Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system to detect whether a two-electrode touch button is pressed using a first self-capacitance measurement of an inner electrode of the two-electrode touch button and a second self-capacitance measurement of an outer electrode of the two-electrode touch button. The method, apparatus, and system further to detect whether the two-electrode touch button is pressed in view of presence of water proximate to the touch button.

Abstract: A touch input device may be provided that includes: a cover; a display module disposed under the cover; and a pressure sensing unit disposed under the display module. The pressure sensing unit includes a first elastic foam, a pressure sensor disposed on the first elastic foam, and a first adhesive layer disposed between the first elastic foam and the pressure sensor. A change amount of a stress of the first elastic foam required for the first elastic foam to be compressed to half of the thickness thereof from its original state is less than the change amount of the stress of the first elastic foam required for the first elastic foam to be compressed from half of the thickness thereof to the thickness to which the first elastic foam is able to be maximally compressed.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display panel including a plurality of pixel electrodes, a common electrode and a display function layer, a light source unit, and a controller. When a character is displayed in a first area of a display area, the controller applies a color other than the achromatic color to the first area, and makes a second area and a non-object area transparent. Transparency of the non-object area is higher than transparency of the second area.

Abstract: An input device described herein includes at least one dual purpose electrode that is used to perform both capacitive sensing to detect an input object (e.g., a finger or stylus) and force sensing to determine the force applied by the input object on the input device. During a first time period, the input device performs capacitive sensing using a first electrode of the plurality of sensor electrodes. However, during a second time period, the input device excites the first electrode and measures a resistance corresponding to the first electrode. The input device determines a force applied by an input object on the input device based on the measured resistance.

Abstract: A virtual reality experience is provided to one or more users by a computing system through the use of a special-purpose virtual reality mat. The computing system receives image data from an optical sensor imaging a physical environment. The mat includes one or more fiducial markers that are recognizable by the computing system. A presence of these fiducial markers is detected based on the image data. An activity region within the physical environment is defined based, at least in part, on the detected fiducial markers. A positioning of a physical subject is identified within the physical environment relative to the activity region. The virtual reality experience is selectively augmented based on the positioning of the physical subject identified relative to the activity region.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a first inertial measurement unit (IMU) of a mobile electronic device inserted in a headset includes, when a controller having a second IMU is mounted to the headset: performing a calibration procedure to generate first calibration data for the first IMU and second calibration data for the second IMU; receiving the second calibration data from the controller; determining a difference between the first calibration data and the second calibration data received from the controller; and calibrating the first IMU in accordance with the difference between the first calibration data and the second calibration data. The method further includes, when the controller has been removed from the headset after performing the calibrating, executing a virtual-reality application, comprising generating images based in part on motion data generated by the calibrated first IMU and displaying the images. The motion data corresponds to motions of the mobile electronic device.

Abstract: This disclosure provides a touch screen panel, comprising: a plurality of first touch control electrodes extending in a first direction; a plurality of second touch control electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; a plurality of first wirings, one end of each first wiring being connected to a corresponding first touch control electrode, and the other end of each first wiring being connected to an integrated circuit, wherein each first wiring is located within a gap formed by the corresponding first touch control electrode and the adjacent second touch control electrode and extends along the second direction.

Abstract: An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory and a processor. The processor implements the method including: receiving first data of a first quality, and second data of a second quality, the second quality different from the first quality, controlling a display device to display the first data and the second data, the first data corresponding to a first field of view of a user, transmitting information indicating a second field of view of the user through the communication circuit to the external electronic device, receiving third data of the second quality corresponding to the first field of view and fourth data of the first quality corresponding to the second field of view from the external electronic device, and controlling the display device to display the fourth data corresponding to the second field of view of the user.

Abstract: A non-limiting example information processing apparatus may be a game apparatus that includes an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing is provided with a first LCD. The lower housing is provided with a second LCD, and a cross button is provided in a left side of the second LCD and push buttons and a pointing stick are provided in a right side of the second LCD. The pointing stick is constituted with a cap, a holder, an operating body and a sensor board. The operating body to which the sensor board is adhesively fixed is secured, in a plane, to the holder, and the cap is joined to an operating stick of the operating body with the holder interposed therebetween. Then, the holder is fixed, in a linear manner, to the lower housing at one side, and a movement toward a rear side is regulated at a side not fixed to the lower housing.

Abstract: An image display system includes at least one display device and at least one information processing apparatus connected to the display device. The information processing apparatus includes an input unit which receives a plurality of image data items and parameters related to a display image, a determination unit which determines areas of an image indicated by the image data items, which areas are displayed by the display device as partial images of the display image, based on the parameters, a setting unit which sets up a switching condition for switching the image data items, a switching unit which switches the image data items when the switching condition is met, and a transmission unit which transmits data indicating the areas to the display device. The display device is configured to display the areas determined by the determination unit at intervals of a predetermined time.

