Abstract: A keyed device comprising a substrate and a keyswitch mounted thereon. The keyswitch includes a plunger operable to be depressed and move between a first position and a second position defining a range of motion, and a magnet coupled to the plunger. When the plunger is depressed, the magnet is operable to pass through an opening of the substrate, such that when the plunger is in the first position, the magnet is configured above the opening in the substrate, and wherein the plunger is in the second position, at least a portion of the magnet is configured below the opening in the substrate. A magnetic field sensor is coupled to the substrate and configured to detect a positive and negative magnetic field generated by the magnet over the range of motion of the plunger.

Abstract: A pressure sensor, a smart pad including the same, and a display system are disclosed. A pressure sensor according to at least one of various embodiments of the present disclosure may include a first electrode; a second electrode formed at a position corresponding to the first electrode; a third electrode formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and a fourth electrode formed on at least one end of the third electrode.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a display method in a display device, including displaying an explanation screen including explanation of a first mode for starting the display device in response to a first trigger and explanation of a second mode for starting the display device in response to a second trigger different from the first trigger and displaying a setting screen for receiving setting of one of the first mode and the second mode after displaying the explanation screen. The explanation screen includes at least one of explanation concerning power consumption of the display device in the first mode and explanation concerning power consumption of the display device in the second mode.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for determining a wearing state of an eye-wearable device. The eye-wearable device is provided with an image acquisition device, and the image acquisition device is arranged so as to be opposite to the eyes of a user when the eye-wearable device is being worn. The method includes: acquiring an image captured by the image acquisition device; and determining the wearing state of the eye-wearable device according to the image.

Abstract: A system comprising circuitry configured to perform an image processing task, the circuitry comprising a multi-vision solution configured to provide APS data and EVS data, and the circuitry being configured to generate metadata and to provide the metadata to an image processing pipeline comprising an algorithm configured to perform the image processing task.

Abstract: In a head-mounted device, position and motion sensors may be included to determine the orientation of the head-mounted device. A motion sensor may experience error that accumulates over time, sometimes referred to as drift. To mitigate the effect of drift in a motion sensor, a reference orientation for the motion sensor may be reset when a qualifying motion is detected. The qualifying motion may be detected using one or more criteria such as a total change in angular orientation or rate of change in angular orientation. The reference orientation for the motion sensor may also be reset when a duration of time elapses without a qualifying motion being detected.

Abstract: A display panel with a first area and a second area, may include: an encapsulation layer disposed over a substrate in the first area and the second area; a bank disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation layer in the first area and the second area; a touch buffer layer disposed over the encapsulation layer; a first touch sensing portion disposed over the touch buffer layer in the first area; and a second touch sensing portion disposed over the touch buffer layer in the second area. An overlapping area between the bank in the first area and the first touch sensing portion may be different from an overlapping area between the bank in the second area and the second touch sensing portion.

Abstract: A method executed by a wearable device including a display system including a first display and a second display facing eyes of a user wearing the wearable device, and a plurality of cameras configured to obtain an image including the eyes, includes: displaying objects at different time points on a screen of the display system, based on the image, identifying gazes looking at the objects, identifying, based on the identified gazes, errors associated with the gazes, wherein the errors indicate differences between display positions of the objects and focal positions of the gazes, and wherein the focal positions have a one-to-one correspondence with the objects, displaying a visual object on a background screen on the display system to move the visual object through partial display positions of the display positions, which are selected based on the errors, and based on another gaze looking at the visual object, correcting the errors.

Abstract: An XR rendering device renders an immersive XR environment on a display device for viewing by a participant among a group of participants who have associated avatars representing the participants which are rendered in the immersive XR environment. The XR rendering device obtains a rendering priority preference defined for a first participant among the group of participants. The rendering priority preference indicates a part of the avatar representing the first participant and/or a virtual object associated with the avatar that is preferred to be prioritized for rendering. When rendering in the immersive XR environment parts of the avatar representing the first participant and/or a plurality of virtual objects which includes the virtual object, the XR rendering device prioritizes rendering of the part of the avatar representing the first participant and/or the virtual object responsive to the preference indicated by the rendering priority preference.

Abstract: An endoscope (1) including: an insertion cord (3) including a bending section (20); a handle (2) comprising a steering wire actuator (60); and a first steering wire (27) and a second steering wire (28) both connected to the steering wire actuator (60) and running through the insertion cord (3) so that manipulation of the steering wire actuator (60) causes bending of the bending section (20); the steering wire actuator (60) including: a first fixing structure (62) including a first hook (30) for fixation of a first steering wire (27) closed loop, a second fixing structure including a second hook (31) for fixation of a second steering wire (28) closed loop.

Abstract: A shadow rendering method is performed by an electronic device. The method includes: determining scene ranges corresponding to a plurality of first levels, each scene range being a first visible scene range of a virtual scene corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of first levels; for a respective one of the plurality of first levels: determining a first virtual item whose shadow is present in a first visible scene range corresponding to the first level; determining a first projection depth map corresponding to the first level based on the first virtual item, the first projection depth map being configured for describing distances between a light source and a plurality of first vertices on a surface of the first virtual item facing the light source; and rendering the shadow of the first virtual item in the first visible scene range based on the first projection depth map.

