52nd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 24 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080316088 | Video-Rate Holographic Surveillance System - In a holographic surveillance system ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316089 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCING AN INTERPRETIVE AIRBORNE RADAR MAP - Systems and methods for identifying and uniquely displaying ground features (terrain/obstacles) that are shadowed from an aircrafts radar system. An example system includes one or more aircraft information, sources, a database that stores three-dimensional terrain/obstacle data, a display device, and a processor in data communication with the one or more aircraft information sources and the database. The processor receives aircraft position, heading and altitude information from the one or more aircraft information sources. The processor projects a vector in a three-dimensional digital space onto the three-dimensional terrain/obstacle data stored in the database based on the received aircraft position, heading and altitude information to determine if the projected vector intersects more than one terrain feature. If the feature is intersected by the vector and the feature is further away from the aircraft than another feature that is also intersected by the vector, it is uniquely displayed on the display device. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316090 | DSSS radar, method implemented by radar and computer-readable storage medium - A DSSS (Direct Sequence Spectrum Spreading) radar has a transmitting part to transmit a transmitting signal, including a predetermined code sequence, to one or a plurality of targets, a receiving part to receive a received signal corresponding to the transmitting signal which has been reflected from the one or a plurality of targets, and a computing part. The computing part computes a sum signal and a difference signal of received signals received by the receiving part at different points in time, and obtains a Doppler frequency of the one or a plurality of targets based on a phase difference between the sum signal and the difference signal. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316091 | Accuracy Assessment in Assisted Gps Positioning - Reliable and efficient search windows are provided by allowing the adaptation of the code search window to be dependent on inaccuracy measures of relations between a cellular frame time and a satellite reference time. This inaccuracy is calculated in a positioning node ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316092 | METHODS FOR PROCESSING EXTERNAL CORRECTION MESSAGES, CORRECTING POSITION MEASUREMENTS OF GNSS RECEIVER, AND RELATED APPARATUSES - Methods and apparatuses for processing external correction messages in a GNSS receiver are provided. One of the proposed methods includes providing a first storage unit; receiving a plurality of external correction messages from different data sources, wherein a plurality of GNSS differential correction data are carried by the plurality of external correction messages; and storing a portion of the GNSS differential correction data in the first storage unit without storing remaining GNSS differential correction data in the GNSS receiver. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316093 | GPS global coverage augmentation system - A method and apparatus for efficiently obtaining improved coverage in augmenting GPS position location with differential GPS integrity and correction messages using existing satellite systems, planned satellite systems, or a combination of both to broadcast these integrity and correction messages without requiring dedicated satellite resources. At least one existing satellite system offers full global coverage whereas the conventional approach of disseminating these integrity and correction messages using geostationary satellites necessarily omits Polar Regions. This existing satellite system also provides redundant coverage globally whereas the conventional approach using geostationary satellites must increase the number of geostationary satellites in direct proportion to the level of redundancy desired. At least one other existing satellite-based system offers higher availability (i.e., more geographically complete) coverage with these integrity and correction message by also employing ground-based transmitters to gain three way redundant coverage. Using existing or planned satellite systems to broadcast differential GPS integrity and correction messages also eliminates the expense and delays associated with building and launching either dedicated geostationary satellites or dedicated satellite payloads on host satellites. Using available satellite resources also enables cost efficient customization of disseminated integrity and correction messages. The apparatus comprises a set of ground reference stations with individual assigned geographic spaces, a master station that gathers integrity and correction messages from these ground reference stations and transmits them to a satellite-based system or systems that broadcast integrity and correction messages, possibly customized, and users with equipment capable of receiving signals from the satellite system. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316094 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY FOR SPEEDY ACQUISITION OF GPS SIGNAL, AND GPS RECEIVER HAVING THE APPARATUS - Provided are a global positioning system (GPS) receiver which speedily acquires a GPS signal, and a method and apparatus for controlling power supply to the GPS receiver. The method includes when an external power is detected, supplying the external power to a GPS power supply unit and executing a GPS initial information search of a GPS module by enabling the GPS power supply unit using an external power detect signal, and when a power switch is turned on, executing a GPS information based communication of the GPS module by executing a navigation program while the GPS power supply unit is enabled. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316095 | COHERENT INTEGRATION ENHANCEMENT METHOD, POSITIONING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, COHERENT INTEGRATION ENHANCEMENT CIRCUIT, POSITIONING CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - Integrated correlation values (I and Q integrated correlation values) between each of I and Q signals obtained from a received signal and a code replica are calculated by a coherent integration process performed by a correlation process circuit section | 2008-12-25 |
20080316096 | Method of Cross-Correlation and Continuous Wave Interference Suppression for GPS Signal and Associated GPS Receiver - A method for processing weak indoor signals in presence of cross-correlation or continuous wave interference and associated GPS receiver are provided. The method comprises providing a two-dimensional delay-Doppler accumulated power pattern comprising a plurality of accumulated powers corresponding to frequency and time; for a predetermined frequency, determining a partial average power value of accumulated powers of the two-dimensional delay-Doppler accumulated power pattern over a plurality of time points; and subtracting the partial average power value from the accumulated powers to generate a modified delay-Doppler accumulated power pattern with suppressed interference effect. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316097 | RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) TRANSITION DESIGN FOR A PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM UTILIZING A BEAM FORMING NETWORK - In accordance with an embodiment, a radio frequency transition system includes a stripline trace section with openings in ground planes and forms a quarter wavelength resonator and an electromagnetic mechanism to couple the RF energy from the stripline trace section to a connector, wherein the RF signal energy is transferred from inside a beam forming network printed wiring board to an antenna back plane with minimal RF losses. An RF transition system is disclosed. The RF transition system comprises a stripline trace section with openings in ground planes and forms a quarter-wavelength resonator. The RF transition system further includes an electromagnetic mechanism to couple the RF energy from the stripline trace section to a connector. The RF signal energy is transferred from inside a beam forming network printed wiring board to an antenna back plane with minimal RF losses. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316098 | ANTENNA APPARATUS AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - Disclosed is an antenna apparatus which can control directivity of a plurality of radiation elements using one parasitic element. The antenna apparatus includes two radiation elements arranged on a base parallel to each other, and a parasitic element disposed between the two radiation elements. Radiation directivity of the two radiation elements is controlled according to the length of the parasitic element. This configuration provides a small-sized antenna apparatus including a plurality of radiators with desired directivity. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316099 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD USING BEAMFORMING - A wireless transmitting method includes calculating a beamforming channel matrix which is a channel matrix generated at a time when a transmitting apparatus applies a beamforming matrix to a data signal and transmits the data signal to receiving apparatuses, selecting a parameter to be used while transmitting the data signal based on the beamforming channel matrix and noise information fed back from the receiving apparatuses, and transmitting the data signal by using the selected parameter. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316100 | Method and Apparatus For Antenna Diversity Selection - Signal reception apparatus comprising at least two antennas, receiver means having a first mode of operation for assessing the quality of received signals and a second mode of operation for processing received signals for identifying data carried therein, at least two signal paths connectable between the antennas and the receiver means and each capable of demodulating signals received by the antennas and switch means connected between the antennas and the signal paths, the apparatus having an assessment mode of operation in which each antenna is connected by the switch means to the receiver means via a single respective one of the signal paths and in which the receiver means operates in its first mode of operation to assess the quality of received signals from each antenna, and a normal mode of operation in which a single antenna is connected by the switch means to the receiver means via all of the signal paths and in which the receiver means operates in its second mode of operation for processing received signals for identifying data carried therein. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316101 | High power phased array antenna system and method with low power switching - A module having a first coupler for directing power from a source to first and second paths; a first amplifier disposed in the first path; a second amplifier disposed in the second path; and a second coupler for combining the outputs of the first and second amplifiers. In a more specific implementation, the module further includes a switch connected to the first coupler. The switch is a single-pole double throw switch. Each coupler is a 90-degree coupler that provides the combined energy output by each amplifier to a first or a second output port based on the position of the switch. The first coupler has first and second inputs, each input connected to a throw of the switch. The inclusion of a variable phase shifter allows for the module to be used to drive an element of a phased array antenna. For high power applications, multiple such inventive modules may be used to drive the elements of one or more phased arrays, pointed in different directions, to provide a desired coverage pattern. In this application, each module is adapted to switch energy at low power levels to drive one or more apertures at high power levels. The modules can also be configured as receive only or with circulators as transmit/receive modules. The inventive method provides a technique for switching power at high levels to and from phase array and other antennas and a technique for providing area coverage using multiple phase array antenna arrangements. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316102 | Transmitter and Receiver-Side Processing of Signals Transmitted or Received with a Smart Antenna - For transmitter-side processing of information it is decided in which direction of transmission signals for a receiver are to be transmitted, the direction of transmission being a linear combination of one of a number of antenna directional diagrams corresponding to a first plurality. In a baseband processing section (REC), a number of antenna directional diagram signal sequences (X( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316103 | APPARATUS FOR POSITION DETECTION USING MULTIPLE ANTENNAS - An apparatus includes a transmitter and a receiver device, which includes a receiver section and a processing module. The transmitter transmits a high carrier frequency signal. The receiver section includes first and second antennas that have an antenna radiation relationship for receiving the high carrier frequency signal. A receiver module of the receiver section determines first and second signal properties of the received high carrier frequency signal. The processing module determines a position of the receiver device with respect to the transmitter based on the first and second signal properties and maps the position to a coordinate system. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316104 | Apparatus and Method for Computing Location of a Moving Beacon Using Received Signal Strength and Multi-Frequencies - Provided is an apparatus and method for computing the location of a radio beacon by using received signal strength (RSS) and multiple frequencies. The apparatus and method of the present invention computes the location of a radio beacon without limitation in distance by using multiple frequencies and received signal strength to resolve the problem of phase ambiguity. A radio beacon location computing system includes a plurality of base stations configured to receive signals of multiple frequencies transmitted from the radio beacon, and detect and output phase differences and received signal strength; and a location computing server configured to receive the phase differences and the received signal strength outputted from the respective base stations, acquire calculation distances based on the phase differences, remove phase ambiguity from the calculation distances based on the received signal strength, and compute the location of the radio beacon. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316105 | Method and Apparatus For Transmitter Locating Using a Single Receiver - Provided is a method and apparatus for locating a transmitter. The apparatus for locating a transmitter, including: an antenna having an antenna array for receiving first and second frequency signals transmitted from the transmitter and measuring an angle of the transmitter; a range of transmission (ROT) calculating unit for calculating the range of transmission of the transmitter based on phase difference between the first and second frequency signals; an angle of arrival (AoA) calculating unit for calculating the angle of the transmitter based on phase difference of common frequency signals received in the antenna; and a transmission location determining unit for determining the location of the transmitter based on the range of transmission and the angle of arrival of the transmitter. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316106 | Antenna System for a Radar Transceiver - In an antenna system for a radar transceiver, in particular for measuring distance and/or velocity in the surroundings of motor vehicles, having at least one antenna, which includes at least one first part situated on a chip and a second part situated at a distance from the first part and beam-coupled to the first part, the second part of the antenna is situated on an antenna substrate or another chip, which is attached over the first part by flip chip bonds. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316107 | ULTRA-WIDE BANDWIDTH ANTENNA - An ultra-wide bandwidth antenna includes a dielectric substrate, first and second conductive elements, and a third conductive element. The dielectric substrate has opposite first and second surfaces. The first conductive element is formed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate and has a feeding point. The second conductive element is formed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate, is spaced apart from the first conductive element, and has a grounding point. The third conductive element is formed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate, partially overlaps the first conductive element, and is coupled electrically to the second conductive element. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316108 | Compact Antennas for Ultra-Wideband Applications - The antenna ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316109 | Antenna Arrangement - An antenna ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316110 | Patch Antenna and RFID Inlet - The present invention provides a patch antenna including a dielectric member, and a conductive first radiation element and a conductive ground electrode respectively provided on one and the other surfaces of the dielectric member, the patch antenna further including a conductive second radiation element which has a length different from that of the first radiation element in the direction of resonance, the second radiation element being provided on the one surface of the dielectric member in a state of being insulated from the first radiation element with respect to the direct electric current while being electromagnetically coupled to the first radiation element. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316111 | Antenna, antenna apparatus, and communication device - An antenna is provided which includes a first antenna element having at least one base and a conductor penetrating through the base and a second antenna element having a conductor portion having a shape of a plate or a line and a connecting conductor, wherein a first end of the conductor of the first antenna element is connected to the connecting conductor of the second antenna element, and the connecting conductor of the second antenna element is connected to a partway on the conductor portion of the second antenna element. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316112 | Antennas - An antenna on a substrate, the antenna being symmetrical about a central longitudinal axis of symmetry, the antenna comprising a first portion that is substantially rectangular, a second portion that is substantially rectangular, the first portion and the second portion being spaced from each other and being operatively connected by an intermediate portion. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316113 | Folding Type Communication Terminal Device - In a communication terminal in which a first enclosure and a second enclosure are foldable, to provide the communication terminal with an antenna characteristic with a wide band performance in either when the enclosures are opened or folded. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316114 | MOBILE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE, ELECTRICALLY FLOATING BEAM SHAPING ELEMENTS AND RELATED METHODS - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried within the portable housing, wireless transceiver circuitry carried by the PCB within the portable housing, and an antenna carried by the PCB within the portable housing and connected to the wireless transceiver circuitry. The device may further include a first pair of electrically floating, electrically conductive, spaced apart, antenna beam shaping elements adjacent the antenna and spaced apart therefrom. A second pair of electrically floating, electrically conductive, spaced apart, antenna beam shaping elements may be adjacent the antenna and spaced apart therefrom. The first pair of antenna beam shaping elements may be positioned in an offset relationship relative to the second pair of antenna beam shaping elements. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316115 | Antennas for handheld electronic devices with conductive bezels - A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains wireless communications circuitry. The handheld electronic device may have a housing and a display. The display may be attached to the housing a conductive bezel. The handheld electronic device may have one or more antennas for supporting wireless communications. A ground plane in the handheld electronic device may serve as ground for one or more of the antennas. The ground plane and bezel may define a opening. A rectangular slot antenna or other suitable slot antenna may be formed from or within the opening. One or more antenna resonating elements may be formed above the slot. An electrical switch that bridges the slot may be used to modify the perimeter of the slot so as to tune the communications bands of the handheld electronic device. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316116 | Handheld electronic device with cable grounding - A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver circuitry may be connected to the resonating elements by transmission lines such as coaxial cables. Ferrules may be crimped to the coaxial cables. A bracket with extending members may be crimped over the ferrules to ground the coaxial cables to the housing and other conductive elements in the ground plane. The ground plane may contain an antenna slot. A dock connector and flex circuit may overlap the slot in a way that does not affect the resonant frequency of the slot. Electrical components may be isolated from the antenna using isolation elements such as inductors and resistors. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316117 | Handheld electronic device antennas - A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver circuitry may be connected to the resonating elements by transmission lines such as coaxial cables. Ferrules may be crimped to the coaxial cables. A bracket with extending members may be crimped over the ferrules to ground the coaxial cables to the housing and other conductive elements in the ground plane. The ground plane may contain an antenna slot. A dock connector and flex circuit may overlap the slot in a way that does not affect the resonant frequency of the slot. Electrical components may be isolated from the antenna using isolation elements such as inductors and resistors. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316118 | Slotted Ground-Plane Used as a Slot Antenna or Used For a Pifa Antenna - The invention refers to a member ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316119 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND WIRELESS SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE WITH THE SAME - An antenna device comprises a base, a combination element, a fixing element, a rotation unit, and a radiation conductor. The base has a through hole and a bottom surface. The bottom surface has a plurality of pins, and the through hole is approximately parallel to the bottom surface. The combination element has a first blocking portion. The fixing element has an embedding surface, wherein the embedding surface is surrounded by a plurality of metal plates. The first blocking portion touches one terminal of the fixing element. The rotation unit has a second blocking portion, and the second blocking portion touches the other terminal of the fixing element. The other terminal of rotation unit pivoted at the radiation conductor. The fixing element wedges with close in the inner of the through hole of the base. Therefore, the antenna device is formed a firm structure. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316120 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, an inner conductor member provided inside the housing, a conductor part with which the housing is provided, and which restrains undesired electromagnetic radiation from leaking from inside the housing to the outside, and an antenna including an antenna element that is provided on an outer surface of the housing, the antenna using the conductor part as an antenna ground. The housing includes a non-conductor part that is out of the conductor part at least at a part of a region in which the antenna element is provided. When the antenna is viewed from a direction in which the antenna element and the housing overlap each other, a size of a part of the antenna element overlapping the non-conductor part is larger than a part of the antenna element overlapping the conductor part. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316121 | WIRELESS HANDHELD ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A handheld electronic device may be provided that contains a conductive housing and other conductive elements. The conductive elements may form an antenna ground plane. One or more antennas for the handheld electronic device may be formed from the ground plane and one or more associated antenna resonating elements. Transceiver circuitry may be connected to the resonating elements by transmission lines such as coaxial cables. Ferrules may be crimped to the coaxial cables. A bracket with extending members may be crimped over the ferrules to ground the coaxial cables to the housing and other conductive elements in the ground plane. The ground plane may contain an antenna slot. A dock connector and flex circuit may overlap the slot in a way that does not affect the resonant frequency of the slot. Electrical components may be isolated from the antenna using isolation elements such as inductors and resistors. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316122 | Mobile Wireless Communications Device Including An Electrically Conductive Director Element And Related Methods - A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316123 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE MEASURING METHOD AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE MEASURING APPARATUS - An electromagnetic wave measuring method is provided that is capable of performing high-precision measurement in a shorter time and in a greater variety of frequency bands than heretofore with a comparatively simple configuration. A plate-like antenna ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316124 | Hull or fuselage integrated antenna - An antenna structure integrated in a hull or fuselage. The hull or fuselage can be the outer surface of an aircraft, artillery shell, missile or ship. The antenna structure includes an array antenna. The array antenna includes a number of antenna elements. Each antenna element includes a radiator and an RF feed. The antenna elements are arranged in a lattice within an antenna area including a central antenna area and a transition region outside the central antenna area wherein a number of the antenna radiators as well as resistive sheets are arranged in substantially the same plane as a surrounding outer surface of the hull or fuselage. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316125 | Wideband Structural Antenna Operating in the Hf Range, Particularly For Naval Installations - A structural antenna system for operation in the HF frequency range, particularly for naval communications, is described, comprising at least one linear radiating arrangement ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316126 | Antenna System for a Radar Transceiver - An antenna system for a radar transceiver, in particular for ascertaining distance and/or velocity in the surroundings of motor vehicles, at least one antenna being situated on a chip, which includes at least one part of the transmitting and receiving units of the radar transceiver wherein the at least one antenna includes a first part situated on the chip and a second part situated at a distance from the first part and radiation-coupled to the first part. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316127 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM HAVING CONFIGURABLE 3-D ANTENNA GRID AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A system and a method for configuring a communication system are provided. The communication system has an antenna system with a 3-D antenna grid. The configurable 3-D antenna grid has a plurality of antenna elements operably coupled to a plurality of switching elements. The method includes selecting a first 3-D antenna configuration associated with the configurable 3-D antenna grid from a plurality of antenna configurations. The method further includes controlling a memory device to output first data corresponding to the first 3-D antenna configuration. The method further includes closing selected ones of the plurality of switching elements to obtain the first 3-D antenna configuration in the configurable 3-D antenna grid in response to the first data. The first 3-D antenna configuration is one of the plurality of antenna configurations wherein at least a portion of the plurality of antenna elements are electrically coupled together. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316128 | Orientation-independent antenna (orian) - An orientation-independent antenna presents a circular polarization characteristic to incoming waves such that these waves are detected regardless or polarization and angle of arrival. The antenna includes crossed vertical loops and a horizontal loop, with the loops being phased to provide the circular polarization characteristic. In one embodiment, the antenna includes a number of elements on the faces of a cube, or the elements are positioned on the surface of a sphere. In another embodiment, the antenna is given both a right hand circular polarization characteristic and a left hand circular polarization characteristic in two different channels to provide for double the data throughput. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316129 | Transponder Tuning Method and a Transponder - Tuning an antenna circuit that includes an inductance of a resonance circuit, and a component having a component impedance. The antenna circuit includes multiple connection areas for connecting the component to the antenna circuit. At least two of the multiple of connection areas are part of the resonance circuit. The tuning can be performed by selecting at least one connection area for the component among the at least two of the multiple connection areas. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316130 | Adjustable antenna assembly for receive blocking - An RF receiver section includes an adjustable antenna assembly, a low noise amplifier module, and a down conversion module. The adjustable antenna assembly is configured to provide a first receive antenna structure and a second receive antenna structure. The first and second receive antenna structures receive an inbound wide bandwidth RF signal that includes an interferer RF signal component and a desired inbound RF signal component. The effective polarization of at least one of the first and second receive antenna structures is adjusted to reduce signal strength of the interferer RF signal component. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316131 | Polarization-independent angle of arrival determination system using a miniature conformal antenna - A miniature conformal antenna is provided with a polarization-independent output by using quadrature elements at the mouth of a cavity and by processing the RHCP and LHCP outputs of the elements to arrive at a polarization-dependent solution; and then correcting the angle of arrival result by electronically rotating the antenna, measuring the amplitude difference between element pairs at various angles, generating an amplitude difference curve and deriving an angular correction factor therefrom. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316132 | Method of aligning antenna azimuth - There is disclosed a method of aligning an azimuth of an antenna by use of an antenna azimuth aligning instrument capable of economically and precisely aligning the azimuth in a case where a direction of a main beam of a directional antenna is matched with a counter antenna. There is provided a method of aligning the azimuth of the directional antenna by use of the antenna azimuth aligning instrument to be attached to the antenna for use in radio communication, the azimuth aligning instrument includes an aiming hole whose central axis is constituted in parallel with a main beam azimuth of the antenna and in which a diameter of an opening | 2008-12-25 |
20080316133 | Remote Control Device for Controlling the Angle of Inclination of the Radiation Diagram on an Antenna - The device permits remote actuation on the slope angle of an antenna consisting of two units, one electric and one mechanical, physically separated and connected forming a single arrangement, in which each of the units is provided with its own casing. The mechanical unit supports an electromotor coil positioning sensors, a driving gear, and a gear wheel engaged with the pinion. The electronic unit is provided with supply and communication connection terminals, an electronic circuit, a sensor for reading initial reference positioning and a casing. Both are connected by means of a cable and connector. Due to the independent manner in which the mechanical and electrical units are arranged, it is possible to obtain a watertight electronic unit protected from damp, independent replacement in a simple manner of both units, and the visualisation of the indicator rod's position and movement. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316134 | Radio apparatus and antenna device including magnetic material - A radio apparatus configured to deal with an electromagnetic wave at a working frequency is provided. The radio apparatus includes a radiating member of the electromagnetic wave and an isolating material having a plurality of magnetic elements. Each of the magnetic elements is arranged in such a way as to direct a longer side thereof in a direction almost perpendicular to a direction of a main polarization of the electromagnetic wave radiated by the radiating member. Each of the magnetic elements is arranged in such a way as to be placed repetitively having a space between adjacent two of the magnetic elements in almost a same direction as the direction of the main polarization. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316135 | Antenna Structure, Transponder and Method of Manufacturing an Antenna Structure - An antenna structure ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316136 | Antenna apparatus utilizing aperture of transmission line - An antenna apparatus utilizing an aperture of transmission line, which is connected to a first transmission line having a predetermined characteristic impedance, includes a tapered line portion, and an aperture portion. The tapered line portion is connected to one end of the transmission line, and the tapered line portion includes a second transmission line including a pair of line conductors. The tapered line portion keeps a predetermined characteristic impedance constant and expands at least one of a width of the transmission line and an interval in a tapered shape at a predetermined taper angle. The aperture portion has a radiation aperture connected to one end of the tapered line portion. A size of one side of the aperture end plane of the aperture portion is set to be equal to or higher than a quarter wavelength of the minimum operating frequency of the antenna apparatus. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316137 | ANTENNA ARRAY - An antenna array includes five grounding plates, a signal transmission part, two radiation conductors, and a signal feed cable. The first and fifth grounding plates located at the same plane are substantially perpendicular with the second and fourth grounding plates respectively. The second and fourth grounding plates respectively connected to the first and fifth grounding plates extend with the same direction and have two holes or grooves. The third grounding plate connected between the second and fourth grounding plates is substantially perpendicular with the second and fourth grounding plates. The signal transmission part passing through the two holes or grooves is substantially perpendicular with the second and fourth grounding plates. The signal transmission part is connected between the two radiation conductors. The signal feed cable includes a central conductor connected to the signal transmission part and an outer conductor connected to the third grounding plate. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316138 | BALANCE-FED HELICAL ANTENNA - An antenna having a cylindrical shaped dielectric core region that defines top, bottom, and side surfaces. Two laterally opposed conductive linking tracks are provided at the top or bottom surface and connect to respective groups of conductive antenna elements which extend across the top (or bottom surface) and at least partially down (or up) the side surface. A balun having two input terminals and two output terminals is provided at the top (or bottom) surface such that a feed line having two conductors extending from outside of the antenna connect respectively to the input terminals and the output terminals each connect respectively to a linking track. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316139 | PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA ARCHITECTURE - An antenna array core comprising a plurality of microwave modules, a control layer, a mounting layer, and a signal distribution layer. The control layer is capable of distributing control signals to the plurality of microwave modules. The plurality of microwave modules are attached to an upper surface of the mounting layer and the mounting layer is made from a heat conductive material capable of cooling the plurality of microwave modules. The signal distribution layer is located below the mounting layer, wherein the signal distribution layer is capable of transmitting microwave signals to the plurality of microwave modules and wherein the arrangement of the plurality of microwave modules on the mounting layer, the control layer, and the wave distribution network form a layered architecture for the antenna core. The architecture is a balance between, size, thermal control, manufacturability, cost, and performance so as to be a unique solution. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316140 | Antenna Apparatus and Antenna Radome and Design Method Thereof - An antenna radome is associated with an antenna and comprises a plurality of radome elements arranged in an array. Each radome element comprises a dielectric substrate on which an upper surface is provided with a first fractal inductor layout and a lower surface is provided with a second fractal inductor layout. The second fractal inductor layout comprises a first inductor and a second inductor. The first inductor and second inductor are associated to accumulate charges so as to increase radiation directionality of the antenna. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316141 | EMBEDDED ANTENNA - The present invention provides an embedded antenna. It is to form meanders on a radiating element of the embedded antenna for dividing the resonant length of the radiating element into several short resonant length to extend the bandwidth of the radiating element. It is also to form meanders on the radiating element to extend the resonant length. This design can minimize the size of the embedded antenna and achieve the same as performance of a larger size antenna. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316142 | MULTIPLE-INPUT SWITCH DESIGN - A switch designs having very low insertion loss, in which the insertion loss remains the same regardless of the number of inputs. A plurality of inputs are structured for receiving electromagnetic radiation signal having a wavelength λ. A plurality of switches, e.g., PIN diode switches, are coupled to a respective input. A main conductor is coupled to an output. A plurality of leg conductors are coupled at one end to the main conductor and at other end to a respective switch from the plurality of switches, wherein each of the leg conductors has a length substantially equal to nλ/2, wherein n is a whole natural number. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316143 | PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEM UTILIZING A BEAM FORMING NETWORK - In accordance with an embodiment, a phased array antenna system includes a printed wiring board formed in rhombic shape that accommodates requirements for low observability and a beam forming network located within the printed wiring board. The beam forming network is located over substantially the entire printed wiring board. The embodiment includes connectors located on the backside of the printed wiring board. The back side connectors allow the array architecture to expand to include more subarrays and therefore allowing for more beam forming elements in a full size array than conventional phased arrays. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316144 | Image displaying system, image displaying device, image data outputting device, image displaying method, image displaying program, and image data outputting program - A system consisting of a plurality of terminals storing image data and an image displaying device which are connected with each other through a network capable of two-way communication has the disadvantage of decreasing in throughput on account of slow image data transfer over the network. The image displaying device performs two-way communications with each of the terminals by a communication means at the display device side. Also, the image displaying device acquires image data from a relevant terminal while instructing other terminals to suspend transmission by the image data acquisition controlling means, thereby suspending transmission of image data. The image displaying device displays images by the image displaying means based on the thus acquired image data. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316145 | Virtual shadow for physical object placed on surface - The placement of a physical object at a location on a surface is detected. A virtual shadow for the physical object is displayed at the location on the surface. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316146 | PROJECTOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A projector which displays an image by projecting a projection image onto a projection surface, includes: a fixed pixel display device for displaying the projection image in a predetermined vertical period; and an image processing device for generating the projection image in the vertical period, wherein the image processing device includes: a resolution converter which, by converting a resolution of an input image in the vertical period, generates and transmits a display image having a desired resolution; a projection distortion corrector which receives the display image, and generates the projection image by correcting the display image in the vertical period in such a way as to correct a projection distortion occurring due to a projection angle with respect to the projection surface when projecting the projection image; and a display image input/output controller which controls the reception of the display image from the resolution converter and the transmission thereof to the projection distortion corrector, wherein in the vertical period, the display image input/output controller holds the display image while receiving it from the resolution converter, during a time period from a predetermined timing prior to a start time of a process of correcting the display image by means of the projection distortion corrector to a finish time of the correction process, while it reads the display image held in advance, and transmits it to the projection distortion corrector, during a time period from the start time to the finish time of the correction process. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316147 | METHODS FOR RESETTING AND DRIVING PLASMA DISPLAY PANELS IN WHICH ADDRESS ELECTRODE LINES ARE ELECTRICALLY FLOATED - A method of resetting a plasma display panel includes a wall charge accumulation operation and a wall charge distribution operation. In the wall charge accumulation operation, the voltage applied to second display electrode lines is gradually increased to reach a first voltage. In the wall charge distribution operation, while the voltage applied to the first display electrode lines is maintained at a second voltage lower than the first voltage, the voltage applied to the second display electrode lines is gradually decreased to reach a third voltage lower than the second voltage and address electrode lines are electrically floated. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316148 | PLASMA DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME - A technique capable of suppressing or preventing generation of flickers (blinks) by a sustain period control as well as capable of ensuring or enhancing display quality in a PDP device. The PDP device adjusts a sustain pulse of the sustain period for every subfield by selecting a combination of one or more than one cycle so that start and end timings of a field in fields before and after change are almost the same according to a display load ratio of the subfield of the field. Field weighted emission center positions then becomes almost the same, and flickers and the like are suppressed. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316149 | Electro-luminescence pixel, panel with the pixel, and device and method for driving the panel - An electro-luminescence display having a plurality of pixels is disclosed. One of the pixels of the electro-luminescence display includes an electro-luminescence diode electrically connected between first and second voltage sources; first and second thin film transistors adjusting an amount of current flowing to the electro-luminescence diode; and a control circuit complementarily operating the first and second thin film transistors in an active mode and a refresh mode. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316150 | ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE - An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device minimizes a threshold voltage variation of a drive transistor in a pixel circuit, increases an aperture ratio, and minimizes power consumption by applying a same range of data voltages to respective pixels. The OLED display device includes a first capacitor electrically connected between a first node and a power supply line; and a second capacitor electrically connected between the first node and a second node, wherein capacitances of the first and second capacitors are different from each other and adjustable. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316151 | Electro-optical apparatus and method of driving the electro-optical apparatus - The invention provides an electro-optical apparatus that can prevent a shift in a threshold voltage of an amorphous silicon transistor while driving an organic EL device in a pixel circuit including the amorphous silicon transistor. A characteristic-adjustment circuit can be provided, which has a function of returning a shift in the threshold voltage of the amorphous silicon transistor included in the pixel circuit to the original state. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316152 | Transistor circuit, display panel and electronic apparatus - A transistor circuit is provided including a driving transistor where conductance between the source and the drain is controlled in response to a supplied voltage, and a compensating transistor where the gate is connected to one of the source and the drain, the compensating transistor being connected so as to supply input signals to the gate of the driving transistor through the source and drain. In a transistor circuit where conductance control in a driving transistor is carried out in response to the voltage of input signals, it is possible to control the conductance by using input signals of a relatively low voltage and a variance in threshold characteristics of driving transistors is compensated. With this transistor circuit, a display panel that can display picture images with reduced uneven brightness is achieved. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316153 | Flexible LED Screen - A flexible LED screen includes a flexible printed circuit board having a front surface and a rear surface, a plurality of SMT-LEDs mounted on the front surface of the flexible printed circuit board, and a plurality of integrated circuits mounted on the rear surface of the flexible printed circuit board. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316154 | Apparatus and method for generating VCOM voltage in display device - An apparatus for generating a VCOM voltage in a display device includes first and second buffer amplifiers and a charge pump. The first buffer amplifier is biased with high and low rail voltages for generating the VCOM voltage. The second buffer amplifier generates the high rail voltage at an output node not connected to an external capacitor. The charge pump generates the low rail voltage by charge pumping directly from an external power supply voltage. Alternatively, a charge pump and a comparator are used for generating the VCOM voltage at an output of the charge pump. The comparator generates a charge pump control signal from comparing the VCOM voltage with a reference voltage. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316155 | COMPUTER AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME - According to one embodiment, there is provided a computer including a display to display a video in one of a normal mode in which the video is displayed according to a progressive scheme and a multi-field drive mode in which the video is displayed according to an interlace scheme, and a control device to supply specification information specifying one of the normal mode and the multi-field drive mode, to the display. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316156 | Display device - A shift register circuit has a plurality of shift pulse generation circuits, and a scanning voltage generation circuit has a plurality of base circuits. The base circuits are presented with a first shift pulse generated by a shift pulse generation circuit, and a scanning line clock. The base circuits have a first transistor in which the first shift pulse is input to a first electrode, and a first power supply voltage is input to a control electrode; and a second transistor in which a control electrode is connected to a second electrode in the first transistor, a scanning line clock is input to the first electrode, and the second electrode is connected to a scanning voltage output terminal. The base circuits output a selected scanning voltage synchronized with the scanning line clock from the scanning voltage output terminal when the first shift pulse is at a first voltage level. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316157 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A liquid crystal display comprising: a receiver for receiving power and differential signal; a backlight power supply which supplies the power to a backlight unit; a power-off sensor which senses power-off of the backlight power supply and distorts one of the differential signals; and a controller which senses the distortion of the differential signal and generates an after-image removing gray-scale signal. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316158 | Driving Method and Apparatus for an LCD Panel - A driving method for an LCD panel includes generating a sequence, generating a plurality of gate driving signals, determining a gate-on sequence of the plurality of gate driving signals according to the sequence, and driving pixels of the LCD panel using the plurality of gate driving signals according to the gate-on sequence for displaying images. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316159 | Liquid crystal display device with scanning controlling circuit and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a liquid crystal panel, a gate driver, gate lines, a data driver, and a scanning controlling circuit. The gate driver is configured for providing scanning signals to the gate lines. The scanning controlling circuit is connected between the gate driver and the gate lines and controls the gate driver to scan the odd-row gate lines in a first half-frame time, and scan the even-row gate lines in a second half-frame time. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316160 | COMMON VOLTAGE DRIVING CIRCUIT OF LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - A common voltage driving circuit of a liquid crystal display, includes: a clock signal input unit that comprises a plurality of transistors and inputs first and second clock signals according to a gate output voltage; an output node voltage controller that comprises a plurality of transistors and condensers and changes voltages of positive and negative polarity output nodes by the first and second clock signals and first to third gate output voltages; an initialization voltage supply unit that comprises a plurality of transistors and supplies an initialization voltage of the output node voltage controller; and a common voltage output unit that comprises a plurality of transistors and a single condenser and prevents the voltages of the positive and negative polarity output nodes from being changed by using the condenser in alternately outputting higher and lower common voltages according to the voltages of the positive and negative polarity output nodes. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316161 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - A liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of liquid crystal cells defined as a first and second liquid crystal cell groups, a data driving circuit to supply a data voltage to the data lines in response to a polarity control signal, a gate driving circuit to supply a scanning pulse that swings between a gate high voltage and a gate low voltage to the gate lines, a first logic circuit to generate the polarity control signal differently for each frame period to maintain a polarity of the data voltage charged in the first liquid crystal cell group, and to invert one time a polarity of the data voltage charged in the second liquid crystal cell group for two frame periods, and a second logic circuit to control the gate driving circuit to decrease the gate high voltage of the scanning pulse to a modulated voltage between the gate high voltage and the gate low voltage for a predetermined modulation time. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316162 | Liquid crystal display and driving method thereof - An exemplary liquid crystal display ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316163 | Active Matrix Display Devices and Methods of Driving the Same - An active matrix display device has a column driver circuit for providing pixel drive signals to columns of pixels, and comprising current source circuits. Each current source circuit has a supply switch ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316164 | Display Product Providing a Night Light Illumination Mode - There is described a display product ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080316165 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY HAVING INVERTER FOR CONTROLLING BACK LIGHT FOR LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL HAVING A VARIETY OF SHAPES TO OBTAIN UNIFORM LUMINANCE - There is provided a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a TFT-LCD panel having any one of a variety of shapes including a circular shape, an elliptical shape, a circular arc shape, and a shape with an angle other than 90°; a plurality of straight light sources disposed at a rear side of the TFT-LCD panel and having a different length according to the shape of the TFT-LCD panel; and an inverter and a transformer connected to one terminal of each light source, wherein the inverter induces a same current to the light sources having a different length and the transformer supplies a boosted voltage lo dependent on the length of each light source to the light source so that luminance is uniform. With the straight light sources having a different length for a back light unit suitable for a liquid crystal display panel having a variety of shapes including circular, elliptical, fan, and semicircular shapes according to the present invention, image quality of uniform luminance can be implemented on the entire display area of the panel. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316166 | Plane Light Device for Liquid Crystal Display and Driving Method of the same - A method of driving plane light is used in a liquid crystal display. A plane light device includes a first substrate, a frame, a second substrate, a fluorescent layer, a plurality of spacers, and an outer electrode layer. A plane chamber is formed between the first substrate and the second substrate to filling mixed gases therein. The outer electrode layer includes a plurality of independent electrode pairs. The mixed gas is discharged by the fluorescent layer to produce a plurality of corresponding light emitting regions after driving respectively the plurality of electrode pairs. The plurality of light emitting regions have interval lines parallel or perpendicular to scanning lines of the liquid crystal display. The plurality of light emitting regions are opened synchronously, in series or alternately. The image blurry phenomenon displayed in the LCDs will be effectively improved caused by slow response of LCD's cells. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316167 | DISPLAY DRIVER - A display driver driving a display panel according to inputted display data comprises: a first circuit changing brightness of a display image by conversion of the display data based on a first reference value and a second reference value, the first reference value being a display data value at a first position in an upper part of a histogram of the inputted display data, and the second reference value being a display data value at a second position in a lower portion of the histogram; a second circuit changing brightness of a illuminating device illuminating the display panel based on the first reference value; and a control circuit performing a processing of making the brightness of the display image high by the first circuit and a processing of making the brightness of the illuminating device low by the second circuit in correlation with the brightness of the display image. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316168 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF - A display apparatus includes a first substrate provided with a plurality of closed containers, a fluid filled in the closed containers, a plurality of positively charged particles which have a relative dielectric constant different from the fluid and are dispersed and held in the fluid, a plurality of negatively charged particles which have a same color as the positively charged particles and a relative dielectric constant different from the fluid and are dispersed and held in the fluid, and a pair of electrodes for generating an electric field in the closed containers. The display apparatus displays an image formed by a positional distribution of positively and negatively charged particles in each of the closed containers. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316169 | METHOD CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to some embodiments of the present invention, there is provided an interface apparatus for a multi-application electronic device, including a human interface surface having integrated presentation and sensing elements, such that the device has substantially full functionality for substantially all applications without the use of other human interfaces. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316170 | Computer Mouse - Provided is a computer mouse including a grip portion having a flat bottom surface and a longitudinal central grip axis; a grip central point located at the center of the longitudinal central grip axis; the grip portion standing on a surface on which the computer mouse moves; a vertical axis perpendicular to the surface and including the central point; a sensor portion which includes a sensor having a sensor central point located at the center of the sensor; the sensor being located distant in a forward direction from the grip portion; a vertical plane containing the vertical axis and the sensor central point; wherein the longitudinal central axis is angled from the vertical axis and tilted to the left or right with reference to the forward direction; a bottom grip point defined by the intersection between the vertical axis and the bottom surface; and wherein the bottom grip point is located substantially at the center of the bottom surface. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316171 | Low-Cost Haptic Mouse Implementations - Low-cost haptic interface device implementations for interfacing a user with a host computer. A haptic feedback device, such as a mouse or other device, includes a housing physically contacted by a user, and an actuator for providing motion that causes haptic sensations on the device housing and/or on a movable portion of the housing. The device may include a sensor for detecting x-y planar motion of the housing. Embodiments include actuators with eccentric rotating masses, buttons having motion influenced by various actuator forces, and housing portions moved by actuators to generate haptic sensations to a user contacting the driven surfaces. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316172 | Manual input device - A manual input device configured for translating a planar movement of the manual input device into an electrical signal, comprising a site for accommodating at least one finger tip top down, the site being configured such that the manual input device can be moved in any planar direction by means of at least one finger tip of a hand, the wrist thereby resting planar. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316173 | Computer cursor control device which can broadcast multimedia data - A computer cursor control device is disclosed which can broadcast multimedia and control a computer cursor and comprises an interface unit; a mouse module connecting to the interface unit and controlling the computer cursor in a mouse mode; a multimedia module connecting to the interface unit and accessing a multimedia file in a multimedia mode for further broadcasting the multimedia file; and a button control unit connecting to the mouse module and the multimedia module respectively which enters a control signal for controlling the computer cursor or broadcasting the multimedia file. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316174 | MOTION ESTIMATION WITH ADAPTATION OF THE CORRELATION BLOCK SIZE - A process for determining the displacement of an entity equipped with a sensor for capturing a sequence of images, comprising a step for determining a motion vector associated with a current image as a function of at least one correlation calculation between a first block of pixels in the current image and a second block of pixels from which the vector points towards said first block of pixels, with said second block being in a previous image in the sequence of images, wherein the dimensions of the first block are determined as a function of at least a motion vector associated with a previous image in the image sequence. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316175 | Track Ball Device - An object of the present invention is to provide a track ball device capable of storing information in a ball. In a track ball device | 2008-12-25 |
