Patents Issued in August 24, 2017
  • Publication number: 20170242505
    Abstract: A processing system includes sensor circuitry and processing circuitry. The sensor circuitry is configured to be coupled to force sensor electrodes, and is configured to drive the force sensor electrodes to obtain capacitive measurements. The processing circuitry is operatively connected to the sensor circuitry and configured to aggregate the capacitive measurements into an aggregated measurement, and apply, to the aggregated measurement, a capacitive measurement to temperature mapping to obtain a current temperature of the force sensor electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Tom R. Vandermeijden, Divya Laguduvan, Umha Mahesh Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20170242506
    Abstract: An electronic device with a force sensing device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a user input surface defining an exterior surface of the electronic device, a first capacitive sensing element, and a second capacitive sensing element capacitively coupled to the first capacitive sensing element. The electronic device also comprises a first spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements, and a second spacing layer between the first and second capacitive sensing elements. The first and second spacing layers have different compositions. The electronic device also comprises sensing circuitry coupled to the first and second capacitive sensing elements configured to determine an amount of applied force on the user input surface. The first spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is below a force threshold, and the second spacing layer is configured to collapse if the applied force is above the force threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Dhaval C. Patel, Eugene C. Cheung, Pey-Jiun Ko, Po-Jui Chen, Robert W. Rumford, Steve L. Terry, Wei Lin, Xiaofan Niu, Xiaoqi Zhou, Yi Gu, Yindar Chuo, Rasmi R. Das, Steven M. Scardato, Se Hyun Ahn, Victor H. Yin, Wookyung Bae, Christopher L. Boitnott, Chun-Hao Tung, Mookyung Son, Sunggu Kang, Nathan K. Gupta, John Z. Zhong
  • Publication number: 20170242507
    Abstract: A touch sensitive method for reducing interference from pixel refreshing: comprising: performing three detections, each separated by a time interval, via multiple sensing electrodes of a touch screen to generate multiple first detection values, second detection values and third detection values, respectively; adding detection values with respect to the multiple sensing electrodes up as multiple sums of detection values; determining that an external conductive object is approximating or touching the touch screen nearby a N-th sensing electrode according to the multiple sums; and determining a position of the object locates according to one of the first detection values, the second detection values and the third detection values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH
  • Publication number: 20170242508
    Abstract: A touch device and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The touch device includes a base structure and a touch structure. The touch structure includes a touch electrode pattern and a metal trace. The touch electrode pattern is on the base structure. The metal trace is on an edge of the touch electrode pattern. A thickness of the metal trace is 1 ?m-100 ?m. A roughness of the metal trace is 0.1 ?m-90 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Shan-Yu WU, Chih-Min CHEN, Jui-Jen YUEH, Hung-Sheng CHO, Sheng-Shiou YEH
  • Publication number: 20170242509
    Abstract: Capacitive sensing can be used to measure electrostatic features of a space. Rudimentary capacitive sensing can be blurry. For instance, the resolution of a capacitive sensor generating a simple electric field is not very high, and the response to the simple electric field is also not very high. Using many capacitive sensors and special sets of excitation signals exciting the capacitive sensors, the capacitive sensors can generate specialized electrostatic fields. Because the specialized electrostatic fields provide different views of the space, enhanced inferences can be made from measurements of responses to those specialized electrostatic fields. Selecting certain specialized electrostatic fields can allow capacitive sensors to sense a focused region of the space. Repeating the steps with varied electrostatic fields can allow capacitive sensors to make enhanced inferences for many focused regions of the space, thereby increasing the resolution of capacitive sensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: Analog Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: David WINGATE
  • Publication number: 20170242510
    Abstract: A touch sensor that includes a pressure detection sensor and a position detection sensor. The pressure detection sensor includes a piezoelectric film, a first piezoelectricity detecting electrode adjacent a first principal surface of the piezoelectric film, and a second piezoelectricity detecting electrode adjacent a second principal surface of the piezoelectric film. The position detection sensor includes a dielectric substrate, a plurality of first position detecting electrodes adjacent a first principal surface of the dielectric substrate, and a plurality of second position detecting electrodes adjacent a second principal surface of the dielectric substrate. In the pressure detection sensor, the second piezoelectricity detecting electrode includes an electrode non-forming section in a region where the first position detecting electrode and the second position detecting electrode overlap each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kano, Jun Endo, Takafumi Inoue, Hiroaki Kitada
