Abstract: Touch-based input to a computing device can be improved by providing a mechanism to lock or reduce the effects of motion in unintended directions. In one example, a user can navigate in two dimensions, then provide a gesture-based locking action through motion in a third dimension. If a computing device analyzing the gesture is able to detect the locking action, the device can limit motion outside the corresponding third dimension, or lock an interface object for selection, in order to ensure that the proper touch-based input selection is received. Various thresholds, values, or motions can be used to limit motion in one or more axes for any appropriate purpose as discussed herein.

Abstract: Fingertip-sized discrete areas are provided on a slate computer and have different tactile characteristics than the remainder of the surface on which they are disposed. The discrete areas are arranged to mimic home keys of a keyboard and each discrete area corresponds to a respective home key. In this way, a user is given tactile feedback of when fingers are properly placed in the home position, with home key finger placement triggering the presentation of a full keyboard on screen. Other embodiments do not use tactilely distinct keys, with simultaneous placement of two or more fingers on the computer triggering display of the virtual keyboard.

Abstract: A haptic device provides an indirect haptic device, having a substrate having a touch surface, a position sensor and a friction modulator associated with the substrate, a control device connected to the position sensor and the friction modulator, wherein a coefficient of friction on the touch surface is modulated in response to a sensed position of relative to the touch surface and/or a derivative thereof.

Abstract: A liquid crystal driving circuit controls operations of display areas in a liquid crystal display panel based on a plural pieces of divided image data which are prepared by dividing image data for a single screen in accordance with the display areas in the liquid crystal display panel. In response to an luminance signal corresponding to an LED resolution generated by an LED resolution signal generating circuit based on image data for a single screen which is not divided, the LED driving circuit controls operations of LEDs provided in a backlight unit. With the configuration of at least one embodiment, according to a liquid crystal display device including a backlight, in a case where display image data for a single screen is divided into a plural pieces of divided image data for a plurality of areas of a display screen and images to be displayed in the plurality of areas are controlled based on the plural pieces of divided image data, display quality in a border area of the plurality of areas can be improved.

Abstract: A substantially transparent touch sensor panel having co-planar single-layer touch sensors and traces fabricated on a single side of a substrate for detecting single or multi-touch events. The touch sensor elements can be fabricated in columns and rows, with each sensor element in a row adjacent to a sensor element in a column. By using a board as the dielectric to connect traces from multiple sensor elements in each row, rather than using a dielectric layer on the substrate upon which the sensor elements and traces are formed, the sensor elements and traces on the substrate can be formed by simply patterning a single layer of conductive material on the substrate, which can simplify the manufacturing process of the substrate from a complexity and cost perspective.

Abstract: A portable control apparatus includes a driver, a baseband controller, and a crystal oscillator. The driver includes an oscillating circuit that generates a feedback signal. The baseband controller coupled to the driver receives the feedback signal, and outputs a calibrating signal to the driver according to the feedback signal. The crystal oscillator coupled to the baseband controller generates an accurate output frequency for operating the baseband controller.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display accommodates a reflective portion with a concavo-convex reflecting pixel electrode for reflecting incident light from the display face side, and a transmissive portion with a transmissive pixel electrode for transmitting light output from the backlight. In a wide viewing angle region, luminance of the reflective portion is greater than the transmissive portion. In other angle regions, luminance of the transmissive portion is greater than the reflective portion. In a wide viewing field mode, the reflective portion and transmissive portion both perform normal display. In the narrow viewing field mode, the transmissive portion performs normal display, while the reflective portion performs cancelling data display, thereby rendering unviewable the display content of the transmissive portion from beyond a certain viewing angle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an input and output device, and more particularly to a touch display device. The touch display device comprises a display panel, a touch controller, and a power supplier. The display panel performs an image display operation in a display state. The touch controller performs a touch controlling operation in a working state. The power supplier is coupled to the touch controller and provides an operation voltage to the touch controller. When the display panel is in a non-display state, the power supplier is enabled not to provide the operation voltage to the touch controller such that the touch controller comes in a non-working state.

Abstract: A touch panel controller may include a communications module configured to receive pixel values, where each pixel value represents a capacitance associated with a pixel formed at a drive electrode and a sensor electrode of a touch panel. The touch panel controller may also include a processing module configured to discard pixel values below a noise threshold, discard pixel values for non-zero pixels that are not adjacent to non-zero pixels, reject detected input for pixel values associated with a palm input, compute an initial centroid associated with the pixel values, reject detected input for pixel values associated with a hover input, and provide detected input that is not associated with palm input or hover input.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display driving circuit and method. A data register block of a controller applies in advance a polarity control signal to data before the data are stored in latches of a data driver, exchanges the data, and then stores the exchanged data in the latches. Thereby, it is possible to provide multiplexers, which are otherwise required for respective channels, to one controller and to decrease the size of a chip.

