Patents Issued in December 30, 2010
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Publication number: 20100328216Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus with a display includes a wireless transfer module configured to receive an input operation request from an input operation module by use of a close proximity wireless transfer, and a controller configured to be connected to an external apparatus via the close proximity wireless transfer module, and to transit a mouse cursor displayed on the display to a display of the external apparatus in order to control the mouse cursor displayed on the display of the external apparatus with the information processing apparatus as a master.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Yoshinori Honda, Shinichi Fukuda
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Publication number: 20100328217Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform a number of operations. These operations may include presenting on a display an indication of information designated as being relevant in an emergency, where the indication is presented associated with a soft key of a keypad, and where the indication is presented without the display also presenting the information. The operations may also include receiving selection of the indication by a user of the apparatus actuating the soft key of the keypad, and presenting on the display the information in response to receiving the selection and without also receiving selection of other keys of the keypad.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Keld Stougaard
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Publication number: 20100328218Abstract: A keyboard includes a storage unit, a format generating unit, a character recognizing unit and an assigning unit. The storage unit is configured for storing a plurality of codes, each of the codes corresponds to a character assigned to a key on the keyboard. The format generating unit is configured for analyzing a digital picture reflecting a desired layout of keys on the keyboard and generating a location matrix of the desired layout according to the digital picture and the location matrix. The character recognizing unit is configured for recognizing the characters in the desired layout according to the digital picture and the location matrix. The assigning unit is configured for assigning the codes stored in the storage unit corresponding to the recognized characters to the corresponding keys, based upon the location matrix of the desired layout.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., Ltd, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventor: KIM-YEUNG SIP
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Publication number: 20100328219Abstract: An improved mobile electronic device 100 with a unique thin and cost-effective form and design can have a large display 170 and a large full qwerty keypad 138. The keypad can have a camera 156 and flash 154 with a light barrier 158. A clear moldprint keypad can be used with graphics 148 on the backside of the keypad. The keypad can be positioned over a series of switches 162 or domes. The keypad 138 can further be recessed below the rim 136 of the housing 134 of the base so that the keypad will not contact a table or desk and be inadvertently activated if the keypad is placed face down. The moldprint keypad can be used to minimize wear of the graphics 148 and can have a specific textured pattern over the flash which can act as a lens to maximize light.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: Michael J. Lombardi, Christopher A. Arnholt, Frank H. Stone, Michael Spence, Simon F. Vollmer
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Publication number: 20100328220Abstract: In view of the foregoing, an improved handheld electronic device having a reduced keyboard provides facilitated language entry by making available to a user certain words that a user may reasonably be expected to enter. Incoming data, such as the text of a message, can be scanned for proper nouns, for instance, since such proper nouns might not already be stored in memory and might be expected to be entered by the user when, for example, forwarding or responding to the message. A proper noun can be identified, for instance, on the basis that it begins with an upper case letter. The proper nouns can be stored, for example, in memory that may, by way of further example, be a temporary dictionary.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Raymond Vander Veen
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Publication number: 20100328221Abstract: An apparatus with a multi view display. The display is configured to operate as a touch screen for receiving input and to provide multiple views, wherein content of a view depends on a viewing direction. The apparatus includes detection equipment detection equipment, and a processing unit. The detection equipment with the processing unit is configured to cause the apparatus to detect arrival direction of input received through said touch screen, and the processing unit is configured to control one of the views on said display responsive to said input received through said touch screen and to select which view to control based on the detected arrival direction of said input.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Aki Happonen, Hannu Vilpponen, Timo Yli-Pietila, Henrik Hakala
