Abstract: Disclosed is a display device capable of improving touch sensitivity by removing noise from a user's touch signal through compensation of display touch crosstalk, and a touch sensing method thereof, wherein the display device may include a timing controller for driving one frame by a time division method to alternately perform a displaying driving mode and a touch sensing mode; and a touch sensor for determining a DTX compensation block including at least one touch sensing block corresponding to a unit for sensing a user's touch; calculating a compensation representative value and a sensing block average value; and sensing a user's touch by compensating for touch data in accordance with a difference between the compensation representative value and the sensing block average value.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for presenting a photo gallery in a terminal device and the terminal device thereof The method may comprise: detecting a sliding path of a touch operation on a screen of a terminal device; and performing an operation on a predetermined area and presenting pictures of the photo gallery according to a photo gallery operation mode to which the sliding path corresponds. When the photo gallery is initiated to display the pictures, the predetermined area may be automatically hidden according to the sliding path generated on the screen of the terminal device by a user, thereby increases display area for the pictures in the photo gallery, reduces the amount of sliding actions for presenting the pictures, saves time taken for processing the pictures, and improves user experience.

Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a proximity motion using sensors may include a first sensor to sense a first input region, a second sensor to sense a second input region distinct from the first input region, and an information transfer controller to transfer information related to a transition, between the first sensor and the second sensor.

Abstract: The system and method of analyzing input on touch panel are provided. The system includes an electrical device, including a touch panel, wherein plurality of patterns on the touch panel are generated by a manufacturing process; and an input device, including a photograph unit and a processing unit and configured to input a message to the electrical device, wherein when the message is inputted to the electrical device, the input device photographs one or more of the patterns by the photograph unit for generating an image data, analyzes a location information included in the image data by the first processing unit for generating a coordinate information, and transmits the coordinate information to the electrical device through a wireless transmission.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a touch-control socket device and a display device. The touch-control socket device includes a socket and a touch-control glass. The socket has a seat, a frame extended from the seat, and a connecting module disposed in the seat. The seat has a first insertable opening and a second insertable opening respectively facing two different directions. The touch-control glass is fixed on the frame and electrically connected to the connecting module. The touch-control glass has a first surface and an opposite second surface. When an electrical connector of the display device inserts into the connecting module through the first insertable opening, the first surface is used as a touch-control interface. When the electrical connector of the display device inserts into the connecting module through the second insertable opening, the second surface is served as a touch interface.

Abstract: Provided is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a planar display unit, and a touch panel which is disposed so as to overlap the display unit and is capable of detecting a vertical distance between two-dimensional coordinates along a surface of the display unit and a finger. Resolution of the two-dimensional coordinates becomes finer as the vertical distance decreases. Thus, even when the operating finger is immobilized in a state where the electronic device is fixed, a display of a pointer is not wobbled or a display of a screen is not wobbled. In addition, when a line is drawn using a drawing mode, the line is not displayed jaggedly.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a user interface (UI) which displays a first screen on the touch screen, a sensor which senses a grip of a user on the touch screen, and a controller which, if the grip of the user on the touch screen is sensed, controls to display a second screen having a non-screen area.

Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting at least one conductive materials attached to a protection case, identifying a combination of the detected at least one conductive material corresponding to an arrangement of the at least one conductive material, mapping the combination of the detected at least one conductive material to an operational function of the electronic device according to user control, and storing a mapping result.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a base member and a display member rotatably coupled to the base member. A keyboard and a touchpad are located on a working surface of the base member. When two spaced points of the touchpad are pressed and the touchpad simultaneously detects a slide touch made along a direction substantially perpendicular to a straight line determined by the two spaced points of the touchpad, the touchpad recognizes the slide touch as a scroll operation on a scroll wheel of a mouse. A human-computer interaction method is also provided.

Abstract: A method and a terminal for providing a feedback in response to a user input related to a touch panel are provided. The method includes displaying an object on the screen, detecting a hovering of a touch input means with respect to the object, and providing a visual feedback corresponding to a distance between the object and the touch input means in response to the hovering.

Abstract: A touch sensing device including digital filter is provided. The touch sensing device includes a touch panel and a touch sensor configured to sensing a touch through the touch panel. The touch sensor includes a plurality of sensing units connected to the touch panel through a plurality of sensing lines. Each of the plurality of sensing units includes a digital filter configured to generate a valid filtered value at a time and invalid filtered value at other times by performing an operation on a plurality of input digital samples and a plurality of filter coefficients.

