49th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 22 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110298679 | COMPACT ULTRA-WIDE BANDWIDTH ANTENNA WITH POLARIZATION DIVERSITY - Described are methods and apparatus, including a method of manufacture, for a compact antenna. Two biconical dipole antennas and a monocone monopole antenna are displaced in an adjacent and orthogonal configuration. The two biconical dipole antennas are each shunted to the monocone monopole antenna. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298680 | METHOD FOR FORMATION OF RADIOMETRIC IMAGES AND AN ANTENNA FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE METHOD - A method of radiometric image generation is provided using a series of isochronous revolutions of a multi-beam antenna with a dispersion characteristic. The antenna is combined with a multi-channel receiver with frequency channel separation to form an imaging unit. The method comprising cyclically executing the following phases: two separate calibration phase;using first and second standards; external radiation reception phase; data processing phase and data transformation phase. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298681 | SLOT ANTENNA - A slot antenna located on a substrate with a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface includes a feeding portion and a radiating portion. The feeding portion is located on the first surface of the substrate to feed electromagnetic signals. The radiating portion is located on the second surface of the substrate and defines a sector-shaped slot, a first rectangle-shaped slot, a second rectangle-shaped slot, and a third rectangle-shaped slot, wherein the sector-shaped slot is defined by a first semidiameter, a second semidiameter, and an arc connected one by one. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298682 | DUAL-POLARIZATION RADIATING ELEMENT FOR BROADBAND ANTENNA - A radiating element of a broadband antenna comprises a foot supporting first and second components disposed in a first plane which are two half-wavelength symmetrically fed dipoles generating a linear dual polarization, both comprising two arms. According to the invention, the radiating element further comprises at least one third component chosen from among a dipole or a patch disposed within a second plane placed above the first plane, and each of the components is made up of a volume fractal pattern. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298683 | CHIP ANTENNA AND ANTENNA DEVICE - This disclosure provides a chip antenna and an antenna device including the chip antenna. The chip antenna is not likely to be affected by a ground electrode located lower than the chip antenna when the chip antenna is mounted on a circuit board, and can have resulting small frequency variation and small reduction in gain. The chip antenna includes a dielectric substrate having a bottom face, a top face, a first side face, a second side face, a third side face, and a fourth side face. A non-feeding electrode extends from the fourth side face to the top face, another non-feeding electrode extends from the third side face to the top face. An end of the non-feeding electrode and an end of the non-feeding electrode face each other on the top face with a certain space therebetween. The bottom face includes bottom-face electrodes electrically connected to the non-feeding electrodes and a bottom-face electrode electrically connected to a feeding electrode. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298684 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING A RECONFIGURABLE GROUNDPLANE - Systems and methods for providing a reconfigurable groundplane are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to an antenna assembly having a reconfigurable groundplane, the assembly including a radio frequency (RF) feed, a plurality of radiating elements, a plurality of interconnects, each coupling one of the plurality of radiating elements to the RF feed, a first groundplane positioned between the RF feed and the plurality of radiating elements, a second groundplane positioned between the RF feed and the plurality of radiating elements, the second groundplane including at least one cavity for enclosing a liquid metal. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298685 | Impedance Adjustment Circuit for Adjusting Planar Antennas - An impedance matching circuit for matching planar antennas includes a signal path with a signal path input and a signal path output. A first capacitive element with variable capacitance is connected between the signal path input and signal path output. A second capacitive element with variable capacitance is connected between the signal path and ground. A first inductive element is connected between the signal path input and ground. A second inductive element is connected between the signal path output and ground. An antenna line with an impedance between 30 and 60 ohm is connected to the signal path output. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298686 | ANTENNA INSTALLATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - Methods and systems are disclosed for enabling installation of antennas in a cost effective and efficient manner. The methods and systems disclosed herein provide a hollow pole and an elevating mechanism, wherein the elevating mechanism can be used to position antenna equipment located in one or more capsules attached to the elevating mechanism. The antenna equipment may be attached to a removable power source located in the capsule or to a non-removable power source located at the base of the hollow pole. Additionally, the antenna equipment may also be attached to communications equipment adapted to communicate with one or more communications networks. In an embodiment disclosed herein, the capsules may be adapted to rotate around a one or more axis in response to received commands and/or in accordance with instructions stored on a memory module attached to the capsules. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298687 | LIGHTWEIGHT ANTENNA ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - The present invention relates to lightweight antenna arrays and more particularly to an attachment mechanism for attaching a lightweight antenna array to a structure. In one embodiment, an antenna structure includes a platform having a first coefficient of thermal expansion; an antenna panel having a second coefficient of thermal expansion different from the first coefficient, and having first and second opposite ends; and a support structure mounting the panel to the platform. The support structure includes a first spacer element with a first height at the first end of the panel, and a second spacer element with a second height less than the first height between the first and second ends of the panel; a first adhesive layer adhering each spacer element to the platform; and a second adhesive layer adhering each spacer element to the antenna panel. A yield strength of the adhesive layers is less than a yield strength of the spacer elements. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298688 | RECONFIGURABLE AXIAL-MODE HELICAL ANTENNA - Novel reconfigurable antennas are provided which may be used to accommodate the requirements for wideband multi-standard handheld communication devices. It is shown that using a shape memory alloy spring actuator, the height of a helical antenna and therefore the pitch spacing and angle can be varied. This can in turn tune the far-field radiation pattern and gain of the antenna dynamically to adjust to new operating conditions. The radiation pattern can further be directed using a two-helix array. Finally, a helical antenna embodiment is implemented and measured using a shape memory alloy actuator. Measurement results confirm that while keeping the centre frequency constant, gain tunability can be attained using this structure. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298689 | Device for Sharing Photographs in Social Settings - A device for sharing photographs in social settings is described. In an example, the device comprises a display surface which extends around a vertical axis of the device such that it provides a cumulative viewing angle of greater than 180°. This enables viewers located all around the device to see images displayed. The display surface may be a continuous display or may be formed from multiple discrete displays. The images displayed comprise sets of related images which may, for example, be accessed from an online image store (such as a social networking site) or other storage device. In an example, sets of images may be displayed in the form of filmstrips, with each filmstrip comprising a set of related images associated with a different user. Where the device includes a user interaction element, detection of a user interaction changes the images that are displayed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298690 | Multiple, Independent, Pull-out Screens Housed in a Main Display - A multiple display device having a main display screen and a display housing. The display device comprises of a plurality of extended display screens varying in sizes that can be pulled from a plurality of screen slots peripherally positioned about the display housing. Each of the plurality of extended display screens can be extracted and activated independently by means of a screen selection interface to provide additional viewing area on a computing device, and to run multiple, independent applications at once on the same device. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298691 | Flexible Display Security CAPTCHA Bends - An approach is provided that receives a request to perform an action by an information handling system that includes a processor. In response to the request, a captcha request that corresponds to a captcha is transmitted to a foldable display screen. A response is received from the foldable display screen with the response including one or more bends of the foldable display screen. The received one or more bends are compared to one or more expected bends included in the captcha. The requested action is performed in response to the comparison revealing that the received one or more bends match the one or more expected bends. On the other hand, performance of the requested action is inhibited in response to the comparison revealing that at least one of the received one or more bends fails to match at least one of the one or more expected bends. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298692 | Variable geometry display module - Apparatus and methods for lighting and displays as well as to a display module for use in the lighting or displays are described. The display can have a variable geometry frame and the display does not require obscuring elements nor is it limited to being viewed from certain orientations. The display modules can have a front face, at least one light emitting and/or light reflecting surface, being arranged on the front side of the front face and covering a first partial area of said front face, and an anti-glare structure covering a second partial area of said front face. Furthermore, the invention relates to a display having a plurality of such display modules. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298693 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD - According to one embodiment, a display apparatus includes a generation unit and a presentation unit. The generation unit is configured to generate a CG image in a CG space having a coordinate system corresponding to a scene viewed from a view point of an observer. The CG image represents a target to be perceived by the observer. The presentation unit is configured to present the CG image to at least one eye of the observer. The generation unit generates a plurality of CG images of the target advancing to a specific coordinate in the CG space and going back from the specific coordinate based on a velocity of the vehicle. The target is perceived by the observer so that the target is advancing from of the vehicle to a specific location corresponding to the specific coordinate in the scene and stops at the specific location for a specific time. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298694 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY PANEL AND PIXEL STRUCTURE THEREOF - An electroluminescent (EL) display panel includes a blue EL device, a red EL device, a green EL device, a first power line electrically connected to the blue EL device, a second power line electrically connected to the red EL device, and a third power line electrically connected to the green EL device. The first power line has a first width, the second power line has a second width, and the third power line has a third width, wherein the first width is larger than the second width and the first width is larger than the third width. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298695 | OPTICAL COMPONENT CALIBRATION SYSTEM FOR LASER-BASED DISPLAY DEVICE - A laser-based display device includes a plurality of ultraviolet lasers configured to excite a phosphor-containing display screen in order to produce visible light. The laser-based display device also includes a reference laser used for calibration operations. A control system within the laser-based display device causes the reference laser beam to scan across one or more calibration features, and adjusts optical components of the laser-based display device, including activation timing of the ultraviolet lasers, based on feedback patterns generated by the calibration features, to compensate for drift effects. The calibration features may be disposed off-screen or on-screen. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298696 | DISPLAYS WITH UNIFORM BACKLIGHT COLORS - Displays may include backlight structures. The displays may be liquid crystal displays for electronic devices such as computer monitors and computers. The backlight structures may include light-emitting diodes and a light-guide panel that has opposing first and second edges. The light-emitting diodes may inject light into the first edge of the light-guide panel. An edge reflector may be disposed along the second edge. The edge reflector may reflect more yellow light than blue light to enhance backlight color uniformity within the display. The edge reflector may be formed from a substrate that is impregnated with a colored substance or a multilayer structure. Light diffusing and light diffracting or refracting structures may be used to disrupt light emitted from a light-emitting diode before injecting the emitted light into a light-guide panel. Light-disrupting structures and blue-absorbing edge reflectors may be used together to promote backlight color uniformity in the backlight structures. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298697 | Outdoor Display System and Display Apparatus - The outdoor display system has a solar cell; an electricity storing unit which stores electricity obtained by the solar cell, and a display apparatus having a displaying portion displaying contents, wherein the apparatus is supplied an electric power from the storing unit or solar cell. The display apparatus may contain a display panel which displays contents; a receiving unit which receives contents transmitted wireless; a backlight which irradiates light to the display panel, and a control unit which controls the displaying of the received contents in the display panel. The control unit may perform the luminosity control of the backlight according to a residual capacity of the electricity storing unit. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298698 | MANUAL HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE OPERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A manual human machine interface operation system and method thereof are disclosed. In embodiment, this manual human machine interface operation system extracts user's arm image and palm image from the images capture by at least two cameras, and then calculates user's arm coordinate, so that user can select the object shown on the human machine interface by manually using his/her arm. The system then recognizes a hand posture according to the palm image and determines an instruction mapped to this hand posture. This instruction is then performed on the selected object. In embodiment, the hand posture can be a pointing posture, grab posture or a release posture. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298699 | INPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION INPUT METHOD, AND SENSOR SHEET - Provided is an input apparatus including an input operation section, a capacitive sensor, and an output section. The input operation section includes an operation member configured to mechanically receive an input operation, and a first detection circuit configured to detect the input operation of the operation member. The capacitive sensor includes a plurality of electrodes which are arranged around the operation member, and each of which has a capacitance variable due to an approaching of a detection target, and a second detection circuit configured to detect the capacitance of each of the plurality of electrodes. The output section is configured to output an output of the first detection circuit and an output of the second detection circuit. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298700 | OPERATION TERMINAL, ELECTRONIC UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC UNIT SYSTEM - An operation terminal includes: a posture detection section detecting a posture of the operation terminal, a change of the posture, or both thereof; a mode selection section selecting, based on a detection result of the posture detection section, an operation mode from a plurality of operation modes including a gesture mode and a non-gesture mode; and a transmission section sending a control command corresponding to the detection result of the posture detection section to an electronic unit when the gesture mode is currently selected. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298701 | Presenting Information to a User Based on the Current State of a User Device - Information is presented to a user based on a current state of an end-user device (e.g., a mobile phone). In one embodiment, a method includes: detecting, via a user device, a predefined user motion of a user (e.g., a flick of a trackball or gesture on a touch screen); determining a current state of the user device based on at least one characteristic; and in response to detecting the user motion, presenting, via a display of the user device, information (e.g., a person profile) to the user based on the current state. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298702 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE AND INPUT METHOD - Provided is a user interface device ( | 2011-12-08 |