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Publication number: 20100328222Abstract: An apparatus including: a housing portion having a length, a width and a depth; and a display portion, including a touch sensitive display extending length-wise and width-wise, wherein the display portion is configured to move between a first position in which the display portion has been elevated relative to the housing by translational depth-wise movement and a second position in which the display portion has been lowered from the first position towards the housing by translational depth-wise movement and wherein the touch sensitive display is configured to detect any one of a plurality of locations at which a user touches the touch sensitive display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Chee Yee Wong, Damian Mycroft, Silas Joe Grant
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Publication number: 20100328223Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus having a first closed configuration and a second open configuration. The apparatus has a user output area configured to be able to provide viewable user output content, and a user input area including a transparent region configured to be able to receive touch user input. The apparatus is configured such that, in the first closed configuration, the transparent region of the user input area is positioned to at least partially overlie and cover the user output area to provide a covered region of the user output area, the transparent region of the user input area allowing the content on the user output area in the covered region to be viewable through the user input area. The apparatus is also configured such that, in the second open configuration, the user input area is positioned to be moved away from the user output area to provide a revealed region of the user output area to allow the content of the user output area in the revealed region to be directly viewable.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Mohammad Ali Mockarram-Dorri, Ralf Wieser, Martin Punke
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Publication number: 20100328224Abstract: This is directed to controlling media playback based on particular touch gestures detected by a touch-sensing interface. The electronic device can identify particular touch inputs, such as combinations of tapping and holding a touch sensitive surface, or circular motions. In response to detecting a particular touch gesture, the electronic device can perform a playback operation specifically associated with the detected touch gesture. To provide a consistent user interface with the device, some of the particular touch gestures can match other inputs provided using a button, for example a button integrated on a wired headset. In such an embodiment, the same combination of tapping and holding a touch input and pressing and holding a button can control the same electronic device operations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Duncan Kerr, Nick King
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Publication number: 20100328225Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a computing device including a multi-touch surface. The method comprises: presenting a customer with an application form; transferring data from a customer's portable device (such as a cellphone) placed on or near the multi-touch surface to the application form; communicating with an authorization portable device (such as a staff identification badge) placed on or near the multi-touch surface by an authorized user; and transferring data from the authorization portable device to the application form to complete the application form.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Jonathan S. Black
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Publication number: 20100328226Abstract: Electronic apparatus and methods of operating the electronic apparatus include less than a frequency associated with a generated waveform. In various embodiments, an apparatus using a differential analog-to-digital converter can perform low frequency noise rejection that can be implemented in a variety of applications. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Martin John Simmons
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Publication number: 20100328227Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for emulating left, right, and center mouse button functionality for a multi-touch input device to provide end-users with full mouse functionality. Various finger to mouse button mapping techniques are used to specify the left, right or middle mouse buttons. A single finger is used for tracking while a second finger or thumb is used to activate or deactivate one of the mouse buttons. Multi-finger mouse emulation enables more precise cursor control, while avoiding occlusion of the cursor and end-user fatigue, thereby improving the overall end-user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Justin Frank Matejka, Tovi Grossman, Jessica Lo, George Fitzmaurice
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Publication number: 20100328228Abstract: A touch sensor panel including a plurality of drive lines crossing a plurality of sense lines, forming an array, is disclosed. The plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines are formed by interconnecting a plurality of substantially transparent conductive sections having a first resistivity. A substantially transparent conductive material, with a second resistivity that is lower than the first resistivity, is deposited over at least part of at least one of the plurality of substantially transparent conductive sections of at least one of the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines. A second layer of the substantially transparent conductive material, with the second resistivity, can be deposited thereafter. At least one dummy section is disposed in an area of the touch sensor panel around the conductive sections of at least one of the plurality of drive lines and the plurality of sense lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: John Greer ELIAS
