34th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120212383 | TRAVELLING WAVE DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ANTENNA RADIATOR STRUCTURES, HIGH FREQUENCY POWER GENERATION AND QUASI-OPTICAL FILTERING - An integrated distributed active radiator (DAR) device includes first and second conductors disposed adjacent to each other. The conductors define curves which close on themselves to within a distance of a gap. The first conductor first end is electrically coupled to the second conductor second end across the gap. The second conductor first end is electrically coupled to the first conductor second end across the gap. At least one active element is configured to produce a self-oscillation current at a frequency f | 2012-08-23 |
20120212384 | INTEGRATED ANTENNA FOR RFIC PACKAGE APPLICATIONS - A chip package includes a plurality of layers including conductive planes connected by vias. The layers include a first portion having an antenna formed therein and a parallel-plate mode suppression mechanism to suppress parallel-plate mode excitation of the antenna. The parallel-plate mode suppression mechanism includes a reflector offset from an antenna ground plane and first grounded vias. A second portion has an interface for connecting to an integrated circuit device wherein the first portion and the second portion are separated by the parallel-plate mode suppression mechanism. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212385 | MINIATURE ANTENNA HAVING A VOLUMETRIC STRUCTURE - A miniature antenna includes a radiating arm that defines a grid dimension curve. In one embodiment, the radiating arm includes a planar portion and at least one extruded portion. The planar portion of the radiating arm defines the grid dimension curve. The extruded portion of the radiating arm extends from the planar portion of the radiating arm to define a three-dimensional structure. In one embodiment, the miniature antenna includes a first radiating arm that defines a first grid dimension curve within a first plane and a second radiating arm that defines a second grid dimension curve within a second plane. In one embodiment, the miniature antenna includes a radiating arm that forms a non-planar structure. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212386 | WIDEBAND CIRCULARLY POLARIZED HYBRID DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNA - The present invention provides a dielectric resonator antenna comprising: a dielectric resonator; a ground plane, operatively coupled with the dielectric resonator, the ground plane having four slots; and a substrate, operatively coupled to the ground plane, having a feeding network consisting of four microstrip lines; wherein the four slots are constructed and geometrically arranged to ensure proper circular polarization and coupling to the dielectric resonator; and wherein the antenna feeding network combines the four microstrip lines with a 90 degree phase difference to generate circular polarization over a wide frequency band. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212387 | Coaxial Resonator and Dielectric Filter, Wireless Communication Module, and Wireless Communication Device Employing the Same - A coaxial resonator includes a dielectric block; a first inner conductor disposed in an inner surface of a first through hole which extends from a first main surface of the dielectric block to an opposite second main surface thereof, the first inner conductor being connected to a reference potential at one side thereof; and an outer conductor disposed over side surfaces of the dielectric block, the outer conductor surrounding the first inner conductor, the outer conductor being connected to the reference potential. There is a low-dielectric-constant portion in a location between the first inner conductor and the outer conductor. The low-dielectric-constant portion surrounds a periphery of the first inner conductor and is lower in dielectric constant than the dielectric block. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212388 | DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND/OR EMITTING AN ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE, SYSTEM COMPRISING SAID DEVICE, AND USE OF SUCH DEVICE - A device for receiving and/or emitting an electromagnetic wave having a free space wavelength λ | 2012-08-23 |
20120212389 | Multiantenna Unit and Communication Apparatus - This multiantenna unit includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element and a non-grounded passive element arranged between the first and second antenna elements. The passive element includes a first portion arranged on a front surface of a substrate and an extensional portion, connected to the first portion, extending perpendicularly to the front surface of the substrate. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212390 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING WIRELESS EQUIPMENT ANTENNA AND WIRELESS EQUIPMENT - A method for implementing a wireless equipment antenna and wireless equipment are provided. The method includes: dividing the wireless equipment into a first part and a second part, and electrically connecting the two parts only through a radio frequency signal feed line and a frequency selection network component; the first part at least includes a radio frequency chip, the second part includes a connection component for connecting network equipment, and the part which is on the wireless equipment and shares the metal ground with the network equipment after connecting the network equipment except the radio frequency signal feed line and the frequency selection network component; applying the frequency selection network component to correspondingly connect the power line and data line respectively on the second part and the first part; using the second part as the antenna of the wireless equipment. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212391 | RADOME AND DEVICE FOR ATTACHING SAID RADOME TO AN AIRCRAFT - The invention relates to a radome ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120212392 | System and method for passive protection of an antenna feed network - A system and method for providing overvoltage and overcurrent protection. The present teachings provide a method for protecting a component including the steps of: 1) connecting a first terminal of a normally open micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) switch to a source of an input signal with respect to the component; 2) connecting a second terminal of the switch to an input to the component; and 3) connecting a third terminal of the switch to a source of control potential to activate the switch on the application of power thereto. In a most general embodiment, the invention provides an arrangement for protecting a component comprising a MEMS switch having a first terminal coupled to a source of an input signal; a second terminal coupled to said component; and a third terminal adapted to activate the switch on the application of control power thereto. In the best mode, the switch is normally open, the first terminal is a drain terminal, and the second terminal is coupled to a source of ground potential. In an illustrative application, the invention is used in an antenna having an array of antenna elements and a MEMS switch coupled to at least one of the elements to provide over-voltage and/or over-current protection. In the best mode, a separate MEMS switch is coupled to each element in the array in a normally open configuration via the drain terminal thereof | 2012-08-23 |
20120212393 | SCREW MECHANISM FOR ADJUSTING AN ANGLE OF AN ANTENNA MODULE AND RELATED ANTENNA SYSTEM - A screw mechanism for adjusting an angle of an antenna module is disclosed in the present invention. The screw mechanism includes a screw rod. The screw rod includes a rod portion. A thread is formed on a first area of the rod portion. An annular protrusion is formed on a second area of the rod portion, and an outer diameter of the annular protrusion is greater than an outer diameter of the rod portion. The screw rod further includes a handle disposed on an end of the rod portion adjacent to the second area. The screw mechanism further includes an accommodating component whereon a sunken part is formed. The sunken part is for accommodating the annular protrusion of the screw rod. The screw mechanism further includes a screw having a side hole. The screw is installed on the first area of the screw rod and moves along the thread. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212394 | ANTENNA SUPPORT DEVICE - An antenna support device for supporting an antenna is disclosed. The antenna support device includes a support arm, a holder mounted on the support arm, a first connecting member rotatably connected to the holder around a first axis, a second connecting member rotatably connected to the first connecting member around a second axis, and an antenna bracket fixed on the second connecting member, wherein the antenna is fixed on the antenna bracket. