Abstract: The user taps with free fingers on a surface, the finger-taps are organized in groups of simultaneously occurring taps called combinations of concurrent finger-taps. Successions of combinations of one or more concurrent finger-taps are executed. To distinguish between two successive combinations of simultaneous finger-taps, the user produces them separated by short time intervals. A sensing device detects finger-taps; their location and time of occurrence are acquired. The fingers producing the taps are identified. Combinations of fingers producing concurrent taps are associated to linguistic primitives like phonemes or morphemes. Series of linguistic primitives are converted to vocal speech; this method is called Finger Taps Language Technology.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense an input of a touch pen and output a signal corresponding to the input of the touch pen, a display configured to include a first layer and a second layer, display a graphical object in the first layer, and display a handwriting image based on the input of the touch pen in the second layer, and a controller configured to control the display to change a display direction of the graphical object displayed in the first layer based on the signal output from the sensor.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus recognizes a touch operation input using a pointer, and the information processing apparatus includes a touch position acquisition unit configured to acquire a touch position in contact with the pointer on a target surface, a leading end position identifying unit configured to identify a position in proximity to a leading end part of the pointer on the target surface, an input position identifying unit configured to identify an input position, based on the touch position acquired by the touch position acquisition unit, and the position identified by the leading end position identifying unit as being corresponding to the leading end part of the pointer, and a recognition unit configured to recognize the touch operation, based on one or more input positions identified by the input position identifying unit.

Abstract: A haptic effect enabled device for producing a haptic effect. In some cases, the haptic effect may represent a component of a spatial pattern represented on a surface of the haptic effect enabled device. In some cases, the haptic effect enabled device may comprise a haptic output device, a drive module, and a drive circuit. The drive module may receive information indicative of a location of a touch input at the surface and determine whether the touch input's location corresponds with a location of one of multiple components of the spatial pattern. The drive module may generate a drive signal that the drive circuit then applies to the haptic output device to generate the haptic effect.

Abstract: A device configured to sense a touch on a surface of the device. The device includes a cover and a force-sensing structure disposed below the cover. The force-sensing structure may be positioned below a display and used in combination with other force-sensing elements to estimate the force of a touch on the cover of a device.

Abstract: An electronic device and a method for controlling the display of an electronic device are provided. The method includes dividing the display into a first area and a second area in response to detecting that the display is bent, displaying a surface of an application on the first area of the display, and displaying a control menu of the application on the second area of the display.

Abstract: A method of interacting frames between multiple electronic devices for a first electronic device includes determining if a first frame of the first electronic device and a second frame of a second electronic device toward a same direction when the first electronic device detects an approaching or contact from the second electronic device to operate in an extend mode or a clone mode. If the first and second electronic devices operate in the extend mode, the first and second electronic devices collaboratively display one of the first and second frames being a dominant frame; if the first and second electronic devices operate in the clone mode, the first and second electronic devices respectively display one of the first and second frames being the dominant frame.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a display unit configured to switching between an On state and an Off state, a touch sensor configured to sense touch on the display unit in the On or Off state, and a controller configured to switch at least a portion of the display unit to the On state when displacement of a drag input, dragging a pointer in a predetermined direction, in a first direction reaches a first reference value, output first information in a first area of the display unit when at least the portion of the display unit turns to the ON state, and switch the display unit to the Off state when the pointer, which has dragged in the predetermined direction, is released from the display unit after the display unit is switched to the On state. Further, the display unit is maintained in the On state after the display unit is switched to the On state in response to the drag input while the pointer, which has dragged in the predetermined direction, is touching the display unit.

Abstract: Disclosed are a touch screen device and a method of driving the same, which minimize an influence of parasitic capacitance of a touch electrode and sense a voltage charged into capacitance(s) of the touch electrode. The touch screen device includes a touch electrode, a touch driving line connected to the touch electrode, a touch driving voltage output unit connected to the touch driving line through a first switch to output a touch driving voltage, a current source connected to the touch driving line through a second switch to discharge electrical charges charged into parasitic capacitance of the touch electrode according to a predetermined discharge current, and a touch voltage sensing unit connected to the touch driving line through a third switch to sense a voltage charged into each of finger capacitance and the parasitic capacitance of the touch electrode.

