Abstract: Disclosed are an antenna and a mobile device having the same. The antenna includes a plurality of radiators having a pillar shape; a connecting member for connecting the radiators with each other in series; and a ground member for grounding the radiators connected with each other through the connecting member.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to chokes for suppressing undesired signals such as such as common mode electromagnetic interference (EMI) and/or radio frequency interference (RFI). The chokes can include an electro-conductive sleeve disposed over an electrical cable and the sleeve can be configured to suppress an undesired signal. In some embodiments, the electro-conductive sleeve and have a half-wave sleeve, which can be electrically open at both ends. Additional insulating material can be included between the electrical cable and the sleeve. Multiple electro-conductive sleeves and be disposed substantially concentrically over the cable. The chokes can be configured to reduce passive intermodulation (PIM). The sleeve can have a longitudinal slot that extends the length of the sleeve. The sleeve can include multiple slots that separate the sleeve into multiple panels, which can be configured to suppress different signals.

Abstract: A reflector support system is provided that includes a backing structure having a plurality of struts. The backing structure may have a plurality of hubs, each of the plurality of hubs may be configured to couple to two or more of the plurality of struts, each of the plurality of hubs may be configured to couple to another one of the plurality of hubs using one of the plurality of struts, each of the plurality of struts is configured to couple to at least two of the plurality of hubs. The backing structure may have a plurality of feet, each of the plurality of feet configured to couple to a corresponding one of the plurality of hubs, the plurality of feet are configured to couple to a reflector. In addition, a synthesis for mechanical adjustment of the reflector support system is provided.

Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and apparatus, including non-transitory processor instructions on computer storage media, which enable a dual-display device to automatically select and render content to a display. Dual-display devices may include devices with a primary and a secondary display, the secondary display consuming less power than the primary display and having reduced glare when viewed in sunlight. In one aspect, the selection of the display may be based upon at least two of: a battery state of the device, an ambient illumination, and an item of content to be displayed.

Abstract: An eye gaze calibration method includes sensing an image of surroundings located in front of the HMD device using a camera unit, detecting a reference object from the sensed image of the surroundings using an image processing unit, detecting an eye gaze direction in which a user gazes at the detected reference object using an eye gaze detection unit, and performing eye gaze calibration based on the detected reference object and the detected eye gaze direction using a controller, wherein detecting the reference object includes detecting at least one object contained in the sensed image as a first object, detecting a hand of the user contained in the sensed image as a second object, detecting an event of the second object with respect to the first object, and deciding the first object, on which the event has been detected, as the reference object.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes: a medium recognizing section that detects information that is viewable by a user; a display section that performs display to be viewable by the user; and an update processing section that causes the display section to display, to overlap with at least a part of the information detected by the medium recognizing section, new information corresponding to the information.

Abstract: A HMD (head mounted display) and its methods are discussed. In one embodiment, the HMD includes a processor which can detect a first marker of a augmented reality image within a view angle region of the HMD, and determine a location state of the first marker, the location state including a first state in which the first marker is located within the view angle region of the HMD and a second state in which the first marker is located beyond the view angle region. When the location state of the first marker is switched from the first state to the second state, the processor can start displaying the augmented reality image on a display unit, and when the location state of the first marker is switched from the second state to the first state, the processor can stop displaying the augmented reality image on the display unit.

Abstract: A display device has a substrate provided with a display region and first and second semiconductor chip mounting regions. Channel widths of first and second lead-wiring-line disconnection inspection TFTs provided in the first and second semiconductor chip mounting regions are smaller than channel widths of first and second inspection TFTs provided other than in the display region and the first and second semiconductor chip mounting regions.

