Abstract: A liquid crystal display including a first over-driving (OD) compensation unit compensating R data at a first OD rate; a second OD compensation unit compensating G data at a second OD rate; and a third OD compensation unit compensating B data at a third OD rate, where the second OD rate is higher than the first OD rate and the third OD rate.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display includes a display unit at the center of a panel and including a plurality of pixels at crossing regions of scan lines and data lines, a scan driver for supplying scan signals to the scan lines and on the panel, a pad unit on the panel and for supplying driving powers and control signals to the display unit and the scan driver, the pad unit including first and second pads for supplying a gate high level voltage to the scan driver and third and fourth pads and for supplying a gate low level voltage to the scan driver, a first power source supply line surrounding the display unit and coupling the first pad to the second pad via the scan driver, and a second power source supply line surrounding the display unit and coupling the third pad to the fourth pad via the scan driver.

Abstract: A foldable keyboard for a portable computer includes a keyboard body which comprises two keyboard pieces hinge-coupled by a hinge unit in order to be unfolded in a direction parallel to a keyboard plane. Another embodiment of the invention is a foldable keyboard, which includes: a guide unit at which a long hole is formed along its length; and a keyboard body which comprises two keyboard pieces hinge-coupled to the guide unit by a hinge unit. The keyboard pieces can be unfolded in a direction parallel to a keyboard plane into its extended state. As the keyboard pieces unfold, the hinge unit slides along the long hole as the keyboard edges, which are facing each other, are stuck together. Thus, the two keyboard pieces are hinge-coupled to each other to reverse their vertical and horizontal directions as the keyboard body is extended.

Abstract: A multi-touch detecting method is adapted for detecting touched points on a touch panel that includes first and second conductive films. The first conductive film exhibits electric anisotropy, and has a lower resistivity in a first direction. The multi-touch detecting method includes: applying a first voltage to the first conductive film; applying a second voltage greater than the first voltage to the second conductive film; measuring sequentially voltages at different measuring points of the first conductive film; obtaining a first local maximum voltage, a second local maximum voltage and a local minimum voltage from the measured voltages; determining a first location of the touched points based on a location of the measuring point corresponding to the first local maximum voltage; and determining a second location of the touched points based on a location of the measuring point corresponding to the second local maximum voltage.

Abstract: An optical drive apparatus includes: a phase-difference detection-signal generating unit that generates PEDr based on PEROd and PEFOd obtained by delaying a phase-lead output signal indicating a phase lead amount of DA with respect to DB and X that is changed to high at a timing at which NAND of the DA and the DB is changed from high to low and changed to low at a timing at which OR of the DA and the DB is changed from high to low, and generates PADr based on PAROd and PAFOd obtained by delaying a phase-lag output signal indicating a phase lag amount of the DA with respect to the DB by a predetermined time and the X; and a DPD signal generating unit that generates a phase difference signal indicating a phase difference between the DA and the DB based on the PEDr and the PADr, and generates a DPD signal based on the phase difference signal.

Abstract: A stylus is disclosed including a main barrel, a main body receiving the main barrel, a stylus cover covering the main body, and a sliding rod assembled to the main barrel. The main body is slidably assembled to the sliding rod to transfer between being latched inside the main barrel and being exposed out of the main barrel.

Abstract: A two-step detection for a capacitive touchpad to identify a real touch point first detects the self capacitances from multiple capacitance sensor traces of the capacitive touchpad to identify any touch point on the capacitive touchpad and then, if multiple touch points are detected, further detects the mutual capacitance at one of the detected touch points to identify whether it is a real touch point.

Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for detecting land pre-pits. The method includes extracting a land pre-pit data stream from a signal responsive to land pre-pits on an optical medium based on a land pre-pit threshold, detecting a bit stream pattern from the land pre-pit data stream, comparing one or more bits in the land pre-pit data stream at locations relative to the bit stream pattern with pre-known bit information, and adjusting the land pre-pit threshold based on the comparison.

Abstract: A touch system user interface determines a signal profile associated with the use of a manipulator with a touch sensor component. The signal profile corresponding to a plurality of signal levels along a surface of the touch sensor component. The system calculates a geometrical attribute of that portion of the signal profile that exceeds a threshold signal value (e.g., the area or shape of the region) and determines a type of the manipulator (e.g., stylus, human finger, etc.) based on the calculated geometrical attribute.

Abstract: An integrated method of detecting an image defect in an LCD screen consists in verifying the consumption of current on a power supply bus of the image display means (row driver 20, column driver 30, counter electrode CE), during capacitive charges or discharges of the selection lines Li and/or columns ColRj. The method comprises the integration of a current measurement chain comprising a measurement resistor Rm on the power supply bus and measurement 41 and comparison 42 circuits providing outside the screen a detection signal Sd which is processed by an external circuit for safety management.