Abstract: An image display apparatus includes an operation detecting unit, a display unit displaying an image, and a controller. The operation detecting unit receives drawing operations performed with electronic pens and state signals indicating operation states of the pens. The controller generates drawing data in response to each drawing operation, displays setting menus for the pens and the drawing data on the display unit, and determines whether each pen is being operated. From each pen, the operation detecting unit receives, as the state signal, a signal indicating whether the pen is moved or indicating the degree of the speed of a movement of the pen. The controller determines whether each pen is being operated based on the state signal. When the pen is being operated, the setting menu for the pen is displayed in a display mode depending on the degree of speed of the movement.

Abstract: An HMD includes an image display section configured to display a display image in a display region to be recognizable together with an outside scene, a display control section configured to cause the display section to display, in the display region, a pointer indicating a pointed position, and a six-axis sensor and a detection control section configured to detect operation. The display control section switches a first operation mode for moving, according to the operation detected by the six-axis sensor and the detection control section, a position of the pointer to correspond to the outside scene and a second operation mode for moving, according to the operation detected by the six-axis sensor and the detection control section, the position of the pointer in a form different from the movement corresponding to the outside scene.

Abstract: A driving method, a liquid crystal display panel, and an electronic device are described. The driving method is applicable to a liquid crystal display panel, the liquid crystal display panel including a plurality of first data lines and includes: grouping the plurality of first data lines into a plurality of sub-groups, each sub-group including a plurality of second data lines; determining a gray-scale value difference of data on each data line from a gray scale of a previous row to a gray scale of a next row, with respect to the plurality of second data lines of each sub-group; and selectively performing charge sharing with the plurality of second data lines in each sub-group, according to the determined gray-scale value difference.

Abstract: An example method is provided in according with one implementation of the present disclosure. The method comprises detecting at least one pointing action directed at a display in a multi-user environment, and determining a location of each detected pointing action on the display and a displayed content being pointed to. The method also comprises communicating the location of each pointing action to all displays in the multi-user environment that are displaying the same content, and mapping the location of each pointing action to a local display layout at each of the displays in the multi-user environment that are displaying the same content. The method further comprises generating a unique marker for each pointing action on all displays of the multi-user environment that are displaying the same content, where each unique marker corresponds to the location of each pointing action performed by a different user.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a backlight module and a display apparatus, the backlight module comprises a backplate, a light guide plate, and an optical film assembly, the backplate forms a frame for accommodating the light guide plate; the light guide plate is provided within the frame; the optical film assembly is provided on a light-exiting surface of the light guide plate, and the optical film assembly extends to outside of the backplate and is fixed onto an outer wall of the backplate. The backlight module and the display apparatus provided by the present disclosure facilitates not only realization of narrow bezel but also assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an information processing method and electronic device. The method comprises: displaying an indicator at a first location on a display area of a first electronic device at a first timing; acquiring a first operation data corresponding to a second timing which is later than the first timing, and updating to display the indicator at a second location on the display area different from the first location; acquiring a second operation data corresponding to a third timing which is later than the second timing when the second location is located on a border of the display area; and performing a predetermined process such that the indicator is displayed at a third location on the display area at a fourth timing when the pointing of the second electronic device re-enters the display area which is later than the third timing, the third location matching with the pointing at the fourth timing.

Abstract: A tilt derivation device and method for deriving a tilt of a pointer, are discussed. The pointer includes a first electrode at one end of an axis and a second electrode around the axis. The tilt derivation device includes a sensor of a plane shape configured to detect positions of the first and second electrodes; and a control portion including a lookup table in which a correspondence relationship between a tentative value of a slope direction tilt and a compensation value is registered, wherein the slope direction tilt is a tilt of the axis toward a slope direction that the axis is inclined from a normal direction perpendicular to the sensor, a slope direction tilt calculation portion calculating the tentative value based on the positions of the first and second electrodes and inputting the tentative value into the lookup table, and a tilt derivation portion deriving the tilt from the compensation value outputted from the lookup table.

Abstract: There is provided a system and method for communicating with a first peripheral device, of a plurality of peripheral devices, using a touch-sensitive system that has a processor and a touch surface. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method includes detecting, using the processor, a plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method further includes identifying, using the processor, the first peripheral device based on the plurality of touches on the touch surface of the touch-sensitive system that are made by the first peripheral device. The method additionally includes communicating data, using the processor, to a receptive circuit of the first peripheral device in response to the identifying of the first peripheral device.

Abstract: A stretchable display includes: a stretchable substrate including first areas and second areas; main pixels disposed on the first areas of the stretchable substrate, the main pixels configured to display different colors; and at least one sub-pixel disposed on the second areas of the stretchable substrate, the at least one sub-pixel being configured to display one color that is the same as any one of the main pixels, wherein the sub-pixel is configured to turn on in response to the stretchable substrate being stretched.

Abstract: Methods, device, and computer program product for mitigating pathogen transmission via a touch surface of a touch input device. Mitigation is accomplished through selective touch surface sterilization and through touchscreen user interface reorganization. The touch surface includes a pixel array for illuminating selected portions of the touch surface with ultraviolet light of a sterilization wavelength based upon the received touch inputs. The selective illumination may occur while receiving a touch input or after an accumulation of touch inputs have been received. The user interface may also be reorganized based on received touch inputs in order to locate user interface icons to lesser touched locations of the touch surface.