Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and computer program products provide for monitoring an area within or proximate to a place of business for digital signatures of mobile communication devices, such as cellular devices or wearable communication devices. The captured digital signatures are then matched to digital signatures associated with existing customers of the business to determine the presence of the existing customer within or proximate to the place of business. Once the presence of the existing customer within or proximate to the business is known, the business can access other relevant information, such as customer profile information, prior transaction/interaction information or the like to enhance the customer's current interaction with the business. Moreover, once the presence of the existing customer is known, location determining mechanisms may implemented to track the location of the known customer within or proximate to the place of business for the purpose of positively identifying the known customer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a device and a method for adjusting Gamma voltage. The device for adjusting Gamma voltage comprises a Gamma voltage generating unit used for generating a plurality of Gamma voltages, the Gamma voltage generating unit comprising a plurality of output terminals for outputting the plurality of Gamma voltages; and a plurality of output units, output terminals of each of which are connected to output terminals of a corresponding Gamma voltage generating circuit among a plurality of Gamma voltage generating circuits of the display panel to be adjusted in one-to-one correspondence, the plurality of output units being used for outputting the plurality of Gamma voltages to output terminals of the Gamma voltage generating circuits.

Abstract: A stylus detecting device detects a pointed position which is a position pointed to by a stylus, and includes a first camera; a second camera; and a control unit including an axis detecting unit that detects a three-dimensional position and attitude of an axis of the stylus by using two images captured respectively by the first and second cameras, and a pointed position detecting unit that calculates as the pointed position a point of intersection between a straight line indicated by the axis of the stylus whose three-dimensional position and attitude have been detected by the axis detecting unit and a target plane having a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the first and second cameras.

Abstract: An IC architecture improving the sensing latency time in Projected Capacitance Touch comprises a sensor, a touch control integrated circuit, a sensing bus, a driving bus, the sensor comprising a plurality of sensing electrodes, and a plurality of driving electrodes. The driving electrodes comprise a selected driving electrode. The sensing electrodes are scanned and the capacitance change in each is recorded while a driving electrode is selected as said selected driving electrode. The touch control integrated circuit comprises a sensing IC, a driving IC, and a micro-programmed control unit (MCU), wherein the sensing IC comprises a module on receiving sensing electrode signal. The module on receiving sensing electrode signal comprises two sets analog latches and two sets analog multiplexers. The two sets analog latches comprising first stage analog latches and second stage analog latches and the two sets analog multiplexers comprising first stage analog multiplexers and second stage analog multiplexers.

Abstract: Certain aspects of an apparatus and a method for operating a user interface of a device may comprise a plurality of sensors coupled to a surface. The plurality of sensors may detect a movement of an object within a pre-defined distance from the surface. The one or more sensors may generate one or more signals in response to the detected movement. One or more processors that are communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors may generate a control signal corresponding to the one or more generated signals to operate the user interface of the device.

Abstract: The patent application relates to a method of controlling a display device including display elements arranged in a matrix with n rows of display elements. The method includes: driving a first row of display elements, with a first output of a driving system being connected to the first row and disconnected from at least one further row of display elements.

Abstract: A method for controlling a display device includes adjusting the luminance value of input data by a first method when the luminance value is greater than or equal to a predetermined number of nits, and adjusting the luminance value by a second method when the luminance value is less than the predetermined number of nits. The first method reduces the luminance value by a first predetermined percentage. The second method adjusts the luminance value to a first value corresponding to a predetermined luminance value set for the predetermined number of nits, and then reduces the first value by a second predetermined percentage different from the first predetermined percentage. The predetermined number of nits may be 2 nits or another number of nits.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for presenting contents on a persistent display are described herein. A system for controlling an electronic display comprises a persistent display; a trigger module to detect a triggering event; a configuration module to access a dead screen configuration in response to the triggering event, the dead screen configuration specifying content to display on the persistent display of the system after the system is powered down; and an output module to write the specified content to the persistent display as an image.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for processing a touch operation, and the method includes: a touch action of a user in a first sensing area is acquired by a mobile terminal, wherein the first sensing area is located in an area other than a display area of the mobile terminal; when it is determined by the mobile terminal that the acquired touch action is a valid touch action, a function key corresponding to the valid touch action is determined according to a correspondence between the touch action of the user acquired in the first sensing area and a function key, and a corresponding processing is performed according to a determined function key. The present disclosure further provides a mobile terminal. With the method and device provided in the present disclosure, the problem of the prior art that the thickness and screen size of a mobile terminal are limited due to an occupation of some area by keys of the mobile terminal when the volume of the mobile terminal is fixed.

Abstract: A portable input device is described. The portable input device can wirelessly send control signals to an external circuit. The control signals can derive from touch or gestures applied to a touch sensitive surface. The control signals can also include a mouse click equivalent control signal generated by mechanical manipulation of the portable input device.