  • Publication number: 20170242511
    Abstract: A conductive sheet, method for using conductive sheet and touch panel, having a base substance and conductive parts formed on one of the principal surfaces of the base substance. The conductive parts respectively extend in primary directions, and have two or more conductive patterns made from metal wires arranged in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The conductive pattern is constituted by serially connecting two or more large gratings in the first direction, and each of the large gratings is constituted by combining two or more small gratings. Around the edges of the large grating, non-connective patterns are formed from metal wires which are not connected with the large gratings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Tadashi KURIKI
  • Publication number: 20170242512
    Abstract: A device virtualization service (DVS) is provided that uses a generalized thick client resident on a mobile device to provide user interface generation support to a myriad of services providing mobile device content. The DVS abstracts device specifics from services to provide device independent user experiences to be described by the service and then rendered on the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: William D. Sproule, Antonio Winslow Fernando
  • Publication number: 20170242513
    Abstract: The present invention provides a touch panel wire arrangement circuit, the touch panel wire arrangement circuit comprises: an ITO region, metal wires, a touch control hole and an integrated circuit; the touch panel wire arrangement circuit further comprises: a rear end switch set, and the rear end switch set comprises: a plurality of switches, and a G electrode of each switch in the plurality of switches is inputted with a switch signal, and D electrodes of the plurality of switches are sequentially coupled to rear ends of the metal wires, and S electrodes of the plurality of switches are inputted with at least one voltage signals; the switch signal is: a signal at high voltage level as a touch panel TP signal does not function; the voltage signal is a common voltage V-com signal as the touch panel is in a display state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JIAN-HONG LIN
  • Publication number: 20170242514
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a touch substrate, its manufacturing method and a display device. The touch substrate includes a base substrate provided with a plurality of via-holes, a first electrode arranged at a first surface of the base substrate and covering the plurality of via-holes, and a plurality of second electrodes arranged at a second surface of the base substrate opposite to the first surface and each located at a position corresponding to a touch region. An elastic conductor is arranged in each via-hole so as to electrically connect the first electrode to at least one of the second electrodes in the case that the base substrate is being pressed. Each second electrode corresponds to at least one elastic conductor. The first electrode is connected to a bias voltage input end, and the second electrodes are each connected to a respective detection signal output end via a respective detection line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui XU, Xiaoliang DING, Xiaochuan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170242515
    Abstract: Provided is a touch member includes a folding region folded around a folding axis and a non-folding region adjacent to the folding region. The touch member includes a first conductive pattern disposed in the folding region and a second conductive pattern disposed in the non-folding region. The touch member also includes an air gap defined inside the first conductive pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: JUNGHA SON, JAENEUNG KIM, YONG-HWAN RYU, SANGKYU CHOI, JIHUN KIM, HANYUNG JUNG
  • Publication number: 20170242516
    Abstract: A display apparatus capable of image scanning is provided including a contact sensor arranged in each unit pixel. The contact sensor includes a pixel electrode forming a contact capacitance by contact with a contact means; a reset transistor where a drain electrode is connected to a node where the contact capacitance is formed, and each of a gate electrode and a source electrode is connected to a first scan line to which a selective signal is applied; an amplifying transistor where a gate electrode is connected to the drain electrode of the reset transistor; and a detecting transistor where a drain electrode is connected to the drain electrode of the amplifying transistor, a gate electrode is connected to a second scan line to which a selective signal is applied, and a source electrode is connected to a readout line detecting a current corresponding to the contact capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Byung Seong BAE, Ho Sik JEON, Woo Young CHOI, Jong Uk KIM, Jun Suk LEE, So Hyun JEONG, Ju An YOON, Sang A OH
