Patents Issued in October 20, 2016
  • Publication number: 20160306449
    Abstract: In one general aspect, a method can include identifying a contact on a surface of a trackpad of a computing device, calculating a value of a first speed of movement of the contact along the surface of the trackpad, calculating a value of a total distance moved by the contact along the surface of the trackpad, and blocking movement of a cursor on a display device based on determining that the value of the first speed of movement of the contact along the surface of the trackpad is less than a fast threshold speed, and based on determining that the value of the total distance moved by the contact along the surface of the trackpad is less than a threshold distance value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Andrew de los Reyes
  • Publication number: 20160306450
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a touch panel, a touch panel and a touch display device. The method for manufacturing a touch panel includes a step of forming connecting lines, black matrixes, an isolating film, a plurality of first touch electrodes and a plurality of second touch electrodes. Each of the first touch electrodes comprises a plurality of first sub-electrodes separated from each other, adjacent first sub-electrodes are bridged to each other by a corresponding connecting line, and each of the second touch electrodes is insulated from the connecting line by the isolating film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Peng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160306451
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a panel member and a multilayer film joined to a front face of the panel member, the multilayer film including a conductive film having a conductive layer and a protective film. In the multilayer film, the respective films are laminated to each other via an adhesive layer formed of a thermosetting type adhesive agent and formed in a three-dimensional shape along the front face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Takeshi Isoda, Hitoshi Ao
  • Publication number: 20160306452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electronic board comprising a display panel; a polarizing plate disposed on the display panel, and including a polarizer and a high hardness plastic film integrated with each other; and a touch sensor recognizing input information through the contact of a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Soon Hwa JUNG, Kyung Ki HONG, Yeong Rae CHANG, Jin Young PARK, Joon Koo KANG, Hyeok JEONG, Eun Kyu HER
  • Publication number: 20160306453
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch window, The touch window includes a cover window, a first sensing electrode layer formed on a view area (V/A) of the cover window and including a first electrode pattern including a first unit cell electrode pattern, and a second sensing electrode layer formed on the view area and including a second electrode pattern which crosses the first electrode pattern and includes a second unit cell electrode pattern. A ratio of an area of the space part between a first unit cell electrode pattern and a second unit cell electrode pattern adjacent to the first unit cell electrode pattern with respect to an area of the first unit cell electrode pattern of the first electrode pattern or the second unit cell electrode pattern of the second electrode pattern is in the range of 10% to 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Keun Sik Lee
  • Publication number: 20160306454
    Abstract: An in-cell touch panel and a display device are provided. Self-capacitance electrodes arranged in the same layer as pixel electrodes are disposed at gaps between the pixel electrodes of the touch panel in accordance with the self-capacitance principle. A touch detection chip can determine a touch position by detection of capacitance variation of the self-capacitance electrodes in a touch period. The touch panel does not need to add additional processes on the basis of the manufacturing process of an array substrate and hence can reduce the manufacturing cost and improve the productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Haisheng WANG, Xue DONG, Hailin XUE, Yingming LIU, Weijie ZHAO, Xiaoliang DING, Shengji YANG, Hongjuan LIU, Lei WANG, Chunlei WANG
  • Publication number: 20160306455
    Abstract: A proximity sensing system may include a conductive first trace and a conductive second trace adjacent to, interleaved with, and electrically isolated from the first trace. A density of the traces varies along a first axis such that rates of change of capacitance between the traces associated with movement, through an electric field, of an object in a direction of the first axis at a constant velocity are indicative of the direction. The sensing system may further include a conductive third trace adjacent to, interleaved with, and electrically isolated from the first trace. A first area between the first trace and second trace is independent of and isolated from a second area between the first trace and the third trace. Also, a density of the first and third traces may vary along the first axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Pietro BUTTOLO, Harry LOBO, James Stewart RANKIN, II, Kassandra RITTER, Dipanjan GHOSH, Stuart C. SALTER, Jessica SMITH
  • Publication number: 20160306456
