Abstract: A projection apparatus includes a projection unit configured to project an image onto a projection screen; an image pickup unit configured to capture an image on the projection screen; a detection unit configured to detect at least one pointer image using an image signal obtained by the image pickup unit, the pointer image indicating a position on the projection screen, the detection unit generating position information regarding the position indicated by the pointer image displayed on projection screen; and an output unit configured to output the position information to the outside.

Abstract: A mouse with changeable footpads is provided. The mouse includes an upper case, a lower cover and a plurality of mouse footpad modules. The lower cover is disposed under the upper case. The lower cover includes a plurality of footpad holes. The footpad modules are disposed in respective footpad holes. Each of the mouse footpad modules includes a base, a first footpad and a second footpad. The first footpad is disposed on the upper surface of the mouse footpad module. The second footpad is disposed on the lower surface of the mouse footpad module. By rotating the mouse footpad module, the first footpad or the second footpad is selectively exposed to the external surface of the lower cover.

Abstract: A pointing device some or all of whose elements are made from capacitive sensors. Such elements may include a rotary motion detector which includes a rotating member and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; a rolling ball with patterned conductive surface and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; capacitive touch sensors or capacitive switches to serve as mouse buttons; and a scrolling wheel, knob, or touch surface built from capacitive sensors. The pointing device further includes a capacitance measuring circuit and processor to measure variations of capacitance on the various capacitive elements and to determine the movement of and other activations of the mouse.

Abstract: A pointing device some or all of whose elements are made from capacitive sensors. Such elements may include a rotary motion detector which includes a rotating member and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; a rolling ball with patterned conductive surface and a plurality of fixed capacitive detecting members; capacitive touch sensors or capacitive switches to serve as mouse buttons; and a scrolling wheel, knob, or touch surface built from capacitive sensors. The pointing device further includes a capacitance measuring circuit and processor to measure variations of capacitance on the various capacitive elements and to determine the movement of and other activations of the mouse.

Abstract: A remote control method comprising an input terminal connecting to a remote embedded electronic device. The embedded electronic device receives a command with a combination key code by pressing a direction key. The embedded electronic device analyzes the command with the combination key code and executes corresponding action according to the combination key code.

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which a touch screen display module is mounted. A cover glass may cover the touch screen display module. The touch screen display module may include display structures and touch sensor structures. A first cable may be connected to the display structures along an edge of the touch screen display module. A second cable may be connected to the touch sensor structures along another edge of the touch screen display module. The cables may be formed from flex circuits that are connected to the display module using heat-and-pressure-bondable conductive adhesive. A printed circuit board in electronic device may have connectors that receive the ends of the first and second flex circuits. The connectors may be located along a common edge of the printed circuit board to facilitate assembly of the touch screen display module within the housing of the electronic device.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a base, a touch-sensitive input assembly coupled to the housing and spaced from and moveable relative to the base to generate sound, an accelerometer housed within the housing, an actuating arrangement comprising a piezoelectric actuator between the base and the touch-sensitive input surface and arranged to receive a driving signal and move the touch-sensitive input surface relative to the base, and functional components in the housing comprising a memory and a processor operably coupled to the memory, the touch-sensitive input assembly, the actuating arrangement, and the accelerometer to execute a program stored in the memory to determine an orientation of the electronic device and adjust the driving signal to the actuating arrangement based on the orientation of the electronic device.

Abstract: A method and device receives signals from a plurality of nodes about a first touch of an array of touch screen sensor nodes. It is determined whether the received signals are representative of a finger touch or a stylus touch. A detect mode may be entered as a function of the type of touch determined.

Abstract: Methods for displaying and moving data and systems using the same are provided. First, a first movement of an object on or near a touch-sensitive display unit is detected, and in response to the first movement, data displayed in the touch-sensitive display unit is moved in a first direction. In response to an edge of the data being reached while the data is moving in the first direction and the object is still detected on or near the touch-sensitive display unit, the movement of the data is stopped. Then, a second movement of the object on or near the touch-sensitive display unit is detected, and in response to the second movement, an area beyond the edge of the data is displayed in the touch-sensitive display unit. In response to detecting that the second movement of the object is no longer on or near the touch-sensitive display unit, the data is moved in a second direction until the area beyond the edge of the data is no longer displayed in the touch-sensitive display unit.

