Patents Issued in May 25, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170147090
    Abstract: A projector displays an image supplied by a PC on a screen using a projection unit, detects a pointed location on the screen using a location detection unit, calculates first coordinates as coordinates of the pointed location in a displayable area of the screen using a coordinate calculation part, converts the calculated first coordinates into second coordinates as coordinates in the supply image using a coordinate conversion part based on image location information indicating a location of the supply image on the screen, outputs the second coordinates obtained by the conversion from an output unit, and corrects the image location information by processing of displaying the image based on a correction image using a control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroyuki ICHIEDA
  • Publication number: 20170147091
    Abstract: A light guide device includes a main body defining a cavity, a lens received in the cavity, and a light guide block extending from the main body. The main body has a top surface and a peripheral side surface connecting the top surface. The light guide block extends from the peripheral side surface in a form of a curve along a direction from a position of the peripheral side surface adjacent to the top surface towards an end of the main body opposite to the top surface. The light guide block curves away from the peripheral side surface along the direction. The light guide block has an incident surface parallel to the top surface and a plurality of side surfaces connecting the incident surface and the peripheral side surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: PO-YU LIN
  • Publication number: 20170147092
    Abstract: An air mouse remote controller includes a control module, an air mouse module, and a movement sensor connected to the air mouse module and configured to collect a movement trajectory of the controller. The air mouse module performs an air mouse function according to the movement trajectory and generates an air mouse control signal. The control module sends the air mouse control signal to a terminal device to control movement of a corresponding cursor. A key assembly includes a two-stage key. When detecting that the two-stage key is pressed to its first stage, the control module sends a selection instruction to the terminal device to fix the cursor at its current position, and when detecting that the two-stage key is pressed to its second stage, the control module sends an operation instruction to the terminal device to execute an operation corresponding to the position of the cursor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Xin LIANG, Kangxi TAN
  • Publication number: 20170147093
    Abstract: A wearable terminal includes: a body having a display that performs display, a sensor that detects a first angle of rotation by which the display has been rotated with respect to a first axis as an axis of rotation, and a controller that controls the display according to the first angle of rotation; and a band that is connected to the body and extends around the forearm in an arcuate shape, wherein the first axis is perpendicular to a second axis and is parallel to a direction in which the forearm extends, when the first angle of rotation is within a first angle range, the controller causes a first display image displayed, and when the first angle of rotation changes from the first angle range to a second angle range, the controller causes a part of the first display image and a part of a second display image simultaneously displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: KAZUKI FUNASE, TETSUJI FUCHIKAMI, AKINORI OZEKI, HIDESHI AOKI
  • Publication number: 20170147094
    Abstract: Appropriately structured multiple-axes controllers comprised of a single input member moveable in 6 DOF. Some, most, or all of the 6 DOF sensors are preferably supported on a generally single plane, such as on a printed flexible membrane sensor sheet or circuit board sheet. Secondary inputs add functionality independent of the 6 DOF sensors. The member may support a display therein. The controllers structured for added functionality such as, web browsing, telephone, GPS, e-mail, scanning, etc. The controllers may communicate with hosts and displays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Anascape, Ltd.