Abstract: A mobile communication terminal and method for running an application therein. When a user inputs a variable in an idle state, variable-related applications are displayed. When the user selects a predetermined application, the input variable is input as an input value of a predetermined input field of the selected application.

Abstract: A display panel includes a display area, a peripheral area which includes a first peripheral area, and a second peripheral area opposite to the first peripheral area, a plurality of pixels in the display area, a plurality of data lines, a first gate line, a second gate line, a first gate driving circuit and a second gate driving circuit. Each data line corresponds to two pixel columns. The first gate line is at a first side of a pixel row. The second gate line is at a second side of the pixel row. The first gate driving circuit is in the first peripheral area and includes a first stage which provides a gate signal to the first gate line. The second gate driving circuit is in a second peripheral area of the display area and includes a second stage which provides a gate signal to the second gate line.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal material sandwiched between the first and second substrate. The second substrate has a touch screen electrode directly on a front-side surface of the second substrate. The first substrate has a wiring line for supplying a position detection voltage. A conductive tape electrically connects between the touch screen electrode and a driver circuit. A polarization plate is disposed above the touch screen electrode.

Abstract: A pixel driving circuit is provided, including first, second, third, fourth, and fifth switching devices and first and second capacitors. The first switching device has a first terminal coupled to a first power source voltage, and a control terminal coupled to a first scan signal line. The second switching device has a first terminal coupled to a second terminal of the first switching device, a second terminal coupled to a first node and an emitting device, and a control terminal coupled to a second node. The third switching device has a first terminal coupled between the first terminal of the second switching device and a second terminal of the first switching device, a second terminal coupled to the second node, and a control terminal coupled to a second scan signal line.

Abstract: A plurality of movable units is arranged in a matrix. First and second electrodes are used in common in the movable units arranged in a column. A plurality of third electrodes, which commonly connects tabular members of the movable units arranged in a row, is formed for each row. The drive circuit selects, in order and one by one, the third electrodes. Subsequently, the drive circuit swings the tabular member by applying a bias voltage to the selected third electrode and applying an approach voltage or a separating voltage to a plurality of the first electrodes and second electrodes. During a predetermined period of maintaining a swinging posture, the voltage applied to the third electrodes is maintained as the bias voltage. The tabular member is returned to a non-swinging state by changing the voltage applied to the third electrodes to a reset voltage after the lapse of the predetermined period.

Abstract: In a liquid crystal display device capable of displaying a moving image and a still image, a reduction in contrast due to light scattering in a reflective pixel portion or the like is suppressed and consumed power is reduced. As a driving method of a transflective liquid crystal display device including a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of light-transmitting pixel portions and a reflective pixel portion, an image signal for color display is supplied to the plurality of light-transmitting pixel portions and a signal for black display is supplied to the reflective pixel portion in a moving-image display period, and an image signal of black-and-white grayscale is supplied to the plurality of light-transmitting pixel portions and the reflective pixel portion in a still-image display period.

Abstract: This invention relates to a display device, a method, a computer program and a system including a display device, wherein said display device includes at least one light transmissive area configured to be coupled to a light source in order to be provided with backlight, at least one light reflective area, at least one light transmission control element associated with said at least one light reflective area, wherein said display device is configured to be switched into a reflective blocking state when said at least one light transmissive area is provided with backlight, and wherein in said reflective blocking state said at least one light transmission control element causes light-blocking.

Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing having a mousing surface, and a navigation device carried by the housing and comprising a proximity detector. The proximity detector may include a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) configured to detect movement of an activator adjacent the mousing surface. For example, the proximity detector may detect movement along three axes.

Abstract: This invention provides an infrared touch screen, comprising: a touch detecting region; a plurality of edges containing at least a first edge and a second edge, wherein the first edge and the second edge are opposite to each other, there are infrared emitters and infrared receivers fixed on the first edge and there are infrared emitters and infrared receivers fixed on the second edge; and a phase managing mechanism configured to control the phase alternation of the infrared touch screen which has a plurality of phases containing at least a first phase and a second phase. With the structure change and phase managing mechanism application in this infrared touch screen, the light interference caused by varying ambient light can be reduced or eliminated effectively.

Abstract: An optical touch screen system includes a touch screen, an image-sensing device, and a processing device. The image-sensing device generates a plurality of light-shielding information of an object at a plurality of time points. The processing device coupled to the image-sensing device includes a computing unit calculating a projected size difference value according to the plurality of light-shielding information, wherein the projected size difference value is a difference value between the projected sizes of the object on the touch screen at two different time points.