Abstract: A keypad fastening apparatus for a portable terminal includes: a housing; a keypad positioned on the housing; and a fastening arrangement configured to fasten the keypad to the housing, the fastening arrangement being positioned along the periphery of the keypad. In the fastening arrangement, a plurality of fasteners are attached to the housing and positioned at least in a part of the periphery of the keypad, in which each of the fasteners is provided with an anti-release part configured to prevent the vertical escaping of the keypad, which is caused when the keypad is pushed.

Abstract: A method and system for a touch screen having a contact and percolation hybrid operating mode includes a top layer, an intermediate layer, and a bottom layer. The top layer has a top side receiving a touch input. The intermediate layer is disposed beneath the top layer. The intermediate layer measures pressure data where the pressure data is indicative of distinguishing the touch input between a first touch and a second touch. The first touch has a first pressure less than a second pressure of the second touch. The bottom layer is disposed beneath the intermediate layer and receives at least one of position data, time data, and the pressure data of the touch input.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a touch sensor, a motion module, and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic. The logic is operable when executed to receive first information from the touch sensor and third information from the motion module corresponding to a first touch. The logic is operable to receive second information from the touch sensor and fourth information from the motion module corresponding to a second touch. The logic is operable to determine a first set of coordinates corresponding to the first touch and determine a second set of coordinates corresponding to the second touch. The logic is operable to determine whether the first touch corresponds to a first touch type based on the third information and determine whether the second touch corresponds to a second touch type based on the fourth information.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first substrate area with a first touch sensor disposed on it configured for a first surface of a device. The apparatus further includes a second substrate area with a second touch sensor disposed on it configured for a second surface of the device. An edge between the first and second surfaces of the device may comprise an angle of deviation between the first and second surfaces of at least approximately 45°. The apparatus may further include a flexible printed circuit (FPC) bonded to the first and second substrate areas, the FPC being configured to bend at the edge between the first and second surfaces.

Abstract: A handheld electronic device including a housing, a display panel and a backlight module is provided. The housing has a display opening and a transparent region located outside of the display opening. The display panel is disposed in the display opening. The backlight module is disposed in the housing. The backlight module has a light emitting region which is located under the display panel, adapted to provide a plane light source to the display panel. The light emitting region further extends to outside of the display panel so that a part of the plane light source is sent out the housing through the transparent region.

Abstract: A touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds is provided. When the button is depressed to a first depression threshold, the touch sensor can be switched from a low-power, non-sensing state to a sensing state. When the button is depressed to a second depression threshold, the touch sensor can sense the touch context and input can be generated based on the depression and the touch context. In this way, the touch-sensitive depressible button with multiple depression thresholds can facilitate timely switching of the touch sensor to a sensing state.

Abstract: Common electrodes (Vcom) of integrated touch screens can be segmented into electrically isolated Vcom portions that can be operated as drive lines and/or sense lines of a touch sensing system. The touch screen can include high-resistivity connections between Vcom portions. The resistivity of the high-resistivity connections can be high enough so that touch sensing and image display can be performed by the touch screen, and the high-resistivity connections can provide an added functionality by allowing a charge build up on one of the Vcom portions to be spread to other Vcom portions and/or discharged from system by allowing charge to leak through the high-resistivity connections. In this way, for example, visual artifacts that result from charge build up on a Vcom portion can be reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: The embodiments herein relate to a method and device for labeling a touch region, in which adjacent raw data are labeled in groups for reducing a labeling time period as well as a memory size for storing the labeled data.

Abstract: A reworkable electronic apparatus is provided, which includes a display module, a frame, an adhesive for adhering the display module to the frame, and at least one shape memory metal piece. The shape memory metal piece is disposed between the display module and the frame. The shape memory metal piece is deformable by heat to lift the display module away from the frame. A thermal disassembling method for the reworkable electronic apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A method and an apparatus for configuring touch sensing parameters are provided. The method for configuring touch sensing parameters in a mobile terminal includes sensing an environmental condition, extracting values of touch sensing parameters corresponding to the sensed environmental condition, setting the touch sensing parameters to the extracted values of touch sensing parameters, and performing touch sensing according to the set touch sensing parameters. A mobile terminal supporting the method may configure touch sensing parameters so as to enhance sensing of user touch input while preventing influence of a noise signal.

