Abstract: An e-pen includes e-pen sensor electrodes (including a first and a second e-pen sensor electrode) and drive-sense circuits (DSCs) (including a first DSC and a second DSC. The first DSC drives a first e-pen signal having a first frequency via a first single line coupling to the first e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the first single line, the first e-pen signal. Based on e-pen/touch sensor device interaction, the first e-pen signal is coupled into at least one touch sensor electrode of the touch sensor device. The first DSC process the first e-pen signal to generate a first digital signal representative of a first electrical characteristic of the first e-pen sensor electrode. Similarly, the second DSC drives a second e-pen signal having a second frequency via a second single line coupling to the second e-pen sensor electrode and simultaneously senses, via the second single line, the second e-pen signal.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-touch display apparatus and a touch recognition method thereof. The method includes sensing a first touch made by at least two fingers of a user on a display panel, recognizing multiple touch positions of the first touch as an initial input, estimating a user's position based on the initial input, setting multiple touch regions on the display panel based on the user's position, and sensing a second touch on the display panel and setting coordinates of the second touch as temporary coordinates. The method further includes determining a touch region in which the temporary coordinates are positioned among the multiple touch regions, determining a correction direction and a correction amount for the temporary coordinates based on the determined touch region, and determining final coordinates of the second touch by applying the correction direction and the correction amount to the temporary coordinates.

Abstract: According to some embodiments, an accessory device for interacting with an electronic device having a touch sensitive surface, is described. The accessory device can include a housing having walls suitable for carrying a processor capable of providing instructions and an interface unit extending through an opening at a distal end of the housing, where the interface unit is capable of interacting with the touch sensitive surface. The accessory device can further include a sensor in communication with the processor and the interface unit, where the sensor is capable of (i) detecting a stimulus generated by the interaction between the interface unit and the touch sensitive surface, and (ii) responding by providing a feedback parameter to the processor that responds by providing a feedback instruction. The accessory device can further include a feedback component that responds to the feedback instruction by transmitting a feedback force to the walls of the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus (22) for processing signals from a touch panel (10) is described. The touch panel (10) includes a layer of piezoelectric material (16) disposed between a plurality of sensing electrodes (14, 20) and at least one common electrode (15). The apparatus (22) includes a first circuit (23) for connection to the plurality of sensing electrodes (14, 20). The first circuit (23) is configured to generate one or more first pressure signals (29). Each first pressure signal (29) corresponds to one or more sensing electrodes (14, 20) and is indicative of a pressure acting on the touch panel (10) proximate to the corresponding one or more sensing electrodes (14, 20). The apparatus also includes a second circuit (24) for connection to the at least one common electrode (15). The second circuit (24) is configured to generate a second pressure signal (30) indicative of a total pressure applied to the touch panel (10).

Abstract: A display device has a first area, and a second area that extends from the first area and has a bent shape, the display device including a display module including a display panel, which has a corner portion in the second area, an input-sensing member on the display panel and including a body portion, which overlaps with the display panel, and an extension, which extends from the body portion, is in the second area, and does not overlap with the display panel, and a first bonding layer between the display module and the input-sensing member, wherein an edge of the extension extends beyond an edge of the corner portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device having a touch sensor for securing improved touch-sensing performance. The display device having a touch sensor includes a touch-driving circuit configured to drive a touch-driving line and a touch-sensing line, which are disposed on an encapsulation unit covering a light-emitting element, in a mutual-capacitance mode and to drive at least one of the touch-driving line or the touch-sensing line in a self-capacitance mode, and the touch-driving circuit supplies a load free driving signal to a shield line overlapping the touch-driving line and the touch-sensing line, thereby securing improved touch-sensing performance.

Abstract: A head-mountable device can be operated with devices worn on wrists, arms, hands, and/or other limbs of a user. Such devices can provide indicators that allow a head-mountable device to determine both an identity and a characteristic (e.g., position, orientation, distance, etc.) of the devices and therefore the user. The information regarding the tracking devices and/or the hands can be used to produce a virtual representation of the hands or otherwise be used to receive and interpret gestures as user input. The devices that facilitate such tracking can be worn in a variety or arrangements depending on whether the tracking is to be performed. As such, they can be compactly stored in a manner that allows them to be readily accessible for deployment.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus with an integrated antenna, in which an antenna and a touch screen are embedded, and the display apparatus comprises a display panel including a touch screen and an antenna electrode, wherein the display panel is divided into a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area and includes a pixel array part including pixel driving circuits provided in the display area and an electrode array part provided on the pixel array part and including the touch screen and the antenna electrode, the display area includes a pixel including the pixel driving circuit, and a portion of the touch screen is open.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is disclosed comprising a touch surface, and a touch sensor configured to determine a first set of coordinates on the touch surface of an object in contact with the touch surface. The touch sensing apparatus is configured to determine a virtual brush angle associated with the object, determine a movement of the object to a second set of coordinates determine an updated virtual brush angle for the object in dependence on a position of the second set of coordinates relative to the first set of coordinates, and output the second set of coordinates and the updated virtual brush angle. An associated method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A display device receives a feedback signal for a pulse signal supplied to a display panel, senses a pulse width of a scan signal, and changes one or both of a pulse width of the shift clock and a pulse voltage of the shift clock for each screen position of the display panel in response to a pulse width of the feedback signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of a multi-form factor Information Handling System (IHS) with touch continuity across displays are described. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, an IHS may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: identify a posture of a first display relative to a second display; retrieve a touch continuity parameter corresponding to the posture; and enable touch continuity between the first and second displays using the touch continuity parameter.

