Patents Issued in October 6, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160291760
    Abstract: A computing device receives electronic data generated by a touch-sensitive surface in response to a contact made with the touch-sensitive surface, and a tilt sensor detects a tilt angle of the touch-sensitive surface. The tilt angle is indicative of an angular displacement between a reference plane defined by the touch-sensitive surface in a reference position and a current plane defined by the touch-sensitive surface in a current position. A parameter or other aspect of an automated contact discriminating process is modified based at least in part on the detected tilt angle of the touch-sensitive surface. The contact discriminating process determines whether the contact made with the touch-sensitive surface is intentional or not intentional. In response to determining that the contact is intentional, the electronic data is accepted as valid input for further processing. In response to determining that the contact is not intentional, the electronic data is rejected for further processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: David Charles Fleck, Robert Charles Cohn, Daniel Lee Tower, Stephanie Lisa Marguerite Connor
  • Publication number: 20160291761
    Abstract: An input device includes a first substrate including a force sensor electrode and several proximity sensor electrodes, which are configured to detect one or more input objects in a sensing region. The input device also includes a second substrate mechanically coupled to the first substrate, the second substrate including a first conductive portion. The force sensor electrode and the first conductive portion are configured to form a first variable capacitance for a determination of a first force applied by the one or more input objects to an input surface of the input device. The input device also includes a compensation sensor including a compensation sensor electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second conductive portion of the second substrate, and a compensation spring feature formed on the second substrate. The compensation spring feature is configured to facilitate a deflection of the second conductive portion relative to the compensation sensor electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Mark Andrew Huie
  • Publication number: 20160291762
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display configured to display a first screen; a force direction sensing unit configured to detect a force direction of a contact applied to one point by an external object; and a control unit configured to sense an occurrence of a predetermined event to logically divide the display into at least two regions including a first region and a second region, acquire a force direction of a first contact associated with the predetermined event from the force direction sensing unit, determine a region from among the at least two regions to display the first screen according to the force direction of the first contact, and display the first screen on the determined region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: KOREA ELECRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kunnyun Kim, Wion Hyo Kim, Yeonhwa Kwak, Kwang Bum Park
  • Publication number: 20160291763
    Abstract: A method, device, and/or computer program product operates a touch-screen device. One or more processors detect a first moving touch on a touch-screen, where the touch-screen is able to detect a presence of the first moving touch but is not able to detect an amount of pressure being applied by the first moving touch. The processor(s) detect a simultaneous second moving touch on the touch-screen, and detect a line being drawn on the touch-screen by the first moving touch. The processor(s) calculate a calculated pressure for the first moving touch based on a distance on the touch-screen between the first moving touch and the second moving touch while the line is being drawn on the touch-screen by the first moving touch, and then adjust a thickness of the line being drawn on the touch-screen by the calculated pressure for the first moving touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: JEROME DELATTRE, STEPHANE HILLION, THIERRY KORMANN, REMI VAN KEISBELCK
  • Publication number: 20160291764
    Abstract: An application program installed in a hand held computing device such as a tablet computer presents a graphical user interface (GUI) on a touch screen display and receives touch input signals from the touch screen display. When an unintentional touch event is detected, the application switches from an active mode to a configuration mode. In the configuration mode, graphical tools are displayed on the touch screen display to enable a user to define or adjust the active zone of the touch screen display so as to exclude the area of the touch screen display touched by the hand that is grasping the hand held device. Interactive elements in the GUI are then rearranged so that the interactive elements are within the newly defined active zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Dean Frederick Herring, Brad M. Johnson, Jeffrey Smith, Seth Teeples
  • Publication number: 20160291765
    Abstract: A sensor array for capacitive sensing includes: a plurality of sensor electrodes, the plurality of sensor electrodes comprising: a plurality of transmitter electrodes and a plurality of receiver electrodes, wherein the plurality of receiver electrodes include a plurality of imaging receiver electrodes and a reference receiver electrode, and wherein each of the plurality of receiver electrodes overlaps with the plurality of transmitter electrodes; wherein each of the plurality of transmitter electrodes is configured to be driven by sensing signals and each of the plurality of receiver electrodes is configured to receive detected signals corresponding to the sensing signals driven onto the transmitter electrodes; and conductive shielding disposed proximate to the reference receiver electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Guozhong Shen, Ozan Ersan Erdogan, Yongqian Tang
