Abstract: Detecting a location of a touch input is disclosed. Each of a plurality of transmitters coupled to a propagating medium emits a signal that is distinguishable from other signals emitted from other transmitters. The signals from the transmitters are received from at least one receiver coupled to the propagating medium to detect the location of the touch input on a surface of the propagating medium as indicated by an effect of the touch input on each of the distinguishable signals.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control method for a touch device. The control method of the touch device allows the plurality of pressure sensors to be activated to detect the pressure on the touch position of the touch panel while the capacitive touch sensor is probably invalid and the touch device is abnormal. Therefore, the touch device works continuously when the capacitive touch sensor is probably invalid.

Abstract: An optical system including multiple lenses to receive respective laser beams, and including a combiner (an optical device) to receive the laser beams from the multiple lenses and to combine the laser beams into a single beam. The optical assembly includes a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) mirror to reflect the single beam from the combiner and provide a reflected beam as an exit beam through a window to an object. The optical assembly includes a single-pixel photodetector to collect light reflected from the object.

Abstract: An input detecting device includes: an input receiver configured to receive position input; a position detector included in the input receiver and configured to detect at least a position of the position input; a rotary portion rotatably attached to the input receiver and configured to move between a standby position spaced apart from the input receiver and an advanced position closer than the standby position to the input receiver; a rotation detectable portion configured to be rotated relative to the input receiver together with the rotary portion and whose position is detectable by the position detector; and a push detectable portion whose position is detectable by the position detector when the rotary portion is positioned at one of the standby position and the advanced position.

Abstract: A touchscreen includes a touch drive electrode, a touch sensing electrode, a touch drive circuit, a gate drive circuit, a touch drive electrode lead, and a liquid crystal panel. The touch drive electrode extends along a first direction. The touch drive circuit is disposed in a non-display area of the touchscreen, and an extension direction of the touch drive circuit is parallel to an extension direction of the touch drive electrode. The extension direction of the touch drive circuit is the same as the extension direction of the touch drive electrode. Each touch drive electrode is connected to the touch drive circuit using a touch drive electrode lead. The touch drive electrode lead is disposed in an area in which a gate drive circuit is located. The touch drive electrode lead and the gate drive circuit are disposed in an overlapping manner and are isolated from each other.

Abstract: A method for visual interaction between a user (10) and a machine (20) using gaze estimation is disclosed. The method comprises: displaying an initial element and one or more further elements on a display (30), each further element being spatially separated from the initial element, whereby each further element defines an angular range with respect to the position of the initial element; determining that a direction from a first gaze point to a second gaze point lies within the angular range defined by a further element selected by the user; and sending instructions to the machine to perform a function associated with the selected element. A system (1) for visual interaction between a user (10) and a machine (20) using gaze estimation is also disclosed. The gaze points of the user may be determined with relatively low precision.

Abstract: An electronic component board includes a signal line area in which signal lines extend in parallel to each other and a frame area that surrounds the signal line area. In the frame area, terminals, connection lines that connect the signal lines and the terminals, and circuits that are arranged along a portion of an outline of the signal line area and on respective line paths of the connection lines. The connection lines are routed such that an entire outline thereof is formed in a fan shape so as to be narrowed from the signal lines toward the terminals. The circuits include a first circuit and a second circuit. The second circuit has a small X-dimension in an arrangement direction of the circuits and a large Y-dimension in a perpendicular direction.

Abstract: A projector includes a first light modulator having first pixels, a second light modulator having second pixels, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to determine whether to control the spatial light modulators in a high-end mode or a low-end mode based on a video demand indicating greyscale levels. In high-end mode, at least one first pixel is driven in an ON state for at least a fraction of a frame time that a corresponding second pixel is in the ON state, the fraction determined based on the greyscale level. In the low-end mode, the at least one first pixel is driven in an OFF state while the corresponding second pixel is driven between ON and OFF states. The fraction that the second pixel is in the ON state is increased to compensate for driving the at least one first pixel in the OFF state.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device may include a display including a front surface area and a side surface area disposed in at least one side of the front surface area, a first sensor included under the side surface area and configured to sense pressure applied to the side surface area; and a processor operatively connected with the display and the first sensor. The processor may be configured to determine a position of at least one point of the side surface area corresponding to the sensed pressure, if the sensed pressure using the first sensor is within a first specified range, and to display at least one graphic object on an area corresponding to the determined position.

Abstract: A touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface may be provided. The touch input device includes: a display module; and a pressure sensor which is disposed at a position where a distance between the pressure sensor and a reference potential layer is changeable according to the touch on the touch surface. The distance is changeable according to a pressure magnitude of the touch. The pressure sensor outputs a signal including information on a capacitance which is changed according to the distance. The pressure sensor includes a plurality of electrodes to form a plurality of channels. The pressure magnitude of the touch is detected on the basis of a change amount of the capacitance detected in each of the channels and an SNR improvement scaling factor assigned to each of the channels.

