22nd week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 19 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120133517 | Alarm Apparatus - Disclosed is a portable alarm apparatus ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120133518 | Method and Device for Fire Detection in Enclosed Environments - A method for fire detection in enclosed environments ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120133519 | Ventilator-Initiated Prompt Regarding Detection Of Double Triggering During A Volume-Control Breath Type - This disclosure describes systems and methods for monitoring and evaluating ventilatory parameters, analyzing those parameters and providing useful notifications and recommendations to clinicians. That is, modern ventilators monitor, evaluate, and graphically represent multiple ventilatory parameters. However, many clinicians may not easily recognize data patterns and correlations indicative of certain patient conditions, changes in patient condition, and/or effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Further, clinicians may not readily determine appropriate ventilatory adjustments that may address certain patient conditions and/or the effectiveness of ventilatory treatment. Specifically, clinicians may not readily detect or recognize the presence of double triggering during ventilation. According to embodiments, a ventilator may be configured to monitor and evaluate diverse ventilatory parameters to detect double triggering and may issue notifications and recommendations suitable for a patient to the clinician when double triggering is implicated. The suitable notifications and recommendations may further be provided in a hierarchical format. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133520 | COMPUTER CHASSIS SYSTEM AND HARD DISK STATUS DISPLAY METHOD THEREOF - A computer system displays and controls the hard disk condition. The computer system includes a host bus adapter which detects the status of the hard disk, and the status light gives light to display the hard disk status. The baseboard management controller and the host bus adapters are set on the motherboards, in which the baseboard management controller monitors and records the status of the hard disk. The microcontroller is set on the hard disk backplane for decoding the message from the host bus adapter in order to control the displaying of the status light. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133521 | FAULT DETECTION AND MONITORING IN BATTERIES - The disclosed embodiments provide a battery pack that includes a fault-monitoring mechanism for detecting faults in the battery pack and indicating the faults to a user. The battery pack also includes a battery cell and enclosure material that encloses the battery cell. The fault may correspond to penetration of the battery pack, a puncture in the enclosure material, a short circuit within the battery cell, and/or a change in pressure within the battery pack. To detect the fault, the fault-monitoring mechanism may utilize a conductive mechanism, a color-changing mechanism, and/or a sensor mechanism in the battery pack. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133522 | GAP ANALYZER DEVICE AND METHOD - A method and gap analyzer device configured to determine a gap in a turbo-machine is provided. The gap analyzer device includes a housing configured to receive a rechargeable battery; a voltage multiplier unit configured to increase a voltage of the rechargeable battery to a predetermined value; a voltage stabilization unit configured to stabilize the voltage having the predetermined value; an output port configured to output the voltage having the predetermined value to a probe; an input port configured to receive from the probe a signal indicative of the gap of the turbo-machine; a processor unit configured to determine a voltage associated with the signal; a display configured to display the determined voltage; a common port connected to the voltage stabilization unit, the voltage multiplier unit and the display; and a switch electrically connected between the processor unit and the battery for switching on and off the gap analyzer device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133523 | ANTI-THEFT DEVICE AND ANTI-THEFT METHOD - An anti-theft device includes an interface unit and an anti-theft unit. The interface unit includes a plurality of I/O ports for connecting external devices, and the interface unit and an anti-theft unit includes a detection unit, a comparison unit and an alert unit. The detection unit detects the current sequencing of at least two of the plurality of I/O ports being in a disconnected state with corresponding external devices. The comparison unit compares the current sequencing of at least two of the plurality of I/O ports being in a disconnected state with a predetermined sequencing of the at least two of the plurality of I/O ports being in a disconnected state. When the current sequencing of at least two of the plurality of I/O ports being in a disconnected state is different from the predetermined sequencing, the alert unit provides an alert. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133524 | COMMUNICATIONS BLADED PANEL SYSTEMS - A fiber panel system includes a chassis including a backplane; and at least a first blade configured to mount to the chassis. The first blade is moveable relative to the chassis between a refracted (closed) position and at least one extended position. The first blade includes a coupler arrangement for connecting together media segments. Each blade includes a blade processor and a plurality of smart couplers. A chassis processor is electrically coupled to a processor port of the chassis backplane. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133525 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUBSEA WIRELESS COMMUNICATION - System and method for communicating the state of a downhole subsea well which includes a wellbore with at least one sensor disposed within it. Information from the wellbore is communicated to a seabed data governor which is disposed on the seafloor. The seabed data governor includes buoyant signaling devices and a release module allowing the release of the buoyant signaling devices which then travel to the sea surface. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133526 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING WIRELESS TAGS WITH DOWNHOLE EQUIPMENT - Techniques for wirelessly transferring information to and/or from a drill string component are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a downhole system includes a drill string component and a tag interrogating device. The drill string component includes a tag configured for wireless communication. The tag interrogating device is configured to traverse the interior of the drill string and wirelessly communicate with the tag. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133527 | Vehicle Guidance System - The present invention relates to a method of using the disappearance of a laser projection for the parking of a vehicle. Project a laser beam onto an object inside a garage directly or through a reflector so that the projection is visible to a vehicle driver. The laser beam is set up in such a manner that its path is just blocked by a correctly parked vehicle. When one drives a vehicle to this location, the laser beam is blocked and the earlier visible projection disappears, telling the driver to stop. This set up allows the driver to park the vehicle at the correct location repeatedly. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133528 | SAFE OPERATION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MOVING OBJECT - A safe operation apparatus for a moving object includes: a distraction detection unit for detecting distraction information of a user operating a moving object; a controller for collecting the distraction information from the distraction detection unit, calculating a user's distraction state value, and controlling the moving object to be automatically operated or warning of the distraction state based on the distraction state value; and an automatic operation unit for automatically operating the moving object under the control of the controller. The apparatus further includes a communication unit for transmitting the user's distraction state to a remote control center or an adjacent different moving object under the control of the controller. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133529 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DISPLAYING MULTIPLE OVERLAID IMAGES TO A PILOT OF AN AIRCRAFT DURING FLIGHT - Embodiments for displaying first and second images to a pilot of an aircraft are presented. The embodiments include, but are not limited to, obtaining a first image signal and a second image signal, commanding a display unit to display a first image on a display screen corresponding to the first signal, and computing an image moving velocity of the first image. The method further comprises estimating an image flow velocity for the second image based on the second image signal and comparing the image moving velocity of the first image to the image flow velocity of the second image. After the comparison, the display unit is commanded to display the second image overlaid on the first image, and commanding the display unit to establish an intensity of the second image within a predefined range based upon the comparison. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133530 | AUTOMATED GEO-FENCE BOUNDARY CONFIGURATION AND ACTIVATION - A geo-fence is defined and established automatically based on a current location of an asset along with some range or distance, avoiding the need for a user to manually specify a location by drawing a perimeter, specifying a point location, or by any other means. Once established, the geo-fence can be activated so as to notify the owner of the asset and/or some other entity of movement of the asset beyond the boundary specified by the geo-fence. In one embodiment, the geo-fence can be automatically activated upon certain conditions, or can be manually activated, or any combination thereof. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133531 | Digital Requantization Process and Devices - The invention relates to the digital signal requantization, at a given quantization step size, of a first word received in a first period of time and encoded in a first number of bits, into a second word, with a quantization error equal to a third number. A sequence of third words is outputted, equal to the second word, with the sequence subdivided into a first group comprising a number of third words that is equal to the third number and a second group of third words. Before outputting them, the correction means adds a least significant bit to the third words of the first group and adds or subtracts least significant bits to or from the third words of the second group, such that the sum of the least significant bits added to and subtracted from the second group is zero. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133532 | COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF MASS SPECTROMETRY DATA - Functionality is described for compressing and decompressing mass spectrometry data, therefore making it easier to store, retrieve, transfer, and process the mass spectrometry data. The functionality operates by mapping data values (e.g., mass-to-charge data values or intensity data values) into index values, and then mapping the index values into delta values. The functionality then uses an encoding algorithm (such as a coding tree) to represent the delta values in compressed form. In a decoding stage, the functionality can interpret each encoded delta value with reference to a chain of preceding delta values, which ultimately link to an initial data value that is expressed in non-relative form. In one implementation, the functionality can define multiple such initial data values which correspond to multiple access points in a stream of compressed mass spectrometry data. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133533 | Storage of probability values for contexts used in arithmetic coding - Arithmetic coding utilises probability values associated with contexts and context indexed values. The probability values are stored within a random access memory | 2012-05-31 |
20120133534 | Analog-to-Digital Converter - In a successive approximation ADC, resolution is limited because a distortion occurs in an A/D conversion result due to a voltage dependence of a sampling capacitance. An A/D converter includes a sampling capacitor part in which capacitors equal in capacitance value to each other are connected inversely, a successive approximation A/D conversion part that conducts A/D conversion on the sampling charge, a digital correction part that corrects capacitance variation of internal DAC capacitors in the successive approximation A/D conversion part, and a digital correction part that digitally corrects a third-order or more factor of a voltage dependence of the sampling charge. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133535 | Interleaved Pipelined Binary Search A/D Converter - The present invention is related to a pipelined analog-to-digital converter, ADC, for converting an analog input signal into a digital signal comprising—a plurality of comparing means having tuneable thresholds for comparing an input signal with; at least two of said given thresholds being different and—a plurality of amplifying circuits,—wherein said plurality of comparing means is configured to form a hierarchical tree structure, said hierarchical tree structure having a plurality of hierarchical levels, wherein at least one of said hierarchical levels is associated with at least one amplifying circuit of said plurality of amplifying circuits, said at least one amplifying circuit generating the input of at least one comparing means at the next hierarchical level and—wherein said plurality of hierarchical levels comprises means for setting said tuneable thresholds in accordance to the output of previous hierarchical level so that non-linear distortion of the preceding hierarchical level is removed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133536 | DAC CALIBRATION - Mechanisms to calibrate a digital to analog converter (DAC) of an SDM (sigma delta modulator) are disclosed. An extra DAC element in addition to the DAC is used to function in place of a DAC element under calibration. A signal (e.g., a random sequence of −1 and +1) is injected to the DAC element under calibration, and the estimated error and compensation are acquired. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133537 | PERFORMING ENHANCED SIGMA-DELTA MODULATION - In general, techniques are described for performing enhanced sigma-delta modulation. For example, an apparatus comprising a predictive filter unit, an amplifier, an oversampling unit and a sigma-delta modulation unit may implement the techniques. The predictive filter unit performs predictive filtering on an input signal to generate a filtered signal and computes an estimate of a predictive gain as a function of an energy of the input signal and an energy of the filtered signal. The amplifier receives the filtered signal and amplifies the filtered signal based on the predictive gain to generate an amplified signal. The oversampling unit receives the amplifies signal and performs oversampling in accordance with an oversampling rate to generate an oversampled signal. The sigma-delta modulation unit receives the oversampled signal and performs sigma-delta modulation to generate a modulated signal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133538 | RESISTOR DEVICES AND DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS USING THE SAME - A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes: a plurality of first controllers and a plurality of resistor devices. The plurality of first controllers are configured to be selectively switched on according to a received digital signal to control an analog signal according to the received digital signal. The plurality of resistor devices are respectively connected to the plurality of first controllers. The plurality of resistor devices include non-volatile memory devices. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133539 | Comparator Circuit - An analog-to-digital converter includes a comparator configured to receive a first input signal and a second input signal, in which at least one of the input signals is received between two transistors, each of the transistors being in common-gate configuration. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133540 | VOLTAGE-TIME CONVERTERS AND TIME-DOMAIN VOLTAGE COMPARATORS INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided is a time-domain voltage comparator including a voltage-time converter. The voltage-time converter includes a conversion unit and an output unit. The conversion unit includes a first MOS transistor which shifts a voltage level of the first detection node according to an external first voltage signal, and a second MOS transistor which shifts a voltage level of the second detection node according to an external second voltage signal. The output unit generates first and second output signals in response to voltages of the first and second detection nodes. The output unit determines a shifted time of the first output signal according to a voltage level of the first detection node and determines a shifted time of the second output signal according to a voltage level of the second detection node. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133541 | ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERTER - An analog-digital converter includes converter units and a control unit. The converter units each including a comparator for performing a comparison using an input voltage, one or more capacitor ladders each having a signal line connected with first terminals of capacitors and with one input of the comparator, and switches each of which is associated with one of the capacitors, connected to a second terminal of the respective capacitor with a first or a second reference potential, the input voltage being shifted when switching one or more of the switches. The control unit controls the number of converter units, and to set the switching states of the plurality of switches in conversion cycles and to obtain comparison results from each of the comparators in a comparison subsequent to each setting of the switching states. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133542 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY ON A REMOTELY-LOCATED OBJECT - A method for transmitting radio frequency (RF) radiation to an object located in proximity to a reflector includes the steps of: selecting a target reflector and a level of power for conveying to the target reflector by reradiation from the target reflector, determining a resonance profile of the target reflector, the resonance profile including at least one resonant frequency of the target reflector, selecting a transmission profile matching the resonance profile, the transmission profile comprising the at least one resonant frequency, and transmitting RF radiation in accordance with the transmission profile towards the target reflector. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133543 | DUAL MODE GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR) - A dual mode ground penetrating radar includes an enclosure which houses radar electronics. The dual mode ground penetrating radar includes an enclosure housing radar electronics. The dual mode ground penetrating radar further includes a first antenna feed having ferrite loading and extending outside of the enclosure. The dual mode ground penetrating radar further includes a second antenna feed spaced apart from the first antenna feed, the second antenna feed having ferrite loading and extending outside of the enclosure. An RF signal is provided in at least one of the first and second antenna feeds by the radar electronics. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133544 | MEASUREMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS - There is provided a method and associated apparatus for measurement. Specifically, a method for determining a distance travelled by a signal in a medium, or the time of flight of a signal travelled. The method comprises considering an unambiguous range wherein the unambiguous range greater than a distance to be travelled by a signal. A signal is then transmitted across the distance to be determined, the signal comprising at least two frequency components, the frequency components based on the unambiguous range and the speed of the signal in the medium. The distance travelled (or the time of flight) is determined by using the variance of the received phase characteristics, such as phase angle) of one frequency component of the received signal with the received phase characteristics of another frequency component of the received signal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133545 | COLLISION AVOIDANCE TRANSPONDER FOR AERIAL HAZARDS AND METHOD FOR REDUCING COLLISIONS WITH AERIAL HAZARDS - Embodiments of a collision-avoidance transponder and method for reducing collisions with an aerial hazard are generally described herein. The collision-avoidance transponder may be configured for location on an aerial hazard and may be configured to regularly transmit a signal that mimics an air traffic control (ATC) transponder reply signal. The regularly-transmitted signal may include an altitude indication, such as the pressure altitude, of the aerial hazard. A collision-avoidance and warning system on an aircraft may receive the regularly-transmitted signal and provide a warning under certain conditions to allow the pilot to avoid the aerial hazard. The collision-avoidance transponder may include an ATC-type transponder and control circuitry to cause the transponder to regularly transmit the signal that includes a pressure altitude of the aerial hazard. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133546 | COMBINING DATA FROM MULTIPLE RADAR SIGNALS ON A SINGLE PLAN POSITION INDICATOR (PPI) DISPLAY - In certain embodiments, a method for combining data from multiple radar signals on a single PPI includes receiving, from a first radar device having a first angular range of visibility, first radar signal data corresponding to the first angular range of visibility. The method further includes receiving, from a second radar device having a second angular range of visibility, second radar signal data corresponding to the second angular range of visibility. The method further includes performing compensation processing on at least a portion of the second radar signal data to form modified second radar signal data that is correlated to the first radar signal data. The method further includes combining at least a portion the first radar signal data with at least a portion of the modified second radar signal data to form combined radar signal data and generating, based on the combined radar signal data, a display on a radar PPI display. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133547 | Automotive Radar System and Method for Using Same - A radar system ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120133548 | Method for Direction Finding by Means of Monopulse Formation - A method for direction finding by means of monopulse formation in a radar system with electronically controlled group antenna and analog beam shaping of sum and difference channels, a self-test of the antenna being carried out to identify failed receiving elements, and the result of the self-test going directly into the monopulse formation and the test thereby being error corrected. The result of the self-test is converted into correction values that, independently of the antenna viewing direction, are combined with those from the sum channel signal and the difference channel signals of the antenna. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133549 | Active Electronically Scanned Array Antenna for Hemispherical Scan Coverage - An antenna architecture for hemispherically-scanning active electronically scanned arrays (AESA). The antenna architecture utilizes variable diameter disks of antenna elements configured in a conical implementation. The antenna elements are oriented such that the element boresight is normal to the surface of the conical structure. Beamforming takes place on each disk first, and them separately in combining the signals from each disk, thereby reducing complexity. The antenna optionally utilizes disks of antenna elements of the same diameter to form a cylindrical antenna, which when combined with a conical configuration create enhanced sectors while maintaining a hemispherical coverage capability. Further, use of two conical configurations can produce a fully spherical coverage capability. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133550 | Method for Determining the Geographic Coordinates of Pixels in SAR Images - A method for effecting the airborne determination of geographic coordinates of corresponding pixels from digital synthetic aperture radar images, where the SAR images are available in the form of slant range images and the recording position of the respective SAR image is known. The coordinates of the corresponding pixels in the SAR images and the corresponding range gates are used in each case to determine the distance between a corresponding resolution cell on the ground and the respective recording position of the respective SAR image. The determined distances and associated recording positions of the SAR images are used to determine the geographic coordinates of the corresponding pixels in the SAR images by employing a WGS84 ellipsoid. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133551 | METHOD OF CORRECTING REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENTS AND RADAR IMPLEMENTING THIS METHOD - A method of correcting reflectivity measurements performed by a radar, such as a weather radar, includes a reflectivity measurement being associated with a resolution volume. The method includes acquiring the reflectivity measurement Z | 2012-05-31 |
20120133552 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GNSS IN-BAND AUTHENTICATED POSITION DETERMINATION - The present invention provides a system and method for determining the authenticity of reported positions of GNSS receivers, such as aircraft equipped with GPS positioning devices, and provides an in-band verification capability for GNSS positions by tasking one or more GNSS satellites as designated authentication support (DAS) satellites that transmit corrupted ephemeris data in a pseudo-random error corrupted C/A signal on the L1 band and GNSS receiver determine authentication ranges to the DAS satellites and transmit the DAS authentication ranges as part of their position report. The surveillance system can verify the authenticity by comparing the transmitted authentication ranges to true authentication ranges determined using actual ephemeris data and the known C/A code pseudo-random error for the DAS satellites. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133553 | DATA ACCESS AND MANAGEMENT USING GPS LOCATION DATA - Disclosed are methods, systems and products, including a method that includes maintaining a plurality of records associated with a plurality of objects, the plurality of records are configured to include global positioning system (GPS)-based data representative of locations of the plurality of objects. The method also includes accessing at least one of the plurality of records based, at least in part, on determined global position system-based data representative of location of at least one object associated with the at least one of the plurality of records. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133554 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING POSITIONING SIGNALS BASED ON PREDETERMINED MESSAGE DATA SEGMENT - A method and system for determining a geolocation of an object includes collecting a positioning signal including a predetermined message data segment. A time of arrival of the predetermined message data segment may be determined in the positioning signal. Information based on the time of arrival may be provided for determination of a geolocation of an object. The time of arrival of the predetermined message data segment may be determined based on a time search for the predetermined message data segment in the positioning signal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133555 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BUILDING LOCATION INFORMATION DATABASE OF ACCESS POINTS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LOCATION INFORMATION USING THE SAME - A method and system for building a database (DB) of location information of APs and providing AP location information in a shadow area of Global Positioning System (GPS) using the DB includes acquiring a reference location during a location information acquisition mode; collecting AP information of at least one AP by a mobile terminal by scanning periodically; calculating AP scan location where AP scan is executed; calculating AP location of the at least one AP using the AP information and the AP scan location; and building the AP location information DB by listing a mapping of the AP location to AP information. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133556 | MOBILE APPARATUS - A mobile apparatus is provided. The mobile apparatus comprises a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver receives a nearby signal from a nearby mobile apparatus, wherein the nearby signal carries a nearby positioning information. The processor electrically connected to the transceiver estimates a nearby received signal strength of the nearby signal according to the nearby signal, and generates a host positioning information according to the nearby received signal strength and the nearby positioning information. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133557 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE BEAM FORMING WITH SMALL ANTENNA FORM FACTOR - An antenna arrangement, a system, and method are provided for implementing a wireless communication module capable of performing adaptive beam forming, with a small antenna sail area. The antenna has a large horizontal to vertical aspect ratio. The antenna module is designed to include very few, or potentially a single radiating element in the vertical direction, and many elements in the horizontal direction, in order to create narrow beam in the azimuth plane, while maintaining a small sail area. The novel form factor advantageously provides for reduced wind loading, and for less conspicuous installations on buildings or towers, for example. The module is anticipated to find widespread applications in LOS and NLOS backhaul applications, and other wireless links between stationary nodes. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133558 | High-Precision Radio Frequency Ranging System - Methods for estimating a distance between an originator and a transponder, methods for calculating a fine time adjustment in a radio, computer-readable storage media containing instructions to configure a processor to perform such methods, originators used in a system for estimating a distance to a transponder, and transponders used in a system for estimating a distance to an originator. The methods utilize fine time adjustments to achieve sub-clock cycle time resolution. The methods may utilize offset master clocks. The methods may utilize a round-trip full-duplex configuration or a round-trip half-duplex configuration. The method produces accurate estimates of the distance between two radios. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133559 | COMPACT MULTIBEAM ANTENNA - Various antenna arrangements are provided with active transmit and receive antenna elements for transmitting and receiving signals within a cellular communication system. Also, presented are specific base station antenna systems and methods, and portions thereof, which improve and control specific characteristics and features of antenna systems including antenna beam patterns. In addition, a method for the optimization of a cellular communications network is provided which exploits reverse-link, forward-link, and pilot signal information to optimize network operations. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133560 | HOUSING ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - An housing assembly includes an outer housing, an antenna cover, a support member, and an elastic member. The outer housing defines an antenna opening. The antenna cover is positioned in the antenna opening of the outer housing. The support member is positioned in the outer housing. The support member forms an assembly portion for receiving the antenna module. The assembly portion is aligned with the antenna opening. The elastic member is positioned between the support member and the antenna cover, generating elastic force snugly fixing the antenna cover to the outer housing. An electronic device using the housing assembly is also provided. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133561 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IN-MOLD LAMINATE ANTENNAS - Embodiments of systems and methods for providing in-mold laminate antennas are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133562 | INTERNAL ANTENNA JOINED TO TERMINAL HOUSING - An internal antenna for attaching to a terminal housing is disclosed. The antenna includes: a perpendicular structure formed in a perpendicular direction to a substrate and positioned in contact with an inner wall of a housing; a first conductive member electrically connected to a power feed and joined to the perpendicular structure to extend in a perpendicular direction to the substrate; and a second conductive member electrically connected to a ground, joined to the perpendicular structure, and separated by a particular distance from the first conductive member to extend in a perpendicular direction to the substrate. The first conductive member is joined to the inner wall of the housing to extend in a first direction orthogonal to the perpendicular direction, and the second conductive member is joined to the inner wall of the housing to extend in the first direction at a particular distance from the first conductive member. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133563 | ANTENNA UNIT AND DOOR HANDLE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME - An antenna unit incorporated into a door handle of a vehicle includes: an unlock sensor plate (first detection electrode) of a capacitive sensor configured to detect a driver's approaching or touching the door handle; and an antenna for wireless communications. The unlock sensor plate has an antenna fixing part for positioning and fixing the antenna. The antenna fixed on the antenna fixing part and the unlock sensor plate are molded into a unit with a molded resin. The unlock sensor plate has a circuit board fixing part for positioning and fixing a circuit board including a detection circuit of the capacitive sensor mounted thereon. An electrode fixing part for positioning and fixing a lock sensor plate (a second detection electrode) of the capacitive sensor is provided on an opposite surface of the circuit board from a surface on which the unlock sensor plate is arranged. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133564 | ANTENNA SYSTEM AND METHOD - A device comprising a metallic conical portion, said conical portion substantially hollow having a vertex end and a base end, a first cylindrical portion disposed annularly about the base end of the conical portion, a metallic second cylindrical portion coupled to the vertex of the conical portion, said cylindrical portion having a threaded aperture, and an antenna feed coupled to the threaded aperture. The device may have a patch disposed on an insulator portion connected to the second cylindrical portion, said patch and insulator portion each having an aperture, and a metallic ground portion connected to the insulator portion, said ground portion having an ground aperture, and a threaded screw disposed through the ground aperture, the patch, the insulator aperture and into the threaded aperture. An RF feed may be created by coupling the threaded aperture to a conductive material disposed on the insulator portion. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133565 | CABLE ANTENNA APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - Embodiments of an apparatus and system are described for a coaxial antenna. An apparatus may comprise, for example, an integrated circuit and a coaxial cable coupled to the integrated circuit and arranged to operate as an antenna, the coaxial cable comprising an inner conductor layer and at least one insulator layer, wherein one or more portions of the inner conductor layer are exposed to allow the exposed inner conductor layer to operate as a radiating element for the antenna. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133566 | Foldable Log-Periodic Antenna - A foldable log-periodic antenna includes a feed line, one or more transmitting elements for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic signals, one or more supporting elements for holding the transmitting elements, and one or more elements for producing a tensile stress on the transmitting elements. One of the a transmitting elements is connected to one of the supporting elements and to the feed line, and with one supporting element is connected to the feed line via an articulated joint apparatus, such that the antenna can be moved from a transport position to an operating position and vice versa. The one or more elements for producing a tensile stress on the transmitting elements is a flexible tube, and can have an internal pressure applied to them and are connected to the supporting elements for holding the transmitting elements. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133567 | CROSS POLARIZATION MULTIBAND ANTENNA - The subject of this invention is a multiband antenna radiating element comprising a first pair of cross-polarization dipoles each of which comprises two collinear conducting arms, whereby the four conducting arms define a first radiating plane corresponding to a low frequency band. The radiating element also consists of at least a second pair of cross-polarization dipoles each of which comprises two collinear conducting arms, whereby the four conducting arms define a second radiating plan corresponding to a higher frequency band. The first and second radiating planes are parallel; the second radiating plane is positioned above the first from which it is electrically insulated and the surface of the first radiating plane covering the conducting arms of the first pair of dipoles is larger than the surface of the second radiating plane covering the conducting arms of the second pair of dipoles. The first radiating plane can be defined by a first pair of dual cross-polarization dipoles or one printed circuit dipole and the second radiating plane can be defined by a second pair of dipoles chosen from cross dipoles, butterfly dipoles and printed circuit dipoles. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133568 | QUADRIFILAR HELIX ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH GROUND PLANE - A quadrifilar helix antenna system with a finite ground plane has a pair of bifilar helical elements extending upwardly from the finite ground plane. A symmetrical array of monopole elements surrounds the lower portion of the pair of bifilar helical elements in the near field so as to load the lower portion and thereby raise the phase center of the antenna to improve the circularly polarized far-field radiation at low elevation angles. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133569 | ANTENNA ARRAY - An antenna array and a method are disclosed. The antenna array comprises: a plurality of active antenna elements, each active antenna element being separated by a predetermined first spacing distance; and a plurality of passive antenna elements, each passive antenna element being separated by a predetermined second spacing distance. By providing both active and passive antenna elements, multiple networks can be supported by the same antenna array. Providing a dual network antenna significantly simplifies base station provision since existing base station sites may be reused more readily. Also, the number of antenna arrays which need to be provided at those base stations sites may be significantly reduced, thereby reducing mast head congestion and also reducing mast head loadings since the mass of the dual antenna array and its wind loading characteristics will be significantly less than that of two separate antenna arrays. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133570 | DIVERSITY ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING RECTIFIER DEVICE - A diversity antenna apparatus includes a feed line through which radio communication power is transmitted, antennas connected in cascade through the feed line, and a first rectifier device placed in the feed line, wherein a first one of the antennas and a second one of the antennas each include a second rectifier device having an input terminal thereof connected to the feed line, an antenna device connected to an output of the first rectifier device, and a third rectifier device having an input terminal thereof connected to a connection point between the second rectifier device and the antenna device, and having an output terminal thereof grounded, wherein the first rectifier device placed in the feed line connects between the input terminal of the second rectifier device of the first one of the antennas and the input terminal of the second rectifier device of the second one of the antennas. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133571 | ANTENNAS WITH MULTIPLE FEED CIRCUITS - There is disclosed an antenna arrangement comprising an electrically conductive radiating element having first and second ends, an electrically conductive ground plane or ground member, and an input terminal. The radiating element has a plurality of separate feed points at different locations between its first and second ends, and the input terminal is provided with a switch. Each feed point is electrically connected to the switch by way of a separate electrical pathway, the switch being configured to allow the separate feed points to be connected individually or in predetermined combinations to the input terminal by selecting between a plurality of selectable contacts. At least one of the electrical pathways includes a capacitive circuit component connected in series, and at least one other of the electrical pathways includes an inductive circuit component connected in series. The antenna arrangement allows for a high degree of customization and improved matching, and enables good multi-band performance. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133572 | ANTENNA - An antenna is used in an electronic device. The electronic device includes a circuit board. The antenna includes a first antenna portion, a second antenna portion, a first feed portion, and a second feed portion. The first antenna portion is longer than the second antenna portion. The first antenna portion and the second antenna portion are perpendicularly disposed around the circuit board and in one exemplary embodiment may be spaced from the perimeter edge of the circuit board. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133573 | MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING DUAL DISPLAY UNIT AND METHOD OF CHANGING DISPLAY SCREEN USING THE SAME - A mobile terminal having a dual display unit and a method of changing a display screen using the same are disclosed. The mobile terminal includes a main body, a front display unit for providing a multimedia mode, a rear display unit for providing a normal mode, and a screen control module for controlling to turn off the rear display unit and turn on the front display unit, and to display a multimedia execution screen in the front display unit. The method of changing a display screen of the mobile terminal having additional multimedia functions provides an optimum multimedia environment and improves user convenience and effectiveness of the mobile terminal by flexibly supporting a multimedia function to be executed according to a screen state of the rear display unit. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133574 | SHIFT REGISTER UNIT, GATE DRIVE CIRCUIT, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A shift register unit. gate drive circuit. and display apparatus. The shift register unit comprises: input module for inputting first and second clock signals. frame start signal. high and low voltage signals, the first clock signal is identical with phase-inverted signal of the second clock signal within one frame; a processing module comprising multiple TFTs, for generating gate drive signal according to the first and second clock signals and frame start signal, controlling voltage of first node formed by TFTs lower than the low level of power supply signal during evaluation period of shift register unit, and resetting second node formed by TFTs to cut off transient DC path formed by input terminals of the high and low voltage signals, and at least one TFT in time; an output module for sending gate drive signal generated by the processing module. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133575 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - Provided is a display apparatus, which has both high light-emission efficiency and good display performance. The display apparatus includes multiple pixels, each of the multiple pixels including an organic light-emitting device including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode, the multiple pixels including an optical unit for allowing a part of light emitted from the light-emitting layer to exit to outside while changing an exiting direction thereof, in which, in the multiple pixels including the optical unit, an optical distance between the light-emitting layer and the first electrode or an optical distance between the light-emitting layer and the second electrode is set to a predetermined value. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133576 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE BOARD, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device circuit disclosed includes: a first output transistor (Mo | 2012-05-31 |
