17th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 20 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110095902 | TREATMENT AREA ZONING SYSTEM - A treatment area marker device and method for using the treatment area marker in setting up a triage facility for patient care. The device and the method may be particularly useful during an emergency or crisis situation. The treatment area marker is an article of manufacture that includes a light source that is capable of generating different colors of light. The bottom end of the treatment area marker has the means for keeping the device in a substantially upright position. The method of triage includes establishing one or more treatment areas, and erecting one or more treatment area markers to identify the treatment area. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095903 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UTILITY USAGE MONITORING - An approach is provided for monitoring utility usage and generating notifications. A platform collects utility data from a utility meter of a subscriber and determines whether the utility data satisfies a usage threshold. The platform generates a notification based on the determination and presents the notification. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095904 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SAFETY GUIDANCE SERVICE - A method for providing a safety guidance service from a local server to a nomadic device includes gathering information regarding surrounding conditions within a service area on a road, receiving device information from the nomadic device, which enters the service area, determining whether or not the nomadic device is placed in a situation based on the device information, and when it is recognized that the situation has happened, providing safety guidance message suitable to the situation to the nomadic device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095905 | In-vehicle data communication device and method for communicating with external resource center - An assigning unit assigns multiple conditions to communication units. A detection unit detects which of the communication units is communicable with an external resource center. When the detection unit detects that multiple communication units are communicable with the external resource center, a selecting unit selects one communication unit according to the multiple conditions assigned by the assigning unit. Thus, an in-vehicle data communication unit obtains data from the external resource center via the selected one communication unit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095906 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING TRAFFIC FLOW - A method and an apparatus for controlling the flow of traffic. To this end, the information about the period of time before a set of traffic lights changes to another traffic light phase is used to provide the driver of a vehicle with a speed recommendation for approaching the traffic lights. In order to improve the ascertainment of the speed recommendation, provision is made for a database to be used to store the position (P) and the change times (Si) of a set of traffic lights and for the position and change times to be able to be retrieved by a vehicle via a mobile radio communication link, and for the driver of the vehicle to be provided with the speed recommendation using this information. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095907 | RIGHT-TURN DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - When an own vehicle waits to turn right, a vehicle data processing unit processes information of an oncoming vehicle based on data analyzed by data analyzing units. A support processing unit sets a blind angle rank according to a difficulty degree of recognizing a following vehicle due to the blind angle of a lead vehicle from the relationship in the vehicle body size between the lead and following vehicles based on the oncoming vehicle information, and sets the highest blind angle rank value as an oncoming straight-ahead vehicle rank flag. It also sets an evaluation rank according to a risk degree when the own vehicle turns right, based on the oncoming straight-ahead vehicle rank flag and an oncoming right-turning vehicle rank flag set according to the size of an oncoming vehicle waiting to turn right, and informs the driver of right-turn driving support information according to the evaluation rank. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095908 | MOBILE SENSING FOR ROAD SAFETY, TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, AND ROAD MAINTENANCE - Mobile monitoring systems and methods are disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, the system includes a plurality of vehicles and a base communication station that are in communication with each other. Each of the vehicles includes a camera that generates image data, a location device that generates geographic coordinates of the vehicle, a computing device that receives the image data from the camera and the geographic coordinates of the vehicle and forms a processed image signal that includes the image data, the geographic coordinates and a time stamp, and a communication device that receives the processed image signal from the computing device and wireless transmits the processed image signal to the base communication station. The base communication station receives the processed image signal. The base communication station can include an image processor to further process the processed image signal from each of the plurality of vehicles to form an output signal and a transmitter that transmits the output signal. The output signal can be used to control traffic control devices, vehicles and to provide other useful information. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095909 | DRIVING SUPPORT APPARATUS - When an own vehicle waits to turn left or right, a vehicle data processing unit processes information of an oncoming vehicle based on data analyzed by data analyzing units. A support processing unit sets a blind angle rank according to a difficulty degree of recognizing a following vehicle due to the blind angle of a lead vehicle from the relationship in the vehicle body size between the lead and following vehicles based on the oncoming vehicle information, and sets the highest blind angle rank value as an oncoming straight-ahead vehicle rank flag. It also sets an evaluation rank according to a risk degree when the own vehicle turns left or right, based on the oncoming straight-ahead vehicle rank flag and an oncoming vehicle rank flag set according to the size of an oncoming vehicle waiting to turn left or right, and informs the driver of driving support information according to the evaluation rank. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095910 | PARKING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND PARKING ASSISTANCE METHOD - A parking assistance system for a vehicle includes multiple on-board cameras ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110095911 | Projection Of Different Image Contents In A Large-Capacity Cabin Of A Transport Means - According to an embodiment of the present invention a projection facility for projecting image contents onto an inside wall in an open cabin of a transport means, with which any given image contents can be projected onto a curved inside wall in a large-scale manner. The projection facility may comprise, apart from several projectors, several mirrors for deflecting the image contents. This allows image quality to be improved. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095912 | JET ENGINE PROTECTION SYSTEM - A modern jet engine inlet protection system that protects against large birds and operates autonomously, that is dormant in routine aircraft operations, that automatically actuates its protective device(s) only at the immediate point of need, then returning it (them) to a non-interfering position, including a RADAR system and a LIDAR system which detect birds entering the intended flight path of the aircraft, and fast computer-implemented computational algorithms that track and identify those from the detected set that are (1) projected to enter a zone which would lead to ingestion by the engine, and (2) of a size large enough that they would seriously damage the engine if ingested; that includes defensive mechanisms housed in the engine nacelle cowling or center hub, or in the fuselage structure that are instantaneously actuated shortly before arriving at the point of impact to shield, deflect, reduce the size of the approaching bird to an acceptable mass, or destroy it, and, that after the ingestion threat has passed, the devices are stowed/retracted or safely jettisoned. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095913 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING RUNWAYS AND TERRAIN IN SYNTHETIC VISION SYSTEMS - A method and system for displaying three dimensional images of runways and terrain, as well as additional information, on one or more screens of an avionics display system is provided. The system merges elevation information for terrain points and elevation information for runway points by grouping runways together that are within a threshold distance of each other. For each group, a plane is calculated. The calculated plane is then projected onto all of the runways within the group. The plane may also be projected onto a subset of neighboring terrain points. The adjusted elevation created by the projection of the plane are then used in creating the images for display on the synthetic vision display. The result is that all of the runways within a group, along with their neighboring terrain, are displayed as being coplanar. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095914 | NAUTIC ALERT APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD - In at least one exemplary embodiment, an autonomous onboard monitoring and communications system for watercraft is disclosed. The autonomous onboard monitoring and communications system may include a processor, at least one system console, a plurality of sensors configured to monitor operating and environmental conditions aboard the watercraft, a system application including a plurality of software logic service modules configured to facilitate communication between the plurality of sensors and the system console, an analytic engine configured to analyze data so as to determine the existence of an event, and a plurality of communications interfaces for directly communicating with remote targeted recipients. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095915 | Power management system and method for vehicle locating unit - Improved power management for a vehicle locating unit is achieved by receiving a transmission from a communication source, each transmission including at least one message frame having a data field and at least one auxiliary field; entering a wake mode upon indexing the assigned message frame of the receiver in the transmission; matching the pattern of bits of at least one auxiliary field of the indexed frame with one or more stored patterns of bits expected for that auxiliary field; and returning to the sleep mode as soon as a mismatch is determined or processing the message if no mismatch occurs. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095916 | Mobile Personal Services Platform for Providing Feedback - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for generating feedback. In one aspect, a method includes receiving sensor data from a plurality of sensors, wherein at least one of the plurality of sensors is associated with a mobile device of a user; aggregating the received sensor data to generate aggregated sensor data; processing the aggregated sensor data to determine an aggregated metric; comparing the aggregated metric to a target associated with the user to determine a measure of performance; and generating feedback based on the determined measure of performance. Further, the mobile device can comprise a mobile personal services device that includes one or more of an audio sensor, a video sensor, an environmental sensor, a biometric sensor, a location sensor, an activity detector, and a health monitor. The feedback can be displayed on the mobile personal services device. The feedback also can be displayed in near real-time. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095917 | KEY INPUT UNIT AND KEY INPUT METHOD - A digital processor having a key input unit and a key input method are disclosed. The key unit includes: a base that is fixed at the central position of the key unit; a slider that horizontally moves in parallel to the horizontal plane of the base by the user's operation; a frame that supports the slider so as to horizontally move; and a restoration unit that gives a resistive force against the horizontal movement of the slider and restores the horizontally-moved slider to an original position. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce the number of keys by increasing the number of information to be input by the use of a single key. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095918 | KEY INPUT DEVICE - A key input device for data input means of a device is provided. The key input device includes a first terminal for outputting a key input signal, a second terminal spaced apart from the first terminal and having at least two divided parts, wherein all the divided parts contact the first terminal during a key input operation, at least one resistor allocated to each of the divided parts of the second terminal, connected in parallel to each other, and having respectively different resistance values, and a processor chip for controlling a corresponding key input operation according to respectively different voltage values outputted from the first terminal, by at least one corresponding resistor that is electrically and selectively connected to each of the divided parts. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095919 | KEYBOARD HAVING CAPACITANCE-SENSITIVE KEY FIELDS - A keyboard having a plurality of key fields and a plurality of capacitive elements, which are associated with the key fields, and measuring electronics is proposed. The measuring electronics are implemented for the purpose of detecting a change of the capacitance value of one of the capacitive elements between a non-actuation level, which is in a first capacitance value range, and an actuation level, which is in a second capacitance value range, and then outputting an actuation signal. The measuring electronics are also implemented to detect a change of the capacitance value of the non-actuation level and a manipulation level above the second capacitance value range and to then output an alarm signal. The attempt to manipulate the keyboard can thus be detected on the basis of the capacitance value increase associated therewith. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095920 | ENCODER AND DECODER USING ARITHMETIC STAGE TO COMPRESS CODE SPACE THAT IS NOT FULLY UTILIZED - An encoder/decoder architecture including an arithmetic encoder that encodes the MSB portions of a Factorial Pulse Coder output, and that encodes an output of a first-level source encoder, e.g., MDCT. Sub-parts (e.g., frequency bands) of portions (e.g., frames) of the signal are sorted in increasing order based on a measure related to signal energy (e.g., signal energy itself). In a system that overlays Arithmetic Encoding on Factorial Pulse coding, the result is bits re-allocated to bands with higher signal energy content, yielding higher signal quality and higher bit utilization efficiency. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095921 | DATA DEMODULATOR, DATA DEMODULATION METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOF - A data demodulator includes: a conversion means for converting an RLL code obtained by converting data in which information bits including specific bits are inserted at fixed intervals which is included in an input signal in accordance with a modulation table having variable-length conversion rules into data in accordance with a demodulation table corresponding to the modulation table; a determination means for determining control segments for performing calculation intended by the information bits from the converted data; a calculation means for executing calculation intended by the specific bit inserted in the control segment different from a calculation target with respect to the data of the control segment as the calculation target; and a correction output means for selecting one of first data converted by the conversion means and second data obtained by converting the RLL code of the input signal corrected based on the calculation result in accordance with the demodulation table and outputting the data. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095922 | DIGITAL SIGNAL CODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL DECODING APPARATUS, DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC CODING METHOD AND DIGITAL SIGNAL ARITHMETIC DECODING METHOD - In a bit stream syntax containing compressed video slice data for compressed video data of a slice structure, a slice header for compressed video slice data has attached thereto a slice start code, a register reset flag indicating whether a register value, which designates a status of a codeword occurring in an arithmetic coding process, should be reset in the next transmission unit, an initial register value which indicates a register value to be used to start arithmetic coding/decoding to build/decompose the next transmission unit, only when the register reset flag indicates that the register should not be reset. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095923 | IMAGE SENSING SYSTEM - In general, a method includes comparing a first input signal with a second input signal to produce an output signal. The first input signal corresponds to an amount of light detected by a sensor, and the second input signal corresponds to an aggregated value of the output signal. The method may also include aggregating the output signal in a digital accumulator and converting a digital signal from an output of the digital accumulator to an analog signal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095924 | FEEDBACK CIRCUITS WITH DC OFFSET CANCELLATION - Feedback circuits with DC offset cancellation are described. In an exemplary design, a feedback circuit includes a slow integrator and a summer. The slow integrator receives a first intermediate signal at a particular point in the feedback circuit and provides a second intermediate signal. The summer is located after the particular point and receives and sums the first and second intermediate signals to reduce DC offset in the first intermediate signal. In one design, the feedback circuit may be a delta-sigma (ΔΣ) modulator with at least one integrator coupled in cascade. The slow integrator is coupled to the output of the last integrator, receives the first intermediate signal from the last integrator, and provides the second intermediate signal. The summer is coupled to the last integrator and the slow integrator and sums the first and second intermediate signals to reduce DC offset in the first intermediate signal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095925 | DELTA-SIGMA A/D CONVERTER - In a delta-sigma A/D converter provided with plural channels for converting an analog input signal into a digital signal, an adverse influence of an idle tone is reduced in each channel. The delta-sigma A/D converter comprises: a first quantizer which quantizes and outputs a received signal; a first D/A converter which converts an output signal of the first quantizer into an analog signal, and outputs the converted analog signal; a first operation unit which outputs a signal indicative of a difference of the first analog input signal and an output signal of the first D/A converter; a first integrator which integrates an output signal of the first operation unit and outputs the integrated signal; a first dither circuit which generates a first dither signal; and a second operation unit which adds the first dither signal to the output signal of the first integrator and outputs the added signal to the first quantizer. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095926 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION IN PIXEL ARRAYS - An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) generates an output digital value equivalent to the difference between two analog signal values. The ADC | 2011-04-28 |
