Abstract: An information handling system including a camera mounted in the side edge surface for detecting gestures by a user on a detected working surface in a gesture detecting zone next to the system and including a gesture detection system for interpreting free space gestures and initializing cursor control commands.

Abstract: An apparatus including a housing for coupling a keyboard to a tablet device through at least one respective electric interface and circuitry integrated in the housing, and a camera sensor integrated in the housing, the camera sensor positioned such that a central axis of a field of view (FOV) of the camera sensor is substantially parallel to a surface of the keyboard, the camera sensor further positioned to capture a plurality of images and to transmit the plurality of images to the tablet device through the respective electric interface and the electric circuitry. Related apparatus and methods are also described.

Abstract: A predictive text input method and device, wherein said predictive text input method includes: detecting an input by a user; acquiring a prediction basis according to a historical text already input and a current input position, wherein said prediction basis is a preset word length of an input text based on the current input position; searching in a database according to said prediction basis to obtain a prediction result, wherein said prediction result includes at least two stages of prediction candidate words in subsequent based on said prediction basis. This disclosure can provide an efficient prediction with a prediction result which is more corresponding with the users' expectations, so as to provide a more fluent predictive text input experience.

Abstract: A feature phone type mobile phone includes a physical key and a display that displays a screen. A function to cause a notification screen to be displayed is always allocated to the physical key to allow the notification screen to be displayed on the screen while any screen is being displayed on the display.

Abstract: A method for controlling operations of an electronic device through ambient light detection and associated apparatus are provided, where the method includes: utilizing an ambient light sensor of the electronic device to detect ambient light for the electronic device, to generate an ambient light detection signal, sampling the ambient light detection signal to convert the ambient light detection signal into a converted signal, and performing pattern detection on the converted signal to detect at least one pattern of the converted signal; and according to a pattern and event database, determining whether the detected pattern of the converted signal matches a predetermined pattern within a plurality of predetermined patterns, to selectively trigger a predetermined operation associated with the predetermined pattern, wherein the pattern and event database stores the plurality of predetermined patterns.

Abstract: In certain embodiments, an input device includes a chassis and a depressible actuator disposed on the chassis that, when depressed, generates and sends a control signal to a processor, where the actuator is coupleable to a removable button cover that provides user-access to activate the actuator, and a removable blank cover to prevent user access to activate the actuator. The button cover and blank cover can be separate from the chassis and may directly attach to the actuator. The input device can further include a second depressible actuator disposed on the chassis that, when depressed, generates and sends a second control signal to the processor, where the second actuator is coupleable to the button cover and the blank cover.

Abstract: Systems to accurately position an instrument includes an instrument with an interest point, an optical sensing system having a camera and a sensor coupled to a surface of the instrument, a motion detector, and a processor. The optical sensing system collects a set of optically-sensed positional data points. The motion detector collects a set of motion-sensed positional data points. The processor applies a correction function on the set of optically-sensed positional data points and on the set of motion-sensed positional data points to provide a set of corrected positional data points.

Abstract: Modifying a tether linked to a cursor based on depth volatility of the cursor is disclosed. Multiple displays show a three-dimensional image that seems to be at the same real world location regardless of the location of the display. One person operates a cursor in the three-dimensional image. Volatility of depth of the cursor from the viewpoint of the cursor operator is tracked. The appearance of the tether is changed in other displays in response to the depth volatility. The tether may include a line from the cursor towards the cursor operator. The tether is not necessarily displayed all of the time so as to not obscure the view of the three-dimensional image. When there is not any depth volatility for some time, the tether is not displayed. In response to high depth volatility, the tether may be displayed as a long line from the cursor.

Abstract: There is provided a display device includes: a memory; and a processor coupled with the memory and the processor configured to: detect a tilt of the display device; detect a touch position touched on a touch panel of the display device; and point a position different from the touch position detected, based on the tilt detected, the touch position detected, and a first distance from a reference position on the touch panel to the touch position detected.