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Publication number: 20100328229Abstract: Methods and apparatus for providing tactile feedback to a touch-sensitive display comprising detecting a touch on the touch-sensitive display and providing tactile feedback by one or more actuators in response to the touch, wherein tactile feedback is substantially the same regardless of a location of the touch. Tactile feedback may optionally be based on the location of the touch relative to the location of the actuators and may also optionally be based on the force of the touch.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Arnett Weber, Perry Faubert, James Alexander Robinson
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Publication number: 20100328230Abstract: A portable electronic device includes a housing with a base. A touch-sensitive input assembly is spaced from and moveable relative to the base and a stopping arrangement limits movement of the touch-sensitive input assembly in the direction of the base. An actuating arrangement including a piezoelectric actuator is disposed between the touch-sensitive input assembly and the base for selectively receiving an applied voltage to thereby apply a force to the touch-sensitive input assembly. An accelerometer and functional components are housed within the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Perry Allan FAUBERT, Jason Tyler GRIFFIN
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Publication number: 20100328231Abstract: An overlay includes a sheet corresponding to a plurality of keys that are associated with an application for a portable electronic device. A plurality of magnets has a set of orientations associated with the application. The set of orientations is identifiable by the portable electronic device, such that the application is opened upon identification of the application associated with the set of orientations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Jerome Pasquero, Steven Henry Fyke
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Publication number: 20100328232Abstract: An interactive user interface method for touch screen display devices begins with displaying a graphical user interface thereon. Upon receiving a touch input, a cursor preview window is generated in response, which includes a representation of a section of the graphical user interface proximal to the section obstructed by the touch input. Additionally, the cursor preview window includes a preview cursor that represents the location or coordinates that are registered as inputs to a data processing system connected to the touch screen display.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: James A. Wood
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Publication number: 20100328233Abstract: A touch panel comprises a substrate and a transparent conductive layer including a plurality of groups of first conductive patterns, second conductive patterns, and third conductive patterns, and a plurality of first wires, second wires, and third wires. Each group of first conductive patterns is arranged along a first direction. Each group of second conductive patterns is arranged along a second direction and located at a first side of the second direction. Each group of third conductive patterns is arranged along the second direction and located at a second side of the second direction. Each group of first conductive patterns, each group of second conductive patterns, and each group of third conductive patterns are electrically insulated to each other. Each second conductive pattern among each group of second conductive patterns has different areas, and each third conductive pattern among each group of third conductive patterns has different areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Shu-Hung Tseng
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Publication number: 20100328234Abstract: A touchpad includes a touch board, a base, and a spring sandwiched between the touch board and the base. The touch board is mounted on an outmost side of the touchpad for touching thereon. The touch board includes a sleeve post. A base includes a pillar. A switch is secured on the base and located between the base and the touch board. A spring is sandwiched between the touch board and the base. One portion of the spring is retained on the sleeve post, and another portion of the spring is retained on the base. The touch board is slidable relative to the base between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the touch board and the switch is separated by the spring. In the second position, the touch board compresses the spring towards the base, and the switch is triggered by the touch board.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventor: CHUN-KU LU
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Publication number: 20100328235Abstract: Systems and methods for displaying a graphical user interface within a medical system for medical code lookup, comprising: (1) a first layer displaying at least one anatomical image for selecting at least one anatomical part and display of another layer, and layer selection regions for display of another layer; (2) a second layer displaying a secondary anatomical image including either a selectable cross section image, a selectable contents type image, a three dimensional image, or selectable regions similar to buttons; (3) a third layer displaying selectable classification regions corresponding to a classification group of medical codes relevant to selected sections from the secondary anatomical image; (4) a fourth layer displaying a results code set for selected classification regions, including selectable medical codes from each respective classification group; (5) navigation regions to display other layers; and (6) a medical codes display region for displaying selected codes from the results code set.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Frederick Charles Taute