20080316176 | PORTABLE COMPUTER SYSTEM WITH EXTENDABLE USB-POWERED I/O DEVICE - A laptop computer system having an extended touchpad functionality includes a base having a media bay, the base housing a microprocessor based computer system; a keyboard having a plurality of keys, the keys communicatively coupled to the microprocessor based computer system; a display screen connected to the base via first and second hinges such that the display screen is moveable between a closed position and an open position, the display screen communicatively coupled to the microprocessor based computer system to drive the display screen; and a touch-pad disposed in the media bay, the touchpad being extendable and retractable with respect to the media bay, the touch-pad configured for at least one of, (i) a drawing tablet, and (ii) configured to control the cursor movement and placement functions on the display screen. The touchpad is disposed on either a right or left opposing side of the base having the media bay and has a form factor substantially the same as a USB I/O powered device. An exemplary touchpad may further include a support member to support the touchpad in an extended position, thereby alleviating a force on an electrical connection from the touchpad to the base. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316177 | Mouse-type mobile phone - A mouse-type mobile phone comprises a phone body and an upper lid, wherein the phone body has a battery cover on the backside, an optical reading device on one side of the battery cover and a push cover mounted above the optical reading device. The push cover is a power switch to enable or disable the mouse function. Several mouse clicks and a scroll wheel are mounted on one side of the display monitor of the upper lid. A chip module structure comprises a message transmission interface, a central processing unit and a human-based interface and apparatus, wherein the phone body can be wirelessly or wiredly coupled with a computer via the message transmission interface. The human-based interface and apparatus has a mouse device unit and several mouse clicks coupled with the central processing unit so that a control signal can be transmitted to the computer. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316178 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE INCLUDING TOUCH INPUT WITH SCROLLING FUNCTION - A portable communication device is equipped with a touch input device configured to provide key press functionality and scrolling functionality. The touch input device is electronically defined to include a plurality of key press areas separated by grey zones. The portable communication device is configured to provide scrolling functionality in response to detection of sequential user contact with multiple key press areas and an intervening grey zone within a predetermined timing trigger. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316179 | KEY ARRANGEMENT FOR A KEYBOARD - A key arrangement includes a plurality of keys that are arranged in a regular grid of rows and columns. The columns include a first column, a last column, and at least one middle column. The keys in the first and last columns are smaller than the keys in the at least one middle column. A method for improving the ergonomics of a key arrangement on a keyboard of a fixed size is provided. A method for designing a key arrangement for a mobile communication device is also provided. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316180 | Touch Screen Keyboard With Tactile Feedback, and Associated Method - An electronic device employing a flexible display module overlying a key module enable a virtual key to be positioned on the display module to overlap at least one physical key on the key module and to enable an actuation force applied to a virtual key by the user to be transferred to the at least one physical key to provide an indication of the actuating of the virtual key to a processor of the electronic device. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316181 | MOVING BUTTONS - A device is provided with a housing that has a substantial portion covered by a touch sensitive surface. The touch sensitive service is capable of detecting multiple simultaneous points of touch. The handheld device determines to which finger or fingertip of the user the points of touch correspond and the handheld device associates an input or control function with of the fingers of the user. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316182 | Touch Sensor and Method for Operating a Touch Sensor - Touch detection within display devices with a first conductive layer with first and second electrodes, a second conductive layer with third electrodes, a spacer spatially spacing the first conductive layer from the second conductive layer, the first electrodes being arranged for capacitive touch detection, and the second and third electrodes being arranged for resistive touch detection. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316183 | SWIPE GESTURES FOR TOUCH SCREEN KEYBOARDS - Systems, methods, and devices for interpreting manual swipe gestures as input in connection with touch-sensitive user interfaces that include virtual keyboards are disclosed herein. These allow for a user entering text using the virtual keyboard to perform certain functions using swipes across the key area rather than tapping particular keys. For example, leftward, rightward, upward, and downward swipes can be assigned to inserting a space, backspacing, shifting (as for typing capital letters), and inserting a carriage return and/or new line. Various other mappings are also described. The described techniques can be used in conjunction with a variety of devices, including handheld devices that include touch-screen interfaces, such as desktop computers, tablet computers, notebook computers, handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, mobile telephones, and combinations thereof. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316184 | Method and system for calibrating an acoustic touchscreen - A method for calibrating an Acoustic Pulse Recognition (APR) touchscreen comprises touching an APR touchscreen at N comparison touch points. N audio profiles are acquired, and each of the N audio profiles are associated with one of the N comparison touch points. A predetermined calibration file is selected based on the N audio profiles. The predetermined calibration file comprises audio profiles associated with coordinate locations on the touchscreen. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316185 | Wireless multiuser meeting/interactive class device with memory card connectors - A wireless multiuser meeting/interactive class device with memory card connectors. The device includes a host control end unit having a memory card connector wherein a memory card can be inserted. The host control end unit can pick up the data of the memory card to show the data on a display connected with the computer. The device further includes several sub-control end units each including a touch control handwriting pad section, a wireless transceiver unit and a memory card connector. The signals generated by the touch control handwriting pad section or the data picked up from the memory card inserted in the memory card connector are transmitted by the wireless transceiver unit. The wireless transceiver unit of the host control end unit serves to receive the signals or data to show the signals or data on the display connected with the computer. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316186 | Digital notepad - A digital notepad that is compact, lightweight, very portable, and readily useable for taking and storing digital handwritten notes. The digital notepad is a stand-alone device that instantly and digitally captures everything the user handwrites onto the screen with stylus, and stores it in real time. The device generally comprises a touch screen encased within a housing, and a pen-type stylus for writing on the screen. The device converts the handwritten notes into digital signals and stores the signals in the RAM. The user may retrieve stored notes with the scroll buttons, and delete retrieved notes by depressing the delete button with the stylus. The notepad is especially useful for jotting down notes, daily tasks, grocery lists, phone numbers, e-mail and home addresses, sketches, etc. while in the car; in class; and at a meeting, party, or professional event. | 2008-12-25 |
20080316187 | Touch panel device and method for manufacturing touch panel devices - Each of transducers of a touch panel device includes a piezoelectric thin film, a plate electrode disposed at one surface of the piezoelectric thin film and a comb-like electrode disposed at the other surface of the piezoelectric thin film. The comb-like electrode has a plurality of comb-like electrode fingers and a linear bus electrode to which one end of each of the plural comb-like electrode fingers is connected. A plurality of wiring electrodes is provided at the outer side of any of the transducers in parallel with the bus electrode of the transducer and is connected to the bus electrode and the plate electrode of any of the transducers. Each of the wiring electrodes includes an electrode base portion formed by printing silver paste containing fine particles on the substrate and an electrode main body formed by printing silver paste containing large particles and fine particles in a mixed manner on the electrode base portion. | 2008-12-25 |