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212395 | METAMATERIAL PROVIDED WITH AT LEAST ONE SPIRAL CONDUCTOR FOR PROPAGATING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE - A metamaterial includes at least one spiral conductor. Only a magnetic permeability selected from among an effective dielectric constant and the magnetic permeability of the metamaterial becomes negative, so that the metamaterial have a negative refractive index characteristic. The material includes a plurality of unit cells arrayed in one of one-dimensional direction, two-dimensional directions, and three-dimensional directions. Each of the unit cells includes a dielectric substrate having first and second surfaces in substantial parallel, and first and second spiral conductors. The first spiral conductor formed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate, and the second spiral conductor formed in one of a same direction as and an opposite direction to the first spiral conductor, on the second surface of the dielectric substrate, to oppose the first spiral conductor and to be electromagnetically coupled with the first spiral conductor. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212396 | Mobile-Beam Antenna Mounting - A mobile-beam antenna mounting comprises a supporting base, at least one reflector and a transmission and/or reception feed. The feed is mounted in the mounting so as to be immobile relative to the supporting base and the mounting also comprises a mobile support bearing the reflector, the mobile support being mounted on the supporting base with link means suitable for displacing it about at least one fixed displacement axis passing through the phase center of the feed. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212397 | MULTI-SCREEN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A multi-screen electronic device includes a first electronic device having a first electronic device screen and a second electronic device having a second electronic device screen. The first and second electronic device screens are stacked and on different planes when the multi-screen electronic device is in a compact form. The first and second electronic device screens are unstacked and on the same plane when the multi-screen electronic device is in an expanded form. A translation mechanism is coupled to the first and second electronic devices. The translation mechanism is configured to guide a motion of at least one of the first and second electronic devices along a nonlinear path such that a travel along the nonlinear path in a forward direction transforms the multi-screen electronic device from the compact form to the expanded form and a travel along the nonlinear path in a reverse direction transforms the multi-screen electronic device from the expanded form to the compact form. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212398 | SEE-THROUGH NEAR-EYE DISPLAY GLASSES INCLUDING A PARTIALLY REFLECTIVE, PARTIALLY TRANSMITTING OPTICAL ELEMENT - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the optical assembly comprises a partially reflective, partially transmitting optical element that reflects a portion of image light from the image source and transmits scene light from a see-through view of the surrounding environment, so that a combined image comprised of portions of the reflected image light and the transmitted scene light is provided to a user's eye. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212399 | SEE-THROUGH NEAR-EYE DISPLAY GLASSES WHEREIN IMAGE LIGHT IS TRANSMITTED TO AND REFLECTED FROM AN OPTICALLY FLAT FILM - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the optical assembly comprises an optically flat film, disposed at an angle in front of a user's eye, that reflects and transmits a portion of image light and transmits scene light from a see-through view of the surrounding environment, so that a combined image comprised of portions of the image light and the transmitted scene light is provided to a user's eye. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212400 | SEE-THROUGH NEAR-EYE DISPLAY GLASSES INCLUDING A CURVED POLARIZING FILM IN THE IMAGE SOURCE, A PARTIALLY REFLECTIVE, PARTIALLY TRANSMITTING OPTICAL ELEMENT AND AN OPTICALLY FLAT FILM - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content and a light source that directs light to a curved polarizing film of the optical assembly that reflects a portion of the light to illuminate a reflective image display. The optical assembly comprises an optically flat film that reflects the image light from the reflective image display to a curved partially reflecting mirror that reflects a portion of the image light and transmits a portion of the scene light from a see-through view of the surrounding environment, so that a combined image comprised of portions of the reflected image light and the transmitted scene light is transmitted through the optically flat film and provided to the user's eye. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212401 | DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display panel includes a display area, a peripheral area which includes a first peripheral area, and a second peripheral area opposite to the first peripheral area, a plurality of pixels in the display area, a plurality of data lines, a first gate line, a second gate line, a first gate driving circuit and a second gate driving circuit. Each data line corresponds to two pixel columns. The first gate line is at a first side of a pixel row. The second gate line is at a second side of the pixel row. The first gate driving circuit is in the first peripheral area and includes a first stage which provides a gate signal to the first gate line. The second gate driving circuit is in a second peripheral area of the display area and includes a second stage which provides a gate signal to the second gate line. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212402 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND LIGHT SOURCE - A display device according to the present invention includes: a gate driver for sequentially display scanning pixels in a first direction of a TFT liquid crystal panel to set pixels to display states according to information displayed by the pixels in the TFT liquid crystal panel, the pixels arranged in two dimensions and their display state being individually controllable through illumination; and a backlight unit for illuminating the individual pixels with intensity of light which increases and decreases in synchronism with the display scanning of the gate driver after the display scanning. The arrangement enables the backlight flashing period to be determined independently from a TFT panel scanning period or response time of liquid crystal. The arrangement also ensures an extended operating time of a TFT panel; effects a display period equal to, or longer than, the black blanking type; and achieves higher contrast than the black blanking type. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212403 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND FUNCTION CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A handheld electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an electrode unit, a storage unit, and a processing unit. The electrode unit includes a main body defining an annular cavity, a plurality of electrode groups, and a conductive element arranged within the annular cavity, wherein each of the plurality of the electrode groups includes a pair of conductive sheets, which are partially received in the annular cavity and are spaced apart from each other. When the electronic device is rotated to be in different orientation, the conductive element connects different electrode groups and the conductive sheets of the one of the electrode groups are connected to each other via the conductive element. The processing unit determines the connected electrode groups and executes a function corresponding to the determined electrode group. A function control method of the handheld electronic device is also provided. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212404 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing device includes an input information obtaining unit configured to obtain first input information and second input information among input information items, an input candidate information obtaining unit configured to obtain one or more input candidate information items as a candidate for the second input information, based on the first input information, an executing unit configured to carrying out an application, based on the one or more input candidate information items, to produce one or more image candidate information items, an image candidate information storage unit configured to store the one or more image candidate information items so as to be correlated to the one or more input candidate information items respectively, and a transmitting unit configured to send information relating to one or all of the one or more image candidate information items stored in the image candidate information storage unit to a terminal device. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212405 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SCENES TO A USER - A method according to a preferred embodiment can include providing an embeddable interface for a virtual or augmented reality scene, determining a real orientation of a viewer representative of a viewing orientation relative to a projection matrix, and determining a user orientation of a viewer representative of a viewing orientation relative to a nodal point. The method of the preferred embodiment can further include orienting the scene within the embeddable interface and displaying the scene within the embeddable interface on a device. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212406 | AR GLASSES WITH EVENT AND SENSOR TRIGGERED AR EYEPIECE COMMAND AND CONTROL FACILITY OF THE AR EYEPIECE - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes event and sensor triggered command and control facility. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212407 | INFORMATION DISPLAY DEVICE AND SCROLL CONTROL METHOD - According to an aspect, an information display device includes a display unit, a visual line detector, and a control unit. The display unit displays information in a scroll region, which is provided in at least a part of a screen of the display unit, while scrolling the information. The visual line detector detects a visual line position of an operator with respect to the scroll region. The control unit controls a scroll speed, at which the information is scrolled in the scroll region, based on the visual line position detected by the visual line detector. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212408 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, PROJECTOR, AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD - An image generation device includes a storage unit that stores input object data indicating content information of an input object which is input on a presentation screen, a determination unit that determines a display position located further on an upper side than an input position of the input object on the presentation screen, and an image generation unit that generates a presentation image which is an image displayed on the presentation screen and where the input object is displayed according to the display position determined by the determination unit. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212409 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD - A communication apparatus includes a display unit, a communication unit, and a control unit. The display unit displays video data. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus. The control unit controls the communication apparatus in accordance with a command received by the communication unit. If the display unit is in a mute state and the communication unit is sending the external apparatus the data for placing the external apparatus in a mute state, the control unit determines not to control the communication apparatus in accordance with the command. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212410 | OPERATION INPUT DEVICE - To provide an operation input device capable of realizing operation input by changing the posture of the operation input device even without a posture determining sensor. This is an operation input device for use by a user while being held by his/her hand, for obtaining a captured image captured by an image capturing unit provided to the operation input device, and determining the posture of the operation input device, based on the result of analysis on the captured image obtained. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212411 | CHARACTER INPUTTING DEVICE - A character input device includes an input unit for enabling direction movement input and direction pressing input; a movement input detector for detecting the direction movement input; a pressing input detector for detecting the direction pressing input; and a controller for extracting characters from a memory for execution, the characters corresponding to a result of detection performed by the movement input detector and the pressing input detector. The character input device enables its user to input desired characters accurately while minimizing the space necessary for character input. In addition, direction movement input and direction pressing input can be combined to input at least two phonemes through a single continuous operation, for rapid character input. Furthermore, the minimized input space requirement facilitates compactness and slimness of the product. Therefore, the character input device is applicable to various types of portable electronic appliances, including PDAs, laptop computers, and portable mobile communication terminals. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212412 | POINTING DEVICE - Provided is a pointing device that has a simplified configuration and that can be operated in a simple manner. A pointing device according to the present invention has a display device | 2012-08-23 |
20120212413 | Method and System for Touch-Free Control of Devices - The present invention provides a system and computerized method for receiving image information and translating it to computer inputs. In an embodiment of the invention, image information is received for a predetermined action space to identify an active body part. From such image information, depth information is extracted to interpret the actions of the active body part. Predetermined gestures can then be identified to provide input to a computer. For example, gestures that can be interpreted to mimic computerized touchscreen operation. Also, touchpad or mouse operations can be mimicked. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212414 | AR GLASSES WITH EVENT AND SENSOR TRIGGERED CONTROL OF AR EYEPIECE APPLICATIONS - This disclosure concerns an interactive head-mounted eyepiece with an integrated processor for handling content for display and an integrated image source for introducing the content to an optical assembly through which the user views a surrounding environment and the displayed content, wherein the eyepiece includes an event and sensor triggered control of eyepiece applications. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212415 | INTERACTIVE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONVERTING POSITION INFORMATION, AND PROJECTOR - A position information converting device in an interactive system comprising: conversion control section which determines, if an image formed by an optical signal from an object of the neighborhood of the projection surface is detected within the projection image included in the captured image data, that the predetermined manipulation has been performed, uses the position conversion information stored in the position conversion information storing section to convert position information representing the position where the predetermined manipulation has been performed into a position on the image based on the image signal. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212416 | EXTERNAL DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING DATA AND VISUALS OF AN INPUT OPERATING INTERFACE - An external display system for displaying data and visuals of an input operating interface comprises: a computer module ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120212417 | KEYBOARD - The present invention discloses a keyboard including a plurality of keys and a membrane circuit board. Each key is used to trigger a corresponding membrane switch of the membrane circuit board. The membrane circuit board includes an antenna circuit. The antenna circuit is arranged inside the membrane circuit board, and not exposed to the upper surface or the lower surface of the membrane circuit board. The present invention increases an arranged area of the antenna circuit for improving the allowed length of the antenna circuit, so as to enhancing the transmission reception quality of wireless signals. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212418 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND DISPLAY METHOD - A mobile terminal that solves the problem of instability of holding the mobile terminal is provided. Touch coordinate determiner | 2012-08-23 |
20120212419 | KEY ARRANGEMENT FOR A KEYBOARD - Methods and systems for key arrangements including a plurality of keys arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. At least one of the plurality of keys has a predetermined key width determined by dividing a face width of a device by a number of the plurality of columns. Each row of the plurality of rows has a first key located at a first end, a second key located at a second end, at least two interior keys located between the first and second keys. The respective widths of the first key and the second key are determined by subtracting a predetermined amount from the predetermined key width such that the respective widths of the first and second keys are smaller than interior key widths of the at least two interior keys. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212420 | MULTI-TOUCH INPUT CONTROL SYSTEM - A multi-touch input control system includes: a touch input unit having a multi-touch-type touch input surface which recognizes one or more touch points at the same time, generating the coordinates of one or more touch points inputted through the touch input surface, and transmitting touch information containing the coordinate information; and a computing unit receiving the touch information from the touch input unit, setting one of preset control modes according to the number of touch points, selecting a control command among control commands contained in the set control mode in correspondence to a variation in the number of touch points and a coordinate variation, and generating a control signal corresponding to the control command to performing internal control processing. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212421 | MODAL TOUCH INPUT - A data-holding subsystem holding instructions executable by a logic subsystem is provided. The instructions are configured to receive one or more touch-input messages reporting touch contacts recognized by a touch input device, if a touch contact reported by the one or more touch-input messages satisfies a first criterion, initiating a virtual mouse input mode, in the virtual mouse input mode, outputting a cursor position corresponding to a position of the touch contact that satisfies the first criterion, if no touch contacts reported by the one or more touch-input messages satisfy the first criterion, and one or more touch contacts reported by the one or more touch-input messages satisfies a second criterion, initiating a multi-touch input mode, and in the multi-touch input mode, outputting a multi-touch gesture command corresponding to the one or more touch contacts that satisfy the second criterion. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212422 | Software Aided Physical Keyboard for a Touch-Screen - An electronic device may include a touch-screen for receiving user input, a processor coupled to the touch-screen, a removable flexible material contacting the touch-screen, the flexible material having a plurality of key structures that modify a first touch applied by a user to a key structure of the plurality of key structures into a different, second touch applied to the touch-screen to generate a touch event, and a memory coupled to the processor and including computer code which when executed by the processor interprets the touch event generated by the second touch according to the first touch. A key structure may include physical structures that allow the user using the sense of touch alone to distinguish a key structure. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212423 | ELECTRONIC NOTE-TAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The electronic note-taking system and method includes a computer or a stand-alone handheld electronic device having note-taking software that reads, stores and displays a user's cursive writing on a digital pad or touch sensitive screen. A stylus may be included to facilitate entry into the device. A stand-alone note-taking software product or a note-taking device with embedded software is included. The stand-alone software is installable on handheld devices. Users may either purchase the software separately for their own devices or purchase the hardware with the software stored thereon. During note taking, the device secures user's notes by frequent, customizable autosaving (seconds to minutes) in a local storage device. The note-taking device is compatible with desktop/mobile computers, handheld devices, writing tablets and the like. Cursive handwriting to text conversion is optional on the device. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212424 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSIGNING THE POSITION OF A TOUCHPAD DEVICE - Aspects of the invention are directed to a method and system for assigning the position of a touchpad device. A method for assigning a position of a touchpad according to an embodiment includes: selectively dividing, by a user, a touchpad into a first section and a second section, wherein the first section of the touchpad is distinct from the second section of the touchpad; and setting the first section of the touchpad as an active touchpad area; wherein a contact on the active touchpad area is recognized as a user input, and wherein a contact on the second section of the touchpad is not recognized as a user input. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212425 | RESISTIVE TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAYS AND SYSTEMS - A touch screen display and touch screen system is provided. The display and system include a rigid substrate having a top face, a plurality of parallel conductive scan lines located on the top face of the rigid substrate, a plurality of parallel conductive sense lines located on the top face of the rigid substrate, a plurality of dielectric pads located at junctions of the plurality of scan lines and plurality of sense lines electrically isolating the plurality of scan lines from the plurality of sense lines, a flexible substrate having a bottom face oriented above the top face of the rigid substrate and a plurality of conductive features located on the bottom face of the flexible substrate and electrically isolated from each other. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212426 | TRANSPARENT TOUCH PAD AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - The present invention provides a transparent touch pad and a method for manufacturing the same. The transparent touch pad includes a first transparent substrate, a second transparent substrate and an adhesion layer. The adhesion sides of the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate are respectively provided with a plurality of first sensing conductors and second sensing conductors and are adhered by the adhesion layer to form a transparent touch pad having two-dimensional arrangement of sensing conductors. Since the first transparent substrate has a low electrical resistance and the second transparent substrate is easy to process, the area of a visible region of the touch pad is increased and a lithographic process is no longer required. In this way, the structure of the touch pad is simplified and the production cost is reduced. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212427 | DRIVING DEVICE FOR INTERACTING WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING SAME WITH TOUCH SCREEN PANEL ASSEMBLY - The invention is to provide a driving device for interacting with a touch screen panel assembly and a method for interacting the same with a touch screen panel assembly. The touch screen panel assembly has a touch screen panel and a processor. The driving device includes a body, a trigger element, a receiving element, a controlling element and a responding element. When the driving device body is placed on the touch screen panel with its bottom side facing the touch screen panel assembly, the trigger element of the driving device will be brought into contact with the touch screen panel, sending signals to the processor to drive the touch screen panel assembly to produce corresponding acousto-optic data. The receiving element of driving device in turn receives such acousto-optic data to produce corresponding reaction, for example, audio or optical data to interact with the touch screen panel assembly. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212428 | METHOD OF DESIGNATION OF DISPLAY PARTS - The invention relates to electronic devices and, in particular, to the method of designation and arrangement of a visual display in an electronic device and a device for the method realization. The first and the second embodiments of the invention are characterized in that at least one part of a visual display is designated differently from another part or parts of the visual display. The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth embodiments of the invention are characterized in that a visual display is arranged on two, three, four and more than four sides of an electronic device body. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212429 | CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR - Provided is a control method for an information input device capable of facilitating an operation input performed by a user. The control method for an information input device includes: acquiring a moving distance of an object when a user performs a movement operation for moving the object on a detection surface of a touch sensor for detecting a position of the object on the detection surface; acquiring a value regarding an operation mode of the movement operation; and outputting a value calculated based on the acquired moving distance and the acquired value regarding the operation mode, as an operation input amount exhibited in the movement operation performed by the user. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212430 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal and a control method of a mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal and a control method thereof provide a user interface allowing for a user to easily and effectively control the mobile terminal through an interaction between a certain case and the mobile terminal when the mobile terminal is accommo | 2012-08-23 |
