Abstract: An apparatus and method for determining a product price for an electronic information label (EIL) system. The apparatus identifies customer interest in a particular product based on customers and their behaviors that express interest of a product, and determines a price for the product based on the customer interest. The apparatus may first determine a basic price of the product according to an existing method, and then determine a final price by adjusting the basic price, taking into account customer interest, and, if needed, the sales of the product. The determined product price may be transmitted to the EIL system and then be displayed on an EIL tag.

Abstract: There are provided an apparatus for sensing capacitance, a method for sensing capacitance, and a touch screen apparatus. The apparatus for sensing capacitance includes; a driving circuit unit applying driving signals to a first capacitor; an integration circuit unit including a second capacitor and a third capacitor respectively charged by a change in capacitance generated in the first capacitor based on the driving signals to generate a predetermined output voltage and calculating a voltage difference between the output voltage of the second capacitor and the output voltage of the third capacitor; and a control unit determining characteristics of a noise signal based on the voltage difference and controlling the driving signals based on the characteristics of the noise signal.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus may include a noise removing unit removing noise components from digital signals generated based on changes in capacitance; an edge extracting unit extracting edges of the digital signals; a calculating unit calculating an output signal of the noise removing unit and the edges output from the edge extracting unit; and a touch determining unit determining a touch based on an output signal of the calculating unit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inorganic powder coated with biocompatible polymer and a cosmetic composition comprising same. More particularly, the present invention relates to an organic/inorganic composite powder in which the rough surface of the inorganic powder is treated with biocompatible polymer, thereby improving dispersibility and feeling of use and to a cosmetic composition comprising said composite powder so as to achieve improved feeling of use and tight adhesion when applied to the skin.

Abstract: A touchscreen apparatus may include: a panel unit including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes intersecting with the plurality of first electrodes, and a calculating unit obtaining a plurality of pieces of digital data generated from capacitance of node capacitors formed in intersections between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes. The calculating unit calculates a noise reference level of a current frame using a plurality of pieces of digital data of the current frame and a plurality of pieces of digital data of a previous frame.

Abstract: A touchscreen apparatus may include: a panel unit including a plurality of driving electrodes and a plurality of sensing electrodes intersecting with the plurality of driving electrodes; a sensing circuit unit detecting levels of capacitance from the plurality of sensing electrodes; and a calculating unit generating a plurality of pieces of effective data corresponding to nodes of the plurality of driving electrodes and the plurality of sensing electrodes from the levels of capacitance.

Abstract: A capacitance sensing apparatus may include: a calculating unit calculating each of a plurality of variations between plurality of first and second detection signals by comparing the plurality of first detection signals detected from each of a plurality of node capacitors in accordance with applying of a first driving signal with the plurality of second detection signals detected from each of the plurality of node capacitors in accordance with applying of a second driving signal; a comparing unit determining whether or not each of the plurality of variations is within a tolerance range; and a compensation controlling unit controlling compensation of a detection capacitance storing capacitance of a corresponding node capacitor in a case in which a variation outside of the tolerance range among the plurality of variations is present, so as to allow the variation to be within the tolerance range.

Abstract: A composite sheet for a backlight unit using a printless light guide plate in a liquid crystal display television, which includes a first prism sheet positioned directly on the printless light guide plate, a second prism sheet having a prism pattern formed in a direction orthogonal to a direction of a prism pattern of the first prism sheet, and a protective sheet, where ribs of the first prism sheet are adhered to the lower surface of the second prism sheet, and ribs of the second prism sheet are adhered to the lower surface of the protective sheet. A method of manufacturing the composite sheet for a backlight unit is also provided.

Abstract: There are provided a touchscreen device and a method of processing touch data. The touchscreen device includes: a panel unit including rows of first electrodes extending in a first direction and columns of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a sensing circuit unit sensing changes in capacitance in intersections of the first electrodes and the second electrodes; a signal conversion unit converting the changes in capacitance into a digital signal; and an operation unit creating a binary image in a matrix form having rows of the first electrodes and columns of the second electrodes based on the digital signal, and projecting the binary image onto every first electrode and every second electrode in the first and second directions, respectively, to create a projection mask including a plurality of bit masks.

Abstract: There are provided a touchscreen device and a method of sensing a touch. The touchscreen device includes: a panel unit including a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes; a driving circuit unit simultaneously applying driving signals to M first electrodes among the first electrodes, where M is a natural number equal to or greater than two; a sensing circuit unit detecting capacitance generated in intersections between the first electrodes and the second electrodes so as to output sensing signals; and an operation unit determining whether a touch has occurred, based on the sensing signals.

Abstract: There are provided a touchscreen device and a method of sensing a touch. The touchscreen device includes: a subtraction unit, for all sensing signals acquired from a plurality of electrodes, obtaining differences in levels between the sensing signals acquired from two adjacent electrodes; a region determination unit determining touched regions and untouched regions based on difference signals generated in the subtraction unit; an average unit calculating an average of levels of the sensing signals generated in the plurality of electrodes determined as the untouched regions to generate a noise estimation signal; and a noise removal unit subtracting a level of the noise estimation signal from the levels of the sensing signals.

