49th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 25 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120306757 | Functional Unit with Button Functions - The invention relates to a method of producing a multifunctional functional unit with a rigid support structure, in which control elements and/or display elements are arranged behind a transparent surface layer which is continuous over substantially the entire functional unit. The method includes punching a positioning hole in a transparent plastic film with a thickness in the range of 0.1-0.4 mm; positioning the film into an injection mould using the positioning hole, with a corresponding positioning means for engaging in the positioning hole; back-injecting film to form a plastics support on the first side, the injection mould being designed such that, of the plastic film is not back-injected at the control elements and/or display elements, on the second side the plastics film is flooded with a transparent curing casting compound to form a continuous transparent surface layer. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306758 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A USER ON A SENSOR-BASED SURFACE - Systems and methods uniquely identify the user of the keyboard. An example of the present invention includes sensors capable of detecting the interaction of a user caused by their touch, vibration, proximity, and actuation of key switches. Unique characteristics such as typing style, touch signature, tap strength, and others can be determined using the multi-sensor keyboard in ways not possible on a conventional mechanical keyboard. Further, it is also useful to know when a change of keyboard users has occurred for the purpose of infection prevention in healthcare settings where cross-contamination via computer keyboards is prevalent. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306759 | Method and device for dynamically generating touch keyboard - The disclosure discloses a method for dynamically generating a touch keyboard. The method includes that: a positioning point of a keyboard is dynamically generated according to number and position information of touch points of a finger of a user; an input area of each character of the keyboard is generated and adjusted according to the positioning points; and the input area is clicked to realize an input operation. The disclosure further discloses a device for dynamically generating a touch keyboard. By means of the method and the device, a keyboard is dynamically generated to input according to a touch of the user on a touch screen, and the keyboard can be adjusted according to ergonomics, so that an input efficiency of the user is greatly improved. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306760 | MULTIPLE PREDICTIONS IN A REDUCED KEYBOARD DISAMBIGUATING SYSTEM - A computer receives user entry of a sequence of keypresses, representing an intended series of letters collectively spelling-out some or all of a desired textual object. Resolution of the intended series of letters and the desired textual object is ambiguous, however, because some or all of the key presses individually represent multiple letters. The computer interprets the keypresses utilizing concurrent, competing strategies, including one-keypress-per-letter and multi-tap interpretations. The computer displays a combined output of proposed interpretations and completions from both strategies. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306761 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic display device is in communication with a social website in a network communication manner for receiving an image file from the social website. The image file is shown on the electronic display device, and transmitted to a handheld electronic device in a wireless transmission manner. Via an input module of the handheld electronic device, the user of the handheld electronic device may generate an evaluation message. The evaluation message may be transmitted to the electronic display device in a wireless transmission manner. A transfer program installed in the electronic display device is executed to transmit said evaluation message to the social website in the network communication manner. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306762 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING KEYPAD - According to one aspect, a portable electronic device having a base portion having a keypad, and a sliding portion. The sliding portion is coupled to the base portion and slideable relative thereto between a closed position wherein the keypad is covered by the sliding portion, and an open position wherein the keypad is exposed. The keypad includes a plurality of keys, at least some of the plurality of keys having a ridge that extends upwardly from the top surface of the key. Each ridge extends between a lower edge of the key and an upper edge of the key and is curved therebetween. Each ridge is offset from a midline of each key. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306763 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE SYSTEM UTILIZING A CHARACTER INPUT METHOD - A character input method is implemented in a device with a plurality of keys. If a key is activated by a first operation matching a first input pattern, a first route is selected to traverse a plurality of characters corresponded by the key during presentation of the plurality of characters. If the first key is activated by a second operation matching a second input pattern, the plurality of characters corresponded by the first key are orderly retrieved and presented according to a second route in response to operations on the first key. The order for presenting two characters corresponded by the first key in the first route is reversed in the second route. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306764 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electronic apparatus for receiving an input in accordance with a pressure load which can reduce the possibility to drop an object being dragged. The electronic apparatus includes a display unit for displaying an object, a touch sensor for detecting a touch to the display unit, a load detection unit for detecting a pressure load on a touch face of the touch sensor, and a control unit for controlling to start drag processing of the object based on detection of the touch to the object by the touch sensor and detection by the load detection unit. The control unit controls the load detection unit to stop detection after the drag processing is started. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306765 | USING PRESSURE DIFFERENCES WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed is a user interface that responds to differences in pressure detected by a touch-sensitive screen. The user selects one type of user-interface action by “lightly” touching the screen and selects another type of action by exerting more pressure. Embodiments can respond to single touches, to gestural touches that extend across the face of the touch-sensitive screen, and to touches in which the user-exerted pressure varies during the course of the touch. Some embodiments respond to how quickly the user changes the amount of pressure applied. In some embodiments, the location and pressure of the user's input are compared against a stored gesture profile. Action is taken only if the input matches “closely enough” to the stored gesture profile. In some embodiments, a notification is sent to the user when the pressure exceeds a threshold between a light and a heavy press. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306766 | USING PRESSURE DIFFERENCES WITH A TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY SCREEN - Disclosed is a user interface that responds to differences in pressure detected by a touch-sensitive screen. The user selects one type of user-interface action by “lightly” touching the screen and selects another type of action by exerting more pressure. Embodiments can respond to single touches, to gestural touches that extend across the face of the touch-sensitive screen, and to touches in which the user-exerted pressure varies during the course of the touch. Some embodiments respond to how quickly the user changes the amount of pressure applied. In some embodiments, the location and pressure of the user's input are compared against a stored gesture profile. Action is taken only if the input matches “closely enough” to the stored gesture profile. In some embodiments, a notification is sent to the user when the pressure exceeds a threshold between a light and a heavy press. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306767 | METHOD FOR EDITING AN ELECTRONIC IMAGE ON A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY - A method for editing an electronic image on a touch screen display according to one example embodiment includes detecting a sequence of movement of at least one of a user's fingers on a touch screen display and determining whether the detected sequence of movement matches one of the characters in a font set. If the detected sequence of movement matches one of the characters in the font set, the matched character is entered in the electronic image. If the detected sequence of movement does not match one of the characters in the font set, a representation of the detected sequence of movement is entered in the electronic image. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306768 | MOTION EFFECT REDUCTION FOR DISPLAYS AND TOUCH INPUT - A movement compensation system is described herein that compensates a user interface and received touch input based on detected external motion affecting a mobile computing device. The system uses the integration of accelerometer data to either offset screen rendering or adjust screen size to improve readability. The system may also improve touch target selection by offsetting received touch coordinates to compensate for device shifting. Offsets can be applied to either the screen rendering offset or can be applied to the touch coordinate input. The system may increase font size or the size of other user interface elements in response to detecting external motion. The system may also receive tuning parameters to account for device mass, dampening filters on accelerometer integrations, latency effects, and user responsiveness to motion effects. Thus, the system allows users to continue to use devices under high motion environmental conditions. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306769 | MULTI-TOUCH TEXT INPUT - This document describes tools associated with symbol entry control functions. In some implementations, the tools identify a first finger that is in tactile contact with a touch screen. The first finger can select a subset of symbols from a plurality of symbols that can be entered via the touch screen. The tools can also identify whether one or more other fingers are in concurrent tactile contact with the first finger on the touch screen. The tools can select an individual symbol from the subset based on whether the one or more other fingers are in concurrent tactile contact with the first finger on the touch screen. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306770 | MOTION-BASED DEVICE OPERATIONS - Methods, program products, and systems of motion-based device operations are described. A mobile device can coordinate operations of a motion sensor and a proximity sensor. The mobile device can determine a gesture event using the motion sensor. The mobile device can determine a proximity event using the proximity sensor. The mobile device can use the gesture event and proximity event to confirm one another, and determine that the mobile device has moved in proximity to a target object following a specified gesture. Upon confirmation, the mobile device can perform a specified task. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306771 | TOUCH PANEL DISPLAY WITH IMPROVED PATTERN VISIBILITY - Systems and methods are directed to reducing surface reflections on an electronic display device having a touch-screen panel. A touch-screen panel may contribute to undesirable reflection of external light. For example, a touch-screen panel typically includes conductive electrodes which may significantly reflect ambient light, resulting in decreased visibility of displayed images. In some embodiments, a circular polarizer is disposed over a touch-screen panel in the display device. The circular polarizer includes a linear polarizer and a quarter-wave plate to modify the polarization of the external light traveling towards and reflecting from the touch-screen panel and absorbing the reflected light from the touch-screen panel to significantly reduce undesirable light reflections from the touch-screen panel. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306772 | Gestures for Selecting Text - In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for selecting text using a touchscreen display of a computing device. A computing device identifies physical contact between multiple fingers and the touchscreen display at a starting location, wherein the identifying is in distinction to identifying physical contact between a single finger and the touchscreen display. The computing device determines that the physical contact persists during movement of the physical contact from the starting location to an ending location. The computing device determines that the physical contact was interrupted at the ending location. The computing device identifies that text displayed between the starting location and the ending location is text that has been selected by a user of the computing device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306773 | TOUCH CONTROL METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A touch control method and an electronic apparatus are provided. The touch control method is adapted to the electronic apparatus which has a main screen and a touch screen. The touch screen is divided into a first portion and a second portion. In the touch control method, a touch operation performed by a user on the touch screen is detected, and whether the touch operation is performed within the first portion or the second portion of the touch screen is determined. If the touch operation is performed within the first portion of the touch screen, a frame displayed on the main screen is controlled according to the touch operation. If the touch operation is performed within the second portion of the touch screen, a frame displayed on the touch screen is controlled according to the touch operation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306774 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A MULTIMEDIA MESSAGE IN A USER EQUIPMENT OF A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus for controlling a multimedia message in a user equipment of a wireless communication system and method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a touchscreen configured to display at least one first region corresponding to each message exchange unit and a second region for displaying an information of a content exchanged via the first region and a controller, if the information of the content displayed on the second region is selected, controlling the selected content information to be displayed on the at least one first region. In this case, the message exchange unit includes a group comprising at least two message exchange targets which are identified by at least one identification information. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306775 | COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON INPUT PROCESSING PROGRAM, INPUT PROCESSING APPARATUS, INPUT PROCESSING METHOD, AND INPUT PROCESSING SYSTEM - When an input indicating a position on a screen has been provided by a pointing device, coordinate values indicating the position are set as coordinate values of a starting point position. Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a state where the position on the screen is being continuously indicated by the pointing device has changed to a non-indicative state where the position on the screen is not indicated by the pointing device. As a result, when the state has changed to the non-indicative state, the coordinate values output from the pointing device before the change to the non-indicative state are set as coordinate values of an end point position, and a direction from the starting point position to the end point position is specified. Then, a virtual object is caused to move such that a moving direction of the virtual object is a direction different from the specified direction. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306776 | TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - An embodiment is directed to a touch screen panel including first sensing electrodes, second sensing electrodes, and a pad unit to be electrically connected to the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes, the touch screen panel including first trace lines connecting the first sensing electrodes and the pad unit, second trace lines connecting the second sensing electrodes and the pad unit, and a ground line connected to a ground power supply, the ground line being between the first trace lines and the second trace lines. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306777 | FLEXIBLE TOUCH SCREEN PANEL - A flexible touch screen panel is disclosed. The flexible touch screen panel has sensing patterns formed on a thin film substrate as touch sensors, and a phase difference compensation layer formed on the sensing patterns to compensate phase difference generated by characteristics of the thin film substrate, in order to minimize deterioration of image quality. The flexible touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate having an active area and a non-active area positioned outside the active area, sensing patterns formed on the active area and sensing lines formed on the non-active area and connected to the sensing patterns. The thin film substrate is made of polyimide. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306778 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Document Manipulation - An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306779 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Document Manipulation - An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306780 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing unit configured to detect motion, a touchscreen configured to display a plurality of icons and a controller configured to control at least one function corresponding to at least one first motion of a plurality of different motions to be set in a first application corresponding to at least a first icon of the plurality of icons when the at least a first icon is selected by a touch on the touchscreen having a first pattern and the at least one first motion is detected via the sensing unit, wherein one or more functions correspond to each of the plurality of different motions. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306781 | MOBILE DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR A MOBILE DEVICE - The present invention relates to a mobile device capable of performing a touch input and a control method thereof. A mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display unit configured to display a plurality of objects, a detector configured to detect a pattern surrounding at least one of the objects, and a controller configured to implement a function corresponding to the object surrounded by the pattern. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306782 | APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTIPLE TOUCH SCREENS AND METHOD OF CHANGING SCREENS THEREIN - An apparatus and method of changing screens using multiple touch screens. The method includes displaying a first screen in a first touch screen; displaying a second screen in a second touch screen; detecting multiple touches in the first touch screen; detecting continuous movements of the multiple touches from the first touch screen to the second touch screen; and changing the second screen of the second touch screen in response to the continuous movements of the multiple touches. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306783 | Processor Interface - An interface is for inputting data into a processor. The interface has a three-dimensionally shaped input surface and comprises an array of sensors responsive to forces applied to the input surface and providing an input to the processor capable of registering the magnitude of the forces applied to the array of sensors and interpreting the location of pressure on the input surface, and a three-dimensionally shaped layer of soft resilient material arranged between the three-dimensionally shaped input surface and the array of sensors and capable of transmitting forces exerted on the three-dimensionally shaped input surface to the sensors. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306784 | USER EQUIPMENT AND METHOD THEREIN FOR MOVING AN ITEM ON AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY - Embodiments herein relate to a user equipment for moving an item displayed on an interactive display of the user equipment. The user equipment comprises a housing, an interactive display connected to the housing and configured to display at least one item selectable to a user, a positioning circuit connected to the interactive display and configured to detect a first location of a first object and a second location of a second object in relation to the interactive display, and a gesture determining circuit connected to the interactive display and configured to register a first gesture of the first and second object at a first position on the interactive display and further configured to register a second gesture of the first and second object at a second position on the interactive display. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306785 | TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A touch input device includes a touch pad, two switches, and a supporting member. The supporting member divides the touch pad into a first cantilever part and a second cantilever part. The first cantilever part is capable of moving to activate one of the switches to generate input commands while the second cantilever part moves away from the other one of the switches. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306786 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A display apparatus and method capable of displaying main content and auxiliary content on the same screen, switching the contents displayed on the screen with each other, and displaying a plurality of contents as auxiliary contents by expanding an area of the screen that displays auxiliary content. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306787 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM - A user interface system of one embodiment includes a layer defining a surface; a substrate supporting the layer and at least partially defining a cavity; a displacement coupled to the cavity that expands the cavity, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface; and a touch sensor coupled to the substrate and adapted to sense a user touch proximate the particular region of the surface. The layer and the substrate are connected at an attachment point, and the location of the attachment point relative to the layer, substrate, and cavity at least partially defines the shape of the deformed particular region of the surface. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306788 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH TOUCH INPUT SYSTEM - An electronic apparatus with a touch input system is provided. When a complete touch signal is detected, a sliding angle and a sliding track of the complete touch signal are calculated. A menu operation interface with arc-shaped arrangement is displayed in a touch display screen when the sliding angle of the complete touch signal exceeds a predetermined angle. And when an incomplete touch signal is detected, a sliding angle and a sliding track of the incomplete touching signal are calculated for displaying a part of the menu operation interface with arc-shaped arrangement in the touch display screen. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306789 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a front panel made of resin. The front panel is disposed on the front side of an organic electroluminescent display panel and functions as the front surface of the electronic device; and an adhesive agent layer formed between the organic electroluminescent display panel and the front panel. The organic electroluminescent display panel is fixed to the front panel via the adhesive agent layer. This structure is able to reduce a load applied to the organic electroluminescent display panel and ensure shock resistance for the organic electroluminescent display panel. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306790 | FILM TYPE APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING HAPTIC FEEDBACK AND TOUCH SCREEN INCLUDING THE SAME - A film type apparatus for providing haptic feedback and a touch screen including the same are provided. In the film type apparatus, a plurality of unit haptic feedback providing apparatuses are arranged in an array. Each of the unit haptic feedback providing apparatuses includes a lower electrode, a lower charge capacitive member disposed on the lower electrode, an upper charge capacitive member disposed apart from the lower charge capacitive member, a spacer disposed between the lower and upper charge capacitive members to separate the lower and upper charge capacitive members, an upper electrode disposed on the upper charge capacitive member, and a charge supply unit connected to the lower and upper electrodes to supply electric charge. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306791 | TRANSPARENT ADHESIVE UNIT AND TOUCH SCREEN HAVING THE SAME - A transparent adhesive unit for a touch screen is provided. The transparent adhesive unit includes a transparent film, a noise-blocking layer located on a first surface of the transparent film and formed of a conductive material, a first adhesive layer located on a surface of the noise-blocking layer, and a second adhesive layer located on a second surface of the transparent film, in which the second surface is positioned in opposition to the first surface. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306792 | Touch Screen System - A touch screen system has an electrically non-conductive substrate. At least one electrically conductive pad is disposed upon the substrate, and an electrically non-conductive cover is placed over the pad. The system further includes a controller having a touch switch interface and at least one output, the touch switch interface being electrically coupled to the pad. The controller generates an AC signal, the AC signal being electrically coupled from the controller to the pad through the touch switch interface, thereby generating an electrostatic field proximate the pad. The controller is also configured to detect at the touch switch interface a change in the electrostatic field resulting from an actuating member contacting the cover proximate the pad. The controller provides at the output a signal relating to the change in the electrostatic field. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306793 | Electronic Device and Method, Cell Phone, Program to Achieve Preset Operation Command Thereof - A touch-input device and an electronic device and a cell phone are described and include a touch acquisition module with an input area to execute touch acquisition operations. The input area includes a first area and a second area. A pointing object location module is used to determine the start location of the touch operation according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module. A process module is used to calculate a first result indicating the coordinate of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module when the start location of the touch operation is in the first area, and to calculate a second result indicating the movement of the pointing object according to the data acquired by the touch acquisition module when the start location of the touch operation is in the second area. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306794 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE PUSH BUTTONS IN A USER INPUT DEVICE - Method and apparatus for implementing multiple push buttons in a user device are disclosed. The method includes detecting a location of a user input using one or more touch sensors, detecting a force of the user input using a switch, and generating a signal for representing one of the push buttons being pressed according to with the location and force of the user input. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306795 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL-TOUCH INTERFACE - A three-dimensional virtual-touch human-machine interface system ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120306796 | Method and implementation device for inertial movement of window object - Provided are a method and an implementation device for inertial movement of a window object, to realize inertial movement effect of a window object based on linear speed and angular speed. When an input device releases a window object being dragged, the initial linear speed and the initial angular speed are obtained, and then the deceleration of linear speed and the deceleration of angular speed are used to obtain quantity of displacement and quantity of rotation corresponding to each processing period; the inertial movement effect of the window object is simulated after the release of a mouse button or the release of a finger from a touch screen. Through the method and device, the inertial movement effect of the window object is realized, thereby facilitating touch operation, enhancing ease of use of terminal software, and improving user experience. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306797 | LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120306798 | Operating Device - An operating device having an operating element with haptic feedback. The operating element can be actuated by an operator by means of an input member, the operating device includes two ferromagnetic planar components and a flat coil. The largest surfaces of the ferromagnetic planar components are oriented toward each other and the components can be moved relative to each other. The flat coil is disposed between the ferromagnetic components and the ferromagnetic planar components can be moved toward each other by energizing the flat coil. The movement of one of the ferromagnetic planar components can be perceptible to the tactile sense of the operator on the operating element either directly or by a coupling device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306799 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device, which accepts inputs in a plurality of levels according to pressing loads, after a first-level input is accepted, when a load detecting unit continuously detects a pressing load, which satisfies a first load standard for releasing the acceptance of the first-level input and does not satisfy a second load standard for accepting a second-level input higher than the first load standard, for a predetermined time period, the control unit controls at least one load standard of the first load standard and the second load standard so that an interval from the first load standard to the second load standard widens. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306800 | IRREGULAR INPUT IDENTIFICATION - Techniques for identifying irregular objects in contact with, or in close proximity to, a touch-surface are described. An irregularity measure is determined based on the regions intrinsic characteristics (e.g., energy content) rather than on the shape (or pattern) of the pixels within the region. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306801 | Charge Pump Frequency Selection in Touch Screen Sensor Interface System - Various embodiments of charge pump circuitry configured to generate output signals having first distortion signals superimposed thereon are disclosed. Demodulator input signals are also disclosed that have second distortion signals superimposed thereon. A synchronization signal is delivered to demodulator circuitry through at least first and second integer divider circuits and to charge pump circuitry through at least the first integer divider circuitry such that the first and second distortion signals have frequencies that are integer divisions of the synchronization frequency. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306802 | DIFFERENTIAL CAPACITANCE TOUCH SENSOR - A touch sensor is provided. The touch sensor includes at least two capacitive sensing electrodes, each of the at least two capacitive sensing electrodes having a surface area that is smaller than an area of a touch from a user. The at least two capacitive sensing electrodes each include a substrate, a single conductive element formed on the substrate, and electronic circuitry coupled to the at least two capacitive sensing electrodes for measuring a self-capacitance of the at least two capacitive sensing electrodes. A position corresponding to the touch of a user is determined by the electronic circuitry based on a difference of the measured self-capacitance between the at least two capacitive sensing electrodes. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306803 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING TOUCH PANEL DEVICE FROM NOISE INTERFERENCE - A protection circuit for a touch panel device includes a detection block and a protection block. The detection block is arranged for detecting occurrence of noise interference that affects touch event detection of the touch panel device, and asserting a protection signal when occurrence of the noise interference is detected. The protection block is arranged for enabling a protection mechanism for protecting the touch panel device from the noise interference when triggered by the asserted protection signal. Besides, a protection method for a touch panel device includes: detecting occurrence of noise interference that affects touch event detection of the touch panel device; and enabling a protection mechanism for protecting the touch panel device from the noise interference when occurrence of the noise interference is detected. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306804 | TOUCH DEVICE - A touch device including a first touch-sensing unit, a second touch-sensing unit, a touch-sensing strip module, and a control module is disclosed for controlling functions performed by an electronic device. The first and the second touch-sensing unit respectively generate a first and a second touch signal while touched. The touch-sensing strip module includes sequentially arranged M third touch-sensing units, and the touch-sensing strip module generates a first sliding signal when the third touch-sensing units are touched in a first predetermined sequence. The control module drives the electric device to perform a first function while receiving the first touch signal and the first sliding signal simultaneously, and the control module drives the electric device to perform a second function while receiving the second touch signal and the first sliding signal simultaneously. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306805 | HAND-WORN DEVICE WITH FINGER ACTIVATION AND CONTROL MECHANISMS - The present invention discloses a sensing device comprising a capacitive sensor for detecting capacitance variation and converting the capacitance variation into a first electrical signal; a piezoelectric sensor for detecting physical shock and converting the physical shock into a second electrical signal; and a display unit; wherein the information displayed on the display unit is controlled by the first electrical signal and the second electrical signal. The thickness and area of the capacitive sensor are designed to be optimal such that the sensing device has a highly reliable sensibility. In addition to the capacitive sensor, the sensing device of the present invention further includes a piezoelectric sensor for detecting physical shock, providing an alternate sensing technique for the users to choose. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306806 | METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING OBJECTS ON TOUCH PANEL BY REFERRING TO INDUCED CAPACITANCE SIGNAL DISTRIBUTIONS, AND RELATED COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A method of distinguishing a plurality of objects on a touch panel includes: scanning the touch panel to obtain a plurality of positions corresponding to the objects on the touch panel and a plurality of induced capacitance signals corresponding to the positions; identifying a plurality of maximum induced capacitance signals corresponding to the objects respectively; and distinguishing the objects by referring to induced capacitance signal distributions around the maximum induced capacitance signals. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306807 | BIOSENSOR - Disclosed is a biosensor, including: a biochip to which a probe molecule is fixed on a wall thereof and into which a target molecule is injected; and a capacitive touch panel for detecting a reaction of the probe molecule in the biochip and the injected target molecule. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306808 | METHOD FOR DETECTING TOUCH SPOT OF TOUCH PANEL - A method for detecting a touch spot of the touch panel includes the following steps. The electrode pairs are scanned along the impedance direction to obtain an electrical signal curve for determining a first coordinate. A number of first driving electrodes and a number of second driving electrodes near the first coordinate are selected. The selected first driving electrodes are scanned to obtain a first sensing signal. The selected second driving electrodes are scanned to obtain a second sensing signal. A second coordinate is determined according to the first and second sensing signals. Finally, the touch spot is determined according to the first and second coordinates. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306809 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANCE SENSING APPARATUS FOR A TOUCH SCREEN - An electromagnetic sensing apparatus is provided for a touch screen having a display and a soft key. The electromagnetic sensing apparatus includes a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including a display area corresponding to the display and a sub-area corresponding to the soft key, a controller including channels, which controls electromagnetic sensing of the electromagnetic sensing apparatus, and a plurality of loop units that extend from the channels and output current induced by an electromagnetic field. At least one of the plurality of loop units includes a first sub-loop arranged in the display area and a second sub-loop arranged in the sub-area. At least one of the plurality of loop units includes a first sub-loop arranged in the display area and does not include a second sub-loop. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306810 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RESONANCE SENSING APPARATUS USING SMALL NUMBER OF CHANNELS - An electromagnetic sensing apparatus built in a touch screen having at least one soft key is provided, in which a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) has at least one sub-area corresponding to the at least one soft key, a controller has at least one input/output channel and controls electromagnetic sensing of the electromagnetic sensing apparatus, and a loop unit extends from one of the at least one input/output channel, has at least one sub-loop arranged in the at least one sub-area on the PCB, and outputs current induced by an electromagnetic field. Each sub-loop outputs a different output value with respect to the electromagnetic field. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306811 | Touch Screen Displays - We describe a projected capacitance touch screen sensing system comprising: a plurality of touch sensing circuit modules each configured to interpolate between sensed touching of a plurality of adjacent electrodes simultaneously and to output corresponding interpolated touch sense data at a resolution greater than that of a spacing between said electrodes; wherein each of said row and column electrodes has a break to divide the electrode into portions, one of said portions having an electrical connection at one side of the display screen, the other of said portions having an electrical connection at an opposite side of the screen; the sensing system comprising a controller coupled to touch sense data outputs of first to fourth touch sensing circuit modules, said controller configured to select interpolated touch sense data from one of first and second modules to provide row interpolated touch sense data, wherein selection of said first and second modules is responsive to interpolated touch sense data from said third and fourth modules, and wherein said controller is configured to select interpolated touch sense data from one of said third and fourth modules to provide column interpolated touch sense data, wherein selection of said interpolated touch sense data from one of said third and fourth modules is responsive to said interpolated touch sense data from said first and second modules. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306812 | TOP-EMITTING OLED DISPLAY HAVING TRANSPARENT TOUCH PANEL - A top-emitting OLED display having a transparent touch panel includes a substrate, an upper cover plate, an OLED device, a capacitive touch device, and a protective layer. The OLED device is stacked on the substrate, and the capacitive touch device is stacked on upper surface of the upper cover plate. The capacitive touch device includes a capacitor structure which is composed of a first transparent conductive layer, an isolating layer, and a second transparent conductive layer. The protective layer is disposed on top of the capacitor structure. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306813 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION FROM AN INFORMATION CARRIER BY MEANS OF A CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREEN - The present invention relates to a method comprising providing one or more information carrier(s) with a dielectric and/or conductive pattern and a detection device having a capacitive touch screen and inducing an interaction between the information carrier and the touch screen, wherein the interaction is based on a difference in the dielectric coefficient and/or the conductivity of the pattern and generates a touch signal and wherein the interaction is induced by relative motion between the information carrier and the touch screen. The invention further relates to a system comprising an information carrier comprising a dielectric and/or conductive pattern which encodes information and a detection device having a touch screen; the detection device is able to decode the information upon interaction between the information carrier and the touch screen, wherein the interaction is caused by a difference in the dielectric coefficient and/or the conductivity of the pattern. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306814 | DIGITAL CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL STRUCTURE - The present invention discloses a touch panel structure formed by an anti-scratch surface layer and a capacitive sensor layer, and a transparent lamination layer is used for pasting the two into a panel. The capacitive sensor layer includes an X-axis first transparent conductive layer and a Y-axis second transparent conductive layer formed on both sides of a transparent plastic carrier to provide a touch panel structure having the advantages of a relatively low material cost, a light weight, an easy manufacturing and molding, a better lamination yield and a flexible and break-free feature. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306815 | OPTICAL TOUCHPAD FOR TOUCH AND GESTURE RECOGNITION - An optical touchpad including a prism having a four-sided cross section including a light entry interface, a light exit interface, a touch interface and a back interface substantially parallel to and spaced apart from the touch interface. Collimated light enters the prism through the light entry interface, is reflected from the touch interface by total internal reflection, and exits the prism through the light exit interface. A first image sensor detects the collimated light exiting from the light exit interface and a second image sensor detects the image of an object positioned over the touch interface. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306816 | Simplified Optical Position Sensing Assembly - The present invention relates to a simplified optical position sensing assembly, which includes a unitized optical assembly formed as a single component and a unitized optical circuit. The unitized optical assembly is attached or mounted to the unitized optical circuit. The unitized optical assembly may include a body and a single-element lens. The single-element lens can be injection-molded within a first cavity of the body so as to form a single component. An illumination window may be received within a second cavity extending from the back to the front of the body. The unitized optical circuit can include an energy source and a sensor directly connected thereto. The present invention also relates to an optical position sensing system incorporating such a simplified optical position sensing assembly and methods for manufacturing a unitized optical assembly. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306817 | FLOATING VIRTUAL IMAGE TOUCH SENSING APPARATUS - A floating virtual image touch sensing apparatus includes at least one optical module generating a floating virtual image, at least one first light source, at least one photosensitive unit, a printing circuit board and a processor; the optical module is coupled to the printing circuit board; the first light source and the photosensitive unit are respectively disposed on the two sides of the optical module. when the optical module generates a floating virtual image, and a light beam emitted from the first light source passes through the virtual image, a body reflects the light beam projected on the virtual image to the photosensitive unit if the body touches the virtual image, the photosensitive unit then output a photosensitive signal, and the processor detects the photosensitive signal, then knows the virtual image is touched, and emits a corresponding control signal. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306818 | SMALL-SIZED INPUT DEVICE - A small-sized input device is provided which includes: a rectangular frame-shaped optical waveguide having a rectangular hollow input-use interior that is not more than 10 cm in length and not more than 10 cm in width; and a control means provided on the outside of one of the sides of the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide and the control means are provided on the front surface of a rectangular frame-shaped retainer plate having the hollow input-use interior, and are covered with a rectangular frame-shaped protective plate. The control means includes: a light-emitting element connected to ends of light-emitting cores of the optical waveguide; a light-receiving element connected to ends of light-receiving cores of the optical waveguide; and an optical sensor for recognizing the amount (or distance) of movement of the small-sized input device. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306819 | INPUT FUNCTION DISPLAY DEVICE - An input function display device includes: a display unit to which a position information pattern representing a coordinate position is given; and a position information reading unit that reads the position information pattern using invisible light, in which the display unit includes an electrophoretic element, a first substrate having a first electrode on a face of the electrophoretic element side, and a second substrate having a second electrode on a face of the electrophoretic element side, and any one of a constituent member of the electrophoretic element and the position information pattern has reflectance with respect to invisible light, and the other has absorptiveness. The display unit performs displaying on the basis of marks read from the position information pattern by the position information reading unit. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306820 | Optical touch device and locating method thereof - In an optical touch device and locating method thereof, light sensor modules are mounted on a panel body. Each light sensor module includes an array of light sensors each assigned with an individual index corresponding to angle information thereof. A look-up table includes the angle information corresponding to the indexes assigned respectively to the light sensors of the light sensor modules. A processing unit receives from each light sensor module a number of sensing signals generated by a series of the light sensors in response to touching of an object in a touch area of the panel body, and determines a position of a touch point of the object in the touch area based on the sensing signals from the light sensor modules, and the look-up table. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306821 | FORCE-SENSING MODULES FOR LIGHT SENSITIVE SCREENS - A light sensitive screen includes at least one sensing element each being configured to detect a force applied to a position of the light sensitive screen and generate an electrical signal when a force is detected, and a sensor module configured to receive and process the electrical signal from the at least one sensing element. The sensor module may amplify the electrical signal from one of the at least one sensing element and generate an amplified signal, compare the amplified signal with a threshold and generate a comparing result, and generate a digital signal based on the comparing result, the digital signal including information as to whether the position of the light sensitive screen is touched. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306822 | FORCE-SENSING MODULES FOR LIGHT SENSITIVE SCREENS - A light sensitive screen includes at least one sensing element each being configured to detect a force applied to a position of the light sensitive screen and generate an electrical signal when a force is detected, and a sensor module configured to receive and process the electrical signal from the at least one sensing element. The sensor module may amplify the electrical signal from one of the at least one sensing element and generate an amplified signal, compare the amplified signal with a threshold and generate a comparing result, and generate a digital signal based on the comparing result, the digital signal including information as to whether the position of the light sensitive screen is touched. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306823 | AUDIO SENSORS - One embodiment may take the form of an audio detection system having a display assembly. The display assembly may include a screen and at least one electromagnetic energy emitter configured to direct energy at an inside surface of the screen. At least one sensor is configured to sense the emitted energy after it is reflected from the inside surface of the screen and generate electrical signals corresponding the sensed reflected energy. A processor coupled to the at least one sensor generates an audio signal representative of sound waves that impact an outer surface of the screen. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306824 | POSITION DETECTING DEVICE, DISPLAY APPRATUS, AND PORTABLE APPARATUS - A position detecting device is disclosed for use with a position indicator. The position detecting device includes a coil substrate, a magnetic path material, and a shield material. A coil for generating an alternating magnetic field for electromagnetic coupling with the position indicator is disposed on the coil substrate. The magnetic path material is composed of a material having such permeability as not to disturb direct current magnetic flux but to form a magnetic path for the alternating magnetic field generated by the coil, and having predetermined electrical resistance for suppressing flow of an eddy current in order to enhance the material's performance as a magnetic path. The shield material is a non-magnetic substance that does not disturb the direct current magnetic flux due to the direct current magnetic field and that has electrical conductivity for generating an eddy current based on the alternating magnetic field. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306825 | DISPLAY DRIVER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING ZIGZAG SPREADING OUTPUT DRIVING SCHEME, DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE DISPLAY DEVICE - In one embodiment, the method includes storing data corresponding to each of the N data lines in response to a control signal; adjusting output timings of data corresponding to the respective N data lines in a zigzag spreading pattern; and outputting output signals based on the data to the N data lines according to the adjusted output timings. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306826 | DATA DRIVER FOR PANEL DISPLAY APPARATUSES - A data driver for display panels includes: multiple driver output terminals coupled to multiple data lines of a display panel; and multiple output circuits that output output signals from the driver output terminals. Each output circuit includes: an output buffer that outputs an output signal; a first resistor having one end coupled to one of the driver output terminals; a first switch and a second resistor coupled in series between an output node of the output buffer and the other end of the first resistor; and a second switch coupled in parallel to the first switch and the second resistor between the output node of the output buffer and the other end of the first resistor. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306827 | DISPLAY DEVICE - One embodiment of the present invention discloses a display device including a plurality of data lines supplied with potentials via a data driver, a plurality of gate lines supplied with a potential via a gate driver, and a display part which includes a pixel element corresponding to an intersection point of one of the plurality of data lines and one of the plurality of gate lines on a substrate. The pixel element includes a substrate connection part formed on the substrate; a shutter formed above the substrate, the shutter including a light blocking part, the shutter being formed above the substrate, and a beam which connects the substrate connection part and a side surface of the light blocking part; and an electrode formed on the substrate, the electrode being opposite to and separated from an exterior edge of the side surface of the shutter. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306828 | DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - The invention provides a driving circuit applied in a LCD apparatus and operating method thereof. The driving circuit includes at least one first channel, at least one second channel, a timing controller, and a panel driver. The timing controller includes a digital signal switching unit. The digital signal switching unit selectively performs a polarity exchange to a first digital data signal and a second digital data signal according to a control signal. The panel driver includes an analog signal switching unit. The analog signal switching unit performs a switching corresponding to the polarity exchange according to the control signal to make the driving circuit selectively operated under a first operation mode or a second operation mode. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306829 | SHIFT REGISTER, SIGNAL LINE DRIVE CIRCUIT, LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A shift register includes a plurality of stages of unit circuits each including a flip-flop. Each of the unit circuits generates, by obtaining a sync signal in accordance with an output from the flip-flop, an output signal. The flip-flop includes a first switch and a second switch and a latch circuit for latching a signal supplied thereto and outputting the signal as the output from the flip-flop. A first shift direction signal is supplied to the latch circuit via the first switch, and the second shift direction signal is supplied to the latch circuit via the second switch. In each unit circuit other than those of the first and last stages, an output signal from a previous stage is supplied to a control terminal of the first switch, and an output signal from a subsequent stage is supplied to a control terminal of the second switch. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306830 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes: a plurality of pixels each having a shutter plate formed and an actuator portion, wherein the actuator portion has a beam portion connected to the shutter plate, a drive electrode causing the beam portion to bend to drive the shutter plate, a first supporting portion supporting the drive electrode and fixed on a substrate, and a second supporting portion supporting the beam portion and fixed on the substrate, at least one of the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion has a planar portion, and a recessed portion formed to be concaved from the planar portion and connected to the substrate, and the recessed portion has a vertically formed portion formed to be inclined substantially vertically from the planar portion, and a portion starting from the vertically formed portion and formed such that the inclination of the portion becomes gentle toward the substrate. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306831 | BIREFRINGENT LENSLET CAMERA - Embodiments of a display device with a vision system are disclosed. In one example, a display device comprises a plurality of pixels for displaying light in a first polarization state, a plurality of photodetectors, where each photodetector in the plurality of photodetectors includes a polarization filter configured to transmit light in a second polarization state to the photodetector and reject light in other polarization states, a plurality of lenslets, where each lenslet in the plurality of lenslets focuses light in the second polarization state onto at least one photodetector in the plurality of photodetectors, a material surrounding the plurality of lenslets, where, for each lenslet in the plurality of lenslets, indices of refraction of the lenslet and the material are substantially equal for light in the first polarization state, and where indices of refraction of the lenslet and the material are different for light in the second polarization state. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306832 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE - A display system in which the luminance of light-emitting elements in a light-emitting device is adjusted based on information on an environment. A sensor obtains information on an environment as an electrical signal. A CPU converts, based on comparison data set in advance, the information signal into a correction signal for correcting the luminance of EL elements. Upon receiving this correction signal, a voltage changer applies a predetermined corrected potential to the EL elements. Thus, this display system enables control of the luminance of the EL elements. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306833 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A method for driving a display panel includes in a first time slot of a polarity inversion period turning on a plurality of first pixels in a first row via a first scan line, and providing a common voltage with a first potential; in a second time slot of the polarity inversion period turning on a plurality of second pixels in the first row via a second scan line, and providing the common voltage with a second potential; in a third time slot of the polarity inversion period turning on a plurality of first pixels in a second row via a third scan line, and providing the common voltage with the second potential; and in a fourth time slot of the polarity inversion period turning on a plurality of second pixels in the second row via a fourth scan line, and providing the common voltage with the first potential. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306834 | FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR, DISPLAY ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SYSTEM - A disclosed field effect transistor includes a gate electrode to which a gate voltage is applied, a source electrode and a drain electrode for acquiring a current in response to the gate voltage, an active layer provided adjacent to the source electrode and the drain electrode, the active layer being formed of an n-type oxide semiconductor, and a gate insulator layer provided between the gate electrode and the active layer. In the field effect transistor, the n-type oxide semiconductor is formed of an n-type doped compound having a chemical composition of a crystal phase obtained by introducing at least one of a trivalent cation, a tetravalent cation, a pentavalent cation and a hexavalent cation. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306835 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, DISPLAY PROGRAMME, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The liquid crystal display device ( | 2012-12-06 |
20120306836 | Apparatus, System and Method for an Electro-Luminance Display on a Garment - Various apparatus, systems and methods for an electro-luminance display on a garment are described. An apparatus comprises an electro-luminance portion being configured to display a graphic image. The electro-luminance portion is further configured to removably join to an outside surface of the garment. A housing is configured to removably join to a back side of the electro-luminance portion. A processor is contained within the housing and coupled to the electro-luminance portion. The processor is configured to control functions of the electro-luminance portion. A transceiver system comprises a receiver contained within the housing. The receiver is configured to receive GPS location information and communicate the GPS location information to the processor where the processor is operable to control the electro-luminance portion based in part on the GPS location information. A rechargeable power source is contained within the housing to provide power to the electro-luminance portion and components within the housing. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306837 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE - It is an object of the invention to provide a thin, lightweight, high performance, and low in cost semiconductor device and a display device by reducing an arrangement area required for a power supply wiring and a ground wiring of a functional circuit and decreasing a drop in power supply voltage and a rise in ground voltage. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306838 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME - The transistor suffers the variation caused in threshold voltage or mobility due to gathering of the factors of the variation in gate insulator film resulting from a difference in manufacture process or substrate used and of the variation in channel-region crystal state. The present invention provides an electric circuit having an arrangement such that both electrodes of a capacitance element can hold a gate-to-source voltage of a particular transistor. The invention provides an electric circuit having a function capable of setting a potential difference at between the both electrodes of the capacitance element by the use of a constant-current source. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306839 | LOGIC CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - It is an object to provide a logic circuit which can be operated even when unipolar transistors are used. A logic circuit includes a source follower circuit and a logic circuit an input portion of which is connected to an output portion of the source follower circuit and all transistors are unipolar transistors. A potential of a wiring for supplying a low potential connected to the source follower circuit is lower than a potential of a wiring for supplying a low potential connected to the logic circuit which includes unipolar transistors. In this manner, a logic circuit which can be operated even with unipolar depletion transistors can be provided. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306840 | Pixel, Display Device Including the Pixel, and Driving Method of the Display Device - A pixel, a display device including the same, and a driving method thereof. After the anode voltage of an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is discharged and reset, a first voltage corresponding to a data voltage applied to a storage capacitor is transmitted to a compensation capacitor. A voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor is transmitted to the compensation capacitor. The data voltage is stored according to a data signal corresponding to the storage capacitor. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) emits light according to a driving current flowing to the driving transistor by the voltage stored to the compensation capacitor. Here, the light emitting steps of a plurality of pixels are concurrently generated, and a scan step and the light emitting step are temporally overlapped. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306841 | ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A pixel circuit is disposed in correspondence to an intersection of a scanning line and a data line. The pixel circuit is provided with a wiring for shielding an relay electrode connected to a source of the transistor for controlling a current flowing to a light emitting element from the data line. The wiring has a structure in which an relay electrode located on the same layer as the data line, an relay electrode located on the same layer as the relay electrode, an electrode portion of a conductive layer between the data line and the relay electrode are electrically connected to each other. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306842 | LATCHING CIRCUITS FOR MEMS DISPLAY DEVICES - The described latching circuits can be formed using transistors of a single conductivity type. The transistors can be n-type transistors or p-type transistors. The latching circuits include at least one pre-charge transistor and at least one output terminal discharge transistor. Timing schemes are also described for operating the latching circuits. Pixel circuits and display devices that include these latching circuits are also described. The display devices are formed from an arrangement of the latching circuits. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306843 | PIXEL CIRCUIT - A pixel circuit comprises a driving transistor, an electroluminescent unit, a pre-write unit, and a write unit. The electroluminescent unit is controlled by the driving transistor to illuminate in a drive period. The write unit is enabled in a write period recording a data voltage relating to an initial threshold voltage of the electroluminescent unit in first storage element. The pre-write unit is enabled in a pre-write period recording a threshold voltage of the driving transistor and the electroluminescent unit in second storage element. The threshold voltage and the data voltage, stored in the first and the second storage units, are supplied as a gate-source voltage of the driving transistor, so as to provide a compensated drive voltage, capable of compensating the variation of the threshold voltages of the driving transistor and the electroluminescent unit, driving the electroluminescent unit. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306844 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving circuit of a display device includes first to third output signal lines which are continuously arranged, a first transistor that has a source connected to the second output signal line and a drain connected to a first clock signal line, and a second transistor that provides a non-active potential to a gate of the first transistor when a second clock signal becomes the active potential, wherein a circuit that outputs the active potential to the first output signal line and the third output signal line is disposed at an opposite side to a circuit that outputs the active potential to the second output signal line with a display region interposed therebetween, and wherein the gate of the first transistor is connected to the first output signal line and the third output signal line via rectifying circuits. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306845 | TRANSMISSION DEVICE, RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION-RECEPTION SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM - Reception devices | 2012-12-06 |