    Inventor: Brad A. Armstrong
  • Publication number: 20170147095
    Abstract: A user of a computing device may view an initial content item in a landscape orientation on a display of a computing device. When the user rotates the computing device, supplemental content may be presented in a portrait orientation on the display of the computing device. The supplemental content may include virtually any information in which the user may be interested and/or that is related or similar to the content item. Accordingly, rather than presenting such supplemental content upon an affirmative request or search by the user, the supplemental content is presented to the user automatically when the user rotates the computing device from a landscape position to a portrait position or vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Nanyan Nicholls, Samuel P. Hall, VI, Gregory M. Hart, Jeffrey P. Bezos
  • Publication number: 20170147096
    Abstract: A mouse pad structure includes a pad body and a plastic film. The pad body is formed as a flat plate member and formed with a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface, and an outer periphery defined between the top surface and the bottom surface. The plastic film is flatly adhered and covered on the top surface and the outer periphery of the pad body. Accordingly, the mouse pad structure is able to provide comfortable operation feelings and increase the movement accuracy defined when a mouse device is operated thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Hung-Jen CHOU
  • Publication number: 20170147097
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display apparatus and control method thereof. A display apparatus comprises display configured to comprise a display panel that displays an image, and a sensor that receives light output from a pointing device and senses variance in a quantity of electric charge due to the received light; and a controller configured to determine a position where the light is received on the display based on the variance in the quantity of electric charge sensed by the sensor, and perform an operation corresponding to the determined position. A pointing function of a pointing device that emits light such as laser hereby can be smoothly achieved, and a touch function of the touch panel can be used together with a pointing function of a pointing device that emits light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Han-jin PARK, Kwan-sik MIN
  • Publication number: 20170147098
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide an interlayer filling material for a touch panel which is used for filling an interlayer space between a touch panel and another member in production of a personal digital assistant and the like, which is excellent in followability to a difference in level due to a decorative printing portion or wiring upon filling of an interlayer space (upon lamination) and deaeration properties of removing air bubbles trapped upon filling of an interlayer space (upon lamination) or air bubbles left around the difference in level, which is capable of suppressing scattering of fragments even when the personal digital assistant is broken. The present invention also aims to provide a laminated body produced by using the interlayer filling material for a touch panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Juichi FUKATANI
  • Publication number: 20170147099
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrode structure for a touch panel and a method for fabricating the same, in which a unit wire and another unit wire continued thereto are continued while the contact area between the unit wires decreases from the entire line width, thereby achieving irregular patterns. In the electrode structure for the touch panel and the method for fabricating the same, a metal wire formed with continuous unit wires has an irregular pattern where the contact area between any one unit wire and another unit wire continued thereto decreases, from the entire line width, by a non-contact size value k obtained by dividing a line width by an arbitrary real number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changjun MAENG, Myunsoo KIM, In Ho RHA, Woo Hyun BAE
  • Publication number: 20170147100
    Abstract: A shield that is attachable to a touch sensitive screen is disclosed. The shield may be attached to the touch sensitive screen only at its outer peripheral portion. An air gap is enclosed between the shield and the touch sensitive screen to form a planar air bearing. The shield preferably does not touch the active area of the touch sensitive screen when the user is not touching the shield but only viewing the touch sensitive screen through the shield. This mitigates unwanted optical artifacts such as trapped air bubbles, Newton rings and chromatic interference while maintaining the sensitivity of the touch sensitive screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen S. Wilson, Bart Wilson, Seth Wilson
  • Publication number: 20170147101
    Abstract: A first polymer latex and second polymer latex can be mixed to form a dried primer layer on a substrate to adhere patterned materials having fine lines. The first polymer latex comprises a first polymer and a first surfactant such that a dried coating of the first polymer latex has a surface polarity of at least 50%. The second polymer latex comprises a second polymer and a second surfactant such that a dried coating of the second polymer latex has a surface polarity of less than or equal to 27%. Moreover, a dried coating of the mixture has a surface polarity of at least 15% and up to and including 50%. Primed substrates are useful for preparing electrically-conductive articles having electrically-conductive fine lines directly on a dried primer layer by applying a patterned material to a substrate. Such articles can be used as touch screen displays in various electronic devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Charles Leo Bauer, Christine Joanne Landry-Coltrain, James Stephen Honan, Brian Andrew Schell, Richard Thomas Kane
  • Publication number: 20170147102
    Abstract: A touch screen includes a display, a touch sensor disposed above or within the display, and a conductive layer disposed under the display for detecting pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Hui-Min Wang, Yaw-Guang Chang
  • Publication number: 20170147103
