Patents Issued in April 9, 2015
  • Publication number: 20150097744
    Abstract: A system for transmitting radio frequency includes antenna elements configured to transmit radio frequency beams including a horizontal beam widths and vertical beam widths. The antenna elements are positioned to transmit radio frequency in directions to cover areas independent of each other. The system includes a port operatively coupled to the antenna elements to transmit power to the antenna elements to cause the antenna elements to transmit radio frequency in the respective directions. The antenna elements and the port form a distributed antenna system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Judson Kyle Ownbey, Scott Clemons
  • Publication number: 20150097745
    Abstract: A mobile communication device is provided and includes a ground element and a feeding structure. The ground element includes a slot. The feeding structure crosses the slot and includes a first transmission line, a second transmission line and a resonant circuit. The resonant circuit is electrically connected in series between the first transmission line and the second transmission line. Besides, the resonant circuit receives a feeding signal through the first transmission line and is electrically connected to the ground element through the second transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Acer Incorporated
    Inventors: Hsin-Hui Chou, Chih-Hua Chang
  • Publication number: 20150097746
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is presented. A structure having an interior channel is formed using additive manufacturing equipment. A viscous media containing abrasive particles is sent through the interior channel using abrasive flow machining equipment to form a desired surface roughness for the interior channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Allen Wayne Wilson, Patrick Chalit Pattamanuch, Leonard Rosenheck
  • Publication number: 20150097747
    Abstract: An antenna system for triple-band satellite communication according to one exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a feed horn device that is configured to simultaneously radiate or absorb wireless signals of triple bands including X, Ku and Ka bands, and a waveguide section that is coupled to the feed horn device and configured to transmit input and output of the wireless signals, wherein the feed horn device includes a corrugation horn that is configured to radiate or absorb the wireless signals of the X and Ku bands, the corrugation horn having a bell-like shape with a plurality of corrugations formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof in a stepped manner, and a dielectric feed horn that is configured to radiate or absorb the wireless signal corresponding to the Ku band and disposed in a central region of the corrugation horn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Ki Min HWANG, Jong Wan HEO, Kun Sup KWON
  • Publication number: 20150097748
    Abstract: A wide band LTE antenna that can operate in a frequency range of from approximately 690 MHz to approximately 2700 MHz is provided. The antenna can include a first PCB including a first conductor and a second PCB including a second conductor. A first plurality of arms of the first conductor and a first plurality of arms of the second conductor can be connected to a feed microstrip line disposed on a first side of the second PCB, a second plurality of arms of the first conductor and a second plurality of arms of the second conductor can be connected to a ground connection disposed on a second side of the second PCB, and the feed microstrip line can avoid connection with the second plurality of arms of the first conductor and with the second plurality of arms, of the second conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Jin Hao, Miroslav Parvanov
  • Publication number: 20150097749
    Abstract: A dual band dipole antenna for universal LTE wireless communication is provided. The antenna can include first, second, and third dipoles etched on a single printed circuit board, wherein each of the first, second, and third dipoles have respective resonance lengths and operate in respective frequency ranges so that the antenna, as a whole, operates in a first frequency range of from approximately 690 MHz to approximately 960 MHz and in a second frequency range of from approximately 1710 MHz to approximately 2800 MHz. For example, the first dipole can operate at frequencies from approximately 690 MHz to approximately 800 MHz and from approximately 1710 MHz to approximately 2700 MHz, the second dipole can operate at frequencies from approximately 800 MHz to approximately 960 MHz and at approximately 1900 MHz, and the third dipole can operate at frequencies from approximately 2000 MHz to approximately 2400 MHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Jin Hao, Calin Pod
  • Publication number: 20150097750
    Abstract: An antenna includes a grounding conductor, a feed conductor, a resonant conductor, and a radioactive conductor. The feed conductor is disposed apart from the grounding conductor. The resonant conductor having a resonant width is disposed along the grounding conductor and disposed apart from the grounding conductor by a resonant-ground distance. The resonant conductor connects to the feed conductor. The radioactive conductor has a radioactive width. One end of the radioactive conductor connects to one end of the resonant conductor with the feed conductor, and another end of the radioactive conductor is disposed apart from the grounding conductor. The radioactive conductor is disposed along the resonant conductor and disposed apart from the resonant conductor by a resonant-radioactive distance. The resonant conductor is positioned between the radioactive conductor and the grounding conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Chen-Yu CHOU