20110298703 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - An information processing device that is connected to a projecting device that projects an annotation image input from an external, terminal a projection area including an object and a background, and is connected to an image capture device that captures an image of the projection area including the object and the background, includes: a detecting unit that detects movement of the object from an image captured by the image capture device; an extracting unit that extracts a changed region that is caused in the captured image by the movement of the object; and a processing unit that performs processing on at least one of the captured image and the annotation image, when the annotation image exists in the changed region. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298704 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGING AND DISPLAY SYSTEM - A three-dimensional imaging and display system is provided in which user input is optically detected in an imaging volume by measuring the path length of an amplitude modulated scanning beam as a function of the phase shift thereof. Visual image user feedback concerning the detected user input is presented. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298705 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INPUT CONTROL DEVICE - Some embodiments provide force input control devices for sensing vector forces comprising: a sensor die comprising: a rigid island, an elastic element coupled to the rigid island, die frame coupled to a periphery of the elastic element, one or more stress sensitive components on the elastic element, and signal processing IC, where the sensor die is sensitive to a magnitude and a direction of a force applied to the rigid island within the sensor die, where the sensor die is coupled electrically and mechanically to a substrate, a spring element coupling an external button, where the force is applied, to the rigid island element, wherein the spring element has a flat geometry and located in a plane parallel to a plane of the substrate, where the spring element is configured to translate a deflection of the button into an allowable force applied to the rigid island. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298706 | BRAINWAVE ACTUATED APPARATUS - A brainwave actuated apparatus has a brainwave sensor for outputting a brainwave signal, an effector responsive to an input signal, and a controller operatively connected to an output of said brainwave sensor and a control input to said effector. The controller is adapted to determine characteristics of a brainwave signal output by said brainwave sensor and based on said characteristics, derive a control signal to output to said effector. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298707 | METHOD OF FAST TYPING TWIN SPECIAL CHARACTERS - A method for inputting characters pairs in an electronic device having a user input device, a display for displaying characters input through the user input device, and a memory for storing characters input through the user input device, including storing a character input through the user input device in the memory and displaying the input character on the display; and determining if the input character is an opening character of a predefined character pair, and if so, automatically and without further user input, causing a corresponding closing character of the predefined character pair to be inserted in the memory and on the display, and locating an input pointer so that subsequently input characters will be inserted between the opening and closing characters in the memory and on the display. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298708 | Virtual Touch Interface - A user may issue commands to a computing device by moving a pointer within a light field. Sensors may capture light reflected from the moving pointer. A virtual touch engine may analyze the reflected light captured as light portions in a sequence of images by the sensors to issue a command to a computing device in response to the movements. Analyzing the sequence of images may include finding the light portions in the sequence of images, determining a size of the light portions, and determining a location of the light portions. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298709 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL RECORDING OF HANDPAINTED, HANDDRAWN AND HANDWRITTEN INFORMATION - The present invention provides method and system for recording hand-painted, hand-drawn and handwritten information defined by a hand and/or fingers movement. The system corresponding to the invented method comprises: a computing device with a display, an input device comprising: an end-point coupled to a force sensor, additional motion sensors, IC circuit for digitizing the information from sensors and processing the data related to the force and motion vectors components; hardware and software for providing a digital description of how the device has been pressed to the surface and how the device has been moved. Besides above mentioned applications the method and system can also be used for precise cursor navigation on the display, computer gaming and as a universal remote control for electronic equipment and appliances or as a security device with multi-level authentication. With an addition of several components the input device can be used as a smart cell-phone. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298710 | HAND-HELD POINTING DEVICE, SOFTWARE CURSOR CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOVEMENT OF A SOFTWARE CURSOR - A hand-held pointing device for controlling a movement of a software cursor comprises an acceleration detector and an image capturing unit. The acceleration detector determines an inclination parameter, wherein the movement of the software cursor in a vertical direction is controllable based on the inclination parameter. Further, the image capturing unit records images within the visible spectral range, wherein the movement of the software cursor in a horizontal direction is controllable based on the recorded images. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298711 | Integrated Fingerprint Sensor and Navigation Device - An apparatus is disclosed in a first embodiment of the invention as including a non-conductive substrate providing a first surface onto which a user can apply a fingerprint. A fingerprint sensing circuit is applied to a second surface of the non-conductive substrate opposite the first surface. The fingerprint sensing circuit is capable of sensing a fingerprint through the non-conductive substrate. A navigation device is positioned adjacent to (e.g., below) the non-conductive substrate and is capable of being manipulated by the user through the non-conductive substrate. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298712 | MOUSE DEVICE WITH A SEPARABLE TRANSMISSION CABLE - A mouse device with a separable transmission cable includes a mouse body, a transmission cable and a buckling means. The mouse body further has a buckling jack and a body connection port located close to the buckling jack. The transmission cable further includes a first terminal and a second terminal, in which the first terminal has a first connection port for engaging the body connection port and the second terminal has a second connection port for engaging a computer. The buckling means for buckling the first terminal inside the buckling jack of the mouse body is located at the first connection port. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298713 | MOUSE DEVICE WITH MOVABLE BUTTON - A mouse device with a movable button is provided. The mouse device includes a mouse body for supporting a user's palm, a first casing, and a first button covering the first casing. The first casing is connected with a body front end of the mouse body, and movable with respect to the mouse body along the body front end. As such, the position of the first button with respect to the mouse body is adjustable. According to the size of the user's palm, the position of the button is determined. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298714 | ERGONOMIC INPUT DEVICE - An ergonomic mouse is described. A computer mouse may include a position tracking engine and a housing to encapsulate the position tracking engine. The housing may have a bottom portion with a substantially flat surface and an aperture for the position tracking engine. The housing may also have a top portion having a convex portion with a convex curved surface and a first concave portion with a first concave curved surface to receive a human thumb. The first concave portion may have an orientation relative to the bottom portion to cause a substantially neutral wrist deviation when a user grips the top portion. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298715 | Optical navigation apparatus - An optical navigation apparatus comprises a substrate with a sensor integrated circuit and an infrared source formed thereon; a sensor cover shielding the sensor integrated circuit and the infrared source; at least one visible light source formed outside the sensor cover and electrically connected with the substrate; a light guide located outside the sensor cover and covering the visible light source; and an outer housing covering the light guide and the substrate, and the outer housing comprises an infrared window and a side wall capable of guiding visible light towards and illuminating a region of the outer housing. In such an arrangement, the outer housing of the present invention is not only used as a casing for protection, but also served as light guide and distribution structure to reflect and re-distribute light sufficiently to achieve a uniform illuminated character shape. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298716 | IN-PLANE KEYBOARD ILLUMINATION - A computer keyboard includes a plurality of keys arranged in a pattern contained within a plane, a webbed structure defining openings for each of the keys, an illumination source, and one or more light pipes positioned along the webbed structure and arranged to deliver light from the illumination source to the keys, wherein each of the keys is illuminated thereby. Although the keys have the appearance of being backlit similar to traditional illuminated keyboards, the illumination source is actually located along at least one side of and within the same plane as the pattern of keys, rather than beneath the keys. The keyboard can thus be made thinner in such arrangements where the illumination source does not need to be located beneath the keys. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298717 | KEYBOARD WITH REPLACEABLE LAYOUT SHEET - A keyboard includes a key housing, a rectangular membrane circuit board, a rectangular layout sheet releasably secured on top of the membrane circuit board and comprising a plurality of keys each printed with a letter of alphabet, a numerical digit, a punctuation symbol, or a function number designation, and a base plate. The layout sheet can be labeled in English, German, Spanish, or one of other different languages. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298718 | TOUCH-SENSING KEYBOARD - A touch-sensing keyboard including a solar cell, a touch panel, and a power converter is provided. The solar cell has a light receiving surface. The touch panel is disposed above the light receiving surface of the solar cell, wherein the solar cell receives light passing through the touch panel and converts the received light into electric power. Furthermore, the power converter is electrically connected to the solar cell and the touch panel, wherein the power converter receives and transforms the electric power generated from the solar cell and outputs the transformed electric power to the touch panel. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298719 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING CHINESE CHARACTERS - A method for inputting Chinese characters to an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a plurality of numeric input keys for inputting numeric numbers and a plurality of control keys for navigation, selection, and editing. The method includes decomposing a Chinese character into a plurality of character elements based on the structure of the character; identifying a plurality of Chinese number characters respectively corresponding to the character elements based on a first mapping; identifying a plurality of numeric input keys respectively corresponding to the Chinese number characters based on a second mapping; pressing the identified numeric input keys in a predetermined order; navigating to the wanted candidate in a list of character candidates with at least one of the control keys; selecting the wanted candidate with at least one of the control keys; and correcting any error made in the other steps with at least one of the control keys. The first mapping is based on the similarity in the shapes between the character elements and the Chinese number characters. The second mapping is essentially based on the meaning of the Chinese number characters. An apparatus for inputting Chinese characters is also provided. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298720 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A TOUCH SCREEN - A method of operating a human-machine interface system is provided. The method includes displaying a plurality of objects on a display system, each of the plurality of objects displayed according to object parameters, and receiving touch information corresponding to a plurality of touches on the display system. The method also includes processing the touch information to identify which object of the plurality of objects was touched, and upon identifying the first object that was touched, processing the touch information to identify a first gesture represented by the plurality of touches. The method further includes upon identifying the first gesture, determining a first command based on the first gesture, generating first new parameters for the object based on the first command, and displaying at least the first object that was touched according to the first new parameters for the object. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298721 | Touchscreen Interfacing Input Accessory System and Method - A Touchscreen Interfacing Input Accessory System and Method is disclosed. The accessory device is attachable to the screen of a touchscreen monitor. The accessory device creates an input/output port that uses the touchscreen for I/O interface to the computing device. User input devices are attachable to an interface module that is attached to the touchscreen display by a suction cup or other mechanism. The input devices include user-operable mechanical knobs, controls, and virtually any other input device. The interface module aligns with input/output regions identified on the touchscreen so that the module can send data through the screen via simulated touches, and receive data from through the screen via visual data displayed by the monitor. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298722 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An interactive input system includes an interactive surface, at least one proximity sensor positioned in proximity with the interactive surface; and processing structure communicating with the sensor and processing sensor output from the at least one proximity sensor for detecting a user in proximity with the interactive surface. A method of providing input into an interactive input system having an interactive surface includes communicating sensor output from at least one proximity sensor positioned in proximity with the interactive surface to processing structure of the interactive input system; and processing the sensor output for detecting a user located in proximity with the interactive surface. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298723 | Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Accessibility via a Touch-Sensitive Surface - An electronic device with a display and a touch-sensitive surface displays a plurality of user-selectable objects. A respective user-selectable object has a corresponding activation region on the touch-sensitive surface with an activation region size. The activation region size has a respective default size when a representative point for a finger contact is located outside the activation region. The activation region size has a respective expanded size when the representative point is located within the activation region. The device: detects movement of the finger contact across the touch-sensitive surface; in response, changes the size of the activation region for the respective user-selectable object between the respective default size and the respective expanded size in accordance with the movement of the finger contact; detects a user input when the representative point is located within the activation region for the respective user-selectable object; and, in response, performs a predefined operation. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298724 | Bridging Multi and/or Single Point Devices and Applications - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods determining a number of contact points applied to a touch-screen, executing, using one or more processors, an application function based on the number of contact points, determining that the number of contact points has decreased during execution of the application function, determining that the number of contact points is greater than zero, and continuing execution of the application function in response to determining that the number of contact points is greater than zero. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298725 | TOUCH PANEL MANUFACTURING METHOD AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - In a touch panel manufacturing method and a structure thereof, an icon layer is formed at the periphery of a transparent substrate surface, and a plurality of first conducting wires and a plurality of second conducting wires are installed on a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface of the icon layer respectively, and the first conducting wires are covered onto transparent substrate surface, and a plurality of insulating blocks are arranged with an interval from each other on the first conducting wires, and finally a plurality of first sensing blocks and a plurality of second sensing blocks are formed, and the plurality of first sensing blocks are covered onto the first conducting wires on both sides of the insulating blocks, and the plurality of second sensing blocks are connected to other two sides of the insulating blocks. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298726 | DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SMART PHONE - A display device for displaying multiple images includes a first container for adapting a first display unit, a second container for adapting a second display unit, and a computing module for adjusting a first resolution of a first image generated by the first display unit into a second resolution of a second image generated by the second display unit. The second image is larger than that of the first image. Also, each display unit further includes a touch panel thereon so that the user can control the first display unit by contacting one of the touch panels. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298727 | TOUCH-DISPLAY CROSSTALK - Clamping of a circuit element of a touch screen, such as a gate line of the display system of the touch screen, to a fixed voltage is provided. The circuit element can be clamped during a touch phase and unclamped during a display phase of the touch screen. A gate line system of a touch screen can include a first transistor with a source or drain connected to a first gate line, a second transistor with a source or drain connected to a second gate line, and a common conductive pathway connecting gates of the first and second transistors. A synchronization system can switch the first and second transistors to connect the first and second gate lines to a fixed voltage during a touch phase, and can switch the first and second transistors to disconnect the first and second gate lines from the fixed voltage during a display phase. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298728 | TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a touch panel 100 including: a transparent electrode 120 formed on one surface of a transparent substrate 110, a protective layer 130 formed at the side surface of the transparent electrode 120 so that its upper end 133 surrounds the edge of one surface of the transparent electrode 120 and its lower end 137 protrudes in the edge direction of the transparent substrate 110, and an electrode wiring 140 that is formed at the side surface of the protective layer 130 so as to surround the lower end 137 of the protective layer 130 protruding in the edge direction of the transparent substrate 110. The protective layer 130 is interposed between the transparent electrode 120 and the electrode wiring 140 to prevent the electromigration (EM). | 2011-12-08 |
