Abstract: A force-based haptic switch panel, comprising a touch plate having first and second surfaces, the first surface comprising a touch surface and the second surface opposing the first surface. The haptic switch panel may also comprise a circuit board having a plurality of force sensors electrically coupled thereto. The force sensors are disposed between the circuit board and the second surface of the touch plate, wherein each force sensor is configured to measure a respective portion of a force applied to the touch surface of the touch plate. The haptic switch panel may also comprise an acoustic actuator disposed proximate a second surface of the touch plate and configured to generate a haptic output and an audible output responsive to the force applied to the touch surface.

Abstract: A projector acquires the distance from the projector to a screen. When the acquired distance is short, the projector increases the shutter speed of an electronic shutter of an imaging section, whereas when the acquired distance is long, the projector decreases the shutter speed of the electronic shutter of the imaging section. A pointer outputs infrared light for a predetermined period, and the imaging section of the projector captures the infrared light outputted by the pointer at the set shutter speed and identifies the position of the pointer.

Abstract: A method of driving a display panel and display device including the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method comprises providing input image data, generating a gamma reference voltage, generating a data voltage based on the gamma reference voltage and input image data, providing the data voltage to the display panel, and determining whether the input image data represents a still image or a video image. The method further comprises substantially periodically and alternately generating first and second common voltages when the input image data represents the still image, and providing the first and second common voltages to the display panel.

Abstract: Methods and systems for attention-based rendering on an entertainment system are provided. A tracking device captures data associated with a user, which is used to determine that a user has reacted (e.g., visually or emotionally) to a particular part of the screen. The processing power is increased in this part of the screen, which increases detail and fidelity of the graphics and/or updating speed. The processing power in the areas of the screen that the user is not paying attention to is decreased and diverted from those areas, resulting in decreased detail and fidelity of the graphics and/or decreased updating speed.

Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides transparent display system and vehicle equipment provided with the same.

Abstract: An optical device (100) includes a first substrate (10) and a second substrate (20), and an optical layer (30) interposed therebetween. The first substrate includes a first electrode (11) and a second electrode (12), and the second substrate includes a third electrode (21). The optical layer contains a medium (31) and anisotropically-shaped particles (32) whose alignment direction changes in accordance with the direction of an electric field applied to the optical layer. The first electrode and the second electrode, which are interdigitated electrodes, are disposed so that their respective branches (11a, 12a) mesh with one another via a predetermined interspace. The relationships w1<l, w2<l and g?l?w1+w2+g are satisfied, where w1 is the width of each branch of the first electrode, w2 is the width of each branch of the second electrode, g is the predetermined interspace, and l is the length of the anisotropically-shaped particles.

Abstract: The semiconductor device includes: a select circuit which selects, from output signals of tiding generators, timing signals formed by one timing generator; another select circuit which is disposed in a stage after the select circuit, and selects the tiding signals selected by the first select circuit or signals regulated in polarity, and outputs the selected signals outward; and a control register provided for variably setting the polarities of the signals regulated in polarity in units of the signals. If abnormal power supply cutoff of the semiconductor device is detected, the second select circuit is switched from the state of selecting the timing signals to the state of selecting the signals regulated in polarity in response to the detection.

Abstract: A view may be displayed on a multi-touch display based on force or pressure from a detected touch and a detected indentation of a clear layer. A detailed view related to the view may also be provided on the multi-touch display based on a detected further indentation.

Abstract: A DC-DC converter includes: a converter including a first transistor, a second transistor and an inductor; a first gate driver and a second gate driver configured to respectively control the first and second transistors; a pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuit configured to output a PWM signal to the first gate driver and a first logic circuit, the first logic circuit configured to receive the PWM signal and a second logic signal, and to output a first logic signal to the second gate driver; and a second logic circuit configured to receive a first control signal and a second control signal, and to output the second logic signal to the first logic circuit.

Abstract: A control method of a display apparatus including a panel configured to include red (R), green (G), and white (W) subpixels, and a backlight configured to provide the panel with backlight using at least one of a white light source and a blue light source, including: converting image data into R, G, and blue (B) subframe data; turning on the R, G, and W subpixels according to the R, G, and B subframe data; and turning on the W subpixel, setting a brightness of the white light source to a brightness value of the R, G, and B subframe data, providing the panel with white light at the set brightness, turning on subpixels corresponding to remaining subframe data, setting at least one of the brightness of the white light source and a brightness of the blue light source, and providing the panel with light at the set brightnesses, is provided.