  • Publication number: 20150097751
    Abstract: A planar array antenna structure includes a substrate, an array antenna, and a bottom ground portion. The substrate has a front surface and a rear surface. The array antenna is composed of a plurality of antenna units and disposed on the front surface of the substrate in a symmetrical and polygonal arrangement. A spaced slot is formed between every two antenna units. The bottom ground portion is polygonal and arranged on the rear surface of the substrate. The bottom ground portion has a plurality of included angles thereon, and one notch is formed between two included angles and the notches are correspondingly arranged to the spaced slots. Accordingly, the planar array antenna structure is used to generate high-gain radiation variations, effectively restrain the isolation between the radiators, and significantly increase overall performance of the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: TECOM Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Wen-Hsien HSU, Wen-Hsiu HSU, Chung-Hsuan WEN, Shang-Chun CHAO
  • Publication number: 20150097752
    Abstract: A printed circuit board antenna and a printed circuit board are disclosed. The printed circuit board antenna includes a feeding part having at least one first branch; a coupling interdigital part having at least one second branch, where a gap is formed between the first branch and the second branch; a grounding part, where a gap is formed between the grounding part and the feeding part, a gap is formed between the grounding part and the coupling interdigital part, an opening is provided on the grounding part, and a feeding point of the feeding part extends out from the opening. The embodiments of the present invention resolve a problem of relatively low efficiency when high-frequency bandwidth of an antenna is relatively wide, implementing that efficiency meets a product requirement in an entire range of bandwidth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Zhenghao Li, Yao Lan, Lintao Jiang, Jie Qi, Yi Zhang, Yundi Yao
  • Publication number: 20150097753
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a feeding portion, a first grounding portion, a second grounding portion, a first loop antenna and a second loop antenna. The feeding portion has a first side and a second side parallel to the first side. The first grounding portion is positioned adjacent and apart from the first side of the feeding portion. The second grounding portion is positioned adjacent and apart from the second side of the grounding portion. The first loop antenna is defined to accept a second loop antenna therein, and is electronically coupled to the first and second grounding portions. The second loop antenna is positioned inside and apart from the first loop antenna, and further electronically coupled to the feeding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: GENG-HONG LIOU, YEN-HUI LIN
  • Publication number: 20150097754
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna capable of operating at more than one frequency band. The antenna comprises a first main helix antenna element and a second parasitic helix antenna elements electromagnetically coupled to integrate a single radiofrequency connection structure operating in dual frequency bands. The antenna is designed to be compact and reduce size, weight, and cost, while increasing versatility as compared to equivalent single-band frequency antennas designed using traditional design techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: ARGY PETROS
  • Publication number: 20150097755
    Abstract: A foldable mobile device and a method for controlling a display of the same are disclosed herein. Herein, the foldable mobile device includes a first display unit configured to display a first image or a first zoomed-in first image while the foldable mobile device is in a folded state, a second display unit configured to display a second image corresponding to a predetermined display mode or a second image including a second zoomed-in first image when the foldable mobile device is unfolded, and a controller configured to control a display of the first display unit and the second display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Yongsin KIM
  • Publication number: 20150097756
    Abstract: An embodiment of a wide angle personal display projector is configured for positioning in relation to a user's eyeball, and includes a curved display layer. A curved micro lens array having a curvature generally matching the display curvature is positioned relative to the display layer so that the micro lens array is between the display layer and the user's eyeball. In another embodiment, a binocular personal display system includes a frame structure for supporting left and right personal display projectors in relation to the user's left and right eyeballs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Mokhtar Ziarati, T. Scott Rowe
  • Publication number: 20150097757
    Abstract: A master device for providing a mirroring service is provided. The master device includes a display unit that displays a certain screen, a control unit configured to generate high image-quality data of a first region mirrored by a client device in the certain screen, and to generates low image-quality data of a second region which is not mirrored by the client device, and a communication unit configured to transmit the high image-quality data and the low image-quality data to the client device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Han-min BANG, Naga ashok babu JAMPANI, Soo-ho CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150097758