20110095927 | Sampling/Quantization Converters - Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for converting a continuous-time, continuously variable signal into a sampled and quantized signal. According to one representative embodiment, an apparatus includes multiple continuous-time quantization-noise-shaping circuits, each in a separate processing branch and having an adder that includes multiple inputs and an output; an input signal is coupled to one of the inputs of the adder; the output of the adder is coupled to one of the inputs of the adder through a first filter; and the output of a sampling/quantization circuit in the same processing branch is coupled to one of the inputs of the adder through a second filter, with the second filter having a different transfer function than the first filter. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095928 | A/D CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A clock generating circuit in which a plurality of stages of inverting circuits are connected, a start signal that causes start of clock generation and an output signal from the inverting circuit of a predetermined stage are input to one of the inverting circuits, an element having impedance that changes in accordance with a magnitude of an object analog signal that is an object of conversion to a digital signal is provided between the adjacent inverting circuits, generates a clock of a frequency in accordance with the magnitude of the object analog signal. A counter counts the number of clocks generated by the clock generating circuit and outputs a count value. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095929 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION IN PIXEL ARRAYS - An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) generates an output digital value equivalent to the difference between two analog signal values. The ADC | 2011-04-28 |
20110095930 | SWITCHED-CAPACITOR PIPELINE ADC STAGE - A switched capacitor pipeline ADC stage is disclosed, in which a reset switch is included to reset the sampling capacitor during a first part of the sampling period. The reset switch thereby removes history and makes the sampling essentially independent of previous samples taken, thus reducing inter symbol interference (ISI) and distortion resulting therefrom, without significantly affecting the sampling period or power usage of the device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095931 | Radar camouflage fabric - A radar camouflage fabric comprising a base fabric layer and a conductive garnish fabric layer attached to the base fabric layer. The conductive garnish fabric layer comprises a conductive polymer coating and a plurality of holes. The radar camouflage fabric has an average microwave transmission of less than 50% at 6-8 GHz and the conductive garnish fabric layer has an electrical surface resistance less than the electrical surface resistance of the base fabric layer. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095932 | Absorber Assembly for an Anechoic Chamber - An electromagnetic absorber assembly ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110095933 | Detection and Location of Radio Frequency Weapons From High Altitude Glider System - A method and system for detecting and locating RF weapons being used against aircraft. Large geographic regions may be defended by equipping a constellation of high-altitude airborne platforms with RF detectors, GPS receivers and a communications unit. The communications unit downlinks data indicating an RF weapon pulse and associated time and location data. From this data, a ground station performs a time difference of arrival (TDOA) location fix of the RF weapon. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095934 | IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF SOURCE EMISSIONS THROUGH HARMONIC PHASE COMPARISON - The present invention is a signal processing method to significantly improve the detection and identification of source emissions. More particularly, the present invention offers a processing method to reduce the false alarm rate of systems which remotely detect and identify the presence of electronic devices through an analysis of a received spectrum the devices' unintended emissions. The invention identifies candidate emission elements and determines their validity based on a frequency and phase association with other emissions present in the received spectrum. The invention compares the measured phase and frequency data of the emissions with a software solution of the theoretically or empirically derived closed-form expression which governs the phase and frequency distribution of the emissions within the source. Verification of this relationship serves to dramatically increase the confidence of the detection. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095935 | ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-COUNTERED SYSTEMS AND METHODS BY MAXWELL EQUATIONS - Various electromagnetically-countered systems (EMC systems) are provided to form a target space where an intensity of harmful electromagnetic waves is reduced by a preset extent or below a preset limit. The EMC system includes at least one counter unit which emits counter electromagnetic waves capable of countering the harmful waves by canceling at least a portion of the harmful waves in the target space or by suppressing the harmful waves from propagating into the target space. As the countering is performed by the canceling, the counter waves tend to counter the harmful waves while impeding the purpose of the system in the target space. However, as the countering is done by the suppressing, the counter waves tend to oppose the harmful waves while facilitating the purpose of the system at least outside the target space. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095936 | WIRELESS SENSOR APPARATUS - A wireless sensor apparatus controls, in a case where wireless waves are radiated by feeding pulse signals generated by a signal generation circuit to antennas, an operation timing of the signal generation circuit and a path from the signal generation circuit to the antennas in such a manner that after a prior pulse signal is fed to the antenna and simultaneously supplied to a mixer circuit, at a proximate timing which does not overlap with a pulse width of the prior pulse signal supplied to the antenna and the mixer circuit, a next pulse signal is fed to the antenna and simultaneously supplied to a mixer circuit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095937 | MONOSTATIC MULTI-BEAM RADAR SENSOR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES - A radar sensor for motor vehicles includes a plurality of transmission and receiving antennas, which differ in their azimuthal directivity characteristic and to which a separate mixer is assigned, which mixes a transmitted signal with a received signal, at least one of the mixers being a transfer mixer, and at least one other of the mixers having a lower transfer output, wherein the assignment of the transmission and receiving antennas is asymmetrical with respect to the mixers differing in their transfer output. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095938 | Vehicular Traffic Surveillance Doppler Radar System - A vehicular traffic surveillance Doppler radar system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a modulation circuit portion for generating modulated FM signals. An antenna circuit portion transmits the modulated FM signals to a target and receives the reflected modulated FM signals therefrom. A ranging circuit portion performs a quadrature demodulation on the reflected modulated FM signals and determines a range measurement based upon phase angle measurements derived therefrom. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095939 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION AND VELOCITY OF AN OBJECT - A process for determining the position and velocity of an object is disclosed. The process comprises: -generating a first burst of pulses at a first pulse repetition frequency and subsequently receiving a first set of signals characteristic of the range and velocity of the object; -generating a second burst of pulses at a second pulse repetition frequency and subsequently receiving a second set of signals characteristic of range and velocity of the object; -generating a first data set representative of range and corresponding velocity values from the first set of signals; -generating a second data set representative of range and corresponding velocity values from the second set of signals; -summing a magnitude of a signal strength from each of the first and second data sets at corresponding range and velocity values; and, -comparing the magnitude of the summed signal strengths to a threshold value. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095940 | Asset Monitoring Using Micropower Impulse Radar - Arrangement and method for monitoring inanimate objects in an interior thereof includes a sensor system arranged to obtain data about the object by applying micropower impulse radar (MIR) transmissions into the interior of the asset, i.e., container volume monitoring using MIR, a location determining system arranged on the asset to monitor the location of the asset, and a communication system arranged on the asset and coupled to the sensor system and the location determining system. The communication system transmits the data about each object obtained by the sensor system and the location of the asset provided by the location determining system to one or more remote facilities, these remote facilities being those interested in the information about the objects in the asset being monitored. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095941 | CELL CLUSTERING AND OPTIMIZATION FOR SPACE PARTITIONING - A partitioning system includes a decomposer module, a supply and cell commonality computation module, a network structure setup module, a seed selection module, an optimization setup module, a solver module, and a boundary creation module. A network structure is created by connecting each cell to each of its neighboring cells using bi-directional arcs. Each bi-directional arc is assigned a flow value and a cell commonality metric. The optimization program is solved to determine the flow value for each bi-directional arc and to determine a plurality of open seeds. Each determined seed represents one partition. Partition boundaries are created by grouping cells when they are connected to each other via one of the updated set of bi-directional arcs into cell clusters. Cells within cell clusters are merged to create the predetermined number of contiguous partitions. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095942 | WIRELESS SENSOR APPARATUS - A wireless sensor apparatus includes first and second polarization antennas whose polarization surfaces of radiation waves are mutually orthogonal, a first mixer circuit connected to the first polarization antenna and configured to input a first reception signal received by the first polarization antenna, a second mixer circuit connected to the second polarization antenna and configured to input a second reception signal received by the second polarization antenna, a signal generation circuit configured to generate pulse signals fed to the first and second polarization antennas and also supplied to the first and second mixer circuits, and a differential amplification circuit configured to perform a differential amplification on a mixed output obtained by mixing the first reception signal and the pulse signal by the first mixer circuit and a mixed output obtained by mixing the second reception signal and the pulse signal by the second mixer circuit. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095943 | Multifrequency Receiver Intended for Satellite Location - A multifrequency receiver comprises a first receiving subsystem comprising: means for receiving at least a first and a second distinct frequency at least one of which comprises a signal containing information relating to the position of a satellite, the said receiving means comprising: a first amplification stage delivering a first filtered signal based on the signal received by the receiver; a second stage for processing each of the received frequencies; a third stage comprising a mixer and at least one local oscillator; and a fourth amplification and filtering stage making it possible to amplify the filtered signal at the output of the mixer. The second stage comprises: a first switch; means for amplifying the signals of the two channels; and a second switch making it possible to deliver the signal to the third stage. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095944 | ENHANCED CALIBRATION FOR MULTIPLE SIGNAL PROCESSING PATHS IN A FREQUENCY DIVISION DUPLEX SYSTEM - Calibrating signal processing paths for a plurality of transmission devices by obtaining calibration data for at least one of the signal processing paths for each of the transmission devices and determining a plurality of calibration weights from the calibration data for each of the transmission devices. A calibration variance is calculated between the plurality of calibration weights and it is determined if the calibration variance is below a calibration variance threshold. Additionally, a phase variation and a magnitude variation are calculated from the calibration data for each of the transmission devices and it is determined for each of the transmission devices if the phase variation is below a phase variation threshold and if the magnitude variation is below a magnitude variation threshold. Further, if the calibration variance is below the calibration variance threshold, and the phase variation is below the phase variation threshold and the magnitude variation is below the magnitude variation threshold for each of the transmission devices, then the plurality of calibration weights are applied to the at least one of the signal processing paths of each of the transmission devices. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095945 | SINGLE SHEET PHASED ARRAY - A single sheet phased array includes a flexible dielectric substrate having a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface, and a first conductive layer on the first surface and a second conductive layer on the second surface. The flexible dielectric substrate, the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are patterned to form at least one feed network and a plurality of radiators directly coupled to the at least one feed network. Further, the plurality of radiators are pivotable with respect to the flexible dielectric substrate to be positioned in a direction away from the first surface or the second surface of the flexible dielectric substrate when the single sheet phased array is deployed. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095946 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING A LOCATION SERVER REFERENCE DATABASE THROUGH ROUND-TRIP TIME (RTT) MEASUREMENTS - A mobile device in a cellular communication network collects three or more round-trip time (RTT) measurements for a single active cell. The collected RTT measurements are transmitted to a location server. The location server uses the transmitted RTT measurements to calculate a GNSS position of the single active cell. One or more of the transmitted RTT measurements are taken by the mobile device, and/or are collected from other mobile devices in the single active cell. The transmitted RTT measurements are collected at different GNSS fixes in the same single active cell. The mobile device location stamps the collected RTT measurements using corresponding GNSS fixes, and transmits to the location server using a NML. The location server calculates the GNSS position of the single active cell using location stamped RTT measurements in the received NMLR to refine an associated reference database periodically or aperiodically. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095947 | MINIATURE MULTI-FREQUENCY ANTENNA - A miniature multi-frequency antenna, comprising at least one dielectric substrate, at least one signal electrode and at least one ground electrode. The signal electrode and the ground electrode are disposed on a substrate. The signal electrode contains at least two branches and at least one branch is partially overlapped with the ground electrode. Each interlayer region between the partially overlapped electrodes forms a specific capacitance. By utilizing this interlayer capacitive effect, the resonant frequency of lower frequency band is achieved while the size of the antenna is effectively reduced. For obtaining the resonant frequency of the high frequency bands, the design concept of PIFA is applied on other branches of the signal electrode. A miniature antenna thus obtained is capable of transmitting/receiving multi-frequency signals having the benefits of easily adjusting impedance and resonant frequency. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095948 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANTENNA STRUCTURE - A three-dimensional antenna structure includes first and second antenna components and a via. The first antenna component is on a first layer of a substrate and the second antenna component is on a second layer of a substrate. The via couples the first antenna component to the second antenna component, wherein the first antenna overlaps, from a radial perspective, the second antenna component by an angle of overlap. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095949 | Multiband Mobile Communication Device and Antenna Thereof - The present invention is related to a multiband mobile communication device. The mobile communication device has a ground plane and an antenna. The antenna is disposed on a dielectric substrate. The antenna comprises a monopole, a shorted radiating portion, a first radiating branch, and a second radiating branch. The monopole comprises a feeding end, and the feeding end is the feeding point of the antenna. The shorted radiating portion has a shorting end electrically connected to the ground plane, and its other end is left open. The shorted radiating portion is extended along the monopole and has a coupling gap to the monopole. The first radiating branch has an end electrically connected to the shorted radiating portion, and its other end is left open. The first radiating branch is extended toward the shorting end of the shorted radiating portion and located on the opposite side of the monopole. The second radiating branch has an end electrically connected to the shorted radiating portion, and its other end is left open. The second radiating branch is extended along the first radiating branch, with the first radiating branch located between the second radiating branch and the shorted radiating portion. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095950 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING THE RADIATION PERFORMANCE OF WIRELESS TERMINAL BASED ON DATA MODE - A method and system for the wireless terminal receiving sensitivity performance test based on a data mode are provided. The method comprises: building a human body model, in which the upper limb of the model holds the device under test at a predefined distance in front of the head of the model; taking the antenna of the device under test as the origin to build a spherical coordinate and selecting a testing point in the spherical coordinate; placing the model under the circumstance of a full-anechoic chamber; enabling the device under test to work in a data mode, and collecting the receiving power at the testing point in the spherical placement system using the testing antenna, so as to obtain the total power receiving sensitivity of the device under test. In this way, the performance influence on the mobile terminal from the human body coupling of the human being in a data mode can be actually reflected, the reality is high and the usage is easy. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095951 | Conformal High Frequency Antenna - Antennas, integrated driveshaft covers, and methods are disclosed. A particular antenna includes a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer has a first curved surface and a second curved surface opposite the first curved surface. A conductive body has a curved outer surface, where the first curved surface of the dielectric layer is positioned against the curved outer surface. A high frequency (HF) antenna layer is positioned over positioned over the second curved surface of the dielectric layer, where the HF antenna layer is curved to conform to the second curved surface of the dielectric layer. A pair of contacts may be configured to receive an electrical connection for the HF antenna layer. When an HF signal is applied to the pair of contacts, the conductive body interacts with the HF antenna layer to radiate energy. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095952 | PLANAR MULTI-BAND ANTENNA - A planar multi-band antenna includes a substrate and a metal pattern. The metal pattern includes a first metal wire, a second metal wire, a third metal wire and a fourth metal wire. The second metal wire is disposed opposite to the first metal wire and has a grounding point. Two ends of the third metal wire are connected to the first metal wire and second metal wire, respectively, and the first metal wire is divided into a first radiation portion and a second radiation portion. The fourth metal wire is partially located between the second radiation portion and the second metal wire and forms multiple bends, and has a first impedance matching portion and a feed point, and part of the fourth metal wire coincides with the second radiation portion in a projection direction. By the activation of the feeding point and the grounding point associates with the impedance matching portion, the antenna has plural bands. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095953 | METAMATERIAL LENS FEED FOR MULTIPLE BEAM ANTENNAS - A multiple beam reflector antenna includes at least one reflector, a plurality of feed horns for feeding the at least one reflector, and a metamaterial lens interposed between the plurality of feed horns and the at least one reflector. The metamaterial lens may provide an overlapping element distribution from at least two feed horns of the plurality of feed horns. In one embodiment, the metamaterial lens has an index of refraction between about zero and about one. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095954 | MULTI-BAND DIPOLE ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES FOR USE WITH WIRELESS APPLICATION DEVICES - According to various aspects, antenna elements are provided for multi-band sleeve dipole antenna assemblies for use with wireless application devices. The antenna elements generally include first and second radiating elements. The first radiating elements may be tuned for receiving electrical resonant frequencies within a first frequency bandwidth. The second radiating elements may be tuned for receiving electrical resonant frequencies within a second frequency bandwidth different from the first frequency bandwidth. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095955 | FRACTAL ANTENNAS AND FRACTAL RESONATORS - An antenna includes at least one element whose physical shape is at least partially defined as a second or higher iteration deterministic fractal. The resultant fractal antenna does not rely upon an opening angle for performance, and may be fabricated as a dipole, a vertical, or a quad, among other configurations. The number of resonant frequencies for the fractal antenna increases with iteration number N and more such frequencies are present than in a prior art Euclidean antenna. Further, the resonant frequencies can include non-harmonically related frequencies. At the high frequencies associated with wireless and cellular telephone communications, a second or third iteration, preferably Minkowski fractal antenna is implemented on a printed circuit board that is small enough to fit within the telephone housing. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095956 | SEMI-PERMANENT PORTABLE SATELLITE ANTENNA SYSTEM - A semi-permanent portable satellite antenna system having a portable mount for deploying a portable satellite antenna. The portable satellite antenna assembles for deployment using releasable connectors. The portable mount can be mounted to a post, a tripod, or a non-penetrating mount. The non-penetrating mount uses a pivoting pair of support wings that pivots upwardly for transportation and downwardly when deployed on a surface. When deployed, ballast is placed on the support wings to stabilize the semi-permanent portable satellite antenna system. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095957 | ANTENNA AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS - An antenna includes an antenna element in which predetermined electrodes are formed on a dielectric base; and a substrate in which predetermined electrodes are formed on a base. On a top surface of a non-ground area of the substrate, a power supply terminal connection electrode is formed so as to be connected to a power supply terminal formed on a bottom surface of the antenna element, and a ground terminal connection electrode is formed so as to be connected to a ground terminal formed on the bottom surface of the antenna element. On a bottom surface of the non-ground area of the substrate, capacitance-forming electrodes are formed at positions opposed to the power supply terminal connection electrode and the ground terminal connection electrode, respectively. By capacitances caused by the capacitance-forming electrodes, being loaded to radiation electrodes, respectively, a resonant frequency in a fundamental mode can be set independently of a resonant frequency in a harmonic mode. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095958 | Antenna Array Method for Enhancing Signal Transmission - In an antenna array, a metal layer is used for covering a block mapped by micro-strips, which are disposed on an obverse side of a base plate, on a reverse side of the base plate, so as to concentrating energy of radio signals emitted from radiator sets on a predetermined direction. The base plate and elements loaded by the base plate are fabricated according to designed specifications, so as to enhance the concentration of energy of the radio signals on the predetermined direction. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095959 | Device for Conveying Signals for Mobile Antenna Positioner - A device for conveying signals for a mobile antenna positioner includes a waveguide with a conductive structure, a first end of which is connected to the antenna, a second end being connected to the mount of the positioner. The waveguide has a continuous structure, each of its ends being attached by means allowing a range of movement of the waveguide in order to limit the bending forces of the guide and to reduce the force applied to the attachment means during the movements of the positioner. The invention applies notably to communication systems with mobile antennas, and more particularly to the production of antenna stations including antenna positioners with a wide range of movement in relative bearing. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095960 | ANTENNA WITH SELECTABLE ELEMENTS FOR USE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A system and method for a wireless link to a remote receiver includes a communication device for generating RF and a planar antenna apparatus for transmitting the RF. The planar antenna apparatus includes selectable antenna elements, each of which has gain and a directional radiation pattern. The directional radiation pattern is substantially in the plane of the antenna apparatus. Switching different antenna elements results in a configurable radiation pattern. Alternatively, selecting all or substantially all elements results in an omnidirectional radiation pattern. One or more directors and/or one or more reflectors may be included to constrict the directional radiation pattern. The antenna apparatus may be conformally mounted to a housing containing the communication device and the antenna apparatus. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095961 | ANTENNA CONFIGURATION PROVIDES COVERAGE - The invention provides an antenna arrangement for a wireless communication system arranged to have at least one transmit mode and at least one receive mode, the arrangement comprising at least three directional antennas ( | 2011-04-28 |