Abstract: An operating device may include an operating element that is axially moveable about an axis of rotation, and a display unit arranged radially inside the operating element with respect to the axis of rotation and stationary with respect to the operating element. The display unit may be at least partially surrounded by the operating element. A control unit may control the display unit such that at least one selection region is displayed, which can be selected based on a displacement of the operating element. When a selection region is selected using the operating element, an operating function currently associated with the selection region is triggered. The operating device supports intuitive operation based on the immediate proximity of the operating element to the display unit.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a rotation member that rotates in a first direction or a second direction, a memory configured to store a specific rotation pattern, and a controller configured to, if a rotation pattern of the rotation member between the first direction and the second direction matches with the specific rotation pattern, perform a functional operation corresponding to the specific rotation pattern.

Abstract: An electrostatic pen has a switch, control circuitry to control the switch and a pen point electrode. The switch has first, second and third terminals and a first diode having an anode coupled to the first terminal and a cathode coupled to the third terminal. The pen point electrode is coupled to the first terminal of the switch. The control circuitry, in operation, supplies respective potentials to the second terminal and the third terminal of the switch and switches between two or more states including a first state in which a potential of the second terminal is higher than a potential of the third terminal and a second state in which the potential of the second terminal is equal to or lower than the potential of the third terminal.

Abstract: An input device including a housing and a depressible key plate disposed thereon. The key plate includes a front user-accessible portion, a pivot support portion, and a rear portion. A shaft is disposed in the pivot support portion, where the key plate rotates with respect to the shaft. A force sensor is disposed in the housing and in contact with a bottom surface of the front portion of the key plate, and activates in response to receiving a predetermined force by the bottom surface of the front portion of the key plate. The depressible key plate depresses in response to receiving a predetermined depression force on the top surface. A biasing mechanism is disposed in the housing and in contact with the bottom surface of the rear portion of the key plate to provide an upward force tuned to be substantially equal to the predetermined depression force.

Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for calibrating writing on a writing surface to a digital document. One or more calibration parameters associated with a writing surface and a digital document of a display device are determined. The calibration parameters indicate a spatial offset between a reference position on the writing surface and a reference position in the digital document. A gesture captured by a smart pen is received. The gesture includes a sequence of spatial positions representing movement of the smart pen with respect to the writing surface. The sequence of spatial positions is mapped to a sequence of spatial positions in the digital document based on the calibration parameters.

Abstract: Data is captured by an image capture device of an input object that has a first retroreflective pattern and a second, different retroreflective pattern on a surface of the input object. A position of the input object in three dimensions is determined based on the received data.

Abstract: Examples disclosed herein describe, among other things, a computing system. The computing system may include, for example, a touch-sensitive surface to obtain a capacitive signature representing an object disposed on the touch-sensitive surface, and a camera to obtain supplemental data representing the object. The system may also include an identification engine to obtain, based at least on the capacitive signature, identification data associated with the object, and to obtain, based at least on the supplemental data, at least one characteristic of the object.

Abstract: A touch input device includes: a touch plate having a first surface facing in a first direction, and a second surface facing in a second direction opposing the first direction; at least one elastic member connected to the second surface of the touch plate, and deformed in at least one of the first direction and the second direction when a touch is applied to the first surface of the touch plate; and a plurality of sensors connected to the at least one elastic member and detecting when the elastic member is deformed to sense the touch.

Abstract: An example force sensitive touch panel device can include a device body; a touch surface for receiving a touch force; a sensor for sensing touch force that is arranged between the device body and the touch surface; and a membrane configured to mechanically isolate the device body and the touch surface. Additionally, the membrane can apply a preload force to the sensor.

Abstract: A system and method for implementing a display with a photosensor overlay, permitting the arrangement to also serve as one or more of a proximate hand gesture sensor, light field sensor, lensless imaging camera, document scanner, fingerprint scanner, and secure optical communications interface. The resulting arrangements are accordingly advantageous for use in handheld devices such as cellphone, smartphones, PDAs, tablet computers, and other such devices.