Abstract: A display device (10) includes an upper substrate (first substrate) (2), a lower substrate (second substrate) (3), and a conductive liquid (16) that is movably sealed in a display space (S) formed between the upper substrate (2) and the lower substrate (3). In the display device (10), a signal electrode (first electrode) (4) is provided on the upper substrate (2), and a scanning electrode (second electrode) (5) and a reference electrode (third electrode) (6) are provided on the lower substrate (3). The signal electrode (4) comes into contact with the conductive liquid (16) and is made of a material that is electrochemically inert to the conductive liquid (16).

Abstract: To provide an input apparatus, a control apparatus, a control system, and a control method that are capable of restricting a movement of a pointer on a screen by a user operation even while the input apparatus is moving. In a state where a movement button is not pressed by a user, an MPU of an input apparatus is not outputting a movement command or is outputting a movement command with a displacement amount set to 0. In other words, even when the user holds the input apparatus and moves it, a pointer does not move on a screen. As a result, a movement of the pointer unintended by the user can be restricted. When the movement button is pressed, that is, when a first operation signal is input via a first switch, the MPU starts outputting the movement command. By receiving the movement command, an MPU of a control apparatus controls display of the pointer so as to start the movement of the pointer that corresponds to the movement command.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transparent component (100) comprising active members (10) that are juxtaposed in parallel to a surface of the component, and that are each switchable between a transparent state and a reflecting state. Each active member establishes a light path between a light passage opening and a side of the component when said active member is reflecting. An addressing system (2) further controls the switching of the active members so that a reduced number of active members is simultaneously reflecting. Therefore, an image formed by transparency through the component thus appears permanently and continuously. Such a transparent component can be used for making an image superimposition device and an image display and storage device.

Abstract: A flat panel display, a shift register with image retention release and method for releasing image retention are provided. An output end of the shift register couples to a gate line of a display panel. A first end of a first transistor couples to the output end of the shift register. A second end of the first transistor couples to a system voltage VDD or a reference voltage VSS. A first end of a capacitor couples to a control end of the first transistor. A second end of the capacitor couples to the reference voltage VSS. During a power-off period, the reference voltage VSS is pulled high for turning on the first transistor, therefore the voltage of the gate line is pulled high.

Abstract: An information recording medium, and a recording/reproducing apparatus and a recording/reproducing method for the recording medium. Original data is sequentially updated by replacing an original recording block with one or more replacement recording blocks. A replacement recording block includes at least one of an original address field indicating a location of the original recording block or a previous address field indicating a location of an immediately previous recording block. Replacement information is effectively recovered in a system where a replacement for logical overwriting (LOW) occurs in either a spare area and a user data area by reference to the address fields in each replacement recording block.

Abstract: An optical recording/reproducing device which minimizes the number of home-in operations to move a pickup to a predetermined reference position of a disc, and a method of controlling the same. The optical recording/reproducing device includes a pickup to record or reproduce information on or from a disc, a pickup movement motor to move the pickup along the disc, a main power supply controller to detect whether power is initially supplied so as to output a home-in control signal, and a drive controller to perform a home-in operation, only when power is initially supplied according to the home-in control signal of the main power supply controller. Since the home-in operation is performed only when power is initially supplied, the number of home-in operations is minimized.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal display panel includes: gate lines each serving as a row-direction line which is one of the rows of a two-dimensional matrix; data signal lines each serving as a column-direction line which is one of the columns of the two-dimensional matrix; a plurality of liquid-crystal pixel sections which are laid out to form the two-dimensional matrix and each placed at the intersection of one of the gate lines and one of the data signal lines; chopper-type comparators each connected to one of the data signal lines and each used for converting the value of a sensor signal read out from one of the liquid-crystal pixel sections connected to the data signal lines into a binary value; and a shift register for converting outputs of the chopper-type comparators from parallel data into serial data and outputting the serial data.

Abstract: A first image sensor captures a first image of a panel of a touch screen. The first image includes a first object, a second object, a first set of reference marks, a second set of reference marks, and a first boundary mark. The touch screen establishes relationships of relative positions among the first image sensor, the first object, the second object, and the reference marks according to positions of the first object, the second object, and the reference marks in the first image. And the touch screen calculates a relative position between the first image sensor and the panel according to the relationships of relative positions among the first image sensor, the first object, the second object, and the reference marks and relative positions among the first object, the second object, and the panel.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus includes; at least one light source which sequentially generates a plurality of lights, a light sensor which faces the at least one light source and outputs a plurality of signals corresponding to a magnitude of the plurality of lights, a light guide plate interposed between the at least one light source and the light sensor to guide the plurality of lights from the at least one light source to the light sensor and a coordinate generator which calculates coordinates of a touch input which occurs on the light guide plate using the signal output from the light sensor corresponding to the touch input.

Abstract: A resistive multi-point touch device and method is disclosed. A plurality of wires intersect each other to form a plurality of intersecting regions. The intersecting wires are separated from each other by a plurality of insulating particles. First, suppressed intersecting regions are sensed, and then contact points on the suppressed intersecting regions are sensed based on the suppressed intersecting regions. Sensing of the suppressed intersecting regions is performed by first sensing suppressed wires, and then determining possibly suppressed intersecting regions based on the suppressed wires, and sensing suppressed intersecting regions based on these possibly suppressed intersecting regions.