Abstract: A method and system may detect an external display coupled to the mobile device. A digital input device may be presented on the integrated touch sensitive display of the mobile device to operate the mobile device. Multimedia content may be presented on the external display in response to the operation of the mobile device through the digital input device.

Abstract: A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state of a user interface between a lock state and an unlock state are provided. The user interface has a touch sensitive display having a display surface, the touch sensitive display being adapted for presenting to a user at a respective position at least one display element along the display surface. The touch sensitive display is further adapted for receiving from the user, a user interaction with the touch sensitive display at a location along the display surface. The user interface further includes a controller, where the controller includes a user interface state module having an unlock state and a lock state adapted for selectively enabling and disabling at least a portion of the user interface. The controller further includes a state change module adapted for switching the state of the user interface state module between the lock state and the unlock state.

Abstract: A method for providing digital sensing data for a touch panel apparatus comprises the steps of: collecting a stream of digital sensing data from a plurality of operational amplifiers of a touch panel apparatus; generating a first revised digital datum to replace a first digital datum by summing the first digital datum and a digital datum following the first digital datum; generating a second revised digital datum to replace a second digital datum by summing the first revised digital datum and the second digital datum, wherein the second digital datum follows the first revised digital datum; and continuing to generate revised digital sensing data until a last revised digital datum is generated.

Abstract: In response to receiving a first user action in relation to an object displayed on the rendered display, a collar is displayed on the rendered display around the object. The collar and the object can be made translucent. The collar can have the same shape as the object, but can be larger in size than the object. In response to receiving a second user action in relation to the collar, the object and the collar are moved on the rendered display in correspondence with the second user action, without finalizing a current location of the object on the rendered display after the second user action has been completed. In response to receiving a third user action, the current location of the object is finalized on the rendered display and the collar is removed from around the object on the rendered display.

Abstract: A user interface for an electronic device and method for managing a state of a user interface between a locked state and an unlocked state are provided. The user interface has a touch sensitive display having a display surface, the touch sensitive display being adapted for presenting to a user at a respective position at least one display element along the display surface. The touch sensitive display is further adapted for receiving from the user, a user interaction with the touch sensitive display at a location along the display surface including a display element selection and a defined path. The user interface further includes a controller, where the controller includes a user interface state module having an unlocked state and a locked state adapted for selectively enabling and disabling at least a portion of the user interface. The controller further includes a state change module adapted for switching the state of the user interface state module between the locked state and the unlocked state.

Abstract: An electronic device with a feedback work-mode includes a touch screen for displaying at least one user interface and each user interface includes at least one touch button. An audio message set for each user interface is for indicating the touch buttons comprised in the user interface. The electronic device further includes a vibration panel included a plurality of vibrating elements. The vibrating elements are set adjacent each touch button. The electronic device accesses the audio message associated with that particular user interface to output if the electronic device is operable to display one of the at least one user interface, determines the position of the touch buttons comprised in the user interface, determines the vibration elements located near the touch button according to the determined positions, and controls the vibration elements corresponding to the touch button to vibrate.

Abstract: A display system is disclosed. The display system includes several electrical apparatuses and a display control unit. The display control unit builds connections with the electrical apparatuses. The display control unit includes an information generating module and a display driving module. When the display system is in a combination display mode, the information generating module detects and generates combination information about combination relations among the display units of the electrical apparatuses. The display driving module drives each of the display units to display a corresponding image block according to the combination information. Hence, the displayed corresponding image blocks can be combined to form an entire image. A display method is also disclosed.

Abstract: A display screen including an optical element and a chromaticity improving layer is provided. A light transmittance of the optical element to visible light having short wavelengths is lower than a light transmittance to visible light having long wavelengths. A light transmittance of the chromaticity improving layer to visible light having short wavelengths is higher than a light transmittance to visible light having long wavelengths. A display device using the display screen is also provided.