    Abstract: A display apparatus which can communicate with an information terminal via a network is disclosed. The display apparatus includes a receiving unit which receives content data which are caused to be displayed on the display apparatus and reproduction control information on reproduction of the content data from the information terminal, an execution information generation unit which causes the reproduction control information to be execution information corresponding to the display apparatus, and a display unit which causes the content data to be displayed on the display apparatus based on the execution information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Hiroshi MAEDA
  • Publication number: 20150097759
    Abstract: An apparatus that can be worn on the head of the user that can operate in a variety of different modes including an audio-only mode and an audio-visual mode. A wide variety of different user controls can be utilized to allow users to make a wide variety of different adjustments to the functionality of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Allan Thomas Evans, Edward Tang
  • Publication number: 20150097760
    Abstract: A display apparatus and an array display panel thereof are disclosed. The array display panel has a phase retarder film and a plurality of pixel rows. Each of the pixel rows includes first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. Each first sub-pixel has a first major section and a first minor section which are arranged in a first direction; each second sub-pixel has a second major section and a second minor section which are arranged in the direction opposite the first direction. The apparatus can effectively improve the problem of asymmetric crosstalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Chengliang Ye
  • Publication number: 20150097761
    Abstract: An inflatable display device is provided. The inflatable display device includes an inflatable support device, and a plurality of illumination sources, each of the illumination sources secured to the inflatable support device. The illumination sources are arranged in a preconfigured pattern on the inflatable support device, the preconfigured pattern resulting in the appearance of a continuous display. Another inflatable display device includes a cast silicon material, and a plurality of illumination sources, the illumination sources positioned within the cast silicon material. The cast silicon material forms an inflatable structure having a predetermined three dimensional configuration. Another inflatable display device includes an inflatable support device, a plurality of illumination sources, each of the illumination sources secured to the inflatable support device, and a control system coupled to the illumination sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: TAIT TOWERS MANUFACTURING, LLC
    Inventor: Adam DAVIS
  • Publication number: 20150097762
    Abstract: A pixel includes an organic light emitting diode, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The first transistor establishes a first current path between a first node coupled to a first power source and a second node coupled to the organic light emitting diode. The second transistor establishes a second current path between the first and second nodes. The first and second transistors are coupled in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Yang-Wan KIM
  • Publication number: 20150097763
    Abstract: An organic light emitting display device is capable of securing sufficient compensation period such that a threshold voltage of a driving transistor may be compensated. A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode; a second transistor for controlling an amount of current supplied from a first power source to the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor having a first terminal coupled to a gate electrode of the second transistor; a first transistor coupled between a second terminal of the first capacitor and a data line, and being configured to turn on when a scan signal is supplied to a scan line; and a third transistor coupled between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the second transistor and having a turning-on period that is not overlapped with that of the first transistor. The third transistor is configured to turn on for a longer time than the first transistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Dong-Wook Park, Chul-Kyu Kang, Keum-Nam Kim
  • Publication number: 20150097764
    Abstract: A driving method for dimming an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes selecting a dimming mode indicating a maximum luminance to be displayed by the OLED display based on an input and determining a luminance range from a plurality of luminance ranges. The determined luminance range comprises the maximum luminance of the dimming mode. The method also includes performing at least one of converting image data based at least in part on the dimming mode or controlling a duty ratio of an emission control signal, wherein the performing is based at least in part on the determined luminance range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Si-Baek Pyo, Young-Seob Kim
  • Publication number: 20150097765
    Abstract: A data conversion unit includes a gamma conversion unit configured to generate a first gamma data by gamma-converting a first data supplied from an outside thereof, a representative luminance value calculation unit configured to calculate a representative luminance value of an entire panel, based on the first gamma data, a subtraction unit configured to subtract the calculated representative luminance value from gamma conversion values of respective pixels included in the first gamma data, a compensation unit configured to generate a second gamma data by converting the gamma conversion values of the respective pixels, based on the subtracted values corresponding to the respective pixels, and an inverse gamma conversion unit configured to generate a second data by inverse-gamma-converting the second gamma data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Byung-Ki CHUN, Yong-Seok CHOI, Dong-Wook YANG