20120212431 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An electronic device, a controlling method thereof, and a computer program product are provided. In the present method, a part of inner area of an unlock ring is displayed while the electronic device is in a user-interface lock state. While a user input applied to the unlock ring on or near a touch screen of the electronic device is detected, the unlock ring is moved in accordance with the user input. The electronic device is switched to a user-interface unlock state if the unlock ring is moved to make a predetermined ratio of the inner area of the unlock ring cross a predetermined edge, or maintained in the use-interface lock state if the unlock ring is not moved to make the predetermined ratio of the inner area of the unlock ring cross the predetermined edge. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212432 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OF THE SAME - A touch panel has a first substrate, a second substrate, plural first conductive layers, plural second conductive layers, plural first electrodes, and plural second electrodes. The first conductive layers have substantially strip-shapes, and are arrayed on a first surface of the first substrate in the first direction, while extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The plural first electrodes are buried in the first surface of the first substrate, and one ends thereof are connected to the plural first conductive layers, respectively. The second substrate is arranged as opposed to the first surface. The plural second conductive layers are opposed to the plural first conductive layers, and are arrayed in the second direction while extending in the first direction. One ends of the plural second electrodes are connected to the plural second conductive layers, respectively. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212433 | FLEXIBLE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND MOBILE TERMINAL USING THE SAME - A flexible display apparatus includes a flexible display unit including a front flexible surface to display an image and a rear flexible surface; a touch sensor unit to receive a touch input, the touch sensor unit disposed on the flexible display unit; and a guide unit to support the rear surface of the flexible display unit. A mobile terminal includes a flexible display apparatus including a flexible display unit and a guide unit, the guide unit supporting a rear surface of the flexible display unit; a support unit to support the flexible display apparatus to be unrolled in a first direction; and a body part to accommodate the support unit. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212434 | TECHNICAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A TOUCHSCREEN AND METHOD - The invention relates to the field of technical medical devices like dialysis machines. The invention is based on the improvement of a technical medical device in such way that operator inputs are more convenient and more reliable via a touchscreen display. The inventive technical medical device therefore comprises a touchscreen having two redundant finger-position sensors. At least one of these sensors may comprise additional piezoelectric elements, which can modify at least partial areas of the touchscreen such that they are differentiated from their surrounding areas by an elevation, a recess, a vibration or a change in the surface roughness sensed, and it also comprises a control unit for doing so. A control unit differentiates intentional and unintentional operating entries, and in the event of failure of the visual display device of the touchscreen display ensures at least a restricted operability of the touchscreen display. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212435 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING TOUCH PAD IN PORTABLE DEVICE - An apparatus and a method for controlling a touch input in a portable terminal are provided. In the method, a touch pad is activated when a request for a touch activation mode is received. Whether a touch input is received from the touch pad is determined. The touch input is compared with patterns of a pattern table of a corresponding application, wherein the patterns of the pattern table are mapped to an operation control command of the corresponding application. When an input pattern of the touch input matches with a pattern registered in the pattern table, an operation of the corresponding application that is currently running is controlled to perform a function corresponding to the matched pattern. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212436 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and methods is disclosed. An operation module receives a start operation performed by a user. The start operation is for a startup of an application program that is unable to start due to duplication. A control module terminates a display of a first screen image on a first display module and displays a second screen image on a second display module, when the start operation is received while the first screen image is displayed on the first display module. The first screen image is based on the first application program and the second screen image is based on a newly started up first application program. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212437 | MOBILE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A mobile electronic device and method for operating a mobile electronic device are disclosed. A first detected input is detected on the first display module. A second detected input is detected on the second display module. The first detected input is set to an invalid input, when the second detected input is detected during a device configuration of the mobile electronic device, the device configuration comprising at least a portion of a first display module being exposed, and at least a portion of a second display module being exposed. The second detected input is set to an invalid input, when the first detected input is detected in the device configuration. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212438 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FACILITATING INTERACTION WITH TOUCH SCREEN APPARATUSES - Methods and apparatuses are provided for facilitating interaction with touch screen apparatuses. A method may include detecting a touch interaction with a touch screen display. The method may further include identifying the touch interaction as comprising a trigger touch interaction. The trigger touch interaction may include sliding an input object along a path from a point of origin outside of an active region of the touch screen display to a point within the active region. The method may further include determining, based at least in part upon the trigger touch interaction, a function associated with the trigger touch interaction. The method may additionally include executing the determined function. Corresponding apparatuses are also provided. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212439 | Customized Grouping of Participants in Real-Time Conference Set-Up - A customized list of real-time conference participants are obtained by selecting one or more logical operators such as AND or OR and applying the one or more logical operators to conference groups the user has selected. The logical operators and selected conference groups are sent to a conference server, which applies the operator to the selected groups to arrive at a shortlist of conference participants. The invention is particularly useful for cellular telephones initiating a real-time conference using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and a SIP server resident on a network. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212440 | INPUT MOTION ANALYSIS METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE - Provided are an input motion analysis method and an information processing device that enable simultaneous multi-point input via different input instruments to be correctly performed as intended by an operator. The information processing device according to the present invention can simultaneously receive an input motion of a finger ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120212441 | DETERMINING TOUCH DATA FOR ONE OR MORE OBJECTS ON A TOUCH SURFACE - A touch-sensing apparatus comprises a light transmissive panel, in which sheets of light are propagated by internal reflection between a touch surface and an opposite surface from an incoupling site to an outcoupling site. The touch-sensing apparatus is configured such that objects touching the touch surface cause a local attenuation of at least two sheets of light. A light sensor arrangement is optically connected to the outcoupling site to measure transmitted light energy. A data processor is connected to the light sensor arrangement and configured to execute a touch determination process. The process operates on at least one projection signal which is indicative of a spatial distribution of light within the outcoupling site. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212442 | Device for Transmitting Information to a Living Being - In a device for transmitting information to a living being, an information related to a display is transmitted to a tactile sense of the living being touching a shape-memory alloy arranged on a display panel, by motion of expansion and contraction of the shape-memory alloy, without obstructing the visibility of the display panel. The device includes a transparent sheet-like tactile perceptual unit, arranged on the display panel, and a signal generating unit, which generates a signal voltage for driving the tactile perceptual unit. The signal generating unit and the display panel are connected to the control unit. The shape-memory alloy attached to the tactile perceptual unit transmits the information to the living being by contracting the shape-memory alloy in response to an application of a signal voltage, with relation to the display of the display panel. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212443 | MOBILE INFORMATION TERMINAL, PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A mobile information terminal includes a display unit having two or more display screens, a touch-panel input unit that senses contact with each of the display screens, and a processing unit that, when a predetermined touch operation is carried out upon the two adjacent display screens, recognizes that a component that is in a predetermined region between two points that were touched in the predetermined touch operation that was carried out upon the two display screens has been designated. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212444 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal operates while switching first mode for generating, based on a value indicating a degree of contact output by a touchpad, a value indicating degree of the contact for each contacted area and second mode for generating, based on the output value, a value by performing adjustment such that temporal change amount of the value indicating the degree is equal to or less than a predetermined value. When a value of one contacted area generated in the second mode equals or exceeds the first threshold, the portable terminal switches to the first mode, and when a value of one contacted area generated in the first mode falls below the second threshold, the portable terminal switches to the second mode. The portable terminal determines, as a target area to which processing to be performed is allocated, one contacted area having a value that equals or exceeds the first threshold. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212445 | Display With Rear Side Capacitive Touch Sensing - An apparatus including an electronic display having an electrical display section located behind a front window. A capacitive touch sensor located behind the electrical display section. The electrical display section is configured to display information to a user at the front window. The capacitive touch sensor is configured to sense presence of a finger of the user at the front window. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212446 | Touch Control Device - A touch control device includes a plurality of superimposed touch pads and a logic unit. Each of the touch pads includes a substrate, a plurality of detecting wires disposed on the substrate, and a detecting unit for detecting variations of electric characteristics of the plurality of detecting wires to output a detection result. The logic unit is coupled to the plurality of touch pads, for determining contents of at least a touch event according to the detection result generated by each of the touch pads. Arrangements of arranging the plurality of detecting wires included in each of the touch pads on the substrate are different. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212447 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An electronic device includes a sensing unit, a charge-and-discharge circuit, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit includes a control unit, a detecting unit, a determining unit, and an executing unit. The control unit provides a plurality of periodic pulses to the sensing unit and the charge-and-discharge circuit, such that they are charged and discharged periodically and output a sensing voltage. The sensing unit detects the sensing voltage, and determines a charging time according to the sensing voltage, wherein the charging time is a time at which the sensing voltage reaches a predetermined voltage. The determining unit determines whether to trigger an interrupt request according to the charging time. The executing unit performs a designated application when the interrupt request is received. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212448 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A capacitive touch panel including a substrate, first sensing series, second sensing series, and a first insulation layer is provided. Each first sensing series is disposed on the substrate and includes first sensing electrodes and first auxiliary electrodes. Each first auxiliary electrodes has a first connection terminal connected with one of the first sensing electrodes and a first open terminal away form the correspondingly first sensing electrode. Each second sensing series is disposed on the substrate and the first sensing series and includes second sensing electrodes. The first sensing series and the second sensing series are electrically insulated with each other. An edge of each second sensing electrode is conformed to an edge of the adjacent first sensing series. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212449 | CONDUCTIVE SHEET, METHOD FOR USING CONDUCTIVE SHEET, AND CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - A conductive Sheet, a method for using conductive sheet, and a capacitive touch panel are provided. A first conductive sheet contains two or more conductive first sense pads and a first connection for electrically connecting the adjacent first sense pads on a first transparent substrate. The first sense pads each contain a combination of two or more small lattices, the first connection contains one or more medium lattices (a first medium lattice to a fourth medium lattice), and the pitch of the medium lattices is n times larger than that of the small lattices (in which n is a real number larger than 1). | 2012-08-23 |
20120212450 | FUNCTION EXECUTION PROGRAM, TERMINAL DEVICE, FUNCTION EXECUTION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - There are provided a function execution program, a terminal device, a function execution method, a recording medium and an information processing system capable of providing a more convenient touch panel operation method to a user. A computer is caused to function as a time measure means that detects a contact on an input means integral with a display means and measures contact duration at the contact point, a distance measure means that detects a continuous movement of the contact point and measures a moving distance, and an execution means that when the contact duration is a predetermined time or more and the moving distance is a predetermined distance or more, executes a preset function. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212451 | OPTICAL TOUCH DETECTION - Optical touch detection is provided by an interactive display device including an elastomer layer, a reflector configured to transmit light having a first characteristic and to reflect light having a second characteristic, and a display positioned to output modulated light having the first characteristic through the elastomer layer and the reflector as a display image. The interactive display device further comprises a test light source positioned to output light having the second characteristic through the elastomer layer for reflection off of the reflector, and a sensor configured to receive light having the second characteristic reflected from the reflector. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212452 | METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT ON AN OPERATION INTERFACE OF A TOUCHABLE DEVICE AND TOUCHABLE DEVICE USING THE SAME - A method for detecting an object and a touchable device are presented, which is capable of detecting an object having a fingerprint feature on an operation interface of the touchable device. An image sensor is used for acquiring acquiring an image on the operation interface, and the acquired image is converted into a signal denoted in a frequency domain by using a frequency conversion function. Signals at a medium-high frequency (MHF) signal region among the signals of the frequency domain are analyzed, so as to generate a first signal and a second signal according to a distribution of the signals of the frequency domain. The first signal indicates existence of the object on the operation interface, and the second signal indicates inexistence of the object on the operation interface. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212453 | SENSOR APPARATUS WITH DIFFERENT PROXIMITY SENSORS AND SENSING METHOD THEREOF - The present invention discloses a proximity sensing apparatus and a method thereof. A sensor apparatus comprises a panel, an emitting device, and a proximity sensor module. The panel includes a first transparent area and a second transparent area; an emitting device is located under the panel and the emitting device emitting a light passing through the first transparent area. The proximity sensor module is located under the panel and the proximity sensor module includes at least one proximity sensor with high sensitivity which is a second proximity sensor and at least one proximity sensor with low sensitivity which is a first proximity sensor, and the proximity sensor module receives the light passing through the second transparent area. The light passing through the first transparent area and then reflecting from an object to passing through the second transparent area, and the panel is able to provide a touch function. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212454 | OPTICAL POSITION DETECTING DEVICE AND DISPLAY SYSTEM PROVIDED WITH INPUT FUNCTION - A detection target space of an optical position detecting device is divided into a detection target space configured by a first light receiving and emitting unit and a second light receiving and emitting unit and a detection target space configured by a third light receiving and emitting unit and a fourth light receiving and emitting unit. The first light receiving and emitting unit and the fourth light receiving and emitting unit are separated in the X axis direction, and the second light receiving and emitting unit and the third light receiving and emitting unit are arranged on one side in the Y axis direction. The first light receiving and emitting unit and the fourth light receiving and emitting unit are arranged on the outer side of the second light receiving and emitting unit and the third light receiving and emitting unit in the X axis direction. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212455 | TECHNICAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING A MULTIFUNCTION DISPLAY - The invention relates to the field of technical medical devices, for example, dialysis machines. The object of the invention is to improve upon a technical medical device in such a way that the structural complexity of the technical medical device, the assembly, cleaning and maintenance expense for the technical medical device and the cost of the technical medical device are reduced, but at the same time the variety of functions increases. The technical medical device according to the invention therefore comprises a screen, which can be equipped to function as a sound converter or as an optical sensor or as a receiver and sender of electromagnetic waves. In addition, a method is disclosed whereby the control of the technical medical device is influenced on the basis of the input and output of information via the inventive display screen. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212456 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR A FOLDED OPTICAL ELEMENT WAVEGUIDE FOR USE WITH LIGHT BASED TOUCH SCREENS - A folded optical element waveguide that allows a minimum width bezel to be used around the perimeter of a light-based touch screen display. The apparatus and method includes a touch screen and a waveguide substrate provided adjacent the touch screen. The waveguide substrate includes a plurality of waveguides and a plurality of optical elements provided adjacent the touch screen. The waveguides include an internally reflective surface to reflect light perpendicular to the surface of the touch screen. The emitting and detecting waveguides are thus folded and provided around the side edges of the display. As a result, the width of the bezel around the display can be minimized. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212457 | Detecting Multitouch Events in an Optical Touch-Sensitive Device Using Line Images - An optical touch-sensitive device is able to determine the locations of multiple simultaneous touch events. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. Touch events disturb the optical beams. Line images of the touch events are captured, which are then used to determine the touch events. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212458 | Detecting Multitouch Events in an Optical Touch-Sensitive Device by Combining Beam Information - An optical touch-sensitive device is able to determine the locations of multiple simultaneous touch events. The optical touch-sensitive device includes multiple emitters and detectors. Each emitter produces optical beams which are received by the detectors. The optical beams preferably are multiplexed in a manner so that many optical beams can be received by a detector simultaneously. Touch events disturb the optical beams. To determine whether a candidate touch point is an actual touch event, multiple beams that would be affected are considered together. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212459 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE AUTHENTICITY OF DYNAMIC HANDWRITTEN SIGNATURE - A system includes an electronic pen, functionally integrated with a personal computer for the acquisition and processing of signals associated with signatures, which can be network connected together with other personal computers. Each personal computer has connected as peripherals an electronic pen that includes two groups of inertial accelerometers that capture kinetic data and data about contact microvibrations with the writing support. The electronic pen also includes one self-referential optical navigation sensor that captures a series of data pairs, as momentary movements necessary in the reconstruction of the trajectory of the electronic pen and which, together with the kinetic data captured by the set of inertial accelerometers, represents personal computer input data for sensorial fusion processing and for creating the conditions to extract the information from the sensorial and psychomotric representation of a user's perspective. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212460 | DYNAMIC VIRTUAL REMOTE TAGGING - Method for selecting content items, comprising determining a location in a space, the location depending on at least one of a position, an orientation or a movement of a selection device in a real world environment surrounding the selection device; determining a virtual tag included in a set of virtual tags as a selected virtual tag, the selected virtual tag being associated with the determined location; and selecting a subset of content items of a set of content items, the subset of content items being associated with the selected virtual tag. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212461 | OPERATION SUPPORT SYSTEM, IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS AND PORTABLE TERMINAL - A portable terminal receives a user operation on a terminal screen of the portable terminal in a portable terminal normal mode. After receiving the user operation, the portable terminal shifts from a portable terminal normal mode to a portable terminal in-operation state, in which the portable terminal sends out a portable terminal in-operation notice to an in-vehicle apparatus. The in-vehicle apparatus shifts to a portable terminal in-operation mode upon receiving the notice from the portable terminal, and invalidates a reaction force by a reaction force generation unit to transit to a portable terminal normal state. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212462 | MULTI-COLOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING THE SAME - Novel addressing schemes for controlling electronically addressable displays include a scheme for rear-addressing displays, which allows for in-plane switching of the display material. Other schemes include a rear-addressing scheme which uses a retroreflecting surface to enable greater viewing angle and contrast. Another scheme includes an electrode structure that facilitates manufacture and control of a color display. Another electrode structure facilitates addressing a display using an electrostatic stylus. Methods of using the disclosed electrode structures are also disclosed. Another scheme includes devices combining display materials with silicon transistor addressing structures. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212463 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - A liquid crystal display panel ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120212464 | PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE - With the objective of achieving increased luminous efficiency while suppressing a rise in discharge voltage in a high-definition PDP, a PDP is configured with ribs at intervals between a front plate and a back plate, the ribs partitioning a gap between the front plate and the back plate into spaces. Each space constitutes a discharge cell. A minimum width of a discharge space in the discharge cell is in a range from 65 μm to 100 μm at a position adjacent to a pair of discharge electrodes. A ternary discharge gas of xenon, neon, and helium is enclosed in the discharge space. The partial pressure ratio of xenon in the discharge gas is in a range of 15% to 25%, and the partial pressure ratio of helium is in a range of 20% to 50%. The total pressure of the discharge gas is set between 60 kPa and 70 kPa. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212465 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE WITH OPTICALLY COMMUNICATING CHIPLETS - An electroluminescent display includes a display substrate, a plurality of patterned first electrodes formed over the display substrate, one or more layers of light-emitting material formed over the plurality of first electrodes, at least one second electrode formed over the one or more layers of light-emitting material, and a plurality of chiplets. Each chiplet is electrically connected to a first electrode. Each chiplet further includes a light detector and a light emitter separate from the one-or-more layers of light-emitting material connected to the chiplet circuitry. The chiplet circuitry includes a modulating circuit for modulating light emitted by the light emitter and a demodulating circuit for demodulating light detected by the light detector so that light emitted by the light emitter of a first chiplet is received by the light detector of a second chiplet. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212466 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device (liquid crystal display device | 2012-08-23 |
20120212467 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device (liquid crystal display device | 2012-08-23 |