20120133577 | DRIVE DEVICE FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL - A drive device for driving a liquid crystal display panel by column inversion driving, whereby power consumption is further reduced. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133578 | PER DIE TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMING FOR THERMALLY EFFICIENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) OPERATION - Methods and apparatus to provide per die temperature programming for thermally efficient integrated circuit (IC) operation are described. In some embodiments, the junction temperature of an IC component is determined, e.g., to reduce power consumption and/or improve performance. Other embodiments are also described. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133579 | GESTURE RECOGNITION MANAGEMENT - A system and method for managing the recognition and processing of gestures. A system provides a mechanism to detect conflicts between gesture recognizers and resolve the conflicts. A runtime system receives notifications from gesture recognizers in the form of requests for resources or actions. A conflict detector determines whether a conflict with another gesture recognizer exists. If a conflict exists, a conflict resolver determines a resolution. This may include determining a winning gesture recognizer and deactivating the losing gesture recognizers. A design time system statically validates gesture recognizers based on static state machines corresponding to each gesture recognizer. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133580 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GESTURE INTERFACE CONTROL - A method is provided in one example and includes generating a histogram associated with at least one object; receiving image data; comparing the image data to the histogram in order to determine if at least a portion of the image data corresponds to the histogram; identifying a pose associated with the object; and triggering an electronic command associated with the pose. In more particular embodiments, the image data is evaluated in order to analyze sequences of poses associated with a gesture that signals the electronic command to be performed. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133581 | HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION DEVICE AND AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR APPLYING THE DEVICE INTO A VIRTUAL WORLD - A human-computer interaction device and an apparatus and method for applying the device into a virtual world. The human-computer interaction device is disposed with a sensing device thereon, the sensing device including a manipulation part and a distance sensor. The manipulation part receives a manipulation action of a user's finger, the distance sensor senses a distance of the manipulation part relative to a fixed location and generates a distance signal for characterizing the manipulation action. A virtual world assistant apparatus and a method corresponding to the assistant apparatus is also provided. With the invention, multiple signals of manipulation can be sensed and free control on actions of an avatar can be realized by using the multiple signals. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133582 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - A position indicated on a predetermined plane is calculated based on a first operation signal output from a pointing device, and it is determined whether or not the indicated position has moved from out of a predetermined area on the plane into the predetermined area. When a result of the determination is positive in a state where a second operation signal is used for information processing, operation signals used for the information processing are switched from the second operation signal to the first operation signal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133583 | ILLUMINATED NAVIGATION MODULE - A navigation module for a handheld communication device having a navigation pad, a chrome-like ring surrounding the navigation pad, an illumination ring surrounding the navigation pad, and at least one light source optically coupled to the at least the illumination ring. The illumination ring can be interposed between the chrome-like ring and the navigation pad. The chrome-like ring can be interposed between the illumination ring and the navigation pad. The light source can be a light emitting diode. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133584 | Apparatus and method for calibrating 3D position in 3D position and orientation tracking system - An apparatus and method for calibrating a 3D position in a 3D position and orientation tracking system are provided. The apparatus according to an embodiment may track the 3D position and the 3D orientation of a remote device in response to a detection of a pointing event, may acquire positions pointed to by the laser beams, in response to the detection of the pointing event, may generate a 3D reference position, based on information about the pointed to positions and the tracked 3D orientation, may calculate an error using the reference position and the tracked 3D position, and may calibrate the 3D position to be tracked, using the error. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133585 | Apparatus and method for controlling object - An apparatus and method for controlling an object are provided. Motions of fingers present in a 3-dimensional (3D) sensing area are detected, and a pointer or an object being displayed is controlled corresponding to the detected motions. Therefore, input of a control signal may be achieved without a direct touch on a display device such as a terminal, thereby preventing leaving marks on a screen of the display. In addition, since the motions of fingers are detected within the 3D sensing area, not on a 2-dimensional (2D) plane, more types of input motions may be used. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133586 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device comprises a rotatable magnet member, a lower casing and an upper casing. The rotatable magnet member has a magnet, a spherical part and a rod-like shaft. The magnet is formed into a ring-shaped disc with a through hole in the center, and magnetized with N and S poles alternately along the circumferential direction. The rod-like shaft having a flange portion near a first end is inserted in the through hole, and both ends protrude from the through hole. The lower casing rotatably supports the rod-like shaft of the rotatable magnet member. There is a space provided between an outer peripheral surface of a part of the rod-like shaft inside the through hole and an inner wall of the through hole over the entire peripheries, and the flange portion is press-fitted and fixed to the spherical part. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133587 | SENSOR-AUGMENTED, GESTURE-ENABLED KEYBOARD AND ASSOCITED APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A keyboard is provided that includes an arrangement of keys, circuitry and a first processor configured to generate a signal in response to a keystroke in which a respective key of the arrangement of keys is depressed, and determine how to interpret the keystroke. The keyboard also includes one or more sensors and a second processor configured to measure a relationship of an object to the sensor(s), and produce a gesture signal based upon a signal representative of the measured relationship. This gesture signal is interpretable into one or more commands or instructions for directing performance of one or more operations of an apparatus or software operating on the apparatus. A related apparatus and computer-readable storage medium are also provided. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133588 | KEYBOARD CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING TIME - A keyboard displays a clock time with light sources. The keyboard can transmit light through spaces positioned between a plurality of keys of the keyboard. The keyboard further can transmit light through the plurality of keys of the keyboard. The keyboard further includes two buttons for adjusting the clock time displaying on the keyboard. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133589 | DYNAMICALLY LOCATED ONSCREEN KEYBOARD - A touch-sensitive display surface having touch-capacitive and vibration sensors. This surface allows the user to rest their fingers on the keys of an onscreen keyboard and type as they would on a regular keyboard. As the user places their fingers on the touch screen, the system relocates the onscreen keyboard to the location where the fingers are resting. The touch sensors report the signal strength level of each key touched to a processor, but no keystroke is issued by the processor until a corresponding “tap” (i.e., vibration) is detected. When a tap is detected, the processor references the status of the touch capacitance sensors before, during, and/or immediately after the moment in time the tap occurred. The size, position, and orientation of the onscreen keyboard keys are dynamically set as determined by the user initiating a home-row definition event by resting their fingers momentarily on a virtual home-row. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133590 | INPUT METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH TOUCH SCREEN - An input method of a portable terminal having a touch screen includes: converting a mode of the portable terminal to an input mode, activating a virtual keypad, and then displaying the activated virtual keypad; recognizing whether key input interrupts, which are generated from keys of the displayed virtual keypad, are successively generated on at least two adjacent keys; and performing a function corresponding to the key input interrupt generated on the virtual keypad. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133591 | PORTABLE MONITOR - Methods, apparatus and other embodiments associated with a portable monitor are presented. The portable monitor includes a monitor base with a rear support brace on the bottom of the monitor base. The portable monitor includes a monitor device with a video screen. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133592 | MULTIDISPLAY DEVICE WITH PANEL HOUSINGS - A multi display device includes panel housings having displays. The panel housings are foldable on each other and the displays are disposed adjacent to each other when the panel housings are unfolded. A key input part is further provided to be foldable on the panel housings. Accordingly, the multi display device is easy to grasp for the user while providing the folding/folding convenience. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133593 | DIGITIZER FOR A FINGERTIP TACTILE-SENSE INPUT DEVICE - The present invention provides a digitizer for a fingertip tactile-sense input device to which switches can be added without having to increase the number of wires. A first lower right contact ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120133594 | SENSING METHODS FOR TOUCH SENSING DEVICES - A sensing method for a touch sensing device is provided. In one embodiment, for one set of interlaced receiving electrode and transmitting electrodes of the touch sensing device, an integrator coupled to the receiving electrode is reset only one time. In another embodiment, for each group of sensing electrodes, an integrator coupled to the sensing electrodes is reset only one time. Accordingly, the rate at which the touch sensing array is sensed may be increased. Noise reduced by the process of resetting the integrator due to charge injection effects may be decreased. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133595 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN IMPROVED USER INTERFACE ON A KIOSK - An apparatus, system and method are presented for implementing a user interface on a kiosk terminal. The terminal includes a processor, LCD display and touch-screen device. Software implemented by the processor receives input from the touch-screen device to determine complex interactions with the display that are then used to select and/or modify functions and features provided by the terminal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133596 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING AN IMPROVED USER INTERFACE ON A TERMINAL - An apparatus, system and method are presented for implementing a user interface on a terminal. The terminal includes a processor, LCD display and touch-screen device. Software implemented by the processor receives input from the touch-screen device to determine complex interactions with the display that are then used to select and/or modify functions and features provided by the terminal. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133597 | ANTENNA STRUCTURE - An antenna structure includes a coil unit formed by etching a conductive film in a non-display area of a display and a set of electrodes for transmitting signals connected to terminals of the coil unit. The antenna structure can be a near field communication antenna or a radio frequency identification antenna to transmit and receive signals with the coil unit formed in the non-display area of the display to save the occupation space in a portable communication device. Therefore, the antenna structure can effectively reduce the size of the portable communication device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133598 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch display device includes a display panel, a light guide plate, at least an invisible light emitting device, and a first light path converting device. The light guide plate includes a plurality of microstructures to reflect an invisible light generated by the invisible light emitting device such that the invisible light passes through the display panel, reaching the first light path converting device. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133599 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A display device having a display panel and a touch screen panel is disclosed. The display device includes a display panel driving unit formed on a portion of the rear of the display panel and including a plurality of display panel driving circuits to drive the display panel; a touch screen panel driving unit formed on other portion of the rear of the display panel to be adjacent to the display panel driving unit and including a plurality of touch screen panel driving circuits to drive the touch screen panel; and a connector formed on the display panel driving unit and including a first connector unit connected to at least one of the display panel driving circuits and a second connector unit connected to at least one of the touch screen panel driving circuits. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133600 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REVIEW WORKSTATION - Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling display of different types of medical images and providing touchscreen interfaces for display on a mobile communication device and associated with different image types, e.g., different imaging modalities or different view modes. Detection of a multi-finger tap on the screen of the mobile communication device while viewing a first touchscreen interface for an image type invokes a second or auxiliary touchscreen interface for that image type having a subset of interface elements of the first touchscreen interface. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133601 | USER INTERFACE FOR MEDICAL IMAGE REVIEW WORKSTATION - Methods, systems and computer program products for controlling display of different types of medical images and providing touchscreen interfaces for display on a mobile communication device and associated with different image types, e.g., different imaging modalities or different view modes. Detection of a multi-finger tap on the screen of the mobile communication device while viewing a first touchscreen interface for an image type invokes a second or auxiliary touchscreen interface for that image type having a subset of interface elements of the first touchscreen interface. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133602 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, a communication terminal includes a contact unit, a detection unit and a sending unit. The contact unit is contacted with the operator of a self-device. The detection unit detects the state of the operator according to the contact state of the contact unit operated by the operator. The sending unit sends the state data detected by the detection unit. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133603 | FINGER RECOGNITION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Finger recognition methods and systems for use in an electronic device are provided. First, a contact corresponding to an input tool is detected via a touch-sensitive device, and a shape corresponding to the input tool is obtained according to the contact. It is determined whether the shape corresponding to the input tool conforms to a shape corresponding to the at least one finger recorded in a database. If so, the input tool is determined to be a finger. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133604 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM - According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes a first housing having a first display unit, a second housing having a second display unit, a form detector, and a control unit. The form detector detects a first form in which the second display unit is covered with the first housing while the first display unit is exposed to the outside and a second form in which the first display unit and the second display unit are exposed to the outside. A control unit cause objects for activating a function to be displayed on the first display unit and on the second display unit in an associated manner in conjunction with a change in form detected by the form detector. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133605 | INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE, MOBILE DEVICE, AND INFORMATION DISPLAYING DEVICE - Provided is an input/output device, including: a touch unit that is touched by a human body; an information processing unit that performs information processing based on a touch made on the touch unit by the human body; and a human-body communication unit that performs human-body communication by using the human body touching the touch unit as a path. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133606 | Display For Digital Images - The invention relates to a display device comprising a first light for emitting light rays and a first modulator operable to modulate those light rays for generating primary modulated light ray ( | 2012-05-31 |