Abstract: A touch location sensing panel includes a touch detection region in which a plurality of sensing regions are arranged on a single substrate in two columns, an external wire region provided in an outer portion of the touch detection region, a plurality of transmitting (Tx) electrodes formed in the plurality of the sensing regions, with at least one patch shape, respectively, to sense a location of touch applied to the touch detection region on a second axis, and a plurality of receiving (Rx) electrodes electrically separated from the transmitting electrodes in the plurality of the sensing regions and extended along a second axis to cover the transmitting electrodes, to sense a location of the touch on a first axis.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a pixel circuit for a display device and to a method for driving the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit comprises: a light-emitting unit configured to emit light under the control of the light-emission controlling unit; a light-emission controlling unit configured to control the light-emitting unit to emit light at a display stage; a touching unit configured to generate a touch signal; a driver amplifying unit configured to amplify the touch signal at a touch stage and drive the light-emitting unit to emit light at the display stage; a charging unit configured to charge a compensating unit; the compensating unit configured to be charged by the high voltage end prior to the display stage, and be charged by the charging unit at the display stage.

Abstract: Techniques are described herein that are capable of increasing touch and/or hover accuracy on a touch-enabled device. For example, attribute(s) of a hand or a portion thereof (e.g., one or more fingers) may be used to determine a location on a touch screen to which a user intends to point. Such attribute(s) may be derived, measured, etc. For instance, a value corresponding to a distance between the hand/portion and the touch screen may be derived from a magnitude of a measurement of an interaction between the hand/portion and the touch screen. In another example, virtual elements displayed on the touch screen may be mapped to respective areas in a plane that is parallel (e.g., coincident) with the touch screen. In accordance with this example, receiving a touch and/or hover command with regard to an area in the plane may indicate selection of the corresponding virtual element.

Abstract: An illumination unit capable of obtaining high luminance and a display apparatus including it are provided. The illumination unit includes an illumination optical system generating the illumination light, and a lens sheet narrowing a divergence angle of the illumination light. The illumination optical system includes a first transparent substrate and a second transparent substrate that are separated from each other and are arranged to face each other, and a light source applying light to an end face of the first transparent substrate or of the second transparent substrate. The illumination optical system is provided in a gap between the first transparent substrate and the second transparent substrate, and includes a light modulation layer exhibiting scattering characteristics or transparent characteristics with respect to the light from the light source in accordance with a magnitude of an electric field.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to an optical touch screen, comprising: a substrate; and a transparent first electrode layer, a photosensitive material layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the substrate. The photosensitive material layer is formed in a grid-like structure to isolate the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer and sense light irradiated on the optical touch screen. The embodiments of the present invention also provide a method for manufacturing an optical touch screen. According to the embodiments of the present invention, the position of the light emitted from the light source on the display screen can be determined by sensing the light emitted from the outside light source, so that human-computer interaction for a large-size screen display device can be achieved.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that is openable by a first case and a second case being unfolded, and includes an imaging section which is provided in the second case and opposed to the first case where a read target medium is placed, a recognition section which, when a predetermined indicator on the first case side is photographed by the imaging section, recognizes the predetermined indicator by analyzing a photographed image, a judgment section which judges whether or not the first case and the second case have been closed into a predetermined state, based on a result of recognition of the indicator by the recognition section, and a determination section which determines the photographed image taken by the imaging section as a storage target, when the judgment section judges that the first case and the second case have been closed into the predetermined state.

Abstract: An in-cell OLED touch display panel structure with metal layer for sensing includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate parallel to the upper substrate, an OLED layer configured between the upper and lower substrates, a black matrix layer, a sensing electrode layer, and a thin film transistor layer. The black matrix layer is disposed at one surface of the upper substrate facing the OLED layer, and is composed of a plurality of opaque lines. The sensing electrode layer is disposed at one side of the black matrix layer facing the OLED layer, and is composed of a plurality of sensing conductor lines. The thin film transistor layer is disposed at one side of the lower substrate facing the OLED layer. The plurality of sensing conductor lines are disposed at positions corresponding to those of the plurality of opaque lines of the black matrix.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a plurality of auxiliary gate lines extending in the second direction, a plurality of auxiliary data lines extending in the first direction, a display panel including first pixels and second pixels, and a driving part controlling the display panel to display an image. The first pixels are connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, respectively. The second pixels are connected to the plurality of auxiliary gate lines and the plurality of auxiliary data lines, respectively. The auxiliary gate lines correspond to the gate lines, respectively. Each of the auxiliary gate lines is electrically connected to the corresponding one of the gate lines.

Abstract: Computer based systems, methods, and computer readable media for sensing and decoding a sequence of facial expression exhibited by an individual sender, in order to determine a message encoded by that sequence of the individual. Digital image sensor devices may capture facial images of a sending individual. An enrollment processes is used by which an enrolled message is associated with a sequence of facial expressions. A background model is used with relevant expression models to locate a region of interest of the individual's face, which models accommodate the stand-off placement of the image sensors relative to the individual. An expression identifier is used with the expression model to classify captured images as including an enrolled facial expression. The classified images may then be decoded to identify the message sent.

Abstract: Sliding and non-sliding touch input to an electronic device may be selected so that the motions associated with a character to input are intuitive and thus easy to remember. The motions for the contacts of the touch input may be selected ergonomically in a way enabling touch-typing, thus increasing user comfort for longer periods of use. Multiple repositionable finger contact regions are maintained on a contact surface in an arrangement that is easily accessible for the user's fingertips. Each available input character is associated with a unique finger contact or set of simultaneously-entered contacts, each contact being either sliding or non-sliding contact, and the sliding contacts having a direction associated with the character. One example touch surface is a touch screen. Another example touch surface is the table upon which the electronic device sets and thus separate from the electronic device and freeing space on the device for other use.