Abstract: A method and apparatus scan a plurality of scan groups in a capacitive sense array to generate signals corresponding to a mutual capacitance between the electrodes. Each of the plurality of scan groups is formed from a subset of the plurality of electrodes. A processing device identifies a scan group where the generated signal is affected by a presence of a conductive object. The processing device individually scans the subset of the plurality of sense elements in the identified scan group to determine a location of the conductive object.

Abstract: A method of controlling a view of a stereoscopic image and a stereoscopic image display using the same are disclosed. The method of controlling a view of a stereoscopic image includes: detecting a position information of a viewer from an output of a sensor; changing parameters for rendering a viewing angle and a depth information according to the position information; generating a left-eye image and a right-eye image in which a viewing angle and a depth information are changed in accordance with the parameters; and displaying the left-eye image and the right-eye image on a stereoscopic image display.

Abstract: The present application relates to a method for adjusting the sensitivity of a touch panel. A look up table is built. The look up table includes a charging station look up table and a discharging station look up table. The charging station look up table includes a threshold value (V0m) of a touch signal, an electrical quantity (A0i) corresponding to the threshold value (V0m), and a computational method g1. The discharging station look up table includes the threshold value (V0m), the electrical quantity (A0i), and a computational method g2. The current electrical quantity and whether the capacitive touch panel is charging are detected. According to the current electrical quantity, the state of charging or discharging, and the computational method g1 or g2, the threshold value (V0m) is adjusted.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus is capable of obtaining operation data according to a tilt of a predetermined object that can be moved by a user. The information processing apparatus calculates tilt information corresponding to the tilt of the object based on the operation data. The information processing apparatus calculates a specified position on a screen of a display device based on the operation data so that the specified position changes according to at least one of a position and the tilt of the object. Selection items are displayed on the screen of the display device. The information processing apparatus switches between sets of the selection items displayed on the screen according to an amount of tilt represented by the tilt information. Moreover, the information processing apparatus selects an item displayed at the specified position from among the selection items to perform an information process according to the selected item.

Abstract: A method for converting a multi-bit digital value to an analog value. The method includes, in a first conversion cycle, converting a first set of digital bits to a first analog voltage using passive charge-sharing. The method also includes, in a second conversion cycle, converting a second set of digital bits to a second analog voltage added to the first analog voltage using active charge-sharing. The first set of digital bits and the second set of digital bits are different bits of the multi-bit digital value.

Abstract: A method of driving a light source unit of a liquid crystal display panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes the steps of calculating average and maximum values of image signals applied to the liquid crystal panel; calculating a representative value of the image signals using the average and maximum values; determining the luminance of the light source unit according to the representative value and driving the light source unit accordingly. The representative value may be calculated from Lrep=(1??)×Lavg+?×Lmax, where Lrep is a representative value, Lavg is an average value, Lmax is the maximum value, and ? is a value that decreases as a difference between the maximum and average image signal values increases, and has a range between 0 and 1.

Abstract: The touch-operating input device is configured so that when the control circuit turns on the main light source corresponding to each of the translucent operation buttons that can be operated, the control circuit, on condition that the translucent operation button corresponding to the main light source that is turned on is operated, turns off the sub-light source corresponding to the translucent operation button that is turned on simultaneously with the main light source. Ease of operation is increased by enabling the operator to distinguish operated translucent operation buttons from translucent operation buttons that have not been operated according to whether or not the main light sources are lit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for recognizing the position of an indicating object. An apparatus for recognizing the position of an indicating object of the present invention comprises: first reflecting means installed along the left, right, and bottom edges of a screen so as to reflect a laser beam emitted from object-detecting means back to the object-detecting means; said object-detecting means, formed as a pair, for analyzing a change in the amount of light in the reflected laser beam over time, and detecting position coordinates of the indicating object on the planar surface of the screen; and fixing means including a housing and a fixing member fixedly installed on an upper portion of the screen and coupled to the housing so as to fix the housing to the upper portion of the screen, the fixing means being intended for facilitating the installation of the object-detecting means on the upper portion of the screen.

Abstract: A display substrate includes a switching transistor electrically connected to a gate line and a data line, the data line extending in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the gate line extending in a second direction, the switching transistor including a switching active pattern comprising amorphous silicon, a driving transistor electrically connected to a driving voltage line and the switching transistor, the driving voltage line extended in the first direction, the driving transistor including a driving active pattern comprising a metal oxide; and a light-emitting element electrically connected to the driving transistor.

Abstract: An EL display apparatus according to the present invention includes EL device (15) adapted to emit light at a luminance corresponding to a current fed thereto. A source driver (14) outputs a current higher than a current corresponding to an image signal to the EL device (16) through a source signal line (18). This operation charges/discharges a parasitic capacitance present in the source signal line (18). A transistor (11d) formed between the EL device (15) and the source driver (14) operates so that the EL device (15) is fed with the current for only a part of a one-frame period. As a result, the El device (15) emits light for only the part of the period.

