Abstract: A force-based haptic switch panel, comprising a touch plate having first and second surfaces, the first surface comprising a touch surface and the second surface opposing the first surface. The haptic switch panel may also comprise 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, wherein each force sensor is configured to measure a respective portion of a force applied to the touch surface of the touch plate. The haptic switch panel may also comprise an acoustic actuator disposed proximate a second surface of the touch plate and configured to generate a haptic output and an audible output responsive to the force applied to the touch surface.

Abstract: A method for locking an input area associated with a force-based touch interface comprises detecting a first touch value associated with a first user interaction with a first area of a touch interface. The first touch value includes information indicative of a location of the first area of the touch interface. The method also comprises establishing a first virtual input area based on the location, wherein a boundary associated with first virtual input area is contained within a boundary defined by the touch interface. The method also comprises detecting a second touch value associated with a second user interaction with the touch interface, and determining that a location associated with the second touch value is within the first virtual input area. The method also involves generating a control signal for causing execution of a first function, based on the determination that the second touch value is within the first virtual input area.

Abstract: A method for determining parameters associated with a haptic feedback output comprises detecting a vibration of at least a portion of a human-machine interface and determining a magnitude associated with the detected vibration. A calibration offset is determined based, at least in part, on the determined magnitude associated with the detected vibration. The method further comprises establishing at least one parameter associated with a haptic actuator of the human-machine interface based on the estimated calibration offset, the at least one parameter at least partially defining a haptic response generated by the haptic actuator.

Abstract: A multi-display device is adapted to be dockable or otherwise associatable with an additional device. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the multi-display device is dockable with a smartpad. The exemplary smartpad can include a screen, a touch sensitive display, a configurable area, a gesture capture region(s) and a camera. The smartpad can also include a port adapted to receive the device. The exemplary smartpad is able to cooperate with the device such that information displayable on the device is also displayable on the smartpad. Furthermore, any one or more of the functions on the device are extendable to the smartpad, with the smartpad capable of acting as an input/output interface or extension of the smartpad. Therefore, for example, information from one or more of the displays on the multi-screen device is displayable on the smartpad.

Abstract: Methods and systems for a complete vehicle ecosystem are provided. Specifically, systems that when taken alone, or together, provide an individual or group of individuals with an intuitive and comfortable vehicular environment. The present disclosure includes a system to recognize the drivers and/or passengers within the automobile. Based on the recognition, the vehicle may change a configuration of the automobile to match predetermined preferences for the driver and/or passenger. The configurations may also include the recognition of a unique set of gestures for the person. Further, the configuration can also include the tracking of health data related to the person.

Abstract: An interference suppression module coordinates devices susceptible to interference such as a touch sensor with potentially interference generating devices such as a display drive matrix, an active haptic device, and so forth. As a result of status signals generated by the interference suppression module, controllers of the susceptible devices may modify the input received to mitigate or avoid interference.

Abstract: A user input element includes a first part having a first capacitive surface, a second part having a second capacitive surface configured to be movable relative to the first capacitive surface, and an insulator positioned in between the first capacitive surface and the second capacitive surface so that a haptic effect is generated when the second capacitive surface is moved relative to the first capacitive surface from a first position to a second position. The user input element may be part of a haptic feedback interface system configured to provide haptic effects to a user operating the system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a drive electrode and a sense electrode. The sense electrode is separated from the drive electrode by a gap having a width, and the width of the gap is substantially uniform throughout the entire extent of the gap.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a signal controller, sensing signal lines, and a touch sensor controller. The display panel includes pixels configured to display images, and touch sensor electrodes configured to sense a touch event. The touch sensor electrodes overlap a conductive layer. The signal controller is configured to generate signals to control the display of the images via the display panel. The sensing signal lines are respectively connected to the touch sensor electrodes. The touch sensor controller is configured to transmit a sensing input signal via the sensing signal lines, receive a sensing output signal via the sensing signal lines, and generate touch information based on reception of the sensing output signal. The touch sensor controller is configured to apply the same signal to the touch sensor electrodes and the conductive layer.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for measuring latency in a device which includes a user interface that receives user input and provides output in response. In an embodiment, a body separate from the device under test is provided. A first sensor operatively attached to the body detects a touch event input to the device at a first time and a second sensor detects a response output from the device at a second time. A computational engine computes a time differential between the first time and the second time and an output outputs an indication of a measurement of latency in the device, the measurement being reflective of the time differential between the first time and the second time.