    Abstract: A touch sensing unit including an insulating layer and a conductive pattern. The insulating layer includes a first inorganic insulating layer and a first self-assembled monolayer (SAM). The first self-assembled monolayer is disposed on the first inorganic insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Jiwon HAN
  • Publication number: 20170147104
    Abstract: According to an aspect, an input detection device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate, the second substrate including a main surface having an area smaller than an area of a main surface of the first substrate; and a height difference portion disposed above the first substrate. An electrode layer is disposed on the main surface of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate and on a side surface of the second substrate constituting the height difference portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu IMAZEKI
  • Publication number: 20170147105
    Abstract: The touch input device comprises a base including a metal composite; a first pattern groove formed concavely in one surface of the base, a second pattern groove formed concavely in the other surface of the base; a first sensing pattern disposed in the first pattern groove and including a conductive material; a second sensing pattern disposed in the second pattern groove and including a conductive material; and a wire connecting the first sensing pattern and the second sensing pattern to an integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gideok KWON, Jong Bok LEE
  • Publication number: 20170147106
    Abstract: A touch input device includes: a main body including a touch input unit disposed on a surface of the main body and a base including a metal composite disposed on another surface of the main body; a first pattern groove engraved in a surface of the base; a second pattern groove engraved in the surface of the base and disposed adjacent to the first pattern groove; a first sensing pattern disposed in the first pattern groove and including a conductive material; and a second sensing pattern disposed in the second pattern groove and including a conductive material; and a wire connecting the first sensing pattern and the second sensing pattern to an integrated circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gideok Kwon, Jong Bok Lee
  • Publication number: 20170147107
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a detection device includes: a substrate; a detection electrode disposed on a plane parallel to a surface of the substrate and including conductive thin wires and electrical coupling portions disposed where the conductive thin wires intersect with each other or are bent, and are coupled with each other, the conductive thin wires being arranged in a mesh-like form; a coupling wire that couples the conductive thin wires with a detecting unit at an end portion of the detection electrode; and a protective layer that is made of an insulation material and that covers the detection electrode and the coupling wire. An area density of the conductive thin wires per unit area is smaller in an end region ranging from an electrical coupling portion closest to the coupling wire to the coupling wire than in a region of the entire detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Masahiro TERAMOTO, Yuji SATO
  • Publication number: 20170147108
    Abstract: A vehicle seat with touch control function includes a seat armrest, the seat armrest includes an armrest frame, a flexible pad, a flexible touch panel, and a protective cover. The flexible touch panel is elastic, and the flexible touch panel includes a flexible substrate and a carbon nanotube touch function layer to collect touch input from a user. Such flexible touch panel may be installed on or in armrest of any seat in vehicle, enabling control of a display while comfortably seated, having to lean forward is avoided. A vehicle-mounted entertainment system incorporating such touch control system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: SHOU-SHAN FAN, LIANG LIU, LI QIAN, YU-QUAN WANG
  • Publication number: 20170147109
    Abstract: A touch sensor panel configured to detect objects touching the panel as well as objects that are at a varying proximity to the touch sensor panel. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can configure the panel in a mutual capacitance (near field) architecture or a self-capacitance (far field and super far field) architecture. The touch sensor panel can also include circuitry that works to minimize an effect that a parasitic capacitance can have on the ability of the touch sensor panel to reliably detect touch and proximity events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: John Greer ELIAS, Steven P. HOTELLING
  • Publication number: 20170147110
    Abstract: The present invention provides an IPS on-cell touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The IPS on-cell touch display panel includes an array color-filter substrate (1) and an upper substrate (3) opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer (5) interposed between the array color-filter substrate (1) and the upper substrate (3), and a touch electrode (7) arranged on a surface of the upper substrate (3) that is distant from the liquid crystal layer (5). The array color-filter substrate (1) includes a TFT (T), a pixel electrode (18), a comb-like common electrode (20), and a color filter photoresist (17) and combine a function of a TFT array and a filtering function of a color filter. The upper substrate (3) includes only an upper backing plate (31) and an upper alignment film (33) arranged on a surface of the upper backing plate (31) that is adjacent to the liquid crystal layer (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Xiangyang Xu
  • Publication number: 20170147111
    Abstract: Aspects relate to touchscreen electronic devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for detecting, by a processor in a touchscreen electronic device, a user-defined time detected along a time-based touch region located at an edge of a face of the touchscreen electronic device; generating an inquiry based on the detected user-defined time; transmitting the inquiry to at least one remote resource; receiving at the touchscreen electronic device time-sensitive information from the at least one remote resource; and displaying the time-sensitive information on the face of the touchscreen electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Lisa Seacat De Luca, Lydia M. Do, Jenny S. Li
  • Publication number: 20170147112