  • Publication number: 20150097766
    Abstract: An NUI system for mediating input from a computer-system user. The NUI system includes a logic machine and an instruction storage machine. The instruction-storage machine holds instructions that cause the logic machine to receive data tracking a change in conformation of the user including at least a hand trajectory of the user. If the data show increasing separation between two hands of the user, the NUI system causes a foreground process of the computer system to be displayed in greater detail on the display. If the data show decreasing separation between the two hands of the user, the NUI system causes the foreground process to be represented in lesser detail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jay Kapur, Mark Schwesinger, Emily Yang, Sergio Paolantonio, Federico Schliemann, Christian Klein
  • Publication number: 20150097767
    Abstract: Provided are a virtual experience book system and a method for operating the same, the system including a virtual experience book producing device configured to generate 3D virtual image content in consideration of a plurality of objects extracted from text information of a story, and a virtual experience book control device configured to detect a body motion of a user while displaying the 3D virtual image content, and control a represented image of the 3D virtual image content so that a viewpoint is switched or arrangement locations of 3D models are changed according to the detected body motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Su Ran PARK, Hyun Bin KIM, Seong Won RYU, Ki Suk LEE
  • Publication number: 20150097768
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to enhancing the fields of view of one or more cameras of a gesture recognition system for augmenting the three-dimensional (3D) sensory space of the gesture recognition system. The augmented 3D sensory space allows for inclusion of previously uncaptured of regions and points for which gestures can be interpreted i.e. blind spots of the cameras of the gesture recognition system. Some examples of such blind spots include areas underneath the cameras and/or within 20-85 degrees of a tangential axis of the cameras. In particular, the technology disclosed uses a Fresnel prismatic element and/or a triangular prism element to redirect the optical axis of the cameras, giving the cameras fields of view that cover at least 45 to 80 degrees from tangential to the vertical axis of a display screen on which the cameras are mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Leap Motion, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. HOLZ, Paul DURDIK
  • Publication number: 20150097769
    Abstract: A receptacle having a programmable, interactive visual display affixed to a surface of the receptacle. The receptacle includes the visual display, a programmable memory, and a controller. The memory stores data corresponding to one or more display images and/or text, and the controller controls the display for displaying the image/text data from the memory. The receptacle may further include an input mechanism for receiving at least one input, and the controller may control the display of images/text data in response to the input. The memory can also store at least one game or other program, and the controller can execute the game or other program from the memory, operate the game or other in response to one or more inputs received via the input mechanism, and control the display based on the requirements of the game or other programs. The display may include an audio component for producing audible sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: James M. Russell
  • Publication number: 20150097770
    Abstract: A method or apparatus for controlling a media device using gestures may include, for example, modifying media content to generate first updated media content according to a comparison of first information descriptive of a first environment of the source device to second information descriptive of a second environment of the recipient device, capturing images of a gesture, identifying a command from the gesture, and modifying the first updated media content to generate second updated media content according to the command. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Andrea Basso, Tara Hines, Aleksey Ivanov, Jeffrey Mikan, Nadia Morris
  • Publication number: 20150097771
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an apparatus body including a body having a keyboard and a display unit attached to the body so as to be opened and closed; an acceleration sensor mounted on the apparatus body; a gesture motion determination unit mounted on the apparatus body and determining a reference posture of a holding state of the apparatus body taken when a user executes a given gesture function while holding the apparatus body based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor as well as determining a gesture motion executed by the user by detecting posture change of the apparatus body from the reference posture based on acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor; and an operation execution unit mounted on the apparatus body and executing a given operation corresponding to the gesture motion executed by the user based on the determination result in the gesture motion determination unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Daiki YOKOYAMA, Yasutaka Fujii
  • Publication number: 20150097772