Abstract: A method and electronic device are provided to process a touch screen event detected from a touch screen and to process an input key event detected from an input key installed near the touch screen panel. The electronic device detects an input key event from an input key, detects a touch screen event from the touch screen within a given time after the detection of the input key event, and performs a function corresponding to the touch screen event while ignoring the input key event.

Abstract: A method of processing an image is provided. The method includes identifying edge components of a background image by a unit of a predetermined size, identifying input coordinate points of a touch input which is input on a touch screen, determining distorted coordinate points by applying the edge components to the input coordinate points, and displaying a drawing image formed by connecting the distorted coordinate points, on the background image.

Abstract: A method and device for detecting a touch input in an electronic device are provided. The method includes determining a scanning segment and detecting a proximity touch event during the scanning segment, according to a horizontal synchronization (H-sync) signal of a display.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for providing a user interface. At least one object is displayed on a touch screen. Hovering of at least one input medium over the touch screen is detected. A first visual effect is provided based on where the input medium hovers over the touch screen and based on an attribute of the at least one object.

Abstract: A method for determining a touch input object in a touchscreen based electronic device is provided. The method includes detecting a touch, and determining the touch input object based on two or more of a touch sensitivity, a touched area, and a touch duration time for the detected touch.

Abstract: A method is provided including outputting, by a communications terminal, a first voice message identifying a first screen that is displayed on a touchscreen of the communications terminal; and executing a command in response to a touch input being received at the touchscreen.

Abstract: Disclosed are a display apparatus, an input apparatus, and control methods thereof, the display apparatus including: a display to display an image; a communicator to communicate with an input apparatus including a touch sensor to receive a user touch input; and a controller to set an input area of the touch sensor to correspond to a second region that is part of a first region of a screen displayed on the display, the second region being a variable region within the first region. Thus, errors in touch input by an input apparatus are reduced and user's convenience can be improved.

Abstract: A flexible display is applied to a method of controlling an event and an electronic device thereof, and in the electronic device having the flexible display, a method of controlling an intuitive event according to a user's intention and an electronic device thereof are provided.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a virtual keypad in an electronic device. The method includes determining whether a touch is sensed, determining whether the touch is held during a reference time when the touch is sensed, determining whether a coordinate of the touch is included in a reference region when the touch is held during the reference time, and displaying the virtual keypad based on the coordinate of the touch when the coordinate of the touch is included in the reference region.

Abstract: There is provided an apparatus including a circuitry configured to initiate an operation command in response to a first moving operation of a first operator on a first operation surface provided on a first surface of a housing body, wherein the first surface is provided on a substantially opposite side of the housing body from a second surface on which a display is provided, and wherein the display is configured to display a result of the initiated operation command.

Abstract: A method for controlling an input from a user to a computerized system including a touchpad is presented. The method includes obtaining data from the touchpad. The data is associated with the location and movement of a finger and/or a hand of the user and not associated with an image of the finger from an image sensor, when the user operates the computerized system using the touchpad. The method further includes communicating the data from the touchpad to the computerized system and analyzing the data in accordance with a model of a human hand. The method further includes determining, using the model, that at least one finger of the user is positioned above but not touching a first control region of the touchpad.

Abstract: An active matrix includes an array of pixels individually addressable over a first frame-frequency range and over a second, higher frame-frequency range. The active matrix also includes, for each pixel of the array, a charging circuit through which that pixel is addressed. Each charging circuit includes an adjustable storage capacitance and is configured such that the storage capacitance is maintained at a first level over the first frame-frequency range, and at a second, lower level over the second frame-frequency range.

Abstract: A display unit comprising a plurality of display modules arranged in a row and having an upper display section and a lower display section. One of the display modules includes an interactive Kiosk, and a second of the display modules includes at least one computer controlled card reading video station. A consumer may pass a coded paint color sample card past a code reader in the video station and is thereafter presented with a display of a color present on the sample card followed by a selectable sequence of video display screens, which may comprise part of a color selection application program.