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an embedded touch screen comprising: an array substrate having a plurality of subpixels, each subpixel comprising an organic light-emitting diode; a plurality of gate lines and data lines arranged on the array substrate which intersect each other and are insulated from each other, the gate lines and the data lines intersecting each other to define the plurality of subpixels; a plurality of self-capacitance electrodes which are arranged in the same layer and independent from each other; and a plurality of touch connecting lines for connecting respective self-capacitance electrodes to a touch detection chip, wherein the self-capacitance electrodes may be arranged in the same layer as anodes of the organic light-emitting diodes. The present disclosure further provides a display device comprising the above embedded touch screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Shengji Yang, Xiaoliang Ding, Yue Li, Weijie Zhao, Xiaobo Xie
  • Publication number: 20170147113
    Abstract: A touch display device is provided. The touch display device comprises a display panel (5), the display panel (5) has a plurality of pixel units (3), each of the pixel units (3) includes a functional region (31), and a non-functional region (32) is formed between functional regions (31) of adjacent pixel units. The touch display device further comprises a plurality of lines of sensor units (1), and adjacent sensor units in each line of the sensor units are electrically connected with each other by a connection unit. The connection unit includes a connection bridge (21, 22), a projection of at least part of the connection bridge (21, 22) on a light emission surface of the display panel (5) is located in the non-functional region (32) between the functional regions (31) of adjacent pixel units and extends in an extension direction of the non-functional region (32). A shadow dispelling effect of the connection bridge is improved, and display quality of the touch display device is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Wen SUN, Nan LU, Lina LIU, Yanmin FENG, Guangjun ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170147114
    Abstract: A capacitive touch screen, a method of manufacturing the same and a display device are provided. The touch screen includes a substrate (6), a plurality of columns of first sense units (1) and a plurality of rows of second sense units (2). At an intersection point of each column of the first sense units (1) and each row of the second sense units (2), the first connection pattern includes a first connection part (33), a first connection bridge (31) and a second connection bridge (32), and the second connection bridge includes a second connection part (43). The second connection part (43) has a closed annular structure, and the first connection part (33) is located inside the annular structure and is isolated from the second connection part (43). The second connection part (43) is isolated from the first sense units (1). The first connection bridge (31) is configured to connect the first connection part (33) and a first sense unit (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Xiangdan DONG, Young Yik KO
  • Publication number: 20170147115
    Abstract: The display device having a touch panel includes a detection electrode forming a touch panel and arranged on one surface of a display cell, a protective layer covering the detection electrode, and an optical film adhered to the protective layer, wherein a first surface of the protective layer adjacent to the optical film has a smaller water contact angle compared to a second surface of the protective layer adjacent to the display cell. The first surface of the protective layer is preferred to have a half or less the water contact angle compared to the second surface of the protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Tatsuya IDE
  • Publication number: 20170147116
    Abstract: Provided are a touch panel, a method of manufacturing the same, and a touch panel integrated organic light emitting display device. The touch panel includes a substrate, a plurality of connection electrodes, an over-coating layer, a first line electrode, a second line electrode, a plurality of first segment electrodes, and a plurality of second segment electrodes. The plurality of connection electrodes is disposed on the substrate to be separated from each other. The over-coating layer includes a plurality of contact holes exposing a part of each connection electrode. The second line electrode is connected with the connection electrode through the contact hole of the over-coating layer without disconnection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi Jung LEE, Yong Chul KIM, Se Jong YOO, Jong Hyun HAN
  • Publication number: 20170147117
    Abstract: A flexible image display device includes a window substrate, a polarizing plate, and a touch panel, wherein a distance between a neutral plane and a lower surface of the touch panel based on a visible side during bending is 34% or less to an entire thickness of the flexible image display device. The flexible image display device has excellent flexibility and may significantly reduce a defect rate due to a damage of the touch panel by minimizing the damage of the touch panel even if repeatedly applying bending fatigue thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Byung Hoon SONG, In Kyu SONG
  • Publication number: 20170147118
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a display device with a touch detection function includes: a touch detection electrode that detects proximity or contact of an object; a drive electrode to which the excitation signal is applied; a first substrate on which the drive elements are provided; a second substrate on which at least one of the touch detection electrode and the drive electrode is provided, the second substrate being bonded to the first substrate to face each other via a sealing member; a conductor that electrically is coupled to at least one of the touch detection electrode and the drive electrode; and a conductor support member that fills a space between the first substrate and the second substrate and on the surface of which the conductor is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Hayato Kurasawa
  • Publication number: 20170147119