Abstract: An exemplary portable electronic device with multiple touch panels includes a side touch unit and main touch unit, a detection unit, and processor. The main touch unit is electrically connected to the side touch unit, and the detection unit is electrically connected to the side touch unit and the main touch unit. The processor is electrically connected to the detection unit and generates a corresponding control signal to achieve different operations when the side touch unit and the main touch unit are operated.

Abstract: A light sensing circuit includes a photodiode including a cathode electrode and an anode electrode and for receiving light from the outside and generating a current corresponding to the received light, a driving transistor for amplifying the current generated in the photodiode, a capacitor for storing a first initiation voltage transmitted to the driving transistor, a first switching transistor for compensating for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor corresponding to a current scan signal, and a second switching transistor for transmitting the first initiation voltage corresponding to the current scan signal.

Abstract: On a circumferential edge part of a display panel having a display surface, a front bezel having an aperture through which a cleaning member for removing dust adhering to the display surface can be freely inserted and removed is provided. Moreover, a touch panel is provided on the front bezel in such a manner that the touch panel is arranged to face the display surface of the display panel with a gap formed between the display surface and the touch panel.

Abstract: Increasing the effective size of a touchpad while using a single controller IC, wherein a pseudo random pattern is used such that when a certain order of electrical signals is applied to the electrodes, the local electrical fields cancel or are very large in a first region while the electrical fields in a second region create a desired electrical field pattern, wherein when a finger makes contact in the second region a certain electrical signal is expected, wherein when a finger makes contact in the first region the electrical signal is unexpected, and wherein the difference between the electrical signals from the first region and the second region can be distinguished and thus the region in which the finger made contact can be determined.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a pixel electrode to apply a voltage to a liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and an opposed electrode, a thin film transistor connected to the pixel electrode, a scanning line to supply a gate signal to the thin film transistor, a first coordinate detection line disposed parallel to the scanning line, a first coordinate detection electrode formed closer to the liquid crystal layer than the scanning line and the first coordinate detection line, and a first insulating film formed as a layer between the first coordinate detection line and the first coordinate detection electrode. The first insulating film is provided with a contact hole to electrically connect the first coordinate detection line and the first coordinate detection electrode.

Abstract: A mobile terminal includes a main body having a first display and first and second sliders coupled to the main body, each of which includes first and second user interfaces. The first user interface is at least partially covered by the main body when the first slider is in a first position and exposed to view when the first slider is in a second position, and the second user interface is at least partially covered by the main body when the second slider is in the first position and exposed to view when the first slider is in the second position. The first and second user interfaces may include additional displays.

Abstract: The invention discloses a key module which includes a touch device, several navigation keys, and a control device. Therein the touch device includes a touchable surface for being touched by an object. When the object touches the touch device, the touch device generates a touch signal according the state of the touch of the object. The several navigation keys are set around the touch device. The control device is electrically connected to the touch device and the navigation keys respectively for receiving the touch signal from the touch device and determining the location the touch device is touched, the times of the object touching the touch device, or how long the touching device is touched.

Abstract: A touch screen sensor assembly and associated method for manufacturing the touch screen sensor assembly are provided. The touch screen assembly includes one or more transparent substrates that are arranged above a display. Each of the transparent substrates may include a conductive layer that is disposed adjacent to a surface of a corresponding one of the substrates. In addition, a set of conductive traces may be disposed on each of the transparent substrates and in conductive communication with the corresponding conductive layer. At least one of the sets of conductive traces may be deposited using electro deposition or vacuum deposition techniques so as to reduce a width of each trace, thereby reducing the size of a non-transparent border that surrounds the transparent substrates, maximizing the available portion of the transparent substrates for use in touch sensing.

