45th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110273318 | Analog to digital converter (ADC) with comparator function for analog signals - This disclosure relates to analog to digital converter (ADC) component with a comparator function for analog signals. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273319 | TUNABLE NEGATIVE PERMEABILITY BASED DEVICES - Negative permeability metamaterials and devices based on negative permeability metamaterials are described. The invention presents a new paradigm for realizing electromagnetic devices utilizing naturally available magnetic materials operating in their negative permeability spectrum. The superior advantages of negative permeability materials are utilized for providing unique electromagnetic devices including, for example, small antennas, array sensors and imaging devices. Since the property of the magnetic materials can be tuned by applying a DC magnetic field, the materials and devices of the present invention can be tunable. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273320 | RADIOMETRIC IMAGING DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING METHOD - The present invention relates to a radiometric imaging device and a corresponding method for scanning a scene. The proposed device comprises a radiometer for detecting radiation emitted in a predetermined spectral range from a spot of said scene and for generating a radiation signal from said detected radiation, a spot movement means for effecting a movement of the spot, from which the radiation is detected, to various positions, a control means for controlling said spot movement means to effect the movement of the spot from one position to another position so that radiation is detected at a number of spots distributed over the scene, wherein said number is lower than the number of pattern signals of said high-density signal pattern and the radiation signals generated from the radiation detected at said number of spots form a low-density signal pattern, and a processing means for processing the radiation signals of said low-density signal pattern and for generating said high-density signal pattern by applying compressive sensing to said low-density signal pattern. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273321 | Method and System for Tracking Objects Using Radio Tomographic Imaging - New systems and methodologies that use radio tomography for object tracking. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273322 | TECHNIQUES FOR REPORTING ON OR TRACKING GROUND VEHICLES - Ground vehicle reporting and tracking techniques are provided to track vehicles associated with a particular area (e.g., an airport, a military base, etc.). Ground vehicles may regularly report information about the vehicle to one or more control stations via corresponding communication links. The communication links may include, for example, an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) link and a non-ADS-B link. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273323 | ELECTRICALLY SELF-CONTAINED RADAR DEVICE - The invention relates to a radar device having a housing that includes: a microwave motion detection module ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273324 | CONTINUOUS HIGH-ACCURACY LOCATING METHOD AND APPARATUS - Method and apparatus for locating an object ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273325 | RADAR SYSTEM AND ANTENNA WITH DELAY LINES AND METHOD THEREOF - A radar system, apparatus, and method includes at least one radar transmitter for transmitting an electromagnetic waveform; a receiving antenna comprising a plurality of receiving antenna elements and delay lines, each of the plurality of receiving antenna elements receiving the return signal operatively associated with a predetermined delay line; each delay line having a delay length which produces a different phase delay in the return signal; the different phase delays producing substantially different antenna patterns for the received signal at a given frequency; at least one processor operatively connected to receive data from the plurality of delay lines; the at least one processor operating to analyze the substantially different beam patterns for a given frequency; whereby the processing of the data produces results indicating the presence and location of a target. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273326 | RADAR APPARATUS - A radar apparatus includes: an array antenna having antenna elements having function of a transmission antenna and a reception antenna and receiving an echo signal which is a reflection of a probe signal from a target, the probe signal being radiated from the antenna elements; a converter for converting the echo signal to a baseband signal; a signal synthesizing unit which generates a synthesized baseband signal vector on the basis of aperture synthesis of the baseband signal generated from a combination of the antenna elements giving an equal spatial phase; a correction data acquiring unit which acquires correction data on the basis of coefficients of terms of a synthesized array polynomial; a correction processing unit which corrects the synthesized baseband signal vector on the basis of the correction data; and an estimating unit which performs angle estimation on the basis of the synthesized baseband signal vector. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273327 | Method and Apparatus for Fast TTFF - A data model containing orbital parameters is stored in a mobile device. When a First Fix is required by a GNSS system within the mobile device, these stored orbital parameters are used to rapidly generate accurate satellite trajectory data model. The stored orbital parameters may be modified in part or in whole as required by changing coefficients of the stored parameters. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273328 | PRECISION GEOLOCATION OF MOVING OR FIXED TRANSMITTERS USING MULTIPLE OBSERVERS - A method of geolocating a stationary transmitter observed by a fixed receiver device and at least two receiver devices, at least one of the receiver devices moving includes obtaining wavelength-scaled phase difference measurements between pairs of receiver devices, and obtaining a result lattice of possible locations of the transmitter, one location more probable than the remainder. A method of geolocating a moving transmitter observed by a plurality of fixed or nearly fixed receiver devices, and a moving receiver device, includes obtaining wavelength-scaled phase difference measurements from the plurality of fixed or nearly fixed receiver devices to obtain a shape of the transmitter trajectory, measuring the phase difference between the moving receiver device and at least one of the plurality of fixed or nearly fixed receiver devices to obtain a phase error residual, and moving an estimated starting point of the transmitter to obtain a best-fit residual. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273329 | Method and Apparatus for Fast TTFF - A data model is built using satellite ephemeris data collected over an extended period of time, allowing generation on a server of very precise orbital parameters preferably using a force or numerical method. These orbital parameters are stored in a mobile device. When a First Fix is required by a GNSS system within the mobile device, these stored orbital parameters are used to rapidly generate accurate satellite trajectory data model without requiring access to a broadcasted ephemeris or a network connection. The stored orbital parameters may be modified in part or in whole as required by changing coefficients of the stored parameters. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273330 | Method and System for Customized Full Ephemeris Compatible With Standard AGPS Network Devices - Aspects of a method and system for customized full ephemeris compatible with standard AGPS network devices allows a GPS enabled handset to receive real-time full ephemeris from an AGPS server for calculating a position fix. The real-time full ephemeris may be generated at the AGPS server in response to one or more request for real-time full ephemeris from the GPS enabled handset. The AGPS server may be configured to provide fresh full ephemeris generated at smaller intervals such as every 10-15 minutes as approximated real-time full ephemeris. The generated real-time full ephemeris or fresh full ephemeris may be communicated to the GPS enabled handset periodically or aperiodically. Various predicted real-time full ephemeris or predicted fresh full ephemeris compatible with various standards may be generated via Short Term Orbits (STO) technology. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273331 | GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM RECEIVER WITH PHASE OFFSET COMPENSATION - An electronic device such as a cellular telephone may include transceiver circuitry for handling wireless communications. The transceiver circuitry may include a transceiver such as a cellular telephone transceiver or a wireless local area network receiver and may include a satellite positioning system receiver. Radio-frequency circuitry may be used to couple the transceiver circuitry to antenna structures. When operating the transceiver in different modes of operation, the radio-frequency circuitry may be adjusted to optimize performance. Adjustments to the radio-frequency circuitry may impose phase offsets on satellite positioning system signals that are received through the antenna structures and radio-frequency circuitry. These phase offsets which would otherwise cause degradation in the satellite positioning system receiver can be compensated by applying stored compensating phase offset values to the satellite positioning system receiver during operation. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273332 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING COMBINED NAVIGATION SIGNALS - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for processing multiple navigation signal components received from multiple global navigation satellite systems (GNSS'). In a particular implementation, a code phase in a first navigation signal component may be detected based, at least in part, on information in a second navigation signal component. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273333 | PIEZOELECTRIC OSCILLATOR, GPS RECEIVER DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A piezoelectric oscillator includes: a piezoelectric resonator; a storage unit that stores temperature compensation data used for specifying frequency-temperature characteristics of the piezoelectric resonator therein; a temperature compensation circuit; a voltage-controlled oscillation circuit that oscillates the piezoelectric resonator and controls an oscillation frequency of the piezoelectric resonator based on an oscillation control voltage; and a power source control unit that controls so as to supply a power source voltage to the temperature compensation circuit or so as not to supply the power source voltage to at least a part of the temperature compensation circuit based on a control signal transmitted from the outside, wherein the temperature compensation voltage is supplied as the oscillation control voltage to the voltage-controlled oscillation circuit in synchronization with a period during which the power source voltage is supplied to the temperature compensation circuit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273334 | ULTRA-SECURE COMMUNICATION METHODS AND APPARATUS - A secure communication topology can be used for communications between a locator and one or more transponders to determine the location of the transponders. An example system may include a locator that is configured to transmit an interrogation signal that is encoded for receipt by one or more of the transponders. When a transponder receives and correlates the interrogation signal with an internally stored reference sequence, the transponder can transmit one or more reply transmissions at precisely determined time delay intervals. The time delay intervals are secretly known by both the locator and the transponder. The reply transmissions can each correspond to previously sampled noise signals that are also secretly known by both the transponder and the locator. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273335 | Method and System for Using a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Phase Shifter for Smart Antenna Beam Steering - Aspects of a method and system for using a wireless local area network (WLAN) phase shifter for smart antenna beam steering are presented. Aspects of the system may enable determination of an angle of arrival (AOA) for signals received at a receiving station in a wireless network. Based on the AOA value, the receiving station may enable orientation of antenna in a smart antenna system. In a switched beam smart antenna system, antenna element(s) may be selected, which are most closely oriented toward the AOA. In an adaptive array smart antenna system, antenna beam may be steered, or reoriented, based on the AOA. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273336 | ANTENNA HAVING PLANAR CONDUCTING ELEMENTS, ONE OF WHICH HAS A PLURALITY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATORS AND AN OPEN SLOT - An antenna includes a dielectric material having i) a first side opposite a second side, and ii) a conductive via therein. A first planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material and has an electrical connection to the conductive via. A second planar conducting element is also on the first side of the dielectric material. A gap electrically isolates the first and second planar conducting elements from each other. An electrical microstrip feed line on the second side of the dielectric material electrically connects to the conductive via and has a route that extends from the conductive via, to across the gap, to under the second planar conducting element. The first planar conducting element has a plurality of electromagnetic radiators, each having dimensions that cause it to resonate over a range of frequencies that differs from a range of frequencies over which an adjacent radiator resonates. At least first and second of the radiators bound an open slot in the first planar conducting element. The open slot has an orientation perpendicular to the gap. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273337 | ANTENNA HAVING PLANAR CONDUCTING ELEMENTS, ONE OF WHICH HAS A PLURALITY OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATORS AND AN OPEN SLOT - An antenna includes a dielectric material having i) a first side opposite a second side, and ii) a conductive via therein. A first planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material and has an electrical connection to the conductive via. A second planar conducting element is also on the first side of the dielectric material. A gap electrically isolates the first and second planar conducting elements from each other. An electrical microstrip feed line on the second side of the dielectric material electrically connects to the conductive via and has a route that extends from the conductive via, to across the gap, to under the second planar conducting element. The first planar conducting element has a plurality of electromagnetic radiators, each having dimensions that cause it to resonate over a range of frequencies that differs from a range of frequencies over which an adjacent radiator resonates. At least first and second of the radiators bound an open slot in the first planar conducting element. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273338 | ANTENNA HAVING PLANAR CONDUCTING ELEMENTS AND AT LEAST ONE SPACE-SAVING FEATURE - An antenna includes a dielectric material having i) a first side opposite a second side, and ii) a conductive via therein. A first planar conducting element is on the first side of the dielectric material and has an electrical connection to the conductive via. A second planar conducting element is also on the first side of the dielectric material. A gap electrically isolates the first and second planar conducting elements from each other. An electrical microstrip feed line on the second side of the dielectric material electrically connects to the conductive via and has a route that extends from the conductive via, to across the gap, to under the second planar conducting element. A positionable flexible conductor is electrically connected to the second planar conducting element and extends from the second planar conducting element, or a portion of one of the conducting elements traverses a meander path. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273339 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An antenna includes a flexible film substrate having a signal element and a ground element. A signal contact is mounted to the flexible film substrate. The signal contact is electrically connected to the signal element by a compression connection and the signal contact includes a wire termination configured to be terminated to a center conductor of a coaxial cable. A ground contact is mounted to the flexible film substrate. The ground contact is electrically connected to the ground element by a compression connection and includes a wire termination configured to be terminated to a cable braid of the coaxial cable. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273340 | ANTENNA DEVICE FOR MOBILE TERMINAL - An antenna device for a mobile terminal is provided. The antenna device is adapted for digital broadcast reception. The mobile terminal is composed of a front case, a rear case, a battery cover, a main board and a feed supplying power on the main board. The mobile terminal includes a first antenna, electrically connected to the feed, for receiving electric current from the feed to receive a digital broadcast signal, and a second antenna, electrically connected to the feed and installed separately from the first antenna, for receiving electric current from the feed to receive a digital broadcast signal. The first antenna and the second antenna are used for antenna matching and bandwidth maintenance during digital broadcast reception. Hence, reception performance of digital broadcast signals can be improved. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273341 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND ANTENNA APPARATUS THEREOF - A communication terminal and an antenna apparatus of the communication terminal are provided. The communication terminal includes a board body having a structure of a flat panel, an antenna element which is arranged at one end of the body and, when electric current is supplied, resonant in a resonant frequency band for transmitting and receiving signals, and at least one blocking plate which is arranged around the antenna element and alters, when the antenna element is resonant, at least one of a radiation pattern and a radiation strength of the antenna element. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273342 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL AND ANTENNA APPARATUS THEREOF - A communication terminal and an antenna apparatus of the communication terminal are provided. The communication terminal includes a body having a circuit board, an antenna element which is mounted inside the body and connected electrically to the circuit board and, when electric current is supplied via a main plate, resonant in a resonant frequency band for transmitting and receiving signals, and a metal case having an antenna pattern which is coupled to an edge of the body to be resonant and, when the antenna element is resonant, in the resonant frequency band for supporting operation of the antenna element. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273343 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMPRISING MULTI-FREQUENCY BAND ANTENNA AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the housing. The multi-frequency band antenna may include a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop conductor, a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of the main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point, and a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of the main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point. A third branch conductor has a first portion within the main loop conductor, and a second portion connected to the second feed point. A tuning branch conductor may have a first end connected to the main loop conductor between the respective first ends of the first and second branches. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273344 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SNOW AND ICE DETECTION AND REMOVAL ON A COMMUNICATION ANTENNA - A method of detecting and removing ice and/or snow on a communication antenna is presented. In the method, environmental data indicating at least one current environmental condition is received. An optical signal is transmitted from a signaling structure of the communication antenna toward a reflecting surface of the antenna. The optical signal is received at the signaling structure upon returning from the reflecting surface. The returning optical signal is then processed to determine at least one characteristic value of the returning optical signal. The reflecting surface is then heated if the environmental data indicates that ice or snow accumulation on the communication antenna is possible, and the at least one characteristic value of the returning optical signal is outside a predetermined range. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273345 | WIDE BAND ANTENNA, WEAR, AND PERSONAL BELONGINGS - A first plate-like radiating element including a first side and a second side, the first side being a straight line portion and the second side being curved; and a second plate-like radiating element including a third side and a fourth side, the third side being a straight line portion and the fourth side being curved, are included. The first side of the first radiating element and the third side of the second radiating element are disposed to face each other in parallel and to be shifted in a parallel direction. The second side and the fourth side each preferably include a curve portion. The second side or the fourth side or the second and fourth sides is(are) preferably formed by a combination of one or a plurality of curve portions and one or a plurality of straight line portions. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273346 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is a portable electronic device which can be changed between a first state and a second state and comprises an antenna that forms a loop in the first state and does not form the loop in the second state. A mobile telephone ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273347 | APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR PROVIDING A FREQUENCY CONFIGURABLE ANTENNA EMPLOYING A PHOTONIC CRYSTAL - A frequency reconfigurable antenna may include at least two antenna segments and a photonic crystal positioned between the at least two antenna segments. The photonic crystal may selectably electrically connect or isolate the at least two antenna segments with respect to each other based on a conductive state of the photonic crystal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273348 | METAMATERIAL ANTENNA DEVICE WITH MECHANICAL CONNECTION - A wireless device incorporating an antenna made of Composite Right Left Hand (CRLH) structures, having a connection element coupling a portion of the antenna to a ground electrode. In some embodiments a wireless device has one or more mechanical connection units made of electrically conductive materials to provide both mechanical engagement and electrical conduction for the antenna devices. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273349 | TAPERED SLOT ANTENNA - Methods, antennas and other embodiments associated with impedance matching an antenna feed slot are based on a fractal shape. A slot antenna includes a planar metal sheet. A feed slot opening is formed in the metal sheet. The feed slot has a first end and a second end. A tapered opening is formed in the metal sheet. Adjacent sides of the tapered opening touch the first end of the feed slot. An impedance matching fractal shaped opening is formed in the metal. The impedance matching fractal shaped opening touches the second end of the feed slot. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273350 | TAPERED SLOT ANTENNA - Methods, antennas and other embodiments associated with impedance matching an antenna feed slot. A slot antenna includes a planar metal sheet. A feed slot opening is formed in the metal sheet. The feed slot has a first end and a second end. A tapered opening is formed in the metal sheet. Adjacent sides of the tapered opening touch the first end of the feed slot. An impedance matching star shaped opening is formed in the metal. The impedance matching star shaped opening touches the second end of the feed slot. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273351 | WIDEBAND CAVITY-BACKED SLOT ANTENNA - A wideband cavity-backed slot antenna includes an enclosure having a slot, a balun located proximate the slot, a feed extending through the enclosure to the balun, and a plurality of coupled lines proximate the balun and distal to a location at which the balun is coupled to the feed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273352 | Antenna Structure - An antenna structure includes an antenna radiating portion, a grounding portion, a connecting portion and a reflecting element, and the antenna radiating portion includes a feed point, and the grounding portion is perpendicular to the antenna radiating portion, and the connecting portion is coupled to the antenna radiating portion and the reflecting portion, and the reflecting element is installed on another side of the grounding portion and corresponding to the antenna radiating portion, and the reflecting element includes first and second reflecting portions with an included angle between the first and second reflecting portions equal to 0˜65 degrees, and the antenna radiating portion and the reflecting element are formed integrally by bending a metal sheet to achieve effects of reducing interferences caused by external factors, providing the desired directivity, lowering the production cost, and reducing the manufacturing time. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273353 | HYBRID METAMATERIAL ANTENNA STRUCTURES - A wireless device having a CRLH antenna structure incorporates a meander line at the feed and adds a three dimensional conductive structure to shift a meander mode resonance frequency. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273354 | Transfer Unit for Radio Frequency Signals and Method for Alternatively Using an Electrical Antenna or a Magnetic Antenna with a Classic Antenna Tuner - A transfer unit for transferring a radio frequency signal between a classical antenna tuner and an antenna where the transfer unit comprises a switch for alternatively selecting a first direct route for the radio frequency signal between the tuner and the antenna or a second route via a reactive element; said reactive element comprising a variable serial capacitance and a shunt inductance connected to system earth; and where a control unit controls the switch and is adapted to select the first route when the frequency is above a predetermined value and otherwise select the second route. The variable serial capacitance comprises a set of capacitors organized as a set of binary weighted parallel capacitance values, and the transfer unit further comprises switches to engage or disengage each capacitor from the reactive element to increase or decrease the resulting capacitance as the radio frequency is decreased or increased. The control unit can use a subset of the capacitors for one range of frequencies and a different subset of the capacitors for a different range of frequencies. The control unit can alternatively measure the radio frequency by means of a sensor or receive frequency values via a data link. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273355 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLEMENTARY METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR (CMOS) DIFFERENTIAL ANTENNA SWITCHES USING MULTI-SECTION IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMATIONS - Example embodiments of the invention are directed to CMOS differential antenna switches with multi-section impedance transformation. The differential architecture can provide relief from large voltage swings of the power amplifiers by distributing the voltage stress over the receiver switch with two of the identical or substantially similar single-ended switches. In order to reduce the voltage stress further, multi-section impedance transformations can be used. Degraded insertion loss due to the impedance transformation technique can be compensated by selecting an optimal impedance for the antenna switch operation. Accordingly, the use of the multi-section impedance transformations with the differential antenna switch architecture enables high power handling capability for the antenna switch with acceptable efficiency for the transmitter module. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273356 | RADIO WAVE TRANSMITTING DECORATIVE MEMBER AND THE PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - The radio wave transmitting decorative member and the method of producing thereof efficiently and stably of the present invention is provided with radio wave transmitting properties as well as mirror-surface like metallic luster, hardly loses its metallic luster, and can be produced at a low cost. The method of producing a radio wave transmitting decorative member, having a substrate, a transparent organic material layer, and a light reflecting layer formed of an alloy composed of either silicon or germanium and a metal provided between the substrate and the transparent organic material layer; wherein the light reflecting layer is formed from a target having an alloy composed of either silicon or germanium, and of a metal with the use of a DC magnetrons sputtering. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273357 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is a portable terminal wherein reduction of an antenna gain can be suitably suppressed. The portable terminal is provided with a circuit section ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273358 | PORTABLE TERMINAL - Provided is a portable terminal that can suppress reduction of antenna sensitivity. A portable telephone ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273359 | MULTI-DIRECTIONAL RECEIVING ANTENNA ARRAY - Techniques for providing multi-directional receiving antenna arrays are described herein. According to an embodiment, an apparatus includes an antenna array including multiple antennas and an orientation system. The orientation system includes multiple orientation marks and multiple alignment marks. At least one of the multiple antennas is configured to be positioned toward a respective station transmitter location based at least partially on an alignment of one of the multiple orientation marks relative to one of the multiple alignment marks. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273360 | COMBINATION RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION AND ELECTRONIC ARTICLE SURVEILLANCE ANTENNA SYSTEM - An RFID antenna for use in an RFID-EAS antenna system is disclosed. In one embodiment, the RFID antenna has a first patch antenna element and a second patch antenna element that are electrically connected and coplanar. The RFID antenna also has a reference ground plane coplanar with the patch antenna elements. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273361 | Antenna Arrangement - An apparatus such as for example an antenna sub-assembly includes a multiband antenna circuitry and feed circuitry. The multiband antenna circuitry includes a resonator; a first ground port configured to couple the resonator to a common voltage potential; and at least one reactive component disposed between the resonator and the first ground port. The feed circuitry includes: a signal feed port configured to couple to a radio; a second ground port configured to couple the feed circuitry to the common voltage potential; and a feeding element disposed between the signal feed port and the second ground port, the feeding element configured to inductively couple the feed circuitry to the antenna circuitry between the resonator and the first ground port. In some example embodiments there is a variable reactance to enable the resonator to be tunable. In those and/or other embodiments there is a second and even a third resonator for multi-band operation. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273362 | ELECTRONIC MONITORING SYSTEMS, SHIPMENT CONTAINER MONITORING SYSTEMS AND MEHTODS OF MONITORING A SHIPMENT IN A CONTAINER - A shipping container has a passive radio antenna element having internal and external antennas. A connector spanning the wall joins the two antennas. An internal communications device is disposed within the container and an external communications device is disposed external to the container. Another shipping container has a repeater element having internal and external antennas. A repeater unit spans the wall joining the two antennas. A communications device is disposed within the container and another communications device is disposed externally. RF signals are re-radiated by the antennas. Methodology includes emitting RF signals from a communication device disposed at a first location, receiving the signals through an antenna comprised by an antenna element, and re-radiating the signal from a second antenna comprised by the element, where the element spans the wall of a shipping container. The re-radiated signal is received by a second communications device disposed at a second location. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273363 | COMPOSITE DISPLAY MODULES - The present invention provides composite display modules which have reduced visible dead space between display modules. This is of particular interest for the price rail, where it is desirable to achieve a long (about 3-4 ft) section of an active module. The present invention is directed to a composite display module comprising: (a) more than one single display module, wherein said single display modules are not edge-sealed and they are mounted on a single back support structure and are kept tightly close to each other right up to their edges; and (b) said composite display module is edge sealed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273364 | DEVICE FOR PORTABLE VIEWABLE REFLECTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The invention relates to a mobile visual display device that includes a horizontal panel configured for displaying an illuminated reference image on a display screen, and a reflective or partially reflective surface coupled to a side of said panel and disposed over said display screen at an angle sufficient for receiving and reflecting at least a portion of the illuminated reference image to produce a reflected image. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273365 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DISPLAY - A wearable display apparatus includes a display for providing viewable images. A display support assembly can support the display. The display support assembly can be self centering and telescoping for adjusting the position of the display for viewing by a user. The display support assembly can include right side and left side arm members spaced apart from each other, and a flexibly resilient support member to which the display is mounted between the arm members. The support member can be telescopically mounted to the arm members. The support member can have flexibly resilient right and left side portions secured to the display. Each side portion can be slidably mounted to a respective arm member for telescoping. The support member can have a material cross section that provides stiffness for supporting the display when in a generally horizontal orientation for viewing while also providing resilient flexibility between the arm members to self center the display between the arm members with changes in distances between the arm members. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273366 | Display Device And An Electronic Apparatus Using The Same - In a conventional display device comprising a sub-display, the display device is increased in thickness and in the number of components as the number of displays is increased. In the present invention, a dual emission display device is used so that either surface of a display is used as a main display or a sub-display. Accordingly, the display device can be reduced in thickness and in the number of components. Further, mechanical reliability can be enhanced when the invention is applied to a tablet PC, a video camera and the like. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273367 | BACKLIGHT DRIVING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Exemplary backlight driving method and display device are provided. The display device includes a light source array. The light source array includes a first group of light-emitting rows and a second group of light-emitting rows. The backlight driving method includes the steps of: firstly, receiving a gate driving frequency of the display device; subsequently, generating a backlight driving frequency according to the gate driving frequency; and afterwards, sequentially providing a first row driving voltage to the first group of light-emitting rows in a first time period and sequentially providing a second row driving voltage to the second group of light-emitting rows in a second time period, according to the backlight driving frequency. The first time period and the second time period have different phases from each other, and the gate driving frequency is different from the backlight driving frequency. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273368 | Extending Digital Artifacts Through An Interactive Surface - A unique system and method that facilitates extending input/output capabilities for resource deficient mobile devices and interactions between multiple heterogeneous devices is provided. The system and method involve an interactive surface to which the desired mobile devices can be connected. The interactive surface can provide an enhanced display space and customization controls for mobile devices that lack adequate displays and input capabilities. In addition, the interactive surface can be employed to permit communication and interaction between multiple mobile devices that otherwise are unable to interact with each other. When connected to the interactive surface, the mobile devices can share information, view information from their respective devices, and store information to the interactive surface. Furthermore, the interactive surface can resume activity states of mobile devices that were previously communicating upon re-connection to the surface. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273369 | ADJUSTMENT OF IMAGING PROPERTY IN VIEW-DEPENDENT RENDERING - An image is displayed by determining a relative position and orientation of a display in relation to a viewer's head, and rendering an image based on the relative position and orientation. The viewer's eye movement relative to the rendered image is tracked, with at least one area of interest in the image to the viewer being determined based on the viewer's eye movement, and an imaging property of the at least one area of interest is adjusted. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273370 | DEVICE FOR ENTERING CONTROL SIGNALS TO A PERIPHERAL UNIT - The invention pertains to a device for entering control signals to a peripheral unit. The device contains means which sense movements of the device relative to an essentially flat surface, such that movements of the device on the essentially flat surface fills the same function as the movements of a standard computer mouse. The part of the device graspable by a user is rotatable in a plane relative to the part of the device containing means for sensing movements relative to the essentially flat surface. The invention also concerns a combination of such a device and a peripheral unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273371 | FUEL DISPENSER - A system and method for displaying information at a fuel dispenser comprises an electrophoretic display that may be configured to operate in low temperature environments. The fuel dispenser may comprise a keypad located beneath the electrophoretic display in order to present a graphical user interface to a customer and receive the customer's selections. The fuel dispenser may comprise additional electrophoretic displays to present additional information to the consumer. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273372 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH UNIQUE FEATURES - A mobile device having a translucent screen that is the size of the mobile device and a full size keyboard having a left side member, a center member, and a right side member. When the keyboard is open, the center member is slidably attached to the front of the mobile device screen where the left member is slidably or foldably attached to the left side of the center member and the right member is slidably or foldably attached to the right side of the center member. When the keyboard is not in use, it is stored under the screen of the mobile device with the left member located under the center member and the right member located over the center member. To use the keyboard, a user slides the folded keyboard out from beneath the screen and opens the keyboard to its full size by sliding or unfolding the left and right side members about the center member. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273373 | KEY STRUCTURE OF OPERATION SECTION OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME - There is provided a key structure of an operation section of an electronic device that can avoid an occurrence of operational errors of erroneously pressing down an operation key and can reliably secure a large area for input operations and for indicating information. The key structure of the operation section of the electronic device having a plurality of the operation keys | 2011-11-10 |
20110273374 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING SLIDING DISPLAY - A handheld electronic device comprising a housing having a keyboard support member and a base, the base having a first section spaced apart from and opposing the keyboard support member to define a cavity therebetween, the base having a second section that extends from the first section beyond an open end of the cavity, the housing further comprising opposed first and second sidewalls, the first sidewall protruding from a first peripheral side edge of the second section of the base and the second sidewall protruding from a second peripheral side edge of the second section of the base. A display assembly is slidably mounted to the housing and comprising a display screen on a front face thereof, the display assembly being slidable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein in the retracted position a first portion of the display screen is received within the cavity facing towards the keyboard support member and a second portion of the display screen is viewable outside of the cavity and disposed between the first and second sidewalls, and in the extended position the first portion and the second portion of the display screen are viewable outside of the cavity. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273375 | DEAD-FRONT USER INTERFACE - A capacitive touch switch is disclosed which includes a transparent insulating panel, a filtering layer having an opaque color, a transparent icon being defined in the filtering layer, a transparent substrate including a capacitive electrode, the transparent substrate being tinted to substantially match the opaque color of the filtering layer, and a light source configured to transmit light through the transparent substrate, the transparent icon, and the transparent insulating panel when energized. A user interface and a method of manufacturing a capacitive touch switch are also disclosed. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273376 | Stylus Devices Having Variable Electrical Characteristics for Capacitive Touchscreens - Disclosed are devices and methods of stylus devices that when in contact with a capacitive touchscreen and a grounding element, can vary the signal level detected on a capacitive touchscreen to create a more realistic writing experience. Disclosed are elements of a touchscreen stylus, which individually or in combination, can enable a touchscreen stylus to have at least one electrical characteristic that is variable. In this way the resistive link between the touchscreen and a grounding element can be varied to enable features such as a capability to vary the width of line being drawn, to vary a region of influence on the touchscreen and/or to vary a temperament of action. The elements of a disclosed stylus can include at least one mechanical feature to provide at least one electrical characteristic that is variable and/or at least one material in an arrangement to provide at least one electrical characteristic that is variable. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273377 | BACKLIGHT FOR A DISPLAY - Systems and devices are provided for using an organic light emitting diode (OLED) as a backlight for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device. In one embodiment, an OLED backlight may include one or more OLED elements disposed between two substrates. The OLED backlight may be optically bonded to the back of an LCD, and may further be electrically connected with the LCD active matrix. In one embodiment, information transmitted to selected pixels of the LCD active matrix may also be used by elements of the OLED backlight which are electrically connected to the selected LCD pixels. For example, the OLED backlight may respond to grayscale information transmitted to selected LCD pixels by emitting a corresponding intensity of light. In some embodiments, the LCD device may include other functions, such as touch sensing capabilities, which may be integrated with the LCD and OLED backlight. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273378 | MOBILE DEVICE WITH TEMPERATURE SENSING CAPABILITY AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - The present invention relates to electronic devices such as mobile devices, and methods of operating such devices. In one embodiment of the invention, the electronic device includes first and second temperature sensors positioned at different respective locations on the electronic device and at least one processing device. The first and second temperature sensors respectively output first and second signals indicative of the respective temperatures experienced at those respective sensors. The at least one processing device (i) receives the first and second signals respectively from the first and second temperature sensors respectively and generates based thereon an indication of a difference or a relationship between the first and second temperatures, and (ii) determines an operational context of the electronic device based at least in part upon the difference. In an additional embodiment, other sensor information from one or more other sensors is taken into account in determining the operational context. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273379 | DIRECTIONAL PAD ON TOUCHSCREEN - A computer-implemented user interface method for managing directional user inputs is disclosed. The method includes receiving sliding motion by a user on a touchscreen of a computing device, identifying a direction for the sliding motion; associating the direction for the sliding motion with one of a plurality of directions for a directional pad, and providing information about the associated one of the plurality of directions to an application that is executing on the computing device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273380 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method includes detecting a received gesture on a touch-sensitive display, comparing the received gesture to a predefined gesture, if an option to provide gesture feedback is enabled, providing gesture feedback comprising rendering a representation of the predefined gesture on the touch-sensitive display. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273381 | HANDHELD ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A handheld electronic communication device including a body including an input device facing a first direction, and a display device coupled to the body. The display device has a first display screen and a second display screen. The second display screen faces an opposite direction as the first display screen. The display device is rotatable between a first position in which the first display screen faces the first direction, and a second position in which the second display screen faces the first direction. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273382 | TOUCH SCREEN HAVING ANTENNA PATTERN - Disclosed herein is a touch screen having an antenna, including: a first substrate that includes a first electrode pattern formed in an active region and a first electrode wiring formed in an inactive region disposed outside the active region and connected to the first electrode pattern; a second substrate that includes a second electrode pattern opposite to the first electrode pattern and a second electrode wiring connected to the second electrode pattern; a spacer that is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate to space the first electrode pattern from the second electrode pattern; and an antenna pattern that is formed in the inactive region. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273383 | Curved touch screen panel and method of manufacturing the same - A touch screen panel and a method of manufacturing the same, the touch screen panel including a curved substrate; sensing patterns on at least one surface of the curved substrate; and an insulating layer covering the sensing patterns. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273384 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ANTENNA LOOP LAYOUT - An electromagnetic antenna loop layout for use with an electromagnetic input apparatus is disclosed. The electromagnetic antenna loop layout comprises a plurality of electromagnetic antenna loops in parallel in each other, wherein each electromagnetic antenna loop has a first terminal connecting to a switch, and at least two adjacent electromagnetic antenna loops has a second terminal connecting to a common end (COM). | 2011-11-10 |
20110273385 | Sensing Structure and Method of Touch Spot of Resistive Touch Panel - A sensing structure and method for a touch spot of a resistive touch panel, includes a first conducting layer, with a frame of the first conducting layer defined as an X-axis, a plurality of parallel first resistance detecting lines designed towards Y-axis; and a second conducting layer coincident with the first conductive layer, and a plurality of second resistance detecting lines with certain slope angles on the second conducting layer. The plural second resistance detecting lines intersect plural first resistance detecting lines to form interlacing and fixed blocks. In response to a screen touch, the position of the Y-axis of the second resistance detecting line is used in a triangulation calculation. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273386 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A touch panel and a method for fabricating the same are presented. The method includes the following steps. A glass substrate is strengthened through a chemical method. The glass substrate includes alkali oxide. An indium tin oxide (ITO) layer is formed below the glass substrate. A sensing circuit, a driving circuit, and an interconnection circuit therebetween are formed in the ITO layer. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - When a user makes a touch input, a touch detector receives touch inputs from two touch panels and measures the coordinates of the touch inputs. The touch detector discriminates a detection mode. When the mode is an individual detection mode, the touch detector converts the coordinates of the touch input in the coordinate system of each display panel to coordinates in the coordinate system of the corresponding display panel, and stores touch history data in a storage unit. When the mode is a combined detection mode, the touch detector converts the coordinates of the touch input in the coordinate system of one display panel to coordinates in the coordinate system of the display panel, and to coordinates in the coordinate system of the other display panel to integrate the coordinate systems into the coordinate system of a single display panel, and stores touch history data in the storage unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273388 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING GESTURE-BASED INPUT IN A MOBILE DEVICE - A method for receiving a user's gesture-based input and apparatus of a mobile device is provided. The method and apparatus halts an input function by a particular mode that is executed when a present event occurs on the mobile device, creates a new input area, allows for a user's gesture-based input, and controls the function of the mobile device according to the user's gesture. The method includes: sensing an event that occurs while the mobile device is operating in a particular mode; and creating a new input area for receiving a user's gesture-based input and providing it. When the event occurs, the input function with respect to data of the particular mode is halted. The new input area is provided as a fog screen having a fog effect. The functions of the mobile device are controlled according to a user's gestures that are performed on the fog screen. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273389 | COORDINATE INPUT DISPLAY APPARATUS - A coordinate input display apparatus is provided in which a reference output of a pressure detection sensor under a non-pressed state is adjusted so as to fall within a predetermined range, and pressed position detection accuracy is improved. The coordinate input display apparatus that includes a plurality of pressure detection sensors and detects a pressed position on a front surface of the apparatus on the basis of a pressure applied to the pressure detection sensors includes: a pressure detection panel in which the pressure detection sensor is disposed; a pressing force transmission unit that is in contact with the pressure detection sensor; and an adjusting screw that adjusts a pressure applied between the pressure detection panel and the pressing force transfer unit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273390 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Disclosed is a semiconductor device in which a thin film transistor and a thin film diode are provided on one same substrate, and the characteristics respectively required for the thin film transistor and the thin film diode are achieved. Specifically disclosed is a semiconductor device that includes an insulating layer ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273391 | TOUCH LOCATION DETECTING PANEL HAVING A SIMPLE LAYER STRUCTURE - A touch location detecting panel and, more particularly, a touch location detecting panel having a plurality of sensing areas arranged two-dimensionally. The touch location detecting panel has on a surface at one side of a single film, a plurality of sensing areas arranged two-dimensionally. Each of the sensing areas includes a plurality of partitioned areas electrically isolated from each other, and the partitioned areas are respectively connected to separate channels of circuit for detecting a user's touch on each of the partitioned areas. Accordingly, durability and productivity of the touch location detecting panel can be improved by simplifying the panel structure. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273392 | DEVICES AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING MANIPULATION OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS ON A MULTI-CONTACT TACTILE SCREEN - A device configured to acquire tactile information, including a transparent tactile matrix sensor; a display device; a measurement unit configured to simultaneously measure a first position of a first finger and a second position of a second finger that are placed on the transparent tactile matrix sensor; a graphical processing unit configured to generate a first and a second cursor that are associated with the first and second position, respectively; and a processor configured to execute an application that associates the first and second cursors with a graphical object that is displayed on the display device, to interact with the graphical object. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273393 | Method and Apparatus for Distributed Computing with Proximity Sensing - The present invention relates to method and apparatus for receiving and processing one or more inputs from multiple mobile devices. In some embodiments, a mobile device identifies its neighboring mobile devices. Based on the information of neighboring mobile devices for each mobile device, a topology of multiple mobile devices is developed. If an input is provided to a mobile device, the mobile device will determine if the input is a supported distributed event. If the input is a supported distributed event, the mobile device will gather the inputs from other mobile devices and aggregate them into an aggregate input. Based on the aggregate input, an output is generated to control one or more mobile devices in the topology. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273394 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A TRANSPARENT AND FLEXIBLE FORCE-SENSITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Methods and apparatus are provided for a transparent and flexible pressure-sensing touch panel. The touch panel includes a flexible and substantially transparent composite layer (e.g., a plurality of conductive particles within a polymeric matrix) such that the resistivity of the composite layer is a function of applied force, and such that the touch panel may be manipulated to conform to a non-planar surface, such as a non-planar display screen. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273395 | TOUCH SCREEN AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - Disclosed herein are a touch screen and a method for controlling the same. The touch screen includes: two sheets of transparent substrates; transparent electrodes each formed on one surface of the two sheets of transparent substrates and sensing the change in capacitance at the time of a user input; and a spacer bonding one surface of the two sheets of transparent substrates to each other, wherein the coordinates of the input are measured by detecting the change in capacitance sensed by the transparent electrodes and lowering sensitivity when the capacitance becomes larger. The embodiments provide the touch screen that can accurately measure the coordinates by controlling the sensitivity based on the change in capacitance, and the method for controlling the same. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273396 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device, including: a touch panel; a display panel that is installed under the touch panel; and a plurality of pressure-sensitive sensors that are formed to be spaced from each other on the outer sides between the touch panel and the display panel and include an insulating substrate, electrodes that include anode electrodes and cathode electrodes formed to be spaced from each other on the insulating substrate, and piezo resistors that are formed on the insulating substrate on which the electrodes are formed and have resistance values varied depending on the pressure to be applied. The touch screen device can measure the strength of the contact input as well as the 2D coordinates using the piezo resistors of the pressure-sensitive sensor. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273397 | ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH - According to one embodiment, an organic EL display device has a pixel circuit on a first substrate and a touch detection circuit adjacent to the pixel circuit on the first substrate. The pixel circuit has an organic EL light-emitting element configured to emit light having brightness depending on a pixel voltage supplied by a pixel signal line, a drive element configured to drive the organic EL light-emitting element, and a first select element configured to supply the pixel voltage to the drive element in synchronization with a control signal supplied by a control signal line. The touch detection circuit has a touch detection capacitor configured to detect a presence/absence of a touch of a dielectric and a second select element configured to output a signal indicative of the presence/absence of the touch of the dielectric detected by the touch detection capacitor to an electrostatic signal line in synchronization with the control signal supplied by the control signal line. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273398 | Capacitive Touch Panel, Manufacturing Method and Scanning Method - The present invention discloses a capacitive touch panel, comprises a touch sensing pattern form on a substrate, which could generate a sensing signals in response to a touch on the capacitive touch panel; a plurality of first signal lines and a second signal line for conducting the sensing signals; the touch sensing pattern comprises a plurality of first conductive assemblies arranged in a first direction, a first end of each first conductive assembly respectively connects to a corresponding first signal line; the second signal line connects the second ends of all of the first conductive assemblies together. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS CONTROLLING TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM AND TOUCH SENSING SYSTEM EMPLOYING SAME - A method of calibrating a touch sensing system includes connecting an impedance load to a touch sensing signal path in a gain adjustment mode, adjusting a gain of an amplifier that amplifies a signal input to the touch sensing signal path in the gain adjustment mode by evaluating an output signal of the amplifier, and disconnecting the impedance load from the touch sensing signal path after adjusting the amplifier gain. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273400 | INTEGRATOR CIRCUIT WITH INVERTING INTEGRATOR AND NON-INVERTING INTEGRATOR - A switched capacitor integrator circuit is disclosed. The switched capacitor integrator circuit comprises an inverting switched capacitor integrator circuit, and a non-inverting switched capacitor integrator circuit connected to the inverting switched capacitor integrator circuit. A sampling capacitor of the inverting switched capacitor integrator circuit is shared by the non-inverting switched capacitor integrator circuit. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273401 | TOUCH PANEL WITH BUILT-IN DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel with a built-in display device has No. 1 sensor lines ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273402 | SAR ADC WITH DYNAMIC INPUT SCALING AND OFFSET ADJUSTMENT - An apparatus for generating an image of touch on or about a touch-sensitive surface comprising a touch panel is disclosed. The touch panel can include a plurality of touch sensors configured for detecting one or more touch events occurring at distinct locations at about the same time. Each touch event can comprise a touching of an object against the touch-sensitive surface. A plurality of receive channels can be coupled to the touch panel for generating values representative of detected touch events. The receive channels can include a charge redistribution successive approximation register digital-to-analog converter (SAR ADC) configured to convert an analog waveform into a digital representation via a binary search and outputting the digital representation to an output register. The SAR ADC architecture can be such that it the dynamic input range can be scaled and offset adjusted. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273403 | PHOTO-SENSING LCD TOUCH DEVICE - A photo-sensing LCD touch device with a light guide plate is provided. The light guide plate is disposed in an LCD touch panel, and a light source is disposed on one side of the light guide plate to provide lights into the light guide plate, yielding an occurrence of total reflection of the lights in the light guide plate. When a touch object touches the light guide plate, the total reflection of the lights would be decomposed so that the lights are emitted out of the light guide plate. Therefore, a photo-sensor can detect a variance of a photo-current of the scattered lights to accurately determine a touched position. Accordingly, the LCD touch device would not rely on ambient light and can avoid a drawback of an undesirable shadow. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273404 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal panel ( | 2011-11-10 |