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid-crystal display (LCD) touch screens that integrate the touch sensing elements with the display circuitry. The integration may take a variety of forms. Touch sensing elements can be completely implemented within the LCD stackup but outside the not between the color filter plate and the array plate. Alternatively, some touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates with other touch sensing elements not between the plates. In another alternative, all touch sensing elements can be between the color filter and array plates. The latter alternative can include both conventional and in-plane-switching (IPS) LCDs. In some forms, one or more display structures can also have a touch sensing function. Techniques for manufacturing and operating such displays, as well as various devices embodying such displays are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Steve Porter HOTELLING, Wei CHEN, Christoph H. KRAH, John Greer ELIAS, Wei Hsin YAO, John Z. ZHONG, Andrew Bert HODGE, Brian R. LAND, Willem den BOER
  • Publication number: 20170147120
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function including a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged in parallel to extend in one direction, formed with a predetermined electrode pattern including an electrode portion and aperture portions, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change of an electrostatic capacitance in response to an external proximity object, a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer provided with the touch detection electrodes, and arranged by a predetermined number in a width direction in a region corresponding to the touch detection electrode, and a plurality of dummy electrodes arranged in an inter-detection-electrode region of the plurality of touch detection electrodes. The aperture portions are provided to allow an arrangement area ratio of the touch detection electrode to be almost equal to an arrangement area ratio of the dummy electrodes in the inter-detection-electrode region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Koji Ishizaki, Masanobu Ikeda, Yasuyuki Matsui
  • Publication number: 20170147121
    Abstract: The present application provides an in-cell touch display panel, a driving method thereof, and a display device. At least two sub-pixels are a sub-pixel group, cathode layers of different sub-pixel groups are independent of each other, which is equivalent to that the cathode layer set as a whole surface in the prior art is segmented, one sub-pixel group corresponds to one segmented cathode layer, cathode layers of respective sub-pixel groups are connected through conductive lines to the driver chip, so that the cathode layer is reused as a self-capacitive touch control electrode, the driver chip detects a capacitance variation of the cathode layer through the conductive line corresponding thereto to determine a touch location, thus achieving the touch control function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengji Yang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Haisheng Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Xi Chen, Jianyun Xie, Hongjuan Liu, Yingming Liu, Weijie Zhao, Jiantao Liu
  • Publication number: 20170147122
    Abstract: A capacitive touch substrate and a touch display screen are provided. The capacitive touch substrate comprises a plurality of groups of touch electrodes provided in parallel along a first direction. Each group of the touch electrodes includes: a plurality of first touch electrodes provided in a column along a second direction, which are driven independently; a second touch electrode extending along the second direction; and a third touch electrode extending along the second direction. The first touch electrode, the second touch electrode and the third touch electrode are provided sequentially along the second direction. The capacitive touch substrate improves touch accuracy on a premise that a number of wires is not changed and reduces the number of wires on a premise that the touch accuracy is not changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., HEFEI BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Honggang Gu, Xianjie Shao, Bo Liu, Jie Song
  • Publication number: 20170147123
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch display panel including a self-capacitance or mutual-capacitance type touch display panel, a manufacturing method and a method driving for the same and a display device. The self-capacitance type touch display panel includes an array substrate having a first metal layer and self-capacitance touch electrodes, and a touch control chip. Each touch electrode includes common electrodes, first metal layer includes touch lead wires corresponding to the touch electrodes, and each touch electrode is connected with the touch control chip via a corresponding touch lead wire. The touch lead wire is configured to transmit a common electrode signal to the touch electrode during a display stage, to transmit a touch scan signal to the touch electrode during a touch stage, and to transmit a touch signal, which is generated by the touch electrode at a position where a touch operation occurs, to the touch control chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Opoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Haisheng Wang, Shengji Yang, Rui XU, Qian Wang, Changfeng Li, Ming Yang, Pengcheng Lu, Xiaoliang Ding, Wei Liu, Hongjuan Liu, Yingming Liu, Weijie Zhao, Zhenhua Lv, Shijun Wang
  • Publication number: 20170147124
    Abstract: A touch substrate is provided, comprising a touch region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun LI, Ming HU, Lei ZHANG, Xiaodong XIE
  • Publication number: 20170147125
    Abstract: Methods and devices are disclosed for determining that a touch gesture is validly detected. In one embodiment, a method for detecting the touch gesture comprises: generating by a first sensing unit a first sensing parameter upon a touch action on the touch input interface; determining by the first sensing unit a first touch gesture corresponding to the first sensing parameter; acquiring by the first sensing unit a second touch gesture corresponding to a second sensing parameter generated by a second sensing unit; and determining that the touch gesture has been detected and is valid by confirming that the first touch gesture and the second touch gesture are the same; wherein the first and second sensing units are interconnected and are respectively one and the other of a touch control processor for the touch input interface and a motion sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Xiaomi Inc.