    Abstract: A computing device may receive an eye-tracking signal or gaze signal from an eye-tracking device. The gaze signal may include information indicative of observed movement of an eye. The computing device may make a determination that movement of the eye derived from analyzing the received gaze signal violates a set of rules for eye movement, where the set of rules may be based on an analytical model of eye movement. In response to making the determination, the computing device may provide an indication that the received gaze signal contains unreliable eye-movement information for at least one computer-implemented application that uses measured eye movement as an input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Thad Eugene Starner
  • Publication number: 20150097773
    Abstract: The disclosure is related to a method for activating an application. The method involves detecting a position status by using at least one sensor, determining whether the position status satisfies a predetermined condition, and executing an application corresponding to the position status when the position status satisfies a predetermined condition. The disclosure is also related to a system for activating an application. The system includes at least one sensor and a processor communicates with the at least one sensor. The sensor detects a position status of an electrical device and generates a detecting signal corresponding to the position status. The processor determines the position status of the electrical device in response to the detecting signal outputted from the sensor, and determines whether the position status satisfies a predetermined condition, and executing an application corresponding to the position status when the position status satisfies a predetermined condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Cho Yi Lin
  • Publication number: 20150097774
    Abstract: A control apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and a communication circuit configured to communicate with an input apparatus is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Kenichi Kabasawa, Tetsuro Goto, Masatoshi Ueno, Shinobu Kuriya, Toshiyuki Nakagawa, Tatsuya Suzuki, Tsubasa Tsukahara, Hideo Kawabe
  • Publication number: 20150097775
    Abstract: A pose determination system includes a light source configured to emit a pattern of light corresponding to three or more non-collinear points, and a display panel including a plurality of optical sensors in a display area. The optical sensors are configured to detect the light pattern. The pose determination system is configured to determine a position of the light source with respect to the display panel utilizing the detected light pattern. A method for determining a pose of a light source with respect to a display panel includes emitting light from the light source and having a pattern corresponding to three or more non-collinear points, detecting the light pattern utilizing a plurality of optical sensors in a display area of the display panel, and determining by a processor a position of the light source with respect to the display panel utilizing the detected light pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Richard I. McCartney, David M. Hoffman
  • Publication number: 20150097776
    Abstract: A movement of an object is recognised as a predetermined movement, by transmitting signals between transmitter-receiver pairs, which are reflected from the object. A first event is recorded for one of the transmitter-receiver pairs if a reflected signal meets a predetermined proximity criterion, and a second event is recorded for a second transmitter-receiver pair if, after the first event, a subsequent reflected signal meets a predetermined proximity criterion. The first and second events are used to identify the movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Tobias DAHL
  • Publication number: 20150097777
    Abstract: A 3D interface system for moving the at least one digital displayed object based on movement of the at least one physical object. The 3D interface system comprises a display system for displaying 3D images, a sensor input system, and a computing system. The sensor input system generates sensor data associated with at least one physical control object. The computing system receives the sensor data and causes the display system to display the at least one digital displayed object and the at least one digital sensed object associated with the at least one physical object. The computing system moves the at least one digital displayed object based on movement of the at least one physical object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: David W. Brown, Aaron Davis
  • Publication number: 20150097778
    Abstract: An optical sensing module includes an image sensing element having an optical sensor array and at least a control unit. A light emitting chip provides a coherent light. The light is reflected from an outside surface and to be received by the optical sensor array. A substrate is mounted with the image sensing element and the light emitting chip. A cover is mounted on the substrate to cover the image sensing element and the light emitting chip, and the cover includes a first light-transmitting portion on the transmission path of the light. The optical sensing module is disposed on a base having a second light-transmitting portion on the transmission path of the light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: YUN-SHAN CHANG, DA-WEI LIN
  • Publication number: 20150097779
    Abstract: A method of adjusting sampling precision of a navigation device is disclosed in the present invention. The sampling precision represents counts per inch (CPI) or dots per inch (DPI) of the navigation device. The method includes determining a predetermined mode of the navigation device, obtaining resolution of a display, and adjusting the sampling precision according to the resolution and the predetermined mode, so that the sampling precision of the navigation device can be accordingly increased and decreased due to variation of the resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: PixArt Imaging Inc.