Abstract: A capacitive touch sensor is described. The touch sensor includes a sensor grid that includes a trace that has a trace start point and end point, is electrically conductive between the trace start point and the trace end point, is formed in one or more pairs of trace cells that each include a first trace cell and a second trace cell that is rotationally symmetrical to the first trace cell. The trace start point and the trace end point define a trace axis. A trace direction is defined from the trace start point to the trace end point. A trace-perpendicular direction is defined as being perpendicular to the trace direction. A segment of the trace that is formed in the first trace cell includes a first portion, a second portion, a third portion, a fourth portion, a fifth portion, a sixth portion, a seventh portion, and an eighth portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of amplifying a touch control signal and a touch control device, applied to a touch control panel having a plurality of sensing points, including: acquiring capacitance values of at least one row of the sensing points of the touch control panel, and performing at least one round of amplifying steps, wherein each round of the amplifying steps includes subtracting a preset capacitance reference value from the capacitance value of each of the sensing points to obtain a capacitance difference value, and taking a product of amplifying the capacitance difference value by K times as a new capacitance value of the sensing point, where K is any number greater than or equal to 1. The method and the touch control may increase SNR effectively and improve sensitivity of the touch control panel.

Abstract: An array substrate, a display and an electronic device are disclosed. The array substrate includes a common electrode layer and a pixel electrode layer arranged opposite to each other, multiple switch elements, multiple data lines extending in a column direction, multiple common wires connected to the common electrode blocks respectively. The pixel electrode layer includes multiple pixel electrodes, and the common electrode layer includes multiple common electrode blocks. A pixel gap exists between adjacent columns of the pixel electrodes. The projections of the common wires on the pixel electrode layer are in separate pixel gaps from the projections of the data lines on the pixel electrode layer in the direction perpendicular to the pixel electrode layer. Two data lines having the projections in the same pixel gap are in separate layers.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes an integrated touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The integrated touch display panel comprises a gate drive circuit positioned at an edges of two opposite sides of a first substrate, multiple scanning lines are alternately connected to the gate drive circuit positioned at the edges of two sides, and each scanning line is connected with one of the shift register units. There exists at least one scanning line. The pull up/pull down characteristics of a pull up transistor/pull down transistor of the shift register unit connected with the at least one scanning line are different from the pull up/pull down characteristics of a pull up transistor/pull down transistor of the shift register unit connected with a scanning line adjacent to the at least one scanning line.

Abstract: An OLED panel is provided. The OLED panel may include multiple matrix-arranged TFTs, an anode layer, an organic light emitting layer, a cathode layer, and/or any other components. The anode layer can have multiple anodes, formed on one side of the TFTs. The organic light emitting layer can be formed on one side of the anode layer away from the TFTs. The cathode layer can have multiple cathodes and be formed on one side of the organic light emitting layer away from the anode layer. The cathodes can pass through the organic light emitting layer and be electrically connected to the corresponding TFTs to form pixel electrodes. A time-division drive module can be electrically connected to the anodes, which can be configured to multiplex time-divisionally to alternately form common electrodes or touch electrodes.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, the array substrate includes: a substrate, a first insulation layer disposed above the substrate, a plurality of touch lines disposed at the bottom of the first through-hole, a plurality of touch electrode blocks disposed above the first insulation layer, a pixel connection portion disposed at the bottom of the first through-hole, a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed above the first insulation layer. The first insulation layer consists of at least one first through-hole running through the first insulation layer. At least one of the plurality of touch lines corresponds to one touch electrode block, and the touch electrode block is electrically connected to the corresponding at least one touch line. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the pixel connection portion. In the present disclosure, the touch lines and the pixel connection share one through-hole.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a multiple touch module, and the multiple touch module according to the present invention includes, in a touch module touching a capacitive touch screen, a plurality of touch units each including a material which induces a capacitance change of the capacitive touch screen, and disposed in a geometric relation on a design projected on the capacitive touch screen in a predesigned unique geometric relation, and a touch film including a contact area which comes into contact with the capacitive touch screen, and configured to dispose and fix a certain number of touch units corresponding to the geometric relation on the design on an internal area provided on an opposite side of the contact area, or to come into contact with the certain number of touch units corresponding to the geometric relation on the design through the internal area when the multiple touch module touches the capacitive touch screen.