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Publication number: 20100328236Abstract: A method for controlling a computer system is disclosed. The computer system includes a touch device, a control module, a display device and an operation module. The touch device includes a main touch area without display function, wherein a touch point is moved for moving a cursor displayed in the display device. The main touch area includes a first partition and a second partition. The method includes the control module receiving an enable signal, a first touch point of the main touch area being touched, the touch device outputting a first touch signal to the control module, the control module deciding whether the first touch point is inside the first partition according to the first touch signal, and the control module notifying the operation module to perform a first program if the first touch point is inside the first partition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventor: Hsin-Hua Ma
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Publication number: 20100328237Abstract: A touch control system for controlling a touch panel includes a controller and a first sensing circuit. The controller generates and outputs a control signal. The first sensing circuit is coupled to the control device and to sensing lines of the touch panel, and the first sensing circuit receives the control signal from the controller, and generates at least one scan control signal according to the received control signal to determine a scan timing setting.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Yaw-Guang Chang, Yi-Long Yang
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Publication number: 20100328238Abstract: An input device that inputs information corresponding to display of a display unit includes: an input unit that accepts a slide input in which a contact portion moves in a predetermined direction after being touched with the contact maintained, the input unit being configured by a plurality of input mechanisms that are adjacent to each other; slide input detecting means for detecting the slide input between the input mechanisms of the input unit; and selection means for selecting the information corresponding to a selection item displayed in the display unit in accordance with the slide input detected by the slide input detecting means.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Yuki SUGIUE
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Publication number: 20100328239Abstract: A display includes: display pixel electrodes; common electrodes; a display layer; a display control circuit performing image display control based on an image signal; touch detection electrodes each arranged to form a capacitance between each of the touch detection electrodes and each of the common electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrodes with use of a common drive voltage for display applied to the common electrodes by the display control circuit as a touch sensor drive signal. The touch detection circuit includes: an A/D (analog-digital) converter section performing sampling of a detection signal obtained from each of the touch detection electrodes at three or more different sampling frequencies to produce three or more sampling detection signals, and a detection section performing a detection operation based on the three or more sampling detection signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu HARADA, Kouji NOGUCHI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Koji ISHIZAKI, Takayuki NAKANISHI, Takeya TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20100328240Abstract: A position detector is provided including: a transmission signal supplying circuit for supplying a transmission signal to a plurality of conductors disposed in a first direction; a first conductor selecting circuit for supplying the transmission signal outputted from the transmission signal supplying circuit to a predetermined conductor(s) of the plurality of conductors disposed in the first direction; a differentially amplifying circuit for differentially amplifying signals inputted thereto through its first and second input terminals, respectively, and outputting a resulting signal; and a second conductor selecting circuit for selecting a plurality of conductors including at least three conductors located close to one another in a plurality of conductors disposed in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, supplying signals from the conductors located on both end sides of the plurality of conductors thus selected to the first input terminal, and supplying a signal(s) from the conductor(s) oType: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: WACOM CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaki Matsubara
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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING POSITION ON SURFACE CAPACITANCE TOUCH PANEL USING A FLYING CAPACITOR
Publication number: 20100328241Abstract: A touch panel having a substantially even coating of a conductive material on a non-conductive substrate and then covering the conductive material with a dielectric material, wherein a novel current measuring circuit reduces the effect of stray capacitance on the accuracy of a current measurement so that the relative X and Y position of an object on the touch panel can be determined using simple ratio equations.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Keith Paulsen, Jared G. Bytheway -
