Abstract: A key cap includes a cap body having a bottom surface, and at least one pivot retainer protrusively disposed on the bottom surface of the cap body. The pivot retainer includes a position-limiting portion, two lateral portions and a shaft-received recess. The lateral portions are connected to the same side of the position-limiting portion, and the shaft-received recess is disposed in the position-limiting portion, and is located between the two lateral portions.

Abstract: A method and computer program product are provided for operating a device having a housing section carrying a touch-sensitive display and a physical keyboard section movable in a sliding direction relative to the housing. A position detector determines a position of the physical keyboard section in relation to the housing section. A processor displays a graphical element on the touch-sensitive display when the position of the physical keyboard is closed and displays no graphical element when the position of the physical keyboard is open. The position detector is one or more of a magnetic sensor, a mechanical switch, or a touch controller coupled to a capacitive touch detection sensor matrix carried by the physical keyboard section. The graphical element may be a virtual keyboard. The virtual keyboard is displayed as a scrolling animation correlated to the position of the physical keyboard section.

Abstract: Provided is a user instruction input device operating in a three-dimensional space. The user instruction input device includes a first sensor that senses the angular rate of the device centering on at least one axis, a second sensor that senses the acceleration of the device at least for one direction, and a processing unit that calculates a first rotation angle in a coordinate system independent of the attitude of the first device from the output value of the first sensor, calculates a second rotation angle in the coordinate system from the output value of the second sensor, and calculates the final attitude angle by combining the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle.

Abstract: A display control apparatus for controlling displaying of a display unit includes an orientation detection unit configured to detect an orientation of the display control apparatus, and a display control unit configured to, when an orientation change from a first orientation to a second orientation of the display control apparatus is detected by the orientation detection unit, perform display control based on the second orientation after the orientation change in a case where a speed of the orientation change is higher than a predetermined speed, and perform display control based on the first orientation even after the orientation change in a case where the speed of the orientation change is lower than or equal to the predetermined speed.

Abstract: In a case where an orientation of a display control apparatus is a first orientation, a first display object is displayed in a first direction; in a case where the orientation of the display control apparatus changes to a second orientation without a specific operation performed, the first display object is displayed in a second direction; when a switch instruction to switch a display object is given in this state, a second display object is displayed in the second direction; in a case where the orientation of the display control apparatus changes to the second orientation with the specific operation performed, the display direction of the first display object is not changed; and when the switch instruction is given in this state, the second display object is displayed in the first direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to arranging the orientation of a display on device based on motion of the device. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting motion data for the device. The motion data includes data associated with rotational movement of the device. The method includes analyzing, by a controller, the data associated with rotational movement of the device to determine an orientation for presenting a display of the device. The method may also include controlling the device to rotate the display to the determined orientation.

Abstract: A human machine interface includes a capacitive touch screen having a capacitive sensor. The capacitive touch screen displays text characters and/or graphical information. A control device is rotatably coupled to a structure such that the control device is superimposed over the screen. The control device includes at least one electrically conductive element. The control device rotates about an axis substantially perpendicular to the screen such that the at least one electrically conductive element follows the rotation of the control device. The capacitive sensor senses a rotational position of the at least one electrically conductive element.

Abstract: A stylus pen is disclosed that can detect touch signals from a digitizer and dynamically determine which digitizer (e.g., make/model) generated the touch signals. The stylus pen can then switch to one of a plurality of candidate protocols, without interaction from the user, so as to communicate with the digitizer. The digitizer need not explicitly communicate what protocol it supports to the stylus pen. Rather, the stylus pen analyzes the digitizer waveforms and compares the waveforms to known signatures to determine which digitizer is being used. The stylus pen can then dynamically set a protocol used to communicate with the digitizer that matches the protocol expected by the digitizer.

Abstract: A pen input device having malfunction prevention function and method of preventing malfunction thereof are disclosed. The pen input device includes: a housing having a bar form and having one end relatively narrowly opened to form a housing space; a resonant circuit housed within the housing; a tip that protrudes from an open end of the housing to the outside, the tip comprising a dielectric material and being configured to be movable within a predetermined range in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the housing, the tip being further configured to be self-centering; and a ground shielding portion formed in a portion of the housing in which electromagnetic induction occurs, the ground shielding portion not including the tip.