Abstract: A display apparatus which can reduce a parasitic capacitance during driving of driving electrodes based on a self-capacitance detecting method is provided. The display apparatus includes: a plurality of connection wires which are formed in a peripheral area and are connected to a plurality of corresponding video signal lines; a video signal line selection circuit which is connected with a plurality of connection wires, selects at least one connection wire and supplies a signal to the video signal lines; self-capacitance detection wires which extend in a direction intersecting an extension direction of the connection wires and intersects the connection wires; common wires which electrically connect the self-capacitance detection wires and drive electrodes; and transistors which are provided between the self-capacitance detection wires and the common wires. Further, the self-capacitance detection wires extend between a display area and the video signal line selection circuit in a plan view.

Abstract: The transfer film includes a temporary support, a resin layer, and a cover film in this order, in which when the cover film is peeled from the resin layer, a surface of the cover film that contacted the resin layer has surface roughnesses SRz and SRa of equal to or less than 130 nm and equal to or less than 8 nm respectively that are measured based on JIS-B0601-2001.

Abstract: A touch electrode structure including first and second touch electrodes alternately arranged at same layer is provided. The touch electrode further includes first and second connecting sections electrically connecting adjacent first or second touch electrodes arranged in a first direction or a second direction, respectively. The first connecting sections and the second connecting sections overlap in some areas. A first insulating medium is arranged between the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes for insulation of the two. A second insulating medium is arranged between the first connecting sections and the second connecting sections in the overlapping areas for insulation of the two. The thickness of the second insulating medium, of the first connecting sections in the overlapping areas and of the second connecting sections in the overlapping areas is each less than a thickness of the first touch electrodes, and of the second touch electrodes.

Abstract: A method and device for generating a power supply voltage, referenced to a first reference potential, in an electronic system including an energizing source connected to the first and second reference potentials so as to impart an AC voltage differential between the reference potentials, wherein the device includes: (i) a source for supplying AC voltage, which is referenced to the second reference potential, connected to the first reference potential, and encompasses the energizing source; and (ii) rectifying and filtering elements connected, at the input thereof, to the first reference potential and to the source for supplying AC voltage, respectively, so as to generate, at an output, a power supply voltage (Vf) referenced to the first reference potential by rectifying a voltage at the terminals of the source for supplying AC voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a touch-sensitive display device comprising: a first set of metal electrodes including a first metal electrode; a second set of metal electrodes including a second metal electrode and a third metal electrode, the first metal electrode located between the second metal electrode and the third metal electrode such that the second metal electrode is physically separated from the third metal electrode; a first set of touch electrodes including a first touch electrode that is connected to the first metal electrode; a second set of touch electrodes including a second touch electrode and a third touch electrode, the second touch electrode connected to the second metal electrode and the third touch electrode connected to the third metal electrode; an insulation film having a plurality of contact holes; and a connection electrode electrically connecting the second metal electrode to the third metal electrode through the plurality of contact holes.

Abstract: A touch display substrate, a touch display panel, a touch display screen and an electronic device are disclosed. The touch display substrate includes a base substrate and a wire grid polarizer (WGP) disposed on one side of the base substrate. The WGP includes a plurality of metal wires disposed in parallel; and the metal wires are configured for connecting with the touch integrated circuit (IC). The thickness of the touch display substrate is reduced, and the difficulty of coordinating the touch IC and the display IC is reduced.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mutual capacitance touch display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The mutual capacitance touch display panel includes touch transmission electrodes (4) that are integrated on a surface of a CF substrate (2) that is distant from a liquid crystal layer (3) and transparent touch detection electrodes (5) integrated on a surface of the CF substrate (2) that is adjacent to the liquid crystal layer (3). The touch detection electrodes (5) are subjected to high temperature annealing treatment.