    Inventors: Yen-Chang Wang, Chun-Wei Chen, Yen-Min Chang
  • Publication number: 20150097780
    Abstract: The use of one or more proximity sensors in combination with one or more touch sensors in a multi-touch panel to detect the presence of a finger, body part or other object and control or trigger one or more functions in accordance with an “image” of touch provided by the sensor outputs is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more infrared (IR) proximity sensors can be driven with a specific stimulation frequency and emit IR light from one or more areas, which can in some embodiments correspond to one or more multi-touch sensor “pixel” locations. The reflected IR signal, if any, can be demodulated using synchronous demodulation. In some embodiments, both physical interfaces (touch and proximity sensors) can be connected to analog channels in the same electrical core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Steven P. HOTELLING, Christoph H. KRAH
  • Publication number: 20150097781
    Abstract: A multifunction electronic device is provided with, in one embodiment, a controller; a wireless Internet access unit; an audio recording unit; a laser pointing unit; a data storage unit including a port; a multi-touch display; a key-based operation unit; a rechargeable power source; and a power socket electrically connected to the rechargeable power source. The rechargeable power source is electrically connected to the controller. The controller is electrically connected to the wireless Internet access unit, the audio recording unit, the laser pointing unit, the data storage unit, the multi-touch display, the key-based operation unit. The controller is activated by the key-based operation unit to activate the laser pointing unit. The controller is activated by the key-based operation unit to activate at least one of the wireless Internet access unit, the audio recording unit, and the data storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Hui-Chuan Lee
  • Publication number: 20150097782
    Abstract: An embedded touchscreen stylus secured with a screw mechanism is disclosed. The stylus fits into a receptacle in, for example, a mobile device or a case for a mobile device. The stylus includes a threaded neck that interfaces with a threaded opening of the receptacle. A head of the stylus protrudes from the receptacle, which may make it easier for users with large fingers or disabilities to retrieve and use the stylus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: LAWRENCE LEE MOSES
  • Publication number: 20150097783
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a clamshell electronic device. The clamshell electronic device includes a touch module, a sensing device and a calculation unit. The touch module is arranged to detect touch events. The sensing device is arranged to detect whether an upper cover and a lower cover of the clamshell electronic device are separated, and produce a detecting signal when the upper cover and the lower cover are separated. The calculation unit is arranged to count the number of times the upper cover and the lower cover are separated according to the detecting signal to obtain a separated number, and calibrate the touch module when a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein the predetermined condition comprises that the separated number is greater than a predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Wistron Corp.
    Inventors: Che-Hsuan HSU, Yung-Feng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20150097784
    Abstract: Provided is a mobile device which includes: a first touch sensing panel (TSP) configured to receive a touch signal; a first touch sensor integrated circuit (TSIC) configured to activate the first TSP and determine a damage level of the first TSP; an application processor (AP) configured to control the first TSIC; and at least one second TSP configured to be activated by the AP or the first TSIC if it is determined that the first TSP is damaged in whole, wherein, if it is determined the first TSP is damaged in part, the AP activates a modified user interface (UI) in the first TSP which is different from a UI which is activated in the first TSP when the first TSP is not damaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-oh LEE, Sang-Joon HYUNG, Seok-Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20150097785
    Abstract: A display device includes a touch panel 3 that has a touch operation area wider than an image display area, an operation member formed in an area 3b, other than the image display area, in the touch operation area, and an operation feeling generator 7 that provides an operation feeling for a pointing object which has operated the operation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masakazu Shoji, Mitsuo Shimotani, Hiroki Fujisawa, Keisuke Kobayashi, Yuji Nobe
  • Publication number: 20150097786
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising: a haptic profile determiner configured to determine a haptic profile map for a display; a touch event determiner configured to determine a touch event on the display within the area defined by the haptic profile map; and a haptic effect generator configured to generate a haptic effect on the display based on the touch event such that the haptic effect provides a simulated surface experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Thorsten Behles, Marko Tapani Yliaho, Jouko Sormunen
  • Publication number: 20150097787
    Abstract: Described is an interactive control device (1) for at least one service apparatus (2), comprising a control unit (3), a screen (4) operatively connected to the control unit (3) having touch selection means (5) for interacting with the user. The touch selection means (5) are configurable between an active condition wherein they receive the touch information of the user and an inactive condition wherein they do not receive the touch information of the user. More specifically, the interactive control device (1) comprises a presence and distance sensor (7) operatively connected to the control unit (3) and configured for generating a detection signal (8) representing the presence and the distance of a user relative to the sensor (7). The control unit (3) is configured for receiving the detection signal (8), for processing it and for generating a control signal of at least part of the service apparatus (2) as a function of the processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: INTEREL TRADEMARKS B.V.