Abstract: A mouse scroll wheel mechanism is provided, including: a wheel base and a wheel body, wherein the wheel base is provided with an axial hole, and a plurality of bearings are arranged at different positions in the axial hole; a rotating shaft extending outward is arranged at the center of the wheel body, and the rotating shaft is arranged in a plurality of the bearings, so that the wheel body can rotate outside the wheel base, and the rotating shaft can also move in the bearing in an axial direction over a short distance so that the wheel body can move to a first position and a second position; the first position is a flywheel mode wherein the wheel body can rotate freely, and the second position is a toggle mode wherein the wheel body rotates intermittently. The switching to different operation modes is achieved by moving the wheel body.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a display panel and a sensor disposed on the display panel and including a plurality of sensing units disposed on an active area. Each of the sensing units includes a first sensing pattern, second sensing patterns, a bridge pattern, and a plurality of patterns. Among the sensing units, the patterns of the sensing unit making contact with a first boundary portion having a curvature in the active area and a peripheral area include a plurality of outer patterns, and at least one of the outer patterns is electrically connected to the first sensing pattern or the second sensing patterns.

Abstract: The invention relates to a user input unit comprising a housing configured to be attached to a base of a user input device, such as a keyboard. The input unit also has a first movable element coupled to the housing, the first movable element being movable along a first direction and user operable second movable element coupled to the housing, the second movable element being movable along a second direction, the second direction being different from the first direction. Further a transmission configured to transfer movement of the second movable element along the second direction into movement of the first movable element along the first direction is provided. The invention also relates to a user input device, such as a keyboard, comprising a base, such a user input unit, and a sensor configured to sense a movement or a position of the first movable element along the first direction.

Abstract: An image processing device according to the present invention is usable together with a head-mounted display device including a first image sensor configured to obtain distance information, a second image sensor different from the first image sensor, and a display, and includes: one or more processors and/or circuitry configured to execute a first acquisition processing to acquire a first image of an outside world captured by the first image sensor; execute a second acquisition processing to acquire a second image of the outside world captured by the second image sensor; and execute a generation processing to generate, on a basis of the distance information corresponding to the first image, an image of the outside world, which is a color image to be displayed on the display, by combining the first image which is a grayscale image, and the second image which is a color image.

Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising computer code for mesh coding configured to cause a processor or processors to receive a dynamic input mesh representing a volumetric data of at least one three-dimensional (3D) visual content; determine, for a mesh at a first level of sub-division, a plurality of first vertices, wherein the plurality of first vertices are determined using a mid-point sub-division scheme and a plurality of previous vertices of a mesh at a previous level of sub-division, wherein the mesh at the first level and the mesh at the previous level are generated from the dynamic input mesh; determine a valence of a first vertex among the plurality of first vertices to be a first value based on whether a selected two vertices of the mesh at the first level; and generate a compressed bitstream for the dynamic input mesh based on the valence of the first vertex.

Abstract: An input device (100) includes a key (Ky); a pressing amount detection unit (51), an A/D conversion unit (14), a memory unit (12), and a main control unit (11). The main control unit (11) includes: a pressing determination unit (111) that, when outputting information indicating that the key (Ky) has not been pressed, and then when a detected value of the pressing amount is equal to or larger than an ON-threshold value, changes the information to information indicating that the key (Ky) has been pressed, and outputs the information, and when outputting information indicating that the key (Ky) has been pressed, and then when the detected value of the pressing amount is less than an OFF-threshold value, changes the information to information indicating that the key (Ky) has not been pressed, and outputs the information.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a smart handwriting display device, a smart handwriting display method, and an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining information of handwriting of users; determining at least one handwriting group corresponding to the information of handwriting; and performing pagination on the at least one handwriting group, to obtain a respective subpage for each of the at least one handwriting group. In the embodiments the content of each handwriting group is written on the corresponding subpage, such that the content of different handwriting groups is isolated from each other, achieving the effect of keeping the display region clean and tidy, which is conducive to improving communication efficiency.

Abstract: A display includes: a memory, a physical switching element and a controller. The memory is configured to store multiple pieces of candidate extended display identification data. The physical switching element is configured to be triggered by external force to generate a first switching signal. The controller is connected to the physical switching element and the memory. The controller is configured to control a displayed screen according to original setting data among the pieces of candidate extended display identification data, and adjust the displayed screen according to target data that is different from the original setting data among the pieces of candidate extended display identification data after receiving the first switching signal.

Abstract: A head-mountable display device for displaying an image received from a microscope comprises a first display configured to display a first image of a part of an object, the first image received from a microscope. Further, the head-mountable display device comprises a first optical arrangement located in front of the first display. The first optical arrangement comprises at least one lens. Additionally, the head-mountable display device comprises a mounting structure configured to fasten the first display to the head of a user. The head-mountable display device is configured to allow a direct line of sight from a first eye of the user to the object in a field of view of the user outside of the first display while the user is watching the first display through the first optical arrangement, if the mounting structure is fastened to the head of a user. An angle between a display direction and the direct line of sight is less than 50° and the display direction is orthogonal to the first display.