Abstract: There is provided a data input device. The data input device comprises a plurality of sensing units having sensors, a plurality of direction indicating positions and direction inputs in an input radius spaced and arranged from a center position in a radial direction in a uniform range in one input unit, and a controller so that data are input by continuously performing at least two direction inputs. Therefore, the input unit of a portable electronic apparatus having a narrow input space sequentially performs a plurality of movement combinations in accordance with the movements corresponding to first to sixth direction inputs from a reference position in a radial direction to minimize an input space and to rapidly and correctly input desired characters by a series of input operations.

Abstract: There is provided a touch panel in which the size of a connecting part between an electrode and an extraction pattern is reduced and the occurrence of Newton's rings is prevented. The touch panel comprises transparent conductive films formed on opposing surfaces of a pair of glass substrates to face each other, an extraction pattern 61 formed on the surface of one glass substrate with the transparent conductive film and having a connection part 61a, an electrode 51 provided on the transparent conductive film of the other glass substrate and having a connection part 51a that is not located in the same range as the connection part 61a of the extraction pattern 61 in an extending direction of the connection part 61a of the extraction pattern 61, and a conductive paste 32 connecting the end of the connection part 61a of the extraction pattern 61 and the end of the connection part 51a of the electrode 51.

Abstract: A conductive film which is excellent in moist heat resistance, conductivity, transparency and coating film strength. The conductive film comprises a base film and a coating layer formed on the base film by curing a composition comprising: (i) a conducting polymer containing a polycationic polythiophene having a recurring unit represented by the following formula (1) as the main constituent and a polyanion (component A): wherein R1 and R2 are each independently a hydrogen atom or alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or bonded together to form an alkylene group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms which may be substituted arbitrarily; (ii) a water-soluble compound having at least one hydrophilic group selected from the group consisting of oxyethylene group and sulfonate group (component B); and (iii) a crosslinking agent having a glycidyl group (component C), and which has a surface resistance change rate after it is treated at a temperature of 60° C. and a humidity of 90% for 240 hours of 160% or less.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch panel structure formed by an anti-scratch surface layer and a capacitive sensor layer, and a transparent lamination layer is used for pasting the two into a panel. The capacitive sensor layer includes an X-axis first transparent conductive layer and a Y-axis second transparent conductive layer formed on both sides of a transparent plastic carrier to provide a touch panel structure having the advantages of a relatively low material cost, a light weight, an easy manufacturing and molding, a better lamination yield and a flexible and break-free feature.

Abstract: A system for enabling an operator to control a vehicle accessory includes a control interface and a processor. The control interface has a display surface and a touch area defined by an electrically conductive layer adjacent the display surface. The conductive layer capacitively couples to an electrically conductive object upon the object touching or being in proximity with the touch area while the conductive layer is driven with an electrical charge. The processor drives the conductive layer with the electrical charge, detects the capacitive coupling of the conductive layer to the object upon the object touching or being in proximity with the touch area while the conductive layer is driven, generates a signal indicative of the object touching or being in proximity with the touch area upon detecting the capacitive coupling of the conductive layer to the object, and provides the signal to the accessory for controlling the accessory accordingly.

Abstract: The first substrate of the touch panel includes a pixel array and a plurality of sensing lines. The pixel array includes a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines and a plurality of pixel electrodes. The sensing lines are parallel arranged in the pixel array, adjacent to parts of the pixel electrodes, and electrically insulated from the scan lines, the data lines and the pixel electrodes. The second substrate of the touch panel includes a plurality of conductive protrusions disposed corresponding to the sensing lines. When there is no external force applied to the touch panel, the conductive protrusions are electrically insulated from the scan lines and the pixel array. When an external force is applied to the touch panel, at least one of the conductive protrusions may contact both one of the scan lines and parts of the pixel array.

Abstract: An electric field communication terminal and a method for operating it are disclosed. Since the communication terminal according to the present invention includes a plurality of signal electrodes, it can perform electric field communication without contacting the user's body, which provides use convenience. In addition, since the plurality of signal electrodes can serve as an input unit, such as a touch screen, the user can efficiently use the communication terminal.