Abstract: A device for manipulating a mobile computer is proposed. The device includes a case, a number of buttons mounted thereon having switchable contacts, electrical contact elements attached to the computer's touch screen, a metal capacitive plate attached to the case while electrically connected with the switchable contacts, and electric circuits each connected to one corresponding contact element and to the switchable contacts. The switchable contacts are normally disconnected, while, when the respective button is pressed upon by a user, they are connected thereby connecting the contact elements with the metal plate. Preferable parameters and materials of the device's components are also disclosed. Thus, the device allows for manipulating the touch screen without producing mechanical stress thereon. At the same time, the reliability of detection of control signals inputted into the computer is increased.

Abstract: To detect a position on a screen with which even a thin nib is in contact, and improve operativity, visibility at the time of operation, and a feeling of use. A touch screen film 5 includes at least a transparent, conductive, thin film 7 which has a predetermined surface resistivity set to be within a range from 105.0 to 108.0 ?/sq; when a pointing means 30 comes into contact with the film, a change in capacitance per unit area of 0.36 to 6.00 pF/mm2 occurs in a dielectric material 4 between a predetermined area including the contact position and the sensor electrode.

Abstract: The present invention provides an input apparatus which can include a conductivity tip, a coil electrically connected to the tip, and a ground plate electrically connected to the coil and forming an open loop in a circumference direction of the coil.

Abstract: A touch screen panel is disclosed. In one aspect, the touch screen panel includes a plurality of first touch electrodes, a plurality of second touch electrodes, and an electrode driving unit. The second touch electrodes cross the first touch electrodes. The electrode driving unit applies a driving signal including a plurality of driving pulses to the first touch electrodes. The electrode driving unit changes the width of each of the driving pulses while maintaining the frequency of the first driving pulses.

Abstract: A touch screen display is disclosed. In one aspect, the touch screen display includes a plurality of first touch electrodes each including first and second ends opposing each other and a plurality of second touch electrodes crossing the first touch electrodes. The touch screen display also includes a first voltage line providing a voltage, a first signal line providing a touch driving signal, and a plurality of first switching units respectively connected to the first touch electrodes. Each of the first switching units is electrically connected to the first voltage line, the first signal line, and the first end of a corresponding first touch electrode. Each of the first switching units alternately provides one of the voltage and the touch driving signal to the corresponding first touch electrode.

Abstract: A method for detecting a continuous circle gesture, has the following steps: receiving vectors representative of an object movement by a object detection unit; determining from the received sequence velocity vectors a sequence of velocity vectors or an approximation thereof; estimating an angle between subsequent velocity vectors; and determining a rotation direction.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a lateral-electric-field liquid crystal display device includes a light-emitting display layer including OLEDs and a driving circuit controlling light emission of the OLEDs, a moisture impermeable film provided to be laminated on the light-emitting display layer to prevent infiltration of moisture into the light-emitting display layer, an optical substrate provided separately from the moisture impermeable film and subjecting light from the light-emitting display region to optical processing, a first touch electrode group serving as one electrode group of touch electrodes and provided on a back surface of the optical substrate, and an extraction electrode group formed to be laminated on the moisture impermeable film, the extraction electrode group and the optical substrate have an overlapping part in plan view, and electrodes of the first touch electrode group being electrically connected to electrodes of the extraction electrode group in the overlapping part.

