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| 20080238635 | FORCE FEEDBACK FOR INPUT DEVICES - A input system, a method and an input device for providing a tactile feedback to a finger to acknowledge an activation of a touch surface of the input device, comprising at least three elongate objects of shape memory metal, each of the objects being arranged to cooperate operatively with at least one biasing means and to contract in a different direction than the other elongate objects of shape memory metal when providing the tactile feedback to the finger. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080239696 | Information Presenting Device - The invention is directed towards an information presenting device and a portable electronic device including such an information presenting device. The information presenting device ( | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080240702 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED PHOTOGRAPH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A mobile device comprises a network communication system such as a wide area network mobile telephony system, a camera for capturing a digital photograph, and a photograph management application. The photograph management application receives the digital photograph, obtains an information record comprising information related to the digital photograph; and associates at least a portion of the information related to the digital photograph with the digital photograph. The information record may be obtained from local sources such as a contact directory or from a remote directory server. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080243861 | DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPH CONTENT INFORMATION SERVICE - A server provides an information record comprising selected information related to an image depicted in a digital photograph. The server may comprise a database and a recognition application. The database may store, in association with each of a plurality of subject matters: i) recognition data for recognizing the subject matter within an image; and ii) information related to the subject matter. The recognition application may receive a request from a remote client system. The request comprises a digital image embodying at least a portion of a digital photograph. The recognition application applies recognition data to the digital image to determine a selected subject matter. The selected subject matter is the subject matter depicted in the digital image. The recognition application further obtains selected information from the database. The selected information may be the information related to the selected subject matter. A response is then returned to the remote client system. The response comprises the information record comprising the selected information. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080254837 | ADJUSTMENT OF SCREEN TEXT SIZE - A motion sensor monitors the motion of a mobile phone. If it is determined that the mobile phone is shaking, the text on the display of the mobile phone may be increased. If it is determined that the mobile phone is not shaking, the text on the display of the mobile phone may be decreased. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080259250 | LOW LOSS TRANSFLECTIVE DEVICE DISPLAY - A device display includes a light guide with an optical fiber embedded in an optically transparent material, a pixel array that has a pixel aligned with a first end of the optical fiber, and a reflective mechanism provided at a second end of the optical fiber. The reflective mechanism is capable of reflecting light, received by the pixel, back to the pixel via the optical fiber. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090002205 | DATA INPUT DEVICE AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Embodiments include a data input device and a portable electronic device including such a data input device. The data input device may include a key sensing mechanism and a solid material layer provided above the key sensing mechanism. The solid material layer may include a least one cavity that may go through the whole of the solid material layer. The cavity may include an electroactive polymer and two electrodes for providing a key that may be changed in shape based on an applied voltage. One embodiment may also allows the registering of inputs in the key sensing mechanism based on a user pressing down the electroactive polymer on the key sensing mechanism. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090010461 | HEADSET ASSEMBLY FOR A PORTABLE MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - Disclosed is a headset assembly communicable with a portable device capable of receiving and processing biological sensor data. The headset assembly includes a body portion, an earbud coupled with the body portion, a speaker component coupled with the earbud, one or more bio sensors displaced about the outer surface of the earbud that can monitor and pick-up biological characteristics of the user when in contact with the user's skin, and means for coupling the headset assembly with the portable device. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090103744 | NOISE CANCELLATION CIRCUIT FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A noise cancellation circuit for an electronic device includes a first input configured to receive an audio signal from a microphone included in the electronic device, and a second input configured to receive an accelerometer output signal from an accelerometer included in the electronic device. In addition, the noise cancellation circuit includes a comparison circuit for subtracting at least a part of the accelerometer output signal from the audio signal, and an output for outputting a result of the comparison circuit. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090103763 | EARPHONE AND A METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN IMPROVED SOUND EXPERIENCE - The present invention provides an earphone comprising an electro-active polymer that is adapted such that the outer circumference of a resilient member of the earphone is responsive to an electric voltage, enabling providing essentially sealing the ear canal when the resilient member of the earphone at least partly is inserted in an ear canal of a wearer. The electro-active polymer also enables an improved game and sound experience by providing by synchronizing the outer circumference of the resilient member with the electric signal provided to the earphone. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090115734 | PERCEIVABLE FEEDBACK - The present invention is directed to a portable device and a method for using such a device, which device includes a touch sensitive arrangement comprising: a touch-surface arranged to be operatively actuated and to operatively receive touches from a user of the device, an actuator arrangement arranged to operatively actuate at least a part of the touch-surface, a control arrangement arranged to operatively detect touches on the touch-surface and to operatively control the actuator to actuate the touch-surface so as to provide a perceivable feedback to the user as a response to a detected touch. The actuator arrangement may include an electroactive polymer arrangement arranged to be operatively actuated by the control arrangement so as to actuate the touch-surface for providing a perceivable feedback to the user as a response to a detected touch. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090154191 | ARRANGEMENT FOR GENERATING DUAL IMAGES - An arrangement and method for displaying at least a first and a second image. The arrangement comprises at least one light source ( | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090195861 | LIGHT CONTROL OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The invention is directed towards an electronic device including at least one electro active polymer element. The at least one electro active polymer element includes an electrode. The at least one electro active polymer element is configured to change volume when a voltage is applied to the electrode, where the change in volume results in a change in a luminous transmittance of the electro active polymer element. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090203998 | HEART RATE COUNTER, PORTABLE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR HEART RATE COUNTING - A heart rate counter comprising a light source; a camera arranged in a vicinity if the light source such that light from the light source is able to be registered through living tissue, and arranged to acquire a series of images of the light transmitted through the tissue; and an image processor connected to the camera and arranged to determine a heart rate by photoplethysmography from the series of images is disclosed. Further, corresponding portable apparatus, computer program, and method are disclosed | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090256825 | PEN STYLUS ENABLED CAPACITIVE TOUCH SYSTEM AND METHOD - Described is a capacitive touch screen apparatus. An indium tin oxide (ITO) ground screen covers and protects an optical display. One or more support structures are secured atop the ground screen layer. A first capacitance sensing patterned ITO trace layer is secured atop the support structures such that an air gap exists between the layers. A second capacitance sensing patterned ITO trace layer can be secured atop the first patterned ITO trace layer. A pointed object brought into contact with the outermost patterned ITO trace layer will deform the surface and penetrate a portion of the air gap sufficiently to register a change in capacitance at the point of contact. A protective transparent film layer covering the outermost patterned ITO trace layer can be utilized to protect the surface of the ITO layer from damage. The ITO layers are electronically coupled with a controller capable of sensing changes in capacitance. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090256830 | HYBRID DISPLAY - A mobile communication device comprising a display assembly comprising a plurality of transistors, where each of the plurality of transistors includes a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region and a plurality of organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), where the plurality of OLEDs are located directly on top of the non-light-emitting regions of the plurality of transistors; and logic configured to select and activate at least one of the plurality of transistors or the plurality of OLEDs to display information. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090285418 | ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC TRANSDUCER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An acoustic-electric transducer for a microphone may include a cavity delimited by a wall and having an opening; a diaphragm having an outer boundary, said diaphragm extending across said opening so that an air gap is provided transversely outwards of the diaphragm between said outer boundary of said diaphragm and said cavity wall; and an actuator configured to adjust a size of said air gap. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090289523 | PROTECTION DEVICE - In an embodiment, a device is provided comprising an accelerometer and an electroactive material. A control circuit is coupled between the accelerometer and the electroactive material. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090309616 | TOUCH AND FORCE SENSING FOR INPUT DEVICES - A device may include a first layer, a second layer, a third layer, a capacitive sensing component coupled to the first layer, and a force sensing component coupled to the first layer and the third layer and configured to detect the amount of force applied to the second layer. A method may include monitoring capacitance and voltage at one or more input sensors configured to detect changes in capacitance and to detect changes in applied force, detecting a change in capacitance, activating a capacitance response in response to detecting a change in capacitance, detecting a change in voltage, and activating a force response in response to detecting a change in voltage. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20100007388 | METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT RELATING POWER SUPPLY IN AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The present invention relates to an arrangement and method for eliminating power failures due to harmful motion. The device includes electrical components that use electrical power, a power source that connects to the electrical components, a motion sensor, and a processing unit. The motion sensor may sense a motion of the device substantially corresponding to free-fall condition, the processing unit may receive a signal from the motion sensor based on the first predetermined motion profile, and the processing unit may generate a signal supplied to at least some of the electrical components to cause a shut down operational mode. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100059659 | LIGHT CONTROL OF A FLASH UNIT - A device includes a flash unit to generate light, and an optical sensor to receive the light from the flash unit, and generate a light intensity signal based on the received light. The device also includes a controller to generate a modified error signal based on the light intensity signal. The device further includes a control circuit to receive the modified error signal from the controller, receive an output voltage from a power source associated with the device, control the output voltage based on the modified error signal, and provide the controlled output voltage to the flash unit. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100102229 | COMBINED SENSOR FOR PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICES - The invention relates to a sensor adapted for a portable communication device, consisting of a first layer of a light absorbing material configured to absorb photons of a first wavelength range and being transparent to photons of a second wavelength range, a second layer of a light absorbing material configured to absorb photons of a second wavelength range and being transparent to photons of said first wavelength range. The sensor is characterized by that the first and the second light absorbing material are arranged on a substrate housing electronic components of the portable communication device, whereby the first and the second light absorbing material are arranged on top of each other, and wherein at least one of the light absorbing materials is adapted to detect the level of ambient light. | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100123686 | PIEZORESISTIVE FORCE SENSOR INTEGRATED IN A DISPLAY - A device may include a substrate including an input device on a substrate and at least one piezoresistive sensor formed on the substrate outside the area of the input device. A device may include a display formed on a substrate, at least one piezoresistive sensor formed on the substrate, and a processor to calculate an applied force and activate a force response based on the calculated applied force. A method may include monitoring resistance associated with one or more piezoresistive sensors to detect changes in a force applied to a display device, detecting a change in resistance associated with the one or more piezoresistive sensors, calculate a force applied to the display device based on the detected change in resistance, activating a force response in proportion to the change in resistance detected, and displaying a result of the force response via the display device. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100127659 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CHARGING SYSTEM - A charging system for a portable electronic device is disclosed. The system comprises a charging station providing a magnetic field for power distribution by an alternating current source connected to a power transmission coil for providing the magnetic field, and the portable electronic device. The portable electronic device comprises a radio receiver; a charging mechanism for charging a battery of the portable electronic device; and an antenna arrangement for the radio receiver, wherein the charging mechanism comprises a first coil arranged to interact with the power transmission coil of the charging station upon charging; a rectifier connected to the first coil to receive an alternating current therefrom and to a power supply output to provide a direct current, and the antenna arrangement comprises an antenna element comprising the first coil; a resonator tuned for a frequency band in which the radio receiver is intended to receive radio transmissions; a series resonance circuit comprising a capacitor and a second coil connected in series between one terminal of the first coil and a reference voltage of the portable apparatus. | 05-27-2010 |
| 20100149125 | TOUCH SENSITIVE DISPLAYS WITH LAYERS OF SENSOR PLATES PROVIDING CAPACITANCE BASED PROXIMITY SENSING AND RELATED TOUCH PANELS - An electronic touch panel includes a plurality of spaced apart first sensor plates that are arranged in a first direction on a first planar layer. A proximity sensor plate is spaced apart from and attached to the first planar layer. The proximity sensor plate has a greater surface area than a plurality of the first sensor plates. A position detection circuit is configured to electrically charge the first sensor plates to generate capacitive coupling to an adjacent user object and to detect therefrom a location of the user object relative to the first direction across the first planar layer. The position detection circuit is further configured to electrically charge the proximity sensor plate to generate a higher level of capacitive coupling to the user object than a plurality of the first sensor plates and to detect therefrom a proximity of the user object relative to a direction away from the first planar layer. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100201635 | SENSOR, DISPLAY INCLUDING A SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR USING A SENSOR - A sensor includes an insulating support defining a front side; a membrane arranged on the front side of the support, the membrane including at least one layer including a pattern of electrically conductive material; at least one capacitance measuring unit configured for measuring a capacitance between at least a portion of the pattern of one of the at least one layer and its surrounding environment; and at least one resistance measuring unit configured for measuring a resistance between a pair of points of the pattern of one of the at least one layer. A display including the sensor and a method of using the sensor are also disclosed. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100277431 | Methods of Operating Electronic Devices Including Touch Sensitive Interfaces Using Force/Deflection Sensing and Related Devices and Computer Program Products - An electronic device may include a touch sensitive user interface and a contact detector configured to detect a location of contact on a surface of the touch sensitive user interface. A force detector may be configured to detect a force/deflection on/of the surface of the touch sensitive user interface using electromagnetic radiation. A controller may be coupled to the touch sensitive user interface. The controller may be configured to provide a first response to the contact on the surface of the touch sensitive user interface when the detected force/deflection is less than a threshold. The controller may be further configured to provide a second response to the contact on the surface of the touch sensitive user interface when the detected force/deflection is greater that the threshold with the first and second responses being different. Related methods are also discussed. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100302485 | LOW LOSS TRANSFLECTIVE DEVICE DISPLAY - A device display includes a light guide with an optical fiber embedded in an optically transparent material, a pixel array that has a pixel aligned with a first end of the optical fiber, and a reflective mechanism provided at a second end of the optical fiber. The reflective mechanism is capable of reflecting light, received by the pixel, back to the pixel via the optical fiber. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100322635 | USING AMBIENT LED LIGHT FOR BROADCASTING INFO AND NAVIGATION - A mobile device for receiving modulated light, an apparatus for transmitting information by modulated light and a system as well as corresponding methods are disclosed to be able to use at least parts of an illumination infrastructure for transmitting data to a mobile device. The mobile device comprises a visible light receiver for receiving modulated visible light carrying information corresponding to transmission data modulated onto visible light emitted from at least one light source and for outputting a signal based on the received modulated visible light, and a demodulator for demodulating said signal based on the received modulated visible light to extract said information corresponding to said transmission data. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110001393 | METHOD AND CIRCUIT FOR ENERGIZING AN ELECTRICAL DEVICE - A method and a circuit for energizing an electrical device are described. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110003550 | TACTILE INPUT FOR ACCESSORIES - A device includes multiple textured surfaces associated with functions of the device, and vibration sensors coupled to the textured surfaces. The device also includes a signal analyzer to analyze a signal received from the vibration sensors and determine which of the one or more textured surfaces is associated with the analyzed signal. The device further includes a function selector to select the function associated with the textured surface, based on the analyzed signal. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110007023 | DISPLAY DEVICE, TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE COMPRISING THE DISPLAY DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING A FORCE ON A DISPLAY DEVICE - The present invention relates to a display device, touch screen device comprising a display device, mobile device and method for sensing a force on a display device. The display device provides a user interface for controlling different functions allowing additional and more flexible input operations. The display device comprises a first layer made at least partly of a transparent material, a second layer arranged at one side of the first layer, the first and second layers forming faces of a cavity including a fluid, and pressure sensing device for sensing a pressure in said fluid. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110011650 | SENSOR ASSEMBLY AND DISPLAY INCLUDING A SENSOR ASSEMBLY - A sensor assembly includes a coordinate input surface and, under a region thereof, a first and second switch assembly. Each assembly includes at least a first and second conductive element. When a force smaller than a first threshold is exerted on the surface, the first and second element of both assemblies are not in contact with each other. When a force larger than the first threshold and smaller than a second threshold is exerted, the first and second elements of the first assembly are in contact with each other, while the elements of the second assembly are not. When a force larger than the second threshold is exerted on the region, the elements of both assemblies are in contact with each other. A display including a sensor assembly is also disclosed. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110011712 | ADJUSTABLE INPUT DEVICE - A device may include a housing, a button and a member coupled to the button. The device may also include a power source configured to supply power to the member. When power is supplied to the member, the member is configured to exert a force on the button to cause movement of the button such that an upper surface of the button protrudes above an upper surface of the housing. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012516 | CONTROL OF OUTPUT VOLTAGE PROVIDED TO A FLASH UNIT - A device includes a flash unit to generate light, and an optical sensor to receive the light from the flash unit, and generate a light intensity signal based on the received light. The device also includes a controller to generate a modified error signal based on the light intensity signal. The device further includes a control circuit to receive the modified error signal from the controller, receive an output voltage from a power source associated with the device, control the output voltage based on the modified error signal, and provide the controlled output voltage to the flash unit. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012760 | TOUCH SENSING DEVICE, TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE INCLUDING A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SENSING A TOUCH ON A TOUCH SENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a touch sensing device, touch screen device, mobile device and method for sensing a touch and, in particular, to a touch sensing device usable as user interface for controlling various functions in different devices to provide additional and more flexible input operations. The touch sensing device comprises a cover layer defining a touch area, a first winding placed on one side of said cover layer and extending over at least a part of said touch area, and a second winding placed on the same side of said first winding, being spaced apart from said first winding, wherein said first and second windings and said cover layer are arranged so that a coupling of a magnetic field generated by a current supplied to said first winding varies in response to a force onto the touch area. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110012869 | TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TOUCH OPERATION SENSING - The present invention relates to a touch sensing apparatus for a mobile device, a mobile device and a method for touch operation sensing to reliably sense an applied force. The touch sensing apparatus comprises a touch sensing section for sensing a force experienced in a touch sensing direction of said touch sensing section and outputting a signal corresponding to said force; an acceleration obtaining section for obtaining an acceleration of said touch sensing apparatus in said touch sensing direction; and a signal correction section for correcting said signal corresponding to said sensed force using said obtained acceleration. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110157033 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING MOVABLE PARTS - An electronic apparatus includes a display panel ( | 06-30-2011 |