Abstract: A method is defined for providing an individual increased accessibility to a touch screen displaying first and second elements. The individual initially engages the touch screen with a contact point at a first location. The contact point is dragged across the touch screen into engagement with the first element and the first element is highlighted in response thereto. Thereafter, the individual may drag the contact point across the touch screen from the first element into engagement with the second element whereby the second element is highlighted on the touch screen and the highlight is removed from the first element. Audible announcements may accompany the contacting of the first or second elements with the contact point.

Abstract: Pre-stored no-touch or no-hover (no-event) sensor output values can initially be used when a sensor panel subsystem is first booted up to establish an initial baseline of sensor output values unaffected by fingers or other objects touching or hovering over the sensor panel during boot-up. This initial baseline can then be normalized so that each sensor generates the same output value for a given amount of touch or hover, providing a uniform response across the sensor panel and enabling subsequent touch or hover events to be more easily detected. After the initial normalization process is complete, the pre-stored baseline can be discarded in favor of a newly captured no-event baseline that may be more accurate than the pre-stored baseline due to temperature or other variations.

Abstract: A dual-display/dual-touch screen/dual-core CPU electronic schoolbag including central processors, display modules, two displays communicated with the central processors via the display modules, and an I/O interface and a storage respectively communicated with the central processors. The number of both of the displays modules and the central processors is two. Each display communicates with one of the central processors via one of the display modules. The two central processors directly communicate with each other. The two displays are an electronic paper and a liquid display, respectively. An electronic schoolbag capable of supporting multimedia and rapidly and effectively acquiring resources from external networks or servers is fulfilled by using a soft enhancing method on the network structure according to the present invention and possesses characteristics of strong interaction and rapid/effective acquisition of resources.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for interacting with a user are provided. The apparatus includes a display device operable to display a user interface where the user interface is overlaid on a two-way reflective mirror. The apparatus further includes at least one capacitive sensor coupled to the two-way reflective mirror where the at least one capacitive sensor is operable to generate one or more proximity signals in response to detection of a touchless interaction of an object with the two-way reflective mirror. Further, the apparatus includes one or more processors communicatively coupled to the at least one capacitive sensor where the one or more processors are operable to determine whether one or more values of the generated one or more proximity signals are greater than one or more predefined threshold values.

Abstract: The present invention provides a single-layer capacitive touch panel for multi-point sensing. The capacitive touch panel includes a single patterned touch-sensing layer. When a touch occurs at a certain point on the capacitive touch panel, the generated coupling signal passes through the patterned touch-sensing layer along a determined path so that the coupling signal and thus the location of the certain touch point can be precisely detected. At least two touch points on the capacitive touch panel can be simultaneously detected by enforcing asynchronous scanning at four detecting points at four corners of the capacitive touch panel. Additionally, the single-layer capacitive touch panel can be partitioned into N blocks so as to accomplish the simultaneous sensing of 2×N touch points on the touch panel.

Abstract: A touch circuit chip includes a load adjustment unit and a comparator. The load adjustment unit adjusts a determined impedance value according to an impedance matching signal. The first comparator has a first end electrically coupled to a first load and from which to receive a sensing signal, a second end electrically coupled to a second load via the load adjustment unit and from which to receive a reference signal, and an output end. The comparator compares the received sensing signal with the received reference signal and accordingly output a comparison result. The touch circuit chip determines whether there exists a change of a capacitance value of a coupling capacitor between the first and second loads according to the comparison result, wherein the determined impedance value is matched to the impedance value of the coupling capacitor and the first load. A touch apparatus is also provided.

Abstract: A portable terminal includes a body, and an input part on a side of the body, the input part having a changeable position.

Abstract: A three-dimensional (3D) display device for providing an input-output interface using a dynamic magnetic field control is disclosed, the device including a display unit to display a 3D image, a magnetic field generation unit to generate a magnetic field, and a control unit to dynamically control the magnetic field generation unit to generate a 3D magnetic field associated with the 3D image.

Abstract: A touch sensing apparatus is provided. The touch sensing apparatus includes a touch panel and a touch sensor configured to control the touch panel and sense a touch through the touch panel. The touch sensor includes a plurality of sensing units connected to the touch panel through a plurality of sensing lines respectively. Each of the plurality of sensing units includes at least an operational amplifier whose polarity varies in response to a clock signal.