Publication number: 20100328242Abstract: A piezoelectric assembly and portable electronic device having a piezoelectric assembly are described. The piezoelectric assembly comprises a first electrode for electrical communication to a current or voltage source, a second electrode for electrical communication to a reference source, a piezoelectric material in electrical communication with each one of the first and second electrodes and between the first and second electrodes, a signal electrical connector in electrical communication with the first electrode and configured to be connected to the current or voltage source, and a reference electrical connector in electrical communication with the second electrode and configured to be connected to the reference source so as to provide electrical communication between the second electrode and the reference source.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: RESEARCH IN MOTION LIMITEDInventors: Todd Robert Paleczny, Risto Tuomas Kontio, Arnett Weber
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Publication number: 20100328243Abstract: The present invention discloses a MEMS scanning coordinate detection method and a touch panel thereof, wherein the touch panel comprises a light source module, a MEMS reflector, an image sensor, an image signal processor, and a coordinate calculator. When the laser light from the light source module is reflected by the MEMS reflector, the laser light is transformed into a scanning light beam. When the touch panel is touched by a pen or a finger, the scanning light beam is blocked and two inactive pixels are formed on the image sensor. The electronic signal is transmitted from the image signal processor and calculated by the coordinate calculator to determine the touch point position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: E-PIN OPTICAL INDUSTRY CO., LTDInventors: Chao-Hsin Wang, Yung-Shan Lin, San-Woei Shyu
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Publication number: 20100328244Abstract: At a first time, a first image sensor and a second image sensor capture a first image and a second image including images of an object respectively. At a second time, the first image sensor and the second image sensor capture a third image and a fourth image including images of the object respectively. A coordinate calculation device calculates a first coordinate of the object at the first time according to the first image and the second image, and a second coordinate of the object at the second time according to the third image and the fourth image. A coordinate correction device calculates a displacement between the first time and the second time according to the first coordinate and the second coordinate, and corrects an output coordinate of the object at the second time according to the displacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Chih-Hsin Lin, Ren-Hau Gu, Tzung-Min Su, Cho-Yi Lin
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Publication number: 20100328245Abstract: A lenticular lens is provided in front of a liquid crystal panel composed of a plurality of pixels. In this case, the lenticular lens is arranged so that one cylindrical lens corresponds to two pixels adjacent to each other. Then, light rays outgoing from two pixels are refracted by this one cylindrical lens and intersect with each other at a point positioned on the surface of a tablet, and then reach the right eye and the left eye of a user, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: NEC LCD TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.Inventors: Naoyasu Ikeda, Shin-ichi Uehara, Nobuaki Takanashi
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Publication number: 20100328246Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for detecting a touch point of a touch panel, which is used in a reflective camera type touch panel. In the apparatus for detecting a touch point of a touch panel, a whole or part of a side surface of a reflecting portion is formed into a saw shape, thereby overcoming restrictions in an aspect ratio and a size of the touch panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: HOGAHM TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Dong Hwan Cho
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Publication number: 20100328247Abstract: Disclosed is a highly reliable touch panel sensor comprising a guiding wiring that is less likely to cause an increase in electrical resistance and disconnection with the elapse of time, has a low electrical resistance, can ensure electrical conduction to a transparent conductive film, and can be connected directly to the transparent conductive film. The touch panel sensor comprises a transparent conductive film and a guiding wiring made of an aluminum alloy film connected directly to the transparent conductive film. The aluminum alloy film comprises 0.2 to 10 atomic% in total of at least one element selected from an X group consisting of Ni and Co. The aluminum alloy film has a hardness of 2 to 15 GPa.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA KOBE SEIKO SHO (KOBE STEEL, LTD.)Inventors: Aya Miki, Hiroshi Goto, Hiroyuki Okuno, Tomoya Kishi, Akira Nanbu