Abstract: A power saving method is disclosed. The method is used for reducing the amount of power consumed by a touch display apparatus including a sensing area. The method includes: determining whether an instruction event happens in the sensing area by scanning the sensing area within a first processing period; in response to a negative determination, providing a specific sensing area within the sensing area; determining whether the instruction event happens in the specific sensing area by scanning the specific sensing area within a second processing period; and in response to a negative determination, ending the scanning of the sensing area.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing tactile sensations are disclosed. For example, one disclosed method includes the steps of outputting a display signal configured to display a graphical object on a touch-sensitive input device; receiving a sensor signal from the touch-sensitive input device, the sensor signal indicating an object contacting the touch-sensitive input device; determining an interaction between the object contacting the touch-sensitive input device and the graphical object; and generating an actuator signal based at least in part on the interaction.

Abstract: A touch sensitive display includes: an upper substrate, a lower substrate, an organic light-emitting component, and a touch sensing component. The lower substrate is disposed below the upper substrate and the organic light-emitting component is disposed above the lower substrate. The touch sensing component designed by a single layer structure is disposed under or above the upper substrate. Therefore, the present invention can achieve the purpose of lightening the touch sensitive display and simplifying manufacturing process of the touch sensitive display.

Abstract: A light-sensing apparatus in which a light sensor transistor in a light-sensing pixel is formed of an oxide semiconductor transistor for sensing light, a method of driving the light-sensing apparatus, and an optical touch screen apparatus including the light-sensing apparatus. The light-sensing apparatus includes a light-sensing pixel array having a plurality of light-sensing pixels arranged in rows and columns, and a plurality of gate lines which are arranged in a row direction and respectively provide a gate voltage to the light-sensing pixel. Each of the light-sensing pixels includes a light sensor transistor for sensing light and a switch transistor for outputting a light-sensing signal from the light sensor transistor, and gates of the light sensor transistors of the light-sensing pixels arranged in an arbitrary row are connected to a gate line arranged in a row previous or next to the arbitrary row.

Abstract: Methods and systems for implementing gestures with touch sensing device are disclosed. A gesture recognition method includes: determining whether an input gesture matches a predefined universal gesture based on touch information on a touch panel; and generating a corresponding gesture command set according to an event signal when the input gesture matches the predefined universal gesture.

Abstract: A display device having an on-screen display (OSD) menu function is provided, which includes a touch display panel, a touch screen controller, a display circuit, and a multiplexer. The touch display panel includes a display layer and a touch layer. The touch screen controller detects the touch layer and outputs a first detection result. The display circuit displays a first image of a first image source on the display layer, and the display circuit has the OSD menu function. In a normal display mode, the multiplexer transmits the first detection result of the touch screen controller to the first image source. If the first detection result complies with a predetermined pattern, the OSD menu function of the display circuit is triggered, and the display circuit enters a screen adjustment mode, and the multiplexer transmits the first detection result of the touch screen controller to the display circuit.

Abstract: A mobile terminal apparatus according to this invention comprises an acceleration sensor 14 that detects applied acceleration; a storing unit 12 that stores an acceleration condition set in advance for the detected acceleration and stores an alarm condition set in advance for the stored information; and control unit 11 and sound generating unit 16 that alarm about stored information in accordance with an alarming method set in advance so as to correspond to the alarm condition, when the detected acceleration satisfies the stored acceleration condition and the stored information satisfies the stored alarm condition.

Abstract: Provided is a touch panel including: a plurality of scanning electrodes formed on a display panel; a plurality of detecting electrodes intersecting with the plurality of scanning electrodes, the plurality of detecting electrodes being formed on the display panel; a first unit for sequentially connecting a constant current source to each of the plurality of scanning electrodes for each one scanning period; and a second unit for detecting a touch position on the display panel based on a variation of a current detected at each of the plurality of detecting electrodes. One of the each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the each of the plurality of detecting electrodes is formed on the display panel surface on a viewer side, and another of the each of the plurality of scanning electrodes and the each of the plurality of detecting electrodes is formed inside the display panel.