  • Publication number: 20170242517
    Abstract: A circuit panel of an electronic device is disclosed. The circuit panel includes a substantially flat surface including an active area of the electronic device; a bent border area contiguous with and extending from the active area of the substantially flat surface; and a plurality of traces coupled to the active area and routed in the bent border area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Steven J. Martisauskas
  • Publication number: 20170242518
    Abstract: A touch display panel and a touch display device are provided. They include a first substrate; and a first metal layer formed on one side of the first substrate. The first metal layer includes a plurality of touch electrode lines and a plurality of pressure sensing elements. The pressure sensing elements include segments of pressure sensing lines. At each crossing region where a touch electrode line comes across a pressure sensing element, two adjacent segments of pressure sensing lines are connected through a bridge. A second metal layer is formed between the first substrate and the first metal layer. The second metal layer includes a plurality of data lines extending along a first direction. A third metal layer is formed between the second metal layer and the first substrate. The third metal layer includes a plurality of scan lines extending along a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Feng Lu, Shaolong Ma, Qijun Yao
  • Publication number: 20170242519
    Abstract: Computing devices and at least one machine readable medium for controlling the functioning of a touch screen are described herein. The computing device includes a touchscreen having one or more force sensors. The computing device also includes first logic to detect a force applied to the touchscreen via the one or more force sensors and second logic to control a functioning of the touchscreen in response to the applied force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jiancheng Johnson Tao, Hong W. Wong
  • Publication number: 20170242520
    Abstract: A method includes detecting a first signal on first electrodes along a first axis of a digitizer sensor, detecting a second signal on second electrodes along a second axis of the digitizer sensor, determining that hand input exists over the first electrodes based at least on the first signal and no hand input exists over the second electrodes. A first phase of the first signal detected on the second electrodes is determined. A second phase of the second signal detected on the first electrodes is estimated based on the first phase and a portion of the first signal associated with the second phase is extracted. Coordinates of a handheld device is determined based on the portion of the first signal extracted from the first electrodes and the second signal and the coordinates are reported to a host computing device associated with the digitizer sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Amil WINEBRAND
  • Publication number: 20170242521
    Abstract: A touch panel having a plurality of electrode units, a touch display control circuit configured to apply voltage signals on the electrode units during a display driving period of the touch panel, and apply touch driving voltage signals on the electrode units during a touch driving period of the touch panel, wherein, a frame period including a plurality of unit frames of the touch panel, when the touch panel displays images of respective unit frames, the touch display control circuit applies touch driving voltage signals in different time on the electrode units during the touch driving period. A driving method of the touch panel is also disclosed. When the touch panel displays the images of respective unit frames, a position of a brightness anomaly on the image of each unit frame is not fixed by changing the time of applying the touch driving voltage signals applied on each electrode unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Lulu XIE, Ying-chi WANG, Chun-hung HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170242522
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a touch substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, a driving device and a driving method, a touch panel and a display device. The touch substrate includes a base; and a touch electrode pattern and a wire pattern that are provided on the base, the touch electrode pattern including a plurality of strip-shaped electrodes that are provided in parallel on a same layer, and the wire pattern including a plurality of wires. A first end of each of the strip-shaped electrodes is connected to a wire, and a second end of each of the strip-shaped electrodes is connected to a wire. The first end is provided at an edge of a first side of the touch substrate, and the second end is provided at an edge of a second side opposite to the first side of the touch substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changjian XU, Junjie LI, Guojing MA, Shunsha LU, Jinyu REN
  • Publication number: 20170242523
