25th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 51 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170177064 | Dynamic Workload Frequency Optimization - The embodiments described herein relate to dynamically detecting a frequency change condition for microprocessor performance. An instruction is received, and a frequency change condition associated with the received instruction is dynamically detected. A frequency modulation is performed in response to the dynamic detection. The frequency modulation includes selecting a second frequency for optimal instruction processing different from a first frequency, the first frequency being a default operating frequency of the microprocessor. Execution of the instruction is completed at the second frequency. Accordingly, incoming execution instructions are logically analyzed, and the processor frequency is selectively modified based on associated instruction conditions. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177065 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING POWER STATE INFORMATION USING IN-BAND SIGNALING - A method and apparatus for providing power state information using in-band signaling are described. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) device comprises a controller operable to receive a command from a platform control bus, the command requesting data that is unrelated to information about a power state in which the IC resides; and control logic operable to obtain data for inclusion in a response to the command, wherein the controller is operable to send the response over a bus, the response containing at least a portion of the data responsive to the command and containing power state information for the IC. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177066 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC UPS OPTIMIZATION - Systems and methods are provided for Dynamic Optimization of Uninterruptable Power Supplies (UPS) and ancillary connected devices based on External Variable Data (EVD). EVD combined with UPS data, and other infrastructure data from the external network are received and optimizations are determined and stored in memory. An operating profile is generated to optimize the connected devices for the predetermined criterion, which may include efficiency, security and reliability. Operating modes of the connected devices are then changed by updating the operating profiles through the devices' communications interface. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177067 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH OPERATING SYSTEM - An information processing device includes a state determination unit. The state determination unit switches between first execution processing that executes a function of the information processing device by way of an operating system, and second execution processing that stops operation of the operating system during operation, and executes a specific function of the information processing device by way of a specific program without turning ON a power source of the information processing device. The second execution processing is not performed during execution of the first execution processing. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177068 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR STANDBY POWER SAVINGS - A power delivery system of a computing system can switch the computing platform from a set of main rails to a standby rail in a low-power state. For example, using a power optimizer framework, a platform controller hardware (PCH) and/or platform management controller (PCU) can transition an idle computing system to a low-power state using a standby rail with the main rails off. The PCU can instruct a processor in a C10 state to switch from main power rails to a standby rail. Once confirmed that the processor is in the C10 state, the PCU can turn off a processor voltage regulator and assert a platform sleep signal. After confirming the platform has entered the sleep state in which the platform has moved to the standby rails, the PCH or PCU can request a power supply to turn off the main rails but leave the standby rail active. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177069 | SMART POWER ADAPTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed are electrical systems and electronic devices. An electrical system includes an electronic device. The electronic device is configured to receive external power from an external power source, the external power sufficient to support normal mode operation of the electronic device. The electronic device includes control circuitry programmed to operate in the normal mode while receiving external power, and transition to one of a low power mode and a pre-shutdown mode responsive to sensor inputs. An electronic device includes an internal power source configured to provide internal power sufficient to support low power requirements of the electronic device operating in a low power mode, but not sufficient to support normal power requirements of a normal mode. The electronic device includes control circuitry programmed to transition from the low power mode to a hibernate mode while powered by only the internal power source. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177070 | APPLICATION RAMP RATE CONTROL IN LARGE INSTALLATIONS - To eliminate the adverse effects of power swings in a large scale computing system during the life cycle of an application or job, control of several operating characteristics for the collective group of processors is provided. By providing certain levels of coordination for the many processors utilized in large scale computing systems, significant and abrupt changes in power needs can be avoided. In certain circumstances, this may involve limiting the transition between several C-States of the processors involved and the overall power transitions for a large scale system are not detrimental and do not create issues for the data center or local power utility. Some cases will require stepped transitions between C-States, while other cases will include both stepped and modulated transitions. Other cases will incorporate random wait times at the various transitions in order to spread the power consumption involved. In yet further circumstances the C-States can be pinned to a specific setting, thus avoiding transitions caused by C-State transitions. To deal with further issues, the processor P-States can also be overridden. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177071 | APPARATUS FOR THE DISPLAY OF EMBEDDED INFORMATION - An apparatus for the electronic display of information, where the apparatus is a substrate incorporating a digital recording medium attached to or embedded within the substrate. The substrate further includes a flexible-substrate display located on an exposed surface of the substrate, where the display is a medium capable of selectively displaying one of at least two possible colors at each pixel location thereon in order to produce a substrate medium that may be modified in accordance with a user's selection. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177072 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTUATING A HAND SUPPORT FOR AN INPUT DEVICE, HAND SUPPORT FOR AN INPUT DEVICE, INPUT SYSTEM FOR A TECHNICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A HAND SUPPORT FOR AN INPUT DEVICE - An apparatus for actuating a hand support for an input device, in particular a keyboard, of a technical device is presented. The apparatus comprises an input interface for receiving an audio signal and a signal processing device coupled to the input interface and configured to provide an actuation signal using audio data transmitted via the audio signal, wherein the actuation signal is configured to actuate the hand support in a manner characterizing the audio signal. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177073 | METHOD OF OPERATING A CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL SYSTEM THEREFORE - A method of operating a control system for controlling a device, the control system comprising a motion capture equipment, and a controller for providing control signals for controlling one or more device functions of the device, the method comprising the steps of: capturing, by the motion capture equipment, motion picture images of a space and providing the motion picture images to the controller; analyzing, by the controller, the motion picture images for detecting user input from a user in the space, and detecting by the controller a gesture performed by the user; and providing, by the controller in response to said detecting of the gesture, a control signal to the device for controlling a selected device functions of said one or more device functions; wherein said analyzing is performed by the controller by monitoring one or more gesture zones in said motion picture images, each gesture zone being associated with one respective device function of said plurality of device functions, and wherein for providing said control signal the controller determines the gesture zone wherein the gesture is detected for establishing the selected device function to control. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177074 | GESTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - For storing gesture definitions and evaluating expressions that reference the gesture definitions, an expression evaluation engine evaluates the expressions to determine whether movements of a user satisfy the expressions. The expression evaluation engine receives expressions in user or application requests, or the expression evaluation engine may automatically evaluate the expressions when a gesture recognition system receives updated information about tracked body parts of the user. An expression includes a logical operator that relates different conditions to each other, and the different conditions may reference different gestures or other criteria that are based on the tracked body parts of the user. The expression is satisfied when the logical operator is satisfied. If an expression is satisfied, the expression evaluation engine triggers an action associated with a corresponding gesture definition. An example gesture may trigger display and navigation of a pie menu. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177075 | IN-CELL GAZE TRACKING FOR NEAR-EYE DISPLAY - A near-eye display device includes a display panel with an array of photon-emitting cells interspersed with photon-detecting cells and a display controller coupled to the display panel, the display controller to control the display panel to display imagery using the array of photon-emitting cells. The device further includes a camera controller coupled to the display panel, the camera controller to control the display panel to capture imagery of an eye of a user using the photon-detecting cells. The device also includes an eye-tracking module coupled to the camera controller, the eye-tracking module to construct a three-dimensional representation of the eye based on the captured imagery. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177076 | AUTOMATED VEHICLE HUMAN-MACHINE INTERFACE SYSTEM BASED ON GLANCE-DIRECTION - A human-machine interface (HMI) system used to indicate a vehicle-feature based on glance-direction of an occupant of the vehicle includes a camera and a controller. The camera is used to capture a sequence-of-images of an occupant of a vehicle. The controller is configured to determine a plurality of glance-directions from the sequence-of-images, define a plurality of glance-zones based on the plurality of glance-directions, one glance-zone for each glance-direction, define an intersection-zone based on an intersection of two or more of the glance-zones, determine an outlier-count based on how many of the plurality of glance-zones do not intersect with the intersection-zone, and select a vehicle-feature in the vehicle indicated by the occupant, said vehicle-feature located at a location inside the vehicle that corresponds to the intersection-zone, said vehicle-feature indicated by the operator when the outlier-count during the pause-interval is less than a paused-threshold. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177077 | THREE-DIMENSION INTERACTIVE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL REALITY - The present invention relates to a rear screen three-dimension interactive system for a virtual reality. The rear screen three-dimension interactive system for a virtual reality includes a computing device; a display device electrically connected with the computing device, facing toward a user, and showing a three-dimension image for an article to the user; an image sensor electrically connected with the computing device, situated at a front side in front of the display device, keeping a second distance from the display device, and sensing a vision movement made by the user who is situated in the front side; and a motion sensor electrically connected with the computing device, situated at a rear side in back of the display device, keeping a first distance from the display device, and sensing a hand based action made by the user in the rear side. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177078 | GAZE BASED SELECTION OF A FUNCTION FROM A MENU - A computer system can be controlled with non-contact inputs through zonal control. In an embodiment, a non-contact input that is an eye-tracking device is used to track the gaze of a user. A computer's display, and beyond, can be separated into a number of discrete zones according to a configuration. Each zone is associated with a computer function. The zones and/or their functions can, but need not, be indicated to the user. The user can perform the various functions by moving gaze towards the zone associated with that function and providing an activation signal of intent. The activation signal of intent can be a contact-required or non-contact action, such as a button press or dwelling gaze, respectively. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177079 | DETERMINING GAZE TARGET BASED ON FACIAL FEATURES - A computer system can be controlled with non-contact inputs, such as eye-tracking devices. A visual indicator can be presented on a display to indicate the location where a computer function will take place (e.g., a common cursor). The visual indicator can be moved to a gaze target in response to continued detection of an action (e.g., touchpad touch) by a user for a predetermined period of time. A delay between the action and the movement of the visual indicator can allow a user time to “abort” movement of the visual indicator. Additionally, once the visual indicator has moved, the visual indicator can be controlled with additional precision as the user moves the gaze while continuing the action (e.g., continued holding of the touchpad). | 2017-06-22 |
20170177080 | NATURAL HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION FOR VIRTUAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT SYSTEMS - Technologies for natural language interactions with virtual personal assistant systems include a computing device configured to capture audio input, distort the audio input to produce a number of distorted audio variations, and perform speech recognition on the audio input and the distorted audio variants. The computing device selects a result from a large number of potential speech recognition results based on contextual information. The computing device may measure a user's engagement level by using an eye tracking sensor to determine whether the user is visually focused on an avatar rendered by the virtual personal assistant. The avatar may be rendered in a disengaged state, a ready state, or an engaged state based on the user engagement level. The avatar may be rendered as semitransparent in the disengaged state, and the transparency may be reduced in the ready state or the engaged state. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF EYE TRACKING CONTROL ON MOBILE DEVICE - Methods and systems to facilitate eye tracking control on mobile devices are provided. An image of a portion of a user is received at an eye tracking device, where the image includes reflections caused by light emitted on the user from one or more light sources located within the eye tracking device. One or more eye features associated with an eye of the user is detected using the reflections. Point of regard information is determined using the one or more eye features, where the point of regard information indicates a location on a display of a computing device coupled to the eye tracking device at which the user was looking when the image of the portion of the user was taken. The point of regard information is sent to an application capable of performing a subsequent operation using the point of regard information. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177082 | Stabilization Plane Determination Based On Gaze Location - Embodiments are described herein for determining a stabilization plane to reduce errors that occur when a homographic transformation is applied to a scene including 3D geometry and/or multiple non-coplanar planes. Such embodiments can be used, e.g., when displaying an image on a head mounted display (HMD) device, but are not limited thereto. In an embodiment, a rendered image is generated, a gaze location of a user is determined, and a stabilization plane, associated with a homographic transformation, is determined based on the determined gaze location. This can involve determining, based on the user's gaze location, variables of the homographic transformation that define the stabilization plane. The homographic transformation is applied to the rendered image to thereby generate an updated image, and at least a portion of the updated image is then displayed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177083 | HAPTIC PERIPHERAL HAVING A PLURALITY OF DEFORMABLE MEMBRANES - A haptic peripheral includes a housing with a frame having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced apart windows, a plurality of deformable membranes positioned within the plurality of circumferentially-spaced apart windows, and a haptic output device disposed within the housing and coupled to the plurality of deformable membranes. The haptic output device includes a motor, a converter, and a plurality of radially-extending pins. Each radially-extending pin has a first end attached to the converter and a second opposing end attached to a deformable membrane. The motor is configured to receive a control signal from a processor and is configured to rotate relative to the housing in response to the control signal. The converter converts rotary motion of the motor to linear motion to move the plurality of radially-extending pins to thereby radially extend the deformable membranes relative to the housing and provide a haptic effect to a user of the haptic peripheral. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177084 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA INVOLVING A CONTENT COUPLED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY SURFACE - Methods, systems, and computer readable media involving a content coupled physical activity surface are disclosed. One system includes a processor and a memory. The system is configured to receive information about a physical action performed by a user based on feedback from a physical activity surface including at least one sensor for detecting physical activity of the user, to determine, based on the feedback, configuration information, and metadata associated with a content coupled experience involving a physical action sequence, a second physical action to perform, information for prompting the user to perform the second physical action, and information for detecting the second physical action via the physical activity surface, and to provide, to the physical activity surface, the information for prompting the user to perform the second physical action and for detecting the second physical action via the physical activity surface. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177085 | System and Method for Processing an Audio and Video Input in a Point of View Program for Haptic Delivery - The present embodiments disclose apparatus, systems and methods for allowing users to receive targeted delivery of haptic effects—air flow of variable intensity and temperature—from a single tower or surround tower configuration. The haptic tower may have an enclosed, modular assembly that manipulates air flow, fluid flow, scent, or any other haptic or sensation, for an immersed user. Moreover, the system has an application of sensor technology to capture data regarding a user's body positioning and orientation in the real environment. This data and, or data from a program coupled to the system, and, or audio-video data corresponding to a user in a virtual environment, is relayed to a haptic engine; recognized; scored along a plurality of parameters; and converted into a haptic output command for haptic output expression corresponding to the user in the virtual environment. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177086 | FREE-FORM DRAWING AND HEALTH APPLICATIONS - Various systems and methods for implementing free-form drawing for health applications are described herein. A system for implementing a health application includes a user interface module to receive, at a user device, a plurality of parameters including a free-form gesture path, the free-form gesture path representing an air gesture performed by a user of the user device; and a control module to adjust a fitness routine of the user based on the plurality of parameters. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177087 | HAND SKELETON COMPARISON AND SELECTION FOR HAND AND GESTURE RECOGNITION WITH A COMPUTING INTERFACE - Hand skeletons are compared to a hand image and selected. The hand skeletons are used for hand and gesture recognition with a computing interface. In one example, the method includes projecting points of a generated hand skeleton onto a received hand image, classifying the skeleton points as inside or outside the hand image, quantifying the comparison to generate a comparison quantity using a comparison function distance measurement, the comparison function distance measurement comprising an outside skeleton distance that includes a sum of distances from each outside skeleton point to a nearest inside skeleton point, applying the comparison function quantity to select the generated hand skeleton as a best match, and applying the selected hand skeleton to generate a command to a computer system command interface. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177088 | TWO-STEP GESTURE RECOGNITION FOR FINE-GRAIN CONTROL OF WEARABLE APPLICATIONS - The present disclosure provides methods, devices, systems, and computer program products for providing fine-grain gesture-based control of wearable applications. Methods are provided for multi-step gesture-based control systems of wearable applications with an initial, easy to recognize gesture being used to place the device in a state that subtle gestures can be identified that can control navigation and interactivity on the device that rely on the user being able to view the device. Systems and methods are provided for utilizing data obtained from sensor(s) to determine a gesture to place a wearable device in a state of fine-grain gesture-based control. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177089 | WEARABLE SENSOR SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A PERSONAL MAGNETIC FIELD AND TECHNIQUES FOR HORIZONTAL LOCALIZATION UTILIZING THE SAME - A wearable sensor system is disclosed that provides a measurable magnetic field that changes horizontally within the range of motion of human limbs. The wearable sensor system includes a magnetic sensing device, and one or more magnet devices that provide the measurable magnetic field with a strength exceeding the Earth's magnetic field. To this end, the magnetic sensing system provides a “personal” magnetic field about a user, with that magnetic field traveling with the user and overpowering adjacent interfering fields. The wearable sensor system may include a sensor arrangement that measures a strength of the personal magnetic field and field direction to perform horizontal localization, and may send a representation of a same to a remote computing device to cause an action to occur. Some such actions include output of pre-recorded or synthesized musical notes, for example. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177090 | Techniques for Real Object and Hand Representation in Virtual Reality Content - Examples include techniques for real object and hand representation in virtual reality content. In some examples, one or more hands of a user of a head-mounted display (HMD) may be tracked while receiving sensor data from an identified object including one or more embedded sensors. Virtual reality content visible to the user on the HMD may be modified based on the tracking of the one or more hands and based on the received sensor data. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177091 | DYNAMIC EFFECTS PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATIONS FOR WEARABLE DEVICES - Processing techniques and device configurations for performing and controlling output effects at a plurality of wearable devices are generally described herein. In an example, a processing technique may include receiving, at a computing device, an indication of a triggering gesture that occurs at a first wearable device, determining an output effect corresponding to the indication of the triggering gesture, and in response to determining the output effect, transmitting commands to computing devices that are respectively associated with a plurality of wearable devices, the commands causing the plurality of wearable devices to generate the output effect at the plurality of wearable devices. In further examples, output effects such as haptic feedback, light output, or sound output, may be performed by the plurality of wearable devices, associated computing devices, or other controllable equipment. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177092 | System for Hand Gesture Detection - A system for hand gesture detection is provided, comprising: a wrist wear adapted to be worn about a wrist of a user of the system and including a set of skin electrodes adapted to face the wrist; an impedance measurement circuit adapted to measure at least a first impedance in a first portion of the wrist and a second impedance in a second portion of the wrist which second portion is circumferentially displaced in relation to said first portion, wherein the first impedance is measured via a first electrode group including four skin electrodes of said set of skin electrodes and the second impedance is measured via a second electrode group including four skin electrodes of said set of skin electrodes, and a processing circuit adapted to detect a hand gesture of the user based on the first and the second impedance measured by the impedance measurement circuit. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177093 | PRIMARY DEVICE THAT INTERFACES WITH A SECONDARY DEVICE BASED ON GESTURE COMMANDS - An incoming call from a remote device can be received by a primary device. The primary device can determine a numerical count of detected user gestures. Responsive to determining the numerical count of detected user gestures, the primary device can automatically generate an electronic message indicating a user will return the incoming call in a time frame based on the numerical count of detected user gestures. The primary device can automatically communicate the electronic message to the remote device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177094 | INPUT DEVICE - A control section allows a screen of a display section to display a plurality of numeric keys, detects a touch gesture on the individual numeric key through a touch panel to allow an input of a numeric number corresponding to the numeric key subjected to the touch gesture, and detects an action on each of hard keys to accept an instruction to perform a function corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action. When a predetermined action is performed on one or more individuals of the hard keys, the control section assigns numeric numbers to the respective hard keys and detects an action on the individual hard key to allow an input of the numeric number corresponding to the hard key subjected to the action. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177095 | VIRTUAL REALITY VIEWER AND INPUT MECHANISM - The present invention concerns virtual reality viewers for use with touchscreen enabled mobile devices. The virtual reality viewer comprises: a housing configured to receive a mobile electronic device within an interior of the housing; and an input mechanism that is accessible from an exterior of the housing and that is moveable within the interior between a first position and an extended position, wherein a surface of the input mechanism is configured to contact the touch-screen of the mobile electronic device when in the extended position. The disclosed systems and methods facilitate receiving user inputs on the exterior of the housing and providing the user inputs to the touchscreen within the housing using the electro-mechanical input mechanism. Accordingly, the viewer can be used with a variety of smartphones without requiring magnetic switches or a wireless/cable connection between the input device and the smartphone. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177096 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING USER INTERFACE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A user interface displaying method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes identifying one of a content and an application and displaying a split screen according to the identified one of the content and the application. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177097 | VEHICLE INTERIOR CONTROL SYSTEM HAVING KNOBS WITH PLURALITY OF DISPLAY REPRESENTATIONS - System for controlling the interior of a vehicle including a center button for selecting a mode, an inner knob for selecting a function, and an outer knob for adjusting that function. The system may include an outer display for graphically displaying different options for adjusting the selected function. The system may also include a processor which may generate instructions to effectuate the function adjustment upon the user actuating the knobs and/or the center button. A display on the center button may display modes, and an inner display located behind the inner knob may display functions. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177098 | Tethered Active Stylus - The present invention provides a tethered active stylus, including: a conductive tip; and a driving-signal line coupled to the conductive tip, wherein the driving-signal line is configured to connect with a driving circuit of a touch controller, and the driving circuit is configured to provide driving signals to multiple electrodes of a touch screen controlled by the touch controller and the driving-signal line. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177099 | TRANSMISSION-TYPE ELECTRONIC PEN - A transmission-type electronic pen that detects a hover state by a position detecting device and achieves power savings is provided. The pen includes a transmission circuit that transmits a signal to a position detecting device and a detector configured to detect a direct act of a user. The pen includes a pressure detector configured to detect whether a pressure is applied to a tip of a core body, and a controller configured to activate and control transmission operation of the transmission circuit based on detection outputs of the detector and the pressure detector. The transmission circuit is controlled in accordance with any of a plurality of transmission operation states including at least a power saving state. When detecting an act of the user, the controller activates and sets the transmission circuit to a first transmission operation state of the plurality of states. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177100 | UNINTENTIONAL TOUCH REJECTION - A method for rejecting an unintentional palm touch is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a touch is detected by a touch-sensitive surface associated with a display. Characteristics of the touch may be used to generate a set of parameters related to the touch. In an embodiment, firmware is used to determine a reliability value for the touch. The reliability value and the location of the touch is provided to a software module. The software module uses the reliability value and an activity context to determine a confidence level of the touch. In an embodiment, the confidence level may include an evaluation of changes in the reliability value over time. If the confidence level for the touch is too low, it may be rejected. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177101 | UNINTENTIONAL TOUCH REJECTION - A method for rejecting an unintentional palm touch is disclosed. In at least some embodiments, a touch is detected by a touch-sensitive surface associated with a display. Characteristics of the touch may be used to generate a set of parameters related to the touch. In an embodiment, firmware is used to determine a reliability value for the touch. The reliability value and the location of the touch is provided to a software module. The software module uses the reliability value and an activity context to determine a confidence level of the touch. In an embodiment, the confidence level may include an evaluation of changes in the reliability value over time. If the confidence level for the touch is too low, it may be rejected. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177102 | HANDHELD CONTROLLER WITH ACTIVATION SENSORS - A handheld controller, comprising a main body, handle extending from the main body, first and second input controls positioned for engagement by a user's fingers, and a finger detection sensor coupled to the first input control. One or more finger detection sensors are configured to detect the spatial location of the user's finger relative to a surface of the first input control. The finger detection sensor can be a touch capacitive sensor. The handheld controller can have one or more proximity sensors configured to detect the spatial location of the user's finger relative to the first input control. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177103 | CONTROLLING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO END A RUNNING APPLICATION - One embodiment provides a method of controlling an electronic device including: activating one or more applications for display on a display unit; detecting a motion of an input device in relation to the electronic device, wherein the motion is in correspondence with a user instruction to end the running one or more applications; and ending the running of the one or more applications. Other aspects are described and claimed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177104 | TOUCH PAD WITH FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE - A touch sensor device is provided that uses a flexible circuit substrate to provide an improved input device. Specifically, the present invention uses a touch sensor controller affixed to the flexible circuit substrate, which is coupled to a sensor component to provide a flexible, reliable and cost effective touch sensor suitable for a wide variety of applications. In one embodiment the touch sensor uses a flexible circuit substrate that provides relatively high temperature resistance. This allows the touch sensor controller to be affixed using reliable techniques, such as various types of soldering. The sensor component can comprise a relatively low-temperature-resistant substrate that can provide a cost effective solution. Taken together, this embodiment of the touch sensor provides reliability and flexibility at relatively low cost. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177106 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch input device that includes a housing which has an insulation property; a piezoelectric element group which includes a plurality of piezoelectric elements which produce charges when stretched in a direction parallel to a flat film surface; and an adhesive member which adheres the piezoelectric element group to a back surface of the housing. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177107 | Infrared Touch Screen, Touch Detection Method and Display Apparatus - The present disclosure provides an infrared touch screen, a touch detection method and a display apparatus. The infrared touch screen includes: a transparent panel having a touch surface; an infrared emitting device configured to emit an infrared ray which is emitted into the transparent panel and totally reflected in the transparent panel; an infrared receiving device configured to receive the totally reflected infrared ray; and a processor configured to analyze intensity of the infrared ray received by the infrared receiving device to determine touch strength. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177108 | TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE COMPONENT WITH INTERCONNECT CIRCIUT TAB COMPRISING CURED ORGANIC POLYMERIC MATERIAL - In one embodiment a transparent conductive component is described comprising a flexible transparent substrate; a transparent conductive layer disposed on the flexible transparent substrate; and a plurality of metal traces disposed on and in electrical communication with the transparent conductive layer. A portion of the flexible transparent substrate comprising the transparent conductive layer and metal traces forms an interconnect circuit tab. At least the interconnect circuit tab comprises a cured organic polymeric material disposed on the (e.g. patterned) transparent conductive layer and metal traces metal traces and flexible transparent substrate such that the cured organic polymeric material forms an exposed surface layer. The cured organic polymeric material is optionally disposed at the bezel region and/or at a central region of the transparent conductive component (e.g. touch sensor). | 2017-06-22 |
20170177109 | DETECTING HOVER DISTANCE WITH A CAPACITIVE SENSOR - Techniques for estimating height of an input object in a sensing region of an input device are provided. The techniques include constructing a signal profile based on measured data. The techniques also include determining a fit value of a fitting parameter of a mathematical function that fits the mathematical function to the signal profile such that the fitting of the mathematical exceeds a quality threshold. The fitting parameter correlates to hover height of the input object and adjusting the fitting parameter affects the fit of the mathematical function to the signal profile. In some embodiments, fitting a curve includes varying the height parameter of a mathematical function until the curve generated by the mathematical function with the selected height parameter is deemed to fit obtained sensor data to within a certain tolerance. In other embodiments, fitting a curve may be accomplished with direct computation. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177110 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING GRIP OF A TOUCH ENABLED DEVICE - A device includes a display, a controller configured to control the display, a sensor integrated with the display and a circuit a circuit in communication with the sensor. The sensor is configured to sense touch input and the circuit is configured to detect when a user is gripping the device only based on output from the sensor and a pre-defined model. Gripping is reported to the controller. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177111 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE, TOUCH SCREEN AND DISPLAY APPARATUS CONTAINING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - The present disclosure provides a method for driving an array substrate for fingerprint recognition. The method includes sequentially sending a switch-on signal by a processing unit to each gate line row by row along the column direction, the switch-on signal being divided into a first phase and a second phase. In the first phase of each switch-on signal, sending a touch-driving signal to pixel electrodes corresponding to the gate line through a first data line in each data line group, receiving a touch-sensing signal through a second data line in each data line group, and constructing a fingerprint pattern based on touch-sensing signals. In the second phase of each switch-on signal, simultaneously sending display signals to the first data line and the second data line in the data line groups to charge subpixel units corresponding to the gate line for displaying an image. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177112 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSOR WITH Z-SHAPED ELECTRODE PATTERN - Designs for touch sensor circuitry and touch sensor incorporating such circuitry are described. More particularly, touch sensor circuitry including multiple elongate electrodes that are interleaved with one another is described. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177113 | EDGE-EFFECT MITIGATION FOR CAPACITIVE SENSORS - An input device for capacitive sensing includes: a plurality of sensor electrodes, the plurality of sensor electrodes comprising a plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of receiver electrodes, wherein the plurality of transmitter electrodes is configured to be driven by sensing signals and the plurality of receiver electrodes is configured to receive detected signals corresponding to respective sensing signals driven onto the plurality of transmitter electrodes; a plurality of transmitter electrode vias, wherein each transmitter electrode via corresponds to a respective transmitter electrode of the plurality of transmitter electrodes; and conductive shielding, configured to mitigate effects of the plurality of transmitter electrode vias on the detected signals received on one or more receiver electrodes of the plurality of receiver electrodes, wherein the conductive shielding comprises: a first portion disposed above the plurality of transmitter electrode vias; and a second portion disposed outside the plurality of transmitter electrode vias. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177114 | FORCE-SENSING CAPACITOR ELEMENTS, DEFORMABLE MEMBRANES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES FABRICATED THEREFROM - Force-sensing capacitor elements and deformable membranes useful in electronic devices that include touch screen displays or other touch sensors. The deformable membranes, generally, include a first, second, and third layers with a first arrangement of a plurality of first structures interposed between the first and third layers and a second arrangement of one or more second structures interposed between the second and third layers. Electrodes may be included proximate to or in contact with one or more of the major surfaces of the first, second, and third layers or embedded within one or more of the second and third layers of the deformable membranes, yielding force-sensing capacitor elements. The electrodes proximate to or in contact with the one or more of the major surfaces of the first and second layers or embedded within one or more of the second and third layers may be one or more plurality of electrodes. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177115 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. The present invention displays information associated with a first image and a second image on a touchscreen when sliding from the first image to the second image satisfies a predetermined condition while a plurality of images is displayed in a sliding manner by executing a gallery application. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177116 | DISPLAY PANEL, INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANEL - To provide a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a novel input and output device that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a novel data processing device that is highly convenient or reliable. To provide a method for manufacturing a novel display panel that is highly convenient or reliable. The display panel includes a pixel, a third conductive film electrically connected to the pixel, an insulating film including an opening portion overlapping with the third conductive film, and an electrode including a first region in contact with the third conductive film and a second region functioning as a contact point. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177117 | CAPACITANCE SENSOR DEVICE AND DETECTING METHOD FOR A CONDUCTIVE MATTER THEREON - A detecting method for a conductive matter on a capacitive sensor device includes obtaining a positive signal, computing a signal summation of a plurality of sensing points in at least an electrode line where the positive signal is occurred, comparing the signal summation to a predetermined value, determining a touch object inducing the positive signal is not an irregular conductive matter if the signal summation is larger than the predetermined value, and determining the touch object inducing the positive signal is the irregular conductive matter if the signal summation is not larger than the predetermined value. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177118 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF TOUCH SENSOR FILM, TOUCH SENSOR FILM, AND TOUCH PANEL - A touch sensor film preventing moire occurring in accordance with deformation of a support is manufactured by performing roll transportation of an elongated transparent support | 2017-06-22 |
20170177119 | Capacitive Touch Sensing - A touch sensor apparatus includes a grid of intersecting sensor lines, a plurality of input/output (IO) pins, a plurality of diodes, a processor coupled to the IO pins. More specifically, each intersection includes a capacitor coupling together the intersecting sensor lines. Each diode is coupled to a corresponding IO pin, wherein each IO pin couples through its corresponding diode to a channel of intersection points of the sensor lines and, without the diode, each IO pin couples to a different channel of intersecting points of the sensor lines. The processor is configured to sequentially provide a transmit signal through each IO pin while detecting a response signal on the other IO pins. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177120 | CONDUCTIVE FILM FOR TOUCH PANEL - Provided is a conductive film for a touch panel including: an insulating substrate including a pair of surfaces facing each other; a detection electrode pattern portion which is formed of thin metal wires formed on at least one surface of the pair of surfaces of the insulating substrate; a wiring portion which is disposed on the same surface as the surface of the insulating substrate where the detection electrode pattern portion is formed, and includes a plurality of lead-out wirings formed of metal which are connected to the detection electrode pattern portion; and a shielding electrode farmed of metal which is disposed on a surface on a side opposite to the surface of the insulating substrate where the wiring portion is disposed and at a position corresponding to the wiring portion, in which the shielding electrode includes a mesh-like pattern portion which is formed of metal wires respectively intersecting with the lead-out wirings of the wiring portion and has an opening ratio equal to or greater than 80%, and has sheet resistance equal to or smaller than 20 Ω/sq. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177121 | TOUCH PANEL SENSOR, TOUCH PANEL DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel sensor includes a substrate and an electrode having a detection electrode and an extraction electrode connected to a detection electrode. The electrode, in any cross-section thereof in the thickness direction, includes a metal layer which occupies at least part of the cross-section. The metal layer of the detection electrode and the metal layer of the extraction electrode are formed integrally at a joint between the detection electrode and the extraction electrode. The detection electrode includes a conductive mesh having conductive wire arranged in a mesh pattern, the conductive wire having a height of not less than 0.2 μm and not more than 2 μm and a width of not less than 1 μm and not more than 5 μm. The conductive wire of the conductive mesh each have a base surface on the substrate side, and a flat top surface located opposite to the base surface. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177122 | Electromagnetic-Type Touch Display Apparatus - An electromagnetic-type touch display apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises: a first substrate; a second substrate; a first conductive layer formed on the first substrate comprising first electromagnetic induction coils forming loops extending in a first direction; and a second conductive layer formed between the first and second substrates comprising second electromagnetic induction coils forming loops extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the substrates comprises a display region and a non-display region, and the first and second electromagnetic induction coils are used to determine a touch position, wherein, at least one of the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer is also configured as at least one film layer of the first substrate or the second substrate, which forms a pattern required by the first or second electromagnetic induction coils and transmits a sensing signal. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177123 | DETECTION APPARATUS, INPUTTING APPARATUS AND DETECTION METHOD - An inputting apparatus of the electromagnetic induction type may provide a transmission signal of a sufficient signal level to a position indicator. A process controlling unit controls a selection circuit on the basis of a reception state of a reception signal received by each of a plurality of electrodes and detected by a reception signal processing circuit such that a first signal for transmitting a transmission signal is supplied to a first electrode at which the reception signal indicates the highest signal level. Further, the process controlling unit controls the selection circuit such that a second signal is supplied to a second electrode at which the signal level of the reception signal is lower than a predetermined signal level. Consequently, signals can be transmitted to a position indicator from both the first electrode, which most receives the signal from the position indicator, and the second electrode spaced from the first electrode. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177124 | DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION - A display apparatus includes a display medium and a plurality of touch sensing electrodes. The display medium includes a plurality of pixels each constituted by a plurality of color regions with different colors arranged in a matrix. Each of the touch sensing electrodes includes a plurality of conductive wires overlapping with the pixels and including a first portion extending in a first direction at a first angle with respect to the column direction and a second portion connecting with the first portion extending in a second direction at a second angle with respect to the column direction. The pixels and the touch sensing electrodes have specific size parameters, the moiré pattern occurring on the display apparatus can be reduced. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177125 | Display Device with Asymmetric Masking Layer - A display of an electric device includes a plurality of separated transparent electrode blocks, which are configured to provide one or more of supplemental features such as touch recognition. Signal paths between the transparent electrode blocks and the driver for the supplemental feature are implemented with a plurality of conductive lines placed under positioned under one or more planarization layers. The conductive lines implementing the signal paths are routed across the display area, directly toward a non-display area where drive-integrated circuits are located. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177126 | METAL MESH SENSING MODULE OF TOUCH PANEL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A metal mesh sensing module of a touch panel and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The metal mesh sensing module includes a transparent substrate and a metal mesh sensing circuit. The transparent substrate has at least a surface and plural referring nodes disposed on the surface and arranged in regular order. The metal mesh sensing circuit is disposed on the surface and has plural mesh nodes, plural turning points and plural metallic lines. Each mesh node is defined relative to the corresponding referring node and disposed on the surface. Each turning point is randomly selected from a shiftable zone having the center aligned to a point located between two adjacent referring nodes. Each mesh node is connected to the adjacent turning points on the surface, so as to form the metal mesh sensing circuit configured as a visible touch zone. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177127 | TOUCH SCREEN, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS - The present disclosure discloses a touch screen and a manufacturing method thereof, as well as a touch display apparatus comprising such a touch screen. The touch screen comprises: a substrate; a sensing component arranged on the substrate; an inner frame layer arranged to surround the sensing component; and an outer frame layer formed around an outer periphery of the inner frame layer, for encapsulating the sensing component and the inner frame layer. During the sensing component made of metal material is manufactured, since the inner frame layer is arranged at the inner side of the outer frame layer, the inner frame layer plays a role of heat insulation from a high temperature generated by the inner side of the outer frame layer, and thus prevents heat from being transferred to the outer frame layer. Therefore, even if a high temperature baking process is used, performance degradation of the outer frame layer caused by the high temperature may also be avoided. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177128 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a first substrate on which a display area and a non-display area are defined; a second substrate opposing the first substrate; and an insulating layer on the second substrate in the non-display area, where a height of the insulating layer decreases toward the display area, and an end portion of the insulating layer, which is adjacent to the display area, has a taper angle in a range of about 20 degrees to about 35 degrees. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177129 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD FOR FABRICATION THEREOF AND TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE - The present disclosure provides a touch display panel including a a display substrate, a touch electrode layer, and an insulating layer located between the display substrate and the touch electrode layer. The touch electrode layer includes a touch graph with grooves. The touch display panel further includes a transparent conducting film layer insulated from the touch electrode layer by the insulating layer. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177130 | Electronic Device - Provided is an electronic device with high portability and/or high browsability. The electronic device includes first and second support bodies, a first hinge, and a flexible display panel. The first hinge has a first rotation axis and connects the first and second support bodies to each other, and the first and second support bodies are capable of relatively rotating on the first rotation axis. The display panel includes at least first and second portions supported by the first and second support bodies, respectively; the first rotation axis and a first plane including the display surface overlapping with the first portion or a second plane including the display surface overlapping with the second portion are parallel to each other; and each of a distance between the first rotation axis and the first plane or the second plane is greater than zero. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177131 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display unit that has a plurality of scanning signal lines to which a scanning signal is applied; a shift register that has a plurality of transfer circuits configured in a plurality of stages that perform a shift operation for temporarily storing a shift signal that has been input and sequentially transmitting the stored shift signal to a subsequent stage in synchronization with a clock signal having a discontinued period, and outputs the scanning signal to a scanning signal line corresponding to a transfer circuit that maintains the shift signal; and a signal line that transmits a holding potential signal for maintaining a potential of the shift signal to a transfer circuit that maintains the shift signal in the discontinued period of the clock signal. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177132 | DISPLAY PANEL WITH TOUCH DETECTOR, TOUCH PANEL, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT - There are provided a display panel with a touch detector that allows the touch detection electrodes to be less visible, a touch panel, and an electronic unit having the display panel with a touch detector. The display panel with a touch detector includes: a display layer including a plurality of display elements arranged side by side; and an electrode layer alternately segmented into first regions and second regions along a first direction, the electrode layer including a plurality of first slits arranged side by side to extend in a second direction, and a plurality of second slits each allowing an adjacent pair of the plurality of first slits in the second regions to be in communication with one another. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177133 | DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a substrate; a drive electrode that extends in a first direction; and a plurality of touch detection electrodes that are metal wirings extending in a second direction different from the first direction. The metal wirings are arranged with a predetermined pitch so as to make capacitive coupling with the drive electrode. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177134 | SENSOR-EQUIPPED DISPLAY DEVICE - A sensor-equipped display device is provided. The sensor-equipped display device includes a display panel comprising a common electrode; a sensor comprising a plurality of detection electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, each of the detection electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode which are opposed to the common electrode, are divided and extend in the first direction, each of the first electrode and the second electrode including a gradient in width in the first direction in the detection electrode, the gradient in width of the first electrode and the gradient in width of the second electrode being inclined in opposite directions; and a controller configured to effect switching to either a first mode or a second mode, and to control driving of the common electrode and the detection electrodes, wherein the sensor further comprises a dummy electrode disposed between neighboring detection electrodes. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177135 | MEASURING TAP PRESSURE ON MOBILE DEVICES TO AUTOMATE ACTIONS - There are provided systems and methods for measuring tap pressure on mobile devices to automate actions. A computing device, such as a mobile smart phone, may include a touch screen interface that may accept touch inputs. A touch input may include a presence and location of the touch input on the touch screen interface. Additionally, the computing device may detect a pressure or force applied to the touch screen interface with the touch input. The computing device may include a payment application, where the touch input may be received during use of the payment application. The pressure of the touch input may further define the input for the payment application. For example, a touch input with a first pressure may cause a first process to be initiated, while a second pressure may cause a second process to be initiated. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177136 | SUPPORT OF NARROW TIP STYLUSES ON TOUCH SCREEN DEVICES - An electronic device disclosed herein includes a touch screen controller to identify an island i.e., a matrix of acquired touch data values, the island including adjacent touch data values indicating a potential touch of a touch sensitive screen. A first sharpness of the island is calculated using a first normalization type and not a second normalization type. A second sharpness of the island is calculated using the first and second normalization types if the first sharpness is greater than the sharpness threshold. A dynamic variance threshold is determined as a function of the second sharpness. A dynamic strength threshold is determined as a function of the second sharpness if a variance of the island is greater than the dynamic variance threshold, and the island is determined to be a valid stylus island if the peak strength is greater than the dynamic strength threshold. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177137 | Touch Sensor Electrode Driving - In one embodiment, a controller includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing logic. The logic is configured to perform, when executed by the processor, operations comprising detecting, in response to driving electrodes of a touch sensor with a first drive signal having a first polarity, a presence of a stylus. The presence of the stylus is detected based on a first sense signal, the first sense signal having a second polarity. The operations further comprise detecting, in response to driving the electrodes with a second drive signal having the first polarity, a second sense signal having a third polarity. The third polarity is an inverse of the second polarity. The operations further comprise driving, in response to detecting the second sense signal having the third polarity, the electrodes with a third drive signal having a fourth polarity. The fourth polarity is an inverse of the first polarity. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177138 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING GROUNDING STATE OF A TOUCH ENABLED COMPUTING DEVICE - A method includes sampling output from sensor having electrode junctions integrated on a device including a display, detecting capacitance between the device ground and a user (C | 2017-06-22 |
20170177139 | IN-CELL TOUCH SCREEN PANEL, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An in-cell touch screen panel, a driving method thereof and a display device. A plurality of sub-pixels are grouped into sub-pixel groups, each of which includes at least two sub-pixels, and cathode layers of different sub-pixel groups are independent of one another. The cathode layers are reused as self-capacitance electrodes, and a driving chip determines a touch position by detecting a change in capacitance of the cathode layer, thereby achieving touch control functionality. The driving chip outputs, in a fourth phase, signals to respective cathode layers and signal terminals of each sub-pixel circuit, each of the signals is a superposition of the signal output in a third phase with a touch scanning signal. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177140 | TOUCH DEVICE USING THUMB - A touch device includes: a touch input module including a selection unit configured such that a selection is made therein and a sensing unit provided to generate a predetermined signal corresponding to the selection; a memory unit for storing data; and a control unit for processing the signal; wherein data execution is performed in the touch input module which is provided such that the selection of different sensing regions of the sensing unit, including indication locations respectively spaced apart at a predetermined distance, by a selection means is made within a range corresponding to a fingerprint region of one thumb. Accordingly, the present invention has the advantage of easily and quickly performing data execution in which one or more of data input and data control are performed through an intuitive selection of at least one indication location or sensing region by a single finger. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177141 | Pressure Detection Method for In-cell Touch Display and Mobile Device Using the Same - A pressure detection method for an in-cell touch display and a mobile device using the same are provided. The pressure detection method comprises the steps of: providing a common voltage plane corresponding to touch sensing electrodes in the in-cell touch display; detecting capacitance values of the touch sensing electrodes; setting a first area and a second area according to a center of a touched portion when the in-cell touch display is determined as being touched, wherein the second area includes the first area; and excluding the capacitance values of the touch sensing electrodes in the first area, and using the capacitance values of the touch sensing electrodes in the second area to serve as a pressure detection value to determine a pressure exerted on the in-cell touch display. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177142 | Method, Computer, And Stamp System - A ticket image (trigger information), an imprint image, and special information (related information) are preliminarily stored in a computer including a touch panel. First, the ticket image is displayed on the touch panel. Then, when a stamp device is placed on the touch panel, the imprint image is displayed on the ticket image in an overlapped manner. Therefore, an intrinsic purpose of the stamp device is achieved. From this state, an icon is further displayed in the imprint image. When the icon is selected, the special information is outputted. As described, pressing a stamp with the stamp device is a necessary condition for outputting the special information, thus a “key” function for providing information is added to the stamp device. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177143 | TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY PANEL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, DRIVING METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch control display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, a driving method, and a display device are disclosed. The touch control display panel includes a plurality of pixel units configured on the array substrate in an array; the array substrate further includes a plurality of self capacitance touch control electrodes, which are arranged in an array, and each of which includes a plurality of electrode blocks, which have a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the plurality of pixel units; the array substrate further includes a plurality of touch control lead wires, which have a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the plurality of self capacitance touch control electrodes, the touch control lead wires are provided in gaps between adjacent columns of pixel units, which are corresponding to the plurality of self capacitance electrodes for touch control, and the plurality of self capacitance electrodes for touch control are connected with a touch control chip through the corresponding touch control lead wires. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177144 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH DISPLAY METHOD - The present disclosure provides a touch display device and a touch display method. The touch display device includes a display panel, a plurality of detection elements arranged on the display panel and configured to acquire a sound vibration signal generated in the case that a respective body part is in contact with the display panel, a central processor connected to the detection elements and configured to analyze the sound vibration signal delivered by the detection elements, determine a body touch type, and generate an instruction signal containing the body touch type, a control chip connected to the central processor and configured to receive the instruction signal from the central processor, and generate image data and a driving signal in accordance with the instruction signal; and an image processor connected to the control chip and configured to receive the image data and the driving signal from the control chip, and drive the display panel to display a corresponding image. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177145 | TOUCH PANEL, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND COUPLING METHOD - A touch panel has a plurality of conductors arranged for a position detection area and can detect a position pointed to by an active stylus held by a user and a manual touch by the user holding the active stylus. The touch panel includes: a signal transmission circuit that transmits, by capacitive coupling, a signal to the active stylus that can receive the signal transmitted from the touch panel by capacitive coupling with the touch panel; an active stylus pointing position detection circuit that detects the position pointed to by the active stylus by capacitive coupling with the active stylus; a touch detection circuit that detects the manual touch by the user; and a coupling control circuit that performs coupling control to couple one or more of the plurality of conductors and a ground of the touch panel in accordance with a touch detection result of the touch detection circuit. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177146 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING PERCEIVED PEN-TO-INK LATENCY ON TOUCHPAD DEVICES - A method for reducing line display latency on a touchpad device is disclosed. The method comprises storing information regarding a plurality of prior touch events on a touch screen of the touchpad device into an event buffer. It further comprises determining an average speed and a predicted direction of motion of a user interaction with the touch screen using the plurality of prior touch events. Next, it comprises calculating a first prediction point using the average speed, the predicted direction, and a last known touch event on the touch screen. Subsequently, it comprises applying weighted filtering on the first prediction point using a measured line curvature to determine a second prediction point. Finally, it comprises rendering a prediction line between the last known touch event on the touch screen and the second prediction point. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177147 | DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a display device comprises pixel electrodes, a drive electrode, a detection electrode, and a detection module. The pixel electrodes are provided for respective pixels arrayed in a display area. The drive electrode forms an electric field for image display with the pixel electrodes. The detection electrode is opposed to the drive electrode. And The detection module detects an object in proximity to the display area based on a signal obtained from the detection electrode. In the display device, the detection electrode includes conductive lines extending parallel to each other, and the conductive lines are arranged at randomized pitch. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177148 | FILM TOUCH SENSOR - Disclosed is a touch sensor, including a separation layer, an electrode pattern part formed on the separation layer and including at least one electrode pattern and an insulating layer, and a passivation layer formed of an inorganic material on the electrode pattern part, wherein the passivation layer has a thickness selected from among a thickness ranging from 50 nm to 120 nm, a thickness ranging from 220 nm to 290 nm, and a thickness ranging from 360 nm to 420 nm. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177149 | TOUCH CONTROL BUTTON, TOUCH CONTROL PANEL, AND TOUCH CONTROL TERMINAL - A touch control button includes a touch sensing layer, a pressure sensing layer, and a shielding layer. The pressure sensing layer is disposed below the touch sensing layer in a touch control button area of the touch control button. The shielding layer is disposed below the pressure sensing layer and at a preset distance from the pressure sensing layer. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177150 | DISPLAY CONTROL FOR TRANSPARENT DISPLAY - A controller for generating an output image to be rendered on a transparent display panel is provided. The controller is configured to: receive an input image; calculate an opacity of each pixel in the input image according to a predetermined equation associated with the transparent display panel; determine a display mode of one or more portions of the input image according to transparency indication information associated with the one or more portions of the input image, wherein the display mode corresponds to transparency of the one or more portions in the input image; and obtain the output image to be displayed on the transparent display panel according to the determined display mode of the one or more portion of the input image. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177151 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM - The information display device includes a display unit configured to display information; an irradiating unit configured to irradiate the display unit with light; at least one imaging unit configured to capture an image on the display unit; a controller configured to cause the irradiating unit to alternately switch irradiation and non-irradiation; a medium identifying unit configured to identify a first input medium that emits light and a second input medium that does not emit the light, used for inputting additional information to be added to the information, in accordance with images successively captured by the at least one imaging unit, by the controller causing the irradiating unit to alternately switch the irradiation and the non-irradiation; and a position detector configured to detect positions of the first input medium and the second input medium on the display unit in accordance with the images successively captured. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177152 | PORTABLE APPARATUS - There is provided a portable apparatus capable of detecting a touch position where a user touches the portable apparatus and a touch strength with which the user touches the portable apparatus. The portable apparatus includes: a rectangular frame on which a display panel unit is to be mounted; four touch detection-dedicated legs respectively extending from vicinities of four corners of the frame; a first strain gage attached to each of the touch detection-dedicated legs; and a calculation unit that finds the touch position and the touch strength based on an output of the first strain gage. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177153 | TOUCH DETECTING DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE WITH TOUCH DETECTING FUNCTION, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to an aspect, a touch detecting device includes: a first drive area and a second drive area each including drive electrodes and detection electrodes, the drive electrodes extending in a first direction, being arrayed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, and being applied with a drive signal, the detection electrodes extending in the second direction, being arrayed in the first direction, and outputting a detection signal. Application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the second drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to the drive electrodes arranged in a first predetermined area included in the first drive area, and application of the drive signal to the drive electrodes in the first drive area is stopped at a timing to apply the drive signal to a second predetermined area included in the second drive area. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177154 | DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSOR AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A display device having touch sensors and a method of driving the same are disclosed. The display device includes a display panel including a pixel array including pixels and a touch sensor array including touch sensors formed in the pixel array, the pixel array being divided into blocks, a gate driver to sequentially drive a plurality of gate lines in the pixel array in a block unit, a data driver to drive a plurality of data lines in the pixel array when the gate lines are driven, a touch controller to sequentially drive the touch sensor arrays in the block unit, and a timing controller to divide one frame into at least one display mode at which the pixel array is driven and at least one touch sensing mode at which the touch sensor array is driven and to control the gate drive, the data driver and the touch controller so that the display mode and the touch sensing mode alternate. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177155 | Terminal, and Terminal Control Apparatus and Method - A system comprises a touchscreen, at least one touch control unit, a first controller, and a second controller, where the touch control unit includes a detection electrode, an induction electrode, and a conducting wire that connects the detection electrode and the induction electrode, where the detection electrode is located outside a touch control area of the touchscreen, the induction electrode is located in the touch control area of the touchscreen, and the induction electrode is coupled to at least one capacitance node in the touchscreen, and the first controller is separately connected to the touchscreen and the second controller. A touch control operation performed by a user on the detection electrode disposed outside the touchscreen is identified using an existing capacitance node in the touchscreen, and the terminal is controlled according to the touch control operation. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177156 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND TOUCH INPUT DETECTING METHOD - A touch input device includes a position detecting sensor which detects a touch position on an operation surface. A press detecting sensor detects a press on the operation surface. A position detecting sensor alternatively and repeatedly applies and stops applying a drive signal to the position detecting sensor. The position detecting sensor detects a position detection signal output from the position detecting sensor and discharges a charge of the position detecting sensor during the period in which the drive signal is not applied to the position detecting sensor. A press signal detector detects a press detection signal outputted from the press detecting sensor during a period during which the drive signal is not applied to the position detecting sensor. Consequently, it is possible to detect a pressing amount without being influenced by touch position detection processing. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177157 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a display functional layer that can change display for each pixel in accordance with an application voltage; a plurality of driving electrodes separately disposed in one direction; a plurality of pixel signal lines to which pixel signals used for applying the application voltage to the display functional layer in accordance with an electric potential difference from the display reference electric potential are applied; a plurality of detection electrodes that are separately disposed in a direction other than the one direction, are coupled with the driving electrodes as electrostatic capacitance, generate detection electric potentials in response to the detection driving signal, and change the detection electric potential in accordance with approach of a detection target object; and a pixel signal control unit that controls the pixel signals so as to include pixel signals having different polarities during the display period. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177158 | TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH CONTROL DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch control display panel and a touch control display device are provided. The touch control display panel comprises a shift register including a plurality of cascaded shift register units, wherein a scanning line is electrically connected to an output terminal of a shift register unit; a touch driving electrode array including a plurality of touch driving electrodes; a touch switching control circuit and a plurality of touch signal lines, wherein a touch signal line has one end electrically connected to a touch driving electrode and the other end electrically connected to an output terminal of the touch switching control circuit; and a touch signal control line cluster including a plurality of touch signal control lines, wherein a touch signal control line has one end electrically connected to the output terminal of the shift register unit, and the other end electrically connected to the touch switching control circuit. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177159 | TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - The disclosure provides a touch display panel and a display device. The touch display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, pixel units, touch electrodes and a plurality of touch lines. Pixel electrodes in each pixel unit include a plurality of strip electrodes, and two adjacent pixel units form a unit group including a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit. The first pixel unit includes a first part and a second part. The second pixel unit includes a third part and a fourth part. The first pixel unit and the second pixel unit are in concave-convex fit arrangement. Each touch line is electrically connected to a corresponding touch electrode via a through hole located between the second part and the fourth part. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177160 | Electronic Device - An electronic device is capable of having a minimum sensing pressure with a low value through a resistive type force touch sensing method, wherein the electronic device may include a force sensing panel having a force sensor member whose shape is changed according to a touch pressure applied to a cover window so as to electrically connect first and second electrodes prepared on the same plane and provided in parallel. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177161 | MULTIPLE CORRELATIONS IN A TOUCH SENSOR - Embodiments are disclosed that relate to touch input detection in a touch sensor. One example provides a method comprising establishing a first reference sequence, starting with a first set of candidate reference sequences each differing from the first reference sequence, reducing the first set of candidate reference sequences by applying a rule set to the first set to derive a relatively smaller second set of candidate reference sequences, for each candidate reference sequence in the second set of candidate reference sequences, calculating a touch detection performance score of a combined reference sequence, and configuring at least a portion of a receive circuit to correlate signals to at least one of the touch detection conditions by using the first reference sequence in a combined correlation operation with at least a selected candidate reference sequence from the second set of candidate reference sequences. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177162 | FORCE-SENSITIVE TOUCH SENSOR COMPENSATION - An electronic device includes a memory in which input instructions, force level assessment instructions, and output instructions are stored, and further includes a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured through execution of the input instructions to obtain measurement data for a user interaction with a force-sensitive touch sensor, the measurement data being indicative of position information for the user interaction, amplitude information for the user interaction, and size information for the user interaction. The processor is further configured through execution of the force level assessment instructions to apply force level calibration data to the amplitude information and the size information in a force level assessment of the user interaction, the force level calibration data varying with user interaction size. The processor is further configured through execution of the output instructions to provide an output in accordance with the force level assessment. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177163 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED SPATIAL RESOLUTION - A touch-sensitive apparatus comprises a first subset of components on a first end of the touch surface, and a second subset of components on a second end which is opposite to and parallel with the first end. The components include emitters and detectors, each emitter being operable for propagating a diverging energy beam (e.g. radiation) across the touch surface inside the panel, and each detector being operable for detecting transmitted energy from at least two emitters. The components in at least one of the first and second subsets are systematically arranged in spatially separate groups along at least one of the first and second ends, so as to achieve a reduced spacing and/or an increased uniformity of the transmission paths along a center line between the first and second ends compared to an equidistant arrangement of all components. | 2017-06-22 |
20170177164 | COORDINATE DETECTING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COORDINATE DETECTING METHOD - A coordinate detecting apparatus includes: a plurality of light-emitting and -receiving units arranged along an outer edge of the coordinate input area, the plurality of light-emitting and -receiving units each including a light-emitting part and a light-receiving part; at least one retroreflective member arranged along the outer edge of the coordinate input area; and a control unit to control the plurality of light-emitting and -receiving units to detect coordinates of a position of input made with a designation input unit in a first detection state or a second detection state. | 2017-06-22 |