Abstract: Discussed is a display device with integrated touch screen. The display device includes a panel configured to include a plurality of electrodes and a display driver IC that applies a common voltage to the plurality of electrodes, a touch IC configured to generate a touch scan signal, and apply the touch scan signal to the display driver IC, a plurality of first link lines configured to connect the plurality of electrodes to the display driver IC in a first direction, and a plurality of second link lines respectively connected to the plurality of electrodes to extend in a second direction opposite to the first direction to contact a distal end of the panel. The display driver IC applies the common voltage or the touch scan signal to the plurality of electrodes through the plurality of first link lines according to a driving mode of the panel.

Abstract: An apparatus configured to determine an approximate position of an object utilizing mutual-capacitance sensing capabilities during a first mode of operation and determining one or more attributes of the object utilizing self-capacitance sensing capabilities during a second mode of operation is disclosed. The apparatus includes a touch panel controller configured to operatively couple to a touch panel sensor. The touch panel sensor includes a plurality of drive electrodes and at least one sense electrode. A plurality of nodes are formed at the intersections of the plurality of drive electrodes and the at least one sense electrode. The touch panel controller is configured to determine an approximate position of an object performing a touch event over the touch panel sensor during the first mode of operation and to determine one or more attributes of the object during the second mode of operation.

Abstract: Disclosed are a touch panel input device and a touch input detection method in accordance with the present invention, which include a plurality of intervals in which a driving signal is simultaneously driven to at least two of a plurality of driving signal lines and the driving signal is not driven to the at least one driving signal line. A combination of the driving signal line to which the driving signal is driven in one of the plurality of the intervals and the driving signal line to which the driving signal is not driven in the one interval may be different from a combination of the driving signal line to which the driving signal is driven in an interval different from the one interval and the driving signal line to which the driving signal is not driven in the different interval.

Abstract: A method for driving a touch panel including driving lines, sensing lines, and node capacitors between neighboring and/or overlapping driving lines and sensing lines is disclosed. The method includes selecting two or more of the driving lines, and simultaneously driving the selected driving lines with driving signals. Each driving signal has three or more voltages of different levels.

Abstract: A system and method for detecting the presence of a probe on or near an electrode that may transmit secure data by detecting a change in capacitance on the electrode, and wherein action may be taken to stop transmission on the electrode if a probe is detected.

Abstract: A system and method for increasing a report rate on a capacitive touch sensor to thereby provide a real-time display of the position of all the objects on a touch screen that is using synchronized timed orthogonal measurement stimulus patterns to determine the position of objects on the touch sensor, by updating an image of the reported positions of objects on the touch sensor each time that a measurement is taken on each of the sensor electrodes instead of waiting for a complete scan of all the sensor electrodes in a sensor electrode array.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a system includes a controller situated on a circuit board and a touch sensor coupled to the controller. The touch sensor includes a plurality of electrodes configured to capacitively coupled to a surface. The system also includes a drive element that is coupled to the controller. The controller is configured to send a drive signal to the drive element and, after sending the drive signal to the drive element, receive a set of sense signals from the touch sensor. The controller is further configured to determine whether an object that is not contact with the surface is in a vicinity of the surface the set of sense signals.

Abstract: This relates to displays for which the use of dual function capacitive elements does not result in any decreases of the aperture of the display. Thus, touch sensitive displays that have aperture ratios that are no worse than similar non-touch sensing displays can be manufactured. More specifically, this relates to placing touch sensing opaque elements so as to ensure that they are substantially overlapped by display related opaque elements, thus ensuring that the addition of the touch sensing elements does not substantially reduce the aperture ratio. The touch sensing display elements can be, for example, common lines that connect various capacitive elements that are configured to operate collectively as an element of the touch sensing system.

Abstract: The use of multiple stimulation frequencies and phases to generate an image of touch on a touch sensor panel is disclosed. Each of a plurality of sense channels can be coupled to a column in a touch sensor panel and can have multiple mixers. Each mixer in the sense channel can utilize a circuit capable generating a demodulation frequency of a particular frequency. At each of multiple steps, various phases of selected frequencies can be used to simultaneously stimulate the rows of the touch sensor panel, and the multiple mixers in each sense channel can be configured to demodulate the signal received from the column connected to each sense channel using the selected frequencies. After all steps have been completed, the demodulated signals from the multiple mixers can be used in calculations to determine an image of touch for the touch sensor panel at each frequency.