  • Publication number: 20160291766
    Abstract: A device for capacitive sensing includes: a plurality of sensor electrodes, the plurality of sensor electrodes comprising: a plurality of receiver electrodes and a plurality of transmitter electrodes, wherein a transmitter electrode of the plurality of transmitter electrodes comprises a first portion and a second portion with a separation between the first portion and the second portion; and a processing system, configured to: drive the first portion of the transmitter electrode with a transmitter signal, receive a resulting signal corresponding to the first portion of the transmitter electrode via a first receiver electrode of the plurality of receiver electrodes, receive a reference signal corresponding to the second portion of the transmitter electrode via a second receiver electrode of the plurality of receiver electrodes, and determine a modified resulting signal based on the resulting signal and the reference signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Guozhong Shen, Ozan Ersan Erdogan, Taehee Cho
  • Publication number: 20160291767
    Abstract: A touch display panel is disclosed. The touch display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a plurality of touch electrodes disposed on a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate. The plurality of touch electrodes are disposed in an array. The touch display panel also includes a conductive layer disposed on the second substrate, where the conductive layer includes a plurality of openings, and where portions of the touch electrodes are exposed through the openings. In addition, a projection of the conductive layer on the second substrate overlaps the touch electrodes, and the conductive layer is grounded or connected to a constant potential during a touch period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Hong DING, Qijun YAO
  • Publication number: 20160291768
    Abstract: A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which an external terminal can be controlled easily and intuitively. The present invention includes a touchscreen, a wireless communication unit configured to transceive data with an external terminal, a sensing unit configured to detect a rotation of the mobile terminal, a user input unit configured to receive an input of a gesture command from a user, and a controller controlling the external terminal in 1st operating mode based on the received input of the gesture command, the controller controlling the touchscreen to output at least one control button for controlling the external terminal in 2nd operating mode, the controller switching the 1st operating mode and the 2nd operating mode to each other based on the detected rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehoon CHO, Sanghyun EIM
  • Publication number: 20160291769
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display panel, and an electronic device are provided. The array assembly includes: a substrate defining a display region and a peripheral region; gate lines and data lines which are set in the display region; touch control electrodes which are set in the display region and electrically isolated; and a first metal layer set on the substrate, which includes: touch control lines set in the display region, wherein each of the touch control lines is electrically connected with corresponding touch control electrode, and adapted to provide a first signal for the corresponding touch control electrode; and a first BUS line set in the peripheral region, where the first BUS line is adapted to provide a second signal for at least one of the touch control lines, the gate lines, and the data lines Accordingly, BUS lines are arranged on different metal layers, thus narrow frame is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Chao Wang
  • Publication number: 20160291770
    Abstract: An electronic device displays, on a display, a user interface. While displaying the user interface, the device detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, and while detecting the input, in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies first timing criteria and first intensity input criteria, performs a first operation. The first timing criteria require that the input remain on the touch-sensitive surface while a first time period elapses. The first intensity input criteria require that the input satisfy a first intensity threshold at an end of or subsequent to the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Kocienda, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gregory M. Apodaca, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Olivier D.R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Michael T. Jurewitz, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Sophia Teutschler
  • Publication number: 20160291771
    Abstract: An electronic device displays, on a display, a user interface. While displaying the user interface, the device detects an input on the touch-sensitive surface; and, in response to detecting the input while displaying the first user interface, and while detecting the input, in accordance with a determination that the input satisfies an activation intensity threshold, performs a first operation. The activation intensity threshold includes a first intensity threshold component that decreases from a first intensity value over time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Nicole M. Wells, Marcos Alonso Ruiz, Gregory M. Apodaca, Alex Bijamov, Jonathan R. Dascola, Christopher P. Foss, Olivier D.R. Gutknecht, Peter L. Hajas, Michael T. Jurewitz, Chanaka G. Karunamuni, Kenneth L. Kocienda, Sophia Teutschler, Wayne C. Westerman