Abstract: A flat panel display device includes a pixel unit having scan-lines, data-lines, and first through third pixels that are coupled to the scan-lines and the data-lines, a scan driver that applies a scan signal to the pixel unit, a data driver that selectively applies a first data signal, a second data signal, a third data signal, and an initialization signal to the pixel unit, a demultiplexing unit having at least one demultiplexer that applies the first data signal, the second data signal, and the third data signal to the first pixels, the second pixels, and the third pixels, respectively, and that simultaneously applies the initialization signal to the first through third pixels, and a timing control unit that controls the scan driver, the data driver, and the demultiplexing unit.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes pixel electrodes arranged in matrix, gate lines, source lines, pixel switches, gate drivers allocated at both ends of a display region, a source driver, image signal transmit lines arranged along the columns in which the pixel electrodes are arranged, each image signal transmit line supplying an image signal to each source line, switches arranged along the row direction, each switch configured to switch a connection between the source line and the image signal transmit line, and control lines configured to output source control signals to switch the switches, each control line outputting a source control signal to switch a plurality of the switches at the same time, wherein each source control signal is input to each control line at a position substantially the center of the gate line in the row direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adjustable viewing angle display device. The display device includes a display panel composed of a first substrate, a second substrate, a display medium layer interposed therebetween, a first electrode, a second electrode and a third electrode. Pluralities of sub-pixels are defined in the display panel. The first and second electrodes are disposed on the first substrate in the sub-pixels. The first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode. The third electrode is disposed on the second substrate. When the display device is operated in a narrow viewing angle mode, there exists a non-zero potential difference between the second electrode and the third electrode, and when the sub-pixel is at gray level of zero, the potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode is not zero. A driving method for driving the display device is disclosed as well.

Abstract: There are provided a driving circuit of a semiconductor display device which can obtain an excellent picture without picture blur (display unevenness) and with high fineness/high resolution, and the semiconductor display device. A buffer circuit used in the driving circuit of the semiconductor display device is constituted by a plurality of TFTs each having a small channel width, and a plurality of such buffer circuits are connected in parallel with each other.

Abstract: The invention provides a liquid crystal display device that includes an IGZO-GDM which can quickly remove a residual charge in a panel when the power supply is turned off, and a driving method of the liquid crystal display device. Each bistable circuit that configures a shift register includes a thin film transistor TI for increasing a potential of an output terminal based on a first clock, a region netA connected to a gate terminal of the thin film transistor TI, a thin film transistor TC for lowering a potential of the region netA, and a region netB connected to a gate terminal of the thin film transistor TC. In such a configuration, a power supply off sequence includes a display off sequence and a gate off sequence. The gate off sequence includes at least a gate-bus-line discharge step (t14 to t15), a netB discharge step (t15 to t16), and a netA discharge step (t16 to t17).

Abstract: A driving module for a liquid crystal display device is disclosed. The driving module includes a data line signal processing unit, for generating a plurality of data driving signals, a scan line signal processing unit, for generating a plurality of gate driving signals, and a control unit, for generating a display clock, to control the data line signal processing unit and the scan line signal processing unit to address a plurality of pixels of the liquid crystal display device according to the display clock. The display clock is a normal operating clock under a normal operating mode and is a blanking backlight clock under a blanking backlight mode, wherein a frequency of the normal operating clock is less than a frequency of the blanking backlight clock.

Abstract: An output thin film transistor threshold voltage offset compensation circuit, a GOA circuit, and a display. The circuit includes: a first capacitor, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being connected to the gate of an output thin film transistor and receiving a charge signal, the second electrode being connected to the drain of the output thin film transistor, the first capacitor being used for, under the action of the charge signal, making the first electrode and the second electrode have a same voltage, so that a voltage difference between the drain and the source of the output thin film transistor is equal to a threshold voltage thereof; a first switch unit, connected to the drain and the source of the output thin film transistor, and opening under the action of a first clock signal, so that a voltage difference between the gate and the source of the output thin film transistor is equal to the threshold voltage thereof.