20110273405 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - Disclosed herein is a touch screen device, including: a case that partitions an internal space, a touch panel module that is received in the case to recognize external pressure, a first actuator that is mounted at the lower part of the touch panel module to generate vibration, a second actuator that is mounted at the case to generate vibration, and
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20110273406 | Texting ring for operating the keys of keypads of cell phones and hand-held communication devices - A texting ring with attached extension arm is provided for texting messages on the key pads of a hand-held communication device. The extension arm has its proximal end attached to a ring member and its distal end extending over the key pad of the texting device. The extension arm can be pivotally attached to the ring and its proximal end and is pivotable to more than one angular position for convenience of use of texting over different keys of the key pad during texting. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273407 | SCAN DRIVER, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SCAN DRIVER, AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY INCLUDING THE SCAN DRIVER - A scan driver includes a plurality of stages and is capable of overlapped driving of scan signals output by each of the stages. A method of driving the scan driver, and an organic light emitting display device including the scan driver, is provided. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273408 | GATE DRIVING CIRCUIT AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY APPARATUS USING THE SAME - A gate driving circuit generates a gate driving signal for a P-type transistor and a gate driving signal for an N-type transistor, a scanning signal and a light emission control signal, and the gate driving circuit provides a pulse width control function and a concurrent light emitting function. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273409 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY - An organic light emitting diode display is disclosed. The display includes some pixel areas which are opaque and some pixel areas which are partially opaque and partially transparent. Selectively displaying the light emission of the pixel areas allows for control of the relative brightness of a displayed image and an object behind the display. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273410 | LED DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING ACTIVE DEVICES AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - An active matrix LED display apparatus and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The active matrix LED display apparatus enables to miniaturize pixel by a formation of wiring on bottom layer and an assembly of each block through each eutectic layer into each transistor block receptor and/or each LED block receptor formed according to each color element unit, and to be embodied with high luminance, low power consumption, high reliability and superior optical property by assembling a transistor block having high electron mobility. And the fabricating method of the present invention enables to make efficiently an AM-LED display apparatus at room temperature in a short time by using different shapes of receptor and block depending on the function of a transistor and/or on the color of an LED. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273411 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a display device including: a flexible substrate; a display unit disposed on the substrate; and a driver integrated circuit (IC) to drive the display unit. The driver IC is divided into separate blocks that are disposed on opposing sides of a bending axis of the substrate. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273412 | ARRAY SUBSTRATE FOR IN-PLANE SWITCHING MODE LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - An array substrate for a liquid crystal display device includes: a substrate; a gate line and a data line on the substrate; a common line parallel to and spaced apart from the gate line; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a plurality of pixel electrodes in the pixel region; a plurality of common electrodes alternating with the plurality of pixel electrodes; at least one outermost common electrode at an edge portion of the pixel region; a black matrix corresponding to the thin film transistor, the gate line and the data line, the black matrix including an inorganic material and having an open portion; and a color filter layer in the open portion. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273413 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND USE THEREOF - The display device includes a sensor system with at least one sensor for detecting the intensity or colour of light emitted from at least one display area of the display device into the viewing angle of the display device. The sensor system further includes in one embodiment an at least partially transparent sensor. The sensor system includes in another embodiment at least one optical coupling device including a light guide member and a incoupling member for guiding or directing, e.g. deflecting, reflecting, bending, scattering, diffracting, at least one part of the light emitted from the display area to the corresponding sensor, wherein the sensor is located outside or at least partially outside the viewing angle of the display device. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273414 | ILLUMINANCE DETECTION METHOD, FLIP-TYPE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND PROGRAM - For solving a problem that it cannot measure illuminance level around user interface correctly, an illuminance detection method includes a first step of detecting an open operation of a flip-type electronic device having the user interface located at an inner side in a closed state, and a second step of measuring illuminance level in a vicinity of an area where the user interface is exposed in an opened state of the flip-type electronic device when the open operation is detected. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273415 | LEVEL SHIFTER AND SOURCE DRIVER FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A level shifter for a source driver of a liquid crystal display is provided. The level shifter includes: an input stage for generating a signal with a voltage of between a positive input source voltage and a negative input source voltage according to an input logic; a middle stage for generating a first logic signal and a second logic signal according to the signal; and an output stage, for generating a first output signal with a voltage of between a first positive output source voltage and a first negative output source voltage at a first output terminal or a second output signal with a voltage of between a second positive output source voltage and a second negative output source voltage at a second output terminal according to the first logic signal and the second logic signal. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273416 | VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A voltage generating circuit includes a first charge pumping part and a second charge pumping part. The first charge pumping part pumps a switching voltage, in response to a reference voltage, to output a first voltage. The second charge pumping part pumps the switching voltage, in response to the first voltage, to output a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage that is varied in accordance with time. | 2011-11-10 |
20110273417 | GATE SHIFT REGISTER AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A gate shift register and a display device using the same are disclosed. The gate shift register includes a plurality of stages that receive a plurality of gate shift clocks and sequentially output a scan pulse. A k-th stage of the plurality of stages includes a scan direction controller for converting a shift direction of the scan pulse in response to carry signals of previous stages input through first and second input terminals and carry signals of next stages input through third and fourth input terminals, a node controller for controlling charging and discharge operations of each of Q1, Q2, QB1, and QB2 nodes, a floating prevention unit for applying a low potential voltage to a gate electrode of a discharge TFT based on a voltage of the QB1 node or the QB2 node, and an output unit for outputting first and second scan pulses. | 2011-11-10 |