Abstract: A texture recognition method, a texture recognition device, and a display device. The texture recognition method includes: receiving a texture recognition signal by using a light blocking structure having a light transmission aperture; performing an amplification process on the texture recognition signal to obtain an amplified texture recognition signal; and detecting a valley line and a ridge line in a texture based on the amplified texture recognition signal.

Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a driving circuit structure and at least one light emitting device. The driving circuit structure is disposed on the substrate and has at least one driving thin film transistor. The at least one light emitting device has a first connecting post and a second connecting post thereby being disposed on the driving circuit structure, and the at least one light emitting device is electrically connected to the at least one driving thin film transistor through the first connecting post. The at least one driving thin film transistor includes a channel layer, and a distance between the first connecting post and the second connecting post is greater than a channel length of the channel layer.

Abstract: A driving method of display panel includes: dividing pixels with same one color on the display panel into sets of pixel pairs, each set including a first subpixel and a second subpixel; displaying each frame using two frame images in order; obtaining a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal, a positive-viewing-angle mixed brightness of the subpixel being equivalent to a positive-viewing-angle brightness of the subpixel; driving the first subpixel of the first frame image by the first voltage signal of the first or second subpixel, and driving the second subpixel by the second voltage signal of the first or second subpixel; and driving the first subpixel of the second frame image by the second voltage signal of the first or second subpixel, and driving the second subpixel of the second frame image by the first voltage signal of the first or second subpixel.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed to a force sensor used within an electronic device, such as a stylus, watch, laptop, or other electronic device. A force sensor may be positioned, for example, within a stylus body. The force sensor may include an input structure constrained within a housing by a compliant member. The input structure may extend at least partially out of the stylus body and be configured to receive a force input. One or more sensors of the force sensor may detect a value of a displacement of the input structure caused by the force input. A processing unit may determine a value of the force input using a spring characteristic of the compliant member and the detected value of displacement.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a light-emitting component located on the first substrate, and an encapsulation part located on the first substrate. A receiving cavity is formed between the encapsulation part and the first substrate. The receiving cavity has a light-emitting region inside. The light-emitting component is located within the light-emitting region. The display panel further includes at least one water vapor detecting part located on the first substrate and inside the receiving cavity. The at least one water vapor detecting part is disposed outside the light-emitting region. Each of the water vapor detecting part has different light transmittance before and after water absorption.

Abstract: An apparatus including a display; a single pixel detector; and a beam splitter. The beam splitter is located relative to the display and the single pixel detector to allow a projected image from the display to pass through the beam splitter and direct a reflected image from an eye to the single pixel detector, where the reflected image is based at least partially upon the projected image.

Abstract: A display device that achieves both high-accuracy sensing by a touch sensor unit and smooth input using the touch sensor unit is provided. The display device includes a display unit and the touch sensor unit. The touch sensor unit performs touch sensing operation at a different timing from display image rewriting by the display unit, whereby the high-accuracy sensing can be achieved. The display unit has a function of rewriting a display image only in a region that needs to be rewritten. In the case where the entire display region is not necessarily rewritten, the time for the sensing operation by the touch sensor unit can be lengthened, whereby the smooth input can be achieved.

Abstract: A sensor including lenses, light emitters, each emitter projecting light out of a lens in a particular emission direction along a detection plane, light detectors, each detector detecting maximum light intensity when light enters a lens at a particular detection angle, a table of hotspots, each hotspot corresponding to an emitter-detector pair, the hotspot being a two-dimensional location in the detection plane along the emission direction of the emitter of the pair where projected light reflected by an object placed at that location, enters the lens for the detector of the pair at the detection angle of the detector, and a processor receiving outputs from the detectors corresponding to detected amounts of projected light reflected by an object in the detection plane, and calculating a two-dimensional location of the object in the detection plane based on the received outputs and based on hotspots for synchronously activated emitter-detector pairs.

Abstract: A method of and system for: acquiring drawing technique prompt information associated with an original graphic; initiating presentation of a stroke represented by the touch input on a display screen in response to detecting touch input on a touch pad; initiating presentation of a first prompt of the plurality of prompts in association with the stroke on the display screen; and initiating recording of graphic data corresponding to the stroke as an imitation of the first portion in response to completion of imitating a first portion.

Abstract: A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a display configured to include a main display area disposed on a front surface of the user terminal apparatus and a sub display area extending from a side of the main display area to be disposed in at least one area of a back surface of the user terminal apparatus, a processor electrically connected to the display, and a memory electrically connected to the processor. The memory stores instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to control to perform a first function of an application in response to a touch interaction being sensed on the main display area and a second function of the application in response to a touch interaction being sensed on the sub display area in response to the application being executed.