Abstract: A touch display having a laminated structure is provided in present disclosure. The touch display comprises a touch panel, a display module, and a step-shaped gasket element. The display module has a step-shaped structure formed due to a height difference, wherein the step-shaped structure is located in an edge area of the display module. The gasket element inosculates with the step-shaped structure of the display module to fill the height difference in the edge area of the display module. In accordance with present disclosure, the gasket element is not in a suspended state usually caused when the gasket element is not being supported by display module and is effectively laminated to an outer frame of display module, thereby enhancing the reliability of lamination of touch panel and display module. Moreover, a laminated structure and a laminating method for touch display having, the laminated structure are provided in present disclosure.

Abstract: Common electrodes (Vcom) of integrated touch screens can be segmented into electrically isolated Vcom portions that can be operated as drive lines and/or sense lines of a touch sensing system. The touch screen can include high-resistivity connections between Vcom portions. The resistivity of the high-resistivity connections can be high enough so that touch sensing and image display can be performed by the touch screen, and the high-resistivity connections can provide an added functionality by allowing a charge build up on one of the Vcom portions to be spread to other Vcom portions and/or discharged from system by allowing charge to leak through the high-resistivity connections. In this way, for example, visual artifacts that result from charge build up on a Vcom portion can be reduced or eliminated.

Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes displaying an e-book content on a touchscreen, determining whether a touch lock prerequisite for setting the touchscreen to a touch lock mode is met, and if the touch lock prerequisite is met, setting the touchscreen to the touch lock mode. If the touchscreen is set to the touch lock mode, the touchscreen maintains a locked status for a touch action except a specifically provided touch action. And, the touchscreen set to the touch lock mode is set to display the e-book content.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a browsing log recorder, a first display module, a second display module, an operation input module and a controller. The browsing log recorder is configured to record a browsing log of e-books. The controller is configured to cause the first display module to display the interrupted page of the most recently interrupted e-book or to cause the second display module to display the list of interrupted e-books in accordance with an operation of the operation input module.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a portable electronic device includes a housing with a built-in processor, a touchscreen display arranged on a surface of the housing, a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature within the housing, a brightness adjustment module, and a brightness control module. The brightness adjustment module adjusts a brightness of the touchscreen display so as to set the touchscreen display to a brightness value specified by user operation. If the detected temperature is greater than or equal to a first threshold value, the brightness control module reduces an upper limit value of a brightness range applicable to the touchscreen display.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch sensitive display configured to receive touches from a user and a processing unit. The processing unit controls a plurality of icons to be displayed when the touch sensitive display is in a locked state, detects whether a sequence of touches on certain icons of the plurality of icons matches one of at least one predefined sequences, and unlocks the touch sensitive display if the detection module detects that the sequence of touches matches a predefined sequence.

Abstract: A method for unlocking an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a storage unit, the storage unit stores a relationship table which defines a number of touch modes, each touch mode includes touch icons needing to be touched, touch duration corresponding to each touch icon, a touch sequence of the touch icons and a touch order of each touch icon in the touch sequence. The method includes: selecting an touch mode from the touch modes defined in the relationship table when in a situation where the electronic device needs to be unlocked; displaying the touch icons corresponding to the touch mode on the touch screen; determining whether touches on the touch icons match the requirements of the selected touch mode; and unlocking the electronic device if the touches on the touch icons match the requirements of the selected touch mode.

Abstract: An image-capturing touch panel is disclosed, which comprises: a display device; a touch device locating at one side of the display device; and an image-capturing device locating at the other side of the display device, and the image-capturing device comprises multiple light-sensor units; wherein the display device and the image-capturing device are both in a shape of sheet and substantially have the same area, the light-sensor units are uniformly distributed in the image-capturing device, the display device and the image-capturing device are stacked to form a stack, and the display device and the image-capturing device are a transparent display device and a transparent image-capturing device respectively.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a touch sensitive display module. The touch sensitive display module includes a securing structure to secure a touch panel, a front frame and a display panel together. The securing structure includes an elongated securing member and double-faced adhesive tapes. The securing member includes a sidewall, and an elongated tab and an angled portion protruding from two edges of the sidewall of the securing member. The elongated tab is sandwiched between the display panel and the touch panel. The sidewall of the securing structure is sandwiched between a limiting element of the front frame and the display panel, and the limiting element of the front frame rests on the angled portion. The double-faced adhesive tape adhere the touch panel to the supporting surface of the front frame and the elongated tab, and adhere the elongated tab to the display panel.

Abstract: A touch panel includes: a substrate; a transparent conductive layer located on a surface of the substrate; a number of sensing electrodes electrically connected with the transparent conductive layer and spaced from each other. The touch panel comprises a touch-view area and a trace area. A conductive trace located on the trace area, for transmitting an electrical signal between the transparent conductive layer and an external controller. The touch-view area includes at least one first touch-view area, the number of the plurality of sensing electrodes in per unit area located on the at least one first touch-view area is greater than the number of the plurality of sensing electrodes in per unit area located on the rest of the touch-view area.