Abstract: A zoom gesture determination method for a touch control device includes detecting a first touch point and a second touch point; determining a position difference between the first touch point and the second touch point; and deciding a zoom gesture represented by the first touch point and the second touch point according to variations in the position difference.

Abstract: A projection system with touch control includes a touch device, a projection device and a control module. The touch device has plural touch plates which can be combined to form a plane. The projection device has plural projection units which can project on the plane respectively so as to form a projection image on the plane. The control module is electrically connected with the touch plates and the projection units for controlling the projection device to change the projection image corresponsively as a user touches the projection image projected on the plane. Herein, the touch plates can be combined to form a plane, and the user can interact with the projection image projected on the plane.

Abstract: Provided is a touch panel with improved anti-noise performance. A continuous drive pulse train is input to a plurality of scanning electrodes for each one scanning period in turns, and a detection pulse train generated at detection electrodes which intersects the scanning electrodes is detected. The detection pulse train is sampled at different intervals to generate a plurality of data sequences. The plurality of data sequences may be generated from the detection pulse train over a plurality of frame periods. A signal strength of each frequency component is compared between the frequency spectra of the plurality of data sequences, and a frequency spectrum in which frequency components having different strengths have been corrected is generated. A detection signal is generated from the corrected frequency spectrum.

Abstract: In one embodiment, there is provided an input device. The input device includes: a first sensor disposed in or near a first touch area of the input device and configured to detect an object when the object comes close to the first touch area; a second sensor disposed in or near a second touch area of the input device and configured to detect the object when the object comes close to the second touch area; and a controller configured to enable the second touch area to serve as a user operation area, when the first sensor detects the object.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication technologies and discloses a method and terminal of displaying a contact list. The method of displaying a contact list is applied on an apparatus with a touch sensitive display, comprising: detecting a touch on the touch sensitive display, after receiving an instruction for opening a contact list; determining a touch position, when detecting the touch on the touch sensitive display; and determining a large contact group corresponding to the touch position, and displaying contacts in the large contact group by the touch sensitive display. With the present disclosure, a user can find out a contact quickly, and the user's experience can be improved.

Abstract: A method and device for key-press judgment based on a touch screen are disclosed. The method involves: detecting a press operation; when the press operation is detected, acquiring position information of current pressed point and extended information corresponding to the position information, until the end of this press operation is detected; judging a pressed key corresponding to this press operation according to the position information and the extended information of pressed points in this operation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for switching the touch screen of a mobile terminal between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen and a mobile terminal. The method includes: according to the value of acceleration of gravity in a direction vertical to the screen of the mobile terminal, determining whether the operation mode of the mobile terminal is a normal operation mode or a recumbent operation mode; determining, according to a determined operation mode, a criterion for switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen; and performing switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen according to the criterion. The present invention solves the problem that the user's requirement for switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen cannot be met when the user lies on one side, thus increasing the applicability and flexibility of the switching between a horizontal screen and a vertical screen.

Abstract: In order to provide a touch sensor-equipped display device that is not susceptible to the effect of noise caused by a polarity reversal in a common voltage of a display device without using special circuitry, the disclosed touch sensor-equipped display device is provided with: a sensor output read circuit 21 that is sequentially connected to a plurality of sensor electrodes of a touch sensor part 7 and that outputs a signal voltage according to the electrical properties of each electrode; a sensor control circuit 23 that supplies a control signal to the sensor output read circuit 21; and a coordinate calculation circuit 22 that detects a contact position on the basis of the signal voltage.

Abstract: A transparent piezoelectric sheet-with-a-frame includes a transparent piezoelectric sheet and a frame covering a peripheral edge portion of the transparent piezoelectric sheet. The transparent piezoelectric sheet includes one transparent piezoelectric film including an organic polymer, one first transparent plate electrode placed on a first main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a first transparent plate electrode portion, and one second transparent plate electrode placed on a second main surface of the transparent piezoelectric film and having a second transparent plate electrode portion. An outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion is positioned inside an outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion as seen in a plan view. The outline of the first transparent plate electrode portion completely coincides with the frame, and the outline of the second transparent plate electrode portion does not at all coincide with the frame as seen in the plan view.

