Abstract: A touch apparatus includes a touch screen and a touch controller. The touch controller is configured to process touch sensing signals received from the touch screen to generate a touch coordinate with respect to a touch event occurring on the touch screen. The touch screen includes a plurality of first touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of second touch sensing electrodes. The first touch sensing electrodes are disposed in a center area of the touch screen, wherein at least one part of the first touch sensing electrodes are rectangular. The second touch sensing electrodes are disposed in an edge area of the touch screen surrounding the center area, wherein each of the second touch sensing electrodes is corresponding to a central angle and a plurality of central angles corresponding to the plurality of second touch sensing electrodes substantially equal.

Abstract: A computing device includes signal generation circuitry and also includes a location on the computing device that is operative to couple a signal generated by the signal generation circuitry into a user. For example, the computing device includes signal generation circuitry that generates a signal that includes information corresponding to a user and/or an application that is operative within the computing device. The signal generation circuitry couples the signal into the user from a location on the computing device based on a bodily portion of the user being in contact with or within sufficient proximity to the location on the computing device that facilitates coupling of the signal into the user. Also, the signal may be coupled via the user to another computing device that includes a touchscreen display that is operative to detect and receive the signal.

Abstract: A blender with a display panel is provided to effectuate presentations of visual content. Exemplary implementations may: receive a first type of user input through the control interface; make detections regarding the user input received through the control interface; effectuate presentation of visual content on the display panel, responsive to a first detection of the first type of detections; and/or perform other operations.

Abstract: A computing device includes signal generation circuitry and also includes a location on the computing device that is operative to couple a signal generated by the signal generation circuitry into a user. For example, the computing device includes signal generation circuitry that generates a signal that includes information corresponding to a user and/or an application that is operative within the computing device. The signal generation circuitry couples the signal into the user from a location on the computing device based on a bodily portion of the user being in contact with or within sufficient proximity to the location on the computing device that facilitates coupling of the signal into the user. Also, the signal may be coupled via the user to another computing device that includes a touchscreen display that is operative to detect and receive the signal.

Abstract: Axis orientation compensation is provided in a system in which movement of a controlling device is used to control navigational functions of a target appliance by determining which one of plural sides of the controlling device is an active side of the controlling device and by causing navigational functions of the target appliance made relative to at least one of an X, Y, and Z axis of the target appliance to be dynamically aligned with movements of the controlling device made relative to at least one of an A, B, and C axis of the controlling device as a function of the one of the plural sides of the controlling device that is determined to be the active side of the controlling device.

Abstract: An in-cell touch panel includes a touch electrode, a shielding layer that is conductive and that is disposed between the touch electrode and the touch surface, a conductive layer that is electrically connected to the shielding layer, and a conductive member and a wiring portion that connect the conductive layer to a reference potential. At least part of the shielding layer is disposed so as to overlap a touch detection region. At least part of the conductive layer is disposed so as to overlap a frame region. A sheet resistance value of the conductive layer is lower than a sheet resistance value of the shielding layer.

Abstract: A computing device includes signal generation circuitry and also includes a location on the computing device that is operative to couple a signal generated by the signal generation circuitry into a user. For example, the computing device includes signal generation circuitry that generates a signal that includes information corresponding to a user and/or an application that is operative within the computing device. The signal generation circuitry couples the signal into the user from a location on the computing device based on a bodily portion of the user being in contact with or within sufficient proximity to the location on the computing device that facilitates coupling of the signal into the user. Also, the signal may be coupled via the user to another computing device that includes a touchscreen display that is operative to detect and receive the signal.

Abstract: A wearable computing device includes a display, a motion sensor, and a controller that: defines a pose of a simulated input object with selectable input elements; using the motion sensor, determines current poses of the display, and for each pose: (i) based on the pose and the pose of the input object, selects a portion of the input object, including a subset of the input elements, and (ii) renders the portion of the input object on the display; for at least one of the current poses, detects a simulated key press associated with one of the subset of input elements, and generates input data corresponding to the one of the subset of input elements. The device includes a housing containing the display, the motion sensor, and the controller; and a mounting component, coupled to the housing and configured to removably affix the housing to a forearm of an operator.

Abstract: Method for generating haptic feedback responses using haptic augmentations starts with processor receiving a media content item from a first client device and receiving from the first client device a selection of a haptic overlay associated with a haptic feedback response to be applied to the media content item. The processor generates a modified media content item by overlaying the haptic overlay on the media content item. The processor receives from the first client device a selection of a second user associated with the second user and causes the modified media content item to be displayed by a second user interface of the second client device. The processor detects a selection of the haptic overlay from the second client device, and in response to detecting the selection of the haptic overlay, causing the second user interface to generate the haptic feedback response. Other embodiments are described herein.

Abstract: A display device, a method of manufacturing the same and a tiled display device including the same are provided. The display device includes a substrate including a first contact hole, a laser absorption layer on the substrate and containing amorphous silicon, a first barrier insulating layer on the laser absorption layer, a fan-out line on the first barrier insulating layer as a first metal layer and including a pad portion in a second contact hole located in the first barrier insulating layer and the laser absorption layer, a display layer on the fan-out line, and a flexible film under the substrate and in the first contact hole and electrically connected to the pad portion.