    Inventors: Kun Yang, Jun Tao, Zhongsheng Jiang
  • Publication number: 20170147126
    Abstract: A touch panel including a substrate, first bridge electrodes, first transparent electrodes, an insulation layer, first sensing electrodes, second bridge electrodes, and second sensing electrodes is provided. Two neighboring first transparent electrodes cover two ends of each first bridge electrode and are electrically connected to the first bridge electrode. Each first transparent electrode has an overlapping region and a non-overlapping region. The insulation layer has openings. Two neighboring openings expose the non-overlapping regions of the first transparent electrodes. Two neighboring first sensing electrodes are filled in the openings and are electrically connected to each other through the first transparent electrodes and the first bridge electrodes, so as to form a first sensing electrode series. The second bridge electrodes cross the first bridge electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: KUAN-YU CHIU, TENG-FU TUNG, PO-YUAN LIU, YUNG-TSE CHENG
  • Publication number: 20170147127
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an array substrate, a touch display device and a driving method thereof. The array substrate includes a display region and a peripheral region. The display region includes a plurality of scan lines and the peripheral region comprises a gate electrode driving circuit and a touch driving circuit, the gate electrode driving circuit includes a plurality of stages of shift registers. Each of the plurality of stages of shift registers corresponds to and is electrically connected to one of the plurality of scan lines. The plurality of stages of shift registers are disposed at one side or two sides of the peripheral region. The shift registers disposed at at least one side of the peripheral region are divided into N groups of shift registers. The touch driving circuit includes N groups of touch selection outputting units corresponding to the N groups of shift registers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Ying SUN
  • Publication number: 20170147128
    Abstract: A touch detection device includes: a substrate including a display region for displaying an image, a first frame region outside the display region, and a second frame region outside the first frame region; a plurality of detection electrodes that are arranged in the display region on a face parallel with the substrate and include metal wires; and frame wires that are coupled to the detection electrodes and arranged in the first frame region and the second frame region. A ratio of a covering area of the frame wires to a predetermined area of the substrate in the first frame region is smaller than a ratio of the covering area of the frame wires to the predetermined area of the substrate in the second frame region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Koji ISHIZAKI, Hayato KURASAWA
  • Publication number: 20170147129
    Abstract: A user terminal device is disclosed. The user terminal device includes a communicator configured to perform communication with an external electronic device, a display device configured to display a screen, a user interface configured to receive an input of a touch interaction to the screen, and a controller configured to share a content with an external electronic device previously mapped in a finger movement direction of the touch interaction, in accordance with the finger movement direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-ki KYOUN, Chang-seog KO, Joon-ho PHANG, Kwan-min LEE
  • Publication number: 20170147130
    Abstract: A touch control device includes a base including a metal complex; a sensing pattern formed in a pattern groove formed in a touch area of the base and including a conductive material; and a wire arranged in a wire groove outside of the touch area of the base and connecting the sensing pattern and an integrated circuit, the wire including a conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Gideok KWON, Jong Bok LEE, Seo Ho CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170147131
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device includes an input panel configured to sense a touch area corresponding to a touch manipulation of a user periodically. A processor is configured to set a reference area based on at least one first touch area and calculate a difference between a second touch area and the reference area. The processor further determines that a touch event occurs if the difference value is at least a first threshold value. Embodiments may additionally include the processor calculating a rate of change of the touch area based on the sensed touch area, and determining that the specified touch event occurs if the difference value is greater than or equal to the first threshold value and if the rate of change of the touch area is greater than or equal to a second threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Taik Heon Rhee, Myoung Soo Park, In Sil Han, Hyun Yeul Lee
  • Publication number: 20170147132
    Abstract: A touch panel comprises a substrate and a touch sensing electrode formed on at least one surface of the substrate. The touch sensing electrode includes a first sensing pattern formed in a first direction, a second sensing pattern formed in a second direction, a first relay pattern formed at an inside of the first sensing pattern in an island form, a second relay pattern formed between the first sensing pattern and the second sensing pattern, and a connection pattern which electrically connect separated unit patterns of the second sensing pattern via the first relay pattern and the second relay pattern. The connection pattern includes a first connection pattern which connects the first relay pattern and the second relay pattern, and a second connection pattern which connects the second relay pattern and the unit pattern of the second sensing pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Byung Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170147133