    Abstract: An example input device for force and proximity sensing includes a plurality of touch electrodes including touch transmitter electrodes and touch receiver electrodes, and a force electrode layer including a plurality of force electrodes. The input device further includes a resilient material layer disposed between the plurality of touch electrodes and the force electrode layer. The input device further includes a processing system coupled to the plurality of touch electrodes and the plurality of force electrodes, the processing system configured to: drive the transmitter electrodes with touch transmitter signals and acquire a transcapacitive proximity measurement from the touch receiver electrodes; and drive the plurality of force electrodes with force transmitter signals and acquire a transcapacitive force measurement from either the touch transmitter electrodes or the touch receiver electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: David HOCH, Adam L. SCHWARTZ
  • Publication number: 20170242524
    Abstract: A driving circuit, a touch display device, and a method of driving the touch display device. A plurality of first electrodes are disposed within a display panel. A second electrode is disposed outside of the display panel. A driving circuit detects at least one of a touch position and a touching force of a touch by sequentially applying a first electrode driving signal to at least one first electrode among the plurality of first electrodes and applying a second electrode driving signal to the second electrode in a touch driving period. When a user touches a screen, not only can a touch position be sensed, but also a touching force with which the user presses the screen can also be efficiently sensed. This provides a range of functions that existing touch position-detecting technologies have failed to provide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Seungkyeom KIM, SungChul KIM, Sungsu HAN, JiYeon PARK
  • Publication number: 20170242525
    Abstract: A touch screen comprising an array substrate, a color filter substrate, a primary emitting module, a secondary emitting module and a processor, the primary emitting module comprises a first emitting electrode and a receiving electrode both provided on a surface of the color filter substrate away from the array substrate and a first capacitance is formed therebetween; the first emitting electrode emits an excitation signal to the receiving electrode; the receiving electrode transmits the excitation signal to the processor; the secondary emitting module emits a secondary signal to the receiving electrode when a touch pressure of a finger touching the touch screen is greater than a predefined value, thus a characteristic of the excitation signal received by the receiving electrode changes; the processor processes the excitation signal to obtain the characteristic of the excitation signal and determines an intensity of the touch pressure,
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Zheng WANG
  • Publication number: 20170242526
    Abstract: A touch screen comprising a piezoelectric induction layer and an electric power collecting unit, wherein: the piezoelectric induction layer is configured to induct an external force to generate electric signals, and transmit the electric signals to the electric power collecting unit; and the electric power collecting unit is configured to process the electric signals and store electric power under driving of the electric signals. Thereby the problem of insufficient electric power of electronic device usually happened in being used is solved. A display screen, a display device and a method for storing electric power by using the display screen are further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Xiaoliang CHENG
  • Publication number: 20170242527
    Abstract: A touch sensitive device including a front panel having a touch surface and a back surface opposite the touch surface. The touch sensitive device further includes one or more vibration transducers mounted to the back surface, and a controller electronically connected to the vibration transducer. The controller receives, from the vibration transducer, a vibration signal, extracts feature information corresponding to predetermined features from the vibration signal, determines, based on the feature information, that a touch occurred within a predefined area of the touch surface, and outputs a signal indicating that the touch occurred within the predefined area of the touch surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Sarmad Qutub, Asad Ali, Stephen Cradock, Shandor Dektor, Martin Volk, Max Hamel
  • Publication number: 20170242528
    Abstract: A touch detection device includes a processing unit, a first capacitor and a second capacitor. The processing unit has an output terminal for outputting a first analog signal, and an input terminal for receiving a second analog signal. The first capacitor has an adjustable first capacitance. The first capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to the output terminal of the processing unit, and a second terminal coupled to the input terminal of the processing unit. The second capacitor has a second capacitance. The second capacitor includes a first terminal coupled to the input terminal of the processing unit, and a second terminal coupled to a ground terminal. The first capacitance is adjusted to be substantially equal to the second capacitance. The processing unit determines whether a touch event is triggered according to variation of voltage level of the second analog signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Yi-Chung Chou, Tzu-An Lin, Yu-Chin Chen