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Publication number: 20100328248Abstract: An improved touch screen has enhanced optical performance and aesthetic quality. The electrodes on the touch screen employ additional fine traces of conductive material to reduce the overall electrode trace resistance to increase electrical performance without sacrificing optical quality. The additional fine traces of conductive material may be placed on the top of the ITO traces or in channels inside the boundaries of the ITO traces. The additional traces preferably run the length of the ITO traces to reduce the resistance in the longer dimension. Further, the additional traces are very small in width such that in the aggregate they cover only a small portion of the ITO electrode trace in lateral dimension to reduce the visibility of the additional traces. The conductive material may also be formed as a plurality of geometric shapes substantially forming a line in the longer dimension of the transparent conductive traces to reduce the visibility of the conductive material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: OCULAR LCD INC.Inventor: Larry Stephen Mozdzyn
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Publication number: 20100328249Abstract: A touch screen uses a combination of capacitive sensing and inductive sensing applied to the same sensor pattern. A capacitive sensor uses the electric field formed by the columns and rows of the sensor matrix. An inductive sensor uses the magnetic field formed by current flowing in column and row lines to induce an inductive pen. Using the same sensor lines, the magnetic field created by the oscillating inductive pen is detected. Both methods require no moving elements in the sensor and it is possible to combine both method of detections in the same sensor pattern. Using switch matrices, the sensor lines are operated in an open loop fashion for the capacitive detection mode, and are operated in a closed loop fashion for the inductive detection mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: STMicroelecronics Asia Pacific Pte Ltd.Inventors: Kusuma Adi Ningrat, Giuseppe Noviello, Francesco Italia
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Publication number: 20100328250Abstract: An improved mobile electronic device 100 with a unique thin and cost-effective form and design can have a large display 170 and a large full qwerty keypad 138 on the outward surface and can have a capacitive touchpad 186 on the inward surface of the flip 102 or slide that facilitates navigation on the display and can detect and recognize the flip or slide position within the mobile electronic device. A pattern of capacitive traces or wires 202 can be laid out within the layers of a printed circuit board to detect a user's finger gestures without enlarging or adversely impacting the size of the mobile electronic device. The attractive mobile electronic device can also provide for the use of a speaker port 196 underneath a removable battery door 194 and a way to seal a port under a battery door for audio enhancement.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Motorola, Inc.Inventors: John J. Gorsica, William G. Kastritis, Michael J. Lombardi, Ross W. Ripley, Michael Spence, Marjorie M. Ollayos, Amber M. Pierce, Frank H. Stone
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Publication number: 20100328251Abstract: Systems are disclosed for an optically clear keyboard that can be applied to a touch-sensitive display screen, for example, while mitigating distortion of the display. An apparatus for use over a touch-sensitive display screen can comprise a plurality of button structures formed of an optically clear material. The buttons are disposed in an optically clear fluid or gel having an index of refraction equivalent to the index of refraction of the button structures. The apparatus comprises an optically clear elastomeric membrane over the fluid, which forms a sealed barrier for the fluid or gel. The volume within the sealed portion of the apparatus contains the fluid and the button structures.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Mike Sinclair
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Publication number: 20100328252Abstract: A switched-capacitor tracking apparatus including a variable capacitor, an auxiliary capacitor, and a plurality of switches, and an operating method thereof are provided. In a charge period, a first reference voltage charges a panel capacitor, and a second reference voltage charges the variable capacitor. In a detection period, a control circuit detects a parallel connected voltage of the panel capacitor and the variable capacitor. The control circuit compares a third reference voltage and the parallel connected voltage. According to a comparison result, the control circuit dynamically determines whether to parallel connect the auxiliary capacitor to the variable capacitor. If all the comparison results accumulated in a statistics period are a first logic value, then the control circuit increases a capacitance of the variable capacitor. Moreover, if all the comparison results are a second logic value in the statistics period, then the control circuit decreases the capacitance of the variable capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: HIMAX TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Yaw-Guang Chang, Chin-Feng Hsu
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Publication number: 20100328253Abstract: A surface capacitance touch sensitive surface (or “surface cap panel”) suitable for use in a touch screen or touchpad, wherein the surface cap panel has a substantially even coating of a conductive material on a non-conductive substrate and then covering the conductive material with a dielectric material, wherein a novel current measuring circuit reduces the effect of stray capacitance on the accuracy of a current measurement so that the relative X and Y position of an object on the surface cap panel can be determined using simple ratio equations, and wherein measuring the charge transfer rate in a measuring circuit, in addition to the total charge transfer for each toggle event, enables the location of two objects to be identified on the surface cap panel, wherein the charge transfer rate is used to determine the distance between two points of contact on the surface cap panel, and wherein height and width information related to the distance between the two points of contact can now be determined by doublingType: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Keith Paulsen, Jared G. Bytheway