  • Publication number: 20160291772
    Abstract: It is provided a touch display panel, and a driving method and a driving circuit for the touch display panel. The touch display panel includes: a common electrode including multiple common electrode units disposed in rows and columns; multiple switch elements electrically connected to the common electrode units; multiple first signal lines, where each first signal line is electrically connected to at least two switch elements located in different columns, and multiple first signal lines are used to turn on or turn off the switch elements electrically connected to the first signal lines; and multiple second signal lines, where each second signal line is electrically connected to at least two switch elements located in different rows, and the multiple second signal lines are used to provide a driving signal to a common electrode unit electrically connected to a turned-on switch element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Gujun Li, Yungang Sun
  • Publication number: 20160291773
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an in-cell touch panel, its driving method and a display device. The in-cell touch panel includes a resetting signal line, display control modules and touch control modules. Each touch driving sub-electrode is connected to the corresponding display control module and the corresponding touch control module. The display control module is connected to gate lines crossing each touch driving sub-electrode and configured to, when driving the gate lines crossing each touch driving sub-electrode, control the touch driving sub-electrode to be connected to a common electrode line. The touch control module is connected to the resetting signal line and configured to, after all the gate lines crossing each touch driving sub-electrode have been driven, control the touch driving sub-electrode to be connected to the touch driving signal line through a resetting signal from the resetting signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haisheng Wang, Xue Dong, Yingming Liu, Xiaoliang Ding, Shengji Yang, Tao Ren, Weijie Zhao, Hongjuan Liu
  • Publication number: 20160291774
    Abstract: A display panel and a method for forming the same are provided. A display panel includes: a first substrate and a second substrate, which are set corresponding to each other; the first substrate includes multiple pixel regions arranged in a matrix form, and a first black matrix is disposed in intervals between the pixel regions; each of the pixel regions includes a first sub pixel region, a second sub pixel region, a third sub pixel region and a fourth sub pixel region; the first sub pixel region includes a first sub pixel unit, the second sub pixel region includes a second sub pixel unit, the third sub pixel region includes a third sub pixel unit; the fourth sub pixel region includes a fourth sub pixel unit and a second black matrix. Accordingly, the display panel may improve display performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Huijun Jin, Gujun Li
  • Publication number: 20160291775
    Abstract: An array substrate, a display device and a driving method are provided. The array substrate includes a substrate. A common electrode layer and multiple gate lines and data lines are arranged above the substrate. Multiple pixel units are defined by intersecting the gate lines with the data lines insulatively. The multiple pixel units include thin-film transistors and pixel electrodes. Electrode block wires and wire shielding electrodes are arranged above the substrate. The common electrode layer includes electrode blocks arranged in a matrix. In a direction perpendicular to the substrate, the electrode block wire is arranged opposite to the electrode block, and is electrically connected to the electrode block to provide a touch signal or display signal to the electrode block; and the electrode block wire partially overlaps with the wire shielding electrode, and is arranged between the wire shielding electrode and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Gujun Li, Yungang Sun, Conghua Ma, Xingyao Zhou
  • Publication number: 20160291776
    Abstract: An array substrate, a method for fabricating the same and a display apparatus are provided. The array substrate includes first non-display areas and second non-display areas, where the first non-display areas and the second non-display areas are respectively areas between adjacent columns of the pixel units and are arranged alternately in the first direction; two data lines are disposed in each first non-display area, the two data lines are electrically connected to two columns of pixel units on two sides of the first non-display area where the two data lines are located; a gap is provided between two electrode units adjacent in the first direction, and the gap is located above a part of the second non-display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Gujun Li, Yungang Sun, Kang Yang
  • Publication number: 20160291777