  • Publication number: 20170242529
    Abstract: A touch display driving integrated circuit (IC) includes a touch driver IC configured to be connected to touch electrodes through touch sensing lines and provide a sensing signal to first touch sensing lines among the touch sensing lines in a touch period. The touch driver IC is further configured to apply a common voltage to second touch sensing lines among the touch sensing lines and apply a voltage different from the common voltage to third touch sensing lines different from the second touch sensing lines in a display period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haewoon PARK, Seung-Hoon BAEK, Jaehun JEONG, Hyeokchul KWON
  • Publication number: 20170242530
    Abstract: If a user operates a touch panel, a display device notifies the user of a factor of change into a state in which a touch operation has been accepted to restore a state in which a normal touch operation is accepted. The display device monitors coordinate information output from the touch panel, and if it is determined that an operation disabled area located in a first touch panel area excluding the position of an assigned key has entered a state of being designated and a second touch panel area has entered a state of being designated, displays, on a display screen, that the operation disabled area has been designated. The display device thereby notifies the user that operations are not accepted because of a touch operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Shozo Yamasaki
  • Publication number: 20170242531
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detecting apparatus includes: three or more detectors; three or more detection signal lines; an integration line; three or more switches; and a control circuit. The control circuit controls the number of times an output integration is performed. During the output integration, the control circuit switches a first type switch to a decoupling mode, and switches second type switches to a coupling mode. The first type switch is one switch coupled to a first type detector, and each second type switch is coupled to one or more of second type detectors with which the second type switch corresponds. During the output integration, the integration line outputs an integrated output of outputs from the second type detectors. The output integration is performed a plurality of times corresponding to at least the number of the detectors while a combination of the second type detectors is changed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Toshio SOYA, Toshinori UEHARA, Hiroshi MIZUHASHI
  • Publication number: 20170242532
    Abstract: An information interacting method is provided, which performs the following steps when a mobile device is in a lock or sleep mode: in response to an operation event acted on the mobile device, a background process parsing the operation event into a corresponding expression; initiating a default connection to send a data message corresponding to the expression to a specific target; and displaying perceptible signals on the mobile device after the data message is sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: Smart Electronic Industrial (Dong Guan) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li Zheng
  • Publication number: 20170242533
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display apparatus including a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel having an array of a plurality of LCD pixel units; each LCD pixel unit including one or more LCD subpixels, at least some of the plurality of LCD pixel units having a semiconductor photodetector in at least one LCD subpixel for detecting biometric information; and an active matrix organic light emitting display (AMOLED) panel having an array of a plurality of AMOLED pixel units, each AMOLED pixel unit including one or more AMOLED subpixels, each of which having an organic light emitting diode. Each AMOLED subpixel corresponds to one or more LCD subpixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingming Liu, Xue Dong, Haisheng Wang, Xiaochuan Chen, Weijei Zhao, Changfeng Li, Xiaoliang Ding, Shengji Yang, Hongjuan Liu, Wei Liu, Lei Wang, Ming Yang, Rui Xu, Liguang Deng
  • Publication number: 20170242534
    Abstract: Circuitry, systems, and methods are provided that can acquire touch sensor data simultaneously for different modes of, for example, self, mutual, and pen, and with simultaneous sampling of the different channels. Drive/receive circuitry and methods of driving and receiving sensor electrode signals are provided that allow digital I/O pins to be used to interface with touch sensor electrodes using external passive filter components. Drive/receive circuitry is provided employing voltage following sigma-delta A/D coverts that are adapted to both drive and sense touch sensor signals on multiple frequencies simultaneously. This circuitry may be operated in modes to sense various combinations of mutual, self, and pen touch signals simultaneously. While capacitive multi-touch sensors are preferred, the circuits and methods herein are useful with many other types of touch sensors as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: 3AXISDATA, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Troy Gray
