Abstract: A smart device is stored in a storage unit of a haptic pattern providing apparatus, and the haptic pattern providing apparatus provides a user with an electrical stimulus pattern matched with visual information displayed on the stored smart device through an electro-sensitive panel which is installed over the storage unit and closely attached to a touch screen of the smart device. The haptic pattern providing apparatus senses a touch position of the user on the touch screen, and provides the user with a haptic pattern matched with the visual information displayed on the corresponding touch position through the electro-sensitive panel, such that the user can receive various pieces of visual information displayed on the smart device as haptic information implemented as haptic patterns through a process in which the user scans the electro-sensitive panel closely attached to the touch screen of the smart device with his or her finger.

Abstract: A pixel circuit for an electronic display may include a memory to store a digital data signal indicative of a value within a data range. The pixel circuit may also include a light-emitting diode to emit light based at least in part on the digital data signal. The pixel circuit may also include an initialization transistor to initialize the pixel circuit before the light-emitting diode emits light and a driving transistor to activate based at least in part on the digital data signal.

Abstract: A system for vision in virtual reality or augmented reality is provided, in a support to be mounted on a head of a user, the system including a matrix of light-emission elements extending according to a display surface for display of images configured to be seen by the user; an optical projection system to form an image of the elements on a focusing surface at a distance from an eye of the user; a matrix of photo-detectors to acquire an image of a region of the eye extending according to a capture surface and arranged coplanar with the elements and at least partially overlapping with the capture surface and the display surface; and a computer to receive as an input the image acquired, and to process the same to deduce a parameter relative to the user, the optical projection system being a variable-focal-length optical system.

Abstract: A computing device includes signal generation circuitry and also includes a location on the computing device that is operative to couple a signal generated by the signal generation circuitry into a user. For example, the computing device includes signal generation circuitry that generates a signal that includes information corresponding to a user and/or an application that is operative within the computing device. The signal generation circuitry couples the signal into the user from a location on the computing device based on a bodily portion of the user being in contact with or within sufficient proximity to the location on the computing device that facilitates coupling of the signal into the user. Also, the signal may be coupled via the user to another computing device that includes a touchscreen display that is operative to detect and receive the signal.

Abstract: A pixel driving circuit for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel is provided. The circuit includes a restoration module, a compensation module including a storage capacitor, a light-emitting module, and a storage capacitor control module. The restoration module receives a first control signal and a restoration voltage and restores the compensation module and the light-emitting module under the control of the first control signal. The compensation module receives a second control signal, and writes a data signal and compensates a threshold voltage under the control of the second control signal. The light-emitting module receives a third control signal and illuminates under the control of the third control signal. The storage capacitor control module adjusts a capacitance value of the storage capacitor in the compensation module according to different refresh frequencies of the OLED display panel, preventing insufficient charging due to an increasing refresh frequency.

Abstract: In an approach to extending an application on an external device, the present invention extends graphical elements associated with the application to external devices utilizing assigned roles based on device capabilities from a maintained device table. The present invention compares device capabilities with historical application utilization to determine roles and extends the application to the external device based on the determined roles.

Abstract: An Augmented Reality (AR)-based system includes a mobile sensor, AR device, coordinate measuring machine, and computer. The AR-device includes a camera for capturing an environment, and a display providing a view of the environment and overlays. The coordinate measuring instrument determines a position of the mobile sensor and the AR-device. The computer: controls the camera, provides a reciprocal data connection, provides the AR-data and at least one corresponding identification feature, establishes a referenced status of the AR-device by, in each case, identifying a respective identification feature captured by the camera, determines a pose of the AR-device relative to the respective identification feature, and generates the overlays in the referenced status based on the pose of the AR-device.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate that includes an opening and a display area that surrounds the opening; a plurality of grooves formed in the substrate between the opening and the display area; a display element layer on the substrate and that includes a plurality of display elements in the display area; a thin-film encapsulation layer disposed on the display element layer, the thin-film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer which are sequentially stacked; a planarization layer disposed over the plurality of grooves and that includes an organic insulating material, wherein the planarization layer is disposed over the second inorganic encapsulation layer, and the organic encapsulation layer is disposed below the second inorganic encapsulation layer.

Abstract: A touch panel device includes a touch panel which is equipped with a plurality of electrostatic capacitive sensors of which the electrostatic capacitances vary as an object comes close to, or comes into contact with, the touch panel. A measurement unit measures the electrostatic capacitance of the electrostatic capacitive sensor, and a touch detection unit detects an object coming close to, or coming into contact with, the touch panel on the basis of a difference between a measured raw value and a base line value. A base line value update unit updates the base line value to follow the raw value of the electrostatic capacitance of the electrostatic capacitive sensor to correct a variance in electrostatic capacitance of the electrostatic capacitive sensor. A proximity detection unit detects an object approaching the touch panel, and an update control unit controls the update speed on the basis of a detection result of the proximity detection unit.

Abstract: A method for hand pose identification in an automated system includes providing depth map data of a hand of a user to a first neural network trained to classify features corresponding to a joint angle of a wrist in the hand to generate a first plurality of activation features and performing a first search in a predetermined plurality of activation features stored in a database in the memory to identify a first plurality of hand pose parameters for the wrist associated with predetermined activation features in the database that are nearest neighbors to the first plurality of activation features. The method further includes generating a hand pose model corresponding to the hand of the user based on the first plurality of hand pose parameters and performing an operation in the automated system in response to input from the user based on the hand pose model.