Abstract: A source driver including a decoder configured to receive image data and an activation signal, determine a target voltage based on the image data, and select at least one gamma line for generating the target voltage from among a plurality of gamma lines, which are configured to transmit different gamma voltages, respectively, and a buffer circuit including a plurality of input terminals and configured to be connected to the selected at least one gamma line and generate an output voltage based on at least one gamma voltage obtained from the selected at least one gamma line may be provided. The decoder may be further configured to select a gamma line group including the selected at least one gamma line to be connected to the plurality of input terminals of the buffer circuit during a slew period of the buffer circuit in accordance with the activation signal.

Abstract: A pressure sensor for a display device, includes: a plurality of touch cells having a plurality of driving electrodes disposed on a first substrate, a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on a second substrate overlapping the first substrate, and a pressure sensing layer interposed between the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes, the driving electrodes and sensing electrodes overlapping each other; and a touch driver to drive the plurality of touch cells and to detect touch pressure of the plurality of touch cells; wherein, when a plurality of touch areas including at least one touch cell are detected, the touch driver is configured to compare magnitude of touch pressures of the plurality of touch areas and to ignore at least one touch input in at least one touch area.

Abstract: A flexible display screen system (100) includes a flexible display screen (10), a sensor (30) and a processor (50), in which the flexible display screen (10) is formed with a first display region (11), the sensor (30) is configured to generate a bending signal when the flexible display screen (10) is bent, and the processor (50) is configured to control the flexible display screen (10) to form a second display region (13) according to the bending signal and the display content of the first display region (11) and control the second display region (13) to display the display content. The flexible display screen system (100) realizes control over the flexible display screen (10) by bending, and may form another display area which facilitates sharing the content of the original display area with others, and is easy and convenient to operate.

Abstract: An apparatus (73) for processing signals from a touch panel (10) is described. The touch panel (10) includes a layer of piezoelectric material (16) disposed between a number of sensing electrodes (14, 20) and at least one common electrode (15). The apparatus (73) includes a capacitive touch controller (69) for connection to the sensing electrodes (14, 20). The apparatus (73) also includes a switch network (74) including a number of inputs for connection to some or all of the sensing electrodes (14, 20), and an output connected to system ground or a common mode voltage (VCM). The apparatus (73) also includes a second circuit (24, 44) for connection to the at least one common electrode (15) and configured to generate, based on signals received from the at least one common electrode, a second pressure signal (30) indicative of a total pressure applied to the touch panel (10).

Abstract: A material-discerning sensing device includes an antenna, a capacitive proximity sensor, and a control circuit. The antenna includes multiple conductive loops and is configured to radiate a wireless signal. The antenna defines an interior region devoid of the conductive loops and an exterior region outside the conductive loops. The capacitive proximity sensor includes a conductive pattern provided within the interior region or within a projection of the interior region, as well as a conductive bar. The control circuit is configured to detect a change in a characteristic of an electrical signal from the capacitive sensor. The conductive pattern includes a longitudinal portion, a first plurality of parallel conductors extending away from the longitudinal portion in a first direction and orthogonal to the longitudinal portion, and a second plurality of parallel conductors extending away from the longitudinal portion in a second direction opposite the first direction.

Abstract: A method for eye tracking is disclosed. The method may include receiving a first image captured by a first camera based at least in part on reflections of light emitted by a light source. The reflections may be partially occluded by an electronic display disposed in front of the first camera. The method may further include detecting an eye of a user in the partially occluded first image and determining a position or orientation of the eye relative to the electronic display.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a top panel having an operation surface; a position detection circuit configured to detect a position of an operational input performed on the operation surface; a vibrating element mounted to the top panel and configured to generate vibration in the operation surface; and a drive control circuit configured to drive the vibrating element by a drive signal for generating natural vibration in an ultrasonic band in the operation surface, and configured to drive the vibrating element such that intensity of the natural vibration changes according to the position of the operational input on the operation surface and a degree of temporal change of the position.

Abstract: A method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes sequentially buffering each row of pixel data of a first display image in a corresponding pixel row of the LCD panel. The method also includes activating a backlight of the LCD panel after the last row of pixel data of the first display image has been buffered at the last pixel row of the LCD panel but before liquid crystal settling of the last pixel row of the LCD panel has completed. The method also may include initiating sequential buffering of each row of pixel data of a second display image in a corresponding pixel row of the LCD panel prior to the liquid crystal settling of the last pixel row of the LCD panel completing, wherein activating the backlight of the LCD panel comprises activating the backlight while at least one pixel row of the LCD panel buffers a corresponding row of pixel data from the second display image and other pixel rows of the LCD panel buffer corresponding rows of pixel data from the first display image.

Abstract: A display device includes: a display panel including a display area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged to display images and a non-display area around the display area. A flexible printed circuit board is connected to the display panel and a driving integrated circuit is arranged on the flexible printed circuit board. A home integrated circuit is arranged on the driving integrated circuit and overlapping the driving integrated circuit.