  • Publication number: 20170242535
    Abstract: A luminous pressure sensor comprises a feedback assembly capable of emitting light when pressure is applied thereto, and a pressure sensing layer. A sensing plate is provided between the feedback assembly and the pressure sensing layer, and is connected to the feedback assembly and the pressure sensing layer via a connecting adhesive layer. The sensing plate is provided with at least one pressing structure thereon for concentrating pressing force. A touch control button may comprise the luminous pressure sensor, and an electronic device may comprise the touch control button. The luminous pressure sensor has a simple structure and a low manufacturing cost, and is easy to assemble and to commercialize.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Hao LI
  • Publication number: 20170242536
    Abstract: A touch panel, a display device and a driving method thereof are provided. The touch panel includes: an array substrate, an opposing substrate and touch pressure-sensitive electrodes. The opposing substrate is arranged opposite to the array substrate; and the touch pressure-sensitive electrodes are disposed on a bottom layer on a side of the array substrate facing the opposing substrate and configured to form a capacitor structure together with a metal layer disposed on a side of the array substrate away from the opposing substrate, so as to sense pressure touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haisheng Wang, Xue Dong, Hailin Xue, Xiaochuan Chen, Xiaoliang Ding, Yingming Liu, Shengji Yang, Weijie Zhao, Changfeng Li, Wei Liu, Pengpeng Wang
  • Publication number: 20170242537
    Abstract: A mobile terminal is provided including a touchscreen and a controller. The controller is configured to display, on the touchscreen, a moving picture and a subset of a plurality of key frame pictures for the moving picture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Young Seob SON
  • Publication number: 20170242538
    Abstract: Systems and methods for multitasking using touch-sensitive displays are disclosed. An example method includes: displaying a first application on a touch-sensitive display (TSD) of an electronic device; detecting, via the TSD, a swipe gesture that moves over part of the first application; in response to detecting the swipe gesture, displaying an application selector with a set of affordances, and the application selector is (i) displayed in a predefined portion of the TSD and (ii) overlays at least a portion of the displayed first application; detecting an input at an affordance of the set of affordances; in response to detecting the input: (i) ceasing to display the application selector; (ii) displaying a second application corresponding to the selected affordance in the predefined portion that was previously used to display the application selector; and (iii) resizing the first application to occupy a remaining portion of the TSD adjacent to the predefined portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Imran A. Chaudhri, May-Li Khoe, Nicholas Zambetti, Lawrence Y. Yang
  • Publication number: 20170242539
    Abstract: A processing system for an input device, the processing system including sensor circuitry communicatively coupled to a plurality of position sensor electrodes and a plurality of force sensor electrodes, and a sensor module with circuitry. The sensor module is configured to acquire a plurality of changes in capacitance from the plurality of force sensor electrodes, which occurs in response to a deflection of the sensor electrodes by an input force. The system also includes a determination module configured to determine a force level based on the plurality of changes in capacitance of the force sensor electrodes, analyze the force level to update a force threshold based on the analysis, determine whether a current force level associated with the sensor electrodes exceeds the updated force threshold, and assign a force status to the input object based on the determination of whether the current force level exceeds the updated force threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: Sanjay Mani
  • Publication number: 20170242540
    Abstract: A refreshing method of sensing baseline values for a capacitive sensor device and the capacitive sensor device are applied to confirm whether the differences between the current measured values and the factory or record baseline values are approximately equal, to determine whether to use current measured values as the sensing baseline values used in the following sensing procedure. When the differences are approximately equal, the current measured values are used as the sensing baseline values. When the differences are not approximately equal, the factory baseline values are used as the sensing baseline values, and the correcting procedure of the sensing baseline values of the sensing points is executed. In the correcting procedure, the signal characteristic of the measured value of each sensing point is detected to be high frequency or low frequency, to determine whether to refresh the corresponding sensing baseline values by the current measured values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventor: SHANG-LI LEE