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Publication number: 20100328254Abstract: A capacitance type input device is configured to detect the access position of a conductor such as a finger, and includes a plurality of electrodes and an IC chip. The plurality of electrodes are spaced apart from each other in direction Y, and each of the electrodes has an elongated form extending in direction X. The IC chip detects the access position of the finger in direction Y, based on a change in capacitance generated between the finger and the respective electrodes. The plurality of electrodes include a high-sensitivity electrode, and a low-sensitivity electrode which has a greater surface area than that of the high-sensitivity electrode. When compared by the same size, the low-sensitivity electrode has a lower sensitivity than the high-sensitivity electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: ROHM CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasuhiro NIGA, Yasushi Kasajima
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Publication number: 20100328255Abstract: A touch detection device includes: a detection surface; a plurality of sensor lines formed from a plurality of types of wiring lines having a different line capacitance; and a touch detection unit which detects an electric variation generated in a plurality of the sensor lines in response to touch or proximity of a detection target object to the detection surface, wherein the touch detection unit has an operational circuit for generating a detection signal representing the electric variation by performing an operation process using a line capacitance ratio for a plurality of outputs from a plurality of types of the sensor lines neighboring to one another with a different line capacitance.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Kouji NOGUCHI, Takeya TAKEUCHI, Takayuki NAKANISHI, Yasuyuki TERANISHI
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Publication number: 20100328256Abstract: A display includes: display pixel electrodes; common electrodes; a display layer; a display control circuit; touch detection electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection electrodes with use of a common drive voltage for display applied to the common electrode as a touch sensor drive signal. The touch detection circuit includes: a first filter allowing a fundamental detection signal, contained in the detection signal and having a frequency same as a fundamental frequency of the touch sensor drive signal, to pass therethrough, a plurality of second filters separately allowing two or more harmonic detection signals, contained in the detection signal and having frequencies same as respective harmonic frequencies of the touch sensor drive signal, to pass therethrough, and a detection section performing a detection operation based on the fundamental detection signal and the harmonic detection signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Tsutomu HARADA, Kouji NOGUCHI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Koji ISHIZAKI, Takeya TAKEUCHI, Takayuki NAKANISHI
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Publication number: 20100328257Abstract: A capacitance-type touch panel, allowing disturbance noise and touch detection time to be reduced and having a simple configuration, is provided. The capacitance-type touch panel including: a plurality of drive electrodes each having a strip shape; a drive control circuit performing control such that a drive signal for touch detection is selectively applied to the drive electrodes; a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged to intersect with the drive electrodes in such a manner that capacitance is formed in each intersecting part, and each outputting a detection signal in synchronization with the drive signal; and a detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on the detection signal. The drive control circuit controls application of the drive signal in such a manner that the detection signal is a polarity-alternating signal including a positive-negative asymmetrical signal component which is due to presence of the external proximity object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Kouji NOGUCHI, Tsutomu HARADA, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Takayuki NAKANISHI, Koji ISHIZAKI, Takeya TAKEUCHI
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Publication number: 20100328258Abstract: A touch panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a first conductive film disposed on the first substrate, and a second conductive film disposed on the second substrate and juxtaposed with the first conductive film in a face-to-face manner. The second conductive film has a first resistivity in a first direction and a second resistivity in a second direction different from the first direction. The first resistivity is greater than the second resistivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATIONInventors: Jia-Shyong Cheng, Po-Sheng Shih, Jeah-Sheng Wu, Chih-Han Chao