20120133607 | TOUCH-SENSING DISPLAY PANEL, TOUCH PANEL, TOUCH-SENSING DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSING CIRCUIT - The present application provides a touch-sensing display panel comprising a display panel and a touch-sensing device disposed above the display panel. The touch-sensing device comprises a plurality of select lines, a plurality of readout lines and a plurality of capacitive touch-sensing units arranged in array. Each of the capacitive touch-sensing units comprises a transistor and a touch-sensing pad, each of the transistors comprises a gate electrode electrically connected to one of the select lines, a source electrode electrically connected to a reference voltage, a drain electrode electrically connected to one of the readout lines, and a channel layer electrically coupled to the touch-sensing pad. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133608 | TOUCH DISPLAY ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE - A touch display assembly structure is disclosed, which includes a capacitor type touch panel, a display panel, a plastic side frame, and an adhesive layer. The plastic side frame includes a side frame edge and a support piece disposed inner the side frame edge. The support piece is disposed between the touch panel and the display panel. The support piece has an opening to expose a display area of the display panel. The adhesive layer bonds the capacitor type touch panel and the support piece. There is an air layer disposed between the touch panel and the display panel. The material of the support piece includes polyphenylene sulfide. The thickness of the support piece is less than 0.4 mm. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133609 | RESISTIVE TYPE TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a resistive type touch panel according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The resistive type touch panel includes a transparent substrate; a transparent electrode formed on one surface of the transparent substrate and made of a conductive polymer; and a plurality of conductive balls formed on the transparent electrode and having conductivity. According to the present invention, the conductive balls are included in the transparent electrode made of the conductive polymer to improve the conductivity of the transparent electrode and the conductive balls are formed on the transparent electrode at a predetermined interval, thereby making it possible to constantly maintain the thickness of the transparent electrode. Further, the conductive balls are formed on the transparent electrode to reduce the contact resistance value generated when the resistive type touch panel is touched, thereby making it possible to improve the reliability of the operation of the touch panel. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133610 | METHOD FOR ADJUSTING REGION OF INTEREST AND RELATED OPTICAL TOUCH MODULE - A method for adjusting region of interest is applied to positioning on a touch surface of a screen. The method includes capturing at least one region image toward the touch surface, setting a predetermined region of interest on the region image, performing an edge identification process on the predetermined region of interest to generate an actual region of interest, and recording the actual region of interest. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133611 | Asymmetric Sensor Pattern - An embodiment of a capacitive sensor array may comprise a first plurality of sensor elements and a second sensor element comprising a main trace that intersects each of the first plurality of sensor elements to form a plurality of intersections. A unit cell may be associated with each of the intersections, and each unit cell may designate a set of locations nearest to a corresponding intersection. A contiguous section of the main trace may cross at least one of the plurality of unit cells. The capacitive sensor array may further comprise a plurality of open zones, where each of the plurality of open zones is staggered relative to an adjacent open zone. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133612 | SWITCHABLE TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A switchable touch display device comprises at least one pixel unit and one controlling module. The pixel unit comprises first and second substrate disposed in parallel, a spacer, a common electrode and a data line. The spacer is disposed in the pixel unit and on the first substrate, and a gap formed between the first spacer and the second substrate. The common electrode is disposed on the first substrate and the spacer. The data line is disposed on the second substrate and part of it is disposed right under the spacer. The controlling module switches the pixel unit between a display mode and a touch mode. The controlling module controls the pixel unit to present with a predetermined luminance in the display module, and determine whether the spacer be pressed by external force to electrically contact common electrode and data line in the touch mode. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133613 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a capacitive touch panel capable of simplifying a manufacture process thereof. The capacitive touch panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate provided opposite to each other, wherein a common electrode and at least two parallel electrode lines are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, at least two touch electrodes are connected in series by each of the electrode lines, any two of the touch electrodes connected by a same electrode line have an area different from each other, varying sequentially, the touch electrode and the common electrode form a capacitor, and the electrode line is connected to a touch signal sensing device. The capacitive touch panel provided by embodiments of the present disclosure may achieve one-dimensioned positioning. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133614 | LINEAR PROJECTED SINGLE-LAYER CAPACITANCE SENSOR - A touch sensor having a plurality of parallel drive electrodes that are being electrically driven, providing stimulus on one end or simultaneously on both ends, thus creating a linear or varying electric field across the length of the drive electrodes, wherein adjacent sensor electrodes are connected to a sense amplifier and analog-to-digital (ADC) converter to determine the position of an object that comes near to the drive and/or sense electrodes, wherein the system uses self-capacitance and measures the amount of current driven by each driver, wherein the system uses a mutual capacitance current divider in a first method by driving an electrode with a time varying voltage and measuring induced currents at each end of an adjacent sense electrode and using ratiometric equations to determine finger position, and using a mutual capacitance voltage divider in a second method. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133615 | ACTIONABLE-OBJECT CONTROLLER AND DATA-ENTRY ATTACHMENT FOR TOUCHSCREEN-BASED ELECTRONICS - A touchscreen-controller and data-entry ensemble are attached conterminously or proximately to a touchscreen device. A touchscreen-controller attachment device has one or more input ends and one or more output ends. The input and output ends may be opposite ends of unitary elements and/or may be remote from one another and connected by wire or wirelessly. Each input end of a unitary conductive element is connected to a respective output end and the plurality of output ends, residing in an attachment base, are in a position of contact with or in close proximity to the soft buttons, keys or controller(s) of a touchscreen. The output ends thus activate the touchscreen when the input ends are manipulated. A base maintains the input and/or output ends in fixed position during use. Input and output elements can be spring-mounted. New controllers offer the user haptic ability. | 2012-05-31 |
20120133616 | CREATIVE DESIGN SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Creative design systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a creative design system is provided. The creative design system comprises a high resolution display, an interactive stylus that includes a transmitter at a tip of the interactive stylus that transmits an encoded signal associated with the interactive stylus and a plurality of sensors that track movement of the interactive stylus over the high resolution display by capturing and decoding the transmitted encoded signal as the stylus moves over the high resolution display. A creative design controller is configured to display sketches of context in response to the tracking of the movement of the interactive stylus over the high resolution display. | 2012-05-31 |