    Abstract: Array substrate, display panel and electronic device are provided. The array substrate includes: a touch control circuit including first switches, second switches and a first control module; and touch control electrodes arranged in array and insulated from one another, wherein adjacent touch corresponding control electrodes are connected with each other through first switch, each touch control electrode is connected with signal line through second switch, when the array substrate is in touch control detection state, the first control module turns off first switches connecting to touch control electrodes in a particular row, and turns on second switches connecting to touch control electrodes in the particular row, such that touch control electrodes in the particular row are disconnected from other ones and electrically connected to signal line; and repeat above processing row by row. Detection signal lines are saved, wiring is simplified, space for wiring is saved, and cost is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kerui Xi, Tingting Cui
  • Publication number: 20160291778
    Abstract: Array substrate, display panel and display device are provided. The array substrate includes: N sensor units; N signal detection terminals; a first control signal terminal; and a reference signal terminal, wherein ith sensor unit comprises inductor, capacitor and first switch transistor, first terminal of inductor and first polar plate of capacitor are connected with ith signal detection terminal, second terminal of inductor is connected with first terminal of first switch transistor, second polar plate of capacitor and second terminal of first switch transistor are connected with reference signal terminal, control terminal of first switch transistor is connected with first control signal terminal, during capacitive touch control stage, first switch transistor is turned off, and ith signal detection terminal outputs a capacitive detection signal; during inductive touch control stage, first switch transistor is turned on, and ith signal detection terminal outputs inductive detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kerui Xi, Zhaokeng Cao
  • Publication number: 20160291779
    Abstract: There are provided according to the disclosure an array substrate, a touch display panel, and a detection method. The array substrate includes: a common electrode layer divided into multiple touch electrodes; multiple control circuits respectively connected to the plurality of touch electrodes, multiple first leads, each first lead is electronically connected to the first control terminals and the first input terminals of the control circuits corresponding to the touch electrodes in the same row with the first lead; and multiple second leads, each second lead is electronically connected to the second control terminals and the second input terminals of the control circuits corresponding to the touch electrodes in the same column with the second lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Feng Lu, Qijun Yao
  • Publication number: 20160291780
    Abstract: A flexible touch screen panel includes a thin film substrate including a first section and a second section and first sensing electrodes disposed in the first section and the second section, the first sensing electrodes being connected to one another along a first direction. The first sensing electrodes include a first stack structure in the first section and a second stack structure in the second section, the second stack structure being different from the first stack structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Jun NAMKUNG
  • Publication number: 20160291781
    Abstract: An array substrate and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes a display area and a frame area. The frame area surrounds the display area on four sides of top, bottom, left and right; touch-control electrodes arranged in an array are provided in the display area, and the respective touch-control electrodes are insulated from each other; touch-control electrodes are also provided in the frame area on at least one side; and each of the touch-control electrodes is connected to a touch-control driver circuit through a touch-control wire. Touch-control electrodes arranged in an array are provided not only in the display area, but also in the frame area, thus when the user touches the edges such as the frame area, the location of touch can be detected sensitively through touch-control electrodes provided in the frame area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Chunmei He, Lingxiao Du, Qijun Yao, Yong Yuan, Quanpeng Yu
  • Publication number: 20160291782
    Abstract: A touch panel, a method for driving the touch panel and a touch display device are provided. The touch panel includes a substrate, and multiple touch electrodes and touch electrode lines located on the substrate, the touch electrodes are respectively connected to the touch electrode lines. The touch electrodes include at least a first touch electrode and a second touch electrode, and the touch electrode lines include at least a first touch electrode line and a second touch electrode line. The first touch electrode line is disposed at a position where the first touch electrode line do not overlap with a projection region of other touch electrode driven simultaneously with the first touch electrode in the direction perpendicular to the touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Yingteng ZHAI
  • Publication number: 20160291783
    Abstract: An apparatus including a flexible laminate structure including a first layer and a second layer and including perforations that extend through the first layer but not through the second layer, wherein the first layer is a functional layer used to enable user input to or output from the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Darryl COTTON, Chris BOWER, Piers ANDREW
  • Publication number: 20160291784