Abstract: A transparent piezoelectric sheet includes a quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film and a first transparent plate electrode. The quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film includes an organic polymer. The quadrilateral-shaped transparent piezoelectric film has entire main surfaces that are piezoelectric. The first transparent plate electrode is layered on part of a first main surface of the main surfaces of the transparent piezoelectric film. One to three sides of the four sides of the quadrilateral shape of the transparent piezoelectric film and area(s) of the first main surface adjacent thereto are not covered by the first transparent plate electrode.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises a sensor configured to detect movement and generate movement data related to at least part of a detected movement; a messaging unit configured to create a message that is configured to include movement information based at least in part upon the movement data; a transmitter in data communication with the messaging unit and configured to transmit the message; and a housing configured to at least partially enclose at least one of the sensor, the messaging unit, and the transmitter, and including a finger grip configured to secure the housing to a human finger. Methods of using the apparatus are also provided.

Abstract: Provided is to prevent problems from occurring due to statistical processing for calculating a pointed position being pointed (touched) on a touch panel by a pointer. On a touch panel (7), a touch position of a pointer (8) is measured every predetermined measurement timing. A direction in which the pointer has moved from a preceding measured position to a recent measured position is referred to as a movement direction A. A direction in which the pointer has moved from a further preceding measured position to the preceding measured position is referred to as a movement direction B. If a crossing angle ? formed by the movement directions A and B is smaller than or equal to a predetermined set angle, a position resulting from predetermined statistical processing is determined as a pointed position. If the crossing angle ? is larger than the set angle, the recent measured position is determined as a pointed position.

Abstract: Systems and methods to determine locations for dual touch operations performed on a four-wire resistive touch screen. The systems and methods may include measuring signals from pairs of electrodes on each of a first and second resistive sheet of the resistive touch screen in two phases of operation. The systems and methods may further include determining touch screen segment resistances from the signal measurements. The systems and methods may determine locations corresponding to the dual touch operations from the resistances. The systems and methods may also determine locations from the signal measurements.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a capacitive array formed from a plurality of electrodes including a first plurality of electrodes and a second plurality of electrodes. At least some of the first plurality of electrodes has a serpentine shape and extends in a first direction. The second plurality of electrodes extends in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The apparatus further includes a capacitive sensor circuit coupled to the capacitive array and configured to detect an object relative to the capacitive array based on a change in a capacitance determined from at least one of the first plurality of electrodes.

Abstract: A user computer device is provided that comprises a touchscreen having a capacitive user interface and a thermal energy generating user interface. The user computer device activates the thermal energy generating user interface based on input received via the capacitive user interface. That is, the user computer receives input from a user via the capacitive user interface, determines a position of the user input based on the input received via the capacitive user interface, and activates an area of the thermal energy generating user interface that based on the determined position of the user input.

Abstract: A parallel pipelining method of operation of a touch sense controller for processing data into a touch map is disclosed. A current full scan of response signals to at least one excitation of a touch sense array is received using a first thread of a processing device. The current full scan of response signals is processed using a second thread of the processing device to render a touch map corresponding to the touch sense array. A next full scan of response signals is received using the first thread. Receiving the next full scan and processing the current full scan are performed substantially simultaneously.

Abstract: Provided is a touch panel which completes touch detection within a specified time even when the maximum number of touch points is set to be large. A control portion assigns priorities for being given a high coordinate precision to the respective touch points based on the state of the touch points. The control portion selects coordinate calculation algorithms having coordinate precisions corresponding to the priorities of the respective touch points from among a plurality of coordinate calculation algorithms, and calculates required calculation time for calculating coordinates of all the touch points. The control portion determines the priorities so that the calculated required calculation time is equal to or shorter than a specified time. The control portion selects coordinate calculation algorithms corresponding to the priorities and calculates the coordinates of the respective touch points.