Abstract: An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive touch panel capable of color imaging with high resolution. A touch panel includes a panel including a first substrate and a second substrate opposed to each other, and a plurality of light sources sequentially or concurrently provides, from the first substrate side, lights of different wavelength regions to the panel. A plurality of pixels each including a liquid crystal element, a photodiode, and a thin film transistor is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate. An island shaped semiconductor film included in the photodiode and an island shaped semiconductor film included in the thin film transistor are formed by etching one semiconductor film over the second substrate.

Abstract: A human machine interface system is disclosed. The human machine interface system includes a sensing portion adapted to detect a presence and a location of a touch, a user input portion releasably coupled to the sensing portion, wherein the user input portion includes an indicia representing a control function associated with the sensing portion, and a controller in communication with the sensing portion for configuring the control function associated with the sensing portion based upon the user input portion.

Abstract: An optical touch display includes a display panel, a light source module, and a sensing module. The display panel has a first edge, a second edge, a third edge and a fourth edge. The light source module is disposed beside the first edge and the second edge of the display panel. The light source module is configure for providing a first parallel light and a second parallel light passing through above a display surface of the display panel. The first parallel light passes from the first edge of the display panel through the third edge of the display panel, and the second parallel light passes from the second edge of the display panel through the fourth edge of the display panel. The sensing module is disposed beside the third edge and the fourth edge of the display panel for sensing the first parallel light and the second parallel light. The optical touch display has advantageous of high reliability and low cost.

Abstract: A pointing device has a photosensor (17) provided on the liquid crystal panel (display unit) (11) side of a liquid crystal display device (1), and is provided with a light quantity change instruction unit (brightness increase instruction unit) (43) that instructs the liquid crystal display device (1) to increase the quantity of irradiated light from a backlight device (12) that is irradiated from the liquid crystal panel (11) toward the outside.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an electromagnetic input device, a memory, and a processor. The electromagnetic input device includes a movable magnetized stylus and an inducting module. The inducting module includes a number of inducting cells and a controller. Each inducting cell includes a coil for generating an inducting voltage according to the change of magnetic flux through the coil. The controller determines the type of movement of the stylus according to the inducting voltages generated by the coils of the inducting cells. The memory stores a number of operating commands corresponding to a number of types of movements of the stylus. The processor generates an operating command for operating the electronic device corresponding to the type of movement of the stylus determined by the controller.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic pen using a super capacitor as a power supply which comprising a housing, a power supply, and a nib arranged at one end of the housing, a boosting circuit connected with the power supply for implementing a boosting process to an output voltage of the power supply based on an external triggering signal, an oscillation circuit for generating electromagnetic waves with different frequencies based on the voltage provided by the boosting circuit, wherein, the power supply is a super capacitor. By using a super capacitor as a power supply, the present invention brings no pollutions in the constitution of the raw material, and in the processes of production, using, storing and disassembling, so it is a perfect environmentally friendly power supply. Moreover, the super capacitor can be recycling used, so the cost is greatly reduced. Using the super capacitor as a power supply, the charging rate is fast, only several minutes even tens of seconds are needed for charging.

Abstract: An organic light emitting diode display device capable of achieving a considerable reduction in power consumption by generating a drive signal only for a period, in which the drive signal is actually required, is disclosed. The organic light emitting diode display device includes a DC-DC converter including a switching element to generate a drive signal by controlling an input voltage under a control of a logic, and a driver to supply, to pixels, the drive signal generated from the DC-DC converter in accordance with a timing. The logic includes an AND circuit to AND a control signal for drive signal generation and an output control signal maintained at a logic-high voltage only for a period in which the drive signal is to be supplied, and to supply a result of the ANDing operation.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, each of stages connected in cascade includes a first circuit which causes a predetermined section in a corresponding one of the stages to be connected to a low-potential power source, the first circuit being constituted by TFTs, a first type of clock signal being used as a signal which is transferred to an output terminal of each of the stages so as to be outputted as an output signal, a second type of clock signal being used as a signal which drives the first circuit. With the arrangement, it is possible to realize a shift register circuit that is capable of further suppressing a shift phenomenon of a threshold voltage in each of the TFTs.