Abstract: An input device is provided that facilitates improved user interface functionality by determining force information for each of multiple objects in a sensing region. The input device includes a processing system, a sensor configured to sense objects in a sensing region proximate a surface, and a plurality of force sensors. The plurality of force sensors are coupled to the surface to provide a plurality of measures of force applied to the surface. The processing system is configured to determine positional information for each the multiple objects sensed by the sensor in the sensing region. Furthermore, the processing system is configured to determine force information for each of the multiple objects from the positional information and the plurality of measures of force applied to the surface. Thus, device and method provides the ability to determine both positional information and force information for each of multiple objects in a sensing region.

Abstract: Electronic devices may be provided that contain flexible displays that are bent to form displays on multiple surfaces of the devices. Bent flexible displays may be bent to form front side displays and edge displays. Edge displays may be separated from front side displays or from other edge displays using patterned housing members, printed or painted masks, or by selectively activating and inactivating display pixels associated with the flexible display. Edge displays may alternately function as virtual buttons, virtual switches, or informational displays that are supplemental to front side displays. Virtual buttons may include transparent button members, lenses, haptic feedback components, audio feedback components, or other components for providing feedback to a user when virtual buttons are activated.

Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic-book page turning method and apparatus, and a mobile device. The electronic-book page turning method comprises: a touched area of a touch screen of a terminal device is detected; according to the touched area, the page turning speed of an electronic book displayed on the touch screen is determined. The disclosure can solve the problem of the page turning in the prior art that the turning speed cannot be controlled and the page number cannot be precisely located while implementing fast page turning.

Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus for detecting touch including a touch element comprising a plurality of touch detecting electrodes arranged therein, a touch element controller for acquiring detection signals from the touch detection electrodes and determining presence of touch in the touch element, wherein the touch element controller includes a receiving unit for receiving the detection signals from the touch detection electrodes and grouping the detection signals into one or more detection signal groups, a memory for storing a detection signal value limit, a signal extracting unit for extracting the maximum detection value out of the detection signal values of the detection for each of the detection signals, a calculating unit for calculating an adjustment variable by deducting the detection signal value limit from the maximum detection signal value for each of the detection groups, and a touch determination unit for determining presence of touch in the touch element, using the adjustment variable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to A static eliminating method for a touch screen comprising: detecting if the touch screen departs from an object by using said photo sensor, and counting the number of communication failures between the touch screen and a control chip or detecting if the touch screen of a hand-held device is switched from the state of facing down into the state of facing up by using a gravity sensor, counting the number of failures of communication between the touch screen and the control chip; executing the reset operation of turning off and then turning on if the number of failures exceeds a communication failure set value; or executing the reset operation of resetting the register software of the touch screen/turning off and then turning on touch screen if the number of failures is smaller than a communication failure set value and the number of touch events in the same area of the touch screen in a set time exceeds a false report set value.

Abstract: A touch sensitive device, the device comprising: a touch sensor light source to project a plane of light above a surface: a camera directed to capture a touch sense image from a region including at least a portion of said plane of light, said touch sense image comprising light scattered from said plane of light by a plurality of said objects simultaneously approaching or touching said surface; a signal processor coupled to said camera, to process a said touch sense image from said camera to identify a lateral location of each of said objects; and an output object position output, to provide output object positions for said plurality of objects; and wherein said signal processor is further configured to: input a succession of said touch sense images; process each said touch sense image to identify a plurality of candidate object touch positions; and filter said candidate object touch positions from said successive touch sense images to link said candidate object touch positions to previously identified output

Abstract: Influence of external light is suppressed. With a photodetector including a photodetector circuit which generates a data signal in accordance with illuminance of incident light and a light unit which overlaps with the photodetector circuit, a first data signal is generated by the photodetector circuit when the light unit is in an ON state, a second data signal is formed by the photodetector circuit when the light unit is in an OFF state, and the first data signal and the second data signal are compared, so that a difference data signal that is data of a difference between the two compared data signals is generated.

Abstract: An input tool includes a body in the form of a stylus with plurality of vibro-acoustically distinct regions. The vibro-acoustically distinct regions produce vibro-acoustic responses when the regions touch the surface of the touch screen. The vibro-acoustic responses are used in a computing device to detect what region of the input tool was used.