Abstract: A touch panel including a first substrate, a plurality of driving lines, and a plurality of sensing lines is provided. The driving lines are respectively extended along a first direction. Each driving line includes a plurality of first pads and a plurality of first interconnecting portions. Any adjacent two first pads are connected through a first interconnecting portion, and the width of each first interconnecting portion is smaller than the width of each first pad. The sensing lines are respectively extended along a second direction. The second direction intersects the first direction. The vertical projection of any one of the sensing lines on the first substrate intersects a first interconnecting portion of each driving line to form an overlapped area, and the length of the overlapped area in the second direction is smaller than or equal to the length of the overlapped area in the first direction.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a physical touch pad having a touch sensor, a processing unit, and a display unit. The display unit displays a plurality of user interfaces having different ranks and switches from displaying one user interface having a rank that is lower than or higher than a rank of other user interface by one rank to displaying the other user interface. The user interface having a highest rank is defined as a last user interface. The touch sensor generates a first touch control signal when the touch sensor detects that a first slide operation is executed on a current user interface. The processing unit controls the display unit to switch from displaying the current user interface having the rank that is lower than the rank of the last user interface by more than one rank to displaying the last user interface according to the first touch control signal.

Abstract: A page flipping method for an electronic device is provided. An exemplary method includes the following steps: displaying an interface comprising a page preview region and a page flipping region; displaying a page on the page flipping region, and displaying an icon group comprising a plurality of icons on the page preview region; determining whether a flipping gesture is applied on the page flipping region; determining the type of the flipping gesture; determining a page flipping manner according to the determined result of the gesture and a function table, and retrieving a corresponding target page according to the determined page flipping manner; creating a new icon group according to the retrieved target page; and displaying the target page on the page flipping region, and displaying the created new icon group on the page preview region. An electronic device using the page processing method is also provided.

Abstract: A head mounted display device that displays three dimensional images from a mobile device, which includes a strap that secures the head mounted display to the head of a viewer, a viewing assembly connected to the strap, that includes a housing, a mobile device holder, connected to the housing, a reflecting surface, connected to the housing, that reflects images displayed by the mobile device; and an eyepiece, connected to the housing, onto which the reflecting surface reflects the images.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus including a display; a touch panel stacked on or integrally formed with the display; and a controller that receives an output from the touch panel indicating that first gesture input is detected that substantially encloses a region of the display, and controls the display to expand an image displayed by the display based on a size of the region.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus that includes an imaging unit that captures an image of a subject, a display, provided on a first surface of the information processing apparatus, that displays the image of the subject, and a touch panel, provided on a second surface of the information processing apparatus, that detects a touch input, the second surface being a surface opposite to the first surface. The information processing apparatus further including a controller that receives an output from the touch panel corresponding to the touch input and outputs a command to control at least one of the imaging unit and the display based on the touch input.

Abstract: A touch sensing device is provided. The touch sensing device includes a multiplexer and a control unit, and is electrically connected to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a plurality of first-direction electrodes; a plurality of second-direction electrodes; and a dielectric layer, for generating at least one electric field change corresponding to at least one touch point in response to the at least one touch point. The at least one electric field change is generated at an overlapping region of the first-direction and second-direction electrodes. The multiplexer is electrically connected to the touch panel via the first-direction and second-direction electrodes, and selectively performs voltage driving or voltage sensing for the first-direction and second-direction electrodes. In response to an operating mode change, the control unit changes a control signal to be transmitted to the multiplexer and receives a sense signal from the multiplexer.

Abstract: Providing a user interface interaction is disclosed. A first set of one or more indicators associated with a first location on a touch input surface and a first force intensity of a touch input provided on the touch input surface is received. A user interface object associated with the first location is determined. A second set of one or more indicators associated with a second location on the touch input surface and a second force intensity of the touch input that has been in continuous contact with the touch input surface at least since the touch input was provided at the first location is received. The user interface interaction based at least in part on the user interface object, the first set of indicators, and the second set of indicators is provided.