Abstract: A touch panel, a method for manufacturing the same and a touch display panel are disclosed. The touch panel includes a touch region and a peripheral region, the touch region includes a touch structure disposed on a base substrate; the peripheral region includes a plurality of piezoelectric power generating components disposed on the base substrate, the piezoelectric power generating components are configured for providing energy at least to the touch structure; and each of the piezoelectric power generating component includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a power generating layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the power generating layer is of a piezoelectric material.

Abstract: A touch window includes a substrate and an electrode structure on the substrate. The electrode structure includes an electrode layer on the substrate, and a resin layer on the electrode layer. The electrode layer includes a sensing electrode and a wire electrode, and the electrode structure has chromaticness indices (b*) of 0 (zero) or more.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel and a first sensor configured to sense a position of a touch of a user and a second sensor configured to sense a pressure of the touch. The first sensor and the second sensor may be provided inside or surrounding an area of the display panel. The second sensor includes a first conductor, a second conductor spaced apart from the first conductor, and configured to form capacitance with the first conductor, and one or more variable resistance elements connected with the first conductor.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a sensor-equipped display device includes first electrodes and a detection electrode. The first electrodes constitute sensor drive electrodes by being supplied with sensor drive signals separately and sequentially or sensor drive electrodes by simultaneously supplying the sensor drive signals to the first electrodes adjacent to each other. A width of the sensor drive electrode including the first electrode on the edge is smaller than a width of the other sensor drive electrode not including the first electrode on the edge.

Abstract: An array substrate, a touch display panel and a touch display device are provided to realize the In-cell touch technology in the AMOLED displays. The array substrate includes a base substrate (1) having a plurality of pixel units formed by intersecting data lines (7) and gate lines (2) provided on the base substrate (1), each pixel unit comprises a bottom emission type OLED device and at least one TFT, and the OLED device includes a transparent anode (13). The array substrate further includes a plurality of first electrodes (10) disposed parallel with and in a same layer as the data lines (7) and a plurality of second electrodes (14) disposed parallel with the gate lines (2) and in a same layer as the anode (13). At least one first electrode (10) constitutes a touch driving line (20), and at least one second electrode (14) constitutes a touch sensing line (21).

Abstract: Embodiments are related to user input devices that accept complex user input including a combination of touch and push (or pick) input. Embodiments of the invention provide for selective ignoring or rejection of input received from such devices in order to avoid interpreting unintentional user actions as commands. Furthermore, some input signals can be modified. The selective rejection or modification can be performed by the user interface device itself or by a computing device that includes or is attached to the user interface device. The selective rejection or modification may be performed by a module that processes input signals, performs the necessary rejections and modifications and sends revised input signals to higher level modules.

Abstract: A touch panel is provided. The touch panel includes a substrate which includes a visible region, a border region outside the visible region, a shielding layer over the border region, and a sensing electrode layer extending from the visible region to the border region. The sensing electrode layer includes first electrode pads arranged along a first direction and electrically connected to each other. The sensing electrode layer also includes second electrode pads arranged along a second direction. The second electrode pads include a first pad and a second pad adjacent to the first pad. The first pad and at least part of the second pad are disposed above the border region. The sensing electrode layer also includes bridge portions connecting the adjacent second electrode pads, and the bridge portions include a first bridge part disposed above the border region and connecting the first pad and the second pad.