Abstract: A gesture detecting method is adapted to an optical touch device. The optical touch device includes an indication plane and two image sensing units disposed at two corners of one side of the indication plane. The gesture detecting method includes steps of sensing two images of a gesture by the two image sensing units, wherein the gesture is performed on the indication plane; determining whether at least two touch points exist in one of the two images; if at least two touch points exist in one of the two images, generating a quadrangle according to a far left boundary and a far right boundary of each of the two images; calculating a reference radius of a reference circle corresponding to the quadrangle; and determining whether the gesture is a grab gesture according to a variance of the reference radius.

Abstract: An interactive operation method of an electronic apparatus is provided. An image sequence is captured by an image capturing unit. An image pre-processing is executed on an image of the image sequence. A fingertip candidate region is obtained from the image. Whether the fingertip candidate region is connected with a hand region is determined. If the fingertip candidate region is connected with the hand region, the fingertip candidate region serves as a target fingertip region. Whether a click event occurs is determined by continuously tracking the target fingertip region. When the click event occurs, a corresponding function is executed.

Abstract: The optical touch panel device can optically detect a position of an object on a display screen at a plurality of kinds of position-detection resolutions, and sets a position-detection resolution according to a screen resolution of the display screen or an image resolution of an image to be displayed on the display screen. The optical touch panel device sets the position-detection resolution so that an average value of distances between optical paths used for position detection over the whole display screen is smaller than a dot pitch or a pixel pitch and is as close as possible to the dot pitch or the pixel pitch. The capability of position detection matches the capability of image display in the optical touch panel device, thereby user does not have a feeling of strangeness about an image displayed according to position-detection resolution.

Abstract: A touch input detector is disclosed. The touch input detector includes an acoustic transmitter for transmitting an acoustic wave across a touch input medium. The touch input detector also includes an acoustic receiver for receiving the transmitted acoustic wave, wherein the timing of the incidence of the acoustic wave on the acoustic receiver indicates at least a portion of a touch input location on a surface of the touch input medium. The touch input detector further includes an acoustic dampening material coupled to the touch input medium to dampen reflections of the transmitted acoustic wave.

Abstract: A conductive brush, or stylus, for use with touch screen computing devices. The bristles or filaments are attached to an electrically conductive ferrule, so that even when the brush is pressed against the tablet to make the bristles splay apart, the conductive ferrule itself maintains electrical communication with the tablet. The brush thus allows users to conduct paint operations in an uninterrupted manner, even when its bristles spread apart. Further, this ferrule can be made removable so that users can swap out different brush heads quickly and easily. Additionally, the ferrule has at least a portion that is flexible, deforming visibly upon application of pressures commonly achieved during a typical painting operation. This deformation at least partially absorbs stresses on the filaments, preventing them from splaying apart excessively during painting, and thus helping to prevent loss of detection by the tablet and/or undesired visual effects.

Abstract: A wireless handheld controller includes a housing and a plurality of scroll wheel assemblies mounted in the housing. Each of the scroll wheel assemblies including a rotatable member and a key adjacently associated with respective rotatable members. The wireless handheld controller also includes circuitry in electrical communication with the scroll wheel assemblies. The circuitry is configured to control the device and provide remote control of equipment in communication with the device. The circuitry comprising a movement sensing system configured to sense movement of the rotatable member, and a key sensing system configured to sense a mode signal received from the key.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display with a touch sensor includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixels coupled to gate lines and data lines and a second substrate opposing the first substrate. The display also includes a plurality of common electrodes corresponding to respective pixels, a plurality of sensing electrodes on the second substrate, a touch controller to supply a channel selection signal and a touch control signal to a common electrode driver during a touch driving period, and a common electrode driver to progressively supply a touch driving signal to the common electrodes based on the channel selection signal. The touch driving signal may have the same frequency as the touch control signal.