Abstract: A parent device which is a liquid crystal monitor device serving as a reference for adjusting the backlight distributes, through communication, a backlight-setting value indicating luminance of a backlight to an child device which is a liquid crystal monitor device receiving adjustment of the backlight. A processing unit in the child device obtains a correction value from the backlight-setting value of the parent device received by a reception unit and a backlight-setting value input to an adjustment switch by the user. When the reception unit has received a new backlight-setting value of the parent device, the processing unit obtains the backlight-setting value of the child device from the new backlight-setting value and the correction value and instructs a backlight control circuit to light a backlight based on a lighting period corresponding to the obtained backlight-setting value.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a first Pixel is connected to a first source line via a first switch included in a first Pixel and the second Pixel is connected to a second source line via a second switch included in the second Pixel. The first Pixel has a first memory, and the second Pixel has a second memory. A first potential line supplies data 1 and a second potential line supplies data 0. The first and second Pixels can store data 1 or 0, when a gate signal is applied to a gate line and the first and second switches are turned on. In this case, in order to store the same data (1 or 0) in the first and second memories, the first and second source lines should be applied different revel signals each other.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable device and a method for determining a position of at least one finger of a hand relative to a predetermined reference point comprising a sensor unit in the palm of the hand comprising at least one sensor, a logic unit in operative engagement with a computer device and configured to generate a position signal based on the registered finger position, and to interpret and convert the signal to a command to be processed by the computer device, a housing at least partly enclosing the sensor unit and an attachment member. The wearable device is characterized in that the sensor is at least one image sensor directed towards a respective distal end of the at least one finger and configured to determine the position of the finger in relation to the wearable device.

Abstract: An EL display apparatus according to the present invention includes an EL device adapted to emit light at a luminance corresponding to a current fed thereto. A source driver outputs a current higher than a current corresponding to an analog video signal to the EL device through a source signal line. This operation charges/discharges a parasitic capacitance present in the source signal line. A second gate driver circuit controls a transistor formed between the EL device and the source driver to operate so that the EL device is fed with the current for only a part of a one-frame period. As a result, the El device emits light for only the part of the period.

Abstract: Architecture and designs of wearable devices for virtual reality and augmented reality applications are described. According to one aspect of the present invention, a display device is made in form of a pair of glasses and includes a minimum number of parts to reduce the complexity and weight thereof. A separate enclosure is provided as portable to be affixed or attached to a user (e.g., a pocket or waist belt). The enclosure includes all necessary parts and circuits to generate content for virtual reality and/or augmented reality applications. The content is optically picked up by an optical cable and transported by one or more optical fibers in the optical cable to the glasses, where the content is projected respectively to the lenses specially made for displaying the content before the eyes of the wearer.

Abstract: There is provided a navigation device including an image sensor and a processing unit. The image sensor is configured to capture reflected light of a work surface with a low-speed period to generate image frames, wherein the image sensor captures a pair of image frames in each low-speed period. The processing unit is configured to calculate acceleration according to the pair of image frames to accordingly identify whether to adjust the low-speed period to a high-speed period.

Abstract: A touch sensor driver circuit drives a capacitive touch sensor to detect the presence of an operation performed with a conductive member and detects a position of the operation. A controller performs processing corresponding to the operation on the touch sensor with the conductive member. In a case where detection of a capacitance greater than or equal to a threshold in an edge area of a sensor area of the capacitive touch sensor and a touch operation in a central area that is the sensor area excluding the edge area occur at the same time, the controller ignores the touch operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a capacitive controller for detecting at least one detecting plate and at least one reference plate surrounding each detecting plate. All of the reference plates are electrically coupled to the same first wire, and each reference plate is electrically coupled to a second wire. When an electrical signal is provided to the first wire and each second wire, one or more detecting plates touched or approached can be detected simultaneously based on the signal difference between each second wire and the first wire.

Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function includes a control device that performs, in normal operation mode, image display control so as to exhibit an image display function of a display function layer based on an image signal and performs touch detection control; a touch detecting unit that detects, in the normal operation mode, a position of an object in proximity to or in contact with the touch detection electrode based on a detection signal transmitted from the touch detection electrode; and a touch-detection controller that detects, in sleep mode, the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode. When the touch-detection controller detects the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode in the sleep mode, the control device controls a pixel electrode to a predetermined potential, and thereafter supplies a touch drive signal to a drive electrode.

Abstract: A touch panel of the present disclosure includes a substrate divided into a view area and an unavailable area. Sensing electrodes are formed in the view area to sense a first input, and touch electrodes are formed in the view area not to be overlapped with the sensing electrodes to sense a second input. A first wire is formed in the unavailable area to connect first ends of the touch electrodes, and second wires are formed in the unavailable area and connected to the second ends of the touch electrodes. A controller is connected to the second wires to control the touch electrodes, in which the first wire may be connected to the plurality of touch electrodes, and the second wires may connect each of the plurality of touch electrodes to the controller.

Abstract: A high-density sensor module includes a substrate with a printed circuit board, a first supporting member disposed on a upper surface of the printed circuit board, the first supporting member includes at least one first sensing channel with a first right sidewall, at least one sensor disposed on the first right sidewall and electrically connected to the printed circuit board, and at least one first conductive unit arranged in the first sensing channel. The angle between the first right sidewall and the upper surface of the printed circuit board is not less than 90°. When the first conductive unit is subjected to a pressure from outsides, the first conductive unit slides along a direction toward the upper surface of the printed circuit board and presses the sensors, and the pressure is conductive from the first conductive unit to the sensor. The sensing density and sensing resolution are enhanced.