Abstract: To provide a capacitive input device that enables the user to feel that the input operation has been done. A capacitive input device includes a surface sheet, a soft member, and a sensor sheet configured to detect a change in capacitance. The surface sheet includes an operation area on which a touching operation is to be performed. The soft member is provided between the operation area and the sensor sheet. The sensor sheet includes a sensor electrode located at a position corresponding to the operation area. When the operation area is pressed in a touching operation, the surface sheet and the soft member are displaced toward the sensor sheet and the sensor electrode detects the capacitance.

Abstract: A system configured to track the location of one or more peripherals operated by a user, the system comprising a tracking unit configured to determine a location of the one or more peripherals in dependence upon images captured by a camera associated with an HMD worn by the user, a generation unit configured to generate, in response to a determination by the tracking unit that one or more of the peripherals is not visible in the images, an array of home points behind the user, the home points being locations defined in dependence upon constraints upon the user's motion, an estimation unit configured to estimate the respective locations of non-visible peripherals in dependence upon the output of one or more inertial measurement units associated with each peripheral, and a selection unit configured to select a home point, from amongst the array of home points, for each of the non-visible peripherals, wherein the tracking unit is configured to generate a location for each non-visible peripheral such that the loc

Abstract: Provided is a method of identifying a touch type of a user touch input with respect to an electronic device, the method including: obtaining touch data from a touch input received from a user; determining a touch recognition model set consisting of touch recognition models to be used to identify a touch type of the touch input of the user from among a plurality of touch recognition models corresponding to a plurality of partial time periods included in a time in which the touch input is maintained; obtaining touch type probability values with respect to the touch input of the user by applying the touch data to the touch recognition models included in the touch recognition model set; and identifying a touch type of the touch input, based on the obtained touch type probability values.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch sensor and a touch input device and, more specifically, to a touch sensor formed of a circular single layer and a touch input device comprising same. A touch input device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises a circular touch sensor, wherein the touch sensor includes a plurality of electrodes disposed on a single layer and spaced apart from each other on a plurality of virtual circles having a common center.

Abstract: Disclosed herein a touch display driving device for driving a touch panel including first and second touch panels, which includes a plurality of touch sensing circuits configured to receive a touch sensing signal from the touch panel, and a plurality of driving device pads connected to the touch panel and selectively connected to the touch sensing circuit, wherein the plurality of driving device pads are divided into first, second, and third driving device pads, and when the touch sensing signal is received from the first touch panel through the first and second driving device pads, the touch sensing circuit connected to the third driving device pad is turned off.

Abstract: A solid-state switch for an external system includes a cover member, a first solid-state transducer, a second transducer, a microcontroller, a user feedback device, and a switching circuit. The first transducer is mechanically coupled to the cover member and configured to generate first signals in response to a perturbation at the cover member. The second transducer is configured to generate second signals in response to the perturbation. The microcontroller is configured to obtain first data from the first signals, second data from the second signals, and determine user inputs in accordance with at least the first data, the second data, and an operational state of the solid-state switch. The user feedback device is configured to provide feedback to a user of the switch in accordance with a switching behavior of the switching circuit.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device and the like for performing processing for eliminating the deviation between postures of an object and a user without deteriorating the user's sense of immersion as much as possible in a scene where an object operated in a virtual space receives some kind of interference. An information processing device according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes an operation mode determination unit, an instruction posture calculation unit, and an object motion determination unit. The operation mode determination unit determines an operation mode for the first object. The instruction posture calculation unit calculates an instruction posture for the first object based on a posture of an operator of the first object.

Abstract: A display pose of a client computing device is computed in a hybrid manner using both the client computing device and a server. Using the client computing device, an initial pose of the client computing device at an initial time is computed. A prospective pose at a target time is predicted using the client computing device. The prospective pose is sent along with auxiliary data from the client computing device to the server and a display pose of the client computing device at a display time is computed. The display pose is computed using the prospective pose and the auxiliary data.

Abstract: Provided are an imaging apparatus, an imaging method, and a program capable of accurately and simply controlling a movement sensitivity of an index displayed on a finder monitor to a sensitivity desired by a user by using a touch panel installed on a rear monitor. The imaging apparatus (10) has a finder that includes the finder monitor (13), the touch panel (31) that receives a swipe operation for moving the index, and an image processing unit (24). The image processing unit (24) includes a sensitivity setting unit that sets a first sensitivity for coarsely moving the index by the swipe operation or a second sensitivity for finely moving the index by detecting a contact operation to the touch panel in the swipe operation, and a movement control unit that moves the index on the basis of the swipe operation on the touch panel and the sensitivity set by the sensitivity setting unit.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for force sensing, and an electronic device. The apparatus includes at least one first sensor, at least one second sensor, and a comparator. The at least one first sensor generates a first signal, the at least one second sensor generates a second signal, and the comparator receives both the first signal and the second signal. The first signal is determined by deformation of a deformable portion and temperature at the deformable portion, and the second signal is determined by the temperature at the deformable portion. The comparator determines whether the deformable portion deforms based on the first signal, the second signal, and the threshold signal, and further generates the third signal which is in the active state in response to the determination being positive. The apparatus can make an accurate response when the deformation of the deformable portion serves as an input operation.