20120212468 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SENSING, MEASUREMENT OR CHARACTERIZATION OF DISPLAY ELEMENTS INTEGRATED WITH THE DISPLAY DRIVE SCHEME, AND SYSTEM AND APPLICATIONS USING THE SAME - Methods and systems for electrical sensing, measurement and characterization of display elements are described. An embodiment includes integrating the electrical sensing, measurement and characterization with the display drive scheme. This embodiment allows for measurement of DC or operational hysteresis voltages and/or response times of interferometric modulator MEMS devices, for example, to be fully integrated with the display driver IC and/or the display drive scheme. Another embodiment allows these measurements to be performed and used without resulting in display artifacts visible to a human user. Another embodiment allows the measurement circuitry to be integrated with the display driver IC and/or the display drive scheme re-using several existing circuitry components and features, thus allowing for integration of the measurement method and its use relatively easily. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212469 | DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND METHOD - A display driving circuit adapted to drive multiple display channels of a display panel is provided. The display channels include a first set channel, a second set channel, a third set channel, and a fourth set channel respectively having an alternate change between a first voltage polarity and a second voltage polarity. Adjacent two set channels are operated by the first voltage polarity and second voltage polarity. A switching unit has four switches respectively connected to adjacent two of the four set channels. A switch control circuit conducts the four switches in a sequence. In a first stage, anyone of the switches is conducted for a period. In a second stage, other two switches connected to two terminals of the conducted switch are conducted for a period. In a third stage, another switch serially connected between the two conducted switches in the second stage is conducted for a period. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212470 | Method and apparatus for driving an electronic display and a system comprising an electronic display - A device (B) is described for driving a bistable display (A). The device includes a processor ( | 2012-08-23 |
20120212471 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY UNIT USING THE SAME - To provide a liquid crystal display capable of implementing a symmetrical frame and a narrower frame without lowering drive capability of a common drive circuit. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212472 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, scanning lines, signal lines, pixel switches, first electrodes, a scanning line drive circuit, a second electrode, a voltage supply wiring, a control mechanism, a first switching mechanism, a second switching mechanism, and an output timing switching mechanism. The output timing switching mechanism is configured to simultaneously output a second scanning signal of switching the pixel switch into conductive state to the scanning lines, based on the control signal. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212473 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a display panel, light emitting elements, a temperature detector, and an image processing circuit. The light emitting elements are disposed in a matrix form on the display panel, a luminance of light emitting elements being controlled by a current value. The temperature detector detects a rise in temperature caused by a consumption power of a driver | 2012-08-23 |
20120212474 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - An image display device capable of reducing power consumption. The image display device includes: a position determining unit for determining positions of horizontal lines to which data input to a timing controller are to be supplied; a look-up table (LUT) for storing pre-emphasis voltage information corresponding to the positions of the horizontal lines; the timing controller for transmitting the data and the pre-emphasis voltage information to a data driver; a pre-emphasis voltage generator for generating a pre-emphasis voltage to correspond to the pre-emphasis voltage information from the data driver; and the data driver for supplying the pre-emphasis voltage to data lines in a partial period of a horizontal period and for supplying a data signal in a remaining period of the horizontal period. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212475 | INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection method for an active-matrix substrate including the scanning lines, the data lines, the pixels disposed in matrix, and the power lines. The pixel includes: an organic EL device; a drive transistor; a capacitor; a selection transistor having a gate connected to the scanning line and connected between the data line and the gate of the drive transistor, and the guard potential transistor having a gate connected to a source of the selection transistor, a source connected to a drain of the selection transistor, and a drain connected to the power line. The inspection method includes: a writing process for writing a charge in the capacitor; a reading process for reading the written charged from the capacitor; and a holding process for holding the charge for a predetermined period from the end of the writing process to the start of the reading process. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212476 | PIXEL CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device where low power consumption is realized without lowering aperture ratio is provided. A liquid crystal capacitive element Clc is sandwiched between a pixel electrode | 2012-08-23 |
20120212477 | Fast Haze Removal and Three Dimensional Depth Calculation - A computer-implemented method of processing digital input image data containing haze and having a plurality of color channels including at least a blue channel, to generate output image data having reduced haze, includes receiving in a first computer-implemented process, digital input image data, and generating, in a second computer-implemented process, digital output image data based on the digital input image data using an estimated transmission vector for the digital input image data. The estimated transmission vector is substantially equal to an inverse blue channel of the digital input image data, and the digital output image data contains less haze than the digital input image data. The method also includes outputting the digital output image data via an output device. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212478 | Image Processing Device, Image Processing Method and Display - According to one embodiment, a display includes a telop detector, a depth corrector, a parallax image generator, and a display module. The telop detector is configured to calculate a probability of each pixel block being a telop. The pixel block is composed of a plurality of pixels in an input image. The depth corrector is configured to correct a predetermined depth of each pixel block in such a manner that as the probability is higher, the depth approaches a center of depth. The parallax image generator is configured to generate a parallax image of the input image based on the corrected depth. The display module is configured to display the parallax image stereoscopically. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212479 | Method for showing a localization error and related device - The method according to the invention is a method for showing the localization error of a plurality of points of a georeferenced image, comprising the following steps: providing a georeferenced image, in which each image coordinate point is associated with announced values of the geographical coordinates defining the geographical localization of the object corresponding to that point of the georeferenced image; showing the georeferenced image. The method also comprises the following steps: providing, for each point of the plurality of points of the georeferenced image, an estimated value of the localization error specific to that point, said error not being uniform over the image; and showing the localization error for at least one point among the plurality of points of the georeferenced image so as to make it possible for a user to view the localization error. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212480 | MULTI-VIEW RENDERING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING BACKGROUND PIXEL EXPANSION AND BACKGROUND-FIRST PATCH MATCHING - An apparatus and method for restoring a hole generated in multi-view rendering are provided. A hole in an output view may be restored using temporally neighboring images. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212481 | Video Acquisition With Integrated GPU Processing - Systems and techniques for processing sequences of video images involve receiving, on a computer, data corresponding to a sequence of video images detected by an image sensor. The received data is processed using a graphics processor to adjust one or more visual characteristics of the video images corresponding to the received data. The received data can include video data defining pixel values and ancillary data relating to settings on the image sensor. The video data can be processed in accordance with ancillary data to adjust the visual characteristics, which can include filtering the images, blending images, and/or other processing operations. | 2012-08-23 |
20120212482 | 3D POINTER GENERATION DEVICE AND 3D POINTER GENERATION METHOD - An apparatus and method for generating a stereoscopic pointer. Position information designates a position of the stereoscopic pointer, including the depth direction of the stereoscopic pointer. Horizontal pointer position signals are generated based on the position information. The horizontal position of the pointer is set in left and right channels to a horizontal position shifted so as to correspond to a parallax of the position of the stereoscopic pointer in the depth direction. The stereoscopic pointer is displayed based on the horizontal pointer position signal. | 2012-08-23 |