Abstract: An input device for use in input of data to a document screen displayed on a touch panel of a terminal device according to the present disclosure detects a touch operation performed on the touch panel in a detection unit. When the touch operation is detected, the input device transmits device information including at least a device ID of the input device to the terminal device.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a case, pen, and antenna. The case includes an input surface and a peripheral edge having an engagement aperture opened in a direction along the input surface. The pen is used for an input operation with respect to the input surface. The pen includes an insertion piece which is made of synthetic resin and is attachably and detachably engaged in the engagement aperture while the pen is arranged against to the peripheral edge. The antenna is disposed inside the peripheral edge to be adjacent to the insertion piece in a distance which is less than the size of the insertion piece in a transverse direction of the input surface.

Abstract: A projected capacitive touch panel is placed above an electronic display and the assembly is housed in a sealed gasket. The touch panel has at least two touch sensors and at least two receivers per touch sensor, each in communication with an input/output device and in communication with a series of receivers. The touch panel comprised of electronic circuits configured to minimize electromagnetic interference. The electronic display comprised of multiple layers configured to provide visibility in bright ambient conditions.

Abstract: A touch window according to an embodiment includes a substrate; a sensing electrode disposed on the substrate; and a wire electrode disposed on the substrate, wherein the at least one of the sensing electrode and the wire electrode is arranged in a form of a mesh.

Abstract: A head mounted display device includes: display part disposed to correspond to two eyes of a user, and including wires and one or more pixels connected to the wires; and a sensor disposed around the display part and configured to sense a touch of the user. The sensor includes sensing electrodes, and at least one of the sensing electrodes is provided on the same layer as a portion of the display part.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical-capacitive sensor panel device. In one aspect, the panel device includes a a transparent substrate having a first surface; an optical sensor array formed on the first surface of the transparent substrate, the optical sensor array including a plurality of photosensitive pixels spaced apart from each other and arranged on the first surface to form a lattice structure; a plurality of row electrodes formed on the optical sensor array and electrically coupled to a first group of the photosensitive pixels; a plurality of column electrodes formed on the optical sensor array crossing the row electrodes and electrically coupled to a second group of the photosensitive pixels; and an insulating layer formed between the row electrodes and the column electrodes.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch screen panel detecting a capacitive touch input applied by a finger or a touch input means having conductivity like the finger. According to the present invention, the touch screen panel includes: a touch pad forming touch electrostatic capacity (Ct) between the touch pad and the touch input means; and a sensor signal line connecting the touch pad and a touch integrated circuit (IC) to transmit a Ct signal changed on the touch pad to the touch IC, wherein when a resistance value varying with a distance between the touch pad and the touch IC is lower than or equal to a set value, the sensor signal line forms a resistance compensation pattern compensating for the resistance value.

Abstract: A touch panel that includes a plate member which includes a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposing each other, and is constructed so as to be distorted in response to a force applied to the first principal surface; a main functional unit having piezoelectric voltage detection electrodes disposed on opposed sides of a piezoelectric film and which detect a piezoelectric voltage corresponding to a distortion amount of the piezoelectric film; and an adhesive layer which adheres the plate member and the main functional unit, the adhesive layer being divided into a plurality of areas, and at least two areas have different moduli.

Abstract: First electrode layers are formed from an ITO layer on one surface of a substrate formed from a PET film. The surfaces of the first electrode layers are covered with an insulating layer formed from a dry film resist or the like. Second electrode layers are formed on the surface of the insulating layer in a printing process. The second electrode layer is formed from conductive nanowires or conductive nanotubes. After that, first wiring layers brought into conduction with the first wiring layers and second wiring layers brought into conduction with the second electrode layers are formed.

Abstract: A resistive touch panel is placed above an electronic display and the assembly is housed in a sealed gasket. The resistive touch panel has at least two adjoining, seamless grid sections, each in communication with an input/output device. The resistive touch panel comprised of electronic circuits configured to minimize electromagnetic interference. The grid sections are surrounded by a series of receivers. The electronic display comprised of multiple layers configured to provide visibility in bright ambient conditions.

Abstract: A touch screen panel including a touch electrode disposed on a base substrate, the touch electrode including a plurality of mesh patterns formed by crossing of metal wirings. The mesh patterns include a main electrode pattern and a buffer pattern overlapping the main electrode pattern, the buffer pattern having a thickness greater than 20% of a thickness of the main electrode pattern and less than 30% of a thickness of the main electrode pattern.