Abstract: Methods and systems for detecting activation of a virtual sensor in a scene are proposed, wherein the virtual sensor comprises data representing a geometric form, data representing a position in the scene and data representing one or several trigger conditions. A data representation of the scene is captured, and a determination of whether a virtual sensor trigger condition is fulfilled is made, based on an analysis of the captured data representation in an area corresponding to the geometric form and position of the virtual sensor.

Abstract: Nonverbal communication is used when determining an action to perform in response to received user input. The received input includes direct input (e.g. speech, text, gestures) and indirect input (e.g. nonverbal communication). The nonverbal communication includes cues such as body language, facial expressions, breathing rate, heart rate, well as vocal cues (e.g. prosodic and acoustic cues) and the like. Different nonverbal communication cues are monitored such that performed actions are personalized. A direct input specifying an action to perform (e.g. “perform action 1”) may be adjusted based on one or more indirect inputs (e.g. nonverbal cues) received. Another action may also be performed in response to the indirect inputs. A profile may be associated with the user such that the responses provided by the system are determined using nonverbal cues that are associated with the user.

Abstract: A display arrangement for a vehicle is provided. The arrangement may include a display for displaying information to a vehicle operator, and a sensor for monitoring a head position of a vehicle operator and generating input signals indicative of the vehicle operator head position. The arrangement may also include a control unit arranged to automatically initiate, based on an interpretation of the input signals, at least one of a dimension change of graphical display objects or a change of the relation between the graphical display objects following a monitored predefined change of the vehicle operator head position in a first direction, such that graphical display objects previously displayed as partly hidden are arranged to be displayed as visible.

Abstract: A portable user interface device receives user inputs in two modes. The user interface device includes a central portion attached to two side portions. Relative rotation between the central portion and the side portions converts the user interface device between the two modes. In the first mode, the user interface device is suspended on the front of a user's torso. In the second mode, the user interface device may be placed on a substantially flat horizontal surface.

Abstract: A head-mounted display device includes: a display section that outputs an image light to overlap with an outside light and causes an image to be viewed; and an input detecting section that detects an input operation in a case where a predetermined light is determined in a range corresponding to the image.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a motion input unit configured to receive a user motion, a display configured to display an object controlled by the user motion received by the motion input unit, and a controller configured to change a display state of the object in response to the input user motion satisfying a predetermined condition with respect to a motion recognition scope.

Abstract: To provide a living body information detection apparatus and a living body information detection program capable of allowing a user to easily recognize information based on acquired living body information. A living body information detection apparatus includes an acquisition unit acquiring living body information obtained by detecting a living body signal and a control unit moving a display position of an image associated with the living body information on a display unit based on the magnitude of a value of the living body information obtained by the acquisition unit.

Abstract: In a method for adjusting a display screen of an electronic device, the method receives analog audio signals of a user, transforms the analog audio signals to digital audio signals, detects a first control command including first rotation directions and first rotation angles of the display screen from the digital audio signals, and rotates the display screen according to the first rotation directions and the first rotation angles. The method further obtains second rotation angles of the display screen detected by a gravity sensor of the electronic device, and stops rotating the display screen when the second rotation angles are equal to the first rotation angles.

Abstract: A control method of a head mounted display (HMD) is disclosed. The control method of the HMD includes detecting a first route of a first moving object and a second route of a second moving object in front of the HMD, detecting a third route along which user's eye gaze moves, setting the first moving object as a reference object if the detected first route is substantially identical with the detected third route, setting the second moving object as the reference object if the detected second route is substantially identical with the detected third route, and performing an eye gaze calibration based on a route of the set reference object and the detected third route.

Abstract: A mobile device, such as a smart phone, is provided with a camera. Digital content displayed on display screen of the mobile device may be manipulated in response to natural movements of the mobile device by a user. Motion of the mobile device is detected relative to a nearby textured surface by analyzing images of the textured surface. The displayed digital content is manipulated in response to the detected motion of the mobile device.

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling an electronic device using head tracking technology are provided. The method includes detecting face motion from an image captured through a camera of the electronic device and executing a control service corresponding to the detected face motion information.