    Abstract: It is provided a touch panel including a substrate where a touch electrode layer and multiple touch lines are disposed on, and the touch panel further includes: a multipath gating circuit including multiple touch switches and at least one touch clock signal line, where each touch switch includes a control terminal, a signal input terminal and a signal output terminal, the signal output terminal of the touch switch is connected to a second terminal of a touch line corresponding to the touch switch, the signal input terminals of at least two of the touch switches are electronically connected to each other and are connected to a touch signal source, the control terminal of each of the touch switches is connected to the touch clock signal line corresponding to the touch switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Yingteng Zhai
  • Publication number: 20160291785
    Abstract: The display device includes a pixel array that has a plurality of pixels disposed in a matrix form, a plurality of scan lines that are disposed in each row of the pixel array and supply a scan signal to the plurality of pixels disposed in each corresponding row, a plurality of signal lines that are disposed in each column of the pixel array and supply an image signal to the plurality of pixels disposed in each corresponding column, and a plurality of drive electrodes that are disposed in the pixel array and supply a drive signal to the plurality of pixels at a time of displaying an image. A coil that generates a magnetic field is formed using the plurality of drive electrodes at a time of detecting an external proximity object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Hayato KURASAWA, Daichi SUZUKI, Fumitaka GOTOH, Makoto HAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20160291786
    Abstract: To provide a display in which the convergence of potential fluctuation toward the GND potential is improved, while the switch on the driver IC side is kept small. The display includes a plurality of drive electrodes for display and touch detection; a drive electrode driver configured to apply a driving signal to each of the plurality of the drive electrodes; and a first driving signal selector unit and a second driving signal selector unit configured to select each of the plurality of the drive electrodes to which the drive electrode driver applies the driving signal. A ground wiring line to which the drive electrode selected by the first driving signal selector unit is connected in a touch detection period is formed on a substrate on which the plurality of the drive electrodes are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Hirokazu Yokoi
  • Publication number: 20160291787
    Abstract: Conductive trace routing techniques for display and bezel sensors are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus includes display sensors, bezel sensors, and a plurality of conductive traces. The display sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are arranged in conjunction with a display area of a display device to support interaction with a user interface displayed by the display device. The bezel sensors are configured to detect proximity of an object and are disposed in a bezel that at least partially surrounds the display device and is outside the display area. The plurality of conductive traces are disposed between the display and bezel sensors and communicatively couple the display sensors and the bezel sensors to one or more computing components that are configured to process inputs received from the display sensors and the bezel sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew N. Cady, Christopher A. Whitman, Steven Nabil Bathiche, Thomas Charles Oliver, Rajesh Manohar Dighde
  • Publication number: 20160291788
    Abstract: A device comprising a display, a predictive input system coupled to the display and configured to store zone data indicating zones of the display, wherein each zone constitutes a portion of a display area; store predictive parameter data, wherein each zone is assigned a subset of predictive parameter data, wherein each subset indicates at least one of a look-ahead prediction value that indicates a time period corresponding to how far in the future a predictive user input pertains, an indication of a particular prediction algorithm, or at least one value used by the particular prediction algorithm, and wherein at least two zones of the display have different values for the subsets of predictive parameter data; receive input data via the display; determine the zone in which the input data is received; and generate prediction data based on the input data, the zone data, and the subset of predictive parameter data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Magnus Ola Johansson, Olivier Thierry Nicolas Moliner, Magnus Midholt, Alexander Leonard Hunt, Sergii Skorokhodov
  • Publication number: 20160291789
    Abstract: A touch panel and a display device are provided according to the disclosure. The touch panel includes a common electrode and multiple pixel electrodes, and each of the pixel electrodes is short-circuited to the common electrode when the touch panel is powered off. Thus, there is no potential difference between the pixel electrode in each pixel unit and the common electrode, and there is no residual charge between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, after the touch panel is powered off. Therefore, liquid crystal molecules may be twisted in the case that the touch panel is powered off, impurity ions inside the liquid crystal molecules may not be polarized, and may not be attached to an upper substrate and a lower substrate of a touch panel in a long term.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Yingteng ZHAI
  • Publication number: 20160291790