    Abstract: A capacitive touch sensor includes an array of electrode elements, each electrode element including a drive electrode and a sense electrode, the drive electrode and the sense electrode forming at least one mutual coupling capacitor in each electrode element. A controller is operatively coupled to the array of electrode elements, the controller configured to measure the at least one mutual coupling capacitance over at least one measurement period. In addition, excitation signals applied during the at least one measurement period are balanced to reduce the effect of baseline capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Dauren SLAMKUL, Christopher James BROWN, Andrew KAY
  • Publication number: 20160306457
    Abstract: An in-cell touch screen, a touch detection method thereof and a display device are disclosed, the in-cell touch screen comprising: an array substrate and an opposed substrate arranged opposite to each other; a self-capacitance electrode pattern (100, 200), disposed on a side of the array substrate facing the opposed substrate and/or a side of the opposed substrate facing the array substrate, including: a plurality of first self-capacitance electrodes (100), each of the first self-capacitance electrodes (100) being a strip electrode, a plurality of second self-capacitance electrodes (200), each of the second self-capacitance electrodes including a plurality of block electrodes (210) electrically connected with each other; and a touch detecting chip, configured to judge a touch position according to signal variation of the self-capacitance electrode pattern, wherein orthogonal projections of each of the first self-capacitance electrodes (100) and each of the second self-capacitance electrodes (200) on the array
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicants: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoliang DING, Haisheng WANG, Yingming LIU, Shengji YANG, Weijie ZHAO, Tao REN
  • Publication number: 20160306458
    Abstract: A touch panel includes touch electrodes and a touch driver configured to apply a driving signal to the touch electrodes to form sensing capacitors comprising the touch electrodes, the touch driver configured to sense a change in an amount of charge caused by the sensing capacitors. The touch driver is configured to distinguish hovering and floating based upon a result of sensing the time change in an amount of charge. The touch driver is configured to apply a highest level of the driving signal to a hovering electrode corresponding to a hovering position from among the touch electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Won-Ki HONG, Jong Seo LEE
  • Publication number: 20160306459
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a touch sense structure of an electronic device including: a first layer made of an insulation material; a first electrode line made in a metal mesh pattern on one side of the first layer; a plurality of first sub-electrode lines made in a metal mesh pattern around the first electrode line; and a first optical transparent adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Heui Bong YANG
  • Publication number: 20160306460
    Abstract: A flexible display device includes a first flexible substrate, a display unit on the first flexible substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer for encapsulating the display unit, a cover layer for covering the thin film encapsulation layer, a touch screen layer on the cover layer, and a second flexible substrate on the touch screen layer, wherein the touch screen layer includes a sensing pattern unit, and a touch pad unit electrically connected to the sensing pattern unit, wherein the cover layer is under the sensing pattern unit, and wherein a thickness of the cover layer from an upper surface of the thin film encapsulation layer to a lower surface of the touch screen layer is about 1 ?m to about 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Ungsoo Lee, Jinwoo Park, Hoyoun Kim, Hyunchul Oh, Jaewan Yoo, Hyunsoo Jung, Suhyuk Choi
  • Publication number: 20160306461
    Abstract: A touch panel and a method for manufacturing the same. The touch panel includes a uniaxially oriented base film and a transparent electrode pattern layer formed on the base film. End protective films are attached to opposite ends of the base film in the same direction as a stretched direction. The end protective films are uniaxially oriented in a direction perpendicular to the stretched direction of the base film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Koichi SUGITANI
  • Publication number: 20160306462
    Abstract: A touch panel including: a base substrate including a flexible area; a touch sensing part disposed on the base substrate; and a wiring part disposed on the base substrate. The wiring part includes a bent portion that is bent at least once in a direction that is not parallel to a top surface of the base substrate in the flexible area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: SUNGKYUN PARK, HYUNJAE NA, GWANGBUM KO, KYUNGSEOP KIM, CHEOLKYU KIM, KIHYUN CHO, SANGYOUN HAN
  • Publication number: 20160306463
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch tag having a conductivity pattern corresponding to a touch point of a capacitive touch panel. A capacitive touch tag according to the present invention includes: a substrate; a plurality of capacitive touch points which are formed on the substrate and are arranged at arbitrary positions on a virtual lattice corresponding to a touch input sector of a capacitive touch panel of a personal information device; a conductive wire for connecting the capacitive touch points; and an electric charge transfer unit for transferring electric charges to the capacitive touch points through the conductive wire. When the capacitive touch tag comes into contact with a smartphone, the capacitive touch points are recognized according to a predetermined rule, a result of the recognition is transmitted to a server, and information corresponding thereto is received and displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Jin Kie SHIM, Chang Kee LEE, Sang Bong LEE