Abstract: The present invention has disclosed a touch screen, comprising: a substrate; at least one first electrode formed on the substrate; at least one second electrode formed on the substrate, the first electrode and the second electrode having different extending directions, and there being an intersecting area between a vertical projection of the first electrode on the substrate and a vertical projection of the second electrode on the substrate; and a first protection layer formed at least at the intersecting area between the first electrode and the second electrode; wherein, the substrate is provided with a groove at the intersecting area between the first electrode and the second electrode so as to at least receive therein a portion of the first electrode located within the intersecting area. The present invention has also disclosed a display device and a method for manufacturing the touch screen.

Abstract: A touch sensitive device for a mobile apparatus, the device having a length in a direction of a first axis and a width in a direction of a second axis, wherein the length is greater than or equal to the width, the device comprising a substrate comprising sapphire with a first refractive index value, the sapphire comprising sapphire crystallographic structure having a plurality of crystal planes, wherein a first crystal plane axis is configured to be perpendicular to the first and the second axis; a first transparent electrode pattern layer with a second refractive index value configured to form a plurality of touch sensing elements parallel to the first axis; a second transparent electrode pattern layer with a third refractive index value configured to form a plurality of touch sensing elements parallel to the second axis, wherein the first transparent electrode pattern layer and the second transparent electrode pattern layer configured to provide touch information using capacitive coupling; and an index matc

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a light-emitting region and a reflection region, a plurality of sensing patterns disposed in the light-emitting region and the reflection region, and including a material having a first reflectivity, and a reflection pattern disposed in the reflection region, and including a material having a second reflectivity, and overlapping the plurality of sensing patterns.

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

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

Abstract: An array substrate and a display apparatus are provided. The array substrate includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, wherein the non-display area includes a frame sealing adhesive area, a plurality of touch leads and a plurality of touch signal output terminals. The plurality of touch signal output terminals are electrically connected with the plurality of touch leads, respectively, and the plurality of touch signal output terminals input a touch signal to the display area via the touch lead. A minimum distance between two adjacent touch leads in the frame sealing adhesive area is greater than a minimum distance between two adjacent touch signal output terminals correspondingly connected to said two adjacent touch leads.

Abstract: A touch screen panel includes a polarizer, a touch electrode disposed on the polarizer, and a pressure sensitive layer disposed on the touch electrode, the pressure sensitive layer including a dielectric elastomer material and being configured to sense a change in capacitance based on a change of thickness of the pressure sensitive layer.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes at least one display unit disposed on a front surface and lateral surface of a terminal body, and a controller for, upon receiving a preset touch input through a first display region disposed on the front surface of the terminal body in a sleep mode, enabling a predetermined second display region according to a position of the received touch input and controlling the display unit to display a preset operation image on the enabled second display region.

Abstract: A touch input sensing apparatus includes a driver configured to output a signal to sensing electrodes, a sensor configured to sense a touch input from the sensing electrodes, and a reference signal generator configured to output a first clock signal to the driver and output a second clock signal to the sensor. The second clock signal frequency is k times greater than a frequency of the first clock signal. The reference signal generator is configured to synchronize the first clock signal with the second clock signal to delay a phase of the second clock signal is delayed from the first clock signal between 0 degrees and 180/k degrees, wherein k is a constant greater than 1.

Abstract: In some embodiments, an advisory time keeping device may include a housing having a controller, a control input, a display output, and a tilt sensor. The controller may include a timer module and a memory. The control input may be operable to enter time data and advisory data into the memory. A display output may be coupled to the housing which may be operable for displaying data from the timer circuit and memory. The tilt sensor may be in communication with the controller, and the tilt sensor may be operable to detect changes in the orientation of the housing. The controller may be operable to cause the display output to display advisory data in response to changes in the orientation of the housing which may be detected by the tilt sensor.

Abstract: A touch pad is provided. The touch pad includes a transparent piezoelectric film layer configured to generate an electrical signal varying according to a touch pressure, and an electrode layer including a plurality of transparent electrodes disposed in a plurality of areas of the transparent piezoelectric film layer and configured to sense a voltage of the electrical signal generated from the plurality of areas.

Abstract: An information processing device includes a touchscreen that includes a first surface that outputs images and detects an input to the first surface, a sensor that detects whether a switching device is mounted an the touchscreen, and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to control a display state of the touchscreen based on a detection result of the sensor so that the touchscreen outputs in a first display mode when the switching device is not mounted on the touchscreen, and the touchscreen outputs in a second display mode when the switching device is mounted on the touchscreen.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a display including a touch panel for detecting at least one input and a short range communication circuit configured to communicate with an electronic pen for making a pen input to the touch panel. The electronic device also includes a processor that is electrically connected to the touch panel and the short range communication circuit. The processor is configured to obtain information on the pen input through the short range communication circuit and if a difference between a obtainment time of an input to the touch panel and a detection time of information on the pen input corresponds to a time range, the processor determines the input to the touch panel as the pen input.