    Abstract: In general, embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for a touch display panel and a touch display device including a touch display panel. The touch display panel includes: a substrate, and a common electrode layer located on the substrate. The common electrode layer includes multiple touch electrodes insulated from each other. Each of the touch electrodes is electrically connected to a driving circuit via one touch lead. The touch electrodes and the touch leads are located in the same layer. A part of the touch electrodes are divided into multiple sub-electrodes by touch leads adjacent to the divided touch electrodes. The sub-electrodes of each of the touch electrodes are electrically connected to each other via at least one bridge which is located in a different layer from the touch electrode, to reduce parasitic capacitances between the touch leads and the touch electrodes and alleviate an influence from the parasitic capacitances on touch performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Qijun Yao
  • Publication number: 20160291791
    Abstract: An array substrate, a drive method, a display panel and a display device are provided. The array substrate includes: a first gate line to a N-th gate line arranged along a first direction; a common electrode, partitioned into a plurality of touch-control electrodes independent from each other, where each touch-control electrode includes a plurality of sub-electrodes, and the plurality of sub-electrodes are arranged along the first direction and extend in the direction same as the gate lines; a plurality of touch-control wires; wherein among the gate lines corresponding to any touch-control electrode, the i-th gate line and the (i+1)-th gate line correspond to different sub-electrodes respectively, the sub-electrode corresponding to the i-th gate line is insulated from the sub-electrode corresponding to the (i+1)-th gate line, the sub-electrode corresponding to the i-th gate line and the sub-electrode corresponding to the (i+1)-th gate line are connected to different touch-control wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventor: Xu Qian
  • Publication number: 20160291792
    Abstract: A touch sensor control device which performs appropriate calibration is realized. A touch sensor control device (3) of one aspect of the invention controls a touch sensor (5) and includes a touch position detection unit (14) which specifies a touch position on a detection surface of the touch sensor; a mask generation unit (15) which sets a mask region according to the touch position; and a calibration value generation unit (16) which performs, for a region except the mask region, calibration of detection sensitivity of a touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Junichi SAWAHATA, Takashi ISHIKAWA
  • Publication number: 20160291793
    Abstract: A touch display panel and a driving method therefor are provided. The touch display panel can include: a substrate, multiple touch display units, a gate driving circuit and/or any other components. The substrate can include a display region and a border region. The multiple touch display units can be disposed in the display region, and each touch display unit can include multiple gate lines each extending in a first direction and multiple electrode blocks arranged in the first direction. The electrode blocks can be located opposite to the gate lines in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. The gate driving circuit can be disposed in the border region and can be electrically connected to each gate line. During a display driving stage, the gate driving circuit can scan the gate lines such that any two sequentially scanned gate lines are located in different touch display units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kang Yang, Conghua Ma
  • Publication number: 20160291794
    Abstract: A control method that is executed by a processor included in an electronic device including a touch panel provided in association with a display device, the control method includes detecting magnitude of a contact area when the touch panel is touched; setting a threshold used for determining whether a touch position on the touch panel has changed, based on the magnitude of the contact area; determining that a scroll instruction to the display device has been made when a change in touch position is larger than the threshold; and executing move control of an image displayed on a screen of the display device in accordance with the scroll instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Yoshimasa KAWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20160291795
    Abstract: A calibration method performed by a computer. The calibration method includes making a display device display a figure indicating a touch route, receiving a plurality of detection results from a detection device, each of the plurality of detection results including one or more touch positions on a surface on which the figure is displayed in each detection timing, extracting one or more loci based on the plurality of detection results, and when the extracted one or more loci include a plurality of loci, executing a calibration based on a corresponding locus coinciding with or approximate to the figure, the corresponding locus being included in the plurality of loci.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Bin CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160291796
    Abstract: An operating mode distinguishing method, a touch point determining method and a touch control circuit are provided. It is determined whether an underwater mode is entered according to a self capacitance value and a mutual capacitance value. In the underwater mode, a touch point position is determined according to deformation of a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kai-Ting HO, Guo-Kiang HUNG
  • Publication number: 20160291797