20110095962 | PORTABLE COMMUNICATION DEVICE - A portable communication device includes a first housing and a second housing that are slidably placed one on another and can shift between an open state and a closed state, a wireless circuit installed in the first housing, a first antenna installed in the second housing, and a noncontact switching member that connects together the first antenna and the wireless circuit in a noncontact manner in the open state and disconnects the noncontact between the first antenna and the wireless circuit in the closed state. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095963 | Communication Device with Embedded Antenna - A communication device with an embedded antenna includes a printed circuit board and an embedded antenna including at least one radiating unit, at least one feeding unit, where each feeding unit is coupled to a corresponding one of the at least one radiating unit and the printed circuit board, and a connecting unit coupled to the at least one radiating unit including a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The connecting unit and the at least one radiating unit form a loop structure such that the embedded antenna is capable of covering one side of the printed circuit board. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095964 | Metamaterial Antenna with Mechanical Connection - Metamaterial antenna devices having one or more mechanical connection units made of electrically conductive materials to provide both mechanical engagement and electrical conduction for the antenna devices. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095965 | MULIT-SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE - A multi-screen display device of the present invention includes a master liquid crystal display device and one or more slave liquid crystal display devices which are mutually communicable with each other. Each of the liquid crystal display devices includes an LCD panel, a brightness sensor, brightness adjustment value adjustment means, and backlight control means. The brightness sensor is provided on a rear face side of the LCD panel, and detects the brightness of a backlight. The brightness adjustment value adjustment means adjusts a brightness adjustment value based on a result of comparison between a brightness measured by the brightness sensor and target brightness. The backlight control means adjusts the brightness of the LCD panel by controlling a time period for lighting the backlight based on the brightness adjustment value. The master liquid crystal display device further has target brightness adjustment means for receiving the brightness adjustment values from the slave liquid crystal display devices and adjusting the target brightness based on the brightness adjustment values of all of said liquid crystal display devices including the master liquid crystal display device itself. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095966 | Image Display and Image Display System - This image display includes a communication portion for transmitting/receiving image data to/from a remote image display including a first display portion for displaying image data as a first display image. The image display further includes a second display portion for displaying image data as a second display image and a control portion so formed as to be capable of synchronizing the first display image and the second display image with each other. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095967 | PIXEL AND ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAME - A pixel and an organic light emitting device that can display an image having a desired luminance. The pixel includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED), first through third transistors, and a first capacitor. The OLED has a cathode electrode coupled to a second power source. The second transistor controls the current from a first power source to the OLED. The first capacitor has a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor. The first transistor is coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and turns on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line. The third transistor is coupled between the gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor, and turns on when a control signal is supplied to a control line. The third transistor remains turned on for a longer time than the first transistor. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095968 | ACTIVE MATRIX ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - An organic electroluminescent display device includes a substrate, a gate line on the substrate, a data line crossing the gate line over the substrate, a switching thin film transistor near the crossing of the gate line and data line, a driving thin film transistor system including a plurality of sub-TFTs connected in parallel to the switching thin film transistor via a gate base, a power line crossing the gate line over the substrate and electrically connected with the plurality of sub-TFTs, a first electrode over the driving thin film transistor system in contact with the plurality of sub-TFTs, an organic electroluminescent layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode of transparent material on the organic electroluminescent layer. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095969 | LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND PRODUCTION THEREOF - The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device including projections for liquid crystal alignment control, wherein charges remaining in a substrate or substrates are discharged, thereby suppressing uneven display, and a production method thereof. The present invention is a liquid crystal display device including:
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20110095970 | BACKLIGHT UNIT AND DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A display apparatus and a backlight unit are provided. The display apparatus includes: an image receiving unit which receives an image signal; an image processing unit which processes the received image signal; a display panel which displays the processed image signal; a cover unit which accommodates the display panel; a light source unit which is accommodated in an edge region of the cover unit; a reflective member which is accommodated in the cover unit in such a manner that the reflective member is disposed in the rear side of the display panel and which reflects the light emitted from the light source unit toward the display panel; and an integrally formed support member including a support member body which is disposed in the edge region, a light source unit support unit which is formed in the support member body and supports the light source unit, and a panel support unit which is formed in the support member body and supports the display panel. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095971 | ELECTROPHORESIS DISPLAY PIXEL AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - An electrophoresis display pixel including an electrophoresis display film, a substrate, a first active device, a second active device, a first electrode, and a second electrode is provided. The substrate is disposed on the electrophoresis display film, and the substrate has a transparent region and a non-transparent region. The first active device and the second active device are disposed on the substrate and located in the non-transparent region. The first electrode is disposed on the substrate, located in the transparent region, and electrically connected to the first active device. The second electrode is disposed on the substrate, located in the non-transparent region, and electrically connected to the second active device. A light passes through the transparent region and enters the electrophoresis display film to be displayed. A display apparatus including the abovementioned electrophoresis display pixel is also provided. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095972 | ELECTROPHORETIC DISPLAY DEVICE - An electrophoretic display device includes pixel electrodes, a transparent electrode, and an electrophoretic ink layer. The electrophoretic ink layer includes a transparent film. Grooves are defined on the transparent film. Each groove is arranged between one of the pixel electrodes and the transparent electrode, and includes suspension fluid, and charged pigment particles dispersed in the suspension fluid. When application of an electric field between one of the pixel electrodes and the transparent electrode causes movement of the charged pigment particles of one of the grooves corresponding to the pixel electrode, and the groove displays a corresponding color. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095973 | INTERFEROMETRIC MODULATOR ARRAY WITH INTEGRATED MEMS ELECTRICAL SWITCHES - An iterferometric modulator array is integrated with collapsible cavity MEMS electrical switches. The electrical switches may have similar physical geometry as the display elements. The switches may form row or column select functions for the display. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095974 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device includes a flexible substrate, a display unit including a plurality of light-emitting elements arranged at the substrate and configured to display an image according to an image signal, a displacement sensor provided to a front surface or a back surface of the substrate and configured to detect a curved state of the substrate, and a pixel shift control unit configured to control pixel shifting of the image displayed in the display unit when a curve of the substrate is detected by the displacement sensor. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095975 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a body including a flexible portion, a display unit provided to the body, a sensing unit provided to the body and generating an electric signal in response to bending of the body, and a controller recognizing the electric signal and controlling the display unit according to the electric signal generated by the bending of the body. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095976 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A mobile terminal includes a connector to moveably connect a first body to a second body and a controller to change information displayed on a screen based on movement of the second body relative to the first body. The connector allows the second body to move along a first axis relative to the first body and along a second axis that crosses the first axis relative to the first body. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095977 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM INCORPORATING MULTI-ANGLE REFLECTING STRUCTURE - An interactive input system comprises at least one imaging device having a field of view looking into a region of interest. At least one radiation source emits radiation into the region of interest. A bezel at least partially surrounds the region of interest. The bezel comprises a multi-angle reflecting structure to reflect emitted radiation from the at least one radiation source towards the at least one imaging device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095978 | REMOTE CONTROL - In a method for controlling objects, objects to be controlled are arranged in a real space. Said real space is linked to a multi-dimensional representational space by a transformation rule. Representations in the representational space are associated with the controllable objects of the real space by a mapping. Said method comprises steps of determining the position and orientation of a pointer in the real space, determining the position and orientation of a pointer representation associated with the pointer in the representational space using the position and orientation of the pointer in the real space and the transformation rule between the real space and the representational space, determining the representations in the representational space that are intersected by the pointer representation, selecting a representation that is intersected by the pointer representation, and controlling the object in the real space that is associated with the pointer representation in the representational space. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095979 | Real-Time Dynamic Tracking of Bias - A bias value associated with a sensor, e.g., a time-varying, non-zero value which is output from a sensor when it is motionless, is estimated using at least two, different bias estimating techniques. A resultant combined or selected bias estimate may then be used to compensate the biased output of the sensor in, e.g., a 3D pointing device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095980 | HANDHELD VISION BASED ABSOLUTE POINTING SYSTEM - A method is described that involves identifying one or more images of respective one or more fixed markers. Each marker is positioned on or proximate to a display. The images appear on a pixilated sensor within a handheld device. The method also involves determining a location on, or proximate to, the display where the handheld device was pointed during the identifying. The method also involves sending from the handheld device information derived from the identifying of the one or more images of respective one or more fixed markers. The method also involves triggering action taken by electronic equipment circuitry in response to the handheld device's sending of a signal to indicate the action is desired. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095981 | MINIATURE INPUT APPARATUS - A miniature input apparatus communicates with an electronic system having a display screen. The miniature input apparatus includes a body, a first input unit, a second input unit and a motion sensor. The body includes a top surface having a long edge and a short edge adjacent to the long edge. The first input unit and the second input unit are disposed on the top surface and arranged along the long edge. An activation of the first input unit or an activation of the second input unit corresponds to a display image of the display screen. The motion sensor is disposed inside the body for translating movement of the body into a corresponding movement of an object display on the display screen. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095982 | COMPUTER MOUSE - A computer mouse includes a housing and two wheels that are capable of rolling on a supporting surface. A first pair of light sources and a second pair of light sources are arranged at one side of the two wheels, respectively. A light sensor changes from a first state to a second state after receiving light, and changes from the second state to the first state after the light is blocked. A driving module is used for successively turning on the first pair of light sources and the second pair of light sources in a first frequency. A scanning module is used for scanning the light sensor in a second frequency, to obtain states of the light sensor. A controlling module is used for generating data representative of movement of the housing according to the states of the light sensor. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095983 | OPTICAL INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE SYSTEM - An optical input device includes at least two bodies for being moved on a surface, and a processing unit for obtaining a relative motion between the bodies and for updating the picture shown by the image display according to the relative motion. The present invention further provides an image system. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095984 | OPTICAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ESTIMATING MOTION WITH OPTICAL LIFT DETECTION - An optical navigation system and method of estimating motion uses a plate with an aperture, a photodetector and an optical system for optical lift detection. The optical system is configured to direct an input light to a target surface through the aperture of the plate and to direct the input light reflected from the target surface and transmitted back through the aperture of the plate toward the photodetector to be detected by the photodetector for lift detection. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095985 | Computer keyboard emergency function key - A computer keyboard function key conversion kit provides the necessary software connections to allow ease of calling an emergency responder through a keyboard, and a modified function key that both highlights the function key operation and makes the function key resistant to accidental depression. In one embodiment, a conventional computer that is connected to the internet is programmed with an emergency contact number that can be dialed upon the press of a function key. The function key is capped with a device that inhibits accidental operation of the function key. The function key may have a rigid body that requires a force to depressing, the force can be sufficient to cause destruction of the protector in a similar way the operation of a fire alarm causing destruction of the fire alarm. The device can be installed on a new computer or a currently installed computer. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095986 | MOBILE TERMINAL - A touch panel | 2011-04-28 |
20110095987 | 12-KEY QWERTY TEXT ENTRY METHOD - New QWERTY key layout text entry method, which is designed to allow users to achieve high-speed text entry such as alphabet, numbers and symbols, on relatively small-sized devices such as cellular phones, smart phones, IP phones, landline phones, PDAs, watches, remote controllers, game controllers, Karaoke controllers, car navigation controllers, single-hand use assistive PC keyboard and other devices. Three different characters are assigned for each single keypad, and one extra character is assigned to the gap space in between two keypads, comprising manually operated two actuator elements beneath each keypad. Single key press operation at the position of left, right, or middle part of the key-top convert three different states including simultaneous activation of the two actuator elements. Single key press operation at the middle gap space area between two neighboring keypads generate additional unique state, by right side of actuator element of left side keypad and left side of actuator element of right side keypad are simultaneously activated. Three keypads in a same row can generate total 11 unique states by single key press operation. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095988 | Integrated control mechanism for handheld electronic devices - An integrated control mechanism integrates a touch sense control mechanism on the top and an electrical switch control mechanism underneath the touch sense control mechanism. The integrated control mechanism is operated by a thumb-tip touch action on surface of the touch sense control mechanism to operate the touch sense control mechanism and by thumb-tip pressure on the same touch sense control mechanism to operate the electrical switch control mechanism underneath. Using an integrated control mechanism operated by a human thumb-tip enables the human hand to hold handheld devices in the palm and fingers and the human thumb-tip via the integrated control mechanism to be able to operate various functions and operational modes of the handheld device. The integrated control mechanism may be used in many types of handheld electronic devices. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095989 | INTERACTIVE INPUT SYSTEM AND BEZEL THEREFOR - An interactive input system comprises at least one imaging device having a field of view looking into a region of interest, a bezel at least partially surrounding the region of interest and having a surface in the field of view of the at least one imaging device, a first radiation source emitting radiation into the region of interact that is generally matched to the characteristics of the bezel so that the radiation emitted by the first radiation source is reflected by the bezel surface generally towards the at least one imaging device and a second radiation source emitting radiation into the region of interest that is generally unmatched to the characteristics of the bezel so that the radiation emitted by the second radiation source is not reflected by the bezel surface. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095990 | INTERDIGITATED TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRODES - A device includes a plurality of adjacent electrodes for a touch sensitive device. The electrodes run generally in a first direction. Adjacent electrodes are interdigitated to provide one or more interpolation sections of the electrodes. Touch sensitive devices may utilize such interdigitated electrodes as drive electrodes, along with transverse sense electrodes formed over a display. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095991 | DRIVING ELECTRODES WITH DIFFERENT PHASE SIGNALS - A controller includes drive circuitry to drive one target drive electrode of a touch sensitive device with a series of predetermined phase pulses and to drive at least one other drive electrode of the touch sensitive device with a corresponding series of out-of-phase pulses. Sense circuitry receives signal transferred to sense electrodes from the drive electrodes of the touch sensitive device. The received signal is responsive to one or more touches on the touch sensitive device. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095992 | TOOLS WITH MULTIPLE CONTACT POINTS FOR USE ON TOUCH PANEL - A tool used for interacting with a touch screen system is described. The tool is an object having multiple contact points that can contact the touch screen at multiple contact points simultaneously. The touch screen system detects the positions of the multiple contact points and matches a geometric pattern formed by the multiple contact points with pre-stored geometric patterns to recognize a virtual device. The touch screen system then performs appropriate functions defined for the recognized virtual device. An MCP (multiple contact point) mouse, an MCP fingertip, and an MCP key tool are described along with their use. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095993 | ZOOM ADJUSTMENT PROCESS - Subject matter, for example, disclosed herein relates to an embodiment of a process, system, device, or article for adjusting zoom level of displayed electronic content. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095994 | Systems And Methods For Using Static Surface Features On A Touch-Screen For Tactile Feedback - Systems and methods for using static surface features on a touch-screen for tactile feedback are disclosed. For example, one disclosed system includes a processor configured to transmit a display signal, the display signal comprising a plurality of display elements; and a display configured to output a visual representation of the display signal, the display including: touch-sensitive input device; and one or more static surface features covering at least a portion of the display. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095995 | Infrared Touchscreen for Rear Projection Video Control Panels - A control panel system has a projection screen with an inside surface for being illuminated to produce a graphical display and with an outside surface accessible to a user. An illumination source projects radiation to illuminate the projection screen, wherein the radiation includes visible radiation and infrared radiation. An optical distribution system distributes the visible radiation according to an image for the graphical display and distributes the infrared radiation according to a predetermined pattern, wherein the projection screen transmits the infrared radiation out from the outside surface where it can be reflected back toward the optical distribution system by a manually-controlled object that is placed by the user in relation to the image. An infrared sensor receives the reflected infrared radiation from the optical distribution system and generates a detection signal identifying the location of the manually-controlled object in response to the predetermined pattern. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095996 | TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT - A touchscreen includes an array of first electrode pairs and an array of second electrode pairs distributed across an active area of the touchscreen. The first and second electrode pairs may be configured in various snaking patterns to vary the proportion of first and second electrode pair density in a first direction across the touchscreen. The position of a touch can be determined by the proportion of densities of elements in the area of the touch, such as by measuring capacitive coupling of the drive elements. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095997 | TOUCHSCREEN ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT - A touchscreen display assembly has an array of first electrodes distributed across an active area of the touchscreen display assembly such that the density of first electrodes increases in a first direction across the touchscreen. An array of second electrodes is distributed across an active area of the touchscreen display assembly such that the density of second electrodes decreases in the first direction across the touchscreen. The position in the first direction of an input on the touchscreen can be determined by the proportion of first and second electrodes density in the area of the input. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095998 | EXTERNAL INPUT DEVICE - An external input device is disclosed. The external input device comprises an upper case, a touch sensor module, a control module, a lighting module, a transfer module, a transparent substrate, and a lower case. The upper case comprises a visible region and a shielding region; the touch sensor module is provided under the upper case; control module is provided under the shielding region; the lighting module is provided on the control module; the transparent substrate is provided under the touch sensor; and the lower case is used for sitting the touch sensor module, the control module, the lighting module, the transfer module, and transparent substrate, and integrates with the upper case. The external input device can be used for performing pointing mode and key-in mode to replace the functions of mice, touch panel, and partial functions of keyboards, and the external input device is easy to switch between the modes for users. | 2011-04-28 |
20110095999 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT READING DEVICES - We describe an architecture for a large-area, touch-sensitive electronic document reading device which is able to tolerate bending. In broad terms, a control circuit board is mounted behind a flexible display structure in the housing and at respective points of attachment of first and second laminar connectors to the control circuit board each laminar connector has a plurality of electrical connections running along a longitudinal direction of the laminar connector and disposed alongside one another in a transverse direction across the laminar connector. At the respective points of attachment of the first and second laminar connectors to the control circuit board the longitudinal directions of the laminar connectors are aligned such that, when said device is flexed, a relative displacement in said longitudinal direction between said control circuit board and of said display structure can be tolerated without damage to the control electronics, touch sensitive display screen or connections therebetween. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096000 | TOUCH STRUCTURE AND TOUCH DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING THE SAME - A touch structure and a touch display apparatus comprising the same are provided. The touch display apparatus has a touch controller electrically connected to the touch structure. The touch structure comprises a display panel with a display surface and a sense assembly. The sense assembly is disposed on a surface opposite to the display surface and electrically connected to the touch controller to generate a touch signal while the display surface of the display panel is touched so that the touch controller may act according to the touch signal. | 2011-04-28 |
20110096001 | OPTICAL TOUCH CONTROL SYSTEMS - An optical touch control system. A monitor includes a first side, a second side, a third side, and a fourth side sequentially connected to each other. A first light guide, a second light guide, and a third light guide are respectively disposed on the first, second, and third sides of the monitor. A first beam splitter is adjacent to the first and second light guides. A second beam splitter is adjacent to the second and third light guides. A first light source and a second light source are respectively adjacent to the first and second beam splitters. A first image sensor is disposed between the first and fourth sides of the monitor. A second image sensor is disposed between the third and fourth sides. The first and second image sensors receive light transmitted onto the monitor via the first, second, and third light guides, identifying touch control operations. | 2011-04-28 |