  • Publication number: 20160306464
    Abstract: An electrode pattern includes unit patterns having a mesh-shape, the unit patterns connected to each other and including a first unit pattern and a second unit pattern, in which each of the first and second unit patterns includes sides connected to each other, an area of the first unit pattern is smaller than an area of the second unit pattern, and at least one side of the first unit pattern has a line width smaller than a line width of one side of the second unit pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Seung Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20160306465
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a technology related to a multi-chip touch system. In the multi-chip system, in a case in which two touch ICs share one receiving electrode and an even number of receiving electrodes are connected to one touch IC, when another touch IC senses the shared receiving electrode, the one touch IC does not connect another receiving electrode, which that is disposed at the outermost portion, as well as the shared receiving electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Yong Sung AHN, Jung Min CHOI
  • Publication number: 20160306466
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a touch control method of a touch control device which drives a touch sensor to collect data indicating a position of at least one object to be detected, and outputs the data to an external device, the touch sensor having plural first electrodes arranged to extend a first direction, and plural second electrodes arranged to extend in a second direction crossing the first direction, the touch control method includes driving the first electrodes in a self-detection mode to specify at least one of the first electrodes which detects the object, and driving the specified at least one first electrode and the second electrodes in a partial mutual detection mode to collect data indicating the position of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Fumitaka GOTOH, Hiroshi Mizuhashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Yoshitoshi Kida
  • Publication number: 20160306467
    Abstract: Methods, systems and devices are described for detecting a position-based attribute of a finger, stylus or other object with a touchpad or other sensor having a touch-sensitive region that includes a plurality of electrodes. Modulation signals for one or more electrodes are produced as a function of any number of distinct digital codes. The modulation signals are applied to an associated at least one of the plurality of electrodes to obtain a resultant signal that is electrically affected by the position of the object. The resultant signal is demodulated using the plurality of distinct digital codes to discriminate electrical effects produced by the object. The position-based attribute of the object is then determined with respect to the plurality of electrodes from the electrical effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Joseph Kurth Reynolds
  • Publication number: 20160306468
    Abstract: Displays such as organic light-emitting diode displays may be provided with touch sensing capabilities. A touch sensor may be formed from electrodes located on a thin-film encapsulation layer or one or more sides of a polarizer. A single-sided or double-sided touch sensor panel may be attached to the upper or lower surface of a polarizer. Control circuitry may be used to provide control signals to light-emitting diodes in the display using a grid of control lines. The control lines and transparent electrode structures such as indium tin oxide structures formed on a thin-film encapsulation layer or polarizer may be used as electrodes for a touch sensor. Displays may have active regions and inactive peripheral portions. The displays may have edge portions that are bent along a bend axis that is within the active region to form a borderless display. Virtual buttons may be formed on the bent edge portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Wei Chen, Steven P. Hotelling, John Z. Zhong, Shih-Chang Chang, Stephen S. Poon
  • Publication number: 20160306469
    Abstract: A plurality of field emitting conductors placed in various matrix, mesh, grid, lattice patterns, and on board pluralities of autonomous vehicular like on wire or unteathered free ranging micro-robots wherein the field emitters are charged and modulated with a plurality of timing algorithms and electric circuitry which produce a three dimensional electric field shape or a plurality of shapes or plurality of duplicate electric field shapes which are animated or moved through space in a sequence, in unison or in wave-like patterns or evolved to different shapes or quickly changed to a new shape. The field emitter voltage can be raised or lowered to depict, render or facilitate motion in a direction or its opposite charge direction. An alternating current can produce a shape that modulates to a zero voltage cross point for example and then outward or inside out (expansion and contraction with inversion and inverse expansion and contraction).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Robert Dennis KENNEDY