Abstract: A display method and apparatus for controlling a voice recognition system are provided. When a user's voice for controlling the display apparatus is input, the method of controlling the display apparatus transmits the voice's user to the interactive server, while determining whether the user's voice is a pre-stored command in the display apparatus, and in response to the user's voice not being a pre-stored command in the display apparatus and the control information which corresponds to the user's voice and first guide information guiding the pre-stored command capable of the same function as the user's voice are transmitted from the interactive server, the method performs the function of the display apparatus, according to the control information transmitted from the interactive server, and displays the first guide information.

Abstract: A flexible display device for network pairing and a network pairing method are provided. The flexible display device includes an input sensor configured to sense two or more input events generated by an input means, and a controller configured to analyze device information about two or more flexible display devices in response to the sensed input events and, if determining that the sensed input events are for network pairing, to perform network pairing between the two or more flexible display devices.

Abstract: An image-based object tracking system and an image-based object tracking method are provided. The image-based object tracking system includes an object, a camera, a computing device, and a display device. A color stripe is disposed on the surface of the object. The color stripe divides the surface of the object into a first section and a second section. The camera is configured to capture real-time images of the object. Further, the object tracking algorithm is stored in the computing device. The display device includes a display screen and is electrically connected to the computing device, and the display screen is configured to display the real-time images of the object. By using the image-based object tracking system provided in the invention, the object can be tracked accurately and efficiently without interference with the image of the background.

Abstract: A consumer electronic product includes at least a transparent housing and a flexible display assembly enclosed within the transparent housing. In the described embodiment, the flexible display assembly is configured to present visual content at any portion of the transparent housing.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an information processing apparatus including: operation accepting means for accept an operation input; image storing means for storing a plurality of images; management information storing means for storing management information corresponding to the plurality of images stored in the image storing means; image drawing means for drawing, in a display area including at least an image display area, at least one of images stored in the image storing means onto the image display area in a predetermined sequence; and controlling means for, when an operation input commanding selection of an image included in the image display area has been accepted by the operation accepting means, controlling recording of the selection of the image to management information stored in the management information storing means in correspondence with the image.

Abstract: A motion controlled handheld device includes a display having a viewable surface and operable to generate an image and a gesture database maintaining a plurality of gestures. Each gesture is defined by a motion of the device with respect to a first position of the device. The gestures comprise symbol gestures each corresponding to a character from a preexisting character set. The device includes an application database maintaining at least one application and a gesture mapping database comprising a gesture input map for the application. The gesture input map comprises mappings of the symbol gestures to corresponding inputs for the application. The device includes a motion detection module operable to detect motion of the handheld device within three dimensions and to identify components of the motion in relation to the viewable surface.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention describe a system to efficiently execute gesture recognition algorithms. Embodiments of the invention describe a power efficient staged gesture recognition pipeline including multimodal interaction detection, context based optimized recognition, and context based optimized training and continuous learning. Embodiments of the invention further describe a system to accommodate many types of algorithms depending on the type of gesture that is needed in any particular situation. Examples of recognition algorithms include but are not limited to, HMM for complex dynamic gestures (e.g. write a number in the air), Decision Trees (DT) for static poses, peak detection for coarse shake/whack gestures or inertial methods (INS) for pitch/roll detection.

Abstract: A method for controlling a flexible display screen having a first curvature is provided. The method comprises: detecting target information to obtain a detection result (101); querying a database based on the detection result to determine whether the first curvature is included in a preset range of curvature values corresponding to the detection result (102), the database storing a correspondence between a range of target information values and a range of curvature values; and generating a control command to adjust the flexible display screen to a second curvature different from the first curvature when the first curvature is not included in the preset range of curvature values (103). With the present invention, the curvature of the flexible display screen can be adjusted as desired, such that a user of the display screen can have an optimized view angle.

