intersection of the emitter's emission cone and the receiver's reception cone, is displayed. The emitter and receiver are outside the display area of each symbol. The controller provides action control signal according to the electrical signal provided by the receiver. Each emitter-receiver pair is associated with at least one symbol and at least one action control signal when the moving body is in front of the symbol that identifies the action. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327003 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND DOCUMENT DATA EDITING METHOD - Provided are an information display device and a character string converting method that improve operability at the time of changing a character string on a display screen. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327004 | TOUCH SENSITIVE FILM AND A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - A capacitive touch sensitive film comprises a conductive layer having a sensing region. According to the present invention, the sheet resistance of the conductive layer in the sensing region is higher than or equal to 3 kΩ. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327005 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a touch panel and displays stereoscopic images with reducing its thickness and weight. The display device includes a liquid crystal display panel | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327006 | USING TACTILE FEEDBACK TO PROVIDE SPATIAL AWARENESS - An image capturing device may be combined with a touch screen to generate a tactile map of an environment. The image capturing device captures an image of the environment which is then processed and used to correlate a point of user contact on a touch screen to a particular tactile sensation. The touch screen may then generate an electric signal (i.e., tactile feedback) corresponding to the tactile sensation which is felt by a user contacting the touch screen. By using the electrical signal as tactile feedback (e.g., electrovibration), the user may determine relative spatial locations of the objects in the environment, the objects' physical characteristics, the distance from the objects to the image capturing device, and the like. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327007 | Portable Device and Method of Manufacturing A Display Device - A portable device and method of manufacturing a display device includes a display panel having a glass substrate and a polarizer adhered to the glass substrate, a touch panel which is made of resin material and adhered to the polarizer of the display panel by a first adhesive material, and a front window which is made of glass and adhered to the touch panel by a second adhesive material. One of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an adhesive sheet, and an other of the first adhesive material and the second adhesive material is an ultraviolet-curing adhesive material. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327008 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a touch screen display, a vibrator, an area display module, a touch position detector, and a vibration controller. The vibrator is configured to vibrate the touch screen display. The area display module is configured to display a first area on the touch screen display. The touch position detector is configured to detect a touch position on the touch screen display. The vibration controller is configured to control the vibrator in order to vibrate with a first pattern, if the touch position moves from an inside of the first area to an outside of the first area. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327009 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR ACCESSIBILITY USING A TOUCH-SENSITIVE SURFACE - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for operating a computing device having at least two user interface (UI) navigation modes capable of being concurrently activated in said device, and both UI navigation modes being responsive to a predefined set of touch gestures on a touch-sensitive display of the computing device. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327010 | POINTING DEVICE - A pointing device includes a covering structure and a touch sensing unit. The covering structure is made by a flexible material. The touch sensing unit is buried in the covering structure and has at least one touch-emitting electrode and at least one touch-receiving electrode. At least one touch signal is emitted by the touch-emitting electrode, and then a touch information is transmitted to the touch-receiving electrode through an user or an object. The pointing device of this invention is combined with the touch sensing technology to move the curser without the need of sliding over a certain area on a surface, thereby improving the using convenience. | 2012-12-27 |
| 20120327011 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING TACTILE TOUCH-SENSITIVE INPUT DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROTECTING SAME - A portable electronic device includes a housing with a base. A touch-sensitive input assembly is spaced from and moveable relative to the base and a stopping arrangement limits movement of the touch-sensitive input assembly in the direction of the base. An actuating arrangement including a piezoelectric actuator for selectively receiving an applied voltage to thereby apply a force to the touch-sensitive input assembly. An accelerometer and functional components are housed within the housing. The functional components include a memory and a processor operably connected to the memory, the touch-sensitive input assembly, the piezoelectric actuator, and the accelerometer to monitor signals from the accelerometer and, if a fall is detected, apply a negative voltage to the piezoelectric actuator causing reverse bending of the piezoelectric actuator to permit the stopping arrangement to limit movement of the touch-sensitive input assembly and thereby limit force exerted on the piezoelectric actuator. | 2012-12-27 |