  • Publication number: 20160306470
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a substrate, a sensing electrode, a connection wire, and a passivation layer. The substrate includes a first area and a second area disposed outside the first area. The sensing electrode is disposed in the first area. The connection wire is electrically connected to the sensing electrode, the connection wire being disposed in the second area. The passivation layer covers portions of the sensing electrode and the connection wire. The sensing electrode includes a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate. The connection wire includes a second conductive layer disposed on the substrate, a metal wiring layer disposed on the second conductive layer, and a capping layer disposed on the second conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Kyun PARK, Jae Neung KIM, Ki Hyun CHO, Sun Haeng CHO, Cheol Kyu KIM
  • Publication number: 20160306471
    Abstract: In one example of the disclosure, a set of image frames of a software application display, taken in sequence over a recording period, is obtained. For each frame from the set, a count of image areas that changed as between the frame and an adjacent frame is determined, and the count is recorded in correlation with order of recording of the frame relative to other frames of the set. An application-active period during which consecutive frames have changed-areas counts exceeding a changed-areas threshold is identified. Upon determining that duration of the application-active period exceeds a threshold period, a recommendation to modify the application is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Rachel Kahana Samet, Dror Saaroni
  • Publication number: 20160306472
    Abstract: A display device, including a substrate; a pixel electrode and an opposing electrode on the substrate; an encapsulation portion on the opposing electrode, the encapsulation portion including at least one organic layer and at least one inorganic layer alternately deposited; and a planarization layer on the encapsulation portion, the planarization layer including a portion covering an edge portion of the encapsulation portion, a first angle between an edge side surface of the planarization layer and a surface of the substrate being larger than a second angle between an edge side surface of the encapsulation portion and the surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Yong-Hwan PARK, Mi Young KIM, Chi Wook AN, Seong Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20160306473
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiments provides a touch panel including: a substrate including a touch area and a non-touch area, the non-touch area disposed adjacent to the touch area; a touch pad disposed in the touch area; a connection pad disposed in the non-touch area; and a connection line including: a first sub line disposed in the touch area, the first sub line connected to the touch pad; and a second sub line which is disposed in the non-touch area, the second sub line connecting the connection pad and the first sub line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Eung Kwan LEE
  • Publication number: 20160306474
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment discloses a touch panel including: a substrate; an organic layer disposed on the substrate; and a touch sensor unit disposed on a surface of the organic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Sun Haeng Cho, Kyung Seop Kim, Cheol Kyu Kim, Ki-Hyun Cho, Sang Youn Han
  • Publication number: 20160306475
    Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a substrate including an active area, a non-active area at the periphery of the active area, and a contact area between the active area and the non-active area, sensing electrodes disposed in the active area, connecting lines disposed in the non-active area and the contact area and electrically connected to the sensing electrodes, and a metal capping layer disposed in the contact area, in which the sensing electrodes include a first overcoating layer disposed on the substrate as a conductor layer, and a second overcoating layer disposed on the first overcoating layer, the connecting lines include the first overcoating layer, the second overcoating layer, and a metal line layer disposed on the second overcoating layer, and the metal capping layer couple the metal line layer to the first overcoating layer through a contact hole to expose the first overcoating layer in the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Sun Haeng CHO, Jae Neung KIM, Sung Kyun PARK, Sang Kyu CHOI, Kyung Seop KIM, Ki Hyun CHO
  • Publication number: 20160306476
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, gate lines disposed on the substrate and extending in a first direction, data lines insulated from the gate lines and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, pixels electrically connected to the gate lines and the data lines, wherein at least one line of the gate lines and the data lines comprises a ring pattern, wherein the ring pattern comprises rings and adjacent rings are electrically connected to each other in at least one position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Gwang-bum KO, Hyunjae NA, Hyoungwook JANG
  • Publication number: 20160306477