    Inventor: Andrea Benoni
  • Publication number: 20150097788
    Abstract: An embodiment of the invention introduces a method for controlling a touch panel, executed by a micro-controller of a portable computer, which contains at least the following steps. A control signal is outputted to direct a touch panel controller to disable the whole touch panel or a portion thereof before sleep mode is entered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Kim Yeung Sip
  • Publication number: 20150097789
    Abstract: An automatic calibration method suitable for an electronic apparatus comprising a proximity sensor is disclosed. The automatic calibration method includes steps of: resetting data comprising a minimal index and a maximal index when a specific function is activated; updating the minimal index and the maximal index according to readings from the proximity sensor; resetting the minimal index when the proximity sensor detects a far event according to a threshold value of the proximity sensor; resetting the maximal index when the proximity sensor detects a near event according to the threshold value; and, re-calculating the threshold value according to the minimal index or the maximal index every time the minimal index or the maximal index is updated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Chuan-Ying HSU, Tung-Hao HSU, Chih-Hao YAN
  • Publication number: 20150097790
    Abstract: An improved portable device has at least one touch-sensitive input surface for operator input and at least one sensor for detecting the input on the input surface. There is at least one sensor for monitoring the input surface which is designed to receive large-area and/or nearly simultaneous inputs, and at least one preset special function on the device which is able to be triggered by large-area input and/or nearly simultaneous inputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Thomas Lederer
  • Publication number: 20150097791
    Abstract: A system and method for setting threshold values based on an amount and selecting a haptic feedback response. The method comprises determining a touch value based on a touch applied to a touch-sensitive sensor. The method further comprises determining an amount that the touch value exceeds a first threshold value. The method further comprises setting a second threshold value based, at least in part on the amount. The method further comprising selecting a haptic feedback response that can be based at least in part on the amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Lisseman, David Andrews
  • Publication number: 20150097792
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a display device comprises a plurality of pixel circuits arrayed two-dimensionally. Each of the pixel circuits comprises a display element and a pixel memory configured to store a signal to drive the display element. An X-directional driver and a Y-directional driver can select arbitrary pixel circuits and drive the pixel circuits. A touch panel controller converts a sensing output of a touch-type input panel to coordinate data. A display controller receives the coordinate data and partially rewrites the coordinate data in units of pixel circuits of the display device via the X-directional driver and the Y-directional driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20150097793
    Abstract: A force-based haptic switch panel comprises a touch plate having first and second surfaces, the first surface comprising a touch surface and the second surface opposing the first surface. The switch panel also comprises a circuit board having a plurality of force sensors electrically coupled thereto. The force sensors are disposed between the circuit board and the second surface of the touch plate, and each force sensor is configured to measure a respective portion of a force applied to the touch surface of the touch plate. The switch panel also comprises an actuator affixed to the second surface of the touch plate and configured to generate a mechanical output to the touch plate, wherein the circuit board comprises a passage for allowing a portion of the actuator to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Jason Lisseman, David Andrews