Abstract: Disclosed is an OLED touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The OLED touch panel includes an array substrate structure, a cathode layer with a plurality of cathode structures, an insulating layer and a metal layer with a plurality of metal structures, the cathode structures and the metal structures arranged such that the OLED touch panel exhibits a thinner profile than touch panels previously known in the art.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display panel including a plurality of source line groups selectively connected with a plurality of source amplifiers and panel switches located between the plurality of source line groups and the plurality of source amplifiers and a display driver integrated circuit (DDI) configured to drive the display panel and including the plurality of source amplifiers, decoders respectively connected to the plurality of source amplifiers, a logic circuit configured to provide display data to the decoders, a gamma generator configured to supply a gamma voltage to the decoders, and at least one switch configured to selectively connect the plurality of source amplifiers with the plurality of source line groups.

Abstract: A display device includes: a plurality of pixels substantially in a matrix form including a plurality of pixel columns in a first direction and a plurality of pixel rows in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a plurality of data lines connected to the pixel columns, respectively; a plurality of scan lines extending in the second direction; and a power line which supplies a driving power voltage to the pixels. Each of the data lines includes a first sub-data line disposed at a side of a corresponding pixel column, and a second sub-data line disposed at an opposite side of the corresponding pixel column, and each of the pixels includes a first transistor and a display element connected to the first transistor, where the power line overlaps with at least a portion of the first transistor.

Abstract: A touch panel enabling a repeat arrangement with a small design load, and a mesh pattern with a high degree of freedom and does not generate moiré, and a display device comprising same. A touch panel in which a drive electrode pattern/sensing electrode pattern include: first main electrode wires/second main electrode wires constituting line segments having a linear shape extending along a first wire direction/second wire direction; and first auxiliary electrode wires/second auxiliary electrode wires constituting line segments having a linear shape extending along the second wire direction/first wire direction and joining the first main electrode wires/second main electrode wires, and respective end points of the first main electrode wires/second main electrode wires are connected to end points of the closest first main electrode wire/second main electrode wire in adjacent nodes, by connecting wires having a different angle of inclination from the first main electrode wires/second main electrode wires.

Abstract: One illustrative system of the present disclosure includes a sensor configured to detect a gesture that includes a movement through multiple positions in real space. The multiple positions can include a first position that is distant from a touch sensitive surface and a second position that is closer to the touch sensitive surface than the first position. The system also includes a processor in communication with the sensor. The processor can output a graphical user interface (GUI) that includes multiple available user interface levels. During the gesture, the processor can activate a sequence of user interface levels, where each user interface level in the sequence is selected from among the multiple available user interface levels and is activated at a respective position among the multiple positions in the gesture. The processor can also cause a haptic output device to provide haptic feedback associated with each user interface level.

Abstract: An example image forming apparatus includes a light emitter to emit a plurality of light beams in a first direction perpendicular to a light emitting direction of a display and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the light emitting direction, a light receiver, a first processor to determine a touch input coordinate of a user based on a variation amount of each of the plurality of light beams received by the receiver, and a second processor to control the display and the image former using the determined touch input coordinate. The first processor may suspend determination of the touch input coordinate in response to an optical change being detected only in one direction within a preset first time. The example image forming apparatus may prevent a touch error, such as a touch error due to frustrated total internal reflection.

Abstract: A display device includes: a substrate that includes an opening and a display area that surrounds the opening; a plurality of grooves formed in the substrate between the opening and the display area; a display element layer on the substrate and that includes a plurality of display elements in the display area; a thin-film encapsulation layer disposed on the display element layer, the thin-film encapsulation layer including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer which are sequentially stacked; a planarization layer disposed over the plurality of grooves and that includes an organic insulating material, wherein the planarization layer is disposed over the second inorganic encapsulation layer, and the organic encapsulation layer is disposed below the second inorganic encapsulation layer.

Abstract: One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a deformation sensor configured to detect a deformation of a deformable surface and transmit a first sensor signal associated with the deformation. The system also includes a sensor configured to detect a user interaction with a user input device and transmit a second sensor signal associated with the user interaction. The system further includes a processor configured to: receive the first sensor signal; receive the second sensor signal; execute a function based at least in part on the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal. The processor is also configured to: determine a haptic effect based at least in part on the first sensor signal or the second sensor signal; and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect.

Abstract: A pen apparatus with a pressure sensitive tip mechanism that internally generates pressure, tilt, and/or barrel rotation through the use of a multi-axis measurement scheme with simultaneous transmit, receive, and sensing driver capability operable in conjunction with a receiving system or in a relative stand-alone manner. Signaling schemes are provided for operating the pen apparatus to achieve improved function. Systems and methods are provided for operating a pen, and for operating a pen with a touch sensor system. Drive/receive circuitry and methods of driving and receiving sensor electrode signals are provided that allow digital I/0 pins to be used to interface with touch sensor electrodes. This circuitry may be operated in modes to sense various combinations of signals coupled within a pen, or from outside of a pen.