    Abstract: Random sampling techniques include techniques for reducing or eliminating errors in the output of capacitive sensor arrays such as touch panels. The channels of the touch panel are periodically sampled to determine the presence of one or more touch events. Each channel is individually sampled in a round robin fashion, referred to as a sampling cycle. During each sampling cycle, all channels are sampled once. Multiple sampling cycles are performed such that each channel is sampled multiple times. Random sampling techniques are used to sample each of the channels. One random sampling technique randomizes a starting channel in each sampling cycle. Another random sampling technique randomizes the selection of all channels in each sampling cycle. Yet another random sampling technique randomizes the sampling cycle delay period between each sampling cycle. Still another random sampling technique randomizes the channel delay period between sampling each channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Ashutosh Ravindra Joharapurkar, Patrick Yin Chan, David Allen, Natarajan Viswanathan
  • Publication number: 20160291798
    Abstract: A touch panel has a first zone, a second zone and a third zone. The first zone includes a first vertical distance, which is less than a first value and greater than a second value, from the surface of the planar display, and includes a center of the planer display. The second zone includes the first vertical distance and is located outside the first zone with respect to the two dimensional coordinates. The third zone includes a second vertical distance, which is greater than the first value, from the surface of the planar display. When the indicator directly enters the second zone from the third zone, the two dimensional coordinates of the indicator are invalid. The two dimensional coordinates of the indicator are valid coordinates, when the indicator directly enters the second zone from the third zone, or when the indicator directly enters the first zone from the third zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
    Inventors: Tomoki TAKANO, Takeshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Publication number: 20160291799
    Abstract: A touch screen panel is provided. The touch screen panel includes: a sensing area comprising a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a matrix form in first and second directions of a substrate and a plurality of second electrodes extending in the first direction, the plurality of second electrodes being arranged alternately with the plurality of first electrodes in the second direction; a channel wiring area including a plurality of channel wires configured to transmit signals of the plurality of first electrodes and signals of the plurality of second electrodes, the channel wiring area being disposed around the sensing area; and an electrode wiring area comprising a plurality of electrode wires connecting the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes to the plurality of channel wires, the electrode wiring area being in the sensing area, wherein at least two electrodes, from among the first electrodes, that are disposed in a same column are connected to different channel wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-ju LEE, Jong-oh LEE, Jin-bong KIM, Se-won SEO, Yoon-Kyung CHOI, Steve J. KIM, Young-joo LEE, Heon JEKAL
  • Publication number: 20160291800
    Abstract: A content display control method includes displaying a content image on a screen, detecting reflection light of a beam of light reflected off the screen, the beam of light being emitted from a portable device onto the screen, selecting, based on the detected reflection light, a desired one of modes set in association with states of the reflection light changed in accordance with a distance between the screen and the portable device, detecting a user's operation in a period from selecting the mode to turning off the beam of light, based on the state of the reflection light in association with the selected mode, and controlling display of the content image on the screen based on the detected user's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Keiju OKABAYASHI, Bin Chen, Yusuke Yasukawa
  • Publication number: 20160291801
    Abstract: Control apparatus includes an optical subsystem, which is configured to direct first light toward a scene that includes a hand of a user in proximity to a wall of a room and to receive the first light that is reflected from the scene, and to direct second light toward the wall so as to project an image of a control device onto the wall. A processor is configured to control the optical subsystem so as to generate, responsively to the received first light, a depth map of the scene, to process the depth map so as to detect a proximity of the hand to the wall in a location of the projected image, and to control electrical equipment in the room responsively to the proximity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Alexander Shpunt, Raviv Erlich, Ronen Akerman, Ran Halutz
  • Publication number: 20160291802
    Abstract: Contextual help is provided in an unobtrusive manner. The optimum point in time for displaying a help notification is determined by triggers associated with each help notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: BRIAN D. BECK, STEPHEN D. BADER, DEANA FULLER, STEVEN FREDERICKSON, GREGORY T. MATTOX, JR., CARMEN QUAN, SRINIVAS CHAKRAVARTHULA, ROSS N. LUENGEN, AKSHATHA KOMMALAPATI, J CRAIG HALLY, SONG ZOU
  • Publication number: 20160291803