Abstract: A stroke refinement technique can be used refine the location, orientation, and shape of input strokes by exploiting gradient features from an underlying image being traced. The technique can also be used to adjust user strokes with respect to image gradients. The stroke refinement technique can comprise a local optimization, a semi-global optimization, and a global optimization to facilitate error tolerant image optimization.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a speaker configured to output sound, a communication interface configured to receive sound data from an external device, a sound processor configured to process the received sound data and to output the processed sound data to the speaker, a display configured to display a state of a connection with the external device, and a microcomputer controller configured to control the display to display the state of the connection with the external device when the electronic apparatus is in a non-booted state.

Abstract: Power management for a touch controller is disclosed. The touch controller can include a transmit section for transmitting stimulation signals to an associated touch sensor panel to drive the panel, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the transmit section to reduce power during the transmission. The touch controller can also include a receive section for receiving touch signals resulting from the driving of the panel, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the receive section to reduce power during the receipt of the touch signals. The touch controller can also include a demodulation section for demodulating the received touch signals to obtain touch event results, where the touch controller can selectively adjust the demodulation section to reduce power during the demodulation of the touch signals. The touch controller can also selectively reduce power below present low levels during idle periods. The touch controller can be incorporated into a touch sensitive device.

Abstract: A method of detecting a point of contact between a tip of an instrument and a writing support, the instrument being one of a pen and an eraser, and the method comprising determining, with the aid of a magnetic object fixed without any degree of freedom on the instrument, the height of a point of the instrument with respect to a bearing face of a tablet. The bearing face constituting the writing support or supporting the writing support. The method further includes: comparing the height determined with a preconfigured contact threshold, and detecting a point of contact between the tip of the instrument and the writing support if the height determined is less than the contact threshold and, in the converse case, detecting no point of contact between the tip of the instrument and the writing support.

Abstract: In one example, a method includes receiving, by a computing device, an indication of a detected force applied to the computing device. The method further comprises determining, by the computing device, that the detected force matches a corresponding input that the computing device associates with a corresponding function that is executable by the computing device. The method further comprises generating, by the computing device and in response to determining that the detected force matches the corresponding input and, a non-visual output based on the corresponding function.

Abstract: A method for locking an input area associated with a force-based touch interface comprises detecting a first touch value associated with a first user interaction with a first area of a touch interface. The first touch value includes information indicative of a location of the first area of the touch interface. The method also comprises establishing a first virtual input area based on the location, wherein a boundary associated with first virtual input area is contained within a boundary defined by the touch interface. The method also comprises detecting a second touch value associated with a second user interaction with the touch interface, and determining that a location associated with the second touch value is within the first virtual input area. The method also involves generating a control signal for causing execution of a first function, based on the determination that the second touch value is within the first virtual input area.

Abstract: An electronic device and a display method includes a main body apparatus with a processing unit which generates a first image and performs display control; a first fixing apparatus connected with the main body apparatus, which maintains a relative location relationship between the electronic device and at least a part of body of a user when the user wears the electronic device; and a first display unit arranged on the main body apparatus and/or the first fixing apparatus, which outputs the first image; wherein the first display unit comprises a first display component which displays the first image, and a first optical component which receives light corresponding to the first image emitted from the first display component, and changes the light path of the light corresponding to the first image to form a magnified virtual image corresponding to the first image.

Abstract: A display device in which pixels having a memory function are arranged includes a driving unit that performs display driving in a driving method that obtains a middle gradation by temporally changing gradation of each of the pixels in one period in which a plurality of frames are assumed, wherein the driving unit is configured to discontinuously write lower bits and higher bits of gradation data with respect to the pixels in a scanning direction in a unit of one line or a plurality of lines.

Abstract: There is provided a pixel circuit comprising a driving transistor (DTFT), a signal loading module, a light emitting control module and a storage capacitor (Cs). The pixel circuit can effectively eliminate the non-uniformity due to the threshold voltage of the driving transistor (DTFT) itself and the afterimage phenomenon due to the threshold voltage drift when driving the OLED, avoid the display brightness non-uniformity due to different threshold voltages of the driving transistors (DTFT) between the OLEDs of different pixel units. There is further provided a driving method for the above pixel circuit and a TFT backboard comprising the above pixel circuit.

Abstract: A display apparatus and method are provided. The display apparatus includes a display including a plurality of independent display elements (IDEs) configured for shape deformation, and a controller configured to determine whether the display is deformed by transmitting a plurality of signals to the plurality of IDEs and receiving signals output from the plurality of IDEs in response to the transmitted signals.