  • Publication number: 20170242541
    Abstract: According to an aspect, a touch detection device includes: first detectors that output first signal values corresponding to contact of detection target objects with first regions; at least one second detector that outputs at least one second signal value corresponding to at least one first force applied by the detection target objects to press at least one second region corresponding to the first regions; and a controller that calculates at least one third signal value corresponding to at least one second force applied by at least one of the detection target objects to the at least one second region, based on the first signal values, the at least one second signal value, and at least one reference value corresponding to a third force per at least one of the first signal values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Shinya Iuchi, Masahiro Togashi, Hayato Kurasawa, Michio Yamamoto, Tatsunori Nagai
  • Publication number: 20170242542
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for reducing interference to liquid crystal touch screen from touch driving signal, wherein the liquid crystal touch screen comprises a display composed of multiple pixel horizontal axes, multiple parallel first electrodes and multiple parallel second electrodes, multiple intersections are formed by the first electrodes and the second electrodes, the method comprising: concurrently providing sine wave driving signal to at least one of the first electrodes; and sensing the sine wave driving signal via the multiple second electrodes, wherein the multiple pixel horizontal axes are refreshed sequentially during the time interval of providing sine wave driving signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: CHIN-FU CHANG, SHANG-TAI YEH, CHENG-HAN LEE
  • Publication number: 20170242543
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a first substrate, a first pressure electrode layer, a second pressure electrode layer and a compression layer. The display panel has a display area and a peripheral area located besides the display area. The first substrate is disposed opposite to the display panel. The first pressure electrode layer is disposed at one side of the first substrate facing the display panel and corresponding to the peripheral area. The second pressure electrode layer is disposed at one side of the display panel facing the first substrate. The compression layer is disposed between the first pressure electrode layer and the second pressure electrode layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Meng-Hsueh CHAN, Wen-Yang CHIEN, Nien-En LIU, Chia-Chin LIN, Ping-Hsu CHENG
  • Publication number: 20170242544
    Abstract: A sensor panel device that can generate and use a stimulus signal having multiple different waveforms for detecting events on or near the sensor panel is disclosed. Among other things, such a stimulus signal can be used to reject environmental noise present in the device. In some embodiments, the stimulus signal has multiple waveforms having different frequencies. Logic circuitry can generate representative values from output of the different waveforms applied to one or more sensing nodes in the sensor panel device. From the representative values, a final value can be generated that represents whether an event occurred at or near the one or more sensing nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Christoph Horst KRAH, Minh-Dieu Thi VU
  • Publication number: 20170242545
    Abstract: Provided is a touch panel device having improved operability, with reduced electric power consumption in a touch panel thereof. A touch panel device (100) includes a case (B1), a touch panel (TP), a switch (SW), and a controller. The switch (SW) provided on a side surface of the case (B1) is a switch for activating the touch panel (TP), the switch being provided in an area within such a distance from the touch panel that the switch (SW) can be capacitively coupled with the touch panel (TP). The controller controls the touch panel (TP) and the switch (SW).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Tomohiro KIMURA, Yasuhiro SUGITA
  • Publication number: 20170242546
    Abstract: A touch sensor includes a sensor electrode having an electrostatic capacitance for touch detection, and a touch detection circuit detecting a contact or proximity position of an object on the basis of a detection signal obtained from the sensor electrode by applying a touch sensor drive signal to the sensor electrode. The sensor electrode is split into plural stripe-like electrode patterns. Applying the touch sensor drive signal to part of the electrode patterns forms a drive line at that time. The touch detection circuit performs a detection on the basis of a first detection signal obtained from a first drive line formed in a first period, and a second detection signal obtained from a second drive line formed in a second period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Takeya Takeuchi, Koji Noguchi, Koji Ishizaki, Takayuki Nakanishi, Yasuyuki Teranishi
  • Publication number: 20170242547