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a touch panel including: a touch sensor; a phase difference film stacked on the touch sensor; and a touch panel configured to include a polarizer stacked on the phase difference film, wherein the touch panel includes an infrared-blocking substance. This results in a decrease in the curvature radius which in turn provides a touch panel with increased bending range and since the infrared radiation is also blocked due to the infrared-blocking agent, it prevents the breakage of displays due to infrared rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Hee Young Lee, Hyeon Jeong Sang, Eun Mi Seo, Yun Jang, Suk Choi
  • Publication number: 20160306478
    Abstract: A touch display apparatus having a fan-out side is provided. The touch display apparatus includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a touch sensing element and a display element. The first and the second substrate have a first surface and a second inner surface, respectively. The second substrate is disposed opposite to the first substrate. The second inner surface faces the first inner surface. The second substrate has a convex part and a concave part on the fan-out side. The second inner surface has a second outer lead bonding region in the convex part. The first outer lead bonding region of the first substrate is unshielded by the second substrate through the concave part. The second outer lead bonding region of the second substrate is unshielded by the first substrate. The touch sensing element and the display element are packaged in between the first and the second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: CHUN-CHI LAI, CHEE-WAI LAU, FENG-SHENG LIN, YI-RU SU, CHI-CHUN LIAO, RONG-ANN LIN, CHIA-PING LU, AN-HSIUNG HSIEH, PEI-YU CHEN, TSANG HONG WANG, TZU-CHI TSENG, CHUNG-HAO CHENG, HSU SHENG HSU
  • Publication number: 20160306479
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a touch control structure of an active-matrix organic light-emitting diode display screen which is disposed on a display screen substrate, the touch control structure comprises a transmitting structure and a receiving structure that are mutually inductive, the transmitting structure further comprises a first encapsulation film, a first patterned electrode and a second encapsulation film, wherein the first encapsulation film is formed on an organic light-emitting diode device disposed on the display screen substrate, the first patterned electrode is formed on the first encapsulation film, and the second encapsulation film is formed upon the first patterned electrode; the receiving structure further comprises a flexible polymer foil sheet and a second patterned electrode formed on the flexible polymer foil sheet, wherein the flexible polymer foil sheet is adhered to the second encapsulation film, and the first patterned electrode and the second patterned electrode are oppositely
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: Kunshan New Flat Panel Display Technology Center Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaopeng ZHU, Hideo HIRAYAMA, Xiuqi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20160306480
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device capable of decreasing a bezel width, wherein the display device comprises a display panel; a cover glass on an upper surface of the display panel; a housing member for receiving the display panel, and covering lateral and rear sides of the display panel and a lateral side of the cover glass; and a touch sensing film for sealing a gap between the lateral side of the cover glass and the housing member, the touch sensing film adhered to a lower surface of the cover glass.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: SangRyeon Park, Sangha Park, Byeongjo Min
  • Publication number: 20160306481
    Abstract: Systems for detecting an amount and/or location of a force applied to a device using a piezoelectric film are provided. One example system can include a transparent piezoelectric film for generating an electric charge in response to a deformation of the film. Electrodes positioned on opposite surfaces of the piezoelectric film can be used to detect the generated electric charge and determine an amount and/or location of force applied to the film based on the generated electric charge. In another embodiment, the system can include a capacitive touch sensor for determining a location of a touch event on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sinan Filiz, Brian Q. Huppi, Christopher J. Butler, Martin P. Grunthaner, Shahrooz Shahpamia, Sunggu Kang, Kai Wang
  • Publication number: 20160306482
    Abstract: A touch-screen control panel interface has a dielectric flat or curved front panel and a printed circuit board with a front side and a reverse side which is the component side. Alphanumeric display module(s) or an LCD display and optional protective cap mounted on the reverse side of the circuit board are visible through window cutout(s) on the board. An array of LED indicators can be mounted on the back side of the circuit board and visible through cutouts in the board. Metallized capacitive pads on or adjacent the back side of the front panel at touch locations permit selection of various modes, functions, and settings. These pads may be formed on the flat front side of the circuit board, on the back of the front plate, or on an intermediate membrane. A microprocessor is connected with the various components and with capacitive pad. Icons may be printed onto the flat panel, in registry with the metallized capacitive electrode pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: International Controls and Measurements Corp.