Abstract: A pointer positioning system includes an image generating unit, a light-spot generating unit, an operating unit, a calculating unit, and an image unit. The image generating unit creates an image on a display region. The light-spot generating unit projects positioning spots and identifying spots on the display region. The operating unit has an invisible-light camera to sense an image of a part of the entire display region. The calculating unit compares a distribution of the positioning spots and the identifying spots which is sensed by the invisible-light camera with a reference distribution stored in a memory, and the image unit shows a pointer image at a pointing position of the display region accordingly.

Abstract: When a cursor control mode of an electronic device is enabled, an arrow cursor is converted into a transparent ball on a touch screen and touch input at any area of the touch screen is simulated as a contact point of a tangent plane to a virtual sphere utilized to be forced to roll on a virtual surface with specific rolling direction and speed, as the touch input moves along a specific direction with a specific speed on the touch screen. The data of the rolling direction and speed of the virtual sphere will be converted to corresponding movements of the transparent ball on the touch screen. No direct contact to the transparent ball is needed to move the transparent ball and any target icon will not be blocked by fingers. Enlargement of the content covered by the transparent ball also facilitates easy reading and recognition.

Abstract: There is provided a pointing system including an image sensor, a plurality of reference marks and a processing unit. The image sensor is configured to capture image frames containing at least one reference mark image of the reference marks. The processing unit is configured to recognize an image number of the reference mark image and calculate an aiming point coordinate according to a positioning algorithm associated with the image number.

Abstract: A method and apparatus of providing a mouse function in a touch device includes displaying a mouse interface which is divided into a panning area and a pointer move area. An input of a mouse gesture is received through the mouse interface, processing a panning operation of a contents screen which is displayed in a display device when the mouse gesture is inputted in the panning area, and processing a move operation of a mouse pointer which is displayed in the display device when the mouse gesture is inputted in the pointer move area. The touch device at the time of execution of the mouse mode, and generates a control event for panning the contents screen and moving the mouse pointer according to a mouse gesture which is inputted from the panning area and the pointer move area may provide a mouse function for a display device.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a pointer display device, including, a touch panel provided on a display screen of a display section, a pointer display section configured to detect a contact point in a touch operation on the touch panel and to display a pointer in an area containing the contact point, and a hotspot detection section configured to detect as a hotspot a position corresponding to one part of the pointer exclusive of the contact point.

Abstract: A method of driving an electronic device easily and accurately controls a pointer displayed on a screen of the electronic device. The method of driving an electronic device including an input unit into which information is input by a touch and a screen display unit on which a pointer is displayed in response to the touch includes: a first step of moving the pointer from a point at which the touch is applied to the input unit first in an arbitrary direction in which drag of the pointer is performed; a second step of stopping the movement of the pointer when the drag is stopped; and a third step of additionally moving the pointer in a direction, which is directed from the point at which the touch is applied first to a point to which pressing pressure is applied, in response to pressing pressure when the drag is stopped.

Abstract: Certain aspects of an apparatus and a method for controlling a user interface of a device may comprise one or more sensors coupled to a vibratory surface associated with the apparatus. The one or more sensors may detect one or more vibrations of the vibratory surface caused by an interaction of an object with the vibratory surface. The one or more sensors may generate one or more vibratory signals in response to the detected one or more vibrations. One or more processors that are communicatively coupled to the one or more sensors may generate a control signal corresponding to the one or more generated vibratory signals to control the user interface of the device.

Abstract: A Head-tracker is built into a headset computer as a user input device. A user interface navigation tool utilizes the head tracking but with inertial control. The navigation tool is formed of two different sized circles concentrically depicted, and a pointer. The pointer is moveable within the two circles defining inner and outer boundaries. The pointer represents user's head position and movement sensed by the head tracker. The HSC displays a document and pans (navigates) the document as a function of user head movement sensed by the head tracker and illustrated by the navigation tool. The direction of movement of the pointer depicted in the navigation tool defines pan direction of the displayed document. Pan speed of the displayed document is defined based on position of the pointer, with respect to the inner and outer circle boundaries in the navigation tool.