Abstract: A flexible display device and driving method thereof are disclosed. The flexible display device includes: a first substrate and at least one bending status sensing module, the bending status sensing module includes: a driving unit for generating and outputting a driving signal; a sensing section connected with the driving unit and disposed on the first substrate, which is bent as the flexible display device is bent to sense the bending status of the flexible display device under the driving of the driving signal and generate a sensing signal; an analyzing unit connected with the sensing section and configured for obtaining the bending status information of the flexible display device according to the sensing signal to enable the flexible display device to perform an operation corresponding to the obtained bending status information.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device comprises a display, an operation detector, and a processor. The operation detector is capable of detecting a first touch operation and a second touch operation on the display performed by a part of a human body. The processor is configured to execute a control process responsive to the first touch operation and the second touch operation. The part of the human body performing the second touch operation is located in a position farther from the display than a position of the part of the human body performing the first touch operation. The processor is configured to set a second mode of not detecting the second touch operation as a detection mode when the first touch operation is detected while a first mode of detecting the first touch operation and the second touch operation is set as the detection mode.

Abstract: A mobile electronic device comprises a display, an operation detector, and a processor. The operation detector is capable of detecting a first touch operation and a second touch operation on the display performed by a part of a human body. The processor is configured to execute a control process responsive to the first touch operation and the second touch operation. The part of the human body performing the second touch operation is located in a position farther from the display than a position of the part of the human body performing the first touch operation. The processor is configured to execute the control process while handling the first touch operation and the second touch operation performed continuously as a single touch operation, depending on a time lag between the first touch operation and the second touch operation.

Abstract: A position detecting device includes two different types of sensors. A position indicator includes resonant circuits that enable detection of the position indicator by a first sensor both when a first end of a chassis of the position indicator is oriented toward the position detecting device and when a second end of the chassis is oriented toward the position detecting device. The position indicator also includes a conductive cap that is provided at the second end of the chassis and that enables detection of the position indicator by a second sensor when the second end is brought close to the position detecting device. A control circuit included in the position detecting device changes processing according to when the control circuit is receiving only one of an output signal from a detection circuit coupled to the first sensor and an output signal from a detection circuit coupled to the second sensor and when the control circuit is receiving the output signals from both detection circuits.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and method for starting a mobile terminal application and a mobile terminal to provide a solution for optimization of the speed of starting APPs installed on a mobile terminal. The method comprises: detecting a floating touch event for an application through a touch screen; loading resources of the application saved in a storage into a memory upon detection of the floating touch event for the application; starting the application based on the resources of the application loaded into the memory when a click event for the application is detected through the touch screen; otherwise, releasing the resources of the application in the memory.

Abstract: A display unit has a flexible display section, a detection section for detecting a deflection amount and a deflection direction of the display section, a determination section for determining a visible portion and a non-visible portion of the display section based on the deflection amount and the deflection direction, and a control section for controlling display contents of the display section. The control section either prevents an image display on the non-visible portion or displays one of a fixed image or a pre-set moving image on the non-visible portion. The display unit also includes a displacement sensor located in the same region as the display section.

Abstract: A touch control display panel and a touch control display device are provided. The touch control display panel comprises a plurality of first and second touch control sensing electrodes; a plurality of first and second touch control sensing signal lines; and a first integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit has a longer distance to the first touch control sensing electrode than to the second touch control sensing electrode. R1 and R2 satisfy a predetermined relationship, such that touch control sensing signals respectively outputted by the first touch control sensing signal line and the second touch control sensing signal line exhibit substantially same signal delay time. R1 is a total resistance of the first touch control sensing electrode and the electrically connected first touch control sensing signal line, and R2 is a total resistance of the second touch control sensing electrode and the electrically connected second touch control sensing signal line.

Abstract: Multi-touch touch-sensing devices and methods are described herein. The touch sensing devices can include multiple sense points, each located at a crossing of a drive line and a sense line. In some embodiments, multiple drive lines may be simultaneously or nearly simultaneously stimulated with drive signals having unique characteristics, such as phase or frequency. A sense signal can occur on each sense line that can be related to the drive signals by an amount of touch present at sense points corresponding to the stimulated drive lines and the sense line. By using processing techniques based on the unique drive signals, an amount of touch corresponding to each sense point can be extracted from the sense signal. The touch sensing methods and devices can be incorporated into interfaces for a variety of electronic devices such as a desktop, tablet, notebook, and handheld computers, personal digital assistants, media players, and mobile telephones.