Abstract: A pen apparatus with a pressure sensitive tip mechanism that internally generates pressure, tilt, and/or barrel rotation through the use of a multi-axis measurement scheme with simultaneous transmit, receive, and sensing driver capability operable in conjunction with a receiving system or in a relative stand-alone manner. Signaling schemes are provided for operating the pen apparatus to achieve improved function. Systems and methods are provided for operating a pen, and for operating a pen with a touch sensor system. Drive/receive circuitry and methods of driving and receiving sensor electrode signals are provided that allow digital I/0 pins to be used to interface with touch sensor electrodes. This circuitry may be operated in modes to sense various combinations of signals coupled within a pen, or from outside of a pen.

Abstract: A display device according to an embodiment of the invention includes: a base insulating film; a sealing film which covers the base insulating film; a plurality of first electrodes which are two-dimensionally arranged on the sealing film, the first electrodes adjacent in a first direction being connected via a first connection line; a plurality of second electrodes which are two-dimensionally arranged, the second electrodes adjacent in the second direction being connected via a second connection line intersecting the first connection line in plan view; an interlayer insulating film which is interposed between the first connection line and the second connection line and which fills a step formed by an outer edge of the sealing film and the base insulating film; and a lead-out wiring which is connected to the first electrode or the second electrode and which passes over a portion of the interlayer insulating film which fills the step.

Abstract: A display device including a display function layer between first and second substrates, respectively, a black matrix having an effective display region and a frame region, a first antenna unit for touch sensing, a second antenna unit for power, first and second conductive lines perpendicularly to one another, first active elements formed in the frame region, a third antenna unit for touch sensing, a fourth antenna unit for power, second active elements for driving the display function layer, and third and fourth conductive lines formed perpendicularly to one another. In a plan view from the first substrate toward the second substrate, the first and third antenna units overlap for transmitting or receiving a touch sensing signal, with a positional accuracy within ± 3 ?m, and the second and fourth antenna units overlap for receiving a power signal, with a positional accuracy within ± 3 ?m.

Abstract: A display panel includes a driving circuit layer disposed on a glass that includes a first driving circuit and a second driving circuit, and an inorganic light emitting device mounted on the driving circuit layer to be electrically connected to the first driving circuit. The inorganic light emitting device includes a sub pixel of the display panel. The first driving circuit is located in an area where the inorganic light emitting device is mounted, while the second driving circuit is arranged in an area excluding an area in which the first driving circuit is arranged in the driving circuit layer. The second driving circuit generates a control signal for driving the first driving circuit and provide the generated control signal to the first driving circuit.

Abstract: A pressure detection device includes a pressure sensitive sensor and a pressure calculating unit. The pressure sensitive sensor includes an upper base substrate, a lower base substrate, and a pressure sensitive layer formed on a surface of one of the base substrates. The pressure sensitive layer includes a pair of pressure sensitive portions located symmetrically with respect to a plane center. A first elastic body and a second elastic body are disposed at a position to which a pressing force is applied. A first electrode and a second electrode are disposed with the pressure sensitive layer. The pressure calculating unit is configured to cause the pressure sensitive sensor to detect a pressure change for each of the pair of pressure sensitive portions and to add a sign-reversed pressure change in a pressure sensitive portion to a pressure change in the other pressure sensitive portion to amplify an output.

Abstract: A head-mounted device may have a display with first and second pixel arrays that display content for a user. A head-mounted support structure in the device supports the pixel arrays on the head of the user. A left positioner may be used to position a left lens module that includes a left lens and the first pixel array. A right positioner may be used to position a right lens module that includes a right lens and the second pixel array. Sensing circuitry such as proximity sensing circuitry may be used to detect relative positions between the left and right lens modules and facing surfaces of a user's nose while the user is wearing the head-mounted support structure. Control circuitry may adjust the positions of the left and right lens modules using interpupillary distance information for the user and using information from the sensing circuitry.

Abstract: A display panel includes a glass, an inorganic light emitting device included in a sub pixel of the display panel, and a driving circuit disposed between the glass and the inorganic light emitting device such that the inorganic light emitting device is mounted on and electrically connected to the driving circuit. The driving circuit is configured to control an amplitude and a pulse width of a driving current provided to the inorganic light emitting device. The amplitude and pulse width of the driving current may be corrected according to a deviation in the driving circuit.

Abstract: A present disclosure relates to a method of sensing characteristic value of circuit element and display using it. The display device is able to accurately sense deterioration of the organic light-emitting diode disposed in each subpixel of a display panel and compensate for the deterioration. The method of sensing characteristic value of circuit element is able to save a sensing time for an entire display panel and improve a driving speed of the display device by efficiently performing a deterioration sensing process of the organic light-emitting diode.

Abstract: In a display device including a non-rectangular display unit in which a plurality of gate bus lines and a plurality of source bus lines are arranged as signal lines, at least one of the gate bus lines and the source bus lines are driven by a first-type drive circuit unit as a circuit portion configured to drive such signal lines from only one end side, and a second-type drive circuit unit as a pair of circuit portions configured to drive the signal lines from both of one end side and the other end side.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a panel driver, panel-side output terminals, image signal lines, and control signal lines. The terminals are disposed in a non-display area of the display device and connected to the panel driver. The image signal lines are routed in the non-display area from the terminals to cross a long edge of the panel driver and spread in a fan-like form toward the display area. The control signal lines including first lines and second lines are routed in the non-display area from the terminals toward a display area of the display device. The first lines are routed from the terminals to cross the long edge and along the image signal lines toward the display area. The second lines each including portions having a width larger than the first lines are routed from the terminals to cross a short edge of the panel driver.