Abstract: Provided are a touch sensing panel and a touch sensing apparatus for detecting an absolute location with respect to at least one touch, including a driving electrode forming a mutual capacitance between a sensing electrode and the driving electrode in response to a predetermined driving signal and including at least two electrode surfaces divided by a width size.

Abstract: A capacitive proximity switch having a display panel including a translucent region. A first circuit board is translucent to light at least in the region of the translucent region of the display panel and supports capacitance-forming sensor layers. Light wells enclose the sensor layers on the side facing away from the observer, and protrude from the first circuit board to a second circuit board parallel to the first circuit board. Light sources are disposed within the light wells A contact element leads from the first circuit board to the second circuit board. Optical fibers are applied on the first circuit board in the region of the translucent region. The first circuit board is encapsulated by an opaque plastic functional carrier. An opaque decorative layer covers the observer side of the optical fibers and the functional carrier, and includes characters and/or symbols in the region of the translucent region.

Abstract: A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module.

Abstract: The disclosure provides a navigation assembly having a compact design that reduces a depth dimension in a z-direction or along a z-axis that is substantially perpendicular to a front face of a mobile communication device. The navigation assembly includes an optical lens unitarily formed with a cover, the cover having an upper surface that receives user inputs thereon and a lower surface that receives the optical lens. A sensor array is provided in optical communication with the optical lens and a coupling structure is provided to mechanically couple the optical lens and the sensor array. The cover overlays a gap formed between the navigation assembly and adjacent keys to prevent contaminants such as liquids, dust, lint, or the like, from entering an interior of the mobile communication device. The cover also includes a decorative ring that defines a tracking window and outlines a perimeter of the underlying sensor arrays.

Abstract: In infrared touch input devices that detect and locate a touch object from the blocking of light paths propagating along the X,Y axes, an ambiguity arises when two touch objects are present. This ambiguity can be resolved by the provision of additional light paths angled to the X,Y axes. The present invention provides projection systems that include a light splitting element for splitting collimated sheet of light into two or more sets of beam paths, thereby providing the additional light paths for resolving the double touch ambiguity. In preferred embodiments the light splitting element is in the form of a prism film.

Abstract: A touch type portable terminal is disclosed, whereby a user is prevented from viewing a wrong auto focusing area by indicating an indicator in response to changes in view angle of lenses during auto focusing operation.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device (1) that is provided with a function of identifying the position of a subject to be detected (finger) in an image display region (12b) of a liquid crystal panel (10) by emitting light to the image display region (12b) and by detecting light reflected by the subject to be detected (finger). The liquid crystal display device is provided with a backlight (30) and a front light-emitting unit (40), which radiate light to the image display region (12b). The backlight (30) is disposed on the side of the liquid crystal panel (10) opposite to the image display surface (10a), and emits light to the image display region (12b) from the rear side of the liquid crystal panel (10). The front light-emitting unit (40) is disposed outside of the image display region (12b), and emits light to the image display region (12b) without having the liquid crystal panel (10) therebetween.

Abstract: The present invention provides an input display device including: a display device which recognizes an input position with a light sensor by blinking a backlight; and an input device of a light-emitting type (light pen), wherein a light emitting diode (LED) of the input device is adapted so that (i) its non-light-emitting period overlaps at least a part of a period (X) during which the backlight is OFF and (ii) its light-emitting period overlaps at least a part of a period (Y) during which the backlight is ON. According to this arrangement, it is possible to realize an input display device which can reduce the effect of ambient light and in which a light pen can be used (in addition to a finger and a reflective pen etc.) as inputting means.

Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display device that has a function of detecting the position where light emitted from an input pointer 50 has been inputted to an image display surface 10a of an display panel and that switches the display direction (vertical direction) of a display image on the display panel on the basis of the radiation direction of the light emitted from the input pointer 50. Thus, a display device having a position detection function that enables the display direction of a display image to be switched using a simple structure can be provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch positioning method and system as well as a display device. Said touch positioning method is applied to an optical touch screen comprising a touch detection area, two imaging devices, a light source and a reflector, the touch detection area and its mirror image touch detection area with regards to the reflector residing within field of view of each imaging device, the method comprising: obtaining location information of touch objects based on image data of an actual touch object and its mirror image touch object with regards to said reflector acquired by said two imaging devices, said touch objects comprise said actual touch object and virtual touch object; obtaining location information of said actual touch object from the location information of said touch objects based on the mirror image relation between said actual touch object and its mirror image touch object as well as the location information of said touch detection area.