Abstract: In a system and method that provides a remote point of view, a user views an image (e.g., captured by an imaging device such as a camera) on a display. The position of the user's head relative to display device is detected and the image is processed in response to a ‘point of view’ derived from the position of the user's head relative to the display device. A change in the position of the user's head relative to the display device may be detected and the image may be reprocessed in response to a revised ‘point of view’ derived from the change in position of the user's head relative to the display device.

Abstract: An operating apparatus adapted to manipulate an operating interface of a display device and having a switchable operation mode is provided. The display device is adapted to provide a first optical signal. The operating apparatus includes a processing module, a light-emitting element, a light sensing element and a switching module. The light-emitting element, the light sensing element and the switching module are electrically connected to the processing module. The switching module is adapted to switch the switchable operation mode to a first mode or a second mode. When the switchable operation mode is switched to the first mode, the light sensing element receives the first optical signal. When the switchable operation mode is switched to the second mode, the light-emitting element provides a second optical signal and the light sensing element receives the second optical signal. An interactive image system having the operating apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: An electronic device for receiving an input by a digital pen having a waveform generation means is provided. The electronic device includes at least three reception sensors and a processor. The at least three reception sensors are installed in the electronic device at positions that are separated from one another, and are configured to receive a waveform generated by the waveform generator of the digital pen. The processor is configured to calculate an input coordinate of the digital pen using a difference of velocities and reception times of the waveform received by the at least three reception sensors.

Abstract: A receiving and transmitting node for a wireless data network, and a wireless data network based on magnetic induction. The receiving node includes an antenna receive module for receiving one or more data signals emitted from the transmitting node and a calculation module adapted to calculate one or more distances between the receiving node and the transmitting node, and/or adapted to calculate the position of the transmitting node in relation to the position of the receiving node, and/or adapted to calculate the orientation of the transmitting node in relation to the orientation of the receiving node. The reception of the data signal is based on magnetic induction and the calculation of the one or more distances, and the position of the transmitting node and/or the orientation of the transmitting node is based on the one or more data signals.

Abstract: An electrical hand-held device is provided with improved proximity detection, which can be placed on a surface and has at least one transmission electrode, at least one reception electrode and at least one compensation electrode arranged between transmission electrode and reception electrode. The transmission electrode and the compensation electrode can be supplied with an electric switching signal of predetermined signal frequency and predetermined signal amplitude. Switching electric signal at the compensation electrode is phase-delayed with respect to the switching electric signal at the transmission electrode. Alternating electric fields radiated at the transmission electrode and the compensation electrode generate a current in the reception electrode, which is representative of an approach of a hand to the hand-held device.

Abstract: There is provided a method and a terminal to sets a touch lock layer. The terminal comprising, a display displaying a layer including an image object and an operable touch lock layer within being overlapped each other, an input unit receiving a user input for at least one of the displayed layers, and a control unit controlling the operable touch lock layer based on the user input.

Abstract: An optical mouse apparatus includes a light source unit, a sensing unit, and a processing unit. The light source unit is arranged for generating and emitting an optical signal, wherein the optical signal is emitted upon a surface, and then reflected to form an optical reflected signal. The sensing unit is arranged for generating a sensed image output according to the optical reflected signal, wherein the sensed image output is utilized for estimating an image displacement of the optical mouse apparatus. The processing unit is coupled to the light source unit and the sensing unit, and arranged for controlling the light source unit to emit the optical signal and determining a operation status of the optical mouse apparatus according to an image variation of at least a partial region of each of consecutive images of the sensed image output.

Abstract: An aspect provides a method, including: operating one or more sensors to detect gesture input proximate to a surface of an input device of an information handling device, wherein the input device is configured to receive one or more input types in addition to gesture input; determining, using a processor, if the gesture input detected matches a predetermined gesture; and executing at least one response action associated with the predetermined gesture. Other aspects are described and claimed.