Abstract: An input apparatus, an information processing method, and an information processing apparatus are provided. The input apparatus includes a protection surface layer, and a sensing array through which an operation of a user on the protection surface layer can be determined. The information processing method can parse trigger information sent by the input apparatus for its corresponding parameter information and further switch the touchable keyboard to a first input mode or a second input mode according to the obtained parameter information. The information processing method and apparatus and the electronic device activate a keyboard to judge the demand of the user automatically in response to the trigger information entered by the user and further control switching of the input mode of the keyboard in response to the demand of the user.

Abstract: An exemplary system includes: an information processing unit; a storage unit which stores information processed by the information processing unit; a touch panel which is a touch input unit which accepts a touch input; and an acceleration sensor equivalent to a force detection unit which detects a force applied to an apparatus or the touch panel at a time of the touch input, and the information processing unit evaluates an input area of the touch input and performs predetermined information processing in accordance with the input area and an acceleration value which is a detection value of the force.

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 operating method of a display device includes: forming a plurality of capacitors between a plurality of monitor lines of a display device and a plurality of power lines of the display device via a plurality of light-emitting diodes; and performing touch sensing by using the capacitors. The light-emitting diodes are arranged in a matrix. A plurality of control switches of the display device is arranged in the matrix, and is electrically coupled to a plurality of first terminals of the light-emitting diodes, respectively. The monitor lines are electrically coupled to the first terminals of the light-emitting diodes, respectively. The power lines are electrically coupled to a plurality of second terminals of the light-emitting diodes, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of providing input to an electronic unit comprising a touch-sensitive surface that is configured for registering application of touch by a flexible unit and a toy comprising an electronic unit comprising a touch-sensitive surface and a structure; the structure configured from a material that cannot be registered by the touch-sensitive surface, and it comprises, either at the periphery or within the periphery, at least one marked position. One or more flexible units that comprise(s) material that can be registered by the touch-sensitive surface, wherein the one or more flexible units extend(s) past the top side of the structure and to the bottom side of the structure, to the effect that the registration of a flexible unit is conditioned by the configuration of the at least one marked position.

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 pointing device with a sensor having an input surface to detect a user's tactile interaction and a depressed portion, and an apparatus to interface with the input surface and receive the user's tactile action is described. The apparatus can include a body that allows controlled displacement during the user's tactile interaction, a tactile surface coupled to a first side of the body that is configured to receive the user's tactile interaction, and a base surface affixed to a second side of the body that is opposite the first side. The base surface can adhere the body to the input surface and be configured to translate to the input surface at least a force from the controlled displacement of the body. The second side of the body and the base surface can have a substantially same cross-sectional shape as the depressed portion of the sensor.

Abstract: A stylus including a pen rod, a first pen barrel, a second pen barrel, a driving element, and an actuating element is provided. The first pen barrel has a first end portion, a second end portion, and a first engagement slot located at the second end portion. The first end portion is fixed to the pen rod. The second pen barrel is sleeved on the second end portion. The driving element is disposed in the first pen barrel and includes an engagement portion. The engagement portion is engaged with the first engagement slot. The actuating element passes through the second pen barrel and the first pen barrel and is coupled to the driving element. The actuating element is configured to move toward a first direction after receiving a force to cause the driving element to be elastically deformed to separate the engagement portion from the first engagement slot.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines intersected with the scan lines in a grid, a plurality of pixel units, a first driving circuit for providing a plurality of scanning signals to the plurality of pixel units, and a plurality of pixel driving circuits. Each pixel driving circuit corresponds to one of the plurality of pixel units, and drives the corresponding pixel unit. Each pixel driving circuit comprises a switching transistor, a driving transistor, an organic light emitting diode and a reset transistor. The reset transistor pulls down a voltage applied on the driving transistor during a reset period under a control of a received another scanning signal having a phase previous to the scanning signal applied on a corresponding scan line being selected.

Abstract: A foldable device includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, and a hinge structure joined therebetween to permit the foldable device to be folded along an axis between an open mode and a closed mode. Touch sensors are disposed along one or more of the first housing portion or the second housing portion. The device includes a module implemented at least partially in hardware and configured to: determine touch sensor physical proximity; responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity not being less than a threshold, determine that the foldable device is in the open mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a single sensor mode; and responsive to the touch sensor physical proximity being less than the threshold, determine that the foldable device is in a closed mode and cause the foldable device to be operated in a cumulative sensor mode.