Abstract: A touch input system including a stylus and a display device is provided. The stylus includes a battery module, a touch portion, a transducer module and a RF transmitting module. When a contact pressure is acted on the touch portion, the touch portion is electrically connected to the battery module by the contact pressure and emits a light signal. The display region receives and reacts to the light signal, and the contact pressure is transformed into an electrical signal by the transducer module. The RF transmitting module is electrically connected to the transducer module and transmitting the electrical signal. The display device includes a display region and a RF receiving module.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic device with a touch sensitive surface comprising: a sensing means for capturing an acoustic signal, a touch location determining unit configured to determine the location of a touch event on the touch sensitive surface based on the acoustic signal. To improve the reliability of the touch localisation process, the device further comprises a filtering unit configured to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the acoustic signal based on one or more signals provided by one or more spurious acoustic signal generating devices of the electronic device and/or based on one or more parameters of the one or more spurious acoustic signal generating devices of the electronic device. The invention also relates to a corresponding method. The invention furthermore relates to a method for improving the confidentiality of a user input.

Abstract: A positioning and calibration method is applied in the positioning and calibration of a projection system with touch control function. The projection system includes a touch device and a projection device. The touch device has touch plates, which can be combined and formed into a plane. The projection device has projection units, which project images onto projection areas of the plane, respectively, so as to form a projection image on the plane. The positioning and calibration method includes the steps of projecting positioning markers onto the plane by the projection device; disposing a calibration element at or around each of the positioning markers; and locating and calibrating the corresponding projection unit according to a positioning signal of the calibration element delivered by the touch device. The invention makes the projection system, having touch plates, projection units and the touch control function, have the good location function.

Abstract: A method for noise reduction in a digitizer includes determining a location of a stylus with a known frequency of emission over a first sampling period, sampling output from a plurality of detecting elements over a second sampling period, identifying detecting elements with sampled output in the second sampling period above a defined threshold in a selected frequency, the selected frequency being close to but different than the known frequency of the stylus, selecting as a candidate carrier of mere noise a detecting element from the detecting elements identified that is spaced away from the determined location of the stylus, and reducing values of output sampled over the second sampling period from at least one other detecting element, in accordance with the output sampled over the second sampling period from the detecting element selected as the candidate carrier of mere noise.

Abstract: A finger cover for operating a capacitive touch panel and a glove comprising the same are provided. The finger cover comprises a finger pulp portion and a finger back portion opposite the finger pulp portion. The finger cover is woven of a conductive yarn and is separably combined with a body to form the glove. A user who wears the glove is able to be coupled with the capacitive touch panel through the finger cover for control via touch.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) drive circuit and a driving method thereof are disclosed. The driving method comprises: a. dividing scan lines into a plurality of groups each comprising a plurality of scan lines; b. during displaying of a current image frame, using a scan driver to scan each group of scan lines sequentially, c. during displaying of a next image frame, using the scan driver to scan each group of scan lines sequentially; and d. if each scan line in the group has been scanned once simultaneously with an adjacent scan line within a predetermined time interval, then the step b is executed; otherwise, the step c is executed. The LCD drive circuit and the driving method thereof according to the present disclosure can increase an average charging time of pixel units without compromising the accuracy of image frames.

Abstract: A mobile terminal including a storage unit in which a first operating system (OS) and a second OS are loaded; a first display allocated to the loaded first OS and a second display allocated to the loaded second OS; and a controller configured to receive an indication signal indicating a second OS related event has occurred on the mobile terminal, and to selectively execute a second operation corresponding to the second OS related event using the first OS and allocate at least a portion of the first display to an output of the executing second operation.