Abstract: A mobile phone is provided which includes a liquid crystal display device in which a front window and a touch panel are bonded together with an adhesive sheet, wherein a logo having plural layers is formed on a back side of the front window. A touch-panel flexible wiring substrate is mounted to the touch panel. A plane distance between an end portion of the plural layers of the logo and an end portion of the touch panel is set to greater than zero. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent a peeling stress on the adhesive sheet, even if a thickness of the adhesive sheet is smaller than the sum of a thickness of the touch-panel flexible wiring substrate and a thickness of the logo.

Abstract: A touch substrate comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer. When the second substrate is not subjected to a pressure, the second conductive layer is insulatively spaced apart from the first conductive layer; when the second substrate is subjected to a pressure equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the second substrate is deformed so that at least a part of the second conductive layer is contacted with the first conductive layer. A touch display panel and a display device which comprise the touch substrate are also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a pressure sensing structure, a pressure sensing panel and a pressure sensing display device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a three-dimensional touch recognition apparatus and a three-dimensional touch recognition method. The three-dimensional touch recognition apparatus may include a first sensor unit configured to detect a touch, a second sensor unit vertically spaced apart from the first sensor unit and configured to measure a touch force applied from the outside when the touch is detected at a plurality of measurement sites. The apparatus may also include a control device configured to calculate a distance between a first touch location measured by the first sensor unit and a second touch location measured by the second sensor unit and to verify whether the calculated distance between the first touch location and the second touch location exceeds a threshold value to recognize a touch input.

Abstract: ForcePhone is a novel system for enabling phones to recognize the force applied to their touchscreen and/or body. ForcePhone uses built-in sensors to measure the applied force via a physical property called structure-borne sound propagation. The phone plays an inaudible sound through the phone's speaker. When the phone is free to vibrate, the sound from the speaker easily travels through its body to the phone's microphone. When a force is applied to the phone, vibration is restricted and the sound traveling through the pathway is degraded. ForcePhone estimate the amount of applied force by monitoring the change in sound degradation.

Abstract: There is provided an input apparatus including: a pressure detecting unit which detects press pressure of an operational body applied to a virtual key having one or more input candidates allocated selectively; and an input control unit which varies a selection state of the one or more input candidates selectively allocated to the virtual key for every pressing operation having, as a single time of pressing operation, timing that the press pressure detected by the pressure detecting unit exceeds a predetermined selection threshold value or timing that the press pressure becomes smaller than the selection threshold value as being attenuated after exceeding the selection threshold value.

Abstract: A method. The method may include obtaining force information regarding an input force applied by an input object to a sensing region of an input device. The method may include determining, using the force information, that the input force exceeds a first force threshold. The method may include determining, using the force information, whether the input force exceeds a second force threshold. The method may include obtaining positional information for an input object in the sensing region of the input device. The method may include determining, using the positional information, that a change in position of the input object is less than a distance threshold when the input force exceeds the second force threshold. The method may include performing an interface action within a graphical user interface in response to determining that the input force decreases below at least the second force threshold.

Abstract: An electrode sheet including an electrode layer and a support layer may be provided. The electrode layer includes a first electrode and a second electrode. The electrode sheet is used to detect a capacitance change between the first electrode and the second electrode, which is changed according to a relative distance change between the electrode layer and a reference potential layer disposed apart from the electrode sheet. The support layer is made of a material which is bent when a pressure is applied thereto and which is restored to its original state when the pressure is released therefrom.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a touch input device capable of detecting a pressure of a touch on a touch surface is disclosed. The touch input device includes a substrate and a display module. A reference potential layer is disposed within the display module. The touch input device further comprises an electrode which is disposed at a position where a distance between the electrode and the reference potential layer changes according to the touch on the touch surface. The distance changes according to a magnitude of the pressure of the touch. Further, an electric signal depending on the distance is outputted from the electrode.

Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The device includes a touch sensor configured to sense at least one touch; a pressure sensor configured to sense at least one pressure; and a controller configured to sense a grip pattern on the electronic device using the touch sensor and the pressure sensor, and to control a predetermined function according to the grip pattern.