Abstract: Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to a pressure-based input method for user devices. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a user device can receive an output from a pressure sensor. The output can include parameters associated with a pressure applied to the pressure sensor by a user. The user device can analyze the output to determine a command to be executed by the user device. The user device can execute the command.

Abstract: A display panel is disclosed. The display panel can include: a first substrate; a second substrate, arranged opposite to the first substrate; a first pressure-sensitive detection electrode, arranged on the first substrate and positioned proximal to one side of the second substrate; a second pressure-sensitive detection electrode, arranged on the second substrate and positioned proximal to one side of the first substrate, and a third pressure-sensitive detection element, positioned at one side of the first substrate distant from the second substrate and arranged at intervals from the first substrate. A first capacitance is formed between the second pressure-sensitive detection electrode and the first pressure-sensitive detection electrode. A second capacitance is formed between the third pressure-sensitive detection element and the first pressure-sensitive detection electrode.

Abstract: A display device including a display section having a plurality of pixel electrodes; and a plurality of drive electrodes extending in a first direction and arranged side-by-side in a second direction. Each of the drive electrodes has a width in the second direction corresponding to a size of the two or more pixel electrodes, and has one or more slits extending in the first direction.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a touch panel control unit, a plurality of scanning electrodes formed on the display panel, a plurality of detection electrodes formed on the display panel so as to intersect with the plurality of scanning electrodes, a drive signal supply unit for inputting a drive signal to each of the scanning electrodes, and a detection unit for detecting a detection signal from each of the detection electrodes. The touch panel control unit supplies the driving signal to each of the scanning electrodes from the drive signal supply unit to enable detection of a touch position of a detection object based on the detection signal detected, and supplies the driving signal to all of the scanning electrodes collectively from the drive signal supply unit to enable detection of approach of the detection object to the touch panel based on the detection signal detected.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein relate to the identification and suppression of inadvertent touches on a touch device, such as a touchpad or a touch screen. A suppression region is monitored on the touch device, and received touches are classified as intended or inadvertent based on the touches inside or outside of the suppression region. The suppression region is continually monitored, even while touches determined to be intended are being captured. Inadvertent touches are suppressed, and intended touches are allowed to be displayed or otherwise processed.

Abstract: An in-cell touch display panel includes a display area. The display area includes a plurality of touch zones arranged in an array, one or more touch scanning lines corresponding to a respective row of the touch zones, and touch reading lines that have a one-to-one correspondence with the touch zones. Each of the touch zones includes at least one touch module, each touch module includes a photosensitive unit and a touch reading unit, an output end of the photosensitive unit is connected to an input end of the touch reading unit, a control end of the touch reading unit is connected to a corresponding touch scanning line, and an output end of the touch reading unit is connected to a corresponding touch reading line.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a controller includes a storage unit and a processor unit. The processor unit is coupled to the storage unit and configured to receive a signal associated with an operation of a device that includes a touch sensor. The touch sensor includes a first plurality of electrodes oriented in a first direction in a first portion of the touch sensor, a second plurality of electrodes oriented in the first direction in a second portion of the touch sensor, and a third plurality of electrodes intersecting the first and second plurality of electrodes. The processor unit is further configured to determine, in response to the signal, that a detection mode of the touch sensor is to be changed and in response to the determination, couple the second plurality of electrodes to a fixed voltage source to decrease a detection range in the second portion of the touch sensor.

Abstract: A multipoint touch surface controller is disclosed herein. The controller includes an integrated circuit including output circuitry for driving a capacitive multi-touch sensor and input circuitry for reading the sensor. Also disclosed herein are various noise rejection and dynamic range enhancement techniques that permit the controller to be used with various sensors in various conditions without reconfiguring hardware.

Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first detection section detects the position of a first indicator on the image. A second detection section detects the position of a second indicator on the image. A storage section includes a first storage region corresponding to the first indicator and a second storage region corresponding to the second indicator. The first storage control section stores a first virtual object relating to the first indicator in the first storage region. The second storage control section stores a second virtual object relating to the second indicator in the second storage region. A first pasting section pastes the first virtual object stored in the first storage region to the image according to an operation of the first indicator. A second pasting section pastes the second virtual object stored in the second storage region to the image according to an operation of the second indicator.