20120306846 | Media system and a method for displaying information | 2012-12-06 |
20120306847 | ONLINE ENVIRONMENT MAPPING - A system and method are disclosed for online mapping of large-scale environments using a hybrid representation of a metric Euclidean environment map and a topological map. The system includes a scene module, a location recognition module, a local adjustment module and a global adjustment module. The scene flow module is for detecting and tracking video features of the frames of an input video sequence. The scene flow module is also configured to identify multiple keyframes of the input video sequence and add the identified keyframes into an initial environment map of the input video sequence. The location recognition module is for detecting loop closures in the environment map. The local adjustment module enforces local metric properties of the keyframes in the environment map, and the global adjustment module is for optimizing the entire environment map subject to global metric properties of the keyframes in the keyframe pose graph. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306848 | DIGITAL EYESIGHT MEASURING APPARATUS - Disclosed is a digital eyesight device, which comprises an ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) which includes a data storing part which stores a graphic data on an eyesight measurement table, an internal memory part which retrieves a graphic data from the data storing part; an embedded processor which has an internal processor part processing a graphic data, an external graphic processor which converts a 1-channel type graphic data processed by the embedded processor into a 2-channel type graphic data, a first bus which is connected between the embedded processor and the external graphic processor and is connected with the embedded processor in a signal transmission way, and a second bus which is electrically connected with the external graphic processor, said ASIC having an interface function interfacing the signal of the embedded processor to the external graphic processor and converting a 1-port 2-channel graphic data generated by the external graphic processor into a 2-port 2-channel graphic data; and a large size panel which receives a 2-port 2-channel type graphic data from the ASIC and displays it. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306849 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDICATING THE DEPTH OF A 3D CURSOR IN A VOLUME-RENDERED IMAGE - A method and system include displaying a volume-rendered image and displaying a 3D cursor in the volume-rendered image. The method and system include controlling a depth of the 3D cursor with respect to a view plane with a user interface and automatically adjusting a color of the 3D cursor based on the depth of the 3D cursor with respect to the view plane. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306850 | DISTRIBUTED ASYNCHRONOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A system and method for providing an augmented reality environment in which the environmental mapping process is decoupled from the localization processes performed by one or more mobile devices is described. In some embodiments, an augmented reality system includes a mapping system with independent sensing devices for mapping a particular real-world environment and one or more mobile devices. Each of the one or more mobile devices utilizes a separate asynchronous computing pipeline for localizing the mobile device and rendering virtual objects from a point of view of the mobile device. This distributed approach provides an efficient way for supporting mapping and localization processes for a large number of mobile devices, which are typically constrained by form factor and battery life limitations. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306851 | MESH SEQUENCE FILE FORMAT - Technologies are described herein for generating a binary transition file. Multiple animation structures may be generated in the binary transition file. The animation structures may define a sequence of three-dimensional meshes. A header portion may also be generated in the binary transition file. The header portion may define slides that are applied to the three-dimensional meshes to produce a transition between the slides. A presentation program application may be modified with the binary transition file, thereby adapting the presentation program application to provide the transition. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306852 | Producing Three-Dimensional Graphics - A system includes a computing device for producing a representation of a graphical element on a two dimensional set of image points. A metric value is calculated for each image point in the two dimensional set of image points. The computer device is configured to assign a visual property to image point in the two dimensional set of image points based upon the corresponding metric value. The computing device is also configured to present the assigned visual properties of the two dimensional set of image points as being offset from another two dimensional set of image points to provide a three dimensional appearance of the graphical element. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306853 | ADDING ATTRIBUTES TO VIRTUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF REAL-WORLD OBJECTS - A method, medium, and virtual object for providing a virtual representation with an attribute are described. The virtual representation is generated based on a digitization of a real-world object. Properties of the virtual representation, such as colors, shape similarities, volume, surface area, and the like are identified and an amount or degree of exhibition of those properties by the virtual representation is determined. The properties are employed to identify attributes associated with the virtual representation, such as temperature, weight, or sharpness of an edge, among other attributes of the virtual object. A degree of exhibition of the attributes is also determined based on the properties and their degrees of exhibition. Thereby, the virtual representation is provided with one or more attributes that instruct presentation and interactions of the virtual representation in a virtual world. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306854 | STORAGE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An example of a game apparatus as an image processing apparatus includes a CPU, and the CPU controls a movement, etc. of a player object according to an instruction from a player. In a case that the player object exists within an area in which an enemy object is made to appear, and a set condition is satisfied, an enemy setting tag is set. At this time, the CPU sets the enemy setting tag at a position moved away from a predetermined distance along a course in a moving direction of the player object. That is, an arrangement position of the enemy object is decided. Then, the CPU sets the enemy object according to the enemy setting tag. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306855 | STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM, DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM - A computer of an example display control apparatus configured to perform a stereoscopic display and a planar-view display on a display unit, the computer being caused to function as: stereoscopic display control means; display switching means; and planar visible object display control means. The stereoscopic display control means performs a stereoscopic display of a virtual space on the display unit. The display switching means switches the stereoscopic display of the virtual space on the display unit performed by the stereoscopic display control means to a planar-view display thereof, in accordance with predetermined switching conditions. The planar visible object display control means displays a planar visible object on the display unit after the stereoscopic display is switched by the display switching means to the planar-view display. | 2012-12-06 |
20120306856 | RECORDING MEDIUM STORING DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY CAPABLE OF PROVIDING STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY - An exemplary embodiment provides a program for controlling a display capable of providing stereoscopic display. The program includes image output instructions for outputting an image for left eye and an image for right eye to the display, parallax calculation instructions for calculating parallax produced when an object is displayed on the display, and movement-and-display instructions for carrying out at least one of movement of a displayed object out of an effective display range and movement of a not-displayed object into the effective display range in accordance with the calculated parallax. | 2012-12-06 |