Abstract: There is provided a touchscreen device, including: a panel unit including a plurality of first electrodes extending in a first direction, and a plurality of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and a control unit simultaneously applying driving signals to alternating predetermined groups of first electrodes and acquiring sensing signals from groups interposed between the alternating predetermined groups, to determine whether a touch has occurred, each of the predetermined groups including a pair of adjacent electrodes of the first electrodes.

Abstract: There are provided a touchscreen device and a method of driving the same. The touchscreen device includes: a driving circuit unit sequentially applying driving signals to a plurality of first electrodes in a plurality of periods of time; a sensing circuit unit acquiring sensing signals from a plurality of second electrodes intersecting with the plurality of first electrodes; a signal conversion unit converting the sensing signals into digital signals; and a buffer unit receiving the sensing signals from the sensing circuit unit and holding the received sensing signals for a predetermined period of time to transmit them to the signal conversion unit, wherein the signal conversion unit converts, during a current period of time among the plurality of periods of time, each of the sensing signals which has been generated according to a driving signal applied during an immediately previous period of time into digital signals.

Abstract: There are provided a touchscreen device and a method of processing touch data. The touchscreen device includes: a panel unit including rows of first electrodes extending in a first direction and columns of second electrodes extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; a sensing circuit unit sensing changes in capacitance in intersections of the first electrodes and the second electrodes; a signal conversion unit converting the changes in capacitance into a digital signal; and an operation unit creating a binary image in a matrix form having rows of the first electrodes and columns of the second electrodes based on the digital signal, and projecting the binary image onto every first electrode and every second electrode in the first and second directions, respectively, to create a projection mask including a plurality of bit masks.

Abstract: A method for performing authentication in a portable electronic device is provided. The method includes identifying whether a peripheral electronic device is located within a certain distance from the portable electronic device, receiving biometrics information from the peripheral electronic device when the peripheral electronic device is located within the certain distance from the portable electronic device, identifying whether the biometrics information received from the peripheral electronic device is identical to biometrics information stored in the portable electronic device, and releasing security set to the portable electronic device when the biometrics information received from the peripheral electronic device is identical to the biometrics information stored in the portable electronic device.

Abstract: There are provided a data processing method and a touch sensing apparatus. The data processing method includes (a) obtaining a plurality of pieces of sensing data according to one or more touch inputs; (b) selecting one or more pieces of temporary reference data having the minimum difference value between adjacent other pieces of sensing data; (c) calculating difference values between the one or more pieces of temporary reference data; (d) calculating an N number of difference values between the N number of pieces of sensing data obtained from the nodes included in the Kth row and an N number of pieces of sensing data obtained from nodes included in the K-1th row; and (e) determining the temporary reference data having a relatively small representative value as reference sensing data of the Kth row.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a MIM capacitor on a substrate. The MIM capacitor includes a dielectric region and first and second electrodes on opposite sides of the dielectric region. At least one of the first and second electrodes, e.g., an upper electrode, includes an oxygen diffusion blocking material, e.g., oxygen atoms, at a concentration that decreases in a direction away from the dielectric region. The at least one of the first and second electrodes may include a first layer having a first concentration of the oxygen diffusion blocking material and a second layer on the first layer and having a second concentration of the oxygen diffusion blocking material less than the first concentration. The at least one of the first and second electrodes may further include a third layer on the second layer and having a concentration of the oxygen diffusion blocking material less than the second concentration.

Abstract: A method for establishing a short range connection includes transmitting a first data to an external device through infrared communication, the first data including information on a short range wireless communication other than the infrared communication, the short range wireless communication being supported by an electronic device, establishing the short range wireless communication with the external device on the basis of the first data, and transmitting a second data to the external device through the short range wireless communication. An electronic device includes at least one processor configured to transmit a first data to an external device through infrared communication, the first data including information on a short range wireless communication other than the infrared communication, the short range wireless communication being supported by an electronic device, establish the short range wireless communication with the external device on the basis of the first data.

Abstract: There are provided a touch sensing apparatus and method. The touch sensing apparatus includes a sensing circuit unit detecting a plurality of signals from a plurality of changes in capacitance generated in a plurality of electrodes provided in a panel unit; and a signal processing unit comparing, with predetermined reference levels, levels of at least two signals generated from changes in capacitance in at least two electrodes spaced apart from one another by a predetermined distance or greater, from among the plurality of electrodes, wherein, when the levels of the at least two signals are greater than the predetermined reference levels, the plurality of changes in capacitance are determined to be generated due to noise.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch panel including an active stylus pen, including: a touch panel including a plurality of first electrode patterns and second electrode patterns formed on a substrate in directions in which they intersect with each other; a controller controlling a first driving signal applied to the second electrode patterns and detecting a change in mutual capacitance between the first and second electrode patterns; and the active stylus pen configured separately from the touch panel, and receiving a synchronizing signal from the touch panel when it hovers over or touches the touch panel, generates a second driving signal synchronized with the first driving signal, and outputs the generated second driving signal to the hovering or touching point.