20110298729 | TOUCH PANEL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a touch panel including: a transparent substrate | 2011-12-08 |
20110298730 | Thin Sheet Glass Processing - Improved techniques are disclosed for fabrication of touch panels using thin sheet glass. Thin touch sensor panels each having a thickness of substantially less than approximately one-half millimeter can be produced. A thin mother glass sheet having a thickness of substantially less then approximately one half millimeter can be used. A thin film can be coupled to a surface of the thin mother glass sheet, and the thin film can be photolithographically patterned, while avoiding breakage of the thin mother glass sheet. The thin mother glass sheet can be singulated into the thin touch sensor panels. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298731 | TOUCH DISPLAY DEVICE AND TOUCH DISPLAY SUBSTRATE THEREOF - A touch display substrate of a touch display device includes a pixel array, a peripheral region, at least a driving chip, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of touch sensing read-out lines disposed in the peripheral region. Each of the touch sensing read-out lines includes a first section and a second section. The first section is electrically connected to the corresponding driving chip and the second section is electrically connected to the pixel array. The second section of at least one of the touch sensing read-out lines includes an initial point and a winding portion. The winding portion is disposed on at least one side of a vertical extending line of the initial point, the winding portion winds to and fro along a horizontal direction and along a vertical direction, and the winding portion is asymmetrical with respect to the vertical extending line of the initial point. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298732 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD METHOD - An information processing apparatus including a display device; pointed position detecting means for detecting a specified position by a touch operation of a pointing device on a screen of the display device; sensor means for detecting a position of the pointing device when the pointing device is not in contact with the screen of the display device; and control means for recognizing the touch operation detected by the pointed position detecting means and controlling the information processing apparatus in accordance with the recognized touch operation and the position of the pointing device detected by the sensor means. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298733 | TOUCH DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - A touch system allows a user to issue touch commands using a cursor pen. The cursor pen is configured to output a characteristic signal which generates a disturbance signal at a contact location where a touch commanded occurs. During a frame period, data driving signals are outputted to the data lines, from which data sensing signals are simultaneously measured for detecting the disturbance signal. If a disturbance signal is detected in a specific data sensing signal, the horizontal coordinate of the contact location may be determined according to a specific data line from which the specific data sensing signal is measured, and the vertical coordinate of the contact location may be determined according to when the disturbance signal occurs in the specific data line. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298734 | THRESHOLD COMPENSATION METHOD ON TOUCH DEVICE - The disclosure provides a threshold compensation method applied to a touch device including a plurality of touch points. The threshold compensation method includes steps of: selecting at least one of the plurality of touch points as a selected object; obtaining a sensing data of each the touch point of the selected object in each of multiple initializing frequency periods; obtaining a sensing data difference value between the sensing data of each the touch point of the selected object in each adjacent two of the initializing frequency periods; obtaining a maximum sensing data difference value in the multiple sensing data difference values of the selected object in the multiple initializing frequency periods; and setting a default threshold of the selected object according to the maximum sensing data difference value. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298735 | INPUT DEVICE - An input device includes an electrode part, a switching circuit, a driving circuit, a detecting circuit, and a controller. The electrode part includes a plurality of electrode pieces. The switching circuit is formed of a plurality of switches connected to the electrode pieces respectively. The driving circuit and the detecting circuit are connected to the electrode part via the switching circuit. The controller is connected to the driving circuit, the switching circuit, and the detecting circuit. The controller controls the respective switches such that the electrode pieces are individually opened or connected to one of the driving circuit and the detecting circuit. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298736 | DOCKING STATION WITH REDUNDANT COMMUNICATION PATH - A docking station adapted to receive a touch-sensitive portable control device for communication with a programmable multimedia controller is provided. The docking station has a dedicated, wired redundant communication path coupling the docking station to the programmable multimedia controller for providing effective communication in the absence of wireless or unreliable wireless communications. The docking station is configured to receive signals from the portable control device and to bi-directionally transmit signals to and from said programmable multimedia controller. The portable control device has both wireless and wired compatibility, which includes a touch sensitive user interface configured with configuration information for allowing a user to make selections and enter settings regarding components interfaced with the programmable multimedia controller. The docking station converts the user entered signals into IP messages suitable for transfer over the dedicated, wired redundant communication path. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298737 | TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE - A panel main body comprises a plurality of transmitting electrodes provided in parallel to one another and a plurality of receiving electrodes provided in parallel to one another, and the transmitting electrodes and the receiving electrodes being disposed in a grid shape. A transmitter applies pulse signals to the transmitting electrodes, and a receiver receives output signals from the receiving electrodes in response to the pulse signals applied to the transmitting electrodes and outputs level signals at electrode intersections of the transmitting electrodes and the receiving electrodes. A controller detects a touch position based on the level signals output from the receiver. The controller also controls a number of pulses of a pulse signal that the transmitter applies to each transmitting electrode while the receiver receives an output signal from each receiving electrode. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298738 | Touch panel - A touch panel having high durability is provided. Either one or both of a display device and a flexible panel have island-shaped protective bodies formed on surfaces of electrode layers (upper electrode layer, lower electrode layer), and a transparent conductive film is exposed between the protective bodies. Since the protective bodies protrude highly from the surface of the transparent conductive film, when the flexible panel is pressed and the upper electrode and the lower electrode layer are brought into contact, a load to be applied to the transparent conductive film is reduced by the protective bodies, so that the transparent conductive film is not broken. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298739 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a decorative layer, a trace layer, a passivation layer and a sheltering layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a touch-sensitive region. The decorative layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a non-touch-sensitive region, and the trace layer is disposed on the decorative layer. The passivation layer is disposed on the transparent substrate and at least covers the touch-sensing structure and the trace layer. The sheltering layer is disposed at least on the passivation layer and located in the non-touch-sensitive region. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298740 | PORTABLE TERMINAL, INPUT CONTROL PROGRAM AND INPUT CONTROL METHOD - A portable terminal includes a touchpad that detects contact made thereto and output a value indicating a degree of the contact, and stores a first threshold and a second threshold less than the first threshold. The portable terminal calculates, based on the output value, an area contact value indicating a degree of the contact for each of contacted areas of the touchpad. The portable terminal judges whether the contacted areas include two areas that are not directly adjacent to each other and each have a calculated area contact value equal to or greater than the second threshold. When judging negatively, the portable terminal determines, as a target area to which processing to be performed is allocated, one of the contacted areas having an area contact value equal to or greater than the first threshold, and when judging affirmatively, the portable terminal does not to determine the target area. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298741 | Touch-Operating Input Device And Electronic Device Equipped With The Same - The touch-operating input device is configured so that when the control circuit turns on the main light source corresponding to each of the translucent operation buttons that can be operated, the control circuit, on condition that the translucent operation button corresponding to the main light source that is turned on is operated, turns off the sub-light source corresponding to the translucent operation button that is turned on simultaneously with the main light source. Ease of operation is increased by enabling the operator to distinguish operated translucent operation buttons from translucent operation buttons that have not been operated according to whether or not the main light sources are lit. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298742 | MULTI-POINT TOUCH SCREEN OPERATING TOOL - A method for determining a touch point during a special touch object contacting with a touch screen, and a touch screen operating tool, in particular a touch pen. The method includes: installing a sensor on the special touch object, comparing the data of the special touch object obtained by the sensor with the corresponding data of the contact point on the screen, determining the corresponding touch point of the special touch object. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298743 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus includes a touch panel configured to provide a display and detect an operation on the display; and a display control part configured to cause a second operation pad to be displayed, in place of a first operation pad, in the touch panel when the touch panel that selectively displays the first operation pad having a first switching button or the second operation pad having a second switching button detects an operation on the first switching button, and cause the first operation pad to be displayed in place of the second operation pad when the touch panel detects an operation on the second switching button. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298744 | Capacitive Touchscreen System with Multiplexers - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a capacitive touchscreen system that is capable of sensing simultaneous or near-simultaneous multiple finger touches made on a capacitive touchscreen. In one embodiment, drive and sense circuits operably connected to X and Y lines of the touchscreen may be interchangeably and selectably configured to drive and sense X and Y lines of the touchscreen, respectively, or drive and sense Y and X lines, respectively, of the touchscreen, through first and second multiplexers operating under the control of a drive/sense processor. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298745 | Capacitive Touchscreen System with Drive-Sense Circuits - Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a capacitive touchscreen system that is capable of sensing, simultaneous or near-simultaneous multiple finger touches made on a capacitive touchscreen. In one embodiment, drive-sense circuits operably connected to X and Y lines of the touchscreen may be interchangeably and selectably configured as either sense circuits or drive circuits by a drive/sense processor operably connected thereto. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298746 | TOUCH SENSING ERROR COMPENSATION - Error compensation of a touch sensing signal is provided. A touch screen can include a drive region that can be driven by a drive signal, and a sense region that can output a sense signal that includes information of a first amount of touch on or near the touch screen and information of a first amount of error. The first amount of touch can be based on the drive signal. The touch screen can include a compensation sensor that can output a compensation signal that includes information of a second amount of error, and an error compensator that can compensate for the first amount of error in the sense signal based on the second amount of error. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298747 | CAPACITIVE TOUCH PANEL - Disclosed herein is a capacitive touch panel | 2011-12-08 |
20110298748 | INPUT APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED DETECTION SECTIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC TYPE AND CAPACITIVE TYPE - An input apparatus with integrated detection sections of electromagnetic type and capacitive type is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a substrate, a control device and at least one signal processing device on the substrate. The substrate comprises an electromagnetic sensor coil layout and a capacitive sensor layout. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298749 | MUTUAL CAPACITANCE TOUCH PANEL - A mutual capacitance touch panel has an at-least-95% overlap rate of area between each upper sensing area of an upper sensing unit mounted thereon and a corresponding lower sensing area of a lower sensing unit mounted thereon. Given such layout, the mutual capacitance touch panel has an error between detected touch points and actually touched points controlled within a smaller range. Accordingly, the mutual capacitance touch panel has enhanced touch accuracy. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298750 | TOUCH-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF AND TOUCH-SENSITIVE DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch-sensitive device includes a transparent substrate, a touch-sensing structure, a metal trace layer, a transparent conductive layer and a first insulation layer. The touch-sensing structure is disposed on the transparent substrate and located in a touch-sensitive region of the touch-sensitive device. The metal trace layer is disposed on a non-touch-sensitive region of the touch-sensitive device. The transparent conductive layer is connected to the metal trace layer. The first insulation layer covers at least the touch-sensing structure, the metal trace layer and the transparent conductive layer. At least one opening is formed on the first insulation layer to expose a part of the transparent conductive layer. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298751 | Multi-User Interactive Coffee Table - My invention is a Multi-User Interactive Coffee Table, which allows multiple users to interact with an LCD screen at the same time, using their fingers to manipulate virtual objects. In addition to multi user, the table supports object recognition, recognizing objects placed on the table and interacting with them. The table is a self-contained unit that combines hardware and software, including a multi user monitor and computer. Going far beyond the standard single-touch and initial attempts at multi-user interactivity, the Multi-User Interactive Coffee Table allows up to 20 users to interact separately and at the same time with the table. In addition, the table supports object recognition, interacting at the same time with different objects placed at separate parts of the table, and is made using LCD screens and LED lights which greatly increase the life of the table and eliminate the need for difficult bulb changes. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298752 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INFRARED TOUCH INPUT FUNCTION - An electronic device includes a display panel and an infrared touch module. The infrared touch module includes a circuit board mounted parallelly under the display panel. An array of infrared emitters and receivers arranged along one side of each pair of adjacent sides of the circuit board, and facing a corresponding one of the array of light emitters on the opposite side. A light guide is mounted on each infrared emitter and each infrared receiver, and the light guide one each infrared emitter is operable to guide the light emitted from the light emitter to the corresponding infrared receiver via the light guide mounted thereon. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298753 | OPTICAL TOUCH PANEL AND TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL AND TOUCH INPUT METHOD THEREOF - An optical touch panel includes a substrate, a single planar light generator, at least a retro reflector device, and a single photo sensor array. The substrate has a surface. The single planar light generator is disposed outside the surface of the substrate for generating a planar light, where the illuminating range of the planar light covers the range of the surface of the substrate. The retro reflector device is disposed on a side of the substrate for reflecting the planar light. The single photo sensor array is disposed outside the surface of the substrate for sensing the reflected planar light and generating reflected light distribution information. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298754 | Gesture Input Using an Optical Input Device - A method, an apparatus and a computer program, the method including detecting first information, indicating that a first action is to be performed, from an optical user input device, the first information being provided by the optical user input device in response to gesture input from a user; detecting further information from an input device; and using the further information to disambiguate, subsequent to detection of the first information, second information provided by the optical user input device to determine whether the second information indicates termination of the gesture input or continuation of the gesture input. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298755 | MATRIX SENSOR - The present invention relates to a matrix optical sensor including:
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20110298756 | TOUCH PANEL INTEGRATED DISPLAY DEVICE - A touch panel integrated display device which can reduce an entire thickness and weight and which can prevent display quality deterioration is discussed. The touch panel integrated display device includes a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, to display an image; a touch panel formed on an top peripheral area of the display panel, to sense a touch generated on the display panel. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298757 | TOUCH PANEL INPUT SYSTEM AND INPUT PEN - A touch panel input system of the present invention includes a touch panel integrated liquid crystal display device ( | 2011-12-08 |
20110298758 | Display Device Having Vibration Function and Vibration Type Touch-Sensing Panel - A vibration type touch-sensing panel includes a substrate, a plurality of vibration units, and a control module, wherein the vibration units are disposed on the substrate to form a matrix. Each one of the vibration units includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an electret layer, wherein the first electrode layer is disposed on the substrate. The electret layer is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and located on one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The control module provides a driving voltage between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer so that the electret layer and one of the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer generate a relative vibration. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298759 | Method of Reducing Noises on a Touch Panel - During test of a display, a synchronous reference signal is determined, and an appearing moment of a minimal-noise signal is determined based on a start moment of the synchronous reference signal. Therefore, during other tests or usage by a user on the display, noise from data lines due to data coupling may be avoided, and detection and determination of touch commands on a touch panel of the display may be isolated from being disturbed by the noise. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298760 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WRITING ON AND USING ELECTRONIC PAPER - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to systems and methods for writing on electronic paper (“e-paper”) and display platforms implemented with e-paper. In one aspect, a system for writing information to electronic paper includes a writing module and an erasing unit connected to the writing module. The erasing unit is configured to erase information stored in the electronic paper. The system also includes a writing unit connected to the writing module and is configured to write information to the electronic paper. Information is written to the electronic paper by orienting the writing module so that the electronic paper passes the erasing unit prior to passing the writing unit. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298761 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - A liquid crystal display device capable of reducing power consumption of a gate driving circuit and a method for driving the same are discussed. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal panel including pixel regions defined by gate lines and data lines, a timing controller for outputting a plurality of data control signals, a plurality of clock pulses and a start pulse, a time-divisional switching unit for time-dividing the plurality of clock pulses and outputting time-divisional clock pulses, a data driving unit for driving the data lines according to the plurality of data control signals, and a gate driving unit including a plurality of stages for sequentially outputting scan pulses according to the start pulse and the plurality of time-divisional clock pulses, wherein the stages receive the time-divisional clock pulses in units of blocks and each of the time-divisional clock pulses supplied to the blocks is different. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298762 | Driving Device, Driving Method and Portable Electronic Display Device - A driving device for a portable electronic display device for showing a digital content includes a movement sensor installed in the portable electronic display device, for detecting a rotating status of the portable electronic display device to generate a detecting result, and a control module for switching to display a plurality of pages of the digital content according to the detecting result. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298763 | NEIGHBORHOOD BRIGHTNESS MATCHING FOR UNIFORMITY IN A TILED DISPLAY SCREEN - Brightness between the individual tiles of a tiled display system is matched for improved uniformity and overall brightness of images produced by the display system. Regions of the display system adjacent to a tile with low brightness performance are incremented in brightness from the brightness level of the low brightness tile to the brightness level of higher brightness tiles. By incrementing the brightness of such regions according to embodiments of the invention, perceived brightness uniformity of images produced by the tiled display system is maintained while maximizing the overall brightness of the display device. The regions used to increment brightness may be as large as an entire tile or as small as a single pixel element. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298764 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING LUMINANCE OF DISPLAY UNIT - A method and an apparatus for displaying and controlling a screen of a portable terminal device are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor for detecting illumination according to peripheral brightness, and a display unit for outputting display data of the portable terminal device, for storing gamma register values corresponding to luminance data, for displaying the display data on a screen, for converting the detected illumination into luminance, and for selecting a gamma register value corresponding to the luminance to control the brightness of the screen. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298765 | Power Calibration of Multiple Light Sources in a Display Screen - A display device with multiple light sources includes a first detector for detecting a brightness of one or more different portions of the image formed on the display device, a second detector that measures output intensities of the light sources, and a controller that records correlation values that correlate input power settings of the light sources with the detected brightness and the measured output intensities. During operation of the display device, the controller applies the correlation values to determine the proper input power settings of the light sources so that brightness uniformity among the multiple light sources can be achieved. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298766 | LIGHT SENSING DEVICE HAVING A COLOR SENSOR AND A CLEAR SENSOR FOR INFRARED REJECTION - A light sensing device has a first filter to block visible light in a light path. The light sensing device also has a first color sensor and a clear sensor, to detect light in the light path after the first filter. A light intensity calculator computes a measure of the intensity of visible light in the light path, based on a difference between (a) an output signal of the first color sensor, and (b) an output signal of the clear sensor. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298767 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS - Electronic apparatus, systems, and methods to operate a liquid crystal display provide a mechanism that can be used to address image sticking on the display. The mechanism may be provided in the form of an arrangement of a liquid crystal and an insulating material, where the arrangement has a decay time constant that is comparable to or less than a maximum time visually acceptable for image sticking to persist. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298768 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY DEVICE - A driving apparatus of a display device, comprises a signal controller which receives an image signal and an input control signal from an outside, a signal error judgment unit which judges an error of the input control signal, and a data driver and a gate driver which receive a signal output from the signal controller, wherein the signal error judgment unit does not judge an error of the input control signal during a predetermined error judgment holding time after the error of the input control signal is generated and judges the error of the input control signal at the substantially a same time as when the error judgment holding time is terminated when the error of the input control signal is continued after the predetermined error judgment holding time. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298769 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT WITH LESS CURRENT CONSUMPTION - An LCD driving circuit includes a first buffer configured to have a terminal for a first voltage, a terminal for a second voltage and a terminal for an intermediate voltage between the first voltage and the second voltage, and be driven in a range from the first voltage to the intermediate voltage; and a second buffer configured to have a terminal for the first voltage, a terminal for the second voltage and a terminal for the intermediate voltage, and be driven in a range from the intermediate voltage to the second voltage. The terminal for the intermediate voltage of the first buffer and the terminal for the intermediate voltage of the second buffer are connected with each other, and the first voltage is a highest voltage, the second voltage is a lowest voltage, and the intermediate voltage is in a range from the first voltage to the second voltage. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298770 | ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY DEVICE - An exemplary active matrix display device includes a plurality of gate signal lines, a plurality of data signal lines and a plurality of pixel rows. The gate signal lines are independently driven from one another. Each of the pixel rows is electrically coupled to one of the gate signal lines and a part of the data signals lines. The pixel rows include a first pixel row and a second pixel row. The first pixel row and the second pixel row are not neighboring with each other. The gate signal line electrically coupled with the first pixel row and the gate signal line electrically coupled with the second pixel row are synchronously enabled. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298771 | Display Driving Circuit - A display driving circuit is provided. The display driving circuit, in which a gate driver shifting and outputting an input signal is embedded, includes an input portion receiving a pulse input signal consisting of a high-level signal and a low-level signal and transferring the pulse input signal to a boosting node, an inverter portion connected with the input portion, and inverting the pulse input signal to output the inverted signal, and a pull-up/pull-down portion consisting of a pull-up portion connected to the input portion, receiving a boosting voltage from the boosting node, and outputting a pull-up output signal, and a pull-down portion connected to the inverter portion, receiving the inverted signal, and outputting a pull-down output signal. Here, the inverter portion outputs a signal having a lower level than the low-level signal for a predetermined time period in which the pull-up output signal is output. Accordingly, the display driving circuit exhibits excellent output characteristics due to improved performance and also has excellent reliability. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298772 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DEVICE - A liquid crystal display panel of at least one embodiment of the present invention is a liquid crystal display panel of an active matrix type, increasing a voltage applied to liquid crystals by applying a voltage to each storage capacitor line connected to a storage capacitor in each of pixels, the voltage applied to the liquid crystals being increased when an image is to be displayed, the pixels being connected to the each storage capacitor line in such a manner that a plurality of pixels of one specific primary color are connected to a specific storage capacitor line, the plurality of pixels of the one specific primary color being in a horizontal row of a display region of the liquid crystal display panel, the plurality of pixels each being connected to the specific storage capacitor line via the storage capacitor, the pixels each including a drain electrode of a switching element to which a voltage is applied, the voltage applied to the drain electrode taking a value in accordance with an effective voltage to be applied to the storage capacitor, the value corresponding to the specific one primary color of each of the pixels including the storage capacitor. This makes it possible to prevent deterioration in display quality of a display image, in the liquid crystal display panel which is configured to apply a voltage to the storage capacitor in each of the pixels so as to increase a voltage applied to the liquid crystals. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298773 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DRIVING SAME - An output stage of a common electrode driving circuit includes a plurality of sub-output stages each of which is capable of supplying a voltage to a common electrode, wherein each supply period of a common electrode potential of each polarity is divided into a plurality of partial periods, a voltage is supplied to the common electrode during each of the plurality of partial periods by one or more sub-output stages selected for said each of the plurality of partial periods, and overall load driving capability of an initial sub-output stage constituted by the one or more sub-output stages selected during a partial period including start of an operation of polarity inversion of the common electrode potential is smaller than overall load driving capability of a final sub-output stage constituted by one or more sub-output stages selected during a partial period in which a finally attained potential of the common electrode potential of each polarity is supplied. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298774 | DISPLAY APPARATUS - An LUT fixedly stores correction values to compensate for a pull-in voltage in pixels in a liquid crystal panel. In at least one example embodiment, the display control unit outputs an input video signal Xa, a video signal Xp of a previous frame read from a frame memory, and a pixel polarity indicating a polarity of a pixel applied voltage on the pixel basis, and outputs a correction value read from the LUT to a data line driving circuit as a video signal Xb after correction. The data line driving circuit performs alternate current driving, based on the video signal Xb after correction. The LUT stores different correction values between when a positive polarity voltage is applied and when a negative polarity voltage is applied, for at least a part of combinations of values of the input video signal Xa and the video signal Xp of the previous frame. This can reduce a difference in response speed between when the positive polarity voltage is applied and when the negative polarity voltage is applied, thereby enhancing display quality. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298775 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A display apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting elements, a plurality of driving circuits connected to first electrodes of the respective light emitting elements, and a plurality of power supply lines connected to second electrodes of the light emitting elements. A set of light emitting elements that emit light of colors different from each other are connected such that the first electrodes of these light emitting elements are connected in common to one of the driving circuits, and the second electrodes of these light emitting elements are separately connected to the plurality of the power supply lines. The light emitting elements whose second electrodes are connected to one of the power supply lines include light emitting elements configured to emit light of different colors. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298776 | DRIVING METHOD FOR ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAYS - This application is directed to an electrophoretic display device in which the common electrode is not connected to a display driver. The driving method suitable for such a display device provides a low cost solution for many display applications. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298777 | OUTPUT CIRCUIT, DATA DRIVER CIRCUIT AND DISPLAY DEVICE - An output circuit includes a differential input stage, an output amplifier stage, a current control circuit; an input terminal, an output terminal. The current control circuit includes a first circuit that includes a second current source connected between a first power supply terminal and the second current mirror, and exercises control of switching between activating the second current source to couple a current from the second current source to a current on an input side of the first current mirror, and deactivating the second current source, depending on whether or not the input voltage is higher by more than a first preset value than the output voltage; and a second circuit that includes a third current source connected between the second power supply terminal and the first current mirror, and exercises control of switching between activating the third current source to couple a current from the third current source to a current on an input side of the second current mirror, and deactivating the third current source, depending on whether or not the input voltage is lower by more than a second preset value than the output voltage. | 2011-12-08 |
20110298778 | Driving Method, Driving Module and Liquid Crystal Display Device - A driving module for a liquid crystal display device with a dual-gate structure includes a data line signal processing unit, for generating a plurality of data driving signals, and a control unit, for shifting a common voltage and the plurality of data driving signals by a specific period relative to a horizontal synchronization signal. The common voltage is an AC common voltage. | 2011-12-08 |