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a control unit, and a display control unit. The storage unit stores relation information. The control unit compares first information with second information, and determines whether or not to update the second information. The control unit, when having determined to update the second information, updates the second information based on the first information and the relation information to generate update information. The control unit notifies the display control unit of the update information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Akira YAMAZAKI, Takahiro YUMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160291804
    Abstract: A display control system includes a communication device and a display control device configured to communicate with the communication device, wherein the communication device includes first circuitry configured to detect a specific event, and transmit notification information on the specific event to the display control device, and wherein the display control device includes second circuitry configured to detect drawing processing performed by a user on a screen, determine a window frame on the screen according to the drawing processing, and perform control to display a content in the window frame when the notification information is received, the content being designated as a display object by the communication device that has transmitted the notification information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Keiju Okabayashi, Bin Chen, Yoshihiko MURAKAWA, Yusuke Yasukawa
  • Publication number: 20160291805
    Abstract: A social networking system selects and presents content items to a user via a feed. Additionally, the social networking system predicts heights associated with various content items, such as content items selected for presentation via the feed. Characteristics of a content item (e.g., a type of content included in the content item, a language of the content item, and a number of comments associated with the content item) as well as characteristics of a client device associated with the user are used to predict a height associated with the content item. When selecting content items for presentation to the user, the social networking system accounts for the predicted heights of various content items when ordering the content items in the news feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Yintao Yu, Meihong Wang, Di Liu, Wenjie Fu, Lars Seren Backstrom
  • Publication number: 20160291806
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a display, human-machine-interface (HMI) controls, and an information display system. The information display system may receive input to the HMI controls to transition to a next screen in a sequence of bookmarked user-interface screens otherwise available, via the display, within a set of navigable categories of user-interface screens, and update the display to provide the next screen responsive to the input. A vehicle gauge cluster may be configured to when in an add/remove mode, adjust inclusion of screens within a sequence of bookmarked user-interface screens responsive to user input; when in a reorder mode, adjust ordering of screens within a sequence of bookmarked user-interface screens responsive to user input; and when in a view mode, cycle through screens in the sequence of bookmarked user-interface screens responsive to user input.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Christian CIVIERO, Cary Ochen DIEHL, Joseph Angelo FODERA, Paul James NAGAITIS, Stavros DIONYSSOPOULOS
  • Publication number: 20160291807
    Abstract: In various example embodiments, a system and method for dynamically generating user interface elements and associated values are presented. An item listing and profile data are accessed. A set of user interface elements are dynamically generated based on the item listing and the profile data, with each user interface element configured to perform an action on the item listing. A set of values are dynamically determined, with each value being associated with a user interface element of the set of user interface elements. The set of user interface elements are then caused to be presented within the item listing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Applicant: eBay Inc.
    Inventors: Huai-ter Chong, Yun Liu
  • Publication number: 20160291808
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for dynamic presentation of contextually relevant information. Access to an application is provided via a browser. Contextual information corresponding to individual entities is provided. The contextual information is retrieved from at least internal source and at least one external source. The contextual information is dynamically updated in response to input provide to the application to the browser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Kedao Wang, Adam Evans, Jason Li, Gary Lerhaupt, Catriona Cornett
  • Publication number: 20160291809
    Abstract: A method for associating a post with a goal may include receiving, by a processor, a special operator term entered by a user as part of a post. The special operator term may automatically cause the post to be associated with a selected goal. The method may also include providing, by the processor, a list of goals for selection by the user in response to receiving the special operator term and adding, by the processor, the selected goal from the list of goals to the post in response to the user selecting the select goal. The method may additionally include receiving, by the processor, content of the post entered by the user. The method may further include automatically associating, by the processor, the post with the selected goal from the list of goals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 6, 2016
    Inventors: Paul R. Bastide, Matthew E. Broomhall, Sean Callanan, James A. Hart, Sandra L. Kogan, Xujin Liu