Abstract: An instrumentation assembly suitable for use as a vehicle instrument cluster, and a method to align an image displayed by a reconfigurable display of the assembly to an applique that overlays the display. The applique defines a reference hole located so light from the display to passes through the reference hole. A light sensor detects light from the display that passes through the reference hole. A relative alignment between the display and the applique is determined based on the signal. The relative alignment is used to shift or reposition images on the display so they align with features on the applique. The assembly and method also provide a way to adjust for image flicker of the display.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic display device including a backlight module, a light sensor, a storage device, an embedded controller, and a processing unit. The light sensor detects ambient light surrounding the electronic display device. The embedded controller controls intensity of the backlight module according to the ambient light and a brightness table of the storage device. The processing unit performs a basic input/output system to draw a brightness curve diagram according to the brightness table for users to adjust the curve of the brightness curve diagram during a boot process of the electronic display device and update the brightness table in the storage device according to the adjusted brightness curve diagram in response to a storing signal.

Abstract: A display device includes a panel assembly including: a display area including a plurality of pixels, and a non-display area at a periphery of the display area; an optical measuring component at the non-display area of the panel assembly and configured to measure light generated from the pixels; and a controller configured to control the panel assembly to sequentially display an emission pattern in which the pixels emit light and a non-emission pattern in which the pixels do not emit light, wherein the controller is configured to calculate a pure emission value by comparing an emission measurement value obtained by measuring the emission pattern through the optical measuring component with a non-emission measurement value obtained by measuring the non-emission pattern through the optical measuring component.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for a display bridge with support for multiple display interfaces are disclosed. The novel display bridge comprises a predriver configured to provide data input signals. A shared output driver is configured to receive the data input signals and provide output display signals compatible for driving MIPI-DSI, EDP, or LVDS displays. A regulator and current source is coupled to the shared output driver configured to regulate the shared output driver operating voltage and provide a current source for the shared output driver. A shared termination output coupled to the shared output driver is configured to provide termination resistance for the output display signals and termination voltage for the termination resistance.

Abstract: A light emitting device including a drive transistor that generates a drive current of a current amount corresponding to a gate-source voltage, a light emitting element that emits light at a luminance corresponding to the current amount of the drive current, and a control unit that controls the gate-source voltage according to a specified gradation is configured as follows. The gate-source voltage is a voltage of a first voltage value or more and a second voltage value or less. The first voltage value and the second voltage value are set such that a change minimum voltage value is a gate-source voltage when a change rate of the drive current with respect to an environmental temperature change is a predetermined value or less and is included between the first voltage value and the second voltage value.

Abstract: A flat panel display includes a signal generator to generate data signals to respective data lines via an output terminal or to generate a control signal for controlling switches. The signal generator includes a first voltage supply unit to supply, to the output terminal, a voltage of a first voltage sources, a voltage stabilizing unit to raise or drop the voltage supplied to the output terminal, and a second voltage supply unit to supply, to the output terminal, a voltage from a second voltage source, after the voltage of the output terminal is raised or dropped.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of thin film transistors of a single channel formed on an insulating substrate, and a buffer circuit including an outputting stage; a first inputting stage; a second inputting stage; a seventh thin film transistor; and an eighth thin film transistor.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus acquires viewpoint information indicating a viewpoint for which rendering of a 3D scene is performed and generates, by a predetermined calculation, a viewpoint independent map for an object included in a rendering scope based on the acquired viewpoint information. And then the apparatus stores each pixel of the generated viewpoint independent map in association with a distance between an object corresponding to the pixel and the viewpoint indicated by the acquired viewpoint information. The apparatus does not perform the predetermined calculation in a case where a pixel of the viewpoint independent map for the object included in the rendering scope corresponding to the distance from the viewpoint indicated by the acquired viewpoint information is already stored.

Abstract: System and method for rendering dynamic three-dimensional appearing imagery on a two-dimensional user interface screen of a portable computing device in dependence on a user's view-point of the screen. The method includes processing, on a portable computing device, data defining a plurality of user view-points of a user interface screen of the portable computing device. The method next includes rendering a first image of a constructed scene on the user interface screen based on a first determined user's view-point of the user interface screen of the portable computing device. The method then includes rendering a different image of the constructed scene on the user interface screen based on a subsequently determined user's view-point of the user interface screen and thereby presenting the illusion of a three-dimensional image of the constructed scene on the user interface screen.

