Abstract: A display arrangement comprises a thin film display element comprising a first patterned conductor layer, comprising a first display electrode, on a first side of an emissive layer; a second patterned conductor layer, comprising a second display electrode, on a second side of the emissive layer opposite the first side; and a touch-sensing element comprising first and second touch electrodes formed in the first and second patterned conductor layers, respectively. The display arrangement further comprises a control unit configured to measure capacitive coupling for at least one of the touch electrodes, said measuring comprising supplying a measurement volt age signal to the touch-sensing element, and, when supplying the measurement voltage signal to one touch electrode, to supply a shielding voltage signal to the other touch electrode to decrease an effect of a touch from the side of said other touch electrode on the capacitive coupling for said one touch electrode.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a backlight unit configured to provide light to the display panel, an external input interface configured to receive an image signal and image information about the image signal from an external device, and a processor configured to, when a frequency of the image signal is reduced from a first frequency to a second frequency according to a variable refresh rate (VRR) operation, transmit a local dimming signal based on a third frequency between the first frequency and the second frequency to the backlight unit.

Abstract: Provided are an ink data generation apparatus, an ink data generation method, and an ink data generation program that are capable of improving ease of handling ink data when or after metadata is generated. An ink data generation apparatus performs a determination as to an inclusion relation between a first set and a second set by comparing stroke elements of first set data and stroke elements of second set data using the first set data and the second set data. The ink data generation apparatus generates first metadata for the first set described in a form that varies in accordance with a result of the determination.

Abstract: An electronic device including a high frequency module is disclosed. The electronic device includes a display panel configured to display an image; a first connecting member positioned on a lateral side or a rear side of the display panel; a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) chip mounted on the first connecting member; an antenna disposed on a front side of the display panel; and a second connecting member configured to electrically connect the first connecting member and the antenna, and formed to be more flexible than the first connecting member.

Abstract: In relation to a tactile presentation panel, a tactile presentation panel has a tactile presentation knob placed on an operation surface and presents a tactile sense to a user via the tactile presentation knob, and includes a control circuit that divides the operation surface into a plurality of regions, assigns a control target to each of divided regions, and sets a tactile sense to be presented for each of the divided regions, a tactile control circuit that generates a tactile sense set by the control circuit for each of the divided regions by changing a frictional force between the operation surface and the tactile presentation knob, and a touch detection circuit that detects a position on the tactile presentation panel of the tactile presentation knob. The tactile presentation knob is placed in the divided region so that the control target is selected.

Abstract: A touch controller includes sensing circuits and a processing module. The sensing circuits are operably coupled to sensors, are arranged in a geometric pattern that is in accordance with a coordinate system. When a finger is proximal to a sensor, the finger emits an identifying signal having an identifying frequency component that effects an electrical characteristic of the sensor. A corresponding sensing circuit senses the electrical characteristic of the sensor and generates a sense signal regarding the electrical characteristic. The processing module interprets the sensed signal to determine whether the electrical characteristic is affected by the identifying signal emitted by the finger. When the affect is detected, the processing module determines a coordinate location of the sensor and generates a proximal touch signal that includes the coordinate location of the sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a technology of sensing a touch. According to the present disclosure, touch sensors are driven in a time division way using multiplexers disposed on a panel and auxiliary signals, with a same phase as that of driving signals, are supplied to electrodes around a touch sensor in driving so as to reduce the introduction of noises from the neighboring electrodes.

Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a housing including: a first surface, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first surface, and a side surface at least partially surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface; a printed circuit board disposed between the first surface and the second surface; a first sensing element including a plurality of conductive vias arranged in parallel to the side surface in at least a portion of an edge of the printed circuit board; and a grip sensor electrically connected with the first sensing element. The grip sensor may be configured to detect a change in capacitance due to an approach or contact state of an external object to the housing, in at least a portion of the side surface of the housing using the first sensing element.

Abstract: A touch panel device includes processing circuitry to generate coordinate information indicating a position of a touch operation; to generate a pressing value corresponding to pressing force applied to an operation surface of a touch panel; to classify the positions of touch operations included in operation logs each being data including the coordinate information and information indicating the pressing value into groups and to determine group regions respectively corresponding to the groups; to determine a threshold value of the pressing value in each of the group regions based on the operation logs; and to judge that the touch operation is a depressing operation with pressing force if the pressing value is greater than or equal to the threshold value and to judge that the touch operation is a normal touch operation other than the depressing operation if the pressing value is less than the threshold value.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods of impedance sensing are described. One method includes performing a first digital conversion of an attribute of a sensor electrode and performing a second digital conversion of the attribute of the sensor electrode. The second digital conversion differs by at least one characteristic from the first digital conversion. The method further includes calculating a resistance of the sensor electrode from a first and second digital value of the first and second digital conversions, respectively; and calculating a capacitance of the sensor electrode from the first and second digital value of the first and second digital conversions, respectively.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a substrate with a first surface, and a plurality of first electrodes on the first surface of the substrate in a view area. The first surface of the substrate includes a plurality of bottomed grooves extending linearly. Each first electrode includes a plurality of fine lines including a conductive material buried in one of the grooves. Each fine line includes a bottomed recess recessed from the first surface toward the bottom surface of each groove.