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensing pattern including a first pattern and has unit patterns connected with each other through connection parts thereof, and a second pattern having separated unit patterns, and bridge electrodes connecting the separated unit patterns, wherein at least a portion of a boundary between the first pattern and the second pattern includes convex parts of a curved line and concave parts of a curved line between the convex parts, and the convex part of the first pattern and the concave part of the second pattern face each other, and the concave part of the first pattern and the convex part of the second pattern face each other. The touch sensor has excellent touch sensitivity while suppressing an occurrence of cracks in the sensing pattern due to a stress concentration during bending, and preventing the sensing pattern from being viewed by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventor: Byung Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170147134
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for controlling touch-screen sensitivity. The method includes: receiving a first status signal sent by a power management device of a terminal when the power management device detects a charging port of the terminal is in a connected state, the first status signal indicating the charging port is in the connected state; setting a first sensitivity threshold corresponding to the first status signal; processing touch events sensed by a touch screen of the terminal to generate touch-point information according to the first sensitivity threshold; and sending the touch-point information generated according to the first sensitivity threshold to a computing device of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Zhongsheng JIANG, Kun YANG, Dan LIU
  • Publication number: 20170147135
    Abstract: An information processing device includes a memory for storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions. The instructions are executed to detect contact with or approach of an object; set an operation mode of the information processing device to a first operation mode or a second operation mode; and control according to the set operation mode. The first operation mode is set when the information processing device is operated using a non-gloved hand, and the second operation mode is set when the information processing device is operated using a glove hand. Control of at least one of displayed information size, ring volume, and vibration strength is different based on whether the first operation mode or the second operation mode is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Satoshi HIGASHIBEPPU
  • Publication number: 20170147136
    Abstract: A display device with a touch detection function includes a control device that performs, in normal operation mode, image display control so as to exhibit an image display function of a display function layer based on an image signal and performs touch detection control; a touch detecting unit that detects, in the normal operation mode, a position of an object in proximity to or in contact with the touch detection electrode based on a detection signal transmitted from the touch detection electrode; and a touch-detection controller that detects, in sleep mode, the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode. When the touch-detection controller detects the proximity of the object to or the contact thereof with the touch detection electrode in the sleep mode, the control device controls a pixel electrode to a predetermined potential, and thereafter supplies a touch drive signal to a drive electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Koji NOGUCHI, Hidetoshi KOMATSU, Yasuyuki TERANISHI
  • Publication number: 20170147137
    Abstract: One or more embodiments include systems and methods for regulating control of a vehicle infotainment system. In one embodiment, a vehicle computing system includes a user interface which has one or more output components and one or more input components. Software executing in memory of the vehicle computing system may be programmed with rules to reduce driver distraction such as preventing inputs or outputs during vehicle operation. Inputs may be intercepted from the one or more input components of the user interface. Additionally or alternatively, outputs may be intercepted to the output components of the user interface. The intercepted inputs or intercepted outputs may be evaluated for one or more violations based on the rules. If the one or more violations are detected, the inputs or outputs may be prevented during vehicle operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Mark SCHUNDER, Julius MARCHWICKI
  • Publication number: 20170147138
    Abstract: A ring device to be worn on a digit of a user is provided. The ring device includes an inner ring suitable to be worn on a digit of a user and a housing rotatably coupled to the inner ring. Along the housing a touch surface is located along with touch sensors configured to detect a touch input. Additionally, the ring includes rotary sensors configured to detect rotation of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Eli M. Dow, Thomas D. Fitzsimmons, Joseph D. Harvey, Douglas E. Rohde
  • Publication number: 20170147139
    Abstract: Provided is a low-power driving control method of a light sensing touch panel, which includes the following steps: measuring an ambient light field intensity of the light sensing touch panel and outputting a light field intensity signal; outputting an amplification signal adapting to a touch signal according to the light field intensity signal; amplifying the touch signal according to the amplification signal and driving the light sensing touch panel. A light sensing touch panel is also disclosed. The light sensing touch panel and the low-power driving control method can reduce the power consumption of the touch panel without affecting the touch sensitivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. , Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiangyang XU