Abstract: To reduce the number of sub-frames and perform high resolution display with low power consumption, each of the pixels has a digital emission period Td and an analog emission period Ta, and is driven in a time-divided fashion in a digital manner or in an analog manner. Each of the pixels performs high resolution display when being driven in an analog manner, and performs display with low power consumption when being driven in a digital manner.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus with a slim shape including a speaker and ElectroMagnetic Interference (EMI) line filter being arranged at a rear surface of a chassis member of a Plasma Display Panel (PDP) module.

Abstract: An electro-optical device operates in a cycle of unit periods of time. Each of the unit periods of time includes a first time period, a second time period, and a third time period. The electro-optical device includes: scanning lines; data lines; potential lines; a driving section; and pixels, each of pixels including a pixel electrode. In the first time period of a certain unit period of time, the driving section writes a data potential that is in accordance with an image into the pixel electrode. In the second time period, the driving section writes a reset potential that makes a potential of the pixel electrode closer to a potential of the potential line. In the third time period, the driving section sequentially makes a transition of a potential of the potential lines from a first potential to a second potential.

Abstract: A distance (d1) from an edge of a first region (R) at places (D) where branch electrodes (4b) extending, which branch off from an electrode line (4a) of a second source/drain electrode (4), start to overlap with a first region (R) to the electrode line (4a) is 5 ?m or more. This realizes a TFT including a comb-shaped source/drain structure that enables easy repair of a source-drain leakage.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention comprise systems and methods for determining image content characteristics, determining ambient illumination conditions, selecting an appropriate backlight level based on the image content characteristics and the ambient illumination conditions and selecting a tone scale curve for image enhancement wherein the tone scale curve is intended to enhance the image for display under the ambient illumination conditions using the selected backlight level.

Abstract: A display device includes a gate line, a data line, a switching transistor connected to the data line, a variable resistance unit, a first capacitor connected to the variable resistance unit and a micro-shutter connected to the resistance unit and the first capacitor. The switching transistor is controlled by a gate-on voltage supplied by the gate line, and a resistance of the variable resistance unit is changed based on a data voltage supplied to the variable resistance unit from the data line via the switching transistor. The micro-shutter electrode executes a shutoff operation based on a voltage at a connection node between the variable resistance unit and the first capacitor.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a delay generation circuit that generates a reference signal and a competing signal, the competing signal being generated based on a delay set signal, an input order judgment circuit that judges an input order of the reference signal and the competing signal, a delay set circuit that generates the delay set signal based on a judgment result in the input order judgment circuit, and an internal synchronous control circuit that controls transfer of display data between a CPU and a display panel. An operation test of the internal synchronous control circuit is performed using the reference signal and the competing signal. Hence, fault coverage can be enhanced.

Abstract: Disclosed is a pixel circuit including a light emitting element having one terminal and the other terminal, a driving transistor that supplies a driving current to the one terminal of the light emitting element, a first power line electrically connected to the other terminal of the light emitting element and receiving a first potential, a control transistor provided between a second power line, which receives a second potential, and a source of the driving transistor, and having a gate that receives a control signal through a control line, a first capacitor provided between the second power line and a gate of the driving transistor, a second capacitor provided between the gate and the source of the driving transistor, and a select transistor provided between a data line, which receives a data potential, and the gate of the driving transistor, and having a gate that receives a scanning signal through a scanning line.

Abstract: A display device includes: plural pixel circuits; and a scanning circuit that supplies a scanning signal for supplying a video signal including information of a display target video to the plural pixel circuits and transitions potential of the scanning signal to off-potential halfway in a mobility correction period for correcting mobility, wherein each of the plural pixel circuits includes a storage capacitor for storing voltage equivalent to the video signal, a writing transistor that writes the video signal in the storage capacitor on the basis of the scanning signal and changes to a non-conduction state when the off-potential of the scanning signal is supplied, a driving transistor that outputs electric current corresponding to the voltage equivalent to the video signal written in the storage capacitor, and a light emitting element that emits light according to the electric current output from the driving transistor.