    Inventors: Hollis J. Gmyr, Weidong Pan, James H. Ritchie, Eric Christopher Wood, Andrew S. Kadah
  • Publication number: 20160306483
    Abstract: A portable information handling system having a touchscreen display selectively rejects touch inputs by removing images from the display associated with the rejected touch inputs after presentation of the images. A touch buffer temporarily stores detected touches, such as by removing touches as the age in the buffer exceeds a threshold. If a trigger event is detected, such as detection of a palm touch or writing stylus, then all or selected of the touch inputs remaining in the buffer are removed as images presented at the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Jace Files, Preeth K. Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20160306484
    Abstract: A touch communications device includes a first touch panel, a touch controller chip and a second storage device. The touch controller chip is capable of executing instructions derived from a firmware to control at least one operation of the first touch panel, wherein the firmware includes a plurality of partial firmwares including at least a first partial firmware and a second partial firmware, and the touch controller chip includes a first storage device capable of storing one of the first partial firmware and the second partial firmware. The second storage device is external to the touch controller chip, wherein the second storage device is capable of storing the other of the first partial firmware and the second partial firmware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Ya-Chao Hsieh, Ming-Jun Lin
  • Publication number: 20160306485
    Abstract: Provided is a multi-scale digitizer using a 3D magnetic force sensor and a magnetic force pen, wherein one or more magnetic force sensors are installed inside a recognition device, and a change in a magnetic field of an external input unit with a magnetic material installed therein is measured through the sensors to detect a position of the external input unit. Since the digitizer capable of detecting position information of an external input unit by using the magnetic force sensors installed inside the recognition device is implemented, there is no need to provide a separate digitizer panel, and thus, a display device may be reduced in weight and thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: TRAIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Yeop JOUNG, Hong Chae KIM, Kwang Gu LEE
  • Publication number: 20160306486
    Abstract: A touch panel including a substrate a first signal line positioned on the substrate and extending in a first direction while being bent in a second direction several times and a second signal line positioned on the substrate and extending in the second direction while being bent in the first direction intersecting the first direction several times to intersect the first signal line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Jee Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20160306487
    Abstract: A touch panel including: a substrate; and a touch sensor part positioned on the substrate and including a metal mesh forming a plurality of openings. Openings which are adjacent to each other among the plurality of openings have different sizes of areas. A display device including: a display panel including a plurality of pixels; and a touch sensor part disposed on the display panel to cover the plurality of pixels and including a metal mesh forming a plurality of openings. Openings which are adjacent to each other among the plurality of openings have different sizes of areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Hwan-Hee JEONG, Yeon Tae Kim, Young Soo No, In Young Han
  • Publication number: 20160306488
    Abstract: A flexible display device according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; a touch panel on the substrate; a window layer on the touch panel; a flexible printed circuit (FPC) attached to an outer side of the window layer at a non-display area and comprising a driver integrated circuit (IC) configured to transfer a driving voltage to the touch panel and the substrate; a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) attached to the FPC and configured to transfer a driving signal to the driver IC; and a bridge electrode at an outer side of the window layer at the non-display area and connecting the touch panel, the substrate, and the FPC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tae Sik Kim, Young Min You, Dong Suk Choi
  • Publication number: 20160306489
    Abstract: To provide a display device with a touch detection function capable of suppressing an increase in price. The display device is provided with a pixel array which includes a plurality of pixels; a plurality of signal lines which supply an image signal to the plurality of pixels; a plurality of drive electrodes which supply a drive signal to the plurality of pixels; and an electrode driving circuit which supplies a magnetic field drive signal to the drive electrode at a time of detecting an external proximity object using the magnetic field, and supplies an electric field drive signal to the drive electrode at a time of detecting the external proximity object using the electric field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Hiroshi MIZUHASHI, Hayato KURASAWA, Fumitaka GOTOH, Daichi SUZUKI
  • Publication number: 20160306490
    Abstract: An operation detecting device includes a rescan unit that sets and rescans a rescan region on an operation surface when a difference between a detection value obtained by scanning the operation surface and a predetermined reference value has a peak value with one of positive and negative signs and an absolute value thereof is greater than an absolute value of a predetermined first threshold, the rescan region being set to include the detection point of the peak value with the one sign, and a determination unit determining that a conductive foreign object is attached to the operation surface when a difference between a detection value obtained by rescanning the rescan region and the predetermined reference value has a peak value with another sign and an absolute value thereof is greater than an absolute value of a predetermined second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Hiroshi MISAWA