Abstract: Target region fill techniques involving transformations are described. In one or more implementations, a patch to be used to fill a target region in an image of an scene is identified. A transformation to be applied to the patch is guided using depth information of the scene and at least a portion of the target region in the image is filled using the transformed patch.

Abstract: A method includes providing a processor, obtaining an image of a scene including one or more objects, and presenting, using the processor, the image of the scene to a user. The method also includes receiving a geometry type associated with one of the one or more objects, receiving a set of inputs from the user related to the one of the one or more objects, and determining, using the processor, a centerline of the one of the one or more objects. The method further includes measuring, using the processor and inputs from the user, two or more coordinate positions along the centerline, receiving a dimension associated with the one of the one or more objects, and creating, using the processor, a 3D solid model using the geometry type, the dimension, the set of inputs, and the two or more coordinate positions.

Abstract: A method is disclosed to create a 3D model using unrelated drawings. The unrelated drawing may represent the top view, front view, and side view of the 3D model. A user can draw on a computer display to automatically generate the 3D model in real time. The user can also draw on a piece of paper using a pencil, and capture the picture of the drawing using a mobile phone camera to display the 3D model on the mobile phone screen. The drawing can be outlines extracted form a picture of a building, object, natural element or creature using a computer vision program. various designers in designing innovative buildings, products, furniture, vehicles, machines, jewelry, cartoons, or the like.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: determining whether a draw command that is identical to a previous draw command is input; obtaining information about a transparency of a previous frame that is performed with the previous draw command; and performing image processing on a current frame based on the information about the transparency.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing graphics primitives for display is disclosed. The apparatus comprises in sequence: rasterization circuitry, depth testing circuitry and rendering circuitry. The depth testing circuitry determines if a selected graphics fragment would be obscured when displayed by comparing a depth comparison function and a depth value associated with the selected graphics fragment with a stored depth value. The depth testing circuitry is configured to suppress rendering operations with respect to the selected graphics fragment if the depth testing indicates that the selected graphics fragment would be obscured. The depth testing circuitry is configured to store an update indication in dependence on a received depth comparison function, wherein the update indication shows a possible change direction due to the updating for a stored depth value which depends on that received depth comparison function.

Abstract: A system method for applying hierarchical mesh partitioning and reduction to provide efficient run-time rendering includes bounding a mesh to define a mesh volume, recursively subdividing the mesh volume a number of times, and reducing the mesh the number of times the mesh volume was subdivided to generate a plurality of level of detail meshes. The plurality of level of detail meshes is equal to the number of times the mesh volume was subdivided. Each level of detail mesh is then partitioned based on the number of times the mesh volume was subdivided.

Abstract: Apparatus for performing an imaging procedure comprising processing volumetric image data comprising an image processing unit configured to obtain first image data representative of a region including at least one vessel and at least one associated feature, and second image data representative of at least part of the region, an image refinement unit configured to process the first image data and the second image data to produce a combined image representative of the at least one vessel, wherein the associated feature is removed or reduced in intensity in the combined image, and a rendering unit configured to render the combined image as a simulated view that simulates a view obtainable from an alternative imaging procedure.

Abstract: Methods for rendering three-dimensional photo meshes having dynamic content include: (a) detecting a shadow in a three-dimensional photo mesh; (b) removing the shadow from the three-dimensional photo mesh to form a modified photo mesh having a shadow-free texture; (c) simulating a real-time condition in the modified photo mesh; and (d) rendering an image that shows an effect of the real-time condition. Systems for rendering three-dimensional photo meshes having dynamic content are described.