Abstract: Provided is an organic light emitting display module including an active area, a pad area, and a boundary area between the active area and the pad area. Unlike the active area and the pad area, since the boundary area does not include an inorganic layer, less stress is applied to the boundary area when the boundary area is bent. Display panel pads and touch sensing member pads are disposed at the same height without having a height difference therebetween. Thus, a dummy pad may be added to remove the height difference between the display panel pads and the touch sensing member pads.

Abstract: A channel driver circuit includes a differential module and a driver module. In some examples, the channel driver circuit also includes a sigma-delta module. The differential module receives, via a single node of a load, a channel driving signal that is provided to the load at the single node (e.g., that is based on an electrical characteristic of the load) and generates an analog error signal that is based on the channel driving signal and a reference signal. The driver module is coupled to the differential module and generates the channel driving signal based on the analog error signal or a digital error signal corresponding to the analog error signal and transmits the channel driving signal via the single node to the load. The channel driver circuit simultaneously transmits the channel driving signal to the load at the single node and senses the channel driving signal at the single node.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for monitoring light emissions in electronic devices. The disclosed techniques herein provide for determining a display duration of display devices for a user. Light emission profiles for each of the display devices are determined. A cumulative emissions exposure is determined that is based on the light emission profiles for the display devices and the display duration of the display devices for the user. A determination is made whether the cumulative emissions exposure exceeds a light emission exposure limit set for the user. In a positive determination, an instruction is transmitted to the display devices for execution of a remedial action based on predefined rules.

Abstract: Systems and methods for implementing fixed-layout display components embedded as part of a screen display of a device. In preferred embodiments, fixed-layout components may be utilized and managed independently of the remaining programmatically generated screen display functionality. A fixed-layout component may comprise a plurality of elements and be associated with user interactivities. Each element may be related positionally, dimensionally and display sequence to an overall component and to other elements comprised such that a computed relative position, size and dimension aspect ratio of component items and the item display sequence is maintained programmatically and visually relative to each other irrespective of a screen size or orientation when the fixed-layout component is part of an overall display of a device. The fixed-layout elements may further be operable to display dynamic data which may be logically associated with data comprised within the overall fixed-layout component.

Abstract: An information processing device comprises an electronic device, an averaging circuit acquiring output signals from the electronic device multiple times in a predetermined period and averaging the signals acquired multiple times, a memory circuit storing an averaged signal averaged by the averaging circuit and a PUF-ID extraction circuit generating a unique identifier based on the averaged signal.

Abstract: A handwriting processing method, a touch display device, a computer device, and a storage medium are provided. The handwriting processing method includes: determining, according to a sample point in a writing track that is input by a user by means of a touch display, a group of track points and a related parameter of each track point, the related parameter including a coordinate parameter and a time parameter; determining, according to the related parameter of each track point, a start position, an end position, and a type of a stroke contained in the writing track, where the type of the stroke includes one of a horizontal stroke, a vertical stroke, a left-falling stroke, a right-falling stroke or a lifting stroke; and determining, according to the type of the stroke, a shape of the start position of the stroke.

Abstract: A rotary actuator assembly includes a rotary actuator having a rotary body on a capacitively-sensing detection surface of the touch panel. A sensor ring coupled to the rotary body includes on a first ring surface includes alternately arranged contact surfaces and insulating surfaces and on a second ring surface includes a circumferential metal surface that is electrically connected to the contact surfaces. A sliding contact includes a contact pad and a contact spring connected together. The contact pad forms an electrical contact point fixed at a position of the detection surface. The contact spring contacts the contact surfaces and the insulating surfaces in alternation as the sensor ring rotates with rotation of the rotary body whereby a variable electrical signal is generated at the contact point. The electrical signal is detectable by the touch panel and the touch panel includes a mutual capacitance touch sensor assembly.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods of capacitance-to-digital code conversion are described. One apparatus includes a bridge circuit and a modulator front-end circuit. The bridge circuit includes a first terminal to couple to a reference cell and a second terminal to couple to a sensor cell. The modulator front-end circuit includes a comparator coupled to the bridge circuit, a first modulation capacitor coupled to a first input of the comparator, and a second modulation capacitor coupled to a second input of the comparator. The modulator front-end circuit provides a digital bitstream. A duty cycle of the digital bitstream is representative of a ratio between a capacitance of the sensor cell and a reference capacitance of the reference cell.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory, and a processor operatively connected to the display and the memory. The processor, in response to receiving at least one touch input to the display, analyzes an input characteristic of the at least one touch input, based on the at least one touch input, generates predictive coordinate points corresponding to a plurality of different time points, respectively, and based on the input characteristic, determines a number of predictive coordinate points to be used.