Abstract: A control device for an automotive vehicle has a touch surface with a plate bearing a contact sensor that detects contact of a finger of a user, a haptic feedback module that vibrates the touch surface, which includes actuators positioned below the touch surface and linked to the plate of the touch surface, and a driver unit configured to drive the haptic feedback module to generate haptic feedback in response to a press on the touch surface. The haptic feedback is composed of a vibratory signal produced by control signals including one or more succession of pulses sent to the actuators, wherein each of the plurality of control signals generates one individual haptic pattern, a repetition of at least two identical individual haptic patterns, generated successively, and a period with no haptic feedback between two successive individual haptic patterns. A method of control of such a device is also disclosed.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide an image display device in which it is possible to adjust the spectrum of light emitted by pixels and adjust the chromaticity of the light emitted by the pixels. Provided is an image display device having a pixel region in which each pixel comprises a plurality of subpixels and the pixels are arranged in a matrix, wherein each of the subpixels includes a plurality of light-emitting layers overlapping each other with an electrode sandwiched therebetween, and the plurality of light-emitting layers each contain a quantum dot material and have different peak emission wavelengths from each other.

Abstract: An input mechanism for an electronic watch includes a rotational manipulation mechanism, such as a cap or shaft. The input mechanism also includes a sensor having first capacitive elements coupled to the manipulation mechanism, second capacitive elements, and a dielectric positioned between the first and second capacitive elements. Movement of the manipulation mechanism alters the positions of the first and second capacitive elements with respect to each other and is determinable based on capacitance changes resulting therefrom. In some implementations, the second capacitive elements may be part of an inner ring or partial ring nested at least partially within an outer ring or partial ring.

Abstract: A method for training a hierarchy of trained neural networks for hand pose detection includes training a first neural network to generate a first plurality of activation features that classify an input depth map data corresponding to a hand based on a wrist angle of the hand, the training using a plurality of depth maps of a hand with predetermined wrist angles as inputs to the first neural network during the training, and storing the first neural network in a memory after the training for use in classifying an additional depth map corresponding to a hand based on an angle of a wrist of the hand in the additional depth map.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to methods of passively driving an electrophoretic display. The electrophoretic fluid comprises three types of particles wherein two types particles are charged pigment particles having opposite charge polarities and contrasting colors. The third type of particle is larger in diameter than the first and second types of particles, and is less charged than the first and second types of particles, i.e., the third particle type is substantially uncharged. The electrophoretic medium is driven with two sets of electrodes, each set comprising a number of addressable electrodes.

Abstract: Disclosed is a display device with integrated touch screen which is capable of providing a mirror function, and minimizing the increase of thickness, and a method for fabricating the same, wherein the display device may include a substrate including a light-emission area and a non-emission area, first touch electrodes extending in a first direction on the substrate, and second touch electrodes extending in a second direction on the substrate, wherein the second direction intersects the first direction, and wherein at least one of the first and second touch electrodes is provided with an opening corresponding to the light-emission area.

Abstract: A pen device includes a battery, a logic unit and a wireless transceiver configured to transmit detected pen device inputs by a user to an IHS (Information Handling System). A touchpad extending around a circumference of the pen device includes capacitive layers configured to detect the user contacting the touchpad. The touchpad also includes pressure-sensitive layers configured to detect a force applied by the user in contacting the touchpad. The combination of inputs from the layers of the touchpad provides the location and pressure of the user's contact with the touchpad. These touchpad inputs in combination with the detected movement of the pen device support detection of inputs such as taps, squeezes and gestures that may serve as inputs to an application operating on the IHS. Utilizing the pen device in this manner, a user may provide various types of application inputs without interruption from the user's current workflow.

Abstract: A bias generation circuit coupled to a display panel is disclosed. The bias generation circuit includes a linear regulator, a charge pump and a synchronous dual mode boost DC-DC converter. The linear regulator and the charge pump are coupled to the display panel respectively. The synchronous dual mode boost DC-DC converter is selectively operated in a pulse width modulation mode or a pulse frequency modulation mode according to a control signal. In the pulse width modulation mode, the synchronous dual mode boost DC-DC converter controls the linear regulator to generate a first voltage signal to the display panel. In the pulse frequency modulation mode, the synchronous dual mode boost DC-DC converter controls the charge pump to generate a second voltage signal to the display panel.

Abstract: Provided is a display device having high display quality. The head-up display device 100 comprises: a single display unit that outputs display light; an imaging position adjustment mirror that generates display light and display light upon receiving the display light, and sets a distance from the imaging position adjustment mirror to the position at which an image is formed by the display light to be longer than the distance from the imaging position adjustment mirror to the position at which an image is formed by the display light; a first screen disposed at the imaging position of the display light; and a second screen disposed at the imaging position of the display light. The light distribution angle of the second screen is set to be larger than the light distribution angle of the first screen.

Abstract: A wearable device includes: at least one compliant region adapted and configured to be placed over a joint of a subject and at least two flexible but less compliant regions coupled to opposite ends of the compliant region. The device provides a wearable robotic device including a wearable and at least one actuator adapted and configured to move the flexible but less compliant regions relative to each other.

Abstract: Provided is a head-mounted display (HMD) apparatus, including a light modulator and eye lens, where the light modulator is configured to perform integral imaging on an image output from a 2D display panel, to form a light field image, the eye lens are configured to magnify the light field image formed by the light modulator.