Abstract: Detecting a touch input force is disclosed. A signal to be used to propagate a propagating signal through a propagating medium with a surface is sent. The propagating signal that has been disturbed by a touch input with an amount of force on the surface is received. The received signal is processed to determine an identifier associated with the amount of force.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and techniques for an medical image-based information system are provided. The medical image-based information system comprises: a processing unit for providing medical image data and interactive functions for interacting with the medical image data; one or more image data display devices for displaying the medical image data provided by the processing unit; and a mobile multi-touch display device. The medical image-based information system is adapted to display the medical image data provided by the processing unit on an image data display device of the one or more image data display devices and to make the interactive functions provided by the processing unit available to a user via the mobile multi-touch display device. The medical image-based information system can be operated in a simple, flexible and space-saving manner via the mobile multi-touch display device.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention includes a display device that operates controls on a display surface independent of a size of the display surface. A touch panel displays a screen on a display surface and inputs a user operation point on the display surface. An extracting part extracts controls that receive a touch operation of a user from content to be displayed on the display surface. A display controller displays auxiliary buttons for providing instructions for input of an extracted control, together with the content on the display surface.

Abstract: A multi-touch positioning method for a touch control device is disclosed. The touch control device includes a plurality of sensing channels, and each of the plurality of sensing channels is interlaced by a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode. The multi-touch positioning method includes retrieving a first touch sensing value and a second touch sensing value respectively corresponding to the first sensing electrode and the second sensing electrode, adding the first touch sensing value and the second touch sensing value to generate a sensing sum value, determining a touch sensing channel having a local maximum value according to the plurality of sensing sum values of the plurality of sensing channels, so as to define a touch point on the touch sensing channel, and calculating a coordinate of the touch point according to the touch sensing channel and its neighboring sensing channels.

Abstract: A system for displaying images is provided. The system includes a touch sensor device including a substrate having a sensing region. The sensing region includes a central portion. A sensing electrode layer is disposed on the substrate in the sensing region and includes a plurality of sensing electrode patterns corresponding to the central portion. Each sensing electrode pattern includes at least one non-linear edge, such that the adjacent sensing electrode patterns are wedged with each other.

Abstract: A touch keypad module comprises a touch input panel, which includes a touch input surface and physically shows a plurality of input areas. The input areas are defined as the areas on the touch input surface capable of generating effective inputs in a key input mode. The touch input panel operates in the key input mode or a track input mode according to a mode control signal, and processes at least an input signal inputted through the touch input surface.

Abstract: A method includes displaying, on a display of an electronic device, first information; detecting a gesture on the touch-sensitive display, which gesture indicates a request to display inbox information; and in response to detecting the gesture, gradually displaying the inbox information while reducing display of the first information along with movement of the gesture. When the gesture is detected within a predetermined time of the electronic device receiving a message, the inbox information comprises a plurality of inbox entries. When no message is received by the electronic device within the predetermined time of detecting the gesture, the inbox information comprises last displayed information of an inbox sourcing the inbox information.

Abstract: A touch screen sensing device includes a touch screen including touch sensors formed at crossings of Tx lines and Rx lines, a Tx driving circuit supplying a driving pulse to each of the Tx lines N times, and an Rx driving circuit which samples a signal voltage of the touch sensors received through the Rx lines and converts the sampled signal voltage into digital data. The Rx driving circuit includes a differential amplifier differentially amplifying signals received through the Rx lines, a low pass filter removing a radio frequency noise from an output of the differential amplifier, an amplifier amplifying an output of the low pass filter, and an integrator accumulating signal voltages which are successively output from the amplifier.

Abstract: An information processing program stored in a storage medium allows the computer (21) to function as a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a mode selection unit. The first processing unit executes a first process based on the first touch operation (S16, S22). The second processing unit executes a second process based on the first touch operation and the second touch operation (S30). The first and second touch operations are detected by the information processor based on a first touch operation on a first touch surface and a second touch operation on a second touch surface. The mode selection unit selects a first mode in which the first process is executed based on the first touch operation, or a second mode in which the second process is executed based on the first touch operation and the second touch operation (S15).

Abstract: A method for enabling a touchpad, a relative position device, to operate as if it were a tablet, or absolute position device, so as to provide the same type of input that can be provided by a tablet, wherein a surface of the touchpad is mapped to a surface of the display screen, a finger is detected by the touchpad before it makes contact, the finger may move over the surface of the touchpad causing some visual feedback to occur on the display that indicates the absolute position of the finger as it moves over the touchpad, and making contact with the touchpad to thereby cause selection of an object.