  • Publication number: 20160306491
    Abstract: A method and electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a first touch sensor and a processor. The processor implements the method, which includes detecting, via a first touch sensor of the electronic device, sensor information from a touch object, determining, via a processor of the electronic device, a state of the touch object based on analysis of the detected sensor information, and adjusting a touch sensitivity for the electronic device according to the determined state of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Sung Jun LEE, Min Jung KIM, Won HUH
  • Publication number: 20160306492
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display unit that displays an image; a touch detection unit that detects an instruction input provided by a pointing device to a display surface of the display unit; an acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a display color at an instruction input position, the display color being detected by a color sensor included in the pointing device; and a determination unit that performs determination processing to determine the instruction input position based on a color of the image and the color indicated by the information acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Masahiro TOGASHI, Michio YAMAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20160306493
    Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
  • Publication number: 20160306494
    Abstract: Touch events can be predicted relative to a visual display by maintaining a database of aggregated touch event history data relative to the visual display and from a plurality of touch screen devices. The database can be queried according to a set of input parameters defining an environment for use of the visual display. The results from the querying of the database can be analyzed to predict a set of touch events within the environment and based upon inferences obtained from the results. A representation of the set of touch events can be displayed along with the visual display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Trudy L. Hewitt, Debra J. McKinney, Christina L. Wetli
  • Publication number: 20160306495
    Abstract: This disclosure provides methods and systems for mitigating pathogen transmission via a touch surface of a touch input device. Mitigation is accomplished through selective touch surface sterilization and through touchscreen user interface reorganization. The touch surface includes a pixel array for illuminating selected portions of the touch surface with ultraviolet light of a sterilization wavelength based upon the received touch inputs. The selective illumination may occur while receiving a touch input or after an accumulation of touch inputs have been received. The user interface may also be reorganized based on received touch inputs in order to locate user interface icons to lesser touched locations of the touch surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Guy COHEN, James R. KOZLOSKI, Clifford A. PICKOVER
  • Publication number: 20160306496
    Abstract: Detection accuracy of an indicator is improved. In a touch panel system 1 for, when an input position is indicated to a touch panel 3, displaying corresponding thereto, a detection standard determining section 615 within a controller section 6 comprises a strength correcting section 615F, which performs strength-correction on a capacitance property of height information z, which periodically varies with regard to at least either of the x or y direction of a detection surface (x, y), to a uniform capacitance property, with regard to distribution of three-dimensional coordinates (x, y, z) including height information z of a capacitance value that periodically varies for each predetermined position within the detection surface (x, y) obtained from respective output signals of the touch panel 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi ISHIKAWA, Hitoshi AZUMA, Makoto ITSUKI
  • Publication number: 20160306497
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a pointing device used to indicate a position on a touch detecting device includes: a first output unit provided to a body of the pointing device with which a hand of a user holding the pointing device comes into contact; and a first signal generating unit that generates a palm detection signal including a first code and different from a signal detected in a touch operation with the pointing device, and outputs the palm detection signal to the first output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tatsunori NAGAI, Masahiro TOGASHI
  • Publication number: 20160306498
    Abstract: A touch screen, a positioning method thereof and a touch display device. The touch screen includes a touch area; a plurality of emitters disposed on a first side of the touch area; a plurality of receivers disposed on a second side of the touch area opposite to the first side of the touch area; and direction changing units disposed in the light ray-emitting directions of at least part of the emitters and configured to change emitting directions of light rays emitted by the emitters so that the light rays with different emitting directions are emitted at different time periods and the light rays with the different emitting directions are received by different receivers. The touch screen has an increased resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Huan WANG, Mookeun SHIN, Zhizhong TU, Yong Jun YOON