Abstract: A method or apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for adapting media content of a source device for a recipient device. Characteristics of a first environment of a source device and of a second environment of a recipient can be identified. At least one difference between the characteristics of the first environment of the source device and the characteristics of the second environment of the recipient device can be determined. A presentation of media content can be modified according to the at least one difference between the characteristics of the first environment of the source device and the characteristics of the second environment of the recipient device. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Abstract: A method for visualizing flow data from computation fluid dynamics (CFD) applications in 2-dimensions (2D) includes receiving a 3-dimensional (3D) image volume from a CFD simulation of fluids flowing through vessels in a patient that is a snapshot of a fluid flow in the vessels at a certain time, subdividing the 3D image volume into 3D data blocks, minimizing a sum over a matrix of energy interactions defined for each pair of data blocks in the 3D image volume, where the minimization preserves a local shape of the vessels, where minimizing the sum over the matrix of energy interactions is performed on a graphics processing unit (GPU), and using the minimized energy interaction matrix to display on a monitor a 2D sketch of the 3D image volume, where the 2D sketch is displayed in real-time with respect to the time scale of the CFD simulation.

Abstract: A tileable display panel includes an illumination layer, a display layer, and a screen layer. The display layer is disposed between the screen layer and the lamp layer and includes pixelets separated from each other by spacing regions. Each of the pixelets is positioned to be illuminated by lamp light from the illumination layer and to project a magnified image sub-portion onto the backside of the screen layer such that the magnified image sub-portions collectively blend together to form a unified image on the screen layer which covers the spacing regions on the display layer. Each of the pixelets includes core pixels having a common size and a first separation pitch and peripheral pixels surrounding the core pixels on two or more sides which provide a higher image resolution in overlap regions on the screen layer when the magnified image sub-portions overlap on the screen layer.

Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to a marine electronics device used to display marine sonar data. The marine electronics device may include a computer system with a processor, memory, and a display. The memory may have a plurality of executable instructions. When the executable instructions are executed by the processor, the processor may receive depth information determined using a sonar device disposed underneath a vessel and configured to acquire sonar data in the direction of travel of the vessel. The processor may then cause the received depth information to be displayed on a navigation chart.

Abstract: A stochastic system in a waveform monitor reduces the amount of memory used to store waveform data as it is being accumulated. The system produces a high quality trace display using fewer bits of memory by incrementing pixels using stochastic methods. In at least some embodiments, possible memory values are divided into two or more value ranges and an increment percentage is ascribed for each of the value ranges. During operation, first a present stored value is read from the memory store and its ascribed increment percentage for the particular range is selected. Then the present stored value is stochastically incremented based on the percentage for the particular range.

Abstract: A visualization method of manufacturing status is implemented by a computer that visualizes manufacturing status of a product manufactured sequentially by a plurality of processes. The visualization method includes: placing a first symbol that indicates a start and an end of the manufacturing of the product in a first process of the processes on a first temporal axis of the first process with a width corresponding to a time taken from the start to the end of the manufacturing in the first process, and a second symbol that indicates a start and an end of the manufacturing of the product in a second process following the first process on a second temporal axis of the second process with a width corresponding to a time taken from the start to the end of the manufacturing in the second process, the first and the second temporal axes extending in a same direction.

Abstract: A drawing apparatus that displays a character rendered in an outline method includes a number-of-commands identification unit configured to identify a number of drawing commands required for the character based on outline data that corresponds to a shape of the character, a level determination unit configured to determine a level of an antialiasing process to be performed on the character based on the number of the drawing commands found by the number-of-commands identification unit, and a drawing unit configured to execute the antialiasing process of the level determined for the character by the level determination unit, when the character is drawn based on the outline data of the character.

Abstract: A system includes a computing device that includes a memory configured to store instructions. The system also includes a processor to execute the instructions to perform operations that include receiving data representing features of a first font and data representing features of a second font. The first font and the second font are capable of representing one or more glyphs. Operations also include receiving survey-based data representing the similarity between the first and second fonts, and, training a machine learning system using the features of the first font, the features of the second font and the survey-based data that represents the similarity between the first and second fonts.

Abstract: A method may include during a pre-operating system environment writing user graphics data to a discrete graphics controller and an embedded graphics controller of a service processor integral to the information handling system and storing user graphics data written to the embedded graphics controller in a frame buffer such that a remote management information handling system remotely coupled to the information handling system via the service processor may receive user graphics data from the frame buffer.