Abstract: In a terminal device 10, two rectangular casings 11A, 11B are connected by a hinge section 12, and touch screens TD1, TD2 of the same shape and size (rectangular) are arranged on substantially the entire inner surface thereof, respectively. When a slide operation performed on at least one of the touch screens TD1, TD2 is detected with the two vertically long casings 11A, 11B being horizontally aligned (horizontally opened state), a control section 1 identifies the touch screen on which the slide operation has been performed as an operation screen and performs display control corresponding to the slide operation on the touch screens TD1, TD2 including the operation screen and a touch screen related thereto (such as an adjacent screen). For example, it sequentially performs page turning on display information on the touch screens TD1, TD2, as display control corresponding to the slide operation.

Abstract: Provided is an information processing apparatus including an operation display unit for displaying a display screen and detecting an operation location on the display screen based upon a user operation on the display screen, a pressure detecting unit including a plurality of pressure sensors for detecting a pressure value according to the user operation on the operation display unit for each of the plurality of pressure sensors, an operation type determining unit for determining a type of the user operation, a deriving unit for selectively deriving a barycentric location on the display screen based upon detection results from the plurality of pressure sensors, based upon a determination result from the operation type determining unit, and an estimating unit for estimating a pressure value on the operation location, based upon a derivation result from the deriving unit and upon information of barycentric location candidates.

Abstract: In one or more embodiments, a device includes a surface and an actuator mechanism operably associated with the surface. The actuator mechanism is configured to provide tactile feedback to a user responsive to an electrical signal. In at least some embodiments, the actuator mechanism comprises a pair of spaced-apart substrates each of which supports a conductive layer of material. A dielectric material and an adjacent air gap may be interposed between the substrates. Drive circuitry is operably connected to the spaced-apart substrates and is configured to drive the conductive layers of material with an electrical signal. This signal may be responsive to sensing a touch input on the surface or other appropriate event.

Abstract: An organic electroluminescent device comprises: a substrate; a display unit located on the substrate and including a plurality of subpixels; a sealing region located at the outer periphery of the display unit and defined to form a sealing member; and a plurality of wiring lines connected to the display unit and disposed on the lateral side of the display unit, some of the plurality of wiring lines are respectively divided into two or more in the sealing region.

Abstract: A flexible projective capacitive touch sensor structure includes following elements. A roll of first flexible transparent substrate has sensing unit regions thereon, and each of the sensing unit regions includes at least two first transparent patterned electrodes and at least three second transparent patterned electrodes. Bridging wires respectively stride over the corresponding first transparent patterned electrodes and respectively and electrically bridge the second transparent patterned electrodes located at two sides of each of the first transparent patterned electrodes to form at least one conducting wire. Dielectric pads are disposed between the bridging wires and the first transparent patterned electrodes. First connection wires are connected to the first transparent patterned electrodes and have first electrical connection terminals.

Abstract: A touch pad is controlled to detect a location of one or more objects (16) on a touch surface (15) of a transmissive element (12). The touch pad includes at least two scanning arrangements (24-26, 28, 29) which are configured as optical scanning transceivers. Each scanning arrangement is adapted to provide a beam of radiation along a pertaining direction (18) in the transmissive element (12), such that the beam propagates inside the transmissive element (12) by total internal reflection. Each scanning arrangement is also adapted to receive radiation from the transmissive element (12) and from the pertaining direction (18), and output corresponding signal. Each scanning arrangement is further adapted to scan the pertaining direction substantially along the touch surface (15).

Abstract: Provided is an electrostatic capacitance type touch panel in which lead lines are alternately connected to one end portions of a plurality of Y electrodes, the respective lead lines are formed outside an effective touch region, and are connected to terminals which are formed corresponding to the respective lead lines, inspection pads which are connected with the Y electrodes respectively are formed over end portions of the respective Y electrodes on a side where the lead lines are not connected to the respective Y electrodes, the plurality of inspection pads are formed in a region where the lead lines are formed outside the effective touch region, a shield electrode is provided between the lead lines and the respective inspection pads, and a voltage equal to a drive voltage supplied to the Y electrodes is supplied to the shield electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for driving an image display apparatus including: an image display panel whereon pixels each having first to third sub-pixels are laid out in first and second directions to form a 2-dimensional matrix, at least each specific pixel and an adjacent pixel adjacent to the specific pixel in the first direction are used as first and second pixels respectively to create one of pixel groups, and a fourth sub-pixel is placed between the first and second pixels in each of the pixel groups; and a signal processing section configured to generate first to third sub-pixel output signals for the first pixel on the basis of respectively first to third sub-pixel input signals and to generate first to third sub-pixel output signals for the second pixel on the basis of respectively first to third sub-pixel input signals.

Abstract: Described herein are techniques related to a support surface (e.g., a mousepad) for imparting a tactile feedback (e.g., haptics) to a human-machine interactive (HMI) device (e.g., a mouse) supported thereon. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A display apparatus employs a pixel array section including pixel circuits forming a matrix, signal lines as columns, scan lines as rows and power-supply lines, and driving sections. The driving sections are a signal selector, a write scanner and a drive scanner. The signal selector provides an electric potential representing a gradation or a predetermined reference electric potential. The write scanner provides a control signal. The drive scanner provides a power-supply voltage changing the electric potential from high to low. The drive scanner drives adjacent power-supply lines as a group. The number of lines as a group is determined in advance. The drive scanner switches a power-supply voltage from high to low and vice versa, and applies the voltage to groups by shifting the phase from group to group. The voltage is supplied to a group at the same phase and switched the electric potential.