Abstract: This invention relates to signal space architectures for generalized gesture capture. Embodiments of the invention includes a gesture-primitive approach involving families of “gesteme” from which gestures can be constructed, recognized, and modulated via prosody operations. Gestemes can be associated with signals in a signal space. Prosody operations can include temporal execution modulation, shape modulation, and modulations of other aspects of gestures and gestemes. The approaches can be used for advanced touch user interfaces such as High-Dimensional Touch Pad (HDTP) in touchpad and touchscreen forms, video camera hand-gesture user interfaces, eye-tracking user interfaces, etc.

Abstract: A self-orientating hand held game unit includes a display screen, a game piece illustrated on the screen, and a touch sensitive system to detect the movement of a finger across the screen and operate the game piece to launch a projectile toward a target on the screen.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a contact detecting device including: a contact responding section configured to produce an electric change in response to an object to be detected coming into contact with or proximity to a detecting surface; and a contact driving scanning section configured to scan application of driving voltage to the contact responding section in one direction within the detecting surface, and control output of the electric change in time series, wherein the contact driving scanning section performs a plurality of scans of different regions of the contact responding section in parallel with each other, and outputs a plurality of the electric changes in parallel with each other.

Abstract: An exemplary electronic device includes: a display section for displaying display information; a touch panel arranged on a display surface side of the display section; a display information position detection section for detecting a position of the display information displayed; a display control section for controlling a movement of the display information based on an operation by a user on the touch panel; a vibrating section for vibrating the touch panel; and a vibration control section for controlling a vibration pattern of the vibrating section. When the user operates the display information on the touch panel, the display control section controls the movement of the display information based on the position of the display information detected by the display information position detection section, and the vibration control section controls the vibrating section in association with the movement of the display information.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a contact detecting device including: a contact responding section configured to produce an electric change in response to an object to be detected coming into contact with or proximity to a detecting surface; and a contact driving scanning section configured to scan application of driving voltage to the contact responding section in one direction within the detecting surface, and control output of the electric change in time series, wherein the contact driving scanning section performs a plurality of scans of different regions of the contact responding section in parallel with each other, and outputs a plurality of the electric changes in parallel with each other.

Abstract: A touch-sensitive device includes a substrate, a decorative layer, a touch-sensing structure, a media layer and an insulation layer. The decorative layer is disposed on the substrate, the touch-sensing structure is disposed on the substrate, and a part of the touch-sensing structure overlaps the decorative layer. The media layer is disposed at least between the part of the touch-sensing structure and the decorative layer, and the insulation layer is disposed on the substrate and covers the touch-sensing structure.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a touch sensor of a device, signals corresponding to touch or proximity inputs within a touch-sensitive area of the touch sensor. The touch-sensitive area has periphery areas. The method also includes determining, based on the signals, whether the touch or proximity inputs were simultaneously sensed within the periphery areas; and if the touch or proximity inputs were simultaneously sensed within the periphery areas, then initiating a pre-determined function of the device.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a panel, a plurality of sense electrodes underlying the panel, a plane of known potential underlying the plurality of sense electrodes, and a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of sense electrodes. The controller is configured to determine whether an object has pressed the panel by: measuring capacitances at each of a plurality of sense electrodes across the panel, the capacitances associated with a distance between the plurality of sense electrodes and the plane of known potential, comparing the measured capacitances across the panel with one or more criteria associated with a deformation of the panel, and determining, based on the comparison, whether an object has pressed the panel.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes a touch sensor, a motion module, and one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying logic. The logic is operable, when executed, to receive information from the touch sensor and receive information from the motion module. The logic is further operable to determine whether a touch input to the system has occurred based on the information from the motion module. The logic is further operable to determine coordinates associated with the touch input based on the information received from the touch sensor.

Abstract: Touch sensitive devices and processes for communicating between touch sensitive devices are disclosed. A capacitive touch sensitive device can be configured to communicate with a neighboring touch sensitive device by driving one or more drive lines or electrodes of the device's touch sensor with a communication signal. The communication signal can be transmitted to the neighboring touch sensitive device through the body of a user in contact with both devices. The neighboring device can receive the communication signal from the body of the user using the sense lines or electrodes of its touch sensor. The communication signal can include identification information of the device that can be used by the neighboring device to wirelessly pair with the device.

Abstract: An integrally-formed capacitive touch panel is disclosed including: a singular lens substrate, a mask layer, and a sensing circuit integrally coupled with said singular lens substrate. Said singular lens substrate, said mask layer, and said sensing circuit are integrally formed.

Abstract: An integrally-formed capacitive touch panel is disclosed including: a singular lens substrate, a mask layer, and a sensing circuit integrally coupled with said singular lens substrate. Said singular lens substrate, said mask layer, and said sensing circuit are integrally formed.