Abstract: A flexible display screen system having a flexible display screen, a sensor and a control module, in which the flexible display screen is formed with a first display region, the sensor is configured to generate a bending signal when the flexible display screen is bent, and the control module is configured to control the flexible display screen (10) to form a second display region according to the bending signal and the display content of the first display region and control the second display region to display the display content. The flexible display screen system realizes control over the flexible display screen 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 input assembly includes a touch panel, a fingerprint identification chip, and a flexible circuit board. The fingerprint identification chip is attached to a lower surface of the touch panel. The flexible circuit board is attached to the fingerprint identification chip. The touch panel and the flexible circuit board are correspondingly disposed on two opposite sides of the fingerprint identification chip.

Abstract: A low-profile, small-footprint gel-based pointing device is described herein. The gel-based pointing device described herein includes a gel-based body, a tactile surface affixed to a first side of the gel-based body, and a base surface affixed to a second side of the gel-based body that is opposite the first side. The tactile surface is configured to receive an input from a user and the base surface couples the gel-based body to a sensor surface. In at least one embodiment, the gel-based pointing device described herein further includes a sensor for receiving the gel-based pointing device and a detector for detecting changes in at least one of resistance, capacity, pressure, or lateral or vertical position of the gel-based pointing device.

Abstract: Provided are an organic light-emitting diode display device with a touch control function and a manufacturing method therefor. The display device comprises multiple pixel units. Each pixel unit comprises a display area (101A), a detection area (101B), multiple organic light-emitting diode elements located in the display area (101A), and infrared light detection elements located in the detection area. The multiple organic light-emitting diode elements comprise at least one of a red light organic light-emitting diode element and a blue light organic light-emitting diode element, an infrared light organic light-emitting diode element and a green light organic light-emitting diode element. Compared with an infrared touch device in the prior art, the organic light-emitting diode display device with the touch control function is smaller in size.

Abstract: The invention provides a gate driving circuit for an in-cell touch panel to improve the issue wherein the undesired falling time of a pre-stage shift register and the undesired rising time of a next-stage shift register during a touch sensing period, in which the undesired falling time and the undesired rising time are caused by the output signal of the shift register cannot be correctly transmitted to the pre-stage shift register and the next-stage shift register during the touch sensing period.

Abstract: A user interface method includes: obtaining an image; obtaining a mask; receiving a user input at a device, the user input indicating that a portion of the image is desired to be viewed by a user; and in response to the user input, displaying on a screen of the device a portion of the image while covering a remaining portion of the image using at least a part of the mask.

Abstract: An electronic device comprises a display and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a change in a refresh rate of the display from a first frequency to a second frequency. The controller is also configured to selectively generate a control signal configured to control emission of a light emitting diode of a display pixel of the display based on the first frequency.

Abstract: A touch display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present inventive concept includes: a plurality of pixel circuits; a plurality of first signal lines respectively connected to the plurality of pixel circuits and extending in a first direction; and a plurality of second signal lines respectively connected to the plurality of pixel circuits and extending in a second direction, wherein at least one signal line among the plurality of first signal lines and the plurality of second signal lines function as a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode in the touch mode, respectively.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device equipped with a touch detection function includes scanning lines, and series-connected unit register circuits, wherein a touch detection operation is performed in a scan stop period, each of the unit register circuits is composed of single-channel transistors, holds and outputs a scanning signal when a voltage leak of a held signal is equal to or lower than a predetermined value, a dummy unit register circuit is provided between a previous unit register circuit which drives a last scanning line before start of the scan stop period and a subsequent unit register circuit which drives a first scanning line after end of the scan stop period, and the dummy unit register circuit continues outputting the scanning signal to the subsequent unit register circuit during the scan stop period.

Abstract: A projector includes a determining unit configured to determine whether the distance between an operation device and a distance measuring unit configured to measure a distance to the operation device is a first threshold or less, a switching unit configured to switch, when a mode of the projector is a first mode, the mode from the first mode to a second mode when it is determined that the distance between the operation device and the distance measuring unit is the first threshold or less, a detecting unit configured to detect the position indicated by the operation device, and a processing unit configured to, when indication of a first position on the screen is detected, perform first processing corresponding to the first position when the mode is the first mode and perform second processing different from the first processing corresponding to the first position when the mode is the second mode.