Abstract: A voltage generating system has a first voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between a maximum voltage and a minimum voltage as a first set of voltages, and a second voltage generating device for generating a plurality of voltages between the maximum voltage and the minimum voltage as a second set of voltages, the second set of voltages being different from the first set of voltages. The first voltage generating device generates the maximum voltage, and supplies the first set of voltages and the maximum voltage to the second voltage generating device. The second voltage generating device generates the minimum voltage, and supplies the second set of voltages and the minimum voltage to the first voltage generating device. The first and second voltage generating devices each select a voltage from the first and second sets of voltages, and output the selected voltage.

Abstract: A drive circuit drives an active matrix display section. In at least one embodiment, a COM signal generation section changes, after an end of a selection period of a pixel included in the display section, a voltage VCOM(n) of a COM line corresponding to the pixel. The COM signal generation section changes the voltage VCOM(n) in a direction opposite to a polarity of a voltage V(n) applied to liquid crystals in the pixel. As such, it is possible to sufficiently overshoot-drive the liquid crystals without requiring additional members which take up much space.

Abstract: An arrangement includes a first electronic device and a power supply unit adapted to provide the first electronic device with electric operating energy from a mains voltage. The first electronic device includes an evaluation unit adapted to switch the first electronic device from an operating state to at least one energy saving state and vice-versa, and a standard interface for connecting the first electronic device to a second electronic device.

Abstract: The invention reduces power consumption, reduces EMI, and produces a stable sustain discharge. The sustain pulse generating circuit includes a power recovery circuit, clamping circuit, and auxiliary circuit. The power recovery circuit has a recovery inductor for LC resonance and a recovery capacitor for power recovery, recovers power stored in the capacitive load of the display electrode pairs to the recovery capacitor by LC resonance, and reuses the recovered power to drive the display electrode pairs. A clamping circuit clamps the display electrode pairs to the supply potential and the ground potential. An auxiliary circuit has an auxiliary capacitor connected in series with the recovery capacitor, and an auxiliary inductor that is used for LC resonance with the auxiliary capacitor, and increases the current flowing to the recovery inductor at the sustain pulse rise and fall to greater than the current that flows only as a result of the LC resonance of the recovery inductor and the capacitive load.

Abstract: An apparatus for displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image may include a plurality of display panels and a controller configured to apply image signals to each of the plurality of display panels. At least one of the display panels may include a transparent display panel. The plurality of display panels may be spaced apart from each other in a depth direction. A method of displaying a three-dimensional (3D) image may include displaying plane images on each of a plurality of display panels. At least one of the plurality of display panels may include a transparent display panel. The plurality of display panels may be spaced apart from each other in a depth direction.

Abstract: In order to suppress an influence of an electrical stress on a TFT characteristic in use of a TFT, a light emitting display apparatus according to the present invention comprises organic EL devices and driving circuits for driving the organic EL devices. The driving circuit includes plural pixels each having a thin film transistor of which a threshold voltage reversibly changes due to the electrical stress applied between a gate terminal and a source terminal, and a voltage applying unit which sets gate potential of the thin film transistor higher than source potential. The voltage applying unit applies the electrical stress between the gate terminal and the source terminal at a time when the thin film transistor is not driven, so as to drive the thin film transistor in a region that the threshold voltage is saturated to the electrical stress.

Abstract: A system for and method of controlling an electronic display, such as an electrophoretic display, are disclosed. The system and method provide for transparent translation of standard image data into signals sufficient to drive such displays and implement the corresponding image.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is disclosed. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel including data lines and gate lines crossing one another and a pixel array including liquid crystal cells arranged in a matrix format according to a crossing structure of the data lines and the gate lines, a source drive circuit supplying a data voltage to the data lines through a plurality of output channels, a gate drive circuit sequentially supplying a gate pulse to the gate lines. The liquid crystal display panel includes link lines that respectively connect the data lines to the output channels of the source drive circuit. The source drive circuit includes a plurality of output channel resistors connected between the output channels and the link lines. Each of the output channel resistors includes a variable resistance circuit.

Abstract: A display apparatus and a graphic display method are provided. A display apparatus includes a graphic processing unit which converts data received from an external device into graphics, and a display unit which displays a graphics. Accordingly, the display apparatus can display a high quality 3-dimensional image.