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Publication number: 20100328259Abstract: A touch sensor that may detect an object away from the sensor is provided. The touch sensor includes one or more drive electrodes; one or more detection electrodes forming capacitance in cooperation with the respective drive electrodes; a detection circuit applying drive signals to the respective drive electrodes to detect the object based on detection signals obtained from the respective detection electrodes in response to the respective drive signals; and a controller controlling to change a range of electric flux lines generated between the drive electrodes and the detection electrodes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Kouji NOGUCHI, Tsutomu HARADA, Takeya TAKEUCHI, Yoshitoshi KIDA, Takayuki NAKANISHI
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Publication number: 20100328260Abstract: A capacitive touchpad provides multiple operational modes including at least a key input mode, a handwriting input mode, and a mouse control mode. To switch the capacitive touchpad between the operational modes, a first pattern is defined as a mode switch for users to touch thereon. For each operational mode, specific second patterns are defined for indication of their corresponding functions, and several regions are defined corresponding to the positions of the second patterns to receive touch input from the second patterns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: YEN-CHANG CHIU, YUNG-LIEH CHIEN, I-HAU YEH
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Publication number: 20100328261Abstract: A touchpad that operates in two modes, wherein a first mode enables the entire surface of the touchpad to operate in a typical detection single object detection and tracking mode to track the movement of a conductive object such as a finger anywhere on the surface of the touchpad and perform typical touchpad operations such as cursor control, and a second mode of operation wherein a button region of the touchpad is no longer used for the tracking of movement of a finger on the surface of the touchpad, but is instead dedicated to a button function if a finger on the touchpad pushes with sufficient force to activate a switch underneath the touchpad.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Richard D. Woolley, Dale J. Carter
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Publication number: 20100328262Abstract: A two-step detection for a capacitive touchpad to identify a real touch point first detects the self capacitances from multiple capacitance sensor traces of the capacitive touchpad to identify any touch point on the capacitive touchpad and then, if multiple touch points are detected, further detects the mutual capacitance at one of the detected touch points to identify whether it is a real touch point.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: ELAN MICROELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: CHUN-CHUNG HUANG, TSUN-MIN WANG, TE-SHENG CHIU
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Publication number: 20100328263Abstract: The invention discloses a method for detecting touch point type in a resistive touch panel. The method includes the steps of: connecting the first electrode to a voltage source and connecting the fourth electrode to the ground end when it is determined that a touch point is generated on the first detecting area, thereby making the second electrode generate a first voltage and the third electrode generate a second voltage; determining that the touch point is the first-type touch point when the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is larger than a threshold value; and determining that the touch point is the second-type touch point when the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is smaller than a first threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.Inventor: HUNG-YI LIN
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Publication number: 20100328264Abstract: A finger-sensing apparatus (23) and a method with a page detection mechanism (47). The apparatus (23) comprises a finger-sensitive substrate (26) having a plurality of keypads (30), a page detection mechanism (47), a control circuit (31) and a pliable media (25). When a finger (33) of a user is proximate to a keypad (30), the control circuit (31) detects a change in a characteristic at the keypad (30). The page detection mechanism (47) determines a page (24) exposed to the user and sends the information to the control circuit (31). The characteristic is a capacitance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2009Publication date: December 30, 2010Applicant: OXBRIDGE CREATION LIMITEDInventor: Chak Lam Peter Yip
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Publication number: 20100328265Abstract: Multi-touch touch-sensing devices and methods are described herein. The touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each located at a crossing of a drive line and a sense line. In some embodiments, multiple drive lines may be simultaneously or nearly simultaneously stimulated with drive signals having unique characteristics, such as phase or frequency. A sense signal can occur on each sense line that can be related to the drive signals by an amount of touch present at sense points corresponding to the stimulated drive lines and the sense line. By using processing techniques based on the unique drive signals, an amount of touch corresponding to each sense point can be extracted from the sense signal. The touch sensing methods and devices can be incorporated into interfaces for a variety of electronic devices such as a desktop, tablet, notebook, and handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, and mobile telephones.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Steven P. HOTELLING, John Greer Elias, Kapil Vinod Sakariya