    Abstract: The embodiments of the disclosure provide apparatus, method and system for location based touch, which can implement location based touch on the image of the projection display apparatus without the requirement of operation of the computing device by the user. A projection display apparatus comprises a projection screen and a plurality of optical sensors with two-dimension disperse layout in the back of the projection screen. The projection display apparatus further comprises an acquiring element configured to receive first light through first optical sensor of the plurality of optical sensors, wherein the first optical sensor is one or more of the plurality of optical sensors; a determining element configured to determine first coordinate information of the first optical sensor on the projection screen if the light intensity of the first light is within first light intensity range; and a sending element configured to send the first coordinate information to a computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Kun LI, Tao MA
  • Publication number: 20170242548
    Abstract: A photosensitive reflector, a laser induced touch device and a laser touch detection method are provided. The photosensitive reflector, comprising a reflection layer and a photosensitive element, wherein the photosensitive element is disposed on or in the reflection layer and configured to sense at least one of light running through the reflection layer, light incident on the reflection layer, or light reflected by the reflection layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Xiaoyi ZHENG, Minghui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170242549
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate; a first light-emitting diode (LED) disposed on the substrate that emits a first light; a second LED disposed on the substrate that emits a second light; a first capping layer disposed on the first LED; and a second capping layer disposed on the second LED that has optical characteristics that differ from those of the first capping layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: JAEIK LIM, JINWOO CHOI, WONSANG PARK, INSUN HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170242550
    Abstract: A keyboard entry system for use in a touch screen display in which a user touches the display to move a keyboard on the display. The user moves the keyboard until a desired key lies under a fixed cursor. To type the key, the user lifts his finger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Tomoki Shibata, Robert J. K. Jacob, Daniel Afergan, Danielle Kong
  • Publication number: 20170242551
    Abstract: An improved system and method for modeling the data paths amongst the multiple avionic components inside an aircraft is described. A graphical user interface (GUI) operable to depict an interactive environment representing avionic components and data paths between the avionic components is generated, where the graphical user interface depicts a representation of an input, output, and operation associated with the avionic components. Using the GUI, data indicative of the input, output, and operation is received. The data is stored in a machine readable form, and translated into binary form usable to control on-aircraft communication between the avionic components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Brittany A. Friedland, Robert L. Malone, John R. Herrold, Gregory P. Green
  • Publication number: 20170242552
    Abstract: Provided herein is apparatuses and methods for notifications from applications displayed on a wearable electronic device. An action prioritization routine optimizes the display of the possible selectable action items associated with notifications as well as controls a number of other functions regarding notifications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Aleksandr Kirov, Henry Levak, Melissa Sherman
  • Publication number: 20170242553
    Abstract: Systems and methods for managing app lifecycles on a user device. A user device context is determined and a set of server based apps associated with the context is determined based on the context and a set of conditions associated with server based apps. An indicator for user interface elements for each server based app is sent with the indication of the context. These user interface elements are displayed to a user of the device. In an example, these user interface elements are displayed on a default pane of the device. A user interface element in some examples is able to be selected by a single interaction. Interactions between a user and a user interface for a selected app are received at a. The user interactions are processed to produce results based on the user interface inputs, and the results are sent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Kuntal DEY, Vijay EKAMBARAM, Enara C. VIJIL
  • Publication number: 20170242554
    Abstract: A method of providing a summary of a video in an electronic device includes determining first summary frames from among a plurality of frames of the video, based on a preset criterion; generating a plurality of pieces of first summary information corresponding to the first summary frames; and displaying at least one of the first summary frames and the plurality of pieces of first summary information, together with at least one frame of the video.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kiran NANJUNDA IYER, Viswanath GOPALAKRISHNAN, Smitkumar Narotambhai MARVANIYA, Damoder MOGILIPAKA